How do lapwings nest and raise their chicks?

Lapwings lay their eggs in shallow ground scrapes, in their usual habitat of wet meadows, pastures, and arable fields. The chicks leave the nest soon after hatching and feed themselves under the adults' watch, rather than being fed in the nest. Adults give alarm calls and mob intruders that come near their young. Because the eggs and chicks are on the ground, the guide asks readers to keep a distance from alarm-calling adults during the nesting season. The lapwing shares this ground-nesting habit with the guide's other waders: the curlew also nests in shallow scrapes on the ground, and the redshank nests on the ground among vegetation and has limited tolerance of visitors near a nest. Outside the breeding season, lapwings often gather in flocks on open fields.

Sources

• Lapwings
• Curlews
• Redshanks

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