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Placido
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by Placido » Sat Apr 20, 2019 8:36 am
Fancy that - we haven't had a proper Wren topic
Saw what must have been the same one twice today. Both times it had something in its beak and dived headlong into the holly bush which shares space with a clematis, a pyrawotsit and, until yesterday, an unwelcome cherry.
I reckon the wrens are sharing space with the dunnock menage a trois
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Jacksparrow
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by Jacksparrow » Sat Apr 20, 2019 8:47 pm
You appear to have an avian soap opera happening in your grounds. Thank goodness this is a family forum and we will be spared the spicier details
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Placido
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by Placido » Sun Apr 21, 2019 8:10 am
A very sage observation, Jacksparrow. Most perspicacious of you. There's a book in this ........
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by Placido » Sat Oct 12, 2019 4:53 pm
Didn't see one but heard one
this morning. Very loud, like a little corncrake
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Jacksparrow
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by Jacksparrow » Sat Oct 12, 2019 7:35 pm
Placido wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 4:53 pm
Didn't see one but heard one
this morning.
Very loud, like a little corncrake .
Eh? Are you sure you weren't stood on it's toe
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Placido
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by Placido » Sun Oct 13, 2019 9:51 am
Jacksparrow wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 7:35 pm
Placido wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 4:53 pm
Didn't see one but heard one
this morning.
Very loud, like a little corncrake .
Eh? Are you sure
you weren't stood on it's toe
I assure you that no Troglodytes troglodytes were harmed during this encounter !!
It's a well-known fact that pound for pound the wren has an astonishingly loud voice - particularly the 'chiiirrr' which sounds quite corncrake-y, hence my analogy.
Youtube abounds with little vids of wrens shouting their heads off:
(shout).
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by Willpar » Sun Oct 13, 2019 5:10 pm
Just spotted a wren on my hedge, looking around for insects no doubt. Not seen one here in a while.
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by Willpar » Wed Jan 01, 2020 10:53 am
Two wrens in the garden this morning. Moving around the hedges.
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Placido
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by Placido » Wed Jan 01, 2020 10:57 am
- great start, Willpar !!
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by Willpar » Wed Jan 01, 2020 7:44 pm
Both returned again in the afternoon.