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went for an early morning walk through the pinewoods that covered the hills around
Icmeler. On the way to the woods I heard and then saw a Kruper’s Nuthatch
which was noisily scolding a cat from one of the bridges that cross the canal in
the centre of the resort. I saw my first Sombre
Tit a little further on. It was calling from a conifer at the rear of one of
the hotels. My first impression upon seeing it was of a Coal Tit the size of a
Great Tit and I didn’t know what it was until I looked in my field guide later
on.
The woods were still rather quiet considering the time of day but I heard many Kruper’s Nuthatches, a few Chaffinches and a few Great Tits. I walked up the hill and saw two separate flocks of Long-tailed Tits with about 10 birds in each. All of the birds were juveniles with distinctive brown sides to their heads. Halfway up the hill, on the edge of a stream I heard a bird singing from the undergrowth but couldn’t identify it by voice. I managed to creep up quite close and was rewarded with a excellent view of a male Ruppell’s Warbler. I watched it singing for a few minutes before making my way back down the hill to the hotel for breakfast.
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