January 5th 2010

Epping Forest, Knighton Woods:

• 5 Moorhen marshalling the frozen lake
• 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker
• 4 Nuthatch
• 25 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit, 8 Long Tailed Tit, 2 Coal Tit
• 3 Chaffinch
• 14 Fieldfare, 5 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 3 Wren
• 14 Magpie, 7 Jay, 6 Carrion Crow
• 8 Wood Pigeon
• 10 Grey Squirrel and a Fox

Epping Forest, Reeds Forest:

• 3 Redwing in the section between New Road and High Road

Epping Forest, The Birbeck:

• 10 Wood Pigeon
• 8 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 2 Long Tailed Tit
• 3 Redwing, Robin
• 2 Carrion Crow, 3 Magpie
• Chaffinch, 15 Siskin
• 3 Grey Squirrel and Fox

Epping Forest, Whitehall Plain:

• 4 Carrion Crow, 14 Magpie, 1 Jay
• 5 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit,
• 4 Greenfinch, 4 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch, 6 Siskin
• Song Thrush
• 5 Wood Pigeon

Redbridge, Beal School:

• Pied Wagtail

Valentines Park:

• both lakes were 90% frozen, but there were still:
• 6 Mute Swan (boating lake)
• 10 Canada Geese with 1 hybrid Greylag (fish pond)
• 161 Mallard, 16 Tufted Duck, 2 male Pochard, 4 Shoveler (2m, 2f), 128 Coot, 41 Moorhen
• Grey Heron
• 268 Black Headed Gull, 35 Common Gull
• 248 Feral Pigeon, 46 Wood Pigeon, 13 Collared Dove
• 70+ Carrion Crow, 6 Magpie, Jay, 3 Starling
• 7 Blackbird, 3 Robin, Wren, Mistle Thrush,
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• 10 Goldfinch, Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 6 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit

Wanstead Flats:

• Mallard, 2 Mute Swan,
• Cormorant NW,
• Green Woodpecker,
• 9 Skylark, 6 Meadow Pipit,
• Blackbird, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, Dunnock
• 4 Goldfinch, Greenfinch,
• 4-5 Reed Bunting, Jay,
• 50+ Crow. (J Lethbridge)

Wanstead Park, Reservoir Wood:

• 3 Song Thrush, Blackbird, 12+ Long-tailed Tits, Jay (J Lethbridge)

Woodford Green, Broadmead Estate:

• male Blackbird
• Robin Singing
• Blue Tit
• 8 Black Headed Gulls and 1 Carrion Crow on the field.

Woodford Green, The Green:

• 5 Moorhen on the pond by the post office, with 2 Common Gull, 3 Carrion Crow, 1 Jackdaw and 1 Jay
• 1 Moorhen on the pond by the Police Station
• Blackbird and 2 Magpie by Inmans Row

Epping Forest, Highams Park Lake: (just outside the borough)

• Canada Goose, Gadwall, Mallard, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Coot, Moorhen, Great Crested Grebe,
• Black-Headed Gull, Common Gull,
• Little Egret, Grey Heron,
• Blackbird, Robin, Wren
• Blue tit, Great Tit, Goldcrest,
• Great Spotted Woodpecker,
• Carrion crow, Magpie,
• Feral Pigeon, Wood Pigeon,
• Ring-Necked Parakeet, (Ian Woodward)

Connaught Water: (just outside the borough)

• drake Red Crested Pochard, 40 Mandarin (Simon Papps)