February 24th 2010

weather: slightly warmer, up to 10C but still overcast and rainy

Ilford, garden:

• 2 Grey Wagtail
• 4 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit
• 2 Robin, Wren
• Goldfinch
• Grey Heron on the roof (cue check of the Koi pond!)
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• 8 Starling (Barbara J)

Valentines Park:

• 19 Tufted Duck, 35 Mallard, 2 Mute Swan on Long Water/Fish Pond
• Green Woodpecker and Greater Spotted Woodpecker both heard (TLachhar)
• Grey Heron, 3 Cormorant
• Valentino the Mediterranean Gull still present with the Gull Flock
• 6 male Shoveler, 2 (pair) of Shoveler
• 2 Mistle Thrush
• Jackdaw
• 3 Greenfinch
• 4 Long Tailed Tit
• Cricket Pitch: 9 Pied Wagtail, Stock Dove with the Wood Pigeons, 2 Fieldfare (Barbara J)
• female Peregrine Falcon SE at 3.48pm! (PHopkins)

Wanstead Park:

• Water Rail (The Dell),
• 1 Greylag Goose
• 50 Tufted Duck, 4 Pochard, 8 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, 110 Coot,
• 2 Little Grebe (The Basin)
• 3 Ring Necked Parakeet,
• 4 Stock Dove,
• male Coal Tit (golf course), (SFisher)

Wanstead Flats:

• 13 Fieldfare, 35 Redwing,
• 6 Greylag Goose,
• 500+ Common Gulls, 600+ Black-headed Gulls, 12 Lesser Black-backs,
• 2+ singing male Skylark (S Fisher)

Woodford Green, Broadmead Estate:

• 32 Feral Pigeon
• 2 Pied Wagtail
• Blackbird

Woodford Green, garden:

• 3 Siskin
• 2 Greater Spotted Woodpecker
• 5 very active Dunnock
• 1 female Blackcap
• 10 Greenfinch
• plus the usual Blue Tits, Great Tits, Blackbirds and Starlings (PWarne)