Grey Wagtail

[andym]

One of my favourite little birds.







Poking about in a stream for food this morning.

E3,50-200,EC14.

[theMusicMan]

Re: Grey Wagtail

Hey Andy - yep they are real beauties aren't they. Lovely shots.

[PeterBirder]

Re: Grey Wagtail

Lovely shots Andy. I like No1 as you've managed to catch the bird standing still and the tighter crop gives less uninteresting water.

Cheers

[BobS]

Re: Grey Wagtail

I really like these two shots Andy, especially #1, and the contrast between the beautiful plumage of the bird set against the detritus which has collected over and next to the rusty pipe. Where was this taken?

Bob

[andym]

Re: Grey Wagtail

Where was this taken?

Bob

This is one of my local nature reserves.See the URL below.

http://www.essexwt.org.uk/visitor_centres__nature_reserves/roding_valley_meadows/

Thanks for the comments.

[BobS]

Re: Grey Wagtail

This is one of my local nature reserves.See the URL below.

http://www.essexwt.org.uk/visitor_centres__nature_reserves/roding_valley_meadows/

Thanks for the comments.

Thanks for the link Andy. We must pay it a visit. We used to belong to the Herts & Middlesex WT and also the RSPB and ran a YOC group but didn't visit any of the sites in your area.

Bob

[jdal]

Re: Grey Wagtail

There's a one lives 20 yards from our front door and I've never managed to get a shot anything like as nice as those, #1 is my favourite.

[Ulfric M Douglas]

Re: Grey Wagtail

On my last outing down the burn a couple of schoolteachers asked if we were there to film the wagtails.
I replied something about not having the right lenses : which was true, the longest was 50mm!
I tried to get them on my friend's big Fuji bridge camera but despite having equiv 400mm the clunky beast had such a poor EVF and was so slow shot to shot I didn't even have a chance.
I'll take my old fungussy 300mm down next time just in case...