Northern Lapwing
The northern lapwing is a familiar wader of open farmland and meadows and is being found from western Europe to the Pacific coast of Russia in the east.
The population of this species has dropped with 50% the last 25 years as a result of intensive agricultural techniques and an overuse of fertilisers and pesticides.
In the Netherlands there is a yearly competition to find the first lapwing egg of the year. It is especially popular in the province Friesland but there are also regional competitions.
The gathering of lapwing eggs is prohibited by the European Union but Friesland was granted an exception for……. cultural-historical reasons (grrrr !!!!)
Dutch name : Kievit
German name : Kiebitz
Latin name : Vanellus vanellus
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philipp52 11/03/2017 12:30
bonjour Mark,C'est un bel oiseau et un tre belle photo, heelemal moij
amicalement Philipp
Mirjam Burer 03/03/2017 12:55
fine capture which is the second northern lapwing I see today...have a good weekend Mark
lg, Mirjam
de ceulaer 28/02/2017 19:47
Just wonderful macroReally top
Br
Natalie16 27/02/2017 20:57
Wonderful photo of this fancy bird!BR, Natalie
Diana V. P. 27/02/2017 14:37
Wunderschön mit dem bunten Federkleid... eine fantastische Aufnahme!!Liebe Grüße
Diana
NaturPur22 26/02/2017 23:11
Den hübschen hast du super erwischt! LG AngelikaClaireLaira 26/02/2017 18:32
A real beauty with fine sharpness, lots of details and wonderful colours and light !Kind regards, Claire
aline64 25/02/2017 21:27
Une belle prise de ce vanneau huppéAmicalement
ev@w. 25/02/2017 21:21
ein vogel-Portrait VOM FEINSTEN... !!sehr gute bild-quali - guter bildaufbau - natürliche farbwiedergabe - sehr schöner Abbildungsmaßstab !!
many greetings
TeresaM 25/02/2017 17:58
Excellent regard mis en valeur.Une très jolie vision !!
Amitiés & bon weekend !
Anita Jarzombek-Krauledies 25/02/2017 17:06
Ausgezeichnet hast Du ihn präsentiert! Ein sehr hübscher Vogel!Viele Grüße Anita
Claudio Micheli 25/02/2017 16:58
E' bellissima!Buona domanica.
Ciao
patrick hyrailles 25/02/2017 12:07
beau cliché bravoPhilomena Hammer 25/02/2017 11:58
Du hattest wohl ziemlich viel Glück :-))) diesen Vogel überhaupt fotografieren zu können :-))) danke für diese hervorragende Aufnahme !!LG
Cecile 25/02/2017 8:47
Eine sehr gute Aufnahme in einer exzellent guten Bildqualität und sehr schön im Licht.Liebe Grüße, Elfi C.