Meadow Pipit
Meadow Pipit sculpture – carved in Yorkstone – 8″ x 3″ x 3 1/2″
The Meadow Pipit is a common nesting bird on the North York Moors, and its high piping calls a familiar sound. They feed on the ground, mostly eating flies, beetles, moths, and spiders, and in autumn and winter the seeds of grasses, sedges, rushes, and heather.
They also build their nests on the ground, using dry grass, and hiding them in dense vegetation. The Meadow Pipit is the favoured ‘foster parent’ of young Cuckoos on the heathland and moorland here. The adult Cuckoo lays a single egg in the Meadow Pipit’s nest. After hatching the Cuckoo chick will push the other eggs, or chicks, out of the nest so it has all the food and attention.
The Meadow Pipit sculpture is part of a collection of recent work inspired by the meadows surrounding my workshop and the abundance of life they support.
See other little bird sculpture