TREE PIPIT ( Anthus trivialis)

Pipit is a bird that runs well both on the ground and along branches. Its song is commonly heard on bright sunny days, the male perching on a tree and now and then taking to the air, flying high and descending slowly to alight again on a branch or an the ground without pausing in his song. The bird measures 6 in. and is coloured olive-brown above with dark longitudinal streaks, and whitish below,also with dark streaks. It range from northern Spain throughout Europe to Siberia,wintering in south-west Asia and Africa.