Bird Sightings: Dotterel

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Bird Sightings: Dotterel

Dotterel

Charadrius morinellus

Gaelic : Amada-mòinellus

Photography © Terry Fountain
Lionacleit Machair - Benbecula - Outer Hebrides (Western Isles)
1st May, 2007

Medium size plover

630 pairs in UK in summer - Amber list

Breeds: UK - Europe, Asia, Alaska

Winters: Mediterranean

Habitat: "High tops" grassland with stones, on (on migration mudflats)

Diet: Insects, small invertebrates & spiders (from under stones...)

Female more bright in colour than male

Adults mostly grey-brown upperparts, bright chestnut belly, a white chest band, throat and eyestripe, dark cap

Male stays on the nest & incubates the eggs

Listen to a dotterel on the RSPB site

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Terry Fountain's web site:
http://www.hebridesphotographic.com

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