Widwater Lagoon, Shoreham-by-Sea. Nothing else quite like it given its dumpy size and ring around its neck. It is a wading bird and feeds on pretty much anything from molluscs to spiders!

Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) (08/05/2008) Widwater Lagoon, Shoreham-by-Sea. Nothing else quite like it given its dumpy size and ring around its neck. It is a wading bird and feeds on pretty much anything from molluscs to spiders!

Widwater Lagoon, Shoreham-by-Sea. Really well camofluaged - from a distance looks kind of like a pebble!

Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) (08/05/2008) Widwater Lagoon, Shoreham-by-Sea. Really well camofluaged - from a distance looks kind of like a pebble!

Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) (09/02/2006) Widwater Lagoon, Shoreham-by-Sea.

Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) (03/09/2006) Climping Beach, nr Arundel.

Widwater Lagoon, Shoreham-by-Sea. Rather blurry as so far away, but you can see another ID feature here - the broad white wing stripe.

Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) (23/12/2007) Widwater Lagoon, Shoreham-by-Sea. Rather blurry as so far away, but you can see another ID feature here - the broad white wing stripe.