tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post2248071364763992433..comments2024-03-10T14:33:50.262+00:00Comments on Regent's Park Birds: 21st Augustregents park birds.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05857667944318385224noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post-77729370901826545992012-08-22T09:18:42.515+00:002012-08-22T09:18:42.515+00:0022 Aug:
Partly cloudy, cooling to a more seasonal...22 Aug:<br /><br />Partly cloudy, cooling to a more seasonal temperature (15C at dawn) than recently, noticeably less humid, fresh SSW breeze (15kph) veering more westerly and increasing as morning progressed - in short, a typical late-summer London morning.<br /><br />Great Black-backed Gull 1 (seen by Dave Johnson soaring high over the Park in early morning).<br /><br />Spotted Flycatcher 3+ (as described by castlehaven above).<br /><br />Common Sandpiper 1 (flushed from lakeshore edge of Holme Green, area 9 to SW tip of Heron Island, area 8 at 07:10).<br /><br />Garden Warbler 1 (Cricket Pen, area 31 at 07:40).<br /><br />Willow Warbler 20+ [half of them in Cricket Pen, many using the water tray located at base of the nearly-dead elderberry bush (misidentified by me in earlier posts as an elm thicket - sorry!) in the centre of the Pen].<br /><br />Chiffchaff 6 (three in Cricket Pen, singles in areas 10, 17 and 19).<br /><br />Swift 3.<br /><br />House Martin 9.birdman_eustonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09232990514600770658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post-42257613243322747052012-08-22T08:38:41.033+00:002012-08-22T08:38:41.033+00:00Wednesday AM: 2 Spotted Flycatcher in Cricket Pen ...Wednesday AM: 2 Spotted Flycatcher in Cricket Pen 0715-0745; possible sighting of Redstart - fleetying russet tail in and around brambles/birches.<br />1-2 Spotted Flycathcer in Old Golf School 0745-0800castlehavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584183202237569367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post-4629208256430781852012-08-21T18:31:29.079+00:002012-08-21T18:31:29.079+00:00Many thanks for posting for the evocative Redstart...Many thanks for posting for the evocative Redstart photo, Tony. It's so nice to have a constant reminder of my split-second of joy... :)birdman_eustonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09232990514600770658noreply@blogger.com