Motacilla flava Linnaeus 1758 (Family Motacillidae)


Spring: Male

Female

Autumn

Rare Spring Visitor - 27.5.03

Migratory Passage;
Length: 17cm; Wingspan: 23-27cm; Weight: Male 12-27g, Female 12-21g;
Migration: April - May (Earliest: 12.4), September - November (Earliest: 26.8);
Moult: July - September, January - April

Biotopes:
Meadows

Wet Meadows

Hedge Rows
Principal Food:
Diptera

Coleoptera


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