Showing posts with label blue headed wagtail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blue headed wagtail. Show all posts

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Iberian Chiffchaff and Spring Migrants

Excellent birding weekend while the wife is in Spain!. Yesterday we dipped on the Rock Thrush at Spurn but made up for this with the Iberian Chiffchaff at Flamborough. No pics but an excellent write up with pics and sounds by Martin  Garner http://birdingfrontiers.com/2013/04/28/iberian-chiffchaff-at-flamborough/
Then onto Tophill Low for several Yellow Wagtails and a Blue headed Wagtail. We also bagged my first Little Owl of the year near Spurn.
Today a quick visit to Padley Gorge provided excellent views of 3 Whinchats 2 males and a female and a pair of Pied Flycatchers










Thursday, April 25, 2013

Blue headed Wagtail or possible Channel Wagtail

Spotted an interesting Yellow Wagtail at Audenshaw today.Initial thoughts were it was a Blue Headed Wagtail but the head is on the pale side and with this amount of white on the throat it could be a hybrid between Yellow wagtail and Blue headed wagtail- A so-called Channel Wagtail. Also present were nominate British Yellow wagtail, White Wagtail, Wheatear the first Swifts of the year, Great Crested Grebe and  Common Sandpiper