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Jane Turner

Jane Turner

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Had a brief but entirely conclusive view of a Greenish Warbler in the garden at about 1.15. The funny thing is that last Sunday I heard what I was certain was a Greenish Warbler calling at the bottom of the garden. I was about to phone out the news locally when I thought I'd better check that it was a warbler as opposed to a finch. Then a small phyllosc came flycatching out of the top of the buckthorn. I'd have phoned it in then, but was more intent on seeing the bird. When I did see it again it was in flight, coming towards me and what I saw didn't fit at all with Greenish. It was dirty underneath, quite olive-toned above and long-winged...appearing to be a juv Willow Warlber I spent the next hour and a half staring at the bushes and saw and heard nothing so let it go, despite fretting about the two bird theory!

Today, like on Sunday, I was checking through the waders, when again I heard a Greenish warbler calling from the bottom of the garden. Again I couldn't see a bird, but this time I came straight downstairs and picked up my laptop with its birds of the WP dvd. Playing the call of Greenish to it, brought the bird out to the front of the bushes, into a straggly buddleia. I had a few seconds view of the bird head on - enough to see nice whitish underparts, clean grey-green upperparts, long, well-marked bridging supercilia and as it turned flew back into the Buckthorn, a strong suggestion of a secondary bar. It was also short winged (Chiff-looking) structure. I went straight back into the house and up to the top floor to find my phone, to let local birders know... and up until now, it hasn't shown again.

I'm hoping that its on a feeding circuit, though its now quite windy in the front. My last Greenish Warbler was on 9/9/95 less than 3/4 of a mile away.
 
Jane Turner

Jane Turner

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Yes in the front garden - though to be honest the back garden looks a lot more warbler friendly. No further sightings.

There were 2 Jackdaws and A Little Egret on Sunday too - forgot to mention them.

And thanks Steve
 
Jane Turner

Jane Turner

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Just in case I do a year list properly, its worth mentioning a few cold weather records. In the dark this morning, there was a huge flock of Pink-footed Geese. Not sure how many, but I'm thinking 4 figures on the amount of noise and the time they took to pass over. In the last week there have been plenty of thrushes, with up to 60 Fieldfares stripping the last berries off the Buckthorn (I added a load of cranberries which also went down well) smaller but more regular numbers of Redwings and two very tame Song Thrushes. There have been very small movements of Lapwing and Skylark. My first species of the year was Knot, closely followed by the Peregrine that was hunting them!
 
Jane Turner

Jane Turner

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36 for the year so far - forgot to mention Jackdaw - which may just possibly be on the point of becoming resident. Two have been hanging about since November.
 
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Neil UK

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Jane Turner said:
Had a brief but entirely conclusive view of a Greenish Warbler in the garden at about 1.15. The funny thing is that last Sunday I heard what I was certain was a Greenish Warbler calling at the bottom of the garden. I was about to phone out the news locally when I thought I'd better check that it was a warbler as opposed to a finch. Then a small phyllosc came flycatching out of the top of the buckthorn. I'd have phoned it in then, but was more intent on seeing the bird. When I did see it again it was in flight, coming towards me and what I saw didn't fit at all with Greenish. It was dirty underneath, quite olive-toned above and long-winged...appearing to be a juv Willow Warlber I spent the next hour and a half staring at the bushes and saw and heard nothing so let it go, despite fretting about the two bird theory!

Today, like on Sunday, I was checking through the waders, when again I heard a Greenish warbler calling from the bottom of the garden. Again I couldn't see a bird, but this time I came straight downstairs and picked up my laptop with its birds of the WP dvd. Playing the call of Greenish to it, brought the bird out to the front of the bushes, into a straggly buddleia. I had a few seconds view of the bird head on - enough to see nice whitish underparts, clean grey-green upperparts, long, well-marked bridging supercilia and as it turned flew back into the Buckthorn, a strong suggestion of a secondary bar. It was also short winged (Chiff-looking) structure. I went straight back into the house and up to the top floor to find my phone, to let local birders know... and up until now, it hasn't shown again.

I'm hoping that its on a feeding circuit, though its now quite windy in the front. My last Greenish Warbler was on 9/9/95 less than 3/4 of a mile away.
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Hi Jane, am intrigued to know more about the DVD you mentioned above. Anyway you could point me in the direction of it?

Thanks
Neil
 
Jane Turner

Jane Turner

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Had a Grey Wagtail over this morning (37 for the year) and about 350 Pink feet over. It sounded like there was a second skein, but they were too low to see! Big numbers of Knot and Dunlin on the tide, (15k) and a good few 100 Sanderling.
 
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PhilW

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Hiya Jane.
Any sign of the Snow Buntings reported on the beach near you or are these destined to be two more birds that disappear into the black hole!
 

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