March 13th 2010

weather: 9C sunny spells, cloudy

Fairlop Waters CP:

• 2 pairs of adult Mute Swan on the boating lake
• 84 Canada Geese, mostly in small groups now
• 14 Greylag Geese together
• 81 Tufted Duck, 34 Mallard,
• 5 Wigeon on the lagoon (3m, 2f)
• 11 Pochard (mostly on the lagoon)
• 7 Teal & 9 Gadwall on the scrape (Haniault Farm)
• 1 Grey Heron on the scrape with 1 Snipe
• 1 Great Crested Grebe on the fishing lake, and 1 Little Grebe on the boating lake
• 48 Coot, 26 Moorhen
• 12 Carrion Crow, 10 Magpie, 2 Jay
• 6 Green Woodpecker
• Pied Wagtail
• 10 Skylark, 5 Meadow Pipit
• 200 Black Headed Gull and 10 Common Gull on the gravelled island
• 40+ Fieldfare still, Blackbird, 9 Robin, Dunnock, Wren
• 12 Long Tailed Tits, 3 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit
• 3 Chaffinch
• 146 Wood Pigeon mostly on the field behind the fishing lake feeding with 2 Stock Dove

Fairlop Gravel Works, Area D:

• only a short stop as I had the dog in the car:
• 2 Mute Swan, 8 Canada Goose,
• 7 Wigeon (4m, 3f), 28 Tufted Duck, 1 male Shelduck, 10 Pochard, 15 Teal, 16 Gadwall, 32 Shoveler, 5 Mallard,
• 1 Little Grebe,
• 7 Coot, 2 Moorhen,
• 200 Black Headed Gull, 50 Common Gull, 5 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 2 Herring Gull
• 2 Pheasant
• 3 Snipe, 32 Lapwing (including 4 displaying), 4 Green Sandpiper (including 3 together),
• 3 Green Woodpecker
• 229 Wood Pigeon feeding on the surrounding field, also 22 Stock Dove and 1 Collared Dove
• female Sparrowhawk low over the gravel works, chased off by a Lesser Black Backed Gull
• Kestrel perched on a treetop.
• 2 Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 3 Pied Wagtail
• 2 Blackbird,
• 42 Carrion Crow, 2 Jay, 4 Magpie,
• Long Tailed Tit, 3 Great Tit
• 10 Linnet

Hainault Forest CP:

• ELBF walk - 9am-1pm
• Buzzard - Seen over forest gliding and again over field next to car park.
• Treecreeper - Heard.
• 2 Coal tits - a pair
• 2 Stock Doves - a pair
• Goldcrest
• Green Woodpecker - Heard, Great Spotted woodpecker - several around forest also drumming.
• Jackdaws, Magpies, Carrion Crows, Jays
• Blackbirds, Wrens - Heard
• Long tailed tits, Blue tits, Great tits,
• Chaffinch
• Dunnocks, Robins
• House Sparrows
• Canada Geese,
• Cormorant
• Mute Swans,
• Great Crested Grebes
• Mallard, Tufted Ducks, Pochard
• Moorhens, Coots
• Common Gulls, Black Headed Gulls
• Collard Dove, Woodpigeons, Feral Pigeons - over
• Mistle Trush - Heard singing (via Alan Thomas)

Little Heath, Havrgeaves Scout Camp:

• Green Woodpecker

Wanstead Flats:

• Little Grebe,
• Grey Heron,
• 8 Mute Swan, ~120 Canada Geese, 8 Greylag Geese,
• 30+ Mallard, 2 Shoveler, 6 Tufted Duck, 30+ Coot, 6 Moorhen (+ 1 died),
• 4 Meadow Pipit, 15 Skylark,
• Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker,
• 500+ Common Gull, 200+ Black Headed Gull, 1 Herring Gull,
• 40 Redwing, 1 Fieldfare, 2 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush,
• 8 Goldfinch, 2 Greenfinch,
• 180 Starling,
• 95 Carrion Crows, 2 Jackdaw, Jay, 15+ Magpie,
• Reed Bunting (J Lethbridge)
• (10 singing Skylark, 3 singing Meadow Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting) (THarris)