Kestrel mobbed by jackdaw
Saturday, 17. October 2009, 11:13:32
After the last post on a buzzard being mobbed, here is another bird or prey that didn't fair much better. This kestrel was happily hovering away, not far from where I was standing.
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Buzzard mobbed by jackdaws and parakeets
Friday, 16. October 2009, 17:42:24
While down at the main lakes in Richmond Park I spotted a group of birds in the sky. It turned out to be a buzzard (a first me within Greater London) being mobbed not just by jackdaws, which is not such an unusual sight, but by ring necked parakeets as well!
Snow in Bedfords, Rise and Raphaels Park
Tuesday, 10. February 2009, 23:56:55
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. 
Hampton Court wildlife
Friday, 16. January 2009, 12:24:37
Heres my last post from that productive day in South west London (well, maybe Surrey). These are the photos from the grounds of Hampton Court Palace. There were a number of jackdaws wandering between the tourists
Bushy Park: woodland gardens
Monday, 12. January 2009, 20:23:30
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
red deer, millipedes, squirrels and jackdaws
Thursday, 1. January 2009, 20:41:00
Here are some well overdue photos I took way back on the 19th December ( in Raphaels and Bedfords Park. First up are those of the red deer. I tried a low(er) angled shot 
Richmond Hill - Kestrel encounter
Sunday, 17. August 2008, 23:24:25
I thought I'd start from the end of my trip Saturday, for no particular reason!
As we left Richmond Park we pass through Richmond Hill which has a steep, long grassed bank along the R. Thames side, which has a great view. This was occupied but 100+ people, mostly at the top on the path, but a number of groups were sat down or flying kites. Imagine my surprise when a kestrel started hovering among this lot and diving for prey, one time about 10 feet from a group of amazed teenagers. Being on a slope it was hovering in a matter of metres away, level with me at times, and amazing sight it was. Unfortunately a combination of limited equipment (although thankfully my camera was on centre weighted metering and autofocus) and limited experince of shooting flying objects I only manged a few ok shots
As we left Richmond Park we pass through Richmond Hill which has a steep, long grassed bank along the R. Thames side, which has a great view. This was occupied but 100+ people, mostly at the top on the path, but a number of groups were sat down or flying kites. Imagine my surprise when a kestrel started hovering among this lot and diving for prey, one time about 10 feet from a group of amazed teenagers. Being on a slope it was hovering in a matter of metres away, level with me at times, and amazing sight it was. Unfortunately a combination of limited equipment (although thankfully my camera was on centre weighted metering and autofocus) and limited experince of shooting flying objects I only manged a few ok shots
Birdworld
Tuesday, 15. July 2008, 08:48:55
On sturday I visit birdworld. Its a zoo of mainly birds (as you probably guessed!) and along with many foriegn species, it also had a few that are found in the wild in the UK. So as this is the UK wildlife blog I figured I better keep to just them 
first up is this beautiful tawny owl
first up is this beautiful tawny owl
Becky Falls Videos
Tuesday, 3. June 2008, 22:29:39
Here are the videos from Becky falls - first up the short nuthatch video
A white Easter!?
Sunday, 23. March 2008, 17:55:22
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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