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Wryneck

            Wryneck / jynx torquilla. Groby Pool, Leicestershire. 07/09/21.

This Wryneck spent a few days feeding along the edge of a footpath at Groby Pool, Leicestershire. I managed to catch up with it on the very last evening it was there. 

I made this image when it had moved to the shaded side of the path as the sun was going down. Very much a record grab shot, but typical of the views it gave whilst I was there.

Taken on: September 7, 2021

Tags:

wryneck

jynx torquilla

bird

small woodpecker

passage migrant

occ. spring migrant

regular autumn migrant

uncommon

never numerous

coastland

inland

occ. urban

rural

orchards

woodland

open countryside

approx. 17cm long

cryptic plumage

well camouflaged

grey-brown upperparts

black, rufous, grey bars

pale grey head

dark streak on crown

extends down to mid-back

dark line eye to neck side

buffs-ochre chin + throat

finely streaked

buffs-ochre neck front

buffs-ochre upper breast

red-brown vermiculations

creamy-yellow lower breast

creamy-yellow belly

finely mottled underparts

greyish-brown legs

2 toes forward/2 toes backbrown eyes

black, pointed beak

sticky, extendable tongue

ground feeder mainly

mainly ants

small insects

larvae

spiders

slow, undulating flight

when alarmed contorts neck

breeds europe/scandinavia

winters central africa

early autumn

beside footpath

grassy bank

brambles

searching for food

alert

watchful « less

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