Title

Ringed Plover

Caption

Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) adult, summer plumage, attempting to lure Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) away from nest with broken wing display, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

Jun 14, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Bill Coster

Reference

BRK22F49_080

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,8Mb (17,9Mb) / 17,7in x 11,8in / 5315 x 3541 (300dpi)

Keywords

2 Aves Bird Birds British Charadriid Charadriidae Charadriids Charadriiformes Charadrius hiaticula Common pied oystercatcher Common ringed plover Eurasian oystercatcher Eurasian oystercatchers Europe Haematopodidae Haematopus ostralegus No People North Europe Northern Europe Oystercatcher Ringed plover Ringed plovers Shetland Islands adult adult animal adult animals animal animals animals in the wild bird photography bird's nest bird-nest birds' nests breeding area breeding ground breeding grounds breeding season breeding site breeding time defence defense deserted display displays empty fauna habitat information mature matures natural environment natural environments natural habitat nest nesting nesting site nesting sites nests no one nobody out outdoor outdoors outside summer summer plumage summery two uninhabited wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography wing wings Scotland breeding breedings plumage plumages seabird seabirds shorebird wader wading bird wading birds Great Britain Scotch Scottish UK United Kingdom