[Gill Catton]

Originally Posted by Polecat

Hi all ,

No, the fourth pic IS a Tree Pipit I took a few hours later. The first 3 are of a different bird ( I thought/think ) .



......Trouble is, that in this small area there are sooo many little birds......and if you know what I mean......the one in the first 3 pics was a warbler from its antics, but I would admit, that settling on top the young spruce was not ...sort of.... warbler like.


The tree pipit in the fourth pic was instantly recognisable and 'posed'......

the first 3 pics were all taken within a single secound or so, and as warblers go ... this one, like them didn't pose for the camera.
............A bit later ( doing dinner atm ) I'll see if I can get some more shots up of the first bird.


Thanks All

Andy

That's what I thought about the pictures, god I thought I was going mad!!!

I don't think you can judge behaviours like 'sitting on top of a tree' too strongly as ID definitives, they can help but they're not set in stone!
If you say it moved more like a warbler then that absolutely fine you were the one watching both it and the pipits so you have more clues that us and therefore you're probably right. The only thing is, it doesn't entirely fit easily any of common warblers that I know, it just doesn't seem delicate enough - happy to be proved wrong!!! It does seem to have the build of a pipit but again it doesn't easily fit any of the common pipits either - the closest I came was a Scandinavian sub species of the rock pipit - now how likely is that.... errrr not very

Photograph 4 Tree pipit? Meadow pipit?


Good luck hope it hasn't moved on, I really want to find out what it is !!!