Great bustard Army training area. Here the lack of public access allows them the freedom needed as a large ground-nesting bird. It is classified by the IUCN as "vulnerable". The great bustard was classified with its scientific name in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus, though the species was referred to as "avis tarda" in the much older writings of Pliny the Elder, and hence its names in English (from Old French "bistarda") and some other languages: "abetarda" (pt), "avetarda" (gl), "avutarda" (es). "Otis" is an Old Greek name for "bustard". The specific name, "tarda", is Latin for "slow" and "deliberate", which is apt
Barugh (Great and Little) with 2.1 households, and a quite large total assessed tax (6.5 geld units) Little Barugh also appears in the Doomsday book. Again it is described as very small, with only 2.1 households. The total tax assessed for Little Barugh is again quite large (6 geld units). Great Barugh and Little Barugh are both contained in the parish of Kirby Misperton, Little Barugh was enclosed around 1600. Both Little and Great Barugh contain Wesleyan chapels, the one at Great Barugh having been erected in 1899. Both buildings are now dwelling houses. The church of the Holy Saviour was built in 1850