patsylabrador Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 I'm not watching the football and am too hot to do much else so I've been trawling the internet to try and identify a bird in the garden. I haven't got much to go on but I thought some of you might recognise the following. The main thing I can describe is it's call which is a loud wheep noise which goes down at the end and is slightly drawn out. It's between the size of a sparrow and a blackbird. When it flies it's silouette is long, I mean it doesn't fan it's tail out so it's a bullet shape. It doesn't flap it's wings much but does a sort of soar with it's wings out then tucks it's wings in and swoops. It would be brilliant if this means anything to anyone, it bugs me if I can't identify what is in my garden! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrensWorld Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba yarrellii) Long outline and a dippy kind of flight?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted June 27, 2010 Author Share Posted June 27, 2010 I'll check that out. I hadn't thought of those as I think of them as car park birds and never see them in the garden. That would be logical though as I didn't recognise the sound at all. I had also heard what I thought was a bird of prey which turned out to be the call of a lesser spotted woodpecker which I was very excited to see at the bird table a few weeks ago. Thanks for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 It is a wagtail lovely little bird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
