| Their farm is a haven for black grouse, lapwing, yellow wagtail, redshank, snipe and golden plover. |
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| Once-common bird species like the skylark and lapwing are on the point of disappearing. |
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| On nearby fields I watched flocks of lapwing, golden plover and Canada geese. |
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| Suddenly hundreds of lapwing, redshank and dunlin all took wing, rapidly climbing high above the flooded flats. |
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| It is the home of the lapwing, curlew, golden plover, dunlin and red grouse. |
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| This development attracts passage migrant waders, nesting lapwing and redshank together with winter wildfowl. |
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| Most observations relate to larks, pipits and finches but kestrels are capable of taking such quarry as fieldfares, turtle doves and lapwing. |
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| Breeding birds include lapwing, snipe and redshank, all of which have declined nationally in recent years. |
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| These animals become food for over 150,000 wading birds including knot, lapwing and golden plover. |
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| Several species of ground-nesting birds including lapwing, redshank and ringed plover have come under threat from hedgehogs. |
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| The waders, curlews, plovers and lapwing were there long before the hedgehogs were introduced. |
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| Rare bird species, including wading birds such as the curlew, lapwing and snipe, would also be reintroduced to the site under the plans. |
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| The Peak District provides some of the last remaining habitats for golden plover, lapwing, curlew and twite. |
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| Sheep eyed us all the way, lapwing cried, a skylark ascended to the clouds and an electronic bleep made Lesley check her camera. |
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| She said the lapwing is also under pressure with its numbers being reduced by 40 per cent over the past 40 years. |
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| The animals eat the eggs of wading birds including dunlin, lapwing, redshank and snipe. |
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| The Humber Estuary supports more than 150,000 birds each year including knot, lapwing, golden plover and breeding little terns. |
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| The Netherlands allows about 8,000 people to take lapwing eggs annually and does not set a limit on the number of eggs that can be taken. |
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| The second element of lapwing, namely wing, is due to folk etymology. |
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| Conservationists are now hoping for fine weather this year to give the tiny chicks of birds such as lapwing, curlew, redshank and snipe a chance of survival. |
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| Coots, ducks and flamingos clustered around the fringes of shallow tarns whilst great flocks of upland geese, buff-necked ibis and lapwing settled on the plains to feed. |
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| Other breeding species include great crested and little grebes, lapwing, sparrowhawk, treecreeper, tawny owl and redpoll. |
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| Listen out for The lapwing is also known as a peewit, pee-wee and chewit after the sound of its call. |
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| The lapwing, Vanellus vanellus, is a species that is in decline in the Netherlands. |
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| A new survey has revealed that populations of waders such as lapwing, curlew and snipe are thriving because land is being managed with their needs in mind. |
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| The shocking results from the county are that no breeding pairs of curlew, lapwing, redshank, snipe or oystercatcher were recorded on the sites surveyed. |
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| It is hoped that birds such as the lapwing, skylark and redshank will increasingly use the sites as well as butterflies such as the green hairstreak. |
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| Nearby Morfa Madryn local nature reserve held shoveler, teal, lapwing, greenshank and newly arrived willow warbler and white wagtail. |
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| The vegetation and wet environment has encouraged breeding waders such as northern lapwing and snipe to make themselves at home. |
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| By introducing fresh water, the organizers of the project hope to encourage species such as the snipe, lapwing and bittern. |
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| It will create an ideal place for bird species such as lapwing, redshank and snipe to thrive, as well as otters and water voles. |
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| Some, such as the woodcock, snipe, lapwing, starling, and lark, rely on surrounding conditions to initiate their spring and autumn migrations, and the patterns of their flight depend on temperature and barometric pressure. |
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| Thrushes and pipits move through the site and breeding birds such as lapwing and skylark patrol their territories in the dunes. |
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| It states that snipe, dunlin, starling, fieldfare, lapwing and whimbrel are among the list of birds present in the surrounding area. |
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| Populations of dunlin, lapwing and ringed plovers have dropped by 60 per cent after the hedgehogs developed a taste for their eggs. |
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| The fight broke out after the divine plowman Amaethon stole a dog, a lapwing, and a roebuck from Arawn. |
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| It has historically supported nationally important populations of breeding northern lapwing, redshank and common snipe. |
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| Featuring extensive wet grassland, a tidal lagoon, moor and saltmarsh, the area will prove a haven for a variety of birds including bittern, redshank, lapwing, waterfowl and wading birds such as the black-tailed godwit. |
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| Wildfowl and waders seen here are the oystercatcher, lapwing, redshank and curlew, and, during the winter, black-tailed godwit, turnstone and ringed plover. |
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| Endangered lapwing, curlew, golden plover, ring ouzel, merlin, black grouse and grey partridge all fare far better on moorland with gamekeepers. |
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| To date 55 species of birds, including kingfisher, grey heron, barn owl, lapwing and spotted flycatcher have been seen. |
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| Nationally important populations of breeding waders are present in the Outer Hebrides, including common redshank, dunlin, lapwing and ringed plover. |
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| Wild species of curlew, lapwing and redshank watched in wonder as nine konik ponies were led on to their land at the Portmore Lough nature reserve in Co Armagh. |
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| The Davies were happy to see the return of native flora and fauna, and grey partridge, lapwing and brown hare in particular have benefited from the crop rotation. |
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| Other birds which nest on the moors around Huddersfield include the golden plover, meadow pipit, skylark, lapwing and several types of breeding waders. |
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| The new habitats are already supporting species such as little ringed plover and lapwing, alongside the harvest mouse and the UK's smallest butterfly species, the small blue. |
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| However what we have planned will make this site a haven for breeding birds like lapwing and water rail, pochard and the iconic great crested grebe. |
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| The new century brought my seventieth birthday, on which Gillian gave me a watercolour of a lapwing, or teuchit, with her chick by local artist Keith Brockie. |
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| According to Mr Madge, species frequenting the region's wetlands, such as the common snipe and lapwing, will also suffer as hotter, drier summers see a shortage of water. |
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