January 07, 2010

January 7th 2010

Barkingside, Horns Road:
  • Redwings (Eddie Barnes)

Fairlop, Forest Road:

  • female Kestrel on a lamp column

Fairlop, Hainault Road:

  • Kestrel hovering

Fairlop Gravel Works, Painters Lane:

  • south side of Painters Lane
  • 298 Lapwing, 10 Golden Plover
  • 2 Grey Heron
  • 9 Pheasant (8 female, 1 male)
  • 3 Meadow Pipit
  • Chaffinch, House Sparrow, Wren
  • 13 Carrion Crow, Magpie
  • 3 Brown Hares (possibly 4)

Fairlop Waters CP:

  • 139 Lapwing on the island
  • 2 Little Grebe
  • 2 Mute Swan, 14 Pochard, 4 Gadwall, 10 Tufted Duck
  • Grey Heron

Hainault, Hanover Gardens:

  • Pied Wagtail
  • Black-Headed Gull
  • 20 Fieldfare, 3+ Blackbirds, 2 Redwings eating fallen apples in a neighbours garden (Eddie Barnes)

Ilford:

  • garden feeders completely manic all morning
  • Grey Wagtail still present, now joined by Pied Wagtail
  • 6 Blackbirds,
  • 4 Chaffinches
  • 25+ starlings
  • 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
  • Also: Blue Tits, Great Tits, Robin, Collared Dove, Wood Pigeon, Magpie (Barbara J)

Ilford, Tavistock Gardens:

  • 3 Redwing (PVaughn)

Little Heath, Hargreaves Camp:

  • Great Spotted Woodpecker

Roding Valley Park, Northern Section:

  • Woodford Bridge towards Buckhurst Hill
  • 42 Mallard, 12 Moorhen
  • Water Rail at the river bank showing very well.
  • Snipe
  • 7 Pheasant (2 m, 5 f)
  • female Kestrel, female Sparrowhawk
  • 1 Cormorant flying down river (low)
  • Grey Wagtail (heard)
  • 31 Wood Pigeon, 3 Stock Dove
  • 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
  • 9 Blackbird, 6 Redwing, Song Thrush, 8 Robin, 3 Dunnock, 3 Wren
  • 5 Carrion Crow, 9 Magpie, 2 Jay, 2 Starling
  • 7 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 10 Long Tailed Tit
  • 2 Goldfinch, 4 Chaffinch (DEH)

Wanstead, Lakehouse Road:

  • Snipe.... garden tick, flushed by a dog walker on Wanstead Flats!
  • other garden sightings include:
  • 9 Canada Geese (over)
  • Herring Gull, 5 Common Gull, 3 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 12 Black Headed Gull, Grey Heron (over)
  • 10 Wood Pigeon, 18 Feral Pigeon, 4 Collared Dove
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker,
  • 2 Magpie, 7 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 16 Starling,
  • 59 Fieldfare, 17 Redwing, 3 Blackbird, 2 Robin, Dunnock, Wren,
  • 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit,
  • 4 Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch, (JLethbridge)

Wanstead, Mansfield Road:

  • 2 Lesser Redpoll (APe)

Wanstead Flats:

  • Green Woodpecker (Paul Ferris)
  • 6 Mute Swan (2 adult, 4 juv) on Alexandra Lake (PF)

Wanstead Park:

  • 1 Ring Necked Parakeet
  • 6 Pochard, pair of Shoveler, 2 Tufted Ducks, Coot, Swans, Mallards, Canada Geese
  • 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
  • Sparrowhawk
  • 1 Wren, 1 Dunnock (Barbara J)

Woodford Bridge, Hazeleigh Gardens:

  • Birds seen from my window:
  • 15 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing (both, the first ive seen from the window in 19 years)
  • 2 Great Tit, 2 Blue Tit, Long Tailed Tit
  • 2 female Blackcap (had suspected two but can now confirm it)
  • Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, Robin
  • 8 Starling, 10 House Sparrow, 2 Carrion Crow
  • 2 Woodpigeon, 2 Magpie
  • 1 Lesser Blackbacked Gull (Sue Cowie)

Woodford Green, Broadmead Estate:

  • Cormorant (over)
  • 2 Pied Wagtails (a pair)
  • 2 Blue Tits
  • 3 Feral Pigeons
  • 1 Blackbird (DEH)

Buckhurst Hill: (just outside the borough)

  • 6 Redwing at the Railway Station (DBr)

Collier Row, River Rom: (just outside the borough)

  • 2 Little Egrets; Snipe (Ian Phillips)

Collier Row, Birds Farm Avenue: (just outside the borough)

  • 2 Redwing; m Blackcap (Ian Phillips)

Dagenham, Peartree Gardens: (just outside the borough)

  • near Goodmayes Park
  • Redwing (Terry Robinson)

Epping Forest, Connaught Water: (just outside the borough)

  • 33 Mandarin, 17 Teal, 70 Mallard,
  • Great Crested Grebe
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker (RB)

Forest Gate: (just outside the borough)

  • Great Spotted Woodpecker (Paul Ferris)

Leyton Flats: (just outside the borough)

  • 79 Fieldfare (mostly flying SE), 1 Redwing, 2 Meadow Pipit (Gary James)

Roding Valley Nature Reserve: (just outside the borough)

  • Kestrel;
  • Lapwing, Green Sandpiper,
  • Green Woodpecker
  • Grey Wagtail,
  • 18 Fieldfare, 9 Redwing. (BJ)

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