Citrine Wagtails ‒ how difficult can it be!?
Magnus Hellström Sexing Citrine Wagtails, it sounds pretty easy, doesn’t it? And yes, typical and representative birds rarely causes any trouble in this respect: Smart looking males with bright and...
View ArticleGrey-headed Wagtail in first winter plumage
Overlooked thunbergi? Had this fella in the field west of the lighthouse at Flamborough yesterday. Interesting ID process as I could have easily overlooked it (the photos make it look easier!). As it’s...
View ArticleCitrine Wagtail at Flamborough
With orangey bill base 5th November 2014. We’d already had a great mornings’ birding. Nearly 500 Little Auks, Sooty and Manx Shearwaters, a Grey Phalarope, 35 Pomarine Skuas, three diver species, Med...
View ArticleCitrine Wagtail. Calls of…
… the Flamborough Bird And I still have some questions. So welcome to some exploring. Fuller set of photos below (in this previous post). This morning I got one good series of calls recorded. I found...
View ArticleCitrine Wagtail calls analysed
The Barry White of Citrine Wags. This morning (8th November) Phil (who gave it the Barry moniker) and I went to check out Danes Dyke South- to look for the Citrine Wagtail. Last seen two days ago, the...
View ArticleEastern Yellow Wagtail
Candidate on the Isle of White Dear Martin, I live on the Isle of Wight and was out birding with my pal Andy Butler on Sunday (Jan 25th) when we came across the Wagtail attached at the derelict...
View ArticleIsn’t Evolution Brilliant?
By Terry This was how Per described the results of his latest research, released last week. Coming from the man who, among other things, discovered the breeding grounds of the enigmatic Blackthroat in...
View ArticleSpanish Wagtail
iberiae or no? This afternoon Mark Pearson, busy writing ‘in the field’ had this flava wagtail drop in front of him. Speaking to him about it and then seeing the photos- yikes! I would be pretty pumped...
View ArticleSpanish Wagtail: iberiae
What they look like… Trevor Charlton has taken these images in Morocco and Western Sahara in recent years. Most look like straight iberiae – ‘Spanish Wagtail‘. They give a good idea of the appearance...
View ArticleSpanish Wagtail X Blue-headed Wagtail
“Central Atlantique” Yellow Wagtails – flava x iberiae by Eugene Archer Hi Martin, Hope all are well there ? Regarding the Filey wagtail I find it a bit difficult to judge exactly the colour of the...
View ArticleFirst-winter White Wagtails
Details of wing and rump and tail Sometimes a single image just does it! Justin Carr, our keen pioneering digiscoper – Mr. ‘in-fight’ shot – has taken a cracker (and it’s not in flight!). Two...
View ArticleGreen-backed Wagtail heads west?
can you ID vagrants? Mike Watson The eastern most of the eastern flava wagtail clade is a stunner. Do they reach west? Claims have come from the Indian sub-continent of taivana. Odd similar birds have...
View ArticleMore on taivana Wagtails in Middle East
and ‘xanthophrys’ – feldegg (Black-headed Wagtail) intergrade/hybrids Following Mike Watson’s images, Ian Boustead has flagged up another… so revisiting these stunning yellow and black Wagtails has...
View ArticleMixed Yellow Wagtails
Israel in spring is a great place to study Yellow Wagtail subspecies. There is a good mix of western and eastern forms, and the males are obviously very good looking in spring. Among the more distinct...
View ArticleEastern Yellow Wagtail in Scilly
By Yoav Perlman Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla (flava) tschutschensis is the eastern counterpart of Western Yellow Wagtail. It is divided into two main groups – ‘blue-headed’ with supercilium...
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