January 24th 2009

Fairlop Waters:

• 10 Mute Swans (some on the main lake, and some on the landfill site)
• 160 Canada Geese and 3 Greylag Geese on the golf course.
• 1 Shelduck on the landfill site (south of Painters Rd)
• 50 Mallard, spread accross all the ponds
• 10 Shoveler (all on the landfill site)
• 98 Teal, 1/2 on the lagoon and 1/2 on the landfill
• 58 Gadwall, 21 Pochard, 100 Tufted Duck, 42 Moorhen, 120 Coot.
• 561 Lapwing, mostly on the landfill with 69 Golden Plover and 3 Green Sandpiper... Also 25 Snipe, groups of 11 and 6 on the southern landfill and 8 solitary ones flushed from the nature reserve/northern landfill.
• 2 Great Crested Grebe on the main lake, and 1 Water Rail in the corner of the fishing lake by the island, also 8 Cormorant.
  
• 3 Pheasant around the southern half of the landfill, one was nearly cight by a fox, that stalked it for some time!
• Rabbit and Brown Hare both seen by the landfill site.
  
• 397 Black Headed Gulls, 64 Common Gulls 14 Lesser Black Backed Gulls and 4 Herring Gulls... mostly roosting on the landfill.
• A huge flock of over 500 Wood Pigeon and other smaller flocks, totalling 795! also, 4 Stock Doves, Collared Dove and 5 Feral Pigeon (over).
• 29 Carrion Crow, 8 Jay and 27 Magpie, 19 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, 10 Fieldfare, 11 Robin, 8 Wren, 2 Dunnock, 13 Starling, 18 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit, 16 Long Tailed Tit, 2 Greenfinch, 3 Chaffinch, 4 Green Woodpecker and 2 Goldcrest.
  
• 5 Siskin feeding around the main lake.
• Flock of small birds on the reserve that included: 5 Goldfinch, 16 Meadow Pipit, 5 Reed Bunting, and a male Yellowhammer.
• 9 Skylark around the landfill, and a Pied Wagtail.
  

Knighton Wood:

• 5 Mallard, 7 Moorhen, 3 Shoveler and 2 male Mandarin on the pond.
• 1 Kingfisher on the larger pond, and Grey Heron (over).
• 12 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit, 6 Long Tailed Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 6 Nuthatch, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jackdaw, 5 Magpie.
• Robin, Blackbird, Wood Pigeon, Jay, Carrion Crow.

Bush Wood, Wanstead:

• 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Sparrowhawk, 4 Goldcrest and Long Tailed Tits.

Wanstead Park:

• Pied Wagtail feeding by the kiosk. Grey Heron also fishing there by Heronry Pond.
• Pair of Red Crested Pochard still present on Heronry Pond along with 30 Pochard, pair of Mute Swan, lots of Tufted Duck and Mallard. (PF)
• Grey Heron and 4 Little Grebe, Coot, Moorhens on Heronry Pond. (PF)
• 2 Cormorants on Perch Pond, with Gadwall and Little Grebes (PF)
  
• 3 Dunnock, singing Song Thrush and Green Woodpecker around the Sewage Works. (PF)
• 5 Egyptian Geese on Heronry Pond in the morning, but had gone by lunchtime. (TH/PF)
  
• Water Rail in the usual place in the corner of Perch Pond. (TH)
• Kingfisher, Song Thrush and Mistle Thrush near Heronry Pond (JL)
  

Hatch Plain, Woodford:

• Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Jay, Magpie, Carrion Crow.

South Park:

• c200 Black Headed Gulls and 9 Common Gulls. (IW)
• Sparrowhawk (IW)
  
• 4 Mute Swan, 122 Canada Geese, 2 Greylag Geese, 18 Mallard, 28 Tufted Duck, 30 Coot, 16 Moorhen. (IW)
  
• 4 Mistle Thrush. (IW)

Westwood Road Recreational Ground, Seven Kings:

• 62 Mallard, 3 Moorhen, 4 Canada Geese and a Mistle Thrush. (IW)

Little Heath:

• Kestrel over Little Heath School, north side of the A12 east of Barley Lane. (IW)