Common Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticula

The common ringed plover, great ringed plover or ringed plover is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It breeds across much of northern Eurasia, as well as Greenland. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 11,394 times across 53 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Each season it is first heard regularly where daytime highs are around 6°C (typically 5 to 16°C, from 10 areas). That range is wide, so temperature alone does not explain when it turns up.

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in Europe ranged from 54°N in September to 71°N in June, about 1,900 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.