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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As part of our Wildlife in the Red exhibition, artist Darrell Wakelam has created wonderful wildlife species – out of cardboard. The everyday things we throw away have become awesome artworks! This video shows you a step-by-step guide to making the UK’s biggest land bird, the great bustard. In the Wildlife in the Red exhibition, we are using museum objects to tell stories of the human activities that, together with climate change, have caused biodiversity loss and threatened many of our species. Yet there is also hope for the future. We introduce you to the conservation bodies that are working to save threatened species – and what you can do to help.
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!