Easter Eggs
10th April 2009, Friday
It is always a special moment when finding a clutch of eggs, they look so perfect in the nest - not surprising then that egg collecting became so popular and still continues as a threat to rare birds. This clutch of Lapwing was found yesterday and will have to survive three weeks of Carrion Crows, Fox, Badger and other danger before producing tiny chicks…
In Pagan times the egg represented the rebirth of the earth. The long, hard winter was over; the earth burst forth and was reborn just as the egg miraculously burst forth with life. The egg, therefore, was believed to have special powers… (read more about the history of the Eater Egg by clicking here)