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Golden plovers have fantastic plumage with the gold colour on their shoulders. The North York Moors were made a special protection area because of the golden plover and the merlin, since they are in such high densities on these uplands. Sanjida O'Connell spots some lapwings. From a distance they look black and white, but close up you can see their green and metallic colours. Their flight is odd - they look like puppet birds on a piece of string. They have many different names including peewit, turfid and green plover. These moors are the perfect spot for lapwings to breed. Often they'll raise two or three broods in a season. But things don't always go to plan - Sanjida finds a defective lapwing egg. It's soft and has a hole in it - probably laid by an immature bird.