Editing Northern lapwing (section)

==Cultural significance==
[[File:Lapwing incubating its eggs - 1895 - Reginald Badham Lodge.jpg|thumb|''Lapwing Incubating Its Eggs''—A photograph for which in 1895 [[Reginald Badham Lodge|R. B. Lodge]] received from the [[Royal Photographic Society]] the first medal ever presented for nature photography. [[Eric Hosking]] and Harold Lowes stated their — incorrect — belief that this was the first photograph of a wild bird.<ref>{{cite q|Q108533626|page=9}}</ref> However, [[Ottomar Anschütz]] had photographed wild [[white stork]]s (''Ciconia ciconia'') in 1884.<ref name="Cox">{{cite book|editor1-last=Cox|editor1-first=Rosamund Kidman|title=Wildlife Photographer of the Year|date=2014|publisher=Firefly Books}}</ref> ]]

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===Harvesting eggs===
"[[Plover's eggs]]" were an expensive [[delicacy]] in [[Victorian era|Victorian Europe]], mentioned in [[Evelyn Waugh]]'s ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]'', about aristocratic British society in 1920–40. In the [[Netherlands]], there is a cultural-historical competition to find the first peewit egg of the year (''het eerste kievietsei''). It is especially popular in the province [[Friesland]], but there are also regional competitions. Gathering peewit eggs is prohibited by the [[European Union]], but Friesland was granted an exception for cultural-historical reasons. The Frisian exception was removed in 2005 by a court, which determined that the Frisian [[Gedeputeerde Staten|executive councillors]] had not properly followed procedure.<ref name=Walinga2005/><ref name=court/> As of 2006 looking for peewit eggs is permitted between 1 March and 9 April, though harvesting the eggs is now forbidden. In 2008 the first egg was found on 3 March, in [[Eemnes]], [[Utrecht (province)|Utrecht]],<ref name=NederlandseOmroepStichting/> and the first egg of 2009 was found on 8 March in [[Krabbendijke]].<ref name=RadioNetherlands/> Over the last century, the first peewit egg has been found earlier and earlier in the year. This is ascribed to both increased use of [[fertiliser]] and [[climate change]], causing the growth of grass needed for egg laying to occur earlier.<ref name=Natuurcompendium/>

===In Ireland===
[[File:Portret van Filips II te paard, RP-P-1932-154.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|[[Philip II of Spain|King Philip II]] with a feather in his cap.]]

The northern lapwing was declared the [[Republic of Ireland]]'s [[national bird]] by a committee of the [[Irish Wildlife Conservancy]] in 1990.<ref>{{cite news |last=Reilly |first=Jerome |date=23 October 2016 |title=Lapwing's tricolour feathers fit the bill |newspaper=[[Irish Independent]] |url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/lapwings-tricolour-feathers-fit-the-bill-35153566.html |access-date=1 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=National Bird of Ireland – Northern Lapwing – Light Future Art |url=https://lightfutureart.com/national-bird-of-ireland-northern-lapwing}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Egan |first=James |title=1000 Facts About Ireland |date=26 August 2018 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=9780244110734 |via=Google Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KQp-DwAAQBAJ&q=lapwing+ireland+%22national+bird%22&pg=PA13}}</ref> In the [[Irish language]] it is called ''pilibín'', "little Philip", supposedly a reference to [[Philip II of Spain]] ([[King of Ireland]] 1554–58), who often wore a feather in his cap.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fitzgerald |first=Ann |date=25 March 2017 |title=Opinion: Connecting with nature a sure-fire way to bolster your wellbeing |newspaper=Farming Independent |url=https://www.independent.ie/business/farming/rural-life/opinion-connecting-with-nature-a-sure-fire-way-to-bolster-your-wellbeing-35548395.html |access-date=1 April 2020}}</ref>

===Mythology===
The bird referred to in English translations of [[Ovid]]'s ''[[Metamorphoses]]'', book 6, as ''lapwing''<ref name=Garth/> is probably the northern lapwing. Tereus is turned into an ''epops'' (6.674); Ovid presumably had the [[Eurasian hoopoe|hoopoe]] in mind, whose crest indicates his royal status and whose long, sharp beak is a symbol of his violent nature.
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