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.
Summary: Hand stitched needlework case, cream linen with blue thread, inscribed St Martin’s Branch Sarum M. U. dated 1923
Identification note: Made by one either Lottie or Dorothy Timpson sisters with links to teacher training college, see object history file for photocopies of family photographs and ephemera
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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!