Walking round Farnley Tyas, as we are fond of doing, we saw a flock of Lapwings, Latin Name Vanellus Vanellus, a lovely looking farmland bird with a distinctive crest on top of its head. Generally reported to be in decline but still can be seen in reasonably large flocks on fields around Farnley Tyas. Its common name is Peewit, a name which reflects its call ‘p weet-p weet’. Its other name, Lapwing also reflects its character but this time its habit of climbing rapidly and then plunging down again, rolling an twisting in flight, its wings making a throbbing sound.  As long as we have farms then, we should keep seeing this super bird – but only as long as we have farms and not more housing estates.