Kentish Plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus)Where and when to see it in the UK

Status not yet classified · reporting peaks April · Plovers and Lapwings · BOU category A

Records to 2026-08-16 · build 2026-08-31

Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Peak months

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Kentish Plover has been recorded in 55 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (2%) in records to 2026. Its strongest squares are in England, Wales and Scotland. Reporting peaks in April.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)

View on the IUCN Red List

Very high: 100% or more of visits
High: 2% to 100%
Moderate: <1% to 2%
Low: under <1%
Surveyed, not recorded: at least 20 qualifying visits, no record
Insufficient records: too few visits to say
Lighter fill: Few visits, lower confidence
Small dot: Occasional: a single record, or out of season

Seasonality

Reporting rate by month, relative to the peak month
Month	Relative to peak	Share of visits	Typical class
January	74%	<1%	High
February	60%	<1%	High
March	18%	<1%	Moderate
April	100%	<1%	Low
May	82%	<1%	Very high
June	2%	<1%	Very high
July	5%	<1%	Moderate
August	24%	<1%	Low
September	10%	<1%	Low
October	31%	<1%	Moderate
November	31%	<1%	High
December	36%	<1%	High

Squares with the highest reporting rate in April

Square	Where	Share of visits	Class
SS77	Bridgend, Wales	100%	Very high
SW53	Cornwall, England	100%	Very high
SP86	North Northamptonshire, England	16%	High
ST34	Somerset, England	2%	Moderate
TG50	Norfolk, England	1%	Moderate
ST38	Newport, Wales	1%	Moderate
SJ99	Tameside, England	1%	Moderate
SK80	Rutland, England	<1%	Moderate
SK90	Rutland, England	<1%	Moderate
TG04	Norfolk, England	<1%	Moderate