Dorset Bird Club Records

Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius

Breeds in the steppes of south-western Russia from the Volga River eastwards through Kazakhstan, and winters in north-east Africa Iraq and the north-western Indian sub-continent.

1995 Radipole Lake, Lodmoor and Poxwell, first-winter, 15th October; same, Wareham, 16th October; same, Brand's Bay, 18th October.

1975 Langton Herring, 28th September to 10th October.

1961 Clapgate, near Wimborne, adult male, 6th to 24th April.