A wagtail finally

 I've been waiting to catch this one since the migratory season started as it's always one of the earliest arrivals.  

However with so many human activities going on in the taman for the last month, and more, in particular the massive resurfacing of walkways with noisy cement mixer and tractor transport, the brutal clearing of plants and undergrowth along the river banks, and more recently the Huge Ceramah held in conjunction with the 15th General Election, the taman has been like a graveyard where avian life was concerned!

So happily I managed to sight it finally but this Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) was certainly not the easiest of wagtails to follow as it simply 'wagged' its way ceaselessly over at least 20m, hoping for a catch but without success (which possibly explained its non-stop movements).

A failed first attempt, having mistaken a washed up tangled twig for a possible meal.

And so this misadventure sent it on its way, over varied 'terrain'.

A hopeful, but unfortunately futile pause, the last act that finally sent it 'bobbing' upstream.