Introduction[]
A radical and realistic solution to flood prevention has created an amazing park on the Lewisham-Greenwich border in southeast London, transforming an unattractive area of open greenspace known as Harrow Fields. Sutcliffe Park has been purposely designed and landscaped to capture the aesthetic charm of wetlands. The site has got birding potential despite the lack of scrub and woodland habitats.
Description, Map and Directions[]
Interpretation Board 1
Ornithology (Species Lists 2010)[]
| Species (Visits / Dates) | 1 Jan, | 3 Jan, | 21 Jan, | 30 Jan, | 5 Feb, | 13 Feb, |
| Black-headed Gull (6) | 210 | present | 36 | 45 | 64 | 280 |
| Blackbird (6) | 5 | present | 6 | 2 | 12 | 10 |
| Blue Tit (6) | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
| Canada Goose (6) | 24 | present | 21 | 18 | 16 | 24 |
| Carrion Crow (6) | 30 | 60 | 45 | 58 | 56 | 48 |
| Chaffinch (6) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Common Gull (6) | 30 | present | 3 | 2 | 10 | 25 |
| Common Sandpiper (1) | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Coot (6) | 13 | present | 8 | 12 | 12 | 8 |
| Dunnock (5) | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Feral Pigeon (6) | 68 | present | 280 | 110 | 155 | 150 |
| Fieldfare (4) | - | - | 20 | 2 | 1 | present |
| Gadwall (2) | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Goldfinch (6) | 5 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Great Black-backed Gull (6) | 2 | 3 | 1 | present | present | 1 |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker (1) | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Great Tit (4) | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Green Sandpiper (1) | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Green Woodpecker (1) | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Greenfinch (6) | 6 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Grey Heron (5) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Grey Wagtail (6) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Herring Gull (6) | 22 | present | 10 | present | 7 | 4 |
| House Sparrow (6) | 2 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Jack Snipe (2) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Jackdaw (1) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Jay (2) | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull (6) | present | present | 4 | 13 | 5 | 2 |
| Little Egret (1) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Little Grebe (1) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Long-tailed Tit (1) | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Magpie (6) | 5 | present | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Mallard (6) | 27 | present | 16 | 38 | 18 | 38 |
| Meadow Pipit (2) | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Mistle Thrush (6) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Moorhen (6) | 8 | present | 18 | 26 | 22 | 18 |
| Pied Wagtail (yarrellii) (5) | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Pochard (1) | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Redwing (5) | - | 6 | 82 | 10 | 20 | 45 |
| Reed Bunting (1) | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Ring-necked Parakeet (6) | 600 | 590 | 120 | 500 | 140 | 400 |
| Robin (6) | present | present | 12 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
| Shoveler (1) | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Skylark (1) | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Snipe (4) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Song Thrush (3) | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Starling (6) | 25 | present | 20 | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| Teal (1) | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Tufted Duck (6) | 10 | present | 8 | 14 | 12 | 8 |
| Water Rail (1) | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Wigeon (4) | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Woodpigeon (5) | - | present | 2 | 1 | 4 | 22 |
| Wren (6) | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total species: 53 | 31 | 34 | 36 | 37 | 40 | 38 |
ADDITIONAL SIGHTINGS:[]
Wednesday 5th February 2014
2 Tufted Duck. Water vole seen near the furthest west of the little boardwalk bridges
Tuesday 2nd February: � � � � � Observer (James Lowen)
Sutcliffe Park, Eltham: 1 Wigeon, 7 Tufted Duck, 1 Pochard, 1 Snipe, 2 Redwing, 1 Reed Bumting.
Further 2 new site ticks
Thursday 4th February: � � � � � Observer (James Lowen)
Sutcliffe Park: Eltham: Little Grebe 1, Wigeon 1, Pochard 1, Tufted Duck 9, 1 Green Sandpiper, (on lake shore then flew to Berkely construction site), Green Woodpecker 1, Great-spotted Woodpecker 1, Meadow Pipit 1, Redwing 3, Greenfinch 2, Chaffinch 6, Goldfinch 1, Reed Bunting 1. Plus....
1+ WATER VOLE ,
Green Sandpiper
Further 4 new site ticks
Thursday 5th February: � � � � � Observer (Malcolm Riddler)
Sutcliffe Park: Eltham: (08.00hrs to 10.00hrs). 1 Shoveler, 1 Wigeon, 1 Pochard, 12 Tufted Duck, 1 Green Sandpiper (On the flash zones & Photographed), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Meadow Pipit, 20 Redwing, 2 Greenfinch, 6 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Skylark - Over(N), 1 Fieldfare, 3 Mistle Thrush, 4 Grey Wagtail, 2 Long Tailed Tit, 1 Common Snipe. Still to record a Raptor from this site.
Further 3 new site ticks
Thursday 9th February: � � � � � Observer (James Lowen)
Sutcliffe Park, Eltham: Little Egret 1, Shoveler 1, Wigeon 1, Teal 2, Pochard 1, Tufted Duck 14, Grey Wag 2, Fieldfare 1 (James Lowen)
Further 1 new site ticks
Site List (Species total = 52)
Saturday 13th February: � � � � � Observer (Malcolm Riddler) - Dawn to 10am.
Sutcliffe Park, Eltham: 1 Heron, 1 Wigeon, 45 Mallard, 8 Tufted Duck, 22 Canada Goose, 1 Little Egret, 1 Little Grebe, 280 Black-Headed Gull, 45 Redwing, Feeding on field. 3 Reed Bunting, (Male Calling), 1 Meadow Pipit, 400+ Ring-necked Parakeet (Roost). Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail. + Of note, 1 Jackdaw 1, Over (North) at 8.00am.
Total species recorded today (38) - 4 new patch list ticks. (Jackdaw, Little Egret, Reed Bunting, Little Grebe. My pitch list total is now the same as the site list total. (Malcolm Riddler).
Further 1 new site ticks
Site List (Species total = 53)
Entomology[]
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