Click to expand Thanks John. David Pedder Well-known member. I'm no expert James but agree that they do sing all day, certainly in May.
I have heard it said that the best times to hear them are either dawn or dusk. Good luck! Bushcrafter Active member. Warm mid afternoons laying in a medow staring up to see where the little bugger is springs to mind here to see one perched is probably rare, ive seen them scatter as ive walked a field and aloft singing but sadly never perched,one day eh, good luck mate..
Reader Well-known member. I must admit that I have always found that early mornings are best. Mind you I had a Nightingale perched in a bush at Minsmere at 9am last Sunday. Where was you thinking of going to? Here in Finland best time to listening nightingales are from late evening 10 p.
I don't know your local light conditions, because we have here very light nights now and this morning I heard that some birder has heard first nightingale this morning in my area here in East Finland. I agree with others, that birds singing all day. So if you want to see bird, best time is early in the morning. Karl J Well-known member. Don't know about the 'best time' but i certainly heard them between 8 and ish last weekend down near Dunwich.
Thanks everyone, I took the plunge and went out last night and heard 3 nightingales plus lsr whitethroat, garden warbler - didn't see anything of course! Heard my first one about 8pm, but they might have been singing in that area earlier. One of the three birds gave about 6 seconds of song in total in about 25mins waiting, so maybe it wasn't 'peak' time. Maybe next time i'll try an early morning visit. Thanks again, James. Runcorn Birder Well-known member.
Had wonderful perched views for a good minute or so the bird was shaking as it sang. There were a good number of calling birds as well. Saw another in Turkey near Safak Pansions in Demirkazik last year and it was right out in the open for ten minutes or so.
Small and secretive in nature, nightingales make their nests in whatever vegetation -- be it a low-lying tree, thicket, shrub, or bush -- that seems most impenetrable to outsiders. These cup-shaped nests usually are made from blades of grass, twigs, and fallen leaves. After mating in the spring, female nightingales each lay anywhere from two to five eggs that will hatch in little more than two weeks.
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One was re-caught in the UK in , revealing its km outwards journey to wintering grounds in Guinea, West Africa. Nightingales feed mainly on insects, mainly through foraging on the ground, and in particular are partial to ants and beetles.
Nightingales are estimated to have declined by 90 per cent in the last 50 years, thought to be due to a mix of factors, including climate change but also increased numbers of deer nibbling away all the dense woodland understorey, which the nightingales need to feed and nest in see fact 4! As well as the large-scale issues listed above, nightingales have also faced other threats in the past.
Most quickly succumbed in captivity; those that survived until autumn often killed themselves, dashed against the cage bars as they tried to follow their migratory urge. It and repeat performances, on the same date in subsequent years, were so successful that Beatrice received 50, fan letters.
Nightingales have an astonishingly rich repertoire, able to produce over different sounds, compared with just by skylarks and about by blackbirds. This is because the part of the brain responsible for creating sound is bigger in nightingales than in most other birds.
In Britain, nightingales favour scrub, often near water, and open or coppiced woodland.
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