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Apr 2017
6:08pm, 4 Apr 2017
350 posts
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J2R
steve45, it's great how quickly it all changes, too. I went for a run on March 14 and was listening out for chiffchaffs, didn't hear any. Next day went back to the same place and there were about 5 or 6 singing over a short stretch and lots more since. Also loads more blackcaps today than 3-4 days ago. I love the song of the blackcap, definitely one of the best.
What causes whitethroat crashes? They've been pretty abundant here in the last few years.
It's a very warblery route I run on most days (along the Yare Valley outside Norwich). I once heard 7 different warblers over a stretch of a mile or so - chiffchaff, blackcap, whitethroat, willow, Cetti's, garden and reed warblers. There are often sedge warblers as well, and last year I heard a grasshopper warbler a few times.
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Apr 2017
7:48pm, 4 Apr 2017
22,712 posts
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Derby Tup
Warblertastic 
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Apr 2017
8:55pm, 4 Apr 2017
25,007 posts
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alpenrose
Happy birding in Majorca DT.
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Apr 2017
9:27am, 5 Apr 2017
1,690 posts
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Fragile Do Not Bend
A pair of Egyptian geese with goslings in the local park last night, first time I've seen any in Kent. I had to tell my running group what they were.
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Apr 2017
11:22am, 6 Apr 2017
1,582 posts
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steve45
The big Whitethroat crash in the late 1960's was caused by drought in the Sahel region of Africa, through which a lot of birds had always passed through.
Great warbling mix there J2R...no Whitethroats yet down here but a little early yet..I
Goldcrest singing in the garden as well as Blackcap today. And Coal Tit.
Nice to see earlyish goslings Fragile..I'm often amazed when I'm out and about with people that they are often oblivious to "what's out there"...so many people see the wild side of life only on the telly!
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Apr 2017
11:35am, 6 Apr 2017
1,398 posts
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Surelynot
Swallows
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Apr 2017
12:00pm, 6 Apr 2017
10,781 posts
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Chrisull
One wheatear - Bodmin moor
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Apr 2017
12:30pm, 6 Apr 2017
9,562 posts
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D2
I literally just came in to ask if anyone had seen swallows...... where were you S?
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Apr 2017
1:05pm, 6 Apr 2017
201 posts
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bonners
No swallows here yet, although a few sightings on local sites, so won't be too long now
My usual frustrations today trying to identify various ducks and waders on the river. The waders most frustrating as there are some that could fit several descriptions from the guide books, so really difficult to give good descriptions to help on here.
But, I'm hoping for help in duck identification. Were a pair I think. One very distinctive, black head, grey stripe down whole of upper body, to black smaller stripes either side. White rest of body. So, any ideas? Size was smaller than shelducks similar to mallard?
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Apr 2017
1:19pm, 6 Apr 2017
7,201 posts
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becca7
Sounds like an eider apart from the grey stripe down the whole of the upper body - the back of the head is grey on the male but I don't think it extends beyond. Makes an oooh sound like Frankie Howerd.
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