April 5th 2010

Claybury Park:

• 2 Canada Goose, 14 Mallard, 2 Coot, 3 Moorhen
• Sparrowhawk
• 1 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon
• Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Green Woodpecker
• Jay, Magpie, Carrion Crow
• Great Tit, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit
• 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap
• Wren, Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, Robin
• Chaffinch, Greenfinch (Pat Hart)

Fairlop, Aldborough Riding School:

• 2 Little Owls in their tree. 4.30pm (DEH)

Fairlop Waters CP:

• field between the Fishing Lake and the Gravel Works site:
• 5 Meadow Pipit and 3 Skylark

Fairlop Gravel Works:

• 4 Mute Swan (1 pair on each side of Painters Road, a 5th tried to land in the north side but the resident pair there soon discouraged him from landing and he flew off south)
• Greylag Goose, Canada Geese,
• 6 Shelduck (3 pairs), c10 Gadwall, few Tufted Duck, 10 Teal, c20 Shoveler,
• Great Crested Grebe, trilling Little Grebe
• male Kestrel
• 2 Sand Martin and 4 Swallow feeding
• 6 Lapwing (3 pairs), 2 Redshank, 3 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper
• c10 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 singing Skylark
• 8 Linnet,
• Song Thrush
• 1 male and 1 female Reed Bunting

Hainault, Hannover Gardens:

• Buzzard over at 3.30pm (EBarnes)

Wanstead Park:

• Chiffchaffs - Several heard singing & couple seen around.
• several Male and female Blackcap
• Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe
• Black Headed Gulls, Lesser Black Backed Gulls
• Mute Swans, Canada Geese, Greylag Geese, Mallard, Gadwall, Coot, Moorhen
• Cormorant, Grey Heron
• pair of Grey Wagtail (Heronry Pond)
• Great tits, Blue tits, Long Tailed Tits
• Jays, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Starling, Jackdaw,
• Woodpigeons, 2 Stock Dove, Feral Pigeon
• 6 Sand Martin and 2 Swallows over Perch Pond
• 5 Ring Necked Parakeet
• Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Wrens, Robin, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush
• Goldfinch, Chaffinch (RSPB NE London Walk - via Alan Thomas)
• 6 Little Grebes (inc. 2 pairs on Shoulder of Mutton),
• 1 Great Crested Grebe (Heronry),
• 9 Swallows, 2 Sand Martins,
• 9 singing Blackcaps, more than 10 singing Chiffchaffs,
• 19 Linnets, 4 Goldfinches (Tim Harris)
• Pheasant, Sparrowhawk and 20 Linnet in the Old Sewage Works (PFerris)

Wanstead Flats:

• 8 Skylark
• 3 Meadow Pipit
• 3 Reed Bunting (THarris)
• 5 Greylag Geese at Alexandra Lake (PFerris)

Woodford Green:

• female Goshawk SWW (KM)