January 17th 2010

Claybury Park:

• 3 Lesser Redpoll
• Green WOodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay
• flock of Long Tailed Tits, 2 Goldfinch, Mistle Thrush (Alan Hobson)

Fairlop Waters CP:

• 3 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe,
• 2 Cormorant
• 4 Mute Swan, c200 Canada Geese, 50 Greylag Geese
• 11 Wigeon, 28 Gadwall, 33 Teal, 41 Mallard, 4 Shoveler, 45 Pochard, 51 Tufted Duck
• 70 Coot, 26 Moorhen
• 153 Lapwing, 6 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper,
• 182 Black Headed Gull, 80 Common Gull, 9 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, (Steve Bacon)

Fairlop, Aldborough Road North,

• 2 Redwing
• 3 Collared Dove

Fairlop, Forest Road:

• male Kestrel (JMakengo)

Gants Hill:

• male Blackcap
• Fieldfare
• (Alan Thomas) - garden sightings

Hainault Forest CP:

• 4 Mute Swan, 1 Greylag Geese, 19 Canada Geese
• 62 Mallard, 2 Shoveler, 3 Pochard, 2 Tufted Duck,
• 13 Moorhen, 9 Coot
• 70 Black Headed Gull, 9 Common Gull, 1 Lesser Black Backed Gull (Steve Bacon)

South Woodford:

• (PGordon) garden sightings.
• Sparrowhawk circling
• Blue Tits checking out a nest box
• Dunnock actually using a feeder, rather than only 'being worthy enough to gather up the crumbs under the table'

Valentines Park:

• Valentino the Mediterranean Gull showing very well (see pics) (Emma Charles)

Wanstead, Lakehouse Road:

• female Sparrowhawk Over
• 2 Lesser Redpoll (JLethbridge)

Wanstead Flats:

• 2 Mute Swan, 200 Canada Geese, 11 Greylag Geese, (Paul Ferris)
• 3 Snipe,
• 25 Redwing, 30 Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush
• 2 Stonechat (pair)
• 2 Lesser Redpoll (J Lethbridge)
• 23 Skylark
• 390 Black Headed Gull, 340 Common Gull, 10 Herring Gull (SFisher)
• 8 Meadow Pipit (THarris)

Wanstead Park:

• 8 Mute Swan
• 24 Gadwall, 15 Shoveler, 18 Pochard
• 4 Grey Heron
  
• 2 Teal on Shoulder of Mutton,
• 3 Eygptian Geese (Tim Harris, Jonathan Lethbridge)
• 3 Green Woodpecker, 7 Great Spotted Woodpecker
• singing Coal Tit
• 167 Coot, 47 Tufted Duck, 6 Little Grebe
• 7 Stock Dove (SFisher)
• Kingfisher on Ornamtental Waters
• Buzzard flying south along the path of the Roding.
  
• 1 Bullfinch (THarris)

Woodford Green, Broadmead Estate:

• 2 Goldfinch

Epping Forest, Lost Pond: (just outside the borough)

• 4+ Bramblings with Chaffinches near Lost Pond (TQ423978) (Ian Woodward).