August 23rd 2010

Fairlop area WEBS count:

• 6 Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron
• 10 Mute Swan, 24 Greylag Geese, 223 Canada Geese,
• 3 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 37 Mallard, 1 Pochard, 14 Tufted Duck
• 7 Moorhen, 84 Coot
• 14 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper,
• 55 Black Headed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 2 Common Tern
• Kingfisher (SBacon)

Gants Hill, Roll Gardens:

• Sparrowhawk (Alan Thomas)

Grange Hill, Long Green:

• Sparrowhawk (Ian Shaw)

Hainault Forest WEBS count:

• 1 Black Headed Gull
• 5 Moorhen, 4 Coot, 51 Mallard, 56 Canada Goose, 4 Mute Swan (SBacon)

Ilford Town Centre:

• female Sparrowhawk (JMakengo)

Roding Valley Park, north:

• Kestrel (AHobson)

Roding valley Park, central:

• family of Whitethroat, Goldfinch (by the priovate fishing lake) (AHobson)

Wanstead Flats:

• at least 2 Redstart in hawthorns east of Alexandra Lake (Birdguides).
• 4 Wheatear (2 new ones on burnt out scrub east of Alex - Stuart Fisher), 3 Whinchat, 4 Spotted Flycatcher (2 Long Wood - Stuart Fisher),
• 1 Yellow Wagtail,
• Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, House Martin, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 4 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, gulls and some other stuff (Nick Croft)

Wanstead Park:

• Spotted Flycatcher (osw),
• Hobby,
• 2 Gadwall, Teal, 6 Pochard, 5 Tufted Duck,
• Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap,
• House Martin, Sand Martin, etc. (Nick Croft)