White Wagtail (Motacilla alba alba) |
Identification is easiest in the spring when there are no juveniles around.
Key features are the pale grey mantle, pale flanks and greyish rather than blackish rump.
The relevant area of the rump is generally taken as that adjacent to the middle tertial.
Note, however, how the colour of the mantle varies in these photos with the angle of the bird and changing light. The lower bird in the bottom photo looks distinctly darker than that in the top most photo.
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