More photos of the Siberian Chiffchaff at Barrow sewage works

Here is a few photos of the Siberian Chiffchaff at Barrow sewage works last week by Steve James and Colin Green.


Comments

Marcus Lawson said…
It certainly looks good for tristis and if you are happy in the field with it being one then to be honest if you don't hear it call then does it really matter? What else could it be? I do understand however that unless it's heard to call that there will always be a nagging doubt over the bird. I've seen the birds down here in Poole several times this winter and only once have I heard one of the birds call and it was certainly reassuring but we were already 100% that there were two definite tristis present.
With regards playback the only time any of the tristis have responded is when I played a call taken from the recordings that come with the "Catching the Bug" book. On playing this particular call the tristis dived deep into cover whilst all the collybita around it carried on regardless. I wondered why it did this until I saw the full title of the call - it was an alarm call in response to the presence of a Red-backed Shrike!
As an aside it's worth giving it a blast of Blyth's Reed Warbler song as this draws in all manner of birds.
Sorry I can't be of more help.

All the best,
Marcus
davidearlgray said…
Cheers for the comment Marcus, the bird did response to the recording today and investigated were the call was coming from! However it still won't call to the recording!...

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