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A bit of a glary look... Might even be the avian equivalent of a 'bombastic side eye' ... if they do such a thing. :@]
Meadow Pipit's habit of sitting on fences gives some good photo opportunities. This is an adult bird indicated by the extensive wear on the feathers. These will all be moulted after the breeding season has finished and the youngsters have "left the nest". Juvenile Meadow Pipits are similar to adults but the plumage will be very fresh with crisp edges and brighter tones.
Quite an array of different birds in the Garden today with the mippits being particularly plentiful :-)
Meadow Pipits are back on the moors in force although today's strong breeze kept them fairly low down
Langdon Cliffs.
I went out as the rain stopped in the hope of finding a few grounded migrants. However there was nothing. All that was around were the resident skylarks, corn buntings and mippits though I did hear a lone chiff.
Early yesterday morning, I walked onto the South Pennines and within 15 minutes of leaving home, I had seen (and in some cases heard) Red Grouse, Grey Partridge, Pheasant, Golden Plover, drumming Snipe, a Brown Hare and the Meadow Pipit pictured here.
These wonderful sights and sounds couldn't fail to lift the spirits but how much do we really value them? How many of these species do you think we totally protect under the law? The answer is one, the Meadow Pipit.
Red Grouse (amber listed), Grey Partridge (red listed) and Pheasant (not listed as it is not native to the UK) are all game birds and are only protected during the close season - Game Act 1831.
Golden Plover (green listed) and Common Snipe (amber listed) can also be shot and are only protected during a close season. By the way, this also applies to Woodcock and Capercaillie (both red listed) and many of our ducks, including the Pintail (amber listed) - The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Brown Hares, which, because of their decline, have their own Species Action Plan under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan, have no protection at all and can be shot throughout the year even during the breeding season - Ground Game Act 1880.
At least we have afforded the Meadow Pipit (or Mippit) a right to consult a solicitor 24/7 twelve months a year! Even so, our most common songbird in upland areas has sadly been in decline since the mid-1970s and is now amber listed.
As always, thank you so much for stopping by and for leaving any comments or faves, they are very much appreciated.
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.
Meadow pipit, St Gothian Sands nature reserve, Gwithian, Cornwall. D7100_58312.NEF. Many thanks for views, comments and favourites.
Kingsdown.
Did my lockdown walk today. On the Rifle range 2 wheatears - my first of the autumn on the range - which flew up onto the cliff top never to be seen again.
On the Lees I found a spotted flycatcher but only managed record shots before that too disappeared.
Other than that just a few willow warblers and whitethroats (both species) and a blackcap or two.
This mippit. was the only thing that posed for the camera; it has a moth and what I think is a wasp spider in it's beak.
Lots of very flighty Mippits on the moor this morning, not sitting still bar this one who was just about to bolt, and did
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson.
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The Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) is a small passerine bird which breeds in much of the northern half of Europe and also northwestern Asia, from southeastern Greenland and Iceland east to just east of the Ural Mountains in Russia, and south to central France and Romania; there is also an isolated population in the Caucasus Mountains. It is migratory over most of its range, wintering in southern Europe, north Africa and southwestern Asia, but is resident in Ireland, Great Britain, and neighbouring areas of western Europe. However, even here, many birds move to the coast or lowlands in winter. This is a widespread and often abundant small pipit. It is an undistinguished looking species on the ground, mainly brown above and buff below, with darker streaking on most of its plumage; the tail is brown, with narrow white side edges. It has a thin bill and pale pinkish-yellow legs; the hind claw is notably long, longer than the rest of the hind toe. The call is a weak tsi-tsi. The simple repetitive song is given in a short song flight. Birds breeding in Ireland and western Scotland are slightly darker coloured than those in other areas, and are often distinguished as the subspecies Anthus pratensis whistleri, though it intergrades clinally with nominate Anthus pratensis pratensis found in the rest of the species' range.
The generic name 'pipit', first documented by Thomas Pennant in 1768, is onomatopoeic, from the call note of this species. In colloquial use by birders in Ireland, the name Meadow Pipit is often abbreviated to "mippit". Old folk names, no longer used, include "chit lark", "peet lark", "tit lark" and "titling"; these refer to its small size and superficial similarity to a lark. (wikipedia)
This adult bird was alighting on a tree before flying in to feed hungry fledglings along the Irish east coast.
Kingsdown.
Did my lockdown walk today. On the Rifle range 2 wheatears - my first of the autumn on the range - which flew up onto the cliff top never to be seen again.
On the Lees I found a spotted flycatcher but only managed record shots before that too disappeared.
Other than that just a few willow warblers and whitethroats (both species) and a blackcap or two.
This mippit. was the only thing that posed for the camera; it has a moth and what I think is a wasp spider in it's beak.
This week they are starting to appear on my patch again and I thought I would re-visit some of my older shots of this species and I found this rather unusual one that I haven't posted before. Not a typical "mippit" shot, i.e. grass, posts and wires, this bird perched near some nice rose-hips giving a spot of colour
Thanks to Martin Collinson for the id - I was way off looking at warblers.
Newburgh is a large stone-built village on the wide sandy estuary of the River Ythan, close to the point at which it is bridged by the A975. he origins of the village date back to 1261 when a charter was drawn up by Lord Sinclair establishing a settlement here. A little later it acquired the Chapel of the Holy Rood and St Thomas the Martyr in Inch Road. The Chapel is long gone, but the Udny Family Mausoleum which formed part of it can still be seen in the Holyrood Cemetery. art of the name of the original chapel also survives, in the imposing Holyrood Chapel on Main Street. This was originally built as a school in 1838, and the clock tower was added in 1892. The village itself developed as a centre for salmon fishing, and later as a small port. By the 1850s there was a steady traffic of boats and barges calling at the newly built quays on the River Ythan. And by the 1880s there was a small fleet of sailing vessels based here, alongside a dozen resident fishing boats. A little earlier, in 1828, Newburgh became the first port in Scotland to have a Lifeboat Station, then called the Shipwreck Institution. The RNLI, as the Institution became, based a lifeboat in Newburgh until 1961, when it moved to Peterhead. In the 1950s Newburgh remained an active port with quays and a mill. Much of its economic base had declined by 1970, but the corner was turned - as with so many settlements in north east Scotland - with the discovery of oil under the North Sea. Newburgh, with its attractive setting and within commuting range of both Aberdeen and Peterhead rapidly became a desirable place to live. Today's Newburgh is an active and thriving settlement. At its centre is the Udny Arms Hotel providing accommodation, great views over the River Ythan, and an excellent restaurant. Beyond the River Ythan lies one of the oddest landscapes in Britain. Forvie Sands comprises an area of dunes some three miles long and a mile wide. At its heart are the remains of Forvie Kirk, built in the 1100s. This is all that can now be seen of the village of Forvie, once a thriving community but buried by shifting dunes during a storm in 1413. www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/newburgh/newburgh/
Sands of Forvie Nature Reserve: www.visitscotland.com/info/towns-villages/forvie-national... Shifting sands and seabirds The stark beauty of empty sand dunes is complemented by the call of eider ducks, wafting like gentle gossiping across the Ythan estuary. With the constant shifting of the dunes, layers of history have come and gone, revealing the half buried remains of a twelfth century church. Bird life is plentiful and you can watch the summer acrobatics of diving terns or the determined stabbing of the carrot-coloured beaks of wading oystercatchers.
The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis) is a small passerine bird which breeds in much of northwestern Eurasia, from southeastern Greenland and Iceland east to just east of the Ural Mountains in Russia, and south to central France and Romania; there is also an isolated population in the Caucasus Mountains. It is migratory over most of its range, wintering in southern Europe, North Africa and south-western Asia, but is resident year-round in western Europe. However, even here, many birds move to the coast or lowlands in winter. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadow_pipit
Despite the lovely sunshine and the warm weather, this mippit was struggling to hang on to its post in the strong breeze
On Restahrrow Scrape - the recent rain is certainly helping to fill up the new scrape but there is still plenty of dry land for mippits and pied wagtails.
I found time to get down to Holland Haven yesterday. Several of these meadow pipits were there. I also saw stonechats, linnets and sedge warblers in the same area.
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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.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson.
www.markcarmodyphotography.com
The Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) is a small passerine bird which breeds in much of the northern half of Europe and also northwestern Asia, from southeastern Greenland and Iceland east to just east of the Ural Mountains in Russia, and south to central France and Romania; there is also an isolated population in the Caucasus Mountains. It is migratory over most of its range, wintering in southern Europe, north Africa and southwestern Asia, but is resident in Ireland, Great Britain, and neighbouring areas of western Europe. However, even here, many birds move to the coast or lowlands in winter. This is a widespread and often abundant small pipit. It is an undistinguished looking species on the ground, mainly brown above and buff below, with darker streaking on most of its plumage; the tail is brown, with narrow white side edges. It has a thin bill and pale pinkish-yellow legs; the hind claw is notably long, longer than the rest of the hind toe. The call is a weak tsi-tsi. The simple repetitive song is given in a short song flight. Birds breeding in Ireland and western Scotland are slightly darker coloured than those in other areas, and are often distinguished as the subspecies Anthus pratensis whistleri, though it intergrades clinally with nominate Anthus pratensis pratensis found in the rest of the species' range.
The generic name 'pipit', first documented by Thomas Pennant in 1768, is onomatopoeic, from the call note of this species. In colloquial use by birders in Ireland, the name Meadow Pipit is often abbreviated to "mippit". Old folk names, no longer used, include "chit lark", "peet lark", "tit lark" and "titling"; these refer to its small size and superficial similarity to a lark. (wikipedia)
I love hearing the calls of Meadow Pipits during the autumn. For me, it is a real sound of the changing season. With the cold mornings setting in, this Meadow Pipit looked cold when alighting on this storm-damaged tree on North Bull Island, Dublin.
Langdon Hole.
I keep combing the hole for something interesting but my efforts have yet to reap much in the way of reward. Still there are a good head of mippit, skylark, linnet and yellowhammer in residence.
Fan Bay.
I went to South Foreland today to mainly chat about the brilliant performance by England at the W/E. After a while we had a stroll over Lighthouse Down (nothing there) then decided to wander over to Fan Bay where we found a juvenile great grey shrike hunting.
After a while I tried to get a bit closer but was having no real luck as it kept chasing mippits about when suddenly it landed quite close.
Quite pleasing really!
It then flew down into Fan Bay then back up to the fence line on the north side of the hollow.
A number of dog walkers/runners and general tourists then walked along the path and that was the last I saw of it though as I went back towards South Foreland I met some local birders who had seen going north.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson.
www.markcarmodyphotography.com
The Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) is a small passerine bird which breeds in much of the northern half of Europe and also northwestern Asia, from southeastern Greenland and Iceland east to just east of the Ural Mountains in Russia, and south to central France and Romania; there is also an isolated population in the Caucasus Mountains. It is migratory over most of its range, wintering in southern Europe, north Africa and southwestern Asia, but is resident in Ireland, Great Britain, and neighbouring areas of western Europe. However, even here, many birds move to the coast or lowlands in winter. This is a widespread and often abundant small pipit. It is an undistinguished looking species on the ground, mainly brown above and buff below, with darker streaking on most of its plumage; the tail is brown, with narrow white side edges. It has a thin bill and pale pinkish-yellow legs; the hind claw is notably long, longer than the rest of the hind toe. The call is a weak tsi-tsi. The simple repetitive song is given in a short song flight. Birds breeding in Ireland and western Scotland are slightly darker coloured than those in other areas, and are often distinguished as the subspecies Anthus pratensis whistleri, though it intergrades clinally with nominate Anthus pratensis pratensis found in the rest of the species' range.
The generic name 'pipit', first documented by Thomas Pennant in 1768, is onomatopoeic, from the call note of this species. In colloquial use by birders in Ireland, the name Meadow Pipit is often abbreviated to "mippit". Old folk names, no longer used, include "chit lark", "peet lark", "tit lark" and "titling"; these refer to its small size and superficial similarity to a lark. (wikipedia)
This adult bird was alighting on a post along a railway line that runs down the Irish east coast.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson.
www.markcarmodyphotography.com
The Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) is a small passerine bird which breeds in much of the northern half of Europe and also northwestern Asia, from southeastern Greenland and Iceland east to just east of the Ural Mountains in Russia, and south to central France and Romania; there is also an isolated population in the Caucasus Mountains. It is migratory over most of its range, wintering in southern Europe, north Africa and southwestern Asia, but is resident in Ireland, Great Britain, and neighbouring areas of western Europe. However, even here, many birds move to the coast or lowlands in winter. This is a widespread and often abundant small pipit. It is an undistinguished looking species on the ground, mainly brown above and buff below, with darker streaking on most of its plumage; the tail is brown, with narrow white side edges. It has a thin bill and pale pinkish-yellow legs; the hind claw is notably long, longer than the rest of the hind toe. The call is a weak tsi-tsi. The simple repetitive song is given in a short song flight. Birds breeding in Ireland and western Scotland are slightly darker coloured than those in other areas, and are often distinguished as the subspecies Anthus pratensis whistleri, though it intergrades clinally with nominate Anthus pratensis pratensis found in the rest of the species' range.
The generic name 'pipit', first documented by Thomas Pennant in 1768, is onomatopoeic, from the call note of this species. In colloquial use by birders in Ireland, the name Meadow Pipit is often abbreviated to "mippit". Old folk names, no longer used, include "chit lark", "peet lark", "tit lark" and "titling"; these refer to its small size and superficial similarity to a lark. (wikipedia)
This adult bird was alighting on the razor wire in the rain at Poolbeg, Dublin.
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Meadow Pippits's , common and unexciting birds , but they pose a challenge, that I cannot resist.
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I'm sorry if I post a lot of mippit photos on here but these are very obliging little birds who are totally unfazed by the car and I can get really close to them.
For the ID buffs these shots show the relatively even streaking down the flanks - about the same width as the breast streaks - a Tree Pipit has very fine flank streaks and broader breast ones, a thicker bill and a shorter hind claw.
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