Bushy Park
Teal: 5 were on the Scrape and viewable from Dukes Head Passage.
Hobby: the female flew over the Scrape and into the Woodland Gardens carrying a Great Tit.
Lapwing: one flew south at 7.25am.
Common Snipe: one was on the Scrape mid morning.
Jack Snipe: one was flushed from a grass path near the Scrape at 7.50am.
Water Rail: one calling from one of the pools in the Brewhouse Meadow.
Skylark: 3 singles flew west.
Meadow Pipit: 8 west.
Grey Wagtail: one flew towards the Water Gardens.
Song Thrush: 3 single high fliers headed west.
Mistle Thrush: 10 were feeding on the meadow.
Common Whitethroat: 1 by the Longford River.
Blackcap: 4 near the Longford River.
Chiffchaff: 6 present.
Richmond Park:
A quick visit to Pen Ponds produced;
Wigeon: 26 birds present.
Common Teal: three birds.
Not the best Jack Snipe photos but you can see some of the plumage and length of bill differences between the birds above and the Common Snipe below.
I don’t often take photos of these noisy blighters but my camera has been playing up so I was just practising.
This Teal was one of the three present on Pen Ponds
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