grey plover

noun

, British.

1. the black-bellied plover.

Example Sentences

Four UK shorebirds - the grey plover, dunlin, turnstone and curlew sandpiper - are becoming more endangered on the red list.

From BBC

This may readily be believed, for the eggs of Larus Ridibundus, although they vary a good deal in marking, are often practically indistinguishable from those of the green plover, or grey plover, except that they are not so sharply pointed at the small end.

From Project Gutenberg

The Grey Plover, as seen in England, well deserves its name, for, as it frequents our shores in the winter alone, it is only known to us as a bird grey above and white below.

From Project Gutenberg

The Grey Plover breeds in high latitudes, making a slight hollow in the ground, and employing a few blades of grass.

From Project Gutenberg

In size it is intermediate between the Grey Plover and Sanderling, being about as big as a Thrush.

From Project Gutenberg