dotterel

[ UK /dˈɒtəɹə‍l/ ]
NOUN
  1. rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia

How To Use dotterel In A Sentence

  • Head eastwards across the grassy plateau to Ben Tirran, keeping an eye out for the birds that inhabit Scotland's high moorlands - curlew, ptarmigan, skylarks singing as they rise and, if you're lucky, the shy dotterel.
  • For wader enthusiasts each spring provides an opportunity to discover a trip of dotterel.
  • Then they objected to the wrong kind of shells being used in rebuilding some nests for dotterels.
  • Several migratory wader species are regular visitors to the island, principally are double-banded dotterel Charadrius bicinctus, eastern golden plover Pluvialis dominica, turnstone Arenaria interpres, whimbrel Numenius phaeopus and bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica. Lord Howe Island Group, Australia
  • Here are, amongst others, the beautiful golden-ringed and dotterel plovers of Europe, and the How to See the British Museum in Four Visits
  • It has even been put forward that the colours of their eggs are intended to deceive; and those of the dotterel, laid on the open beach, are often mentioned as an instance. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies
  • Notable bird species composition includes snowcock (Tetragallus altaicus) and dotterel (Eudromias morinellus). Khangai Mountains alpine meadow
  • Scottish Natural Heritage, the government's conservation agency, has pointed out that Scotland's mountain birds, like the dotterel and the ptarmigan, are also vulnerable to climate change.
  • The report highlights the plight of 20 species, including the song thrush, the corncrake, the crossbill, the capercaillie, the dotterel and black grouse.
  • A high-level two kilometre ridge walk traverses huge swathes of green mosses and sedge, a breeding ground for dotterel.
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