Plovers Nesting On Roof

They nest on your roof or in the grassy gap between the footpath and road.

Plovers nesting on roof.

They pretend to be injured to draw a predator away from their eggs. The warehouse is less than 100 m from a shingle beach which has in the past been a traditional site for ringed plovers to attempt to nest. This is a natural process undertaken by many bird species including some ducks who nest in tree hollows and the chicks are remarkably resilient to the long fall but may require assistance if the distance is too great. Plovers keep nesting on our flat roof every year and on our neighbour s.

They are very faithful to a nesting site and once established will return to the same site year after year. Masked lapwings try to chase dogs or people away from their nests. In urban environments plovers may lay their eggs on roof tops for safety. On 17th july 2019 local birder przemek strzelecki found a pair of ringed plovers charadrius hiaticula with four chicks on a warehouse roof at the eastern end of shoreham port sussex.

Breeding season is from november to june each year and they usually lay 3 to 4 eggs in a small depression in the ground with eggs taking 28 days to hatch. In most cases the chicks will be able to jump down safely from the roof. Find out more about your buddies.