#lesser redpoll

[ornithological]

lesser redpoll (acanthis flammea cabaret), ireland

[dansnaturepictures]

09/03/2024-Pig Bush in the New Forest and home

Photos taken in this set are of; a Great Spotted Woodpecker we saw drumming very closely on a dead tree in the woods at Pig Bush such a wholesome and loud sound as another drummed in the distance they were marking their territories as we go into spring the closest we'd ever seen a Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming so this was fantastic and so nice coming just under two weeks after we saw and heard the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming at Acres Down so well on a similar tree, one of a lovely group of Lesser Redpolls it was great to see at Pig Bush, New Forest Pony at Pig Bush, beautiful views on the walk with stunning sky scenes, a dashing sky scene at home this evening, gorgeous Goldfinches which I enjoyed seeing on the feeders at home today and some vegetation in the water at Pig Bush.

I was thrilled to see three Jack Snipe on the walk, a sensational and thrilling bird to see my first of the year taking my year list to 141 which I'm very pleased with. Longer billed Common Snipe, the immersive and wonderful sight and sound of Lapwings, Teal, Grey Heron, Raven, Buzzard, Wren, Stonechats, Redwings, Pied Wagtail, daisy, gorse, foxglove leaves and Green Woodpecker heard twice were other highlights with Collared Dove good to see at home too.

[herpsandbirds]

Redpoll (Acanthis flammea), family Fringillidae, order Passeriformes, ALB, Canada

Recently, the Common, Hoary, and Lesser Redpolls have been combined into one species that is now just called "Redpoll".

photograph by Brandon Christopher Davidson

[bens-birds]

Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis flammea cabaret)

Carrowgnagappul Bog, Co. Galway, Ireland - 16-05-2025

[outofangband]

Birds of Nan Elmoth

Other bird and ecology posts in the Beleriand tag!

Written for @melestasflight

Nan Elmoth or the Valley of Stars was a deep forest East of Doriath and on the Eastern banks of the river Celon, a tributary to Aros which was itself a tributary to Sirion.

We can only speculate about the species of trees that grew here with the primary descriptor being that they block the sun. The climate and habitat is a deep, mixed deciduous forest with high moisture.

Note: I do have to give some license because of the enchantments, which means that the inspiration will take from real places, will not match exactly to the flora and fauna not that I’ve described here, but I’ve done my best, and I’ve done my best to include species that exist in deep forests, and not in open spaces, or at the very least live part time or migratory species in deeper forests.

I usually include world building notes on these post, so they’re not just me listing species but because there’s not a settlement or society here I wasn’t really sure what to do so I included world building notes for the Sindar more generally as well as nearby cultures, including Nandor and Avarin elves, I think all three have spent intermittent time in Nan Elmoth

I do not think that Nan Elmoth has a large amount of fauna because of its enchantments however there are species that have adapted to living there and in the surrounding regions. Most of these species are passerines who do not flock in large numbers. There are also species that do not exist in this world

Deep in the woods: chaffinch, hawfinch, pine grosbeak , common bullfinch, tawny owl, wood grouse, song thrush, common nightingale, hermit thrush

On the outskirts: northern parula, chestnut bunting, brambling, lesser redpoll, common nightingale, common wren

By the pool and in wetlands: rustic bunting, purple heron (migratory)

By the river banks: black faced bunting, common rosefinch, white throated dipper, common crane

Migratory: little bunting, northern wryneck, Bohemian waxwing (breeds in conifers), scaly thrush

World building notes:

-Nightingales, usually species of forest edges and clearings live in Nan Elmoth and have since Melian herself was there. Their song is lower than their kin in other regions and many feel it is more eerie, almost mournful.

-Birds that feed on yew berries and other species poisonous to elves and men are considered symbols of endurance and faith in some Sindar culture.

-The whistling cry of waxwings appears in Avarin music, often emulated through flutes carved from wood and reed.

-Rusting buntings are symbols of maternity and childbearing in some Avari and Sindar cultures

-It is told among the Avari of this region that thrushes and other songbirds guided them to find food in the faint dawn of their awakening.

[aisphotostuff]

Winter Lake @ Warnham West Sussex by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: The reserve is home to a variety of wildlife, including birds, amphibians, reptiles, butterflies, dragonflies, and mammals. In the winter, the Woodpecker Hide is a good place to see flocks of Lesser Redpoll, Siskin, and Brambling. The Millpond is home to wetland birds such as Pochard, Tufted Duck, Coot, and Great Crested Grebe..Warnham Nature Reserve is a 92-acre site that includes a millpond, marshes, grassland, reed beds, hedges, and woodlands. It was designated a Local Nature Reserve in 1988 and is owned and managed by Horsham District Council.

[jplupineislost]

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Shadow Mo-Hawk: Available Lesser Redpoll: Available Red-Backed Shrike: Available Chimney Swift: Available

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[easy-copper]

what do you think of the lesser redpoll?

I think it's a lot less great than the greater redpoll.

[spacefinch]

I got finches on my mind

I GOT FINCHES ON MY MIND

I GOT FINCHES ON MY MIND

I GOT FINCHES ON MY MIND

Common names of the birds:

Pine siskin (above) and purple finch (below)

Black Rosy-Finch

Common Redpoll

Lesser Goldfinch

[birdingblog]

My life list!

This post will serve as a log of bird species that I have seen. List of birds is under the cut.

Birds with a * are ones I've seen around my yard

Total bird species: 149

Total backyard bird species: 78

Canada goose*

Cackling goose

Trumpeter swan

Mallard*

Green-winged teal

Blue-winged teal

Wood duck

Redhead

Common goldeneye

Bufflehead

Hooded merganser

Common merganser

Ring-necked duck

Ruddy duck

Wood duck

Greater Scaup

Lesser Scaup

Common loon*

Double-crested cormorant

Pied-billed grebe

Horned grebe

Ring-billed gull*

American herring gull

Killdeer

American woodcock*

Least sandpiper

Sandhill crane

Great egret

Great blue heron*

Green heron

American white pelican

American coot

Wild turkey*

Ruffed grouse*

Ring-necked pheasant*

Rock pigeon/feral pigeon

Mourning dove

Turkey vulture*

Osprey

Bald eagle*

Red-tailed hawk

Broad-winged hawk*

Sharp-shinned hawk*

Cooper's hawk

Rough-legged hawk

Merlin

American kestrel

Northern harrier

Peregrine falcon

Barred owl*

Common nighthawk

Ruby-throated hummingbird*

Belted kingfisher

Chimney swift

Barn swallow

Tree swallow*

Black-billed cuckoo*

Yellow-bellied sapsucker*

Red-headed woodpecker

Red-bellied woodpecker*

Downy woodpecker*

Hairy woodpecker*

Pileated woodpecker*

Northern flicker*

Blue jay*

American crow*

Common raven*

Eastern phoebe*

Eastern kingbird

Eastern wood-pewee*

Great crested flycatcher*

Least flycatcher*

Alder flycatcher

Gray catbird*

Brown thrasher

Eastern bluebird*

Veery*

Swainson's thrush*

American robin*

Hermit thrush

Gray-cheeked thrush*

Wood thrush*

Cedar waxwing*

Black-capped chickadee*

Red-breasted nuthatch*

White-breasted nuthatch*

Brown creeper*

Northern house wren

Ruby-crowned kinglet*

Golden-crowned kinglet

Yellow-throated vireo*

Warbling vireo

Red-eyed vireo*

Ovenbird*

Northern waterthrush

Black-and-white warbler*

Yellow-rumped warbler*

Magnolia warbler*

Mourning warbler

Blackburnian warbler

Nashville warbler*

Yellow warbler

Canada warbler

Cape may warbler

Northern parula*

Bay-breasted warbler*

Wilson's warbler

Black-throated green warbler

Blackpoll warbler

Chestnut-sided warbler*

Pine warbler

Palm warbler*

Tennessee warbler*

Common yellowthroat*

American redstart*

Horned lark

Lapland longspur

Snow bunting

Chipping sparrow*

Clay-colored sparrow

Song sparrow*

Swamp sparrow*

Savannah sparrow

House sparrow

Fox sparrow*

Harris's sparrow

White-throated sparrow*

White-crowned sparrow*

American tree sparrow*

Dark-eyed junco*

Eastern towhee*

House finch*

Purple finch*

American goldfinch*

Pine siskin*

White-winged crossbill

Common redpoll*

Indigo bunting*

Northern cardinal*

Scarlet tanager

Rose-breasted grosbeak*

Baltimore oriole*

Red-winged blackbird*

Rusty blackbird

Brown-headed cowbird*

Eurasian blackbird/Common blackbird

Common grackle*

Bobolink

European starling

[dansnaturepictures]

16th October 2023: Lakeside and home

Flora and fauna pictures taken in this set: 1. Some stunning common toadflax just outside the park on the pavement to the east, a favourite flower of mine in bright clumps currently that I've enjoyed here throughout the year it was nice to have a chance to get photos with my DSLR and macro lens today. 2. A mesmerising Mistle Thrush, one of a few I saw. They're birds I find so sweet to see, they're dashing and powerful. 3. A Lesser Redpoll, one of six I was euphoric to spot in the birches at the east of the southern fenced off area and I saw them flying around a bit, gleeful moments spent in awe of these mini finches. Interestingly like Mistle Thrush was on New Year's Day, Lesser Redpoll was a patch tick for me in March here so it was brilliant to get these into another autumn/winter here birds I love seeing. There were around six Mistle Thrushes I saw all together so these two species were intertwined today. 4. A record shot of a Jay. I was amazed enough as it is to get wonderful views of this one of my favourite birds and crows again here today and get a photo, and it adds yet another great little trend to my phenomenal year of wildlife that I've now photographed all eight British crow species this year. I like my corvids and it's a unique point of this year that like 2019 I had the chance and was able to see them all so to get the pictures is nice. 5. A delightful scene of a bee on purple teasel. 6. A gorgeous Roe Deer I was privileged to watch in the northern fenced off area both from the northern path and the central path between the fenced off areas. It's always magical to see these mammals which I've had a top year for, especially here. Not long after 3pm in the afternoon not when I'm often here it was peaceful which meant it was more bold perhaps. 7. Mallard. 8. Broad-leaved clover. 9. Viper's-bugloss another flower I love. 10. Another key bird today, Carrion Crow.

On a day off today it was fantastic to get out to Lakeside twice a two hour walk around and then about an hour one later, and it amazed me as it always does the differences in the list of things seen to Saturday when I also did a longer walk round here to the lunch time and evening ones, showing that no two days are the same. Great Spotted Woodpecker and Green Woodpecker (I can't have seen both of these and Jay a fellow flamboyant favourite of mine on one day at Lakeside much/ever before, or many places) were other standout birds. I also enjoyed seeing Buzzards again, Kestrel really well near the entrance at the start of the first walk, my first Wren seen for a little bit, Dunnock, Goldfinches, Chaffinch again, Great Tit, Jackdaw, Magpie, House Sparrow, Starling, possibly a Redwing, Great Crested Grebe, Greylag Geese, Moorhen including a growing youngster, Coot as well as Grey Squirrels seen nicely they're around in numbers here lately, Red Admiral and Common Darter. Goldfinches and Collared Doves were joyous birds seen at home today. Knapweed, hedgerow and meadow crane's-bill, common mallow near the common toadflax, white clover, white deadnettle, hogweed, old man's beard, oxeye daisy, chamomile, bramble flower, cleavers, marjoram, dock on the green out the front and in Lakeside, rose hips, hawthorn, firethorn and privet berries and apples were other good plants/fruit seen.

[herpsandbirds]

Redpoll (Acanthis flammea), family Fringillidae, order Passeriformes, Calgary, ALB, Canada

Recently, the Common, Hoary, and Lesser Redpolls have been combined into one species that is now just called “Redpoll”.

photograph by Lilly Hiebert

[mwlphoto]

Lesser redpoll, Haytor, Devon, Jun 2024.

[outofangband]

Songbirds of Doriath

Flora, fauna, geography and environment of Arda Masterlist

Orchids of Doriath, Mosses of Doriath, Ferns of Doriath

I love doing general flora and fauna posts but I can’t fit everything in them so I’m trying to make more specific ones as well! please please feel free to send categories to work on with locations! Or any environmental world building asks!

In ornithology songbirds are defined as species who possess a lower larynx or species belonging to the suborder passeri. This includes thousands of species that live all over the world, with the exception of Antarctica

Doriath is a region made up of a variety of forests. There is Region, a forest of holly and other mostly deciduous trees, Neldoreth, an ancient beechwood, Nivrim, a forest of primarily oak north of the twilit meres and finally Arthórien, a forest we have almost no information on, divided from the rest of the kingdom by the river Aros which runs along the Eastern border of greater Doriath.

Songbirds are canonically associated with the region and especially the queen, Melian, whose power was said to bring song to nightingales. She was also a Maia of Vána, as well as Estë. Vána was associated with songbirds and flowers. Lúthien’s sobriquet means nightingale and there are many references to songbirds in association with her in both canon and pre canon sources

like my others, I am going to add some world building notes at the end so it's not just listing species

Species:

In the deeper woods: chaffinch, azure tit, greenish warbler, song thrush, common nuthatch, golden oriole, long tailed tit, hawfinch, lesser redpoll

Forest edges: rose finch, horned lark, marsh warbler, chestnut bunting, white wagtail, common nightingale, common wren

Migratory: woodchat strike, wood warbler, thrush nightingale, redwing, fieldfare, sedge warbler, varied thrush, red throated thrush, bluethroat

Specific to Region: mistle thrush

River banks and alder groves: brambling, Willow tit, marsh tit (occasionally found along the river in Neldoreth too), common reed bunting

Arthórien specific: rusty crowned babbler, golden crowned babbler, grey thrush, maroon oriole

Other note: there are many species that exist throughout the kingdom that do not have equivalents in the real world. Some of these were brought by the Melian and some of these are, simply species unique to. Arda

World building notes:

-song birds are common in art, music, poetry, and lore. Though they have group associations (Melian and thus, Doriath itself, joy and livelihood, song) different species often have their own associations as well! Thrushes for example are associated with melancholy, seasonal change, and contemplation. Warbler species tend to be associated with summer and with revelry.

-I spoke about this on my post about speculative biology and elves, but I believe the elves can imitate a variety of animal nature sounds with higher accuracy than humans, and this is due in part to differences in vocal systems, as well as in their hearing and imitation abilities.

-Many games of Sindar children involve bird calls and different ones are often assigned meanings, some obscure, some almost universal.

-The marchwardens of Doriath also frequently use bird calls as well, changing based on season and location so their calls fit with the environment.

-It is considered highly taboo to slay a songbird as they are not hunted for food or materials but also because of the spiritual significance. Feathers may only be used when found having been lost or fallen, not taken from live birds or their bodies. Many will say a prayer to Melian or Vána at the sight of a fallen songbird

-Just as with butterflies, many species of birds inspired exploration in color and led to the development of pigments. Alder bark, from trees found primarily in Nivrim, is associated with varied thrushes as well as with orange tip butterflies, for example

[aisphotostuff]

Common Linnet Oare Marshes Kent by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: The linnet can be seen on farmland and heathland across the UK. This 1 is on Kent's Oare marshes by the Swale estuary..Belong to the Finch bird family with Chaffinch, Lesser Redpoll, Goldfinch, Bullfinch, Siskin and Twite.

[wildstarts]

Picked out among a small flock of Lesser Redpolls, this frosty, white-rumped northern version is a Mealy Redpoll. They are currently regarded as different species but that's up for debate! Either way, they're a treat to find while winter's still here