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Apr 2021
2:24pm, 19 Apr 2021
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J2R
DT, I live in a reedy, sedgy area, so these little chaps are part of my world. On my regular lowland river valley run, I often come across both reed and sedge warblers (although sedge warblers are more common), and there are occasionally garden warblers lurking among the blackcaps, too. I'm never 100% certain on identification until I see them.
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Apr 2021
2:24pm, 19 Apr 2021
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TheScribbler
Now you've mentioned warblers, I've had a look in my Collins bird guide to see the difference. I'm confident in my blackcap identification given the location in the park, it's appearance and its song 
I also spotted some LBJs flying around the garden that could be garden warblers. Our sparrows are very active at the moment, but these looked less 'interesting' in plumage. I'll keep my eyes and ears open for them again. It would be great to have a new variety of bird in the garden.
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Apr 2021
2:31pm, 19 Apr 2021
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Derby Tup
Check out dunnock Scribbs. It’s early yet for garden warbler and they are really quite secretive
Which reminds me - this is the year I’m going to get a local gropper
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Apr 2021
2:41pm, 19 Apr 2021
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Yorkshire Pie
We have nest building activity here. MM is still letting me cut his hair rather than getting a professional to do it, and we tend to do it in the garden rather than inside to avoid getting hair everywhere inside. We left it to see who was interested and the jackdaws and the blue tits have been gathering it up to line their nests
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Apr 2021
2:46pm, 19 Apr 2021
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TheScribbler
Oh we definitely have dunnocks too DT It's good to get an idea of what to look for to ID something that I might only see for a few seconds.
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Apr 2021
3:16pm, 19 Apr 2021
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Surelynot
First mallard ducklings on the river at lunchtime. Ten of them.
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Apr 2021
3:36pm, 19 Apr 2021
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J2R
TheScribbler, unfortunately garden warbler is a bit of a misnomer, as you're unlikely to see one in your garden unless you're very lucky. They're more birds of woodland and scrub. (Another good bird name is Common Gull, a type of gull which is far less common in most places than the Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull).
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Apr 2021
5:30pm, 19 Apr 2021
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jacdaw
First sand martins of the year here today, and a male redstart.
Tons of willow warblers and chiffchaffs.
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Apr 2021
5:32pm, 19 Apr 2021
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Derby Tup
I’ve never heard as many willow warbler as I did on this morning’s walk. Blackcap numbers picked up here too
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Apr 2021
5:58pm, 19 Apr 2021
3,572 posts
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J2R
I have really come to love the song of the willow warbler, which has a kind of wistful melancholy to it. Heard more yesterday than I heard most of last year.
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