Little Ringed Plover

Little-ringed Plover standing on the edge of the shore of the reservoir.
Little Ringed Plover, Embalse de los Molinos, Fuerteventura, Canarias, Spain, July 29, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-1000; f/10; 1/2000 sec.

This page is for the Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius). My first photograph of this bird was taken at a great distance. I could barely see it through my binoculars, and it was too far and too small for the autofocus on my camera (even with 700 mm of optics), so I used spot focus in the area and hoped for the best. The image is heavily cropped.

Little Ringed Plover walking on the far edge of the containment pond.
Little Ringed Plover, Barranco de Malpaso, Tenerife, Canarias, Spain, August 3, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-200; f/10; 1/1250 sec. -0.3 exposure bias
Little Ringed Plover walking on the far edge of the containment pond.
Little Ringed Plover, Barranco de Malpaso, Tenerife, Canarias, Spain, August 3, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-200; f/10; 1/1250 sec. -0.3 exposure bias
Little Ringed Plover walking on the far edge of the containment pond.
Little Ringed Plover, Barranco de Malpaso, Tenerife, Canarias, Spain, August 3, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-250; f/10; 1/1250 sec. -0.3 exposure bias
Little Ringed Plover walking on the mud flats.
Little Ringed Plover, Christou River, Lesvos, Greece, April 17 2026
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO 1250; f/11; 1/800 sec.
Little Ringed Plover walking on the partially flooded mud flats.
Little Ringed Plover, Christou River, Lesvos, Greece, April 17 2026
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO 500; f/10; 1/800 sec.