Tuesday, 10. June 2008, 20:00:39
pochard, carrion, park, red
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I also visited Regents Park yesterday. There were a few heron about and feeling cooperative. This one posed at a nice distance for a reflection shot

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Tuesday, 25. March 2008, 21:36:33
headed, grey, carrion, shelduck
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I t had been a while since I'd been to Regents Park (well compared to before how often I'd been to Regents prevously), so I thought I'd check on the progress of the herons. I also met up with Tony, the wildlife officer at Regents Park and writer od 'regents park birds' site (see links) which was a nice bonus. Anyway back to the herons. The chicks could be seen on two nests

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Sunday, 23. March 2008, 17:55:22
easter, uk, romford, britain
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Well after my 'spring is here' post heres a one filled with snow! For those not in the UK we had a mass of weather move down from the arctic/Russia/somewhere cold and we ended up here in Essex (SE UK) with the first snow of winter; in spring!? - good old british weather! Anyway, I woke up this morning to this view:

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Sunday, 16. March 2008, 12:53:00
carrion, park, grey, london
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And now the big news! On Friday for the first time I sighted the heron chicks

Im afraid I couldnt get a good angle on them and there obscured by twigs/branches, but these are the best photos I got

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Wednesday, 20. February 2008, 23:50:02
goose, park, coot, crow
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I start today with and admission. I missed something. Apparently some eggs have hatched in the heronry (I wasn't aware any had been laid!) and according to the writer of
regents park birds chicks have been heard. Thers no reason to doubt this as this guys obviously know his stuff and I believe surveys the park in the mornings when its quieter.
Anyway on with the report. The light was awful, as the fog never lifted so no photos of herons on the nest. However a foriegn school group turned up and the herons descended from their nests

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Saturday, 9. February 2008, 00:47:04
carrion, woodpecker, mandarin, park
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Here are the photos I took on Wednesday in Richmond Park, as promised (if a day late
First thing I did was to head to the pond full of mandarin ducks. To syart the photos here is this nice close up of a male mandarin duck

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Monday, 14. January 2008, 20:02:11
wood, london, goose, eygptian
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As promised in
part 1 here is the second half of my report of what I saw last wednesday in Richmond park.
Picking up after I saw the fallow deer, I then headed down towards the lake. On the way I saw some more ring-necked parakeets and then a pair very obliging jackdaws, on one of which I manged to get the light just right:

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