Pechora Pipit
The Pechora Pipit breeds on Arctic tundra across the eastern part of Siberia, wintering in Indonesia. It is an extremely rare visitor to Britain and western Europe and always sets pulses racing whenever it turns up. As a British birdwatcher it was a real treat to see these elusive birds in their natural breeding habitat. It has distinctive pale braces and matching wingbars. It also has its underpart streaking the opposite way round to Tree Pipit in that the lightest streaking is on the breast with the heaviest on the flanks. I photographed this individual on Medny Island, one of the Commander Islands, on a rather dull morning.
Pechora Pipit
The Pechora Pipit breeds on Arctic tundra across the eastern part of Siberia, wintering in Indonesia. It is an extremely rare visitor to Britain and western Europe and always sets pulses racing whenever it turns up. As a British birdwatcher it was a real treat to see these elusive birds in their natural breeding habitat. It has distinctive pale braces and matching wingbars. It also has its underpart streaking the opposite way round to Tree Pipit in that the lightest streaking is on the breast with the heaviest on the flanks. I photographed this individual on Medny Island, one of the Commander Islands, on a rather dull morning.