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YOUR HELP NEEDED

Redbridge Nature Conservation Team Ranger Naomi Vincent, is looking for some locally taken photos of WOOD PIGEON, STARLING and BLACKBIRD to be used on Bird ID boards at various locations across the borough... Please have a look through your bird photo archives... and email Naomi at naomi.vincent@redbridge.gov.uk if you have any photos of those species...

Your pics will be accredited, and you would retain the copyright.

February 28th 2011

Aldersbrook:

• 25 Waxwing again this morning, at the juntion of Arran Drive and West Morland Close (Natalie Benajeh)

Ray Park:

• 115 Black Headed Gull today (almost 20% of which have full dark head)
• 2 Common Gull
• 1 lone Pied Wagtail (Tajinder Lachhar)

Valentines Park:

• at least 3 male Robins singing away in competition in the Mansion Car Park area (DEH)
  

Wanstead Park:

• Drumming Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (the Plain)
• Water Rail (Perch Pond) (Natalie Benajeh)

Wanstead Waxwings - Sally Hammond

photos taken by Sally Hammond in Wanstead - 27th Feb 2011

February 27th 2011

Aldersbrook:

• 4 Waxwing still on Arran Drive (Natalie)
• 7 Waxwing, (JLe)
• n my garden this morning - Lesser Redpoll, long tailed tit, coal tit, jays, and all the other usuals. (Sally Hammond)

Aldborough Hatch:

• 47 Waxwing on Aldborough Road North (3.40pm) (Alan Bell)

Clayhall:

• 4 Waxwing in Longwood Gardens, Clayhall today (Lily Shinebaum)

Gants Hill, Roll Gardens:

• Female Sparrowhawk – Seen at 10.20am on the hunt.1 Male Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Blue tits, 2 Great tits, 11 Greenfinch, 9 Chaffinches. 5 Goldfinches, 8 House Sparrows, 11 Starlings, 2 Dunnocks, 2 Blackbirds,, 1 Robin, 2 Magpies, 2 Woodpigeon, 7 Feral Pigeons. (Cheers, Alan Thomas)

Hainaut Farm:

• pr Raven circling Hog Hill (Steve Bacon)

Roding Valley Park, South Woodford:

• 1 Cormorant
• 2 Jays
• A pair of Jackdaws - quite unusual
• 1 Wren
• Lots of Robins, the three main tits, blackbirds, crows, magpies, mallards, moorhens. I did see a tufted duck a few days ago for the first time ever but it wasn't there anymore.
  Various gulls - mainly black headed gulls and common gulls.(Peter Gordon)

Wanstead Flats:

• ad Mediterranean Gull still, 7 Meadow Pipit, Sparrowhawk 10+ Skylark, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Siskin, 2 m Reed Bunting chasing each other, 3 Little Grebe, 15 Tufted Duck, 4 Gadwall, Pochard, 2 Shoveler, 4 Greylag Goose, 6 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 30 + Jackdaw, Grey Heron, 2 Great Black Backed Gull (north) (J. Lethbridge, Tim Harris, Steve Thorpe, Nick Croft).

Wanstead Park:

• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming (Natalie)
• calling Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dell, Grey Wagtail, 3 Sparrowhawk, 3 Linnet, Pied Wagtail, 3 singing Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Kestrel, Siskin, 4 Stock Dove, 3 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe (Perch), 69 Tufted Duck, 16 Gadwall, Teal, 10 Shoveler, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Redwing, singing Mistle Thrush, Water Rail (J. Lethbridge, Tim Harris, Steve Thorpe, Nick Croft).
• Thanks to my bumping into Tim and Jonathan I finally met up with our Wanstead Waxwings.
• The Wanstead Park Water Rail was out and about too.
• Also in the park - siskin, robin, wren, goldcrest, goldfinch, Grey Heron, mallard, etc etc. (Sally Hammond)

Knighton Woods - 26th Feb 2010 (PGordon)

Waxwings in Aldersbrook, 26th Feb (Paul Ferris)

February 26th 2011

Aldersbrook, garden:

• 1 Waxwing, 2 Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Long Tailed Tits (JCharter)
  

Aldersbrook:

• c50 Waxwing in Aldersbrook today (Paul Ferris)

Gants Hill, Roll Gardens:

• Sparrowhawk – Seen at 5.20pm on the hunt., 2 Male Great Spotted Woodpeckers. 11 Blue tits, 2 Great tits, 14 Greenfinches, 11 Chaffinches, 6 Goldfinches, 10 House Sparrows, 8 Starlings, 2 Dunnocks, 2 Collard Doves, 2 Blackbirds, 1 Robin, 1 Woodpigeon, 6 Feral Pigeons, Cheers, (Alan Thomas)
  

Ilford, garden:

• male Blackcap on the feeder in the garden (Barbara Miller)

Knighton Woods:

• c20 Mandarin (Peter Gordon)
  

South Woodford:

• 30 Waxwing (Paul Ribgy)
  

Wanstead Flats:

• Mediterranean Gull (RBA)
• 10 Greylag Geese, ad Caspian Gull briefly on football pitches opposite Empress Avenue at 14:15 - will submit desc (J Lethbridge) (this is the first ever Caspian Gull reported in the borough)
  

Wanstead Park:

• 43 Waxwings (T Harris);
  
• m Reed Bunting, Bullfinch, 2 Mistle Thrush Old Sewage Works (J Lethbridge)

Woodford Bridge Pond:

• 18 Canada Geese, 40 Mallard, Moorhen
• 25 Black Headed Gulls, Pied Wagtail, 3 Carrion Crow (DEH)
  

February 25th 2011

Hainault Forest:

• 2 Great-crested grebes,
  
• a singing Song thrush,
  
• 60+ Common gulls, 2 Lesser Black-Backed gulls, 45+ Black-headed gulls (Brandon Anderson).

Wanstead Flats:

• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Marco Johnson),
  
• 4 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker,
  
• 10+ Meadow Pipit, 4 Pied Wagtail,
  
• 20+ Redwing (more sub-song in Long Wood), 2 singing Song Thrush, 4 Mistle Thrush (1 singing),
  
• 4 Reed Bunting (2 singers SSSI),
  
• 13 Siskin, Lesser Redpoll, 9+ Goldfinch,
  
• 8 Skylark (4 singers),
  
• Kestrel (south over Forest Gate),
  
• 3 Coal Tit (Wanstead Park Avenue), Long-tailed Tit,
  
• 12 Shoveler (8 east over Long Wood), 5 Gadwall, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Pochard, 1 Egyptian Goose (juv), 7 Greylag Goose, trilling Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron (NC)

Wanstead Park:

• 2 Water Rail (w end Perch, River Roding),
• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (the Dell),
  
• 2 Bullfinch, 12 Linnet, flocks of Siskin (OSW, Dell, Perch, Reservoir Wood),
  
• 2 Fieldfare (north), 20+ Redwing (sub-singing in trees next to the cemetry), singing Mistle Thrush,
  
• 3 Stock Dove, 2 Coal Tit,
  
• 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Grebe, Teal, 4 Gadwall, 33 Tufted Duck, 3 Pochard (NC)
  
• (Jenny Chandler reported a Tree Sparrow that visited her garden on two consecutive days this year)

February 24th 2011

Barkingside:

• 2 Goldcrest in the garden (Tony Leaderman)

Gants Hill:

• only 1 Waxwing left in the Redbridge Institute Car Park this morning... and no berries left on the tree so i fear that they will not be back :( (Neil Twyford)

Ilford, A406:

• Kestrel along the verge just south of Ilford (DEH)

Valentines Park:

• Valentino the Mediterranean Gull showing well in the air (PHopkins)

Wanstead Flats:

• Wanstead Flats: 4 Greylag gesse, 8+ m Shoveler, 2 f Shoveler, 10 Mute swan (6 imm, 4 ad), 5+ m Gadwall, 2f Gadwall, 75+Black-headed gulls, 80+Common gull, possible Ring-billed gull ??? (Brandon Anderson).

Wanstead Park:

• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming on the plain this morning
• Water Rail on Perch Pond
• 20+ Siskin by the teahut
• displaying Sparrowhawk (Tim Harris)
• Pochard, 2 Gadwall, 1 Black-headed gull, 3 Long-tailed tit, a Cormorant flying overhead, and 2 Egyptian gesse (Brandon Anderson).

Woodford:

• Grey Wagtail and Great Spotted Woodpecker both over the high road this morning (Tony Brown)

Waxwings in Gants Hill (Neil Twyford)

Some pics of the Waxwings that have spent the last week or so in the Gants Hill area, peaking at 70 birds, photos by Neil Twyford.

23rd February 2011

Gants Hill:

• 70 Waxwing drinking from puddles in Redbridge Institute Car Park this morning (Neil Twyford)

Valentines Park:

• Cormorant, Grey Heron,
• Mute Swan (4 ad), 50 Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, 1 male Egyptian Goose (ringed) standing sentinal
• Mallard, 60 Tufted Duck, 6 Pochard (4m,2f + hybrid),
• 150 Coot, 30 Moorhen
• 3 Common Gull, 350 Black-headed Gull,
• Feral Pigeon , 35 Wood Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove,
• Great Spotted Woodpecker (4) – none drumming
• Pied Wagtail (11), 2 Grey Wagtail
• Robin , Mistle Thrush (3), Song Thrush (2), 5 Blackbird, Redwing (c60)
• BlueTit ,Great Tit,
• 10 Magpie, Carrion Crow,
• 70 Starling
• House Sparrow (13), In / along the Brisbane Road hedges
• Chaffinch(5), Greenfinch (5), Goldfinch (3) (Mike Condon)

Wanstead Flats:

• 2 Mistle Thrush on the football pitches in the pouring rain (DEH)

Wanstead Park:

• male Bullfinch, 10 Linnet, 40 Siskin
• 30 Redwing (a lot of sub-song going on), singing Mistle Thrush
• Coal Tit, 3 Goldcrest
• 6 Little Grebe, 30 Gadwall, 30 Tufted, 10 Pochard, 6 Teal, 10 Shoveler,
• Water Rail, 3 Grey Heron (Nick Croft)

Siskins in Valentines Park (Russ Sherriff)

from the charm of Siskins that has spent the winter in Valentines Park...

February 22nd 2011

Clayhall:

• Grey Heron strutting around on the Glade School playing field, Atherton Road

Goodmayes:

• 10 Waxwing on the fence by the railway line by the playing field east of Goodmayes Station.

Hainault:

• 15 Waxwings on TV ariels in Manford Way (Peter Hopkins)
• Singing Song Thrush and Great Spotted Woodpecker in the garden, Hannover Gardens (Eddie Barnes)

Roding Valley Park:

• pr Bullfinch, c24 Redwing, Grey Heron, 4 Long Tailed Tit (2 pairs) (Alan Hobson)

Valentines Park:

• Cormorant
• 4 Mute Swan, Canad Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose standing sentinal
• Mallard Tufted, 9 Pochard, 2 Shoveler, Coot, Moorhen
• Common Gull, Black Headed Gull
• Feral Pigeon, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove
• Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming
• 7 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail,
• 2 Dunnock, Robin, 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush, Blackbird, 40 Redwing
• 2 Goldcrest, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 9 Long Tailed Tit
• Magpie, Carrion Crow, Starling
• 9 House Sparrow in the hedges along Brisbane Road
• 7 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 13 Siskin, 5 Goldfinch (Mike Condon and the U3A Birding Group)

Valentines Park again...

• Flock of Siskin (see pics above) - Russ Sherriff

Valentines Park again...

• very well birdwatched park today!
• Grey Heron, 3 Cormorant
• 21 Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose
• 3 Tufted Duck, 15 Moorhen, 72 Coot
• 1 Mediterranean Gull, c500 Black Headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black Backed Gull
• c1000 Feral Pigeon!, 3 Wood Pigeon,
• 2 Waxwing
• Blackbird
• 2 Long Tailed Tit
• 6 Starling
• 1 Bullfinch, 4 Chaffinch, 1 Goldfinch,
• plus ornamental birds: 3 Mandarin, 4 Wood Duck (Samuel Bird)

Valentines Park, again...

• Mediterranean Gull showing well, He has his full black head now, and is likely to be off any day now..
• 7 Siskin, 5 Redwing, Grey Wagtail (Peter Hopkins)

Wanstead Park:

• male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Natalia Benejah)

Valentines Park's Pet Bahama Teal - By Samuel Bird

If you walk around the Fish Pond at Valentines Park, you are likely to see 3 of these ducks...

The male and female look the same.
They are Anas Bahamensis known as Bahama Pintail, Bahama Teal, White-Cheeked Teal or White Cheeked Pintail.

These very attractive ornamental ducks were pinioned and released into Valentines Park in mid 2010

Photos by Samuel Bird,

February 21st 2011

Barkingside, Sunnymead Drive:

• c2o Waxwing near the primary School at 3pm (Eddie Barnes)

Gants Hill:

• Redbridge Institute Car Park - 5 Waxwing feeding on berries (Neil Twyford)

Goodmayes:

• 30 Waxwing at Goodmayes Station (S.Allen)

Roding Valley Park:

• Flock of two dozen Redwings, 3 Goldfinches, 2 Long-tailed Tits, up to half a dozen Greenfinches (Alan Hobson)

Wanstead Flats:

• (07:00-09:00): 2 Siskin, 20+ Greenfinch, 2 singing Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch, singing Reed Bunting,
• sub song Redwing (Long Wood + 5 others), singing Mistle Thrush,
• 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 singing Skylark,
• 2 Stock Dove, Collared Dove,
• 12 Shoveler, 26 Tufted Duck, 7 Gadwall, 5 Pochard, 5 Greylag Goose, Grey Heron, Snipe (NC).

Wanstead Park:

• (09:00-11:00): 2 singing Mistle Thrush, 3 Cormorant, 57 Tufted Duck, 24 Gadwall, 7 Teal (SoM), 2 Egyptian Goose, 3 Pochard, 2 Coal Tit, Goldcrest, Grey Heron, 2 Stock Dove, Grey Wagtail, Kestrel, Siskin, 2 Little Grebe (NC).
• 14 gadwall, 3 ring necked parakeets, 34 coots, 6 moorhens, 13 mallards, 3 pochards, 2 tufted ducks, 2mute swans *1 Scaup?, 5 canada goose, 2 cormorants fishing (Samuel Bird, aged 8)
• * possibly the pochard x tufted cross that was at Valentines Park last week? A Valentines birder believes this bird to be a pochard x ferruginous duck? Any more ideas?
  

February 20th 2011

Barkingside:

• 5 Waxwing on Clayhall Avenue (Brandon Anderson)

Gants Hill:

• 1 Waxwing in a back garden in Gants Hill Crescent
• 7 Waxwing and 1 drummig Great Spotted Woodpecker in a Kenwood Gardens garden (Neil Twyford)
• Garden sighitngs, Roll Gardens: Sparrowhawk -Seen at 11.40am gliding over garden & again later by Tajinder around 4:15pm. 1 Grey Heron - Seen at 10.26am flying low over back gardens checking our pond and no doubt a couple other ponds., 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker ( Males), 14 House Sparrows, 9 Blue tits, 2 Great tits, 7 Greenfinches, 10 Chaffinches, 6 Goldfinches, 2 Dunnocks, 1 Robin, 1 Magpie, 3 Starlings, 1 Woodpigeon, 5 Feral Pigeons. (Alan Thomas)

Redbridge:

• c50 Waxwing at 10am in the tree tops along Woodford Avenue nr Clayhall Park (DEH)

South Woodford:

• 1 Blackbird that visits the garden all the time (Samuel Bird, age 8)

Valentines Park:

• Great Crested Grebe,
• Mute Swan (4 ad) ,Canada Goose, Mallard ,Tufted Duck, Greylag Goose (2), Egyptian Goose (1) -ringed, 9 Pochard (5m,4f), Coot , Moorhen,
• Common Gull, Black-headed Gull,
• Feral Pigeon ,Wood Pigeon ,Collared Dove,
• Green Woodpecker (1), Great Spotted Woodpecker(1),
• Pied Wagtail (11), Grey Wagtail (1),
• Wren, Dunnock(2), Robin , Mistle Thrush (4), Song Thrush (2), Blackbird, Redwing (c50),
• Goldcrest(2), BlueTit ,Great Tit, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit (9),
• Magpie, Carrion Crow,
• Starling,
• House Sparrow (11), In / along the Brisbane Road hedges,
• Chaffinch(9), Greenfinch (5), 20 Siskin (+20) (Mike Condon)
• 2 Common gull, 30+ Black-headed Gull, 5 Pochard 2f 3m, 4 Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, 3 Cormorant, Mistle Thrush, 6+ Tufted Duck, (plus ornamental birds) 3 Mandarin 1f 2m, 3 Wood Duck 1f 2m,2 Whitecheeked Pintail (Brandon Anderson).

Leyton Flats, Hollow Ponds: (just Outside the borough)

• 5 mallards, 2 tufted ducks, 3 Grey Herons, 15 canada geese, 52 coots, 1 moorhen
• 23 black headed gull, 3 herring gull
• 1 robin, 1 chaffinch
  (Samuel bird, aged 8)

February 19th 2011

Gants Hill:

• There has been a flock of 20+ Waxwing flying around the area Cranbrook road/Kenwood Gardens, last seen in the trees in Little Gearies flats,(Neil Twyford)
  

Waxwings in Gants Hill - 19th Feb (Neil Twyford)

February 18th 2011

Claybury Park:

• Green Woodpecker (Alan Hobson)

Gants Hill:

• Redbridge Institute Car Park - 3 Waxwing feeding on berries before flying off towards Cranbrook Road (Neil Twyford)
  

Ray Park:

• 6 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush (AHobson)
  

Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge:

• 2 Little Egrets,
• Kestrel [first one I've seen here for months],
• mini-flock of 5 Fieldfares and 4 Redwings, another flock of around 30 Redwings elsewhere,
• Jay, 2 Long-tailed Tits, Mistle Thrush, 2 Mute Swans, 2 Greenfinches (Alan Hobson)

Roding Valley Park, Woodford:

• section north of Chigwell Road, Woodford Bridge
• Little Egret, Kingfisher, 24 Goldfinch (Alan Hobson)

South Woodford:

• 6 Waxwing over the Tube Station at 7.15am (Tony Brown)

Wanstead Flats:

• 10 Skylark (6 singers), 24+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Pied Wagtail,
• 5 Lesser Redpoll, 11 Siskin (s), 20+ Greenfinch, 8 + Reed Bunting (1 singer),
• 4 Redwing,
• 7 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, 14 Shoveler, c. 20 Tufted Duck, 2 Egyptian Goose (ad/juv), 5 Greylag Goose,
• Snipe,
• Sparrowhawk,
• no sign of Med Gull because of of aforementioned hawk who kept putting all the gulls up,
• Goldcrest,
• Little Grebe (trilling) (NCroft)

Wanstead Park:

• 11 Linnet, 20+ Siskin, 42 Tufted Duck, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Gadwall, 5 Pochard, 3 Little Grebe (2 trilling), singing Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Stock Dove, Sparrowhawk (52 sp in total) NC

Woodford Bridge, Vicarage Road:

• Mini-flock of 5 Fieldfares and 3 Redwings [probably the same mini-flock as in nearby RVP, above] (Alan Hobson)

February 17th 2011

Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge:

• Mixed flock of around 70 Fieldfares, Redwings, Song Thrush, Starlings, Blackbirds, Robins;
• mixed flock of around 30 Common Gulls and Black-headed Gulls,
• Goldfinch, 2 Long-tailed Tits and a separate flock of Long-tailed Tits, several flocks of Goldfinches, 2 Pied Wagtails.

Roding Valley Park, Woodford:

• (section north of Chigwell Rd)
• 3 Little Egrets, Water Rail, Little Grebe, flock of around 10 Goldfinches, Green Woodpecker, flock of around a dozen Fieldfares and Redwings (Alan Hobson)

Wanstead Flats:

• 7 singing Skylarks this morning, though I only saw 10 birds in total. They are in all three breeding zones as well: near Alex, near the model aircraft, and near the Fairground.
• Also, still 19 Meadow Pipits on the Fairground and another near the model aircraft
• And still a singing Reed Bunting. (Tim Harris)

February 16th 2011

Barkingside, Fullwell Avenue:

• I was thrilled to see a little flock of about 12 Waxwing in Fullwell Avenue about 8.15 this morning. They were perched in a tree, then flew along the road a bit and perched again so I got a good look at them before they flew off in the direction of Barkingside High St. (Jan M-Ellis)

Claybury Park:

• Grey Heron,
• green woodpecker,
• blue/great/long-tailed and Coal Tits,
• redwing, a "charm" of ten goldfinches,
• Goldcrest,
• dunnock, house sparrow (max four together) (Eddie Barnes)
• Treecreeper, up to 2 Nuthatches, Coal Tit, Goldcrest,
• at least 6 Stock Doves, Grey Heron,
• up to 4 Green Woodpeckers, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers,
• around 8 Jays,
• 2 Canade Geese,
• Redwing, Song Thrush, half a dozen Goldfinches, 3 flocks of Long-tailed Tits (Alan Hobson)

Hainault, Hannover Gardens:

• Green and Great Spotted Woodpecker in my garden (Eddie Barnes)

Valentines Park:

• In Association with Redbridge U3A Birdwatching Group,
• Great Crested Grebe,
• Grey Heron,
• Mute Swan (4 ad) ,
• Canada Goose, Greylag Goose (3), Egyptian Goose (1) -ringed,
• Mallard, Tufted Duck, Pochard (4m, 4f + 1 hybrid pochard x tufted),
• Coot , Moorhen,
• Common Gull, Black-headed Gull, Mediterranean Gull – very black head,
• Feral Pigeon ,Wood Pigeon ,Collared Dove, Stock Dove,
• Green Woodpecker (1), Great Spotted Woodpecker(1),
• Pied Wagtail (10),
• Wren, Dunnock(5),
• Robin , Mistle Thrush (3), Song Thrush (2), Blackbird, Redwing (c40),
• BlueTit ,Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit (6),
• Magpie, Carrion Crow,Starling,
• House Sparrow (6), In / along the Brisbane Road hedges,
• Chaffinch(10), Greenfinch (3), Siskin (12) (Mike Condon)

Wanstead Flats:

• Ground nesting birds are back in force:
• 19 Meadow Pipits by the SSSI; 14 Skylarks, including 6 singing birds, east of Centre Road;
• 2 singing Reed Bunting in SSSI (Tim Harris)
• Mediterranean Gull (6th day),
• Little Owl (west end of Long Wood), sub-song Redwing, Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush (NC/Steve Thorpe).

Wanstead Park:

• 6 Waxwing at the junction of Seagry Road / Overton Drive by The Basin 09:24 (NC/ST/Birdguides),
• Great Crested Grebe (basin), 2 Little Grebe,
• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker,
• Siskin, singing Mistle Thrush, singing Goldcrest, Coal Tit,
• 4m Teal (SoM). (NC)

Woodford Green, Broadmead Estate:

• singing Dunnock singing Robin and 2 Blue Tit early am (DEH)

February 15th 2011

Claybury Park:

• Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Alan Hobson)

Hainault, Hannover Gardens:

• Garden Sightings: Today there were a pair of greater-spotted woodpeckers on the feeders and appeared to be drumming and displaying in the trees (let's hope for the patter of little beaks later in the year),
• individual sightings and those of green woodpeckers are quite frequent.
• A Grey heron is a regular fly over, seen most days.
• We still get up to seven goldfinches regularly and two pairs of chaffinches.
• Sightings of wrens are also becoming more frequent. (Eddie Barnes)

Roding Valley Park, South Woodford:

• Jay, 2 Long-tailed Tits (Alan Hobson)
  

South Woodford, garden:

• 1 grey heron flying low over the house at 9am with lots of wing feathers missing
• 2 goldfinch (second sighting in a week)
• 2 Long tailed tits (also saw them over the weekend) first time in the garden for 2 years
• Flock of c20 waxwing - about 20 at a very rough guess.
• Sparrows and Starlings squabbling on a neighbour's roof - presumably over a nesting site.
• And a blue tit is hanging around the nest box again...(Peter Gordon)
  

Valentines Park:

• In Association with Redbridge U3A Birdwatching Group,
• Great Crested Grebe,
• Mute Swan (4 ad), Canada Goose, Mallard ,Tufted Duck, Greylag Goose (2), Egyptian Goose (1) -ringed, Pochard (3m,2f),
• Coot , Moorhen,
• Common Gull, Black-headed Gull,
• Feral Pigeon , Wood Pigeon , Collared Dove
• Green Woodpecker (1), Great Spotted Woodpecker(1),
• Pied Wagtail (7), Grey Wagtail (1)
• Wren, Dunnock(2), Robin , Mistle Thrush (3), Song Thrush, Blackbird, Redwing (c40),
• BlueTit ,Great Tit, Coal Tit (1), Long-tailed Tit (7)
• Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jay,
• Starling
• House Sparrow (5), In / along the Brisbane Road hedges,
• Chaffinch(9), Greenfinch (3), Goldfinch (c15), Siskin (9)
• Cheers – Mike C

Wanstead Park:

• Wanstead Park: 11 Pied Wagtail together (momentous),
• 1 or possibly 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (first drumming, then seen in flght, 'second' 400yds from first an hour later drumming but not seen),
• 25 Siskin (Jonathan Lethbridge)

Woodford Bridge Pond:

• 12 Canada Goose, 60 Mallard, 3 Moorhen
• 30 Black Headed Gull
• 1 singing Blue Tit (DEH)

Woodford Bridge, Roding Lane North Playing Fields:

• Large mixed flock of over 50 birds, including Fieldfares, Redwings, Song Thrushes, Green Woodpecker, Blackbirds, Robins [so 5 species of thrush],
  
• Common Gull, Starlings and Woodpigeons. (Alan Hobson)
  

Woodford Bridge, Vicarage Road:

• Mistle Thrush
• Lesser Black Backed Gull (Alan Hobson)
  

February 14th 2011

Fairlop Waters:

• pr of Great Crested Grebe on the boating lake (Eddie Barnes)
  

Hainault, Hannover Gardens:

• Tanwy Owl heard hooting again at 5am (Eddie Barnes)

Redbridge Lakes, Woodford Bridge:

• pr Mute Swan (Alan Hobson)
  

Roding Valley Park, Woodford:

• The section north of Chigwell Road
• Kingfisher (Alan Hobson)

Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge:

• 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Fieldfare, 3 Song Thrush (Alan Hobson)
  

Wanstead, Cambridge Road:

• c20 Waxwing (first time I've ever seen them!) in trees between Cambridge Rd + Chestnut Drive, Wanstead...they were feeding on the berries on a bush at the back of where I work, I've been keeping my eye on that all winter waiting for the Waxwings to find it! They were there around 8am but gone now. Still some berries left though so perhaps they'll come back again. Sadly no good photos/vids as the sun was rising behind them. (ACourtney)

Valentines Park:

• Goldcrest, 4 Blue Tit, 2 singing Robin and a female Blackbird in the Mansion carpark (DEH)
  

Woodford Green, Broadmead Estate:

• pr Goldfinch singing (DEH)
  

February 13th 2011

Aldersbrook:

• Tree Sparrow was a surprise visitor in the garden today (JCharter)
  

Barkingside,Hamilton Ave:

• 42 Waxwing (sorry guys I didnt hear about this till 10pm the following day)

Hainault Farm:

• 2 Red Legged Partridge, in the field opposite the Car Boot Sale field (DEH)

Ilford, Coventry Road:

• single Redwing feeding on the lawn (Mike Condon)
  

Ilford, Ingleby Road:

• 2 Goldcrest still in the garden (JCrick)

Valentines Park:

• crossbreed Tufted Duck x Pochard, Gadwall, Siskin, Coal Tit (Paul Hawkins)
• Feb 13th - 4 Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, 1 (ringed) Egyptian Goose standing on the sentinal tree, c50 Canada Goose, 50 Tufted, Mallard, 2 Pochard, 2 Shoveler, 20 Moorhen, 150 Coot, 300 Black Headed Gull, 3 Lesser Black Bacled Gull, 10 common Gull, Feral Pigeon, Wood Pigeon, 5 Collared Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 6 Pied Wagtail, Wren Dunnock, 4 Mistle Trush, Song Thrush, 40 Redwing, 4 Blackbird, 3 Robin, Coal Tit, 5 Great Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 5 LongTailed Tit, Jay, 4 Magpie, Carrion Crow, 50 Starling, 10 House Sparrow, 9 Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 11 Siskin, 3 Goldfinch (Mike Condon)

Wanstead Flats:

• 2 Siskin, Reed Bunting
• Mediterranean Gull present for the 3rd day
  
• 3 Teal (JL)
  

Wanstead Park:

• Goldcrest singing in the ivy
• Weasel crossed the path
  

Woodford Green Tesco:

• 1 Waxwing sitting in the berry trees at the entrance to Tesco. The trees had been stripped of their berries. (Emma Charles)
  

Tufted/Pochard crossbreed in Valentines Park (Paul Hawkins)

looking like a very likely candidate for a Tufted duck/Pochard crossbreed in Valentines Park

13th February (Paul Hawkins)

February 12th 2010

Aldersbrook

• Tree Sparrow in the garden today (JCharter)
  

Ilford, Ingleby Road:

• 2 Goldcrest still in my garden (JCrick)

Valentines Park:

• Valentino the Mediterranean Gull chillaxing on an upturned boat mid-morning (PHopkins)
• Lunch Time - very busy park: Little Grebe, 4 adult Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Greylag Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose - not ringed, Coot, Moorhen, Common Gull, Blakc Headed Gull, Lesser Black Backed Gull, Herring Gull, Feral Pigeon, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Wren, 4 Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, 30 Redwing, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, 7 Long Tailed Tit, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jay, Starling, 9 House Sparrow in/along the Brisbane road hedges, 4 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch, 5 Siskin (cheers - Mike Condon)

Wanstead Flats:

• adult Mediterranean Gull (JL),
  
• adult Yellow-legged Gull briefly, 40 Herring Gull (NC/BirdGuides),
  
• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (calling and in flight between copses),
  
• 4 Skylark (singing), 2 Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail, Fieldfare, Redwing, Reed Bunting (NC/JL/TH)
• Little Owl (Steve Thorpe)
  

Wanstead Park:

• Highlights - 2 Egyptian Geese Heronry,
  
• Little Egret on Roding,
  
• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming north end Ornamentals,
  
• Kingfisher on Roding (J Lethbridge)
• Treecreeper singing near the grotto
  

February 11th 2011

Ilford, Ingleby Road:

• 2 Goldcrest still in the garden (JohnCrick)

Roding Valley Park:

• Roding Valley Park and surrounding area: 3 Jays, mixed flock of around a dozen Redwings and Song Thrushes, separate Song Thrush, Greenfinch, mixed flock of around 50 Common Gulls and Black-headed Gulls, 2 Mute Swans, 2 Long-tailed Tits, Siskin (Alan Hobson).

Valentines Park:

• Mid afternoon: Little Grebe, 4 adult Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Mallard, Tufted Duck, 2m Pochard, Greylag Goose, 1m Shoveler, Coot, Moorhen, Common Gull, Blakc Headed Gull, Lesser Black Backed Gull, Feral Pigeon, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Wren, Dunnock, Robin, 2 Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, 15 Redwing, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, 9 Long Tailed Tit, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jay, Starling, 11 House Sparrow in/along the Brisbane road hedges, 9 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 6 Siskin (cheers - Mike C)

Wanstead Flats:

• possible Ring-billed Gull (west of Alex with C Gull. Looked much larger even though it was at the back of the flock, upright stance, heavier bill and not so cute looking as a common while not so menacing as Herring, thick black ring, streaked neck and back of the head. It reminded me of Rossi. Flew south and couldn't relocate it, not counted),
  
• adult Mediterranean Gull a.m. (NC/JL/TH/BirdGuides) still at Alex after being flushed west by a dog,
  
• singing Reed Bunting, 4 Chaffinch (2 singing), 3 singing Skylark, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Pied Wagtail, 4 singing Song Thrush, 7 Mistle Thrush, 11 Redwing, singing Blackbird, 2 Stock Dove, 12 Greylag Goose (3 NE), 8 Pochard, 19 Tufted Duck, 11 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, 2 Egyptian Goose (1 imm, not the same as on the Park), Snipe (NC)

Wanstead Park:

• Feb 11th - Wanstead Park: Siskin, 9 Goldfinch, 10+ Song Thrush (6 singers), singing Mistle Thrush, 65 Tufted Duck, 10 Pochard, 19 Gadwall, 6 Teal, 6 Shoveler, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Little Grebe, Stock Dove, Grey Wagtail, Coal Tit, 3 Goldcrest (NC)

Woodford, Snakes Lane East:

• 2 Long Tailed Tit (AHobson)
  

February 10th 2011

Ilford, Ingleby Road:

• 2 Goldcrest still in my garden (John Crick)
  

Roding Valley Park:

• Little Egret (Alan Hobson)
  

February 9th 2011

Claybury Park:

• Nuthatch, 3 Stock Doves, Green Woodpecker, 4 Jays, 3 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Grey Heron, 2 Long-tailed Tits, Song Thrush, 2 Canada Geese, Cormorant, Tufted Duck [only about second time ever seen one there] (Alan Hobson).

Hainault Forest:

• 2 Raven (Brian McGee)

Ilford, Ingleby Road:

• 2 Goldcrest in my garden (JohnCrick)
  

Valentines Park:

• In association with the Redbridge U3A Birdwatching Group,
• Little Grebe, Mute Swan (4 ad) ,Canada Goose, Mallard ,Tufted Duck, Pochard (2m), Greylag Goose (2), Shoveler (2m,1f) Coot , Moorhen,
• Common Gull , Black-headed Gull, Mediterranean Gull – aka “Valentino”,
• Feral Pigeon , Wood Pigeon ,Collared Dove,
• Green Woodpecker (1), Great SpottedWoodpecker (1) – many “drumming”,
• Pied Wagtail (6), Grey Wagtail (1),
• Wren, Dunnock(2), Robin , Mistle Thrush (3), Song Thrush, Blackbird, Redwing (c40),
• BlueTit ,Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Starling, House Sparrow (7), In / along the Brisbane Road hedges,
• Chaffinch(5), Greenfinch (3), Goldfinch (2)... Cheers – Mike C

Woodford Green, St. Albans Avnenue:

• 9 House Sparrow (TBr)
  

Wanstead Birding: Halcyon

Wanstead Birding: Halcyon: "The Kingfishers look to be back, as if from a long vacation the way they were scooting up and down the river checking out what had changed. ..."

8th February 2011

Claybury Park:

• 2 Stock Dove at the edge of the park, near my place (AHobson)

Ilford, Ingleby Road:

• 2 Goldcrest in the garden (JCrick)
  

Redbridge Lakes:

• 4 Waxwing, 2 Mute Swan, (AHobson)
  

Roding Valley Park:

• 50 Waxwings [along the river, and in the shallows drinking],
  
• 2 Little Egrets, Grey Wagtail,
  
• 3 Lesser Redpolls, 2 Goldfinches, 6 Song Thrushes, 3 Fieldfares, 6 Redwings, 2 Long-tailed Tits, 2 Jays, 3 Greenfinches, 2 Green Woodpecker. Goldcrest, 2 Pheasants (Alan Hobson)
• Waxwings NOT present by 1pm (TLeaderman), or 2pm (Eddie Barnes)

Valentines Park:

• U3A Tuesday Walk - Cormorant(1),
  
• Mute Swan (5 ad),Canada Goose, Mallard ,Tufted Duck, Pochard (2m), Greylag Goose (2), Shoveler (1m,1f), Coot, Moorhen,
  
• Common Gull ,Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Mediterranean Gull – aka “Valentino”,
  
• Feral Pigeon, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Stock Dove (1),
  
• Green Woodpecker (1), Great SpottedWoodpecker (3) – many “drumming”,
  
• Pied Wagtail (5), Grey Wagtail (1),
  
• Wren, Dunnock, Robin , Mistle Thrush (3), Song Thrush, Blackbird, Redwing (c40),
  
• Goldcrest, BlueTit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jay, Starling, House Sparrow (16), In / along the Brisbane Road hedges, Chaffinch(10), Greenfinch (3), Siskin (7) (44 Species - Mike Condon)

Latest News Round Up

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Wanstead Birding: Saturday, 5 February

Wanstead Birding: Saturday, 5 February: "A late post, but I had to cut short my amble round the patch yesterday to go to Cambridge to sort out a phone. It always the same the les..."

February 7th 2011

Gants Hill, Roll Gardens:

• Feb 7th - Gants Hill / Garden bird sightings as follows.
  
• 1 Sparrowhawk seen at 3.50pm over garden on the hunt.
  
• 1 Female Great Spotted Woodpecker,
  
• 12 Blue tits, 4 Long Tailed tits - 2 of which could be nest prospecting (watch this space), 2 Great tit,
  
• 5 Greenfinch, 9 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch,
  
• 10 House Sparrows, 10 Starlings, 2 Magpies, 1 Robin, 1 Woodpigeon, 5 Feral Pigeon, Cheers; (Alan Thomas)
  

Hainault, Hannover Gardens:

• I've seen a heron flying over the gardens on several occasions, a blackcap and several long-tailed tits.
  
• The tawny owl is still calling most nights.
  
• Still no coal tits so far this winter. I finally saw a nuthatch in Claybury Park last week - my first sighting there, at last. (Eddie Barnes)

Valentines Park:

• Short blustery pre-dusk walk
  
• Cormorant(1),
  
• Mute Swan (4 ad),
  
• Canada Goose, Egyptian Goose (1), Greylag Goose (2)
  
• Mallard ,Tufted Duck, Pochard (2m),
  
• Coot, Moorhen,
  
• Common Gull, Black-headed Gull,
  
• Feral Pigeon, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove,
  
• Great Spotted Woodpecker (1),
  
• Robin , Mistle Thrush (3), Song Thrush, Blackbird,
  
• Blue Tit ,Great Tit, Long-tailedTit,
  
• Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jay,
  
• Starling (c250) on Melbourne field feeding,
  
• House Sparrow (7), In / along the Brisbane Road hedges,
  
• Chaffinch(9), Greenfinch (5), Goldfinch (c15), Siskin (9) (MikeCondon)

Wanstead Flats:

• 1 Snipe, 2 Meadow Pipit, Mistle Thrush, 5 Song Thrush (3 singers), 4 Pochard, 23 Tufted Duck, 24 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, 9 Greylag Goose, 10+ Goldfinch, 3 Chaffinch, 9 Greenfinch, Little Grebe, 1 Stock Dove (NC).

Wanstead Park:

• pr Kingfisher, m Blackcap, 10+ Siskin, 4 Linnet, 6 Song Thrush (4 singers), Redwing, 97 Tufted Duck, 18 Pochard, 37 Gadwall, 6 Shoveler, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Little Grebe, 6 Cormorant, 4 Goldcrest, Little Egret (again on the Roding), f Sparrowhawk, singing Treecreeper, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, 6 Stock Dove (NC)

Roding Valley Park - Grey Wagtail / Kestrel (Peter Gordon)

Robins and Golfinches in a E18 garden: PGordon

Valentines Day saga in the garden...

Robin courtship..

February 6th 2011

Claybury Park:

• Sparrowhawk, 2 Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, 2 Robin, 35 Magpie, c50 Carrion Crow, 2 Jackdaw, Goldcrest (DEH/JMakengo)

Fairlop Gravel Works:

• over 400 Lapwing up (presumably becuase of the presence of a raptor), as i drove down Painters Road (DEH)

Ilford, Lynton Gardens:

• Feb 6th - Ilford, Lynton Gardens: 3 House Sparrows (B Miller)

Valentines Park:

• 12-15 House Sparrows by Brisbane Road Hedges (BMiller)

• Feb 6th - Mute Swan (4 ad) ,Canada Goose, Egyptian Goose (3) , Mallard ,Tufted Duck, CommonPochard (2m), Greylag Goose (2),Shoveler (2m,1f), Coot, Moorhen, Black Headed Gull, Common Gull, Feral Pigeon, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 9 Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Robin , Mistle Thrush (3), Song Thrush, Blackbird, Redwing (14), Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Jay, 40 Starling, 14 House Sparrow (brisbane Road) Chaffinch(7), Greenfinch (1), Goldfinch (2), Siskin (4) (Mike Condon)

• Mediterranea Gull now grey headed going black, (unlike me). Siskin, 60 Redwing (Peter Hopkins)

Wanstead Park:

• 1 House Sparrow by the entrance (BMiller)

Woodford Green, Broadmead Estate:

• 6 Pied Wagtails together (DEH)
  

Little Egret, Roding Valley Park - 5th Feb (Peter Gordon)

February 5th 2011

Roding Valley Park:

• South Woodford Section: 1 Little Egret - first sighting this year,
  
• 1 Male Kestrel - usual one displaying to a (I think) female soaring much higher up.
  
• 1 other bird of prey - a falcon, only a very brief view. Seen in the same area I saw a peregrine at the start of the year...
• 1 Grey Wagtail.
  
• Also: usual Mallards, Moorhens, Crows, Magpies, Woodpigeon, mixed tits, Blackbirds, Robins, Wrens, starlings.
  
• No sign of the Fieldfares or Redwings but perhaps not surprising given that the birds of prey (Peter Gordon)

South Woodford:

• garden: 2 Goldfinch, 11 House Sparrow, Collared Dove, and two robins in the early stages of courtship. (PGordon)

Wanstead Flats:

• 2 Snipe, 2 Kestrel, 1 Meadow Pipit, 5 Mistle Thrush, 3 singing Song Thrush, 11 Redwing, 3 Pochard, 18 Tufted Duck, 9 Shoveler, 17 Gadwall, 11 Greylag Goose, 11+ Goldfinch, 3 Chaffinch (1 singing), 12 Greenfinch, Reed Bunting, Heron, 3 Comorant, 2 Stock Dove (NC).

Wanstead Park:

• 40+ Siskin, Song Thrush (4 singers), Mistle Thrush, 104 Tufted Duck, 16 Pochard, 31 Gadwall, 10 Shoveler, 2 Egyptian Goose, 4 Teal, 2 Grey Heron, 8 Little Grebe, 5 Cormorant, 6 Goldcrest, Little Egret (first of the year), Kestrel, f Sparrowhawk, Coal Tit (NC)

February 4th 2011

Wanstead Flats:

• possible Jack Snipe (flushed from fairground, not certain enough to count), Snipe, m Peregrine Falcon (east along south side of fairground, over Centre Road into Forest Gate), Kestrel, 1 Meadow Pipit, 4 Mistle Thrush, 1 singing Song Thrush, 14 Redwing, 6 Pochard, 13 Tufted Duck, 10 Shoveler, 9 Gadwall, Greylag Goose, 8+ Goldfinch, Heron, 5 Comorant, 3 Stock Dove, Goldcrest (NC).

Wanstead Park:

• 50+ Siskin, 5 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Redwing, Song Thrush (2 singers), Stock Dove, 32 Tufted Duck, 5 Pochard, 5 Gadwall, 8 Shoveler, 2 Egyptian Goose 2 Grey Heron, 5 Little Grebe, 3 Cormorant, 4 Goldcrest, Water Rail (NCroft)

Woodford Green, Broadmead Estate:

• pr Mistle Thrush (male singing)
• 2 singing Robins early am (DEH)

Woodford Green:

• Woodford Green About 25 Waxwing around Woodford Green at 10:15 (approx). Similar number (could be same flock) seen flying from Napier Arms direction across Woodford New road at 16:34. (Dean)

February 3rd 2011

Ilford, Ingleby Road:

• now 2 Goldcrest daily using the suet block in the garden (John Crick)

Ilford, Sainsburys:

• 35 Waxwing over (TK)
  

Wanstead Flats:

• (09:30) 8 Meadow Pipit on Fairground and 5 Shoveler on Jubilee Pond (Tim Harris).

Wanstead Park:

• (07:30-09:15) Water Rail, 24 Goldfinches, 8 Siskin, 2 Lesser Redpoll (Tim Harris).

Woodford Green, Broadmead Estate:

• singing Mistle Thrush (DEH)

February 2nd 2011

Claybury Park:

• Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Pied Wagtail, Mute Swan (Alan Hobson)

South Woodford:

• c30 Waxwing in 1 tree in South Woodford (Peter Gordon)

Valentines Park:

• MuteSwan (4 ad) ,
• Canada Goose, Egyptian Goose – “ringed” (1) , Mallard ,Tufted Duck, Pochard (2m), Greylag Goose (2), Coot , Moorhen,
  
• Common Gull, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull,
  
• Feral Pigeon , Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Stock Dove – Fish Pond Island,
  
• Pied Wagtail (9), Grey Wagtail (1),
  
• Robin , Mistle Thrush (3), Song Thrush, Blackbird, Redwing (c40),
  
• BlueTit ,Great Tit, Coal Tit (1) Long-tailed Tit,
  
• Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jay, Starling, House Sparrow (4) - In / along the Brisbane Road hedges,
  
• Chaffinch (6), Greenfinch (1), Goldfinch (3), Siskin (5) Cheers – Mike Condon/U3A Wednesday Group

Wanstead Flats:

• 5 Skylark (feeding on the Fairground), 5 Meadow Pipit, 8 Mistle Thrush, 2 singing Song Thrush, 6 Redwing, 3 Pochard, 26 Tufted Duck, 6 Shoveler, 17 Gadwall, m Teal, 12 Greylag Goose, 2 Snipe (SSSI), 15 Goldfinch, singing Chaffinch (Alex Lake wood), Grey Heron, 3 Comorant, Kestrel (NC).

Wanstead Park:

• 9 Linnet, 10+ (a lot more heard) Siskin, 3-5 Coal Tit, 10 Redwing, 5 Song Thrush (4 singers), Mistle Thrush, 2 Stock Dove, 90 Tufted Duck, 15 Pochard, 32 Gadwall, 21 Shoveler, 2 Grey Heron, Ring Necked Parakeet, 5 Little Grebe, 3 Cormorant, 5 Goldcrest (NC)

Woodford Bridge:

• playing field between Roding Lane North, and Wensleydale Ave: 40 Common Gull, c30 Black Headed Gull (A Hobson)

Wanstead Park Water Rail - Paul Ferris, 31st Jan 2011

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February 1st 2011

Claybury Park:

• Great Spotted Woodpecker (Alan Hobson)

Roding Valley Park:

• Woodford Bridge Section: pair of Bullfinch, Greenfinch, Song Thrush, 2 Long-tailed Tits, Common Gull, Little Egret [in usual spot], small flock of Long-tailed Tits, half a dozen Fieldfares, LBB Gull, Herring Gull. Dartnalls Playing field (by Broadmead Church), Mixed flock of c.20 Redwings, Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrushes, Woodpigeons, Chaffinches. (Alan Hobson)

Valentines Park:

• GreyHeron – on Fish Pond Island,
  
• MuteSwan (4 ad) ,
• Canada Goose, Egyptian Goose – “ringed” (1) , Mallard ,Tufted Duck,Common Pochard (2m 1f), Shoveler (1m,1f), Greylag Goose (3), Coot, Moorhen,
  
• Common Gull ,Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Mediterranean Gull – aka “Valentino”,
  
• Feral Pigeon, Wood Pigeon ,Collared Dove, Stock Dove – Fish Pond Island,
  
• Great Spotted Woodpecker(1),
  
• PiedWagtail (14), Grey Wagtail (1),
  
• Robin , Mistle Thrush (3), Song Thrush, Blackbird, Redwing (c30), Fieldfare (3),
  
• Goldcrest(1), BlueTit ,Great Tit, Coal Tit (1), Long-tailedTit,
  
• Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jay, Starling, House Sparrow (11), In / along the Brisbane Road hedges,
  
• Chaffinch(9), Greenfinch (2), Goldfinch (3), Siskin (5) (Mike Condon, new U3A Tuesday Group)

Woodford Library:

• 2 Redwing, Goldcrest (AHobson)