January 22nd 2009

Fairlop Waters:

• No Mute Swans today, perhaps they are all on the landfill site, they have been incresingly frequenting that area....
• However, there were 139 Canada Geese, 2 Greylag Geese, 40 Mallard, 30 Pochard, 47 Tufted Duck, 27 Gadwall, at least 55 Teal plus loads of Moorhen & Coot.
• 4 Little Grebe, (2 on the main lake, and 2 on the fishing lake) and 1 Great Crested Grebe.
• 4 male Shoveler on the pond on the farmland.
• There were a few adult Herring Gull on the golf course with over 100 Common Gull, over 200 Black Headed Gull and a few Lesser Black Backed Gulls.
• 27 Lapwing on the jetty, (didnt have time to check the fields or the landfill)
• 1 female Pheasant on the edge of the main lake, then flew over to the island.
• 1 male Pheasant by the stables.
• large flock of 95 Fieldfare and a single Redwing by the lagoon.
• 4 Green Woodpeckers, 5 Goldcrest, 10 Goldfinches, 5 Chaffinch, 8 Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting, Skylark,
• also: Cormorant, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jay, Starling, House Sparrow, Robin, Wren, Dunnock, Long Tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Pied Wagtail, Collared Dove.

Valentines Park:

• 4 Mute Swan, 9 Canada Geese, 113 Mallard, 45 Tufted Duck, 4 Gadwall, 89 Coot and 20 Moorhen.
• 2 Little Grebe on the lake.
• 2 Grey Heron on the pond.
• pair of Mistle Thrush on the playing fields, also Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Wood Pigeon and a flock of over 50 Starling.
• 5 Chaffinches near the pond, also Blue Tit, Great Tit and Goldcrest.
• 21 Siskin around the pond.
• ad Mediterranean Gull, 3 Little Grebes, 2 Grey Wagtails, Pied Wagtails, Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk, 2 Mistle Thrush, Redwing, Fieldfare, Goldfinch, Shoveler, Pochard, , Tufted Duck, Teal, Goldcrest, Mallard, GreyHeron, Canada Geese, Jay, Magpie (Mark Wilson)

Wanstead Park:

• the pair of Red Crested Pochard are still present on Heronry Pond for their 14th day now.
• Sparrowhawk flew over Heronry Pond (PF)