We’ve talked before on Letter from Norfolk about the complex family of the flava Wagtails. There are several subspecies and many intergrades. One such subspecies is the Blue headed Wagtail – always nice to see.
As Andy and I stood chewing the cud aside the local cattle paddock this week we heard a couple of Yellow Wagtails call as they flew over us. Before they landed among the cows I heard a half mumbled prayer offered up to the birding God by Andy … “be a blue headed, be a blue headed”. Sadly the prayer went unheard but Yellow Wags are still great birds.
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