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| Photographed at Kakadu Beach, Bribe Island, Queensland August 2015 |
644 LESSER SAND PLOVER Charadrius mongolus
Australia (487)
Also known as Mongolian Sand Plover, Mongolian Plover or Mongolian Dotterel. 19-21 cm. Found on tidal mudflats and sandblast; gently sloping sandy and shelly beaches; salt marsh, estuaries, atolls, reefs, mangroves, airfields. Occasionally on inland freshwater lakes, swamps, bore drains etc. Range: breeds in e. and ne Siberia; regular summer migrant (Aug.-May) to mostly coastal Aust., Tas., and NZ; scattered inland occurrences. Regular in low thousands in some areas, such as Gulf of Carpentaria and Moreton Bay (Q).
Bribie Island is lovely, maybe it is the beauty that attracts them from so far away, the island has a history of attracting wayward travelers
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