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  1. StuartReeves

    Pipit for discussion

    PS, this bird also appears to have pink legs, so maybe it is just a Meadow Pipit...
  2. StuartReeves

    Pipit for discussion

    Hmmm, interesting bird! It appears to be in active moult from winter to summer plumage judging by the messiness, particularly around the face. This means that the plumage is particularly ambiguous on this bird, and further that some of the key featires may be absent. Having been a complete...
  3. StuartReeves

    Pipit for discussion

    That was my conclusion which is why I queried your comment about birds being impossible to identify in winter plumage. As I said it is this transitional plumage which apears to cause the problems, not winter plumage as such. I must admit that confronted with one of these birds in March/April...
  4. StuartReeves

    Pipit for discussion

    Are these birds in winter plumage ? There is a greyness around the face and an apparent pinkish flush on the upper breast in a couple of images which, in combination with the streaking, made me think littoralis Rock Pipit in summer plumage. That is also more consistent with the timing of teh...
  5. StuartReeves

    Pipit for discussion

    I would also lean towards littoralis Rock Pipit for all of these. Stuart
  6. StuartReeves

    Pipit for discussion

    Water Pipits are doing some funny things at the moment, certainly in regard to their status in Scandinavia. Unprecedented numbers wintered in Denmark in 2003-2004, at least 90 birds if I remember rightly. The first national record was only in 1989 so last winter's influx represented a major...
  7. StuartReeves

    Pipit for discussion

    As I mentioned, I raised this question for Scotland a few years back. Another related issues is the migration of A.spinoletta. The species does not breed any further north than central Germany so the birds that regularly winter in southern England are likely to depart in a southerly direction in...
  8. StuartReeves

    Pipit for discussion

    Sounds familiar. My token contribution to the birding literature was a paper in Birding Scotland which summarised the Scottish records of Water Pipit and pressed for a proper review of all Scottish records as the timing of a fair few of them meant that they were at least as likely to refer to...
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