pied wagtail

Pid wagtail stoicly faces into the cold wind and dreams of summer.

Pied Wagtail

Every winter we have a pair living in the garden.

Well Peeps, Its the last day of our Danish holiday today. We will be heading back to Billund Airport about 3-30 am tomorrow morning, ready for our flight into Stansted Airport about 6-30. We have had a great time, and seen some nice birds...Six species of raptors including...

Well Peeps Its an early post and run from me today, as we are getting a ride back to Hastings this morning with a couple of friends from Lakenheath. They will be staying with us for the Seafood & Wine Festival over the weekend. When they leave, Hazel and I will be heading...

a lucky shot as he flew away!

Bussed it to Rye Harbour yesterday, not a whole lot about, as it was so windy out in the open. Not much to see from the hides either, but managed to bag a few shots.

'Tis the season for juvie pics. Sometimes they can be hard to ID, but wagtails look just like Mom and Dad, only shorter and chubbier.

From an hour's stroll along the rocky shore at Hell. Looks like this waggie is playing "farmer", chewing on a straw. More likely, it's the leg or feeler of some insect.

I took a photo of this feeding adult. After I downloaded the photos, it was then I realised that he was quite featherless on top - poor soul. Must be all the hard work looking after his/her offspring. I counted 4 juveniles all together in the same area.

I took a photo of this feeding adult. After I downloaded the photos, it was then I realised that he was quite featherless on top - poor soul. Must be all the hard work looking after his/her offspring. I counted 4 juveniles all together in the same area.

I took a photo of this feeding adult. After I downloaded the photos, it was then I realised that he was quite featherless on top - poor soul. Must be all the hard work looking after his/her offspring. I counted 4 juveniles all together in the same area.

My brother and his wife are here on holiday and the end of last week we went on a Pictish stone and old building tour in Angus; so my birding was confined to what I saw when we stopped. This stop was in the wee car park at Aberlemno near Brechin.

Barn swallow and Pied wagtail, each using the same puddle for different purposes, though in similar poses. Swallow was gathering mud and wagtail was bathing. Lots of fun to watch |=)| but impossible to focus on both at once :S

Pied Wagtail

The hospital park pond, as I mentioned before, is small but designed to consist of multiple biotopes. This wagtail was darting and swooping from boulder to boulder over the marshy and deeper bits, I'm guessing snapping mosquitoes or mayflies as they hatched ...?