Let me know when that tide's coming in won't you

Let me know when that tide's coming in won't you

Thursday 7 May 2015

Red-throated Pipit

Word came through on Sunday, of a rather scarce bird for this country, and even more so for my county. A Red-throated Pipit was discovered up on the moors of Manchester and Derbyshire (in fact right on the border of the two).
Ludworth Moor is somewhere I had never been too, but I have read lots about it and it's birdlife, and it was a birding friend of mine that discovered this bird on one of his many forays to the moors. Fortune favours the brave, and my word, for all his hard work, this one was well deserved for him. Thankfully, in this day and age, the joys of social media mean that news of these rarities can be spread pretty rapidly. I waited a whole 24 hours before taking the plunge and heading up to see it.
I had no concerns as to whether I'd find it or not. There between 50 and 100 other birders forming a very well behaved line to point it out to me. A stunning little bird that was mixing it with the Meadow Pipits and generally putting on a good show for everyone. I'm unlikely to see another one in this country, so here is homage to the Red-throated Pipit.





28 comments:

  1. A pretty pipit, much prettier than the American Pipit I think.

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  2. The Red-throated Pipit is a beautiful bird. It is wonderful to find the birds so easily, congrats on your sighting..Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Have a happy weekend!

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  3. An incredible mix of pattern and colour on this bird. An intriguing one.

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  4. Your photos are really wonderful shots, i always like it so !

    Here is a new photo action
    Maybe you feel like, even to connect a contribution also here
    Nature and to animals, etc. is the thema.
    It would be an enrichment for my new action!
    I would be very happy.
    Google Translater exists.
    Greetings from Germany
    Jutta

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  5. Hello, Oh, little cute bird♫♫♫ I've never seen and you seem quite knowledgeable about them!
    And I wish I had the environment like you have:-) Thank you SO much for your help.
    Sincerely from Japan, xoxo Miyako*

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  6. Very interesting.
    The Finnish name of this bird refers to Lapland, and in fact in our country it breeds only up there. Beautiful photos!

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  7. Beautiful bird.
    Have a happy weekend.

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  8. A wonderful sighting. It's a very pretty bird.

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  9. Fancy sighting the Red-throated Pipit, I have never heard of it, good find Adam

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  10. quite striking. congratulations!

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  11. beautiful and congrats!!! good thing you have "connections"!!!!

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  12. Congratulations on your sighting of the Red Throated Pipit and for sharing it with us! Happy critter day!

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  13. Congratulations, Adam Jones!

    P.S. Nice job of identifying the Long-tailed Shrike at Orchid's blog.
    ~

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  14. What a cracking bird - can't be too many records of that. Always good to see something new.

    Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne

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  15. Wow...congratulations on this data/record, and the fantastic Photos!!!!! You're lucky. And we are very privileged to have you share such a beauty!!

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  16. Fantastic shots of the bird. Have a great week.

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  17. Beautiful little bird! Great sighting and photo.

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  18. Wonderful shots! Glad you were successful with this rarity for your area!

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  19. Beautiful series on the pipit. It is so colorful as opposed to our pipits in the USA.

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  20. Beautiful birdie !!! Your shots are fantastic !!

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  21. I love learning about birds I've never seen!

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  22. Congratulations on the rare sighting and thank you for sharing this beauty!

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  23. He's a cute little fella!
    Please come link up at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2015/05/a-walk-on-beach.html

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  24. That's a very pretty bird. I love the colors.

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  25. Oh Great that you found the handsome bird. I am so bad with binoculars that I can never find anything. LOL.. Thank you for linking in Adam... Michelle

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