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| Author: | Andrew Chick [ Mon Oct 03, 2016 8:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Reported: Possible Greenish Warbler at Marston STW |
Please see message below from Alan Roberts about a "possible" sighting at Marston STW. Anyone visiting the site should check the hedgerow with extra care.... > Subject: Possible Greenish Warbler > > Hi, > I thought you would like to know that I was at Marston on Saturday (1st October) > (about 3pm) walking from the hide back to the main path when I heard a > Phyllosc warbler call which drew my attention from the poolside > willows. It was a sharp, staccato downward two tone call, like the > reverse of Chiffchaff. I am familiar with Greenish Warbler calls from > India (albeit several years ago now) and it is that species that > struck me immediately. Unfortunately it only called a couple of times > and I couldn't see it, then the heavens opened and we retreated to the > car. I went home and checked what I had heard against Greenish and > also the odd Chiffchaff sweeoo call. I couldn't find any recordings of > Chiffchaff that sounded as loud and sharp as the Marston bird but the > recordings of Greenish fitted my memory of what I had heard. > I therefore went back this afternoon to see if I could re-find it. > After about an hour searching I was about to leave and was walking > back along the path from the main reserve to the car park and heard it > again in a Sycamore half way along that path. As I approached to try > and get a view of the bird it flew out of the tree high across to the > pool area. It was clearly a Phyllosc and very white underneath but I couldn't see any more. > It disappeared from view and after a further half hour I had to leave > frustrated. |
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