Regent’s Park
Grey Heron: 12 nest are occupied at present. Last years nest in the Willow opposite the Bandstand fell out last autumn and as yet has not been rebuilt.
Great Crested Grebe: 2 pairs and a lone mail were present.
Little Grebe: three birds present.
Barnacle Goose: a bird dropped in with two Grey lag Geese.
Common Shelduck: a pair on the lake and another flew off to the NW.
Gadwall: at least 24 birds on the eastern side of the lake. I didn’t check Longbridge or the Old Boathouse areas.
Common Teal: 2 pairs on the Bandstand Island.
Northern Shoveler: 34 spinning by area 8.
Sparrowhawk: a musket flew east across the lake, again panicking all the gulls.
Little Owl: the male was on show this morning in area 25.
Redwing: 4 flew north.
Green Woodpecker: 7 birds seen, with the bird near the Bandstand attracting the attention of several photographers. I doubt that there are many places that offer such good views of a bird that was a major rarity in the park until the mid 1990’s.
Firecrest: at least one was present near New Lodge, area 16.
Siskin: 6 feeding in area 31.
It is not easy to hide on the trunk of a London Plane tree
Ants cant be on this birds menu at the moment. The ground here is very boggy.
Gadwall may be grey but they are not boring.
A bit of courtship on a cold day is not a bad idea, but the water is a bit cold.
Great Black-backed Gulls
But who am I?
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