Hi Sabine
This is great news, thanks for sharing 🙂 Two of my team came across a sparrowhawk nest in a pine tree to the right of the wetlands bridge (our side).
No, we haven't seen any flycatchers either this year. What we are getting at the moment are several dead female blackcaps which are flying into windows. We lost one on the DiNA windows and one this morning had hit the glass walkway on the EBi main building.
Very sad 🙁
Thanks again for sharing
Kind regards
Lee
From: Sabine Eckert <se3@sanger.ac.uk>
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2025 11:46
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Subject: Sparrowhawks!
Hello All,
I just walked along the path near the bridge to the wetlands (52.078072, 0.180483), and came across five sparrowhawks. Three of them were
obviously youngsters, huddled together on the ground, practising flying, and falling over a lot. Two birds were hovering around low in the surrounding trees - either more competent youngsters, or more likely the adults. There was also some begging going on,
one youngster was faffing with something on the ground (prey?). They eventually moved off along the river towards the bridge. The location is very close to the big beech where they bred last year. I have a number of grainy pictures and videos I can send.
On the downside, I have not seen any spotted flycatchers since 18/6/2025, nor heard them calling this year. I now suspect that only one of the birds came back, the one I saw between 3/6 and 18/6, prepared the nest, and its mate didn’t show up. I think this
was the only pair around this year.
Thanks,
Sabine
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