Been working in London for last few days. Seems like the theme has been Category C and E birds with a Yellow-crowned Bishop and the White Stork (GB35) at Beddington today and a count of over 1000 Ring-necked Parakeets going to roost yesterday evening. Ebird list HERE.
The evenings have been fairly mild with a few moths including Feathered Thorn, Chestnut and Silver Y.
Yellow-crowned Bishop (above and below) - this bird has been around for a while and seems to be doing well, frequenting the bird feeders. This species has successful colonised parts of Portugal (see here) but is native to sub-Saharan Africa. This bird is of the race afer, which is the West African sub-species.
Ring-necked Parakeets (above and below)- the winter roost flights are always spectacle to watch. Over a 1000 yesterday evening.
The White Stork (GB35) is still around and seems to be in good health.
Works have started on the Northern Lake with vegetation being cleared to make breeding habitat for waders
Chestnut (new for year at Beddington- see comments below, ) and Narrow-winged Grey (below)
2 comments:
Hi Peter your Chestnut is a Dark Chestnut. See the concave termen and slightly narrower wings than Chestnut.
Cheers Stewart
I've just been suspecting I might have it wrong- was reading this article today on Birdguides. I definitely need practice with these https://www.birdguides.com/articles/invertebrates/moths-of-the-season-challenging-chestnuts/
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