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Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)Where and when to see it in the UK

Status not yet classified · reporting peaks October · Wagtails and Pipits · BOU category A

Records to 2026-08-16 · build 2026-08-31

Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)
Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peak months
Olive-backed Pipit: relative reporting rate by 10 km square, September

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (grid squares, place names from OS Open Names). Northern Ireland place names: OSNI Open Data, OGL v3.0. County and country boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Coastline: Natural Earth. Bird records from the data partners listed here.

Olive-backed Pipit has been recorded in 65 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (2%) in records to 2026. Its strongest squares are in England, Scotland and Wales. Reporting peaks in October.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List
Relative to this species' best squares (how classes are calculated)
Very high
100% or more of visits
High
2% to 100%
Moderate
<1% to 2%
Low
under <1%
Surveyed, not recorded
at least 20 qualifying visits, no record
Insufficient records
too few visits to say
Lighter fill
Few visits, lower confidence
Small dot
Occasional: a single record, or out of season

Seasonality

Reporting rate by month, relative to the peak month
MonthRelative to peakShare of visitsTypical class
January 0%<1%Insufficient records
February 0%<1%Very high
March 0%<1%Very high
April 2%<1%Moderate
May 0%<1%Insufficient records
June 0%<1%Insufficient records
July 0%<1%Insufficient records
August 0%<1%Insufficient records
September 10%<1%Low
October 100%<1%Very high
November 3%<1%Low
December 5%<1%High

Squares with the highest reporting rate in October

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
HP50Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
HU30Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
HU32Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
HU34Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
HU38Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
HU46Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
HY50Orkney Islands, Scotland100%Very high
NU14Northumberland, England100%Very high
NZ35Sunderland, England100%Very high
SD34Lancashire, England100%Very high

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