March 27th 2010

weather: 11C, sunny spells, showers (pm)

Hainault Forest:

• 4 Chiffchaffs,
• 3 Mute Swans,
• 5 Great Spotted Woodpeckers,
• 2 Jays (NPh)

Roding Valley Park, (north):

• Raven flew (low) north over Chigwell Road, Woodford Bridge, up river. (DEH)

Valentines Park:

• Egyptian goose
• Robin, Carrion Crows, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Goldfinches, Chaffinches,
• Greater spotted woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
• Mistle Thrushes, Song Thrushes, Blackbird
• Stock Dove, Wood Pigeons, Feral Pigeons
• Long-tailed Tits,
• Pair of Great Crested Grebes
• Grey Heron on nest
• Tufted Ducks, 2 Male Pochards,
• Coots, Moorhens, Coot on a nest
• 3 Black-headed Gulls
• Mallards,
• 2 Pairs of Mute Swans ( one pair on Long Water and the other on the Boating Lake)
• Canada Geese, Greylag Goose,
• 2 Pairs of Mallards in trees
• Cormorant (Emma Charles)

Wanstead Flats:

• 2 Yellowhammer (briefly before flying south),
• 1 Stock Dove displaying,
• 1 Snipe east (S Fisher);
• m Pheasant,
• 4+ Chiffchaff singing,
• 3 Reed Bunting,
• 12+ Skylark, 10+ Meadow Pipit (J Lethbridge).

Wanstead Park:

• singing Blackcap, Singing Willow Warbler, 4+ singing Chiffchaff,
• 7 displaying Jays,
• 10 Stock Dove, (S Fisher)