Northern Lapwings in prison

 Photo: www.rspb.org.uk

Northern Lapwing

Vanellus vanellus

Photo by Niall Carson / PA

Surrounded by starlings, a nesting Northern Lapwing (above), one of the world's most threatened birds, has found a sanctuary in Maghaberry Prison, used for housing Northern Ireland's most dangerous inmates.   Prisoners, sentenced to life, helped create the habitat for 20 pairs of breeding lapwings which have made their home at Her Majesty's Prison Maghaberry, on a marshy, no-man's-land dominated by razor wire and lookouts behind reinforced glass.   The site is 20 kilometres southwest of Belfast.   
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