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Mar 2024
5:33pm, 26 Mar 2024
3,720 posts
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flyingfinn
Female siskin I think
Definitely Ronnie.
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Mar 2024
5:44pm, 26 Mar 2024
3,721 posts
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flyingfinn
We also have one or two that *could* be serins as they look different to the others but they don't come on the feeders often so I am not 100%, maybe they are just last years young ones? Serin are a scarce passage migrant in the south and east of England, less than 100 per year. And maybe the odd breeding pair but not every year. Can you get a pic?
Curly, you're in Derbyshire aren't you? Derbyshire Ornithological Society has no verified Serin record in the period 2010 - 2022 and explicitly lists Serin as a species requiring a full identification description and consideration by the Rareities Sub-Committee before any record can be considered. So though possible it's extremely unlikely they are Serin, especially as you imply they are regular visitors not an off-course one off.
Not that any of that stops Merlin regularly telling me they are present during summer wanders down Limestone valleys 🤣
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Mar 2024
6:00pm, 26 Mar 2024
65,189 posts
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Derby Tup
Keep ‘em peeled. You never know 
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Mar 2024
6:09pm, 26 Mar 2024
5,126 posts
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J2R
Female siskin, female sparrowhawk. (Hope they don't meet).
Blackcap and chiffchaff both heard singing in garden today. Ladies and gentlemen, spring has definitely arrived!
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Mar 2024
6:11pm, 26 Mar 2024
65,190 posts
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Derby Tup
No warblers here yet apart from chiffs
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Mar 2024
7:09pm, 26 Mar 2024
3,035 posts
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RunningRonnie
Female siskin I think Definitely Ronnie.
Thanks.
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Mar 2024
7:40pm, 26 Mar 2024
4,666 posts
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Curly45
We also have one or two that *could* be serins as they look different to the others but they don't come on the feeders often so I am not 100%, maybe they are just last years young ones? Serin are a scarce passage migrant in the south and east of England, less than 100 per year. And maybe the odd breeding pair but not every year. Can you get a pic? Curly, you're in Derbyshire aren't you? Derbyshire Ornithological Society has no verified Serin record in the period 2010 - 2022 and explicitly lists Serin as a species requiring a full identification description and consideration by the Rareities Sub-Committee before any record can be considered. So though possible it's extremely unlikely they are Serin, especially as you imply they are regular visitors not an off-course one off. Not that any of that stops Merlin regularly telling me they are present during summer wanders down Limestone valleys 🤣
Yep totally unlikely, but just weird that two of them are different from the others. We do seem to be a bit of a finch paradise in the lane.
Birds are my mums near Bristol are massive compared to the ones we see. What are all the bristolians feeding them eh 😂😂
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Mar 2024
8:36pm, 26 Mar 2024
21,190 posts
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flanker
I think I heard my first blackcap down the canal tonight, but I always struggle telling them apart from blackbirds (I know what the difference is, but I need the 2 of them singing together to be sure!).
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Mar 2024
8:41pm, 26 Mar 2024
65,193 posts
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Derby Tup
‘Plummy’ blackbird notes are something I always associate with blackcap
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Mar 2024
10:27am, 27 Mar 2024
4,360 posts
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jacdaw
Redshank back in their breeding fields today.
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