Regent’s Park
Hobby: one was seen to take a Swift at 6.30am (well done Birdman, a lifer on Saturday and now it is a regular).
Swift: 9 birds at 6.29am soon became 8.
Reed Warbler: 2 in the Wetland Pen.
Common Whitethroat: 1 bird in area 31.
Blackcap: 10 present.
Garden Warbler: 2 birds present.
Willow Warbler: 20+ birds present.
Chiffchaff: 15+ present.
Comments
Muggy (19C) with thickening cloud and brisk (10kph) NE breeze at dawn that kept the songbirds in cover.
Common Sandpiper 1 (seen by Dave flying near rocky island beach NE of Longbridge before 07:00).
Garden Warbler 1 (feeding on bramble berries near E end of Cricket Pen, area 31 at 08:10).
Willow Warbler 2 (with tit flock in area 34 at 07:30).
Chiffchaff 2 (calling in areas 9 and 10 at 06:15).
Little Grebe 12 [1ad & 2yg off E shore of Bandstand Island, area 7; 1ad & 2yg in area 35; 2 ad & 2yg (nearly fully-grown - a result!) in area 2, 1ad & 1 yg E of Heron Island, area 8].
Great Crested Grebe 2 (for the first time, they were not on the nest at NE tip of Heron Island but instead sleeping together nearby - I hope the clutch hasn't failed).
Swift 2.
House Martin 7.