Birding Sunday 31-May-2009

Birding
Kromsloot park, Sunday 31/5/2009

Sunny day, little breeze, all to play for sheep that eat giant inedible “berenklauw” blocking the swing close gate with new locks.
A long list of usual birds, but as usual the park also holds some surprises.

Blackbirds X 8
Blackcap X 7
Black and white wagtail X 1
Blue tit X 3
Buzzard X 1
Carrion crow X 3
Chaffinch X 2
Chiffchaff X 8
Cuckoo X 1
Common tern X 1 – first time in 2009
Coot X 10
Feral pigeons X 8 flying
Garden warbler X 7
Greenfinch X 3
Great Crested Grebe X 1 not seen in the park since January 2009
Great spotted woodpecker X 1
Grey lag goose X 15 flying
Hobby X 1- always a delight
Hedge sparrow X 1
Jay X 1
Lapwing X 2
Lesser whitethroat X 6
Mallard X 1
Marsh warbler X 3
Nightingale X 1
Purple heron X 1- keeps showing up, now considered a resident
Reed bunting X 4
Reed warbler X 15
Song thrush X 1
Starling X 6
Tree creeper X 2 – gave us a good close up view together with his his pitched call
Willow warbler X 6
Woodpigeon X 7
Wren X 6

I probably missed a few but there you go, can’t win them all?????

Interesting ones underlined, and in bold…..

A fox, lazily and nonchalantly nosing round in the meadow, never even got suspicious though we were I must say reasonably far away.

No swans, widgeon, goldfinches, goshawk, kingfisher, bearded tit (this time) great egret, great tit, grey heron, long tailed tit, tufted duck, waterhen, nonnetjes, gadwell,