January 2nd 2010

Wanstead Park:

• Feral Pigeon, Wood Pigeon,
• Great Tit, Blue Tit,
• Greenfinch,
• Carrion Crow, Magpie, Jackdaw
• Green Woodpecker
• Blackbird, Redwing, Wren, (JLethbridge)

Wanstead Flats:

• Common Gulls, Black Headed Gulls,
• Mistle Thrush
• Stonechat
• Meadow Pipit (JLethbridge)

Hainault:

• garden sightings
• Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
• Chaffinch, Goldfinch,
• Jay,
• Redwing, Fieldfare (many redwings about, attracted to fallen apples in neighbouring garden),
• House Sparrow, Dunnock. (EBarnes)

Gants Hill:

• Garden sightings:
• Redwings - 5 seen over back garden & surrounding gardens mid afternoon.
• Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 male
• Goldfinches - 5, Greenfinches - 10, Chaffinches - 7, Blue tits - 14, Great tits - 4, House Sparrows - 12, Starlings - 8, Blackbird - 1 female, Robins - 2, Dunnock - 1, Wren - 1, Magpie - 1, Feral pigeons - 9
• Gulls - various common & Black headed flying around and over. (Alan Thomas)

Fairlop Waters CP:

• Little Grebe 1
• Cormorant 3
• Mute Swan 4, Canada Goose 22, Greylag Goose 7
• Mallard 30+, Pochard 2, Gadwall 3, Shoveler 2, Tufted Duck 24, Ruddy Duck 1
• Moorhen 20+
• Coot 40+
• Lesser Black-backed Gull 1, Great Black-backed Gull 1, Herring Gull 3, Common Gull 6, Black-headed Gull 100+
• Lapwing 60
• Wood Pigeon 30+, Collared Dove 2
• Green Woodpecker 3
• Fieldfare 20, Redwing 5, Blackbird 12, Robin 2, Dunnock 3
• Great Tit 1, Blue Tit 4, Long-tailed Tit 12
• Goldfinch 8, Chaffinch 2
• Jay 2, Magpie 13, Carrion Crow 16, Starling 20+
• Pied Wagtail 2 (Mark Braun)

Gants Hill:

• c65 Redwing
• male Blackcap (SFisher)

Ilford:

• Great Spotted woodpecker -a regular visitor to the bird cake
• Robin, Blackbird, Magpie
• Great Tits, Blue Tits, 4 Chaffinches, 2 Collared Doves, 3 Wood Pigeons, about 20 Starlings
• Grey wagtail - stayed most of the day, appeared to be eating bird cake fall out. (Barbara J)

Leyton, West Ham Cemetery: (just outside the borough)

• (Cann Hall Road/West Ham Cemetery) pm:
• female Blackcap,
• 4 Long-tailed Tits,
• 2 Green Woodpeckers, 1 Great-spotted Woodpecker,
• c15 Redwing,
• Sparrowhawk,
• 10 Greenfinch (S Fisher)