April 9th 2010

weather: luvvly!

Claybury Park:

• Chiffchaff (while passing the park) (AHobson)

Fairlop, Aldborough Riding School:

• Little Owl at the nest site (DEH)

Fairlop Gravel Works:

• 2 prs of Mute Swan
• c8 pairs of Canada Geese
• Greylag Geese, Mallard, c12 Tufted Duck, 8 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 2 Shelduck, 5 Pochard (3m, 2f)
• pr Little Grebe and pr Great Crested grebe (north side), another Little Grebe (south side)
• 3 Grey Heron
• 2 Green Woodpcker
  
• Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper (possibly a 3rd), 3 Snipe, 2 Redshank, 4 Little Ringed Plover
• 2 Meadow Pipit, c30 Pied Wagtail including at least 1 White Wagtail, 3 Yellow Wagtail (2m, 1f), singing Skylark
  
• 2 male Pheasent
• 18 Magpies together.
  
• Swallow
  
• 10 Linnet
• 2 male Reed Bunting
  

Hatch Forest:

• 2m Mallard
• 9 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 4 Jay
• 2 Robin + 1 Juvenile
• 7 Carrion Crow
• 1 Wren
• 2 Grey Wagtail
• 13 Wood pigeon
• 2 Treecreeper, 2 Nutchatch
• 2 Long-tailed Tit, 10 Blue tit, 12 Great tit
• 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
• 4m 3f Blackbird
• 1 Grey Heron (flying over) (Andrew Perrin)
  

Ray Park:

• singing Song Thrush (TLachhar)

Roding Valley Park, Central:

• Willow Warbler (good views of it singing), 2 Blackcaps, Chiffchaff,
  
• Green Woodpecker,
  
• 2 Song Thrushes,
  
• 2 Jays (Alan Hobson)

Whitehall Plain:

• 2 Chiffchaff
• 2 Nuthatch
• 2 long-tailed tit
• 1 Pheasant (Andrew Perrin)
  

Woodford Bridge, Vicarage Road:

• Sparrowhawk
• Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush (all by St. Judes Court) (Alan Hobson)

Connaught Water: (just outside the borough)

• 2 Egyptian Geese (APerrin)