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
- 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.
- 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
- 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)
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