Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) by Anne Burgess as part of the Geograph project.
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Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 31 May 2009
One of the commonest small birds in the islands, the Meadow Pipit is also a popular target for Cuckoos. This one, sitting on a barbed wire fence, is obligingly showing off the long hind claws which help in distinguishing it from other pipits.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.606578
Longitude
-7.515195