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| - | '''Please do not post details of scarce breeding birds (those included in Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, amended 2000). Any such reports will be removed. Please list rarest sightings at top rather than alphabetically.''' Note that records submitted here may be added to the LNHS database for use in the London Bird Report; by posting your news here you are agreeing to have your records copied by the LNHS recorders. | + | '''Please note that this site has now been moved to: http://londonbirders.wikia.com/wiki/London_Bird_Club_Wiki''' |
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| - | ===Saturday 4th July ===
| + | '''You will need to create your own login account on the new site (you can use the same details).''' |
| - | *[[Brent Res]]: 1st summer Yellow-legged Gull, Yellow Wagtail, Greenshank, Redshank, 2 Green Sands, 6 Common Sands, 3 LRP & 3 Lapwing (Brent Birders); Juvenile Yellow Wagtail on the mud at 15:30 (Thom Shannon & Nigel Biggs)
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| - | *London Wetland Centre: 1 Garganey, 9 Teal, 8 Shoveler, 6 Pochard broods, 2 Gadwall broods, Hobby, m Peregrine, mf Sparrowhawk, 1+ Common Tern chick on reservoir lagoon (1st time have nested on this water body) + 5 well grown chicks on main lake, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Snipe, 2 LRP nests, 1 sumplum Black Tailed Godwit (scrape), 4 Chiffchaff. (Dan Monk)
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| - | *Salmons Brook, Enfield: 1 Kingfisher, flew downstream, 14:36 BST (Robert Callf).
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| - | *Trent Park: 6 Mandarin Duck, Upper Lake (Robert Callf).
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| - | *Alexandra Park: 7 Common Terns Wood Green Res (record number this year), Common Sandpiper 0855 flying around Wodd Green Res (2nd for year). (Bob Watts).
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| - | *Staines Res: Scaup drake south basin late evening (REI,KLP).
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| - | *Ruislip: Red Kite over Park Wood at approx 10.30 (Steve Pash)
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| - | ===Friday 3rd July ===
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| - | *[[Brent Reservoir]]: 2 Greenshank, 1 Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Lapwing in east marsh at 8am (no sign of yesterday's Ruff) (''Andrew Haynes''). Later at 9.15 now 2 Green Sands + LRP with all other waders (Andrew Verrall).
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| - | *[[Osterley Park]]: Hobby, pr Kestrel, Little Owl; m Pochard. (Tom Smith)
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| - | *Saxon Lake (Harmondsworth): Heron, 3 Pochards, 2 Gt C Grebes + 1 Juv, Blackcap f, Kestrel flew over, Small flock Goldfinch, 2 C Whitethroat, 2 Reed Bunting, 1 Skylark in field, 100+ Swift, 1 L B B Gull, 1 Pr M Swans 4 cygnets, flock L T Tits, Collered Dove flew over, 1 Common Tern. (Sue Giddens).
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| - | *London Wetland Centre: 3 Greenshank SW 0750, 2 LRP nests, 1 Snipe, m Garganey on the reservoir lagoon, 7th Pochard brood of the year, 2 Gadwall broods, 5 Common Tern chicks, Hobby, Peregrine, Kingfisher, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 juv Linnet. Ad Med Gull flew off main lake to playing fields to the south @1625. (NPS/DMonk)
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| - | *Willows Farm Pool: 0910. Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing. (Steve B)
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| - | *Tyttenhanger GP's: Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 20+Lapwing + 3 Juv's. (Steve B)
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| - | *Regents Park: 2p Little Grebe with young, 2m Sparrowhawks, 2p Kestrels with unfledged young, Little Owl showing well, 4p Green Woodpeckers with young, 4 pairs Reed Warblers feeding young, Common Whitethroat Primrose Hill (Tony Duckett).
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| - | *Trent Park: 1 female Mandarin Duck + 1 duckling, Upper Lake; 1 Kingfisher, perched, Lower Lake; 2 Nuthatch, Water Grdn; 1 Treecreeper, Water Grdn (Robert Callf).
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| - | *Fulham Thames: Common Sandpiper first thing. (Michael F)
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| - | *Fulham Reach: Kestrel perched on Charing Cross Hospital (Nathalie Mahieu).
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| - | *Rainham, Martin Drive: Common Tern over carrying a fish heading W. Seen several times in last 2-3 weeks. Also Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, House Martin, many Swift (Richard Harrison).
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| - | *Bloomsbury, over London University Senate House: 4 Peregrines soaring, trying to land on flagpole cables, playing together (I think they were Peregrines, is this plausible? I've seen peregrines here for sure last year but I still struggle to identify raptors, could these be from the nest near Regent's Park? Philip Lowden).
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| - | *Rotherhithe: Common Tern attacking Black-Headed Gulls (Philip Lowden).
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| - | ===Thursday 2nd July===
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| - | *[[Brent Res]]: 7 species of wader including summer-plumaged male Ruff in east marsh from Heron Hide, Greenshank, Redshank, 2 Green Sands, Common Sand, LRP & 6 Lapwing (RB, AGV, AH, PH). 1.30pm Ruff flew to far right end of mud beyond rafts (as seen from main hide) (Andrew Haynes, Jon Ridge); all 7 waders still present at 16.00 (Andrew Self)
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| - | *Crossness: Grasshopper Warbler still singing on Southern Marsh, ad Med Gull off Incinerator (Kev Jarvis per JA)
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| - | *[[East India Dock]]: 2 Sand Martin (going for second brood), Common Tern Chick on raft, 1 adult over reserve, LRP, Lots of Reed Warblers (Paul Hyland).
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| - | *Alexandra Park: pair Little Grebes, male Sparrowhawk, Emperor Dragonfly, 100+ Azure/Common Blue Damsels (all "tunnel res"), 2 Common Terns (Wood Green Res). (David Callahan)
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| - | *Alexandra Park lunchtime: Sedge Warbler in scrub around cricket pitch, 5 Common Tern, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, Cormorant, Blackcap, Green Woodpecker, House Martin, Nuthatch, Juvenile Song Thrush thrashing a snail! (Mike Benyon)
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| - | *[[Osterley Park]]: Cuckoo in the West Paddock. (Keith Fisher) Rufous, still present at 5.30pm. Also m Linnet, Stock Dove. (Tom Smith)
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| - | *Little Britain(Cowley):2 Egyptian Geese,1 Kingfisher flew past,2 Grey Wagtails on raft,Swallow,7 Swifts flying overhead, 1 Stock Dove in paddock.(Sue Giddens)
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| - | *Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Coal Tit by LWT entrance (it's a local invasion!), plus the usuals (Mark Pearson et al [http://www.hackneywildlife.org.uk/hackney-wildlife-sightings.php Hackney Wildlife])
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| - | *Stoke Newington Road, N16: '''Red Kite''' heading very low and west, 1725 (Laurence Pitcher per MJP)
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| - | *Stockers Lake (Rickmandsworth): '''Red Kite''', Hobby. (Steve B)
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| - | *WWT Barnes Wetlands Site: Garganey main lake, Hobby hunting, Common Buzzard over East.
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| - | *Brunel Univrsity, Uxbridge, Red Kite over at 11.40 (Steve Pash)
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| - | *Ruislip: Lesser Whitethroat singing in field west of Breakspear Rd, near Schering Plough. Little Owl west of Mad Bess Wood and Hobby over Poors Field (Steve Pash)
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| - | ===Wednesday 1st July===
| + | Please do not post news here as this site is now out-of-date. |
| - | *Osterley Park: Male Stonechat - if a returning bird its the earliest by 12 weeks! Linnet 2 juvs. House Sparrow very common, seems to be the best breeding season for years. Butterflies - 12 sp. including Small Skipper, a site tick. (Keith Fisher).
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| - | *Abney Park Cemetery: 2 juv Coal Tits (4th local record this year, all in last three weeks), female Sparrowhawk taking food to nest, c8 Blackcaps, 4 Chiffchaffs, many butterfly spp. inc. several Purple Hairstreaks (Mark Pearson & Tony Butler [http://www.hackneywildlife.org.uk/hackney-wildlife-sightings.php Hackney Wildlife])
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| - | *Dulwich Park: Little Grebe pair with newly hatched chick, other pair still sitting on 2 x eggs, 20 Swift, 2 House Martin, Blackcap, Family of x 4 GSW (Dave Clark)
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| - | *Ingrebourne Valley: 4 Green Sandpiper,and good numbers of purple hairstreaks.(Shaun Harvey)
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| - | *Fulham by Thames: Green Sandpiper, 2 House Martins. (Michael F)
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| | ==Archived News== | | ==Archived News== |
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| | + | *[[News November 2009]] |
| | + | *[[News October 2009]] |
| | + | *[[News September 2009]] |
| | + | *[[News August 2009]] |
| | + | *[[News July 2009]] |
| | *[[News June 2009]] | | *[[News June 2009]] |
| | *[[News May 2009]] | | *[[News May 2009]] |
