Home PageBirds of Devon and Cornwall Pied Wagtail - Cotehele  

Latin name - Motacilla alba

Pied wagtails can be seen everywhere though they prefer to be near water. They never seem to stop moving, constantly scurrying across areas of grass searching for their diet of insects, even standing still the tail frantically wags up and down. Males have black and white plumage with a long tail, females are similar but have greyer upper-parts and young birds are much browner than the adults.

Pied Wagtail, Cotehele