Meadow pipit, Anthus pratensis (protonym, Alauda pratensis), also known locally as the mippit, photographed at Ouse Fen, Cambridgeshire, UK. Image: Richard Thomas/TRAFFIC, April 2008 (with permission) ...

Meadow pipits are about 15cm tall. Their wings are olive brown with a dark brown stripe pattern. Their chest and abdomen are white with the same kind of pattern that can be seen more easily with a ...

According to the legend, when the time came for birds to be given colours, the tree pipit was the last one on the list. There were only a few drops of paint left, which is why its feathers are not ...

Most birds I see are common and familiar, so I can usually name them. But every now and then a mystery individual appears, and begins to ring alarm bells: what on earth is that? That's what happened ...

An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring tree, meadow and rock pipits in Britain with Steve Backshall, Brett Westwood and Michaela Strachan. Show more Aside from some rarer species, in ...

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs. Kate Humble presents the meadow pipit. No-one would give the meadow pipit any prizes in a ...