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Ringed Plovers 2015



During 2015 five pairs of Ringed Plover reared a total of four young.

One pair reared 3 young on the first attempt with a second attempt failing at the egg stage. A second pair reared 1 young on the first attempt but with no second attempt as one of the adults disappeared during the rearing stage of the first brood. The surviving chick was still being tended for by the remaining adult seven weeks after hatching. A third pair failed at the egg stage on the first attempt & at the chick stage on the second attempt. A fourth pair had two failures at the egg stage. A fifth pair had one attempt failing at the egg stage and then disappeared from the site. It is not thought that any of the pairs laid more than two clutches. Other adults occasionally turned up on site but did not breed.