Kentish plover

Description:

Dumpy, pale-looking pliver. Adult has sandy brown back separated from brown cap and nape by white collar. Black markings on either side of neck form incomplete collar.

Habitat:

Favours coastal areas, especially saltpans, brackish lagoons and estuaries.

Notes:

Not a brilliant shot, but the only one I could get. I think they are a plover of some kind, and I would guess from size and markings at a Kentish plover. Photographed in the Rio Formosa National Park, on salt flats.