Meadow pipit & Rock pipet

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A Meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis) at the sand dunes next to Crantock beach, Cornwall. And a Rock pipit (Anthus petrosus) at Towan Headland, Newquay, Cornwall.
Both birds have caught some food, both birds eat insects with the Rock pipit also having small shellfish and seeds in its diet.

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Meadow pipit just caught some insects to eat

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Medw pipet 3.JPG
Meadow pipit singing

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Rock pipit with shellfish, you can see them banging the shells against the rocks to get to the soft edible insides

Rock pipet 1.JPG

Meadow pipit & Rock pipet | Ecency