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How  to get to the place where the  water pipit occurs it is written in the description  of the alpine accentor gallery. Water pipits can be found only in the mountains above the 1200- 1500 meters, above tree line. In winter they migrate towards the lower parts of the mountains and to highlands. Water pipits were much more skittish than an alpine accentor. Fortunately there were a few individuals and when I went away from the cableway station, where dozens of people were always standing, I could take the presented photos. The birds were feeding in last-year  grass and in the snow. They look like pipits to which they are related. Water pipit weight is about 25 grams and the wingspan is less than 30 centimeters.
Last minute news- Italy-SARDINIA – 04/2018
I could not believe that a water pipit could be photographed by the sea. In Poland it can only be seen in the mountains and at rather high altitudes. My second, fruitful encounter with this species ended with the several new photos enriching the existing gallery.

Anthus spinoletta
Anthus spinoletta
Anthus spinoletta
Anthus spinoletta
Anthus spinoletta
Anthus spinoletta
Anthus spinoletta
Anthus spinoletta
Anthus spinoletta
Anthus spinoletta
Anthus spinoletta
Anthus spinoletta
Anthus spinoletta
Anthus spinoletta
Anthus spinoletta
Anthus spinoletta
Anthus spinoletta
Anthus spinoletta