Seen on the sea front at Inverary. I'm reasonably sure it is a rock pipit but just wanted some verification
Regards Scruff.
Yes I'd say it is! :-)
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Certainly looks like Rock Pipit and the surround looks right.
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Thanks for your help, another "tick" for me. Up to 102 so far
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Hi- looks good for a Rock Pipit- and good for the 'littoralis' race
S
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seymouraveslooks good for a Rock Pipit- and good for the 'littoralis' race
Certainly a Rock Pipit, but I can't see any good reason to consider it to be anything other than a petrosus individual (the subspecies normally breeding in the UK) - especially not when the time of year is considered.
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Sorry you've both lost me there!!
Scruff
Hi-
white underpart colour, no buff at all, very dark well defined streaking . Grey head contrasting with mantle.
Some littoralis just don't get all the way back
scruff Sorry you've both lost me there!! Scruff
The subspecies of Rock Pipit which is resident in the UK is Anthus petrosus petrosus, but we also get Rock Pipits from Scandinavia visiting during the winter and on passage (and no doubt a few do sometimes remain during the summer). These Scandinavian birds are of the subspecies Anthus petrosus littoralis.
seymouraves Hi- white underpart colour, no buff at all, very dark well defined streaking . Grey head contrasting with mantle. Some littoralis just don't get all the way back S
I'm sure that a few littoralis do sometimes remain during the summer, but at this time of year adult petrosus Rock Pipits are in worn plumage and can show all of the features that you mention. I'm not that convinced that the angle of the shot allows a proper assessment of whether the head colour contrasts with the mantle either.
For a safe ID of a littoralis Rock PIpit in the UK in midsummer I would say that a series of photos (at the very least) need to be examined - and preferably the pipit should be one that shows reduced streaking on the underparts and a pink wash on the breast (though not all littoralis do during the summer).