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May 2018
10:12am, 8 May 2018
1,215 posts
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J2R
Heinzster, a phone app is a great resource for identifying song, as you can check while the sound is still fresh in your ears (although it's considered bad form to actually play the sound loud enough for other birds to hear, as it's confusing to them). I have an Android one called 'Birds Europe' which no longer seems to be available on the Google Play Store, don't know why. The Collins one has a good reputation, although it's not cheap, as apps go.
bonners, my thinking would be garden warbler, too, as the song is the nearest to the blackcap. Is it completely nondescript in appearance, with no specific identifying features? If so, garden warbler is likely.
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May 2018
10:52am, 8 May 2018
25,791 posts
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Derby Tup
One of the guide books actually states that garden warbler’s lack of distinct features is its biggest feature 
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May 2018
11:25am, 8 May 2018
1,468 posts
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RunningRonnie
Can anyone give me any tips on attracting birds to my garden? I am in a new build property, so the garden is still quite empty at the moment, but we are in the process of planting. I'm hoping when some of the climbing plants and heathers grow, then birds will come. I have a large feeder post with a variety of foods in a selection of styles of feeders, but only the crows seem to be interested.
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May 2018
2:01pm, 8 May 2018
1,217 posts
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J2R
RunningRonnie, by far the most popular food in our garden is sunflower hearts. I'd be surprised if you didn't get some birds interested in those. Having said that, the birds need to be around to come across them. Are you in an area where most/all the houses are new builds? If so, I think you might have to wait until vegetation has established in the area as a whole, before your garden starts to get visits.
First swift of the year over the garden just now!
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May 2018
3:06pm, 8 May 2018
1,470 posts
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RunningRonnie
Yes, all new builds around us. I hear a lot of skylarks and we get a blackbird outside the front on a house roof singing every morning. There are a lot of young trees planted and large areas being left wild, so just patience until these grow I guess.
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May 2018
3:22pm, 8 May 2018
1,218 posts
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J2R
RunningRonnie, sounds like they've thought it out nicely in terms of wildlife, so I suspect you have a bird-filled future ahead of you!
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May 2018
3:24pm, 8 May 2018
25,793 posts
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Derby Tup
Birds are clever at seeing other birds feed. It doesn’t take long to build momentum- especially when temperatures drop at the end of the summer (tomorrow? ;))
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May 2018
3:54pm, 8 May 2018
18,488 posts
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Wriggling Snake
Very happy, I hadn't see one before, even though I'd been up to the right areas half a dozen times. On Sunday think I saw half a dozen, mainly zooming off away from into the distance, I still had to leg it half-way across a muddy field to get a decent shot.
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May 2018
4:56pm, 8 May 2018
25,794 posts
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Derby Tup
‘the mountain blackbird’ - nice
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May 2018
5:49pm, 8 May 2018
1,219 posts
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J2R
Great shot there, Wriggling Snake! I did actually see a ring ouzel at Minsmere last year, in the distance, but they're definitely best in their mountain habitat.
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