Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
Regional Trends:
Distribution:
Local Atlases )
British Population Size:
Summer:
Winter:
First Record:
Latest Survey:
Conservation Status: RED
because
Recent Breeding Population Decline (1981-2007),
Previous Assessments: 2002-2007
AMBER
1996-2001
AMBER
Races of Concern:
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
Most frequent in:
Also common in:
And found in:
Relative Frequency in Each Habitat:
European Population Size:
Summer: Trend in Numbers )
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of: WBD(II*), Bern(III), Bonn(II), AEWA
Survey Results:
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
Egg Weight:
Number of Nest Records:
Clutch Size:
3.76 ± 0.54 (2 - 5) N = 4425
Incubation:
by the:
Female (occ. Male)
Fledging:
as:
First Clutches Laid:
Number of Broods:
Trends in Breeding Productivity
Number Ringed: Annual Totals )
Adult Survival:
Juvenile Survival:
Age at First Breeding:
Typical Lifespan:
Maximum Recorded Age:
Summary of Ringing Recoveries
Biometrics
Ring Size:
Wing Length
Adult:
231.3 ± 6.3
Range
221 - 241 mm, N =748
Juvenile:
227.1 ± 9.2
217 - 238 mm, N =385
Male:
233.7 ± 5.9
224 - 243 mm, N =304
Female:
228.3 ± 5.4
220 - 236 mm, N =205
Weight
Adult:
250.3 ± 25.23
Range
214.0 - 295.0 g , N =733
Juvenile:
223.9 ± 25.50
189.0 - 276.0 g , N =376
Male:
252.4 ± 25.05
217.0 - 300.0 g , N =296
Female:
248.3 ± 28.28
211.0 - 300.0 g , N =203
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
Other Names
Northern Lapwing
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For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Shrubb, M. 2007 The Lapwing Poyser, London
[598.612 SHR]
Spencer, K.P.G. 1953 The lapwing in Britain A. Brown & Sons, London
[598.612 SPE]
Ennion, E.A.R. 1949 The Lapwing Methuen, London
[598.612 ENN]
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