November 30th 2009

Fairlop Waters CP:

• over 100 Lapwing on the gravel island
• 2 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant
• 3 Little Grebe
• 45 Teal (25 on the Scrape, 20 on the lagoon)
• 40+ Tufted Duck, Mallard, Coot, Moorhen, Canada Goose, Mute Swan
• Snipe (by the scrape)
• 25 Fieldfare
• 1 female Kestrel hunting round the lake
• Song Thrush.

Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge:

• Kingfisher (Alan Hobson)

Hainault:

• Eddie Barnes, garden sightings
• 2 Coal Tits
• 5+ Goldfinches
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Blue and Great Tit, Robin, Dunnock, Starling, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove and Magpie, and Blackbirds attracted to the lake that's now appeared. (No greenfinches so far this autumn).

South Woodford:

• Sparrowhawk being chased by a Carrion Crow this morning (PGordon)

Woodford Green:

• flooded playing field on Broadmead Estate has attracted over 100 Gulls (Lesser Black Backed, Common, Herring and mostly Black Headed) and also 20 Mallards swimming on the flood! (DEH)
• Great Spotted Woodpecker on the Silver Birch in the garden (Peter Warne)

Barkingside:

• 1 Grey Wagtail by Barkingside Methodist Church (Nigel May)
  

November 29th 2009

Wanstead Flats:

• 3 Teal,
  
• 17 Herring Gull, c90 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 400+ Common Gull, 300+ Black Headed Gull (J Lethbridge, S Fisher).

Wanstead Park:

• 25 Lesser Redpoll sp near Glade (ELBF, JLethbridge, S Fisher);
  
• Coal Tit, Firecrest in Reservoir Wood (JLethbridge, SFisher).
• Ring Necked Parakeets - Quite a number seen around park.
• Carrion Crows, Magpies, Jays, Jackdaws, Starling, Wood Pigeons
• Blue Tits, Long Tailed Tits, Great Tit
• Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Green Woodpecker,
  
• Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Redwing, Fieldfare, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, Wren,
  
• Moorhens, Tufted Ducks, Gadwall, Mallard, Shoveler, Teal, Pochard, Mute Swan, Canada Geese, Coots, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe,
  
• Black Headed Gulls, Common Gulls, Lesser Black Backed Gull,
  
• Cormorant, Grey Heron
• Kingfisher, Pied Wagtail
  
• Goldcrest, Chiffchaff,
• Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch (ELBF Walk)
  

Woodford Green:

• m Goshawk over,
  
• 2 Little Egret over,
  
• Firecrest in private garden a.m. (Birdguides).

Gants Hill:

• Alan Thomas' garden:
• Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Male.
• Goldfinches - 2, Greenfinches - 12, Chaffinches - 7,
  
• Great tits - 2, Blue tits - 11
• House Sparrows - 11
• Blackbirds - 3 (2Male & 1Female)
• Dunnock - 1, Robin - 1
• Magpies - 4, Feral Pigeons -14

November 28th 2009

Claybury Park:

• Firecrest, NW of the pond, between Claybury Woods and Hospital Woods
• 3 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Coal Tits, Nuthatch,
• 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 2 Green Woodpeckers,
• Sparrowhawk,
• large flock of Long-tailed Tits,
• 2 Jays
• (Alan Hobson)

Gants Hill:

• Garden sightings (Alan Thomas)
  
• Grey Wagtail - Seen and heard at 9.10am as it flew passed my back bedroom window
• Goldfinches - 8 six on nyjer seed feeder and two more in tree waiting their turn.
• Greenfinches - 8, Chaffinches - 7, House Sparrows - 12
• Blue tits - 10, Great tits - 3, Starlings - c4
• Magpies - 4,
  
• Robin - 1, Dunnock - 1
• Feral Pigeons - 14

November 26th 2009

Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge:

• Kingfisher (inc. fishing and catching a fish),
• Green Woodpecker (inc. bravely fighting off a much larger Magpie which tried to muscle in on its patch),
• Goldfinch,
• 2 Lesser Black Backed Gulls, 2 Pied Wagtails, flock of Long-tailed Tits
• Little Egret,
• Song Thrush (in song) (Alan Hobson)

Wanstead Flats:

• 479 Woodpigeons flying south over Wanstead Flats in the period 7:40-8:10
• Also, 20 Fieldfares flew out of Long Wood and headed south
• 15 Meadow Pipits (Tim Harris)

Bush Wood:

• on the west side of Bush Wood, a Goldfinch in full song. (Tim Harris)

Woodford Green:

• more than 4 Pied Wagtails on Broadmead Estate this lunchtime (usually only 2)

Goodmayes Park:

• 2 Mute Swan, c60 Canada Geese, 22 Greylag Geese, c30 Mallard,
• 18 Tufted Duck, 4 Shoveler, c30 Coot, c10 Moorhen
• Pied Wagtail
• 2 Blue Tits, 2 Long Tailed Tits, 2 Great Tits,
• several Goldfinches
• 5+ Collared Doves on the Island
• c50-100 Black Headed Gulls, 2 adult Herring Gulls
• at least 10 Rats!

November 25th 2009

Hainault:

• 7 Goldfinches discovered the nyjer seed feeder in a garden off Tomswood Hill today! (Eddie Barnes)

Woodford Bridge:

• Sparrowhawk (male) landed in a tree right outside my flat! Very good views. (Alan Hobson)

Wanstead Park:

• Wanstead Park: female Goldeneye still present but no other storm-assisted waifs (J Lethbridge).

Woodford Green:

• 2 Mistle Thrushes active on Broadmead Estate this morning at 7.30am

Mayesbrook Park: (just outside the borough)

• 2 Chiffchaff, Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, Little Egret, 35 Gadwall, 8 Pochard, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Cormorant (Paul Hawkins).

November 24th 2009

Woodford Bridge:

• Cormorant flew over (low) at 10am

Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge:

• Kingfisher
• 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Mistle Thrush
• Flock of Long Tailed Tits
• Pied Wagtail
• (Alan Hobson)

Woodford:

• flock of about 12 Goldfinches at the Library (Alan Hobson)

Wanstead Park:

• 54 Gadwall on the Basin; also 3 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 4 Mallard, 3 Tufted Duck, 3 Moorher, 50+ Coot (J Lethbridge).

November 23rd 2009

Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge:

• Kingfisher,
• Kestrel (excellent views; it sat on a low branch eyeing up prey and didn't move as I walked right past it!),
• Green Woodpecker, Pied Wagtail, Long-tailed Tit, 2 Mute Swans on river, 3 Jackdaws.
• Alan Hobson

Fairlop WEBS Count for November:

• 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe
• 8 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron
• 11 Mute Swan, 2 Greylag Geese, 92 Canada Geese
• 1 Shelduck, 16 Gadwall, 20 Mallard, 28 Teal, 10 Shoveler, 27 Pochard, 85 Tufted Duck
• 35 Moorhen, 113 Coot,
• 90 Golden Plover, 219 Lapwing, 3 Snipe
• 375 Black Headed Gulls, 127 Common Gull, 45 Lesser Black Backed Gulls, 12 Herring Gulls,
• + 1 Hybrid Goose with the Canadas (Steve Bacon)

Hainault Forest CP WEBS Count for November:

• 1 Great Crested Grebe
• 1 Cormorant
• 4 Mute Swan, 1 Greylag Goose, 92 Canada Goose
• 29 Mallard, 18 Shoveler, 4 Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck
• 6 Moorhen, 13 Coot
• 66 Black Headed Gulls, 1 Lesser Black Backed Gull
• 2 Farmyard Ducks (Steve Bacon)

Hainault:

• at least 4 Coal Tits in the garden (off Tomswood Hill)
• Greenfinches
  
• (Eddie Barnes)

November 22nd 2009

Woodford Bridge:

• Jay seen by the river roding as i drove over the bridge.

Fairlop:

• male Kestrel hunting nr the entrance to Fairlop Sailing Club

Gants Hill:

• Today's BTO garden bird survey between the hours of 10.05am till 11.05am as follows: C c1 BTO survey -
• Sparrowhawk - Failed attempt at catching a feral pigeons amongst a group from my garden.
• Blue tits - c10, House sparrows - c14, Great tits - 2, Chaffinches - 7, Greenfinches - 6, Starlings - 5 ,Feral Pigeons - c10, Magpie - 1, Robin - 1, Woodpigeon - 1 immature, Plus - Squirrels - c3
• Just before the survey, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Collared Doves, Dunnock.
• Also after survey: Starling flock seen at 12.05pm of probably around 100 or so seen flying overback gardens in a muraration gathering before heading off towards Barkingside direction.
• Also Goldfinches - 2, Magpies - 2, Lesser Blacked Backed Gulls -2 (Alan Thomas)

Epping Forest: (just outside the borough)

• A good afternoon in the forest yesterday with 2 Firecrests and a Brambling near Strawberry Hill/Earl's Path Ponds (on the path that leads north-east from theponds towards Lost Pond),
• a Buzzard at Fairmead Bottom,
• a Kingfisher on Strawberry Hill Pond
• and a total of 97 Mandarins (72 on Lost Pond, 8 on Baldwin's Pond, 15 on Strawberry Hill Pond and 2 on Earl's Path Pond). (Ian Woodward)

Hainault:

• Garden sightings (off Tomswood Hill)
• our first sighting of Greater Spotted Woodpecker on a coconut/fat feeder.
• 4+ Coal Tits,
• also house sparrow, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Robin, Blue and Great Tit, as well as Wood Pigeons, Collared Doves and Magpies. (Eddie Barnes).

Loughton Brook: (just outside the borough)

• Little Egret; Kingfisher; Grey Wagtail. (BJ)

Highams Park Lake: (just outside the borough)

• 14 Pochard, 14 Moorhen, 16 Canada Goose, 3 Grey Heron, 4 Gadwall, 44 Mallard,
• 6 Cormorant, 6 Shoveler, 6 Tufted Duck, 67 Coot, 90 Black Headed Gull (Pat Murrell)

South Woodford:

• 2 Ring Necked Parakeets visited our Garden (first time for 8 years) Brian Davies
  

November 21st 2009

Wanstead Park:

• 2 Firecrest still, south east end of Reservoir Wood with Tit flock,
• female Goldeneye still present,
• 12 Siskin, 2 Goldcrest, 50+ Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit,
• 4 Fieldfare, 12 Redwing, 5 Song Thrush (S Fisher).

Hainault Forest CP:

• 41 x Black Headed Gulls along Foxburrow Road (TLacchar)

Barkingside:

• 30 Starlings at the junction of Barkingside High Street and Fulwell Cross roundabout (on top of houses (TLacchar)

November 20th 2009

Epping Forest, Knighton Woods:

• 11 Mallard, 1 male Shoveler, 7 Moorhen, no Mandarin?
• 2 Jay, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker

Woodford Ponds:

• Woodford Post Office - 7 Canada Geese, 2 Mallard, 8 Moorhen
• Woodford URC - 1 Moorhen, 2 Jackdaw
• Woodford Police - 10 Mallard, 3 Moorhen, 4 Black Headed Gulls, Grey Heron

Wanstead Park:

• River Roding - 7 Mallard
• Shoulder of Mutton Pond - 34 Black Headed Gulls, 2 Mute Swan, 4 Coot, 4 Mallard, 1 Tufted Duck, 2 Gadwall, Jay, Robin, Great Tits
• The Basin - 2 Mute Swan, 36 Gadwall, 40 Coot, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 10 Little Grebe, 1 Moorhen, 5 Mallard, 31 Black Headed Gulls, Blackbird, Great Tit, Blue Tit & Long Tailed Tit flock, 30 Redwing (over), Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Lesser Black Backed Gull
• Heronry Pond - 43 Coot, 20 Tufted Duck, 9 Moorhen, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Little Grebe, 12 Gadwall, 30 Black Headed Gulls, 11 Mallard, 4 Pochard, Grey Wagtail, Ring Necked Parakeet, Jay, Long Tailed Tit/Blue Tit party, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Perch Pond - 3 Cormorant, Grey Heron, 23 Mallard, 17 Coot, 4 Mute Swan, 5 Black Headed Gulls, 3 Gadwall, 4 Moorhen, 13 Tufted Duck, 1 Pochard, Wren, Long Tailed Tit party, Kingfisher.
• Ornamental Waters - 36 Mallard, 10 Moorhen, 30 Coot, 1 Tufted Duck, 19 Black Headed Gulls, 8 Mute Swan, 27 Gadwall, Teal, 2 Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, Long Tailed Tit/Blue Tit party, 6 Jay, 3 Ring Necked Parakeet, 2 Cormorant, Chaffinch, Wren
• TOTAL WILDFOWL COUNT: 16 Mute Swan, 88 Mallard, 80 Gadwall, 5 Pochard, 1 Teal, 38 Tufted Duck, 134 Coot, 24 Moorhen, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 15 Little Grebe, 119 Black Headed Gulls.

Wanstead Flats:

• Alexandra Lake - 86 Canada Geese, 170 Black Headed Gulls, 300 Common Gulls, 2 Lesser Black Backed Gulls, 20 C00t, 15 Moorhen, 32 Mallard, 1 Tufted Duck, 11 Shoveler (9m 2f), 2 Gadwall, 3 male Teal, 2 Mute Swan
• Jubilee Pond - 119 Canada Geese, 14 Mallard, 2 Coot, 100 Common Gull, 60 Black Headed Gulls, 2 Cormorant, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 female Reed Bunting, 5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Jay
• TOTAL WILDFOWL COUNT: 2 Mute Swan, 205 Canada Geese, 29 Mallard, 1 Tufted Duck, 11 Shoveler, 3 Teal, 15 Moorhen, 22 Coot, 400 Common Gulls, 230 Black Headed Gulls

Eagle Pond:

• 4 Mute Swan, 23 Canada Geese, 30 Mallard, 37 Tufted Duck, 1 male Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 51 Coot, 8 Moorhen,
• c100 Black Headed Gull, 1 Common Gull
• Grey Heron, 4 Cormorant
• 45 Feral Pigeon,
• Jay, Wren

November 19th 2009

Fairlop Waters CP:

• 1st Shelduck has returned for the winter!!! (on the spit)
• 25 Teal (lagoon), 2 Gadwall, (fishing lake), 30 Tufted Duck
• 4 Little Grebe 2 Great Crested Grebe
• 3 Grey Heron, Cormorant
• 52 Lapwing on the island with 1 rat!
• 2 Snipe and a Green Sandpiper on the spit
• Great Tits, Blue Tits and Long Tailed Tits a plenty
• 1 Chiffchaff on the lagoon island with a Chaffinch and 2 Great Tits
• 2 male Pheasant on the lagoon island
• 2 Jays on the plain
• 25 Fieldfare
  
• also: Lesser Black Backed Gulls, Black Headed Gulls, Common Gulls, Mute Swan, Canada Geese, Mallard, Coot, Moorhen, Robin, Blackbird, Wren, Greenfinch, Goldfinch
• (Daniel Erickson-Hull)

Fairlop Works:

• Kestrel hunting on Painters Road
• 1 Skylark flew over Hainault Road, as did 1 Grey Heron and 1 Redwing
  

November 18th 2009

Woodford Green:

• Mistle Thrush being mobbed by 20 starlings on Broadmead Estate. (DEH)

November 17th 2009

Woodford Bridge:

• Green Woodpecker
• 2 Goldcrests (Alan Hobson)

Wanstead Flats:

• c300 Common Gulls, c250 Black-headed Gulls, 24 Lesser Black Backed Gulls and 4 Herring Gulls.
• 3 Green Woodpecker, Jay, Jackdaw, 300 Starling
• Shoveler
• Also 40 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 7 Skylarks, 10 Meadow Pipits, 1 Reed Bunting.
• (Tim Harris, Nick Croft, Jonathan Lethbridge)

Debden: (just outside the borough)

• A female Pheasant on Chigwell Lane, a busy road, actually waiting at the bus stop!

Hainault Forest CP:

• 51 Black Headed Gulls on Foxburrow Road
• 15 Wood Pigeon
• (TLacchar)

Woodford Green:

• Firecrest in a private Garden (birdguides)

Wanstead Park:

• Firecrest
• female Goldeneye (Nick Croft)
  

November 16th 2009

South Woodford:

• Sparrowhawk circling over this morning (PGordon)
• 2 Ring Necked Parakeets on the garden bird feeders (DLittlejohns)

Hainault Forest CP:

• 44 Starlings and 20 Jackdaws along Foxburrows Road. (TLacchar)

Valentines Park:

• Coal Tit with flock of Blue Tits, Great Tits and Long-tailed Tits near feeders in Valentines Park. 3pm. (JCrick)

Wanstead Flats:

• Woodcock (S Fisher)

Wanstead Park:

• 2 Firecrest (Tim Harris, Nick Croft),
  
• f Goldeneye (SF, PF, JL et al);
  
• 25 Fieldfare, 8 Ring Necked Parakeet (JLethbridge).

November 15th 2009

Wanstead Flats:

• Woodcock west end of Flats early AM (S Fisher);
  

Wanstead Park:

• Firecrest Reservoir Wood, east end of Wanstead Park (T Harris, N Croft),
• female Goldeneye still present on Heronry Pond - first record since 1985 (SF, PF, JL et al);
• 25 Fieldfare in Old Sewage Works,
• 8+ Ring Necked Parakeet on Rook Island, (J Lethbridge).
• Grey Wagtail was by the hut. (Sally Hammond)
• 2 Kingfishers (one showed really well for a long time),
• 2 Green Woodpeckers, 2 Greater Spotted Woodpeckers, Jay, Jackdaws, Carrion Crows, etc etc. (Sally Hammond)

Woodford Green:

• over 100 Gulls on the flooded football field on Braodmead Estate including Lesser Black Backed Gulls, Herring Gulls, Common Gulls and Black Headed Gulls

Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge:

• after the heavy rains, 2 adult Mute Swan (rarely seen in this stretch as it is usually so shallow)

Claybury Park:

• Sparrowhawk being harassed by a crow (Eddie Barnes)

Fairlop Waters:

• 4 Corn Buntings,
• 40 Linnets,
• Grey Wagtail,
• 4 Chiffchaffs,
• Green Sandpiper (AABrown)

November 14th 2009

Wanstead Park:

• female Goldeneye on Heronry Pond,
• 45 Gadwall, 13 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe -
• 15 Pochard, 30 Tufted Duck on Heronry / Perch pond
• 7 Mute Swan
• 80+ Jackdaw (SFisher/JLethbridge)

Wanstead Flats:

• 11 Skylark, 8 Meadow Pipits,
• 2 male Stonechats,
• 4 Fieldfare,
• 130 Common Gulls (S Fisher)

November 13th 2009

Woodford Bridge:

• 4 Mute Swans (over)
• Mistle Thrush, 2 Long Tailed Tit
• 2 Herring Gull, Common Gull, Black Headed Gull,
• 2 Jackdaw (Alan Hobson)

Fairlop Waters:

• nearly 100 Lapwing on the Island (J Eccleston)
  

November 12th 2009

South Park:

• 2 Adult Mute Swan with 1 juvenile
• 101 Canada Geese
• Mallard, Tufted Duck, 1 male Pochard, 1 male Shoveler
• 1 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Grebe
• 170 Black Headed Gull, 3 Common Gull
• 1 Grey Heron
• 3 Kingfisher!
• Rats everywhere.

Fairlop Waters CP:

• 6 adult & 6 juvenile Mute Swans
• Canada Geese, Mallards, Tufted Duck, c10 Gadwall (scrape), c30 Teal (lagoon), Moorhen, Coot
• 1 male Red Crested Pochard on the boating lake
• 4 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe
• c10 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron
• 1 Male Kestrel on a golf flag
• 4 male Pheasant (2 on the plain, 2 by the stables)
• c30 Chaffinch, c15 Goldfinch, c15 Greenfinch, 4 Linnet
• Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit a plenty
• 10+ Song Thrush, Blackbirds, Robin, Wren, Dunnock, 2 Redwing 40+ Fieldfare
• Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Pied Wagtail
• Carrion Crow, Magpie, 4 Jay,
• Wood Pigeon, Feral Pigeon, Collared Dove,
• 5 Goldcrest, 2 Chiffchaff, at the east end of the fishing lake
• Green Sandpiper on the spit
• 70+ Lapwing on the Island
• Starling, usual Gulls,
• 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker

Hainault Lodge Nature Reserve:

• c10 Jackdaw, 6 Jay
• 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
• 4 Goldcrest
• Goldfinch

Hainault Forest CP:

• 94 Canada Geese, 4 Mute Swan
• 27 Shoveler, Great Crested Grebe 1 female Pochard
• 10 Cormorant
• Mallard, Coot, Moorhen
• including 1 female Mallard on a pond on the golf course, with 14 x 1 day old ducklings!
• Green Woodpecker
• 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker,
• 6 Nuthatch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit
• 3 Skylark and Meadow Pipit in adjacant fields
• Song Thrush
• 2 Stock Dove
• 10+Jay, c100 Jackdaw with c50 Rook

Claybury Park:

• 2 adult with 4 grown young Moorhen and 2 Mallard on the pond with 10 Black Headed Gulls and a Grey Heron
• 2 Sparrowhawk
• Nuthatch (heard)
• 5 Treecreeper!
• 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
• Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit,
• 1 Meadow Pipit
• House Sparrows calling from Ravensbourne Road

Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge:

• Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker,
• Pied Wagtail, 2 flocks of Long-tailed Tits, Jay
• Redbridge Lakes: 4 adolescent Mute Swans, juveniles from the spring and now in semi-adult plumage, and sticking together after their parents presumably drove them off from their territory on the river (where I saw them all together in the summer).
• 20 Herring Gulls (Alan Hobson)

Barkingside:

• Grey Wagtail by my garden pond (Tony Leaderman)
  

November 11th 2009

Hainault:

• Sparrowhalk over our garden, towards Claybury Park
• Chaffinches on the feeders (Eddie Barnes)

Wanstead Flats:

• 3 Meadow Pipits, 17 Skylark,
• 112 Carrion Crow, Pair of Stonechats,
• 3 Green Woodpecker, Great-spotted Woodpecker (S Fisher)

Valentines Park:

• Black-headed gulls, Common gulls
• Grey wagtail
• Mute swan family, Canada geese
• Cormorant
• Great crested grebe
• Mallard, Tufted duck,Coot, Moorhen, Pochard
• Grey heron
• Blackbird, Starling
• Green woodpecker
• Blue tit, Great tit, Long-tailed tit
• Robin
• Magpie, Carrion crow
• Wood pigeon, Feral pigeon
• (Madeleine Sevoir U3A Birding Group)
  

November 10th 2009

Wanstead Flats:

• 220 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 50 Mallard, Moorhen, 25 Coot, 80+ Common Gull,
• 45 BH Gull, 3 Cormorant over,
• 100+ Woodpigeon S in two large groups,
• Green Woodpecker, 2 GS Woodpecker,
• lots of Wren, 2 Pied Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit,
• 4 Blackbird, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Mistle Thrush,
• Chiffchaff,
• 25 Long-tailed Tits, 8 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit,
• 150 Starling, 4 Jackdaw, 35 Crow, Jay, 7 Magpie (J Lethbridge).

Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge:

• Grey Heron,
• 2 parties of Long-tailed Tits,
• 3 Pied Wagtails,
• 2 Jays,
• Green Woodpecker (Alan Hobson)

Woodford Green:

• pair of Pied Wagtails flitting around Broadmead Estate

Valentines Mansion:

• Chaffinch, Blackbird, Blue Tit, & Great Tit

Gants Hill:

• Great Spotted Woodpecker, House Sparrow (in our garden)
• 6 Blue Tit, 3 Blackbird (Alan Thomas)

Valentines Park:

• 7+ Cormorant, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Moorhen, Coot,
• Family of Mute Swans
• Released pinioned birds: Mandarin, Wood Duck, Pintail
• Grey Heron,
• Black Headed Gull, Lesser Black Backed Gulls, Herring Gulls
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Greenfinch
• Mistle Thrush
• Starling, Blackbird
• Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit
• Magpie, Carrion Crow,
• Collared Dove, Wood Pigeon (Eddie Barnes)

Buckhurst Hill: (just outside the borough)

• Sparrowhawk succesfully caught a Greenfinch in flight, in a private garden. (FLudlow)
  

November 9th 2009

Wanstead:

• Coal Tit nr Bush Wood (J Lethbridge).

Wanstead Park:

• 15.45 - 17.15:
• 1 Woodcock,
• female Tawny Owl,
• 36 Gadwall, Teal,
• 15 Ring-necked Parakeet over, SFisher, (7 also seen by Jim Martin)
• 25 Tufted Duck (S Fisher)

Buckhurst Hill: (just outside the borough)

• Sparrowhawk in a private garden, bothering finches! (FLudlow)
  

November 8th 2009

Fairlop Gravel Works, South Side:

• c250 Lapwing
• 2 Green Sandpipers
• 10 Teal, female Shoveler

Fairlop Gravel Works, North Side:

• c50 Lapwing, with 4 Golden Plover
• c20 Pochard, c20 Gadwall, c25 Tufted Duck
• Cormorant (over)

Valentines Park:

• 2 Ring Necked Parakeets over Long Waters (Tajinder Lachhar)
• 2 Egyptian Geese (Simon Litt)

Epping Forest, Strawberry Hill Ponds: (just outside the borough)

• 23 Mandarin, 6 Moorhen, Mallard
• Kingfisher, Grey Heron
• female Tawny Owl (MAW)

Wanstead Park:

• In the Sewage Works area:
• 20 Redwing, 7 Fieldfare,
• male Bullfinch, 5 Goldfinch, 40 Chaffinch, 40 Greenfinch
• 2 Blackcap
• also, Treecreeper in Resevoir Wood (Tim Harris)

Fairlop Waters CP:

• Black Headed Gull, Common Gull, Herring Gull,
  
• Blackbird, Mistle Thrush, Robin,
  
• Blue Tit, Long Tailed Tit,
  
• Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Coot, Moorhen,
  
• Carrion Crow, Magpie, Starling, House Sparrow,
  
• Collared Dove, Feral Pigeon, Wood Pigeon,
  
• Green Woodpecker,
  
• Pied Wagtail,
• Lapwing (Tony Leaderman)
  

November 7th 2009

Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge:

• Little Egret, 4pm
  

Eagle Pond:

• 4 Mute Swans
• 2 Canada Geese
• 27 Mallard
• 17 Tufted Duck
• 2 male Shoveler
• c40 Coot
• 13 Moorhen (most i've seen here)
• c50 Black Headed Gull
• Grey Heron (DEH)
• Goldcrest feeding in the trees to the west of the lake
  

November 6th 2009

Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge:

• Little Egret

Wanstead Flats:

• 2 male Stonechats
• 6 Redwings west
• 1 Fieldfare north-west
• 5 Meadow Pipits
• 1 Skylark
• 65 Common Gulls, 35 Herring Gulls, 20 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
• Male Sparrowhawk (Tim Harris)
• male Dartford Warbler (DBA)

Fairlop Waters CP:

• 2 adult Mute Swans with 5 juveniles
• c30 Canada Geese, 2 Greylag Geese
• 20 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron
• 1 Kestrel over the golf course
• Mallard, Tufted Duck, Coot, Moorhen
• 30+ Teal on the lagoon
• Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe
• Black Headed Gulls, Common Gulls, Lesser Black Backed Gulls, Herring Gulls,
• c80 Lapwings on the Island
• 2 Snipe on the plain
• 3 Woodcock flushed from the plain
• 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker,
• Ring Necked Parakeet (east)
• Carrion Crow, Magpie, Jay, Feral Pigeon, Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove
• Starling, Blackbird, 4 Song Thrush, 10 Redwing
• 80 Fieldfare (north)
• Robins, Wren, Dunnock, Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 8 Skylark
• Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tits
• Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, 2 Linnit, 17 Siskin, feeding by the fishing lake
• 3 Reed Bunting
• 1 Chiffchaff still singing, associating with 2 Bliue Tits by the fishing lake

Fairlop Quarry:

• quick walk up footpath 86
• 2 Kestrels,
• 1 Fieldfare
• Long Tailed Tits, Blue Tits, Robin, Blackbird
• 2 Hawfinch in hedge near entrance feeding on berries, and flew off east (towards Hainault Forest)

Chigwell Row: (just outside the borough)

• 3 Jackdaw over Al Saints Church

Chigwell Row Water Treatment Works: (just ouside the borough)

• c40 Tufted Duck, 12 Cormorant, 6 Little Grebe
• Grey Heron, Mallard, 6 Mute Swan, Coot, Moorhen
• Green Woodpecker
• 2 Redwing,
• 5 Jay

Woodford Green:

• 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail on Broadmead Estate
• 30-40 Gulls on the playing field, including Black Headed Gull, Common Gull and Lesser Black Backd Gull

Aldborough Hatch:

• over 30 Collared Doves perched on Aldborough Road North.

November 5th 2009

Epping Forest, Knighton Woods:

• 15 Mallard, 5 Moorhen
• 20+ Mandarin, (at least 10m & 10f)
• pair of Wood Duck
• Party of Long Tailed Tits feeding round the pond, 'with' 1 Redwing
• 2 Jay
• 2nd party of Long Tailed Tits, nearer Monkhams Lane, with Blue Tits, Great Tits, and one Firecrest
• 3 Goldcrests,
• Nuthatch (heard)
• Coal Tit

Epping Forest, Reeds Forest:

• 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Blue Tits, Great Tits

Epping Forest, Whitehall Plain:

• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• 2 Jays

Wanstead Park:

• 30 Gadwall (the basin)
• 9 Little Grebe, 6 Great Crested Grebe (SFisher)

Wanstead Flats:

• pair of Stonechat
• 6 Meadow Pipit (SFisher)

Seven Kings Water, Loxford:

• Grey Wagtail
• female Sparrowhawk over (JMakengo)

Ray Park:

• 200 Starlings
• 4 Blue Tits in the walled garden
• 2 Jays
• Collared Dove, Pied Wagtail, Blackbird (TLacchar)

Epping Forest, Connaught Water: (just outside the borough)

• Tawny Owl calling at 10.30pm

November 4th 2009

Fairlop Waters CP:

• 9 Cormorant (4 on the jetty, and 5 over)
• 61 Lapwing (mostly taking advantage of the newly gravelled-over island!
• 4 adult and 5 juvenile Mute Swan
• 28 Canada Geese (vastly depleted flock!!! ???), 2 Greylag Geese
• 49 Tufted Duck, 36 Mallard
• 30 Teal (on the lagoon)
• 8 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Little Grebe
• 122 Coot, 31 Moorhen
• 68 Black Headed Gulls, 21 Common Gulls on the lake
• Lesser Black Backed Gull and Herring Gulls (over)
• Male Sparrowhawk moving through the trees in the fenced off wildlife area by Forest Road
• Kestrel hunting over the golf course
• 4 Goldfinch,2 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch,
• 4 Green Woodpecker
• c20 Wood Pigeon, 1 Stock Dove (over), Collared Dove & Feral Pigeon near the stables
• c6 Carrion Crow, c5 Magpie, 2 Jay, 4 Starlings
• c20 Blue Tit, c4 Great Tit, c40 Long Tailed Tit (4 parties of 10)
• c9 Robin, 5 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, c12 Blackbird, 2 Dunnock,
• female Stonechat behind the lagoon on the plain towards St. Peters Aldborough Hatch, and the male was calling from near the east end of the Lagoon, where at least 1 Reed Bunting was also calling,
• 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit over the plain

Fairlop, Hainault Farm Lake (the spit):

• 7 Grey Heron
• 2 Teal
• 2 Little Grebe
• Chiffchaff calling

Fairlop, Hainault Farm:

• flock of about 40 Starlings by the entrance on Hainault Road

Fairlop Quarry:

• a short walk up Footpath 86 before it stated raining produced a marvellous low flying Buzzard
• Skylark (heard)
• 9 Long Tailed Tits with a couple of Blue Tits
• Carrion Crows and Magpies

Fairlop Gravel Works, North side:

• 2 Mute Swans, 2 Shoveler, c30 Gadwall, c20 Tufted Duck, c10 Mallard, c15 Pochard, c10 Teal, 10 Coot, 5 Moorhen
• 2 Snipe
• another party of Long Tailed Tits
• Merlin flashed low through the site
• 2 Kestrels both seen hovering, and perching on lamp columns (one on Painters Road, and one on Hainault Road)

Fairlop Gravel Works, South Side:

• too dark to see much, but I wanted to see if any Golden Plover had arrived, which they had not!
• 100+ Lapwing, 2 Snipe
• 2 Mute Swans, 30 Canada Geese, 2 Teal, 5 Moorhen

Valentines Park, Ilford:

• adult Medeterranean Gull, Common Gull, Black Headed Gull,
• 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Greylag Geese,
• 5 Cormorant,
• Mute Swan family of 7,
• Shoveler, Pochard, Gadwall, Little Grebe
• 2 Grey Wagtails, Pied Wagtail, Kingfisher,
• 2 Mistle Thrush,
• Grey Heron (MAW)
• plus: Canada geese, Coots, Moorhens,Cormorant, Mallard, Tufted duck
• Blue tit,Long-tailed tit, Greenfinch, House sparrow
• Robin, Pied wagtail, Starling, Mistle thrush
• Wood pigeon, Feral pigeon, Carrion crow, Magpie
• Jay (MSevoir/u3A Birding Group)
  

Valentines Mansion:

• Wren
• 20 Jackdaws over the walled garden (TLacchar)

November 3rd 2009

Wanstead Flats:

• (9.30-10.30): no sign of Dartford Warbler;
• m Stonechat, 11 Skylark, 6 Meadow Pipits, Mistle Thrush, Jay,
• Snipe (flushed)
• 2 Fieldfares in Hawthorn,
• 10 Shoveler in Alexandra Pond (S Fisher)
• (P Fallan/SFisher).

Ilford:

• 2 Egyptian Geese (over) (JLethbridge)

Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge:

• Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Alan Hobson)
  

November 2nd 2009

Wanstead Flats:

• Dartford Warbler, still in same area seemed to be associating with Stonechats this am 8.15 am (JP Elmes).

Wanstead Park:

• In Reservoir Wood - 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker,
• Treecreeper,
• 40+ Long Tailed Tits, 20 Blue Tit, 30+ Great Tit, 1 Coal Tit,
• 8 Jays (J Lethbridge).
• 20 Little Grebe (16 on The Basin),
• 4 Great-crested Grebe (The Basin),
• 24 Gadwall, 12 Pochard, 24 Tufted Duck,
• 1 Kingfisher over Shoulder of Mutton pond,
• 96 Coot (S . Fisher)

Woodford Green:

• Mistle Thrush on Broadmead Estate

Fairlop:

• Kestrel on a lamp column on Forest Road near Fairlop Waters CP entrance

Fairlop Gravel Works:

• 2 Mute Swan, 33 Canada Geese
• Mallard, Tufted Duck, Gadwall, Shoveler, 10 Teal, Coot, Moorhen
• Water Rail
• 1 Woodcock, 100+ Lapwing, 15 Snipe
• Party of Long Tailed Tits,
• Song Thrush
• 2 Kestrels, 1 over Hargreaves field, and one on Painters Road
• Little Owl calling
• Jays fighting in the trees that line Hargreaves
• Several Hares in the field between the Gravel Works, and Hargreaves
• Fox in the same field as the hares
• Pipistrelle Bat
  

November 1st 2009

Wanstead Flats:

• Dartford Warbler still east of Centre road c15:20,
• 2 Stonechat in same area.
• Also 2 Teal, 6 Shoveler, 50+ Common Gull, 5 Herring Gull, 10+ Lesser Black Backed Gull, 1 adult Great Black Backed Gull (rare here),
• 2 Kestrel,
• 2 Pied Wagtail, 8 Meadow Pipit, Song Thrush,
• 2 Green Woodpecker,
• 27 Ring Necked Parakeet over heading north,
• 2 Goldfinch, 10+ Greenfinch,
• 500+ Starling,
• 3 Jay, 2 Jackdaw (J Lethbridge).

Fairlop Gravel Works:

• pair of Mute Swans
• Mallards, 7 Shoveler, 10+ Teal, Coot, Moorhens, Tufted Ducks
• 70+ Lapwings (plus more in adjacent fields)
• 12 Snipe, Green Sandpiper
• 17 Linnet, 5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Skylark, 10+ Pied Wagtail
• 1 Rook surprisingly present 'with' but not socially, the murder of Carrion Crows
• 3 adult Great Black Backed Gulls with the mixed flock of Lesser Black Backed, Herring, Common and Black Headed Gulls. (DEH)

Wanstead Park

• pm: 2 Firecrest calling with large flock of (mainly) Long-tailed tits from Reservoir Wood towards dusk,
• Also Goldcrest and Coal Tit amongst them.
• 11 Pochard, 14 Tufted Ducks, 8 Gadwall (S Fisher)
• Kingfisher on Heronry Pond (Jim Martin)

Gants Hill:

• Sparrowhawk - Seen at 10.10am flying over back gardens.
• Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 male
• Goldfinches - c3
• House Sparrows - c8
• Greenfinches - c4
• Chaffinches - c3
• Blue tits - c3
• Robin - 1
• Magpies - c3
• Collaed Dove - 1
• Wren - 1
• Feral Pigeons - c6
• (garden sightings by Alan Thomas)