Buff-bellied Pipit x 2 Berkshire

Finally decided today was the day to venture South to try to see not one but two Buff-bellied Pipits - we were up before dawn arriving on site at 9ish to the poor news that the birds hadn’t been seen - not a good start and it didn’t improve until 1 ish when from  half a mile further round the reservoir (Queen Mother Reservoir, Berks) came the news that they were there, so walking as fast as possible which isn’t easy with two bad backs and sciatica we trundled off only for them to fly away just as we were getting into position!  Luckily someone had followed their flight path over the road  to a patch of gravelly puddles about half a mile away so without further ado we trundled back to our car and as you can see from below had very good views of both birds serenaded by airliners every 30 seconds landing at Heathrow.

Buff-bellied Pipits, Horton, Berkshire, view video here http://youtu.be/FmrXFiG5ZxU

Buff-bellied Pipit tail pattern..