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The grey (rather plain c.f. Red-throated Pipit) back, white underparts, white supercilium flared behind the eye and pale loral area indicate that this is Buff-bellied Pipit. I agree that in this photo the basal area of the bill appears pale - although I'm not sure I'd describe it as yellowish.

Pipits are, of course, not easy to id - all of them, to an extent, are rather non-descript, brown-streaked jobs. Buff-bellied Pipit (in autumn/winter) is more "grey and white" than other species - a feature that is clear, I think, in this photo and the photos in the "Buff-bellied Pipit" thread below.

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Actually, I'm wrong about the bill. Buff-bellied Pipit can often show a pale yellow base to the bill - see the Photographic Guide...

The photos in the Guide show how much warmer R-t Pipit appears c.f. the cold tones of Buff-bellied (in autumn/winter)

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