A different Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus was seen on the Football Fields recently where it stayed feeding for a number of days. This bird had longer crest and more yellow on the vent than previous birds and was also much less timid allowing closer approach and better photographs. The previous week I saw five birds fly over and land on the percolation pond and a single bird was seen in this location for a few days before disappearing. As we have seen a few Northern Lapwing in the camp this winter Phil and I went to Qaryat Al Ulya pivot fields to see if there were any there but we only managed to see two in this area despite looking at numerous pivot fields.
