#FirstBirdOfMyDay: White-throated sparrows. My backyard definitely has winter residents from both the east and the west, but mostly west. When an eastern w-ts sings its ascending song, a western one inevitably replies with its descending notes, as if to say, "No, this is how you do it."
My first was the regular Dunnock singing beautifully from the top of a hedge.
Dunnock are so underappreciated, with their myriad shades of brown and grey, beautiful pinkish legs and wonderful song, they seem to be passed by by many.
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Two carrion crows travelling with purpose in an easterly direction, whilst a robin below took a more leisurely route hopping along the low patio wall.
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First birds of my day: a pair of Magpie in the neighbour's Silver Birch tree, while overhead a trio of Lesser Black-backed Gull and a pair of Yellow-Legged Gull circled noisily in the lightening sky.
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Spring flutterings here in full flow, with Blue Tits above, Wood pigeons playing in the water and Mr Robin sitting watching everyone.
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Worth a follow @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social and join #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours. A gentle mindful exercise to start your days with
The oystercatchers are back on the neighbours roof! I love their stark colours against the pale blue morning sky #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours have a good day!
Kookaburras sitting on the many gum trees surrounding my tent (glamping😁) and waking me up before the magpies got started, however the first birds seen were 4 pink galahs foraging in the wet grass on the way in to the festival. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #Whatsyours
First bird of my day. Just one of our herring gull pair sitting on a roof carefully preening it's feathers. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
At the seaside but no gulls as yet! #FirstBirdOfMyDay was a Starling singing his little heart out from the depths of an ivy-covered tree, followed closely by a Chiffchaff! 😺
Buzzard getting mobbed by Rooks, a proper aerial kerfuffle, for #FirstBirdOfMyDay. Still gusty winds and the ground is very soggy & puddled after a beastly night.
#Firstbirdofmyday nesting great tit in and out of the box.
Two Jackdaws gliding in to land on the field on this bright but cool and breezy morning. #firstbirdofmyday
Bonjour from Saulnay, France. What a start to the day being woken by the singing of a nightingale or two or three followed by a cuckoo or two or three. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
#FirstBirdOfMyDay: unmistakable Wood Pigeon departing the lawn as I opened the curtains
A rather noisy crow morning with occasional undertones of blackbird and now woodpigeon. #FirstBirdofMyDay
A Wren singing from a tall hawthorn tree in the hedgerow on a sunny, cool and blustery morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a heron, stood hunched on the river bank. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
I’m away camping for the weekend, out in the bush and was woken by magpies and other birds I didn’t recognise, chorusing at dawn, waking the trees and ignoring the cold and the rain. Auspicious start to a weekend of music. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
#FirstBirdOfMyDay: The white-throated sparrows take back the honors from the American robins today.
First, a dunnock pottering around the early morning wet grass. Later, a crow grooming the miniature shetland then flying of with a large beakful of moult for its nest.
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Watched “The Birds” on IPlayer if you haven’t seen it give it a spin, it’s great.
Up early worrying about Birds and our broken fences..Then up came our lovely builder on a Saturday and the birds gathered to watch him fix things, first to watch us was a Blackbird, bright and early #firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a herring gull drifting across the leaden London sky, as we head off to France on the Eurostar. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
First birds of my day: a pair of Goldfinch twittering overhead, while a trio of Carrion Crow called raucously from the church roof down the road.
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Wood Pigeons and House Sparrows were first here.
I can hear cheeping in the nearest nest box now, although the adult great tit has yet to be seen.
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#FirstBirdOfMyDay a great tit at the feeders
First bird of my day: a Song Thrush crossing the lane and disappearing into a hedgerow on a cool, bright morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day. The blackbird was singing the prettiest song as it came light, I woke briefly and enjoyed the tune. Now I am up it is raining and all the birds are sheltering. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
We're on our way to France via Le Shuttle. The FBOMD was a herring gull waiting at the passport checkpoint. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
Relief ! … here an effervescent Robin twittering in a neighbourly garden #firstbirdofmyday
