March 16th 2010

weather: 11C max, sunny spells

Claybury Park:

• 2 Canada Goose, 12 Mallard
• Little Grebe (unusual here)
• 2 Moorhen, 2 Coot
• 7 Black-headed Gull
• Feral Pigeon, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove
• Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
• Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Starling
• Great Tit, Blue Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit
• Wren, Robin, Dunnock
• Blackbird 75 Redwing, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush
• 2 Pied Wagtail
• Chaffinch, Greenfinch
• 1 Reed Bunting (Pat Hart)

Fairlop Gravel Works:

• 17 Shoveler, 13 Tufted Duck,
• 21 Pied Wagtails in to roost
• Kestrel hovering over the gravel works
• 13 Lapwing, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, Jack Snipe

Ilford, Tavistock Gardens:

• male Blackcap (Peter Vaughan)

Ray Park:

• 64 Black Headed Gulls, 1 Common Gull
• 2 Song Thrush (an apparent pair)
• 10+ Redwing (TLachhar)

Roding Valley Park:

• female Blackcap
• 3 Song Thrush
• 2 Long Tailed Tit
• 2 Greenfinch
• 2 Grey Wagtail
• 2 Jay (AHobson)

South Park:

• Grey Heron (DEH)
• 2 Great Crested Grebe nest building
• Black Headed-Gull and Commons Gulls, including one unusual BHGull with white wings.
• Mistle Thrush (RSherriff)

Valentines Park:

• The 2nd pair of Mute Swan on the Ornamental Pond are nest building on the island!
• 38 Canada Geese, 2 Egyptian Geese
• 19 Tufted Duck
• 6 Greenfinch, 3 Great Tit, 2 Robin, Wren
• The Grey Herons are still nest building, very low down on the island - will provide excellent views of the young in the nest!
• 2 occupied Coots nests
• c50 Redwing

Wanstead Flats:

• 11 singing Skylark (9 east of Centre Road, and 2 east) (PFerris)
• Dead Coot, 17 Tufted Duck, 8 Shoveler,
• 20+ Skylark, many songflighting, 8 Meadow Pipit,
• 5 Cormorant,
• 2 Fieldfare, 25 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush (J Lethbridge)

Wanstead Park:

• Ring-necked Parakeet,
• Great Crested Grebe,
• singing Chiffchaff by the tea hut
• 5 Goldfinch (J Lethbridge)

Woodford, Library:

• Mistle Thrush
• 6 Redwing (AHobson)

Woodford Bridge, Roding Lane North:

• 18 Common Gull,
• 2 Song Thrush (AHObson)

Woodford Green, The Green:

• 2 Canada Geese, 2 Moorhen, and 2 Mallard on the pond by the post office
• 2 Jackdaw feeding there, with 5 Feral Pigeon and a Wood Pigeon