Olive-backed Pipit

🔍 Overview

A rare autumn migrant from Asia, most often found in dense coastal cover after easterly winds.

🪶 Key Identification Features

Tree Pipit-sized

Olive-brown back with dark streaks

Pale supercilium, pinkish legs, and fine bill

🗺️ Habitat & Distribution

Favours coastal scrub and sheltered valleys—seen at Beachy Head, Seaford, and Shooter’s Bottom in October–November.

🎶 Voice & Behaviour

Thin “tsip” call. Skulking and arboreal; often picked up by call as it flushes from undergrowth.