Golden Plover
The Golden Plover is a medium sized plover with a distinctive gold and black summer plumage. In winter the black is replaced by buff and white. It typically stands upright and runs in short bursts.
The Golden Plover breeds on the ground in a dry open area on moorland, mountains and fells, tundra and marshland in northern Europe and western Asia. It is migratory and winters in western and southern Europe and in north Africa.
Date: 12th April 2010
Location: Ekkerøy, Varanger peninsula, Finnmark, Norway
The Golden Plover breeds on the ground in a dry open area on moorland, mountains and fells, tundra and marshland in northern Europe and western Asia. It is migratory and winters in western and southern Europe and in north Africa.
Date: 12th April 2010
Location: Ekkerøy, Varanger peninsula, Finnmark, Norway
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Also in: Norway
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