Downloaded app this morning and stuck phone out of window:Thank you for the podcast recommendation.
Merlin gave me these this morning from the back door - heading a couple of hours away later so hopefully something different.
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Dawn chorus from my bedroom window this morning 
Wow!
This was my dawn chorus In north Hampshire...the left image was 4.19 am, the right 4.48am. Interesting that the sparrows had a lie in!
I am not usually awake at this time...blame the Merlin app. I saw a Merlin in my garden a couple of years ago. Will try and find (not v good) photo.
This was my dawn chorus In north Hampshire...the left image was 4.19 am, the right 4.48am. Interesting that the sparrows had a lie in!
I am not usually awake at this time...blame the Merlin app. I saw a Merlin in my garden a couple of years ago. Will try and find (not v good) photo.
I've been googling chamomile lawns and absolutely want one now!.I'm in a built up area, and this morning heard two wrens singing away nearby. Pretty miraculous
Also added a non flowering chamomile to my row of potted herbs this year and it makes a very nice bedtime tea with some lavender. Has anyone planted chamomile into their lawn? I'm not brave enough 🫣
Got my first highly unlikely on the app last night, a yellow legged gull, showed my husband and he was like "what, they're always hanging around the chippy"
.Little listen today
I could hear loads when I went out at the crack of dawn - but the app was only picking up one - I think the firm sea breeze must interfere with the listening. 
I planted a camomile lawn for a client once. It was only a small area which would have been paved otherwise.I've been googling chamomile lawns and absolutely want one now!.
Got my first highly unlikely on the app last night, a yellow legged gull, showed my husband and he was like "what, they're always hanging around the chippy"
Little listen today
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Pick the right cultivar that doesn't need mowing.
Check the Royal Horticultural Society for the best advice. They have a section about camomile lawns on their web site. Can't link for some reason.
How does it fare on ‘barren’ land?! Our neighbours have an enormous eucalyptus (don’t get me started) which has destroyed our lawn and fence so if anyone has any tips on what could cover the ground I’d appreciate it. We sowed a tonne of grass seed last year but it’s all just died off because the roots sap all the nutrients out of the ground
Camomile doesn't require a very moist or fertile soil as it's a Mediterranean plant but it does like a looser, free-draining soil. If the area is compacted then dig it over. If it's clay, add horticultural grit. It will require some shade until established but then full sun so if the Eucalyptus is casting shade on the area it might be a problem.How does it fare on ‘barren’ land?! Our neighbours have an enormous eucalyptus (don’t get me started) which has destroyed our lawn and fence so if anyone has any tips on what could cover the ground I’d appreciate it. We sowed a tonne of grass seed last year but it’s all just died off because the roots sap all the nutrients out of the ground
I can help with ground cover ideas but which way does the area face?
A good catch this morning - the curlews are so noisy now so my “bird of the day” was easy - the Siskin is unusual for this time of year so I’m chuffed with that.
We had a late evening dog walk and the kids wanted to use the app (which I'm loving, it's like they're small again 🥹). Bumper list!
I haven’t been able to get Merlin to identify my chickens yet and they’re not the quietest birds!
Thank you. It’s west facing but the tree is enormous and the area of our garden that’s affected has roots pushing through the lawn, plus constantly covered in bark and leaves!
We spent a good 5 minutes stood under a tree last night trying to identify a particularly loud bird only to decide it was a very creaky branch
.For aaaaaages I thought we had a woodpecker down the lane but it was in fact a creaky branch 
Omg Pesky do you live very rurally?
I'm so envious. Here in London I get two or three usually
I’ve told this story many times now - but during lockdown a woman in my village spent several evenings secretly admiring the owl in a tree by her house.For aaaaaages I thought we had a woodpecker down the lane but it was in fact a creaky branch
The cold light of day revealed it to be a carrier bag stuck in the branches.
How’s everyone recording these? I tend to do it a good few times a day for a couple of minutes at a time. I’m thinking of actually getting a notebook to properly track what I’m seeing/hearing throughout the year.
I was fixated on an owl that was out in daylight in Fort Lauderdale last year. Genuinely obsessed.I’ve told this story many times now - but during lockdown a woman in my village spent several evenings secretly admiring the owl in a tree by her house.
The cold light of day revealed it to be a carrier bag stuck in the branches.
How’s everyone recording these? I tend to do it a good few times a day for a couple of minutes at a time. I’m thinking of actually getting a notebook to properly track what I’m seeing/hearing throughout the year.
Until I realised it was a plastic decoy
I wouldn't say super rural, our house is in the bounds of a graveyard so it's heavily wooded and well, extremely quiet 🫣. I love being able to know what they all are now!.Omg Pesky do you live very rurally?
I'm so envious. Here in London I get two or three usually
London is great though, it's a little too quiet here sometimes!.
I first got the merlin app when we moved here to New England almost four (!) years ago now. I love it so much. Here's the chorus in our yard this afternoon.
