Bird life seen includes gadwall, great crested grebe and little ringed plover.

March: The Little Ringed Plovers appear and start singing.

May: First chicks appear of the Little Ringed Plover.

These include ringed plover, little ringed plover, shelduck and oystercatchers.

April: Pairs of Little Ringed Plovers in abundance.

White wing-bar separates from Little Ringed Plover.

Birds including turtle dove, little ringed plover, Cetti's warbler and peregrine falcon breed in the quarry.

This species differs from the smaller Little Ringed Plover in leg colour, the head pattern, and the lack of an obvious yellow eye-ring.

Mallards, Little Ringed Plovers, Wagtails are all common visitors to the islets during the breeding season.

The Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) is a small plover.

Among the species that attract birdwatchers to the hide are the goosander, lapwings, common snipe, little ringed plover and whitethroat.

Some migratory birds such as the chiffchaff, sand martin, willow warbler, blackcap and the little ringed plover arrived late to Britain.

Among the more distinctive species found along the river are sand martins, common sandpipers, little ringed plovers, dippers, kingfishers and grey wagtails.

Changing water levels occasionally expose the reservoir banks, which become a popular feeding ground for small wading birds, including common sandpipers, green sandpipers and little ringed plovers.

Wildfowl abound along with reports of cuckoos, warblers, swallows, little ringed plover, yellow wagtail, ring ouzel, wheatear, chiffchaff, dabchicks.

Breeding bird species of local importance include the great crested grebe, tufted duck, coot, little ringed plover, sedge warbler and the reed warbler.

The barren Tiilikkajärvi lake is inhabited by the Black-throated Diver, and its beaches by the Little Ringed Plover.

Over 220 species of bird have been recorded on the reserve, including Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, Skylark and Reed Warbler.

Bill Oddie and Kate Humble watched local birds on the nest, including little ringed plovers, goldcrests and reed buntings, all new species for Springwatch.

Tern Island is composed of gravel and pebbles which attracts certain species to breed here, notably Common Tern and Little Ringed Plover.

Notwithstanding the limited scale of the lake a large number of birds are regularly found here, including Little Grebe, Little Ringed Plover, and Common Moorhen.

Among the 280 recorded migratory species in Azraq are the Ruff, Avocet, Little Stint, and the Little Ringed Plover.

Equally, passage waders such as the Greenshank and Green Sandpiper, as well as the uncommon Little Ringed Plover, are a regular breeding species on the site.

Waders that breed regularly include Northern Lapwing, Common Redshank, Ringed Plover and Little Ringed Plover.

The amount of water entering and leaving the Dole is managed, maintaining its mud flats to make sure they are available for birds like snipe and little ringed plovers throughout the year.

The Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) is a small plover.