Project Lapwing

Ireland’s smallest mammal, the pygmy shrew, at risk from invasive species - new paper by team led by Allan McDevitt Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Galway @ShrewGod Published today in the Journal of Animal Ecology on open access. independent.ie/irish-news/new…

Getting the #crowceries in my local supermarket just now!🤣 #shankill #dublin #ireland #rook @ShankillMatters @SCANShankill

@basslinehum @Natures_Voice @RSPBEngland Lovely pics 📸

Pleasantly surprised by a solitary #lapwing flying around me and landing quite close, at Home Park Pond (Kingston, Surrey) on Saturday. It stayed awhile, very settled. My first ever: what a delightful, special bird! @Natures_Voice @RSPBEngland @LapwingSurvey

Good indication coming from German research on healthy ash tree resilience to ash dieback.... #ReportInvasives #CheckCleanDryIrl #InvasivesIE

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Lapwing Irish Name: Pilibín Scientific name: Vanellus vanellus Bird Family: Plovers ref: birdwatchireland.ie/birds/lapwing/ Courtship dance of the Lapwing at Harristown Common C. Kildare

@BirdWatchIE with displays like this happening over the last week here, could we be potentially looking at Lapwing chicks by the end of April if all goes to plan?

Proof that with long-term effort and funding, and a lot of hard work, that conservation can work! Our #Rockabill team have reported a **RECORD-BREAKING** 1,704 pairs of Roseate Terns on Rockabill Island this summer, 85% of the NW European population! birdwatchireland.ie/another-record…

A wonderful and truly sobering podcast on Ireland’s Curlew by @RickyWhelan #NiallHatch #AnitaDonaghy of @BirdWatchIE Many people including @CurlewEIP farmers working so hard to stop their demises. Listen to find out more on what you can do to help

Any Lapwing experts able to help with this one please? Is it possible that these 3 could be the 3 chicks that were discovered here at the start of June? They're in the area of their nest. Thanks @LapwingSurvey

@MidShannon Certainly 3 fledged youngsters there, if they are the same lads from nest we couldn't say but it's certainly highly likely. Great to see it. Excellent footage 🎥🎬

It has been productive year at Rinmore and Magheragallan, Co Donegal with many fledged lapwing recorded. Both sites have predator exclusion fences installed as part of the EU Interreg- funded CABB (Cooperation Across Borders for Biodiversity) project. tinyurl.com/uscsukr5

This might be of interest to those interested in #waders, #waterbirds, #agri-environmental schemes, #farming, high #nature value farming. @WadersForReal @CurlewEIP @WaderStudy @TeagascEnviron @forum_wetlands @MidShannon @WeBS_UK @WetlandSurveys @pippa_hackett @noonan_malcolm

@BWIFingal That odds are stacked against anything that moves with that level of corvids in the area!!

@LapwingSurvey I counted 54 hoodies, 1 carrion crow, plus several rook and jackdaw In the area yesterday evening. One brave oystercatcher sitting in eggs in the middle of it all!

Still #Lapwing records to be had. If you know of any breeding Lapwing please do report to us here: #7/53.455/-8.016" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">records.biodiversityireland.ie/record/project…

@BWIFingal Wow, thats brutal, is it nest predation, disturbance or something else negatively affecting breeding attempts do you know?

@LapwingSurvey Sadly only 3 adult Lapwing at Rogerstown this year and no evidence of breeding.

@MidShannon @BordnaMona @BioDataCentre @EamonRyan @pippa_hackett @noonan_malcolm @Irishwildlife @BirdsMatter_ie Fantastic! Would you consider entering your record online for us please? #7/53.455/-8.016" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">records.biodiversityireland.ie/record/project…

Delighted to confirm this evening that a Lapwing in the Derryadd boglands is today a happy mother to at least 2 healthy chicks. We are calling on @BordnaMona to immediately cease the extensive water pumping and to immediately rehabilitate these entire bogs in full into the MSWP

It's been a terrible year for #wader productivity, but that hasn't stopped this lady lapwing and her 2 tiny chicks so far. Still, it hasn't been easy. Her 1st nest was ploughed up + now the silage has been cut and there's zero cover for the chicks to hide. My hopes are not high.

This is why we get so exasperated about gorse fires. This was one of a few relatively small gorse fires recently set by a landowner for scrub clearance. Even so, it didn't take me long to find a charred Long-tailed Tit nest with a little clutch of cooked eggs within.

Thanks David, ideal looking spot! Theres not a corner of Ireland you could escape Hoodies 🙈. 🤞 They get a few fledglings away