Generally associated with wetter ground it is widespread in Ireland. Male in breeding plumage develops a distinctive black crown and white collar. This bird was photographed in Howth, Co Dublin
subarctic to temperate Palearctic marshes; British Is., Scandinavia and nw Russia through Sea of Okhotsk, Kamchatka, Kuril Is. and Sakhalin (e Russia); in s through Iberian Pen. and nw Morocco, e through Mediterranean, Turkey, Caucasus, n, sc Iran, Turkme
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
short-range southward movements into wider habitat range
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
EU
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
