Wagtail wonder

Every autumn at Beckingham, yellow wagtails that have bred locally are joined by other birds stocking up on food, prior to making their journey south for the winter. Yesterday, we saw at least 16 of them feeding around the feet of the cattle along the visitor trail. The most that I've seen on site at this time of year was 42 in 2011. Also on site yesterday were numerous house martins and swallows (also loading up on insects), skylarks, meadow pipits, tree sparrows, linnets, a green woodpecker, a buzzard, and a kestrel.