January 17, 2009

January 17th 2009

Fairlop Waters:

  • Good numbers of Waterfowl: 7 Mute Swan, 132 Canada Geese, 2 Greylag Geese, 26 Mallard, 39 Teal, 29 Gadwall, 40 Pochard, 2 Shoveler, 85 Tufted Duck, 38 Moorhen, 91 Coot, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Little Grebe.
  • 1 Shelduck on the private lake on the farm, and another (or the same one) later, on the landfill site on Painters Road.
  • 512 Lapwing! with 4 Golden Plover and 2 Snipe (on the Landfill site). Another Snipe was flushed on the nature reserve.
  • 191 Black Headed Gull, with a few Common Gulls.
  • 8 Cormorant and a Grey Heron.
  • 194 Wood Pigeon, 4 Stock Dove, 1 Feral Pigeon and 2 Collared Doves.
  • 22 Carrion Crow, 18 Magpie and a Jay.
  • 10 Blackbird, 6 Robin, 3 Wren, 2 Dunnock, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Song Thrush, 20 Rewing, 32 Fieldfare, 1 Skylark, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Pied Wagtail and a few Starling.
  • 5 Green Woodpecker! and 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker.
  • 2 Kestrel, (1 over the reserve and one on Hainault Road)
  • 1 juvenile Peregrine Falcon hunting over the landfill site, taking a pigeon.
  • 9 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 12 Long Tailed Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Goldfinch. (DEH)

Hainault Lodge Nature Reserve:

  • Pretty quiet, except for a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a few Long Tailed Tits and Goldcrests... oh, and loads of Jackdaw and Wood Pigeon.

Hainault Forest:

  • Mute Swan, Canada Goose, 10 Tufted Duck, 10 Pochard, c30 Shoveler, Mallard, Coot, Moorhen.
  • A flock of 47 Meadow Pipit on the field to the east of the lake.
  • Goldcrest, Jay, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jackdaw.

Wanstead Park:

  • Pair of Red Crested Pochard still present on Heronry Pond, with 34 Pochard. (TH)
  • 2 Teal on Shoulder of Mutton Pond. (TH)
  • Nuthatch still present around St. Mary's Churchyard. (TH)

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