Bad weather is good weather for plovers

It is rainy and cold. The Horse-trails (Ploverbeach) plovers were frolicking undisturbed on the waters edge.

Plovers under foot

homeless man

22-01-2009

I observed the stress of the Plover who had a nest just below where this man slept.
I have often seen people settling to sunbathe on top of a Plover breeding site.

Plovers breeding 20-11-2008

Plover and chick. These Plovers were forced into the open by sunbathers occupying their nesting area. The crows were hovering nearby. This chick will be lucky if it survives. The Blouberg Oystercatchers did not seem to find an undisturbed breeding spot on this beach this year.

Predators among the Plovers

Plover beach, between Big Bay and the Horse Trails.

Dog sniffing a Plover chick dropped by the crow. The crow possibly found the chick after it was disturbed from it's camouflaged place of hiding.

Fw: Google Alert - white fronted plover bird

Plover - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nov 5, 2008 ... Plovers are a widely distributed group of wading birds belonging to the ... White-fronted Plover, Charadrius marginatus; Red-capped Plover, ...

White-fronted Plover (Charadrius marginatus) - BirdLife species ... Search for Important Bird Area sites (IBAs) around the world.

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Plover in Flight

During a Google Search I came across this lovely photograph of a Plover in flight