Today I went to a meadows area near Amsterdam, where Richard's Pipit had been sighted multiple times over the last weeks. I think I heard Richard's Pipit call alright. But I didn't see any clearly unfortunately. The only images I was able to take from a possible Richard's far off where these. The quality of the pictures is abysmal, my apologies. I think that it is actually not a Richard's but a Meadow Pipit (as there where also many in the vicinity). It seems to be a bit on the bulky and long tailed side though, but not quite enough for Richard's? Could anybody tell from these vague pictures?
(Note, the 5 images are almost certainly the same bird, it's one sequence, but I'm not entirely sure as between photo 3 and 4 I lost the Pipit for half a second as it appeared to land, but thought better of it and flew on.)
Regards, Frank
(Note, the 5 images are almost certainly the same bird, it's one sequence, but I'm not entirely sure as between photo 3 and 4 I lost the Pipit for half a second as it appeared to land, but thought better of it and flew on.)
Regards, Frank