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Cornwall Birder
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I wasn't taking the mickey Jamie. It was a very good description of the call.

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25-04-2008 09:47 PM

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Oooh right ok then. I think that the Chiffchaff has got the most easiest call to recognise and remember. Its called a Chiffchaff, and its call is chiff-chaff chiff-chaff. Easy!

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26-04-2008 05:12 PM

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Ahh but not all the time. It also goes Chiff-chaff chiff chiff chaff chiff chaff chaff chiff chiff etc etc etc......

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26-04-2008 06:38 PM

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You've missed a chiff there

26-04-2008 10:11 PM

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I wasn't taking the mickey - just laughing with you!

Every year I struggle with garden warbler and blackcap. Seeing as they are more likely heard than seen, is there an easy way to tell them apart?

27-04-2008 06:55 PM

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Bird calls are so hard to explain in words!
Blackcap is a little more harsh than Garden Wabler. GW is very flutey compared to BC. Best to listen to listen to a CD of the two and compare.

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27-04-2008 09:04 PM

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musclecat Wrote:

You've missed a chiff there

Ha! Icon_cheesygrin

I also saw my first Blackcap at Hanningfield, also my first Common Tern, Little Gull, Red Crested Pochard and my first BRAMBLING!

So, are we all agreed that this:

is a Whitethroat?

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28-04-2008 03:26 PM

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Its definately a Whitethroat Jamie. Are you sure about the Brambling? Its getting quite late for Brambling to be in the country.

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30-04-2008 08:26 PM

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