Erlend Haarberg / White wagtail (Motacilla alba) reflected in water. Pasvik, Norway. May.

Andres M. Dominguez / Western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) perched on thistle, Andalusia. Spain. April

Markus Varesvuo / Citrine wagtail (Motacilla citreola) male perched on Reed. Latvia. April.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava flavissima) adult male in spring plumage feeding on dung flies at farm midden heap, Hertfordshire, UK, April. Did you know? Yellow wagtails commonly used to nest in wat...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava flavissima) adult female perched in oilseed rape crop (Brassica napus) on arable farm, Hertfordshire, UK, April. Did you know? Although wagtails are almost constantly w...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) amongst vegetation, Kent, UK, February

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Adult male Pied wagtail (Motacilla alba yarrellii), in spring plumage, feeding on dung flies (Scathophagidae), Hertfordshire, England, UK, May. Did you know? Some of the colloquial names of Pied wagta...

Ross Hoddinott / Pied Wagtail {Motacilla alba yarrellii} in snow, nr Bradworthy, Devon, UK. December 2010

Ross Hoddinott / Pied Wagtail {Motacilla alba} in snow, nr Bradworthy, Devon, UK. December 2010

David Tipling / Pied wagtails (Motacilla alba yarrellii) silhouetted against the moon, roosting in tree in shopping centre. Kent, UK, December

Andrew Parkinson / Pied wagtail (Motacilla alba yarrellii) taking off from snow covered ground. Derbyshire, UK, January (non-ex)

Andrew Parkinson / Pied wagtail (Motacilla alba yarrellii) standing on snow covered ground, with wind blowing snow around, Derbyshire, UK, January (non-ex)

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hamblin / Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) adult perched with food for chicks, Lithuania, May 2009

Alan Williams / Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava flavissima) male singing perched on Rapeseed flower head, Essex, UK, May

Jose B. Ruiz / White wagtail {Motacilla alba alba} flying with beak wide open showing aggression towards Sparrow, Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / White wagtail {Motacilla alba alba} with beak wide open, reflected in water, Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Male White wagtail {Motacilla alba alba} at waters edge with reflection, Spain

Simon Colmer / Pied Wagtails (Motacilla alba yarrellii) roosting in tree in a car park at night, Sussex, UK

Rolf Nussbaumer / European cuckoo chick {Cuculus canorus} being fed by White wagtail, Switzerland

Tomasz Zawadzki/ BIA / Blue-headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava) calling, Poland

Duncan Usher / White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) foraging in garden, Lower Saxony, Germany

Duncan Usher / White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) foraging on the shore of a lake, Alentejo, Portugal

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) perched among flowering Rapeseed (Brassica napus), Scotland, UK. May.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) perched among flowering Rapeseed (Brassica napus), Scotland, UK. May.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) perched among flowering Rapeseed (Brassica napus), Scotland, UK. May.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Female Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) singing, Derbyshire, UK. May.

Staffan Widstrand / White wagtail (Motacilla alba) feeding on insects, Pusztaszer reserve, Hungary. May.

Loic Poidevin / White wagtail (Motacilla alba) searching for food in grass, Vendee, France. December.

Bruce Thomson / Willie wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) adult and chick in nest sheltering from desert heat, Quilpie, Queensland, Australia.

Bruce Thomson / Willie wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) perching on a branch, Inglewood, Queensland, Australia.

Guy Edwardes / Western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) perched on reed, Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

David Tipling / Grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) standing at edge of small pool, Norfolk, UK.

David Tipling / Pied wagtail (Motacilla alba) collecting food to feed young at nest, Cromer, Norfolk, UK. July.

Sylvain Cordier / Male Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava), perched on a rapeseed plant (Brassica napus), calling to females, Oise, France, April.

Loic Poidevin / Western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) perched on a blade of barley, Vendeen Marsh, Vendee, France, June.

Oscar Dewhurst / Grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) male perched on a low-hanging branch, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, UK. March

John Waters / Winter roost of Pied wagtails (Motacilla alba) at dusk, shopping centre, Bath, UK. January.

John Waters / Winter roost of Pied wagtails (Motacilla alba) dusk, shopping centre, Bath, UK. January.

John Waters / Winter roost of Pied wagtails (Motacilla alba) dusk, shopping centre, Bath, UK. January.

Loic Poidevin / Western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) on lichen-covered piece of cut stone, Vendeen Marsh, France, May

Robin Chittenden / Eastern yellow wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis), Dingle Marshes, Suffolk, UK. November.

Robin Chittenden / Eastern yellow wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis) juvenile, Dingle Marshes, Suffolk, UK. November.

Markus Varesvuo / Pied wagtail (Motacilla alba) displaying. Uto, Finland. April.

Markus Varesvuo / Pied wagtail (Motacilla alba) taking off. Uto, Finland. April.