September 2000
Sat 30-9-00 Rye Meads 1 Redstart, 194 Meadow Pipits
south, 1 Hobby, 4 Goldcrests, 3 Green Sandpipers, 1 Garganey -
Paul Roper RMRG - Trip to Bradwell Bird Observatory on the
Essex coast overnight (Sat-Sun?) to trap waders with Chris
Harris. Best ever catch, 94 Dunlin (plus 1 Italian control) 2
Grey Plover, 1 Bar Tailed Godwit, 1 Ringed Plover, 10 Turnstone,
6 Knot
Vicarage Farm, Enfield 9.45am a pale morph honey buzzard
flew south, being mobbed by crows, pale head and pale below, and
pale rump band, 1 wheatear and 180 Canada geese Parkside Farm, 16
red admirals - Robert Callf and Robin White
WG Res am 16 black-necked grebes, equals Phil's biggest
ever count here - Phil Vines
Brimsdown/KGV Res am 3 black redstarts - a pair feeding
on insects on the corrugated sides of the Leggetts factory, and a fem/imm further along on
the new factory (with Carling lorries) beside Mossopps Creek, also male and
female Kestrel, 20 Linnets- Helen
Bantock, pm 1 whinchat - Jeremy Gaskell and A.Mids
Fairlop Essex, behind the lagoon in the bushes -
a wryneck flew up from the ground into bushes and watched
2.05-2.15pm, then flew up again on Alan's return at 2.30pm, then
last seen in bushes at 3.20pm - Alan Bell
Honey buzzard Hampstead Heath 7.30am - BirdNet
Ken Murray plays away some
more
Ware around 4pm - had a large
buzzard-sized raptor flying north to south just beyond the house
- wings level not raised - details of a free internet
to mobile text messaging service from Lycos - Liz Goodyear
Fri 29-9-00 Tony
Gray found and photographed a convolvulus
hawk-moth at his home today in Epping, Essex
KGV Res 2 goldeneye, 1 imm/fem goosander, 1
painted lady, 6 red admirals, 1 adult little gull - Robert Callf
KGV pm 2 adult little gulls - John Fitzpatrick
Amwell GP, confirmed sightings of a marsh
harrier and at least one common buzzard today, 5 hobbies -
various people
Thu 28-9-00 Parkside
Farm, Enfield 2 whinchats, 100+ linnet flock, 4
yellowhammers, 4 blackcaps - Robert Callf and Robin White
KGV Res 12-4pm, 1 greenshank flew south, 1 little gull
south basin, 1 y wag, 3 c sands, 2 wheatear, 1 honey buzzard
drifted south along the west edge of Epping Forest over Yardley
Hill at 2.20pm - A.Mids
Other honey buzzards - one over Amwell GPs
12.15, one towards Rye Meads mid-afternoon, one flew high south
over Dagenham Chase at 4.05pm - Rare Bird Alert
ESSEX HONEY BUZZARD S/OVER LONDON RD,GRAYS BEING MOBBED BY GULLS
AT 9AM.BidNet
More Honey buzzard
discussion passed on by John
Stevens and Bill Cutts
Ken Murray plays away
Details of a very interesting Sylviidae sighting by Paul Roper - posted for those who may enjoy such
things - people of a nervous disposition please look away now
Wed 27-9-00 At
Rye Meads today: 2 Honey Buzzards and 1 Common
Buzzard 9.50-10.15 at least, also 2 Whinchat and 1 Stonechat. At Amwell
GP: 1 Honey Buzzard 11.00, also 3 Hobby.- Graham White
Today at Rye Meads 2 Whinchat (1
trapped), 1 Stonechat (trapped), 1Wheatear, 1 Garganey, 70 Teal,
3 Green Sandpipers, 100 House Martins - Paul Roper
Vicarage Farm a honey buzzard landed in Williams Wood at
11.10am, then flew again at 11.45am and went south - Robert Callf
and Robin White
WG Res around 9am a common buzzard flew low and
south - Phil Vines
Sewardstone 20 skylarks north 8am, 1 sedge
warbler - A.Mids
North Mymms area 3 hobbies, 15 yellowhammers
feeding on stubble pm
Ware 08:00
Hours today 20 swallows warming up in the morning sunshine on
telephone wires outside house -Liz
Goodyear
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Tue 26-9-00 Rye Meads 2 Whinchat, 1 Stonechat, 2
Water Rail - Paul Roper
KGV Res pm 1 ad little gull, 29 c terns at 1pm, 1
whinchat north field, WG 9 bn grebes, 1 wheatear
- Robert Callf, Robert mentions that Robin White
flushed a jack snipe on Vicarage Farm 'barracks'
today
No big raptors today
but a female Common Redstart on The Greenway near Wick
Lane where it crosses the Lee. Several Chiffies
here and in Victoria Park today - Howard Vaughan
Copped Hall area pm 1 common buzzard to the north, 8
yellowhammers, 12 greenfinch on Cannabis sativa haulm, 1
woodlark 4-5.15pm on cereal stubble and fallow land with 5 mistle
thrushes (also seen by Phil V), 75 hirundines south - A.Mids
KGV Res am until noon, 1 adult little gull, 3 c terns, 2
sparrowhawks - Phil Vines
Fishers Green, 10.45am Goosefield - Tony Gray is 100%
sure a wryneck took off from the ground (ie flight views) near 12
y wags feeding by the cattle. It seemed to come down by Hayes
Hill Farm but wasn't relocated. Also 1 greenshank here, 1 golden
plover on field across the road - Tony Gray
Barking Marsh am 1 hr, 1 c tern on the river, 4
kestrels, 15 grey partridge, 2 clouded yellows, 1 common blue -
A.Mids
Dagenham 1 honey buzzard south at 10.10am, Herts
honey buzzard over Amwell and common buzzard -
Rare Bird Alert
Report from Steve Connor that Adam Wilson saw an osprey
today in the LV over Cornmill area
Bill Cutts has unearthed some
interesting info about honey buzzards and hot air balloons posted
on Ralph Hollins' Hants bird news (scan down his page)
Mon 25-9-00 3 Whinchats Rammey Marsh
east & approx 100 meadow pipits pm, & Goshawk Cobbs
Field Waltham Abbey am - Brian Dawton
Cheshunt GP one Honey Buzzard
flew south at 1130 BST – Adam Wilson
Vicarage Farm, Enfield a honey buzzard flew south at
8.42am, 1 hobby, 50+ housemartins - Robert Callf's first sighting
during this influx
KGV Res 11am one honey buzzard flew s/e over Pole Hill
being mobbed by crows, 1 adult little gull and 2 c terns south
basin - Phil Vines, 1 c sand, 1 y wag, 40 linnets, Sew farmland
20 skylarks, 40 lapwing
KGV Res at 1.15pm just as I arrived, looked like
an osprey drifting over the north basin, dangling its legs,
almost hovering, looking down, dark eyestripe, flew off high to
the north being harassed by 2 crows, Brimsdown,
just north of Mossopps Creek a male black redstart on the
floodlights - A.Mids
Regents Park 1 honey buzzard south 1pm - Rare
Bird Alert
About 10:45 just as I left A1M
south of Hatfield tunnel to rejoin A414 I saw a
large raptor circling around (quite small circles) -
appeared to have a white tail, from below with sunlight on it,
which was fanned out - unfortunately concentrating on traffic
took precedence! A painted lady in my Ware
garden this morning - Liz Goodyear
Sun 24-9-00 Simon
Satchell and I had a Woodlark up at Yardley Hill
this morning at 9.45am (Later heard calling again by Howard
Vaughan and Mike Dent at midday-ish). Also a Spotted Fly, a
Sparrowhawk, 10 Siskin, and 200+ Swallows up there; and 400+
Swallows, Lesser-spot and Honey Buzzard on Chingford
Plain from the Hunting Lodge, between 11am and 11.45.
Howard, Mike and John Moss also had a Redwing, a Tree Pipit &
11 Yellow Wags at the Goose Field this morning -
Simon Papps
Fishers Green one honey buzzard circled south 10.45am -
Steve Connor
Sewardstone Marsh this honey buzzard sighted at 11.05am
and flew s/e towards Epping Forest - several and various people,
also 1 hobby, several sparrowhawks, kingfisher, 2 water rails by
the footbridge
KGV Res am 1 common redstart west of north basin
- Barry Bishop, also 3 c sands, 300 cormorants, 1 clouded yellow
Holyfield am, one 1st winter Mediterranean gull
with much juvenile mantle feathering - Tony Gray
Other honey buzzards Essex Filter Beds one
8.30am, Brent Res 1 s/e 10.50am, 1 south Brent Res mid-day - Rare
Bird Alert
The last two published sightings in London, in 1996, were the
31st and 32nd records for the area.
Honey
buzzard discussion passed on
by John Stevens.
late news for
20.09.00. Crossing the Kingsland Road ( junction with
Middleton Rd - Shoreditch) 6.40 pm. Three large Raptors seen at a
height of about 300 metres about quarter of a mile away to the
North. Straight wings and longish thin head shape.The birds were
spiraling up on a thermal, it was a clear bright evening. They
were flying North. In view of subsequent events, I really think
they were Honey Buzzards. Also,
6 swifts seen at a height of 20 metres, crossing Victoria Park at
6.30. Helen Bantock
Coppetts Wood, Finchley, 2 redwing over - Tony
Clancy
23-9-00 From
Sewardstone 1 honey buzzard south over Epping Forest
around 4.50 - various people - perhaps 3+ through here in the
afternoon - estimate of 7-10 through here today
Innova Park, Enfield. 1 Painted Lady (just after 11am).
Cornmill Meadows. 11.30-16.00. At least 3 juvenile
Hobbies, 1 Tree Pipit (south at 12.50), 1 Siskin, 42 Swallows, 31
House Martins & 2 Sand Martins (all S or SE in small groups,
mainly late afternoon), 40+ Wigeon, 70+ Teal, 65 Lapwings. Also
numerous Migrant Hawkers and Common Darters, 8 Ruddy Darters, 1
Brown Hawker, 1 Southern Hawker, 2 Speckled Woods, 1 Comma, 1 Red
Admiral, and a grass snake - Roy Woodward
KGV Res. At 5pm.a honey buzzard . It came from Yardley
Hill flying west and at one point was directly overhead.
Also, 1 sparrowhawk, 1 black n. grebe, 2 black terns, 1
little gull and 2 sandwich terns which passed through about
2 pm - Alex McKechnie and Chris Page
7.30-11.00am South Basin KGV. Two
Black Terns, one juvenile Arctic Tern,one Green Sandpiper,two
C.Sandpipers,23 Linnets, 3 Kestrels, one Sparrowhawk - Helen
Bantock.
Honey Buzzard at Hilfield Park Res at
2.50, circled for 10 minutes then flew south high.- Graham White
KGV Res am, honey buzzard s/e over Yardley Hill 9am,
another south 9.45, a third s/e over Yardley Hill at 10.09 - Phil
Vines
Waltham Abbey, 1/2 mile to the east, 1 honey
buzzard south at 9.15am - Steve Connor
From Lippitts Hill, Essex, 1 honey buzzard flew
south along the LV at 9.40 (seen later by Phil), 1 helice clouded
yellow, 20 skylark, 3 mistles, 20 m pips all east, 1 buzzard,
prob common, circling miles away to the west in Herts at 12.25,
an adder hissing at us pm - Tony Clancy and A.Mids, also 7
siskin, 1 clouded yellow , 5 red-eyed damselflies Sew Marsh
The Hatch, Epping Forest area, 1 honey buzzard
south before 9.30am - Tony Gray
Other honey buzzards - 10.15 1 Wanstead, 10.55 1
s/e over Illford, 11.10am 4 south over Chingford Town centre
(Charles and Anna), 11.20am 2 south West Ham, 11.22 1 over Warren
Pond, Epping Forest, 1.25pm 1 west of Chingford Plain flew s/e,
2.15pm 1 Brent Res, 3.15pm 1 over Ware town centre, 3.55pm 1 s/e
Sewardstone, 4.05pm 1 south Dagenham Chase, also reports from
Hampstead Heath, 2 Clissold Park - Rare Bird Alert
22-9-00 Telegraph
Hill, Herts today - 1 Honey Buzzard S at 4.10, another
SW at 5.40. Also 2 common Buzzard, 450
Swallow and 35 Mipit S over 2 hours. - Graham White
KGV Res am 1 bn grebe, 1 juv arctic tern, 2 black terns,
1 juv little gull, 6 common terns, 21st 9 bn grebes WG Res, 18th
5 bn grebes No5 Walthamstow, unidentified buzzard species for
Phil briefly yesterday afternoon over Epping Forest by the Wake
Arms - Phil Vines and Tony Gray, also 5 c sands, 1 spotted
flycatcher by the s/w corner, 2 hobby, distant harrier sp
yesterday evening - Tony Clancy
KGV Res 2.30pm 1 honey buzzard drifted south
over the reservoir - Steve Connor
From the KGV causeway - 2 distant buzzards (sp) circled high and
south-east at 5pm, 1 honey buzzard flew s/e over the Sewardstone
area at 5.15 and a 2nd flew s/e, also over Sew, at around 5.30, 1
hobby- A.Mids
Mossopps Creek Brimsdown 2 clouded yellow, 1 small copper, 1 comma, numerous
whites - anon
Vicarage Farm, Enfield, 74 linnets, 3 y wags, 1
little owl, last Tuesday 1 stonechat - Robert Callf
Not a good day - I was on Sewardstone
Marsh untill about 3pm and I still missed Steve's Honey Buzzard
at 2.30. I missed the Harlow bird by minutes but I did see 4
distant Buzzard sp over Chingford Plain this
evening, better luck tomorrow - KGV this am 2
Black 1 Arctic & 6 Common Terns 1 Little gull - Tony Gray
Regent's Park seven honey buzzards south at
4.55pm - Rare Bird Alert
21-9-00 Honey
Buzzard reported circling at 12.30 flew off west at
12.40pm from Amwell GPs - Rare Bird Alert
Letty Green area, Herts, 2 stonechats, 6 grey
partridge - A.Mids
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Wed 20-9-00 6:00pm
Cornmill Spotted Redshank - Chris Page
KGV Res 8.30-12.15am, a flock of
27 sandwich terns flew north then later south around 9am -
A.Mids, 2 black terns, 1 juv arctic tern, 1 juv little gull, 5 c
terns, 5 c sands, 1 green sand, 2 y wags, 1 clouded yellow -
A.Mids, Phil Vines
WG Res around 9.30am, a flock of 8 sandwich
terns took off south - Phil Vines
Amwell GP around 12.45, on the new pit west of
the canal 17 spotted redshanks which left to the south within 30
minutes, Amwell GP a male merlin flew through seen by five
people, also 2 hobbies, 2 kestrels, 2 greenshank, 1 redshank, 2 c
sands, 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 clouded yellows - Bill Craig and Bill
Cutts
Presumably the same Crowned Crane was near Kimpton
about 10 days ago....nearer to Whipsnade!! - Robin Smith
Vicarage Farm 1 hobby - Robert Callf
Clouded yellow Elliots Field
Enfield pm - Brian Dawton
Tue 19-9-00 KGV Res 4pm
2 black terns, 2 arctic terns, 2 little gulls, 500+ hirundines,
c5 c terns - A.Mids
Chingford Plain 50 meadow pipits, 8 skylarks, 1
whinchat - Ken Murray
Sorry for the hold up - had to get my monitor working again -
am
Mon 18-9-00 KGV
Res 3 juv arctics, 2 little gulls, 5 common terns - Phil
Vines and various people, also 750 hirundines
Chingford Plain 30 meadow pipits, 6 skylarks, 1
chiffchaff - Ken Murray
Copped Hall area, Essex 1 c buzzard, and 3 on Sun 10th Sep - Bill
Cutts
Sun 17-9-00 KGV
Res 2 juv arctic terns by 5pm, 1st and 2nd winter little
gulls, 5 c.sands, 1 grn sand - Colin, Helen, Robert, Andy
8.00am KGV Res. 3 small terns. Juvenile
Sparrowhawk chasing a flock of 30 linnets. 2 little gulls in
distance.Amwell GP 10am. Whitethroat, blackcap,
Song Thrush, feeding on elderberries in tree with wasps
nest.(tree opposite completely stripped) - Helen Bantock
KGV Res 13.00-15.00 1 Arctic
Tern, 2 Common Terns, 2 Little Gulls (1 second year, 1 juvenile),
many swallow feeding over the water. All south basin - Patrick
Hart
KGV Res prob am, 3 tree pipits, 8 y wags, 80+
linnets, 1 hobby - Mike Dent and John Moss
2 hobbies Gunpowder Woods Waltham Abbey am - Brian Dawton
Strange sighting for you - I have seen the
bird but was asked not to give exact location out. Crowned
Crane - it's 1 mile north west of Thundridge
feeding in fields and is fully winged and un rung. It flies very
strongly and calls all the time. Access would have been arranged
if the bird had been a proper rarity - as an escape it didn't
seem to be necessary, but I feel making people aware that it's
about, it might then be seen at a later date in more accessible
fields - Nick Sampford
Walthamstow area, Banbury Res 7 Little
Grebes, several groups of House Martins south, Lockwood
2 Common Sandpipers, 1 Wheatear, 1 Clouded Yellow, 14 Teal, 3
Willow Warblers, High Maynard 1 Common
Sandpiper, 2 Yellow Wagtails south, 4 Swallows south, East
Warwick 1 Teal, 3 Shoveler, Filter Beds 9 Yellow
Wagtails, 2 Wheatears, 100+ House Martins - David
Darrell-Lambert
Vicarage Farm, Enfield 1 female redstart, 1
stonechat - Robert Callf
Tate Modern by the Thames, 2 peregrines pm - Ken
Murray
16-9-00 Rye Meads 6 Green Sandpipers, 2 Common
Sandpipers, 35 Snipe, 1 Dunlin, 1 Garganey, 1 Wigeon, 1 White
Wagtail, 14 Grey Wagtail, 200 House Martins
(Mainly W SW) 20 Swallows, 15 Sand Martins, 1
Hobby, 13 Arctic Terns W/SW at 2:30pm, 2 Commic Terns - Paul
Roper
Brent Res 5 Arctic Skuas flew S
at 11.45, 10 Sandwich Terns, 2 Hobbies (Andrew Self)
KGV Res around noon 6+ sandwich terns, 60+ c terns, 5 c
sands, 1000+ hirundines mostly house martins, 1 y wag - Tony
Clancy, around 2pm 2 juvenile arctic terns south basin (still at
3pm with 30+ c terns) - Steve Connor, 90 cormorants
7.30 am North Basin:500plus Hirundines, mostly H.Martins, with
the odd Swallow and S Martin. Juvenile Kittiwake flying with B.H
Gulls - Helen Bantock, 1 Egyptian Goose flew past - Tony Clancy
pm 1 whinchat, 1 wheatear, 1 arctic tern, 1 green sand - Ken
Murray
Juv Kittiwake seen at Nazeing gravel pits.1 C
Tern, 30 Linnets.126 Coot, 48 Tufted Duck, 4 Gadwell, 4 Shoveler,
9 Mallard. Chiffchaff still singing , briefly. Helen Bantock
Sewardstone Marsh 60 meadow pipits, farmland 25
skylarks - A.Mids
WG Res am 8 bn grebes - Phil Vines
15-9-00 Lockwood
Res 17 Shoveler, 1 Teal, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Sedge
Warbler, High Maynard 1 Black-necked Grebe at
the north end, 1 Sedge Warbler, 12 Shoveler, Low Maynard
7 Shoveler, 5 Teal - David Darrell-Lambert
KGV Res 1 bn grebe, WG
Res 8 bn grebes - Steve Connor, also green sand and 5 c
sands, 3 y wags ,1 skylark KGV, and report of a curlew sandpiper
on the WG Res on Wed 13th, 1 bn grebe reported High Maynard
Walthamstow
A barn owl was heard again Wednesday evening (13th) from a house
on the outskirts of Ware - Liz Goodyear
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Ponders End
Lake, 3 wigeon - T Clancy
14-9-00 Oleander
Hawk Moth, found by Dave Cottridge in Tottenham
last night on show at Lee Valley Park Information Centre until
5pm today Thursday 14th September - info from Janet Green (14
London area records given in 'Larger Moths of the London Area' by
Colin Plant 1993, the last record in this period being in 1958.
The first record given was for Tottenham 1884. Colin Plant writes
"There are no more recent records than in my book and I am
not aware of any British Isles ones either"). Link
to Oleander Hawk Moth photo
Walthamstow, High Maynard 7 bn grebes, 1 painted
lady, PJV reports KGV 6 bn grebes and WG
Res 1 bn grebe, Hall Marsh, Cheshunt area 50 lapwing -
news from John and Margaret Fitzpatrick
Wryneck reported Aldwycke Rise Ware
8/9/00 p.m. Val Tunwell.- info from Brian Dawton
Barking 1 whinchat, 15 c terns, 3 c yellows, Cornmill
2 ringed plover, 10+ snipe
13-9-00 Chingford Plain 5 whinchats, 5 reed buntings, towards Whitehouse Plain - an adder slithered across the path in front of Ken's bike, yesterday Ally Pally 1 clouded yellow - Ken Murray
12-9-00 Ponders End 4.40am calls sounded like a spotted redshank flying over - A.Mids
11/9/00. Cornmill
Meadows. (13.45 - 18.00). ' Ringtail ' harrier seen
briefly at c17.40. It appeared to pass straight through in a
west, or southwest direction low over the pools nearest the road.
(I was further up, past the hide, and couldn't see the southwest
corner of the meadows because of the bend in the river). There
was no sign later on over the rough grassland near Bowyers Water.
Also at Cornmill - 101 Teal, 16 Wigeon, 7 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall,
264 Mallard, 16 Greylag Geese, 12 Lapwing, 18+ Snipe, 6 Stock
Doves, Great Spotted Woodpecker and a female Sparrowhawk. -
Roy Woodward.
Hobby over the M25 towards Sewardstone
tonight and 3 clouded yellows at Fisher's Green yesterday
- Chris Page
10-9-00 Rammey
Marsh Innova Park new lake - no damselflies, fishing
lake 8 red-eyed damselflies, 2 clouded yellows nearby, Abbey
Gardens, Waltham Abbey 1 clouded yellow - Steve Connor
Amwell GP - 6 Greenshank, 1 Ruff, 2 C Sandp.Wilstone
Res: 2 Black Tern, 3 Hobby. - Graham White
Fairlop 2 c yellows, 2 whinchat (8 yesterday), 7 br
hawkers, reports of male redstart on Thursday 7th, redstart and 2
spot flies Sat 9th, barn owl at dusk last few evenings, Aveley
pm, juv male ruff, wood sand, juv bt godwit, c50 y wags including
ashy headed look-alike, didn't see pec sand which may have been
seen early am - Alan Bell
Sew Marsh am, 2 whinchat, c10 y wags, calling tree pipit
over, hobby, 1 c yellow, 3 c snipe - various people
Vicarage Farm area am, 4 whinchat, 1 c yellow -
Robert Callf
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Sewardstone Marsh this am, on the small easterly pit at Knights Pits, there appeared to be 3 male Small red-eyed damselflies Erythromma viridulum showing all the correct field characteristics, amongst the many red eyed damselflies Erythromma najas - various people inc A Middleton, T Clancy, S Connor, T Gray - photo from elsewhere in Essex in Aug 2000 |
9-9-00 William
Girling Res 4 Black-necked Grebe identified from
Mansfield Park - David Darrell-Lambert
RMRG quiet. 2 Common Sands, 2 Green Sands, 1 Garganey,
Good numbers of Common Warblers, estimate of about 50 Blackcaps,
1 Whinchat. Paul Roper RMRG
Wapping High Street a square near No 64? 3
spot flies, 1 adult male pied flycatcher - Ken Murray
Vicarage Farm, north Enfield, 7 whinchat, 1 hobby, 1
reed warbler - Robert Callf
KGV Res am, 3 little gulls, bn grebe south basin still
at 10.30 am - Phil Vines, also 7 whinchats and a stonechat west
of causeway, 3 y wags, 6 c sands, 1500 pigeon sp north 7.30am, 2
clouded yellows - A.Mids
KGV pm 2 Little Gulls, 2 Wheatears, 5 Yellow
wagtails, 5 Common Sandpipers, 5 Clouded Yellows and 1 Small
Copper - Bill, Allan and Mark Cutts
KGV from 8.30am 3 Little Gulls (2 Juveniles and one second winter bird), 1 male Black
Redstart (on Legget's factory, just where a female bird heard and
briefly glimpsed last week), 12 approx Yellow Wagtails, 10 Common
Sandpipers, a small flock of Linnets and Goldfinches, Sedge Warbler, Whinchat,
Wheatear, 2 Black necked Grebes flew over to the Girling and seen
there later, lots of Pied Wagtails - Helen and Tristan Bantock
and Tony Clancy.
pec sand reported aveley pools but perhaps not on the 10th
8-9-00 KGV Res am 3 little
gulls south basin - 2nd wint and 2 juvs, 2 y wags, 1000+
hirundines mostly house martins, many swallows and sand m, 3
swifts, 50+ linnets, 2 c.sands, 1 goldeneye, 7 wigeon - Mike
Rossor, A.Mids, 5pm 2 juv little gulls and a hobby chasing a
hirundine for at least one minute - Steve Connor
WG Res am 10 bn grebes, 12 c sands, 2 dunlin, 1
swift - Phil Vines
Sewardstone Marsh 10.27am, an osprey drifted and
circled south towards the KGV - A.Mids
From Pole Hill, Chingford - 10.15-11.15am,
146 sand martins flew west., 1 swallow west and 8 flew east, 1
sparrowhawk and at around 10.30 osprey glided south to the north
end of W.Girling then circled up into low cloud - Richard
Cope
7-9-00 Countryside centre, Waltham
Abbey spot fly in large tree in front of centre 7.25am, Cornmill
6.35pm, a flock of 15 small unidentified waders unfortunately
flew off south-east just as Steve arrived, 1 y wag, green sand
and greenshank heard, Mon 4th 4 spot flies Clayton Hill, Nazeing
- Paynes Lane GP green and c sand, Goosefield
3 green sands - Steve Connor
28th August ~ a nightjar was reported to the LVP
Countryside Centre - it seems the bird was found roosting and
immobile by the path between the Sailing Club and Coleman's Lane,
north of Holyfield Farm - seen by Steve Miller
and Joan Miller (news from Steve Connor who
believes this might be the first valley record of nightjar)
Netherhall am 1 winter bn grebe, Holyfield 14
c terns, Goosefield 2 green sands - Tony Gray
KGV Res am 4 little gulls south basin, 2 juvs, ad winter
and 2nd winter, 1 wheatear, 1 hobby - Phil Vines
Barking Marsh 40 grey partridge, 2 whinchats, 2
green woods, 5 skylarks, 5+ kestrels - A.Mids
6-9-00 Chingford Plain 3
common + 3 lesser whitethroat, 2 whinchat, immature hobby, 3
skylarks, here Mon 4th lesser spot wood, 4 reed buntings, calling
tree pipit over, Tue 5th 3 spot flies 10 mins
east of Tower of London, Sun 3rd KGV
3 whinchat, 8 commic terns on the boat, 1 dunlin ~ six spot-fly-days
this autumn in the garden - Ken Murray
Cornmill pm 7+ c snipe, c40 teal, 5 swallows
Lee Valley Regional Park Bird Reports for June and July 2000 - Ian Kendall
5-9-00 KGV Res South basin
only 06.40 - 07.45am 1 goldeneye, 1 little grebe, 1 yellow wag
heard over, 1 grey wag, 15 common sand, 1 chaffinch, a few linnet
and goldfinch, 2 common tern and no hirundine - Mike Rossor
pec sand aveley pools
3-9-00 Rye Meads 2
Common Sandpipers, 2 Ruff, 80 House Martins, 1 Spotted
Flycatcher, 1 Marsh Tit - Paul Roper
KGV Res am c1500 housemartins appeared
around 7.30am, also 50+ swallows and sand martins, 2 swifts, 5 y
wags, c20 c sands, 1 dunlin, 40 goldfinch, 4 grey wag. c. 50 pied
wag. and hobby over - Mike Rossor, A.Mids, also 1 female/immature
black redstart calling west of the Res by Leggetts around 1.30pm.
Sewardstone farmland 10 skylarks, Sew Marsh - good number and
range of warblers early am - Helen Bantock, A.Mids
Photos posted of Steppe grey shrike
Holland-on-Sea 1996 by Jeremy Gaskell, and Long-tailed
skua on the KGV in 1993
2-9-00 Info for
the London Autumn Bird Count Day, Saturday 2nd September 2000 -
David Darrell-Lambert
Brent Res: Red-necked Grebe, 2 Hobby, Whinchat, 3 Spot
Flys, 3 Yellow Wags, Greenshank, Redshank, Snipe, 3 Common Sands,
Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Arctic Terns - Andrew Self
Trent Park area, north Enfield 53 species in 5 hours,
sedge warbler, 4 y wags over, 1 whinchat, 1 spot fly, adult hobby
chasing a finch - Robert Callf
Chingford Plain am 2 whinchat, 2 less white, 45 sand
martins, 2 y wags over - R Cope
Coppetts Wood, Finchley, Tony's first ever site
whinchat was on the dump, 1 clouded yellow, yesterday one helice
clouded yellow - Tony Clancy
Autumn Bird Count - Banbury
Res 8 Little Grebes, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Common Sandpiper,
1 Kingfisher, Tottenham Marsh, Wild Marsh East
1 Hobby juv hunting, 8 Whitethroats, 2 Lesser Whitethroats, Wild
Marsh West 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 1
Blackcap, Glendish Marsh 3 Whinchat, 1 Yellow Wagtail
south, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroats, 2 Blackcaps, 1
Kingfisher, Walthamstow Reservoirs Warwick Bushes
3 Reed Warblers, 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Yellow Wagtails south, 1
Whitethroat, East Warwick 50 Shoveler, 2 Common Sandpipers, 1
Wheatear, 1 Clouded Yellow, 4 Grey Wagtails, No 5 - 18 Common
Terns, 1 Hobby hunting poss an adult, 1 Clouded Yellow, 2
Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail, No 3 - 2 Whitethroat, Lockwood
1 Swift north, 2 Common Sandpipers, 1 Wheatear, Filter
Beds 54 Pied Wagtails, 3 Yellow Wagtails, 1 Grey
Wagtail, 50+ House Martins, 30+ Sand Martins, 1 Swift north, 1
Kingfisher - David Darrell-Lambert
Rye Meads Wader Passage 5
Greenshank, 5 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper.
Wagtail Passage 3 Yellow (1 trapped), 50 Pied (7 trapped), 20
Grey (10 trapped) Odds 1 Swift, 1 Hobby, 20 Linnet, 20 Goldfinch.
Paul Roper
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1-9-00 Osprey at Amwell
GP today from 8.50 to 9.10 at least. On King's
Mead: 7 greenshank, 2 Ruff and 3 Ringed plover - Graham
White
Pole Hill top, Chingford area - 5 Whitethroat (a species
I haven't seen very often here) Chingford Plains- East west
ditch- 3 whitethroat,1 lesser whitethroat, 1 Tree pipit flying
about calling.1 whinchat on scrub north of ditch - R.Cope.
KGV Res am 50 swallows and
housemartins, 15 c sands, 2 y wags, 2 whinchat, 20 house sparrows
August
31-8-00 KGV Res pm brood of 8
well grown gadwall, 6 c sands, hybrid pochard X tufted duck
again, WG Res pm 5 c.sands, 6 probably 8 bn
grebes, 1 juv little ringed plover, 1 yellow wagtail - Robert
Callf
Barking Marsh am, 20+ grey partridge, 20 swifts, 2
whinchat, 1 y wag, 1 oystercatcher, 1 weasel, 5+ small heaths, 2
cl. yellows, 2 c blues - A.Mids
"A
plastic owl chase" by Paul Roper - based on an idea by Barry
Williams
30-8-00 Chingford Plain am, 3 whinchat and
a female/immature common redstart along the east/west ditch, 1
immature hobby, Ken's 1st clouded yellow on the plain - Ken
Murray
Cornmill 8:30 Ruff on the meadow nearest the
road - Chris Page
Goosefield Fishers Green, 2 ruff am - Phil Vines
Trent Park am, 4 clouded yellows, inc 2 males
and a pale coloured helice clouded yellow in Ride Wood,
3 whinchats near the barracks, Vicarage Farm area - Robert Callf
29-8-00 This morning I
had 1+1 Redstarts at Sewardstone, I think there
were 2 different birds. One was inside the Small Arms Site and
one was by Knights Pits where the nightingales get - about 100
yards between the 2 birds. 9 Green Sands & 1 Greenshank at Cornmill
early am - Tony Gray
Fairlop, Essex, 1 female Common Redstart, in hedge
adjacent land fill area - Steve Stuart (also seen
28th - Alan Bell)
Chingford Plain am 2 whinchat, 3 bullfinch, 5 reed
buntings
28-8-00 Rye Meads 1
Greenshank. Redstart which was trapped last weekend still present
(Re trapped twice today!). Major rarity Marsh Tit trapped and
ringed, only the second one ever to be ringed by the group, rarer
than Firecrest and Wryneck at Rye Meads! Paul Roper
Sew pm 1 hobby, 2nd common redstart 6pm nearby 50m east
of Swan and Pike Pool, Enfield Lock, 1st common
redstart still calling west of KGV at 6.15pm, c30 c terns, 1
swift - Ken Murray, A.Mids, also single clouded
yellows Rammey Marsh and Brimsdown
Goosefield Fishers Grn am 5 whinchat - Phil Vines and
friends
Sewardstone 1 hobby, 2 clouded yellows, 1
whinchat, 2 spot flies south of Swan and Pike Pool, common
redstart still west of KGV, flock of 100 mixed hirundines, male
black redstart on blue factory - Brimsdown, 53 species counted -
Steve Connor
Sew Marsh 2 whinchat, KGV Res
west side at 11.20am - a young common redstart on the KGV fence,
opposite 2 green container offices by the canal bank, also 2
wheatear, 5+ c sands, 1 green sand, 3 wigeon, c8 c terns - A.Mids
Woodford single spot flies for the last six days
in his garden, Canary Wharf on 27th, female
peregrine - Ken Murray
27-8-00 KGV Res
10-15 Common Sandpipers ( mostly north basin), 2 Grey Wagtails
(NW corner N basin), 2 Teal (N basin), Sparrowhawk (NE corner N
basin), 1 Lapwing ( N basin), 1 Swallow ( N basin). Large flocks
of Linnets and 100s tufted Ducks - Patrick Hart
Banbury Res 17:41 hrs 10 Common Sandpipers appeared
after rain storm, 8 Little Grebe, 35 House Martins south after
rain storm, Lockwood 18:05 hrs Teal first of the
autumn, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 1 Hobby first for the year at
Walthamstow, worst year ever!! 14 Common Terns, seen feeding over
No 4 and No 5 - David Darrell-Lambert
Barking Bay early am, 1 juv arctic tern on the
outfall with 20 c terns, 2 adult arctic terns flew upriver,
several grey partridge, and one large and loud overnight
"rave" still going on in the middle of the marsh -
A.Mids
26-8-00 Vicarage Farm area
north Enfield, whinchat, spot fly, 2 little owls, kingfisher,
hobby, Tues last 1 clouded yellow, Mon wheatear, and 4 painted
ladies near Rob's home - Robert Callf
Rye Meads 2 Common Sand's caught and ringed. 1
Greenshank, 5 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Whinchat, 1 Common
Tern, 20 Swift. Paul Roper - RMRG
Banbury Res 6 Common Sandpipers,
3 Common Terns, 9 Little Grebes, Tottenham Marsh
3 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroats, 10+
Whitethroats, Yellow Wagtails south, Wheatear, East
Warwick 49 Shoveler, No 3 1 Common
Sandpiper, No 5 2 Swift north, 12 Common
Terns, 5 Common Sandpipers, 5 Clouded Yellows, Lockwood
1 Greenshank, 6 Common Sandpipers, 4 Wheatears, 1 Whinchat -
David Darrell-Lambert
Sewardstone Marsh around 8am 1 pied flycatcher south
edge of marsh by cattle field/Patty Pools, also 1 spot fly here,
family party of 3 juvenile kestrels in the Osier Beds, 1 yellow
wagtail, 2 common snipe flew over - A.Mids and Martin Shepherd
KGV Res a flock of 30 greenshank flew
over north around 10.30am, 4 whinchat east side, 1 west side, 5+
c sands, additional flock of 5 greenshank, 100+ cormorants -
Helen Bantock and A.Mids,
WG Res the flock of 30 greenshank passed north,
circled and eventually flew off high south west (c
10.25am-possibly 35 seen at one point), 12 black necked grebes -
Phil Vines
Hall Marsh Scrape area a redstart reported near
south hide yesterday/Friday - not seen today by Terry Smith, and
9 green sands during the week on Cornmill - from
Steve Connor
25-8-00 Kingsmead, Ware 4
greenshank, 2 c sands, 2 green sands, 1 clouded yellow, 1 clouded
yellow Amwell GP - Bill Craig and Bill Cutts
Wat Tyler Country Park in Pitsea
- 1 short-eared owl, 2 clouded yellows, 1 painted lady - Joy Park
24-8-00 Epping Forest 100+ migrant hawkers, Trueloves 1 small copper, 1 clouded yellow, 1 painted lady, Bury Wood 2 juvenile/1st winter hobby still with a little down, calling/begging and perched in a recently pollarded area - A.Mids
23-8-00 Inner London male and
female peregrine circling together near the Thames between St
Pauls and Tate Modern at 4pm, then a sandwich tern in full sum.
plum. on a rusty barge, with black-headed gulls, between
Blackfriars and Westminster Bridge at around 5pm - Ken Murray
There were three Greenshanks on Sheepcote Farm GP
(Amwell) this morning - Tim Hill
--Robert points out another mega! Click on
Robert to have a look.
22-8-00 WG Res am, 8 possibly
10 black-necked grebes inc 2 juvs, 6+ clouded yellows east side -
Phil Vines, also 18+ clouded y's East Tilbury Sun 20th for Phil,
Harry and Alan, 20+ at Cliff, N Kent Fri 18th for the two Bills
Sewardstone Marsh am, 3 hobby hawking insects, 1 clouded
yellow, bullfinch - Tony Gray, A.Mids
Fishers Green area am - 2 clouded yellows -
Terry Smith
21-8-00 KGV Res 4-7pm, 7+ c sands, 2 wheatear, 2 green woodpeckers - A.Mids
20-8-00 Cornmill 11:00 am 7
Green Sandpiper Fisher's
Green Goose Field 3:30 pm
5 Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpiper. Also many Brown Hawker in
Fisher's Green area.- Chris Page
Walthamstow Complex Banbury Res 14:56
hrs 11 Little Grebes, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Migrant Hawker, Lockwood
15:16 hrs 3 Common Sandpipers, 1 Greenshank, 5 Wheatear,
1 Clouded Yellow, 1 Kingfisher, High Maynard 9
Common Terns, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Kingfishers, East
Warwick 16:44 hrs 70 Shoveler, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1
Clouded Yellow, Walthamstow Filter Beds 17:06
hrs 5 Greenshank south at 17:09 hrs, 4 Shoveler, 14 Great
Black-backed Gulls, No.4 and No.5 - 43 Common Terns, Yesterday 17
Clouded Yellows reported - David Darrell-Lambert
Kings Mead, Ware area, two Greenshank, one Wood Sandpiper, one
Common Sandpiper,C.snipe and a Little RP. Also a good number of
Lapwing, Starlings, some Black Headed gulls and a Grey
Wagtail - Helen Bantock
Rye Meads Things starting to happen again now
breeding season is just about over, even though we ringed a Stock
Dove pullus today!! 5 Greenshank, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, and
female Redstart trapped at 07:30 - Paul Roper
Peanuts and aflotoxin contamination
There is apparently a worlwide shortage of "safe"
peanuts for feeding to birds because of poor harvest and high
levels of aflotoxin contamination. CJ Birdfood has withdrawn
peanuts from its catalogue (although it currently has a limited
supply). The RSPB is also warning that stocks could run out
during the winter. My concern is that this information should be
made as widely available as possible, so that people who may buy
their peanuts from market stalls, pet shops or other outlets can
ask if the nuts have been tested and not buy from dodgy sources.
Otherwise, well meaning people may be killing more birds than
they help - Joy Park
19-8-00 KGV Res Barry Bishop
reports 1 common redstart and 2 whinchats
on the KGV today (news from Alex M)
Ponders End Lake a pair of ruddy ducks - male calling,
pair reed buntings, recently tufted duck and gadwall broods and a
green sandpiper - Tony Clancy, A.Mids
Nazeing GP,
Common Terns have done well, 20-25 birds, Coot building up to
100+, .20 Tufted duck. Cornmill 5 Green
Sandpipers- at one point 7 were seen. Also, 1 Little R.Plover. A
Sparrowhawk was chasing a flock of Goldfinches, several Lapwing, several
G. Heron, BHGulls and a few Housemartins - Helen Bantock.
17-8-00 Sewardstone am 2
clouded yellows and 2 painted ladies - A.Mids, KGV Res
north basin 4 c terns, 5 c sands, 1 clouded yellow on the
causeway, 1 painted lady, no sign of darke scaup (a 800+ recent
tufted duck count by John Fitzpatrick) - Steve Connor, A.Mids
I had a clouded yellow at Pine-hurst
Hertford on the embankment of the A10 just as you come
over Kings Mead today at about 1.30 ish. I was chuffed as it
was my first for Hertfordshire - Nick Sampford
Ken gets back on the plain - Chingford Plain
16th 3 hobby over Bury Wood, 15th spotted flycather on the Plain,
on Sunday 13th Ken spotted 2 peregrines on the Tate Modern in the
Blackfriars/Southwark Bridge area of Inner London - Ken Murray
16-8-00 KGV Res no news of the hoopoe today - Robert Callf searched again this morning and saw 2 y wags, 1 wheatear
15-8-00 Tuesday 15th
August 10:53 *LONDON HOOPOE ON TRACK IN NW.CNR KGV RESV
SHOWING WELL TIL 10:52 AT LEAST. (RESV ACCESS PERMIT ONLY) -
BirdNet
Hoopoe reported to have then flown east, late am, across north
basin and probabaly not relocated - not seen pm by Robert Callf -
Robert saw 2 clouded yellows, 4 painted ladies, 1 wheatear, 4 c
sands, 1 scaup type hybrid male with a rather dark bill with a
large black tip, orangey eyes
14-8-00 Monday 14
August 16.30 to 18.10. King George Res. Hoopoe
on west bank just north of causeway. 3 Sandwich tern over N -
Mike Rossor
Walthamstow Res From 07:28 hrs to 08:15 hrs,
Filter Beds 50+ Swifts south, No5 and No.4 - 48 Common Terns,
East Warwick 50+ Swifts south, 8 Common Terns, 48 Shoveler, 1
Gadwall, 1 Common Sandpiper, Low Maynard 5 Shoveler - David
Darrell-Lambert
13-8-00 Walthamstow
Res 09:52 hrs to 13:20 hrs, Banbury Res 15 Little Grebe,
2 Common Sandpipers, Lockwood Res 8 Common Sandpiper, 2
Greenshank, 2 or 3 Clouded Yellows, 1 Painted Lady. Total For
Rest Of Reservoirs - 38 Common Tern, 1 Common Sandpiper - David
Darrell-Lambert
8:30am Cornmill 7 Greenshank in
front of Wake Hide - Chris Page
Potters Crouch Farm, near Chiswell
Green (The original field at Bone Hill was completely
birdless. It is probably all eaten up and the birds are gone to
fresh stubble.) No singing Corn Buntings, but a pair seen with
food, must have been feeding young. Yellowhammer, Linnets,
Swallows. Three Hares in a nearby , newly harvested field and in
another field which had just been cut, there were 60 linnets and
a few house sparrows. Cornmill Meadows
10.30am. One Green Sandpiper. one C. Snipe, 30 odd Lapwing, 20
Black-headed Gulls, 7 G.Heron, Housemartins, Canada Geese.
Also Speckled Wood and Common Blue butterflies - Helen
Bantock
12-8-00 11am. Lockwood,
Walthamstow, 3 clouded yellows, 2 wheatears, 3 c. sands, 1 green
sand, 2 whinchats, 2 sparrowhawks Quentin Given
King George Res
7.20 am. By the causeway, on the west side, on the fence, were
two young Whinchats.(Where I saw a young Whinchat on the
7.08.00). An adult Whinchat was on the tow path with 4
Whitethroats. A Common Sandpiper, lots of Pied Wagtails, 2 Common
Terns, 60 Cormorants, 20 Canada Geese(S. basin) - Helen Bantock
Walthamstow Res, 3 Clouded
Yellows, several wheatears and one Green Sandpiper around the
Lockwood Res - David G Darrell-Lambert
1 Greenshank over Rye House also 1 Painted lady
- R.Cope & P.C
11-8-00 2 Greenshank on Cornmill since last
night, 4+ Green Sandpiper (in front of hide), Barn Owl north part
of arboretum Chris Page
WG Res am, 3 dunlin, 1 oystercatcher, 2 lrps, 1 ringed
plover, 15+ c sands, 1 snipe in the relief channel, 3 bn grebes -
Phil Vines
Went out with Bill today and had two Clouded Yellows on Cornmill
Meadow and one Greenshank and one Green Sandpiper. Also
one Clouded Yellow south end Netherhall Pits -
Bill Cutts and Bill Craig
West Essex Golf Course pond, Ludgate area, 2+ male
emerald damseflies, 1 long-winged form of Roesel's bush cricket,
also azures still on the wing, generally 10+ purple hairstreaks,
25+ migrant hawkers, brown hawker, emperor, ruddy and common
darter, blue tailed and c blue damselfly, 5+ bullfinch Chingford
Plain - A.Mids
10-8-00 Chingford
Plain's car park, one female clouded yellow about 1/2way
along west side (Bury Road) grass
perching frequently. Also imm male migrant hawker in garden, Chingford
Garden: 3 Hobby over the garden, at least 1 juvenile
(looks like the hobby bred locally again?). Also a pair of
Sparrowhawk - Rich Cope
WG Res am, 2 dunlin, 5 bn grebes, 1 redshank, 1 green
sand, 1 lrp, 1 ringed plover, 15+ c sands - Phil Vines
KGV Res pm - drew a blank pretty much
9-8-00 Medium pale
raptor with pale front, head and legs, dark wings and back (I
think Osprey, poss juv) seen perched on lamp-post on central
reservation of M25 between junc 29 & 30
(Brentwood area) at 6.30pm - Rich
Cope
Walthamstow When I was leaving to go to work
today one Greenshank flew south at 08:25hrs! Garden tick! -
David Darrell-Lambert
WG Res am, juvenile/1st winter Mediterranean gull around
north end, possible grey plover heard calling, 6 bn grebes - Phil
Vines
Also recent sightings of a few white-letters still on bramble
flowers north end of Cornmill Arboretum, Waltham Abbey, and
purple hairstreaks/1 painted lady Royal Forest Hotel area, Epping
Forest
7-8-00 WG Res am, a juvenile
Mediterranean gull, perhaps a new bird, 5 bn grebes - Phil Vines
Copped Hall/Essex Upland area, 2 clouded
yellows, 3 brown argus, 70+ peacocks on thistles, 2 c buzzards -
A.Mids
King George Res
am. A young Whinchat on the fence on the west side by the
causeway, perching on a bare shrub by the reeds - still there
when I left at 11.30. Also, 10 Linnets, 2 Common Terns - Helen
Bantock
Amwell 1 brimstone, 1 c sand, 1 ringed plover (4
RP reported) - Bill Craig and Cutts
6-8-00 KGV Res north end, a
drake scaup - Steve Connor
WG Res am, a juvenile Mediterranean gull flew off
towards the KGV by 9am, 5 dunlin, 4 bn grebes - Phil Vines
Also 4/8/2000. 1 Wheatear and 1 Clouded Yellow at Fairlop
Waters, Essex- Steve Stuart
5-8-00 News from Ware
and Amwell, One White-letter Hairstreak sunning itself
on Golden Hop in my back garden this afternoon - a first! Ware -
Amwell this morning, two Buzzards over Easneye Wood, one Turtle
Dove and three Spotted Flycatchers along the River. A couple of
Green Sandpipers at Amwell - Tim Hill
Walthamstow area, Banbury Res 14 Little
Grebes!!! Tottenham Marsh 2 Migrant Hawkers, 1 Brown Hawker, Lockwood
Res 1 Emperor, 3 Common Sandpipers, 2 juv Lesser
Black-backed Gulls, East Warwick 1 Brown Hawker,
5 Migrant Hawker, 1 Banded Dam, 1 Juv Med Gull was chased by a
Common Tern then landed on the water. It flew onto the Lee
before drifting high north up the valley, 10+ Shoveler, 1 Common
Sandpiper, Rest of the Site 6+ Tufted Duck broods, 40+ Common
Terns, Filter Beds 14 Common Gulls, 6
Greater Black-backed Gulls, 1 juv Herring, 2 juv Lesser
Black-backed Gulls, 49 House Martin nests, down on last year -
David Darrell-Lambert
KGV Res am 830 tufted ducks, 65 cormorants, 2 c sands,
brood of mallard, and a pipistrelle died after becoming attached
to the burdock flowerheads on the causeway - 2nd unfortunate bat
to have done this in the last 5 years - A.Mids
4-8-00 Mike Cotton. had
8 Green Sands on Cornmill to-day
WG Res am 6 dunlin, 1 oystercatcher, 1 ruff, 4
black-necked grebes, 1 green sand, several c sands - Phil Vines
(unfortunately no public access to the WG, but if something very
special turns up, an attempt will be made at arranging access -
meanwhile we could always go and look for something on the
'George')
Sewardstone area, 2 y wags, 6 skylarks
Ware just walking round to the little
wild patch by my house - looked at my buddleja (yellow x
weyerana) and saw a small butterfly - looked again - it was a
white letter in pristine condition having a lovely time gorging
on the nectar - 19th species in three years - Liz Goodyear
3-8-00 Cornmill
I had a large raptor today on the hill at the back of
Cornmill - It was flying close to the ground and being mobbed by
9 or 10 Crows, I think it could have been a Marsh Harrier but I
can not rule out Buzzard, but then Buzzards don't usually fly
that close to the ground. It was only viewable for about 15 / 20
seconds when it disappeared behind some trees
- Tony Gray
WG Res am, 9 dunlin, 2 lrps, several c sands, 2
black-necked grebes - Phil Vines, just 2 green sands reported
from Cornmill and Goosefield, LVP
Sewardstone Marsh Cattlegate 1 white-legged
damselfly, 1 small copper - A.Mids
2-8-00 north Enfield Vicarage
Farm, 3 little owls still foraging on the only
grazed field on the farm, and one dust bathing, 1 sedge warbler,
50+ mistle thrush flock raiding the pick-your-own, Mon pm - 3
white admirals Hoddesdonpark Wood, Herts - Robert Callf
Ware - saw a small
butterfly fly past - it was a brown argus and crossed my
front garden by a foot so I can count it!! First ever for garden - Liz Goodyear
1-8-00 Cornmill - plenty of Green Sandpiper (10) at the moment - Chris Page
July 2000
31-7-00 KGV Res am, 1 dunlin, 6 c sands, c10 c terns, 50+ strong cormorant flock fishing the north basin, 1 painted lady - A.Mids
30-7-00 North Enfield, 3
little owls together on Vicarage Farm Sat and Sun, 65 mistle
thrushes on Parkside Farm on Friday - Robert Callf
Walthamstow 07:10 hrs to 09:45 hrs
Banbury 7 Little Grebes all adults and no sign of the juvenile
present one week previous., 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 Common Terns, Tottenham
Marsh 20+ Willow Warblers, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Sedge
Warbler, lots of Whitethroat and Reed Warbler, 2 Brown Hawkers,
2+ Migrant Hawkers, 1 Speckled Wood, Garden -
Walthamstow 13:00 hrs 2 Reed Warbler, new tick!! 1 Speckled Wood,
another new tick, 1 Common Darter, first for the year - David
Darrell-Lambert
Bone Hill, Herts
I went on the M1 and then A405 and as soon as I approached the
pylons I heard singing Corn Buntings. This was at 8am.I walked
about for several hours-it was a glorious day. I found 3 singing
birds. In the scruffy cereal field there were two birds singing,
but also at least 5 or 6 others just flying about the field.
Further up, opposite Potters Crouch Farm, there was another
singing bird. Yellowhammers and Linnets too - Helen Bantock
29-7-00 Red Kite at junction of Great Cambridge Road (A10) and Lordship Lane Tottenham, at 5:30pm, heading NW towards Barnet, being mobbed by two Carrion Crows - Paul Roper
28-7-00 Saw my first
Migrant Hawker of the year at Galley Hill, n/e
of Waltham Abbey, today - John Stevens
Bone Hill, Chiswell Green, Herts, 3 singing corn
buntings, 22 mistle thrush, 10+ skylarks, also 1 clouded yellow
and 1 marbled white nearby - A.Mids
27-7-00 Goosefield, Fishers Green, am 3 oystercatchers, 1 greenshank, 10 purple hairstreaks Royal Forest Hotel, Chingford - Mike Cotton, Brox Woods 2+ marsh tits, 5+ white admirals, holly blue and purple hairstreak down on the ground, 3 fresh peacocks, 1 painted lady
26-7-00 Cheshunt Park, by
Cheshunt Golf Course, a fritillary butterfly, thought to be dark
green, was seen briefly on bramble flowers near the entrance to
the first field from the car-park today, but was soon lost to
view, also common blue, c5 holly blues, loads of gatekeepers and
meadow browns, little owls, 12 mistle thrushes - John and
Margaret Fitzpatrick
KGV Res south basin - No sign of Black Redstart, but at least 5 Common Sands,
6 Lapwing, 5 Common Terns, 50 plus Tufted Duck (400+ on north
basin) and at least two young great crested grebes. Also, several
Small Skipper butterflies, Pied Wagtails and Starlings - Helen
Bantock, also 4 male common blues and 3 brown argus seen today
25-7-00 WG Res am 1 sum plum
black-necked grebe south end - Phil Vines
KGV Res am, 1 black tern south basin, c10
c.sands, 14 linnets, 8 c.terns - A.Mids
24-7-00 KGV Res am 1 moulting
adult black tern south basin, then 2 by 11.30am, 1 oystercatcher
circled and flew south - Phil Vines
Attenborough's Life of Birds Book for £6
- Currently available in the Book
Warehouse on The Strand (over the road from The Lyceum) - Andrew
Self
Have recently discovered an excellent web
site: "Moths and Butterflies of Europe" which has
hundreds of excellent pictures of adults, larvae, pupae etc. http://digilander.iol.it/leps
- John Stevens
23-7-00 Ware - have had hummingbird hawk moth in garden this morning - 3 years running - Liz Goodyear
22-7-00 Trent
Park, north Enfield, warbler thought to be icterine
warbler watched for 10 minutes until 4pm in willows along the
south side of the lower lake - Robin White, unfortunately not
relocated in an hour's search around 6pm, but Robert Callf will
try again early am tomorrow
Oystercatcher, Dunlin and Buzzard at Amwell
today (22nd). Yesterday, Dunlin, 6 Ringed Plover, Pintail and 2
Common Sandp.- Graham White
William Girling Res 10.30am (still at 11.30) 2nd summer
Mediterranean gull north end, and 18 common sandpipers, 2
redshank, 55 lapwing - Phil Vines
KGV Res am 14 c.sands, 1 sum plum dunlin, 340
tufted ducks, 5 c.terns - A.Mids, also 1 new generation brown
argus seen
21-7-00 Trent Park area, north
Enfield, 1 marbled white - 3rd sighting this year, spot flies in
Williams Wood, and a whinchat recently on Vicarage Farm - Robert
Callf and Robin White
Epping Forest Butlers Retreat bomb crater pond, 1 male
banded dem, 1 four-spot chaser, pair + 2 juv kestrels, Chingford
Plain to Fairmead 2 small heath, c50 purple hairstreaks and one
egg seen laid on an oak twig - A.Mids
Recent news - Tony Baumber saw a family party of
spotted flycatchers near Spencers Fm, Magdalen Laver,
Essex last Sunday, and Ron King saw a juvenile cuckoo being fed
by reed buntings at Brimsdown west of the KGV
Res 2 or 3 weeks ago, also a skua sp and sandwich tern as casual
sightings on the Chingford Reservoirs in May
20-7-00 LVP Goosefield am. 1
greenshank and 1 dunlin. At Cornmill I managed 2
lrps plus at least 5 green sandpipers - Alex McKechnie.
Chingford garden: 1 Banded Demoiselle
(1st record), 2+ Blue tailed damselflys, 2+ gatekeeper, 1 comma,
1 Hobby, 1 male kestrel, 30+ sand martins.- Rich
Cope
Hitch Wood area, Herts 1 common buzzard and 2
marsh tits - A.Mids
Lee Valley Regional Park Bird Report for May 2000
19-7-00 Notes on the 'Tristis' Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita tristis at Rye Meads in Nov and Dec 1999, including dates, location, calls, and in the hand details, from Paul Roper. Photos one, two and three.
18-7-00 Cornmill from around 10am 1 little
egret on the site (secondhand report of last sighting around
12.30 still on the meadows but wasn't seen around 2.30pm. The
little egret was seen earlier flying from the Hall Marsh area by
S.Hamilton), 7 green sandpipers, 2 lrps - Mike Cotton, Phil
Vines, Tony Gray
Goosefield am 1 greenshank, and a 2nd on
Cornmill - Mike Cotton (also saw a ringlet in Cornmill arboretum
in late June)
Brox Woods am one crossbill flew over calling
(Mids), 5+ white admirals
Walthamstow in June, 1st summer sandwich tern
and a clouded yellow - Paul Whiteman
Went for that egret, but couldn't find it,
checked all floods,. think Steve arrived as I left. Only other
stuff was Cornmill area: 10 gatekeepers, 5+
white legged damselflys and 5 brown hawkers. Chingford
garden: 1 hobby, 40 b .h gulls over, 10 sand martins and
1 gatekeeper (prob. 1st record) - Rich Cope ( c100.black heads
also seen hawking insects over Ponders End 5pm and a lesser bb
gull trying as well - flying ants I suppose as about a thousand
appeared in our kitchen yesterday)
17-7-00 Trent Park area, north Enfield, 2
white-letter hairstreaks above wych elm by Church Wood, 1 little
owl, weasel, 10 mistle thrush, juvenile ruddy duck on Parkside
Reservoir for 3 days (not today), six spot burnet moths, 2 or 3
yellow wagtails flew over - Robert Callf and Robin White
Cornmill area, hobby hawking over Cornmill
Meadows, 2 white-letter hairstreaks over the road to the east by
the Roundhouse, also one ringlet here - Cutts, Craig and Cotton
I spent the morning at the coppiced clearing in Hoddesdonpark
Wood photographing White Admirals. There were plenty of
them there but the only count I could offer is that I saw four in
the air at once - all other sightings may have been duplicates.
In the event I did not take many shots because the ones that were
obliging were also quite tatty. This afternoon I went to Hertford
Heath to photograph grasshoppers and to look for White Admiral in
Balls Wood. I saw one but there were two guys
there who were confident of six sightings earlier in the day -
John Stevens
16-7-00 KGV Res am c10 common sandpipers, 5 c terns inc juveniles, 50 juv sand martins sheltering from the cold winds within the reservoir bank
14-7-00 17:30 *LONDON MOULTING
AD WHITE-W BLK TERN ON R.THAMES AT BARKING BAY
AT 5:25PM & BEST VIEWED FROM THAMESMEAD - Birdguides/BirdNet
Seven new photos added
(see above) of grey heron, black-necked grebe, chaffinch, lesser
black-backed gull, glaucous x herring gull hybrid, tufted duck,
and woodpigeon, all by David Darrell-Lambert
13-7-00 KGV Res 1 whimbrel flew over calling 11.30am, 2 yellow wagtails inc a juvenile, 1 grey wag, c8 common sandpipers, 220 tufted ducks, 12 mute swans, 1 sparrowhawk, 1 painted lady, 1 juvenile black headed gull, c 5 c.terns, ad and juv green woodpeckers - Rich Cope, A.Mids
12-7-00 Pole Hill, Chingford- Oak scrub area,
nr Enterprise House, 1.20-2.20 pm Red admiral 1, Gatekeeper 2,
small tortoiseshell, meadow brown c85, purple hairstreak c30,
large white 3, "small" white sp 5, Large Skipper 5,
"small" skipper sp 50, southern hawker 1, Bullfinch 3,
Blackcap 1m, 1 fox cub. Ridgeway Park evening,
common gull 1 3rd sum, swift 20, fox cub 1, sparrowhawk 1female -
Rich Cope
North Enfield, 1 marbled white Parkside Reservoir, 1
purple hairstreak, Wed July 5th a curlew flew
calling 4.55pm north-west over the barracks at Vicarage Farm -
Robert Callf and Robin White
Aimes Green area, Waltham Abbey 1 ringlet along Puck
Lane, 15+ linnets, goldfinch and greenfinch feeding on oilseed
rape, 2 white-letter hairstreaks nectaring on thistle and an
umbellifer flower along Claygate Lane, 1 female white-legged
damselfly along east side of Galley Hill, 1 southern hawker here,
Aimes Green fishing lake, 5 common terns, c14 mandarins including
youngsters - John Stevens, Andrew Middleton (ringlets and
white-legged damselflies seen in the area in other years by John
S)
Butterflies - local distribution maps for
white-letter hairstreak and ringlet
10-7-00 Cornmill, Waltham Abbey 1 greenshank,
4 green sands, 2 lrps, 1 turtle dove north end of arboretum -
Bill Craig/Bill Cutts
Wake Valley Pond, Epping Forest, still 2 or 3
downy emeralds and four-spotted chasers seen during a break in
the poor weather
8-7-00 Tottenham Marsh 1 Grasshopper Warbler
singing at 11:54 hrs, my first for the site!! 1 Black-tailed
Skimmer, male, still lots of Blue-tailed and Common Blue Dams. Walthamstow
Res East Warwick 2 LBBGs dive bombing anyone in sight! 1
Redshank! 1 Emperor Dragonfly male, 1 Silver Y, 6+ Essex
Skippers my first for the year, West Warwick 2 male Ruddy Duck,
Low Maynard Tufted Duck female with 5 young, Lockwood 2
Common Sandpipers, 1 pair of LBBGs on the north Tern Raft
with two young! 1 Painted Lady, Banbury Res 2
Common Terns - David Darrell-Lambert
Cornmill Meadows am 2 redshank and 3 LRPs, 10+
housemartins- H Bantock and A.Mids
Two good photos, of red-necked grebe and moorhen from
David Darrell-Lambert added to the bird images
Ponders End Thought that you
might like to know that earlier this week the wildlife rescue
group that I am involved with took into care two young (14 days?)
gulls that were rescued by workmen from the roof of a factory on
an industrial estate in Lincoln Road - the roof was being
replaced. The birds are quite certainly either Herring or L
B-backed but are too young to be identified with certainty. I had
heard rumours that "large gulls" were breeding on
factory roofs in Brimsdown so the breeding in Lincoln Road is
probably no surprise, given the regular numbers of both species
on Ponders End Lake in spring and summer - John Stevens (and a
few lesser bb gulls generally flying around Ponders End all
summer, and one seen foraging far out to sea in Tescos car-park)
6-7-00 Ponders End Lake c5.30pm, 1 black
tern, 1 sum. plum dunlin, drake ruddy duck , many common tern
chicks - Steve Connor
Cornmill 1 greenshank, at the north end of the arboretum
by the obelisk/elm hedge - 3 white-letter hairstreaks including 2
nectaring down on brambles - Tony Gray
Brox Woods pm c20 sightings of white admiral
throughout the woods, 1 marbled white, 1 purple hairstreak, est
100+ ringlets, m.brown, gatekeeper, red ad, 3 sp of skipper,
comma, speck wood, a few southern and brown hawkers, emp,
c.darter - J.Stevens, L.Goodyear, A.Mids
KGV Res am, 1 black tern south basin - Phil Vines, also
2 com. sands and 2 painted ladies.-S. Connor.
5-7-00 1.30pm - Hemel Hempstead
(Grovehill Area), adjacent Sports Field on outskirts of Town
Centre near River Gade - 1no. Bar-Tailed Godwit (distinctive
upturned bill - summer plumage) - Mike Crisell
KGV Res am, 3 common sands, 1 reed bunting territory
Brimsdown - A.Mids
Goosefields, Fishers Green 4 black-tailed
godwits - Phil Vines (birds at Cornmill not seen pm)
Not had much, well anything really. Went down Rye Meads
today, not much there either - Rich Cope (I'm 19 tomorrow!).
4-7-00 Goosefields, Fishers Green 4
black-tailed godwits still present at 11am - Mike Cotton, also 3
lrps and 1 green sand
Cornmill, late am, 3 additional black-tailed
godwit, 1 Green sand and 14 LRPs - Tony Gray
2-7-00 1 clouded yellow at Wickham
Hall Farm, several ringlets, red admirals, 1 small
tortoiseshell. Sparrowhawk over. Black-tailed skimmer
on access road to farm. 1 fresh comma at Sawbridgeworth
Marsh this morning - Andrew Hardacre
Two White Admirals seen this afternoon (2.00pm) at the
"dip" in the main path through Broxbourne Wood
at 327073. Large numbers of Meadow Brown also here. Small numbers
of Ringlet and Large Skipper. Emperor and Southern Hawker
frequent along the paths - John Stevens
Epping Forest 1 clouded yellow Whitehouse Plain, 1
clouded yellow and a ringlet along the footpath between Ludgate
and The Owl 397 967, 1 ringlet along the Green Ride at Trueloves,
Mott Street 392 973, perhaps the first series of ringlet
sightings in Epping Forest since the 1890s - A.Mids
1-7-00 1 male Blk Redstart fence west of KGV
(same as on 24/25june), 29th ish of June Chingford, 1 stag beetle
over garden! (flying) - Rich Cope
Cornmill Meadows. 14.30- 16.30. 21 Little Ringed
Plovers, 60+ Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, Hobby, male Sparrowhawk,
Green & Great Spotted Woodpeckers, several Reed Buntings -
including young birds. 1 Hairy Dragonfly, c5 Emperors, 1 Southern
Hawker, 2 Brown Hawkers, 1 Broad-bodied Chaser, c20 Black-tailed
Skimmers, 1 Common Darter, + Blue-tailed, Azure, Common Blue,
White-legged & Red-eyed Damselflies and Banded Demoiselles.
Butterflies- Meadow Browns, Red Admirals, Small Tortoiseshell,
Large White, Green-veined White and 3 Commas. - Roy Woodward
& Stephen Harris.
KGV Res 3-5pm 2 adult black terns, Sew Marsh
1 male white legged damselfly, 2 white letter hairstreaks flying
over wych elm - A.Mids
Recently 2 green sands on the Goosefield,
Fishers Green, and red-breasted goose - Phil Vines
Some local
patch butterfly records, South Herts, comparing the
first half of 1999 with 2000 - Liz Goodyear
Andrew Middleton, London, UK acmiddleton@blueyonder.co.uk ~ site index
