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Saturday 6 July 2013

Yellow Wagtail


The yellow wagtail is a small, graceful, yellow and green bird, with a medium-length tail and slender black legs. It spends much time walking or running on the ground. As its name implies, it wags its tail from time to time.

It is a summer visitor, migrating to winter in Africa. It breeds in a variety of habitats in the UK, including arable farmland, wet pastures and upland hay meadows. Serious declines in breeding numbers accross all of these habitats place the yellow wagtail on the red list of birds of conservation concern. (RSPB)

38 comments:

  1. cute little bird! i always marvel at your SERIOUS barbed wire fencing, there!

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  2. Hrrlich dieser kleine Zugvogel, der aus den
    Weiten Afrikas zu uns kommt. Herrlich diese
    Farben. Deine heutig Musik ist wieder Klasse.
    Einen schönen Abend wünscht Dir
    Irmi

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  3. 'travllin' man' indeed :) What a beautiful visitor - only HE can negotiate that prickly fence!

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  4. Maravilhosa imagem, Bob!
    O pássaro amarelo sobre o arame farpado. Liiinndo!

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  5. Was this taken on the prison perimeter fence, now that's barbed wire. The Yellow Wags not too bad either.

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  6. Very preety bird Bob!!!!Nice color!!!
    Great pictures!!!Amazing captures!!!
    Dimi..


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  7. en dat mooie vogeltje zit gewoon op het prikkeldraad??

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  8. What a great capture. Amazing shot Bob.

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  9. Hi Bob! We have wagtails but not yellow ones. Great capture

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  10. Never seen one Bob... many thanks for sharing yours.
    Fantastic images.

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  11. well, i take my hat off to you,, i keep looking for new birds to film, but never see what you do.great shots Bob.

    peter

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  12. A unique yellow wagtail , superb images Bob and also the commentary!!**

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  13. What color and contrast texture!
    You're right, Bob- all birds are your official bird:-)


    Aloha

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  14. Przykro, ze tych ślicznych ptaków jest coraz mniej. Pozdrawiam.
    I'm sorry that these lovely birds are less and less. Yours.

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  15. Great shots of this handsome fellow. Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  16. BOB bonsoir si petit et si beau aussi
    j'adore tes photos BOB
    cet oiseau est si beau j'aimerai bien le prendre dans ma main
    bise et bonne soirée

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  17. Lovely shots, Bob. Sad that so much of our wildlife is declining. I've never seen one myself!

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  18. A bird very cute
    but I repeat allways the same:-)

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  19. fabulous; love yellow birds and these are great; send some more along Bob!

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  20. Nice pictures of Yellow Wagtail, a beautiful bird.

    Ottar

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  21. Such a sweet little thing! :-)

    I enjoyed the music! Thank you for always sharing a piece of music Bob. I mostly do not comment on it, but I am listening in every time! Wanted to tell you this for once!

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    1. Thankks for your music, I hope you liked it.

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  22. Lovely photos Bob! I have never seen one, lucky you!

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  23. Bob, your Yellow Wagtail is pretty! Great shots!

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  24. Beautiful pictures of the yellow wagtail.
    Perfect photographed, Bob.
    Regards, Irma

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  25. Great shots! If only all birds had such simple names, it would be much easier for us simple birders!

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  26. Duro apoyo de espinas para un ave tan delicada. Un abrazo,

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