Editing Common ringed plover (section)

==Behaviour and ecology==
[[File:Jungvögel und Eier des Sandregenpfeifers.jpg|thumb|Eggs and newly hatched chicks]]
===Breeding===
Common ringed plovers breed from one year of age. They are seasonally [[monogamous]] and the pair-bond is sometimes maintained from one year to the next. They are solitary nesters and are territorial. Egg laying generally begins in May but the date varies depending on the region. The nest is a shallow scrape lined with pebbles and pieces of vegetation. The clutch is of 3 to 4 eggs. The eggs are laid of intervals of 1 to 3 days and are incubated by both parents beginning after the last or penultimate egg.  They hatch after 21 to 27 days. The downy chicks are grey-buff mottled with cinnamon-buff above and white below. The young are [[precocial]] and [[nidifugous]]. They are cared for by both parents and can feed themselves. While small they are brooded at night and in bad weather. They fledge when aged around 24 days.<ref name=hbw/> 

If a potential predator approaches the nest, the adult will walk away from the scrape, calling to attract the intruder and feigning a broken wing.{{sfn|Cramp|1983|pp=136-136}}

===Food and feeding===
These birds forage for food on beaches, tidal flats and fields, usually by sight. They eat insects, crustaceans and worms and forage both by day and by night. They sometimes use foot-trembling to reveal location of prey.<ref name=hbw/>