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)