April 7th 2009

Roding Valley Park, Redbridge Lakes:

• (off Roding Lane North, Woodford Green)
• Blackcap singing, Chiffchaff, and Willow Warbler (Alan Hobson)
• Sparrowhawk (AH)
• 2 Cormorant (AH)
• 2 Song Thrush (AH)
• Common Gull and Pheasant (AH)
• 2 Blackcap at 5.30pm, plus a lot of Carrion Crows. (DEH)

Claybury Park:

• 5pm-6pm (Daniel Erickson-Hull)
• Grey Heron flying over.
• 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker and 4 Green Woodpecker
• 3 Stock Dove, 2 pairs of Collared Dove and loads of Wood Pigeon.
• 2 pairs of Jay, 1 Jackdaw (over) and lots of Magpie and Carrion Crow
• 1 Lesser Black Backed Gull (over)
• 3 male Blackcap singing, and at least 4 Chiffchaff calling.
• Nuthatch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, 2 Goldcrests.
• 25 Starling and 10+ House Sparrows around the biggest pond.
• 12 Mallard and 1 Moorhen on the pond.

Woodford Green:

• pair of Mistle Thrush on Broadmead playing field (JMak)

Clayhall:

• 1 Kestrel over Woodford Avenue, near Beale School. (JMak)

Fairlop:

• 2 Yellow Wagtail (first passage Yellow Wagtails of the year) (Alan Bell)

Roding Valley Nature Reserve: (just outside the borough)

• 4 Gadwall
• pair of Grey Wagtail
• male Redstart (BJ)

Hainault Forest:

• 2 Mute Swan, 2 Great Crested Grebe, m Shoveler, 12 Tufted Duck, Canada Goose, Mallard, Coot, Moorhen.
• 2 Swallow, 6m Blackcap, 7m Chiffchaff
• 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Green Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch,
• 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Jay
• Sparrowhawk (CIS)

Aldersbrook: (just outside the borough)

• 2 Lesser Redpoll and a Kingfisher (SFisher)