tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post4004715196153027706..comments2024-03-10T14:33:50.262+00:00Comments on Regent's Park Birds: 19th Septemberregents park birds.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05857667944318385224noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post-85178942880031056512012-09-21T14:58:54.390+00:002012-09-21T14:58:54.390+00:0021 Sep:
1 Hobby over E 07:25 (Barrow Hill Reservoi...21 Sep:<br />1 Hobby over E 07:25 (Barrow Hill Reservoir, area 48), 1 Common Whitethroat (Reservoir thicket 07:20), 3 Blackcap (areas 33 and 39), 20 Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Wagtail (flew from boathouse to edge of Children's Boating Pond, area 3 at 08:50), 9 Shoveler (5m, 4f), 1m Gadwall, 3 House Martin over lake.<br /><br />Another unidentified flyover, this time seen flying SE into the hazy sun at 07:50. Size, tail shape, bounding flight and call (a downward-slurred, wheezy "tzeez!") all lead me to plump for Tree Pipit but I can't be sure. These unidentified, flyover pipit/wagtail/finch species are getting on my nerves! Tomorrow is supposed to be clear with a N/NE breeze so I'm going to bite the bullet, forgo my normal birding circuit and sit like a bump on a log all morning atop Primrose Hill facing north so I can hear these little blighters coming in good light conditions! Wish me luck...birdman_eustonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09232990514600770658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post-90898454644548835812012-09-20T15:05:56.591+00:002012-09-20T15:05:56.591+00:0020 Sep:
2 Spotted Flycatcher (E end of St John...20 Sep:<br /> 2 Spotted Flycatcher (E end of St John's Lodge garden, area 29), 1 Nuthatch (area 29 & environs since 10 Sep at least), 30 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Swallow SE 09:50, 3 Shoveler. There were a few dozen chaffinches in areas 17 and 29 early this morning.<br /><br />The Nuthatch seems quite territorial. Are there any nest boxes, I wonder, in the garden (in the unlikely case it decides to stay and it finds a mate)?birdman_eustonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09232990514600770658noreply@blogger.com