Fairlop Gravel Works:
- quick view of the northern site from the farmland.
- Sedge Warbler singing, lots of Whitethroat too
- Green Woodpecker calling
- Mute Swan still on nest
- Mallard, female Gadwall, Great Crested Grebe
- lots of Swifts
- 2 pairs of Lapwing guarding nests.
- several Skylark singing.
- Robin, Great Tit, Willow Warbler, Chaffinch, male Reed Bunting.
Fairlop Waters:
- the 3 Greylag Geese families are hanging around together like a nursery, total of 17 chicks between them
- Mute Swans, lots of Mallards with chicks, Canada Geese, several with goslings, Great Crested Grebe on the main lake and Little Grebe on the lagoon. Coot and Moorhen galore.
- 2 more Green Woodpecker on the golf course
- at least 20 Whitethroat around the site, also, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler.
- fledged Robins near the remote control cars.
- Linnets carrying nesting material on the plain
- (total of 5 Linnet seen)
- Chaffinch and Blue Tit seen carrying food
- 10+ Skylark on the farmland/plain
- many Pheasants calling.
- Common Sandpiper on the island.
- 3 Reed Bunting on the plain. and by the lagoon.
- Reed Warbler singing at the fishing lake.
- male Kestrel by the stables
- lots of Swallows and Swifts.
- Also: Lesser Black Backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, Carrion Crow, Jay, Magpie, 10+ Collared Dove, pr Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, Feral Pigeon, House Sparrow, Starling, Pied Wagtail,
- pair of Egyptian Geese grazing near Alexandra Lake (PF via Wanstead Wildlife)
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