Bird I.D.Please

[2dogs2000]

I have told my friend what a clever bunch you are on here so please don't let me down

She was on holiday in Yorkshire and when she was walking on the moors she disturbed a bird which then took flight. She said it gave an alarm call as if it was a ground nesting bird and she was near its nest. The same thing happened on her way back.This was two weeks ago and she is not 100% sure on the sound now.

Although the photos aren't clear I thought someone might be able to identify it from wing shape and habitat.

[ChrisJB]

It's a lapwing.

Chris

[Picidae]

Originally Posted by 2dogs2000

I have told my friend what a clever bunch you are on here so please don't let me down

She was on holiday in Yorkshire and when she was walking on the moors she disturbed a bird which then took flight. She said it gave an alarm call as if it was a ground nesting bird and she was near its nest. The same thing happened on her way back.This was two weeks ago and she is not 100% sure on the sound now.

Although the photos aren't clear I thought someone might be able to identify it from wing shape and habitat.

Hi there

Your friend saw a Lapwing - yes, a ground nesting bird.

[2dogs2000]

Thank you. I had every faith in someone on here coming up with an answer.

[ChrisJB]

No probs.

Chris

[faz]

100% lapwing

[rossy]

or you could tell your friend it was a peewit, another name for the lapwing , to which the alarm call would identify it perfectly, rossy,

[susy]

yup thats definitely a lapwing, with those wings

[moozy]

Lapwing 100%
A wonderful bird, there slow flappy flight make them hard to mistake, I think the best time to see them is in the spring when the cock displays over its territory with remarkable twisting and turning in flight.