The first sign of a lapwing in spring will likely be visual rather than auditory. With flapping beats of their black-and-white-seeming wings, lapwings scribble over the sky: at times slow and owl-like, but capable of ascending almost vertically, twisting and switching back, and tumbling towards earth.
Seen performing their tireless springtime chore of dr…
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