COAL TIT

Coal Tit, Gants Hill garden - October 2009 (NTwyford)

Coal Tit: Resident Breeding

Coal Tits are resident in Knighton Wood, Reeds Forest, Claybury Park, Wanstead Park, Hainault Forest, and are occasionally seen elsewhere in the borough. In winter they frequent gardens with hanging bird feeders.

2010 population: peak count of 41 birds

• Claybury Park - 4
• Hainault Forest - 3
• Hatch Forest - 2
• Knighton Woods - 2
• Wanstead Flats - 4
• Wanstead Park - 4
• Whitehall Plain - 1
• Valentines Park - 3
• Various Gardens - 18
  

2009 population: peak count of 24 birds

• Bush Wood - 1
• Claybury Park - 2
• Hainault Forest - 2
• Knighton Woods - 2
• Reeds Forest - 2
• South Park - 1
• Valentines Park - 1
• Wanstead Park - 1
• Various gardens - 12

Historical Info:

• In the 1997 edition of Dominic Mitchells 'where to watch birds in the London area' it states breeding Coal Tits were 'widespread' in Hainault Forest
• in 2003, there were 15 breeding pairs in Hainault Forest