Kensington Gardens
This morning I had a meeting to discuss habitat improvements to the area bordering the Longwaters northern shore.
While there I had a couple of good birds:
Common Snipe: one was flushed from the reed bed nearest to The Italian Gardens.
Fieldfare: one was perched in a tree on Buck Hill.
Cetti's Warbler: the male was singing from the scrub where it resided last year.
Regent's Park
I returned to the park to be told that 1 probably 2 Firecrest's had shown well opposite the Rose Garden Cafe. I thought they would have moved on by now so didn't rush to go and look for them. I eventually got to the area of hedge that runs along the Inner Circle opposite the Rose Garden Restaurant shielding the large villa (The Holme). I wasn't long before I could here and then see first one but then 2 birds. The male showed very well but the female was feeding just behind the hedge. One of the gardeners whom I have met before allowed me to enter the grounds which is where I was able to take some of my photos.
Elsewhere in the park there was little change.
Firecrest (male)
It was a good day for reflections unless you are a pigeon (see why later).
Herring Gull
Black-headed Gull
Pintail
Lesser Black-backed Gull
This morning I had a meeting to discuss habitat improvements to the area bordering the Longwaters northern shore.
While there I had a couple of good birds:
Common Snipe: one was flushed from the reed bed nearest to The Italian Gardens.
Fieldfare: one was perched in a tree on Buck Hill.
Cetti's Warbler: the male was singing from the scrub where it resided last year.
Regent's Park
I returned to the park to be told that 1 probably 2 Firecrest's had shown well opposite the Rose Garden Cafe. I thought they would have moved on by now so didn't rush to go and look for them. I eventually got to the area of hedge that runs along the Inner Circle opposite the Rose Garden Restaurant shielding the large villa (The Holme). I wasn't long before I could here and then see first one but then 2 birds. The male showed very well but the female was feeding just behind the hedge. One of the gardeners whom I have met before allowed me to enter the grounds which is where I was able to take some of my photos.
Elsewhere in the park there was little change.
It was a good day for reflections unless you are a pigeon (see why later).
Comments
Very nice photos of the Firecrests. I asked earlier about Whooper Swans in Regent's Park, and if they sometimes stop in, or if they are part of the collections. I saw two of them on Dec. 6, and I thought it was odd to see them.
The Whoopers are part of the collection and are therefore unable to fly. We used to have a group of 8 birds some of which bred but there young were taken away and swapped for other species of ducks or geese. In all my 30+ years in the park I have only ever seen a small flock of Bewick's fly over. There was a report of a Whooper flying over the park but my assistant saw that bird and it was a Mute.
I have a feeling that the LBB is catching the pigeons although I haven't seen it do that, yesterdays prey item was very fresh.