Apr 15th

Woodland: 2 Tawny Owl [pair calling from near a nest box at 8:30pm]

Apr 8th

Pit Tip: 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat [both at Dawson's Corner and firsts of the year]
Mill Lakes: 1 Common Buzzard [back of the Reedbed], 1 Blackcap, 1+ Common Snipe [flushed from Dipping Ponds and seen near Mud Island], 3 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL [over Reedbed NW]
Broad Valley: 1 NORTHERN WHEATEAR [male in Spinney Field], 1 Common Buzzard [on telegraph pole at Quarry entrance]

Northern Wheatear [Male - Spinney Field]

Apr 6th

Pit Tip: 4+ Skylark, 7+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Black-headed Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Mallard [over Main Plantation]
Woodland: 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

Blackcap [Male - Woodland/Sidings]

Mar 25th

Woodland: 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff [Ferny Wood], 1 Coal Tit, 5 Nuthatch, 1+ Siskin [Three Ponds]
Lamin's Lane: 2+ Common Buzzard, 32 Lapwing, 3+ Yellowhammer, 12+ Linnet, 5 Tree Sparrow, 1 Skylark

Mar 22nd

Woodland: 2 Goldcrest, 2 Long-tailed Tit [collecting nest material], 1 Nuthatch, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Pit Tip: 4+ Skylark, 4+ Meadow Pipit, 1 Chiffchaff

Mar 12th

Noteworthy from this morning's walk was a very evident presence of Great Tit totalling in excess of 55 birds around the site. Two Tree Sparrow in the hedgerow at the Quarry Entrance were my first record of birds within the official park boundary. Small groups of Siskin and Lesser Redpoll were present around Mill Lakes and Leen Pastures, with a flock of the latter at Willow Pools potentially containing the odd Mealy.

Mar 8th

Lamin's Lane: c.50 Golden Plover [Top Woods Ground], 3 Lapwing [Killarney View Field], 2 Yellowhammer, 3 Tree Sparrow, 7 Chaffinch, 2+ Greenfinch, 5+ Goldfinch, 1 Siskin [drinking from puddle], 1 Pied Wagtail [Killarney View Field]
Woodland: 3 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 7 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4+ Song Thrush, 2 Nuthatch

Mar 6th

Pit Tip: 1 Buzzard [Dawsons Corner Horse Paddock], 1 Green Woodpecker, c.25 Redwing, Skylark
Mill Lakes: 1 MANDARIN DUCK [with Greylags near Heron Viewpoint], c.18 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 8+ Pochard , 1 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Cormorant [inc. white-headed bird], 1 Grey Heron, 2 Common Snipe, c.200 Black-headed Gull, 4+ Common Gull, 1 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL [3cy circling low over Mill Lakes], 1 Goldcrest, Siskin, Goldfinch, Song Thrush
Leen Pastures: 1 WOODCOCK [Probable flushed from behind Leen Pastures Feeding Station], 1 Coal Tit, 1 Willow Tit, Jay, Bullfinch, Siskin, Goldfinch
Woodland: 1 Stock Dove, 2+ Great Spotted Woodpecker

Great Black-backed Gull [3rd Calendar Year - Mill Lakes]

Mar 3rd

Pit Tip: 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Sparrowhawk [Rise Park Conservation Area], 1 Chaffinch, 2 Brown Hare
Woodland: 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Nuthatch

Mar 2nd

Pit Tip: 1 Bullfinch, 2 Green Woodpecker [pair with nesting nesting material]
Woodland: 1 Tawny Owl [calling from direction of Big Wood School at 8:45pm]

Feb 1st

Pit Tip: Has a quick look for the Redpolls agin today at lunchtime, but only managed distant views of the flock. Also on the Pit Tip were a handful of Redwing in Miller's End Conservation Area.

Jan 30th

Found my first ever MEALY REDPOLL at Vincent's View this morning. The bird stood out from the rest as notably paler and larger. Luckily it wasn't shy, and was the closest redpoll in the flock of lessers.

Mealy Redpoll [Male - Vincent's View]

Elsewhere...
Mill Lakes: 6+ Common Snipe [Mud Island], 150 Black-headed Gull, 12 Common Gull, 1 Treecreeper [Willow Pools]
Leen Pastures: 1 Willow Tit [Feeding Station]
Broad Valley: 5+ Fieldfare, 30 Redwing

Jan 10th

Warren Hill: 63 WAXWING [Initially seen at 12:20 between Gerard Close Entrance and Hatton Close Entrance. Flock were visiting trees on edge of park and TV aerials of adjacent houses before settling in the large oak on Finsbury Road. Birds were flushed by a Sparrowhawk soonafter and could not be relocated until 14:15, when they returned to the oak], 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Nuthatch [Garden feeder on Finsbury Road]

Jan 9th

Warren Hill: 4 WAXWING [Seen briefly from home at 12pm and again at 2pm in trees along the edge of the park between Gerard Close Entrance and Hatton Close Entrance], c.80 Redwing, 2 Lapwing 2 [flying high over Woodland] 1 Common Buzzard [S over Woodland being mobbed by Carrion Crows]

Jan 7th

Pit Tip: GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, Lesser Black-backed Gull
Mill Lakes: c.150 Siskin, c.40 Goldfinch, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Common Snipe, 2 Gadwall
Leen Pastures: 1 Willow Tit

Jan 6th

Mill Lakes: 4 Little Grebe [personal max site count], c.100 Siskin

49 species was a pretty good start to the new year.