January 05, 2010

January 5th 2010

Epping Forest, Knighton Woods:

  • 5 Moorhen marshalling the frozen lake
  • 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker
  • 4 Nuthatch
  • 25 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit, 8 Long Tailed Tit, 2 Coal Tit
  • 3 Chaffinch
  • 14 Fieldfare, 5 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 3 Wren
  • 14 Magpie, 7 Jay, 6 Carrion Crow
  • 8 Wood Pigeon
  • 10 Grey Squirrel and a Fox

Epping Forest, Reeds Forest:

  • 3 Redwing in the section between New Road and High Road

Epping Forest, The Birbeck:

  • 10 Wood Pigeon
  • 8 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 2 Long Tailed Tit
  • 3 Redwing, Robin
  • 2 Carrion Crow, 3 Magpie
  • Chaffinch, 15 Siskin
  • 3 Grey Squirrel and Fox

Epping Forest, Whitehall Plain:

  • 4 Carrion Crow, 14 Magpie, 1 Jay
  • 5 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit,
  • 4 Greenfinch, 4 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch, 6 Siskin
  • Song Thrush
  • 5 Wood Pigeon

Redbridge, Beal School:

  • Pied Wagtail

Valentines Park:

  • both lakes were 90% frozen, but there were still:
  • 6 Mute Swan (boating lake)
  • 10 Canada Geese with 1 hybrid Greylag (fish pond)
  • 161 Mallard, 16 Tufted Duck, 2 male Pochard, 4 Shoveler (2m, 2f), 128 Coot, 41 Moorhen
  • Grey Heron
  • 268 Black Headed Gull, 35 Common Gull
  • 248 Feral Pigeon, 46 Wood Pigeon, 13 Collared Dove
  • 70+ Carrion Crow, 6 Magpie, Jay, 3 Starling
  • 7 Blackbird, 3 Robin, Wren, Mistle Thrush,
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker
  • 10 Goldfinch, Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 6 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit

Wanstead Flats:

  • Mallard, 2 Mute Swan,
  • Cormorant NW,
  • Green Woodpecker,
  • 9 Skylark, 6 Meadow Pipit,
  • Blackbird, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, Dunnock
  • 4 Goldfinch, Greenfinch,
  • 4-5 Reed Bunting, Jay,
  • 50+ Crow. (J Lethbridge)

Wanstead Park, Reservoir Wood:

  • 3 Song Thrush, Blackbird, 12+ Long-tailed Tits, Jay (J Lethbridge)

Woodford Green, Broadmead Estate:

  • male Blackbird
  • Robin Singing
  • Blue Tit
  • 8 Black Headed Gulls and 1 Carrion Crow on the field.

Woodford Green, The Green:

  • 5 Moorhen on the pond by the post office, with 2 Common Gull, 3 Carrion Crow, 1 Jackdaw and 1 Jay
  • 1 Moorhen on the pond by the Police Station
  • Blackbird and 2 Magpie by Inmans Row

Epping Forest, Highams Park Lake: (just outside the borough)

  • Canada Goose, Gadwall, Mallard, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Coot, Moorhen, Great Crested Grebe,
  • Black-Headed Gull, Common Gull,
  • Little Egret, Grey Heron,
  • Blackbird, Robin, Wren
  • Blue tit, Great Tit, Goldcrest,
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker,
  • Carrion crow, Magpie,
  • Feral Pigeon, Wood Pigeon,
  • Ring-Necked Parakeet, (Ian Woodward)

Connaught Water: (just outside the borough)

  • drake Red Crested Pochard, 40 Mandarin (Simon Papps)

1 comment:

C. E. Webster said...

You've got a good list started. Good luck.