April 06, 2010

April 6th 2010

Claybury Park:
  • brief walk past the edge of Claybury Park
  • Chiffchaff
  • Green Woodpecker
  • Greenfinch (Alan Hobson)
Fairlop Waters:
  • 4 Willow Warbler, Blackcap (Alan Bell)
  • Grey Heron
  • Mute Swan, Canada Geese, Greylag Geese, Mallard, Tufted Duck
  • Coot, Moorhen
  • Great Crested Grebe
  • Skylark, Meadow Pipit
  • Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit,
  • Chiffchaff
  • Carrion Crow, Jay
  • and by the stables:
  • Collared Dove
  • Swallows
  • 14 Linnet
  • Starlings (Neil Twyford)
Fairlop Gravel Works:
  • 2 pairs of Mute Swan, c30 Canada Geese, Greylag Goose
  • male Pheasant
  • 2 Teal, 2 Gadwall, male Pochard, 12 Shoveler, 2 Shelduck
  • Cormorant
  • male Goshawk (no jessies)
  • 3 Snipe, 2 Redshank, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper
  • 4 Swallow
  • c25 Pied Wagtail, 2 Yellow Wagtail (1 male, 1 female)
  • 3 Green Woodpecker
  • c12 Linnet
  • male Reed Bunting
Hatch Forest:
  • 2 Treecreeper (nest building), 2 Nuthatch
  • 1 Ring-Necked Parakeet
  • 3 Great spotted woodpecker
  • 12 Wood pigeon
  • 3m 1f Blackbird, 5 Robin, 2 Wren
  • 1m Mandarin, 1m 1f Mallard
  • 8 Magpie, 7 Carrion Crow, 4 Jay
  • 9 Blue Tits, 11 Great Tits
  • 1 Grey Heron (flying over) (APerrin)

Roding Valley Park, south:

  • 2 Little Egrets seen on the west bank of the River Roding between Redbridge and Charlie Browns Roundabout at 7.30am, spooked by a dog walker with Spaniel on the east bank. (AWilkinson)
Valentines Park:
  • singing Blackcap
  • Chiffchaff
  • pairs of Pochard, Great Crested Grebe and Greylag Goose on the boating lake
  • Grey Herons sharing the incubation of their eggs. (PHopkins)

Woodford Bridge, Roding Lane North:

  • 2 Goldfinch, Greenfinch (Alan Hobson)

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