A new to the extension roof bird this morning, rather pretty. About the size of a tit, long tail, whizzing about the roof in fast, short bursts.
Start by turning up pictures in google of long tailed tits and it was not one of those.
So then ask google about birds with log tails generally and pied wagtail comes up top of the hit list.
Turn up the pied wagtail blurb on the RSPB site and it fits the written description.
Turn up the corresponding pictures on google, and while they look about right, the pictures are all black above, white below with a mixture in the middle. While my bird was greeny gray above, creamy white below with hints of green and yellow in the middle. Laptop screen colours may not be that clever, but they are not that bad, so I am left a touch unsure about what it was that I saw. Must consult a local tweeter.
Is it some Epsom special, some hybrid which favours the Epsom Salts?
PS: as an after thought I make enquires about grey wagtails and yellow wagtails, both of which are far too yellow. So some traction for the hybrid theory,
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