I read with interest the short paper in BB on the first record of ‘Iberian Wagtail’ Motacilla flava iberiae for Britain (Pearson 2018). The bird shows the suite of characters of iberiae (even if the supercilium is slightly longer than typical for iberiae). However, I was surprised that intermediate forms of Yellow Wagtail were not discussed at all. I stu

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