24 April 2010.

Robin.

Best shot of the Garden warbler.

Mallards sitting out on the edge of the pitches.

Blackcap singing beside the lido.

Mystery bird.

A first Swallow drifted low across the Triangle and the singing Garden warbler has returned to the pond for it's fourth year, I think. Blackcaps are singing everywhere and several encouraging results with the Robins and two new additions to the list were the highlights of a brief but productive walk this morning.

Looking for the Green and Lesser spotted woodpeckers in the woods surrounding the Triangle I saw my first Swallow of the year drift through the willows. A Jackdaw was calling in the old trees and a Chiffchaff and Willow warbler were singing side by side in Streatham Wood. Over head were three Shoveler (lido) and two Grey herons with one one the pond. Blackcap were singing beside the lido, Cafe wood and the pond. Three females were seen and a bold male was seen sitting out on a bush on the path beside Cafe wood. Why are they called after the male and not Browncap after the female?

As predicted the singing Garden warbler has returned to the pond. Moving around the eastern wooded area. This same bird has reportedly been coming back to the same spot for the previous three years. Unfortunately, the trusting Egyptian geese seem to have lost another chick.

>4 House martins and a Sparrowhawk over Clalpham Common.