#0743 · 🐦 birds

Water Pipit

🇳🇱 Waterpieper ·Anthus spinoletta

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Ani Sarkisyan · CC BY 4.0
3. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Kim, Hyun-tae · CC BY 4.0
5. Diepenveen, Nederland:© moodejo · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Dongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands:© Gerben ter Haar · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 5439 NH Linden, Niederlande:© Daniela Kupschus · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 7R92+VX Vogelkijkhut De Banen, 6034 Nederweert-Eind, Nederland:© bart klaessens · CC BY 4.0
9. Nijkerk, Nederland:© fam samsom · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 4251 Werkendam, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

The water pipit ( Anthus spinoletta ) is a small passerine bird which breeds in the mountains of Southern Europe and Southern Asia eastwards to China. It is a short-distance migrant; many birds move to lower altitudes or wet open lowlands in winter.

base stats

NL sightings 67iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 12,878iNaturalist observations
weight 2.7 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).