think we have seen a pair of crested larks can they be identified by any one
Unknown said: Hi Gotcha welcome to the forum. The birds in your photo's appear to be Skylarks, unfortunately Crested larks are very scarce in the UK only 20 recorded sightings. Photo's of Skylarks which I took earlier this month. Hope this helps Regards Buzzard
Hi Gotcha welcome to the forum.
The birds in your photo's appear to be Skylarks, unfortunately Crested larks are very scarce in the UK only 20 recorded sightings.
Photo's of Skylarks which I took earlier this month.
Hope this helps Regards Buzzard
thanks for the response, so how can the crested be identified as to the sky, good photos beat my little digi camers,
Cheers
Hi Gotcha, sorry for not replying sooner. This link will direct you to some good photo's of Crested Larks
http://www.birdguides.com/species/species.asp?sp=116069
it will hopefully give you the answer to your question. If it doesn't then I will give a written explanation.
Regards Buzzard
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Welcome Gotcha!! What a superb garden visitor!
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Hi, Crested larks are larger than skylarks and their crest is really long and spiky- even when it's folded down it sticks out the back of their head. They look bulkier, broader winged and have buffy cinnamon outer tail feathers. Their bill is longer than a skylarks.
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Hello Gotcha, great photos. Skylarks are certainly not a common garden bird. We have also had reports of snipe, woodcock, reed buntings and meadow pipits coming into gardens. One of the most unusual reports we received was a bittern sitting in a lleyandii tree. This just shows how bad weather forces birds away from their normal habitat and into gardens and how important feeding them is.
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I forgot- I posted a photo of Crested Lark in my gallery on here - go have a look guys :)