English: Kentish Plovers are a small cosmopolitan shorebird and are ground-nesting birds, often with a preference for low, open, moist nesting sites away from thick vegetation and human activity. This particular bird is a male in its non-breeding colours. They have an extremely wide geographical distribution and their habitats vary not just spatially but environmentally too. They are known to reside and breed in multiple types of habitat, from desert to tundra. The distribution of this species’ breeding areas covers Europe, Asia and Africa.
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My first new species of this year. Kentish Plovers are a small cosmopolitan shorebird and are ground-nesting birds, often with a preference for low, open, moist nesting sites away from thick vegetation and human activity. This particular bird is a male in its non-breeding colours. They have an extremely wide geographical distribution and their habitats vary not just spatially but environmentally too. They are known to reside and breed in multiple types of habitat, from desert to tundra. The distribution of this species’ breeding areas covers Europe, Asia and Africa.