Ringed plover, small, dumpy, short-legged wading bird, brownish grey above and whitish below on nest North Berwick Scotland UK
The Ringed Plover breeds along the Arctic shores of eastern Canada, Greenland and Eurasia as well as in Iceland, Scandinavia and western Europe. It is a "leap-frog" migrant with the most northerly breeders travelling the furthest and wintering in southern Africa while the most southerly breeders of Britain are almost year-round residents and become the most northerly wintering populations. It inhabits mainly sea coast preferring wide beaches of sand or shingle with nearby nest sites on dry land. It is also found close by on estuaries, lakes and up rivers. It feeds on small shellfish, molluscs, worms and insects. The adult has orange legs and the bill is also orange with a black tip. It flies rapidly with clipped wing beats and shows a prominent white wing-bar.
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Location: North Berwick, Scotland uk
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