A87A3166 Rock pipit
Bockhill (on the muck heap alongside the Free Down).
There were half a dozen pipits on the muck heap, a couple were mippits and the others looked like rock pipits. A couple of the latter had very clear supercilia, a feature I thought was confined to water pipits. I spent quite some time trying to get decent images (2 attached) so I could have a good look at them at home.
I'm sure they are rock pipits due to the base colour of the breast/belly and the diffuse streaking but I've never photographed a rock pipit with such a significant supercilium.
Comments welcome.
Also today my first swallows (3) and wheatear of the spring.
A87A3166 Rock pipit
Bockhill (on the muck heap alongside the Free Down).
There were half a dozen pipits on the muck heap, a couple were mippits and the others looked like rock pipits. A couple of the latter had very clear supercilia, a feature I thought was confined to water pipits. I spent quite some time trying to get decent images (2 attached) so I could have a good look at them at home.
I'm sure they are rock pipits due to the base colour of the breast/belly and the diffuse streaking but I've never photographed a rock pipit with such a significant supercilium.
Comments welcome.
Also today my first swallows (3) and wheatear of the spring.