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Psilos Bird Photography |
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus ) |
AKA Northern Lapwing, Peewit (because of
the call they make) and Green Plover) With their wheeling and diving
flight over farmland and pasture nothing signals summer for me quite
like the lapwing. A pretty bird which sadly, due to changes in traditional
farming methods is on the decline. Breeds in the summer on pasture land.
A resident bird that is widespread throughout the UK. |
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From September onwards large flocks of
juvenile and adult lapwings move onto inland lakes. The juveniles, like
in the photo below, are recogniseable from their buff coloured faces
and short head tufts. |
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Early October at Martinmere and large flocks
of Lapwings are easily spooked! |
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