plover betydelse and definition

Exempel på plover

• The bird fauna is dominated by plovers and passerines while waterfowl (geese, ducks, and loons) are found only in river valleys and on lakes.

• Gulls and plovers: the ecology and behaviour of mixed-species feeding groups.

• In this facies they recognized bird (reportedly crane-like, plover-like and wader-like species) and mammalian (reportedly wolf) prints.

• Eventually, other and smaller species of shorebirds, such as sandpipers, stilts and plovers, may find it worthwhile to feed on the growing population of smaller and more soft-bodied benthic organisms.

• Innumerable boulders, relics of the glacial period encumbered the track, the only sound we heard was the croak of the curlew the whistle of the golden plover.

• On the hills, most ground-nesting birds, such as curlew, plover, merlin or hen harriers, would be wiped out.

• All are duck or geese with the exception of the golden plover, which is a reasonably edible bird.

• They are vital for breeding, migrating and wintering birds including golden plovers, hen harriers and nightjars.