Diurnal bird movement over Regent's Park

Regent's Park bird passage

The light in the morning has been very varied

30th October 06.30am to 12.30pm (not continuous)

Species	Total	Species
Cormorant	25	2 high flying flocks that at first we thought were wild geese
Common Buzzard	1	Flew NE at 1.10pm
Sparrowhawk	3
Peregrine Falcon	3
Kestrel	2
GBB Gull	2
Wood Pigeon	1200	There movement had almost dried up by 11.30am
Skylark	3
Meadow Pipit	2
Pied Wagtail	7
Grey Wagtail	3
Fieldfare	550
Mistle Thrush	26
Ring Ouzel	1	Flew NW at 7.50am
Blackbird	1
Redwing	620
Song Thrush	6
Starling	160
Hawfinch	1	Flew NW at 6.50am
Bullfinch	1	Female flew NW at 11.40 am
Brambling		Male landed briefly in Horse Chestnut tree 7.40am
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Lesser Redpoll
Siskin

This is the flock of Lesser Redpoll arriving just before sunrise

A flock of 25 Lesser Redpolls dropped in, this is possibly the largest feeding flock ever recorded in the park.

Fieldfare (above and below)

Cormorants at a great distance at first looked like a flock of wild geese, they tend to fly in a less regimented formations.

Fieldfare look as if they could interfere with the planes circling London

Chaffinch female heading north west

Redwings (above) Fieldfare (below)

Fieldfare passing over ZSL.

31st October 06.30am to 12.30pm (not continuous)

Species	Total	Notes
Short-eared Owl	1	One flew north 9.00am, it was stooped on by a Peregrine at 9.05 over Barrow Hill Res
Peregrine Falcon	1	female
Sparrowhawk	1
Kestrel	2
Meadow Pipit	2
Pied Wagtail	9
Grey Wagtail	3
Mistle Thrush	6
Fieldfare	630
Blackbird	7	singles
Song Thrush	1
Redwing	260
Starling	890	Including I flock of over 800 birds heading NW
Hawfinch	3	NW at 6.35am, NW at 10.40, NW at 11.55 in front of 53 Fieldfares
Brambling	2	With Chaffinches at 8.10am and 10.25am
Bullfinch	2	Flew NW at 6.55am
Chaffinch	270
Goldfinch	35
Greenfinch	1
Lesser Redpoll	6
Siskin	4

Wood Pigeons tend to head south west, sometimes dropping off but never staying to long due to the public footfall through the park.

Fieldfare resting briefly

Redwing (above and below) normally they utter their distinctive flight call. Over the past three days most species have been fairly quiet.

The photo above shows Fieldfare and Chaffinches heading north west and Wood Pigeons heading south west.

Blackbirds tend to move on their own.

Starlings heading west a short time after a flock of 800 passed low over the park.

1st November 06.30 to 11.00am

Unfortunately I was away from Regent's Park this morning so missed the opportunity of getting record shots of one of the Hawfinches as it circled above the Open spaces. The Ring Ouzel would also have been another photo opportunity as it passed overhead.  

Species	Total	Notes
Wood Pigeon	300
Collared Dove	1	Flew south west at 9.24am.
Skylark	5
Meadow Pipit	1
Grey Wagtail	2
Blackbird	5
Ring Ouzel	1	A male flew north west at 9.25am.
Fieldfare	120
Redwing	11
Song Thrush	3
Starling	240
Hawfinch	2	One flew NW at 8.20am, followed 20 minutes later by the second bird.
Chaffinch	140
Brambling	1	Flew NW at 7.00am.
Bullfinch	1	Flew east at 10.20am.
Goldfinch	15
Siskin	2
Lesser Redpoll	4