What the heck is a lek?
Males great bustards perform spectacular courtship displays, gathering at a ‘lek’ or small display ground to try to impress the females.
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Wessex Museums is a thriving partnership of museums across Dorset and Wiltshire – Dorset Museum & Art Gallery, Lydiard House Museum, Poole Museum, STEAM – the Museum of the Great Western Railway, Museum & Art Swindon, The Salisbury Museum and Wiltshire Museum.
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Wessex Museums is seeking a Consultant to shape their NPO ambitions and programme for 2027–30, preparing for Arts Council England application.
Dorset Museum & Art Gallery awarded £940,500 from Arts Council England to upgrade facilities, part of a £25m boost for UK museums.
Wessex Museums is seeking a Partnership Manager to oversee Wessex Museums Trust’s current NPO programme of partnership activity.
Males great bustards perform spectacular courtship displays, gathering at a ‘lek’ or small display ground to try to impress the females.
The great bustard has a dignified slow walk but tends to run when disturbed, rather than fly.
The hen-bird on display at The Salisbury Museum was one of the last great bustards to be eaten in the town!