April 25th 2010

Claybury Park:

• 8+ Whitethroat, 8+ Willow Warbler, 6 Blackcap
• 16+ Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker,
• Mistle Thrush, 4 Jay (Mike Benyon)

Fairlop Gravel Works:

• 5 Mute Swan, Canada Geese, 1 Greylag Goose (paired up with a Canada Goose)
• 2 Pochard, 2 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Shelduck
• 7 Lapwing, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper
• 6+ Linnet
• 4 Swallow
• 20+ Pied Wagtail, 2 Yellow Wagtail (1m, 1f)
• 3 Reed Bunting (2m, 1f)

Fairlop Waters:

• Wheatear
• White Wagtail
• Lesser Whitethroat (Alan Bell)

Hainault Forest CP:

• Cuckoo,
• Nuthatch, Treecreeper
• Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Green Woodpeckers, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker,
• Coal Tit,
• several Blackcaps, several Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, Garden Warbler
• 2 Stock Dove,
• Grey Heron (over), Pheasant
• 1 male Mandarin on the lake
• 1 Swallow (over)
• Also: Lesser Black Backed Gulls, Canada Geese, Mallard, Coot (including 1 big nest), Moorhen, Great Crested Grebe (pr) Carrion Crow, Magpie, Jay, c40 Starling, House Sparrow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Robin, Dunnock, Wren, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, (Roy W00dward/Alan Thomas)

Valentines Park:

• Great Crested Grebe (boating lake)
• 3 Cormorant
• Grey Heron - eggs now hatched, but mother number of hatchlings is unclear.
• 2 Mute Swan (hen still on nest)
• Canada Geese, 1 Greylag Goose,
• 4 Egyptian Geese (2 adults with 2 young)
• Mallard (1 female with 19 chicks that appear to be from 2 females due to difference in size)
• Tufted Duck, Moorhen, Coot,
• 3 Black Headed Gull
• Feral Pigeon, 1 Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove
• 4 Swift,
• 3 Green Woodpecker,
• 2 Pied Wagtail
• Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbirds, Mistle Thrush,
• 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap,
• 1 Lesser Whitethroat near the 5 copper colour trees near the old lido (singing)
• Great Tit, Blue Tit, 3 Long Tailed Tit
• Magpie, Carrion Crow, Starling, 6 House Sparrow,
• 2 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch (Mike Condon)
• Re: Grey Heron nest - We definitely have at least one chick in Heron nest, can't tell if there are more yet, but they normally lay 3 - 5 eggs. Adult bird tried to feed junior a 5" Goldfish to no avail, and ended up swallowing it, either to partly digest and regurgitate later, or less likely, return it to it's former owner! (PHopkins)
• 4 Blackcap, 2 Stock Dove (PHopkins)

Wanstead Flats:

• Little Ringed Plover (landed briefly by Alexandra Lake before heading East),
• female Whinchat,
• pr Yellow Wagtail (on the deck),
• male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker,
• c8 Wheatear,
• 4 male Lesser Whitethroat, male Garden Warbler near Alexandra Lake (S Fisher, T Harris)
• Pheasant by Jubilee Pond
• Swallow and Sand Martin (over)
• 16 Skylark including 10 singing males, 5 Meadow Pipit (THarris)
• 21 Whitethroats, including 16 singing males,
• 3 Reed Bunting (THarris)

Wanstead Park:

• Nightingale singing briefly north-east of Perch pond in the Plain at 07.30 (blimey!),
• male Willow Warbler (S Fisher)
• Little Egret on the River Roding
• 1 Swift over the Plain (THarris)
• 6 Green Woodpeckers, 6 Great Spotted Woodpeckers,
• 21 Blackcaps, including 19 singing males, everywhere
• 12 Chiffchaffs, including 10 singing males,
• 1 singing male Willow Warbler, The Plain (THarris)