Pics from my Red hide!

[old soldier]

Took these pics this morning whilst sitting in my Red escort estate. Birds are quite used to it being there. Showing my ignorance now but can someone tell me what the little brown one is, sure it must be a common bird.

I am still getting regular visits from the Long Tailed Tits, and of course the robins. My son says if i was to get out of bed in the morning i might see other species!!, do you reckon he could be right

[cherrywaff]

hi, old soldier, this is a dunnock also known as a hedge sparrow.

cherry

[old soldier]

Thanks for that Cherry, i did think it was a sparrow, and they really like the hedge that runs at the back of the garden!!!

Brian

[Hedge Witch]

Lovely pics OS.
I reckon you do have more chance spotting birds early in the morning. This is certainly the case in my experience.

[Ruth Daniel]

Super images OS....a car makes a good hide doesn't it!
"My" Song Thrush was singing at 5am this morning!!

[Jenny W]

Hi,

Definetely worth getting up early, that is the time of day when birds are most active (along with just before dusk). They need to feed up after roosting as small species can lose quite a bit of weight overnight.

Just a note about Dunnocks, they are not actually in the Sparrow family, Passeridae, as in House Sparrows and Tree Sparrows etc. They belong to the Accentor family, (Prunellidae). It is the only British representative of the Accentors, but there are other species in Europe and Asia.

[old soldier]

Originally Posted by Hedge Witch

Lovely pics OS.
I reckon you do have more chance spotting birds early in the morning. This is certainly the case in my experience.

Okay i am convinced! Will give it a go one day next week, suppose i can always catch up my sleep during the day, not going to do 5a.m though, would be too much of a shock to my system!!

Thanks to everyone for the replies.

Brian