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*News for May 2008*
London Birders Bevvy # 17 ~ All Welcome
Friday 30th May 2008 ~ The Pommelers Rest, 196-198 Tower Bridge Road SE1.

*Red Kite reported from 12 sites.
*Marsh Harrier reported from 6 sites.
1st): ringtail harrier (Hounslow) / Red-rumped Swallow (Holyfield, Lee Valley).
3rd): 2 Osprey (Beddington SF) / Osprey (Brent Res).
4th): Spoonbill (Amwell GP).
5th): Richard's Pipit (Crossness).
6th): Osprey (Byfleet).
7th): Honey-buzzard (Wetland Centre - Regent's Park).
8th): White Stork (Highgate) / Rose-coloured Starling (Addlestone).
9th): Golden Oriole (Horsendon Hill).
10th): Stone-curlew (Wetland Centre).
11th): Golden Oriole (Cornmill Meads).
15th): 2 Temminck's Stint (still at Rainham) / Bee-eater (Southgate).
16th): Osprey (Beddington SF) / Red-footed Falcon (still at Seventy Acres Lake).

The London recording area, as defined by the London Natural History Society, is 20 miles in every direction centred on St. Paul's Cathedral.

The bird list for this area currently stands at 361 species but a third-summer, colour-ringed, Glaucous-winged Gull at Beddington SF (previously seen in Gloucestershire and Wales) on April 18th is pending acceptance as a county, and national, first.

For the definitive list of birds recorded in the London Area and London's top county listers (those that have seen 200 or more species) visit Andrew Self's 'London Birders' website (see links).

Good Birding,
Chris Langsdon.

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Photo: Avocet, Queen Elizabeth II Res, 6th May 2008 (Dave Harris)