WITH more than 40 nature reserves spread across the county Dorset Wildlife Trust now cares for more acres than some of the well-known large estates.

GWCT study proves that legal predator control is vital for protecting ground-nesting birds like curlew, golden plover, and ...

Yorkshire’s uplands are among the most iconic and ecologically rich landscapes in the UK. From the sweeping heather of the ...

A Pendle councillor has shared her concerns to the potential developers of a controversial huge wind farm that would stretch ...

This includes the predation of birds who have since seen “severe declines”, including the dunlin, common ringed plover, common redshank, common snipe, northern lapwing, oystercatcher, and ...

Peewit is the traditional name for the northern lapwing, or green plover, or - if you like your Latin - Vanellus Vanellus, meaning little fan, a reference to the sound when it flies.

The northern lapwing, to give the bird its proper name, is also known more commonly as the green plover or peewit from its ‘peewit’ call, especially eerie when heard in winter.

They had oddly short necks, like alarmed turtles. “Plover,” said Christy. And when I said that was ridiculous, I’d seen plover yesterday and they hadn’t been anything like these louts, he added: “ ...

The bird is the big, gaudy plover called the Northern Lapwing, a bird whose trademark long, wispy crest can only be described as Seussian. After 12 lapwing-less years, the bird is back in town.

The red-wattled lapwing is an Asian lapwing or a large plover bird of the wader family. It doesn't perch on trees, and it flies short distances. Found in pairs in grasslands and agricultural ...