February 4th 2010

weather: 7C, light showers, cloudy

Claybury Park:

• Grey Heron flew low out of the park over Tomswood Hill, and seemed to land in a Hainault garden

Fairlop Waters:

• 8 mute Swan, 311 Canada Geese, 14 Greylag Geese
• 60 Mallard, 56 Tufted Duck, 13 Shoveler, 13 Teal, 9 Gadwall
• 6 Little Grebe
• 52 Coot, 40 Moorhen
• 1 Grey Heron
• 84 Black Headed Gull, 71 Common Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black Backed Gull
• 2 Pied Wagtail (golf course/boating lake)
• 4 Robin, 2 Dunnock, Wren
• Song Thrush,
• 11 Great Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 8 Long Tailed Tit, 4 Chaffinch
• 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker
• 2 male Pheasant on Hainault Farm, by the spit
• few Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, 3 Stock Dove
• female Kestrel
• flock of 500 Starlings on the paddock behind he stables with a c30 Redwing and 30 Fieldfare
• 7 Linnet by the clubhouse
• 70+ Carrion Crow, 15 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw
• 3 Skylark flying over Fairlop Plain (calling)

Hainault Recreational Ground:

• c30 Redwings on the ground with a few Starlings

Ilford, Tavistock Gardens:

• pair of Jackdaw prospecting (PVaughn)

Wanstead Park:

• female Tawny Owl, near COL Cemetery at 6pm (SFisher)

Woodford Bridge, St. Pauls Church:

• Robin singing on a gatepost.

Barking Park: (just outside the borough)

• Little Egret, Kingfisher (PVaughn)