Follow my post of 12 February 2008 (which was yesterday as of when I wrote this, but given that it might be several years before anyone reads this, I ought to be specific), we can now confirm the arrival of Lapwings. Lapwings spend the winter near water (estuaries etc), and move inland for the spring/summer, where they like to nest in fields (long grass & all that). This is all done communally, even to the point of having a nursery, whereby all the chicks are looked after by just one or two adults on a rota basis.
During the afternoon of the 12th, as I was out walking (well, it's more fun than the Beer Duty Return I should have been doing) a solitary confirmed Lapwing flew over. It then landed and proceeded to start 'odding-around' with it's pointy-aerial thingy erected (note my full knowledge of bird vernacular here). Within 90 minutes a full strength squadron of them flew over, heading for same fields they bred in last year. Given the apparent increase in their numbers this year, it will be a noisy summer...
We await the next arrivals - be it the Flycatchers, Swallows, Martins, Swifts, Hobby, Marsh Harrier. Most of these will be around by Late April normally...
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