London's best raptor day

Today is the most outstanding day in london for sightings of BLACK KITE.Here are the records.
Camden Town: BLACK KITE.
City of london: BLACK KITE from lendenhall building.
Selsdon Wood: BLACK KITE North over.(Roy Weller per KJM tweet).
Fitzrovia W1: BLACK KITE.
Walthamstow:BLACK KITE.
Also a report of 2 BLACK KITE at Beckenham.
Here's a link to wikipedia on Black Kite:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_kite

Hawfinch heaven

Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes in Bytom, Poland (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Steve Gale (@surreywallcreep):
Bramblehall Wood, Surrey: Hawfinch heaven! A minimum of SIX HUNDRED!

London News

Here's a photo of the eastern-type Lesser Whitethroat at Selwyn & Pagoda Avenues. Richmond london. Location

New London Record

Some of the Hawfinchs at box Hill.

Coccothraustes coccothraustes (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Bramblehall Wood, Surrey: 420+ Hawfinch.
Site Location

London Bird List

Slaty Backed Gull (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The London Area is the area defined by the London Natural History Society as that within 20 miles of St Paul's Cathedral, see LNHSAreaMap. The current list stands at 371 species (latest addition Slaty-backed Gull in July 2016).

Hawfinch Heaven

English: Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Today a london record number of Hawfinchs 300+ were at box hill.

Probable North American Horned Lark (Shorelark) Staines Res 25/11/17

Staines Reservoirs

Horned Lark showing well.

Staines Reservoirs

Finally got to grips with the horned lark at staines res today and it showed very well feeding on seeds on the concrete bank.Also the bird was very tame and was only about 15 feet away.

Staines Reservoirs

Staines Reservoirs: 1 AMERICAN HORNED LARK again on causeway at W end early pm on shingle shore near Linnet flock. Till 14.00 at least.

Walthamstow

Today was 3rd time unlucky for the parrot crossbills at broxbourne woods but a nice male HAWFINCH was a good start.Then a short drive to walthamstow with david campbell aka (Devilbirder) we managed to get the LITTLE BUNTING which was also calling and showed well.This was my second little bunting for london and devilbirders 1st.A great little bird which saved the day.

Gallions Reach

colour-ringed Black-tailed Godwit eating an earthworm (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

On the 6th of november i found a Black-tailed Godwit which was colour ringed and here is it's interesting track record:


RINGED: EW71034 N LNR OLO 05-Sep-09 Levington, Orwell Estuary, Suffolk, SE England Paul Newton, Mick Wright & Dean Backhouse 4 F

EW71034 S LNR OLO 11-Mar-10 Motney Hill, Medway Estuary, Kent, SE England Dudley & Carol Hird


EW71034 S LNR OLO 07-Apr-10 Motney Hill, Medway Estuary, Kent, SE England Dudley & Carol Hird


EW71034 S LNR OLO 17-Apr-10 Motney Hill, Medway Estuary, Kent, SE England Dudley & Carol Hird


EW71034 S LNR OLO 31-Mar-11 Motney Hill, Medway Estuary, Kent, SE England Dudley & Carol Hird


EW71034 S LNR OLO 02-Apr-11 Motney Hill, Medway Estuary, Kent, SE England Dudley & Carol Hird


EW71034 S LNR OLO 09-Aug-11 Motney Hill, Medway Estuary, Kent, SE England Dudley & Carol Hird


EW71034 S LNR OLO 13-Sep-11 Motney Hill, Medway Estuary, Kent, SE England Dudley & Carol Hird


EW71034 S LNR OLO 28-Dec-11 Rainham Marshes, Thames, Greater London, SE England Tony Blake


EW71034 S LNR OLO 04-Feb-12 Crossnes, Greater London, Thames Estuary, SE England Richard Bonser


EW71034 S LNR OLO 29-Jun-12 Deeside Nature Reserve,  Connah's Quay, Flintshire, North Wales Joan Hotchkiss


EW71034 S LNR OLO 16-Aug-12 Alresford to Wivenhoe, River Colne, Essex, E England Simon Cox


EW71034 S LNR OLO 30-Dec-12 Elmley Hills, Swale, N Kent, SE England Rod Smith


EW71034 S LNR OLO 15-Mar-13 Motney Hill, Medway Estuary, Kent, SE England Dudley & Carol Hird


EW71034 S LNR OLO 15-Dec-13 Rainham Marshes, Thames, Greater London, SE England Jonathan Wasse


EW71034 S LNR OLO 16-Dec-13 Rainham Marshes, Thames, Greater London, SE England David Morrison


EW71034 S LNR OLO 16-Jan-14 Oare Marshes Nature Reserve, Kent, SE England Dudley & Carol Hird


EW71034 S LNR OLO 29-Oct-15 Gravesend, Kent, SE England Paul Larkin


EW71034 S LNR OLO 16-Mar-16 Motney Hill, Medway Estuary, Kent, SE England Dudley & Carol Hird


EW71034 S LNR OLO 09-Apr-16 Motney Hill, Medway Estuary, Kent, SE England Dudley & Carol Hird


EW71034 S LNR OLO 03/08/2016 Hazlewood Marshes, Alde estuary, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, E England Ed Keeble


EW71034 S LNR OLO 26/11/2016 Rainham Marshes, Thames, Greater London, SE England Max Hellicar


EW71034 S LNR OLO 25-Mar-17 Thameside NP, Mucking, Thames, Essex, SE England David Low

F EW71034 S LNR OLO 12-Apr-17 Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Thames, Essex, SE England Pete Potts

F EW71034 S LNR OLO 15-Apr-17 Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Thames, Essex, SE England Pete Potts

F EW71034 S LNR OLO 24-Apr-17 Burton Mere RSPB reserve, Cheshire, NW England Colin Schofield


EW71034 S LNR OLO 06-Nov-17 Gallion's Reach, Beckton, Greater London, SE England Kevin McManus


EW71034 S LNR OLO 09-Nov-17 Gallion's Reach, Beckton, Greater London, SE England c/o David Campbell

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