Rare sociable lapwing courtship video

This is a video of rare sociable lapwings: their courtship on spring migration in the Nogai steppe, Dagestan, Russian federation, 30 March 2014.

After spending the winter far apart in Eastern Sudan and Western Saudi Arabia respectively, Boris and Irina (two of our satellite-tagged Sociable Lapwings) have apparently reunited in Azerbaijan during their long journeys home to Kazakhstan: here.

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