Rapheal Park
Tuesday, 10. June 2008, 14:34:22
Yesterday I ahd a quick walk through Rapheals park on my way to uni. The coots are still breeding and there was a fairly young brood up the narrow end of the lake
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Regents park - ducklings, grebes, geese and herons. Oh and coots
Friday, 16. May 2008, 19:10:44
Today I visited Regents Park just to be different 
In fact I visited Monday as well as Rapheals Park, thought I appear to have misplaced those photos 
Anyway back to today, and greating me as I entered where the red crested pochard ducklings that I also saw on Monday. 3 of these sat nicely on bank while laid down on the gravel to take some photos. This area is often covered by the resident flock of pigeons (they were a couple of metres away today), so it was probably coated in mixture of poo, feathers and parasites. Was worth it though: 
In fact I visited Monday as well as Rapheals Park, thought I appear to have misplaced those photos Anyway back to today, and greating me as I entered where the red crested pochard ducklings that I also saw on Monday. 3 of these sat nicely on bank while laid down on the gravel to take some photos. This area is often covered by the resident flock of pigeons (they were a couple of metres away today), so it was probably coated in mixture of poo, feathers and parasites. Was worth it though: raphaels park and the thing(s) in the bathroom!
Wednesday, 7. May 2008, 08:20:30
Well yesterday I only had time for a quick walk through rapheals park but there were some new arrivals:
a couple of canada goose goslings. I took a few more photos, including these too
a couple of canada goose goslings. I took a few more photos, including these tooRegents park - the last heronry report
Tuesday, 29. April 2008, 21:07:57
Yesterday I went to Regents Park for a quick wander round. Ill start by concluding the heronry reports. Most of the chicks appeared to have fledged now so there won't be anything to report soon. I did see some adults collecting stick thou, so I guess we'll see.
The grey heron fledglings are still around and I saw at least 3 in the park. Here is one of them
The grey heron fledglings are still around and I saw at least 3 in the park. Here is one of them
my, haven't they grown!
Monday, 21. April 2008, 21:42:39
About 3 weeks ago as part of my long post exam tour of the parks of Romford I wandered through Raphaels park and photographed a coot feeding its chicks(see here, second photo down). I visited again today and in roughly the same spot was a brood of four chicks: they all seemed to have survived and they,ve grown!
A visit to Raphaels Park and Ingrebourne valley and harrow lodge park and Dagenham chase - a busy day!
Saturday, 5. April 2008, 01:08:45
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 
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 local redwings
Saturday, 16. February 2008, 21:39:03
I mentioned last month that I had seen redwings in my local area for the first time (see here). Well yeaterday I saw a flock of 41(!) on the field in Raphaels park. I started to creep towards them only for a dog walker to cut across the field in front of me (he could see what I was doing but didn't care 
). So I started again, only for another dog walker to do the same! lol! . Anyway enough with the ranting, here are the photos (apologise for the quality, it was getting dark and there small birds;))
). So I started again, only for another dog walker to do the same! lol! . Anyway enough with the ranting, here are the photos (apologise for the quality, it was getting dark and there small birds;))A walk through Romfords Parks
Thursday, 31. January 2008, 15:17:40
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:
Sleepy foxes
Thursday, 24. January 2008, 21:38:08
In september 2007 I came across the foxes that I'd seen on and off in Raphaels park, In the private gardens on the other side of the lake. On this particular day one was sunbathing and I got a series of shots. And since there are a number of fox fans on here I thought I'd share them
Neil
enjoying the weather while it lasts!
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