6th March

Bushy Park

Dawn from my office window and from the other direction it looks as if the dawn has set my office (top window) on fire.

Common Buzzard: the male was over the western side of the park.

Sparrowhawk: a male was buzzed by a murmeration of Starlings over the Brew House Meadows.

Kestrel: a female was over the meadows.

Teal: 4 were on the Scrape.

Gadwall: the pair were again on the Scrape.

Water Rail: 2 were on the Brew House Pools.

Kingfisher: a male was fishing on the pools in the Brew House.

Skylark: three were singing in the Upper Lodge Road area.

Meadow Pipit: one flew over.

Stonechat: a pair were by the Scrape.

Redwing: 60 were on the paddocks before moving into the Woodland Gardens.