Grey Plover

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Grey Plover at stays in or beside Goukamma Nature Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park and Keurbooms River Nature Reserve. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

The Grey Plover is most recorded in Western Cape (60% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (24% of records), Eastern Cape (14% of records), based on 639 iNaturalist observations. 11 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Grey Plover on site or nearby.

The Grey Plover is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Goukamma Nature Reserve: year-round, warm Oct-Apr; iSimangaliso Wetland Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep; Keurbooms River Nature Reserve: year-round. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

The grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola), known as the black-bellied plover in North America, is a medium-sized plover breeding in Arctic regions. It is a long-distance migrant, with a nearly worldwide coastal distribution when not breeding. The genus name is Latin and means relating to rain, from pluvia, "rain". It was believed that golden plovers flocked when rain was imminent.