The bird was spotted at lunchtime in a small, private car park where it showed nicely for 45 minutes. It was actively feeding on small insects in a tall Sycamore, often climbing the steep, brick railway embankment to forage out of sight. I love these birds and it's always nice to find one in London. This bird was only a few hundred metres from where I observed a singing male in May this year. Uniformly mousy grey, it was pretty hard to determine much in the field but I think it's possibly a 1st winter male.
Some good info here on this iconic London bird.
Peter I work in Southwark whereabouts in Southwark was this lovely bird.
ReplyDeleteHi Al, the bird was briefly in a car park off Great Suffolk Street with no public access - unfortunately it hasn't been seen since. Still, the Southwark/Tate area seems to be good for them so there's always a chance. They are fantastic birds.
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