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UK - Which Pipit? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Mad Scientist
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Jane Turner
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Certainly is.
Though not safely diagnosable in autumn unless very extreme, I find birds that look like this in autumn moult into full-monty littorlalis birds by March
Its got a good super and white wing bars.
Though not safely diagnosable in autumn unless very extreme, I find birds that look like this in autumn moult into full-monty littorlalis birds by March
Its got a good super and white wing bars.
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Mad Scientist
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Thanks Daniel and Jane. I had to do an internet search for littorlalis Jane. If I understand this correctly, the bird in the pics is the Scandinavian variety of rock pipit, rather than the British one.
Nutcracker
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Yep. A lot of the Scandinavian birds come to Britain in winter, and are often found in grassy / saltmarsh habitats, rather than typical rocky coasts and cliffs that our breeding birds prefer.
lewis20126
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Mad Scientist
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Thanks very much for the info Nutcracker and Lewis20126.
Mad Scientist
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LowellMills
Is this your Sanderling?
Agree Meadow Pipit, MadScientist. Uniform pale-buff ground colour of underparts, well-streaked flanks, pale legs, shortish bill.
Mad Scientist
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Thanks Lowell. |=)|
LowellMills
Is this your Sanderling?
As it happens you can also see the long hind claw in the photo, that rules out Tree Pipit and OB Pipit, the two other compact pale-legged pipits.
Mad Scientist
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Nutcracker
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Yep, another Meadow Pipit :t:
martinattullymet
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Nice pics by the way....
