Not Muppets, Meadow Pipits are the current tree toppers on the Carr. Lots of display going on and plenty of 'squeaking' as territorial disputes beak out. Like Skylarks they are very attractive and thrush like when you manage to get a close up view which is not always that easy.
Over winter I was a bit concerned as they seemed to have deserted the horse paddocks where normally you could find 20-50 feeding before the owners of said beasts turned up and disturbed them. Perhaps they moved away fearing the harsh weather of the previous two years but whatever the reason they have returned in force and hopefully for successful breeding. The Owls don't help flushing the Pipits as they quarter the fields and I've seen Pipits mobbing the Owls a couple of times but with little effect. Having said that the Owls should be moving away soon and to that end I didn't see one last night but it won't be the first time in the last month I've thought they had gone.
Not Muppets, Meadow Pipits are the current tree toppers on the Carr. Lots of display going on and plenty of 'squeaking' as territorial disputes beak out. Like Skylarks they are very attractive and thrush like when you manage to get a close up view which is not always that easy.
Over winter I was a bit concerned as they seemed to have deserted the horse paddocks where normally you could find 20-50 feeding before the owners of said beasts turned up and disturbed them. Perhaps they moved away fearing the harsh weather of the previous two years but whatever the reason they have returned in force and hopefully for successful breeding. The Owls don't help flushing the Pipits as they quarter the fields and I've seen Pipits mobbing the Owls a couple of times but with little effect. Having said that the Owls should be moving away soon and to that end I didn't see one last night but it won't be the first time in the last month I've thought they had gone.
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