Little Ringed Plover

Charadrius dubius

Scarce Summer visitors in Britain with 1,200 breeding pairs in Southern Britain from March-October, on sandy or gravelly terrain near freshwater.

Also breeds in mainland Europe & North Africa.

Winters in Central Africa.

Adults have  a grey-brown back and wings, a white belly and a white breast with one black neckband.

It has a brown cap, a white forehead, a black mask around the eyes with white above and a short dark bill.

The legs are flesh-coloured and the toes are all webbed.

They differ from the larger common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) in the head pattern, leg colour, and the presence of a clear yellow eye-ring.

The call is a distint peheww!