Monday, 30 January 2012
LONDON NEWS
Crayford Marshes: Spotted Redshank on foreshore near Yacht club. 2
Water Pipit, 2 Avocet, 2 Little Owl, 52 Golden Plover, 2 Rock Pipit,
Kingfisher, Green Sandpiper,3 Stonechat.Stockers Lake: 2 Male Smew in bay NE corner, 13 Red-crested Pochard,Bury Lake.
Walthamstow
Over the last few days there have been
daily sightings of an adult peregrine perched on the top of the gasometer at the
NW of the West Marsh. Now Michael has sent me a text saying there
were two peregrines there today This raises the possibility once again of
peregrines trying to breed locally. Please do keep a lookout for peregrine
on the gasometer. If people want to send me details of their sightings,
I'm happy to collate them and circulate. This is the gasometer on which a
pair of kestrels fledged young in 2011 and 2010, so maybe
competition!
Does anyone know who owns the
gasometer? Centrica? LB of Enfield or Haringey?
Pete
UK BIRDING
Parrot Crossbill (female) still E.Sussex at Black Down, 1st English
record since a male near Fordingbridge, Hants on 5th-15th March 2000.
UK BIRDING
On this Day, rarities which have turned up in Britain and Ireland on 30th Jan #birding #birds #otd http://twitpic.com/8dkrqv
Sunday, 29 January 2012
LONDON NEWS
Holmethorpe SPs 2.redhead.SMEWS still this morning: 1.at Water Colour
Lagoon.1. +1.at Mercers West Pit. GOLDENEYE at Mercers West Pit still.Banstead Woods 2.Woodcocks flushed near Piddly Pond at 12.30pm.Beddington Farm male.CETTI'S WARBLER by west side of main lake still early afternoon.Beddington Farm ad.Med Gull flew over main lake late morning.Beddington Farm 2.Water Pipits at 100.Acre late morning.Canons Farm GREY WAGTAIL still near Legal & General. Staines Res shag still & GN Diver, 2 B-n Grebes, Scaup & Ruddy Duck.3 Smew Cheshunt GP at Hooks Marsh, Bittern at 70 Acres Lake & 13 Goosander Turnford Marsh GP.
Saturday, 28 January 2012
LONDON NEWS
Friday, 27 January 2012
LONDON NEWS
Ad Med Gull Beddington SF on main lake & 3 Water Pipits on 100 Acre.Bittern Thamesmere West, Thamesmead, still this a.m. (view from Morrisons car pk); 2nd 2w Iceland Gull Beddington SF.Yesterday male Firecrest greenwich park.Holmethorpe SPs redhead.SMEW at Water Colour Lagoon.1.still this morning. fem.GOLDENEYE at Mercers West Pit still.Spotted Redshank on Thames foreshore nr Erith Yacht Club, imm Marsh Harrier over the Thames.
Thursday, 26 January 2012
UK BIRDING
Red-breasted Goose Turf Devon, Old Hall Marshes Essex; Dark-eyed Junco Hawkhill Inclosure Hants; Spanish Sparrow Calshot Hants.Western Sandpiper Cley Norfolk; Lesser Scaup Slimbridge Somerset; Pallid Harrier Lake Corrib Galway.Lesser White-fronted Goose Buckenham Marshes Norfolk.Spotted Sandpiper Plym estuary Devon, Lyme Regis Dorset; Bufflehead Helston Loe Pool Cornwall.Wood Duck Arranmore Galway; Ross's Gull Ardglass Down. Buff-bellied Pipit Treraven Meadow Cornwall.
LONDON NEWS
Crayford Marshes: Spotted Redshank on foreshore near yacht
club.adult Mediterranean Gull, 60 Golden Plover, 124 Black-tailed
Godwit, Cetti's Warbler, Green Sandpiper, Water Rail, 2 Stonechat.Thamesmere West Lake: Bittern still in reeds to right of steps by
Morrisons at 10am but no sign of Ferruginous Duck by 10.15am. Also
Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler, Sparrowhawk, 30+ Linnets.Wraysbury GP: 4 Smew (3 m, 1 f), c20 Goldeneye, 3 f Goosander, Kingfisher, c50 Redwing, 14 Fieldfare.
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Walthamstow
Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 12:23
Started well with a single Redwing calling
in the trees at the north of East Marsh which was my first record in 2012 here,
as well as four Fieldfare calling from these trees. Possibly all these had
been roosting overnight, as I didn't see them as I returned through the area
going home. 2 Greylag Geese west over here too. Goosander briefly over NE
from Lockwood Reservoir plus a second bird that might have been a Merganser or
Goosander. Met Terry here and both saw little Egret fly NW from Res.
Terry also saw Reed Bunting here which I missed. Little Grebe in channel
north of Green Bridge plus Teal and Tufted Ducks. Rest of Marshes
generally quiet, male Reed Bunting at Stinebridge Wood, just one Grey Wagtail in
Pymmes Brook from Cetti Bridge and Chiffchaff plus Goldcrest near
Gasometer. Female Goosander in channel by Banbury Res (just east of East
Bridge). On Banbury Res (no access to public) Red-breasted Merganser, four
Goosander. Counted 15 different Song Thrushes singing as I walked round
Marshes between 8am and 10.15.
Pete
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
ID
guardianscience Guardian Science
Mystery bird: Fan-tailed raven, Corvus rhipidurus |@GrrlScientist gu.com/p/35v4f/tf
Monday, 23 January 2012
ID
LondonBirder69
kjmcmanus
Mystery bird: Little grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis | @GrrlScientist http://gu.com/p/34qpa/tw
via @guardian
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