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Birdsong ID

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I was fortunate enough to to accompany groups from my childrens’ school on at least 3 or 4 trips yo Minsmere … the staff there are so knowledgeable … and they never patronised the youngsters … it was a  real treat each time. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    edited June 2023
    Just installed that Merlin Bird Id on my phone. It does take quite some time to install the birds database if you don't have a fast connection. Tested it in my garden... it's really spectacular...it immediately identified the usual suspects. Also claimed to id a couple more birds of which I'm sceptical. Will now have to test it during my walks in the countryside. 
    Link: https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I put Merlin on my phone this afternoon and let it record while I walked around Potteric Carr this afternoon. It picked up 14 different birds. Interestingly, the overlap between what it picked up the songs of and what I saw (and recognised) was one!
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    What I like best is the fact that, having had birds identified by Merlin, I can then go off and research their song to make sure it's a match but also check out what they look like for when/if I do get a fleeting view and also research their habitat which will help me make my garden a better home for them.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    Two minutes in my back garden this morning. 

    I love this app. 


  • ValleysgirlValleysgirl Posts: 344
    As we speak I’m doing exactly the same morning times here in South Wales are a treat , just sitting with a cuppa wondering who’s calling today .
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Similar here. I also discovered via Merlin that some of what I thought were pigeons are actually collared doves (the call is somehow higher-pitched and smoother-sounding). The ones that I see are generally feral pigeons (which it identifies as woodpigeons) so maybe the collared doves are shyer.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    It picked up what it thought was a skylark the other morning. I think that's fairly unlikely here - it sounded to me like a blackbird on speed.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    JennyJ said:
    Similar here. I also discovered via Merlin that some of what I thought were pigeons are actually collared doves (the call is somehow higher-pitched and smoother-sounding). The ones that I see are generally feral pigeons (which it identifies as woodpigeons) so maybe the collared doves are shyer.
    They’re more timid and not as clumsy. 

    We have two nesting on our security light. 
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