7th May

Overall it was another quiet day in the parks

Regent’s Park

Common Shelduck: pair present

Common Buzzard: 5 singles flew over this afternoon.

Common Tern: a pair were present all day.

Turtle Dove: one flew SW at around 7.45am.

Swift: 8 were over the park this afternoon.

Bushy Park

Hobby: 2 birds flew west one chased by Jackdaw.

Common Swift: 12 over the western section.

House Martin: 6 with the above.

Northern Wheatear: one in the south-east section.

Meadow Pipit: 3 birds also in the same area.

Jackdaw hot on the heels of a Hobby, why do they bother?

I had a bit of a surprise as I went to open my garden shed this afternoon. This Asculapian Snake has been seen occasionally for the last 3 years.