Old friend Wilma Grey Wagtail appeared again this afternoon and stayed for hours; she had called in about a month ago when the painters were here but with all the work going on she didn't stay for longer than 15 mins. Nice to see her back and we had the biggest surprise after she disappeared and then returned an hour later and brought in another 3 or 4 Wagtails with her (to be honest I lost count and there could have been 5 of them at least, two on stone bench, two on waterfall and at one stage there was one on shed and one on garage roof so I couldn't keep up with them. As we were outside at the time most did not stay but two did for a while. Pity I couldn't get them on camera when they all returned together - my camera was outside on patio table but when I had to pass the pond to retrieve the camera 3 or 4 spooked leaving two Waggies.
Was a lovely sight and hope they all return tomorrow although weather looks pretty grim and rainy :(
Here's what I did get and I'm 99% certain that Wilma was the first one to arrive as she used the same behaviour and perched on her favourite pond light as she used to do !!
most photos taken through window but did manage a couple of pics when outside.
Here's Wilma with her best pose lol
and Wilma perched on her favourite pond light ............watching Cyril lol
she wasn't bothered one bit even when there were two squirrels.......
and these were taken outside ...... now I don't know who's who in Waggie-world ........
it was difficult to get even two of the Waggies in one pic as they were spread out all over the place ......
but here's two of them although not a great pic ...
different Waggie here .............
definitely Wilma next ............. she certainly looks bonnie lol nice to know she had a brood :)
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Regards, Hazel
There's a lovely surprise Hazy, and great to know she has had a successful season and come out of it in such good fettle.
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Good news, Hazel, and with luck they will all come back tomorrow and the day after that and the day after....
Kind regards, Ann
Beautiful pics. Did you get the grumpy Robin?
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Wonderful news aitch, beautiful little birds, such pretty colours ... will keep my fingers crossed for their return tomorrow, bodes well for my surprise visitor today also coming back?????????
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That is lovely news that WW is back, a nice surprise.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Thanks all, got to say it was lovely to see her back today and bringing what I assume is her family later on. It's as if she was checking the garden out herself first before going to get the rest of the clan lol
As for grumpy robin Paul ......... not great photos through window but here they are !!
the robin wasn't impressed at having his bathing session interrupted by Wilma lol
Poor Robin. As if all that moulting wasn't enough, now there's a coach party of Waggies in the bath!
oh, forgot to tell you ..... the young dog fox has been back every night and has just enjoyed some Butchers dog food and bonio dog biscuits lol He also gets, chicken, pasta, cheese and beef scraps if I make a casserole ! I believe they like fruit and veg too from what I've read !
Is this restaurant being run by Heston Wagtail?
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