Eurasian Dotterel, Charadrius morinellus, full frame image of a female bird in full summer breeding common species,but scarce in UK

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Female Dotterel at a migration stop-over on Pendle Hill, Lancashire, a species that has brighter and more noticably marked females than males, known as reverse dimorphism.

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Size: 3328px × 4992px
Location: Pendle Hill Lancashire England UK
Photo credit: © Nigel Blake / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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