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What Bird Is This?
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Good morning, as above could someone tell me what this bird is please.
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They come over every winter to the Somerset levels, but I've never been able to get close enough to one to get a pic before.
Sorry it's not a great pic, but hopefully it will be good enough.
Thanks for looking.
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They come over every winter to the Somerset levels, but I've never been able to get close enough to one to get a pic before.
Sorry it's not a great pic, but hopefully it will be good enough.
Thanks for looking.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Surprised to see a lapwing as a wader. They are seen in such circumstances but that may be more to do with loss of habitat. They used to be very common on farmland here; they are ground-nesting birds; but are rarely seen now because modern farming methods mean they can no longer nest and raise young undisturbed. The only ones I see now are on the local golf course. Previously you'd see them in quite large numbers on farmland in Winter
Yes Fred I remember watching with a sinking heart, when a neighbouring farmer in the YDales levelled out and filled in a boggy field where the Lapwings and Curlews and Snipe et al used to breed. From that year on we never saw any birds nesting there. So sad. I used to go up on an April/May evening and about 10pm and listen to the Snipe drumming and the rest all calling to each other, such a cacophony, it was wonderful. It'll stay with me for the rest of my life.
D97x7, agree with others about your lapwing pic, it's difficult to see from that angle but from side on you can normally see the distinctive crest on the top of the head.
I remember seeing a fairly large flock in a field near me, which often floods in the winter, well that was until they widened the busy A road by an extra lane. I not seen them there since. They seem to prefer to keep a good distance from humans
I remember seeing a fairly large flock in a field near me, which often floods in the winter, well that was until they widened the busy A road by an extra lane. I not seen them there since. They seem to prefer to keep a good distance from humans