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08-06-2009, 04:12 PM
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| | | Nightingale in the Open??? or am I going mad...
I've never seen (or heard) a Nightingale, but I know they are supposed to hide in the bushes and be very secretive, but I was out on a bike ride the other evening (you will notice the low light on the pictures... not very good I'm afraid, but best I could get) and came across this bird sitting on a telephone line in a quiet country lane (opposite an old orchard) singing it's little heart out. Smaller than a blackbird, bigger than a robin. Sadly I can't even remember what it's song was like... but it was singing well.
Am I going mad or could this be a nightingale?  Many thanks. Jane    |
08-06-2009, 04:29 PM
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| | | Re: Nightingale in the Open??? or am I going mad...
Looks like a dunnock to me!   |
08-06-2009, 04:34 PM
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| | | Re: Nightingale in the Open??? or am I going mad...
Me too!
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08-06-2009, 05:53 PM
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| | | Re: Nightingale in the Open??? or am I going mad...
I really should take my glasses when I go out! Thanks guys... |
08-06-2009, 06:41 PM
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| | | Re: Nightingale in the Open??? or am I going mad...
Nightingale in the Open??? or am I going mad...
Book yourself in for a session Tigger  I have never seen nor heard a Nightingale..........maybe one day
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08-06-2009, 07:09 PM
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| | | Re: Nightingale in the Open??? or am I going mad...
I'm into bees not birds! |
08-06-2009, 07:41 PM
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| | | Re: Nightingale in the Open??? or am I going mad...
and far better at bees than I will ever be that's for sure!!
Nightingales are a little larger than a dunnock and not streaky but with plain plumage in a sot of chestnut brown above and creamy beige below. Also they have a very strong peak in when they sing and we are almost passed that I think now - May is best for the song at full strength between neighbouring birds. | | |
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