Grey Plover (winter plumage) standing on an island in Brownsea Lagoon

Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour, Dorset (March 2008)

Also known as Black-bellied Plover. Image taken from the MacDonald Hide.

For more information on this bird species see the following links:
Grey Plover / Internet Bird Collection
Grey Plover / Bird Forum
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species / Pluvialis squatarola