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Apr 2021
7:47pm, 9 Apr 2021
49,604 posts
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Derby Tup
Listen out for nuthatch Rosehip. An incessant loud staccato machine gun ‘rattle’
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Apr 2021
8:32pm, 9 Apr 2021
20,608 posts
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Rosehip
There were so many families enjoying the RSPB site today I'm surprised I saw or heard anything. It's lovely to see youngsters of 5 or 6 with borrowed bins
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Apr 2021
8:36pm, 9 Apr 2021
49,608 posts
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Derby Tup
Now that sounds fantastic
We had a school teacher Mr Kitchen when I was seven or eight who ran the YOC and got me into bird watching. He wore tweed jackets and knit ties and was a wonderful man. I often think about him
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Apr 2021
8:42pm, 9 Apr 2021
49,609 posts
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Derby Tup
I found this which I’ve posted before but forgotten. I think it’s better than my previous picture on the same theme
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Apr 2021
9:12pm, 9 Apr 2021
6,557 posts
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Dooogs
We've got a single jay as a regular bac garden visitor again this spring - haven't worked out whether it's the same one as last summer yet.
Fewer birds on the ground in the garden than last year so far - possibly because squirrels are *everywhere* this year!
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Apr 2021
9:15pm, 9 Apr 2021
1,891 posts
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bonners
Thanks in part to DT's id posters managed to correctly identify my first swallow and first sand martin of the season. Really pleased, especially to see a swallow so early, but seeing the chart yesterday really made me gave a good look and was shocked to realise it was an early swallow.
Still on the lookout for housemartins that I usually see first.
On a more gruesome note, saw a greater black backed gull takeout a pigeon. Second time I've seen this in the same spot, but not for a couple of years. Amazing to see.
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Apr 2021
8:42am, 10 Apr 2021
21,788 posts
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Red Squirrel
First nuthatch of the year. Saw something else flitting close to it, maybe its mate; but it disappeared too quickly.
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Apr 2021
10:39am, 10 Apr 2021
4,507 posts
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steve45
J2R, Willow Warblers seem to be already more widespread this Spring. Same here, have seen them regularly in places where they've been absent in recent years.
My first Common Sandpiper of the year while out running, three Great Crested Grebes, plus " usual" Willow Warblers, Chiffs, Blackcaps and of course, Cettis. Whitethroat soon!
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Apr 2021
10:49am, 10 Apr 2021
49,615 posts
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Derby Tup
Early common sand and dunlin reported on a local reservoir this week
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Apr 2021
11:42am, 10 Apr 2021
50,109 posts
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alpenrose
It's a shame I'm unable to identify many bird calls apart from chiffchaffs, stonechats and a few others.
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