March 24, 2010

March 24th 2010

weather: 14C max, showers forecast

Claybury Park:

  • 2 singing Chiffchaff
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker
  • 4 Greenfinch (AHobson)
  • 4 Canada Geese, 12 Mallard, 3 Moorhen, 2 Coot
  • Grey Heron
  • Sparrowhawk
  • Feral Pigeon, Wood Pigeon
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
  • Jay, Magpie, Carrion Crow
  • Great Tit, Blue Tit, Long Tailed Tit, 1 Coal Tit
  • 4 Chiffchaff singing
  • Nuthatch
  • Wren, Robin, Dunnock, 4 Song Thrush, Blackbird, 1 Redwing,
  • Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch
  • Starling (Pat Hart)

Fairlop Waters:

  • Willow Warbler singing
  • 2 Chiffchaff (Alan Bell)

Fairlop Gravel Works:

  • 2 Redshank
  • Green Sandpiper (Anon)

South Woodford:

  • Cormorant (over) (PGordon)

Valentines Park:

  • 1 Egyptian Goose (standing on top of a tree like a sentry!) (presumably the other is in the hole
  • 1 Grey Heron on nest
  • pr of Stock Doves
  • 6 Goldfinches, 2 Greenfinches
  • 2 m Pochard
  • 2 Mistle thrush, 15 Redwings
  • Gull flock - only about 15 immature Black Headed Gulls + 1 Lesser Black Backed Gull. (Barbara J)
  • 2 Herring Gulls
  • 4 Mute Swan (pr on each lake), Canada Geese
  • 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Grebe
  • Mallard, Tufted Duck, 3 Pochard, Coot, Moorhen
  • Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove,
  • Carrion Crow, Magpie,
  • many Mistle Thrush, Several Blackbird, Robin
  • a few Starling
  • Blue Tit, Great Tit, 2 Long Tailed Tit
  • 2 Bullfinch near Valentines School (pr)
  • 2 Chiffchaff
  • 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (U3A via MSevoir)

Wanstead Flats:

  • Wheatear flew from Bush Wood Flats over Lake House Road onto Centre Road Flats, into the SSSI north of Jubilee Pond at 9:50am, passing approx 20ft in front of my car
  • Little Owl at dusk (J Lethbridge)

Wanstead, George Green:

  • 2 Jackdaw
  • 2 Lesser Black Backed Gull (DEH)

Woodford Green, Vicarage Road:

  • pr of Pied Wagtails by St. Judes Court (Alan Hobson)

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