Golden Plover 
Taken at Troon on 5th December 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Stevenston on 19th September 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Juvenile
Taken at Strathclyde Park on 4th November 2017 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File
Taken at Musselburgh on 29th October 2018 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Taken at Port Seton on 8th October 2015 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Golden Plover.
Species:
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Family:
Local Names:		 Pluvius apricaria.
Charadriiformes.
Charadriidae.
Black-breasted Plover, Green Plover, Grey Plover, Whistling Plover, Yellow Plover.
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Eggs:		 Shallow depression on the ground.
Sparsely lined with grass.
Insects, worms, slugs etc. tender shoots.
Black underparts of summer change to white in winter.
Greyish-black upper parts, spotted with dark ochre.
White line over the eye and down the neck to the flanks.
30 cms
May - June.
4. Yellowish, blotched with blackish brown. Long and pointed.
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