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Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius)Where and when to see it in the UK

Scarce migrant · reporting peaks February · Plovers and Lapwings · BOU category A

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

Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius)
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Too few records to rate squares by month. Each marked square has at least one record; the table below gives the count and years.

Sociable Lapwing: relative reporting rate by 10 km square, September

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.

Sociable Lapwing has been recorded in 19 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (1%) in records to 2026. Scarce migrant in the UK. Reporting peaks in February.

Conservation status: Critically Endangered (IUCN Red List, CR)
View on the IUCN Red List

Records by 10 km square

SquareWhereRecordsYearsVerified
SW84Cornwall, England212024unverified
SS20Cornwall, England192020 to 2021unverified
ST32Somerset, England22021unverified
SW32Cornwall, England142020unverified
SW42Cornwall, England92020unverified
H84Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland12015unverified
SJ37Cheshire West and Chester, England72012unverified
SJ27Flintshire, Wales12012unverified
SJ38Wirral, England12012unverified
SV91Isles of Scilly, England172008unverified
TM28Norfolk, England12007unverified
TQ57Kent, England492005unverified
TQ58Havering, England32005unverified
TQ91East Sussex, England62001unverified
TQ60East Sussex, England32001unverified
TR23Kent, England12001unverified
TM46Suffolk, England292000unverified
TM47Suffolk, England62000unverified
TM45Suffolk, England12000unverified

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