Taken at Troon on 5th December 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm
zoom lens.
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 25th February 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 21st January 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
Taken at Troon on 26th January 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
Taken at Strathaven on 29th September 2015 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens.
Female
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 30th May 2016 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens.
Breeding Plumage
Taken at Hogganfiled Loch on 16th July 2015 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens.
Juvenile
Taken at Musselburgh on 19th June 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
Grey Wagtail.
Species :
Order:
Family:
Local names:
Motacilla
cinerea Passeriformes. Motacillidae. Cow Bird, Dun Wagtail, Grey Wangster, Wangtail,
Water Wagtail,
Winter Wagtail
Site
Of Nest:
Materials:
Food:
Plumage:
Length: Breeding Period:
Eggs:
Under
an overhanging bank, shelves in rocks.
Moss, roots, lined with hair.
Insects.
Summer: bluish-grey head and back; pale streak over eye,
black throat; yellow underneath.
Winter: whitish-yellow
chin and throat.
May be confused with the Yellow Wagtail, but is not as brilliantly
coloured.
17-20 cms. April-June.
5 or 6; Pale grey, clouded with faint creamy-brown.