Snipe winter in the borough in Good numbers. They are best located on Fairlop Gravel Works, Fairlop Plain, or Roding Valley Park, but they have also been seen in Wanstead Flats and Park, and less commonly elsewhere. They have been seen around Fairlop throughout the year occasionally, but breeding has not been recorded.
2010/2011 Winter Population: (peak count at each site) - 62 (complete to end Dec 2010)
- Claybury Park - 2
- Fairlop Gravel Works - 38
- Fairlop Waters - 8
- Five Oaks Lane Scrubland - 4
- Roding Valley Park - 1
- Valentines Park - 1
- Wanstead Flats - 3
- Wanstead Park - 5
2009/2010 Winter Population: (peak count at each site) - 39
- Fairlop Gravel Works - 26
- Fairlop Waters - 5
- Hatch Forest/Plain - 3
- Roding Valley Park - 1
- Wanstead Flats - 2
- Wanstead Park - 2
- Fairlop Gravel Works - 24
- Fairlop Waters - 1
- Wanstead Flats - 1
- Roding Valley Park - 2
- Wanstead Park - 1
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