Cuckmere Haven, East Sussex. Tree pipits look similar but are slightly yellowy-brown and have a whiter belly with finely streaked flanks, not bold streaking like this.

Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) (22/04/2007) Cuckmere Haven, East Sussex. Tree pipits look similar but are slightly yellowy-brown and have a whiter belly with finely streaked flanks, not bold streaking like this.

Cuckmere Haven, East Sussex. Tree Pipits instead have a more distinct malar stripe (the bit that goes down from the beak either side of the neck) compared to the relatively fine one of Meadow Pipits, as here.

Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) (22/04/2007) Cuckmere Haven, East Sussex. Tree Pipits instead have a more distinct malar stripe (the bit that goes down from the beak either side of the neck) compared to the relatively fine one of Meadow Pipits, as here.

Shoreham Beach near the fort. Weird location for a meadow pipit but was messing about amonst the kelp - evidently found a new habitat with lots of insects which dwell within the seaweed that washes up onto the shingle.

Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) (08/05/2008) Shoreham Beach near the fort. Weird location for a meadow pipit but was messing about amonst the kelp - evidently found a new habitat with lots of insects which dwell within the seaweed that washes up onto the shingle.

Cuckmere Haven, East Sussex. You can't easily tell males apart from females unless side-by-side whereby the male is a bit larger.

Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) (22/04/2007) Cuckmere Haven, East Sussex. You can't easily tell males apart from females unless side-by-side whereby the male is a bit larger.

Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) (22/04/2007) Cuckmere Haven, East Sussex.

Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) (08/04/2007) Cuckmere Haven, East Sussex.

Skomer Island. Not in sussex obviously, but since we get Meadow Pipit here, included for extra ID information.

Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) (14/06/2007) Skomer Island. Not in sussex obviously, but since we get Meadow Pipit here, included for extra ID information.