REDSTART

Redstart: Passage Migrant

Redstart no longer breed in the borough, but are regularly seen on migration.

Latest Sightings:

2010: (23 sighting so far)

• April 7th - 1 male on Wanstead Flats
• April 21st - 1 on Wanstead Flats
• April 21st - 1 female at Fairlop Gravel Works (north)
• August 13th - 2 imm at Five Oaks Lane Scrubland
• August 22nd - 3 on Wanstead Flats
• August 23rd - 2 on Wansted Flats
• August 24th - 2 at Wanstead Flats (1m, 1f)
• August 27th - 1 juv on Wanstead Flats
• August 29th - 1 female on Wanstead Flats
• Augsut 29th - 1 male at Fairlop Waters
• August 30th - 1 at Fairlop Waters
• September 15th - 1 at Wanstead Flats
• September 16th - 1 on Wanstead Flats
• September 17th - 2 on Wanstead Flats
• September 18th - 1 on Wanstead Flats
• October 1st - 1 on Wanstead Flats
• October 5th - 1 female on Wanstead Flats

2009: none in spring, 16 in autumn.

• 20th September 2009, 1 on Wanstead Flats
• 17th September 2009, 1 at Fairlop
• 8th September 2009, 1 at Fairlop
• 7th September 2009, 1 at Fairlop
• 7th September 2009, 1 at Wanstead Flats
• 5th September 2009, 1 at Wanstead Flats
• 2nd September 2009, 1 at Wanstead Flats
• September 2009, 4 in Hainault Forest (4 separate occasions)
• 31st August 2009, 1 on Wanstead Flats
• 29th August 2009, 3 on Wanstead Flats
• 25th August 2009, 1 on Wanstead Flats

Previous Records:

• 15th September 2008, 1 at Fairlop Waters
• 1st September 2008, 2 in Wanstead Park/Flats
• 6th-7th April 2008, 2 at Fairlop Waters
• 5th September 2006, 1 at Fairlop Waters
• 1st September 2006, 1 at Fairlop Waters
• 15th April 2006, 1 at Fairlop Waters
• 23rd August 2005, 1 at Fairlop Waters
• 29th August 2004, 2 at Fairlop Waters
• 26th-27th April 2004, 1 in Hainault Forest
• April 2004, 1 at Fairlop Waters
• 28th August 2002, 2 at Hainault Forest

Historical Information:

• In 2003, Mike Dennis reported that Redstarts were considered to be a 'former breeding bird'
• In the 1997 edition of Dominic Mitchells 'where to watch birds in the London area' it states that Redstart 'have appeared on passage' at Hainault Forest