Lapwings can be seen flying or foraging on meadows and roadsides every day. Their flight is very typical. The very broad and rounded wings make their wing beat look like a moving rag, a unique phenomenon.
The lapwing excels as a true aerial acrobat. We can best admire its abilities during the breeding season. High up in the sky, it sings its jubilation and in an unimaginable twisting flight it hurries towards its mate on the ground.The lapwing is an ornament of our cultivated region where it only finds its biotope in wide fields and meadows. The bird with the long crest and large dark eye is apparently a poor flyer, but it manages to throw itself over a wing at a split second so that it can easily escape a diving bird of prey.The name lapwing is an onomatopoeia or sound imitation of its call. As a weather prophet, he knows no equal. Some claim he tracks the cold front. He can also help us in weather forecasting as he can sense that a very cold front is approaching.