My picture of the day...

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Germain
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Good spot - normally I hear them but they are obscured by leaves!
SnappyMac
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Germain wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2026 10:14 am Good spot - normally I hear them but they are obscured by leaves!
Thanks Germain, only the second one I have photographed. It flew across the path in front of me, almost too close...
PimperneBloke
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Super spot Snappy.... how are your eardrums? :D
SnappyMac
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PimperneBloke wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2026 4:04 pm Super spot Snappy.... how are your eardrums? :D
Thanks PB, I think it had landed so close it didn't risk making any noise...
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SnappyMac wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2026 7:25 am Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)

Photo taken at: RSPB Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire https://www.rspb.org.uk/days-out/reserves/fowlmere

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Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti) by SnappyMac, on Flickr

Species Information: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildl ... is-warbler
Great one Snappy. :clap:
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Jacksparrow wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2026 7:45 pm Great one Snappy. :clap:
Thanks Jack :)
SnappyMac
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Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)

Photo taken at: RSPB Rye Meads, Hertfordshire https://www.rspb.org.uk/days-out/reserves/rye-meads

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Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) by SnappyMac, on Flickr

Species Information: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildl ... en-warbler
PimperneBloke
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That's a nice one Snappy, dunno how folk can tell these little warblers apart, it's beyond me :shrug: :D
SnappyMac
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PimperneBloke wrote: Thu Jun 11, 2026 7:09 am That's a nice one Snappy, dunno how folk can tell these little warblers apart, it's beyond me :shrug: :D
Thanks PB :) I use the Merlin App to get a sound ID while I am taking the photo, then double check with a photo ID. just to make sure I photographed the right bird :laugh:
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Linda257
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Some cracking additions lately SM...well done you even if you did need help from Merlin at times :shrug: :laugh:
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