Water Pipit 
Taken at Troon on 3rd November 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Troon on 20th January 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Take at Skateraw on 30th December 2018 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Barns Ness on 24th February 2016 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens.
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Water Pipit.
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Local names: 		Anthus spinoletta.
Passeriformes.
Motacillidae.
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Wet open lowlands such as marshes and flooded fields in winter.
Insectivore.
Mainly brown above and dark streaked buff below. It has dark legs, white outer tail feathers and a longish dark bill. In summer it has a distinctive breeding plumage, with a pinkish breast, grey head and pale supercilium.
It breeds in the mountains of southern Europe and southern temperate Asia across to China.
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