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Return Dates for Louis last year was 5th April 08.15 and Aila 6th of April 09.24
The happy couple last year - lets hope its not too long until we see them safely return from migration.
LINK TO MARCH 2021 THREAD - where all links are to previous threads and history.
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Three little songbirds visited this afternoon, where's Scylla? More IDs needed!
scylla 25 Aug 2021 11:34 PM
In reply to Geemeff:
May I offer you the fruits of the expertise I acquired (mostly at Poole Harbour with the help of RICHARD) this season?
It's a Coal Tit
No need to thank me, GEEMEFF, I'm puffed up enough as it is
Geemeff said:Geemeff:
You She-Devil, you
2 in one = Great Tit and Blue Tit (I could possibly recognise Blue Tit in mono, its little head has such distinctive markings):
I gave up - if I put a description into Google it keeps giving me Blackcap. The Coal Tit is the more obvious but it's the LBJ with distinctive (you'd think) markings that I cannot manage
I can't count the number of birds I've checked for it - but obviously not enough. It reminded me of a Wren but I can't think why.
IMAGICAT
scylla said:
https://youtu.be/SopI1iJZZDA
Thanks Scylla! Other people have also suggested wren for the LBJ, I googled wren and found there are several varieties so am still not sure. Hope Richard can ID it via your clever video clip, you got a nice crisp zoomed shot.
Wow, what a video, every time you looked another bird appeared from somewhere. What a hectic 10 mins. Quickly looking through there were Coal Tit Great Tit Blue tit Wren Tree Creeper ( bottom left hand corner 1737 and 35 secs )
Richard B
Thank you to CIRRUS and RICHARD (I was beginning to worry that you were away, Richard).
Among the birds I checked were Wren, Tree Creeper and Gold/Fire Crest - cross my heart. I think I amalgamated 2 LBJs into one
I can't see a Gold/Fire Crest anywhere, and I've watched it 3 times now.
The LBJ in the short video clip is a Wren followed by a Coal Tit.
Unknown said:I can't see a Gold/Fire Crest anywhere
I'm not surprised, but this was a completely unfamiliar bird to me and I hoped I'd find there was a possibility of hidden colour among the stripes but there wasn't so I dismissed it:
Unknown said:Wow, what a video, every time you looked another bird appeared from somewhere. What a hectic 10 mins. Quickly looking through there were Coal Tit Great Tit Blue tit Wren Tree Creeper ( bottom left hand corner 1737 and 35 secs )
Thanks Richard,
I've updated the description and credited you with the ID.
Apparently that was Incy Wincy causing the chaos with the nest cam yesterday:
WT George Anderson to Geemeff •
It looks like a very substantial spider web confused the autofocus just as it was getting light. The camera went through a period of repeated refocussing until finding its bearings again once it became lighter.