What Bird was that?

On a lovely spring morning a group of intrepid wildlife enthusiasts set off around Glantawe Riverside Park and the Swansea Canal to experience the symphony of springtime bird song. Bird expert Bob Tallack, from Gower Ornithological Trust was on hand to share his expertise, which included mimicking a nuthatch to get a response!

Amongst the performers in the ornithological orchestra were the cheerful nuthatches, the warbling black caps, chiff chaffs doing what they do best ie "chiff - chaff - chiff - chaff" The robin added melencholy tones while the song thrush belted out it's solo performance. The gold finches added their metallic sound while the tiny goldcrest made a high frequency appearance along the canal. On the river the bobbing underwater fishing bird - the dipper gave it's loud zit zit sound before going for its dip. The wood pigeons were a coo and overall over 20 different species of birds were heard if not seen.