KINGFISHER

Kingfisher: Resident Breeding

Kingfishers have bred along the River Roding, and in South Park and Wanstead Park. They are more common, and widespread in Winter, when they also frequent Valentines Park and Fairlop Waters.

2010: 9 birds (recorded on 79 dates)

• Fairlop Waters - 1 (recorded on 2 dates)
• Hatch Forest - 1 (recorded once)
• Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge - 1 (recorded on 9 dates)
• Roding Valley Park, South Woodford - 1 (recorded on 2 date)
• South Park - 1 (recorded on 1 date)
• Valentines Park - 1 (recorded on 21 dates)
• Wanstead Flats - 1 (recorded on 4 dates)
• Wanstead Park - 2 (recorded on 39 dates)

2009: 16 birds (recorded on 59 dates)

• Claybury Park - 1 (recorded on 1 date)
• Fairlop Gravel Works - 1 (recorded on 2 dates)
• Fairlop Waters - 1 (recorded on 4 dates)
• Knighton Woods - 1 (recorded on 1 date)
• Redbridge Lakes - 1 (recorded on 2 dates)
• Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge - 2 (recorded on 25 dates)
• Roding Valley Park, South Woodford - 2 (recorded once)
• South Park - 3 (recorded on 5 dates) - breeding confirmed
• Valentines Park - 2 (recorded on 4 dates)
• Wanstead Park - 2 (recorded on 14 dates)

Breeding Records: (incomplete)

• 2009, 1 pair in South Park
• 2002, 2 pairs in Wanstead Park
• 2000, 1 pair in Wanstead Park