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Stayed in a hostel witha bunch of LEJOG people who have cycled Glen Coe route today. Good memories of that.
Day 4 of the 3 Peaks Challenge - knee still recovering from pain as Scafell so train only to Fort William through the lovely Rannoch Moor
Very interesting behaviour from this male roe deer. He kept knocking over and snapping plants with his antlers to lick at the stump. It was clearly very tasty!
spanwidth min.: 18 cm
spanwidth max.: 21 cm
size min.: 10 cm
size max.: 12 cm
Breeding
incubation min.: 13 days
incubation max.: 15 days
fledging min.: 14 days
fledging max.: 16 days
broods 2
eggs min.: 4
eggs max.: 7
Tiuf-teaf
Status: A common and widespread summer visitor (April to September) to woodlands, as well as a common passage migrant and scarce winter visitor.
Conservation Concern: Green-listed in Ireland. The European population has been evaluated as Secure.
Identification: Very similar to Willow Warbler and about the same size as that species. Ages and sexes identical. Largely dull greenish above, slightly paler below. Has faint supercilium and dark eyestripe, as well as a narrow white eyering. Legs are usually dark, though pale-legged birds have been noted. In comparison to Willow Warbler, note duller green colour, dark legs, call and behaviour - frequently dips tail. Chiffchaffs from Scandinavia and Siberia can appear (rarely) on autumn passage in Ireland, these being almost pure white underneath and brown-grey above.
Similar Species: Other Warblers - Willow Warbler, Wood Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler.
Call: A rather vocal species. The most frequently heard call is a quiet “hu-it”. This is rather similar to that of the Willow Warbler and some experience is required to separate the two species on call alone. The song is a distinctive “tsilp-tsulp-tsilp-tsulp”, (i.e. “chiff-chaff”) usually repeated five or six times.
Diet: Feeds almost exclusively on insects and other invertebrates.
Breeding: Not as common or widespread as the Willow Warblers with Chiffchaffs favouring deciduous woodlands and well vegetated hedgerows for breeding rather than boggy or marshy areas.
Wintering: The majority of the Irish breeding population migrate south to winter around the Mediterranean basin. A few may remain throughout the year along the south and east coasts, especially during milder winters.
Where to See: Widespread in Ireland. A very common passage migrant on headlands along the south coast.
Physical characteristics
Small, slight but often rather chesty warbler, less graceful and active than Willow Warbler. Plumage variable in color tones and in contrast between upper and underparts: west-central and south-western races (nominate callybita, brehmii, exsul, canariensis) brownish-olive above and dull yellowish below, and lacking contrasting features except for dark bill, pale eye-ring within dull yellow supercilium, and usually dark legs. Northern and eastern races abietinus, tristis less warm, more olive, cooler brown or even grey above, and less yellow, even strikingly white below.
Habitat
Breeds in west Palearctic in upper and lower middle latitudes, in continental and oceanic boreal, temperate, and mediterranean climatic zones. Basically a bird of mature lowland woodland with not too dense canopy and fairly copious variety of medium to tallish undergrowth, but may even extend to tree line in mountain woodland or to upper zone of closed forest.
Other details
Phylloscopus collybita is a widespread breeder across much of Europe, which accounts for less than half of its global breeding range. Its European breeding population is extremely large (>30,000,000 pairs), and was stable between 1970-1990. Although there were declines in a few countries—notably France—during 1990-2000, populations were stable or increased across the majority of its European range, and the species remained stable overall.
Feeding
Almost wholly insects. Forages mainly high in tree canopy, aslo in bushes and lower down in dense thickets.
Conservation
This species has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 10,000,000 km². It has a large global population, including an estimated 60,000,000-120,000,000 individuals in Europe (BirdLife International in prep.). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern. [conservation status from birdlife.org]
Breeding
Breeds mid April to mid June in Western Erope. Early May in Central Europe, mid April to May in Spain, late January to June in Canary Islands. Nest site is built on or close to ground concealed in tall vegetation, low bushes, tree branches, or creepers. Nest is a domed structure with side entrance, made of dry grass stems and leaves, moss, and other plant leaves, lined with finer grasses and feathers. 4-7 eggs are laid, incubation 13-15 days, by female only.
Migration
Most populations migratory; Canary Islands populations sedentary. Western populations winter within and south of breeding areas, eastern populations vacate breeding areas entirely. Winters south to northern Afrotropics, Arabia, and northern India. Within Britain, recoveries provide evidence that some breeding birds remain for winter, and that individuals return to same area in successive winters; also evidence of continental birds wintering in Britain. Autumn movement begins August and is protracted, though termination of passage often masked by overwintering. Spring departure from wintering areas begins in February, with main movement March-April. Migrants reach all south coast observatories in Britain by beginning of March; peak early April in west (where passage heavier and more sustained than in east), not until mid-April in east. Main arrival in Switzerland from mid-March, in mountains from early April. In southern Sweden, passage early April to mid-June, peaking in early May. Further east, movement is later: not before mid-April in Moscow region.
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Public Lecture on "Changing Consumer Behaviour: Are We Becoming More Demanding?" by Professor Moira Clark, Director, Henley Centre for Customer Management on 25 February 2015
Public Lecture on "Changing Consumer Behaviour: Are We Becoming More Demanding?" by Professor Moira Clark, Director, Henley Centre for Customer Management on 25 February 2015
Public Lecture on "Changing Consumer Behaviour: Are We Becoming More Demanding?" by Professor Moira Clark, Director, Henley Centre for Customer Management on 25 February 2015
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Public Lecture on "Changing Consumer Behaviour: Are We Becoming More Demanding?" by Professor Moira Clark, Director, Henley Centre for Customer Management on 25 February 2015
Sitting on a rock near a marsh, I was hoping to do some light reading. Instead I did some light photography, as I must have been near a nest of this red-wing blackbird, which was putting on a very aggressive display. Little bird, but a big heart.