January 1st 2010

Woodford Green:

• my first bird of the year was a Feral Pigeon flying past the window! how boring!
• also, Pied Wagtail
• Common Gull, Black Headed Gulls
• Dunnock singing
• Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove

Woodford Bridge Pond:

• 80 Mallard, 15 Moorhen, 7 Canada Goose
• 22 Black Headed Gulls

Fairlop Gravel Works:

• 1 Mallard, 21 Teal, 27 Gadwall, 26 Pochard, 25 Tufted Duck, 25 Shoveler,
• 4 Greylag Geese,
• 17 Coot, 2 Moorhen
• Little Grebe
• 5 Chaffinch, 8 Goldfinch,
• Mistle Thrush (unusual here), Song Thrush, Blackbird, 3 Dunnock, Robin, 1 Wren,
• 42 Carrion Crow, Magpies, Wood Pigeon, 2 Stock Dove
• 32 Skylark (including a flock of 28 on the field behind Aldborough Farm)
• 2 Meadow Pipit
• 500+ Lapwing, 4 Golden Plover, 2 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper
• Starling
• 1 Great Black Backed Gull, 10+ Lesser Black Backed Gull, 2 Herring Gulls, many Common Gulls and Black Headed Gulls
• 6 Pheasant (4f 2m)
• 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 8 Long Tailed Tit
• 2 Kestrels (1m 1f)
• 3 Foxes and loads of Rabbits

Fairlop Waters CP:

• 2 Mute Swan, 189 Canada Geese, 12 Greylag Geese
• 48 Mallard, 18 Shoveler, 10 Teal, 3 Gadwall, 2 Wigeon, 21 Tufted Duck
• 13 Little Grebe (more than usual)
• 102 Coot, 34 Moorhen
• 32 Lapwing on the island
• 2 Grey Heron
• male Kestrel, male Sparrowhawk
• c30 Fieldfare, c30 Redwing, 11 Blackbird, 6 Song Thrush, 3 Robin, Dunnock, Wren
• 1 Snipe by the spit on Hainault Farm
• Jay, Magpie, Carrion Crow
• 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
• 6 Meadow Pipit,
• 8 Blue Tit, Chiffchaff, 2 Goldfinch, (DEH)
• Cormorant (Tony Leaderman)

Hainault Forest CP:

• 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
• 2 Nuthatch (heard)
• 15 Long Tailed Tit
• Kestrel
• 6 Redwing
• 4 Pheasant (Barbara J)

Wanstead Park:

• Robin
• Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Gadwall, Pochard, Coot
• 2 Teal on Shoulder of Mutton Pond
• on the Basin at dusk (JLethbridge)
• 2 Crossbills over Shoulder of Mutton Pond,
• 1 Goldcrest, Coal Tit,
• 40 Redwing, 7 Song Thrush,
• 12 Little Grebe, 2 Teal, 35 Gadwall
• 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker
• 23 Jackdaw
• 3 Stock Dove
• 3 Lesser Redpoll (SFisher)

Wanstead Flats:

• c500 Common Gulls,
• 19 Skylark
• male Stonechat, (SFisher)

Roding Valley NR: (just outside the borough)

• 9 Redwing; 2 Bullfinch. (BJ)

South Park:

• Grey Heron,
• 30 Tufted Duck, 200 Canada Geese, 30 Mallard, 2 Mute Swan, 23 Coot, 18 Moorhen,
• Herring Gull, 20 Common Gull, 100 Black-headed Gulls,
• 4 Carrion Crow, Robin (PVaughn)

Ilford, Tavistock Gardens:

• garden sightings: 10 Wood Pigeon, 10 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 2 Robin, 2 Blackbird, Dunnock, 27 House Sparrow, Wren, 2 Magpies (PVaughn)

Hainault:

• in the garden: Green Woodpecker,
• Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Goldfinch,
• Redwing, Fieldfare (last two in a neighbouring garden). (Eddie Barnes)

Claybury Park:

• I finally saw my first Treecreeper for Claybury Park.
• Also: Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming),
• Grey Heron,
• flock of Redwings, Meadow Pipits. (Eddie Barnes)

Gants Hill:

• garden sightings:
• Redwings - 2 in our tree a garden patch first with pictures to follow plus several in my neighbours tree on either side of our garden and also various groups of Redwings in small flocks of around fifty plus going back & forthover back gardens.
• Stock Doves - 2 in flight at roof top level which enable me to have a goodview heading towards Barkingside direction again more than likely going to Fairlop.
• Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 male.
• Goldfinches - 2, Chaffinches - 11, Greenfinches - 13, House Sparrows - 18+ maybe more at back of garden where extra feeder is.
• Blue Tits - 12+ same as above, Great Tits -4
• Blackbird - 1female, Wren - 1, Robins - 2
• Starlings - 8, Wood Pigeons - 2, Feral Pigeons - 12 (Alan Thomas)