Sunday 17 November 2013

Lesser Whitethroat in Cemaes

I had a few birds today. Whilst making a wildlife pond in the garden there was a bit of vis-mig going on, with a few groups of fieldfares, chaffinches, goldfinches, meadow pipits and a Snipe going over.A cracking male Brambling dropped into a tree on the estate but bird of the day was a Lesser Whitethroat in the Valley by the River Wygyr in the blackthorn scrub at the By-pass end of the Valley.I only saw it through the bins but after checking in the books I think it was just the nominate race. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera and I couldn't relocate it later when I went back. Eddie also had one near Llanbedrog today.
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  1. Zac Hinchcliffe17 November 2013 at 19:19

    It didn't have a white eye did it? ;)

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  2. Anonymous17 November 2013 at 20:36

    Stephen,
    Quite unlikely to be curruca this late. S c. blythi are being reported from Helgoland at the moment and with Eddie's today yours is well worth a second look...
    Phil B
    Bryncroes

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  3. Stephen Culley19 November 2013 at 20:50

    Cheers. I'm working all this week so have no chance to look for it until Saturday, but I'm sure for anyone who's free in the week it would deffo be worth a look.

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  4. Rob Sandham19 November 2013 at 21:05

    Phil did you see the Llanbedrog bird? Any ID hunch on it?

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    1. Anonymous19 November 2013 at 21:30

      Rob,
      Yes, I was there with Eddie yesterday. Saw it well in side profile as well as a lot of fleeting views. Nice bright blythi, steel grey head and mid brown upperparts. Showed plenty of white on the outer tail. Calling a lot, identical to some XenoCanto Kazakhstan recordings I had with me. Seems to have settled in and with the present poor weather, odds are it will be there for a while.
      Phil B
      Bryncroes

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