SOFTBILLS
FOR a long time I have been fascinated by what are sometimes affectionately called LBJs (little brown jobs) by bird enthusiasts, and regarded as a headache for the more general nature lover. It’s not difficult to see why. What was that bird you just caught a glimpse of? Willow warbler or chiffchaff? Wren or dunnock? Reed warbler or marsh warbler? Woodlark or skylark? Nightingale? (I wrote about this wonderful species in , November 9, 2022.) And – as tricky to
