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| Image Description: |
A Rock Pipit on the rocks |
| Image notes: |
The Bank Sparrow, as it's name suggests, breeds around the coast. |
| Species in Image: |
Rock Pipit |
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| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc01763 |
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| Common Name |
Rock Pipit |
| Latin Name |
Anthus petrosus |
| Shetland Name |
Banks Sporrow |
| Latin Group Name |
Passeriformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Motacillidae |
| Common Family Name |
Pipits and Wagtails |
| Description |
Very common breeding resident. Most Rock Pipits remain in Shetland for the winter, though some are known to have travelled south. |
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