Yippee: the Ringed Plovers are back (well, some at least)

One of the first Bird' Species we saw when we started looking for Birds during late-2010 were the Ringed Plovers that have set up Home beside the Thames in the Belvedere area (flying Inland at High Tide). They are still there and we secretly refer to them as, 'our Ringed Plovers'!

As mentioned, at High Tide, the Birds fly Inland to an unknown destination. We used to wonder how they knew about the State of the Tides so they could time their arrival on the Foreshore to coincide with the appearance of the Mud. It all became clear one day when we noticed a party of Plovers fly out over the River: it being High Tide still they returned to the place from whence they came. We found it slightly disappointing.

It had been a while since we had seen a Ringed Plover (they go off to raise Families during late-Spring and Summer) so we thought we might toddle along to see if there were any about.

And Yippee: there were at least four distant Ringed Plovers and surprisingly, since it seems somewhat early for them, three distant Dunlins, beside the River today viz.