May 5th 2009

Gants Hill:

• Swift over Beehive Lane (7am) (JMakengo)
• **White Stork** flying north west (towards Wodford Avenue) at 3.30 (Alan Thomas) (ps... as far is a know of, this is the first sighting of a White Stork in the borough)
• juvenile Dunnock in private garden (AT)

South Park:

• Swift over
• 2 male Pochard, lots of Tufted Duck, Mallard, Canada Geese, Coots and Moorhen
• (1 Moorhen with 3 chicks)
• Mute Swan on nest
• Kingfisher fishing
• Stock Dove, Collared Doves, Wood Pigeons and loads of Feral Pigeons
• Greenfinch, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Robin, Wren, Starlings
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• 1 Cormorant fishing

Valentines Park:

• 5 broods of Mallard ducklings on the small lake
• 2 Male Pochard,
• Little Grebe
• Great Spotted Woodpecker (heard)
• pair of Mistle Thrush
• Pied Wagtail

South Woodford:

• Little Egret over Tescos at Charlie Browns Roundabout (16.30)

Woodford Green:

• Mistle Thrush on the playuing field by Broadmead estate.