CANADA GOOSE

21 goslings! (May 2010, Alexandra Park - PFerris)

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Canada Goose: Resident Breeding (common)

There is a very healthy population of about 800 Canada Geese in the borough. They can be found on almost all of the lakes and ponds, and the fields and farmland around Hainault and Fairlop. The Council consider them to be a pest due to the high numbers, the amount of poo they leave and the fact feeding the geese have contributed to the increase in rat numbers in some of the parks; therefore numbers are sometimes controlled by egg-pricking. Nevertheless, the geese are having the last laugh as their numbers remain strong, and their poo remains everywhere.

2010 Winter Flocks: 1089 (249 more than 2009, peak count at each site)

• Fairlop Waters - 390
• Wandstead Flats - 200
• South Park - 200
• Hainault Forest - 104
• Goodmayes Park - 74
• Eagle Pond - 62
• Valentines Park - 39
• Woodford Bridge Pond - 11
• Wanstead Park - 8
• Claybury Park - 4
• Woodford Wells Ponds - 2

2009 Winter Flocks: 845 (largest counts)

• Fairlop Waters - 172
• Wanstead Flats - 230
• South Park - 146
• Hainault Forest - 91
• Eagle Pond - 74
• Goodmayes Park - 55
• Valentines Park - 33
• Wanstead Park - 20
• Woodford Bridge Pond - 12
• Woodford Green Ponds - 12