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Rock Pipits - Western Isles Bird Sightings
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Rock Pipit - Isle of Lewis - Western Isles
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Rock Pipit - Huisinis
Ref:PIP6500
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Rock Pipit - Western Isles
Ref:ROC3000
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Rock Pipit - Western Isles
Ref:Rock1002
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A rock pipit huisinis - seen April 2010 along the Huisinis Road - Isle of Harris |
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The rock pipit then posed again for us on the fence post - South Lochs Oct 2009 |
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This rock pipit posed for us on top of this wire - South Lochs Oct 2009 |
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Rock Pipit - Garry - Tolsta
Ref:PIP1000
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Rock Pipit - Western Isles
Ref:PIP2000
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Rock Pipit - Garry Beach
Ref:PIP3000
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This lovely rock pipit was just sitting on the rock at Garry - June 2009 |
We spotted this rock pipit on Great Bernera - Western Isles. May 2009 |
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This little pipit was hopping about on the rocks at Garry Beach near the caves 27 May 2009. I wondered if its offspring was perhaps somewhere nearby and it was collecting food for them. |
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Rock Pipit Ghioridail
Ref:PIP4000
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Rock Pipit - Garry
Ref:PIP6000
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Rock Pipit - Western Isles
Ref:ROC1001
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A lovely little bird - the rock pipit - Isle of Lewis bird sightings |
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Another Rock Pipit that landed on a post near The Bridge to Nowhere - Garry - Jun 2009 |
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The rock pipit then posed again for us on the fence post - South Lochs Oct 2009 |
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Rock Pipit - Western Isles
Ref:ROC1000
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Rock Pipit - Huisinis
Ref:PIP6700
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This rock pipit posed for us on top of this wire - South Lochs Oct 2009 |
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Another Rock Pipit -Huisinis - April 2010 |
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| Bird Overview - Rock Pipit |
Family |
Pipits and Wagtails |
Latin name |
Anthus petrosus |
Population |
Common |
Similar Species |
Water Pipit
Tree Pipit
Meadow Pipit
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Description |
The rock pipits are strikingly dark birds, so much so that the black streaks on their underparts become almost lost in a dark grey-brown wash. These birds are larger than the meadow pipits. They are stockily built. The rock pipit has a dark back in the winter whilst in the summer its back is a diffusely streaked dusky olive back. |
Size |
16.5cm - 17cm
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Habitat |
The Rock pipit is almost exclusively a coastal bird
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Food |
Insects, beetles, small fish, crabs, molluscs,worms,small shellfish and seeds
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Voice |
Full strong trill
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Breeding |
The rock pipit nest is placed inside a hole in a cliff or in dense vegetation undergrowth. It may have seaweed in it as well as the usual grass and leaves. The female lays between 4-6 eggs. There may be two broods. |
Misc. Info |
The male rock pipit performs a song flight flying up slowly as it delivers a trill like song - then he returns to land flying like a a paper aero plane with its wings still and with a twisting flight path. |
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