Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) pre-nuptial wintering male digging out an arenicolous worm on the foreshore at low tide, Finistere, Brittany, France

charadrius hiaticula arenicolidae sp finistere 29 adult male alone posing profile shot overview temperate sea arenicolidae low tide sand shore migratory species charadrius least concern iucn lc food search february wintering common ringed plover charadrius hiaticula north atlantic ocean nobody lugworm arenicolidae sp adults males single lonely only solo one lone posed pose settlings settling profile sights profile sight profile shots profile view profile views side view overviews global sight global sights full length temperate seas temperate ocean temperate oceans low tides ebb sandy shore sand shores sandy shores least concern species food searches winterings northern atlantic with nobody brittany france european union europe stage of development individual enumeration shot sea marine area area polychaeta annelida articulata protostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota tide meteorological phenomenon atmosphere strand species particularity species charadriidae charadriiformes aves tetrapoda vertebrata chordata deuterostomia low risk iucn lr iucn red list of threatened species seek behavior plover gravelot small wading shore bird bird wild animal animal atlantic ocean world sea and ocean polychete worm segmented worm / annelide worm