February 10th 2010

weather: cold, light snow showers & sunny spells

Fairlop, Aldborough Road North:

• 10 Fieldfare

Hainault Recreational Ground:

• 7 Fieldfare

Hatch Forest:

• Little Egret and Grey Wagtail both along the river Ching
• Great Spotted Woodpecker

Knighton Woods:

• 7 Mallard, 1 male Shoveler in eclipse, 7 Moorhen and 2 Mandarin (1m, 1f)
• 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker
• 3 Jay,
• female Sparrowhawk
• 10 Wood Pigeon
• 8 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit (just before dusk, so the majority were inactive)
• 8 Blackbird
• female Brambling feeding with 2 Chaffinches and 2 Greenfinches (DEH)

Ray Park:

• 77 Redwing (TLachhar)

Valentines Park:

• 7 Mute Swans (family of 6 on the Boating Lake still and a single adult on Long Water)
• c25 Canada Geese,
• 2 Egyptian Geese on the fish pond, and later grazing nearby
• Mallards, Tufted Ducks, 5 Pochard, (no Shoveler), Coots, Moorhens
• 2 Great Crested Grebes (on the boating lake, 1 at each end)
• 2 Grey Heron (1 on each lake)
• 2 Green Woodpeckers seen, and 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker heard drumming
• c100 Carrion Crows, 2 Jackdaws, few Magpies, 1 Jay
• 5+ Mistle Thrush, 10+ Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, c70 Redwing
• 1 Stock Dove feeding with the Wood Pigeons
• c12 Blue Tits, 7 Long Tailed Tits, 7 Great Tits
• several Robins, 2 Dunnock, 6 House Sparrow, c40 Starling
• 6 Chaffinch, 12+ Goldfinches, 2 Greenfinch
• Black Headed Gulls, a few Common Gulls (no sign of Valentino)
• Feral Pigeons (obviously) (Redbridge U3A Birding Group)

Woodford Green Ponds:

• 2 Canada Geese, 4 Mallard, 6 Moorhen

Connaught Water: (just outside the borough)

• 2 Mute Swan, c20 Canada Geese, c60 Mallard, c20 Tufed Duck, c30 Teal
• Cormorant, Great Crested Grebe
• 26 Mandarin (18 male, 8 female)
• male Red Crested Pochard
• 3 Robins