Red-throated Pipit
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Marshes (rare passage).
Diet: Insects.
Best time to spot: Red throat in summer.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. More on the season in Bird migration in Britain.
Recent UK sightings
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Similar birds
- Blyth's Pipit · Coastal scrub (very rare)
- Pechora Pipit · Outer-isle scrub (very rare)
- Tawny Pipit · Open ground (rare vagrant)
- Water PipitRare · Watercress beds
- Buff-bellied Pipit · Coastal grass (vagrant)
- Long-billed Pipit · Open ground (extreme vagrant)
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