My "Home Patch" is not my garden but the fields and woods that are within a short walk of my house. The birding is not particularly great but I have been keeping an eye on several pairs of Lapwings that have been holding territory for some weeks. Crops are now emerging and the birds seem to be sitting, so I can only keep my fingers crossed. With so many Red Kites, Buzzards and Crows around, the four pairs of Lapwings will have their work cut out guarding the eggs and young.
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| Lapwing - One of eight that are holding territory in a large field. |
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Not a great photo but the best I could get that was reasonably in focus. It all happened pretty quickly.
Lapwing seeing off a Crow. The Lapwing won!
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| Mistle Thrush - They seem so have bred successfully again and feeding in the same field. |
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| Kestrel - Just a few hundred yards away a Kestrel on it's favoured perch. No doubt a young Lapwing chick would not be refused! |
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