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Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava)

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Ashy-headed wagtail (M. f. cinereocapilla) juvenile

© Fabrice Cahez / Biosphoto
Ashy-headed wagtail (M. f. cinereocapilla) on ground

© Michael Gore / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Ashy-headed wagtail (M. f. cinereocapilla) male perched on branch

© Emile Barbelette / Biosphoto
Ashy-headed wagtail (M. f. cinereocapilla) perched in a field of wheat

© Régis Cavignaux / Biosphoto
Ashy-headed wagtail (M. f. cinereocapilla) preening

© Fabrice Cahez / Biosphoto
Ashy-headed wagtail (M. f. cinereocapilla) shaking feathers

© Luis Casiano / Biosphoto
Ashy-headed wagtail (M. f. cinereocapilla) stretching wings

© Alain Balthazard / Biosphoto
Ashy-headed wagtail (M. f. cinereocapilla) male stretching tail feathers

© Alain Balthazard / Biosphoto
Ashy-headed wagtail (M. f. cinereocapilla) females on ground

© Bruno Mathieu / Biosphoto
Ashy-headed wagtail (M. f. cinereocapilla) wading through water

© Fabrice Cahez / Biosphoto
Black-headed wagtail (M. f. feldegg) female

© Neil Bowman / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Black-headed wagtail (M. f. feldegg) male standing on rock

© Frédéric Desmette / Wildlife Pictures / Biosphoto
Black-headed wagtail (M. f. feldegg) male

© David Hosking / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Black-headed wagtail (M. f. feldegg) male wading through stream

© S Charlie Brown / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Black-headed wagtail (M. f. feldegg) male wading through stream

© Frédéric Desmette / Wildlife Pictures / Biosphoto
Blue-headed wagtail (M. f. flava) nest with eggs

© Dennis Green / gettyimages.com
Blue-headed wagtail (M. f. flava) chicks in nest begging for food

© Dennis Green / gettyimages.com
Blue-headed wagtail (M. f. flava) perched

© Juan M Sanchez & Jose L De Lope / Animals Animals
Blue-headed wagtail (M. f. flava) male

© Richard Brooks / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Blue-headed wagtail (M. f. flava) perched on barbed wire

© Frédéric Desmette / Wildlife Pictures / Biosphoto
Blue-headed wagtail (M. f. flava) adult male singing

© Neil Bowman / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Blue-headed wagtail (M. f. flava) male with insect in beak

© Neil Bowman / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Blue-headed wagtail male and female (M. f. flava) with prey

© Dennis Green / gettyimages.com
Blue-headed wagtail (M. f. flava) bathing

© Hanne & Jens Eriksen / naturepl.com
Blue-headed wagtail (M. f. flava) stretching wings

© Robert Henno / Wildlife Pictures / Biosphoto
Blue-headed wagtail (M. f. flava) female flying to branch

© Bill Coster / www.photoshot.com
Blue-headed wagtail (M. f. flava) female flying to branch

© Bill Coster / www.photoshot.com
Grey-headed wagtail (M. f. thunbergi) adult male perched on twig

© Michael Durham / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Male grey-headed wagtail (M. f. thunbergi) stretching wings

© Brian Rogers / naturalvisions.co.uk
Male grey-headed wagtail (M. f. thunbergi) with faecal sac in beak

© Brian Rogers / naturalvisions.co.uk
Grey-headed wagtail (M. f. thunbergi) foraging for food

© Dominique Halleux / Biosphoto
Yellow wagtail (M. f. beema) immature male calling

© Richard Brooks / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Yellow wagtail (M. f. beema), immature male bathing

© Richard Brooks / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Yellow wagtail (M. f. beema) perched on branch

© Michael Gore / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Yellow wagtail (M. f. beema) male preening

© Richard Brooks / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Yellow wagtail (M. f. flavissima) male at waters edge

© Robin Chittenden / naturepl.com
Yellow wagtail (M. f. flavissima) female with prey in beak

© Andy Sands / naturepl.com
Yellow wagtail (M. f. flavissima)female with faecal sack in beak

© Andy Sands / naturepl.com
Yellow wagtail (M. f. flavissima) male singing

© Alan Williams / naturepl.com
Yellow wagtail (M. f. flavissima) male foraging

© Alan Williams / naturepl.com
Yellow wagtail (M. f. flavissima) adult male feeding on grasshopper

© John Hawkins / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Yellow wagtail (M. f. iberiae) adult male

© Tony Hamblin / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Yellow wagtail (M. f. iberiae) with nest material in beak

© Jean-Lou Zimmermann / Biosphoto
Yellow wagtail (M. f. iberiae) with nest material in beak

© Jean-Lou Zimmermann / Biosphoto
Yellow wagtail (M. f. macronyx) adult male

© Michelle & Peter Wong
Yellow wagtail (M. f. pygmaea) male at waters edge

© Robin Chittenden / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Yellow wagtail (M. f. taivana) singing

© Hanne & Jens Eriksen / naturepl.com
Yellow wagtail male at nest with young begging for food

© Tony Hamblin / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Yellow wagtail juvenile bathing

© Philippe Clement / naturepl.com
Yellow wagtail perched

© Bence Mate / naturepl.com
Yellow wagtail in flight

© Roger and Liz Charlwood / WorldWildlifeImages.com
Yellow wagtail calling

© Jean Roche / naturepl.com
Yellow wagtail courtship

© Alain Costes / Biosphoto

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