Showing posts with label Grey Wagtail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grey Wagtail. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

GREY WAGTAIL

Subspecies melanoma, March 2017
(*  313)               GREY WAGTAIL             Motacilla cinerea

SRI LANKA        114

Found near rivers and streams, favours fast-flowing rocky waters. 19 cm. Fairly common winter migrant mainly to the hills.




















Friday, March 17, 2017

GREY WAGTAIL

Photographed at Beeshazar Wetlands, Nepal, March 2017
(*  313)               GREY WAGTAIL              Motacilla cinerea

NEPAL               127  

Breeds by fast flowing mountain streams; winters along slower moving streams. 19 cm. Common, widespread resident.






Friday, December 23, 2016

GREY WAGTAIL

Photographed on Christmas Island, December 2016
(see  313)              GREY WAGTAIL                   Motacilla cinerea

AUSTRALIA (Christmas Island)             685

In Australia found near running water in disused quarries, sandy, rocky streams in escarpments and rainforests, sewerage ponds, ploughed fields, airfields. 18-19 cm. Breeds from w Europe to Asia; migrates to Africa, Malaysia, Indonesia and NG.





Saturday, November 8, 2014

GREY WAGTAIL

Photographed in Wales, January 2014.
313          GREY WAGTAIL         Motacilla cinerea

Britain          (12)    

Range Europe and Asia, migrating to tropical regions in Asia and Africa. Found on open marshy ground or meadows.