After nesting on upland moors in solitary pairs during the breeding season, golden plovers Pluvialis apricaria flock together and over-winter on low lying fields and seashores where the food is plentiful. At high tide, plovers will await the uncovering of their feeding habitat from the backshore grassland, heathland and dunes.
Ron took up wildlife photography when he retired from Scottish Natural Heritage in 2015. He uses his knowledge and fieldcraft to photograph birds at close quarters. His favourite group of birds to photograph are waders, mostly on the Ythan estuary where he lives.
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