Winter Bird Walk! at Main Effingham Road entrance
December 9, 2018 from 10am to 11am
Join us for a stroll around the park to enjoy our feathered friends! All welcome! Free of charge!See More
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The mysterious BMH
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Monthly Bird Walks
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Wildflower meadow and other matters...
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"Hi Lucy
I don't do regular monthly walks any more but we're hoping to do a winter walk on a Sunday in December (once we've sorted out a date) so watch this space!
Des "
A Ring-necked Parakeet in the park this morning.
"This from the Post in January 2018: They only started to breed in the UK in 1969 but, since then, the population has flourished – with 8,600 recorded pairs in the summer of 2017.
Even though Greater London and surrounding areas are still its…"
A Ring-necked Parakeet in the park this morning.
"We saw this or a different one up on the Downs on Sunday morning."
A Syrphus hoverfly on one of the flowers in the park today. There is a suggestion of hairy eyes which would make this Syrphus torvus.
"Well, that brings our total species identified to 22. I have updated our Hoverfly page to reflect this.
http://friendsofstandrewspark.ning.com/group/testgroup/page/hoverflies-recorded-in-the-park
How many hoverflies are recorded in the BRERC book…"
A Syrphus hoverfly on one of the flowers in the park today. There is a suggestion of hairy eyes which would make this Syrphus torvus.
"Wow, Des. Wouldn't want to argue on this! And I should have guessed you wouldn't go for even a tentative ID without getting a second expert opinion. All I can say in my defence is that I have zoomed in but really can't see any sign of…"
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- Many times a week
- What is it about St Andrews Park you like
- Space, trees, wildlife.
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Bird walks in the park - see you in January!
Posted on September 12, 2016 at 12:10 0 Comments 0 Likes
The popular Sunday morning bird walks will be starting again in January 2017. Watch this space for more details!
Bird walk 17 April
Posted on April 17, 2016 at 16:25 2 Comments 0 Likes
A beautiful sunny morning and some suitably spring-like bird activity observed! The full list as follows:
Mistle Thrush - a nest was located (see Simon's photo) and at least one youngster was seen. Parent birds nearby. Excellent stuff!
Coal Tit - 1 in song
Blue Tit - a few heard and seen
Great Tit - several heard
Robin - 1 or 2
Blackbird - several…
ContinueDawn Chorus at Narroways
Posted on April 2, 2016 at 16:42 0 Comments 0 Likes
Hi all
I'll be leading a dawn chorus walk on Narroways Local Nature Reserve on Saturday 9 April. Full details here
Des
Bird walk 21 February
Posted on February 21, 2016 at 17:00 0 Comments 0 Likes
Despite the wild wind and drizzle a few hardy souls turned up for this walk. There was a surprising amount of bird song despite the conditions and at least it was mild. The list in full:
Redwing - a count of 15 birds by one participant was very impressive
Starling - a mini-murmuration of 40 birds
Blackbird - a few
Dunnock - 1 or 2 heard
Blue Tit - seen by one of us
Great Tit - 1 by the bowling green
Long-tailed Tit - seen on 2…
ContinueBird walk 17 Jan 2016
Posted on January 17, 2016 at 13:49 2 Comments 1 Like
Well I thought today would be a wash-out, with overcast conditions and drizzle putting everyone, including me, off the idea of birding in the park. How wrong could I be? It turned out to be a classic walk! The list is as follows:
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 seen well near the children's play area. A rare visitor to the park.
Redwing - a flock of up to 20 seen in the trees and feeding on the ground - a good…
ContinueComment Wall (3 comments)
- At 0:59 on February 15, 2010,
admin said…
- many thanks Des.
- At 21:45 on February 14, 2010,
Des Bowring said…
- It's a Fieldfare all the way from Scandinavia! Nice one!
Regards,
Des
- At 21:23 on February 14, 2010,
- Hi Des, Any idea what bird this is - there were two of them a few weeks back in our garden. I coldn't spot it in my bird book. Thanks Simon
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