Matthew Palmer
From Londonbirders
Lived in London since 1993 but only recently started birding again (after an 18 year gap). This profile is mainly to keep track of the lists for my two 'Patchlist 2007' patches. These are Wandsworth Common and Barnes WWT. Unfortunately, time available for birding is very limited so all these lists are likely to be rather short!
The first patch (Barnes WWT) covers the London Wetland Centre, the foreshore between Putney & Hammersmith Bridges, Barnes Common, and the playing fields, etc between Barnes Common and the LWC. This includes the Beverley Brook between the Thames and Rocks Lane. This forms an area of around one and a quarter miles long and, at its widest, just over half a mile wide.
Barnes WWT: 1. Mute Swan, 2. Canada Goose, 3. Wigeon, 4. Gadwall, 5. Teal, 6. Mallard, 7. Shoveler, 8. Pochard, 9. Tufted Duck, 10. Ruddy Duck, 11. Little Grebe, 12. Great Crested Grebe, 13. Cormorant, 14. Grey Heron, 15. Water Rail, 16. Moorhen, 17. Coot, 18. Lapwing, 19. BH Gull, 20. LBB Gull, 21. Herring Gull, 22. Feral Pigeon, 23. Stock Dove, 24. Woodpigeon, 25. Ring-necked Parakeet, 26. Wren, 27. Dunnock, 28. Robin, 29. Blackbird, 30. Song Thrush, 31. Long-tailed Tit, 32. Blue Tit, 33. Great Tit, 34. Magpie, 35. Carrion Crow, 36. Starling, 37. House Sparrow, 38. Chaffinch (to 01/01/07), 39. Egyptian Goose, 40. Bittern, 41. Sparrowhawk, 42. Kestrel, 43. Snipe, 44. Common Gull, 45. GBB Gull, 46. Collared Dove, 47. Green Woodpecker, 48. Pied Wag, 49. Stonechat, 50. Mistle Thrush, 51. Jay, 52. Jackdaw, 53. Greenfinch, 54. Goldfinch, 55. Linnet (to 13/01/07), 56. Shelduck, 57. Greylag, 58. Pintail, 59. Reed Bunting (to 28/01/2007), 60. Yellow-legged Gull (24/02/2007), 61. Redshank, 62. GS Woodpecker, 63. Water Pipit, 64. Redwing, 65. Goldcrest, 66. Coal Tit (to 10/03/2007), 67. Treecreeper, 68. Chiffchaff, 69. Sand Martin, 70. Mandarin (to 17/03/2007), 71. Blackcap, 72. Grey Wag, 73. Jack Snipe, 74. Mipit (to 06/04/2007).
Also Ring-necked x Tufted Duck (13/01/07), Tufted x Pochard (?) (10/03/2007), Greylag x Canada (10/03/2007)
The following birds have also been reported in 2007: 1. Goosander (single on 4th Jan) 2. Peregrine (7 dates in Jan, 2 dates in Feb) 3. Redwing (up to 7 in Jan, 8 in Feb, but only on a small number of dates) 4. Rock Pipit (up to 3 in Jan, singles on a couple of dates in Feb) 5. Siskin (single 4th Jan) 6. Bewick’s Swan (4 flyover N, 5th Jan) 7. Jack Snipe (singles on 5th, 6th, 23rd, 2 on 7th Jan, up to 2 on several dates in Feb) 8. Fieldfare (single 5th Jan) 9. Chiffchaff (singles on several dates) 10. Caspian Gull (1 on the 7th, 2 on 13th, 1 19th Feb) 11. Kingfisher (singles 7th, 18th Jan) 12. Redshank (1 on 14th Jan) 13. White fronted Goose (3 on 20th Jan) 14. Med Gull (21st Jan, 18th Feb) 15. Mipit (1 on 24th Jan) 16. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (singles on 1st & 8th Feb) 17. Red crested Pochard (17th Feb) 18. Rook (18th Feb) 19. Buzzard (19th Feb) 20. Skylark (21st Feb)
Wandsworth Common: 1. Feral Pigeon, 2. Woodpigeon, 3. Crow (to 01/01/07). 4. BH Gull, 5. LBB Gull, 6. Robin, 7. Starling, 8. Magpie, 9. Blackbird (to 02/01/07) 10. Common Gull (04/01/), 11. Herring Gull (04/01/), 12. Grey Heron (04/01/07), 13. Pied Wagtail (11/01/), 14. Great Tit (12/01/), 15. Greenfinch (12/01/), 16. Blue Tit (15/01/07), 17. Ring-necked Parakeet (18/01/07), 18. Wren (18/01/07), 19. Mallard, 20. Shoveler, 21. Tufted Duck, 22. Coot, 23. Collared Dove, 24. Song Thrush, 25. Goldfinch (to 20/01/07), 26. GBB Gull 27. Dunnock (to 01/02/07), 28. Canada Goose, 29. Moorhen, 30. Long-tailed Tit, 31. Chaffinch (to 26/02/07), 32. Mistle Thrush (01/03/07), 33. House Sparrow (fnally, 02/03/07), 34. Cormorant (22/03/07), 35. Goldcrest (25/03/07), 36. Jay (28/03/07).
Not yearlisting in London (or anywhere else), but out of interest.
London: 1. Mute Swan, 2. Canada Goose, 3. Wigeon, 4. Gadwall, 5. Teal, 6. Mallard, 7. Shoveler, 8. Pochard, 9. Tufted Duck, 10. Goldeneye, 11. Smew, 12. Goosander, 13. Ruddy Duck, 14. Great Northern Diver, 15. Little Grebe, 16. Black-necked Grebe, 17. Great Crested Grebe, 18. Cormorant, 19. Grey Heron, 20. Kestrel, 21. Water Rail, 22. Moorhen, 23. Coot, 24. Lapwing, 25. BH Gull, 26. Common Gull, 27. LBB Gull, 28. Herring Gull, 29. GBB Gull, 30. Feral Pigeon, 31. Stock Dove, 32. Woodpigeon, 33. Ring-necked Parakeet, 34. Green Woodpecker, 35. Meadow Pipit, 36. Pied Wagtail, 37. Wren, 38. Dunnock, 39. Robin, 40. Blackbird, 41. Fieldfare, 42. Song Thrush, 43. Long-tailed Tit, 44. Blue Tit, 45. Great Tit, 46. Jay, 47. Magpie, 48. Jackdaw, 49. Carrion Crow, 50. Starling, 51. House Sparrow, 52. Chaffinch (to 01/01/07), 53. Egyptian Goose, 54. Bittern, 55. Sparrowhawk, 56. Snipe, 57. Collared Dove. 58. Stonechat, 59. Mistle Thrush, 60. Greenfinch, 61. Goldfinch, 62. Linnet (to 13/01/07), 63. Shelduck, 64. Med Gull, 65. Iceland Gull, 66. Tree Sparrow (to 19/01/07), 67. Greylag (28/01/07), 68. Pintail (28/01/07), 69. Reed Bunting (28/01/07), 70. Redshank, 71. GS Woodpecker, 72. Water Pipit, 73. Redwing, 74. Goldcrest, 75. Coal Tit (to 10/03/2007).
