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J2R
J2R
Mar 2021
5:43pm, 27 Mar 2021
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J2R
Willow warbler and blackcap songs are really quite different. WW song has a fairly predictable form, a descending sequence of notes lasting 5-10 seconds, repeated. It sounds a bit like a rather melancholy, reserved chaffinch. Blackcap song is long and constantly varied, rather like a speeded up robin.
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Mar 2021
6:50pm, 27 Mar 2021
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Derby Tup
Lovely plummy blackbird notes in blackcap too
bonners
bonners
Mar 2021
8:15pm, 27 Mar 2021
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bonners
Thanks both, I'll keep listening, from that description I'm guessing willow warbler was right.
steve45
steve45
Mar 2021
10:26am, 28 Mar 2021
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steve45
...and a Blackcap is quite loud too!
Plenty of Chiffs and Blackcaps singing just after dawn this morning along my run route, and a Cettis.
I've been getting over optimistic about Willow Warbler; arrival locally ( Cardiff) was 4th April last year and over the last twenty years ( on running routes) always between 1st and 4th.
Hanneke
Hanneke
Mar 2021
11:00am, 28 Mar 2021
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Hanneke
Mayhem outside the window here this morning: somehow the rookery got disturbed and they were all flying around seemingly aimlessly and maniacally.
steve45
steve45
Mar 2021
12:01pm, 28 Mar 2021
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steve45
just read of local Willow Warbler and Swallow firsts here near Cardiff.
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Mar 2021
1:32pm, 28 Mar 2021
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Derby Tup
A local blogger has a friend in Oxford who recorded a swallow on Friday
D2
D2
Mar 2021
1:37pm, 28 Mar 2021
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D2
swallow you say? holds breath :)
flyingfinn
flyingfinn
Mar 2021
3:42pm, 28 Mar 2021
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flyingfinn
Party of Sand Martins (a dozen plus) and at least two Swallows over the res here today. They were seemingly managing to feed despite the strong winds whipping across the water. So they're near D2 but I suspect the ones we see early-on are just passing through on the way further north rather than ones that are going to stay local.
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Mar 2021
3:49pm, 28 Mar 2021
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Derby Tup
I’ve just remembered I witnessed the sad end of a blackbird’s confrontation with a male sparrowhawk yesterday. Nature at its most cruel but compelling

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