Overview

Family - Pipits and wagtails (Motacillidae).

The water pipit is a large and stocky pipit. It is greyish-brown above and pale below with streaks on its breast. It has a pale stripe over its eye, a slender bill and dark legs. It does not breed in the UK, but is a winter visitor, mainly to southern and eastern England. It breeds in the Alps and other mountains of central and southern Europe.

Comment

This was part of a mixed flock of meadow and water pipits on 17/1/2010 on the saltmarsh just north of the Huntspill sluice.