December 2nd 2009

Valentines Park

• 3 Mistle Thrushes (fighting over territory)
• Robin
• 10 Starlings
• Sparrowhawk hunting (over) (Tajinder Lachhar)
  

Wanstead Park:

• 3 Great Crested Grebe, 8 Little Grebe, 8 Mute Swan, 12 Pochard, 30 Tufted Duck, 51 Gadwall, 40 Mallard,
  
• Kingfisher,
  
• 3 Siskin, Goldfinch
  
• female Sparrowhawk(J Lethbridge)

Woodford Bridge:

• c40 Mallard, 2 Canada Geese and 17 Moorhen (including the partial albino) on the pond by St. Pauls Church

Epping Forest, Knighton Woods:

• 10+ Jays
• 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers
• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
• several parties of Long Tailed Tits
• at least 6 Nuthatch
• 2 Coal Tits
• 3 Mandarin (2m 1f) & 15 Mallard on the pond.
• Song Thrush, c20 Redwing
  

Woodford Green:

• pair of Pied Wagtails right outside my window on Broadmead Estate

Gants Hill:

• 1 Grey Wagtail (Nigel May)