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10 Sep
2:13pm, 10 Sep 2024
6,396 posts
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paulcook
Come to think of it, I've seen (and heard for that matter) a few very large formations of geese in a few places over the last two weeks or so.
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10 Sep
2:37pm, 10 Sep 2024
34,994 posts
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Old Croc
we get them every year - they feed in the fields behind the woods then head back to the bay later on, usually so low that we can hear the wing beats.
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10 Sep
4:19pm, 10 Sep 2024
67,876 posts
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Derby Tup
We are on the Trans Pennine route for pinkies. They swap coasts if food is scarce over winter. Magnificent sight and sound
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10 Sep
4:24pm, 10 Sep 2024
3,002 posts
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Surelynot
Hobby spotted at Caerlaverock WWT yesterday by the guy who manages the site.
No sign of it today. I've never seen one.
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11 Sep
12:06pm, 11 Sep 2024
24,349 posts
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Red Squirrel
Had some birds in the garden this morning - fairly sure warbler family. Really small and once I stood still, got fairly close to me. White tummy, brown back. I’m not knowledgeable with warblers, so would guess reed as I my garden has a stream down one side, water plants and a big burn at the end of the garden that feeds into a distillery. What do threadsters think?
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11 Sep
1:09pm, 11 Sep 2024
67,891 posts
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Derby Tup
Chiffchaff maybe. Difficult if not singing. Have you checked out dunnock?
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11 Sep
3:23pm, 11 Sep 2024
24,350 posts
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Red Squirrel
No chiffchaff call. The call is a single “peep”. I realise birds have lots of calls, but no chiffchaffing at all. Definitely not a dunnock. The underside and front were white and it was smaller than a dunnock - blue tit size but thinner. I’m now thinking garden warbler as I re-checked chiffchaff and the birds had no yellowing on them at all. Next time I see them, I’ll check the leg colour.
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11 Sep
6:06pm, 11 Sep 2024
67,894 posts
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Derby Tup
Garden warbler isn’t really a garden bird and really a quite illusive skills bird generally
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11 Sep
8:58pm, 11 Sep 2024
5,611 posts
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J2R
DT, I've actually seen garden warblers in a garden-y environment in north Aberdeenshire (Pennan), not a million miles from where Red Squirrel is, so it may be that they behave differently in that part of the world.
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11 Sep
9:21pm, 11 Sep 2024
24,351 posts
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Red Squirrel
I remember a discussion on here about garden warblers and know they’re not aptly named. My garden is rural. I back on to fields and have water boundaries on 2 sides of my garden plus woodland all around. I’ll hopefully get a closer look tomorrow if they’re back - there were quite a few of them in the trees and they’re not shy.
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Bird song watch
Jul 2024