September 21st 2009

Roding Valley Park: Woodford Bridge

• Little Egret
• Kingfisher
• Mistle Thrush
• Sparrowhawk (Alan Hobson)

Fairlop Gravel Works:

• (south side) DE-Hull/JMak
• 50+ Lapwings, 50+ Starlings, 3 Grey Heron and Pheasent on the ploughed field
• 2 Hobbies still being vocal
• Buzzard still present circling!
• Gadwall and Teal on the pool... with the usual suspects, and 4 Cormorants (juv)
• 5 Yellow Wagtail
• Stonechat, Whinchat (AAB)

Roding Valley NR: (just outside the borough)

• Little Egret;
• 5 Wigeon; 4 Gadwall;
• Sparrowhawk;
• 40 Swallows; 18 Pied Wagtail. (BJ)

Wanstead Flats:

• 7:20am-8:30am: 6 Skylark, 7 Meadow Pipit,
• Whinchat, 4 Mistle Thrush,
• 2 Swallow,
• 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Blackcap, Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff,
• Greenfinch, up to 6 Jay busy storing acorns, 4 Jackdaw (J Lethbridge).

Epping Forest, New Road, Woodford:

• Jay (D Messer)