Bird Sightings: American Golden Plover

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Bird Sightings : Hebrides : American Golden Plover

American Golden Plover

Pluvialis dominica

Photograph © Martin Scott
Suainebost - Ness - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides (Western Isles)
9th September, 2006

American Golden Plover Notes

Just 5 UK annual records

Breeds in North America

Winters in South America

Often when found is in company of golden plover

Habitat tundra (migration mudflats, grazing land)

Diet: insects, seeds, leaves, berries

BTO records

Our American Golden Plover Photographs

Juvenile
American Golden Plover (with buff-breasted sandpiper)

September 2005

Ness

American Golden Plover

Setember 2006

Ness

American Golden Plover

September 2007

Ness

American Golden Plover

September 2007

Ness

Other local bird photographs

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