Greenland, Common Ringed Plover. - a photo on Flickriver

Greenland, Common Ringed Plover.

            Irish Name:
Feadóg chladaigh
Scientific name:
Charadrius hiaticula
Bird Family:
Plovers
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Conservation status
Status
Resident & winter visitor from areas further north where this population also breeds (Iceland, the Baltic & southern Scandinavia). Peak numbers between August and early October, and then numbers decline slightly (passage birds move further south) and stabilise between November and January.

Identification
Compact, small wader, similar in size to Dunlin. Grey-brown upperparts and white underparts. Adults with orange bill with black tip in summer, which is mostly black in winter, orange legs, black ring widens as it extends across the chest. White throat and across the back of the neck. Prominent white wing-bar in flight.

Voice
Mellow 'choo-ee'. Alarm is sharp 'peep', song repeated rythmic, mellow 'tee-too-e' and hurried and repeated 't'weea-t'.

Diet
Hunts visually, scanning the area for signs of movement which indicate potential prey. It feeds on a variety of invertebrates, particularly polychaete worms and crustaceans. Characteristic plover feeding action - short run along ground, pause, bend to pick up food item followed by another run.

Breeding
Mostly coastal breeding distribution, preferring to nest on exposed wide sandy or shingle beaches. Some breed inland, particularly in the west, where their preferred nesting habitat is on short-grazed pasture beside rivers and along lake

Wintering
Winter around the entire coastline, but are quite sparse along the north and southeast coasts. Mostly recorded along sandy stretches or along the upper shores of estuaries and non-estuarine coastline
   

Taken on: August 28, 2024

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Camera: Nikon Z 9, f/4.0, 1/3200 sec, 600mm, ISO 320 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon Z 9
Lens:	NIKKOR Z 600mm f/4 TC VR S
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	1/3200 sec
Focal Length:	600mm
ISO:	320
Exposure Bias:	-2/3 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.5 (Macintosh)
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