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adult in flight European distribution adult

Identification

Little Ringed Plovers look superficially similar to Ringed Plovers but they are smaller and have a distinctively furtive jizz with crouching horizontal stance and longer rear-end. For confirmation, the adults have all-dark bills, duller, yellower legs and a diagnostic yellow eye ring. Juveniles also have a yellow eye ring but the lack of a pale eyebrow is a more obvious feature. In flight the Little Ringed Plover is the only small plover which doesn't have an obvious wing bar.

Habitat

Breeds on river shingle areas in rivers, gravel pits, industrial sites and reservoir margins.

Migration

Most European birds leave their breeding grounds by late September, to winter south of the Sahara. They return during March. Some birds winter around the Mediterranean.

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For the purposes of our bird news services, Little Ringed Plover is classed as Common: common species, including species that are certain or probable escapees from captivity when occurring in the British Isles. (Note that rarity levels are currently applied nationally and may not reflect local variations in abundance.)

Idanha a Nova, Centro, Portugal 23/06/2009	Arikhiya farm, Qatar 10/10/2009	Dumistan, Bahrain 08/10/2009	Maleki Swamp, Kookherd, Bastak, Hormozgan, Iran 12/03/2009	Dundrum Bay, Down 28/09/2009
Dundrum Bay, Down 26/09/2009	Prague, Czech Republic 12/04/2009	Cley, Norfolk 31/08/2009	Venus Pool, Shrops 05/06/2009	Otmoor, Oxon 17/08/2009

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Little Ringed Plover breeds in the following countries (Bird News Extra subscribers will see population statistics and information on trends for each country):

Albania
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Britain
Bulgaria
Canary Islands
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Lichtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia and Montenegro
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine

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	BTO: Little Ringed and Ringed Plover Breeding Survey 2007	Tuesday 17th April 2007
	During 2007, the British Trust for Ornithology is organising a UK-wide survey of breeding Little Ringed and Ringed Plovers. Find out more about the survey and how to take part.   read on

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