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Feb 2017
6:35pm, 6 Feb 2017
22,502 posts
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Derby Tup
Merlin spotted today while I was driving. Very slim, and very mobile 
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Feb 2017
10:29pm, 6 Feb 2017
9,366 posts
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D2
(adopts Merlin as middle name in the hope that.... well you know.....)
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Feb 2017
9:13am, 8 Feb 2017
1,498 posts
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Fragile Do Not Bend
My bird song question from a couple of pages back - they are definitely chaffinchs as I've caught one in the act.
For some reason the chaffinchs here have a simpler song than the ones I've listened to on the internet, without the twiddley bits (I'm sure there is a technical term for it).
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Feb 2017
11:43am, 8 Feb 2017
21,579 posts
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Dave A
It looks like the Little Egret we saw a few weeks ago around our usual dog walk has stayed. I saw one (I'm assuming it's the same one) last night near the stream that runs through the fields.
A very red make Bullfinch seen earlier, a couple of nuthatch and 2 Robins fighting on the floor.
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Feb 2017
11:45am, 8 Feb 2017
22,510 posts
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Derby Tup
Little egret are spreading like wildfire. Good news with so many species struggling
I was in Scotland Mon and Tues, but very little was seen from the car through the rain 
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Feb 2017
11:46am, 8 Feb 2017
22,511 posts
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Derby Tup
D2 - very good
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Feb 2017
11:50am, 8 Feb 2017
152 posts
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funkyplates
White robin in parents' garden. A few of my dad's mates who like birds have been around for a look
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Feb 2017
12:16pm, 8 Feb 2017
175 posts
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bonners
Goldfinches are back again, feeding quite happily. Had a pied wagtail yesterday, but my main delight is seeing a wren in the garden. See them quite regularly on walks and runs, but an absolute first in the garden. Oh, it's just come back for a third visit as I'm typing.
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Feb 2017
12:22pm, 8 Feb 2017
17,369 posts
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KinkyS
Chaffinches have two versions of their song - the full length with twiddly bits, and also an abbreviated one which is just the first bit, shorter and simpler. They also have a call - a strong CHEEP note similar to a house sparrow but just a single cheep rather than a repeated one like a sparrow would.
We had CHEEP in the back garden this morning
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Feb 2017
1:13pm, 8 Feb 2017
1,502 posts
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Fragile Do Not Bend
Ah that explains my confusion, thanks Kinky
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