August 10, 2009

August 10th 2009

Hainault:

  • male Sparrowhawk flying fast and low over Greenwood Gardens (rear Garden)

Connaught Water: (just outside the borough)

  • 5 Female & Juv Mandarin
  • Great Crested Grebe
  • adult Arctic Tern fishing near the Car Park
  • Green Woodpecker

Wanstead Flats:

  • 5 Litte Grebe (3 ad, 2 juv),
  • 161 Canada Geese,
  • 2 Tufted Duck, 20+ Mallard,
  • Cormorant over SE,
  • 2 Herring Gull (1 juv + parent),
  • 4 LBB, ~40 BH Gull,
  • 4 Coot, 5 Moorhen,
  • 4 Green Woodpecker (2 juv),
  • 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,
  • Stock Dove,
  • juv Sparrowhawk heard,
  • 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap (1m 1f), 3 Chiffchaff,
  • Robin, Song Thrush, 4 Mistle Thrush, 3 Blackbird, 4 Wren,
  • 8 Meadow Pipit, 9 Skylark, Goldfinch, 3 Greenfinch, 2 Chaffinch,
  • 25 Long-tailed Tits in 2 flocks, Blue Tits & Great Tits,
  • 10+ Jackdaw, 6 Jay, 100+ Crow (J Lethbridge).

Gants Hill:

  • Alan & Tajinders garden
  • Coal Tit - Five weeks & counting still present in garden.
  • Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker - Same as above five weeks now still present.
  • Greenfinches - mixture of Juveniles & adults in garden.
  • Robins - Two Juveniles chasing one another in garden.
  • Plus House Sparrows, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Dunnock & Magpies.

Fairlop Waters:

  • Green Sandpiper on the lagoon by the 9 hole Golf course (am) (Bill Neate)

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