Colours of autumn – wagtail after insects

Colours of autumn - grey wagtail after insects

A white wagtail dashing round, hunting after insects. Bancroft Gardens by the river in Stratford on Avon is evidently good hunting grounds for wagtails. There’s often one or a pair hunting there. It’s also one of the two places with the majority of tourists wandering round: the other is by Shakespeare’s birthplace, also a wagtail hotspot.

These must both be such good hunting spots that the birds don’t fly off unless someone gets really close. So it’s possible to get near enough to picture them.