01 Aug 2011. Meadow Pippit at Farlington Marshes.
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From Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Ethan Winning
on September 8, 2011When I was very young, a very long time ago, my mother would read e poetry before bed, and in one of the poems there was a "pippit." Took 70 years, but now I know what a pippit is. There was also a Mrs. Pipkin "with her little snipkin," but I haven't looked those up yet.