I thought I was start a new thread dedicated to our beautiful wee Dunnocks and hope you will share all your fabulous Dunnock pics aswell. These wee birds don't get the credit they deserve and are often mistaken for allsorts of other birds.
Please feel free to add your pics
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
Similar story; I was once walking my two dogs and met a fella who had 4 jack russells. He wasn't walking and as I approached he said to me "Look at that" and pointed downwards. I looked down and there was a mouse merrily going about his business, despite there being six terriers and two humans right above him. He even jumped up on my shoe and nibbled on a seed he'd found. The dogs were more interested in each other and never noticed him. A strange phenomenon that. I guess his fright gene was switched off. I don't suppose he would have lasted too long being so bold but it was lovely to see.
Hi everyone. Is this a Dunnock please? Yes, that's my hand.
This lovely little bird was walking across the lawn. I have cats so I picked him/her up and he/she stayed with me for a while before flying off into a hedge. The next day, he/she stopped by and flew around my head and alighted in the Eucalyptus tree and chatted away to me.
The day after that, he/she stood on the shed roof and chatted away to me (I of course, chatted back. It would have been rude not to!) and then I never saw him/her again although I downloaded an app on my phone called BirdNet which allows me to record snippets of birdsong to analyse to discover what birds are in the vicinity and Dunnock regularly shows up.
Looks like a young one to me but I'm no expert.
Not a very good photo...
You all have such lovely little dunnock pals!
The silhouetted one above, but taken on another day!
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Dunnock with the dead ferns behind: