Just brilliant, this #lapwingplot turned #arableflora heaven and #skylark playground. Any farmer can do this with the right will, advice and financial support. #FarmingwithNature

Not much can beat the sudden appearance of the mysterious #quail during an early morning bird survey for @PARTRIDGE_NSR. This singing male took residence in a #lapwingplot turned poppy/fumatory/cereal plot. I shall call it quail plot from now on! @RotherfieldPark

This #lapwingplot may not have any #Lapwing, but it's fantastic for an entirely different reason: having cultivated the plot in late November last year has turned it into a purple sea of #commonfumitory, taking arable flora conservation to another level. #skylark also love it.

A #lapwingplot placed at the right location can drastically improve the breeding success of #lapwings. In this example from England, 10 pairs are currently nesting on a 1-ha plot surrounded by rape.

#Lapwingplot in July, serving as magnificent #skylark #bee #bumblebee and #arableflora plot instead. #commonpoppy #commonfumitory @RotherfieldPark @PARTRIDGE_NSR @FarmWildlifeUK @JanetHughes @ArielBrunner

Sound on for this recording of singing #skylarks at one of our demo sites. In the centre you see a #beetlebank with a newly sown #PARTRIDGEflowermix next to it. Next to that there is #winterbarley with a #lapwingplot in the middle, to the right a field of #peas. @farmerjoedwards

In time for #BeesNeedsWeek our #PARTRIDGE_NSR #pollenandnectarmix and #marginmix planted #Rotherfield last year look perfect. Plots are teaming with honeybee, wild bees, bumble bees and butterflies. Also our new #Lapwingplot has turned into bee heaven.

It all depends on the eyes of the beholder. This farmer loves his lapwings and left them this spot in the field. @PARTRIDGE_NSR #lapwing #lapwingplot

1-ha #lapwingplot update from England: Three pairs hatched four chicks each as of today, with another 7 females still sitting on eggs. So far so good 🤞@RyanABurrell is following them as part of his #PhD.

'You can only preserve/conserve what you love'. In this case, the passion for #arableflora led the farmer of this #lapwingplot turn it into an annual wonderland by late June. The wild #cornflowers are particularly exciting among the sea of poppies. Cholderton, Wilts, England.

A #lapwingplot is not only good for #lapwing. I think this photo by @amelia_corvin captures this rather beautifully. Seen @RotherfieldPark during @PARTRIDGE_NSR bird survey.

I'm very lucky to live within eyesight of a #lapwingplot. I persuaded the farmer to put it there many years ago. Six-ten pairs nest there every year! Twenty returned to it on the 4th of Feb. Today, I found one plucked behind my garden. Probably a #peregrine got the better of it.

We've got this wonderful #lapwingplot just a stone throw from our house. When lying in bed at night, window open, I hear the lapwings calling. Just now also the #barnowl! Isn't that absolutely amazing in this day & age? Thank u @RotherfieldPark @farmerjoedwards @NaturalEngland

#Lapwing are arguably one of the most charming #farmlandbirds. Sadly, they are in big trouble across Western Europe. I am incredibly privileged to overlook a 1-ha #lapwingplot directly from my bedroom window, from where I often hear their pee-wit call in the middle of the night.

I find this really remarkable: ringed as a chick 5 years ago and now it is raising its own young on the very same #lapwingplot (probably ever since). It doesn't get more site faithful, does it! Even better, this plot is directly behind my house. Bird behaviour is just fabulous.

1-ha #lapwingplot update from England: Of the 10 nesting pairs, 8 have successfuly hatched broods, two lost their clutch to predation and are now re-nesting off the plot. Hatched broods overall doing well despite some chick predation events observed. Footage below from same plot.

Siis #lapwingplot.