Psilos Bird Photography

A wader similar to the Ringed Plover . Not easily identified by size alone when seen on its own, but can be told apart from its distinctive yellow eye ring and black beak. Also in flight this bird lacks the white wing bar that the Ringed Plover has. A summer visitor and breeder to England and much of Wales this bird can be found anywhere there is freshwater. Preferred sites include gravel pits, sand quarries, sewage farms and reservoirs. They can also be found alongside rivers where there is a shingle shore. Their diet consists of insects. They arrive for breeding in March and return to Africa in late June/early July.