Christine's walking & birds blog

This distant lapwing chick was one of two, being protected - confusingly - by three adults as a red kite cruised lingeringly and low over their field.

Two years ago we saw our first lapwing chicks on 26th April over the border near Scutchamer. They obviously breed early up on the "wuthering heights".

Singing whitethroats throughout the walk, our first house martins at Down Barn and a male reed bunting on the Ridgeway were the only other birds of interest.