BRENT RESERVOIR.

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Yet another london lifer today with SPOTTED SANDPIPER putting me on (278).

Brent Res.

Trust me the bird is on the right standing on a tern raft. Spotted Sandpiper
Spotted sandpiper London records: 

• pre-1852: Brent Reservoir (Middx), one shot on an unknown date (Harting, 1866)
• 1956: Hilfield Park Reservoir (Herts), one on September 2nd (LBR 56, Hardwick & Self)
• 1988: Barn Elms Reservoir (Surrey), a summer plumaged bird on May 16th (LBR 56, Hardwick & Self)
• 1989: King George V Reservoir (Essex), one from September 25th to October 6th (LBR 56, Hardwick & Self)

The specimen of the first record was among a collection sold in April 1852 and purchased by Frederick Bond "who traced it to the person who had received it in the flesh and stuffed it and fully satisfied himself of the truth of the statement" (Harting, 1866). The specimen is now in the British Museum.

Barnes

Today i had my second london lifer of the year with IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF. 277

LONDON LIFER

English: Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Regents Park: At last i got to grips with YELLOW BROWED WARBLER for london putting me on 273.

LONDON LIFER

One of the reasons i went to gallions reach was to try to get some target species that i needed for london and today i did that with a GUILLEMOT which was drifting upriver.

This bird putting me on 272 for london.

Rye Meads

I have not been out twitching for a long while so it was nice to connect with the rye meads GLOSSY IBIS.My london total is now standing at 270.

Glossy ibis

Canons Farm

Heres some more pictures of the DOTTERELS at canons farm.

Canons Farm

Just got back from the patch and i had just booted up my computer and this tweet come out on twitter 15 DOTTEREL at canons farm.A quick phone call to lol and were off 2 hours later we were on the birds. Which is a WORLD LIFER 403 for me & a LONDON LIFER 263.Today at the patch also had NEW patch tick 3 TURNSTONE 129.Walthamstow yearlist 119.