Can anyone identify these birds i photographed the other day

Can anyone identify these birds i photographed the other day

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rumpelstiltskin

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Anyone any ideas what these are?Took them the other day,really wondering more about the black and white one?It was quite far away!







rumpelstiltskin

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Checked pics of oystercatcher in my bird book,they seems to have quite long beaks,the bird i saw had a little beak and all the area around its head was mostly white??Oystercatchers heads seem to be all black?At least that's one ticked off the list.Size wise it was quite small,similar in build/proportion to a pied wagtail.Which is what i thought it was till it stood still!

rumpelstiltskin

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Now that I look at the top two again they are similar! But one definetly had a green tinge, and one a sandy colour.

rumpelstiltskin

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knotweed said:
The top two are probably willow warblers, although if you're sure they were both different then one will be a chiffchaff, they look very similar.

The bottom one is a pied wagtail.
Thanks for that.On the pied wagtail I know them really well! In fact I took a pic of one 5 minutes after this and they're completely different.The one in the pic had a really white head with a black patch on its throat.It didnt have as stripey wings as a wagtail?

rumpelstiltskin

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knotweed said:
Have a look at a pic of a white wagtail. It's very similar to the pied but is paler with less black.
Im so used to seeing the same type of pied wagtail all the time this different wagtail just threw me, never seen one before, Think it could be that! Sorry for doubting it!;-)