Plover turnaround

 Result of my close-to-home Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius/Kleine Plevier) project: ♂ making a nest hole in the sand. This is done by scratching the soil with his longs legs and turning around. Several nest holes are prepared this way. In the coming days I expect the ♀ to pick her favorite location to start breeding ...

* Canon EOS 7D, 500mm/f4; ISO-400, f5, 1/125s; frying pan groundpod.
* Canon EOS 7D, 500mm/f4; ISO-400, f5, 1/125s; frying pan groundpod.