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UK Wildlife Blog

November 2009

( Monthly archive )

Cormorant and a ridiculously tame kestrel

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On Friday I headed to Reculver to try and find some tame waders and hopefully snow buntings. To the east of the castle there was a cormorant perched on a post

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Grey seal pups

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Here are some more photos from Donna Nook, this time focusing on the pups

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Donna nook grey seals

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Here is the creator of yesterdays trail. A grey seal.

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Who'd make a trail like this?

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Found this trail on a beach the other Sunday.But what do you think made it?

Raphaels park: birds and macros

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On Friday I popped into Raphaels Park, where the two great crested grebes were courting again

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Curlews and lapwing at Elmley marshes

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On Monday my trip to Minster (which had only few gulls) was diverted to Elmley Marshes. On the drive in we again passed quite a few nearby Curlews

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Regents park THE place for wildlife in London

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Whenever I look at lists of places to see birds and other wildlife in London, the Royal Parks of St. James Park, Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens make the list, along with places like the London Wildlife Trust’s Camley Street, but what is probably the best site of all seems to be inexplicably missed out: Regents Park. In fact in a recent article on the top places to see birds in London in BBC Wildlife Magazine (August issue Pg.80) by the Urban Birder himself, David Lindo, completely ignored its existence!
I’ve never understood why this is. Based purely on the numbers game, Regents Park has over 200 recorded species, where as (to my knowledge at least) no other site in London has reached 200 species. Combine this with the 45 annually breeding species that’s quite an impressive list.
The breeding species themselves include kestrels

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Waders at Oare marshes

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On saunday I popped over to Oare Marshes and there were plenty of birds about. On the sea wall there was a turnstone running about

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Hares, waders and other birds at Elmley

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Carrying on from my last post, where I had just reached the actually RSPB reserve. We checked out most the hides and saw very little, nothing close enough to photograph. So we then head to far hide that was a fair old distance away. When we arrived we looked out over Windmill creek and there was a flock of Knots nearby

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Elmley Marshes

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On Monday I visited the Elmley Marshes RSPB reserve on Sheppey. The drive in is through the NNR managed area is great, as birds can be seen right next to the road, like this curlew

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