June 3rd 2009

South Park:

• pair of Mute Swans with 3 cygnets (nest has been abandoned with an egg still on it)
  
• many Canada Geese, and 2 Greylag Geese
• lots of Mallards, Tufted Ducks and a male Pochard
• Moorhen (at least 2 families with chicks)
• 6 pairs of Coot nesting/tending to chicks
• pair of Mistle Thrush
  
• Wood Pigeon, Feral Pigeon, Collared Dove, Carrion Crow, Starling, Blackbird, Wren, Chaffinch,

Goodmayes Park:

• pair of Mute Swan (non breeding)
• Canada Geese, Mallards, Tufted Ducks, Moorhens
• 3 pairs of Coot nesting/tending to chicks
• 4 Swift
• Blue Tit, Blackbird, Jay
  

Fairlop Gravel Works: (south site)

• non breeding Mute Swan
• Canada Geese, Mallard, Mute Swan, Coot, Moorhen
• 1 pair of Canada Geese had 3 day old goslings
  
• 3 Lapwing, 2 Little Ringed Plover
• 3 Shelduck
• c50 Lesser Black Backed Gulls (1/2 of which are 1st yr)
• a few Herring Gulls among them
• 6 Stock Dove, plus a few Wood Pigeon and a Collared Dove 0ver
• 7 Grey Heron
• 10 Swifts, 10 Swallows, 1 House Martin and 1 Sand Martin
• 2 Linnet, c20 Pied Wagtails
• 4 Skylark singing
• Pheasant and Green Woodpecker both calling in the distance.

Fairlop Gravel Works: (north site)

• pair of Mute Swan with 1 cygnet
• 2 pairs of Lapwing
• 1 Grey Heron
  
• Canada Geese, Mallard, Tufted Duck, 6 Gadwall, pair of Shoveler, Coot, Moorhen, Great Crested Grebe
• Whitethroat, Blackcap and Sedge Warbler singing
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• 2 Song Thrush singing
• Greenfinch
  
• c50 Swift and 3 Sand Martin

Fairlop Waters:

• c100 Swifts over the lake at 8pm

Valentines Park:

• Mute Swan with 6 cygnets
• Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe
• Mallard, Coot, Gadwal, Moorhen, Tufted Duck, Pochard
  
• Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush (MAW via ELBF)