Yesterday afternoon whilst still hungover from the night before (watched an 80s tribute band at the local pub) i received a phone call from a good friend of mine to say that he had seen a different race of yellow wagtail on our local patch. The bird was possibly the race feldegg which would be quite a find. After various people had seen it the bird seems to be now identified as the Ashy headed wagtail, still an extremely good bird to get.

I made a call to Rob Cross who came and picked me up to drive the coupe of miles to the site, within minutes I had spotted the bird feeding on the edge of the water. Knowing how long it had taken us to get photo's of the yellow wagtails recently we was not expecting to get much and the light was dismal, a real gloomy afternoon.

The bird flew away a short distance but seemed quite happy to carry on feeding and gradually made its way to us and our waiting cameras which were set up on tripods at the ready. The bird came very close and very quickly we both had reasonable shots considering the light. 

Hopefully the bird will hang around for a few days and the light will improve.

Ashy headed wagtailA 6am start this morning to locate the bird again before I went to work enabled me to get a few more pictures, this time in slightly better light