A bright sunny morning and I set out to join a RSPB walk at Footscray Meadows, but encounter problems with transport and so running late decide to divert to have a look at a site nearer home , which I have been meaning to give a look over.
Lamorbey Park in Sidcup is a woodland park around a large lake.
A pleasant stroll along the southern edge of the lake revealed some Canada and Egyptian Geese plus Mallard, Coot and Moorhens.
Robins along with Blue and Great Tits plus a single Long-tailed Tit flitted in the lakeside trees. In the Parkland a single Mistle Thrush was a pleasant sight. It was suprising to see a Speckled Wood and a Red Admiral butterfly enjoyng the late October sun. The bird list was not extensive but it was a very pleasant morning walk and I will certainly want to return in the summer to look at what dragonflies can be recorded here.
Canada Goose [sp] (Branta canadensis)
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
Mallard [sp] (Anas platyrhynchos)
Eurasian Sparrowhawk [sp] (Accipiter nisus)
Common Moorhen [sp] (Gallinula chloropus)
Eurasian Coot [sp] (Fulica atra)
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Common Pigeon [sp] (Columba livia)
Common Wood Pigeon [sp] (Columba palumbus)
Rose-ringed Parakeet [sp] (Psittacula krameri)
Eurasian Jay [sp] (Garrulus glandarius)
Eurasian Magpie [sp] (Pica pica)
Western Jackdaw [sp] (Coloeus monedula)
Carrion Crow [sp] (Corvus corone)
Great Tit [sp] (Parus major)
Eurasian Blue Tit [sp] (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Long-tailed Tit [sp] (Aegithalos caudatus)
Common Starling [sp] (Sturnus vulgaris)
Common Blackbird [sp] (Turdus merula)
Mistle Thrush [sp] (Turdus viscivorus)
European Robin [sp] (Erithacus rubecula)
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Speckled Wood [sp] (Pararge aegeria)
Pete's Favourite Things 