I was out this morning walking the dogs and I had to stop to see 5 lapwings fending off a Buzzard. It was spectacular to see. The 3 young lapwings were running whilst the lapwings were having this display of guts with their haunting calls. The buzzard had no chance, and eventually flew high enough to be left alone.
These ground nesting birds are wonderful to see in flight, but be warned as they will dive down to you if near their nest or young. I have seen a huge decline of lapwings in this area, maybe foxes, crows, sparrow hawks, stoats, buzzards but I think more so the new tennant farm