March 11th 2010

weather: 8C max, sunny periods, cloudy sometimes

Eagle Pond:-

• 9 Gadwall,
• 2 male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Steve West)

Fairlop, Hainault Farm:

• east of Hainault Road, a short walk behind Fairlop Quarry, up the footpath... and what a treat: a Buzzard was perched at the top of a bush, it then took of slow and low over the field looking for food, until out of nowhere a male Merlin flew in from nowhere and started mobbing it until the Buzzard flew off, although I think it landed on the next field (towards the Cycle Ctr
• 2 male Pheasant
• Grey Heron (over)
• Green Woodpecker
• 4 Skylark
• 2 Carrion Crow, 3 Magpie, 2 Blackbird, Robin, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Wren
• 24 Golden Plover circling for a while (DEH)

Fairlop Gravel Works:

• 3 Teal, 41 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall (pr) male Shelduck, 6 Tufted Duck, male Pochard
• 4 Canada Geese, 8 Mallard, 12 Coot, Moorhen
• 36 Lapwing, 4 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper
• 18 Herring Gull, 8 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 1 Great Black Backed Gull
• Grey Heron
• 2 male Pheasant
• 11 Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove,
• 2 Song Thrush, Robin
• 8 Carrion Crow,
• 15 Pied Wagtail in to roost, 1 Meadow Pipit
• 1 Linnet (over)
• 4 Long Tailed Tit, Blue Tit (DEH)

Little Heath, Hargreaves Scout Camp:

• Green Woodpecker & Great Spotted Woodpecker

Redbridge, Beal School:

• Jay (DEH)

Roding Valley Park, Central:

• 6 Mallard, 2 Mute Swan
• 2 Long Tailed Tit
• Mistle Thrush, 2 Redwing
• Goldfinch (AHobson)

Wanstead Park:

• Great Crested Grebe (Perch pond)
• 8 Shoveler, 3 Pochard, 9 Tufted Duck,
• Ring Necked Parakeet (JLethbridge)

Woodford, Library:

• Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush (AHobson)

Woodford Bridge, Roding Lane North:

• c30 Redwings, Fieldfares
• Blackbirds
• c12 Common Gulls (AHobson)

Woodford Bridge, Vicarage Road:

• singing male Greenfinch (AHobson)

Leyton Flats: (just outside the borough)

• Sparrowhawk,
• 30 Redwing
• 2 Green Woodpeckers, 4 Greater Spotted Woodpecker
• Stonechat,
• Goldcrest
• 3 Jackdaw (Steve West)

Whipps Cross, Gilberts Slade: (just outside the borough)

• 11 Redwings,
• 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, f Lesser Spotted Woodpecker,
• Nuthatch, Coal Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tits,
• Song Thrush (Steve West)