July 13, 2010

July 13th 2010

Roding Valley Park, north:
  • section north of Chigwell Road, Woodford Bridge
  • Little Egret
  • Sparrowhawk,
  • c20 screaming Swift
  • small party of Goldfinch (Alan Hobson)

Roding Valley Park, central:

  • area south of Chigwell Road, Woodford Bridge, and adjoining playing fields
  • 4 Song Thrushes [and a fifth singing], 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 6 Swifts, Goldfinch
  • Lesser Black Backed Gull, Herring Gull, Black Headed Gulls (on the playing fields nearby)
  • Common Tern at the private fishing lake, (great views of it catching a fish right in front of me) (Alan Hobson)

Wanstead Flats:

  • (07:00-08:30)
  • 22 Black-headed Gull, 8 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Common Gull,
  • 8 Ring-necked Parakeet,
  • 6 Cormorant and not much else.
  • Came back at 10:00 12 Cormorant, 1 Ring Necked Parakeet, 30 (2 juv) BH Gull roosting,
  • 10 + House Martin and finally 4 Swift - 39sp (Nick Croft).

Wanstead Park:

  • (08:30-10:00):
  • Little Egret (E over Heronry),
  • 2 Pochard (m&f on SoM), 13 Tufted Duck (4 SoM, 2 Her, 7 Perch),
  • Moorhen with 4 chicks on Heronry,
  • 3 Little Grebe, 1 Great Crested Grebe (ornamental waters),
  • Stock Dove, Collared Dove, 7 Ring-Necked Parakeet,
  • 10+ House Martin, 6 Swift,
  • singing Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and a Terrapin attempting to lay eggs and about to be impounded by the Park Authorities by Perch. 39 sp. Tomorrow will be mega!! (Nick Croft).:

Epping Forest, Pole Hill: (just outside the borough)

  • Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Ann Sansom)

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