Grey Plover
Grey Plover

Grey plovers are a fully migratory species, breeding in the upper Arctic islands and along the northern coasts of Alaska, Canada, and Russia. Once the breeding season ends, often as early as July, migration begins to various coastal areas throughout the world.
Black-bellied plovers, as they are known in the New World, spend winters from southwest British Columbia and Massachusetts as far south as Argentina and Chile.
The species’ Eurasian range extends from Ireland and southwestern Norway in the north, reaching south South Africa in the south. To the east, wintering grey plovers arrive in southern Japan and spread southwards throughout coastal southern Asia and Australia, with a few reaching New Zealand.

Photographer: Dave Saunders

Grey Plover

Grey plovers are a fully migratory species, breeding in the upper Arctic islands and along the northern coasts of Alaska, Canada, and Russia. Once the breeding season ends, often as early as July, migration begins to various coastal areas throughout the world.
Black-bellied plovers, as they are known in the New World, spend winters from southwest British Columbia and Massachusetts as far south as Argentina and Chile.
The species’ Eurasian range extends from Ireland and southwestern Norway in the north, reaching south South Africa in the south. To the east, wintering grey plovers arrive in southern Japan and spread southwards throughout coastal southern Asia and Australia, with a few reaching New Zealand.

Photographer: Dave Saunders