Keeping notes of what you see, where and when is important in hleping build up a picture of the wildlife in Bexley – and in particular how it might be changing over time.
John Turner has been keeping records of his wildlife observations in Danson Park for some time. Here are his records for April.
Egyptian Goose. An introduced species that is now breeding in Bexley.
Thirty six years ago I remember seeing my first Egyptian Geese on a bird watching trip to Norfolk (two a long way away across a field), now here we have breeding birds in Bexley.
We are always interested in receiving reports of observations like John’s, or you can post them on our Facebook page -BexleyWildlife.
Jonathan
| 01/04/2014 | 09/04/2014 | 16/04/2014 | 23/04/2014 | 29/04/2014 | |
| a.m. | a.m. | a.m. | a.m. | a.m. | |
| Great-crested Grebe | 2+1juv | 2+1juv | 2+1juv | 2+1juv | 2+1juv |
| Little Grebe | 2 | ||||
| Cormorant | 1 | 1 | |||
| Heron | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mute Swan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Canada Geese | 18 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 11 |
| Greylag Goose | 1 | 1 | |||
| Egyptian Goose | 3+2juv | 2 | 5+2juv | 3+2juv | 3+2juv |
| Mallard | 72 | 57+6juv | 65+5juv | 59+4juv | 58+5juv |
| Gadwall | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Tufted Duck | 4 | ||||
| Kestrel | 1 | ||||
| Sparrow Hawk | |||||
| Moorhen | 13 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| Coot | 57 | 62 | 45+2juv | 51 | 42 |
| Black-headed Gull | 11 | ||||
| Common Gull | 2 | ||||
| Lesser Black Backed Gull | 2 | ||||
| Herring Gull | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wood Pigeon | 21 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Stock Dove | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
| Collared Dove | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ring-necked Parakeet | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| Kingfisher | 1 | ||||
| Green Woodpecker | 1 | ||||
| Greater-spotted Woodpecker | 1 | ||||
| Nuthatch | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Pied Wagtail | |||||
| Grey Wagtail | |||||
| Wren | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Dunnock | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Robin | 19 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 20 |
| Blackbird | 16 | 17 | 14 | 23 | 20 |
| Mistle Thrush | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Song Thrush | 2 | ||||
| Blue Tit | 17 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| Great Tit | 18 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
| Coal Tit | |||||
| Long-tailed Tit | 2 | 1 | |||
| Starling | 2 | 2 | 26 | 22 | 23 |
| Jay | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Magpie | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Crow | 23 | 19 | 49 | 64 | 73 |
| Jackdaw | 2 | ||||
| House Sparrow | 1 | 2 | |||
| Chaffinch | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Greenfinch | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| Goldfinch | |||||
| Goldcrest | 1 | ||||
| Blackcap | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Chiff-chaff | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| House Martin | 4 | ||||
| Grey Squirrel | 11 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Brown Rat | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hedgehog | 1 dead | 1 dead | |||
| Speckled Wood | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Peacock | 2 | ||||
| Small White | 2 | ||||
| Large White | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Orange Tip | 2 | 1 | |||
| Tortoiseshell | 1 | ||||
photo by:
Lip Kee
