Northern Lapwing

'''Common Name:''' Northern Lapwing<br>

'''Common Name:''' Northern Lapwing<br>

'''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).

'''Cool Facts:''' The name lapwing has been variously attributed to the "lapping" sound its wings make in flight, from the irregular progress in flight due to its large wings, or from its habit of drawing potential predators away from its nest by trailing a wing as if broken Peewit describes the bird's shrill call. This is a vocal bird in the breeding season, with constant calling as the crazed tumbling display flight is performed by the male.

'''Cool Facts:''' The name lapwing has been variously attributed to the "lapping" sound its wings make in flight, from the irregular progress in flight due to its large wings, or from its habit of drawing potential predators away from its nest by trailing a wing as if broken Peewit describes the bird's shrill call. This is a vocal bird in the breeding season, with constant calling as the crazed tumbling display flight is performed by the male.