CREAGERSTOWN -- A Northern Lapwing, a bird that lives in Europe and Asia, has taken up temporary residence in a series of fields in northern Frederick County in a rare event that is drawing birders ...

These English mystery birds are only the members of their genus in England to show a particular behaviour (includes video) Northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus (protonym, Tringa Vanellus), Linnaeus, ...

WASHINGTON — Not since Shrimpy the kelp gull blew in to Maryland from South America in the 1990s has this region played host to such a rare, well-traveled and positively unusual species as Jim Swarr.

1. The widespread drainage of wetlands and grazing marshes has been one of the main drivers of severe reductions in the number and range of breeding waders across Europe. Wader chicks require wet, ...

Description: Although they are seen across temperate Europe as well as Asia, the long graceful crest on their heads and the black-and-white plumage on their faces, heads and necks to me give lapwings ...

Jaisalmer is a city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Recently, a large number of migratory birds have arrived in the city, and these birds can be easily spotted in pasture lands and wetlands in the ...

Reuben Rohn spotted a northern lapwing in a field in Pungo in Virginia Beach. “This bird is a very rare visitor from Europe, and usually only seen in the northeast,” Rohn wrote. Northern lapwings are ...

In many birds, females prospecting for high quality breeding resources have to inspect a number of males and their territories to make a good mating choice, yet in the face of competition with other ...

The Northern Lapwing that took up digs outside the Bridgewater prison may have flown the coop. There have been no reported sightings of the lapwing – blown over from Europe during Hurricane Sandy – ...

We have five species of lapwing in the UAE. Of this, only the red-wattled and white-tailed lapwing are resident. The remaining are migratory. One of them is the northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).