SCHOLS R & SEGGELEN C VAN (1993) Influx of Tawny Pipits Anthus campestris in The Netherlands in autumn 1992. LIMOSA 66 (1): 25-28.

The Tawny Pipit is a regular migrant in small numbers in The Netherlands. Exceptional numbers were recorded during systematic migration counts in autumn 1992 at two locations in the southeast of the country. Between 20 August~30 September 67 migrating birds were counted in Geleen, Limburg (186 observation hours) and 49 at Groote Peel, Noord-Brabant (184 h) (fig. I). Observations suggest that migration elsewhere in the southeast of The Netherlands was equally intense. This leads to the conclusion that at least some thousands of Tawny Pipits must have passed this area. In the rest of the country numbers were exceptional as well, especially along the coastline (fig. 2). Most birds were recorded between 3 and 16 September. As breeding populations of Germany, Denmark plus Sweden (the countries most likely to be the origin of migrating Tawny Pipits in The Netherlands) probably do not exceed 650 pairs, it is thought that the origin of birds involved in the 1992 influx must have been more easterly, perhaps Poland or the CIS. The observation that relatively many migrating birds flew west (as compared Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris

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