Water Pipit

Breeds on alpine and subalpine meadows in summer, then drops to lowland marshes, wet fields and sewage works for winter. Look for a streaky brown bird walking briskly over open, damp ground with a bobbing tail and pale eyebrow, and listen for its thin, high flight call as it flushes. Winter, at coastal or wetland edges, is the easiest time to find one at close range.