yellow wagtail
Motacilla flava

Slim, elegant yellow-green wagtail

Habitat: open damp grassland

Widespread summer visitor, absent from the north-west chalklands of the county

Yellow face with green or yellow-green back; 16–17 cm

Usually seen walking, bouncing its long white-edged, black tail

Feeds on insects

Nest is a cup on the ground

1 or 2 broods May to June