Monthly Bird Walks

The Friends run a fascinating series of two-hour bird-watching walks on the first Sunday of each month, except July to September (when breeding is over and leaf-cover makes bird spotting difficult), and January (when the walk switches to the second Sunday). Led by an experienced member of the local RSPB, the walks are FREE and begin at 10am from the Donnefield Avenue entrance to the Park. No need to book, just turn up and stay as long as you like! The pace is not too fast but comfortable shoes are a must and if you have binoculars, bring them with you.

There’s a wide variety of species to be seen in the Park, including a sizeable colony of Ring–necked Parakeets. These noisy and colourful imports from the Himalayan region of India have colonised areas of the park, particularly the Spinney and can now be seen throughout the Canons Park Estate.

The last walk before the summer break took place on Sunday 3 June 2018 and the walks will resume on:
7 October 2018
4 November 2018
2 December 2018

Next year there will not be a June walk, so the dates will be as follows:
13 January 2019
3 February 2019
3 March 2019
7 April 2019
5 May 2019​

Here is the latest report from our May 2018 bird walk, led by RSPB member Bob Husband:
Our walks took place between
Canons Park, Edgware, Middx. HA8 and
Seven Acre Lake, Edgware, Middx. HA8

  CANONS PARK, Edgware, Middx. HA8
Mallard - 1 in flight
Herring Gull - immature
Feral Rock Dove
Stock Dove - pairs inc. singing
Wood Pigeon several inc. singing
Rose-ringed Parakeet several pairs very noisey
Green Woodpecker - calling
Jay
Magpie  
Western Jackdaws
Carrion Crows
Blue Tit - pairs inc. singing  
Great Tit – singing and feeding young
Chiffchaff - singing
Blackcap - singing
Wren – 4 singing
Eurasian Nuthatch -  nest hole in Ash tree near cemetery. Another calling in the Spinney
 Blackbird - singing
Song Thrush - singing
Robin - singing
Dunnock - singing
Common Chaffinch - singing
Greenfinch - trilling
European Goldfinch - singing
 Grey Squirrels
Milkmaid’s Smock / Cuckooflowers Cardamine pratensisare in full bloom,especially in the southern part of the park.
 
SEVEN ACRE LAKE, Edgware, Middx. HA8

Canada Goose – 3 pair inc. pair nesting on island
Mallard - 1 male
Great Crested Grebe - pair head shaking & nest building
Grey Heron
3 Common Moorhen
3 Coot inc nesting pair
Herring Gull in flight - later seen at the basin
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1
Wood Pigeon
Stock Dove
Ring-necked /Rose-ringed Parakeets (calling)
Green Woodpecker
Western Jackdaws
Carrion Crow
Great Tit
Chiffchaff - singing
Wren
Robin
  
The BASIN LAKE, Canons Drive, HA8
Grey-lag Geese 3 inclding farmyard half white type
Canada Geese -pair
Tufted Duck 6 pairs
Moorhen
Coot
 



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