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meadow pipit

noun

  1. a common European songbird, Anthus pratensis, with a pale brown speckled plumage: family Motacillidae (pipits and wagtails)

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Birds like the meadow pipit and skylark use the heather for nesting, and it is also a source of food for the red grouse.

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Another discovery was that non-scavenger birds such as the meadow pipit, northern wheatear, common reed bunting, bluethroat and lapland bunting all fed on the “bloom” of arthropods, such as blowfly, that developed on the carrion.

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A migratory song bird, the meadow pipit, has declined by nearly 70%.

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"That's a meadow pipit!" he exclaimed, homing in his telescope on a plump, brown bird with beady black eyes.

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Researchers found that meadow pipit birds produce few males if land near their nests is either grazed heavily or not at all, with light grazing bringing more males.True - it's a New Zealand native bird.

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