October 31st 2009

Valentine's Park:

• adult Mediterranean Gull,
• 2 Egyptian Geese, 5 Shoveler,
• 1 Coal Tit
• 11.30-12.30 (Ian Woodward)

Wanstead Flats:

• male Dartford Warbler in Broom and Hawthorn north-east of model aircraft green (showing well 11.50 am),
• 2 Stonechat,
• c10 Meadow Pipits, 13 Skylark,
• 3 Reed Bunting, 1 Siskin NW,
• 60+ Redwing west, 6 Fieldfare west,
• 10 Shoveler, 4 Teal,
• 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk,
• 5 Mistle Thrush (S Fisher).

Fairlop Waters:

• 2 Chiffchaff
• 2 Goldcrest
• Stonechat
• (Alan Brown)

October 30th 2009

Fairlop Gravel Works:

• (1pm): 14 Gadwall, 5 Shoveler, 12 Tufted Duck, 15 Cormorant, 1 Little Grebe, 4 Teal,
  
• 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Steve Bacon).

Fairlop Waters:

• 4 juvenile Little Grebe east end of main lake,
  
• 96 Cormorant,
  
• 2 Little Egret flew SE 8.10am (Steve Bacon).

Wanstead Park:

• 5 Ring-necked Parakeet near Temple, most I have ever seen here. Is this the start?
• Also 5 Little Grebe, Pochard, 5 Gadwall, 8 Tufted Duck on Heronry (J Lethbridge).
  

Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge:

• Kingfisher, 2 Ring-necked Parakeets, Jay, 2 Goldfinches, 4 Mistle Thrushes, flock of Long-tailed Tits (Alan Hobson)

Wanstead:

• Two Coal Tits on peanut and sunflower feeder. (garden by Wanstead Park) (Jennifer Charter)

October 29th 2009

Eagle Pond:

• Mute Swan, Canada Geese, Coots, Tufted Ducks, Mallards
• 1 male Shoveler
• 25 Common Gulls and a few Black Headed Gulls
• (at least) 3 Ring Necked Parakeets in the trees at the rear of the lake, near Snaresbrook Court

Fairlop Waters:

• 3 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe and 4 Black Necked Grebe on the boating lake
• 30+ Tufted Duck on the fishing lake.
• Jack Snipe around the spit, (unusually it called as it was flushed)
• Pheasant calling from the plain
• Brown Rat
  

Fairlop Gravel Works:

• Kestrel hunting over the field to the east of the Gravel Works
• 3 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 20+ Lapwing
• 3 Shoveler
• 2x Brown Hare, Rabbits, and probable Weasel!
  

Woodford Bridge:

• 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 2 Mistle Thrushes, 6 Goldfinches, 2 Pied Wagtails, 2 flocks of Long-tailed Tits, 4 Jays (Alan Hobson)

Wanstead:

• Two Coal Tits on peanut and sunflower feeder. (garden by Wanstead Park) (Jennifer Charter)

October 28th 2009

Wanstead:

• 250+ Redwing West,
• ~10 Fieldfare West,
• Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush,
• 150+ Woodpigeon West,
• 25 Greenfinch,
• 3 Jay (J Lethbridge).

Wanstead:

• Two Coal Tits on peanut and sunflower feeder. (garden by Wanstead Park) (Jennifer Charter)

October 27th 2009

Woodford Green:

• female Sparrowhawk circling over Broadmead Estate, and chasing Pied Wagtails high over the tower blocks

Fairlop Waters:

• 10+ Great Crested Grebes
• 6 Lapwings, and 6 Grey Herons on the main lake
• 20 Teal on the Lagoon
• 9 Linnet on Fairlop Plain
• 10 Lesser Redpoll and 3 Siskin
• also 20+ Greenfinch and Chaffinches
• parties of Long Tailed Tits
• pr Pied Wagtails
• 2 Fieldfare and 3 Redwing
  
• Reed Bunting and Meadow Pipit
  
• Pheasant

Bush Wood:

• Red Throated Pipit NW over at 9.55am (Jonathan Lethbridge)

Loughton, Lower Park Road: (just outside the borough)

• Ring-necked Parakeet, Green Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail (NM)

Wanstead:

• Two Coal Tits on peanut and sunflower feeder. (garden by Wanstead Park) (Jennifer Charter)

Playing fields off Roding Lane North, Woodford Bridge:

• 2 Green Woodpeckers, 2 Goldfinches, Pied Wagtail, Kestrel, 2 Common Gulls, Lesser Black Backed Gull (Alan Hobson)

October 26th 2009

Buckhurst Hill: (just outside the borough)

• Lesser Redpoll (DBr)

Loughton: (just outside the borough)

• 10 Siskin (NM)

Wanstead:

• Two Coal Tits on peanut and sunflower feeder. (garden by Wanstead Park) (Jennifer Charter)
  

October 25th 2009

Woodford Bridge:

• 1 Jay on the grass by Vicarage Road (JMakengo)

Fairlop:

• Sparrowhawk over Silverlady Motors, Hainault Road
• Kestrel on the wire on Forest Road
• Flock of Starlings, Lapwings, Carrion Crows, Jackdaws and Pigeons on Hainault Rd (JMakengo)

Wanstead Flats:

• male Stonechat, 3 Reed Bunting, 17 Skylark, flock of 34 Long-tailed Tits, 1 Linnet, 21 Jackdaw, Song Thrush, 1 Redwing west, 12 Meadow Pipit, 7 Shoveler, 6 Teal, 58 Common Gulls (S Fisher).

Bush Wood, Wanstead:

• 30+ Long-tailed Tits, Great Spotted Woodpecker (J Lethbridge).

Fairlop Gravel Works:

• Snipe, Jack Snipe
• 2 Meadow Pipit
• Greater Black Backed Gull
• (Alan Hobson)

Roding Valley NR: (just outside the borough)

• 34 Wigeon; 12 Gadwall; 1 Shoveler; 1 Green Woodpecker; 18 Pied Wagtail; 22 Linnet. (BJ)

Fairlop Waters CP:

• Black Headed Gull, Common Gull, Lesser Black Backed Gull,
  
• Blue Tit, Robin, Starling, Wren
  
• Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Mallard, Coot, Moorhen
• Carrion Crow, Magpie,
  
• Great Crested Grebe
• Feral Pigeon, Wood Pigeon,
  
• Green Woodpecker
• Lapwing,
• (Tony Leaderman)
  

October 24th 2009

Gants Hill:

• Coal Tit in back garden (Neil Twyford)

Fairlop Gravel Works:

• male Kestrel on the lamp column on Painters Road

Gants Hill:

• Alan & Tajinders garden
• Sparrowhawk, seen at 1.55pm
• pr Great Spotted Woodpecker
• 1 Goldfinch, 12 Greenfinch, 8 House Sparrows, 4 Blue Tits, 2 Great Tits
• 3 Magpies, Robin, Blackbird, Wren, Feral Pigeons

Wanstead Park:

• flock of over 30 Ring Necked Parakeets leaving Chalet Wood. (J Charter)
  

Pics - 24th October 2009

Coal Tit, Gants Hill Garden - Neil Twyford

October 23rd 2009

Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge:

• Grey Wagtail, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtails, Long-tailed Tits, Jays (Alan Hobson) :

Wanstead Park:

• Flock of approx 30 Ring-necked Parakeets flying from Chalet Wood followed by flock of Jackdaws about 4:30pm (JCharter)
  

October 22nd 2009

Epping Forest, South Woodford:

• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, flew over Woodford New Road, 4pm (DEH)

Roding Valley Park, nr Woodford Bridge:

• Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrushes, 2 flocks of Long-tailed Tits, around 10 Herring Gulls, Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, half a dozen Jays, 2 Pied Wagtails (Alan Hobson).

Ilford:

• Sparrowhawk over Barking Abbey School Playing Field, South Park Drive. (JMakengo)

October 21st 2009

Valentines Park:

• Pair of Great Crested Grebe
• 2 Cormornant
• Grey Heron
• Pair of Mute Swan on the Fish Pond
• Pair of Mute Swan on the Boating Lake with 5 juvnile
• Canada Geese
• 2 Egyptian Geese
• Mallard, Shoveler, Tufted Duck, Moorhen, Coot
• Black Headed Gulls
• Feral Pigeon, Wood Pigeon
• Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker
• 6 Pied Wagtail, Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Mistle Thrush
• Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit
• Magpie, Carrion Crows, 4 Jackdaw, 1 Jay
• Starlings
• Chaffinch, Greenfinch (Jacquline Millea)

October 20th 2009

Woodford Bridge:

• Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Mistle Thrushes, 4 Jays, Goldfinch, 2 Common Gulls, Pied Wagtail

Valentines Park:

• 1 male Shoveler on the fish pond.
• 2 Jackdaws by the Emersons Road/Bethel Avenue entrance
• Flock of Long Tailed Tits moving along the fence by Emersons Road

Fairlop Gravel Works, South Side of Painters Road:

• 1 male Kestrel
• 2 Grey Heron
• 1 Little Grebe
  
• 27 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 2 Jack Snipe, 4 Green Sandpiper
• 30 Teal, 3 Shoveler (2m 1f),
• Skylark, 5 Meadow Pipits, 30+ Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail
  

October 19th 2009

Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge:

• Kingfisher, 3 Goldfinches, half a dozen Jays, Great Spotted Woodpecker:
  
• 14 Common Gulls (Alan Hobson)

October 18th 2009

Wanstead Flats:

• (on migration): 1 Siskin, 40 Chaffinch, 6 Redwing, 2 Skylark (heading north-west), 1000 Starling (largest flock of around 500 heading NNW), 9 Song Thrush, 5 Pied/White Wagtails.
• Also 1 fem/imm Stonechat, 5 Reed Bunting, Chiffchaff, 20 Skylarks, 15 Meadow Pipit, 2 Grey Wagtails, 42 Common Gulls. (S Fisher)

October 17th 2009

Fairlop Gravel Works, north side of Painters Road:

• 5 Pochard, 5 Teal, 20 Gadwall, 25 Tufted Duck, Mallard, Coot, Moorhen
• 2 juvenile Cormorants sitting on the tree on a small island
• Little Grebe

Fairlop Gravel Works, south side of Painters Road:

• 10+ Teal, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Canada Goose, Moorhen, Coot
• 2 Grey Heron
• 5 Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 100+ Lapwing
• male Pheasent drinking from a pool of water.
• A few Wood Pigeon, Feral Pigeons and Collared Doves totally outnumbered by a flock of over 60 Stock Doves on the rear field.
• Skylark, 10 Meadow Pipit, up to 100 Linnet, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 juvenile Wheatear
• 2 Grey Wagtail together near the tunnel
• Mixed flock of adult and juvenile Gulls including Black Headed Gull, Lesser Black Backed Gull, Common Gull, Herring Gulls.
• Kingfisher fishing in the first pool, opposite the main gates.
• party of Long Tailed Tits moving along the hedge.
• 1 Goldfinch feeding alone
• Increasing numbers of Starlings and Carrion Crows, Magpies and a Jay.
  

Fairlop Waters CP:

• 14 Great Crested Grebes and a Little Grebe on the main lake
• 1 Grey Heron and 1 Cormorant on the main lake, and 4 Cormorants (over)
• Mute Swans, Canada Geese, Mallards, Coots, Moorhens, Tufted Ducks
• 10-20 Lapwing on the Island
• Pair of Gadwall on the Spit
• 10 Linnet
  
• Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Wren
• Green Woodpecker on Fairlop Plain
• 20 Teal on the lagoon, with about 10 Moorhens
• pair of Sparrowhawk circling high above the Plain, putting up distant passerines...
• 10 more Stock Doves near the Stables
  

Fairlop, Farmland:

• footpath 86m from Hainault Road to Billet Road
• 2 male Pheasant feeding in the distance, near the cycle track
• 2 Green Woodpeckers near the quarry
• a flock of over 70, yes 70 Skylarks feeding together, put up by me, then settled again.

Wanstead Flats:

• On migration: 530 Redwing, 31 Fieldfare, 415 Woodpigeon, 17 Stock Dove, 20 Chaffinch, 1 Siskin, 3 Linnet.
• Also 1 Grey Wagtail, 14 Skylarks, 13 Meadow Pipit, 4 Reed Bunting (including at least one migrant in flight),
• Goldcrest, Chiffchaff and Blackcap (singing briefly). (S Fisher)
  

October 16th 2009

Ilford:

• Jay flew over the A406, by the Ilford exit at 12.30pm, towards Manor Park

Barkingside:

• 1 Goldcrest in Ilford County High School Site
• Green Woodpecker on Mossford Lane (Nigel May)

Hainault:

• Plenty of House Sparrows, Fencepiece Road (Nigel May)

Fairlop:

• 90 Cormorants
• 20 Tufted Duck
• 20 Lapwing
• 4 Teal
• 5 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Little Grebe
• 4 Grey Heron
• 4 Green Woodpecker
• 12 Linnet
• 4 Long Tailed Tits
• 5 Blackbirds
• distant flock of Redwing
• (CiShaw)

October 15th 2009

Woodford Green:

• Goldfinches, Blue Tits, Robin, Blackbird on Broadmead Estate this morning 7am

Barking Park: (just outside the borough)

• 1 Fieldfare and several Redwing (JMakengo)

October 14th 2009

Woodford Green:

• Mistle Thrush chasing a Blue Tit on Broadmead Estate this morning at 7am
• few Goldfinches up and singing!

Barkingside:

• 2 Redwing (DBa)

October 13th 2009

Valentines Park:

• Quick walk around long water and the fish pond produced 100+ Mallard, 40+ Canada Geese, 4 Tufted Ducks, 10 Coot and about 20 Moorhens.
• Mistle Thrushes making noise in the trees
• Goldfinches, Chaffinches and Greenfinches around.
• An ever increasing number of 'pet ducks' Muscovy, Wood Duck, Mandarin, Chiloe Wigeon are being released... possible Black Swan next. I'm looking forward to the Pterodactyls and the Dodo's they got planned.

Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge:

• Grey Wagtail, Green Woodpecker, Pied Wagtail, 6 Jays (Alan Hobson)

Wanstead Park:

• Coots, Mallards, 2 Little Grebes and various Gulls on Heronry Pond
• Grey Heron on Perch Pond
• A few Shoverler, and 1 male Pochard (Paul Ferris)

Wanstead Flats:

• 2 pairs of Little Grebes on Alexandra Lake.
• 1 Chiffchaff singing
• 4 Teal (2 pairs)
• 3 Pied Wagtails & a female Wheatear. The amusing aspect of this was that everywhere the Wheatear went, one Wagtail seemed bound to follow! (Paul Ferris)

October 12th 2009

South Woodford:

• Jay flying over St. Aubyns School at 7.20am this morning (DEH)

Woodford Bridge:

• Scrubland and Playing Field on Roding Lane North
• Sparrowhawk, Pied Wagtail, Goldfinch, 2 Common Gulls (Alan Hobson)

Woodford Green:

• Chiffchaff singing in a tree on Broadmead estat at 5pm (DEH)

Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge northward:

• Grey Heron on the river
• 10+ Mallards, 5 Moorhen
• 8 Canada Geese over (low) in a V formation
• Kingfisher, 'flushed' by my dog!
• Grey Wagtail
• Carrion Crows, Magpies, 3 Jays
• Song Thrush, loads of Blackbirds, Robins and Wrens
• Dunnock in the reeds at the new pond
• 17 Redwing in the tall trees adjacent to the north end of Ray Park, moving about in the treetops.
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Greenfinch, Blue Tit

Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge Southward:

• 2 Kingfishers, (one on the River, and one on the private fishing lake, near the Roding Lane North entrance) (Alan Hobson)

Claybury Park:

• Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jays (AHobson)

Barkingside:

• Green Woodpecker in Ilford County High School (Nigel May)
  

October 11th 2009

Hainault:

• Greenfinches on the rooftops near Fencepiece Road, the off east!

Wanstead Flats:

• am: Vis mig: 45 Redwing, 1 Lesser Redpoll, 12 Linnet, 24 Chaffinch, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Fieldfare, 5 Pied Wagtails. Also 30 Meadow Pipit, 19 Skylark, 13 Common Gulls, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Teal, 2 Shoveler (S Fisher).

Fairlop:

• Cormorant 17, Lapwing 80, Mute Swan 16, Great Crested Grebe 6, Tufted Duck 21, Teal 17, Gadwall 12
• Green Sandpiper 2, (Steve Bacon).

Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge:

• Kingfisher, 2 Chiffchaffs, 2 Long-tailed Tits, 4 Jays, 8 Common Gulls, 2 Pied Wagtails
• 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers [playing hide-and-seek with each other round a tree trunk by the river!] (Alan Hobson)

Valentines Park:

• Mediterrainean Gull, Alan Bell
  

October 10th 2009

Wanstead Flats:

• 07:10 - 09:00
• 5 Song Thrush,
• c120 Redwing,
• 24 Chaffinch, 10 Pied Wagtails, 1 Linnet, 10 Siskin, 1 female Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting, 15 Meadow Pipit,
• 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull, 35 Herring Gulls, 28+ Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 6 Common Gulls,
• 1 Blackcap, Chiffchaff,
• 4 Teal, 3 Shoveler,
• 300 Woodpigeon,
• Sparrowhawk (S Fisher)

Valentines Park:

• Valentino the Mediterranian Gull is back for his 10th winter! (Peter Hopkins)
• Valentines Mansion Garden (TLacchar)
• 1 Wren in the Shrubs in the Old English Garden
• 6 Long Tailed Tits flying over the kitchen
• Great Tits and Blue Tits in the Holly Tree
• Fish Pond: Tufted Duck, CAnada Geese, Mallard, Moorhen, Coot

Fairlop Gravel Works, South Side of Painters Lane:

• c30 Black Headed Gulls, 5 Common Gulls, 2 or 3 Herring Gulls
• male Sparrowhawk, flying low, through.
• c50 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe
• 2 separate flocks of Linnet, one of about 50 and one of 12
• Meadow Pipit, Skylark, 10 Pied Wagtail
• 3 Grey Heron
• 30+ Carrion Crows
• Mallard, Mute Swan, Canada Goose, 10+ Teal, Coot, Moorhen, pr Tufted Duck
• 1 Grey Wagtail feeding near the entrance, then flew north over Painters Lane, and up Seven Kings Water towards the lakes.
• Wood Pigeons everywhere, in every direction, if they are migrating, most of them are lost.
• pair of Stock Doves

Fairlop Gravel Works, North Side of Painters Lane:

• Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Grebe, c20 Tufted Duck, 10 Pochard, 5 Gadwall, 5 Teal, pr Shoveler, 2 Mute Swan
• 10+ Moorhen on the field
• 2 juvenile Cormorants
• Another flock of Linnet (about 30)
• Grey Heron on the field
• male Kestrel on the Lamp Column
• Song Thrush, Blackbird, Wren, party of Blue Tits & Long Tailed Tits
• male Reed Bunting

Aldborough Hatch:

• Flock of over 50 Goldfinches in the field opposite Aldborough Hall Farm
• House Sparrows, Collared Doves.

South Woodford:

• Cormorant & Sparrowhawk (PGordon)

Epping Forest nr Eagle Pond:

• Sparrowhawk being mobbed by one Magpie. I was going round a roundabout at the time and the two birds were flying and fighting about 1-2 metres off the ground right in front of me on the road as I went round the roundabout - they were both lucky they weren't hit by a car. I only had a limited time to watch but it looked as though the Sparrowhawk was heading onto the Eagle Pond bit of Epping Forest. I've seen groups of Magpies mobbing Sparrowhawks before here but not a single one and nothing as close or as dramatic as that! (PGordon)

Woodford Green:

• Sparrowhawk was back again today (10th) and when my wife was watching was posing beautifully. Time I had got down to see it, it had turned its back and the attached pic (top of post) was the best I could get before it flew off. I'll keep watching; looks as though it might hang around for a bit.
• In addition, Goldfinches (3-4) are regular visitors at present along with many Greenfinches. (Peter Warne)

October 9th 2009

Hainault:

• 2 Goldfinches over Fencepeice Road, 4pm

Woodford Bridge:

• 3.40pm, about 300 Starlings in formation over St. Pauls Church
  

October 8th 2009

Woodford Bridge:

• Blackcap, small flock of Long-tailed Tits, Jay: (Alan Hobson)

October 7th 2009

Barkingside:

• Grey Wagtail in Ilford County High School Grounds, 6.10pm (Nigel May)

Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge:

• Kingfisher,
• Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jays, 8 Long-tailed Tits, 2 Pied Wagtails,
• 2 Kestrels (Alan Hobson)

Woodford Green:

• 2 Coal Tit,
• 1 female Great Spotted Woodecker
• blue and great tits
• Greenfinches (9) and Goldfinches (3)
  male Sparrowhawk perched and stayed for over a minute trying to get at fat balls - not sufficiently agile. Fabulous view.
• (Peter Warne, garden sightings)

Wanstead Park:

• 13 Martins over Wanstead Park. (uncertain whether House or Sand Martins) (JCharter)
  

October 6th 2009

Fairlop Gravel Works:

• south side of Painters Lane, 6pm
• c20 Teal, pr Shoveler
• 6 Green Sandpiper, 6 Snipe
• 6 Meadow Pipit

Loxford:

• c20 House Sparrows in St. Francis Way, Loxford Lane

Woodford Bridge:

• Chiffchaff, 8 Long-tailed Tits, 3 Jays, LBB Gull - all from my flat window (Alan Hobson).
  

October 5th 2009

Wanstead Flats:

• Stonechat, early this morning (Tim Harris)

October 4th 2009

Woodford Bridge:

• Female Sparrowhawk over St. Pauls Church

Chigwell:

• male Sparrowhawk over Tomswood Road

South Park:

• Sparrowhawk
• Mistle Thrush
• 2 Pochard, 10 Tufted Duck

Wanstead Flats:

• (S. Fisher)
• 2 House Martin, Goldcrest, 19 Meadow Pipit, 5 Reed Bunting,
• 4 Teal, 4 Shoveler,
• Grey Wagtail,
• Little Owl.

Wanstead Park:

• 1 Blackcap,
• 21 Greenfinch (S Fisher)

Fairlop Gravel Works:

• south side
• Fox and Hare!
• 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit,
• 4 Linnet
• 10 Teal, Tufted Duck
• 3 Stock Dove
• Grey Heron
• 100+ Lapwing, Snipe, Green Sandpiper
  

October 3rd 2009

Bit windy today!

October 2nd 2009

Fairlop Waters:

• male Kestrel on a lamp column on Hainault Road
• 2nd male Kestrel by the Stables (on the ground)
• female Sparrowhawk circling on a thermus over the plain behind the lagoon
• c20 Teal on the lagoon
• Chiffchaff singing away by the fishing lake.
• 5 Great Crested Grebe on the main lake
• 5 Little Grebe ( 3 on the main lake, 2 on the scrape)
• 10 more Teal on the Scrape
• 8 Grey Heron at the Scrape!
• Skylark flushed from the plain
• Great Spotted Woodpecker near the lagoon
• Green Woodpecker yaffling on the plain
• 2 Jay

Woodford Green:

• 2 Mistle Thrush on Broadmead Estate playing field

Hainault:

• 20-30 House Sparrows on Fencepiece Road, just at the edge of the borough. (Nigel May)

Hainault Forest CP:

• 2 Lesser Black Backed Gulls, 22 Jackdaws on the grass, Foxburrows Rd.
• Jay in Forest (T Lachhar)

October 1st 2009

Fairlop Gravel Works, South Side:

• c70 Lapwing, 8 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe
• 13 Teal, Gadwall
• 3 Grey Heron (tree roosting)
• Green Woodpecker
• 3 Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail

Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge:

• Kingfisher (Alan Hobson)

Fairlop Waters:

• Grey Wagtail, in the willow ditch at the rear of the lagoon (Bill Neate)

Valentines Park:

• Male Wood Duck (unfortunately released by park manager)
• Grey Heron, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, 50 Canada geese, Greylag goose, 3 Cormorant, Tufted Duck, Shoveler, Pochard, Coot, Moorhen, Mallard (MAW)

Wanstead Park:

• An afternoon walk in Wanstead Park on 1st October produced the following sightings :
• Perch Pond:
• Two Mute Swans + five cygnets
• 3 Shovelers, Various Coots and Mallards
• 1 Black Headed Gull
• 1 Grey Heron
• 9 Tufted Ducks
• 1 Cormorant
• and one rat scuttling in the undergrowth!
• Dell Bridge:
• I had a nice sighting of two Wrens fairly close together in amongst the foliage.
• Ornamental Waters
• Various Mallards, Coots, Moorhens, and Tufted Ducks
• Two Grey Herons (in different areas) - one of which was being bothered by a Carrion Crow
• Three Cormorants up in the dead trees
• Two Mute Swans + four cygnets
• 4 pairs of Gadwalls. They were skulking away at the end of the Ornamental Waters towards the Pump House. As I tried to get nearer to take some pics, they became very nervous, and flew off. After I continued on walking for several minutes, I came across another four pairs of Gadwalls. They weren't found in the direction the others flew off towards, but as it's the same amount, I'm not sure whether it's a coincidence, or the same group.
• Heronry Pond
• Various Coots, Mallards, Moorhens, and Black Headed Gulls
• 2 Little Grebes
• 2 Shovelers
• and another rat scuttling in the undergrowth - I keep hoping it will turn out to be an interesting mammal!
• Shoulder of Mutton Pond
  Not as 'busy' as the other ponds, so I was able to count :
• 21 Black Headed Gulls
• 4 Coots
• One Mallard
• 2 Mute Swans (no cygnets)
• 2 Moorhens
• 3 Jays in the general area nearby
• I noticed that the Drake Mallards now seem to have regained their colour, after the recent 'eclipse' stage.
• (Kathy Hartnett)