Mike Read / Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) male on gravel, Blashford, near Ringwood, Hampshire, England, April

Mike Read / Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) male on gravel, Blashford, near Ringwood, Hampshire, England, April

Peter Lewis / Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) calling and bathing, Dorset.

Peter Lewis / Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) stretching its wings after bathing, Dorset.

Steve Knell / Little ringed plover male {Charadrius dubius} on pebbles, UK

Brian Lightfoot / Little ringed plover on nest {Charadrius dubius} Scotland, UK

Jose B. Ruiz / Little ringed plover {Charadrius dubius} Spain

Mike Read / Little ringed plover male on nest {Charadrius dubius} UK

Mike Read / Little ringed plover male protecting young away from nest {Charadrius dubius} UK

Guy Edwardes / Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) portrait, near Bratsigovo, Bulgaria. May.

Guy Edwardes / Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) portrait, near Bratsigovo, Bulgaria. May.

Mateusz Piesiak / Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) portrait, Poland. April.

Nick Upton / Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) with Blood worm (Chironomus sp.) prey in its beak, on the muddy margins of a freshwater lake, Gloucestershire, UK, May.

Roland Seitre / Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius), Greece

Roland Seitre / Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius), Greece

David Pattyn / Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) at the edge of shallow pond, in the background of Grey heron (Ardea cinerea), Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, August.

David Pattyn / Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) at the edge of shallow pond, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, August.

David Perpinan / Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) repositioning eggs during incubation, Barcelona, Spain, May.

David Perpinan / Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) eggs on nest and adult sitting to incubate, Barcelona, Spain, May.

David Perpinan / Female Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) sitting on nest, stands up to see off an intruder male, Barcelona, Spain, May.

David Perpinan / Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) arriving at nest with four eggs, Barcelona, Spain, May.

David Perpinan / Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) repositioning eggs and incubating them, Barcelona, Spain, May.

David Perpinan / Female Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) arriving at nest and sitting on eggs, Barcelona, Spain, May.

David Perpinan / Female Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) incubating nest, when two house martins (Delichon urbicum) mating land nearby causing the Little ringed plover to chase them away, Barcelona, Spain, May...

David Perpinan / A pair of Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) mating, Barcelona, Spain, June.

David Perpinan / Pair of Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) searching for food, Barcelona, Spain, June.