Binocularface
You've all got one...............!
Hi
After successfully seeing the Alpine Swift at Scarborough We went to Filey to look for the Water Pipit that had been reported there a few days previously.
On arrival we could see a largeish pipit feeding on the edge of a pool. My first instinct on this bird was littoralis Rock Pipit. The bird had a very striking pale supercillium.
The more I watched the bird the less convinced (confused) I became. The bird had very bright edges to median coverts and greater coverts (just off white (grey toned rather than buff)). The mantle was brown with subtle dark streaking. The head appeared brownish, not showing any noticable grey tones.The Outer-taile feathers were white. The lower mandible base was showing paler colouration. The legs were quite pale. The breast was quite heavily diffusly streaked dark on a buff background and the buff colouration went all the way to the under-tail coverts!
The bird called frequently- the call was quite similar to that of Meadow Pipit (somewhere between rock and Meadow!).
I have attached some very poor images of the bird and would welcome any thoughts on this bird!
Regards
Tristan
After successfully seeing the Alpine Swift at Scarborough We went to Filey to look for the Water Pipit that had been reported there a few days previously.
On arrival we could see a largeish pipit feeding on the edge of a pool. My first instinct on this bird was littoralis Rock Pipit. The bird had a very striking pale supercillium.
The more I watched the bird the less convinced (confused) I became. The bird had very bright edges to median coverts and greater coverts (just off white (grey toned rather than buff)). The mantle was brown with subtle dark streaking. The head appeared brownish, not showing any noticable grey tones.The Outer-taile feathers were white. The lower mandible base was showing paler colouration. The legs were quite pale. The breast was quite heavily diffusly streaked dark on a buff background and the buff colouration went all the way to the under-tail coverts!
The bird called frequently- the call was quite similar to that of Meadow Pipit (somewhere between rock and Meadow!).
I have attached some very poor images of the bird and would welcome any thoughts on this bird!
Regards
Tristan