Northern Lapwing
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Wet meadows, arable.
Diet: Worms, insects.
Best time to spot: Tumbling display flight.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. More on the season in Bird migration in Britain.
Recent UK sightings
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Similar birds
- White-tailed Lapwing · Wet meadows (very rare)
- Sociable Lapwing · Short grass (very rare vagrant)
- Western Yellow WagtailUncommon · Wet meadows
- Common SnipeCommon · Marshes
- Red-legged PartridgeCommon · Arable farmland
- Bobolink · Meadows (vagrant)
Kit that helps
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