Eugene Dillon-Hooper

Saturday (15th) was my birthday, but it was also the day a Grey Phalarope, my long-standing nemesis and bogey bird was found on KGV Res. What a birthday treat to finally see one of these spinny fuckers @gdh56.bsky.social 😉 I did have to wait until yesterday to get point blank views though!

Putting the time in doing some vismig in-between making breakfast and getting the kids off to school paid off today with a WOODLARK ✅ flying high S calling over my N London garden at 08:08! Beats the 2 Great Egret a few mornings ago! Crossbill and Ouzel next please... #londonbirds #lowcaronbirding

Honey Buzzard, Grasshopper W, Grey Plover & Raven - all new for 2025 - highlights of September @ Walthamstow Wetlands. Round-up on walthamstowbirders.blogspot.com Thanks to @samodonnell25.bsky.social @chris-farthing.bsky.social @ivorh.bsky.social @eugenedh.bsky.social & YLD for pics #londonbirding

Superb morning in N London on patch at Vicarage Farm with first big vismig mostly SW of 500+ Swallow, 50+ House Martin, 150+ Mipit also 4 Skylark, 4 Rook, Hobby, 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, Sprawk and Spotted Flycatcher.

Nice walk around KGV today #londonbirds with highlights of 2 Goosander (fos), Garganey, 2 Wheatear, Yellow Wag, 200+ Swallow, Hobby, 9 Mipit SE. Hopefully a change in winds next week will bring the rarities in... #ukbirding #lowcarbonbirding

Yes, they will be Common Buzzards. Honey Buzzards are rare/scarce migrants with a small breeding population in the UK.

Couldn't quite believe our eyes yesterday when @gdh56.bsky.social and I spotted this Honey Buzzard flying over #WalthamstowWetlands yesterday afternoon at 14:50. A full-fat lifer✅ for me too! Still absolutely buzzing!! @birdguides.bsky.social #londonbirds #UKbirding

Nice pre-work walk on Vicarage Farm, Enfield this aft. Produced 2 Spot Fly, 1 Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail and 3 Hobby. #londonbirds #lowcarbonbirding @birdguides.bsky.social @birdingclimate.bsky.social

Beautiful sunny morning in Enfield. Had hoped for a few more migrants with overnight heavy rain, but this Whinchat was the highlight. Also 1 Lesser and 3 Common Whitethroat. #londonbirds #lowcarbonbirding #UKbirding

Hello @mothiduk.bsky.social is this a very reddish Small blood vein? Thanks

Hello @mothiduk.bsky.social could I have help with this one please. Thanks

Another top visit to KGV Res today. 4 Little Gull, 4 Black Tern, 1 Arctic Tern and 19+ Common Sandpiper, 2 Hobby. Whinchat seen by @chris-farthing.bsky.social too. #londonbirds #ukbirdwatching #lowcarbonbirding @birdguides.bsky.social

Some of the local wildlife in Enfield last week on Vicarage Farm. Always great to catch up with Whinchat as they pass through, hoping for Redstart next, especially as we didn't get any autumn birds last year on patch. #londonbirds @rspb.bsky.social #enfield #saveenfieldgreenbelt #lowcarbonbirding

Hello @mothiduk.bsky.social could I please have help with this one, thanks!

Delighted to find this juv. Little Stint today at #walthamstowwetlands my 2nd in 6 years. Glad @davidbradshaw52.bsky.social and co got to see it! Also an adult YLG was foy for me taking me to 144 for London in 2025! #londonbirds @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

Brilliant day at KGV Res, a few waders, Oyc, 2 Dunlin, Redshank, 9 Com Sand, Ringed Plover. Then a movement of Terns with a flock of 29 Arctics through N and shortly after 3 Black Tern dropped in on N basin. Wheatear and 2 Yellow Wagtail too. #Londonbirds @birdguides.bsky.social

@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social 2 Common Redstart, 2 N Wheatear, Hobby hunting hirundines, 3+ Raven, Lesser Whitethroat. 37sp total between Oborne and Poyntington

Tell me about it! I felt very lucky to have had it on and off all day! No sign so far this morning...

I was rather excited when I glimpsed what I thought was a juv Black Redstart in my garden this morning, after a short wait it reappeared, only for it to continue to show up numerous times over the day! What a special visitor to my little patch of North London! #londonbirds @rspb.bsky.social

Wader fest with @gdh56.bsky.social at KGV carried on this morning with 2 Dunlin, Redshank, Lapwing(foy) and 14 Common Sandpiper. Other highlights, 1 Jay(foy), 500+Swift, House Martin, 3 Swallow, Kingfisher, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Shoveler. #londonbirds #migration

Had a feeling that today would produce something at KGV with @gdh56.bsky.social and then this Wood Sandpiper Came in to view on the N basin. Chuffed with that, and a first for London for both of us! @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social #londonbirds

Thanks!

Hi @mothiduk.bsky.social apologies for poor phone pic, is this a twin spotted Quaker?

Absolutely brilliant to catch up with Spotted Flycatchers that have bred locally to me (Enfield) for the first time since 2018, despite taking fall damage while trying to get the perfect shot... (look where you're stepping folks!) @birdguides.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #londonbirds

Hi @mothiduk.bsky.social I'm not certain on these two? Thanks

Thank you!

Hello @mothiduk.bsky.social any thoughts on this trapped last night in Barnet.

Hi again @mothiduk.bsky.social is this one a Dwarf Cream Wave? N London. Thanks

Sorry forgot the picture!