tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post4952772562033480178..comments2024-03-10T14:33:50.262+00:00Comments on Regent's Park Birds: 18th Mayregents park birds.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05857667944318385224noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post-25049946493996589622012-05-19T16:19:41.863+00:002012-05-19T16:19:41.863+00:00Bill
It is a shame that these birds cannot be see...Bill<br /><br />It is a shame that these birds cannot be seen by more members of the public. However if the public were allowed into this area then I doubt these birds and others like Common Buzzard, Reed Warbler and others would soon leave for pastures new.regents park birds.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05857667944318385224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post-88712735723694723292012-05-19T13:35:39.847+00:002012-05-19T13:35:39.847+00:00Beautiful Kingfisher shots. Shame there's no g...Beautiful Kingfisher shots. Shame there's no general access though, looks like they show well!<br /><br />BillBilly Dykeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840933193238325733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post-16672878320622162282012-05-19T12:05:41.241+00:002012-05-19T12:05:41.241+00:0019 May: Light overnight showers with light SW wind...19 May: Light overnight showers with light SW wind and hazy cloud in early morning.<br /><br />Grey Wagtail 1f: feeding on pavement in front of Boathouse Café, area 5 at 07.40.<br /><br />Common Tern 2: pair over lake off area 5 at 07.40; seen together on lake fenceposts off area 9 at 08.40.<br /><br />Pied Wagtail 1juv: on lakeshore and then fencepost, area 9 at 07.40.<br /><br />No sign of Great Crested Grebes or Little Grebes in areas 13 or 14; instead, it's a coot's paradise! (A month or so ago, a pair of the Little Grebes were active at that end of the lake.)<br /><br />Shrubby Cinquefoil in bloom near the Boathouse Café, area 5.<br /><br />Hawthorn now in full bloom throughout the park; one tree 20m tall near the SW corner of the fenced-off square in area 40 looks particularly stunning. Here's hoping for a bountiful crop of berries to feed the blackbirds, song thrushes and redwings next winter.<br /><br />Speaking of notable trees, my favourite oak in the park is the one with a spreading crown just inside the N entrance to Marylebone Green, area 20. (Dave tells me he found a migrant Wood Warbler singing from its branches one Spring - ah, those were the days...)<br /><br />Feel free to nominate your own favourite tree in the park.birdman_eustonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09232990514600770658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post-82884251771484161342012-05-18T21:29:51.961+00:002012-05-18T21:29:51.961+00:00I was away last week but I returned to the park on...I was away last week but I returned to the park on tuesday (15th) and was immediately greeted by swifts (3) near the bridge under repair, 2 common terns going up and down the lake, about 7 housemartins, and maybe 4 reed warblers in full song. The warblers have been extremely entertaining this week, with several passers by stopping to look for what was singing - today the one in the reeds by the ditch in area 2 was doing loads of repeated, perfect blackbird alarm call impressions - to the extent that a real blackbird got freaked out and flew off alarm calling!Helen Speakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01474873949525479273noreply@blogger.com