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Blackcaps in British gardens (1 Viewer)
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redeyedvideo
It's like water off a duck's back!
Mark Lew1s
My real name is Mark Lewis
Any more shots of the lesser whitethroat? Looks interesting...!
redeyedvideo
It's like water off a duck's back!
Yes, there's been a bit of local interest.
Video here; http://ibc.lynxeds.com/video/lesser...r-whitethroat-thought-be-either-schalimodendr
Article here; http://northantsbirds.com/2014/01/18/more-on-the-presumed-eastern-lesser-whitethroat/
Any thoughts welcomed.
JoeRawles
Feathers Wild Bird Care
We run a small shop in east sussex selling bird food/ feeders etc and so get feedback regularly from customers about what they've had in. Blackcaps are certainly one with a lot less reports this winter, only a handful of sightings in gardens round here. As mentioned in the original post, the mild weather has meant fewer birds altogether really.
I can offer nothing on the bird's origins but I do think, 'wow!' - lovely bird to have in a winter garden....
Thank you all for your responses - the lack of blackcaps is not just limited to Dorset it seems. The fact that Joe Rawles is in East Sussex and reports are noticeably lower suggests that perhaps birds haven't come over from Europe in great number.
Mark Lew1s
My real name is Mark Lewis
Well I'd certainly say that it's an excellent candidate for an eastern bird (although I guess there was never really any doubt about that). I'd be cautious about taking an ID any further though, particularly with no good shots of the outer two tail feathers.
redeyedvideo
It's like water off a duck's back!
You're probably right. The bird managed to miss the ringer's net - by two days! So no dropped feathers for DNA.
Still no Blackcaps, Coal Tit being the highlight of the past week.
dantheman
Bah humbug
Don't have much previous to compare to, but here in Falmouth (pretty much far SW England) had 5 in the garden maybe 3 weeks back on ivy, saw a fair few around the same time on palms too in my walk to the coast. Not so many recently (although one in flight today). Kind of assumed they were moving through ...
Lesser whitethroat.
was this bird photographed because I would just like to add that in
Derbyshire in December a lesser whitethroat was photographed at
garden feeders on two dates and this species only winters
occasionally in the uk.
A splendid find what date
was this bird photographed because I would just like to add that in
Derbyshire in December a lesser whitethroat was photographed at
garden feeders on two dates and this species only winters
occasionally in the uk.
Lesser whitethroat
The Lesser Whitethroat I previously mentioned was still present throughout
January and it has been Identified as a Eastern race bird, Prior to this we
had a lesser whitethroat in the winter of 1997 in derbyshire.
The Lesser Whitethroat I previously mentioned was still present throughout
January and it has been Identified as a Eastern race bird, Prior to this we
had a lesser whitethroat in the winter of 1997 in derbyshire.
