Pacific Golden Plover
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Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Coastal turf (very rare vagrant).
Diet: Insects.
Best time to spot: Long-legged; longer-billed.
When to look
A rare visitor, not a resident. There is no dependable season, though most rarities are found during spring and autumn migration. More on the season in Bird migration in Britain.
How rare is it?
The Pacific Golden Plover sits in our Epic tier for the UK: a scarce visitor, recorded in small numbers in most years. It is not on the Red or Amber lists in Birds of Conservation Concern 5.
Recent UK sightings
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Similar birds
- American Golden PloverRare · Coastal turf (autumn passage)
- European Golden PloverUncommon · Moorland (summer); fields (winter)
- Grey PloverUncommon · Estuaries
- Isabelline WheatearEpic · Coastal turf (very rare)
- Pied WheatearEpic · Coastal turf (very rare)
- Siberian RubythroatEpic · Coastal scrub (very rare vagrant)
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