Sunday, 9 February 2014

Return of the Lapwing

I always look forward to the winter flocks of Lapwing soaring above the Marsh. Early this morning the first circus of the year that I have seen was performed for about fifteen minutes before they landed near Grimley Point. In years past this circus included many hundreds of birds, sadly numbers appear to be far less. Hopefully this is only a temporary situation and numbers will return.

4 comments:

  1. Between 1987 and 1998 lapwing numbers dropped by 49% in England and Wales. Since 1960 the numbers dropped by 80%. The greatest decline has been in southern England. Source: The RSPB website.

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  2. ...maybe they are running out of trees to roost in....

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