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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Identification note: Wilfred was a rabbit character in a children’s strip cartoon in a daily newspaper whose club children joined and were then given a club badge – members were called Gug Nuncs and if one saw a fellow Gug Nunc one had to greet them with the words – Gug Nunc
Summary: copper alloy badge with blue enamel face and etched or stamped letters WL OG and an image of the top of a rabbit’s head with long ears standing for the Wilfred League of Gug Nuncs found at Ramsbury
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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!