In general, a lapwing can be thought of as a larger plover. In Europe's Anglophone countries, lapwing refers specifically to the northern lapwing, the only member of this group to occur in most of the continent and thus the first bird to go by the English name lapwing (also known as peewit or pyewipe). Northern lapwing · Masked lapwing · Blacksmith lapwing · Red-wattled lapwing

Also known as the peewit in imitation of its display calls, its common name describes its wavering flight. Its black-and-white appearance and round-winged shape ...

The name lapwing, which refers to the birds' slow wingbeat, is sometimes applied broadly to members of the subfamily Vanellinae.

The distinctive rounded wings of the lapwing are displayed beautifully when it wheels around a winter sky in a massive flock.

The Lapwing is a handsome wader with its glossy dark green plumage (often looking black from a distance) and long crest.

Lapwing are surface-feeding birds that benefit from varied cropping. They prefer a mosaic of spring-sown crops, stubbles, grazed pasture and marshes.

31 июл. 2024 г. · The sparkling pied plumage and plaintive two-note call of a northern lapwing are some of the most evocative sights and sounds of the countryside.

Lapwings rear just a single brood of up to four chicks a year, but they may lay up to four replacement clutches if their eggs are lost.

It is the only British wader that sports a crest in all plumages and in both sexes. Lapwings are very adaptable and occur on coastal and inland sites in a wide ...