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The LNHS recording area is a 20 mile radius of St Paul’s Cathedral. This area encompasses a wide range of wildlife habitats and some outstanding nature reserves that result in a surprisingly high number of species of birds being recorded each year. Around 350 species of birds have been recorded since 1900 and in a typical year over 200 species are recorded. You can read a series of highlights from January 2016 to January 2023 by Howard Vaughan, which covers the Essex metropolitan area of London and RSPB Rainham Marshes, arguably the most bird species rich site in the LNHS area. Rainham Marshes is relatively wild and open. In contrast, the accounts by John Cadera focuses on two sites in the London Borough of Southwark, a densely populated borough. The Southwark accounts provides an insight into what Londoners can expect to see in their parks, wherever the local council has made some effort at rewilding.
Thanks to Howard Vaughan and John Cadera, the principal contributors, and to Tara Wikramanayaka, Anna Watkins and Cecilia Derrick for copy editing.
For the latest sightings you can also:
- Visit the London Bird News page on Going Birding
- Follow @LondonBirdClub on Twitter. You can also search Twitter using the hashtag #londonbirds
- Subscribe to the LondonBirders Yahoo Group
- Visit London Birders Wiki
If you would like to contribute a monthly or quarterly highlight, to an area not already covered, please get in touch with the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..