Meadow Pipit - 1894

Anthus pratensis

A common resident.

Mr. Dix says : " Breeds on the mountains and bogs. I have seen this bird on the tops of the mountains, where, excepting the Skylark, it is the only bird to be seen ; in such places I have often heard it singing, as it stood upon a stone or a bunch of heath. About September, or the beginning of October, it comes down into the more sheltered parts, following the plough in small flocks." He adds : " They are constantly to be found in the sheep-fold, running fearlessly about."

Mathew M.A. 1894, Birds of Pembrokeshire and it's Islands