September 6th 2009

Gants Hill:

• Whitethroat - One seen at 10.35am at the back of my garden after seeingmovement amongst shrub which is a garden first for this passage migrant...Unbelievable!!
• Great Spotted Woodpecker - One counted (Male).
• Blue Tits - 4 counted.
• Robins - 2 Counted (J&A)
• House Sparrows - 7 counted.
• Starlings - 4 counted.
• Dunnocks - 2 counted.
• Chaffinches - 8 counted.
• Great tits - 2 counted.
• Greenfinches - 7 counted.
• Magpies - 4 counted.
• Feral pigeons - 6 counted.
• (Alan Thomas)

Valentines Park, Ilford:

• Grey Heron,
  
• Mute swan family [with 6 cygnets],
  
• 3 Little Grebe,
  
• 2 Egyptian Geese,
• Greylag,
  
• 50 Canada Geese,
  
• Mistle Thrush, Pied Wagtail, Grey wagtail, Moorhen, Coot, Mallard, Gadwall (MAW)

Fairlop:

• Spotted Flycatcher,
  
• 2 Hobbies (Bob Jenner)
  
• Whinchat,
  
• Swift,
  
• 2 Green Sandpiper (Alan Bell)

Wanstead:

• Hobby (JLe)