Shoreline Birdlife

Various shorebirds, including plovers, featuring distinctive colors and patterns while interacting with their natural habitats, showcasing their behaviors on sandy and grassy areas.

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops), Australia

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Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula), adult bird on the clutch of eggs, Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park, East Frisian Islands, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

pied wagtail on margins of garden pool. motacilla alba scotland. may. date: 23.10.2008 ref: zb849_122726_0080 compulsory credit: woodfall wild images/photoshot

Doppelband-Regenpfeifer, Doppelbandregenpfeifer Charadrius bicinctus bicinctus, Charadrius bicinctus, laeuft am Boden, Seitenansicht, Neuseeland, Suedinsel, Glentanner area Double-banded plover, Banded Dotterel, Mountain Plover, Pohowera Charadrius bicinctus bicinctus, Charadrius bicinctus, walking on the ground, side view, New Zealand, Southern Island, Glentanner area BLWS727875 *** Double volume Little Ringed Plover, Double belt Plover Charadrius bicinctus bicinctus, Charadrius bicinctus , runs on Floor, Side view, New Zealand, South Island, Glentanner Area Double BANDED plover, BANDED Dotterel, Mountain Plover, Pohowera Charadrius bicinctus bicinctus, Charadrius bicinctus , Walking ON The ground, Side view, New Copyright: xblickwinkel/AGAMI/M.xGuytx

Little ringed plover, Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius)

Common Ringed Plover or Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula), adult bird, North Frisia, Germany, Europe

Little Ringed Plover, Charadrius dubius, little ringed plover

Ruffed Sandpiper male in mating plumage, Varanger Peninsula, Norway (Philomachus pugnax)

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops), Australia

Two-banded Plover on ground, Falkland Islands, Charadrius falklandicus

Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius), side view of an adult female standing on the ground, Campania, Italy

Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula), Helgoland, Germany

Ringed Plover - Ground level view of immature bird in winter on sandy beach. (Charadrias hiaticula). Cleveland, UK.

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), juvenile, in a biotope, East Frisian Islands, East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Pied Plover (Hoploxypterus cayanus) near a river in the grasslands of Guyana.

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) adult, winter plumage, walking across grassy bank, Salthouse, Norfolk, England, january

Common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) in breeding plumage foraging on the beach in spring

A Killdeer Charadrius vociferus at the Cordova Spit in British Columbia, Canada

Ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) adult bird walking on a mudflat, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius), North Hesse, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) adult female, summer plumage, collecting nesting material, Spitzbergen, Svalbard, july

Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)

Ringed Plover, Charadrius hiaticula, common ringed plover

Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) male, Utrecht, Netherlands

Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus) juvenile, standing on vegetation in wetland, Danube Delta, Dobruja, Romania, Europe

Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) - Fort Myers Beach, Florida

House martin (Delichon urbica), looking for mud to build its nest, Vosges, France

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Ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula), Texel, North Holland, Netherlands

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) incubating eggs on ground nest, western Montana

Three-banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris), Namibia

Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) parent removing egg shell from nest, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Little Tern (Sternula albifrons), juvenile with adult, intraspecific aggression, adult with alien chick in beak, Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park, East Frisian Islands, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Juvenile Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus), Blacksmith Plover in the rain, Southern Africa

Ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula), Ringed plover

Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) adult, with fish prey in beak, standing on mud, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) On the shoreline at Weed Lake, Alberta, Canada

Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) adult male bird on a beach, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ruddy Turnstone Bay of Saint-Brieuc Brittany France

Adult male Eurasian dotterel (Charadrius morinellus) in breeding habitat on upland plateau of Grampian mountains, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, May 2011. Did you know In one summer, a female dotterel might mate with males in both Scotland and Norway, leaving them to rear the chicks by themselves in each country!

Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) with chicks, Lauwersmeer, Groningen, Netherlands

Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius), Lake Neusiedler See, Austria, Europe

California Least Tern (Sternula antillarum browni), Orange County, California, USA

Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) adult, breeding plumage, standing on rock, Merseyside, England, july

Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula), Varanger, Norway

Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia) at shoreline, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Lapwing, Vanellus vanellus

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) pair, Terschelling, Netherlands

Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) on a gravel bank, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Northern lapwing on a leg United-Kingdom

Africa, Namibia. Crowned Plover or Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus)

Kittlitz's Plover or Kittlitz's Sandplover (Charadrius pecuarius), Djoudj National Park, Senegal, Africa

Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus), Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula, on sand, Iona, Scotland

Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla longipennis) adult, standing at edge of drinking pool, Taukum Desert, Kazakhstan, Asia

Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) chick looking for protection near its father, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

White Wagtail - Catching Insects (Motacilla alba alba). Finland.

Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) mating, Lahn, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) amid vegetation, North America

Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) sitting on eggs in nest on ground, Long Island, New York

Killdeer bird in Galveston, Texas.

Kentish Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) Female breeding on ground at the water's edge, Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, Romania, Europe

ruddy turnstone arenaria interpres foraging tobago caribbean

White Tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus Leucurus) Moving Out From Cover, (Changing Into Winter Plumage), The Whistlers, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Sandpiper on the beach at Cape Cross, Namibia

Forster´s Tern, Sterna forsteri, Florida, USA

Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) adult female, breeding plumage, with chicks sheltering under breast, Elmley Marshes N.N.R., North Kent Marshes, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England, April

Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) walking on orange net bags filled with mussels, UK

Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres _ Rocky coastline at Port Aransas, Texas, United States of America

Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava), male. Lake Neusiedl, Austria, May

Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) adult, winter plumage, standing on short grass, Norfolk, England, december

Little Tern (Sternula albifrons), adult bird hooting chicks, jumper being hooted, Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park, East Frisian Islands, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa

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Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) adult, winter plumage, standing amongst seaweed on beach, Shetland Islands, Scotland, september

Three-banded Plover near nest site

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) perched on a beach in the Pantanal region of Brazil

Port Isabel, Texas. Least Tern (Sterna antillarum) incubating eggs at nest

Brent Goose, Branta bernicla hrota, Pale bellied on beach, winter, Northern Ireland

Plover on the banks of a pond in Antseranana area Madagascar

A Pied Plover (Anarhynchus collaris) is looking for food on a sandbank in the Cuiaba River near Porto Jofre in the northern Pantanal, Mato Grosso province in Brazil.

Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) parent grabbing chick, Lower Saxony, Germany

snow bunting, gathering food from seaweed on shore, plectrophenax nivalis; spitsbergen

Northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe), young birds, Bulgaria, Europe

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) adult, breeding plumage, sitting on nest, Nunavut, Canada, July

Zwergtrappe, Spanien Little Bustard, Bustard, Tetrax tetrax, Mediterranean Forest, Castilla La Mancha, Spain, Europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/AlxCarrerax 22936831

Ruff, Philomachus pugnax, courting male in breeding plumage, Lapland, Sweden

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres), Zeeland, Netherlands

madagascan plover charadrius thoracicus in saline-tolerant littoral vegetation ifaty madagascar

Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus swimming on a pond in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) juvenile, first winter plumage, feeding on water, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Sanderling (Calidris alba), Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Adult spur-winged lapwing (Vanellus spinosus), standing on stump, Lake Awassa, Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba yarrellii) adult male, winter plumage, with moth prey in beak, standing on mud, Suffolk, England, November

Sweden, Norrbotten. Adult Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus).

Common Sandpiper Water Bird (Actitis hypoleucos)

Black headed Gull pair courtship display, female begging food from male.

Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus), male, Dalarna, Sweden

Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) with its chicks gathered under its wings

Sandregenpfeifer, Sand-Regenpfeifer, psammodromus Charadrius hiaticula psammodromus. Charadrius psammodromus, Altvogel am Strand, Island, Austurland ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula psammodromus. Charadrius psammodromus, adult standing on the beach, Iceland, Austurland BLWS714520 *** Ringed Plover, Sand Little Ringed Plover, Psammodromus Charadrius hiaticula Psammodromus Charadrius Psammodromus , Altvogel on Beach, Iceland, Austurland Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Psammodromus Charadrius Psammodromus , Adult standing ON The beach, Iceland, Austurland BLWS714520 Copyright: xblickwinkel/AGAMI/D.xOcchiatox

Birds, red-wattled lapwing vanellus malabaricus, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xMohammedxSharif/DinodiaxPhotox

Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius), cock courts at the Nistkuhle, Biosphere Reserve Middle Elbe, Dessau-Rosslau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Little-Ringed Plover, Charadrius Dubius, Single Bird By Water, Midlands, April 2011

Shore Lark (Eremophila alpestris) singing, Tsomoriri lake, Ladakh, India

White-faced Storm-Petrel (Pelagodroma marina), Cape Verde Archipelago, Portugal

Goldfinch - in winter (Carduelis carduelis). Vaucluse - Provence - France.

Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus) adult pair, breeding plumage, standing at nest with chicks, England, May

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) on post, Texel, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) dark morph, Flatanger, Norway

Dulus dominicus on Beach in search of food

Yellow-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus malarbaricus), Keoladeo National Park, India

Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius), individual at the nest, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Dessau-Rosslau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus) female incubating eggs laid in depression, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula), adult bird defending clutch from attack by an eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park, East Frisian Islands, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) on a gravel bank, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

red-necked phalarope phalaropus lobatus with four young, taimyr, siberia arctic russia

Eurasian oystercatcher - standing on meadow , Haematopus ostralegus

Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus), light plumage, Joekulsarlon, Iceland, Europe

Ruddy Turnstone

Arctic tern on nest. Photo was taken in Southcentral Alaska. Donna Dewhurst Collection. Subjects: Birds; Marine birds. Location: Alaska.

White wagtail (Motacilla alba), male foraging in grassland

Kermadecsturmvogel, Kermadec-Sturmvogel Pterodroma neglecta, am Boden in der Naehe des Nestes, Franzoesisch-Polynesien kermadec petrel Pterodroma neglecta, inear the nest, French Polynesia BLWS712780 *** Kermadec petrel, Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta , on Floor in the Close to of Nestes, French Polynesia Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta , inEar The nest, French Polynesia BLWS712780 Copyright: xblickwinkel/AGAMI/J.xEatonx

Kentish plover on nest

Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus), Andes, Chile, South America

Sanderling (Calidris alba), Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

White-throated Dipper, Cinclus cinclus, white-throated dipper

herring gull, larus argentatus, eating mussel surrounded by turnstones, winter, norfolk uk

White-throated sparrow

Red-winged Pratincole, collared pratincoles (Glareola pratincola), Animals, Birds, Waders, Collared Pratincole adult, stretching wings, standing on ground, Southern Spain april

Straight on portrait of a killdeer bird on a Puget Sound beach

Norway, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) courting behavior.

A black skimmer presents a fish to its young chick.

Oriental Plover (Charadrius veredus) on grass in nature, Thailand

Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus) adult, calling, standing on dry ground, South Africa, Africa

Birds, red-wattled lapwing vanellus malabaricus hatching eggs, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xMohammedxSharif/DinodiaxPhotox

Mariqua Flycatcher in Kgalagadi transfrontier park, South Africa

eurasian Oystercatcher walking on the sea shore at low tide.

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) adult, winter plumage, foraging, turning stone on shingle beach, England

Adult common tern (Sterna hirundo), half-length portrait in nesting colony, calling male

Madagascan Plover (Charadrius thoracicus) Madagascar. Vulnerable species

little tern sterna albifrons tasmania, australia. endangered

Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) adult, walking on grass, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) male, Golfe du Morbihan, Southern Brittany, France

Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) adult, breeding plumage, feeding two chicks with earthworm, Norfolk, England, June

Pale chanting goshawk in Kgalagadi transfrontier park, South Africa

Common tern, tern, Sterna hirundo, crying on stake

Austernfischer Haematopus ostralegus, laeuft auf Kies auf einem Flachdach, Norwegen, Troms, Tromsoe palaearctic oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus, runs on gravel on a flat roof, Norway, Troms, Tromsoe BLWS721570 *** Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus , runs at Gravel at a Flat roof, Norway, Troms, Tromsoe Palaearctic oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus , runs ON Gravel ON a Flat roof, Norway, Troms, Tromsoe BLWS721570 Copyright: xblickwinkel/H.xBaesemannx

Northern Lapwing, vanellus vanellus, Normandy,

House Martin, Delichon urbica, adult swallows collecting nesting material, Jaemtland, Sweden

Julky 1992. Subjects: ALASKA MARITIME NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; AMNWR; Birds; birding; ; habitat; Coastal environments; biology; PAJA. . 1998 - 2011.

Birds, red-wattled lapwing vanellus malabaricus hatching eggs, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xMohammedxSharif/DinodiaxPhotox

Common Guillemot (Uria aalge) adult, summer plumage, washed ashore after contamination from polyisobutene oil additive at sea, affecting waterproof coating and ability to float, Chesil Beach, Dorset, England, January 2013

Black Tern Brooding (Chlidonias niger) Alpena Co, MI

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) adult in breeding plumage resting among flock of ruddy turnstones (Arenaria interpres) on groyne. high tide refuge in summer

Oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus, Eurasian oystercatcher

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) feeding a chick, Texel, West Frisian Islands, province of North Holland, The Netherlands, Europe

Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) (Lagopus mutus), male foraging among rocks in winter plumage, Scotland, UK

French Polynesia, Tikehau Atoll, Bird Island. Fairy tern chick close-up.

Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), with chicks, Minsener Oog, East Frisian Islands, Lower Saxony Wadden Sea, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

UK, Northumberland, Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) adult perched on lichen covered wall with growing Sea Campion (Silene uniflora)