Grey Wagtail ♀︎ (Motacilla cinerea) (19/10/2005) Driftway, Upper Beeding, Steyning (around pond in garden). Regular visitors here, I've seen a couple although normally there is just the one. They love our pond (as do other birds) as it has a waterfall and different depths. A very pretty bird - it has a longer tail than Pied or Yellow Wagtails. It's a female very little yellow on the underside, especially not on the chest.
Grey Wagtail ♂ (Motacilla cinerea) (05/05/2008) Not sure where taken. A very vibrant breeding male - black bib and bright yellow/orage - females no black bib, are paler and have a pale breast.
Grey Wagtail ♀︎ (Motacilla cinerea) (19/10/2005) Driftway, Upper Beeding, Steyning (around pond in garden). Messing about in the waterfall! So pleased we had that put in. It is normally a female that visits, but I have also seen a male - and a young male as per later images.
Grey Wagtail ♀︎ (Motacilla cinerea) (19/10/2005) Driftway, Upper Beeding, Steyning (around pond in garden). Ohter times it simply seems to mooch about and sometimes sunbathe on the warmth of the slabs surrounding the pond.
Grey Wagtail ♀︎ (Motacilla cinerea) (19/10/2005) Driftway, Upper Beeding, Steyning (around pond in garden).
Grey Wagtail ♀︎ (Motacilla cinerea) (19/10/2005) Driftway, Upper Beeding, Steyning (around pond in garden). Overlooking the pond - you can see that it is raining here!
Grey Wagtail ♂ (Motacilla cinerea) (27/05/2006) Driftway, Upper Beeding, Steyning (around pond in garden). Has just been in yet again having a bath in the waterfall where it spends most of its time when it visits which is most days. As said, sometimes I've seen two together. I think it is a non-breeding male, possibly a juvenile - no black bib, and yellow/orange right up to its throat - females have a buff chest.
Grey Wagtail ♂ (Motacilla cinerea) (27/05/2006) Driftway, Upper Beeding, Steyning (around pond in garden). Same bird as previous image. So lovely having this visitor - they are normally fast flowing river birds, so favour hills of Britain rather than people's gardens! I can only think that we did the right thing on having quite a sizeable length of waterfall put into the pond as that does have fast flowing water!
Grey Wagtail ♂ (Motacilla cinerea) (27/05/2006) Driftway, Upper Beeding, Steyning (around pond in garden). Same bird as previous image.
Grey Wagtail ♂ (Motacilla cinerea) (27/05/2006) Driftway, Upper Beeding, Steyning (around pond in garden). Same bird as previous image. - now back in the small bit of pond just below the waterfall into the main pond.
Grey Wagtail ♂ (Motacilla cinerea) (27/05/2006) Driftway, Upper Beeding, Steyning (around pond in garden).
Grey Wagtail ♂ (Motacilla cinerea) (14/03/2008) Driftway, Upper Beeding, Steyning (around pond in garden). Again near the waterfall. I think there must be lots of little gnats and midges or something that attracts it. This is a male - it has a dark bib that you can just see.
Grey Wagtail ♂ (Motacilla cinerea) (14/03/2008) Driftway, Upper Beeding, Steyning (around pond in garden). The dark bib more visible here - definitley a male. Females instead have a white or light-grey mottled throat. Females also have less vibrant underparts and much paler on the chest.
Grey Wagtail ♀︎ (Motacilla cinerea) (19/10/2005) Driftway, Upper Beeding, Steyning (around pond in garden). This is not a Yellow Wagtail as people often think - because it has yellow on it! Yellow Wagtails are mostly yellow all over with a greeny yellow upper, not grey like this.
