Bentley Priory
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'''Bird List 2009''' | '''Bird List 2009''' | ||
| - | Goldfinch, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Mallard, Greenfinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Siskin, Blackbird, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Fieldfare, Long tailed tit, Chaffinch, Cormorant, Nuthatch, Wren, Jay, Robin, Dunnock, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Coal Tit, Jackdaw, Treecreeper, Redwing, Mandarin Duck, Black Headed Gull, Mute Swan, Coot, Tufted Duck, Moorhen, Ring necked parakeet, Song thrush. | + | Goldfinch, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Mallard, Greenfinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Siskin, Blackbird, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Fieldfare, Long tailed tit, Chaffinch, Cormorant, Nuthatch, Wren, Jay, Robin, Dunnock, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Coal Tit, Jackdaw, Treecreeper, Redwing, Mandarin Duck, Black Headed Gull, Mute Swan, Coot, Tufted Duck, Moorhen, Ring necked parakeet, Song thrush, Feral Pigeon. |
Visits for 2009: 1 | Visits for 2009: 1 | ||
Revision as of 22:42, 5 January 2009
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Location: North West London London Borough of Harrow Map Ref TQ156927
Bentley Priory is located in Stanmore, north of the Uxbridge Road and provides 66 hectares of countryside open space. The site is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in particular for its meadow areas. As well as the meadows the site includes extensive woodlands and 2 ponds. In the summer cattle graze the meadows. The site is a haven for bird life and a wide range of plant life. There is no designated car parking but a car park in Warren Lane at Stanmore Common is within five minutes walk.
Adjoining the open space is a private Deer Park with a herd of approximately 24 Fallow Deer and the north is Bentley Priory RAF base from which the Battle of Britain was commanded during World War II.
London Bird report has an article from LBR no.48 (1983 pp93-105) called Birds of Bentley Priory, Stanmore, Middlesex by C. R. Kightley and P. A. Whittington. From this report I have complied potential birds list as below: Little Grebe; Great Crested Grebe; Cormorant; Grey Heron; Mute Swan; Grey Goose (pos Greylag Goose); Canada Goose; Teal; Mallard; Pintail; Pochard; Tufted Duck; Sparrowhawk; Buzzard; Osprey; Kestrel; Hobby; Grey Partridge; Pheasant; Water Rail; Moorhen; Coot; Lapwing; Snipe; Woodcock; Curlew; Redshank; Common Sandpiper; Black-headed Gull; Common Gull; Lesser Black-backed Gull; Herring Gull; Great Black-backed Gull; Common Tern; Feral Pigeon; Stock Dove; Wood Pigeon; Collared Dove; Turtle Dove; Cuckoo; Tawny Owl; Swift; Kingfisher; Wryneck; Green Woodpecker; Great Spotted Woodpecker; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Syklark; Sand Martin; Swallow; House Martin; Tree Pipet; Meadow Pipet; Yellow Wagtail; Grey Wagtail; Pied Wagtail; Wren; Dunnock; Robin; Black redstart; Redstart; Whinchat; Wheatear; Ring Ouzel; Blackbird; Fieldfare; Song Thrush; Redwing; Mistle Thrush; Grasshopper Warbler; Sedge Warbler; Reed Warbler; Lesser Whitethroat; Whitethroat; Garden Warbler; Blackcap; Chiffchaff; Willow Warbler; Goldcrest; Firecrest; Spotted Flycatcher; Pied Flycatcher; Long-tailed Tit; Marsh Tit; Willow Tit; Coal Tit; Blue Tit; Great Tit; Nuthatch; Treecreeper; Jay; Magpie; Jackdaw; Rook; Carrion Crow; Starling; House Sparrow; Tree Sparrow; Chaffinch; Brambling; Greenfinch; Goldfinch; Siskin; Linnet; Redpoll; Bullfinch; Hawfinch; Yellowhammer; Reed Bunting.
This is a total of 109 species
Bird List 2009 Goldfinch, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Mallard, Greenfinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Siskin, Blackbird, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Fieldfare, Long tailed tit, Chaffinch, Cormorant, Nuthatch, Wren, Jay, Robin, Dunnock, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Coal Tit, Jackdaw, Treecreeper, Redwing, Mandarin Duck, Black Headed Gull, Mute Swan, Coot, Tufted Duck, Moorhen, Ring necked parakeet, Song thrush, Feral Pigeon.
Visits for 2009: 1
Bird List 2007 Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Feral Pigeon, Stock Dove, Magpie, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Jay, Carrion Crow, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Blackbird, Robin, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Jackdaw, Goldcrest, Black Headed Gull, Common Gull, Lesser Black Backed Gull, Grey Heron, Shoveller, Redwing, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Mandarin, Pochard, Coot, Canada Goose, Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen, Starling, Dunnock, Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Cormorant, Bullfinch, Siskin, Teeecreeper, Nuthatch, Wren, Swallow, Ring-necked parakeet, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Sparrowhawk, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Swift
Visits for 2007: 10
| Birds | Birds | Birds | Birds | Birds | Birds | Birds | Birds |
| Great Crested Grebe | Little Grebe | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Great Spotted Woodpecker | Redwing | Treecreeper | Grasshopper Warbler | Yellow and Green Parrot (escapee) |
| Cormorant | Grey Heron | Common Tern | Swallow | Mistle Thrush | Jay | Wood Warbler | |
| Mute Swan | Canada Goose | Stock Dove | House Martin | Goldcrest | Magpie | Whitethroat | |
| Mallard | Shoveler | Feral Pigeon | Wren | Firecrest | Jackdaw | Lesser Whitethroat | |
| Tufted Duck | Mandarin | Wood pigeon | Dunnock | Spotted Flycatcher | Carrion Crow | Chaffinch | |
| Goosander | Sparrowhawk | Collared Dove | Robin | Long-tailed Tit | Starling | Greenfinch | |
| Buzzard | Moorhen | Tawny Owl | Redstart | Coal Tit | House Sparrow | Goldfinch | |
| Coot | Snipe | Swift | Blackbird | Blue Tit | Blackcap | Siskin | |
| Black-headed Gull | Common Gull | Kingfisher | Fieldfare | Great Tit | Chiffchaff | Bullfinch | |
| Herring Gull | Great Black-backed Gull | Green Woodpecker | Song Thrush | Nuthatch | Willow Warbler | Ring-necked parakeet |
70 Species as of 28 December 2006 (percentage of above list is 64.2%)
