Centre for Wildlife Gardening (East Dulwich): 1 Willow Warbler singing (23rd) (DG)
Crystal Palace: 2 Swift over (25th) (SR) also 1 Firecrest on ridge, 6 Swallow over (16th) (PB/DG)
Dulwich Park: still good numbers of Willow warblers - particularly around lake (at least 10), 1 Chiffchaff Am. Garden, 2 singing elsewhere, M+F Blackcap Am. Garden, 2 m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4+ Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush (17th) (PB) + pair of Sparrowhawks pm (CK) Red Kite flew over mid-week (MS)
Hilly Fields (Lewisham): Swift over 0830 (24th) (LA)
One Tree Hill LNR (Honor Oak): Garden Warbler in Blackthorn at top of hill with mixed warbler flock (29th) (DG)
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| Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) One Tree Hill LNR, London, 29/4/13 (D Greenwood) |
SE27: Red Kite over @ 18:17 heading North-West. Slow and relaxed flight, not high. This is a garden first & a London first for me! (23rd) Also 1 Whitethroat in back garden on 26th (tick-fest!) (JS)
South Norwood CP: 2 Tree Pipit (27th) (GH/SR) Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Kestrel present (25th) (MS) Also, Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat and Chiffchaff were joined by singles of Willow Warbler and Reed Warbler on 29th. Plus 2 Linnet and pair of Egyptian Geese on lake (MS)
Sydenham Hill Wood (Cox's Walk): 2 Kestrel by church, 1 m Blackcap brambles behind church, 2 Jay over, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Treecreeper with nest material at top end (17th') Also 1 female Tawny Owl calling from high up over steps leading to Upper Cox's Walk from footbridge, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap (DG, DC, ET)
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| Firecrest (above and below) (Regulus ignicapilla) Crystal Palace Park Ridge (16/4/13) |
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| Sparrowhawk (Accipter nisus) Camberwell Old Cemetery, 29/4/14) |
Finally, please check out this excellent essay by Dan, featured in The Earthlines Review, on one of our favourite green spaces.
Thanks all.
Words by Pete, all photos by Daniel Greenwood.
