Thursday, 22 May 2025

THRUSH Nightingale (quite possibly?!)

This morning (May 22nd) a head wind dropped a couple of things near Luccombe Chine: a Reed warbler and this singing Nightingale hidden in some scrub. After the recording of its song was widely shared (and somewhat debated) it was suggested to be likely the much rarer Thrush Nightingale! aka 'Sprosser'. I'd messaged Mark B at nearby Haddon's Pits and we'd got to within a couple of meters of it....The Island's first (I believe) if accepted.


What with last year's Greenish and Blyth's reed, this area has proven to be quite fruitful... 
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