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Wagtail and a Fly
Going by the yellowy cheeks I think it's a juve Pied Wagtail.
Anyway - managed to grab a couple of shots of it looking for lunch on the roof then enjoying a big fat fly.
On the look out
Gottcha
Down the hatch
Anyway - managed to grab a couple of shots of it looking for lunch on the roof then enjoying a big fat fly.
On the look out
Gottcha
Down the hatch
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Quite a pale bird Phil, just wondering if this is a White wagtail ?
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I did wonder that myself at the time but when I looked it up the image of '1st Winter Pied Wagtail' looked exactly the same. The black has yet to spread up the chin and the cheeks are a yellowy colour.
I'm only going by the one book though so I'm not too sure.
I'm only going by the one book though so I'm not too sure.
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If it has yellow cheeks Phil i would say its a pied, but im not seeing them myself so could be my monitor and pieds can be quite variable. I must invest in a good book on wagtails.
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It certainly has the yellow cheeks.
Been sent this which is good.
http://www.chog.org.uk/Ringing/Featu...tification.htm
Been sent this which is good.
http://www.chog.org.uk/Ringing/Featu...tification.htm
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Lovely capture Phil, are they quite a small bird?? Either that or that is one big bloomin fly 
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18cm long (in the book) - there's some in that link above being held so you can see the size.
Funny though - the fly was a whopper
Funny though - the fly was a whopper
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Not that small then....Definitely a whopper the fly was then It probably kept him going for the rest of the day
It probably kept him going for the rest of the day
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Lovely series of shots Phil, it does look like he just done you a service, one less fly
I can make out the yellow cheeks on my iMac but they are quite pale.
I can make out the yellow cheeks on my iMac but they are quite pale.
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I would say pied - can definitely make the yellow out. Nice shots!
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