Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
Status at Longham Lakes
Rare spring migrant and winter visitor.
1. 1 was seen next to a puddle on Hampreston Fields, 27th March 2012 (Mike surname unknown).
2. 1 on 10th April 2012 (Dorset Bird Club website). This could have been the same bird, of course.
3. 1 on 21st December 2012, then again on 24th, 26th and 28th (Lorne Bissell).
4. 1 on 15th December 2016 (observer unknown).
Birds of Longham Lakes
