International name: Northern lapwing
Scientific name: Vanellus vanellus
Irish name: Pilibín
Length: 28-33cm
Diet: Carnivore
Tips on how to find them: Resident in much of Ireland year-round but especially common in winter; found in grassland and wetland areas as well as farmland; flight call is a mournful ‘pwaay-eech’.
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