Meadow Pipits are the most common songbird in upland areas. We’re on Dartmoor and it’s true. They are everywhere here, with their distinctive white outer tail feathers visible when they fly.
It’s shocking that the numbers of Meadow Pipits in the UK have been declining since the mid-1970s, meaning they are now on the Amber List of conservation concern.
We need to care about our land use and change it to reverse their decline.
More Meadow Pipits
Pipit, pipitMeadow Pipits have a rather serious, stoic look. There are hundreds of families of Meadow Pipits on Westray, and, as… read more
Singing in the bathI'm driving along the car-bottom-scraping track to Noup Head. It's first gear all the way unless I want to have… read more
ClawsThe hind claws of Meadow Pipits really are something special. Just look at them: The long hind claw is probably… read more
Stayin’ AliveMany birds have short and difficult lives. Every day is a struggle to find food and shelter, find a mate,… read more
Cuckoo and Meadow PipitThere's a never-ending battle going on in the meadows and on moorland of Dartmoor. It's Cuckoo versus Meadow Pipit. The… read more
Meadow Pipits at Emsworthy MireThere's been an eruption of Garden Chafers, Phyllopertha horticola, at Emsworthy Mire. The bracken is covered in them. The local… read more