Bird school

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• Willow
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• White wagtail
• Willow tit
• Whitethroat

The white wagtail

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The male The female

Wagtails collect food on their own, but during their move they may appear in smaller flocks. Wagtails often sleep together at certain spots and here large flocks will gather around dusk.

Appearance
Appears to be an ice blue bird with the tail constantly waving and with a white face and black beady eye. It sings to itself while it runs around with a nodding head, and legs as tall as matchsticks that move like spokes in a wheel as it sets off in pursuit of insects.

Similar bird
Truly unmistakable. A long, waving tail, black-and-white and grey plumage. Patrols lawns and roads in a hurry.

Sounds and song
A varied duo-syllabic call and the song is a twittering rigmarole in which the call may be heard.

Food and bird tables
Will eat mainly insects, but will also follow tractors as they plough fields to be able to pick out worms and other insects.

The nest and hollows
It is the female who builds the nest, which appears to be placed most anywhere – even in nesting boxes. The only requirement is some sort of protection above. On one occasion, a wagtail couple built their nest on a ship and thus did their breeding on a return trip to America.