The cave guide leaves us alone with the dark, we hear distant rumbles then an  immense explosion like Krakatoa - wraps us in rumbling sound.

 

Hurst view :73 birds including short eared owl and spoon bill

Two days of fantastic sightings including brilliant views of a short eared owl.

12-04-16. 73 so far
Brent goose
Shell duck
Widgeon
Great crested grebe
Peregrine falcon
Avocet
Curlew
Greenshank
Collared dove
Meadow pipit
Song thrush
Linnet
Reed bunting

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Bird list hurst view 11-04-16

Short eared owl
Marsh harrier
Treecreeper
Tawny owl (heard)
Jackdaw
Green woodpecker
Blackcap
Goldcrest
Song thrush. 23

Mute swan
Canada goose
Shellduck
Wigeon
Gadwall
Mallard
Shoveler
Tufted duck
Pheasant
Cormorants
Shag
Little egret
Grey heron
Spoon bill
Buzzard
Kestrel
Red kite 40
Coot
Oystercatcher
Little ringed plover
Lapwing
Redshank
Black tailed Godwit
Little gull
Blackheaded gull
Herring gull
Great black-backed gull
Common gull
Wood pigeon
Skylark
House Martin
Pied wagtail
Wren
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Whitethroat 60
Long-tailed tit
Blue tit
Great tit
Jay
Magpie
Crow
Rook
Starling
House sparrows
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Greenfinch 73

Roe deer
Rabbits
Deer
Fallow deer

Hurst view bird list , so far

Bird list hurst view 11-04-16

Mute swan

Canada goose

Shellduck

Wigeon

Gadwall

Mallard

Shoveler

Tufted duck

Pheasant

Cormorants

Shag

Little egret

Grey heron

Spoon bill

Buzzard

Kestrel

Red kite

Coot

Oystercatcher 

Little ringed plover

Lapwing

Redshank

Black tailed Godwit

Little gull

Blackheaded gull

Herring gull

Great black-backed gull

Common gull

Wood pigeon

Skylark

House Martin

Pied wagtail

Wren

Dunnock

Robin

Blackbird

Whitethroat

Long-tailed tit

Blue tit

Great tit

Jay

Magpie

Crow

Rook

Starling

House sparrows

Chaffinch

Goldfinch

Greenfinch

Muntjacs

Rabbits

Sunset over Denmark Hill tonight

Little Owl Belair at last! Sparrowhawk and kestrel South Norwood Country Park, Bearded Tit

On saturday 12th at 11am ish finally saw the delightful Little Owl of Belair at last, staring at us through a loop in an old Boundary oak tree, next day at  South Norwood Country Park ther were lovely sites of a Kestrel, a Sparrowhawk, long tail tits, Shovellers and then, a big red fiox in nearby Maberly Park which as the River Beck flowing thriough it  - this river leads into or creates the Chaffinch and then goes into the Pool and the Ravensbourne and down to the Thames. 
A few weeks ago we saw a Bearded Tit feeding on Bullrushes in  South Norwood Country Park, a beautiful, exotoic bird. Thank you Carl Zeiss!

Peregrines over Canary Wharf

I think this was a peregrine pair yesterday , I saw them several times - flying around the top of the Canary Wharf sky scraper. The falcon is to the left of the tower. When you zoom in it looks like the mate is flying close by.

Streatham crochet bomb by 319 bus stop