Northern Lapwing

Vanellus vanellus

The northern lapwing, also known as the peewit or pewit, tuit or tewit, green plover, or pyewipe or just lapwing, is a bird in the lapwing subfamily. It is common through temperate Eurosiberia. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 48,011 times across 45 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 4°C (typically 1 to 16°C, from 15 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 51°N in November to 65°N in June, about 1,500 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.