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..     GOLDEN PLOVER (pluvialis apricaria).     ..

Image: John Gould

Size:-

Voice:-

Habitat:-

Status:-

Egg:-

Length: 26-29cm

Wingspan: 67-76cm

Weight: 160-280g

Call: 'too-ee' and 'tloo'

Song: wailing

 

 

Summer: upland moors, grassland and blanket bogs, and machair.

Winter: grass and arable fields, coastal fields and saltmarshes.

Locally common

Green List

 

 

?x?mm

N.B. EGG COLLECTING IS MURDER. IT IS IMMORAL AND IT IS AGAINST THE LAW.

Extra Info:-

Eggs:-

Lifespan:-

Population:-

No.:-

Incubation:-

Fledging:-

4

28-31 days

25-33 days

Season: Apr-Jul

12 years

 

 

Breeding: 22,600 pairs

Winter: 310,000

 

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