Eurasian Rock Pipit
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Rocky coasts.
Diet: Marine invertebrates.
Best time to spot: Dark, grey-fringed tail; coastal only.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. More on the season in Bird migration in Britain.
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Similar birds
- Tree PipitUncommon · Heaths
- Blyth's Pipit · Coastal scrub (very rare)
- Buff-bellied Pipit · Coastal grass (vagrant)
- Long-billed Pipit · Open ground (extreme vagrant)
- Meadow PipitCommon · Moors
- Olive-backed Pipit · Coastal scrub (autumn vagrant)
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