September 6th 2005.

Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens sightings:

*Little Grebe > 1.
*Great Crested Grebe > 28.
*Cormorant > 7.
*Grey Heron > 5.
*Mute Swan > 87 ~ mainly at the Round Pond (Kensington Gardens).
*Pochard > 19.
*Ruddy Duck > 2 males.
*Black-headed Gull > c.300.
*Lesser Black-backed Gull > 2 adults.
*Herring Gull > 1 adult.
*Stock Dove > 5.
*Ring-necked Parakeet > c.10.
*Great Spotted Woodpecker > 1 female.
*House Martin > c.20 over The Dell (Hyde Park).
*Pied Wagtail > 5.
*Common Redstart > 1 vocal female in trees just East of 'The Meadow'
and just South of Marble Arch (Hyde Park).
*Mistle Thrush > 54 on Buck Hill (good sector count).
*Blackcap > 1.
*Willow Warbler > 1 juvenile.
*Goldcrest > 2.
*Spotted Flycatcher > 1-2 in Peter Pan enclosure (Kensington
Gardens).
*Nuthatch > 2.
*Treecreeper > 2.
*Jay > 3.
*Starling > c.300.
*Chaffinch > 5.

~Paddington Green~
*Grey Wagtail > 1.

Des McKenzie.