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March 31, 2011
MOVING HOME
March 31st 2011
Claybury Park:
- pr Greenfinch, plus the usual commoner birds (EBarnes)
Hainault:
- a Clattering of 4 Jackdaws over this morning, and a Greenfinch in my garden (Eddie Barnes)
Roding Valley Park:
- 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:
- pr Mute Swan on Redbridge Lakes, looking cosy but nest building is unconfirmed as yet
- at least 2 pairs of Coot and Mallard there however, and a Moorhen, also c40 Starling (8Waxwing reported there last week by the owner
- total of 16 Mallard, 3 Moorhen seen along the River
- Grey Wagtail flew upriver, and 2 Kingfisher were flushed from a probable breeding ground near Ray Park. 1 was seen again on the wa back.
- 3 Little Egret all appeared to be 1st year birds, with dull pinkish yellow feet.
- a Female Sparrowhawk was soaring above the scrubland
- 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker showed, and 2 Green Woodpecker were heard only.
- 4 Pheasant showed extremely well, one male within a yard of John Painter! (2male, 2 femal
- 8 Chiffchaff were singing, and 1 Blackcap was heard but not located
- about 25 Woodpigeon,
- c20 Black Headed Gulls over and 2 Cormorant (1 taking off from Redbridge Lakes)
- 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
- 6 Greenfinch, pr Chaffinch and 3 Goldfinch, pr Linnet near the Water Treatment centre and a male Reed Bunting there too. (Daniel Erickson-Hull et al)
Seven Kings Park:
- House Sparrow Census:
- Beddington Road entrance c15 pairs (30 birds)
- Wallington Road entrance c6 pairs (12 birds)
- 3 male Chaffinch, 3 Mistle Thrush, dunnocks singing all month (Martin Plumb)
Valentines Park:
- 1 Grey Heron chick has sadly died after falling out of the nest and getting caught in the tree, 2 chicks remain. (Simon Litt)
Wanstead Flats:
- Willow Warbler calling at SSSI (first in the borough this year), 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap
- Swallow over Alexandra Pond, 2 Sand Martin at Angel Pond
- Goldcrest, 10 Meadow Pipit, 15 Skylark, 2 Linnet, 4 Reed Bunting, 5 Ring Necked Parakeet
- 3 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, Snipe
- 100s of Starling moving north (Nick Croft)
Wanstead Park:
- Water Rail on Perch pond (Natalia Benajeh)
- 2 Fieldfare (OSW)
- Kingfisher
- 2 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Little Grebe
- 10+ Singing Blackcap, 10+ singing Chiffchaff
- 3 Coal Tit, 2 Linnet, Stock Dove, Sparrowhawk
- Lesser Black Backed Gull (NC/JL)
Redbridge Birdwatching Guided Walks
- Saturday 2nd April, 8am-10am: Hainault Forest CP: (target birds - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Goldcrest, Sparrowhawk, Blackcap, Swallows, Buzzard) - phone 07862 140777 or email redbridgebirdwatching@hotmail.co.uk to book your place
REST OF APRIL:
- Thursday 7th April, 8am-10am: Five Oaks Lane: (target birds - Yellowhammer, Little Owl, Reed Bunting, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Wheatear, maybe an early Whitethroat)
- Saturday 16th April, 8am-10am: Claybury Park: (target birds - Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Stock Dove, Reed Bunting)
- Thursday 21st April, 8am-10am: Fairlop Waters: (target birds - Wheatear, Whinchat, Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail, Little Owl, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern)
- Saturday 30th April, 8am-10am: Five Oaks Lane: (target birds - Hobby, Cuckoo, Lesser Whitethroat, Yellowhammer etc)
March 30, 2011
March 30th 2011
- pr Grey Herons on nest in fir tree overhanging the Ornamental Fish Pond. (Simon Litt)
- with 3 chicks.... (Ian Cranston)... (how did we miss that?)
- 2 Little Grebe and 1 Great Crested Grebe on the boating lake
- Cormorant
- 4 Mute Swan, (2 pairs, both in the nesting process)
- Greylag Goose, 45 Canada Goose, 5 Egyptian Geese (parents now leaving chicks alone while they go flying about...), Mallard, 20 Moorhen, 130 Coot
- 120 Black Headed Gull, 4 COmmon Gull
- 2 Stock Dove, Feral Pigeon, Woodpigeon,
- 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
- 2 Grey Wagtail
- 2 Dunnock, 3 Mistle Thrush, 4 Redwing, 5 Blackbird, 2 Robin
- Chiffchaff
- 4 Great Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 5 Long Tailed Tit
- 3 Magpie, 73 Carrion Crow, 50 Starling, 13 House Sparrow
- 3 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch (Mike Condon/U3A)
Wanstead Flats:
- Ring Ouzel and 3 Wheatear on Wanstead Flats (Jonathan Lethbridge)
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- 2 Sand Martin
- Snipe
- 20 Meadow Pipit, 2 Pied Wagtail,
- 13 Ring Necked Parakeet
- 5 Chiffchaff, Blackcap
- 2 Redwing, Stock Dove, Sparrowhawk
- 4 Linnet, 4 Reed Bunting
- 20 Cormorant (over) (NCroft)
Wanstead Park::
- 5 Sand Martin over the Basin (JLethbridge)
Woodford Green:
- Mistle Thrush in Broadmead Estate again today (DEH)
House Sparrow Census
E11:
- Gordon Road: 30 (in 1 garden)
- Wanstead Park: 2
E12:
- Wanstead Park Avenue: 20 (in 1 garden)
- Albert Road: 11
- Chigwell Road: 3 (2m, 1f at Nos. 188/190)
- Daisy Road: 2 males
- Maybrook Road: 3 males
- Mulberry Avenue: 7 (6m, 1f)
- Rose Avenue: 4 males
- Thornwood Close: 5 males
- Woodville Road: 2+ males
IG1:
- Brisbane Road: 17 (hedge along Valentines Park)
- St. Francis Way: 10 (local colony)
- Windsor Road: 15 (using a garden to feed regularly)
- Aldborough Hall Equestrian Centre: present, number unknown, but local breeding colony
- Aldborough Hatch Farm: 20 (resident colony)
- Aldborough Road North: 30 at St. Peters Church
- Horns Road: 4 (in the bushes by JD sports)
- Linton Gardens: 3
- Roll Gardens: 19 (in 1 garden)
- Spearpoint Gardens: 30 (20 in 1 garden, 10 in another)
- St. Peters Close: 12 (regular colony)
IG3:
- Barrington Road: 30
- Douglas Road: 14 (using feeders in 1 garden)
- Wallington Road: 12
IG5:
- Ravensbourne Gardens: 12 (near Claybury Park)
- Rushden Gardens: 1 male (outisde 120)
- Wedmore Avenue: 4 (2 pairs at number 2)
IG6:
- Beattyville Gardens: 1 male (front garden, No. 49)
- Fairlop Waters: present around the carpark (number unknown as yet)
- Lamerton Road: 10 (in 1 garden, with 1 Dunnock)
- Mossford Lane: 3
- Sunnymede Drive: 2 males (in a front garden No. 6)
- Sunnymede Drive: 14 (regular colony in rear garden, No 43)
- Wannock Gardens: 2 (in a small garden)
- Belgrave Terrace: none present
- Broadmead Road: 10 (east of Chartaris Road)
- Claremont Grove: 4 (2m, 2f)
- Courtland Close: 3 (2m)
- Finchingfield Avenue: 2+
- Firs Walk: none
- Links Road: none
- Mill Lane: none
- Monkhams Drive: none
- Monkhams Lane: none
- St. Albans Avenue: 9 present
- The Square: none
- Whitehall Road: none present
- Billet Road: 4 (local colony)
March 29, 2011
March 29th 2011
- 2 Little Owl in the usual place
- 60 Sand Martin, 1 House Martin (first of the year) and 1 Swallow
- 2 Lesser Black Backed Gull eating an egg that looked big enough to be a goose egg
- 2 Snipe
- Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting, Kestrel, Linnet (Neil Twyford)
Fairlop Gravel Works:
- 2 Mute Swan (northside), no sign of nest building yet
- c30 Canada Goose and 1 Greylag Goose
- 1 Black Headed Gull
- 2 Shelduck, 40 Tufted Duck, 37 Shoveler, 2 Teal, 1 female Pochard, c10 Mallard, 8 Gadwall
- 1 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Little Grebe (including 3 trilling males)
- pr Moorhen, c15 Coot
- 3 Lapwing, 5 Green Sandpiper (south side), 5 Snipe (north side)
- Woodpigeon everywhere
- 2 Pheasant calling
- Green Woodpecker
- c40 Carrion Crow, Magpie
- 38 Fieldfare, Song Thrush singing, Blackbird, singing Dunnock, 2 Wren singing
- Greenfinch, Reed Bunting calling, Chiffchaff singing (DEH)
Roding Valley Park:
- Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff
- Great Spotted Woodpeckr
- Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, Jay
- 2 Greenfinch (Alan Hobson)
Valentines Park:
- 1 Little Grebe and 1 Great Crested Grebe on the boating lake
- 4 Grey Heron, (2 pairs, both 'bonding' on the fish pond island... maybe breeding will occur again?)
- 4 Mute Swans, (both females now sitting on eggs!) - males chasing away Canada Geese
- c40 Canada Geese, 5 Egyptian Geese (yes, the pr still have all 3 ducklings, now 26 days old, and the parents are both actively guarding the young
- 2 Pochard, c50 Tufted Duck, Mallard, c20 Moorhen, c150 Coot,
- c150 Black Headed Gull,
- Feral Pigeon, Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 1 Stock Dove in the big Cedar Tree
- Pied Wagtail
- 5 Wren, 2 Dunnock, 3 Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, 7 Redwing, 3 Blackbird, 3 Robin,
- Goldcrest nr Jacobs Well, 2 Chiffchaff
- 5 Long Tailed Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit
- Jay, 3 Magpie, c40 Carrion Crow, c60 Starling, 12 House Sparrow on Brisbane Road
- 5 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch, 3 Greenfinch (Mike Condon/U3A)
- 4 Stock Dove, 2 Pied Wagtail (Brandon Anderson)
Wanstead Flats:
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- Buzzard (over, west)
- Gadwall, Shoveler, Pochard on Alexandra Lake (Nick Croft)
- probable Tree Sparrow at SSSI (SThorpe)
Wanstead Park:
- Water Rail still on Perch Pond (Steve Thorpe)
Redbridge Birdwatching Walk to Five Oaks Lane (Sat 26th March)
March 28, 2011
March 28th 2011
Claybury Park:
- Blackcap
- Mistle Thrush (while passing the corner of the park - Alan Hobson)
Fairlop Waters:
- pr of Grey Hrons nesting on the wooded island on the main lake (Alan Bell)
- 4 singing Chiffchaff, male Reed Bunting in Breeding plumage, Kestrel, Skylark, Long Tailed Tit (Eddie Barnes)
Roding Valley Park:
- 3 Chiffchaff
- 2 Long Tailed Tit (pr), Siskin (Alan Hobson)
South Woodford:
- Grey Heron oer at 9am this morning (usually over daily at 8am) so obviously hadnt heard that the clocks went forward
- Blue Tits are half way through next construction in the web cam nest box... so pics and video coming soon! (Peter Gordon)
Valentines Park:
- Chiffchaff calling (DEH)
Wanstead Flats:
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker seen at 7am in Centre Copse (Tony Brown)
- also seen again in East Copse at 8.30am, and Centre Copse at 11am
- Green Woodpecker, great Spotted Woodpecker
- 7 Chiffchaff, 3 singing Blackcap
- 3 Linnet, 6 Reed Bunting (4m, 2f), 10 Meadow Pipit, 2 Fieldfare, Gadwall, Shoveler, Grey Heron, 2 Stock Dove, Snipe
- 16 Cormorant and Greater Black Backed Gull over (Nick Croft)
March 27, 2011
March 27th 2011
- 2 Little Ringed Plover
- 2 Green Sandpiper (Alan Bell)
- Also: Blue Tit, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, heard Chiffchaff, 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)
Goodmayes Park:
- male Pheasant - unusual (seen yesterday in Seven Kings park) (Martin Plumb)
South Woodford:
- Kestrel seen over South Woodford on 4 occasions during the day (Peter Gordon)
Wanstead Flats:
- Red Kite and 2 Buzzard over
- 3 Sparrowhawk
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- 3 Sand Martin over
- Linnet, Stock Dove, Goldcrest (Jonathan Lethbridge, Nick Croft, Stuart Fisher)
Wanstead Park:
- Little Egret on the roding
- 3 Teal on Shoulder of Mutton
- Gadwall
- Sparrowhawk
- lots of Chiffchiff and Blackcap (Carol Browne/Peter Jenkins)
March 26, 2011
March 26th 2011
- 3 Canada Goose plus the feral Goose
- Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotte Woodpecker (including 2 mating)
- 3 Stock Dove
- 3 Chiffchaff
- pr Reed Bunting
- Nuthatch (Alan Hobson)
- Avocet on the boating lake Island for a few hours
- 6 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow (Alan Bell).
- Avocet seen flying off in the afternoon (Emma Charles)
- small flock of Starlings
- numerous Canada Goose, 8 Greylag Goose, 4 Mute Swan
- 8 Common Gull, Lesser Black Backed Gull
- Pheasant, Kestrel
- 4 great Crested Grebe, (2 on the boating lake, 2 nesting on the fish lake)
- Moorhens, Coots, 4 Shoveler (2m, 2f), Tufted Ducks
- Wood Pigeons, Carrion Crows,
- 2 Green Woodpecker
- 1 Chiffchaff (others heard)
- Great Tit, Blue Tit, 7 Long Tailed Tit, 4 Robin, few Chaffinch, (Emma Charles)
Five Oaks Lane Scrubland, Chigwell:
- Red Kite (being mobbed by a Carrion Crow), male Sparrowhawk, Little Owl
- 3 Stock Dove, c20 Woodpigeon, 1 Feral Pigeon
- Pheasant in nearby field
- 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker
- 7 singing Chiffchaff
- 4 singing Skylark, c10 Meadow Pipit
- 3 Blackbird, 5 Redwing, 10 Fieldfare, 7 singing Song Thrush, 2 Robin, 3 Dunnock, 2 Wren,
- Long Tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch
- Carrion Crows, Jackdaw, Magpies
- 11 Yellowhammer including 8 singing males (and 3 female), male Reed Bunting singing
- 1 Swallow flew up river from Charlie Browns Roundabout at midday (Daniel Erickson-Hull)
Seven Kings Park:
- cock Pheasant - turned up for saturday football (Martin Plumb)
South Woodford:
- Sparrowhawk displaying high up over South Woodford, flying upward, then suddenly dropping, then repeating this again (Peter Gordon)
Wanstead Flats:
- another Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming in the copse by Esso (that is 3 drumming males in the area now)
- 2 Sand Martin over
- Greater Black Backed Gull over calling
- 3 singing Chiffchaff
- Snipe
- Linnet
- several Meadow Pipit and Skylark
Wanstead Park:
- 2 male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- 1 Blackcap (Richard Jones)
- singing Treecreeper (Dell)
- 2 singing Blackcap
- 13 singing Chiffchaff
- Siskin
- Little Egret, Kingfisher
- 7 Stock Dove, Jay (Nick Croft)
Woodford Green:
- 2 Pied Wagtail on the Green (Emma Charles)
March 25, 2011
March 25th 2011
- Pied Wagtail on Fullwell Avenuve (E Barnes)
Fairlop Waters:
- Jack Snipe
- male Wheatear
- Swallow (Alan Bell)
- Little Owl
- Shoveler,
- 3+ Chiffchaff singing
- 2 Kestrel
- 4 Pheasant
- Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Green Woodpecker
- Snipe, Lapwing
- Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark, 13 Pied Wagtail
- 3 Stock Dove
- 18 Linnet, 4 Reed Bunting (Alan Thomas/Neil Twyford)
Hainault:
- female Blackcap in a Hannover Gardens garden (Eddie Barnes)
Hainault Forest CP:
- 32 Mallard, 10 Tfted Duck, 2 Shoveler, Pochard, 2 Great Crested Grebe
- 4 Mute Swan (including 2 of las years young still...)
- Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Jay, Blackbird, few Robins and Wren
- 10 Black Headed Gulls
- Jackdaws (Ian Shaw)
- Buzzard, Sparrowhawk
- Pheasant calling
- Long Tailed Tit pr nest building (Alan Thomas)
Roding Valley Park:
- Chiffchaff, Blackcap
- Great Spotted Woodpeker
- Wren (carrying nest material)
- Song Thrush
- Long Tailed Tit, 2 Greenfinch (Alan Hobson)
South Woodford:
- 2 Skylark over the garden (Samuel Bird)
Wanstead Flats:
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- Snipe (Jonathan Lethbridge)
March 24, 2011
March 24th 2011
- Blackcap singing in the churchyard at Trinity Church (Jan Martin-Ellis)
Claybury Park:
- 8 singing Chiffchaff
- 7 Green Woodpecker
- female Reed Bunting (Eddie Barnes)
Knighton Woods:
- 9 of us met at 8am and conducted a 2 hour walk and census around Knighton Woods:
- Grey Heron (flew over)
- 8 Mallard, 4 Moorhen (including a pr displaying) and a male Shoveler on the pond
- 9 Wood Pigeon
- 1 male Sparrowhawk on enjoying the warm weather, seen on 3 occasions
- 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,
- 1 singing Goldcrest near the car park
- 6 Long Tailed Tit, 26 Blue Tit, 11 Great Tit mostly in pairs, 5 Chaffinch
- 2 Nuthatch calling and seen briefly
- 1 singing Chiffchaff (possibly 2)
- 1 Ring Necked Parakeet (unusual for this site)
- 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'.
- 26 species in all (DEH)
Roding Valley Park:
- pr Mute Swan
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Chiffchaff
- 2 Greenfinch
Wanstead Flats:
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in the copse by Esso, then back to West Copse
- singing Blackcap and Chiffchaff
- Linnet (over)
- 2 Siskin
- 4 Reed Bunting (2m, 2f)
- 4 Redwing
- 10 Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail
- 2 Stock Dove
- 2 Shoveler, 2 Pochard, 1 Gadwall, 3 Little grebe (Nick Croft)
- Buzzard over (Jonathan Lethbridge)
Wanstead Park:
- 8 Chiffchaff, 2 singing Blackcap
- Grey Wagtail
- 2 Siskin
- 5 Pochard, 5 Little grebe,
- 3 Stock Dove
- Terrapin sunning itself (Nick Croft)
Woodford Green:
- 2 Mistle Thrush on Broadmead Estate early am (DEH)
- 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming (and seen well) and a Green Woodpecker heard
March 23, 2011
March 23rd 2011
- 4 Nuthatch (2 pairs, both nest building)
- 12 Stock Dove (most i have ever seen here)
- Reed Bunting
- Chiffchaff
- 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
- 3 Jay, 3 Long Tailed Tit, Goldfinch, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Greenfinch
- the Feral 'snow' Goose, 2 Canada Goose, Coot (on nest, 2nd year running), (Alan Hobson)
- Sparrowhawk over Hannover Gnds (Eddie Barnes)
Hainault Forest CP:
- Buzzard over (Steve Bacon)
- 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)
Wanstead Flats:
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker calling and forraging in West Copse
- 8 singing Skylark, 7 sinsing Meadow Pipit (Tim Harris)
- 6 Redwing, 4 Song Thrush,
- Lesser Redpoll, 3 Linnet, 4 Reed Bunting
- 7 Ring Necked Parakeet
- singing Chiffchaff
- 25 Mute Swan, 2 Shoveler, 3 Grey Heron, 9 Cormorant over, 2 Little Grebe
- Sparrowhawk (Nick Croft)
Guided Birding Walk - Thurs 24th, Knighton Woods, Woodford
£1 fee to help raising money for local RSPB group and support the work of Redbridge Birwatching.
March 22, 2011
March 22nd 2011
- Siskin have joined the regular Lesser Redpoll on my Nijer Seed feeder (Sally Hammond)
Barkingside, Dukes Road:
- 30 Jackdaw over (Tony leaderman)
Wanstead:
- 10 Waxwing on Addison Road (Birdguides)
Wanstead Flats:
- 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Great Spotted Woodpecker
- 2 Snipe
- 4 Redwing
- 10 Meadow Pipit, 15 Skylark
- 2 Lesser Redpoll, Siskin, 10 Goldfinch
- 4 Reed Bunting
- singing Chiffchaff in Long Wood
- 6 Ring Necked Parakeet, 2 Stock Dove
- 3 Little Grebe, 19 Mute Swan, Gadwall (Jonathan Lethbridge)
- Shoveler, Sparrowhawk, Grey Heron (Nick Croft)
Wanstead Park:
- 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- up to 12 singing Chiffchaff, 2 singing blackcap
- 2 Meadow Pipit,
- 7 Stock Dove
- 2 Siskin
- 2 Egyptian Goose, Shoveler, 3 Pochard, 8 Gadwall, 6 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron (Nick Croft)
- 2 Little Egret over at 6.45 am (perhaps towards the River Roding) (Tony Brown)
March 21, 2011
March 21st 2011
Claybury Park:
- quick visit this morning
- activity around the Nuthatch hole again... 2 birds present there, with a 3rd calling distantly
- Also: Wren, Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Eddie Barnes)
Ray Park:
- 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!
- singing Song Thrush too (Tajinder Lachhar)
Valentines Park:
- quick vist while passing through: pr Mute Swan on Long Water
- Coot sitting on eggs on Horse Pond
- Song Thrush in full song near long water, with at least 4 singing Blue Tits there too
- Pied Wagtail along Long Water
- over 50 Carrion Crows (DEH)
Wanstead Flats:
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (East copse, JL),
- Shelduck (east), Lapwing (west),
- 2 Siskin, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 5 Reed Bunting,
- 36 Redwing, 20+ Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail, c.20 Skylark, 8 Ring Necked Parakeet,
- 23 Mute Swan, 2 Pochard, 2 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 6 Greylag Goose,
- singing Chiffchaff,
- Little Grebe,
- singing Blackcap (Bush Wood - Tim Harris)
Charlie The Chaffinch - The Ray Park Vandal
March 20, 2011
March 20th 2011
- Gooldcrest, Robin, 2 Dunnock in the garden (Tony Leaderman)
- female Reed Bunting by the lake (Jan Martin Ellis)
- Green Woodpecker (JMakengo)
Gants Hill, Roll Gardens:
- Sparrowhawk (Alan Thomas)
Hainault, Kesteven Close:
- Mistle Thrush and Pied Wagtail on the small communal green area (DEH)
Valentines Park:
- 2 Little Grebes both diving in the fenced off section of Cranbrook Cut
- 4 Mute Swans (2 pairs, both nest building)
- 1 hyrbid Goose, c50 Canada Goose, family of 5 Egyptian Geese
- Mallard, 3 Pochard, c50 Tufted Duck, c20 Moorhen, c150 Coot
- 150 Black Headed Gull,
- 2 Stock Dove (fish pond island), Feral Pigeons, Wood Pigeons, 2 Collared Dove
- 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker
- Grey Wagtail,
- Wren, Dunnock, 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush, 50 Redwing, 3 Blackbird, 2 Robin,
- 2 Goldcrest, 3 Great Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 5 Long Tailed Tit,
- Jay, 4 Magpie, Carrion Crows, Starlings, 9 House Sparrows,
- 5 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch, 3 Siskin, 5 Goldfinch (Mike Condon)
- In addition: Jackdaw, Mistle Thrush nest building, 7 Egyptian Goose (family of 5, plus 2 on the fish pond), 2 Herring Gull (Emma Charles)
Wanstead Flats:
- 3 Lesser-spotted Woodpecker (2 w copse, 1 n Alex),6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Green Woodpecker, c.40 Jackdaw (flocking round Alex), 8 Redwing, Fieldfare, 5 Mistle Thrush, 2 Stock Dove, 20+ Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail, 5 Lesser Redpoll, 8 Chaffinch, 3 Reed Bunting, 20+ Tufted Duck, Gadwall, 24 Mute Swan, 7 Greylag Goose, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Sparrowhawk, Snipe (over north) (NC/JL): Wheatear tomorrow!
Wanstead Park:
- Lesser-spotted Woodpecker (The Dell), 5 singing Chiffchaff, Stock Dove, 5 Ring Necked Parakeet, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, Shoveler, Water Rail (SoM), Siskin, Lesser Redpoll, Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk, 2 Coal Tit, Goldcrest (56 sp in total - NC/JL)