Jane Turner
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But alas I wasn't at home when a female Serin flew low over my head, I was at Red Rocks!
I was a little bit slow...its my age, so it was more or less level with me by the time the penny dropped, though as usual I was thinking why does this Goldfinch sound really flat...and why is it so small and looks like a small contrasty Redpoll head on. Fortunately I was tuned in time to see it fly away. No tail markings, no obvious wing bars and a craking neat yellow rump made the identification a formality.
The Sedge Warblers are here in force - I always associate their song as the sign that spring is really here. There are already a pair of Whitethroats doing the whole nuptial bit in the dunes and one of yesterdays Grasshopper warblers was still about, actually visible singing in the dunes.
There are 60 or so White Wagtails on the beach at home and I'm off to see if I can hear another Serin in the garden!
I was a little bit slow...its my age, so it was more or less level with me by the time the penny dropped, though as usual I was thinking why does this Goldfinch sound really flat...and why is it so small and looks like a small contrasty Redpoll head on. Fortunately I was tuned in time to see it fly away. No tail markings, no obvious wing bars and a craking neat yellow rump made the identification a formality.
The Sedge Warblers are here in force - I always associate their song as the sign that spring is really here. There are already a pair of Whitethroats doing the whole nuptial bit in the dunes and one of yesterdays Grasshopper warblers was still about, actually visible singing in the dunes.
There are 60 or so White Wagtails on the beach at home and I'm off to see if I can hear another Serin in the garden!
