Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
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About Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Birds
- Order: Perching Birds
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
Meadow pipits are not just found in meadows. They live in all kinds of areas with low vegetation, such as farmland, dunes, heath fields, swamps and marshes.They make their nest on the ground, hiding it well between the growth. They eat small insects, snails and worms. Their diet also includes seeds in the autumn and winter. Meadow pipits are seen the enitre year in the Netherlands. Although the Dutch nesting birds migrate south in the autumn, the northern European meadow pipits spend the winter in the Netherlands. They only migrate further south during severe winters.
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Visits
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2015-03-31Villa Monroy, Spain
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2017-10-28Norfolk Coast, England
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2019-09-28Isle of May, England
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2019-10-02Orkney Islands, England
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2019-10-03Orkney Islands, England
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2021-07-09Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Iceland
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2021-07-10Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Iceland
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2021-07-11Myvatn Area, Iceland
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2021-07-12Myvatn Area, Iceland
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2021-07-13Eastern Iceland, Iceland
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2021-07-14Southern Iceland, Iceland
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2021-07-15Southern Iceland, Iceland
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2021-07-16Westmann Islands, Iceland
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2021-09-26Selsey, England
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2021-09-27Selsey, England
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2025-01-23Salada de Mediana, Spain
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2025-01-25Alberca de Loreto, Spain
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2025-02-20Oued Massa, Morocco
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2025-02-22Ouarzazate Lake, Morocco
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2025-02-22Bourmalne Dades, Morocco
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2025-03-02Playa Los Lances, Spain
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2025-03-05Guadalmesi, Spain
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2025-03-07La Janda, Spain
