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ringed plover
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ringed plover
n.
A plump species of plover (Charadrius hiaticula) that breeds in northern regions of the world.

ringed plover
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a European shorebird, Charadrius hiaticula, with a greyish-brown back, white underparts with a black throat band, and orange legs: family Charadriidae (plovers)


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These came on unseasonal easterly winds, which brought a superb male ruff, a smart male garganey, three knots and dozens of ringed plovers to RSPB Conw y.
But the report said there have been large declines in numbers of over-wintering wading birds such as purple sandpipers, ringed plovers and dunlins, which come to the UK's estuaries from northerly and easterly breeding grounds.
A pair of ringed plovers laid four eggs near an arctic tern nest.
 
 
 
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