13th March

on
Smew: The female was still present, it was sitting with one of the males in area 26 at 9.00am before flying out on to the main lake.
Water Rail: 2 birds still in the ditch in area 2.
Redwing: 8 birds flew through.
Siskin: 4 birds in area 24.
Goldfinch: 60 birds around the park, most in area 24.

Comments

castlehaven said…
Spectacular male Brambling on low level feeder Area 26.
Male Blackcap too same placem
Female Smew in same roost
2:02 PM
regents park birds.blogspot.com said…
Yes, the little blighter flew off before I got the chance to photograph it this morning.
4:02 PM
castlehaven said…
Was definitley NOT expecting to see a Brambling - I had assumed that they had all gone north by now..!

I got three looks, two long-ish, one very fleeting.

A Patch tick for me - when was your last for the Park Tony? If I recall, they show up infrequently?
5:16 PM
castlehaven said…
And I'm sure that you spotted my deliberate mistake: I meant Area 24...
5:22 PM
castlehaven said…
Forgot to say: Litle Grebes seemed to be nest building in Area 1/2
5:25 PM
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