Plovers keep nesting on our flat roof every year and on our neighbour s.
Plovers nesting on roof.
Masked lapwings try to chase dogs or people away from their nests.
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 urban environments plovers may lay their eggs on roof tops for safety.
Bird netting can help exclude magpies.
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.
They nest on your roof or in the grassy gap between the footpath and road.
They are very faithful to a nesting site and once established will return to the same site year after year.
They pretend to be injured to draw a predator away from their eggs.
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.
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In most cases the chicks will be able to jump down safely from the roof.