October 2018 Regent's Park

Regent's Park first Oct part 1

October up until this point 22nd October has been fairly quiet due to settled weather apart from a couple of days in the early part of the month. There were a couple of days when the wind was more favourable swinging around to the south or south east. This brought a few Meadow Pipit, Fieldfare, Redwing, Chaffinch, Greenfinch and 1 Brambling. The skies have often been clear meaning easy flying and at a high altitude for birds heading out of Scandinavia. Wood Pigeon movement has happened on a couple of mornings but not in large numbers. Waterfowl numbers are very low apart from the Shoveler who have exceeded 50+ on a couple of occasions, being joined by the odd Wigeon and Teal.  

Below is a pictorial of bird life in the park








Spot the odd duck out



























    Small Wood Pigeon flock


    Redwing (above) Starling(below)



    Mistle Thrush (above) Redwing (below)







    Collared Dove: not a common sight in Central London







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