Northern Lapwing

'''Scientific Name:''' Galerida cristata

'''Scientific Name:''' Galerida cristata

'''Habitat:''' Eurasia and Africa; Most populations of this species are fully migratory and travel on a broad front out of Europe although some breeding populations in more temperate regions are sedentary. Breeding: The species shows a preference for breeding on wet natural grasslands, meadows and hay meadows with short swards and patches of bare soil at low altitudes (less than 1,000 m). It will also breed on grassy moors, swampy heaths, bogs and arable fields. Non-breeding: During the winter the species utilizes large open pastures for roosting and forages on damp grassland, irrigated land, stubble and ploughed fields, riverbanks, lake shores, fresh and saline marshes, drainage ditches, estuaries and mudflats (Africa).

'''Habitat:''' Eurasia and Africa; Most populations of this species are fully migratory and travel on a broad front out of Europe although some breeding populations in more temperate regions are sedentary. Breeding: The species shows a preference for breeding on wet natural grasslands, meadows and hay meadows with short swards and patches of bare soil at low altitudes (less than 1,000 m). It will also breed on grassy moors, swampy heaths, bogs and arable fields. Non-breeding: During the winter the species utilizes large open pastures for roosting and forages on damp grassland, irrigated land, stubble and ploughed fields, riverbanks, lake shores, fresh and saline marshes, drainage ditches, estuaries and mudflats (Africa).