July 7th 2010

Fairlop Gravel Works:

• Egyptian Goose flew SE over the site (patch tick)
• 3 Wigeon and 3 Teal
• 8 (mostly young) Grey Herons (same thing happened last year at this time... dispersed young using the site to feed)
• c120 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpipers, 4 adult Little Ringed Plover
• 4 Stock Dove
• Yellow Wagtail
• 4 Linnet, female Reed Bunting (DEH)

Wanstead Flats:

• (06:30-11:00):
• Whimbrel (south over Alexandra Lake), (first sighting of the year in the borough)
• Peregrine Falcon (which did a much better job of scaring the gulls than all the dog walkers - 100th site tick in 2 years for the flats and park [93 for 2010]),
• Kestrel
• 65 Cormorant, 40 + Black-headed Gull, 18 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Herring Gull, 4 Common Gull, 1 Greater Black-backed Gull,
• c. 20 Mistle Thrush, 4 Song Thrush,
• 8 Ring Necked Parakeet (North),
• 10 Green Woodpecker (including 3 young), 5 Greater Spotted Woodpecker,
• 14+ House Martin in one group, greatly reduced Swift numbers,
• 4 Greylag Goose (Jubilee pond),
• 3 Stock Dove, 2 Collared dove, 16 Magpie, 4 Jay, c.20+ Jackdaw,
• Little Grebe (with 2 young on Alexandra Lake south side),
• Reed Bunting and others (49 species again) (Nick Croft)