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Masked lapwing nests on Tasmanian cricket ground, ignores play

The lapwing at Windsor Park in Riverside, just outside Launceston, is sitting on a nest of eggs while local weekend matches carry on around her.

On air: Kenji Moonfield, Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman on The Weekend Shift
Published 4:34 PM ET, Saturday, October 17, 2026

Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Watch it as it aired: Kenji Moonfield, Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman on this story, from The Weekend Shift at 4:34 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are The Guardian's, the jokes are ours.

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Photo: Masked lapwing — Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

First reported by The Guardian: “Plover, not a fighter: masked lapwing nesting on Tasmanian cricket ground indifferent as play continues”.
Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 4:34 PM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Kenji Moonfield, Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman.

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The GuardianPlover, not a fighter: masked lapwing nesting on Tasmanian cricket ground indifferent as play continues

What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOkay, the one we teased: a masked lapwing has claimed the middle of the Windsor Park oval near Launceston in Tasmania, and she is warming her eggs while weekend cricket carries on around her.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThese birds have a reputation for swooping, and this one can't be bothered. Everyone else is panicking over a ball and she's running a nursery.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBro, she's the only one on that field with a guaranteed spot, and she didn't even have to try out.

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