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Birds in Richmond Park

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There plenty of birds in Richmond Park other than those Ive posted about. In the first pond we came to a heron was standing where I had seen one eating frogs earlier this year.

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Rye meads RSPB reserve

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I couple of weeks ago I popped up to Rye Meads reserve up in the Northern part of Lee Valley. There were plenty of gadwall about

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Ingrebourne valley - birds and reptiles

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A couple of weeks ago I got early one morning to go looking for adders. The morning started well with a reed bunting

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Richmond Park - ducks

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The saturday before last I headed to Richmond Park for so Sue could try out some photography techniques she'd been reading about. I took a lot of photos as I always do when visiting this park, so Ive broken it down into more than one post. In this post I'll cover the ducks, starting with the pintails.

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Hainault Forest Country Park

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Last Thursday I headed to Hainault Forest Country Park to see if the frogs had emerged and begun spawning. My first stop was the lake were I spotted some pochards

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Snow in Bedfords, Rise and Raphaels Park

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Here are the photos from last Wednesday. The snow was still thick, despite the sunny weather and the fact it hadn't snowed for a day or two. Walking through Rise Park, I noticed something moving in the ditch right next to me. There, flicking leaves like a blackbird, a metre away, was redwing! It moved of but I could get within about 3m of it with ease, by far the tamest redwing I've ever encountered.

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Bushy Park: woodland gardens

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Here is my second post on Bushy Park. The following are the photos from the woodland garden areas which are fenced off from the deer and (at least in theory) dogs. I'll start with the Mandarin ducks, this one of a male flaping its wings to be precise. It wasn't quite the angle I wnated but came out ok

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"courting' mallards

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I noticed some courting mallards so started to film them and, well....

St. James Park

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Here are some photos from way back in November, when we popped into St. James Park. The parks most famous residents are the Pelicans, and there is usually one on the path to amuse the tourists

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Ducks: on ice

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Here are a few short videos of the ducks on Ice from Thursday before last. First up is a sometimes over exposed video (It was filmed at dawn with no sun on the lake) of a mallard female waddling across (and through!) the ice

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