Chiffchaff's arrived on Sunday

Suddenly heard loads round the marsh

and the shelducks that have been teasing me all weekAnd I think this is a Redwing - is it?

March Quiz bird

Can't make out this

Teasles

Think you can just make out Peri is ringed

Pretty song thrush

Peregrine

Here is a fine photo from David Cottridge of one of our, hopefully, resident peregrines. Taken on Thursday from atop the gasometer.

DMC

This Months Quiz Bird

Come on you sages!

PLUS

The legendary ghost starling of old tottingham!

Peregrine on gas holder

Sunday morning 12 Feb. Sorry it's a little soft was right at the end of the lens and on top of the gasholder.

Goosander?

Having managed to scare off most of the marshes birds by dropping my step down rings onto the metal grid of the green bridge (I was trying to spot the red breasted merganser that Pete had mentioned) I managed to get a shot of what I take to be a Goosander which has been north of the green bridge for a while. Also got sight of a water rail further down river towards the moorings. On the Sunday after the snow a startling thing happened! Because there was no traffic noise I found out that the birds visiting my feeder actually make quite a lot of wing noise! It was really amazing to 'hear' Great tits and Blue tits fly in and out! Dermot

Peregrine

Pete Lambert wrote today:

Over the last few days there have been daily sightings of an adult peregrine perched on the top of the gasometer at the NW of the West Marsh.  Now Michael has sent me a text saying there were two peregrines there today  This raises the possibility once again of peregrines trying to breed locally.  Please do keep a lookout for peregrine on the gasometer.  If people want to send me details of their sightings, I'm happy to collate them and circulate.  This is the gasometer on which a pair of kestrels fledged young in 2011 and 2010, so maybe competition!

Does anyone know who owns the gasometer?  Centrica? LB of Enfield or Haringey?

DMC