Comments on: The Pied Wagtails Of Bishopsgate https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/28/the-pied-wagtails-of-bishopsgate/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:07:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Bailey Jones https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/28/the-pied-wagtails-of-bishopsgate/#comment-1991755 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:07:33 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206494#comment-1991755 Lovely stuff.

I too love Pied Wagtails, and have memories of The Observer Book of Birds from which I learned a great deal as a young teenager. These memories also link to a family member but, in my case, a Great Aunt who had a lasting effect on my life, though she had been gone from us for many years.

Thank you for sharing this, Mat.

]]> By: Paul Scott-Bates https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/28/the-pied-wagtails-of-bishopsgate/#comment-1985510 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:33:42 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206494#comment-1985510 Beautiful writing.

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/28/the-pied-wagtails-of-bishopsgate/#comment-1983272 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 21:19:27 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206494#comment-1983272 Fascinating birds, and well named

]]> By: Rich Bee https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/28/the-pied-wagtails-of-bishopsgate/#comment-1983136 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:49:46 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206494#comment-1983136 From someone who writes about old cars to the music journey who wrote this, thank you! The wagtails have left our Carmarthenshire garden and they’re no longer in Pembrey Country Park, and their absence is much felt. But they willl return, and once again bring diminutive joy to my garden and hopefully to your morning walk to work.

]]> By: Eve https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/28/the-pied-wagtails-of-bishopsgate/#comment-1982692 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:49:04 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206494#comment-1982692 So cute, these Pied Wagtails ! I’ve not seen them amongst the birds around Lincoln’s Inn Fields, but not surprised they frequent the City of London – after all they do prefer to nest in banks & wall (streets) ..?

]]> By: Hugh https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/28/the-pied-wagtails-of-bishopsgate/#comment-1982689 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:45:46 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206494#comment-1982689 How apt for City of London Wagtails that amongst their natural nesting places are banks.

]]> By: Stephan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/28/the-pied-wagtails-of-bishopsgate/#comment-1982684 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:39:47 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206494#comment-1982684 This has made my day, as I have seen them on Bishopsgate, by the corner of Devonshire Row and outside Eataly. From my office up above 135 Bishopgate, we have spotted them following buses and sitting on the parapet above the police station, where they spy rich pickings (or targets). Thank you, I’m so glad to know what they are.

]]> By: Amanda Bush https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/28/the-pied-wagtails-of-bishopsgate/#comment-1982681 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:37:22 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206494#comment-1982681 I love pied wagtails and used to see them when I lived in Hoxton. Now I live in Cornwall where I feel the concentration of these little birds must be greater than in any other part of the country.

]]> By: th https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/28/the-pied-wagtails-of-bishopsgate/#comment-1982652 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:07:28 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206494#comment-1982652 I saw a pair wandering around Petticoat Lane market(Middlesex St). They cluster together to roost at night – there used to be a colony outside the Holloway Odeon on the Holloway Road. It’s lovely to see such elegant, delicate creatures enjoying city life. Lovely piece, thankyou.

]]> By: Greg T https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/28/the-pied-wagtails-of-bishopsgate/#comment-1982624 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 09:34:28 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206494#comment-1982624 They move in over the winter
Large numbers in central Croydon, years ago.
Seen them at the top of the market & on the station at Walthamstow Central recently.
Very “perky” & individual, aren’t they?

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