Let’s learn about the family Charadriiadae, which includes some of the shorebirds. They are lapwings, plovers, turnstones and killdeer. Actually, the northern lapwing is an Eurasian species, of the ...

Neglecting something that is ubiquitous — directly or indirectly — can in time cause it to diminish to a point where its occurrence invites surprise. Decades ago, in Madras, a yellow-wattled lapwing ...

The birds are known in Tasmania for being aggressive and for swooping, but what many might not know is the behaviour comes with the new territory of being a parent. As the birds begin nesting, ...

The red-wattled lapwing is an Asian lapwing or a large plover bird of the wader family. A few seconds after the plane disappears from the frame, the bird walks in, cocks its head, shuffles, and sits ...

It was declared the Republic of Ireland’s national bird by a the Irish Wildbird Conservancy, now known as Birdwatch Ireland, ...

To the man and woman in the street, ‘godwit’ ‘dunlin’ and ‘turnstone’ are unfamiliar bird-names — although large numbers of these ‘waders’ descend on our wetlands in winter. Few people, other than ...

WHILE it was disappointing to read the Scottish Natural Heritage report indicating a decline in some of Scotland’s upland birds (“Major decline in numbers of lapwings and curlew”, The Herald, February ...

A man caught on video repeatedly driving over and crushing three plover chicks in Brisbane has copped a heavy fine over the “sickening” and “extremely cruel” act. Wildlife officer Rachel Baker said ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Tasmania. Followed categories will be added to My News. The birds are known in Tasmania for being aggressive and for swooping, but what many might not know is the ...