African Tourists

gubbs

I'd not seen these before, so I looked them up. They are Yellow wagtails visiting the UK for the summer from Africa. They feed on the dragonflies and bugs around the river and are superb hunters....entertaining to watch too

ginger_55

Tourists, Gubbs, that is funny!

And I see a reflection, too. Pretty little things.

ginger

bfjr

And here I thought I was going to see the Gubbs Clan, in Pitt Helmets and safari shorts standing next to a couple of Zulus in full dress :lol4

Nice shots either way

ginger_55

bfjr wrote:

And here I thought I was going to see the Gubbs Clan, in Pitt Helmets and safari shorts standing next to a couple of Zulus in full dress :lol4

Nice shots either way

Ben, there would have to be an elephant, giraffe, some wildlife, or at least flower in the photo: this is the nature forum.

I would love to see the Gubbs clan, as so described.

ginger

BigAl

gubbs wrote:

I'd not seen these before, so I looked them up. They are Yellow wagtails visiting the UK for the summer from Africa. They feed on the dragonflies and bugs around the river and are superb hunters....entertaining to watch too

Hey Gubbs, I thought it was the other way round - they are summer visitors to Africa from Europe

(I think the way birding people look at it is that they breed in Europe so they visit us )

Nice pics - I know how hard it is to catch them, as they dodge around so quickly

regards
alan

Harryb

Very nice Gubbs. Love the colors in that little one.

wxwax

Nice piccies and even better story. Imagine those tiny things flying all the way to Africa. Very impressive. I can't even fly off the sofa.

Phil U.

very cool shots gubbs!