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Chandlers Ford “Falcons” |
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Date: May 12th 2007 — 57 species recorded |
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Check Lists for the Barnes Fieldtrip |
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BIRD LIST Blackbird Blackcap Reed Bunting Chaffinch Coot Cormorant Carrion Crow Collared Dove Ruddy Duck Tufted Duck Dunlin Dunnock Goldfinch Canada Goose Grey Lag Goose Great Crested Grebe Little Grebe Greenfinch BlackHeaded Gull Common Gull Herring Gull Lesser Black Backed Gull Grey Heron Hobby Jackdaw Kestrel Lapwing Magpie Mallard House Martin Sand Martin Moorhen Ringed necked Parakeet Wood Pigeon Little Ringed Plover Ringed Plover Pochard Redshank Robin Rook Shovelor House Sparrow Starling Swallow Mute Swan Swift Common Tern Song Thrush Blue Tit Great Tit Long tailed Tit Pied Wagtail Reed Warbler Sedge Warbler Whinchat Green Woodpecker Wren |
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We had a good turnout for this fieldtrip. In fact there were so many of us that we had to split into two groups when we got to the London Wetland Centre at Barnes, London.
But I’m getting ahead of myself. The youngsters got the first highlight of the day when we pulled into the Centre’s carpark. There was Chris Packham!! Lots of whispering later—”who’s that??”, “it’s not!”, “you’re joking!!” - and out came the cameras.
Then off we went, half ‘doing’ the collection whilst the other half spent their time looking at both the residents and migrants that were taking refuge in this peaceful setting (effectively) in the heart of London.
All the birds were great; but some of the things that stand out were:
F The fabulous hides F The sand-cliff being used by loads of Sand Martins F The Sand Martins flying past our ears (literally within touching distance) F The Ring-necked Parakeets and their very distinctive calls F The Hobby F The Little Ringed Plover and the Ringed Plover—standing close together on the mud making it easy for us to distinguish between them (that yellow ring around the eye of the LRP being easily visible) F The handsome reed bunting F The Common Terns resting peacefully on the artificial island in the lake
We were lucky with the weather—there was an enormous downpoor during the afternoon, but we were able to shelter in the large hides—the birds didn’t seem to mind the wet!
Pete 15/May/2007
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