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)