Short abstract from the book: The meadow pipit breeds in open country over much of the
country, in highest densities in western Jutland. It is a common
passage migrant in September–October and April–May.
The first meadow pipit was ringed in Denmark in 1921,
with the number of ringings increasing until the 1980s.
Ninety-three per cent of the recovered birds were ringed in
April–October, probably including both Danish breeding
birds and passage migrants. From Denmark the meadow
pipits migrate SW. The first ringed bird was recovered south
of Denmark, in Belgium, in late September. The birds seem
to pass Belgium in September–October. The first bird was
recovered in the Bay of Biscay in early October and by the end
of the month one was recovered in southern Portugal. In winter the birds are recovered on Christiansø, in the Netherlands,
France, Spain and Morocco. In spring 15 birds have been
recorded at the ringing sites, mainly in April. The recoveries
in Denmark give only very limited information about the
origin of the passage migrants: a bird was ringed as a chick
north of the Kola Peninsula and a potential breeding bird was
ringed in August in northern Sweden.
Read more about the species in the chapter from The Danish Bird Migration Atlashere
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