January 4th 2010

Bush Wood, Wanstead:

• 2 Goldcrest (Jonathan Lethbridge)
• calling Tawny Owl (Tim Harris)

Fairlop Waters CP:

• The main lake is 80% frozen and all the others are completely frozen.
• 218 Canada Geese, 4 Greylag Geese, 45 Mallard, 22 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 20 Tufted Duck
• 10 Little Grebe
• 63 Coot, 50 Moorhen
• 4 Lapwing
• 2 Grey Heron
• 1 female Sparrowhawk seen chasing a Blackbird by the fishing lake
• 145 Black Headed Gull, 58 Common Gull, 1 Lesser Black Backed Gull
• 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
• 3 Feral Pigeon, 10 Collared Dove, 16 Wood Pigeon,
• 11 Blackbird, 4 Redwing, 18 Fieldfare, 4 Robin, 3 Dunnock, Wren
• 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit
• 15 Magpie, 13 Carrion Crow, 5 Jay, 4 Starling
• 11 Long Tailed Tit, Great Tit, 3 Blue Tit
• Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, Goldfinch
• 2 Reed Bunting (1m, 1f)
• Brown Hare (first time i have seen it in the Country Park, usually seen in surrounding farmland and Gravel Works, also, 3 Rabbit.

Hainault:

• 2 Fieldfares and numerous Redwing in neighbours garden (Eddie Barnes)

Valentines Park:

• Grey Heron
• Several Common Gull and 1 Herring Gull amongst the Black Headed Gull flock
• 6 Redwing
• 1 Goldcrest
• female Chaffinch (Barbara J)

Wanstead:

• 1 Fieldfare in the garden (JLethbridge)

Wanstead Flats:

• 8 Fieldfare, 40+ Redwing (J Lethbridge)
• 15 Skylark (PFerris)

Wanstead Park, the Basin:

• 3 Little Grebe, Mute Swan, 4 Mallard, Moorhen, 60+ Coot;
• Pied Wagtail adjacent (J Lethbridge);
• Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming in Resevoir Wood (Paul Ferris)

Woodford Bridge Pond:

• 11 Canada Geese (DEH)

Woodford Bridge, Hazeleigh Gardens:

• female Blackcap (Sue Cowie)

Woodford Green, Broadmead Baptist Church:

• 8 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crows, 5 Wood Pigeon
• 3 Grey Squirrels

Woodford Green, Broadmead Estate:

• female Pied Wagtail

Leyton Flats: (just outside the borough)

• 1 Drake Wigeon (rare here), Gadwall, 27 Shoveler,
• 9 Fieldfare,
• Sparrowhawk,
• 8 Lesser Redpoll (Gary A James).

Epping Forest, Great Monk Wood: (just outside the borough)

• 2 female Brambling (MS)