Grey Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea
Canon 800mm f6.3 for 1/1600th @ iso800
The Grey Wagtail I could and may well do have included a photograph from a number of venues ranging from the boulder strewn burns in the hills of Ardnamurchan to the our back garden where every autumn and winter one shows up foraging on the ground underneath the feeders and around the edges of the pond.
This individual obliging wandered across the top of the weir whilst I was waiting for Dippers.
The problem with photographing all wagtails and its all in the name is that the tail rarely stops "wagging" - the body can be sharp and then a long tail completely blurred unless the shutter speed is "up".
Another bird that RSPB have at Red status. Here a Grey Wagtail does a spot of preening after hunting for insects in the river.
The Grey Wagtail I could and may well do have included a photograph from a number of venues ranging from the boulder strewn burns in the hills of Ardnamurchan to the our back garden where every autumn and winter one shows up foraging on the ground underneath the feeders and around the edges of the pond.
This individual obliging wandered across the top of the weir whilst I was waiting for Dippers.
The problem with photographing all wagtails and its all in the name is that the tail rarely stops "wagging" - the body can be sharp and then a long tail completely blurred unless the shutter speed is "up".
Another bird that RSPB have at Red status. Here a Grey Wagtail does a spot of preening after hunting for insects in the river.