Pied Wagtail - how rare are they?

[markta]

Hi,

During a date yesterday, after which I went to a country park, I saw a solitary wagtail hovering near the waters edge..never seen one before..

Anyway, I'll hopefully be taking my camera down there today to take some good shots of him/her. Are they quite rare or common as muck in most places?

Thanks peeps

 

[fracster]

Pied waggies are indeed common as muck up here, but they are a lovely thing to watch all the same, best of luck and post the results.....

 

[SteveJB]

I wouldn't say they're comon here, but there's a pair resident outside my work.

S

 

[BRASH]

10 a penny here too.

 

[crocodile]

For some reason their favourite habitat in Essex seems to be superstore car parks & school playgrounds.

 

[nilagin]

We have a few flying around here.

 

[tim]

For some reason their favourite habitat in Essex seems to be superstore car parks & school playgrounds.

Strange, seems to be the same round here. Any expanse of cement or tarmac and they are there. Camoflauge perhaps?

 

[markta]

He/she looked so funny, wagging its tail like a magpie and the way it run had me in hysterics. It's almost as if its feet never leave the ground