Uk bird id please and question (1 Viewer)

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wildfire68

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• Sep 18, 2018

• #1

Hi all
Just after a confirmation on bird in photos (pipit/wagtail/other?)
Seen in agricultural field, Cambridgeshire. quite easy to approach fairly near too before flying low further away.

The other question I have is of a bird sighted last week (about 10pm) over house. Edge of town. Cambridgeshire area. Direct flight, silent but obvious reddish/orange underparts (medium gull /wader build.) Any ideas?

 

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Andrew Whitehouse

Professor of Listening

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• Sep 18, 2018

• #2

Meadow Pipit

 

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wildfire68

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• Sep 18, 2018

• #3

Hi Andrew
Thanks so much for the quick reply.
IThis is a species that I think I should be more familar with but slowly learning!

 

PYRTLE

Old Berkshire Boy

• Sep 18, 2018

• #4

It's nigh on impossible to answer the question on your bird in flight. It would have been dark by 10pm so was probably lit by street lighting I'm guessing. Really could be anything.

 

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wildfire68

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• Sep 18, 2018

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Yeah thats what I thought. Worth an ask though, especially the colouring being so obvious.