.. PEEWIT (vanellus vanellus) ..
a.k.a. LAPWING.
Photo taken at Blairbowie, Mar '05.
Size:- |
Voice:- |
Habitat:- |
Status:- |
Egg:- |
Length: 28-31cm Wingspan: 82-87cm Weight: 140-320g
|
Call: 'pee-ee-wit' Song: includes 'eyu-weep' and 'weep-weep' phrases
|
Summer: farmland, pasture, wet grassland and marshes. Winter: flooded fields, estuaries, coastal wetlands and short, grassy fields.
|
Common Amber List
|
47x33mm |
N.B. EGG COLLECTING IS MURDER. IT IS IMMORAL AND IT IS AGAINST THE LAW.
Eggs:- |
Lifespan:- |
Population:- | ||||||
Season: Mar-Jul |
21 years
|
Breeding: 400-500,000 Winter: 1.6-2.1 million
|