Daily sightings
Monthly Ornithological Summaries
Common Redstarts - Stoke Newington Reservoirs, 1st & 2nd (two) and 7th (one); Sandwich Terns - two over SNR, 1st; Pied Flycatchers - one at SNR 1st & 2nd; one at SNR, 7th; Little Egret - one over SNR, 2nd; Tree Pipit - one at SNR, 2nd;
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Monthly ornithological summary for: November 2009
MERLIN - male at Stoke Newington Reservoirs, 11th;
Cetti's Warblers - one in Clissold Park throughout (from Oct, and into Dec); one at Stoke Newington Reservoirs, from 11th (and into Dec); also unconfirmed report from Middlesex Filter Beds, 12th;
Mediterranean Gull - Hackney Downs, 4th;
Ring Ouzel - Springfield Park, 7th;
Woodcocks - Wick Woodland, at least one on 9th; Clissold Park, one on 10th;
Red-crested Pochard - drake at Stoke Newington Reservoirs, 17th; two drakes, 18th; duck and drake, 26th;
female Aythya hybrid, showing characteristics of Greater Scaup x Tufted Duck - Stoke Newington Reservoirs, 12th to at least 26th;
male Aythya hybrid, showing characteristics of Ring-necked Duck x Tufted Duck - Stoke Newington Reservoirs, 24th to at least 26th.
Several unexpected records made a relatively quiet month notable for local observers. Dominated by relentless Atlantic low pressure systems, with many periods of strong winds and storms, November was unseasonably mild throughout as a result, and became the wettest ever on record.
Visible migration watching was the theme of the first week, with observations from dawn from suitable vantage points (in Springfield and Clissold Parks). TBC