swuklink.com: Lapwing: Vanellus vanellus

Lapwings are declining nationally but particularly so in the south-west.

THE LAPWING.
PEE-WIT, BASTARD PLOVER, OR TE-WIT.
. . . is frequently seen in great numbers by the sea-shores . . . It is every where well known by its loud and incessant cries, which it repeats without intermission whilst on the wing, and from which in most languages a name has been given to it . . . the old ones are very assiduous in their attention to their charge; on the approach of any person to the place of their deposit, they flutter round his head with cries of the greatest inquietude, which increase as he draws near the spot where the brood are squatted; in case of extremity, and as a last resource, they run along the ground as if lame, in order to draw off the attention of the fowler from any further pursuit. . . . In October the Lapwings are very fat, and are then said to be excellent eating. Their eggs are considered as a great delicacy, and are sold in London at three shillings a dozen.
- Bewick's British Birds, Vol. I, 1797

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Less than 20 pairs now nest in the park, representing a decrease of 70% over the last two decades.

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