Your rarest bird on your Merlin app.

[Marchman]

I see that several on the SD use the Merlin app. I use it often and today got this bird this morning which is a Golden Oriole. Quite rare but does migrate to East Anglia. Never heard of it before.
What's the rarest bird (feathered) you have picked up on the app?

 

[old keeper]

My first ever Serin was spotted last week.

 

[Marchman]

My first ever Serin was spotted last week.

Had to look that up. Never seen one.

 

[Marchman]

Serin bird. Like this.

 

[User00056]

Very similar to a siskin?

 

[Utectok]

Red crossbill when I was out stalking the other day but I’m not certain it got it right occasionally it does make mistakes

 

[Fabnosh]

Probably a Marsh tit and a common crossbill both of which are rare around here.

FN

 

[Jelen]

I did hear a very strange bird sound a couple of weeks ago. It came from a very small apple orchard at 2100hrs, sounded like "Pee, pee, pee, pee. pee, Churrrrr" repeated regularly for several minutes. Downloaded the Merlin App and sat the next evening. Not heard it since.

 

[devon deer stalker]

Hobby

 

[Home Loader]

@Jelen look up nightjar call

 

[jall55]

I see that several on the SD use the Merlin app. I use it often and today got this bird this morning which is a Golden Oriole. Quite rare but does migrate to East Anglia. Never heard of it before.
What's the rarest bird (feathered) you have picked up on the app?

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I think it confuses this with something else as i also get this far far far too frequently

 

[Donkey Basher]

@Jelen look up nightjar call

About to say the same thing

 

[Tom_Ov]

I see that several on the SD use the Merlin app. I use it often and today got this bird this morning which is a Golden Oriole. Quite rare but does migrate to East Anglia. Never heard of it before.
What's the rarest bird (feathered) you have picked up on the app?

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Cetti's Warbler

 

[Apthorpe]

I'm currently abroad and it picked up both a curlew and a little ringed plover in a town. Both wouvd have been unsurprising outside the town.

 

[Camdig]

Grass hopper warbler is my rarest, I heard it first and realised the sound was too strong for a grass hopper, merlin app confirmed it was a bird.
Am confident it's correct as it was heard and seen a quite a few times after first identification.

 

[Cootmeurer]

I’m rather pleased to hear that Merlin has a UK database as well. Wonderful app, and on my next trip over I’m glad to know it will let me add a bunch of your birds to my life list.

I’ve always enjoyed birdwatching and just his past Christmas my oldest daughter and I decided to use Merlin and start doing this in a deliberate manner.

 

[Jelen]

@Jelen look up nightjar call

Will do, thanks

 

[NoIDeer]

Night jar. Brilliant app to try and make something of the cacophony we call the dawn chorus. Always a woody and a wren in there.

 

[BryanDC]

Eurasian nutcracker in sweden last autumn.

 

[Marchman]

I think it confuses this with something else as i also get this far far far too frequently

Interesting. It sounded like the call that's on the app but couldn't get to see it due to all the foliage. Any idea what would sound like it?