Link to July 2023 thread
July proved to be a less nail-biting month than June. Brodie re-appeared early on the 1st and delivered fish (including flounder) to the nest every day bar 1 thereafter, with a record count of 7 on the 21st. Asha also fished and delivered a salmon on the 3rd, as well as quite a few sticks, not least one to replace the sticky-up stick on the nest that got removed on ringing day - 12th July. We have 2 boys, as only 7% of those surveyed had predicted. 2C5 (oldest) became Sid (Vicious) and 2C4 (youngest) is Harry (Nilsson). We had some cracking snaps particularly from the PTZ camera, a 2am fish, self-feeding started, and wing-flapping and helicoptering. Bets are on for a fledge or two very early in August. Sid is 58 days and Harry 56 days on the 1st of August
You did well tidying that vid up .There are only 3 bird it could be
Song Thrush ./ Fieldfare../ Mistle Thrush. I will tell you later
If you can ID this bird at 7 52am this morning
Can anyone ID this bird summer visitor ?
trevor l said:Scylla you were correct Mistle Thrush
Phew!
trevor l said:The bird on nest at 7 52 am Tree Pipit
I looked up Pipits and Warblers but actually thought it was a Redstart but that's not rare.
This is not the whole visit but will have to do - even more difficult to clarify than the Mistle Thrush:
I'm off again now, SYAL.
PS - Thank you for reminding me of my Flickr name, heehee. I'm not likely to upload any more because I don't take "real" photos, only online snaps :(((
IMAGICAT
The giveaway is the waging tail relative to the wagtails
Well, it is a little difficult to discern on the nest (I need new eyes) but aren't they male/female/juvie redstarts most likely? Nice video thank you Scylla
Well, I will do my best Trevor but between Black Screens and unresponsive tabs I am at my wits end . I am so fed up. Booting up to an unresponsive black screen is the pits too. Thank you for the advice (I actually thought pipits - there's more than one species isn't there ? were a totally different colour. Like a beige/brown) Hey ho - I definitely thought I saw russet in the tail with a darkish bib.
That's the best i can get no rust or red. You can see
the mottled chest
there are three main Pipits ( meadow /Rock / and Tree )
Reason I believe It to be pipit... The flight to perch /the waging tail /mottled breast
and sound
I have photographed them All three in the wild for many years
Thick mist kept coming and going pre-daycam:
trevor l said:The giveaway is the waging tail relative to the wagtails
I looked up "wag" and "flick" - it didn't do me any good
It didn't occur to me to check the PTZ view until now - that's a much clearer view, even tho it was so distant and grainy - this is just a short excerpt, and I think CIRRUS will recognise it now: