Marie Read / Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) adult brooding chicks, one chick stretching its wings after being brooded, northern Massachusetts, USA. June. Endangered species.
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Marie Read / Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) brooding three chicks with a fourth approaching, northern Massachusetts, USA.June. Endangered species.
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Little ringed plovers (Charadrius dubius) foraging in mud, Shumen, Bulgaria, April.
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Nick Upton / Three Canada geese (Branta canadensis) grazing on flooded pasture in heavy rain, Gloucestershire, England, UK, February.
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Nick Upton / Canada geese (Branta canadensis) preening on flooded pasture, with Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) landing in the background to join Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna), Mute swans (Cygnus olor), Wigeon (A...
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Gerrit Vyn / Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) flying around wind turbines. These wind turbines pose another obstacle to migratory shorebirds in the Yellow Sea. Rudong, China. October.
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Willem Kolvoort / Dimorphic Egret (Egretta dimorpha) and Crab plovers (Dromas ardeola) on edge of Aldabra lagoon with coral 'mushrooms', Natural World Heritage Site, Aldabra 2006
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Willem Kolvoort / Dimorphic Egret (Egretta dimorpha) and Crab plovers (Dromas ardeola) on edge of Aldabra lagoon with coral 'mushrooms', Natural World Heritage Site, Aldabra 2006
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Brent Stephenson / Two Pacific golden plovers (Pluvialis fulva) moulting into breeding plumage, standing on the shoreline. Manawatu Estuary, Manawatu, New Zealand, March.
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Nick Upton / Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus), Jackdaws (Corvus monedula) and Golden plover (Pluvialis apricarius) flying over flooded pastureland with mix of Greylag geese (Anser anser), Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna), W...
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Loic Poidevin / Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) West France, Atlantic coast, January
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Ernie Janes / RF- Golden plovers (Pluvialis apricaria) flock taking off. Cley, Norfolk, Autumn. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Jussi Murtosaari / Two Common ringed plovers (Charadrius hiaticula) fighting on beach, Finland, June.
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Marie Read / Piping plovers (Charadrius melodus), male approaching female while performing goose-stepping display before copulation, near nest site on beach, northern Massachusetts coast, USA, April.
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Marie Read / Piping plovers (Charadrius melodus), male and female copulating near nest site on beach, northern Massachusetts coast, USA. April.
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Marie Read / Piping plovers (Charadrius melodus), male and female copulating near nest site on beach, northern Massachusetts coast, USA. April.
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Marie Read / Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus), three during aggressive territorial interaction near nest site on beach in spring, northern Massachusetts coast, USA. April.
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John Chan / Grey plovers (Pluvialis squatarola) roosting on a sand dune, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Southern California, USA, September.
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David Woodfall / Ringed plover (Charidrius hiaticula) with newly hatched chick, County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland, June. Remote camera.
