Fetch Birdwatchers
167 watchers
Mar 2018
10:16am, 28 Mar 2018
25,472 posts
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Derby Tup
Bird watching is like funk: bad is really good 
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Mar 2018
4:46pm, 28 Mar 2018
18,091 posts
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Wriggling Snake
Keyhaven. Oystercatcher Curled Lapwing Little Egret Turnstone 100s of Brent geese |
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Mar 2018
10:03pm, 28 Mar 2018
25,473 posts
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Derby Tup
I’m out on chiffchaff patrol tomorrow 7am sharp with our Tuss and ain’t coming home till I’ve bagged one 
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Mar 2018
12:39am, 29 Mar 2018
15,821 posts
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Chrisity
Drama at the Peregrine nest in Nottingham nottinghamshirewildlife.org webcam address is in the article near the bottom. |
Mar 2018
8:21am, 29 Mar 2018
995 posts
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flyingfinn
Any luck DT? Goldfinches are abundant around me but I've never seen them visit my feeders, despite recently adding a niger seed feeder, until this morning when I peered out the bedroom window to be greeted by a pair scoffing sunflower hearts less than 6 feet away hopefully they will become regular visitors and part of the breakfast club that is currently running at 10-12 species on a daily basis.
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Mar 2018
9:11am, 29 Mar 2018
1,104 posts
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J2R
ff, goldfinches are supposed to like niger seeds but the ones we get in the garden distinctly prefer sunflower hearts (as does practically every species). Goldfinches are by far the commonest bird on our feeders, a situation which would have been unimaginable 20-30 years ago. DT, I hope your chiffchaff quest proved fruitful. Sharply cold again here today, so the chiffchaffs may be regretting their premature move north. |
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Mar 2018
9:53am, 29 Mar 2018
25,474 posts
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Derby Tup
CHIFFCHAFF spotted and heard. Just by the steam railway line too. Worth Valley excitement levels haven’t been so high since Jennifer Aguther whipped her drawers off following the land-slip Also heard: a magnificent song thrush singing from the top of a tree
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Mar 2018
10:23am, 29 Mar 2018
17,541 posts
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KinkyS
We have magnificent song thrushes too, but 'our' chiffchaff hasn't showed up yet. Come on little one, the sun is shining...
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Mar 2018
10:31am, 29 Mar 2018
1,105 posts
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J2R
We hardly ever get song thrushes actually in the garden. But we very often get one singing, very loudly, high up in a tree in a neighbour's garden, late on in the evening after most of the other birds are tucked up in bed. It has a little of the nightingale feel to it.
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Mar 2018
1:35pm, 29 Mar 2018
491 posts
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bonners
Well done DT, finally got you chiffchaff 😀Not heard one here yet. Morning off work and a day off running, so had a lovely stroll around RSPB Conwy. No rarities, plenty of the usual waders and ducks. Highlight for me was a beautiful male bullfinch.
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