[NoviceBirder]

I think its a wood warbler not 100% sure as they shouldnt be in my garden at this time of year.

Can someone please help

[lou salomon]

it's a tailless grey wagtail.

[NoviceBirder]

It was singing like a warbler, not like a wagtail

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Originally Posted by NoviceBirder

It was singing like a warbler, not like a wagtail

Grey Wagtails do have a sort of song. Lou is absolutely correct with his ID.

[nickderry]

agreed, a grey wag(no)tail

[NoviceBirder]

Cheers guys, didnt expect one of these in a city centre with no waterways lol,

Thanks

[nickderry]

Originally Posted by NoviceBirder

Cheers guys, didnt expect one of these in a city centre with no waterways lol,

Thanks

a lot do move into cities in the winter, mostly where there is some water, but not always.

[skatebirder]

Originally Posted by NoviceBirder

Cheers guys, didnt expect one of these in a city centre with no waterways lol,

Thanks

We have at least one regular wintering Grey Wagtail on the roof of our 1960's office block in Southampton, along with lots of Pied Wagtails. The stagnant water on the roof could hardly be called a "waterway", but the Wagtails seem happy enough, and often sing from above my window so I get serenaded while at my desk.

[Laruslister]

I had one in Troon centre in the winter one year when I lived in a flat that used to constantly perch on car wing mirrors and attack its reflection.I don't know how it found time to eat and drink!

[moose1991]

Originally Posted by NoviceBirder

It was singing like a warbler, not like a wagtail

Have a listen to it's song on here.
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/bird...ail/index.aspx

[Jaysan]

What could have happened to its tail (escape from the jaws of death)? or is it a process of moulting?

[Jane Turner]

Former. Birds tend to moult in such a way that they keep the semblance of a tail.

[John o'Sullivan]

I saw one years ago, at distance to begin with.
I was convinced I had something fantastic. A small passerine with short tail and an amazing pumping action to its rear end, working the waters edge on an island on a lake. Maybe a Northern Water Thrush!!, the adrenalin rush was fantastic. Eventually the bird came closer and closer. I got some colour on it... A GREY WAG. Disappointing but in all reality great to see (I've seen nothing like it since)

[Andrew Whitehouse]

I once saw a tail-less juvenile Grey Wag perched in a tree in some beautiful forest in northeast Turkey, where I was hoping for better things. It threw me for several minutes.