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 bronze coin of Constans, 341-348 AD struck at Rome, part of a hoard of 7,407 late Roman coins (1 gold, 1,569 silver and 5,837 bronze) found alongside gold and silver jewellery and copper artefacts at Blagan Hill, Bishops Cannings near Devizes, Wiltshire; the site was excavated by Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society’s Field Group between 1992-1994
part of a hoard of Roman coins found at Blagan Hill, Bishops Cannings near Devizes, Wiltshire, 1992-1994
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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!