March 12th 2011

Claybury Park:

• 10 Waxwing [by the large pond],
• 2 Treecreeper, pair of Nuthatch, Sparrowhawk, Goldcrest, flock of around a dozen Redwings, 3 Stock Dove, pr of Long-tailed Tits, pr of Mistle Thrushes, Song Thrush (Alan Hobson)

Fairlop Waters:

• 3+ Great Crested Grebes, Common Gull (Mahinder Bhakar)
• WeBS Count: 2 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Little Grebe
• 10 Mute Swan, 11 Greylag Goose, 56 Canada Goose, 6 Shelduck, 3 Wigeon, 32 Gadwall, 14 Teal, 23 Mallard, 16 Shoveler, 12 Pochard, 52 Tufted Duck, 19 Moorhen, 46 Coot, 4 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, 75 Black Headed Gull, 34 COmmon Gull, 1 Lesser Black Backed Gull (Steve Bacon)

Hainault Forest CP:

• webs count
• 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Mute Swan, 1 Greylag Goose, 74 Canada Goose, 32 Mallard, 2 Shoveler, 1 Pochard, 3 Tufted Duck, 10 Moorhen, 8 Coot, 49 Black Headed Gull,3 COmmon Gull (Steve Bacon)

Hatch Forest:

• Redbridge Birdwatching walk and census: 31 species... and a great turn out of 17 people on the walk
• 1 Grey Heron, 1 Canada Goose over
• pr Mallard on the Ching,
• 1 Common Gull and c20 Black Headed Gulls on field
• 20 Wood Pigeon, 7 Stock Dove including 1 calling, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Feral Pigeon
• 2 Green Woodpecker, 4+ drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker
• 7 Wren, 11 Robin, Dunnock, 6 Blackbird, 6 male Song Thrush singing
• 22 Blue Tit, 9 Great Tit, 10 Long Tailed Tit (some nest-building), 2 Goldcrest
• 2 Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch
• 17 Magpie, 3 Carrion Crow, 4 Jackdaw (over), 3 Waxwing, 1 House Sparrow calling from Chingford Lane, c12 Jay
• 13 Greenfinch, 2 Chaffinch, 5 Goldfinch (DEH et al)

Roding Valley Park, South Woodford:

• 3 Little Egret! I've never seen more than 1 there before so 3 is pretty good.
• 1 Sparrowhawk being chased by a Crow - came out of some bushes right in front of me when I was looking at some finches in a bush (probably what the hawk had been doing before the Crow chased it away..)
• 1 Chiffchaff .
• No sign of the Water Rails...
• Then all the usuals - Mallards, Tufted duck (still there 3 weeks on), Blackbirds, Wrens, Long Tailed tits, Great tits, Blue tits, Pair of Jays, Magpies, Crows, Robins, Moorhens, Chaffinches, Pair of Goldfinch, Woodpigeons, Starlings, Feral pigeon building a nest, (Peter Gordon)

Valentines Park:

• 2 Little Grebe (Boating lake)
• 4 Mute Swan, 1 hybrid Greylag type, 1 Canada x Greylag hybrid, 60 Canada Goose, and the family of 5 Egyptian Geese
• Mallard, 4 Pochard, 60 Tufted Duck, 20 Moorhen, 130 Coot,
• 250 Black Headed Gull, 3 Common Gull
• Feral Pigeon, 46 Wood Pigeon, 5 Collared Dove
• Green Woodpecker
• Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail on Cranbrook Cut
• 2 Mistle Thrush, 8 Redwing, Robin, 3 blackbird,
• 5 Great Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 4 Long Tailed Tit
• 4 Magpie, 43 Carrion Crow, 67 Starling, 8 House Sparrow on Brisbane Road
• 4 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Siskin, 3 Goldfinch (Mike Condon)

Wanstead Flats:

• (07:00-08:30): Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Tim Harris),
• Green Woodpecker, Greater Spotted Woodpecker,
• 2 Chiffchaff (singing by Alex - Tim Harris),
• 20 + Meadow Pipit, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting, Siskin, Stock Dove, 8+ Ring necked Parakeet (NC/JL/TH)

Wanstead Park:

• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker [at the east end of the swamp at the east end of Perch Pond],
• 2 Ring-necked Parakeets, Sparrowhawk, 2 Stock Doves, Goldcrest, 2 Geen Woodpeckers, Jay, pr of Long-tailed Tits, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Mute Swans (Alan Hobson)

Woodford Green:

• 1 Buzzard over (first of the year) (Tony Brown)

Chigwell: (just outside the borough)

• 2 Buzzards calling to each other over Old Chigwellians Club (Roding Lane) Steve Amos