Pied Wagtails

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  1. ATY

    ATYKE1 Well-Known Member

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    Couldn’t get a photo but fairly sure we’ve just had a pair on the back lawn.
    Is this likely?
     
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    Yes, they're very common
     
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    They are all pairing up at the moment. Yes quite likely.
     
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    Thanks
     
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    makes a change from four and twenty Blackbirds I suppose! :D
     
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    I'd have said they were more likely long tailed tits if they were in your garden, unless you've got a stream running through it. Pied wagtails are common near water and, would you believe, in car parks and industrial estates. Lovely little buggers.
     
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    They're common outside No 7. There's a tree they roost in. Hundreds possibly thousands of them. Actually two trees. The second is sparsely populated with n0bhead pied wagtails that no one in the first tree likes
     
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    Hehe..
     
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    Smallish. Black and white. Identified then by the fact that they wag their tails. If they fit all these criteria, they will be pied wagtails, for sure. Pretty common.
     
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    We've got a pair visit our garden frequently
     
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    I have PiedWagtails and Yellow Wagtails in my garden throughout the year but I live out in the countryside.
     
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    We've had pie and cocktails here at Kaht Towers. :)
     
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    The yellow ones will be grey wagtails. Daft but true. Yellow wagtails are summer visitors.
     
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