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cuckooroller
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Helen,
Yes it is. Looks like the male Phoenicurus ochruros gibraltariensis. Black face, white wing panel, rufous uppertail coverts.
Yes it is. Looks like the male Phoenicurus ochruros gibraltariensis. Black face, white wing panel, rufous uppertail coverts.
bristolbirder
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Lovely picture.
I was lucky to have one in my back garden some years back.
I stayed in an Austrian village one time and Black Redstarts seemed to be everywhere. They seemed very tame, a bit like our House Sparrows in the UK.
I was lucky to have one in my back garden some years back.
I stayed in an Austrian village one time and Black Redstarts seemed to be everywhere. They seemed very tame, a bit like our House Sparrows in the UK.
bristolbirder
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Ruby said:
Summer visitor only Ruby!
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bristolbirder
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Ruby said:
Never mind. At least you should be able to see Alpine Chough which I didn't!
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Ruby
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Yep. Saw plenty of those guys...
We were also lucky enough to be staying in a high Alpine village in early April and there were loads of them in and around the village - the Alpine equivalent of pigeons!!
They used to come and perch on our balcony and make their amazing calls....even my non-birding companions were quite taken by them...
We were also lucky enough to be staying in a high Alpine village in early April and there were loads of them in and around the village - the Alpine equivalent of pigeons!!
They used to come and perch on our balcony and make their amazing calls....even my non-birding companions were quite taken by them...
M Cowming
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Hi guys,
just to give you an idea of the difference in frequency of species on the mainland;
I come from Ireland but have been in Germany for the past two months. At home, I see Black Redstarts every year on migration but always along the coast, beaches, harbours etc. Here, they are everywhere! Every evening I have a male calling on the roof of the house! First time I've heard the call too and very diagnostic.
Just 2 weeks ago, I had never seen or heard a Serin. Now they are everywhere! A beautiful and noisy little finch which isn't at all shy. This is another bird which calls regularly from atop the house.
So, it just goes to show that species we find all too rare or uncommon in Britain and Ireland can be doing quite well elsewhere.
Nice photo by the way...Black redstarts can be quite tricky to photograph...they have a habit of flitting away at the last second!
just to give you an idea of the difference in frequency of species on the mainland;
I come from Ireland but have been in Germany for the past two months. At home, I see Black Redstarts every year on migration but always along the coast, beaches, harbours etc. Here, they are everywhere! Every evening I have a male calling on the roof of the house! First time I've heard the call too and very diagnostic.
Just 2 weeks ago, I had never seen or heard a Serin. Now they are everywhere! A beautiful and noisy little finch which isn't at all shy. This is another bird which calls regularly from atop the house.
So, it just goes to show that species we find all too rare or uncommon in Britain and Ireland can be doing quite well elsewhere.
Nice photo by the way...Black redstarts can be quite tricky to photograph...they have a habit of flitting away at the last second!
I once ran a google search on Black Redstart and was fascinated about the projects set up in London just for this species. In Britain brownfield sites are the Black Redstart's favourite habitat type i.e derelict factories and power stations. Justifiably, it is these habitats that governments most encourage development on. However such developments will destroy the BR's habitat. As part of the London Black Redstart Biodiversity Action Plan however, developers are being encouraged to design the roofs of any new buidings to be identical to this species' usual habitat. This led to the new roofs being a mixture of stones and rubble. According to the website the scheme has been a huge success, with Black Redstarts taking readily to these new developments and plans are under way to make more new buidings with these roofs in London in order to encourage the species' expansion in the capital. Just shows what can be achieved with a little innovation !
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