Kittiwake |
Thursday 31 January 2013
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Wednesday 30 January 2013
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Great White Egret |
Tuesday 29 January 2013
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Barn Owl |
Sunday 27 January 2013
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Marsh Harrier |
Slavonian Grebe |
Hen Harrier |
Saturday 26 January 2013
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Sylvia communis - female and chicks |
Rye House Marsh: 1 Bittern - seen flying twice but presumably the same bird. Stocker's Lake: Bittern.South Ealing: 8 Waxwings (26th day).Hampstead Heath: Red Kite flew N over Parliament Hill at 1245.Gallions Reach: 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Grey Plover, 5 Common Snipe, Oystercatcher,35 Lapwing, 4 Gadwall. Chingford: Still 4 Waxwings feeding on rose hips in garden opp school on Kings Rd 9.30-9.40 then flushed. seen again briefly on Larkshall Rd at 10.50.
Friday 25 January 2013
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Common Crane pair in flight. |
Thursday 24 January 2013
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Black-tailed Godwit |
Wednesday 23 January 2013
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Caspian Gull |
Tuesday 22 January 2013
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Bar-Tailed Godwit |
Monday 21 January 2013
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Merlin |
Sunday 20 January 2013
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White-fronted Goose. |
Brent Reservoir: Knot, Dunlin & Turnstone over this morning, also Bearded Tit seen from main hide & 3 Pintail in North Marsh.Gallions Reach: 1 Kittiwake 1W, 4 Grey Plover, 43 Lapwing, 2 Dunlin, 2 Curlew, 1 Black-taiked Godwit, 80 Redshank, 1 Oystercatcher, 21 Common Snipe, 10 Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, Kingfisher, Firecrest, 55 Fieldfare.Crayford Marshes: Woodcock, Spotted Redshank, 11 Grey Plover, 11 Pintail, 34 Black-tailed Godwit, Little Owl, 6 Yellow-legged Gull.
Saturday 19 January 2013
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A drake Long-tailed Duck in flight |
Queen Mother Res: BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT seen earlier at Horton GP.Crayford Marshes: Bar-tailed Godwit, Spotted Redshank, 11 Grey Plover, adult Mediterranean Gull, 19 Pintail, Turnstone, 6 Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, Little Owl, 20 Golden Plover, Lesser Redpoll, Green Sandpiper, 4 Rock Pipit.Beddington SF: 1st winter Glaucous Gull,Merlin also Short-eared Owl.Rainham Marshes RSPB: 2 Caspian Gull (2nd winter and adult), 3 Jack Snipe, Ruff, 40+ Common Snipe, 5 Corn Bunting, 2+ Water Pipit, Grey Wagtail, Green Woodpecker.
Friday 18 January 2013
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Siberian Thrush |
Thursday 17 January 2013
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Head of a Bewick's Swan. |
Wednesday 16 January 2013
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Mediterranean Gull |
Crayford Marshes: 4 Pintail, 4 Curlew, 16 Fieldfare, Little Egret, 400 Dunlin.William Girling Reservoir: M & F/1st Winter Long Tailed Duck, 2 Black Necked Grebes on Chingford Side.Horton:2 Buff-b-pipits still.Queen Mother res:Black-t-diver,Long-t-duck still.
Tuesday 15 January 2013
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Sanderling |
Monday 14 January 2013
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Black-throated Diver |
Snaresbrook/Leyton Flats: 2 Firecrest.
Saturday 12 January 2013
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Queen Mother Reservoir : 2 Buff-bellied Pipits
briefly birds had moved to Horton GPs in pm and showed
well up to 15:40. Also Slavonian Grebe and Long-tailed Duck (the later
seen by others) at QMR.Pipits are on puddles at
Kingsmead Quarry east of the B376 north of Sunnymeads Station this
afternoon, as well as grebe and l.t.duck, also 2 peregrine & red
kite at QM Res.Staines Moor: 5 Short-eared Owl and Water Pipit.Stoke Newington: 6 Waxwings on tree in Town Hall Approach at 2.45pm.Whitewebbs Wood: 1 female Firecrest feeding in Holly near Ornamental Lake.
Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: 2 female Bearded Tit showing well from dawn in reedbed close to Diana memorial as yesterday (first seen 11/12/12).Dartford: 3 Waxwings at Holiday Inn Express on University Way in car park late morning.Crayford Marshes: Dark-bellied Brent Goose flew down the Thames; Spotted Redshank, Turnstone, 136 Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper, 3 Curlew, 2 Rock Pipit, 3 Yellow-legged Gull.Brent Reservoir: Bearded Tit heard calling by main hide.Coulsdon: Raven over gardens flying south at 10:15 mobbed v aggressively by crows. London Wetland Centre: Red-head Smew and Bittern on main lake.
Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: 2 female Bearded Tit showing well from dawn in reedbed close to Diana memorial as yesterday (first seen 11/12/12).Dartford: 3 Waxwings at Holiday Inn Express on University Way in car park late morning.Crayford Marshes: Dark-bellied Brent Goose flew down the Thames; Spotted Redshank, Turnstone, 136 Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper, 3 Curlew, 2 Rock Pipit, 3 Yellow-legged Gull.Brent Reservoir: Bearded Tit heard calling by main hide.Coulsdon: Raven over gardens flying south at 10:15 mobbed v aggressively by crows. London Wetland Centre: Red-head Smew and Bittern on main lake.
Friday 11 January 2013
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Whooper Swan |
- St. John's Wood: Peregrine Falcon south over Lord's Cricket Ground 13:12 (D. McKenzie).
- Staines Moor: 3 Short-eared Owls showed very well for most of the day along the east side. Also 2 Water Pipit along the Colne, 22 Common Snipe on the south flood, 5 Stonechat, 2 Little Egret, 12 Siskin, 2 Treecreeper, 1f Bullfinch, 1 Peregrine, 3 Little Grebe and 4+ Reed Bunting. (Lee Dingain - a few pics here )
Thursday 10 January 2013
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The Queen Mother Reservoir There is a sailing club based at the reservoir. The club house is at the top of the bank at reservoir level. |
Wednesday 9 January 2013
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Glaucous Gull |
Monday 7 January 2013
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Spotted Redshank |