stevethehydra
Well-known member
Probably both of these are the common species, but they both looked odd enough to feel worth posting!
1. I assume this is "just" a Meadow Pipit, but the colouration struck me as possibly unusual. I think I've seen similar-looking birds posted on here as a possible confusion with rarer pipits.
2. I saw a Red Kite over the moor getting mobbed by two somewhat smaller birds. I assumed these were Curlews (I could certainly hear Curlews calling loudly at the time, and saw several clearly identified Curlews a few minutes later). But I'm a bit confused by the apparent contrast between dark breast and white underparts in the one photo that I managed to get with one of the mobbing pair in the frame...
1. I assume this is "just" a Meadow Pipit, but the colouration struck me as possibly unusual. I think I've seen similar-looking birds posted on here as a possible confusion with rarer pipits.
2. I saw a Red Kite over the moor getting mobbed by two somewhat smaller birds. I assumed these were Curlews (I could certainly hear Curlews calling loudly at the time, and saw several clearly identified Curlews a few minutes later). But I'm a bit confused by the apparent contrast between dark breast and white underparts in the one photo that I managed to get with one of the mobbing pair in the frame...
