01 April 2021 - Lonehill Park
I had to drop my son off for a haircut in Lonehill, so decided to explore the nearby Lonehill Park, which I had not visited before and was pleasantly surprised. It is quite extensive and has access to Lonehill Nature Reserve, which has the distinctive outcrop of large rocky boulders along with some indigenous habitat surrounded by the urban sprawl of Lonehill. The significance of the Reserve, is that it conserves three stone-age furnaces built in the 1600's.
Unfortunately, access is only on weekends, but I did spy a Rock Hyrax at the very top from outside the fenced off area.
 |
| Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis) |
The park has a dam which has a Black-headed Heron rookery in the Willow Trees and there were still a few active nests
 |
| Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala) |
On the pond, Common Moorhen
 |
| Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) |
and Red-knobbed Coot are prevalent, as is expected in urban parks.
 |
| Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata) |
Overhead, there was an assortment of Hirundines; African Palm Swift
 |
| African Palm Swift (Cypsiurus parvus) |
Little Swift
 |
| Little Swift (Apus affinis) |
White-rumped Swift
 |
| White-rumped Swift (Apus caffer) |
Greater Striped-Swallow
 |
| Greater-striped Swallow (Cecropis cucullata) |
and Rock Martin
 |
| Rock Martin (Ptyonoprogne fuligula) |
Whilst on the fringes of the Park, I found Bronze Mannikin's
 |
| Bronze Mannikin (Lonchura cucullata) |
and Red-headed Finch, amongst other suburbian birds
 |
| Red-headed Finch (Amadina erythrocephala) |
I did find a few Damselflies; Common Threadtail
 |
| Common Threadtail (Elattoneura glauca) |
and some good looking Swamp Bluet's which I hadn't seen before.
 |
| Swamp Bluet (Africallagma glaucum) |
Which was all pretty good for an hours walk under clear blue skies.
No comments:
Post a Comment