Having not been on any of our nest platforms for 10 days, it was good to see female Osprey CJ7 on one this AM. She spent about 15 minuets on the platform before two Buzzard then took umbrage and saw her off. She was then later seen with a fish which was interesting as a second ‘fishless’ bird was then seen about 15 minutes later, suggesting 2 different birds were in the area at the same time. Another revelation came today in the form of a second Nightingale being discovered to be singing in the Piddle Valley. Our recent recordings of the 1st bird (which were always from quite some distance away) made it sound like that the same bird was moving about the area. It wasn’t until sound recordists Mark Constantine and Magnus Robb took a listen and pointed out that the difference in sound level was due to the fact a second bird was singing further away. They still remain a frustrating pair to hear with both birds only singing during the hours of darkness. There is a reason for this though, and that’s because they’re un-paired. According to Mark and Magnus, un-paired birds sing through the night, whereas birds on territory with a female will sing during both the day and night. So it sounds like these poor lads won’t be fulfilling their summer dreams this year as we move closer to June, but lets hope they return next year and try try again.
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