Hardy Tropicals UK

What's a YBW?

Yorkshire Kris wrote:What's a YBW?

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(24 Sep 2013 20:29)

PS for those not familiar with birder speak, 'YBW' = Yellow-browed Warbler. They breed in Siberia, and mostly spend the winter in southeast Asia, but a small (and increasing) number head west to winter in W Europe instead, passing through Britain in late September and October. They're one of the autumn 'must-sees' for lots of birders

We need more tropical birds, and perhaps build shelters for them so they can survive.

Parrots would be a good choice, they're very cheerful There must be some hardier species from the mountaineous regions maybe? The volcanic parts of Costa Rica for example.

otorongo wrote:We need more tropical birds, and perhaps build shelters for them so they can survive.

Parrots would be a good choice, they're very cheerful There must be some hardier species from the mountaineous regions maybe? The volcanic parts of Costa Rica for example.

Sounds an innocent enough statement, but wait until they start ousting native species. Parakeets seem to be spreading further across the country, it's only a matter of time before they get established here on the coast!
Nice to see the occasional visitor but not at the expense of our own species. It'll be the same sort of clamour about planting stuff which isn't endemic and possibly could cause problems.

Here's a tropical bird for you!

May come as a surprise, but it's closest relatives are not the chats and redstarts one might expect, but a group of tropical African species (ref: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57: 380–392, 2010).

I’ve lived at the new house now for several weeks and moving from the city to countryside I was looking forward to seeing a much greater variation in bird life in the garden, but to be honest I’ve been a little disappointed the only birds I’ve seen so far that I haven’t seen in my city garden are Coal T*** and pheasants… well that was until yesterday when a woodpecker appeared on the peanut feeder, it appeared to be having problems extracting the peanuts so I cut an 8” log in half and drilled lots of I” holes in it, then filled the holes with peanuts and pine nuts… and he’s back again today

Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker



Tony

It's always nice to see something different in the garden even if it is not particularly rare.

Too wet here Clive,

Palmer wrote:Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker

Tony

Almost certainly a Scandinavian bird, there's been a huge arrival of them this autumn on the east coast. The juveniles are distinguishable because they moult a couple of months later than UK resident GSW, so they are still in juvenile plumage now, whereas local juvs moulted into adult plumage a while back.

Saw this today Not, alas, in my garden!

Your area has some really nioce birds Conifers!

Thanks!

Not really my area - had to go down to foreign parts (Bishop Auckland, Co Durham) to see it

But this nice Siberian Stonechat was here in Northumbs . . . all the way from somewhere east of the Urals

Conifers wrote:

Palmer wrote:Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker

Tony

Almost certainly a Scandinavian bird, there's been a huge arrival of them this autumn on the east coast. The juveniles are distinguishable because they moult a couple of months later than UK resident GSW, so they are still in juvenile plumage now, whereas local juvs moulted into adult plumage a while back.

Thanks for that info Conifers I’m sure your right whenever I have seen GSW or LSW in East Yorkshire I have always found them to be very shy birds and difficult to get close to… unlike the GSW in my garden.