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Steve Nuttall, Golden Plover at Belvide Reservoir, 6 February 2004

Golden Plover, Pluvialis apricaria, at Belvide Reservoir, 6 February 2004. © Steve Nuttall

Steve comments:

This bird got me going for a while, giving the impression of an American Golden Plover- but the size and structure, plus the underwing pattern, were all wrong.