Bird Sighting
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricaria · Charadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)
01/01/2023 · Elton Hall Flash, Central area
- Date
- 01/01/2023
- Location
- Elton Hall Flash
- Recording area
- Central area
- Grid reference
- SJ 7246 5957
- Observer
- admin
Grid reference: SJ 7246 5957 53.13262, -2.41300 Open in OpenStreetMap
Golden Plover in our records
- Records
- 6
- First recorded
- 04/01/2021
- Last recorded
- 03/04/2026
- Places
- Elton Hall Flash, Pump House Flash
Other recent records
About the Golden Plover
The European golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria), also known as the Eurasian golden plover, greater golden plover, or just the golden plover within Europe, is a relatively large species of plover. This species is similar to two other golden plovers, the American golden plover, Pluvialis dominica, and Pacific golden plover, Pluvialis fulva, which are both slightly smaller, slimmer and longer-legged than European golden plover, and both have grey rather than white axillary (armpit) feathers (visible in flight, and when the bird stretches its wings on the ground).
- Conservation status (IUCN)
- Least Concern
- Wingspan
- 72 cm
- Weight
- 32.8–175 g
Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0 
Quirin Herzog, CC BY-SA 3.0 
Kev Chapman, CC BY 2.0 
Klaus Rassinger und Gerhard Cammerer, Museum Wiesbaden, CC BY-SA 3.0 
Steinninn, CC BY 4.0 
Foto: Jonn Leffmann, CC BY 3.0 
Ferran Pestaña, CC BY-SA 2.0
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article “European golden plover” by its contributors (introduction, may be shortened), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, with the photographer and licence under each one.