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Greater Sand Plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii)Where and when to see it in the UK

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

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

Greater Sand Plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii)
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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.

Greater Sand Plover: 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.

Greater Sand Plover has been recorded in 14 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (0%) in records to 2026. Scarce migrant in the UK. Reporting peaks in July.

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

Records by 10 km square

SquareWhereRecordsYearsVerified
HP61Shetland Islands, Scotland22025unverified
NZ38Northumberland, England652024unverified
NZ39Northumberland, England22024unverified
NZ29Northumberland, England12024unverified
NZ52Redcar and Cleveland, England722022unverified
NZ62Redcar and Cleveland, England162022unverified
NK06Aberdeenshire, Scotland22022unverified
NT67East Lothian, Scotland142020unverified
NT68East Lothian, Scotland22020unverified
TA41East Riding of Yorkshire, England152018unverified
TA31East Riding of Yorkshire, England32018unverified
NK02Aberdeenshire, Scotland392008unverified
NJ92Aberdeenshire, Scotland12008unverified
TF63Norfolk, England192004unverified

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