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Kentish Plover; Chorlitejo Patinegro

Charadrius alexandrinus

Description:

Just a tiny selection of the many Kentish Plovers scattered throughout these extensive marshes.

Habitat:

Coastal marshes (tidal) and salt pans.

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12 Comments

Thanks Marta, Angel, Daniele & Tom.

Tom15
Tom15 9 years ago

Congrats Malcolm, what a nice series!

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 9 years ago

Congrats Malcolm! A fun series, also showing the bird's habitat nicely.

arlanda
arlanda 9 years ago

Congratulations Malcolm !

The MnMs
The MnMs 9 years ago

Congratulations!

Thanks for the honour Yasser and thanks for the comments Ashley and Sukanya. Personally, I think he is about to pluck it off to use as a crutch!

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 9 years ago

In school, the Irish nuns would say "Fingers on your lips." And make us sit like that as a punishment for talking...Hmmm, why did that memory surface?

AshleyT
AshleyT 9 years ago

Congrats Malcolm, great series!

Yasser
Yasser 9 years ago

Malcolm, congrats! This plover has been selected as Spotting of the Day! We can't thank you enough for all you do to help keep the community going and growing. Cheers to you and thanks again for all your contributions. I love James's suggestion and I can't wait to see what other captions start rolling in for this great little bird!

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James McNair
James McNair 9 years ago

How about "Man the smell of fish around here!"

Indeed. Thanks, I'm looking for captions for it.

James McNair
James McNair 9 years ago

Love that first shot

Andalucía, Spain

Spotted on Jun 14, 2014
Submitted on Nov 8, 2014

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