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2022

Cycling & Birding in London
A fresh cycle-to-work yearlist for 2022. My usual route takes me from Purfleet-on-Thames in Essex, cycling along the Thames estuary at RSPB Rainham Marshes each day to Rainham village where I catch the train in to east London, followed by a further cycle into the centre with occasional diversions through parks and past reservoirs (100 miles/week before detours). Previous highlights on the cycle to work have included Waxwing, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Yellow-browed Warbler, Marsh Warbler, Glossy Ibis, Spoonbill, Cattle Egret, Quail, Black-winged Stilt, Spotted Crake, Richard's Pipit, Iberian Chiffchaff and Wryneck.

2023 | 2022 | > Cycle to Work Bird List 2011-2022

No	Species	Date	Route	Location	Notes
131	Jack Snipe	16/12/22	usual	Rainham Marshes	River Thames during freeze-up
130	Short-eared Owl	12/12/22	usual	Rainham Marshes	Hunting over snow cover
129	Golden Plover	12/12/22	usual	Rainham Marshes	Four over calling
128	Woodcock	12/12/22	usual	Rainham Marshes	Flushed from pathside
127	Kingfisher	05/12/22	usual	Rainham Marshes	Mardyke mouth
126	Turnstone	09/09/22	usual	Rainham Marshes	Aveley Bay
125	Ringed Plover	09/09/22	usual	Rainham Marshes	Aveley Bay
124	Green Sandpiper	08/09/22	usual	Rainham Marshes	Calling over Coldharbour Lane
123	Wryneck	06/09/22	usual	Rainham Marshes	On path through Rainham West
122	Whinchat	06/09/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
121	Common Sandpiper	05/09/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
120	Marsh Warbler	30/05/22	-------	------------
119	Swift	24/05/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
118	Bearded Tit	23/05/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
117	Black Redstart	09/05/22	usual	Holborn	Heard singing
116	Cattle Egret	09/05/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
115	Iberian Chiffchaff	05/05/22	detour	Regent's Park	Singing in Cricket Pen
114	Garden Warbler	05/05/22	detour	Regent's Park
113	Cuckoo	04/05/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
112	Corn Bunting	03/05/22	usual	Rainham Marshes	Singing on landfill hill
111	Swallow	28/04/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
110	Red Kite	26/04/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
109	Grey Plover	25/04/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
108	Great Egret	25/04/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
107	Bar-tailed Godwit	22/04/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
106	Yellow Wagtail	21/04/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
105	Grasshopper Warbler	19/04/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
104	Sand Martin	19/04/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
103	Wheatear	19/04/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
102	Whimbrel	19/04/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
101	Common Tern	19/04/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
100	Whitethroat	19/04/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
99	Reed Warbler	19/04/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
98	House Martin	19/04/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
97	Lesser Whitethroat	19/04/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
96	Willow Warbler	19/04/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
95	Mediterranean Gull	25/03/22	usual	Rainham Marshes	2 calling overhead
94	Blackcap	24/03/22	usual	Rainham Station	Singing male
93	Sedge Warbler	24/03/22	usual	Rainham Marshes	Singing male
92	Water Pipit	10/03/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
91	Woodcock	08/03/22	usual	Rainham Marshes	Flushed from cyclepath 21:00
90	Buzzard	25/02/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
89	Green Woodpecker	25/02/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
88	Firecrest	25/02/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
87	Stock Dove	11/02/22	detour	Regent's Park
86	Coal Tit	11/02/22	detour	Regent's Park
85	Red-crested Pochard	11/02/22	detour	Regent's Park
84	Great Crested Grebe	11/02/22	detour	Regent's Park
83	Greenfinch	11/02/22	detour	Regent's Park
82	Pochard	11/02/22	detour	Regent's Park
81	Mandarin Duck	11/02/22	detour	Regent's Park
80	Mistle Thrush	11/02/22	usual	Purfleet
79	Oystercatcher	10/02/22	usual	River Darent mouth
78	Jay	09/02/22	usual	Bloomsbury
77	Great Spotted Woodpecker	09/02/22	usual	Purfleet
76	Grey Wagtail	01/02/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
75	Rook	27/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
74	Lesser Redpoll	25/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
73	Little Grebe	25/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
72	Pheasant	25/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
71	Ring-necked Parakeet	21/01/22	usual	Bloomsbury
70	Goldcrest	20/01/22	usual	Bloomsbury
69	Barn Owl	17/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
68	Water Rail	17/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes	Calling near Coldharbour Lane
67	Yellow-legged Gull	17/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes	Ad on Wennington Marsh
66	Dartford Warbler	17/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes	In gorse near Serin Mound
					2nd bird Rainham 'West' 21/01
65	Spoonbill	17/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
64	Great Tit	07/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes	Singing at Rainham Station
63	Peregrine	07/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
62	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	07/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes	1 on Wennington Marsh
61	Barnacle Goose	07/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes	5 on Wennington Marsh
60	Egyptian Goose	07/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
59	Starling	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
58	Long-tailed Tit	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
57	Chiffchaff	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
56	Chaffinch	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
55	Jackdaw	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
54	Little Egret	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
53	Feral Pigeon	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
52	Cetti's Warbler	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
51	Marsh Harrier	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
50	Grey Heron	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
49	Linnet	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
48	Sparrowhawk	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
47	Song Thrush	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
46	Stonechat	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
45	Reed Bunting	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
44	Meadow Pipit	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
43	Wren	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
42	Skylark	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
41	Rock Pipit	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
40	Common Gull	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
39	Herring Gull	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
38	Lesser Black-backed Gull	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
37	Redshank	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
36	Dunlin	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
35	Curlew	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
34	Black-tailed Godwit	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
33	Shelduck	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
32	Avocet	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
31	Lapwing	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
30	Kestrel	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
29	Redwing	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
28	Fieldfare	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
27	Mallard	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
26	Gadwall	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
25	Canada Goose	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
24	Greylag Goose	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
23	Tufted Duck	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
22	Snipe	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
21	Mute Swan	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
20	Moorhen	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
19	Coot	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
18	Pintail	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
17	Shoveler	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
16	Teal	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
15	Wigeon	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
14	Dunnock	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
13	House Sparrow	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
12	Pied Wagtail	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
11	Great Black-backed Gull	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
10	Cormorant	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
9	Black-headed Gull	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
8	Blackbird	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
7	Blue Tit	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
6	Carrion Crow	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
5	Wood Pigeon	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
4	Goldfinch	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
3	Magpie	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
2	Collared Dove	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes
1	Robin	05/01/22	usual	Rainham Marshes

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