What Bird Is This ?

[Bazile]

What bird is this , any ideas ?

Black and white plumage / long tail

Wings flutter each time it tweets/sing .

Saw them on the garden wall this morning

[MargoTester]

Could be a wagtail

[tonyav]

Sounds like it could be a pied wagtail.

[MargoTester]

Sorry Bazile tried to do a link but couldn't get it to work!

[tonyav]

Was it one of these, Bazile.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Pied_Wagtail_rear_view_700.jpg

[Buenchico]

I'd make the same guess as others (although an indication as to its size might help, Bazile!):
https://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/birdguide/name/p/piedwagtail/

There used to be hundreds of them around the school I taught at in Sheffield. (They were by far the most common birds seen on the yard, with dozens of them there most of the time - even when the kids were kicking footballs around them!)

[MargoTester]

Now you are showing me up Tonyav! Pretty little birds aren't spend a lot of time walking on the ground

[Bazile]

Could be yes .

I just thought it was unusual to see its wings ' flapping ' each time it tweeted

[Chipchopper]

Yes, Pied wagtail was my first thoughts too.

[bhg481]

It might sound silly but, if it's a wagtail, it'll be wagging its tail all the time - a dead giveaway.