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| Image details: |
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| Image Description: |
A Golden Plover on the nest |
| Image notes: |
These birds normally get vocal and try to draw people away from the nest. |
| Species in Image: |
Golden Plover |
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| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc00790 |
| General details: |
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| Common Name |
Golden Plover |
| Latin Name |
Pluvialis apricaria |
| Shetland Name |
Plivver |
| Latin Group Name |
Charadriiformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Charadriidae |
| Common Family Name |
Plovers |
| Description |
Common breeding bird and passage migrant, flocks seen all winter feeding on sheep pasture and mud flats. |
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