A census of Ringed Plovers in Britain in 1973–74 revealed a total of over 5,700 pairs, with the best concentrations in eastern England (particularly in Norfolk and Essex), the Outer Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland. Some interesting recent changes in habitat are chronicled.
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A. J. Prater (1976) studied this question.
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