Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus
A very rare vagrant to Europe. There are a number of different subspecies and the eastern nomnate form mongolus is sometimes treated as a distinct species Mongolian Sand Plover (in which case the remaining races become Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius atrifrons). The following photos are not racially identified but I think they are unlikely to involve nominate mongolus.
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Lesser Sand Plovers, Hilf outfall (Masirah, Oman), 7th November 2017
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Lesser Sand Plover, Shannah (Ash Sharqiyah, Oman), 5th November 2017
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