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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Dorset Museum & Art Gallery are seeking a Senior Curator specialising in social history and overseeing costume and textiles and fine & decorative art. The postholder will be responsible for the curatorial activities, also ensuring access and engagement with the collections, through effective and engaging exhibitions, public programming and encouraging research use.
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Dorset Museum & Art Gallery are seeking a Curator of Archaeology. The postholder will be responsible for the curatorial activities in relation to the archaeology collection, also ensuring access and engagement with that collection, through effective and engaging exhibitions and public programming.
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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!