Jim Duffy, West Region chairman, said: "
Lapwing Lodge is already a popular outdoor centre offering bike trails, canoeing, and archery.
While I have not come across a
lapwing's nest, or even looked for one, I was surprised to find two ringed plover nests very close together while on a beach stroll a couple of weeks ago.
SIR, - While delighted to hear waders appear to be doing well in Gairnside, (Press and Journal, May 6) a pair of
lapwings here and a pair of curlews there and the piping of oystercatchers in the background, does not mean all is well.
However, indexing the food of
lapwings is difficult, as pitfall trapping does not reflect the items in
lapwing diet (Roche et al.
Both these birds may be described as "iconic" and indeed, it is doubtful if any bird can quite match the exuberant displays that characterise the arrival of
lapwings in these inland areas in springtime.
Among the waders were Curlew,
Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Knot, Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank and Golden Plover.
Northern
lapwing, Vanellus vanellus, single bird on grass, Kent, April 2017.
Some amazing shots by Hina Rizvi, a teacher, included flying red-wattled
lapwing, a long-legged buzzard and pied kingfishers.
In 2010 Alun won the Wales Nature and Farming Award for his work with the RSPB to save the
lapwing population on the farm, increasing the number of pairs from two to 25 at the time of the award.
Lapwing are a firm focus for the trust as they were once a common farmland bird.
He was one of 158 men who died when HMS
Lapwing was sunk in a U-boat attack on March 20, 1945 in Murmansk, Russia.
Others include the herring gull - of which there are hundreds at North Shields Fish Quay and in Newcastle and Sunderland city centres, the
lapwing - which can be seen wheeling in the air above Hadrian's Wall puffins, curlew, kittiwakes and red grouse.
Dubai -- A thoughtful deed by a wildlife expert of Dubai and his colleagues helped rescue a clutch of red-wattled
lapwing eggs that were submerged in water while the mother bird was incubating.
The devices exploded within minutes of one another outside the front doors at Lincoln Court and
Lapwing Way in Derry's Waterside on Saturday morning.
An estimated 600 wading birds on reserve have seen their nests and breeding attempts destroyed, including almost two-fifths (37%) of England and Wales' lowland snipe, as as redshank,
lapwing and rare black-tailed godwits.
