DOTTEREL ARE SUMMER VISITORS AND PASSAGE MIGRANTS - THEY TURN UP EACH YEAR AT TRADITIONAL SITES -I SAW 6 TODAY AT LONG MYND, SHROPSHIRE - A BEAUTIFUL PART OF SHROPSHIRE -
WHEN THERE ARE SEVERAL TOGETHER THEY ARE KNOWN AS A TRIP -A FEW PAIRS BREED IN THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND , BUT MOST END UP IN THE ARCTIC TUNDRA TO BREED-IT'S UNUSUAL FOR FEMALES TO BE BRIGHTER THAN MALES, BUT THIS IS THE CASE WITH DOTTEREL- THE MALE
INCUBATES THE EGGS AND LOOKS AFTER THE YOUNG -FEMALES ARE ONE OUR MOST STUNNING WADERS IN SUMMER PLUMAGE
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