Do any birds fly at night?

[Snadger]

Treecreeper or nuthatch, both creepers/clingers, and don't forget wrens. Don't be misled by the colours on these sites, they are a little over the top.

The RSPB: Birds by name
The RSPB: Nuthatch

Just google imaged 'wren' and it appears to be a House Wren...........do these fly at night?

[BrideXIII]

Just google imaged 'wren' and it appears to be a House Wren...........do these fly at night?

well not normally,. but hell whats normal these days?

if you have all those lights it can afford to hunt late, plus the weather has been so confusing for all the wildlife recent years, maybe they have extended their habits?

[Snadger]

Apparently house wren's aint in this country..........back to the drawing board!

[BrideXIII]

why couldn't it be a sparrow?

i mean they live here all year round don't they?

so it's out a little late, so what?

sparrows are GOOD, specially house sparrows which are getting rarer by the day.

[Snadger]

why couldn't it be a sparrow?

i mean they live here all year round don't they?

so it's out a little late, so what?

sparrows are GOOD, specially house sparrows which are getting rarer by the day.

*just toddles off to google image house spuggy*

[Snadger]

Back again.........nope not a spuggy..........wrong shape and colour.............deffo Wren-i-fied!

[Snadger]

Googled Night Wren.........cor, I wish it WAS one of these!

[BrideXIII]

size comparison pic, sparrow at top.



bottom bird is a greenfinch.

[Snadger]

size comparison pic, sparrow at top.



bottom bird is a greenfinch.

Sparrow seems too big and too long methinks!

[BrideXIII]

try this



thats a dunnock, often confused with sparrows, different shape though.

[Snadger]

OK........once again.........this seems as close to it as makes no difference! A WREN!..........keeping late hours!

[BrideXIII]

well it could BE a wren, just never heard of them nesting in roofs? but hey, who knows what they do these days when their natural habitat is being ruined daily, if it IS a wren then all power to its birdy elbow i say

[digthatchick]

I would lay money on it being a Robin - these birds are a common sight on winter evenings and will sing all night if there is a streetlight near. ( often mistaken for a nightingale as they sing at night ) They cling to walls near my bird feeders.


Do you all know that the urban robins sing at night? Yes, this is true the iconic urban Robins sing at night not because they want to but because they are forced to. Persistent noise made by people in towns and cities has turned the robin into a night owl.
Scientists from the University of Sheffield have determined that robins have recently started singing at night because the urban noise drowns out their mating calls in the day. It is said that there is a link between an area�s daytime noise levels and the number of birds singing at night.
Light pollution has been far and wide held as the prime suspect. It prevents the birds from roosting, which leads them to remain active through the hours of darkness. The daytime noise levels are significantly higher in the areas the birds sing nocturnally.
The findings are published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.
I don�t think that we are aware of the harm we are causing to the wildlife and our environment; there can be no other good example than this!
Source: BBC News

[BrideXIII]

I would lay money on it being a Robin - these birds are a common sight on winter evenings and will sing all night if there is a streetlight near. ( often mistaken for a nightingale as they sing at night ) They cling to walls near my bird feeders.

very true, and the girlies are plain brown and smaller than the male, would make sense for the time of year?

[Westcoast]

Could it have been a Dunnock, they often feed late into the evening.

MG