April 03, 2010

April 3rd 2010

Fairlop Gravel Works:
  • 4 Shelduck
  • 9 Teal, male Pochard, 10 Tufted Duck, 2 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall
  • Grey Heron
  • 5 Lesser Black Backed Gulls
  • 2 Little Grebe
  • 2 Lapwing, 2 Redshank, Snipe
  • 2 Chaffinch, 7 Linnet, 5 Goldfinch
  • c20 Stock Dove
  • male Reed Bunting
  • 2 Pheasant calling
  • Skylark singing (at least 3)
  • 4 Swallow making a big noise at the west end over the gravel pit near the stables..
Fairlop, Aldborough Riding School:
  • 2 Little Owls in the normal place (Bumble)
Goodmayes Park:
  • 2 Mute swan, 36 Canada geese, 7 Greylag geese, 28 Mallard, 24 Tufted duck,
  • 9 Linnet (on allotment adjacent to Rec Ground, inc. 2 singing males). (Ian Woodward)
Little Heath, Hargreaves Scout Camp:
  • Green Woodpecker
  • Chiffchaff
South Park:
  • 1 Mute Swan, (I wonder where the mate is?)
  • 42 Canada geese, 22 Coot, 9 Moorhen, 33 Mallard, 20 Tufted duck, 1 Pochard (m),
  • 2 Great-crested grebes,
  • 1 Sparrowhawk (m),
  • 3 Mistle thrush. (Ian Woodward)
Valentines Park:
  • Pretty quiet migrantwise. 2 singing chiffchaff is all.
  • 6 Stock Dove
  • 2 singing Goldcrest
  • Pair of Great Crested Grebe head-shaking on main lake
  • Egyptian Goose and Grey Heron still sitting
  • Both Cobs jousting with Canadas on their respective Lakes (Peter Hopkins)
Wanstead Flats:
  • 1 Egyptian Goose south east,
  • 1 singing Willow Warbler,
  • singing Blackcap,
  • Sparrowhawk. (SFisher)
  • 1 female Wheatear (PFerris)
Wanstead Park:
  • 4 singing Willow Warblers, 9 Chiffchaff, 6 singing Blackcap,
  • singing Goldcrest,
  • 2 Lesser Redpoll,
  • pr Grey Wagtail (S Fisher)

1 comment:

Bumble said...

Fairlop Waters/Aldborough
Saturday 3 April - afternoon

Two little owls seen at the usual place