August 21st 2010

2 NEW BIRDS FOR 2010 TODAY - SPOTTED FLYCATCHER, AND BLACK TAILED GODWIT

Fairlop Gravel Works:

• 21 Teal today, few Tufted Duck on the north side of Painters Road, and a new born family of 7 ducklings with mother on the south side, Moorhen brood (south side)
• 4 broods of Little Grebe now (2 each side, including a new brood of 2 hatched today on the south side, with mother fully submerged except for top of her head!)
• Few Grey Heron, 55 Lapwing, 1 juv Little Ringed Plover, 8 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper,
• 9 Pied Wagtail, 7 Swallow, 3 House Martin
• Family of 4 young Pheasant with mother on the north side, 1 more female flushed on the south side
• 2 Green Woodpeckers
• male Hobby, 3 Kestrel (2f, 1m)
• 10 Stock Dove
• 29 Linnet including many juvenile birds

Fairlop Waters:

• yay, finally located Great Crested Grebe chick, riding pinion under a tree overhanging the wooded island.
• 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 on the scrape (DEH), 1 on the baoting lake island (Alan Thomas)
• Mute Swan with cygnet on the boating lake, Canada Geese, Mallard, Moorhen, Coot
• also: Green Woodpecker, Starling, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Wood Pigeon, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Lesser Black Backed Gull, Black Headed Gull, Herring Gull, male Pheasant in surrounding fields, 2 Kestrel, lots of Sand Martin, House Martin, Swallow, Collared Dove, Goldfinch flock, Pied Wagtail, Feral Pigeons (NTwyford/AThomas)
• Wheatear, Kingfisher, 5 Swift (Alan Bell)

Wanstead Flats:

• (07:00-10:00): Spotted Flycatcher (yay! patch year tick, still showing rather well N. of Long Wood at east end at 14:00, NickCroft/Tim Harris),
• 2 Whinchat, Wheatear (still),
• Snipe (flushed and flew N/W),
• 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Green Woodpecker,
• 9 Robin, 13 Mistle Thrush, c. 100 Black Headed Gull, 13 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 1 Common Gull, Grey Heron,
• 8 Meadow Pipit, 13 House Martin, 1 Sand Martin,
• 16 Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, 4 Lesser Whitethroat,
• 4 Kestrel, 3 Sparrowhawk,
• 2 Skylark, 5 Collared Dove, 1 Stock Dove, c.20-30 Jackdaw, 3 Jay, 2 Cormorant,
• Yellow Wagtail (h over south/Alex) (Nick Croft)

Wanstead Park:

• 6 Black Tailed Godwit feeding on the small 'beach' on the north edge of Shoulder of Mutton pond at 4.20pm (Janice Robins)
• Hobby (over Heronry), Sparrowhawk,
• 4 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (osw),
• 10+ Chiffchaff, 4+ Blackcap, 5 Whitethroat, 3 Lesser Whitethroat (including 1 at the SoM), 6 Willow Warbler,
• 2 Cormorant, 8 Robin, 4 Blackbird, Little Egret, Jackdaw, Jay, Magpie, and Carrion Crow, Mallard, Tufted Duck, 6 Gadwall and 1 Teal (SoM), 7 Sand Martin, 10 Little Grebe (5 ad, 5 juv) (Nick Croft)