March 5th 2010

weather: 9C, sunny spells

Claybury Park:

• Mistle Thrush (A Hobson)
• Jay (DEH)

Fairlop Gravel Works:-

• 14 Pochard, 33 Shoveler, 21 Teal, 16 Gadwall, 16 Tufted Duck
• 1 Little Grebe
• waders greatly reduced in number: 52 Lapwing, 10 Golden Plover, 5 Snipe
• 5 Pied Wagtail
• 3 Song Thrush, Dunnock singing
• 49 Wood Pigeon
• Skylark singing
• 3 Linnet
• Corn Bunting (first sighting of the year) (DEH)

Fairlop Waters:-

• 28 Tufted Duck, 3 Greylag Geese, 8 Gadwall
• Grey Heron
• 3 Greylag Geese
• 2 Little Grebe and 2 Great Crested Grebe
• 14 Magpie together by the scrape
• 14 Fieldfare on the field behind the scrape
• 8 Meadow Pipit and 1 singing Skylark on the field between the scrape and the Gravel Works
• Green Woodpecker yaffling distantly (DEH)
• 4 Feral Pigeon by Fairlop Station

Hainault Recreational Ground:

• 50 Black Headed Gulls
• 30 Fieldfare

Hatch Forest:-

• Treecreeper (Andrew Perrin)

Little Heath, Hargreaves Scout Camp:

• Green Woodpecker and Great Spotted Woodpecker

Ray Park:

• 14 Redwing (TLachhar)

Redbridge, Roding Lane South:-

• Mistle Thrush on the paddock by Roding Hospital

Roding Valley Park, Central:

• 12 Redwing, Song Thrush
• 3 Long Tailed Tit (AHobson)

Valentines Park:

• 2 Stock Dove (Griff)

Woodford, Library:

• Redwing (AHobson)

Woodford Bridge Pond:-

• still 5 Canada Geese
• 3 Feral Pigeon feeding on the grass
  

Woodford Green, Broadmead Estate:-

• 7 Redwing
• singing Dunnock
• 2 Pied Wagail
• 2 Magpie
• 4 Goldfinch, Blue Tit
• Collared Dove, 39 Wood Pigeon
• 6 Black Headed Gull (DEH)

Barking, A406 Roundabout: (just outside the borough)

• 3 Stock Dove (over)

Barking Park: (just outside the borough)

• 6 Shoveler, 5 Greylag, m Sparrowhawk, pr Stock Dove, pr Song Thrush, 2m Mistle Thrush, 5m Chaffinch, 4m Greenfinch (HV)

Woodford Green, Holly Crescent: (just outside the borough)

• 2 Redwing
• 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Wood Pigeon
• Robin
• Jackdaw
• Lesser Black Backed Gulls (over)