 Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis). Taken at Gilfach, Powys, on May 5th 2022. Taken at Gilfach, Powys, on May 5th 2022. (1/1000th sec at f10. Click image for larger version. © David Hastings) Description L: 14 - 16 cm Like the Meadow Pipit, but has a heavier bill and bolder head markings. Its legs and bill base are pink. It is found throughout the British Isles as a summer visitor. It winters in Africa. It breeds in open woodland, young conifer plantations, heaths and commons, downland with scrub and woodland glades. It has a characteristic song flight, starting from a tree, climbing up and parachuting down on rigid wings, usually to perch in a different tree. This is a Red list species as it has undergone significant population declines in central and southern England. Sightings | 04-May-2023 | : | Cors y Llyn NNR, Powys | (2) | | 03-May-2023 | : | Gilfach, Powys | (2) | | 02-May-2023 | : | Cnwch Wood, Powys | (1) |
| | 22-Jun-2022 | : | Irton Fell, Cumbria | (4) | | 05-May-2022 | : | Gilfach, Powys | (6) | | 04-May-2022 | : | Gwenffrwd-Dinas, Ceredigion | (1) |
| | 06-Jun-2019 | : | Bentley Wood, Wilts | (1) | | 24-May-2019 | : | Inverlaidnan, Highland | (2) | | 22-May-2019 | : | Abernethy Forest, Highland | (1) | | 04-May-2019 | : | Gilfach, Powys | (2) | | 02-May-2019 | : | Cors y Llyn NNR, Powys | (1) |
| | 23-Jun-2018 | : | Meathop Moss, Cumbria | (1) | | 05-May-2018 | : | Gilfach, Powys | (3) | | 05-May-2018 | : | Cors y Llyn NNR, Powys | (1) | | 04-May-2018 | : | Cors y Llyn NNR, Powys | (1) | | 03-May-2018 | : | Gwenffrwd-Dinas, Ceredigion | (2) |
| | 09-May-2014 | : | Gwenffrwd-Dinas, Ceredigion | (3) |
| | 28-Apr-2013 | : | Mt Ventoux, France | (1) | | 27-Apr-2013 | : | Luberon Valley, France | (1) |
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