2014 has been a good year for Breeding Lapwing in Boora
December 13, 2014
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This year forty-two broods of lapwing chicks and thirty-four lapwing nests with eggs were recorded on the grey partridge project area in Boora County Offaly.
This is the highest number of lapwing broods ever recorded – a significant figure when one considers that the broods of chicks and the nests with eggs, were recorded in an area of 700 hundred acres.
However, it is not known how many chicks survived to fledge. This question is been explored by our lapwing chick radio-tracking study, which kicked off this year.
This research is funded by the Native Species conservation Committee of Dublin Zoo, Fota Wildlife Park & the National Parks & Wildlife Service.