They nest on your roof or in the grassy gap between the footpath and road.
Plovers nesting on roof.
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.
They drive everyone crazy with their squawking through the night and they terrify all the kids with their super aggressive constant swooping.
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 like to nest in short grass on flat ground with plenty of open space around them which is why they are often seen on sporting ovals.
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.
In urban environments plovers may lay their eggs on roof tops for safety.
They pretend to be injured to draw a predator away from their eggs.
Bird netting can help exclude magpies.
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Plovers keep nesting on our flat roof every year and on our neighbour s.
Masked lapwings try to chase dogs or people away from their nests.