May 8th 2009

Woodford Green:

• pair of Mistle Thrushes making a lot of noise in the rain on Broadmead Estate

Wanstead Flats:

• 2 singing Lesser Whitethroat,
• pair of Wheatear
• c70 Swift and c 40 Swallows

Wanstead Park:

• 1 Cuckoo north over park,
• 1 Hobby over,
• singing Garden Warbler near River Roding,
• Willow Warbler, (SF: via London Birders)

Wanstead Park:

• 7-8pm
• Great Crested Grebe, 5 Little Grebe
• 2 Grey Heron
• 2 pairs of Canada Geese with goslings (5 & 2)
• Hobby over the plain
• Ring Necked Parakeet over Heronry pond
• 20+ Swift
• 4 Sing Thrush, Mistle Thrush
• Grey Wagtail by the Roding pumphouse
• Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff
• Garden Warbler by the River Roding
• 10+ Blackcap, 8 Whitethroat
• about 50 Jackdaw (JL via London Birders)

Bush Wood:

• 2 Hobby,
• 30+ Swift, (JL via London Birders)

Wanstead:

• 2 Mistle Thursh in my garden, which were a tick (JL via London birders).

Fairlop Waters:

• at least 50 Swifts over the lake (8pm)

Roding Valley Park:

• Little Egret on the River Roding, near Woodford Bridge at 5.45 pm (Alan Hobson)