tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post1164379766721593292..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-42680558939871219862021-12-22T20:54:10.933+00:002021-12-22T20:54:10.933+00:00Herring Gull numbers are increasing steadily in th...Herring Gull numbers are increasing steadily in the park, and a large proportion of them are in their first few years. This is due to the expansion in the breeding colony in Paddington, which I think was released from its original cramped quarters between the glass roofs of the railway station and are now on the wide expanse of the flat roof of an office building. I think that Lesser Black-Backs have started to breed nearby too, judging by the rising number of young birds.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-36622931292153819862021-12-22T07:08:30.136+00:002021-12-22T07:08:30.136+00:00Good to see the Peregrines socially distanced! I&#...Good to see the Peregrines socially distanced! I've noticed they rarely get too close to each other from my experiences of them on Ealing Hospital. It's amazing they ever get intimate!<br /><br />Despite Tinuviel's suggestion there are too many gulls all our large species are amber listed as they are in national decline, though this may mask some local increases such as some city populations. If Goshawks ever become urban birds over here like they are in parts of Germany they will have a natural enemy, though Peregrines occasionally take them.<br /><br />Lovely shot of the Mandarins. Though they may not successfully breed there, overall their population is going up.Conehead54https://www.blogger.com/profile/18423862602236191493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-12232529685653039562021-12-22T00:53:50.816+00:002021-12-22T00:53:50.816+00:00Yes, Peregrines are definitely not cuddly birds. B...Yes, Peregrines are definitely not cuddly birds. But they stay as a pair and call to each other. I think all hunting birds need a large space around themselves simply to avoid colliding with each other when they see prey. You see this even with little birds such as wagtails.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-88317993895167311502021-12-22T00:14:57.981+00:002021-12-22T00:14:57.981+00:00That's a very sad thought, to think that they ...That's a very sad thought, to think that they have given up on having more ducklings. There are far too many gulls with no natural predator.<br /><br />It's odd how cold and undemonstrative the Peregrine couple are to one another. It'as as if they were actively ignoring each other,TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com