What was looking like a poor evening certainly brightened up at the end.
Within a Pied Wagtail group of 20-25 feeding on a small flood at side of the road was a single * White Wagtail. Also, hiding in mud on the same flood was a single * Little Ringed Plover which just appeared in the scope whilst watching the White Wagtail !
Nice to meet Len there and hopefully he should have some good photos of both.
A couple of Little Egret heading west as I was leaving and a Swallow on wires in Bretherton made it a good evening overall.
* 2 more takes me to 107 species for the year.
Eyes Lane
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Re: Eyes Lane
Nice to meet John again and thanks for spotting the LRP.
LRP & White Wagtail takes my species total to 96.
Pied Wagtail (female)
White Wagtail (male)
Little Ringed Plover
LRP & White Wagtail takes my species total to 96.
Pied Wagtail (female)
White Wagtail (male)
Little Ringed Plover
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Re: Eyes Lane
Good pics of the wags Len. I can kind of see why the lower one is a white wag, but can't see the top one as a female pied (is it not the white wag also?)
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Re: Eyes Lane
Neville - when I saw the 1st pic last night, I thought it looked too dark on the back with extensive grey on the flanks to be the White Wagtail we saw. However, it should be said that the light was quite gloomy which could feed through onto the photo (no disrespect to Len !!)
There were 2 or 3 birds present like the 1st photo but they just didn’t seem clean enough when seen “live” in comparison to the White Wagtail which stood out with its sharp features.
Interesting to hear any other comments.
There were 2 or 3 birds present like the 1st photo but they just didn’t seem clean enough when seen “live” in comparison to the White Wagtail which stood out with its sharp features.
Interesting to hear any other comments.
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Re: Eyes Lane
I originally thought they were the same bird and put it down to camera angle and changing light. There can be a lot of overlap in the grey shading of 'alba' and 'yarelli' and the first bird is pale grey on the flanks, with the grey matching the back. It is more extensive though than might be expected in White Wagtail. The forehead also has the black meeting and extending slightly in front of the line of the eyes. The second picture, of the male White Wagtail, shows the black going behind the line of the eyes. I was reading an interesting article on hybrids and this reminded me of a bird seen a few years ago in Kent that had a mixture of features. An interesting bird the first one, but the second picture is a nice White Wagtail for sure.
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