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bird id wanted

  • 10-01-2013 1:20pm
    #1
    angeldaisy
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    I was walking in the fields and the dogs rose some birds, I wasnt fast enough to get a photo, but I think they were about blackbird size with a curved beak visibly but not too long. Think the chest was mottled like a thrush, pale creamy brown.
    Had a look in somebooks but can't see anything similar.

    It looked as if they were laying in the grass, rather than standing because I didn't see them until they rose.


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  • #2
    V_Moth
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    Common Snipe perhaps? The tend flush very suddenly when you are only a few feet away.


  • #3
    angeldaisy
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    V_Moth wrote: »
    Common Snipe perhaps? The tend flush very suddenly when you are only a few feet away.

    Similar colour but I dont think the beak was that long


  • #4
    swifts need our help!
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    possibly Woodcock


  • #5
    V Bull
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    angeldaisy wrote: »
    Similar colour but I dont think the beak was that long

    The Jack Snipe is very similar, a little smaller in size and has a shorter bill than the Common Snipe..


  • #6
    angeldaisy
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    I guess it could have been either of those two, I'll keep a closer look out next time. Thanks


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  • #7
    Ulmus
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    Meadow pipit? When flushed gives a "zweet zweet zweet" call.


  • #8
    dodderangler
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    Snipe
    What dog have you got


  • #9
    I smell bad!!!
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    When flushed a common snipe will fly up and call loudly "catch" and fly off in a zig-zag fashion. A Jack snipe will usually not call and will fly straight up (no zigzag) and land generally only around 10 metres away.


  • #10
    angeldaisy
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    dodderangler wrote: »
    Snipe
    What dog have you got

    I've a Border/Rough Collie cross and a Jack Russell / Daschund Cross, they both love to work a field.

    I don't think the birds made a noise when they rose, and they flew into the next field, don't remember them zig-zagging.


  • #11
    whyulittle
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    Did it have a curved bill, or just a long bill?


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  • #12
    angeldaisy
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    whyulittle wrote: »
    Did it have a curved bill, or just a long bill?

    It was curved, long enough to notice it but not over ling


  • #13
    dodderangler
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    angeldaisy wrote: »

    It was curved, long enough to notice it but not over ling
    Curlew possibly
    Same colour as a snipe and bigger but you said blackbird size which makes me think otherwise
    My old GSP raised one or two before in Galway when I was out shooting years ago


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