#common ringed plover

[lichenaday]

Some of the baby birds I met on this recent round of field work:

1. Limosa limosa, black-tailed godwit

2. Haematopus ostralegus, oystercatcher

3. & 4. Numenius phaeopus, Eurasian whimbrel

5. Tringa totanus, redshank

6. Charadrius hiaticula, common ringed plover

7. Pluvialis apricaria, European golden plover

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[2633/11080] Common ringed plover - Charadrius hiaticula

Order: Charadriiformes Suborder: Charadrii Family: Charadriidae Subfamily: Charadriinae (plovers)

Photo credit: Herb Elliott via Macaulay Library

[kavohh707]

Stretching the wings a bit -a tiny common ringed plover.

[guudlobster]

common ringed plover

[marcalanpen-blog]

Ardmair views. Then photos were taken just before the sun set at Ardmair near Ullapool, in the north of Scotland.

The scenery is pretty impressive. As for the wildlife, in the few hours we spent there before the sun went down on the sea views were a couple of Oyster Catchers and a very smart looking Ringed Plover just meandering around on the foreshore. Neither seemed to be particularly afraid of me as I took a lot of photos from not a lot more than 10 metres away.

Ringed Plover.

This Ringed Plover wasn’t ringed, as in it didn’t have a ring attached to its leg, unlike its companion, below.

Notice the blue ring on one leg and the silver one on the other.

This smart Oyster Catcher was quite happy to carry on its preening as I photographed it from a few metres. They’re obviously pretty used to people, which was my good fortune.

Another sunset photo over the Firth.

[bens-birds]

Common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)

Nimmos Pier, Galway City, Co. Galway - 18-05-2024

[dansnaturepictures]

26/05/2024-Brown-tail moth caterpillar, Common Tern, Avocet chick and views in a sunny time at Lymington this afternoon.

Gorgeous Roseate Terns one of my birds of the year, Little Tern, Great Black-backed Gull, Gadwall, Eider, Shelduck, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Oystercatcher, Swifts circling overhead which was joyful to see, Redshank and Lapwing chicks I'd not seen chicks from the former before, broad-leaved clover, gladiolus and oxeye daisy were other highlights.

[weirdlizard26]

WILL I FORGOT TO TELL YPO my class in on the highest floor and today during literature a bird landed on the window at the start of the class and stayed there during the whole thing. It kinda looked like a pigeon, its front side+wings were completely white but it had black feathers on its back and it had a beautiful bright orange beak+legs. It was also soaked as fuck(it was raining)

OOOO THATS INTERESTING. i wish i was more well-versed in birds world-wide so i could try to identify it!!!! but it sounds very pretty from ur description its so cool that u got to see it!!!

[theultimatenaturelover]

Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus, a cute little feathered herbivorous dinosaur that lived from Middle to Late Jurassic and found in Russia.

The colors are based on the common ringed plover and the white-throated dipper.

It kinda reminds me of strawberries ><

[whatsthebird]

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[transient-winds]

Brainrotting a wind breaker daemon au during my last class for the week with my bestie on discord (😘 @prunus-rosales ) is definitely how I want to spend my weekend.

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman anyone?? I watched The Golden Compass (2007) movie a long time ago which I didn't know was my first exposure to daemons.

Anyways, since Sakura's young, his daemon would still be able to shift forms so here's my current list rn:

Tuxedo Maine Coon = frequent form

White Bengal Tiger = usually used during fights (not all the time but when the fight gets especially brutal)

Common ringed plover = also used in fights (to escape usually but will pluck another daemon's eye or two), but is also another frequent form especially if Sakura's too tired to carry a ~4kg furball on his shoulders or just to hide.

The daemon's definitely going to be the same-sex as Sakura, so his daemon would be male and he'd probably the only one in Fūrin with a male daemon 😭. To add to his tragic backstory and ostracization from society ✨️.

I imagine his daemon would be very sweet maybe a little shy, like his inner desires for affection and acceptance you know? As Sakura gets more comfortable with Class 1-1 with time, his daemon would definitely take a more caring and parental approach to class' daemons. The class looks up to Sakura and their daemons look up to his daemon. Stick with me here, but visualize this: his daemon in his tiger form holding nirei's daemon by the scruff like they would a cub.

YOU SEE THE VISION RIGHT???

Anyways yeah, since im doing this with Ales and with the help of some ideas in a windbreaker server she's in, there's a lot more to this au that has been established. (More than the jidaigeki au rip 💔)

I'll make a better post that's more professional looking than this one w/ more research & exposition later and with ideas for other characters such as Umemiya & some of Class 1-1 + WITH NAMES!! (shit's tiring to type out [Character]'s daemon)...

[bonefall]

Clanmew translations of some ocs

Petalsnow: Pfefiurch (Fluff petal-snow)

Snow prefix is supposed to mean snowfall

Hawkstep/star: Yi'issappa/Yi'ishai (Sparrowhawk-padding/star)

Not sure on the suffix

Rookstorm: Mraawbahahao (Crow-haster)

Doesn't seem to be a word for rook, went for haster because this man is a violent storm apparently

Willowmoon: Sawashowosha (Gray willow-moon halo)

Combined "shom" and "wosha" for the prefix, was very tempted to name them pussywillow but gray willow won in the end

Runningflame: Gabrllfyn (Crackling-cooking fire)

Sounds like a honor title tbh, this man can cook

Stoneclaw: Bponbkach (Boulder-claw)

She's a big woman, so big stone word it is

Monkeyfoot: Kossachungpwyyarr (Tree monster-foot)

Combination of "kossa" and "kichung" for the prefix, meant to be the generic term for certain animals. He'd likely have a honor title like Monkeyscar

Thundershine: Krrakashemimi (Thunder-has shined)

Meant to symbolize that lightning has hit and thunder will come soon

Splinterstripe: Karkseek (Chip-long stripe)

Couldn't find splinter so chip it is, neither of the stripe words really fit them but I went with seek because it sounds better

Piperleap/star: Krekekluara/Krekekshai (Gray heron-has jumped/star)

Piper wasn't on the lexicon so I just went for a bird word that began with K to match with their siblings. The leap part of their name symbolizes their shift from cleric training to becoming a warrior

Tinybounce: Eebpipip (Small-bouncing) or Peskepipip (small cluster of flowers-bouncing)

Little guy, so smol. Second translation was literally made because it fits with zir family's names so well (such as petal and rose)

Runningflame/Crackling-Cookingfire/Gabrilfyn is absolutely my favorite, TOTALLY sounds like an honor title, 100% excellent

Here's some more words for you! While I'm at it, I'll fill out the missing corvids;

Rook (Corvus frugilegus) = Naahg

Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) = Niw

Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) = Aai

Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) = Hraor

This, with Nyok for Raven, Rawk for Carrion Crow, Ke'ek for Magpie, and Mraaw for Corvids as a generic term, completes the entire family!

Next is a few wood-related terms that are missing;

Splinter = Koa

Wood (General) = Okok

Pith (The spongy inner wood of plants, usually in reference to flax or soft rush) = Sowa

And lastly... on pipers.

Pipers are a rare bird for Clan cats to see. They're mostly shorebirds that come in-land to nest. There's well over a dozen fat, thin-billed, long-legged little waterbirds (called Waders) they see on a regular basis, but the two piper species they'd know about would be very rare.

So here's a generic term for you, and a couple of the most common ones. I found a good way to give you a K-term while most of this family has peepy-type calls;

Wader (Generic) = Kikaboo From Fang + Beak + Fat. Includes rails, coots, pipers, dunlins, etc. Birds with long legs, long little beaks like a tooth, and round bodies, found near water.

Beak (of a bird) = Kaba

Moorhen = Ia The most common wader in the territory. The closest thing to a chicken the Clan cats have.

Curlew (Numenius arquata) = Urloop An interesting little bird that nests close to kestrel nests, in spite of the danger. Featured in a Clanmew saying, "Curlew in the shadow of a kestrel," roughly means, "Choosing danger for the sake of safety"

Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) = Bieew A symbol of peace between RiverClan and WindClan in the Lake territory. The southern delta is mostly gravel and stony, the exact place that a Bieew likes to nest. Both Clans have an interest in protecting these pretty little birds, which can bring them together for negotiation.

Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) = Peepapi A rare shore-dwelling bird that occasionally comes in-land to nest; not discovered until the Clan cats returned to the Lake. When used as a name, has a connotation of traveling or going on a salt patrol.

[kavohh707]

Some common ringed plovers and in-between some ruddy turnstones and dunlins. They were all quite shy and so I had to stay a bit further away.

[birdusannus]

4/14: cape cod?!

we wound our way to the very tippy-top of cape cod , MA in search of seabirds-- and seabirds we found! we spent more than four hours and walked more than four miles total through sand and seawater to find a bunch of cool species, many of which were lifers for me!

Bird 67: a Belted Kingfisher was perched in a marshy area not quite at the seashore.

Bird 68: Surf Scoters were floating out on the water, mixed in with Black and White-winged Scoters!

Bird 69: We spotted a few Piping Plovers running up and down the shoreline-- they were so cute!

Bird 70: Razorbill; these fellas were far off shore and hard to find, but we saw them eventually.

Bird 71: Laughing Gulls were- well, laughing! I think their black heads are very striking.

Bird 72: Ring-billed Gull

Bird 73: Great Black-backed Gull

Bird 74: Glaucous Gull; we saw at least one for certain. I'm awful at identifying my gulls, but I learned that GLGUs are large, chunky, and have all-white wingtips.

Bird 75: Iceland Gull; still not sure how to ID these guys, to be honest...

Bird 76: Pacific Loon; we spent most of our time searching for this bird specifically. The water was full of COLO and RTLO, but seeing as MA is on the Atlantic, PALO are understandably rare. We sorted through winter plumage birds for hours, knowing PALO were present from other birders we came across. We finally ID'd a winter plumage bird based on its narrow beak (relative to a conveniently placed nearby Common) and chinstrap... it was such an exciting moment when we finally got it!

Bird 77: Northern Gannet; there were dozens, if not hundreds, of these guys close to shore. They were gorgeous, bright white with stark black wingtips. I could have watched them gracefully arc in the air before plunging into the water for hours!

Bird 78: Bufflehead; sitting on a lake near the seashore!

[bens-birds]

Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)

Rosscarbery, Co. Cork (23-08-2023)

[dansnaturepictures]

11th August 2024: Raven, Meadow Pipit, beautiful views in the sun a great day to be at the coast and Comma on a walk from Keyhaven around Lymington-Keyhaven Nature Reserve today with the Hampshire Ornithological Society.

Grey Plovers including some in stunning summer plumage, Ringed Plover, Knot, lots of Common Sandpipers which was memorable, Avocet, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, gorgeous Black-tailed Godwits, Curlew, Kingfisher, Little Egrets, Black-headed, Herring, Great Black-backed and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Eider Ducks, Shelducks, Stock Dove, Linnets, Swallow, Sand Martin, Water Rail heard, Red Admiral, Peacock, Common Blue, Green-veined White, Common Darter, Southern Hawker, bee, cenatury, common mallow, ragwort, wild carrot, honeysuckle, red clover, my first sea aster of the year, rock samphire and horseweed were other highlights on a great day. Another brilliant summer weekend.