kristoffer
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Hello. I´l try to explain as good as I can but it´s hard when English is not my native language.
Today I was out birding, got a few nice ticks; Lapland Longspur, Turtle Dove and a few more.
But what puzzled me was the reported Water Pipit. I arrived at the location and read that it was just sighted 30 min before with a bunch of Rock Pipits. And almost instantly I found the bunch of Rock Pipits. Among them was a pipit that clearly was a Water or Meadow. It had a white belly with dark streaks. It had no ochre, and looked like a expected a Water pipit to look like (never seen one before). But it did not have dark legs, they were more of a pink:ish colour. And most pictures I have seen of Water pipits got dark legs. Or is the dark colour related to age? Or winter? Perhaps this is a 2cy. It´s worth noting that no one has reported Meadow pipit from this location but it annoys me that I can´t say for sure what is what, even if I had Colins in front of me so I could compare.
Today I was out birding, got a few nice ticks; Lapland Longspur, Turtle Dove and a few more.
But what puzzled me was the reported Water Pipit. I arrived at the location and read that it was just sighted 30 min before with a bunch of Rock Pipits. And almost instantly I found the bunch of Rock Pipits. Among them was a pipit that clearly was a Water or Meadow. It had a white belly with dark streaks. It had no ochre, and looked like a expected a Water pipit to look like (never seen one before). But it did not have dark legs, they were more of a pink:ish colour. And most pictures I have seen of Water pipits got dark legs. Or is the dark colour related to age? Or winter? Perhaps this is a 2cy. It´s worth noting that no one has reported Meadow pipit from this location but it annoys me that I can´t say for sure what is what, even if I had Colins in front of me so I could compare.
