Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius)

DESCRIPTION:
The little ringed ploveris a small species of bird. The large one is 14 - 17 cm, so it is slightly larger than a sparrow. It has a brown head and back, and a black band over the eye and above the beak. He also has a black band around his neck. The underside of the body is light. The dark eye is lined with a distinctive yellow eye ring.
NESTING:
They nest on stony or sandy shores of bodies of water or on the exposed bottom of drained or abandoned ponds. Mating takes place immediately after arrival from the wintering grounds. The nest is a small shallow hole in sand or pebbles and is built from May to July. Sometimes they nest twice a year. There are 4 brown eggs in the nest, which both parents take turns incubating for 22-25 days. Eggs are always pointed to each other. The young leave the nest immediately after hatching and are then guided by the parents for about 3 weeks. If the young are threatened, the parent feigns injury and thus tries to lure the predator away from the young or the nest as far as possible.
FOOD:
The little ringed plover feeds on insects, their larvae, spiders and worms. It collects food on the ground, most often in the mud at the edge of the water.
EXTENSION:
In addition to the northern regions, they nest throughout Europe, then in North Africa and a large part of Central and South Asia. It is a migratory bird that winters mainly in equatorial Africa and Southeast Asia. A smaller part of the European population winters in the Mediterranean.
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