tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18377986722678606532024-02-19T11:50:55.735+00:00Redbridge Birdwatching / London Birdwatchingplease note that Redbridge Birdwatching is now located at: http://www.redbridgebirdwatching.webs.com
and London Birdwatching, our London Wide sister site is located at http://www.londonbirdwatching.webs.comThat Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.comBlogger1403125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837798672267860653.post-36685855315687721862011-04-19T13:32:00.003+01:002011-04-19T13:43:53.802+01:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic6373u0YNFtpRgFOLhL4qU3nNu7QoGtOhWE-wvzy6OJ3zGO-4HKeQI4W6ZkomT3Iptw_JsKDppMQiZYrZPWPPcqqKjTN0avhcR55KfbfRNSnOpDnHCVcKuAT7F_4BqIbn2JYZUl9eqINY/s1600/Mute+Swan.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 354px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 197px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597274467559340002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic6373u0YNFtpRgFOLhL4qU3nNu7QoGtOhWE-wvzy6OJ3zGO-4HKeQI4W6ZkomT3Iptw_JsKDppMQiZYrZPWPPcqqKjTN0avhcR55KfbfRNSnOpDnHCVcKuAT7F_4BqIbn2JYZUl9eqINY/s320/Mute+Swan.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><u><span style="color:#810081;"></span></u></div>That Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837798672267860653.post-90118497256096529892011-04-13T11:08:00.003+01:002011-04-13T11:12:51.357+01:00London Birdwatching - Birdwatching in London & Redbridge Birdwatching - Birdwatching in Redbridge<div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>WE HAVE MOVED</strong></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">please note that Redbridge Birdwatching is now located at:</span></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.redbridgebirdwatching.webs.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">http://www.redbridgebirdwatching.webs.com</span></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">and London Birdwatching, our London Wide sister site is located at</span></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.londonbirdwatching.webs.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">http://www.londonbirdwatching.webs.com</span></a></div>That Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837798672267860653.post-54275141088685439712011-03-31T18:58:00.003+01:002011-04-01T11:46:49.296+01:00MOVING HOME<div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">Redbridge Birdwatching is moving home....</span> </div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">please check: </span><a href="http://www.redbridgebirdwatching.webs.com/"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">www.redbridgebirdwatching.webs.com</span></a></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;">From 1st April 2011 this site is now closed.</span> </div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">But dont worry....Following the 'scare' of me shutting down the Redbridge Birdwatching project when I started up 'London Birdwatching'... many of you requested that the site remained running due to the local community feeling of the site and the ease of checking the daily sightings, I was joyfully convinced to keep it going...</div><br /><div align="center">However to grow this community resource further, (keeping it local and informative), and encouraging more interaction and participation, I am moving all the information over to the new site: <a href="http://www.redbridgebirdwatching.webs.com/">http://www.redbridgebirdwatching.webs.com/</a></div><br /><div align="center">the new site allows more interaction.... and the formatting does not get corrupted! This site has become increasingly hard to manage and update as it frequently gets corrunpted. </div><br /><div align="center">The new site is farily empty at the moment, but the daily sightings pages will be updated THERE from today (March 31st 2011). Please go to the homepage, then click 'sightings'... and over the coming days and months ALL the information on the Bird Pages will also be moved accross.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Im certain you will like the changes, but please let me know what you think...</div>That Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837798672267860653.post-50344711193419097132011-03-31T18:29:00.004+01:002011-04-01T11:47:01.513+01:00Grey Heron family, Valentines Park - 31st March (Alex Blackman)<div align="center">2 remaining chicks</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTlnm06AmmTHbfCM82BwfbRw6STyVEUU7BEt9HdiP3JsbDypDRSBm0qeTL1ScjShCKSGMYSOXnqtT0RzzFz6qt6PDtaQL2X1LAyroHb_49lp_G9ui-XR7FPo-UDH4rRIqchpn-rT7OBdJ/s1600/heronchicks1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590297663052404434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTlnm06AmmTHbfCM82BwfbRw6STyVEUU7BEt9HdiP3JsbDypDRSBm0qeTL1ScjShCKSGMYSOXnqtT0RzzFz6qt6PDtaQL2X1LAyroHb_49lp_G9ui-XR7FPo-UDH4rRIqchpn-rT7OBdJ/s320/heronchicks1.jpg" /></a> mum, or dad... <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-o3sH8lWTHnUl7DQ1lBSe_z_KsrAkaTCotVy8y8hIqa6LyqfoVnE3j2UvQFybf5LQT2RC4ZyVdzseEl71bWwQ-Y49qhScE9r6pO8P9k8p4J5cSl6LotrZBw8m9i61Lir946VSsUgwGQ41/s1600/heron2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590297618835964482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-o3sH8lWTHnUl7DQ1lBSe_z_KsrAkaTCotVy8y8hIqa6LyqfoVnE3j2UvQFybf5LQT2RC4ZyVdzseEl71bWwQ-Y49qhScE9r6pO8P9k8p4J5cSl6LotrZBw8m9i61Lir946VSsUgwGQ41/s320/heron2.jpg" /></a> </div>That Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837798672267860653.post-37086126393139539662011-03-31T13:01:00.004+01:002011-03-31T18:34:51.022+01:00March 31st 2011<div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;">please share your sightings with us:</span> </div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;">by email: </span><a href="mailto:redbridgebirdwatching@hotmail.co.uk"><span style="color:#ff0000;">redbridgebirdwatching@hotmail.co.uk</span></a> </div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;">by phone/text: 07862 140777</span> </div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;">by posting them directly on </span><a href="http://www.londonbirdwatching.webs.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">www.londonbirdwatching.webs.com</span></a> </div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;">thanks</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#993399;">next guided birding walk: This Sat (2nd April), 8am, Hainault Forest (email or phone to book on)</span></div><br /><p><strong></strong></p><br /><p><strong>Claybury Park:</strong></p><br /><ul><br /><li>pr Greenfinch, plus the usual commoner birds (EBarnes)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Hainault:</strong></p><br /><ul><br /><li>a Clattering of 4 Jackdaws over this morning, and a Greenfinch in my garden (Eddie Barnes)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Roding Valley Park:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li>Redbridge Birdwatching guided walk from Woodford Bridge to the northern borough boundary (and back), starting with a Latte in the lovely new cafe at Redbridge Lakes:</li><br /><li>pr Mute Swan on Redbridge Lakes, looking cosy but nest building is unconfirmed as yet</li><br /><li>at least 2 pairs of Coot and Mallard there however, and a Moorhen, also c40 Starling (8Waxwing reported there last week by the owner</li><br /><li>total of 16 Mallard, 3 Moorhen seen along the River</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Grey Wagtail</span></strong> flew upriver, and <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Kingfisher</span></strong> were flushed from a probable breeding ground near Ray Park. 1 was seen again on the wa back.</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">3 Little Egret</span></strong> all appeared to be 1st year birds, with dull pinkish yellow feet.</li><br /><li>a Female <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Sparrowhawk</span></strong> was soaring above the scrubland</li><br /><li>2 Great Spotted Woodpecker showed, and 2 Green Woodpecker were heard only.</li><br /><li>4 Pheasant showed extremely well, one male within a yard of John Painter! (2male, 2 femal</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">8 Chiffchaff</span></strong> were singing, and <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">1 Blackcap</span></strong> was heard but not located</li><br /><li>about 25 Woodpigeon,</li><br /><li>c20 Black Headed Gulls over and 2 Cormorant (1 taking off from Redbridge Lakes)</li><br /><li>3 Song Thrush, 1 Fieldfare (over), 4 Blackbird, 5 Wren, 6 Dunnock, 8 Robin, 4 Long Tailed Tit, 4 Great Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 2 Jackdaw, 6 Magpie, 4 Carrion Cro</li><br /><li>6 Greenfinch, pr Chaffinch and 3 Goldfinch, <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">pr Linnet</span></strong> near the Water Treatment centre and a male <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Reed Bunting</span></strong> there too. (Daniel Erickson-Hull et al)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Seven Kings Park:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li>House Sparrow Census:</li><br /><li>Beddington Road entrance c15 pairs (30 birds)</li><br /><li>Wallington Road entrance c6 pairs (12 birds)</li><br /><li>3 male Chaffinch, 3 Mistle Thrush, dunnocks singing all month (Martin Plumb)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Valentines Park:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li>1 Grey Heron chick has sadly died after falling out of the nest and getting caught in the tree, 2 chicks remain. (Simon Litt)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Wanstead Flats:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Willow Warbler</span> </strong>calling at SSSI (first in the borough this year), <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">5 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Swallow</span></strong> over Alexandra Pond, <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Sand Martin</span></strong> at Angel Pond</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Goldcrest, 10 Meadow Pipit, 15 Skylark, 2 Linnet, 4 Reed Bunting, 5 Ring Necked Parakeet</span></strong></li><br /><li>3 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Snipe</span></strong></li><br /><li>100s of Starling moving north (Nick Croft)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Wanstead Park:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Water Rail</span></strong> on Perch pond (Natalia Benajeh)</li><br /><li>2 Fieldfare (OSW)</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Kingfisher</span></strong></li><br /><li>2 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Little Grebe</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">10+ Singing Blackcap, 10+ singing Chiffchaff</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">3 Coal Tit, 2 Linnet, Stock Dove, Sparrowhawk</span></strong></li><br /><li>Lesser Black Backed Gull (NC/JL)</li></ul>That Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837798672267860653.post-36610324880186879792011-03-31T00:45:00.001+01:002011-03-31T17:15:20.414+01:00Redbridge Birdwatching Guided Walks<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#3333ff;">Here is the current list of upcoming guided birding walks in the borough.</span> </div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#3333ff;">Please BOOK by emailing </span><a href="mailto:redbridgebirdwatching@hotmail.co.uk"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#3333ff;">redbridgebirdwatching@hotmail.co.uk</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#3333ff;">, or by phone 07862 140777</span> </div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#3333ff;">You will receive confirmation of the meeting place upon booking</span> </div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#3333ff;">£1 fee (split between london birdwatching running costs/rspb)</span></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Some walks are proving very popular, and spaces will be limited to 15 on each walk, so please book on as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.</span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">THIS WEEK:</span></strong> </div><br /><ul><br /><li><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Saturday 2nd April,</strong> 8am-10am: Hainault Forest CP: (target birds - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Goldcrest, Sparrowhawk, Blackcap, Swallows, Buzzard) - phone 07862 140777 or email </span><a href="mailto:redbridgebirdwatching@hotmail.co.uk"><span style="font-family:arial;">redbridgebirdwatching@hotmail.co.uk</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> to book your place</span></li></ul><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>REST OF APRIL:</strong> </span></p><br /><ul><br /><li><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Thursday 7th April,</strong> 8am-10am: Five Oaks Lane: (target birds - Yellowhammer, Little Owl, Reed Bunting, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Wheatear, maybe an early Whitethroat)</span></li><br /><li><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Saturday 16th April</strong>, 8am-10am: Claybury Park: (target birds - Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Stock Dove, Reed Bunting)</span></li><br /><li><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Thursday 21st April,</strong> 8am-10am: Fairlop Waters: (target birds - Wheatear, Whinchat, Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail, Little Owl, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern)</span></li><br /><li><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Saturday 30th April,</strong> 8am-10am: Five Oaks Lane: (target birds - Hobby, <strong>Cuckoo</strong>, Lesser Whitethroat, Yellowhammer etc)</span></li></ul></span></span>That Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837798672267860653.post-89951935519280503382011-03-30T11:30:00.006+01:002011-03-31T13:01:50.167+01:00March 30th 2011<strong>Valentines Park:</strong> <br /><ul><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">pr Grey Herons on nest</span></strong> in fir tree overhanging the Ornamental Fish Pond. (Simon Litt)</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">with 3 chicks....</span></strong> (Ian Cranston)... (how did we miss that?)</li><br /><li>2 Little Grebe and 1 Great Crested Grebe on the boating lake</li><br /><li>Cormorant</li><br /><li>4 Mute Swan, (2 pairs, both in the nesting process)</li><br /><li>Greylag Goose, 45 Canada Goose, <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">5 Egyptian Geese</span></strong> (parents now leaving chicks alone while they go flying about...), Mallard, 20 Moorhen, 130 Coot</li><br /><li>120 Black Headed Gull, 4 COmmon Gull</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Stock Dove,</span></strong> Feral Pigeon, Woodpigeon, </li><br /><li>1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Grey Wagtail</span></strong></li><br /><li>2 Dunnock, 3 Mistle Thrush, 4 Redwing, 5 Blackbird, 2 Robin</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Chiffchaff</span></strong></li><br /><li>4 Great Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 5 Long Tailed Tit</li><br /><li>3 Magpie, 73 Carrion Crow, 50 Starling, 13 House Sparrow</li><br /><li>3 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch (Mike Condon/U3A)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Wanstead Flats:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Ring Ouzel</span></strong> and 3<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"> Wheatear</span></strong> on Wanstead Flats (Jonathan Lethbridge)</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Lesser Spotted Woodpecker</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Sand Martin</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Snipe</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">20 Meadow Pipit</span></strong>, 2 Pied Wagtail, </li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">13 Ring Necked Parakeet</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">5 Chiffchaff, Blackcap</span></strong></li><br /><li>2 Redwing, <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Stock Dove, Sparrowhawk</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">4 Linnet, 4 Reed Bunting</span></strong></li><br /><li>20 Cormorant (over) (NCroft)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Wanstead Park::</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">5 Sand Martin</span></strong> over the Basin (JLethbridge)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Woodford Green:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li>Mistle Thrush in Broadmead Estate again today (DEH)</li></ul>That Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837798672267860653.post-31901337578505497412011-03-30T00:36:00.000+01:002011-03-31T14:44:55.143+01:00House Sparrow Census<div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">2011 Redbridge Birdwatching - House Sparrow Census</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center">This post will be updated as you send in your records, please count that maximum number of House Sparrows seen/heard at any one time in your garden, park or street. Or the maximum count of stationary, perched or chirrping birds as you walk along a street. </div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0IbBVE4WKjwr1XHjcAzqpXGrldtIXryPSL9WPw8Nl_OqNWvDtNm4-YB26dEOkxbWEkqDymPuk4f92PDgpE0FZJhxt_e3BOhp40cVMIlgQ72xx5q9RM64Y49nKbzSORNLuEx8t8g-ipWR/s1600/Sparrow_House_Dabb.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 232px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566117194979886386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0IbBVE4WKjwr1XHjcAzqpXGrldtIXryPSL9WPw8Nl_OqNWvDtNm4-YB26dEOkxbWEkqDymPuk4f92PDgpE0FZJhxt_e3BOhp40cVMIlgQ72xx5q9RM64Y49nKbzSORNLuEx8t8g-ipWR/s320/Sparrow_House_Dabb.jpg" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"> Results already in: TOTAL - 386</span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><p align="left"><strong>E11:</strong></p><br /><ul><br /><li><br /><div align="left">Gordon Road:<strong> 30</strong> (in 1 garden)</div></li><br /><li>Wanstead Park: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">2</span> </li></ul><br /><p align="left"><strong>E12:</strong></p><br /><ul><br /><li><br /><div align="left">Wanstead Park Avenue: <strong>20</strong> (in 1 garden)</div></li></ul><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">E18:</span> <br /><ul><br /><li>Albert Road: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">11</span> </li><br /><li>Chigwell Road: <strong>3</strong> (2m, 1f at Nos. 188/190)</li><br /><li>Daisy Road: <strong>2</strong> males</li><br /><li>Maybrook Road: <strong>3</strong> males</li><br /><li>Mulberry Avenue: <strong>7</strong> (6m, 1f)</li><br /><li>Rose Avenue: <strong>4</strong> males</li><br /><li>Thornwood Close: <strong>5</strong> males</li><br /><li>Woodville Road: <strong>2</strong>+ males</li></ul><br /><p align="left"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">IG1</span>:</p><br /><ul><br /><li><br /><div align="left">Brisbane Road: <strong>17</strong> (hedge along Valentines Park)</div></li><br /><li>St. Francis Way: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">10</span> (local colony) </li><br /><li>Windsor Road: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">15</span> (using a garden to feed regularly) </li></ul><br /><div align="left"><strong>IG2:</strong></div><br /><ul><br /><li><br /><div align="left">Aldborough Hall Equestrian Centre: <strong>present</strong>, number unknown, but local breeding colony</div></li><br /><li>Aldborough Hatch Farm: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">20</span> (resident colony) </li><br /><li><br /><div align="left">Aldborough Road North:<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> 30</span> at St. Peters Church </div></li><br /><li>Horns Road: <strong>4</strong> (in the bushes by JD sports)</li><br /><li>Linton Gardens: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">3</span> </li><br /><li><br /><div align="left">Roll Gardens: <strong>19</strong> (in 1 garden)</div></li><br /><li>Spearpoint Gardens: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">30</span> (20 in 1 garden, 10 in another)</li><br /><li>St. Peters Close: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">12 </span>(regular colony) </li></ul><br /><p align="left"><strong>IG3:</strong></p><br /><ul><br /><li><br /><div align="left">Barrington Road: <strong>30</strong></div></li><br /><li><br /><div align="left">Douglas Road: <strong>14</strong> (using feeders in 1 garden)</div></li><br /><li><br /><div align="left">Wallington Road: <strong>12</strong></div></li></ul><br /><p align="left"><strong>IG5:</strong></p><br /><ul><br /><li><br /><div align="left">Ravensbourne Gardens: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">12</span> (near Claybury Park)<strong> </strong></div></li><br /><li>Rushden Gardens: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">1</span> male (outisde 120)</li><br /><li>Wedmore Avenue:<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> 4</span> (2 pairs at number 2) </li></ul><br /><p align="left"><strong>IG6:</strong></p><br /><ul><br /><li><br /><div align="left">Beattyville Gardens: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">1</span> male (front garden, No. 49)</div></li><br /><li><br /><div align="left">Fairlop Waters: present around the carpark (number unknown as yet)</div></li><br /><li><br /><div align="left">Lamerton Road: <strong>10</strong> (in 1 garden, with 1 Dunnock)</div></li><br /><li><br /><div align="left">Mossford Lane: <strong>3</strong></div></li><br /><li><br /><div align="left">Sunnymede Drive: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">2</span> males (in a front garden No. 6)</div></li><br /><li>Sunnymede Drive: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">14</span> (regular colony in rear garden, No 43) </li><br /><li><br /><div align="left">Wannock Gardens: <strong>2</strong> (in a small garden)</div></li></ul><strong>IG8:</strong> <br /><ul><br /><li>Belgrave Terrace: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">none </span>present </li><br /><li>Broadmead Road: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">10</span> (east of Chartaris Road)</li><br /><li>Claremont Grove: <strong>4</strong> (2m, 2f)</li><br /><li>Courtland Close: <strong>3</strong> (2m)</li><br /><li>Finchingfield Avenue: <strong>2</strong>+</li><br /><li>Firs Walk: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">none</span></li><br /><li>Links Road: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">none</span></li><br /><li>Mill Lane: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">none</span></li><br /><li>Monkhams Drive: <strong>none</strong></li><br /><li>Monkhams Lane: <strong>none</strong></li><br /><li>St. Albans Avenue: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">9</span> present </li><br /><li>The Square: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">none</span></li><br /><li>Whitehall Road: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">none </span>present</li></ul><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">RM6:</span> <br /><ul><br /><li>Billet Road: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">4</span> (local colony) </li></ul>That Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837798672267860653.post-5318713770679793722011-03-29T18:30:00.000+01:002011-03-31T18:31:33.810+01:00Ornamental Wood Duck - Valentines Park, (Alex Blackman)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUSJvFSiuQxgRi3bi_p-mSZPvHfu3eOEqb3kNlm5IN-XG8lc4VYCaakePclkCyDmYY9LvZ-qqkb_rAx_S77lKtO_vv4Kuc10Pi3F8ubZ1sTw0xtw1357_6BvSkW4Y-JE6vy-igwFM5Th7/s1600/valentines1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590298020214291682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUSJvFSiuQxgRi3bi_p-mSZPvHfu3eOEqb3kNlm5IN-XG8lc4VYCaakePclkCyDmYY9LvZ-qqkb_rAx_S77lKtO_vv4Kuc10Pi3F8ubZ1sTw0xtw1357_6BvSkW4Y-JE6vy-igwFM5Th7/s320/valentines1.jpg" /></a> <br /><div></div>That Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837798672267860653.post-16092537912345704202011-03-29T11:41:00.009+01:002011-03-30T14:55:59.102+01:00March 29th 2011<div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Fairlop Waters:</strong></span><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"> </div><br /><ul><br /><li>2 Little Owl</span></strong> in the usual place</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">60 Sand Martin, 1 House Martin</span></strong> (first of the year) and<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"> 1 Swallow</span></strong></li><br /><li>2 Lesser Black Backed Gull eating an egg that looked big enough to be a goose egg</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Snipe</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting, Kestrel, Linnet</span></strong> (Neil Twyford)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Fairlop Gravel Works:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li>2 Mute Swan (northside), no sign of nest building yet</li><br /><li>c30 Canada Goose and 1 Greylag Goose</li><br /><li>1 Black Headed Gull</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Shelduck,</span></strong> 40 Tufted Duck, 37 Shoveler, 2 Teal, 1 female Pochard, c10 Mallard, 8 Gadwall</li><br /><li>1 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Little Grebe (including 3 trilling males)</li><br /><li>pr Moorhen, c15 Coot</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">3 Lapwing, 5 Green Sandpiper</span></strong> (south side), <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">5 Snipe</span></strong> (north side)</li><br /><li>Woodpigeon everywhere</li><br /><li>2 Pheasant calling</li><br /><li>Green Woodpecker</li><br /><li>c40 Carrion Crow, Magpie</li><br /><li>38 Fieldfare, Song Thrush singing, Blackbird, singing Dunnock, 2 Wren singing</li><br /><li>Greenfinch, <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Reed Bunting</span></strong> calling, <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Chiffchaff</span></strong> singing (DEH)</li></ul><br /><p align="left"><strong>Roding Valley Park:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff</span></strong></li><br /><li>Great Spotted Woodpeckr</li><br /><li><br /><div align="left">Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, Jay</div></li><br /><li><br /><div align="left">2 Greenfinch (Alan Hobson)</div></li></ul><br /><p align="left"><strong>Valentines Park:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li><br /><div align="left">1 Little Grebe and 1 Great Crested Grebe on the boating lake</div></li><br /><li><br /><div align="left">4 Grey Heron, (2 pairs, both 'bonding' on the fish pond island... maybe breeding will occur again?)</div></li><br /><li><br /><div align="left">4 Mute Swans, (both females now sitting on eggs!) - males chasing away Canada Geese</div></li><br /><li><br /><div align="left">c40 Canada Geese,<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"> 5 Egyptian Geese</span></strong> (yes, the pr still have all 3 ducklings, now 26 days old, and the parents are both actively guarding the young</div></li><br /><li><br /><div align="left">2 Pochard, c50 Tufted Duck, Mallard, c20 Moorhen, c150 Coot,</div></li><br /><li><br /><div align="left">c150 Black Headed Gull, </div></li><br /><li><br /><div align="left">Feral Pigeon, Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove,<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"> 1 Stock Dove</span></strong> in the big Cedar Tree</div></li><br /><li><br /><div align="left">Pied Wagtail</div></li><br /><li><br /><div align="left">5 Wren, 2 Dunnock, 3 Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, 7 Redwing, 3 Blackbird, 3 Robin, </div></li><br /><li><br /><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Goldcrest</span></strong> nr Jacobs Well, 2 Chiffchaff</div></li><br /><li><br /><div align="left">5 Long Tailed Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit</div></li><br /><li><br /><div align="left">Jay, 3 Magpie, c40 Carrion Crow, c60 Starling, 12 House Sparrow on Brisbane Road</div></li><br /><li><br /><div align="left">5 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch, 3 Greenfinch (Mike Condon/U3A)</div></li><br /><li><br /><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">4 Stock Dove</span></strong>, 2 Pied Wagtail (Brandon Anderson)</div></li></ul><br /><p align="left"><strong>Wanstead Flats:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Lesser Spotted Woodpecker</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Buzzard</span></strong> (over, west)</li><br /><li><br /><div align="left">Gadwall, Shoveler, Pochard on Alexandra Lake (Nick Croft)</div></li><br /><li><br /><div align="left">probable <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Tree Sparrow</span></strong> at SSSI (SThorpe)</div></li></ul><br /><p align="left"><strong>Wanstead Park:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li><br /><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Water Rail</span></strong> still on Perch Pond (Steve Thorpe)</div></li></ul>That Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837798672267860653.post-30104735408798254382011-03-29T10:14:00.005+01:002011-03-29T10:28:03.015+01:00Redbridge Birdwatching Walk to Five Oaks Lane (Sat 26th March)<div align="center">Nine of us had a wonderful 2 and a half hour guided walk around Forest Farm on Five Oaks Lane, Chigwell. The hope was that we would have some good sightings of Yellowhammers.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">at least 10 Meadow Pipit showed off nicely for us, doing their fancy flight displays.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3EVNVImeiG128Jo-Lv1o10AsUJ_yzkRXfsdQlAqvrSsTNIKUzEQv75jsns-DFvk3XXA8xTkyKW6tl2CU2SG4UTmu9Yf_dtLV7RnZJSSzibYTfSP9FPlVmBni63l0pjTaNeDBa4ZlLrotU/s1600/IMG_0112.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589428389660832226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3EVNVImeiG128Jo-Lv1o10AsUJ_yzkRXfsdQlAqvrSsTNIKUzEQv75jsns-DFvk3XXA8xTkyKW6tl2CU2SG4UTmu9Yf_dtLV7RnZJSSzibYTfSP9FPlVmBni63l0pjTaNeDBa4ZlLrotU/s320/IMG_0112.JPG" /></a> <br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_h8vZTTrTHC1nJPCN4DVNTni4yNdAM-sotmes5RDpTKXqU1kijuFl9FdhCBVkt5R9B3QNPiD76UjJIiLisW4o-lgNrN4AsJE46M2sOhON0S38ME1H8grYpqq5oq0fyeHRp7XqL944k6-Q/s1600/IMG_0125.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589428327859743522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_h8vZTTrTHC1nJPCN4DVNTni4yNdAM-sotmes5RDpTKXqU1kijuFl9FdhCBVkt5R9B3QNPiD76UjJIiLisW4o-lgNrN4AsJE46M2sOhON0S38ME1H8grYpqq5oq0fyeHRp7XqL944k6-Q/s320/IMG_0125.JPG" /></a> There were also 4 singing skylarks on site. The surrounding farmland gave us a Pheasant and a few fly over Stock Dove. A Sparrowhawk displayed for us too.</div><br /><div align="center">4 Great Spotted Woodpeckers showed well, and a couple of Green Woodpeckers for good measure too. 7 singing Chiffchaffs, and at least 6 singing Song Thrush were great to hear.</div><br /><div align="center">Our target bird Yellowhammer did not disappoint, with excellent views, some birds flying to bushes very near where we were standing, and with at least 8 singing males, and 3 females we were all impressed with this colony. </div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmK0rQ4o6KwcNLvp8QHSGcCKlj72SKDaJBKsoSaPFykFbNR00KNpOy8rJkY0-52pjRKNp_HwERhweiVXmu8TQnkFTH5Fp9lQ107SoO4EwyAY4UjqHhPAjkABAuugkRcJj1XqIHIBrFyVW/s1600/wildlife+1476.jpg"></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi712vENbtSxkLyU3r3ADYM3AIKKFOSFX6gmYEGGlFhdJNN9x-AkwDcwFSy9dAqi_P-GUfsqZlJSUj7Txp6TAO2u4Phxkbep8k1uKOOprgAdcfHdFAjV91ap0dy6L4S-9gNwzC8RvI3v1bR/s1600/wildlife+1461.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589428179967179474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi712vENbtSxkLyU3r3ADYM3AIKKFOSFX6gmYEGGlFhdJNN9x-AkwDcwFSy9dAqi_P-GUfsqZlJSUj7Txp6TAO2u4Phxkbep8k1uKOOprgAdcfHdFAjV91ap0dy6L4S-9gNwzC8RvI3v1bR/s320/wildlife+1461.jpg" /></a> While watching the Yellowhammers (and a lovely male Reed Bunting winging among them), a Red Kite appeared and circled our heads for a good few mins being mobbed by a Carrion Crow <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_MlhePCOp5xLMQj3Wy490Cxvg7UNdnzm7Axpynz8ijKhvCbzJ3CuksqHwDzdvqdPleOrx498KQe9XRVPH-dOnrDY9uosCQ_DyEoZXGrL72UQCNSASaF5_EXUNeCW2aLFT4bZu7W5PGfk/s1600/wildlife+1454.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589428097892853874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_MlhePCOp5xLMQj3Wy490Cxvg7UNdnzm7Axpynz8ijKhvCbzJ3CuksqHwDzdvqdPleOrx498KQe9XRVPH-dOnrDY9uosCQ_DyEoZXGrL72UQCNSASaF5_EXUNeCW2aLFT4bZu7W5PGfk/s320/wildlife+1454.jpg" /></a> <br /><div>He did not appear to fly off distantly, but probably remained local (2 were seen the previous day at Dagnam Park, nearby). When leaving the Red Kite, we were blessed by a very obliging Little Owl, and a flock of 10 Fieldfare and 5 Redwing were still on site.</div><br /><div>On top of the other commoner birds and a few flyovers a great morning was had by all.. and even the text that came in about the Avocet up the road at Fairlop did not tempt us to flee the site as we were haveing such a productive morning... Next month we will be visiting the site again, and hope to be able to ADD: Whinchat, Wheatear, Swallow, House Martin, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Cuckoo and Hobby to that number... make sure you book on!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>(pics by Mahinder Bhakar)</div></div></div></div>That Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837798672267860653.post-48701140451371582702011-03-29T00:47:00.005+01:002011-03-29T14:53:21.535+01:00Hirundines @ Fairlop, 29th March (Neil Twyford)<div align="center"><strong>Fresh in today from Afrique...</strong></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">1 Swallow...</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiatOS0vVo4OKWXL5kJrux9c99lAzD6V0jS3-tiytOpWM-IjlABiFRwTcYLudJY5KIaK75xNNs-gJmJX73kI4ZCt_U2e-OoUsGWp8bDZcezjo1A0cwwIHAtJaO-IOEv4jhlw7_M-dvbJuun/s1600/Swallow+%2528NT%2529.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589499333752020370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiatOS0vVo4OKWXL5kJrux9c99lAzD6V0jS3-tiytOpWM-IjlABiFRwTcYLudJY5KIaK75xNNs-gJmJX73kI4ZCt_U2e-OoUsGWp8bDZcezjo1A0cwwIHAtJaO-IOEv4jhlw7_M-dvbJuun/s320/Swallow+%2528NT%2529.JPG" /></a> 60 Sand Martins... <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmR0ZmtHI5ZkkbiPaR1zyLLaI1zLbxs7hC2QbA-WL9Kf-V3kecW3w1YsWnnpvIyGtI3nLAk1HWKDB3aUc7IjYx6nY_rgrmxB7mldIG0UMaOVDsigSNCXWUF2xI9GI6CHAyPQi9-qyw9m5c/s1600/Sand+Martin+2+%2528NT%2529.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 296px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589499150723984706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmR0ZmtHI5ZkkbiPaR1zyLLaI1zLbxs7hC2QbA-WL9Kf-V3kecW3w1YsWnnpvIyGtI3nLAk1HWKDB3aUc7IjYx6nY_rgrmxB7mldIG0UMaOVDsigSNCXWUF2xI9GI6CHAyPQi9-qyw9m5c/s320/Sand+Martin+2+%2528NT%2529.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkKL71nTxan9M_gK4yVtMKkSywwsVg6JrueeiFRE13mcLKLTom_XhQkhrr7CFk3NjMq0bbk538jmkoRMuoDCk0nN0R8wkZU8NOTZ-8WJb9_s9Fx2fFbyPW3VjTwvnAjT9Q360rE6xa5YPj/s1600/Sand+Martin+%2528NT%2529.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 258px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589498916991838562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkKL71nTxan9M_gK4yVtMKkSywwsVg6JrueeiFRE13mcLKLTom_XhQkhrr7CFk3NjMq0bbk538jmkoRMuoDCk0nN0R8wkZU8NOTZ-8WJb9_s9Fx2fFbyPW3VjTwvnAjT9Q360rE6xa5YPj/s320/Sand+Martin+%2528NT%2529.JPG" /></a>and 1 House Martin <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSkbvPwGgAj0thNlXP_6ffnz0O41wSzaUh8Omcl9nXAVw8MJHKA5RFECpZXe5sFfW99zCue60Xuot8O0U4QPGKPsBS3so55l_J-dLN_dUq8d5Jv2di20ZQAiqzRK95mtst-9rJVlMaIA9Q/s1600/House+Martin+%2528NT%2529.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 246px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589498682570610546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSkbvPwGgAj0thNlXP_6ffnz0O41wSzaUh8Omcl9nXAVw8MJHKA5RFECpZXe5sFfW99zCue60Xuot8O0U4QPGKPsBS3so55l_J-dLN_dUq8d5Jv2di20ZQAiqzRK95mtst-9rJVlMaIA9Q/s320/House+Martin+%2528NT%2529.JPG" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfJcMW4ABkG-EE18WKcAVmS5uuYurpgy6Er0Wt6clkvOagP_NOkt3PwSGXBZCkMRiAHmo4CNd6YVRhCXrp6dUWFcrXmVPjfQJ5X_M9s2oo9bW-KOmo09K7gly7OFpl_3gbJKV8CRBgH8R/s1600/Group3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589498368510080434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfJcMW4ABkG-EE18WKcAVmS5uuYurpgy6Er0Wt6clkvOagP_NOkt3PwSGXBZCkMRiAHmo4CNd6YVRhCXrp6dUWFcrXmVPjfQJ5X_M9s2oo9bW-KOmo09K7gly7OFpl_3gbJKV8CRBgH8R/s320/Group3.jpg" /></a> </div></div></div>That Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837798672267860653.post-85444710722640880802011-03-28T11:58:00.012+01:002011-03-29T16:22:39.215+01:00March 28th 2011<p><strong></strong><strong>Claybury Park:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Blackcap</span></strong></li><br /><li>Mistle Thrush (while passing the corner of the park - Alan Hobson)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Fairlop Waters:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li>pr of Grey Hrons nesting on the wooded island on the main lake (Alan Bell)</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">4 singing Chiffchaff, male Reed Bunting</span></strong> in Breeding plumage, <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Kestrel, Skylark</span></strong>, Long Tailed Tit (Eddie Barnes)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Roding Valley Park:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">3 Chiffchaff</span></strong></li><br /><li>2 Long Tailed Tit (pr), <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Siskin</span></strong> (Alan Hobson)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>South Woodford:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li>Grey Heron oer at 9am this morning (usually over daily at 8am) so obviously hadnt heard that the clocks went forward</li><br /><li>Blue Tits are half way through next construction in the web cam nest box... so pics and video coming soon! (Peter Gordon)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Valentines Park:</strong></p><br /><ul><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Chiffchaff</span></strong> calling (DEH)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Wanstead Flats:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Lesser Spotted Woodpecker</span></strong> seen at 7am in Centre Copse (Tony Brown)</li><br /><li>also seen again in East Copse at 8.30am, and Centre Copse at 11am</li><br /><li>Green Woodpecker, great Spotted Woodpecker</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">7 Chiffchaff, 3 singing Blackcap</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">3 Linnet, 6 Reed Bunting</span></strong> (4m, 2f), <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">10 Meadow Pipit</span></strong>, 2 Fieldfare, Gadwall, Shoveler, Grey Heron, <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Stock Dove, Snipe</span></strong></li><br /><li>16 Cormorant and <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Greater Black Backed Gull</span></strong> over (Nick Croft)</li></ul>That Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837798672267860653.post-56231449543876758672011-03-28T00:28:00.003+01:002011-03-29T17:31:01.934+01:00Valentines Park, Sunday 27th March - Helen McKean<div align="center">Egyptian Goose</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLE-u5xi38Js0f4fV1aZvArAS87B_zITILZUuXlF-_R_CT0Wg7UV76txdyJ1eKQSwGFa04PQDI5Ci5ARZmdSJJfNs8gcom6osWq1qNlOY5QBbO0fqhJL_4IoYBEG6UibqkNJw3Rh24IM1R/s1600/Egyptian+Goose.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589540164087128210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLE-u5xi38Js0f4fV1aZvArAS87B_zITILZUuXlF-_R_CT0Wg7UV76txdyJ1eKQSwGFa04PQDI5Ci5ARZmdSJJfNs8gcom6osWq1qNlOY5QBbO0fqhJL_4IoYBEG6UibqkNJw3Rh24IM1R/s320/Egyptian+Goose.JPG" /></a> Great Spotted Woodpecker <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibGhwsdvngPD4-q_4mLM2pWmhRz4kflyr1v5ceCykN9bscwG4Q5dWgXu3xlpLpS898O7qM-K35hmbMZGvuEUL6fqcw8q3BiwveSNZ8njEPEe4cmeR0aWzSu8vFgSoVxXnGUUzRH5J07O2l/s1600/Great+Spotted+Woodpecker.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 201px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589540051766903890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibGhwsdvngPD4-q_4mLM2pWmhRz4kflyr1v5ceCykN9bscwG4Q5dWgXu3xlpLpS898O7qM-K35hmbMZGvuEUL6fqcw8q3BiwveSNZ8njEPEe4cmeR0aWzSu8vFgSoVxXnGUUzRH5J07O2l/s320/Great+Spotted+Woodpecker.jpg" /></a>Greylag Goose <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpvZmm8eDkFMuZ2FHZuHXVQ5qG-0xHpLAWgKhtuvH-2OZh0pHOguEmkgj7uhbbOWI0tce1PjBgljilZ-DPqXcPIveYeo4l_c4PIGch5QUJsvHuK4ETI757libLuoCMuHZHH8aFPPNUn7rn/s1600/Greylag+Goose.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589539963018595202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpvZmm8eDkFMuZ2FHZuHXVQ5qG-0xHpLAWgKhtuvH-2OZh0pHOguEmkgj7uhbbOWI0tce1PjBgljilZ-DPqXcPIveYeo4l_c4PIGch5QUJsvHuK4ETI757libLuoCMuHZHH8aFPPNUn7rn/s320/Greylag+Goose.JPG" /></a> <br /><div></div></div></div>That Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837798672267860653.post-32757917383580532182011-03-27T11:51:00.006+01:002011-03-31T13:53:18.559+01:00March 27th 2011<strong>Fairlop Waters:</strong> <br /><ul><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Little Ringed Plover</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Green Sandpiper</span></strong> (Alan Bell)</li><br /><li>Also: Blue Tit, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, heard <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Chiffchaff</span></strong>, Common Gull, Coot, Cormorant, Feral Pigeon, 2 Great Crested grebe, Greenfinch, Green Woodpecke, Greylag Goose, Magpie, Mallard, Mistle Thrush, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Pied Wagtail, Pochard, Robin, Starlking, Tuifted Duck, Wood Pigeon, Wren (Tony LEaderman)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Goodmayes Park:</strong></p><br /><ul><br /><li>male <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Pheasant</span></strong> - unusual (seen yesterday in Seven Kings park) (Martin Plumb)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>South Woodford:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>Kestrel</strong> </span>seen over South Woodford on 4 occasions during the day (Peter Gordon)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Wanstead Flats:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Red Kite</span></strong> and 2 <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Buzzard</span></strong> over</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">3 Sparrowhawk</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Lesser Spotted Woodpecker</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">3 Sand Martin</span></strong> over</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Linnet, Stock Dove, Goldcrest</span></strong> (Jonathan Lethbridge, Nick Croft, Stuart Fisher)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Wanstead Park:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Little Egret</span></strong> on the roding</li><br /><li>3 Teal on Shoulder of Mutton</li><br /><li>Gadwall</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Sparrowhawk</span></strong></li><br /><li>lots of <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Chiffchiff</span></strong> and <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Blackcap</span></strong> (Carol Browne/Peter Jenkins)</li></ul>That Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837798672267860653.post-89835681143279153032011-03-27T10:28:00.001+01:002011-03-29T17:07:48.089+01:00Fairlop Waters - Collared Dove (Mahinder Bhakhar)<div align="center"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCLwHlf1SnjBneLphA5eC8K4hGrHt8dt1r1zi5XpSIyGsHR6XCS_lW-g3AWCOEoMVfFgEqzRPyasxnkGAlMu3hRNIH_Qzf_jAVzoLewT11BQBZl3KlNnKyeJVmytYQdzx2i7ap9fkFmAZb/s1600/wildlife+1476.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589431595998229202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCLwHlf1SnjBneLphA5eC8K4hGrHt8dt1r1zi5XpSIyGsHR6XCS_lW-g3AWCOEoMVfFgEqzRPyasxnkGAlMu3hRNIH_Qzf_jAVzoLewT11BQBZl3KlNnKyeJVmytYQdzx2i7ap9fkFmAZb/s320/wildlife+1476.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjblc56U9hoEZ2s2Njqxsu6x1st4FDsRFyOEY9JVjWVMO1VwzCF_g5yPR-ZZJYxyIaWS1tCjiJ0IC8FV8KL6JwDAqM6DamtzvhKuT3sm-uJSnpbcXY4BFAvNcgq53q6gLKERq1Fa-RPIxWq/s1600/wildlife+1461.jpg"></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmP58Sfx5Q_3fqDmErbjUo256n27koO89MjM_fBCamZx6SLeaVxUbFbCtidxrpEPhG7JhMzhSr9INzQ1aJmNczLpnapV4Bk8NntfPCdaiRgF8dwWM-Jjv-B-9TIy9BXP2KWwPRBqMwgl5A/s1600/IMG_0125.JPG"></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEH9f5rPHXTLEsJ0Y4NRTXI8k_niDyv9R1rfqADyNbc0z6zP6Xr1VS4C7RRf9puWZpk1nMu8j7n_V0kpUdeDiq2vP8nr7m442gMiQJJ8EFK5aSNLWUbZIMuHapJL7mwc1KmnkmQ32YAci1/s1600/wildlife+1454.jpg"></a><br /><div></div></div></div>That Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837798672267860653.post-13573650643978528712011-03-26T11:45:00.009+00:002011-03-31T13:52:20.550+01:00March 26th 2011<strong>Claybury Park:</strong> <br /><ul><br /><li>3 Canada Goose plus the feral Goose</li><br /><li>Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotte Woodpecker (including 2 mating)</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">3 Stock Dove</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">3 Chiffchaff</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">pr Reed Bunting</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Nuthatch</span></strong> (Alan Hobson)</li></ul><strong>Fairlop Waters:</strong> <br /><ul><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Avocet</span></strong> on the boating lake Island for a few hours</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">6 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow</span></strong> (Alan Bell).</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Avocet</span></strong> seen flying off in the afternoon (Emma Charles)</li><br /><li>small flock of Starlings</li><br /><li>numerous Canada Goose, 8 Greylag Goose, 4 Mute Swan</li><br /><li>8 Common Gull, Lesser Black Backed Gull</li><br /><li>Pheasant, <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Kestrel</span></strong></li><br /><li>4 great Crested Grebe, (2 on the boating lake, 2 nesting on the fish lake)</li><br /><li>Moorhens, Coots, 4 Shoveler (2m, 2f), Tufted Ducks</li><br /><li>Wood Pigeons, Carrion Crows, </li><br /><li>2 Green Woodpecker</li><br /><li>1 <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Chiffchaff</span></strong> (others heard)</li><br /><li>Great Tit, Blue Tit, 7 Long Tailed Tit, 4 Robin, few Chaffinch, (Emma Charles)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Five Oaks Lane Scrubland, Chigwell:</strong></p><br /><ul><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Red Kite</span></strong> (being mobbed by a Carrion Crow), male <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Sparrowhawk, Little Owl</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">3 Stock Dove</span></strong>, c20 Woodpigeon, 1 Feral Pigeon</li><br /><li>Pheasant in nearby field</li><br /><li>4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker</li><br /><li>7 singing <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Chiffchaff</span></strong></li><br /><li>4 singing <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Skylark, c10 Meadow Pipit</span></strong></li><br /><li><span style="color:#000000;">3 Blackbird, 5 Redwing, 10 Fieldfare, 7 singing Song Thrush, 2 Robin, 3 Dunnock, 2 Wren, </span></li><br /><li>Long Tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch</li><br /><li>Carrion Crows, Jackdaw, Magpies</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">11 Yellowhammer</span></strong> including 8 singing males (and 3 female), male <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Reed Bunting</span></strong> singing</li></ul><strong>Roding Valley Park:</strong> <br /><ul><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">1 Swallow</span></strong> flew up river from Charlie Browns Roundabout at midday (Daniel Erickson-Hull)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Seven Kings Park:</strong></p><br /><ul><br /><li>cock <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Pheasant</span></strong> - turned up for saturday football (Martin Plumb)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>South Woodford:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>Sparrowhawk</strong> </span>displaying high up over South Woodford, flying upward, then suddenly dropping, then repeating this again (Peter Gordon) </li></ul><br /><p><strong>Wanstead Flats:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li>another <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Lesser Spotted Woodpecker</span></strong> drumming in the copse by Esso (that is 3 drumming males in the area now)</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Sand Martin</span></strong> over</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Greater Black Backed Gull</span></strong> over calling</li><br /><li>3 singing <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Chiffchaff</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Snipe</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Linnet</span></strong></li><br /><li>several <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Meadow Pipit</span></strong> and <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Skylark</span></strong></li></ul><br /><p><strong>Wanstead Park:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">1 Blackcap</span></strong> (Richard Jones)</li><br /><li>singing <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Treecreeper</span></strong> (Dell)</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 singing Blackcap</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">13 singing Chiffchaff</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Siskin</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Little Egret, Kingfisher</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">7 Stock Dove,</span></strong> Jay (Nick Croft)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Woodford Green:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li>2 Pied Wagtail on the Green (Emma Charles)</li></ul>That Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837798672267860653.post-69010619985564349642011-03-25T10:45:00.008+00:002011-03-29T10:48:08.726+01:00March 25th 2011<div align="left"><strong>Barkingside:</strong> </div><br /><ul><br /><li>Pied Wagtail on Fullwell Avenuve (E Barnes)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Fairlop Waters:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Jack Snipe</span></strong></li><br /><li>male <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Wheatear</span></strong></li><br /><li><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>Swallow</strong></span><span style="color:#000000;"> (Alan Bell)</span></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Little Owl</span></strong></li><br /><li>Shoveler, </li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">3+ Chiffchaff</span></strong> singing</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Kestrel</span></strong></li><br /><li>4 Pheasant</li><br /><li>Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Green Woodpecker</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Snipe, Lapwing</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark</span></strong>, 13 Pied Wagtail</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">3 Stock Dove</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">18 Linnet, 4 Reed Bunting</span></strong> (Alan Thomas/Neil Twyford)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Hainault:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li>female <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Blackcap</span></strong> in a Hannover Gardens garden (Eddie Barnes)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Hainault Forest CP:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li>32 Mallard, 10 Tfted Duck, 2 Shoveler, Pochard, 2 Great Crested Grebe</li><br /><li>4 Mute Swan (including 2 of las years young still...)</li><br /><li>Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Jay, Blackbird, few Robins and Wren</li><br /><li>10 Black Headed Gulls</li><br /><li>Jackdaws (Ian Shaw)</li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Buzzard, Sparrowhawk</span></strong></li><br /><li>Pheasant calling</li><br /><li>Long Tailed Tit pr nest building (Alan Thomas)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Roding Valley Park:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Chiffchaff, Blackcap</span></strong></li><br /><li>Great Spotted Woodpeker</li><br /><li>Wren (carrying nest material)</li><br /><li>Song Thrush</li><br /><li>Long Tailed Tit, 2 Greenfinch (Alan Hobson)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>South Woodford:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Skylark</span></strong> over the garden (Samuel Bird)</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Wanstead Flats:</strong> </p><br /><ul><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Lesser Spotted Woodpecker</span></strong></li><br /><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Snipe</span></strong> (Jonathan Lethbridge)</li></ul>That Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837798672267860653.post-30685539388565771232011-03-24T11:41:00.007+00:002011-03-25T11:15:30.862+00:00March 24th 2011<div align="left"><strong>Barkingside:</strong></div><ul><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Blackcap</span> </strong>singing in the churchyard at Trinity Church (Jan Martin-Ellis)</li></ul><p><strong>Claybury Park:</strong></p><ul><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">8 singing Chiffchaff</span></strong></li><li>7 Green Woodpecker</li><li>female <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Reed Bunting (</span></strong>Eddie Barnes)</li></ul><p><strong>Knighton Woods:</strong><br /></p><ul><li>9 of us met at 8am and conducted a 2 hour walk and census around Knighton Woods:</li><li>Grey Heron (flew over)</li><li>8 Mallard, 4 Moorhen (including a pr displaying) and a male Shoveler on the pond</li><li>9 Wood Pigeon</li><li>1 male <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Sparrowhawk</span></strong> on enjoying the warm weather, seen on 3 occasions</li><li>1 Redwing, 3 Blackbird, 5 Song Thrush including 4 singing males, one of which was with his mate, and the pr showed well for a long time), 11 Wren, Dunnock, 10 Robin, </li><li>1 singing <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Goldcrest</span></strong> near the car park</li><li>6 Long Tailed Tit, 26 Blue Tit, 11 Great Tit mostly in pairs, 5 Chaffinch</li><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Nuthatch</span></strong> calling and seen briefly</li><li>1 singing <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Chiffchaff</span></strong> (possibly 2)</li><li>1<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"> Ring Necked Parakeet </span></strong>(unusual for this site)</li><li>6 Carrion Crows, 2 Jackdaw (over), 9 Magpies and c7 Jays (4 seen together) possibly a lot more than 7 as well... Jays were definately the bird of the day making a huge amount of noise, and even 'singing'.</li><li>26 species in all (DEH)</li></ul><p><strong>Roding Valley Park:</strong></p><ul><li>pr Mute Swan</li><li>Great Spotted Woodpecker</li><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Chiffchaff</span></strong></li><li>2 Greenfinch</li></ul><p><strong>Wanstead Flats:</strong></p><ul><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Lesser Spotted Woodpecker</span></strong> in the copse by Esso, then back to West Copse</li><li>singing <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Blackcap</span></strong> and <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Chiffchaff</span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Linnet</span></strong> (over)</li><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Siskin</span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">4 Reed Bunting</span></strong> (2m, 2f)</li><li>4 Redwing</li><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">10 Meadow Pipit</span></strong>, Pied Wagtail</li><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Stock Dove</span></strong></li><li>2 Shoveler, 2 Pochard, 1 Gadwall, 3 Little grebe (Nick Croft)</li><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Buzzard</span></strong> over (Jonathan Lethbridge)</li></ul><p><strong>Wanstead Park:</strong></p><ul><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">8 Chiffchaff,</span></strong> 2 singing <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Blackcap</span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Grey Wagtail</span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Siskin</span></strong></li><li>5 Pochard, 5 Little grebe, </li><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">3 Stock Dove</span></strong></li><li><strong>Terrapin</strong> sunning itself (Nick Croft)</li></ul><p><strong>Woodford Green:</strong></p><ul><li>2 Mistle Thrush on Broadmead Estate early am (DEH)</li><li>2 Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming (and seen well) and a Green Woodpecker heard</li></ul>That Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837798672267860653.post-34696238706258481602011-03-23T11:59:00.007+00:002011-03-24T13:28:14.585+00:00March 23rd 2011<div align="left"><strong>Claybury Park:</strong></div><ul><li><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">4 Nuthatch</span></strong> (2 pairs, both nest building)</div></li><li><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">12 Stock Dove</span></strong> (most i have ever seen here)</div></li><li><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Reed Bunting</span></strong></div></li><li><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Chiffchaff</span></strong></div></li><li><div align="left">3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker</div></li><li><div align="left">3 Jay, 3 Long Tailed Tit, Goldfinch, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Greenfinch </div></li><li><div align="left">the Feral 'snow' Goose, 2 Canada Goose, Coot (on nest, 2nd year running), (Alan Hobson)</div></li></ul><div align="left"><strong>Hainault:</strong></div><ul><li><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Sparrowhawk</span> </strong>over Hannover Gnds (Eddie Barnes)</div></li></ul><p align="left"><strong>Hainault Forest CP:</strong></p><ul><li><div align="left"><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>Buzzard</strong> </span>over (Steve Bacon)</div></li></ul><div align="left"><strong>Ilford:</strong></div><ul><li>3 Jays squabbling in the trees by the Kenneth Moore Theatre in central Ilford - It was lovely to see the jays right in the town centre like that, years ago such a sighting wouldn't have been thought possible, when i first started birdwatching back in the 80s it was hard enough to see a jay in woodland, if anybody had told us we would regularly see them in urban settings like this we wouldnt have beleived it!. Made my day - (Jan Martin-Ellis)</li></ul><p><strong>Wanstead Flats:</strong><br /></p><ul><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Lesser Spotted Woodpecker</span></strong> calling and forraging in West Copse</li><li>8 singing <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Skylark</span></strong>, 7 sinsing <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Meadow Pipit</span></strong> (Tim Harris)</li><li>6 Redwing, 4 Song Thrush, </li><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Lesser Redpoll, 3 Linnet, 4 Reed Bunting</span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">7 Ring Necked Parakeet</span></strong></li><li>singing <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Chiffchaff</span></strong></li><li>25 Mute Swan, 2 Shoveler, 3 Grey Heron, 9 Cormorant over, 2 Little Grebe</li><li><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Sparrowhawk</span></strong> (Nick Croft)</li></ul>That Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837798672267860653.post-50534184525637839452011-03-23T00:11:00.000+00:002011-03-23T12:50:11.705+00:00Guided Birding Walk - Thurs 24th, Knighton Woods, Woodford<div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">TOMORROW MORNING!!!!!</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong>REDBRIDGE BIRDWATCHING, GUIDED BIRDING WALK & CENSUS</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>KNIGHTON WOODS, WOODFORD:</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>8AM-10AM, THURSDAY 24TH MARCH</strong></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTvnooYp-vuagSWnXdo4UHK_kTrAZT_J8eo9hWbyuR2KX6Hul432MwcKUSBKmfPs8X1MrcaFKvUdRBM6jo-rERMqcQ6iCFAAgXKKrUXvfKb8iDior_NzHYSrgwSKZ4y9Lmp3zeIxNTd-an/s1600/Mandarin+%2528PG%2529.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 243px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 159px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585375861458925842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTvnooYp-vuagSWnXdo4UHK_kTrAZT_J8eo9hWbyuR2KX6Hul432MwcKUSBKmfPs8X1MrcaFKvUdRBM6jo-rERMqcQ6iCFAAgXKKrUXvfKb8iDior_NzHYSrgwSKZ4y9Lmp3zeIxNTd-an/s320/Mandarin+%2528PG%2529.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Come along for an early morning birding walk through this lovely remnant of Epping Forest in Woodford .</span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Meeting at 8am, and we will finish by 10am.</span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">We will be doing a census of the birds in the woods, these woods are very under-reported.</span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Target Birds: Mandarin Duck, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Sparrowhawk, Coal Tit, Goldcrest, Chiffchaffs singing now, Woodpeckers plus all the regular woodland birds.</span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Limited to a max of 15 people: so please BOOK today</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">To book your place: please email </span><a href="mailto:redbridgebirdwatching@hotmail.co.uk"><span style="font-size:130%;">redbridgebirdwatching@hotmail.co.uk</span></a><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">or phone/text me on 07862 140777</span> </div><div align="center">(I will confirm the meeting place to you when you phone or email)</div><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>£1 fee</strong> to help raising money for local RSPB group and support the work of Redbridge Birwatching.</span><br /></div><div align="center"></div>That Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837798672267860653.post-52064684824362504492011-03-23T00:00:00.000+00:002011-03-23T13:05:55.956+00:00Mr & Mrs Al Fayed with their 3 growing ducklings (Emma Charles)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ2P40uWpOObUPA1kIswAcXKML58GVzfvFvDZXxS-eHNjzwa-sbm86tn3CnCJF5s-0xnUnen3VUlCT4Uxc8MxL7WTKIDcxLjlNlItwG5yR-X5qIsTe1_kw9xU5iY42VZf60uTFadQUiPdX/s1600/egyptian%252520goose%252520duckling%252520stretching.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 234px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586856608245934434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ2P40uWpOObUPA1kIswAcXKML58GVzfvFvDZXxS-eHNjzwa-sbm86tn3CnCJF5s-0xnUnen3VUlCT4Uxc8MxL7WTKIDcxLjlNlItwG5yR-X5qIsTe1_kw9xU5iY42VZf60uTFadQUiPdX/s320/egyptian%252520goose%252520duckling%252520stretching.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPLvSkyGvxTjwbOLY_pAwF3KzNEJZ2tKGFj_mt-9Qpx3uAycDF6zxBr8lPF8_atQ9_jdf8n7g6D4g7mqBQ692Zt2XIlJgnAfXmw8vB6bTu01_ifvrGmb9WbtYnLaN1pGUMZJhDQlTp6Srv/s1600/egyptian%252520goose%252520family%252520%25284%2529.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586856564065186050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPLvSkyGvxTjwbOLY_pAwF3KzNEJZ2tKGFj_mt-9Qpx3uAycDF6zxBr8lPF8_atQ9_jdf8n7g6D4g7mqBQ692Zt2XIlJgnAfXmw8vB6bTu01_ifvrGmb9WbtYnLaN1pGUMZJhDQlTp6Srv/s320/egyptian%252520goose%252520family%252520%25284%2529.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Gm1rPbhdWbFLAAPahBwNBf9TsA22t7U-Z27uQcAu4-QrgGaPQ1oveGKXzpIyOqPjSo-2Fd5YAFAZstrH8v9F_it4nWfTwCaq2S0n711jpKe3N0oA7OtHA2DQAKjudMVj3wx_3uKSDCb_/s1600/egyptian%252520goose%252520ducklings.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586856519581755058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Gm1rPbhdWbFLAAPahBwNBf9TsA22t7U-Z27uQcAu4-QrgGaPQ1oveGKXzpIyOqPjSo-2Fd5YAFAZstrH8v9F_it4nWfTwCaq2S0n711jpKe3N0oA7OtHA2DQAKjudMVj3wx_3uKSDCb_/s320/egyptian%252520goose%252520ducklings.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Qs4DuCsRVi-7YDFplfibPaxxb1qBfSxQKfhpM9oBICSM4851h46dyhBN98K_U1tEerzFNnjit1ytf5slu6EUS288Ui5tKZtyBqUYmmSQvoe0KEb1TjrXxCb-2oXBi3lx1ocZFwmEVB5b/s1600/egyptian%252520goose%252520%25289%2529.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586856458397819954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Qs4DuCsRVi-7YDFplfibPaxxb1qBfSxQKfhpM9oBICSM4851h46dyhBN98K_U1tEerzFNnjit1ytf5slu6EUS288Ui5tKZtyBqUYmmSQvoe0KEb1TjrXxCb-2oXBi3lx1ocZFwmEVB5b/s320/egyptian%252520goose%252520%25289%2529.jpg" /></a> photos taken in Valentines Park, Ilford</div></div></div>That Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837798672267860653.post-23943988069380948662011-03-22T10:25:00.004+00:002011-03-23T11:59:23.224+00:00March 22nd 2011<div align="left"><strong>Aldersbrook:</strong></div><ul><li><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Siskin</span></strong> have joined the regular <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Lesser Redpoll</span></strong> on my Nijer Seed feeder (Sally Hammond)</div></li></ul><p align="left"><strong>Barkingside, Dukes Road:</strong></p><ul><li><div align="left">30 Jackdaw over (Tony leaderman)</div></li></ul><p align="left"><strong>Wanstead:</strong></p><ul><li><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">10 Waxwing</span></strong> on Addison Road (Birdguides)</div></li></ul><p align="left"><strong>Wanstead Flats:</strong></p><ul><li><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker,</span></strong> 10 Great Spotted Woodpecker</div></li><li><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Snipe</span></strong></div></li><li><div align="left">4 Redwing</div></li><li><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">10 Meadow Pipit, 15 Skylark</span></strong></div></li><li><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Lesser Redpoll, Siskin</span></strong>, 10 Goldfinch</div></li><li><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">4 Reed Bunting</span></strong></div></li><li><div align="left">singing <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Chiffchaff</span></strong> in Long Wood</div></li><li><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">6 Ring Necked Parakeet, 2 Stock Dove</span></strong></div></li><li><div align="left">3 Little Grebe, 19 Mute Swan, Gadwall (Jonathan Lethbridge)</div></li><li><div align="left">Shoveler, <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Sparrowhawk</span></strong>, Grey Heron (Nick Croft)</div></li></ul><p align="left"><strong>Wanstead Park:</strong></p><ul><li><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker</span></strong></div></li><li><div align="left">up to <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">12 singing Chiffchaff</span></strong>, 2 singing blackcap</div></li><li><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Meadow Pipit, </span></strong></div></li><li><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">7 Stock Dove</span></strong></div></li><li><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Siskin</span></strong></div></li><li><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Egyptian Goose</span></strong>, Shoveler, 3 Pochard, 8 Gadwall, 6 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron (Nick Croft)</div></li></ul><div align="left"><strong>Woodford Green:</strong></div><ul><li><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Little Egret</span></strong> over at 6.45 am (perhaps towards the River Roding) (Tony Brown)</div></li></ul>That Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837798672267860653.post-14715649206339105742011-03-21T09:56:00.005+00:002011-03-22T10:25:23.369+00:00March 21st 2011<p><br /><strong>Claybury Park:</strong></p><ul><li>quick visit this morning</li><li>activity around the <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Nuthatch</span></strong> hole again... 2 birds present there, with a 3rd calling distantly</li><li>Also: Wren,<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"> Stock Dove</span></strong>, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Eddie Barnes)</li></ul><p><strong>Ray Park:</strong></p><ul><li>Charlie the Chaffinch has returned... attacking the wing mirrors of the cars in the car park, he was doing the same thing during breeding season last year too! </li><li>singing Song Thrush too (Tajinder Lachhar)</li></ul><p><strong>Valentines Park:</strong></p><ul><li>quick vist while passing through: pr Mute Swan on Long Water</li><li>Coot sitting on eggs on Horse Pond</li><li>Song Thrush in full song near long water, with at least 4 singing Blue Tits there too</li><li>Pied Wagtail along Long Water</li><li>over 50 Carrion Crows (DEH)</li></ul><p><strong>Wanstead Flats:</strong></p><ul><li><div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Lesser Spotted Woodpecker</span></strong> (East copse, JL), </span></span></span></div></li><li><div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Shelduck</span></strong> (east), <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Lapwing</span></strong> (west), </span></span></span></div></li><li><div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">2 Siskin, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 5 Reed Bunting</span></strong>, </span></span></span></div></li><li><div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">36 Redwing, <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">20+ Meadow Pipit</span></strong>, Pied Wagtail,<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"> c.20 Skylark, 8 Ring Necked Parakeet</span></strong>, </span></span></span></div></li><li><div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">23 Mute Swan, 2 Pochard, 2 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 6 Greylag Goose, </span></span></span></div></li><li><div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">singing <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Chiffchaff</span></strong>, </span></span></span></div></li><li><div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Little Grebe, </span></span></span></div></li><li><div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">singing <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Blackcap</span></strong> (Bush Wood - Tim Harris) </span></span></span></div></li></ul>That Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837798672267860653.post-48237331593882433752011-03-21T00:51:00.000+00:002011-03-21T10:54:19.650+00:00Charlie The Chaffinch - The Ray Park Vandal<div align="center">Charlie The Chaffinch</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Ray Park, Woodford Green.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">This Chaffinch was doing the same thing last year during the breeding season... attacking the wing mirrors (thinking it is a rival male)</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibLsjSS2dQCggFEkybkt65RNv5csvZKyAGkwc9cL3d9mVbaXdPGBX6TsYJgOCkEdShxLJD-ntNK3Lnd7uJCELd-NxTUCieNRnVdvLdf1Rtmq1zlhAqSzyFUYoj66jStzo12h-Bwa9Qm6Iz/s1600/Redbridge-20110321-00014.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586484400504900786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibLsjSS2dQCggFEkybkt65RNv5csvZKyAGkwc9cL3d9mVbaXdPGBX6TsYJgOCkEdShxLJD-ntNK3Lnd7uJCELd-NxTUCieNRnVdvLdf1Rtmq1zlhAqSzyFUYoj66jStzo12h-Bwa9Qm6Iz/s320/Redbridge-20110321-00014.jpg" /></a>ps. I dont think the damage to the side of the car was caused by the Chaffinch!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">pic - Tajinder Lachhar<br /><div align="center"></div></div>That Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14275654701483457692noreply@blogger.com1