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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Summary: Watercolour drawing of flower heads on stem of purple tinged white flower and leaves. Note on drawing:- (my name) – found on hedge banks and under bushes and among long grass – Stems 10 inches to 2ft high. On reverse of drawing: Diagram of distance to be “Black Moor Tarn” (see over0 Evening 11 Aug 62. Drawing (sketch) with notes on colours of indulating landscape. By W Scholfield, 1962
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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!