A Yellow Wagtail [Motacilla flava] provides an unique and intimate insight in to its life at the waters edge.

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Salmon Pond Weir, part of the river Exe in Devon, is a magnet for wildlife. I had been watching this Yellow Wagtail scooting across rocks at the waters edge for a number of hours trying to capture it on camera. Finally, after many failed attempts, everything came together and I succeeded in capturing this sequence of images of the wagtail, posing preening and feeding .

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Size: 4373px × 3280px
Location: Riverside Valley Park, Salmonpool Lane, Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom, UK
Photo credit: © Wild Birds, Alius Imago / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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