Pipits, Scotland (1 Viewer)

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stevethehydra

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• May 18, 2017

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Lots of pipits seen on my recent trip to Scotland, and I'm terrible at telling them apart... I'm almost sure that they are all either Meadow (those seen inland) or Rock (those seen on the coast), but wanting to check whether there might be any Tree or Water among them...

1-2 shores of Loch Linnhe, Fort William, evening of 6th May - Rock?

3 halfway up Ben Nevis (a bit past the lochan) on 7th May - Meadow?

4-5 in Mallaig (in a sort of scrubby alleyway bit between houses, where I also saw a Phylloscopus sp.) - Meadow?

 

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stevethehydra

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• May 18, 2017

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6-10 in Mallaig on rocks by the West Bay (pics may all be of one or possibly of 2 individual birds), near dusk on 8th May - Rock?

 

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Andrew Whitehouse

Professor of Listening

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• May 18, 2017

• #3

I agree with all your IDs.

 

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stevethehydra

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• May 18, 2017

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11-12 - at Camusdarach beach (near Morar) on evening of 9th May - both pics same bird, which may or may not have been the samw individual as these better pics on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/126840895@N05/34319812850/in/album-72157681989336760/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/126840895@N05/34663739666/in/album-72157681989336760/ - Rock?

13 - Loch Coruisk (Skye), 11th May - location suggests Rock but appearance Meadow?

14 - Glenbrittle, Skye (not on the beach, about half a mile up the glen in scrubby gorse type area), 12th May - Meadow?

 

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stevethehydra

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• May 18, 2017

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Finally, the ones I harbour some hope of being Tree Pipits (though in reality they are probably Meadow):

15) at Steall Falls in Glen Nevis, 14th May

16-17) by roadside layby at Loch Cluanie (Glen Shiel), 14th May

 

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Andrew Whitehouse

Professor of Listening

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• May 18, 2017

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stevethehydra said:

11-12 - at Camusdarach beach (near Morar) on evening of 9th May - both pics same bird, which may or may not have been the samw individual as these better pics on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/126840895@N05/34319812850/in/album-72157681989336760/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/126840895@N05/34663739666/in/album-72157681989336760/ - Rock?

13 - Loch Coruisk (Skye), 11th May - location suggests Rock but appearance Meadow?

14 - Glenbrittle, Skye (not on the beach, about half a mile up the glen in scrubby gorse type area) - Meadow?

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Agree on these ones too.

 

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stevethehydra

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• May 18, 2017

• #7

Thanks for confirmation, any opinion on the last two?

 

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Louis_P

Average Birder

• May 19, 2017

• #8

I agree with all your IDs. On the first of the last two I wouldn't rule out Tree Pipit and I have no idea what the last one is.

 

Jane Turner

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• May 19, 2017

• #9

I can't see anything to favour Tree over Meadow - face pattern, bill shape mantle and underparts all look better for Meadow