May 1st 2010

Fairlop Gravel Works:

• south side of Painters Road:
• 5 Shelduck, Teal, 2 Shoveler, Gadwall, Little Grebe
• Coot on nest
• 7 Canada Geese on nests still
• 5 Swallow
• 8 Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank
• 7 Yellow Wagtail (6 male, 1 female)
• 3 Linnet, 3 Reed Bunting (2 males, feeding off the gravel with wagtails, 1 female in trees)

Gants Hill, Roll Gardens:

• garden sightings: House Sparrows - 7 Adults & 2 Fledged chicks around garden pond being fed insects & bathing briefly early afternoon. (First garden fledglings for this year)!
• Swifts - 10 directly over garden & 2 screeching along road at roof top level.
• Grey Heron - 1 over garden at 4.30pm.
• Blackbird - 1
• Blue Tits - 3, Great tits - 2
• Greenfinches - 5
• Collared Dove - 1
• Magpies - 2
• Dunnock - Heard Singing, Wren - Heard Singing
• Starlings - 6
• Robin -1
• Woodpigeons - 2
• Chaffinch - 1
• Feral Pigeons - 7 (Alan Thomas)

Valentines Park:

• Grey Heron and Egyptian Geese families doing well
• 2 pairs of Pochard on the baoting lake
• 3 Great Crested Grebe
• 3 Blackcap, 1 Willow Warbler (in song)
• 2 Song Thrush (in song)
• 2 Stock Dove
• Goldcrest (in song) (PHopkins)

Wanstead Flats:

• f Whinchat,
• 11 Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, male Garden Warbler,
• Yellow Wagtail NW,
• c8 Swift NW, 3 Swallow NE. (SFisher)

Wanstead Park:

• River Roding area: 3 Little Egret (S Fisher)

Leyton, Cann Hall Road: (just outside the borough)

• f Sparrowhawk, Hobby SW (c13.30), 10+ Swift, 2 Sand Martin SW (S Fisher)