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Post by andy on Nov 22, 2006 15:53:11 GMT
I got into work at 6.30 as usual this morning.....it was just getting light and there was a heavy frost on the ground in Brighton.
But i was greeted but the most fantastic choir of birdsong. A lone male songthrush was belting out a tune from the top of a dead branch. This thrush is always in the garden from mid November onwards and sings most days.....presumably setting up his terratory for next year.
But the thrush wasn't the only vocalist out there. Blackbirds were singing as were the robins and the little wrens were punching out their amaizingly loud song.
There were also other birds hiding among the rubus and berberis which i couldn't see....possibly longtailed and blue tits and dunnocks.
Whatever they were, it was a joy to just sit there for half an hour and listen to.
Can't wait until spring now !!!
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Post by piggingardener on Nov 22, 2006 15:58:03 GMT
How lovely Andy.
I think your blackbird may have been a mistlethrush though. They sound very similar but blackbirds don't usually sing at all between August and spring. We have a robin who sings his heart out, even during the dark evenings. We often turn the tv off and listen to him instead.
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Post by JennyWrenn on Nov 22, 2006 18:34:10 GMT
Oh lucky you two, PG and Andy
I still hear the coo coo of the wood pigeons that to me is such a restful sound
I live opposite a large wood and the birds tend to stay there and pop over now and again to eat the goodies I leave out in my garden
No one agrees here but the most exciting sound any bird makes is that of a peacock - awesome
J W x
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Post by Plocket on Nov 22, 2006 18:47:54 GMT
Oh how wonderful! I love the sound of birds singing - it seems so peaceful.... unlike a peacock!!! ;D
Did you see that last clip on Bill Oddie's programme last night - the one with the starlings flying at dawn? Beautiful.
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Post by 4pygmies on Nov 22, 2006 20:05:58 GMT
The birds are still really busy in my garden and all around in the woods too. In fact there seems to be an inordinate amount of creatures about for November. On the way to work this morning about 9.30 I saw a sparrowhawk swooping about, a jay and the usual pheasants, magpies, pigeons, doves and Muntjac deer. But best of all was a row of 5 fallow deer walking across the road from one wood to another. Beautiful!
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Post by JennyWrenn on Nov 23, 2006 7:35:02 GMT
Yes Plocket - wasnt that amazing - the starlings - such co ordination - how do they do it
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Post by Plocket on Nov 23, 2006 8:15:35 GMT
It was wonderful and I have absolutely no idea why they don't crash into each other!!! OH and I saw a similar display when we were in America but I've no idea what birds they were - we were transfixed though!
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Post by JennyWrenn on Nov 23, 2006 19:34:21 GMT
I saw a film, in slow motion, of bees and they were bumping into each other all the time and they fly quite slowly
So you have to hand it to these birds - they must have something we dont know about yet
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Post by paul r82 on Nov 23, 2006 20:13:05 GMT
I enjoy listening to the tree creepers and nuthatches pecking at the bark in the yew hedges at work. They never seem to stop.
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Post by andy on Nov 24, 2006 5:43:25 GMT
Are you actually in Durham itself Paul......my sister lives in Southchurch near Bishops Aukland and i love it up there !!!
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