We saw a pair of most exciting-looking birds when two friends came to lunch last week. We are pretty sure they were crossbills of one sort or another: rosy red all over flashing between the trees just outside the window and then going off down the slope.
There are lots of chaffinches and generally twittery things; and the woodpecker is hammering away in various places. I saw something that may have been a sort of warbler when I was cutting wood a couple of days ago; but I didn't have my monocular and merely have an impression of quite a lot of black and white in horizontal stripes on the head, blackish swept back wings, and a slightly rosy rear underbelly. It had an unusual rapid call, definitely not a chaffinch.
I really need a series of tutorials on bird recognition.
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We have had a chaffinch in the garden the last few days. I hope he finds a girl friend and sticks around. Problem is all the cats that swarm around the place .
Where are the cross bills I was promised?
No crossbills promised. You just have to look out for them yourself. One never has a camera to hand when one needs it.
I thought you said there was a photo somewhere?
there are some birds on the Heath which keep calling Ce-ceee-lia, Ce-ceee-lia! Anyone know what they are?
Just a few of my fans.
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