London Coots - 30th July 2019

Whilst in East Sussex last week, Jayne and I went up to London for the day to visit the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy. After going there, we went for a walk around St James' Park, where, in amongst the "exotics", including a lovely female Hooded Merganser, we saw, and photographed, 10 darvic-ringed Coots.

Coot HHX

My nephew, Luke, has seen some of these before, so we knew that they'd been ringed by West London Birding. I sent details off, and heard back very quickly that 9 of the 10 birds had been ringed in St James' Park, between September 2016 and March 2019, with the exception of D67, who had been ringed in Regent's Park, 4km away. Not the most exciting movements, but interesting none the less, and, hopefully, as more data comes in the project will provide a good insight into these birds' lives.