April 29th 2010

weather: max 18 but showery

Barkingside:

• Swift (Tony Leaderman)

Fairlop Waters CP:

• Common Tern on the pontoon, with damaged wing, but still able to fly (Alan Bell)
• (this is the first tern sighting of the year in the borough)
• 20 Swifts, 2 Swallows (Christine Poutney)

Fairlop Gravel Works:

• 2 Shelduck
• 7 Canada Geese nests now
• 4 Gadwall, pr Shoveler, 20 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe
• Swallow
• Stock Dove bathing
• 6 Lapwing, 6 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ringed Plover (1 calling),
• 2 Yellow Wagtails (1 male, 1 female) among the 20 or so Pied Wagtails
• 3 Linnet

Gants Hill, Roll Gardens:

• male Blackcap
• 5 Swifts (AThomas/TLachhar)
• (8 by the evening)

Wanstead Flats:

• c16.00: Sparrowhawk with prey, Hobby, male Kestrel,
• c45 Swifts north east, 11 Swallow NW, 1 Sand Martin over Jubilee Pond,
• 6+ Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat (S Fisher)

Roding Valley NR: (just outside the borough)

• 8 Blackcaps, Willow Warbler, 6 Whitethroats, 4 Chiffchaffs, Sedge Warbler,
• 5 Blackbirds, 4 Song Thrushes, 10 Wrens,
• 4 Great Tits, 8 Blue Tits.
• 2 Chaffinches,
• pr Ring Neck Parakeets,
• 3 Green Woodpeckers,
• 3 Dunnocks, 2 Robins,
• Little Egret, Grey Heron.
• 3 Mute Swans, 6 Tufted Ducks, Cormorant, 8 Mallards (CIS)