February part 2

5th another visit to the river and saw male mallard, morehen, long tailed tits, crows bathing in the river and a  pair of grey wagtails flitting about.

Grey Wagtail ( Motocilia cinerea) More colour full than its name suggests. The female builds a nest in a hole close to the water and lays up to 5 eggs. They feed on insects, flies, small beetles and dragonfly nymphs. the song is a shrill "tsee tsee". The males throat is white in the winter and black in the summer.