Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Yellow Wagtail, Camargue, France, May 2000 - click for larger image France

There are at least 10 subspecies in the Western Palearctic region and I believe the first photo to be the Motacilla flava iberiae subspecies with its narrow white supercilium and its white throat. The Camargue is a bit too far east for this to be certain and it may be an intergrade between M. f. iberiae and M. f. flava.

Yellow Wagtail, Lac de Madine, Lorraine, France, May 2002 - click for larger image The other photos are the nominate M. f. flava taken in Lorraine, France.

In the northern winter, the European population mostly migrate to southern Africa.

Yellow Wagtail, Lac de Madine, Lorraine, France, May 2002 - click for larger image
Yellow Wagtail, Lac de Madine, Lorraine, France, May 2002 - click for larger image
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