January 18th 2010

Fairlop Waters:

• 4 Little Grebe (2 on the boating lake, 2 on the fishing lake)
• 2 Great Crested Grebe (on the boating lake)
• 4 Mute Swan, 261 Canada Geese, 10 Greylag Geese,
• 23 Tufted Duck, 48 Mallard, Pochard, 16 Teal, 6 Gadwall, 3 Shoveler,
• 55 Moorhen, 57 Coot,
• 6 Lapwing on the jetty
• female Kestrel
• male Sparrowhawk by the golf course pond bank, eating its prey (a pigeon)
• 99 Black Headed Gull, 15 Common Gull, 1 Great Black Backed Gull
• 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail,
• 2 Green Woodpecker
• Mistle Thrush, 121 Redwing, 32 Fieldfare, 10 Blackbird, Song Thrush, 4 Robin, Wren,
• 15 Magpie, 39 Carrion Crow, Jay, c50 Starling,
• 4 Wood Pigeon, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Feral Pigeon, 1 Collared Dove
• 7 Great Tit, 7 Blue Tit, 7 Long Tailed Tit,
• 2 Greenfinch

Fairlop Gravel Works:

• 4 Mute Swan, 1 Mallard, 7 Teal, 10 Shoveler, 22 Gadwall, 46 Tufted Duck, 13 Pochard,
• 1 Moorhen, 14 Coot,
• Cormorant (over)
• Great Crested Grebe (north side of Painters Road)
• 3 Pheasent
• 360 Lapwing, 12 Golden Plover, 1 Green Sandpiper,
• 2 Kestrels
• 3 Meadow Pipit,
• 3 Green Woodpecker
• 9 Wood Pigeon, 1 Stock Dove, 6 Collared Dove,
• 4 Magpie, 14 Carrion Crow, 5 Starling,
• 8 Blackbird, Song Thrush, Robin, Wren,
• 5 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 27 Long Tailed Tit,
• 2 Chaffinch,
• female Yellowhammer along Painters Road.

Woodford Bridge:

• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• 2 Mistle Thrush
• Fieldfare (Alan Hobson)

South Park:

• 179 Black Headed Gull, 26 Common Gull
• 115 Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Geese
• 56 Coot, 29 Moorhen
• 2 Mute Swan
• Grey Heron,
• 33 Mallard, 2 Pochard, 30 Tufted Duck (Richard Leighton)

Barking Park: (just outside the borough)

• 191 Black Headed Gull, 18 Common Gull, Herring Gull
• 160 Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, 2 Mute Swan
• 128 Coot, 13 Moorhen
• 2 Little Grebe,
• 110 Mallard, Pochard, 8 Shoveler, 52 Tufted Duck (Richard Leighton)