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Three new London ticks (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Arbu
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halftwo
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Arbu
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Hi Richard, yes, I'm well, and you? London is actually really pleasant at the moment if you're free to go cycling - very little pollution or traffic.
Arbu
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Here's a list of London birds that I still need:
Redpoll
Little Owl
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Bullfinch
Collared Dove
Red-legged Partridge
Meadow Pipit
Great Black-backed Gull
Yellowhammer
Sedge Warbler
Grasshopper Warbler
Greenshank
Dunlin
Yellow Wagtail
Turnstone
Ringed Plover
Stonechat
Whinchat
Coal Tit
I shall try to get some of them over the remainder of the lockdown. I can cycle just about anywhere in north London for exercise. Coal Tit and Collared Dove are a bit embarrassing not to have seen, but then I don't normally do much birding in London. I think there are Sedge Warblers in Regent's Park at the moment so they should be quite gettable.
Redpoll
Little Owl
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Bullfinch
Collared Dove
Red-legged Partridge
Meadow Pipit
Great Black-backed Gull
Yellowhammer
Sedge Warbler
Grasshopper Warbler
Greenshank
Dunlin
Yellow Wagtail
Turnstone
Ringed Plover
Stonechat
Whinchat
Coal Tit
I shall try to get some of them over the remainder of the lockdown. I can cycle just about anywhere in north London for exercise. Coal Tit and Collared Dove are a bit embarrassing not to have seen, but then I don't normally do much birding in London. I think there are Sedge Warblers in Regent's Park at the moment so they should be quite gettable.
You've obviously been to Gutteridge Wood today. 2 singing Nightingales at the moment. Not aware of any records from there until just over a week ago. Red Kites are numerous in the area & see them almost daily over the garden not too far away.
Sedge Warbler & Bullfinch were seen there today. Collared Dove fairly common around nearby gardens.
Richmond Park has breeding Stonechats + with luck you may find Coal tit.
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Arbu
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Got Stonechat today in Richmond Park (a family of them). Also a Reed Bunting, although that wasn't a new one for the list. Couldn't find Little Owl - there are so many trees they might be in and the park is so big. If someone can tell me an exact tree to look in I might consider going back.
Arbu
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Iberian Chiffchaff today and two Red-legged Partridges near the M25, just inside the London boundary.
Also a very un-red kite near Enfield got me thinking about the recent reports of Black Kite in London. But it did show a bit of red on the tail and contrast on the upperwings, so I think it was probably a juvenile Red Kite.
Also a very un-red kite near Enfield got me thinking about the recent reports of Black Kite in London. But it did show a bit of red on the tail and contrast on the upperwings, so I think it was probably a juvenile Red Kite.
I saw that mentioned the other day-quite an unseasonal record! Remember a couple of years or so back a female breeding around London but I think all the young got predated.
You might get good birds at St James Park or Hampstead Heath.
Arbu
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Hampstead Heath is better but if I'm looking for something new then really I have to be quite specific about where I look.
My London lockdown list is now up to 81 species with Black Redstart and Peregrine on Fleet Street yesterday.
BirdsOfEurope
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Could you tell me where you found the pheasant? That would be great.:t:
