Common Ringed Plovers in Iceland

For the past four years I have visited Iceland and seen Common Ringed Plovers on their breeding grounds. The following photos are examples of breeding birds on territory and show individual variation. This photo was taken in the port of Husavik in northeast Iceland on 25 June 2016

 

Common Ringed Plover on the beach in the port of Husavik in northeast Iceland on 25 June 2016

 

Common Ringed Plover near Hotel Framnes, Grundarfjordur on Snaefellsnes Peninsula on 3 July 2015

 

Common Ringed Plover near Hotel Framnes, Grundarfjordur on Snaefellsnes Peninsula on 3 July 2015

 

Common Ringed Plover doing a broken wing tactic to distract us. We were walking on a coastal trail on the Snaefellsnes Peninsula on 4 July 2014.

 

Common Ringed Plover on a beach on the Snaefellsnes Peninsula on 4 July 2014.

 

Common Ringed Plover on the breeding grounds in Grundarfjordur, Iceland on 28 June 2013.

 

Link to Common Ringed Plover in Toronto on 20 August 2016