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..     MEADOW PIPIT (anthus pratensis).     ..

Photo taken at Doonfoot, Feb '05.

Size:-

Voice:-

Habitat:-

Status:-

Egg:-

Length: 14-15.5cm

Wingspan: 22-25cm

Weight: 16-25g

 

 

Call: high 'weesk weesk weesk'

Song: high, accelerating song ending in a trill

 

Summer: upland moors, heathland, fens, flooded fields and coastal marshes.

Winter: farmland, commons, river and lakes shores and coastal areas.

Widespread

Common

Amber List

 

 

19x15mm

Common cuckoo victim.

 

N.B. EGG COLLECTING IS MURDER. IT IS IMMORAL AND IT IS AGAINST THE LAW.

Extra Info:-

Eggs:-

Lifespan:-

Population:-

No.:-

Incubation:-

Fledging:-

3-5

11-15 days

10-16 days

Season: from Apr  2 clutches

7 years

 

 

2 million territories

 

 

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