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15 Sep
6:25pm, 15 Sep 2024
5,615 posts
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J2R
Nice flock of linnets yesterday, while I was running a relay race along Norfolk coast path. Then a good view of a marsh tit while having a celebratory pint outside a pub afterwards. Today, a singing chiffchaff.
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15 Sep
6:49pm, 15 Sep 2024
4,791 posts
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Curly45
Brief and surprising heron visit this afternoon 😂
Nothing like a confused dinosaur landing in your garden close to your patio doors and flapping off fast when it realised no pond to fish in!
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15 Sep
7:04pm, 15 Sep 2024
67,936 posts
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Derby Tup
Cetti’s warbler heard this morning close to our boat on the Broads confirmed with Merlin. I was surprised how long my phone mic took to pic the bird up
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15 Sep
7:17pm, 15 Sep 2024
5,616 posts
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J2R
I've had that, DT. Never seems to pick up nuthatch properly, not sure why. And there were times in Bulgaria where there was a very clear bird song or call, going on for some time, which it just shrugged its shoulders at and I never found out what the (interesting, non-British) bird was.
Cetti's is instantly recognisable once you've heard one a couple of times - ridiculously loud and explosive song from a small skulking LBJ.
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16 Sep
12:20pm, 16 Sep 2024
6,475 posts
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Windsor Wool
oh, I'm relieved to read of the warbler songs being noted. I thought I must be delirious when I heard a chiff the other day. I was very sure about the Cetti's I heard - they are unmistakable - but also doubted myself on that one too!
The ivy is in full flower in the garden and it's covered in pollinators. There's a warbler hanging out and snaffling them flycatcher-style. I'll never be able to identify it though as I'm almost as bad at warblers as I am waders! [or gulls / other sea birds tbh]
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16 Sep
2:56pm, 16 Sep 2024
67,941 posts
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Derby Tup
I have a theory that the light levels in early autumn are similar to spring and the chiffs think it’s that time of year again
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16 Sep
8:54pm, 16 Sep 2024
5,618 posts
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J2R
Dubious about that, DT. Why only chiffs?
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16 Sep
9:00pm, 16 Sep 2024
67,946 posts
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Derby Tup
A lot of other warblers have already nipped off home 
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16 Sep
9:01pm, 16 Sep 2024
67,947 posts
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Derby Tup
Plus chiffs are first to arrive; the others aren’t familiar with mid March light levels
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16 Sep
9:12pm, 16 Sep 2024
6,462 posts
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paulcook
Am I making it up that robins also tend to sing a lot now similar to spring. I've certainly noticed a few the last couple of weeks though that may be because most other birds have stopped singing so their voices are more obvious again.
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