Greater Sand Plover: Taking a break from watching dragonflies, I decided to head out early and twitch the greater sand plover at Redcar. I
had a wedding to shoot in Doncaster so thought I'd spend the morning a little further north. Also having only seen one before, the Spurn bird back in 2018. These birds breed in the semi-deserts of Turkey and eastwards through central Asia so when one turns up on the British shores its a big deal.
When I arrived there were already a large crowed gathered along the beach watching the bird. The bird was feeding along the tide line and even picking at the washed up kelp.
Compared to its native cousins the ringed plover the greater sand plover has a thick-bill, long-legs and papers to be chunkier in appearance. They also posses grey backs and white underparts. The breast, forehead and nape are chestnut, and there they have a distictive black eye mask.
