The Eurasian dotterel, also known in Europe as just dotterel, is a small wader in the plover family of birds. It is the only species placed in the genus Eudromias.
Eurasian dotterel
Male with chicks
Juvenile
Nest
Plovers are members of a widely distributed group of wading birds of family Charadriidae. The term "plover" applies to all the members of the family, though only about half of them include it in their name.
Plover
Little ringed plover Charadrius dubius
Kentish plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
Lesser sand plover, Anarhynchus mongolus