May 05, 2010

May 5th 2010


Ilford, Ingleyby Road, garden:

  • This morning there was a Jay drinking from a water tray on the ground in our garden – first for our garden in Ingleby Road. (JCrick)

South Woodford, garden:

  • Still no Blue Tit news...it's been 15 days now since I first noticed 4 or 5 eggs and the normal time span is 12-16 days.
  • Grey Heron very low over the garden early this morning - lower than roof height and there are no ponds nearby I know of. Although the river is close. (Peter Gordon)

Valentines Park:

  • Great Crested 2 Boating Lake
  • Cormorant 1 Boating Lake
  • Grey Heron 2 with 3 chicks
  • Mute Swan 3 on 1 on long water , Pair on boating lake hen on a nest
  • Canada Geese 16
  • Egyptian Geese 2 with 2 goslings
  • Mallard 35, 5 broods of ducklings
  • Pochard 1 male on the boating lake, Tufted Duck 17
  • Moorhen 8, Coot 23+,
  • Black-headed Gull 5, Herring Gull 2
  • Feral Pigeons 100+, 37 Wood Pigeons , 2 Stock Dove
  • 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
  • Pied Wagtail
  • 3 Wren, 5 Robin, 7 Blackbird, 3 Mistle Thrush,
  • Blue Tit 1, Long-Tailed Tit 2, Great Tit,
  • Magpie 5, Carrion Crow 40+, Common Starlings 40+
  • 2 Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch (JMillea/U3A Birding Group)

Wanstead Flats:

  • pair of Lesser Spotted Woodpecker copulating in the usual place (lol)
  • c20 Whitethroat including 11 territorial males and 8 males on territory in SSSI alone (THarris)

Wanstead Park:

  • Little Egret,
  • 2 singing Goldcrest from suburban gardens,
  • 1 Buzzard SW persued by Crow 15.55 (S Fisher)

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