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: 26th May 2009
Location: Skallelv to Komagvaer, 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: 26th May 2009
Location: Skallelv to Komagvaer, Varanger peninsula, Finnmark, Norway
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Also in: North Finland and north Norway - May and June 2009
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