Contributor
Stephen Bailey Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Woodhead Reservoir
Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Behaviors
- Foraging or eating
Observation details
A medium-sized grey, black and white bird with a long tail and hooked bill. The mantle, crown and rump being grey; paler below with black tail, short black wings with white base to primaries and tertial tips and a black face mask extending from the bill base back through the eye. Most of the time perched prominently on wires with an upright stance and sideways tail flicking; dropped to the ground from vantage point in search of food before returning, mainly to wires. On occasions, seen to hover, particularly over the taller vegetation before dropping to ground. Undulating flight.
Technical information
- Model
- GT-I9505
- ISO
- 80
- Focal length
- 4.2 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/2.2
- Shutter speed
- 1/33 sec
- Dimensions
- 2313 pixels x 1985 pixels
- Original file size
- 262.71 KB