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Resident birds include kingfisher, dipper and grey wagtail and on most days of the year the heron can be seen.
And he found a number of bird species, such as the corn bunting, tree sparrow, grey partridge, skylark, linnet and yellow wagtail.
I observed a pair of ringed plovers, a new species for me, a common redshank, two dozen black-winged stilts and a yellow wagtail.
Wild creatures, such as the pied wagtail, use the longer grass for nesting.
Their farm is a haven for black grouse, lapwing, yellow wagtail, redshank, snipe and golden plover.
Forays off the beaten path led me to a common stonechat, a white wagtail, a plain leaf warbler, and a number of species in the shrike family.
Not surprisingly the grey wagtail is a scarce nester in Norfolk.
Other birds include the Siberian jay, the pied wagtail, and, in the north, the eagle.
Sunnyhurst Brook, which runs the length of the woods, is known among the birdwatching community as an excellent place to spot kingfisher, grey wagtail, dipper and heron.
A grey wagtail bobs and loops about its business, yellow underparts fulgent as the sun shines through in full.
The kingfisher, gray wagtail and water ouzel live by the streams.
That's why two migratory bird species, the meadow pipit and white wagtail, often stop by, while two rare species, the European Squacco heron and the North American northern oriole, have been sighted a few times.
The mechanisms involved are complex but it appears possible that both yellow wagtail and wood mouse might feed quickly enough for mortality to occur in field conditions.
Different birds were spotted: Egyptian geese, African pied wagtail, Pied kingfisher, Little bittern, Black-headed Heron, Superb Sterlings, Pin-tailed Wnydah and others.
Nearby Morfa Madryn local nature reserve held shoveler, teal, lapwing, greenshank and newly arrived willow warbler and white wagtail.
The island also saw its first white wagtail of the year, the continental version of our pied wagtail.
The Yellow Wagtail is widely distributed throughout the Old World and has colonized Alaska in the New World.
One bird conspicuous by its absence is the White Wagtail usully seen in good numbers by now.
A Ring Ouzel was at RSPB South Stack and a White Wagtail on Bardsey, which also hosted Black Redstart and Sandwich Tern.
A Black Redstart and White Wagtail were on Bardsey at the weekend, while a Jack Snipe caught in the ringing nets was ringed less than 50 metres away last April.
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I then saw that the unknown bird was simply a pied wagtail which had lost her tail!
The poor magpies found their long tails very much against them in the scramble, and it was even worse with the pied wagtail.
In form and proportion the two species closely resemble each other, the pied wagtail being the smaller.
The Wagtails, of which family the pied wagtail is the most familiar, derives its name from its habit of wagging its tail.
Like the wagtail, which originally had no tail, the hoopoe had originally no tuft on its head.
The nest resembles that of the pied wagtail, and is placed on the ground, usually in pea-fields.
These display the elegant form of the wagtail and the sober colouring of the lark.
Its habits are much the same as those of the pied wagtail, but it is even lighter and more active in its movements.
People are urged to spot species including kingfisher, grey wagtail, and barn owl.
All at once he turned round to Claude with the agile quickness of a wagtail.
Soon he was at the paper store, where he bought what Mrs. wagtail wanted.
About the middle of April, the pied wagtail begins to build its nest.
I WAS glad to see the pied wagtail roosting in Tesco, Norfolk, was saved from the firing squad.
Which variety of wagtail has a white underbody with black and white wings?
Wagtail and gelid had followed me on deck, and were now assisting their servants in putting the muskets in order.
I went down into the cabin and sat down to breakfast with gelid and Wagtail.
Unfortunately the Gray Wagtail can claim but low rank as a songster.
A RARE Citrine Wagtail from Eastern Europe spent three days at Kelling Water Meadow, in Norfolk, where it snapped up flies disturbed by cows' feet.
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