December 17, 2009

December 17th 2009

Farmland, Fairlop:


  • c300 Lapwing, and 148 Golden Plover on the field east of Hainault Road opposite Painters Road junction at 2pm (DEH)

Ilford, South Park Drive:

  • Little Egret (over) (JMakengo)

Valentines Park:

  • 9 Shoveler (4 pairs on the fish pond, and 1 lonely eclipse male on Long Water
  • 11 Tufted Duck on Long Water
  • 2 Egyptian Geese feeding on the grass by fish pond
  • Grey Heron on the Island
  • c50 Carrion Crows and a few Jackdaws
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker heard
  • 14 Chaffinches (mostly female) feeding on the ground by fish pond

Hainault:

  • 3 Long Tailed Tits in the garden (first for several months) (EBarnes)

Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge:

  • Kestrel
  • 2 Song Thrush
  • Lesser Black Backed Gulls
  • 2 flocks of Long Tailed Tits
  • flock of Greenfinches
  • Little Egret (Alan Hobson)

Wanstead:

  • flock of about 15 Lesser Redpoll still bouncing about in my garden (JL)

Wanstead Park:

  • female Goldeneye still on Heronry (JLethbridge)

Woodford Green:

  • garden sightings: 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker,
  • 12 Redwing
  • 1 Siskin, 3 chaffinch, 20 greenfinch, 2 goldfinch,
  • 1 wren, 3 robin,
  • 10 blue tit, 5 great tit, 3 long Tailed tit through,
  • 2 blackbird, a million starlings (or so it seemed),
  • 2 collared dove, 5 wood pidgeon,
  • 3 jackdaw, 1 jay, 4 magpie. (PWarne)

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