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Water Pipit

(Anthus spinoletta)

Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) – Least Concern

Population size: 18 000-25 000 pairs

Distribution pattern

With patchy distribution covering more fully the highest parts of the mountains Rila, Pirin, Stara Planina and Vitosha, and more dispersed – in the Western Rhodopes, Sredna Gora, Osogovska Mountain and Belasitsa.

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Breeding distribution 2013 – 2020 – The distribution and the estimation of the population size of the species for the period 2013 – 2020 is presented –

Comparative distribution of the species compared to the first breeding birds atlas (Iankov, 2007): Breeding locality until 2007 | Breeding locality until 2007, confirmed after 2015 – | New breeding locality after 2015. – The breeding localities after 2015 are identified on a base of raw data from smartbirds.org.

Habitats

Breeds only in high mountain blanket bogs, alpine and sub-alpine grasslands, sometimes mixed with Pinus mugo communities and often intersected by streams or around mountain lakes, also on stony slopes and in depressions.

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed