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)