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Spotted a bird I've never seen before yesterday, quite a few of them In fact. It's their call that I didn't recognise at first, only way I can describe it is electronic sounding.
I'd say they were medium to large, slightly larger than a magpie. Black and white, unusual shaped wings. Over farm land. Can't offer much more than that as they were some distance away as I was riding past
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Peewit?
Sounds like a Lapwing to me, call sounds like it's saying pee-wit.
Lapwing?
Probably Lapwings
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Ai think you guys got it
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Can't believe I've not seen/heard them before!
Baby robin?
Ha!
Just to confuse things, it could be a Green Plover.
No definitely a Lapwing
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/l/lapwing/
On the red list too. As mentioned I saw loads yesterday and never seen them before
they used to gather in flocks of thousands but been hit really hard by changes in farming. They seem to be making a bit of a comeback, locally anyway. Stopped on a ride once to watch a nesting pair fight off a buzzard, the lot of a ground nesting bird I guess.
some of the locals, must have been quite a sight when they used to flock in the 100,000s
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