Sunday, 10 December 2023

10-12-2023 SOLLANA SOUTH, ALBUFERA - WHITE WAGTAIL (Motacilla alba)


Their association with “washer” may have arisen because they frequent rivers and water pumps where women once washed clothes, their white and black plumage suggestive of white aprons. Wagtails feature in the myths of many cultures. In Ancient Greece, they were a symbol of love and a gift from the Goddess Aphrodite.

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