Garden Wildlife UK

Posted: **Sun May 24, 2026 8:19 pm**

SnappyMac wrote: Sun May 24, 2026 6:14 pm Merlin App thinks a Common Whitethroat !

Definite possibility, nightingale and garden warbler are similar (not that I'm looking to boost species count at all

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Posted: **Sun May 24, 2026 8:35 pm**

So it's a scraggy looking whitethroat then ....your no getting a newbie or something crazy like a dunnock

Posted: **Sun May 24, 2026 8:39 pm**

Linda257 wrote: Sun May 24, 2026 8:35 pm So it's a scraggy looking whitethroat then ....your no getting a newbie or something crazy like a dunnock

What? The first one? are you out of your tiny little mind??!!

ps I'm off to bed now

Posted: **Sun May 24, 2026 8:43 pm**

Posted: **Mon Jun 01, 2026 10:39 am**

If it's the same bird - I'd go Common Whitethroat

Posted: **Mon Jun 01, 2026 3:11 pm**

To be honest, Cin, I couldn't tell you if they were the same bird, they disappeared behind the tree, under the root, behind more grasses

Am I bing a bit dim? ID please!