March 9th 2010

weather 6C, cloudy, light showers forecast

Fairlop Gravel Works:-

• 6 Mute Swan
• 37 Shoveler, 6 Teal, 3 Pochard, 20 Tufted Duck
• Male Wigeon (alone) (first sighting of the year here)
• male Shelduck (1st sighting of the year here)
• 33 Lapwing, 4 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper
• Grey Wagtail
• Song Thrush in song

Ilford, garden:-

• Blackcap present all week
• 5 Blue tits, pr Great tits
• 6 Starling
• pr Wrens, Dunnock, pr Robin, pr Blackbirds
• pr Chaffinch
• 1 Collared Dove, 1 Wood Pigeon
• pr Great Spotted Wodpecker
• 3 Magpies (Barbara J)

Roding Valley Park, central:

• in the surrounding fields:
• 6 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush
• 2 Long Tailed Tit
• 5 Jay
• 2 Goldfinch (AHobson)

South Park:-

• Redwing (RSherrif)

Valentines Park:-

• 8 Mute Swans (still extra pair on Ornamental Pond)
• 2 Egyptian Geese, 28 Canada Geese, 10 Tufted Duck
• Song Thrush, 3 Robin
• Chaffinch, 4 Long Tailed Tit, 4 Great Tit (DEH)
• 55 Black Headed Gull on Long Water
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• 26 Mallards there also (TLachhar)
• Cormorant
• Jay (RSherriff)

Wanstead Flats:

• 2 Little Grebe,
• 7 Greylag Geese, 60+ Canada Geese,
• Pochard, 8 Shoveler, 9 Tufted Duck,
• 1 Leseer Black Backed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, c200 Common Gull, c250 Black-headed Gull,
• Snipe,
• 34 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush,
• 5 Meadow Pipit, c20 Skylark,
• 2 Goldfinch, 2 Greenfinch,
• 5 Wren, 8 Dunnock,
• 3 Reed Bunting,
• Jackdaw, 8 dead Carrion Crows together (details ), 50+ live ones (J Lethbridge)

Wanstead Park:

• Little Grebe, 8 Gadwall (JLethbridge)
• male Lesser Redpoll in the willows at the west end of Heronry Pond (JCharter)

Wanstead, George Green:

• 2 Mistle Thrush (JLethbridge)

Woodford Bridge, Vicarage Road:

• 2 Mistle Thrush and a Pied Wagtail on the green outside St. Judes Court (AHobson)

Woodford Green, Broadmead:

• 40 Wood Pigeon feeding on the playing field
• 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Redwing
• 12 Black Headed Gulls and 1 Herring Gull
• c30 Starlings (DEH)

Leyton Flats: (just outside the borough)

• 10 Shoveler, 16 Pochard,
• Snipe,
• Song Thrush,
• 20 Greenfinch. (Gary A James).

Mayesbrook Park: (just outside the borough)

• 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Teal, 16 Gadwall, 21 Tufted Duck, 12 Shoveler, 5 Pochard,
• Green Woodpecker,
• Sparrowhawk,
• 6 Long tailed tit, 4 Blue tit, 4 Great tit, 5 Chaffinch, 6 Greenfinch,
• 7 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing (PHa)