Yellow Wagtail

Motacilla flava flavissima

Scarce & local Summer Visitor from April-October with 19,000 breeding pairs in Britain & Ireland.

Winters in Africa.

Males have yellow-green head with a brighter yellow supercilium.

Females markedly paler below than Males.

Juveniles are duller than the Adults.

Their calls given in flight are slighty higher pitched than Pied & Grey Wagtails.