Editing Northern lapwing (section)

===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/>