Topic: ?Yellow wagtail

[Palustris]

Saw this during the ten minutes drizzle. We think Yellow wagtail, but no doubt you know better.

[Carol]

I am sure its a 'grey'wagtail Eric.  Should be called a yellow wagtail though!!  I see you have some of the wet stuff as well.  Not reached me yet.  It will rain here when everyone else is back to the scorching sun.

[Palustris]

Ours definitely had a yellow head, not grey like the one shown in our book and on the Web.

[Carol]

Ow well you will be right then, its just that the yellow wagtail is not common.  lucky you. 

[Robert_Brenchley]

Yellow; greys have a grey head with an eyestripe.

[RSJK]

I seem to remember a bird called a yellow hammer could that be it.

[Robert_Brenchley]

No, that's fatter, a shorter tail, thicker beak, and streaked brown and yellow.

[Palustris]

And if you can persuade one to sit and sing just a little closer there will be a picture of one!

[Carol]

Not as good as Erics Yellow Wagtail, but here is one of my regular visitors  the Yellow Hammer.

[Palustris]

Wowwwwww! wow and thrice wow!
Nearest we ever get them is about 50 metres away on the telegraph pole. there are a fair number of them on the lane, we counted 17 one day last year.

[steveuk]

Hi
Lovley picture, i am into ornathology and checked my books, yes you got yellow wagtail there, brilliant , so jelouse lol think by picture it may be a juvernile

[fluffygrue]

It's a yellow wagtail - we had one hopping round our pond last year.. not seen him since, though. :(

Gorgeous yellow hammer by the way - we've certainly not got those!

[RSJK]

great picture Carol

[wolfieman]

Nice pic and it is indeed a yellow wagtail  :)