grey plover
Americannoun
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Four UK shorebirds - the grey plover, dunlin, turnstone and curlew sandpiper - are becoming more endangered on the red list.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2024
For miles and miles they saw no living thing save a grey plover whistling over their heads, or now and then a flock of sheep among the hills far away.
From The Orphans of Glen Elder by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)
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