Regent’s Park
There must have been a movement of phylloscs overnight as the was an increase in the two commoner species.
Common Sandpiper: present for its fifth day in the Longbridge Sanctuary.
Tree Pipit: one was seen by the rose wheel in Queen Mary’s Gardens at 9.35am. Not an area that you would expect to see this species.
Reed Warbler: three birds seen.
Garden Warbler: one in area 31.
Blackcap: seven birds seen.
Common Whitethroat: five birds seen, 3 in area 31 and 2 in area 39.
Willow Warbler: over twenty birds were present mainly in area 31 but birds could be seen in other suitable locations.
Chiffchaff: over fifteen birds were present mixing with the above and associating with the Long-tailed tit flocks.
Pied Flycatcher: two birds present in area 31, sometimes flying to area 30.
The above 2 pictures show one of the flycatchers and the three below show the newcomer, though there is a good chance that it was here yesterday.
A few more Dabchick photos
Comments
Among yesterday's photos I've just noticed DSC_7856, showing a parent Little Grebe carrying a fish - thanks for convincing me that they are indeed feeding perch fry to their young - you can see the telltale banding near the fish's tail. I can't see a stickleback among your photos; on reflection, this may not be surprising, as they need crystal-clear water which surely rules out most if not all of the Boating Lake.
Slightly cooler (19C) and clouding over at dawn with S breeze increasing to 15kph thereafter. Less songbird activity than yesterday, when there was a light E wind and sunny skies.
2 Spotted Flycatcher (one at W side of old Holford House field bordering the Leaf Yard Wood, area 40 at 08:15; one at S side of Cricket Pen, area 31 at 08:50).
Willow Warbler 3 (areas 31 and 35).
Chiffchaff 3 (areas 10, 17 and 31).
(Family of 4 or 5 Blackcaps near Leaf Yard Wood feeder, area 41 at 08:30.)