December 9th 2009

Woodford Bridge Pond:

• 41 Black Headed Gulls, 1 Common Gull

Ray Park:

• Mistle Thrush, Chaffinch, 4 Blue Tit
• Wood Pigeon, 3 Black Headed Gull

Wanstead:

• 5 Redwing north, over Belgrave Road (Tim Harris)

Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge northwards:

• 17 Mallard and 7 Moorhen on the river
• 1 Little Grebe
• 4 Pheasant
• 6 Mistle Thrush, 5 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush,
• 2 Robin, 3 Dunnock, 2 Wren
• 4 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch
• Great Spotted Woodpecker,
• Jay, Carrion Crow, Magpie,
• 31 Wood Pigeon

Bush Wood:

• escaped Hartlaub's Turaco at the junction with Leybourne Road. (THarris)

Buckhurst Hill: (just outside the borough)

• flock of Redwings feeding on the berries in Roebuck Lane (F&CLudlow)

Woodford Green:

• Firecrest still visiting private garden (KM)

Claybury Park:

• c25 Lesser Redpolls (including a male 'still' or 'already' in breeding plumage), Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch.
• Sparrowhawk,
• 5 Green Woodpeckers, 3 Great Spotted Woodpeckers,
• Song Thrush, 4 Mistle Thrushes, flock of Redwings,
• Grey Heron,
• Long Tailed Tits
• 6 Jays (Alan Hobson)

Valentines Park:

• Song Thrush and Mistle Thrush both in the yew tree behind the Mansion. (TLachhar)

Epping Forest, Strawberry Hill Ponds: (just outside the borough)

• 19 Mandarin
• 30 Redwing
• 26 Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 2 Firecrest (DHu)

Valentines Park:

• Great Crested Grebe pair, Little Grebe 1
• Great Cormorant, Grey Heron 2 (one on each pond)
• Mute Swan pair on small lake, Pair and 4 cygnets on boating lake
• Canada Geese, Egyptian Geese pair
• Mallard, Shoveler pair, Pochard 6 male, Tufted Duck, Moorhen, Coot
• Black-headed Gull, Common Gull
• Feral Pigeons, Wood Pigeons, Collared Dove
• Kingfisher 2 from brick bridge
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Pied Wagtail
• Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Mistle Thursh 1 singing lots about.
• Long-Tailed Tit
• Blue Tit, Great Tit
• Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Jay, Starlings
• Chaffinch, Siskin (JMillea U3A Birding Sightings)