Richard's Pipit
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Anthus richardi
Rare & annual vagrants from Asia with 100-125 per year in Britain & 100 records for Ireland.
Often stands very upright.
They are an undistinguished-looking species on the ground, mainly brown above and pale below.
There are dark streaks on the upperparts and breast while the belly and flanks are plain.
The face is strongly marked with pale lores and supercilium and dark eyestripe, moustachial stripe and malar stripe.
There are two wingbars formed by pale tips to the wing-coverts.
They give a characteristic explosive "shreep" call, somewhat similar to the chirp of a House Sparrow.
The song is a repeated series of monotonous buzzy notes given in an undulating song-flight.
Juveniles are paler than Adults.