Grey Wagtail

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Grey Wagtail by Glyn Baker as part of the Geograph project.

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Grey Wagtail

Image: © Glyn Baker Taken: 3 May 2009

This is a Grey wagtail (identified by the grey band above the eye). My 40 year old AA book of Birds says they are “seldom far from a weir or some other tumbling water”. This one was sitting on the fence of Image the sound of rushing water was all around.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.776015
Longitude
0.47868