June 28, 2009

June 28th 2009

Fairlop Gravel Works:

  • 4 Green Sandpiper (Daniel Erickson-Hull)
  • 3 Adult and 2 Juvenile Little Ringed Plovers
  • 92 Lapwing
  • 2 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 1 Teal (Steve Bacon)
  • 45 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 1 adult Greater Black Backed Gull (Steve Bacon)
  • 25 Black Headed Gull, 10 Herring Gull, 2 Common Gull (DEH)
  • 3 Grey Heron
  • 20+ Stock Dove, all over the place today
  • Sedge Warbler singing
  • Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Blackcap
  • family of 4 Green Woodpeckers (juvs just about flying)
  • juvenile Little Owl!!!!! sitting on a fencepost
  • female Kestrel
  • 3 families of Linnet with fledged young
  • Skylarks (several)
  • a few Pheasant here and there
  • c20 House Martins feeding over the works with Swifts and Swallows
  • Also: Canada Geese with young, Mute Swans, 2 male Pochard, 2 Little Grebe, Tufted Ducks, Mallards, Moorhens, Coots, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Feral Pigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow, many Starlings, Wrens, Robins, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinches, Blackbirds, Song Thrush, Pied Wagtails
  • Brown Hare, on both the north, and the south sides!
Woodford Green:
  • Mistle Thrusth outside Broadmead Baptist Church
  • Goldfinch family on Broadmead estate.

Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge:

  • Jay and Goldfinch near the River Roding (Peter Gordon)
  • Little Egret
  • Sparrowhawk (breeding nearby)

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