grey plover
Pluvialis squatarola

Dumpy grey and black wader often found along muddy shoreline

Habitat: estuaries and muddy shorelines

Winter visitor to Britain; breeds in arctic Europe

Summer: black below with grey spangled upperparts; winter: grey above and white below

Walks slowly, uses eyesight to find food

Eats worms and invertebrates

Nest is a hollow on the ground

1 brood June – July ; 4 eggs buff spotted