Motacilla alba yarrellii · Irish: Glasóg Shráide
A dapper black-and-white bird that never stops wagging its tail.
Habitat: Pond and lake edges, car parks, farmyards and rooftops — often near water but not exclusively. | Season: All year
Walks briskly while feeding on insects, tail pumping continuously; gathers in communal winter roosts, sometimes in surprising spots such as supermarket car parks.
Pied Wagtails gather into large communal roosts on winter nights for warmth and safety, sometimes choosing surprising sites such as greenhouses, city trees or supermarket rooftops shared by hundreds of birds.
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