January 29th 2010

Ilford:

• garden sightings:
• Grey Wagtail
• Wren, Dunnock
• Greenfinch (Barbara J)

Ray Park:

• 47 Black Headed Gulls, 1 Lesser Black Backed Gull
• Robin
• 3 Blue Tits, 4 Long Tailed Tits
• 6 Goldfinch by Ray Lodge School
• 8 Linnet feeding on the long grass by the James Leal Centre
• 2 Mistle Thrushes
• 4 Redwing with c100 Starlings

Roding Valley Park, north:

• Mallards and Moorhen
• Grey Heron
• Jackdaw, 2 Jay
• Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
• Song Thrush, Blackbirds, 3 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing
• 3 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 3 Wren
• 2 Goldfinch, 2 Chaffinch
• 1 male Reed Bunting

Roding Valley Park, central:

• 5 Common Gulls
• Extraordinary mixed flock 120 strong, of Fieldfares, Redwings, Starlings, Song Thrushes, Mistle Thrushes, Blackbirds on the playing field between the River and Roding Lane North (Alan Hobson)

Woodford, Bancroft Rugby Club:

• 18 Redwing, 5 Fieldfare
• 4 Goldfinch, 5 Greenfinch
• Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail (over)
• 41 Black Headed Gull, 5 Common Gull, 3 Lesser Black Backed Gulls, 3 Herring Gulls (2 ad, 1x 1st winter)
• 2 Mistle Thrushes

Woodford, West Grove:

• 9 House Sparrows

Woodford Bridge, Ashton Playing Fields

• 3 Robins, 2 Long Tailed Tits

Woodford Bridge, Police Station:

• 2 Long Tailed Tits
• 6 Housed Sparrows

Woodford Green, Broadmead Estate:

• Pied Wagtail

Woodford Green, Finchingfield Avenue:

• 24 House Sparrow, 6 Starling
• 4 Collared Dove

Woodford Green, Snakes Lane East:

• 2 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch 2 Blue Tit in the playing field south of Finchingfield Avenue.
• 24 Starlings