Neil Grubb
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Not being a pipit expert, I'd appreciate some help with this bird which I saw with my brother this afternoon in coastal scrub at Musselburgh, by Edinburgh. There were 10-12 of these in a flock and we reckoned they might be Meadow Pipit. However, the markings don't quite agree with those in my ID guides; the chest marking looks quite dense, and the dark markings below and behind the base of the bill look darker than in the photos I have referred to. However, Meadow Pipit seems the closest and I have no idea of the range of variation in markings of pipits! Is it a Meadow Pipit ? Help!