Pluvialis squatarola

Recognizable by its black armpits, the silver plover is a limicolous bird that nests in summer in the sub-polar latitudes of the northern hemisphere. It migrates south to spend the winter in wetlands and mudflats along the coasts of most of the world’s seas. France is home to tens of thousands of both wintering and migrating birds staging along the Channel-Atlantic coast.

Shorebirds are captured on moonless nights using vertical nets set between their feeding sites on the mudflats they frequent during their migratory stopover. All shorebirds are fitted with GPS tags weighing between 3 and 10g, depending on the size of the species. These beacons transmit the birds’ geographical position and altitude live via the 4G network.

Migratory in France

Breeder in France

: Wintering in France