Sunday, July 14, 2013

July 2013

July 30th 2013
Common Teal, 2 at EIDB: Great Crested Grebe, 1 flew up the Thames off EIDB: Oystercatcher, 2 on the Millennium Dome mudflats  (John Archer).

July 29th 2013
Oystercatcher, 2 on the Millennium Dome mudflats: Common Tern, 2 fledged juveniles, pairs two and three both have 2 unfledged chicks each, pair four have 3 newly-hatched chicks, 11+ more adults at EIDB: Sand Martin, 6+ at EIDB  (John Archer).

July 28th 2013
Common Teal, 2 at EIDB: Tufted Duck, 14 at EIDB: Common Sandpiper, 1 at Bow Creek: Common Tern, 2 fledged juveniles, pairs two and three both have 2 unfledged chicks each, pair four still incubating, 11 more adults at EIDB: Sand Martin, 3 at EIDB: Reed Warbler, 1 singing at EIDB: Silver Y, 1 at EIDB  (Nick Tanner).

July 26th
Oystercatcher, 2 on the Millennium Dome mudflats  (John Archer).

July 24th 2013
Greylag Goose, 1 at EIDB: Canada Goose, 18 at EIDB: Shelduck, 1 at EIDB: Common Teal, 2 at EIDB: Tufted Duck, 36 at EIDB: Common Sandpiper, 5 feeding on the falling tide at Bow Creek: Common Tern, pairs two and three have 2 unfledged chicks each, pair four still incubating, 6 adults at EIDB: Common Swift, 30+ flew west at EIDB early evening: Sand Martin, 2 at EIDB: Reed Warbler, 1 singing at EIDB, 1 singing at Bow Creek; Red Admiral, 1 at Bow Creek  (Nick Tanner).

July 22nd 2013
Peregrine Falcon, an adult and two juveniles over EIDB late afternoon, drifted off west (Nick Tanner).
Big Butterfly Count 2013, a fifteen minute count at EIDB produced: 1 Small Skipper, 3 Large Whites, 1 Small White, 4 Green-veined Whites, 1 Peacock, 2 Marbled Whites (first site record), 3 Meadow Browns, 9 Gatekeepers, 1 Speckled Wood and 5 Six-spot Burnets, also seen after the count ended: 1 Essex Skipper, 1 Large Skipper, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Common Blue (John Archer) and 2 Commas (Nick Tanner).


Comma at EIDB, July 22nd 2013 (Nick Tanner)

July 21st 2013
Common Teal, 2 at EIDB: Tufted Duck, 46 including the Red-saddled Portuguese female at EIDB: Kestrel, 1 at EIDB: Little Ringed Plover, 2 at EIDB: Common Sandpiper, 7 roosting on the western side of Limmo's Peninsula: Black-headed Gull, c260 at EIDB: Common Tern, pairs two and three both have 2 chicks, pair four still incubating, , no sign of pair six, a fledge juvenile and 10 adults at EIDB: Common Swift, 3 at EIDB, 2 at Bow Creek: Sand Martin, 1 at EIDB: Reed Warbler, 2 at EIDB: Gatekeeper, 5+ at EIDB: Six-spot Burnet, c16 at EIDB: Small Red-eyed Damselfly, 10+ at Saffron Avenue pond  (Nick Tanner).


Six-spot Burnet at EIDB, July 21st 2013 (Nick Tanner)

July 19th 2013
Common Teal, 2 at EIDB: Tufted Duck, 32 at EIDB: Hybrid Falcon, a large Gyr-type and a smaller Saker-type together over EIDB: Little Ringed Plover, 2 at EIDB: Common Tern: still at least 1 chick, pairs four and six still incubating, no sign of pair five, a fledged Juvenile and 10 adults at EIDB: Sand Martin, 2 at EIDB: Pied Wagtail, a juvenile at EIDB: Reed Warbler, 2 singing at EIDB  (John Archer). 

July 16th 2013
Tufted Duck, red-saddled Portuguese female at EIDB: Small Red-eyed Damselfly, 5 pairs at Saffron Avenue pond  (John Archer).


Small Red-eyed Damselflies at Saffron Avenue pond, July 2013 (John Archer)

July 15th 2013
Shelduck, 1 at EIDB: Tufted Duck, 30+ at EIDB: Common Tern, pairs two and three have at least 2 chicks each, pairs four and six still incubating: Common Swift: 1 at EIDB: Sand Martin, 2 at EIDB: House Martin, 1 at EIDB: Reed Warbler, 1 singing at EIDB: Common Blue Damselfly several 100 at Saffron Avenue pond: Blue-tailed Damselfly, 3+ at Saffron Avenue pond: Red-eyed Damselfly, 50+ at Saffron Avenue pond: Emperor Dragonfly, 1 at EIDB, 4 at Saffron Avenue pond  (John Archer).

July 14th 2013
Shelduck, 2 at EIDB: Common Teal, 2 at EIDB: Tufted Duck, 41 at EIDB: Common Tern, pairs two and three have chicks, pairs four and six still incubating at EIDB, no sign of pair five: Common Swift, 1 at Bow Creek: Sand Martin, 3 at EIDB: House Martin, 5 collecting mud at Bow Creek and flying NE towards Canning Town: Pied Wagtail, a juvenile at EIDB: Reed Warbler, 2 singing at EIDB: Blackcap: 1 singing at EIDB, 2 singing at Bow Creek: Reed Bunting, a female at EIDB: Red-eyed Damselfly, 6+ at Saffon Avenue pond  (Nick Tanner).

July 12th 2013
Common Teal, 3 at EIDB: Yellow-legged Gull, a 2nd-summer at EIDB: Common Tern, pairs two to four incubating at EIDB  (Gary A James).

July 11th 2013
Shelduck, 2 at EIDB: Common Teal, 2 at EIDB, Tufted Duck, 25+ at EIDB: Common Sandpiper: 1 roosting on Limmo's Peninsula, first of the autumn: Common Tern, pair two have 2 chicks, pairs three to six still incubating at EIDB, 7+ on Thames: Sand Martin, 1 at EIDB: Reed  Warbler, 1 at EIDB: Common Whitethroat, 1 singing at BCEP  (John Archer, Nick Tanner).

July 10th 2013
Common Tern, pair two have 2 chicks, pairs three to six still incubating at EIDB  (John Archer).

July 5th 2013
Common Teal, a male at EIDB: Little Ringed Plover, 2 at EIDB: Common Swift, 1 at EIDB: Jay, 2 at EIDB: Grey Seal, one downriver off EIDB at 08:45 (John Archer).

July 4th 2013
Long-tailed Duck, a female at EIDB, first site record: Sparrowhawk, 1 at EIDB: Little Ringed Plover: 2 at EIDB:  Common Tern: pair four incubating on easternmost raft at EIDB: Common Swift, 1 at EIDB: House Martin, 1 at EIDB: Siskin, 2 at EIDB including a juvenile, first July record: Red-eyed Damselfly, a pair mating at EIDB, several at Saffron Avenue pond: Azure Damselfly, a pair mating at Saffron Avenue pond: Common Blue Damselfly, several at Saffron Avenue pond: Emperor Dragonfly, 2 at Saffron Avenue pond   (John Archer).


Long-tailed Duck at EIDB, July 4th 2013 (John Archer)

July 2nd 2013
Little Ringed Plover, 2 at EIDB: Mediterranean Gull, an adult roosting with Black-headed Gulls at EIDB: Common Tern, pair one feeding 2 fledged chicks, pairs two to four incubating on same raft at EIDB  (John Archer).


Mediterranean Gull at EIDB, July 2nd 2013 (John Archer)

July 1st 2013
Egyptian Goose: 1 at EIDB: Sparrowhawk, 1 at EIDB: Common Tern, pair one have fledged 2 chicks, pairs two and three still incubating at EIDB: Common Swift, 7 at EIDB: Sand Martin, 6 at EIDB  (Gary A James).

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