Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Tuesday, March 21, 2023,
12:30PM - 5:00PM - Marsh harrier, 2 snipe, 2 avocets, 8 pintails, wigeon, teal, mallards, 2 shelducks, shovelers, lapwings, redshanks, grey herons, Canada geese, mute swans, nuthatch, blue tits, great tits, dunnocks, robins, blackbirds, redwing, song thrushes, jays, magpies, carrion crows, feral pigeons, woodpigeons and pheasants.
Snipe
Lapwing
Robin
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Staines Moor - 3/4/18
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Tuesday, April 3, 2018,
1:30PM - 3:30PM - Birds seen were a kingfisher, green woodpeckers, skylarks, meadow pipits, reed buntings, kestrel, buzzard, red kite, mallards, tufted duck, moorhens, coots, Canada geese, lapwings, redwings, blackbirds, blackcap, blue tits, great tits, long-tailed tits, pheasant and goldfinches. Song thrush and chiffchaffs were heard.
Green Woodpecker
Kestrel
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London Wetland Centre - 2/1/17
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Monday, January 2, 2017,
10:45AM - 4:00PM - 3 water pipits, 3 snipe, 1 pintail, 25+ shovelers, 20+ mallards, 20+ tufted ducks, c10 grey herons, 20+ teal, 25+ wigeon, 2 green woodpeckers, 2 reed buntings, 4 blue tits, 4 great tits, 2 blackbirds, 3 robins, c15 cormorants, 20+ black-headed gulls, 20+ herring gulls, c5 great black-backed gulls, 4 ring-necked parakeets, 15+ pochards, 25+ lapwings, 4 great crested grebes, 3 greylag geese, 4 Canada geese, 30+ moorhens and 25+ coots. No bittern :(
Common Snipe
Water Pipit
Drake...
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Rutland Water - 20/8/16 - 21/8/16
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Friday, August 26, 2016,
I enjoyed the Birdfair and some birdwatching of course over at Rutland Water. I only visited the Lyndon Nature Reserve and I saw 3 new species for me, which were Osprey, Tree Sparrow and Ruff. Other bird species I saw, bringing the total to 40, were green sandpiper, little egret, greenshank, grey heron, great tit, blue tit, greenfinch, goldfinch, robin, blackbird, hobby, red kite, cormorant, mallard, Canada goose, greylag goose, mute swan, great crested grebe, little grebe, coot, moorhen, tuf...
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Staines Reservoir - 6/8/16
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Saturday, August 6, 2016,
10:00AM - 12:45PM - 1 oystercatcher, c15 common terns, 50+ black-headed gulls, 30+ great crested grebes, 100+ tufted ducks, 100+ coots, c10 linnets, c15 pied wagtails, 2 lapwings, 50+ mallards, 8 cormorants, 30+ Canada geese, 2 Egyptian geese and 1 grey heron. I didn't see the black-necked grebes :(
Terns, gulls and duck with chicks and eggs on the tern raft
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London Wetland Centre - 2/6/16
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Thursday, June 2, 2016,
10:30AM - 3:00PM - 4 shelducks, 10+ lapwings, 1 little grebe, 3 great crested grebes, 1 peregrine falcon, 3 reed warblers, 2 reed buntings, 1 blackcap, 1 green woodpecker, 20+ mallards, 30+ tufted ducks, 10+ pochards, 20+ coots, 15+ moorhens, 30+ black-headed gulls, 30+ herrings gulls, 4 ring-necked parakeets, 3 grey herons, 2 cormorants, 50+ sand martins, 100+ swifts, 2 Egyptian geese, 5 Canada geese, 7 mute swans, 4 gadwalls, 3 mandarins, c5 coal tits, 3 blue tits, 4 great tits, 2 robins, 3...
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Moor Green Lakes - 21/2/16
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Wednesday, February 24, 2016,
10:30AM - 2:00PM - 1 great spotted woodpecker, 1 little egret, 10+ goosanders, 3 nuthatches, 4 goldcrests, 3 reed buntings, 10+ pochards, 50+ tufted ducks, 6 shovelers, 20 wigeon, 10+ cormorants, 2 grey herons, 20+ blue tits, 20+ great tits, 20+ long-tailed tits, 2 chaffinches, 5+ goldfinches, 25+ lapwings, 10 Canada geese, 2 great crested grebes, 1 wren, 5 robins, 1 pheasant, 5+ black-headed gulls, 2 moorhens and 1 red kite.
Nuthatch
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Beddington Farmlands and Papercourt Meadows - 7/2/15
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Sunday, February 7, 2016,
Beddington Farmlands - 11:00AM - 1:00PM - 1 shelduck (drake), 8 shovelers, 6 teals, 10 mallards, 15+ coots, 5 moorhens, 5 redwings, 10+ grey herons, 5+ lesser black-backed gulls, 50+ black-headed gulls, 3 herring gulls, 15+ lapwings, 4 great tits, 3 blue tits and 1 mute swan. Other wildlife include a fox.
Shelduck and Gulls
2:00PM - Ate a burger at Ockham Bites. Watched
blue tits, robins, goldcrests, chaffinches and dunnocks in the trees.
Dunnock
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London Wetland Centre - 30/10/15
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Friday, October 30, 2015,
11:00AM - 16:30PM - 1 grey wagtail, 35 lapwings, 25+ shovelers, 30+ wigeon, 20+ teals, 2 pochards, 10 gadwalls, 10 ring-necked parakeets, 1 green woodpecker, 30+ tufted ducks, 25+ mallards, 5 mute swans, 25+ coots, 40+ moorhens, 6 Egyptian geese, 5 Canada geese, 3 greylag geese, 30+ herring gulls, 10 lesser black-backed gulls, 35+ black-headed gulls, 3 blue tits, 5 long-tailed tits, 15+ cormorants, 8 grey herons and 3 robins. Apparently there was 18 common snipe today and I didn't see any - m...
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London Wetland Centre - 28/5/15
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Thursday, May 28, 2015,
10:00AM - 15:30PM - 2 little ringed plovers, 4 common terns, 20+ lapwings (including 3 chicks), 3 reed warblers, 8 pochards, 3 shovelers, 4 gadwalls, 40+ tufted ducks, 20+ mallards, 1 great spotted woodpecker, 1 green woodpecker, 1 jay, 20+ sand martins, 20+ swifts, 1 song thrush, 5 grey herons, 1 cormorant, 3 chaffinches, 3 goldfinches, 6 great tits, 4 blue tits, 1 wren, 3 robins, 2 ring-necked parakeets, 20+ moorhens, 40+ coots, 5 mute swans, 10 Canada geese, 2 Egyptian geese, 1 great crest...
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Staines Reservoir - 29/11/14
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Saturday, November 29, 2014,
9:00AM - 10:20AM - 5 black-necked grebes, 1 red-breasted merganser, 1 great northern diver, 3 goldeneyes, 30+ wigeon, 9 gadwalls, 50+ tufted ducks, 15 great crested grebes, 2 little grebes, 50+ coots, 30+ lapwings, 4 mute swans, 3 cormorants, 30+ black-headed gulls, 10 pied wagtails and 20+ starlings.
Wigeon (Female left and Drake right)
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Nutfield Marsh - 2/9/14
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Wednesday, September 3, 2014,
9:30AM - 12:30PM - 1 green sandpiper, 5 reed buntings, 2 barn owls, 30+ lapwings, 4 little grebes, 6 great crested grebes, 5 teals, 10 mallards, 7 gadwalls, 20+ tufted ducks, 40+ coots, 15 moorhens, 7 goldfinches, 3 robins, 4 blue tits, 3 great tits, 1 grey heron, 5 mute swans, 7 Canada geese and 1 green woodpecker.
Green Sandpiper
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London Wetland Centre - 21/2/14
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Friday, February 21, 2014,
11:30AM - 4:30PM - 4 gadwalls, 23 shovelers, 30+ mallards, 10 teals, 20+ wigeon, 50+ moorhens, 35+ coots, 16 lapwings, 8 canada geese, 4 egyptian geese, 7 mute swans, 20 cormorants, 10 grey herons, 35+ tufted ducks, 3 pochards, 3 chaffinches, 3 blue tits, 3 great tits, 7 long-tailed tits, 5 robins, 1 dunnock, 5 blackbirds, 6 ring-necked parakeets, 1 peregrine falcon, 2 great-crested grebes, 4 little grebes, 10+ herring gulls and 15+ black-headed gulls.
According to the WWT website, there was a...
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Nutfield Marsh - 30/10/13
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Sunday, November 10, 2013,
2PM - 4PM, 2 blue tits, 7 great tits, 7 Long-tailed tits, 10 goldfinches, 3 robins, 7 blackbirds, 40+ herring gulls, 5 lesser black-backed gulls, 3 grey herons, 13 mallards, 14 tufted ducks, 5 gadwalls, 6 teals, 17 lapwings, 1 song thrush, 20 cormorants, 20+ coots, 5 moorhens, 4 mute swans and 10 black-headed gulls.
14 Cormorants (roosting) at Spynes Mere
Lapwings and Gulls at Spynes Mere
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