May 9th 2009

Gants Hill:

• Heard Green Woodpecker 'yaffle' from our garden (Alan Thomas)
• Jay flying over the roundabout (DEHull)

Ilford:

• many Swifts flying over Valentines Park

Hainault:

• 2 Swifts flying over Tomswood Hill

Barking: (just outside the borough)

• 8 Sand Martin by the River Roding
• Swifts over Longbridge Road/Barking Park

Wanstead Park:

• 6am-9am
• male Garden Warbler singing.
• 2 singing Lesser Whitethroat
• pair of Whinchat in Broom
• 1 Turtle Dove flew North
• Skylark and Meadow Pipit displaying
• 1 male Reed Bunting
• male Reed Warbler singing from Hawthorn by the River Roding near the Cemetary (SF via London Birders)
• 3 Sand Martin over Heronry Pond (PF)

Woodford Green:

• 4 Goldfinches on Broadmead Estate
• Pied Wagtail

Fairlop Waters:

• male Corn Bunting
• female Whinchat (AB via ELBF)

Fairlop Waters:

• Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Coot, Moorhen
• Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe
• Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Linnet, Blue Tit, Long Tailed Tit,
• Blackbird, Robin, Wren, Starling,
• Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, Blackcap
• Green Woodpecker,
• Magpie, Carrion Crow, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove,
• Skylark in the surrounding fields,
• Reed Bunting,
• also Common Lizzard near the stables. (Neil Twyford)