Wagtails

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What do we mean by wagtails?

Any of various small passerine birds of the family Motacillidae, of the Old World, notable for their long tails.

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Their larvae are mostly aquatic and play an important role feeding fish, whilst the hatched flies are much sought after by birds such as wagtails, spiders, and if the winter weather relents sufficiently, even a few bats might emerge briefly at dusk to zoom repeatedly through the mating swarms. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Grey wagtails are resident, and often found along fast-flowing rivers and streams, while the yellow wagtail is purely a summer visitor, found mainly in wet-meadows such as those on Tealham Moor, a short distance from my home. ❋ Unknown (2011)

These roosts provide safety in numbers against nocturnal predators such as owls, and also allow the wagtails to huddle up together against the cold. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The natural sand dunes attract a plethora of birds, including oystercatchers, wagtails, curlews, skylarks, wild pheasants and grey partridges. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Everywhere I have lived, from the centre of London, via the sprawling suburbs, to the heart of rural England, pied wagtails have lived alongside me. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Two other species of wagtail also breed in Britain, the grey and yellow wagtails. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Late hay cuts in traditional meadows give ground-nesting birds a chance to complete their breeding cycle, so look out for partridges leading fledglings through the undergrowth, anxious curlews trying to distract your attention from their offspring and yellow wagtails snapping flies from flowers to feed their nestlings. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Pied wagtails can often be seen pottering about on pavements and roadside verges, picking up these meagre morsels of food with that sharp, pointed bill. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In fact pied wagtails are a peculiarly British bird. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Pied wagtails feed on tiny insects, so small that other ground-feeding birds generally ignore them. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The pied wagtails around my home show some fascinating behaviour, too. ❋ Unknown (2011)

White-breasted dippers and grey wagtails flitted ahead. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Most were meadow pipits, along with a few pied wagtails. ❋ Stephen Moss (2010)

'Oi gynaikes tou 1897: O polemos ton sousouradon' (The women of 1897: The war of the wagtails). ❋ Unknown (2008)

The home-brew scum is thick enough on the water surface for a pair of gray wagtails to walk on it, picking insects as they go, their clouded yellow rumps and undertail coverts giving off a dusty shimmer, their dowsing tails pumping constantly, like a gray brush stuck into a pot of powder paint. ❋ TIM DEE (2009)

Pied wagtails chissick about me on the track, loath to settle before the starlings. ❋ TIM DEE (2009)

Wander further along the main wall and you will find other exuberant depictions of everyday life in 18th Dynasty Egypt: a boy driving cattle along a road; geese, stored in baskets, ready for the market; a farmer, stooped and balding, checking his fields, and a hunt through reed beds that burst with creatures - shrike, wagtails and pintail ducks - easily identifiable still. ❋ Jan (2009)

In one panel, he stands on a papyrus skiff at the head of a hunting trip into reed-covered marshes filled with tilapia and puffer fish, Egyptian red geese, tiger butterflies, black and white wagtails and an exquisitely painted tawny cat that is helping itself to the birds being brought down by Nebamun. ❋ Jan (2009)

It was quiet except for some gray wagtails fussing at him from the reeds. ❋ Sarah Micklem (2009)

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