20 November

It has been a windy few days here and haven't had much of a chance to get out and about. During a short stroll around the common yesterday I found this probably sick Wood pigeon and took a picture with a new compact camera.

Species list from October 2009

This is the list started by me and Brian in October 2009. We have seen a few more species on the common over the years but have decided to start again from scratch.

1. Mute swan
2. Greylag goose
3. Canada goose
4. Egyptian goose
5. Mallard
6. Tufted duck
7. Cormorant
8. Grey heron
9. Sparrow hawk
10. kestrel
11. Moorhen
12. Coot
13. Black-headed gll
14. Herring gull
15. Feral pigeon
16. Wood pigeon
17. Collard dove
18. Ring-necked parakeet
19. Green woodpecker
20. Great Spotted woodpecker
21. Pied wagtail
22. Wren
23. Dunnock
24. Robin
25. Blackbird
26. Fieldfare
27. Mistle thrush
28. Chiffchaff
29. Goldcrest
30. Long-tailed tit
31. Blue tit
32. Great tit
33. Coal tit
34. Nuthatch
35. Jay
36. Magpie
37. Jackdaw
38. Crow
39. Starling
40. House sparrow
41. Chaffinch
42. Greenfinch
43. Goldfinch
    

16th November

Didn't get a chance to visit the common today but edited a couple of other pictures I took yesterday. If you click on the pictures they will open up larger in a new window.

15th November

Welcome to the Tooting Bec Common bird blog.

This is my favourite photo so far from the common. A relatively tame Robin beside the duck pond.

A brief stroll around the southern half of the common this morning produced some good birds. Notable were a pair of Chaffinches beside the running track in with a flock of Long-tailed tits. A Green wood pecker was heard and there was a Grey heron and Cormorant on the pond.

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