Wild Birds of Europe

[Jack Dawe]

I had to look this one up. I hadn’t even heard of a blue-headed variant. I would have assumed it was a Yellow wagtail.

I always thought that what we British call Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava flavissima) is the normal subspecies in Britain and only patchily seen in northern Europe. And so I thought that Blue-headed Wagtail is the normal subspecies (Motacilla flava flava) in the Netherlands. Am I wrong?

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

I always thought that what we British call Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava flavissima) is the normal subspecies in Britain and only patchily seen in northern Europe. And so I thought that Blue-headed Wagtail is the normal subspecies (Motacilla flava flava) in the Netherlands. Am I wrong?

I have absolutely no idea, Jason. But Patrick no doubt knows!

 

[pcs]

I had to look this one up. I hadn’t even heard of a blue-headed variant. I would have assumed it was a Yellow wagtail.

I always thought that what we British call Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava flavissima) is the normal subspecies in Britain and only patchily seen in northern Europe. And so I thought that Blue-headed Wagtail is the normal subspecies (Motacilla flava flava) in the Netherlands. Am I wrong?

I use the translation from Vogelbescherming(the Dutch RSPB), see here https://www.vogelbescherming.nl/ontdek-vogels/kennis-over-vogels/vogelgids/vogel/gele-kwikstaart

 

[pcs]

Barn swallow with sheepish looking bystander

 

[Jan1977]

A flock of geese:

 

[Jan1977]

And a single goose in flight:

 

[pcs]

Without sheep

 

[pcs]

The puttertjes(european goldfinch) have approved our sunflowers. Taken from a first floor window.

 

[Macstory]

Rock Pipet.
(Lens: Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD <> Camera ID: Canon EOS 7D Mark II).

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

The puttertjes(european goldfinch) have approved our sunflowers. Taken from a first floor window.
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Nice to have these in your garden!

 

[Jack Dawe]

Long-tailed Tit

 

[pcs]

Nice to have these in your garden!

It is, lovely to hear them "kwetteren"

 

[pcs]

With sheep again, now the(not yellow) blue headed wagtail

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

With sheep again, now the(not yellow) blue headed wagtail
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The bird seems to have nothing to fear from the sheep. Very cute shots, Patrick.

 

[Jan1977]

Ducks swimming between duckweed: