Posts tagged with "grebe"
Tuesday, 13. May 2008, 08:37:22
gosling, grebe, goose, rapheals
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Yesterday On my way into uni I decided to take the long route via rapheal park to see if I could see any great crested grebe young. The pair there did have young and they were riding on one of their parents backs, but were unfortunatly on the other side of the lake. I did however catch the other parent catch a fish
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Saturday, 5. April 2008, 01:08:45
brookendchase, east, report, britain
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On Thursday I finally had a free day and the weather was good
So I thought I'd head for part of the Ingrebourne river and the parks reserves it flow through: Ingrebourne Nature Reserve, Hornchurch Country Park and Berwick Woods. I started of in Raphaels park as its only a small diversion from the walk to the bus stop. There I was treated to a great crested grebe hunting for breakfast
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Wednesday, 2. April 2008, 23:58:16
gull, grey, heron, report
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Its been atleast a week since Ive been to Regents Park, so it was time for a visit. First up, of course the herons. Adults were a bit thin on the ground, for Regents Park anyway. The chicks are growing fast, some might even be fledging soon, judging by there size!
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Wednesday, 19. March 2008, 21:09:18
swan, mute, little, grebe
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Just ahd a look to check and its one year today I got my flickr site. I guess I mite do something more extensive in the next week when I don't have anything to blog about, but for now here is the first photo I put on my flickr site, exactly a year today
Its a Mute swan (uks biggest waterfowl) chasing a little grebe (probaly our smallest waterfowl) - the bully!
He can see it on the site here:
http://flickr.com/photos/ukwildlife/426166202/ and of course theres the general link on the right in the links bar
Monday, 10. March 2008, 23:15:23
little, gardens, snowdrop, kew
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A few weekends ago I went to Kew gardens. The weather wasn't great so I didn't get many photos but I did manage to get a few nice shots. The daffodils were out in full force
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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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Sunday, 17. February 2008, 21:57:21
gull, grey, heron, nest
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The latest trip to Regents Park was on saturday. A quick inspection showed a few herons on the nests. Not as active as previously seen.
But this wasn't the most interesting thing going on...
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Sunday, 3. February 2008, 17:00:42
crested, great, dagenham, chase
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everywhere I go these birds seem to be pairing up and courting. Heres are a series of photos I took yesterday in dagenham chase
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Thursday, 31. January 2008, 15:17:40
woodpecker, park, deer, red
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I had a half day yesterday and rather than go Regents park
again, I decided to have a walk around my usual haunts and do some recording for the
East London bird forum. First stop was Raphaels Park where as I entered I saw a pair of Great crested grebes performing courtship - the phase where they swim so fast that their body rises completely out of the water, at an angle of 45 degrees. Of course I didn't get any photographs of it... But there was another grebe who was more co-operative:
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Wednesday, 30. January 2008, 00:23:42
gull, park, grebe, london
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I went to check on the heronry again today but there was little going on. A couple of herons were standing in there nests and there was this fellow standing on the island
However there was plenty more about...
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