Merlin Bird ID

[Greyman 31,111]

Seems to be a lot of coal tits this year having had none in previous years 

[Greyman 31,111]

I also found a Cetti’s warbler nest saw the bird going in with beaks full of insects then ID ed it on the app 

[pesky1972 5,632]

New one for me on the app.., although I probably shouldn’t have needed it. Sounds more like a grasshopper than a grasshopper does.

[forest of dean redneck 12,017]

47 minutes ago, tatsblisters said:

Surprised the song thrush has not come up mate all the birds that's come up on yours have come up on mine in local woods. Still not heard a cuckoo probably be another year i don't hear one. 

Not seen a thrush around the village in years someone did post a pic of one on fb not to far away .funny thing was as I was walking off down the road towards the village I could of sworn I heard a cuckoo in the distance ? I have heard one by the village school years ago and did jump the field gate and walk up the field next to the school and was lucky enough to see it fly off . Incidentally it’s same field I heard a corncrake in many years ago .

[tatsblisters 10,925]

6 minutes ago, forest of dean redneck said:

Not seen a thrush around the village in years someone did post a pic of one on fb not to far away .funny thing was as I was walking off down the road towards the village I could of sworn I heard a cuckoo in the distance ? I have heard one by the village school years ago and did jump the field gate and walk up the field next to the school and was lucky enough to see it fly off . Incidentally it’s same field I heard a corncrake in many years ago .

Seen song thrushes most days on my walks out across the local park and nearby woods though i haven't seen a mistle thrush for a while and the last one i did see over the park a sparrow hawk had killed it. 

[forest of dean redneck 12,017]

41 minutes ago, tatsblisters said:

Seen song thrushes most days on my walks out across the local park and nearby woods though i haven't seen a mistle thrush for a while and the last one i did see over the park a sparrow hawk had killed it. 

Don’t see the snails smashed up any more either ,only time I seen that is on portland and I don’t think it was thrush activity  as they were scattered .

[Greyman 31,111]

12 hours ago, tatsblisters said:

Surprised the song thrush has not come up mate all the birds that's come up on yours have come up on mine in local woods. Still not heard a cuckoo probably be another year i don't hear one. 

Heard three cuckoos this weekend mate just arrived here 

[tatsblisters 10,925]

17 minutes ago, Greyman said:

Heard three cuckoos this weekend mate just arrived here 

It used to be a common occurance around here mate to hear them especially on the big gorse bankings on the local golf course. Not heard one for years now. 

[wildman 617]

4 minutes ago, tatsblisters said:

It used to be a common occurance around here mate to hear them especially on the big gorse bankings on the local golf course. Not heard one for years now. 

Big gorse meadow  at the back of Mercedes trucks up at Tankersley,  cuckoo's there every  year, also Reed bunting, red start, linnets grass snake  and great crested  newts proper oasis,  nip up tats and have a look, only 10 mins from you  

[mel b 3,480]

3 hours ago, Greyman said:

Heard three cuckoos this weekend mate just arrived here 

We heard the first one one Saturday.

Weirdly,  we also heard a tawny owl calling at midday , that was a first for me.

[pesky1972 5,632]

No expert but I do enjoy the calls of the various birds, and particularly songbirds. Think I posted on another thread that the song thrush is maybe my favourite of them all. Other favourites include:

A robin singing solo on a dark winter morning, weeks before the other birds have even thought about spring, but brings a bit of hope that it’s on its way.

A Skylark in a field on a hot cloudless summers day, where there’s that hum of insect life all about you, and you have to squint up into the bright blue to try and spot the lark, a mere speck in the sky.

The ‘twittering’ sound of swallows as they flit in, out and around a barn or old farm building. Or the screaming of swifts around the old factory buildings opposite where I grew up. I miss them.

A special treat for me in the long days of summer is sitting quietly out the back just as the light fades with a beer in hand listening to a blackbird sing from the top of my birch tree, and watching the first bats flitting around hoovering up the midges. A simple but absolutely priceless pleasure.

What’s yours?

[WataWalloper 3,261]

18 minutes ago, pesky1972 said:

No expert but I do enjoy the calls of the various birds, and particularly songbirds. Think I posted on another thread that the song thrush is maybe my favourite of them all. Other favourites include:

A robin singing solo on a dark winter morning, weeks before the other birds have even thought about spring, but brings a bit of hope that it’s on its way.

A Skylark in a field on a hot cloudless summers day, where there’s that hum of insect life all about you, and you have to squint up into the bright blue to try and spot the lark, a mere speck in the sky.

The ‘twittering’ sound of swallows as they flit in, out and around a barn or old farm building. Or the screaming of swifts around the old factory buildings opposite where I grew up. I miss them.

A special treat for me in the long days of summer is sitting quietly out the back just as the light fades with a beer in hand listening to a blackbird sing from the top of my birch tree, and watching the first bats flitting around hoovering up the midges. A simple but absolutely priceless pleasure.

What’s yours?

Skylarks do it for me, an I’m lucky to  literally be  mere few yards away from lovely big arable land that holds a decent amount of them, jist says summer is proper underway when I hear it

[oxo 533]

Just back from Mull and saw 2 cuckoo's there, tons of willow warblers, goldcrest and siskin too. Highlight was whitetail eagles up close a few times around the cottage, made the ravens harassing them look small!

[tatsblisters 10,925]

5 hours ago, pesky1972 said:

No expert but I do enjoy the calls of the various birds, and particularly songbirds. Think I posted on another thread that the song thrush is maybe my favourite of them all. Other favourites include:

A robin singing solo on a dark winter morning, weeks before the other birds have even thought about spring, but brings a bit of hope that it’s on its way.

A Skylark in a field on a hot cloudless summers day, where there’s that hum of insect life all about you, and you have to squint up into the bright blue to try and spot the lark, a mere speck in the sky.

The ‘twittering’ sound of swallows as they flit in, out and around a barn or old farm building. Or the screaming of swifts around the old factory buildings opposite where I grew up. I miss them.

A special treat for me in the long days of summer is sitting quietly out the back just as the light fades with a beer in hand listening to a blackbird sing from the top of my birch tree, and watching the first bats flitting around hoovering up the midges. A simple but absolutely priceless pleasure.

What’s yours?

All of them you have mentioned also the goldfinch. Bird song i always just took it for granted when I was younger and now being older it's a priceless pleasure I enjoy and free at that. 

[pesky1972 5,632]

5 minutes ago, tatsblisters said:

All of them you have mentioned also the goldfinch. Bird song i always just took it for granted when I was younger and now being older it's a priceless pleasure I enjoy and free at that. 

Fantastic little birds. Always a joy when I get them in the garden. Trees outside my work are full of them, even in the last week. I thought they’d all be paired up and doing their own thing by now.