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Dotterel
This medium-sized member of the plover family is unusual in that the adult female is brighter than the male - an indication of their role-reversal in raising the young. Adults have largely grey-brown upper parts and bright chestnut belly, with a white chest band, throat and eye stripe, the latter contrasting with a dark cap. On spring migration they are often seen in groups, or 'trips', at traditional stopping places. In Scotland it inhabits wide, windswept summit plateaux with very low vegetation, mosses and lichens, and sometimes low shrub heaths. It winters in semi-desert climates.
When to see this species : Spring, Summer
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