Pipits

Pipit on parade

Many of the plants on Gran Canaria have given up on having leaves. Some have evolved to simply have stems and spikes, …

We can see Tenerife in the distance. The peak, Teide, is 3718 meters high. No wonder it’s visible above the clouds. Peeping nearby …

There’s a Rock Pipit on the rocks. They occasionally go in the meadows here too, which is confusing, since the Meadow Pipits …

Meadow Pipits are very common birds of farmland. It’s the most common songbird in upland Britain. They thrive in Orkney. They fly …

I’m paying a quick visit to Aust near Bristol. It’s on the River Severn with a clear view of the two Severn …

We’ve killed over one in three Meadow Pipits in the UK in the last 45 years.

There’s a Rock Pipit on the cliffs on Westray: It’s incredibly well camouflaged visually: I say visually, because it just won’t be …

I’d love to be able to identify the different species of Pipit on Westray. The problem is that I can’t get near …

I can see a Pipit up a tree. Could it be… A Tree Pipit?

Forty years ago today my friend Michael got in touch with me to tell me he had a dead bird for me. ‘It’s a Meadow Pipit’ he said excitedly.