Markus Varesvuo / Red-throated pipit (Anthus cervinus) perched on rock, portrait, Norway, July

Markus Varesvuo / Red-throated pipit (Anthus cervinus) perched on rock, Norway, July

Ernie Janes / Berteolot's Pipit (Anthus bertheloti madeirenis) perched on rock, Madiera

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta) perching on a rock. Bieszczady, Carpathian Mountains, Poland, May.

Markus Varesvuo / Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) on snow, Finland, April

Markus Varesvuo / Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) on shoreline, Finland, April

Mike Potts / Rock Pippit (Anthus petrosus) foraging, Menai Straits, Caernarvon. Gwynedd. North Wales. UK, October

Mike Potts / Rock Pippit (Anthus petrosus) foraging on tide wrack. Menai Straits, Caernarvon. Gwynedd. North Wales. UK, October

Andrew Walmsley / Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) juvenile at edge of water, Oban, Argyll, Scotland, UK. June

Alan Williams / Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) singing perched on rocks on beach, North Wales coast, UK, December.

David Kjaer / Meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis) on rock, Deeside, Scotland, April

David Tipling / Rock Pipit {Anthus petrosus} on beach, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, winter

Graham Eaton / Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) perched on bramble, Abersoch, Wales, UK, June

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Rock pipit {Anthus spinoletta} on cut grass, Sohar, Oman, Middle East

Jose B. Ruiz / Rock pipit {Anthus spinoletta} foraging at water's edge, Alicante, Spain

Mike Wilkes / Rock / Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta) beside water, Southern Spain

David Kjaer / Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) searching for insects on rocks along shore, Dorset, England

David Kjaer / Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) perched on rock on shore, Dorset, England

David Kjaer / Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) perched on rock on shore, Dorset, England

David Kjaer / Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) perched on rocks on shore, Dorset, England

David Kjaer / Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) with 'tick' in bill on shore, Dorset, England

David Kjaer / Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) walking over rocks on shore, Dorset, England

David Kjaer / Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) perched on rock on shore, Dorset, England

David Kjaer / Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) Wales, UK

Dave Bevan / Rock pipit (Anthus petrosus) hunting for flies in horse manure, UK

Jose B. Ruiz / Meadow pipit {Anthus pratensis} perching on rock, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Meadow pipit {Anthus pratensis} crouching on rock, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Meadow pipit {Anthus pratensis} perching on rock with reflection, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Meadow pipit {Anthus pratensis} on rock with reflection, Spain

Christoph Becker / Meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis) standing on rock, Norway

DAVID TIPLING / Water Pipit {Anthus spinoletta}, Greece.

DAVID TIPLING / Water Pipit {Anthus spinoletta}, Greece.

Philippe Clement / Rock pipit perched {Anthus petrosus} Scotland

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Rock / Water pipit {Anthus spinoletta} Aladag mts, Turkey

Mike Read / Mountain pipit {Anthus hoeschi} perched on rock, Lesotho, November

Mike Wilkes / Rock (Water) pipit {Anthus spinoletta} Spain.