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In recent years Water /
British Rock / Scandinavian Rock Pipits have been found to be
present in late autumn, winter and spring in the Fylde on the
salt marshes of the Ribble Estuary, Wyre Estuary and Lune
Estuary. Invariably the best opportunity to see these pipits is
over the highest spring tides when the salt marshes flood and the
birds become displaced to feed amongst the floating detritus. The
south end of Bank Lane, Warton Bank has proved to be an excellent
viewpoint.
The identity of these birds has proved contentious and so in an
attempt to document the appearance of these birds a gallery of
images has been created. Each image has been captioned by the
photographer.
Water Pipit Warton Marsh 12th March 2005 (Paul Ellis)
Scandinavian Rock Pipit Warton Marsh 12th March 2005 (Paul Ellis)
Water Pipit Warton Marsh 22nd March 2003 (Paul Ellis)
Water Pipits Warton Marsh 20th March 2003 (Tony Disley)
Rock Pipits Warton Marsh 20th March 2003 (Tony Disley)
Water Pipits Warton Marsh 19th March 2003 (Tony Disley)
presumed Water Pipit Warton Marsh 19th March 2003 (Chris Batty)
Water Pipits Warton Marsh 9th November 2002 (Paul Ellis)
Water Pipits Warton Marsh 31st March 2002 (Bill Aspin)
Water Pipit Warton Marsh 29th March 2002 (Allan Sumner)
Water Pipit Warton Marsh 2nd March 2002 (Bill Aspin)
Water Pipit (top) and Scandinavian Rock Pipit (bottom) Warton Marsh 2nd March 2002 (Bill Aspin)
Scandinavian Rock Pipit Warton Marsh 2nd March 2002 (Bill Aspin)
Water Pipit Warton Marsh 1st March 2002 (Paul Ellis)
Water Pipits Warton Marsh 20th March 1999 (Dave Pitman)
13+ Water Pipits and 1 Rock Pipit were at Warton Marsh were present on 20th March 1999
Water Pipit Burglar's Alley, Wyre Estuary 23rd November 2003 (Chris Batty)
first-winter Rock Pipit Burglar's Alley, Wyre Estuary [bird 1 of 2] 14th November 2004 (Chris Batty)
first-winter Rock Pipit Burglar's Alley, Wyre Estuary [bird 2 of 2] 14th November 2004 (Chris Batty)
first-winter Rock Pipit Burglar's Alley, Wyre Estuary 25th October 2007 (Chris Batty)
