Spotted Flycatcher, the first record of the year for this declining species.
Spotted Flycatcher: This bird is a good 20 days early than the average arrival date for birds on their way south. It could be a failed breeder. It was showing very well in the coppiced Elms in the corner of area 24.
Cuckoo: A juvenile was seen for over 7 minutes perched in several trees in area 29.
Common Tern: Still three birds on the lake.
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Speaking of peculiar looking juvenile birds, I was just in the park for the first time in ages and saw 2 birds in the top of the ash tree area 25, looked like blackbirds, but with light-edged wings, lighter belly, and a very distinctive speckly black and white squarish patch on the hip. Is this just 2 funny looking blackbirds?
All the best,
Piers
They sound like young blackbirds, I too have noticed some lighter than usual ones in my garden. Maybe the all this rain has washed some colour out