UK Weather, Lapwings also known as Peewits after their high-pitched call flock over wetlands. January and February are the best time to see them. Here they flock over the Duchy of Cornwall owned farmland called Trewollack near Nansledan new town. Cornwall, UK
Average lifespan: 4 years
Conservation status
Classified in the UK as Red under the Birds of Conservation Concern 5: the Red List for Birds (2021). Priority Species under the UK Post-2010 Biodiversity Framework. Listed as Near Threatened on the global IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
As well as 'lapwing' and 'peewit', this bird is also known locally as the 'green plover'. Its Latin, Vanellus, means 'little fan' and refers to its floppy, flapping flight. The name lapwing is thought to derive from an Old English term meaning 'leap with a flicker in it' because the dense winter flocks appear to flicker between white and black when the birds flap their wings.
Classified in the UK as Red under the Birds of Conservation Concern 5: the Red List for Birds (2021). Priority Species under the UK Post-2010 Biodiversity Framework. ...