August 27th 2009

Ingleby Road, Ilford:

• 3 Long-tailed Tits on peanut feeder.
• Families of Great Tits, Blue Tits, Goldfinches, Robins and Chaffinches on sunflower seed feeder.
  
• Dunnocks on ground.
• (John Crick)

Gants Hill:

• Coal Tit - Still present.
• Great Spotted Woodpeckers - 1 Immature male & 1 Juvenile in garden.
• House Sparrows - At least 15+ in around garden.
• Greenfinches - Mixture of Juveniles & adults c12 around feeders & on waterfeature.
• Blue & Great Tits - Good numbers flying around in garden.
• Chaffinches - Around 10 feeding between various feeders in garden.
• Plus - 3 Magpies, 4 Starlings, 2 Collard Doves, 3 Robins (2 Juveniles) & 1adult, 1 Female Blackbird, 1 Dunnock, 1 Woodpigeon & 8 Feral pigeons.
• (Alan Thomsa)

Fairlop Waters:

• Pied Flycatcher!- A Female seen at around about 9.45am feeding a (juvenile) on ground between go karting fenced area in front of the brambles & shrubs and main boating lake until a dog off the lead scared them off and I mean everything else which were in there as well!
• Hobby - 1 seen flying over hunting around 8.20am over the island on boating lake.
• Swallows & House Martins - Lots flying around over lake and also by the karting area besides the main centre.
• Sand Martins - Around 10 I counted but there were more...Too many flying around to get exact amount.
• Starlings - Hundreds up in the air around lake and also on ground in surrounding dense shrubs.
• Goldfinches - Adults & juveniles lots in trees & shrubbery near go karting fence area.
• Tufted Ducks - Around 6 chicks on boating lake by themselves heading towards to side for cover.
• Swifts - I only managed to see and count 4 in the air above.
• Grey Heron - 1 seen on boating Island & 1 in the fishing lake.
• Pied Wagtails - At least 7 seen around sides in front of main centre.
• Greylag Geese - Two seen on island in boating lake.
• Gadwalls - I think the count was around seven that were seen.
• Green woodpecker - Seen flying from field yaffling at the side of fishing lake area.
• Cormorant - 1 flying over fishing lake.
• Plus - The usual Coots, Moorhens, Mute Swans & signets & Great crested grebes with some juveniles.
• Car park area & field beyond car park area & farmers field behind car park area:
• Kestrel - Male seen hovering then swooping down into grassland.
• Chiffchaff - Heard in background near car park.
• Long tailed tits - Many seen in trees & shrubs around car park & boating lake area.
• Willow warblers - Adults & juveniles lots seen with Blue, Great & Long tailed tit flocks in shrubs & trees.
• Reed Bunting - A (juvenile) seen on top of shrub showing well.
• House Sparrows - in shrubs & trees.
• Stock Doves - Two seen flying over boating lake & couple in riding school area.
• Pheasant - Male alongside side of farmers field behind car park area.
• Greenfinches & Chaffinches - Many in shrubs too many to count.
• Gulls - Lots of different gulls in back of farmers field with crows &
• Woodpigeons.
• (Alan Thomas)

Fairlop:

• Greenshank,
  
• 7 Green Sandpipers,
  
• 4 Common Sandpipers,
  
• Swift (Alan Bell)