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KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDS Although all the Canada--Greylag hybrids have speckled heads, this goose looks to be a pure Canada. An inherent tendency to get speckles is simply amplified by hybridisation. A pair of Mute Swans are making a nest on the east end of the island, outside the fence. This is a good place, as the water protects them from all but the mostadventurous
KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDS: MAY 2020 A female Emperor dragonfly landed on a reed in the Italian Garden, and I went to photograph her laying eggs. I was expecting her to move on afterwards, but apart from the small backward jump seen here (she was facing into a brisk breeze) she didn't move from the spot. KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDS: JANUARY 2019 This list is of all the birds, including rare visitors, that have been seen in the park since 1889. Sources include W.H. Hudson, 1898 (the naturalist in whose memory the Rima memorial was built); A.H. Macpherson, 1929; and various publications of the London Natural History Society (LNHS) from 1935 to 1993, with an appendix added by Roy Sanderson in 1995 to bring the total to 177 species. KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDS Tuesday, 17 April 2018. There were encouraging signs of nesting in the park. A Mistle Thrush carried a caterpillar to feed its young near the Dell. A pair of Robins were in a hawthorn bush on Buck Hill, and you could hear the cheeping of chicks in a bramble patch underneath. The Moorhen nesting in the hawthorn on the Dell restaurant terrace has KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDS: 2018 There was one heron in each of the other two nests. I'm including these two pictures because someone commenting on the video about the pigeon-killing gull on my YouTube channel expressed surprise that the gull doesn't use its feet to grasp the pigeon when eating it. Gulls' feet are small and not strong, good enough for running or swimming but really no use at all for holding things. KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDSHYDE PARK FLORALHYDE PARK FLORISTLARGE BLACK AND WHITE BIRDSTYPES OF WHITE AND BLACK BIRDSKENSINGTON BIRD AND ANIMAL CTKENSINGTON PALACE GARDENS This list is of all the birds, including rare visitors, that have been seen in the park since 1889. Sources include W.H. Hudson, 1898 (the naturalist in whose memory the Rima KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDS: 2020 A young Herring Gull dived into the lake in a place where the water was several feet deep and came up with a small crayfish claw, presumably discarded by some other bird. It was too small to be worth eating, but the gull played with it for a while. Their ability to spot submerged objects from the air is remarkable. KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDS A large party of House Martins and Swallows swooped over the Serpentine. The insects they eat come down to a low level in bad weather, and the birds follow them. KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDS: 2019 A flock of Long-Tailed Tits passed through the trees on the east side of the Long Water. The male Little Owl near the Albert Memorial came out in the morning sunlight. The female Peregrine was on the barracks tower. A Wood Pigeon and a Blackbird enjoyed a KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDS The Little Owl was in her usual place on the alder tree. A young Carrion Crow was begging for food. Sadly, the object in the fork of the branch at bottom left seems to be a dead chick that the parent has snatched. A small beetle wandered over the leaf of an Ox-Eye Daisy inthe Rose Garden.
KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDS Although all the Canada--Greylag hybrids have speckled heads, this goose looks to be a pure Canada. An inherent tendency to get speckles is simply amplified by hybridisation. A pair of Mute Swans are making a nest on the east end of the island, outside the fence. This is a good place, as the water protects them from all but the mostadventurous
KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDS: MAY 2020 A female Emperor dragonfly landed on a reed in the Italian Garden, and I went to photograph her laying eggs. I was expecting her to move on afterwards, but apart from the small backward jump seen here (she was facing into a brisk breeze) she didn't move from the spot. KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDS: JANUARY 2019 This list is of all the birds, including rare visitors, that have been seen in the park since 1889. Sources include W.H. Hudson, 1898 (the naturalist in whose memory the Rima memorial was built); A.H. Macpherson, 1929; and various publications of the London Natural History Society (LNHS) from 1935 to 1993, with an appendix added by Roy Sanderson in 1995 to bring the total to 177 species. KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDS Tuesday, 17 April 2018. There were encouraging signs of nesting in the park. A Mistle Thrush carried a caterpillar to feed its young near the Dell. A pair of Robins were in a hawthorn bush on Buck Hill, and you could hear the cheeping of chicks in a bramble patch underneath. The Moorhen nesting in the hawthorn on the Dell restaurant terrace has KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDS: 2018 There was one heron in each of the other two nests. I'm including these two pictures because someone commenting on the video about the pigeon-killing gull on my YouTube channel expressed surprise that the gull doesn't use its feet to grasp the pigeon when eating it. Gulls' feet are small and not strong, good enough for running or swimming but really no use at all for holding things. KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDS: APRIL 2020 We have at least three Grey Wagtails here, and with luck we should see the same soon. A Carrion Crow was eating a Feral Pigeon which I think had been killed by a Sparrowhawk that was soon frightened off the kill, because it was more or less complete apart from its head. KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDS: MARCH 2020 There is also another brood of four. They have a better chance of survival in St James's Park than here, as there are fewer big gulls. The Coot which has been trying for months to start a nest on the dead willow tree near the Italian Garden has finally succeeded in getting a few twigs to stay in place. KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDS A single Grey Wagtail fledgling has appeared at the Lido restaurant. Its parents feed it insects a few at a time, not the whole beakfulthey have brought.
KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDS 0:00. 0:00. /. Live. •. A Long-Tailed Tit brought a large green caterpillar and assorted insects to the nest in the Rose Garden. The flower beds in the Flower Walk had just been watered, bringing out Blackbirds to look for worms in the wet soil. The Little Owl in the alder tree on Buck Hill was awake for a KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDS Red-Throated Diver Gavia stellata. Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus. Red-Necked Grebe P. grisegena. Slavonian Grebe P. auritus. Black-Necked Grebe P. nigricollis. Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus. Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus. Leach's Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa. KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDS Tuesday, 17 April 2018. There were encouraging signs of nesting in the park. A Mistle Thrush carried a caterpillar to feed its young near the Dell. A pair of Robins were in a hawthorn bush on Buck Hill, and you could hear the cheeping of chicks in a bramble patch underneath. The Moorhen nesting in the hawthorn on the Dell restaurant terrace has KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDS: 2017 Sunday, 31 December 2017. After two days without a sight of a Little Owl, it was splendid to see the female in the lime tree near the Henry Moore sculpture. The Peregrine was back on the tower of the Household Cavalry barracks. All the Great Crested Grebes left the Long Water when it froze, but now they are coming back. KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDS: JULY 2017 There are two young Robins in the Rose Garden. They too are beginning to get their adult colour. The female Little Owl near the leaf yard was enjoying the sunshine. The Great Crested Grebes nesting in the fallen poplar on the Long Water have lost their one chick, KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDS: MARCH 2017 Wednesday, 29 March 2017. A Herring Gull came out of the enclosure on the island carrying a large egg, evidently stolen from a duck's nest. This is the first sign we've seen this year of any of the ducks breeding -- a pity it had to be announced in this way. KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDS: JANUARY 2015 Sunday, 25 January 2015. A Wren was drinking at the little pool at the top of the Dell waterfall. People throw coins into the water, following a very ancient superstition. The Wren was standing over a shiny new penny, which is 20 mm, just over ¾ inch, in diameter. KENSINGTON GARDENS AND HYDE PARK BIRDS SUNDAY, 27 OCTOBER 2019 While we were feeding the Great Tits ... ... and a Robin on the corner of the leaf yard ... ... three Goldcrests appeared in the yew tree. A Jackdaw perched on the railings waiting for a peanut. One of the Wrens near the bridge came out on a branch with a fittingly tiny bracket fungus. A Starling shone in the low autumn sunlight as it chattered in a tree beside the Serpentine. The odd trio of a Red-Crested Pochard drake, his Mallard mate, and a Mallard drake hanger-on cruised around with a pair of Gadwalls in one of the fountains in the Italian Garden. The Red-Crested Pochard is a spectacular creature. His lofty forehead suggests a great brain, but in fact it's all fluff. The female Mallard enjoyed a flap. So did an Egyptian Goose on the Serpentine. They have enormous wings for their body size. More Egyptians flew in from the Parade Ground, where the dismal Winter Wasteland is being erected. A Tufted drake turned upside down to preen his belly. Common Gulls are trickling in gradually, and there are now half a dozen on the Round Pond. They refused to allow a group shot, and this is the best I could manage. Autumn colours are developing in the avenue leading from Kensington Road to the Palace. The south front, by Nicholas Hawksmoor, is the grandest part of a hodgepodge of a 17th century building vaguely extended in various directions. Someone had arranged some red maple leaves on a tree stump nearby, so I took advantage of this artistic endeavour. The sweetgum tree at the Diana fountain is at its showy best. Posted by Ralph Hancockat 19:39
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SATURDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2019 The pigeon-killing Lesser Black-Backed Gull stood in his usual place on the edge of the lake. He is in winter plumage with a grey-streaked head, but still looking very smart. He trotted towards a bunch of Feral Pigeons on the shore, which retreated before him. He never catches anything in this way, and both he and the pigeons know it. But it was a feint, and he suddenly darted out to the right, grabbed an unsuspecting pigeon on the edge of the water, and dragged it in to kill it by biting through its spinal cord. I was expecting this as little as the pigeon was, which is why I only got the camera running after he had struck. _Warning: this video is pretty gruesome._ Once he had made sure that his victim was dead, he hauled it out of the water and up the kerb so that he could peck at it more effectively. The watching Carrion Crow wasn't going to get a chance ofa scrap.
A few bits of bread thrown in the water by a visitor are enough to set off a major feeding frenzy. Most of the gulls in the park are Black-Headed Gulls, and there are also plenty of Herring Gulls, most of them young birds. Lesser Black-Backed Gulls and Common Gulls are fewer, and none of them appear here. This pigeon being eaten by a Carrion Crow at the leaf yard was not a victim of the gull. It had been killed by a Sparrowhawk, as shown by a circle of plucked feathers on the grass around it. This area is thronged with pigeons because it is where people feed the Rose-Ringed Parakeets, and both pigeons and crows come in to pick up scraps. The pair of Sparrowhawks that hunt in the park are well aware of this, and pigeon kills are frequent here. On to less violent things. This Coal Tit in the shrubbery in the Rose Garden is now so used to me filling up the bird feeder that it waits on a twig only a few feet away, and flies in as soon as I havefinished.
The Moorhens who nested under the boat platform have brought up three chicks, now fully grown and beginning to get their adult red beaks. The hybrid duck turned up at Peter Pan, the first time I've seen hersince March.
She is a Pochard x Tufted Duck cross, the size and shape of a female Pochard but the colour of a Tufted Duck, with unusual marmalade-coloured eyes intermediate between the brown of a female Pochard and the yellow of both sexes of Tufted Duck. The white patch at the base of her bill is something that some female Tufted Ducks have, but usually to a lesser extent. It leads to her often being mistaken for a female Scaup. Here for comparison is a female Tufted Duck. Females have a tuft on their head, but shorter than the one on a drake. It takes quite a long time for Tufted drakes to get the pure white sides of their breeding plumage. This one is almost there. All three dark Mallard drakes were out on the Serpentine. These two are certainly brothers. For years they have been inseparable, and never seem to show any interest in females. The third one has always kept apart from the other two, and acquired a mate the year before last. Tom was at Rainham Marshes, where he got a picture of a Cetti's Warbler. There are as many as 50 Cettis at Rainham, but that doesn't make these famously elusive birds any easier to photograph. Posted by Ralph Hancockat 16:52
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FRIDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2019 Good news about the Call Duck. Jon Ferguson caught her, without difficulty or trauma, and took her to Anita to be passed on to the swan sanctuary. Anita is also trying to find her a new mate. Here she is in temporary accommodation, comfortable and eating well. A small gang of Red-Crested Pochards often visits the Serpentineisland.
They have no dealings with the drake in the Italian Garden with his Mallard mate. Perhaps they think he has married beneath his station. Here he is with the pair of Gadwalls who have also taken up residence in the fountain pool. The Mallard drakes are all looking splendid in their new breeding plumage. Their fine feathers need careful maintenance. The Serpentine shore at the Lido is always a busy place. The terrace of the restaurant ensures that there are plenty of food scraps, and maybe also someone who wants to feed the Mute Swans. A Black-Headed Gull ate a chestnut with the shell on. Evidently its digestive system can cope with this challenging snack. On a more pleasant day than yesterday there were enough people on the terrace of the Dell restaurant to attract a small group of Starlings, which waited expectantly in the hawthorn tree. A Carrion Crow stood on the weatherbeaten head of a water nymph in the Italian Garden. When the garden was renovated a few years ago she got a new left arm to replace the one that had broken off, but there was nothing they could do to save her face short of replacing the entirestatue.
A Jay at the bridge raised its crest. Rose-Ringed Parakeets have completely taken over a dead tree near the Albert Memorial which used to be the home of a Great Spotted Woodpecker. Although there are still many suitable places for native hole-dwelling birds in the thousands of trees of the park, there is no doubt that the parakeets are putting unwelcome pressure on them. A Robin looked out warily from a post in the Rose Garden. They are much shyer here than in Kensington Gardens where people feed them. A Wren hopped around in dead leaves beside the Long Water. A Blue Tit perched among holly berries near the bridge. There is a large and widening expanse of Sulphur Tuft mushrooms on the patch of wood chips north of the Albert Memorial. They are pretty, but said to be bitter tasting and fairly poisonous. Posted by Ralph Hancockat 19:39
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THURSDAY, 24 OCTOBER 2019 It was a very wet day, with steady rain increasing in force. The solitary Shoveller drake on the Long Water didn't care. But it is really time some more Shovellers turned up. Three of the four that arrived last month seem to have moved on somewhere else. The Moorhen family in the Dell noticed Paul throwing peanuts to the carp in the stream, and trotted up the bank for their share. The young ones are now grown to full size, and are just beginning to get theiradult red beaks.
Grey Herons are not at all waterproof, and get quite bedraggled in therain.
Neither are Feral Pigeons, and this one on the terrace of the Dell restaurant looked absolutely miserable. Others made the best of it and got on with their normal lives. A Carrion Crow looked sombre on the back of a bench, but cheered up when given a peanut. So did a Jay on the branch of a plane tree. A Blue Tit was very wet indeed. But the hot fierce metabolism of a small bird will keep it going as long as it has enough to eat. A Long-Tailed Tit manged to stay quite dry in driving rain ......and a Robin ...
... and a Pied Wagtail were hardly affected. Song Thrushes positively welcome rain, as it brings up plenty ofworms.
The camera I used for video isn't waterproof and had to stay in its case, so here are two recent clips taken in better weather. The odd couple of a Red-Crested Pochard drake and a female Mallard are still together after several months, and the bond looks to bepermanent.
A Cormorant gulped down a large perch after carefully turning it round to swallow head first. Other fish get swallowed so quickly that you don't get a chance to start the camera. And here's a fine picture by Virginia of two Coots fighting. The aim is to get on top of the other and push it under water, and both are jumping up to try to get a high position. Posted by Ralph Hancockat 18:51
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WEDNESDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2019 Today it was the female Little Owl's turn to appear in the oak tree near the Albert Memorial where their original nest hole was. There are at least four Chaffinches in the shrubbery near the bridge. They are getting quite tame and will come out to take pine nuts thrown on the ground -- these extra delicious things are a reliable bribe. One of them almost came to my hand. This Robin perched in the holly tree above can be hand fed. A Wren paused for a moment on a post in the Rose Garden. Another scuttled around in the undergrowth near Peter Pan, looking for insect larvae and other small edible creatures. A flock of Long-Tailed Tits dashed through the autumn leaves, stopping for only a second on each twig. A Carrion Crow at the Dell restaurant skilfully removed bits of cakefrom a wrapper.
A Black-Headed Gull was disappointed to find that the bright yellow object it had stolen from a Lido restaurant table was only a bit oflemon.
The pigeon-killing Lesser Black-Backed Gull's mate is much more easygoing than he is, and tolerated some Carrion Crows trying to peck at the Feral Pigeon that the pair have been eating. Like him she has very bright yellow legs, thanks to astaxanthin pigment from a diet offresh meat.
One of the Great Crested Grebe chicks at the bridge rested quietly beside its father. They are almost independent now and beg only occasionally. As the adults fade into their plain winter plumage the two generations are looking more and more alike. The peaceful scene was only momentarily disturbed by a Coot. It was ignored, and soon went away. A dramatic picture by Virginia of a Greylag Goose charging at another. The little Call Duck on the Serpentine can also be quite fierce when Black-Headed Gulls invade her space. A shrub in the Dell has been confused by the mild weather and has put out blossom. It's a Harlequin Glorybower, _Clerodendum trichomotum_, also called the peanut butter plant because of its smell. Large stands of mushrooms are coming up everywhere. This is one of several patches of Filed Blewits under the Henry Moore sculpture. Posted by Ralph Hancockat 20:12
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I have been coming to the park for more than 60 years, and watching and feeding the birds. I am not an expert birder, but I know and love the park. My main camera is a Pentax K-1 with a Pentax DFA 150-450mm zoom lens. At 7lb it is just light enough to carry for several hours. I also carry a Panasonic Lumix FZ82 for video and near shots where depth of field is required, and for very long shots where its 60x zoom (equal to a 1200mm lens) is more important than a high-quality image. View my complete profile SPECIES FOUND IN THE PARK Mute Swan _ Cygnus olor_ Bewick's Swan _C. columbianus_ Whooper Swan _C. cygnus_ White-Fronted Goose _Anser albifrons_ Greylag Goose _A. anser_ Canada Goose _Branta canadensis_ Brent Goose _B. bernicla_ Egyptian Goose _Alopochen aegyptiacus_ Shelduck _Tadorna tadorna_ Mandarin Duck _Aix galericulata_ Wigeon _Anas penelope_ Gadwall _A. strepera_Teal _A. crecca_
Mallard _A. platyrhynchos_Pintail _A. acuta_
Garganey _A. querquedula_ Shoveler _A. clypeata_ Red-Crested Pochard _Netta rufina_ Pochard _Aythya ferina_ Tufted Duck _A. fuligula_Scaup _A. marila_
Long-Tailed Duck _Clangula hyemalis_ Common Scoter _Melanitta nigra_ Goldeneye _Bucephala clangula_ Smew _Mergellus albellus_ Red-Breasted Merganser _Mergus serrator_ Goosander _M. merganser_ Ruddy Duck _Oxyura jamaicensis_ Red-Legged Partridge _Alectoris rufa_ Grey Partridge _Perdix perdix_ Pheasant _Phasianus colchicus_ Red-Throated Diver _Gavia stellata_ Little Grebe _Tachybaptus ruficollis_ Great Crested Grebe _Podiceps cristatus_ Red-Necked Grebe _P. grisegena_ Slavonian Grebe _P. auritus_ Black-Necked Grebe _P. nigricollis_ Manx Shearwater _Puffinus puffinus_ Storm Petrel _Hydrobates pelagicus_ Leach's Petrel _Oceanodroma leucorhoa_ Gannet _Morus bassanus_ Cormorant _Phalacrocorax carbo_ Shag _P. aristotelis_ Little Egret _Egretta garzetta_ Grey Heron _Ardea cinerea_ Red Kite _Milvus milvus_ Marsh Harrier _Circus aeruginosus_ Hen Harrier _C. Cyaneus_ Sparrowhawk _Accipiter nisus_ Buzzard _Buteo buteo_ Osprey _Pandion haliaetus_ Kestrel _Falco tinnunculus_ Merlin _F. columbarius_Hobby _F. subbuteo_
Peregrine _F. peregrinus_ Water Rail _Rallus aquaticus_ Corncrake _Crex crex_ Moorhen _Gallinula chloropus_Coot _Fulica atra_
Oystercatcher _Haemotopus ostralegus_ Avocet _Recurvirostra avosetta_ Ringed Plover _Charadrius hiaticula_ Golden Plover _Pluvialis apricaria_ Lapwing _Vanellus vanellus_ Sanderling _Calidris alba_ Little Stint _C. minuta_Dunlin _C. alpina_
Ruff _Philomachus pugnax_ Snipe _Gallinago gallinago_ Woodcock _Scolopax rusticola_ Bar-tailed Godwit _Limosa lapponica_ Whimbrel _Numenius phaeopus_Curlew _N. arquata_
Common Sandpiper _Actitis hypoleucos_ Green Sandpiper _Tringa ochropus_ Greenshank _T. nebularia_ Redshank _T. totanus_ Arctic Skua _Stercorarius parasiticus_ Kittiwake _Rissa tridactyla_ Black-Headed Gull _Chroicocephalus ridibundus_ Little Gull _Hydrocoloeus minutus_ Mediterranean Gull _Larus melanocephalus_ Common Gull _L. canus_ Ring-Billed Gull _L. delawarensis_ Lesser Black-Backed Gull _L. fuscus_ Herring Gull _L. argentatus_ Yellow-Legged Gull _L. michahellis_ Iceland Gull _L. glaucoides_ Glaucous Gull _L. hyperboreus_ Great Black-backed Gull _L. marinus_ Little Tern _Sternula albifrons_ Black Tern _Chlidonias niger_ White-Winged Black Tern _C. leucopterus_ Sandwich Tern _Sterna sandvicensis_ Common Tern _S. hirundo_ Arctic Tern _S. paradisaea_ Guillemot _Uria aalge_ Razorbill _Alca torda_ Little Auk _Alle alle_ (Feral) Rock Dove _Columba livia_ Stock Dove _C. oenas_ Wood Pigeon _C. palumbus_ Collared Dove _Streptopelia decaocto_ Turtle Dove _S. turtur_ Ring-Necked Parakeet _Psittacula krameri_ Cuckoo _Cuculus canorus_ Barn Owl _Tyto alba_ Little Owl _Athene noctua_ Tawny Owl _Strix aluco_ Short-Eared Owl _Asio flammeus_ Nightjar _Caprimulgus europaeus_Swift _Apus apus_
Kingfisher _Alcedo atthis_ Hoopoe _Upupa epops_ Wryneck _Jynx torquilla_ Green Woodpecker _Picus viridis_ Great Spotted Woodpecker _Dendrocopus major_ Lesser Spotted Woodpecker _D. minor_ Woodlark _Lullula arborea_ Skylark _Aluada arvensis_ Shore Lark _Eremophila alpestris_ Sand Martin _Riparia riparia_ Swallow _Hirundo rustica_ House Martin _Delichon urbicum_ Tree Pipit _Anthus trivialis_ Meadow Pipit _A. pratensis_ Rock Pipit _A. petrosus_ Yellow Wagtail _Motacilla flava_ Grey Wagtail _M. cinerea_ Pied Wagtail _M. alba_ Waxwing _Bombycilla garrulus_ Wren _Troglodytes troglodytes_ Dunnock _Prunella modularis_ Robin _Erithacus rubecula_ Nightingale _Luscinia megarhynchos_ Black Redstart _Phoenicurus ochruros_ Common Redstart _P. phoenicurus_ Whinchat _Saxicola rubetra_ Stonechat _S. torquata_ Wheatear _Oenanthe oenanthe_ Ring Ouzel _Turdus torquatus_ Blackbird _T. merula_ Fieldfare _T. pilaris_ Song Thrush _T. philomelos_ Redwing _T. iliacus_ Mistle Thrush _T. viscivorus_ Cetti's Warbler _Cettia cetti_ Grasshopper Warbler _Locustella naevia_ Sedge Warbler _Acrocephalus schoenebaenus_ Marsh Warbler _A. palustris_ Reed Warbler _A. scirpaceus_ Blackcap _Sylvia atricapilla_ Garden Warbler _S. borin_ Lesser Whitethroat _S. curruca_ Whitethroat _S. communis_ Wood Warbler _Phylloscopus sibilatrix_ Chiffchaff _P. collybita_ Willow Warbler _P. trochilus_ Goldcrest _Regulus regulus_ Firecrest _R. ignicapillus_ Spotted Flycatcher _Muscicapa striata_ Pied Flycatcher _Ficedula hypoleuca_ Bearded Tit _Panurus biarmicus_ Long-Tailed Tit _Aegithalos caudatus_ Blue Tit _Cyanistes caeruleus_ Great Tit _Parus major_ Coal Tit _Periparus ater_ Willow Tit _Poecile montana_ Marsh Tit _P. palustris_ Nuthatch _Sitta europaea_ Treecreeper _Certhia familiaris_ Red-Backed Shrike _Lanius collurio_ Jay _Garrulus glandarius_Magpie _Pica Pica_
Jackdaw _Corvus monedula_ Rook _C. frugilegus_ Carrion Crow _C. corone_ Hooded Crow _C. cornix_Raven _C. corax_
Starling _Sturnus vulgaris_ House Sparrow _Passer domesticus_ Tree Sparrow _P. montanus_ Chaffinch _Fringilla coelebs_ Brambling _F. montifringilla_ Greenfinch _Carduelis chloris_ Goldfinch _C. carduelis_Siskin _C. spinus_
Linnet _C. cannabina_ Twite _C. flavirostris_ Lesser Redpoll _C. cabaret_ Common Crossbill _Loxia curvirostra_ Bullfinch _Pyrrhula pyrrhula_ Hawfinch _Coccothraustes coccothraustes_ Snow Bunting _Plectrophenax nivalis_ Yellowhammer _Emberiza citrinella_ Reed Bunting _E. schoeniclus__196 species_
_Subspecies_
Continental Cormorant Scandinavian Lesser Black-Backed Gull Scandinavian Herring Gull Continental Coal TitBlue-Headed Wagtail
Greenland Wheatear
This list is of all the birds, including rare visitors, that have been seen in the park since 1889. Sources include W.H. Hudson, 1898 (the naturalist in whose memory the Rima memorial was built); A.H. Macpherson, 1929; and various publications of the London Natural History Society (LNHS) from 1935 to 1993, with an appendix added by Roy Sanderson in 1995 to bring the total to 177 species. Since then it has been updated from LNHS bird reports, many of these from observations by Des McKenzie, who wrote the predecessor of this blog. Picture Window theme. Powered by Blogger .ORIGINAL TEXT
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