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: 1 fragment of encaustic floor tile, decorated with fleur de lys pattern of four painting to corners, from the 13th / 14th Century, 72mm x 78mm x 34mm, from an exploratory excavation to determine the source of the folk memory of a castle in Calne, carried out by the Wiltshiire Archaeological & Natural History Society Archaeological Field Group, 2010.
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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!