Watch where you walk and other ways to shore up a little help for the vanishing plover
by Dian Spear, Daily Maverick
June 1, 2021
Watch where you walk and other ways to shore up a little help for the vanishing plover
by Dian Spear, Daily Maverick June 1, 2021 First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper.
Although we may not notice the small, well-camouflaged white-fronted plovers, or their tiny speckled eggs and chicks, the presence of humans and dogs in or near their dune and beach habitat reduces their breeding success.