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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Wiltshire has more black dogs than any other English county. Some will do you harm, they say, but others will do good. Once there was a terrible robbery at Collingbourne Kingston – an old couple were murdered and their house set alight. People came from all around to find the robbers and bring them to justice. Three nights the robbers were chased. Exhausted, they had no choice but to enter Everleigh Woods, where no one went at night – and with good reason. As the robbers ran through the woods they saw two burning green lights. The torches of their pursuers? No! A great black dog chased them and hounded them into the path of those who sought them. The black dog watched as the men were hauled away to be hanged, his eyes burning bright in the darkness …
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!