Smew

Female Smew at London Wetland Centre seen from the Peacock hide. This is a wild bird.

This is a pair of captive birds in the WWT collection at LWC.

Bearded tits

Two hen birds were showing very well in the small stand of reeds

close to the Princess of Wales Memorial fountain. Hyde Park. London

Fieldfare

The few days of winter snow encouraged some rarer visitors, including this one.

Blackcap

This male is a regular visitor to my garden and bird feeder.

Song thrush

 Autumn visitor to our Silver birch tree. 

Black headed gulls in London

Black headed gulls in a fountain at London's Trafalgar square.

Great spotted woodpecker

This young bird is a very frequent visitor to my garden at the moment.

Little grebe

A Little grebe on one of the wildside ponds at

the London Wetland Centre.

Shellduck, College Lake

Shellduck family in the middle of College Lake, Bucks.

Stockers Wren

The bird has come to feed it's chicks in

 the nest box in a hide at Stockers Lake.

Minsmere April 2012

Here comes Summer ?

27/04/2012

Black headed gulls

Wren, busy collecting nest material.

Greylag goose

Showeler

Marsh Harriers hunting over the reedbeds.

Water rail

Bar-tailed godwit

Fiona, the Pink Greater Flamingo

she is an escapee from Marwell Zoo

Simon King at London Wild Bird Watch 2012

Simon King and Georgina the Peregrine falcon

at

London Wild Bird Watch 2012

WWT London Wetland Centre