Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)Where and when to see it in the UK
Scarce migrant · reporting peaks January · Plovers and Lapwings · BOU category A
Too few records to rate squares by month. Each marked square has at least one record; the table below gives the count and years.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (grid squares, place names from OS Open Names). Northern Ireland place names: OSNI Open Data, OGL v3.0. County and country boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Coastline: Natural Earth. Bird records from the data partners listed here.
Killdeer has been recorded in 18 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (1%) in records to 2026. Scarce migrant in the UK. Reporting peaks in January.
Conservation status: Near Threatened (IUCN Red List, NT)
View on the IUCN Red ListRecords by 10 km square
| Square | Where | Records | Years | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SZ19 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England | 5 | 2026 | unverified |
| SW97 | Cornwall, England | 3 | 2026 | unverified |
| SX07 | Cornwall, England | 1 | 2026 | unverified |
| NL94 | Argyll and Bute, Scotland | 1 | 2021 | unverified |
| HU42 | Shetland Islands, Scotland | 9 | 2016 to 2017 | unverified |
| SV91 | Isles of Scilly, England | 1 | 2017 | unverified |
| SD63 | Lancashire, England | 3 | 2013 | unverified |
| SD53 | Lancashire, England | 1 | 2013 | unverified |
| TF61 | Norfolk, England | 1 | 2009 | unverified |
| HU31 | Shetland Islands, Scotland | 10 | 2007 | unverified |
| HU33 | Shetland Islands, Scotland | 1 | 2007 | unverified |
| TG04 | Norfolk, England | 37 | 2006 | unverified |
| TG40 | Norfolk, England | 17 | 2005 | unverified |
| H32 | Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland | 3 | 2005 | unverified |
| TG50 | Norfolk, England | 2 | 2005 | unverified |
| NT37 | East Lothian, Scotland | 1 | 2005 | unverified |
| SV80 | Sea, off Isles of Scilly | 3 | 2002 | unverified |
| SW54 | Cornwall, England | 2 | 2002 | unverified |