tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post3173985396319594106..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-46398384253815848002020-08-26T06:32:24.290+01:002020-08-26T06:32:24.290+01:00The 40-odd Common Pochard are regular migrants. Nu...The 40-odd Common Pochard are regular migrants. Numbers have been stable for the last few years. The unprecedented number of Red-Crested is mysterious, and I suspect that something has shifted them from the largish flock in St James's Park.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-66285797982302844062020-08-26T04:59:37.099+01:002020-08-26T04:59:37.099+01:00Lovely to see the Hobbies & the Grey Wagtail.
...Lovely to see the Hobbies & the Grey Wagtail.<br /><br />Also good to see your Pochard numbers rising.Conehead54https://www.blogger.com/profile/18423862602236191493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-59051932311405366892020-08-26T01:51:45.757+01:002020-08-26T01:51:45.757+01:00It's been slightly better than average for Mal...It's been slightly better than average for Mallards, and about average for Egyptian Geese. No other waterfowl species has had any surviving young at all. It looks as if the big geese have given up breeding in the park entirely, probably because of foxes.<br /><br />Black-Headed Gulls are quite long lived, the maximum recorded being almost 33 years. The maximum known for a Herring Gull is 49.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-39288613832555902462020-08-26T01:29:10.114+01:002020-08-26T01:29:10.114+01:00Is it my impression, or has it been a better year ...Is it my impression, or has it been a better year than usual for the survival of ducklings and goslings?<br /><br />I wonder how old the Polish gull is. Smaller gulls aren't as long-living as large gulls, but this one looks quite hoary.<br /><br />I think the three Crows are a bit offended that their seat is so common. Surely they deserve the finest Stonehenge stone for their perch.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com