A man has been fined $718 after he was caught on video crushing three plover chicks to death in a vacant Brisbane lot. The video recorded by a member of the public was sent to the Queensland Parks and ...

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 ...

CREAGERSTOWN -- A Northern Lapwing, a bird that lives in Europe and Asia, has taken up temporary residence in a series of fields in northern Frederick County in a rare event that is drawing birders ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from QLD weather news. Followed categories will be added to My News. Unlike magpies who generally stick to breeding from September to November, masked lapwings — also ...

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 ...

An 'extremely cruel' driver has copped a hefty fine after he was caught crushing a nest of native baby birds under his ute. The man behind the wheel of a large grey ute was filmed reversing over a ...

1. Whilst the widespread declines in breeding grassland waders in many parts of Europe have been associated with changes in agriculture, there is concern that predation may compromise recovery of ...