Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758.

Length 19 cm. A small plover with distinctive black markings on the forehead and face, and a complete black collar; the back is brown and the underparts are pale; a distinct white wing bar is visible in flight. The bill is yellow with a black tip, and the legs are orange. The juveniles and winter plumaged adults are paler, and lack the white markings. The Ringed Plover frequents coastal mudflats and sandy beaches in winter. It feeds on crustaceans, gastropods, and insects, which it attracts by vibrating its feet rapidly on the mud, thus forcing its prey to come to the surface. It is a fairly common winter visitor and passage migrant to most coastal and inland waters along the Mediterranean and Red Sea Coasts and the Nile Delta wetlands.