John Turner’s records for his regular visits to Danson Park. We are always interested in receiving reports of sightings from locations in Bexley, either in report form such as John’s (Excel spreadsheet) or as postings direct to our Bexley Wildlife Facebook page.
Interesting to note the large number of Swifts att he beginning of the month. These will probably have been feeding over the lake before pairing up at their nest locations. I often see Swifts in Sidcup first at Ruxley Gravel Pits before they are obvious in Birkbeck Road where there are nest sites.
| 05/05/2014 | 08/05/2014 | 10/05/2014 | 13/05/2014 | 20/21/05/14 | 31/05/2014 |
| a.m. | p.m. | p.m. | a.m. | a.m. | a.m. |
| Great-crested Grebe | 2 | 2 | 2+2juv | 2+2juv | |
| Little Grebe | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cormorant | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heron | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mute Swan | 2 | 2 | 2+3juv | 2+3juv | |
| Canada Geese | 15 | 11 | 21 | 44 | |
| Greylag Goose | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Egyptian Goose | 3+2juv | 3+2juv | 4 | 4 | |
| Mallard | 56+5juv | 36+2juv | 69+8juv | 53+4juv | |
| Gadwall | 2 | 2 | |||
| Tufted Duck | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Kestrel | |||||
| Sparrow Hawk | |||||
| Peregrine Falcon | 1 | ||||
| Moorhen | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | |
| Coot | 47+3juv | 41 | 49 | 47+4juv | |
| Common Sandpiper | 2 | 1 | |||
| Black-headed Gull | 1 | ||||
| Common Gull | |||||
| Lesser Black Backed Gull | 3 | ||||
| Herring Gull | 9 | 8 | |||
| Wood Pigeon | 11 | 18 | 11 | 17 | |
| Stock Dove | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | |
| Collared Dove | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ring-necked Parakeet | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | |
| Kingfisher | |||||
| Green Woodpecker | |||||
| Greater-spotted Woodpecker | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Nuthatch | |||||
| Pied Wagtail | |||||
| Grey Wagtail | |||||
| Wren | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | |
| Dunnock | 2 | 2 | |||
| Robin | 16 | 16 | 15 | 10 | |
| Blackbird | 11 | 19 | 8 | 20 | |
| Mistle Thrush | 1 | ||||
| Song Thrush | 1 | ||||
| Blue Tit | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | |
| Great Tit | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | |
| Coal Tit | |||||
| Long-tailed Tit | 2 | 10 | |||
| Starling | 52 | 15 | 6 | 12 | |
| Jay | 1 | 2 | |||
| Magpie | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Crow | 73 | 63 | 63 | 68 | |
| Jackdaw | 2 | ||||
| House Sparrow | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |
| Chaffinch | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |
| Greenfinch | 2 | 4 | |||
| Goldfinch | |||||
| Goldcrest | |||||
| Blackcap | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Chiff-chaff | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Willow Warbler | 1 | ||||
| Sedge Warbler | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Swift | 60+ | 30+ | 20+ | ||
| House Martin | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Swallow | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Grey Squirrel | 4 | 10 | 7 | ||
| Brown Rat | 2 | ||||
| Hedgehog | |||||
| Terrapin | 1 | ||||
| Speckled Wood | 4 | 10 | 5 | ||
| Peacock | |||||
| Small White | |||||
| Large White | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Orange Tip | |||||
| Tortoiseshell | |||||
| Green -veined white | 1 | 1 | |||
| Common blue damson fly | 9 | 17 |
