Lovely Grey Wagtail @ Shoreham Kent - a photo on Flickriver

            The house faces south so the roof warms up earlier than the ground and insects in the nooks and crannies of the slate tiles become active providing food for the wagtails.
There's a grey wagtail on the roof. It has a grey back, black wings when folded and a pale, lemon-yellow underside which looks quite exotic among the moss and lichen-covered tiles. Its name suggests that the bird has a tail that wags - but this is not a dog-like sideways swish, rather an incessant bob or flick of its long, white-tipped, elegant tail in a constant curtseying dance. Meanwhile, wiry legs propel it across near vertical slopes without effort. When it takes to the air it makes a balletic leap, and twists then flies in long bounds.

This grey wagtail arrives on the roof every winter, and has done so for the last three or four years. The bird searches, with forensic thoroughness, across the roof tiles and in the gutters for insects. Sometimes it is accompanied by a pied wagtail, but mostly it patrols the roof alone
   

Taken in: UK / England / Sevenoaks / Shoreham (show map)

Taken on: March 3, 2024

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