Wagtail family? ID please

[Nathaniel]

Rhuddlan,Denbigh reserves 30th May 2016 by Nathaniel Ramanaden, on Flickr

Rhuddlan,Denbigh reserves 30th May 2016 by Nathaniel Ramanaden, on Flickr

Rhuddlan,Denbigh reserves 30th May 2016 by Nathaniel Ramanaden, on Flickr

[the black fox]

Re: Wagtail family? ID please

According to my Collins bird guide it's a pied wagtail nat ,yet again shooting birds in j.peg under high contrast combined with large ish crop tends to blur the details ,pity really as the first shot looks really nice ,as it has a beak full of insects

[Nathaniel]

Re: Wagtail family? ID please

Thanks Jeff for the ID. As I mentioned earlier I have these shots in RAW as well. I have hospital appointments from 2nd June. I will contact you perhaps next week and sort these RAW images out. As it is not possible to post RAw images, I have kept the memory card,which I will bring with me. However, the images will be small.

[Dawesy]

Re: Wagtail family? ID please

Agree with Jeff Nat re the high contrast but I like all three

[the black fox]

Re: Wagtail family? ID please

Thanks Jeff for the ID. As I mentioned earlier I have these shots in RAW as well. I have hospital appointments from 2nd June. I will contact you perhaps next week and sort these RAW images out. As it is not possible to post RAw images, I have kept the memory card,which I will bring with me. However, the images will be small.

Going to be a big pushed nat as we are off on holiday the end of that week .give me a ring first if I,m free it will be o.k

[antoeknee]

Re: Wagtail family? ID please

According to my Collins bird guide it's a pied wagtail nat ,yet again shooting birds in j.peg under high contrast combined with large ish crop tends to blur the details ,pity really as the first shot looks really nice ,as it has a beak full of insects

Whilst Pied is more common and this looks to be juv/moult I wouldn't discount it being a white wagtail. Head looks quite grey, usually darker on pied even in juv.

[Nathaniel]

Re: Wagtail family? ID please

Thanks Steve, Jeff and Ant. I too thought that this wagtail was a bit unusual- not the usual ones I have seen. Anyway since I now take all my wildlife shots in RAW/JPG, I have the RAW images intact. Jeff, don't worry about dates as I am actually going into hospital on the 2nd June and should be out, hopefully either Monday or Tuesday week. Will keep the memory card intact and use another one.