Brigg Blog does not claim to have much knowledge of ornithology but from time to time we spy a bird in the back garden that catches our eye. This morning a warbler-sized bird came and perched on our foliage. It had charcoal under-wings. We can't think what it was, but thought someone might know. Sorry that the info is sketchy and that we failed to snap it for posterity.
You may recall a year or two ago that we successfully identified a visiting fieldfare and that our more interesting back garden sightings include a sparrow hawk.
We get a variety of finches, tits, sparrows, starlings, blackbirds and pigeons, plus the odd wren and robin.
But then, as the crow flies, we are only a few hundred yards from open countryside.
Our reference to "In an English Country Garden" fits in nicely with composer Percy Grainger, who was also a very rare but memorable visitor to Brigg.
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Not much info there, Nige.
Warblers do vary in size - from the little chiffchaff......and the blackcap is very distinctive (black skull cap = male, while reddish/brown = lady.....)
Need more clues, Nige - for example, was it brownish/yellowish/greenish (or combination), as many warblers are?
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