Dartford Warblers

Adam Cheeseman · #1 (**permalink**) 23-06-2011, 09:42 AM

How are everyone's Dartfords faring this year. I have singularly failed to find one yet this year, a bit embarrassing when you consider I live in north Surrey.
Just hope Thursley turns up trumps at the weekend.

Cheers,

Adam

actionfinch · #2 (**permalink**) 23-06-2011, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Adam Cheeseman

How are everyone's Dartfords faring this year. I have singularly failed to find one yet this year, a bit embarrassing when you consider I live in north Surrey.
Just hope Thursley turns up trumps at the weekend.

Cheers,

Adam

A friend of ouyrs mentioned Thursley last night , must go and have a look sometime..
One warbler i would like to see

Jonners · #3 (**permalink**) 23-06-2011, 10:12 AM

Saw a pair at Dunwich Heath at the weekend. Cracking

clairep1 · #4 (**permalink**) 23-06-2011, 02:55 PM

I've visited Iping common near Midhurst twice in the last month and both times have seen a small group of them (2/3 ) around the same gorse bush. Very cute and noisy little birds !

Claire

Naturenutz · #5 (**permalink**) 23-06-2011, 04:23 PM

I went to arne a few weeks back for the first time and although it is a fantastic place i was a little dissapointed to see just a single bird that i heard before getting a short view, and many people i talked to had not seen any at all.

aeshna5 · #6 (**permalink**) 23-06-2011, 04:40 PM

I wouldn't hold your hopes too high for Thursley. I heard there was only one there last year before the extreme December we had.

matt_xyz · #7 (**permalink**) 23-06-2011, 04:54 PM

I'm off to Dunwich next month so I was also wondering how they had fared over the winter. Glad to hear a couple were seen at that site at least.

Matt

Hobjob · #8 (**permalink**) 24-06-2011, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by matt_xyz

I'm off to Dunwich next month so I was also wondering how they had fared over the winter. Glad to hear a couple were seen at that site at least.

Matt

Quite well - as told to me by the guys who lead the RSPB weekend walks across the heath.

I've only been on the heath since Spring for silver studded blue counts and saw none, but they like different parts of the habitat.

pliers · #9 (**permalink**) 24-06-2011, 11:10 AM

Glad to hear people are still seeing these birds, i did wonder how they were fairing after our last two Winters.

nigel_b · #10 (**permalink**) 24-06-2011, 01:45 PM

Well the news isnt too bad down here (Studland Heath/Arne). They're seeable, just, and they are still about but in much reduced numbers.

On another species I saw a kingfisher at Studland for the first time since last October, that goes for everyone else that uses the hide as well, so they were hit very hard down here this last winter.