Sunday, 15 November 2009

Hampstead Cemetery, West Hampstead, London, 15/11/2009

11:30am. Weather: bright & sunny, cool, still.

Patch visit during which I found an alternate & more secluded path which yielded more species than usual.

South-side:
Woodpigeon, Magpie, Great Tit, Robin, Blue Tit, Crow, Blackbird, Goldfinch (over).
Redwing - several more than previous visits, noisily foraging amongst the foliage.
Blackcap - as I watched the redwings, a surprise grey bird came into view also foraging. A female, over-wintering & the first time I have encountered one doing so.
Song Thrush - flicked away quickly through the understorey then heard singing.
Goldcrest - heard singing in the pines then seen with a Long-Tailed Tit feeding party.
Coal Tit, Jay, Greenfinch (heard).
Great-Spotted Woodpecker - amongst the trees tapping here & there.

North-side:
Wren (heard),

Playing Fields:
Black-Headed Gull, Common Gull, Starling.

Rememberance Garden:
Herring Gull (over).

Fortune Green Gate:
Greenfinch - 4 over.

22 species.

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