Dong Lei / Rosy pipit (Anthus roseatus) standing on rock. Jiudingshan Nature Reserve, Mao Country, Sichuan Province, China. July.

Dong Lei / Rosy pipit (Anthus roseatus) standing on rock. Jiudingshan Nature Reserve, Mao Country, Sichuan Province, China. July.

Nick Upton / Rock pipit (Anthus petrosus) perched on cliff edge grassland with the sea in the background, Cornwall, UK, April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Rock pipit (Anthus petosus), Shiant Isles, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. June.

Nick Upton / Rock pipit (Anthus petrosus) perched on a fence post in coastal farmland, Cornwall, UK, October.

Dave Bevan / Rock pipit (Anthus petrosus) foraging amongst seaweed on rocky shore, Ceredigion, Wales, UK, November.

Dave Bevan / Rock pipit (Anthus petrosus) feeding from a sea wall, Ceredigion, Wales, UK, October.

Dave Bevan / Rock pipit (Anthus petrosus) feeding from a sea defence wall, Ceredigion, Wales, UK, October.

Dave Bevan / Rock pipit (Anthus petrosus) feeding from rocks, Ceredigion, Wales, UK, October.

Jussi Murtosaari / Eurasian rock pipit (Anthus petrosus), with Redshank (Tringa totanus), Finland, April.

Jussi Murtosaari / Eurasian rock pipit (Anthus petrosus) along coast, Finland, April.

Jussi Murtosaari / Eurasian rock pipit (Anthus petrosus) feeding along coast, Finland, April.

Ernie Janes / Rock pipit (Anthus petrosus) Firth of Forth, East Lothian, Scotland, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Rock pipit (Anthus petrosus) foraging for invertebrates on a rocky cliff face, Cornwall, UK, April

Loic Poidevin / Eurasian rock pipit (Anthus petrosus) on a stone, Jura, Scotland, UK, September

Nick Upton / Rock pipit (Anthus petrosus) foraging for invertebrates among seaweed on the strand line as the tide rises at sunset, Cornwall, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Rock pipit (Anthus petrosus) foraging for invertebrates on a stony beach beside a freshwater stream, Cornwall, UK, September.

Markus Varesvuo / Blyth's pipit (Anthus godlewskii) perched on rock, Uto, Finland, October.

Markus Varesvuo / Blyth's pipit (Anthus godlewskii) perched on rock, Uto, Finland, October.

Markus Varesvuo / Blyth's pipit (Anthus godlewskii) perched on rock, Uto, Finland, October.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Long billed pipit (Anthus similis) on rock, Oman, February.

Brent Stephenson / Adult New Zealand pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae chathamensis) standing on a rock on the shoreline. Maunganui Beach, Chatham Island, New Zealand, April.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Long billed pipit (Anthus similis) on rock, Oman, November

Jussi Murtosaari / Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) on frozen beach, southwest Finland, February.

Loic Poidevin / Meadow Pipit (Anthus rubescens) West France, Vendée, january

Alan Williams / Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) on rock by Loch Gruinart Islay Scotland, UK, October

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Markus Varesvuo / Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) in flight, Porvoo Finland

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

Jose Luis GOMEZ de FRANCISCO / Meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis) standing on rock calling, Norway

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) 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) with 'tick' in bill on shore, Dorset, England

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

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