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April bird update

Loughborough park birds

Lesser black backed gull: flies by occasionally but not often.

Wood pigeon: they are making their iconic and nostalgic sounding cooing noise that i used to think was an owl hooting which is nice but haven't seen them as much.

Great tit: same as usual very common very loud.

Blue tit: hard to spot but ever present.

Wren: becoming very vocal and seeing them more often

Song thrush: every morning and late evening they appear.

Red wing: gone from super common so almost entirely absent from the park.

Eurasian black cap: almost as common as the blue tits which isn't super common like the robin or great tit but i am seeing and hearing them more often

Tawny owl: i thought it was a glitch on merlin bird i.d but it was detected three times in one morning??? No sight or sound of one since though.

Black bird: we have baby black birds! :D

Crow: some days they hang around the field like, section of the park and fly around but they arent nesting in the park but still frequent.

Magpies: we have baby magpies!

Collared dove: a pair have officially settled down and are nesting in the park and can often be seen between the volleyball court and recreation centre. They look beautiful and healthy!

Robin: I'm spotting them less but still hearing them frequently otherwise no updates.

Great spotted woodpecker: becoming more and more frequent but unsure if they are nesting here or not.

Jackdaw: appeared on merlin bird i.d once. i believe it is a mistake. I have never seen a jackdaw in brixton.

Pheasant: a weird one picked up by merlin bird i.d but one has been seen in the area before and it has been suspected someone locally owns them but then wouldn't we hear them more? Or wouldn't they appear more on merlin?

Gold finch: seen them a few times still a little rare but not as much as they used to be.

Dunnock: quite common, was surprised but they are now a regular at the park i see and hear them nearly every time i go out.

Chiffchaff: was likely passing by only seen and heard once.

Coal tit: only detected by merlin once.

Herring gull: occasionally seen flying over head but they aren't stopping by like they have done in previous years.

Sparrow: very rare now, still semi-regularly seen or heard but not nearly as often as they used to be.

Mistle thrush: detected on merlin once.

Parakeet: still regulars, don't appear to be nesting here and seeing them less than i used to but there's at least ten in the park every day.

Feral pigeons: not really in the park that much these days rather outside and around it. Occasionally a group of 2 or 4 come in and one day we had a proper flock but they prefer the more urban areas it seems.

Jays: sadly the pair we had nesting here have finally moved on an left the park.

Honourable mention: Bats have returned finally!!!!!

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March bird update

Loughborough park birds

Blue tits: present but still less common they used to be

Great tits: thriving

Robin: plentiful

Black birds: growing in number or growing less shy

Wood pigeons: high in number and have been cooing a lot recently

Feral pigeons: the albino pigeons have declined, overall they seem more high energy and active

Wren: thanks to merlin bird i.d i can now hear they are doing great

Magpies: nesting and still doing great though the population boom has stopped

Crows: visiting the park less sadly

Jays: they have nested in the park! They haven't done that before!!!

Black headed gulls: gone

Parakeets: nesting in the park

Gold finches: they have returned!!!!!!!!

Sparrows: here but very uncommon

Starlings: they passed through!!!! It was just for a day and I haven't seen them since but it was crazy I don't think I have ever seen them here before

Red wings: i almost never see them except for afternoons. Merlin bird i.d picks them up a bunch can't tell if they are nesting here or passing through.

Great spotted woodpecker: back and visiting regularly

Dunnock: really rare but have seen it once and Merlin bird i.d picked up on it twice.

Long tailed tit: saw a pair once at the start of the month then never again

Eurasian black cap: a rare but consistent new resident of the park

Sorry for the late update

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January-February bird update

Birds of Loughborough park

Blue tits: present but less common than they used to be

Great tits: thriving

Robins: plentiful

Song thrush: made a sudden appearance recently, unknown if it is one individual that has moved in or a family.

Black birds: still here but given how shy they are hard to tell how they are doing

Wood pigeons: doing wonderful as always <3

Feral pigeons: they are there, lot of albino pigeons this year

Wren: here but given how illusive they are hard to tell how they are doing

Magpie: recent boom in population has started going down seemingly

Crows: present but they don't appear to be nesting here anymore :(

Jays: have been hanging around a lot longer than they normally do

Black headed gulls: seem to be thriving with the other gulls absence

Parakeets: only here periodically

Gold finch: still missing :(

Sparrows: starting to come back after their winter absence

Cole tit: unconfirmed if they are here or I am just really bad at identifying them

Will post next update at the end of march