Regent’s Park
A fairly quiet day with little in the way of bird movement.
Skylark: one possibly flew north over the Hub this morning.
Little Owl: one was seen feeding in the Wetland Pen, a bird frequented this area earlier this year.
Richmond Park
European Wigeon: 48 were on Upper Pen Ponds.
Gadwall: 32 were present.
Pochard: 10 were present.
Tufted Duck: 8 were present.
Redwing: 2 singles flew through.
Stonechat: a pair were present in bracken east of Lower Pen Ponds.
Comments
That hornet in Richmond Park possibly a queen looking for a suitable over-wintering tree. Is that particularly unusual or noteworthy in a big mature park like Richmond?
Piers
2 Yellow Wagtail (calling 'pheez' while landing on NE slope of Barrow Hill Reservoir, area 48 at 10:00), 1 Pied Wagtail, 6 Redwing, 2 Chiffchaff.
Thanks to Rose for alerting me to the possibility of Yellow Wagtail in area 48. Looks like they're a regular if scarce stopover migrant here; I had a well-lit, overhead view of them coming and going today and now realise that I've probably seen and heard them at least twice before this migration season, flying out of the Reservoir.