evening all
Not been at work much this week but there have still been a few goodies to tell you about. Wednesday saw a flurry of activity on the Thames with a female Common Scoter and four Brent Geese seen along with our second Common Redstart of the week that was feeding in the foreshore amongst the flotsum. Wheatears, Whinchats and even Yellow Wagtails were all seen Swallows and House Martins were still on the move. A male Hen Harrier flew up the river on Monday and Merlin and Buzzard were seen yesterday.
Star bird was however the Tree Sparrow that arrived yesterday on the feeders and was still present today. This bird is London Natural History Museum ringed and we have almost got all the numbers off the ring through a series of excellent photos.
Tree Sparrow with leg iron - Dave McGough. There is a good chance that this bird was ringed at Beddington sewage farm, near Croydon in Surrey which has the last sustainable population in the London area.