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01-03-2009, 08:59 AM
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| | | Fieldfares
Does anyone know whether its time for fieldfares to migrate ? There are 3- 400 in the nearby trees this morning. They are gathered together and twittering away as if ready for the big OFF |
01-03-2009, 11:38 AM
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| | | Re: Fieldfares
I'm often still picking up a few fieldfares during my first breeding bird surveys in April though I feel these are the stragglers...
I suspect that yes birds are already on the move  |
01-03-2009, 03:50 PM
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They should be on the move over the next few weeks. |
02-03-2009, 09:56 AM
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Thanks folk,
There,s no sign of them today, so they must have migrated. I,ve only seen odd ones around in this area in previous years, so I wasn,t aware of their regular movements.
If there is a fieldfare monitor on this site, the grid reference for my sighting is SP215674 |
02-03-2009, 10:44 AM
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| | | Re: Fieldfares
Now is the time for them to start congregating more and moving back to scandinavia, but its often dependent on weather patterns - if there is another cold snap, they will stay with us a little longer - like Gill, I have found odd ones still here in early april when doing a BBS square.
Ken
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02-03-2009, 12:17 PM
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I have spotted them in a remote glen in Central Scotland May. Does anyone know if they breed in th U.K. I am guessing that there are records of them breeding in Scotland but is this a regular occurrence??
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02-03-2009, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Jean Farmer  Does anyone know whether its time for fieldfares to migrate ? There are 3- 400 in the nearby trees this morning. They are gathered together and twittering away as if ready for the big OFF | Hi there I have just joined and saw your question. Did you see any redwings in with the fieldfares?
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02-03-2009, 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by ron1863 I have spotted them in a remote glen in Central Scotland May. Does anyone know if they breed in th U.K. I am guessing that there are records of them breeding in Scotland but is this a regular occurrence?? | Ron, the atlas of breeding birds refers to potentially only about 25 or so pairs in the UK, but also possibly that they are under noted. Largely in shetland etc, but some in more northerly scotland.
It seems unlikely that they will breed in greater numbers until they do so colonially - the noted pairs were pretty much on their own. If there is a link established in southern england by the central european population, that will probably mean a greater rise in breeding success and a potential explosion. They are currently reaching northern france, so who knows!
your bird was a good spot, but even may is not too late for scotland I suspect for individuals, before tootling off back to scandinavia.
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02-03-2009, 03:42 PM
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Hi Dean,
Welcome to WAB ! 
I didn,t see any redwings in with the fieldfares, but there were so many birds, there could have been.
I wonder if its possible to trace the route of these birds from my grid reference ?
I,m sure the knowledgable folk on this site will know.
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