January 7th 2010

Barkingside, Horns Road:

• Redwings (Eddie Barnes)

Fairlop, Forest Road:

• female Kestrel on a lamp column

Fairlop, Hainault Road:

• Kestrel hovering

Fairlop Gravel Works, Painters Lane:

• south side of Painters Lane
• 298 Lapwing, 10 Golden Plover
• 2 Grey Heron
• 9 Pheasant (8 female, 1 male)
• 3 Meadow Pipit
• Chaffinch, House Sparrow, Wren
• 13 Carrion Crow, Magpie
• 3 Brown Hares (possibly 4)

Fairlop Waters CP:

• 139 Lapwing on the island
• 2 Little Grebe
• 2 Mute Swan, 14 Pochard, 4 Gadwall, 10 Tufted Duck
• Grey Heron

Hainault, Hanover Gardens:

• Pied Wagtail
• Black-Headed Gull
• 20 Fieldfare, 3+ Blackbirds, 2 Redwings eating fallen apples in a neighbours garden (Eddie Barnes)

Ilford:

• garden feeders completely manic all morning
• Grey Wagtail still present, now joined by Pied Wagtail
• 6 Blackbirds,
• 4 Chaffinches
• 25+ starlings
• 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Also: Blue Tits, Great Tits, Robin, Collared Dove, Wood Pigeon, Magpie (Barbara J)

Ilford, Tavistock Gardens:

• 3 Redwing (PVaughn)

Little Heath, Hargreaves Camp:

• Great Spotted Woodpecker

Roding Valley Park, Northern Section:

• Woodford Bridge towards Buckhurst Hill
• 42 Mallard, 12 Moorhen
• Water Rail at the river bank showing very well.
• Snipe
• 7 Pheasant (2 m, 5 f)
• female Kestrel, female Sparrowhawk
• 1 Cormorant flying down river (low)
• Grey Wagtail (heard)
• 31 Wood Pigeon, 3 Stock Dove
• 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
• 9 Blackbird, 6 Redwing, Song Thrush, 8 Robin, 3 Dunnock, 3 Wren
• 5 Carrion Crow, 9 Magpie, 2 Jay, 2 Starling
• 7 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 10 Long Tailed Tit
• 2 Goldfinch, 4 Chaffinch (DEH)

Wanstead, Lakehouse Road:

• Snipe.... garden tick, flushed by a dog walker on Wanstead Flats!
• other garden sightings include:
• 9 Canada Geese (over)
• Herring Gull, 5 Common Gull, 3 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 12 Black Headed Gull, Grey Heron (over)
• 10 Wood Pigeon, 18 Feral Pigeon, 4 Collared Dove
• Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker,
• 2 Magpie, 7 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 16 Starling,
• 59 Fieldfare, 17 Redwing, 3 Blackbird, 2 Robin, Dunnock, Wren,
• 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit,
• 4 Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch, (JLethbridge)

Wanstead, Mansfield Road:

• 2 Lesser Redpoll (APe)

Wanstead Flats:

• Green Woodpecker (Paul Ferris)
• 6 Mute Swan (2 adult, 4 juv) on Alexandra Lake (PF)

Wanstead Park:

• 1 Ring Necked Parakeet
• 6 Pochard, pair of Shoveler, 2 Tufted Ducks, Coot, Swans, Mallards, Canada Geese
• 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Sparrowhawk
• 1 Wren, 1 Dunnock (Barbara J)

Woodford Bridge, Hazeleigh Gardens:

• Birds seen from my window:
• 15 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing (both, the first ive seen from the window in 19 years)
• 2 Great Tit, 2 Blue Tit, Long Tailed Tit
• 2 female Blackcap (had suspected two but can now confirm it)
• Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, Robin
• 8 Starling, 10 House Sparrow, 2 Carrion Crow
• 2 Woodpigeon, 2 Magpie
• 1 Lesser Blackbacked Gull (Sue Cowie)

Woodford Green, Broadmead Estate:

• Cormorant (over)
• 2 Pied Wagtails (a pair)
• 2 Blue Tits
• 3 Feral Pigeons
• 1 Blackbird (DEH)

Buckhurst Hill: (just outside the borough)

• 6 Redwing at the Railway Station (DBr)

Collier Row, River Rom: (just outside the borough)

• 2 Little Egrets; Snipe (Ian Phillips)

Collier Row, Birds Farm Avenue: (just outside the borough)

• 2 Redwing; m Blackcap (Ian Phillips)

Dagenham, Peartree Gardens: (just outside the borough)

• near Goodmayes Park
• Redwing (Terry Robinson)

Epping Forest, Connaught Water: (just outside the borough)

• 33 Mandarin, 17 Teal, 70 Mallard,
• Great Crested Grebe
• Great Spotted Woodpecker (RB)

Forest Gate: (just outside the borough)

• Great Spotted Woodpecker (Paul Ferris)

Leyton Flats: (just outside the borough)

• 79 Fieldfare (mostly flying SE), 1 Redwing, 2 Meadow Pipit (Gary James)

Roding Valley Nature Reserve: (just outside the borough)

• Kestrel;
• Lapwing, Green Sandpiper,
• Green Woodpecker
• Grey Wagtail,
• 18 Fieldfare, 9 Redwing. (BJ)