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    Collared Pratincole, UK?

    I apologise, and have removed the inappropriate comment. ...and tail-pattern (allowing for missing feathers) exactly matches the OP's bird.
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    Collared Pratincole, UK?

    ...when seen flat-on. Edit: Inappropriate comment removed.
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    Collared Pratincole, UK?

    That also better fits (better than pratincole or green sandpiper) the OP's bird's odd rearward extension of black beyond the rear wing-edge and onto the rump/uppertail-coverts. (It's oddly difficult to find photos of a lapwing's upperside! - people must throw all their photos of that view away...
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    Collared Pratincole, UK?

    Small things: I think you should give the date for both - and... it's 'pratincole' ;) Salthouse one... Maybe - maybe not. Given that practically anything can look like practically anything else given duff-enough view, brief-enough view, light, angle, wing-attitude, etc etc etc (lots of etcs)...
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