(1) Head eastwards across the grassy plateau to Ben Tirran, keeping an eye out for the birds that inhabit Scotland's high moorlands - curlew, ptarmigan, skylarks singing as they rise and, if you're lucky, the shy dotterel .(2) Home to such rare birds as the dotterel as well as a host of arctic wildlife, it is protected by European law.(3) The report highlights the plight of 20 species, including the song thrush, the corncrake, the crossbill, the capercaillie, the dotterel and black grouse.(4) In May, the rare dotterel is found in small flocks, called trips.(5) Scottish Natural Heritage, the government's conservation agency, has pointed out that Scotland's mountain birds, like the dotterel and the ptarmigan, are also vulnerable to climate change.(6) The name generally applied to birds of the genus Charadrius, which also includes the dotterel .(7) A high-level two kilometre ridge walk traverses huge swathes of green mosses and sedge, a breeding ground for dotterel .(8) The mountain, home to rare birds such as the dotterel and a host of precious arctic wildlife, is one of Britain's most ecologically important mountains.(9) On the other hand, species like the dotterel and snow bunting look set to head northwards, leaving British shores for colder climes.(10) Cairngorm, an ancient home to rare birds like eagles, dotterels and ptarmigan, is a world-class mountain that has rightly attracted a welter of international conservation designations.(11) Overgrazing on upland pastures is causing the decline of native species including skylarks, curlews and dotterels .(12) Then they objected to the wrong kind of shells being used in rebuilding some nests for dotterels .(13) Shore bird numbers are declining, he says, particularly among oystercatchers, red-capped dotterels and beach thick-knees.(14) The birds' arrival locally each spring was eagerly awaitedu2026 they were netted wholesale, an operation simplified by the fact that all those years ago the dotterels visited the same fields annually.
