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Cormorants and herons in raphaels park

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On Saturday morning I headed up to Raphaels Park, where there were 3 grey herons about

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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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Waders and a young rabbit

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On Monday, with the forecast clear skies I headed in for a 'dawn raid' to Wat Tyler CP. The tide was still in quite a way, but receading. Down at the second bird screen the sun was just creeping high enough to light the far side of the creek, where a heron was standing in the morning sunlight

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Morning egrets and doves

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On the morning before the spotted flycatcher, I went for a walk around Wat Tyler Country Park. I checked the fleet for the lovely mist but I had no luck. The sun was shinning through the reeds though

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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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Mist over Pitsea Fleet

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Arriving early at Wat Tyler, I noticed some mist over Pitsea Fleet

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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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Grey heron predating common frogs

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Well Ive finally got round to posting properly again. I have a busy couple of weeks with a stag night, wedding, and new jobs, so I've struggled to fit everything in and I am now way behind. Anyway I'll start the effort to catch today with the rest of the heron shot from Richmond Park weeks ago. Here is the heron catching the first frog

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heron catches frog preview

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more to come

Surprise this morning...

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I'd not had many birds in the garden until this weekend, over which I've seen a couple of flocks of long tailed tits, dunnock, wren, robin, blackbirds and various other common garden birds. But I looked out the window this morning to see this sight at the end of my garden

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