A small brown streaked bird - looks a little like a small song thrush. The meadow pipit has mainly brown above and buff below, with darker streaking on most of its plumage. It has pale pink legs and a thin bill. The legs are dark brown although sometimes they are reddish too.It has a small thin bill and is heavily streaked down the belly to flanks.

These birds like the uplands-and cliff tops.

THe meadow pipit eats mainly insects with some seeds

The call is a weak tsi-tsi. The simple repetitive song is given in a short song flight.

Breeding can be perilous - as these birds nest on the ground and are vulnerable to predators like the cuckoo. The pipits attracts the attention of the cuckoo - which often "homes in" on the Pipits nest - the adult pipits get really agitated as one is nearby. The meadow pipit lays 3 - 5 eggs which hatch in 14 days - the young fledging after another 10 - 14 days. Some pipits raise up to 3 broods in a year.