The Lapwing was
@SpeciesofUK from 26th May to 1st June, 2013.
The
lapwing is from the Charadriidae family
(plovers/dotterel/lapwings), which contains around 65 species. A lapwing is
kind of a large plover.[1]
It is a very familiar bird, often seen in farmland across the UK.[2] In fact, the lapwing is
the UK's commonest breeding wader.[3]
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| The Lapwing [Source: Wikimedia Commons © Alpsdake] |
Aside from in the UK, the lapwing is found across Europe, Asia and North
Africa. It's quite a widespread bird.[4] Across the whole of Europe
there are somewhere between 1.1 and 1.7 million breeding pairs of lapwing. Globally
there are as many as five million.[5]
