Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisJFMAMJJASOND
Rises nervously, sings faster and faster, then floats down like a shuttlecock.
Sounds like
Thin 'seep-seep' calls when flushed. The song flight rises with quickening notes, then parachutes down with a trill.
Remember it
Rises nervously, sings faster and faster, then floats down like a shuttlecock.
Side by side
Often confused with
Play them one after the other and listen for the difference.
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisJFMAMJJASOND
Like a meadow pipit with a richer, canary-like finish, launched from a tree.
Could you pick out a meadow pipit?
Hear a song, choose from four birds, and build your streak.
Same habitat
Also in uplands
Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesJFMAMJJASOND
Astonishingly loud for its size: a fast, explosive outpouring of notes with a hard, rattling trill in the middle.
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusJFMAMJJASOND
A soft, sweet cascade of notes that falls gently down the scale and ends with a flourish.
Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusJFMAMJJASOND
A short, sweet phrase that starts strongly and then fizzles out into a scratchy jumble.
