March 6th 2011

Aldersbrook:

• 1 Waxwing on Westmoorland Clos this morning (Natalie Benajeh)

Valentines Park:

• March 6th - Boating Lake and Fish Pond
• 2 Egyptian Geese with their three energetic ducklings,
• 1 Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tits, 4 Chaffinches, 3 Goldfinches, 5 Mistle Thrushes,
• 50+ Redwings, 50+ Starlings, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Carrion Crows (numerous),
• Canada Geese (numerous), Mute Swans (2 on Boating Lake & 2 on Fish Pond),
• Coots (numerous & 2 nest building), Moorhens, Tufted Ducks, 1 Pochard (asleep),
• Wood Pigeons, Feral Pigeons, 150+ Black-headed Gulls (Boating Lake & 30+ on Fish Pond),
• 6 Common Gulls, No sign of Valentino the Mediterranean Gull, 1 Blackbird, 1 Wood Duck (ornamental),
• 1 Hybrid Canada/Greylag Goose?, 3 Bahama Pintail (ornamental), Mallards (numerous). (Emma Charles)
• I also saw the Egyptian Geese with 3 ducklings today. They were on the grass near the boating lake. Crowds of people were admiring them. (Pam Williams)
• Little Grebe (boaing lake),
• 2 prs Mute Swan (1 on boating lake, 1 on fish pond),
• Hybrid Greylag, c40 Canada Goose, 5 Egyptian Goose (2 adult, 3 ducklings), Mallard, c60 Tufted Duck, 5 Pochard (4m), c20 Moorhen, c150 Coot,
• 400 Black Headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 5 CommonGull,
• Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, 3 Collard Dove, Great Spotted Woodpeckler, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Pied Wagtail,
• Wren, Dunnock, 2 Mistle Thrush, 60 Redwing, 5 Blackbird, 3 Robin,
• Goldcrest, Coal Tit, 5 Great Tit, 7 Blue Tit, 5 Long Tailed Tit, 6 Magpie, Carrion Crows, Starlings, 10 House Sparrow,
• 7 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 4 Siskin, 5 Goldfinch (Mike COndon)

Wanstead Flats:

• 1st winter Mediterranean Gull,
• Stonechat (broom fields, T Harris. Still at 18:00 NC)
• 10+ Lesser Redpoll (SSSI), 30+ Goldfinch (20 + centre copse), 2 Reed Bunting, 4+ Skylark (singing), 4 Meadow Pipit,
• 2 Pied Wagtail, 30 + Redwing (footy pitch next to Long Wood), 10 +Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush,
• 7 Greylag Goose, 5 Shoveler, 14 Tufted Duck, 5 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, 18 Mute Swan (Alex still), Little Grebe (trilling), 2 Greater Black-backed Gull (over north) (Nick Croft)

Wanstead Park:

• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Neil Twyford)
• 2 Egyptian geese, Pochard, Sparrowhawk, 3 Cormorant, 5 Shoveler, 2 Moorhen, and 3 Waxwing flying overhead (Brandon Anderson).
• Stock Dove, Lesser Redpoll, 20+ Siskin, 4 Little Grebe, Great-crested Grebe, 2 Teal (SoM), 10+ Gadwall, Coal Tit, Waxwing (over), Kestrel (OSW) (NC, Earl and Paul Davis)