April 3rd 2010

Fairlop Gravel Works:

• 4 Shelduck
• 9 Teal, male Pochard, 10 Tufted Duck, 2 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall
• Grey Heron
• 5 Lesser Black Backed Gulls
• 2 Little Grebe
• 2 Lapwing, 2 Redshank, Snipe
• 2 Chaffinch, 7 Linnet, 5 Goldfinch
• c20 Stock Dove
  
• male Reed Bunting
• 2 Pheasant calling
• Skylark singing (at least 3)
• 4 Swallow making a big noise at the west end over the gravel pit near the stables..

Fairlop, Aldborough Riding School:

• 2 Little Owls in the normal place (Bumble)

Goodmayes Park:

• 2 Mute swan, 36 Canada geese, 7 Greylag geese, 28 Mallard, 24 Tufted duck,
  
• 9 Linnet (on allotment adjacent to Rec Ground, inc. 2 singing males). (Ian Woodward)
  

Little Heath, Hargreaves Scout Camp:

• Green Woodpecker
• Chiffchaff

South Park:

• 1 Mute Swan, (I wonder where the mate is?)
  
• 42 Canada geese, 22 Coot, 9 Moorhen, 33 Mallard, 20 Tufted duck, 1 Pochard (m),
  
• 2 Great-crested grebes,
  
• 1 Sparrowhawk (m),
  
• 3 Mistle thrush. (Ian Woodward)
  

Valentines Park:

• Pretty quiet migrantwise. 2 singing chiffchaff is all.
• 6 Stock Dove
• 2 singing Goldcrest
• Pair of Great Crested Grebe head-shaking on main lake
• Egyptian Goose and Grey Heron still sitting
• Both Cobs jousting with Canadas on their respective Lakes (Peter Hopkins)

Wanstead Flats:

• 1 Egyptian Goose south east,
  
• 1 singing Willow Warbler,
  
• singing Blackcap,
  
• Sparrowhawk. (SFisher)
• 1 female Wheatear (PFerris)
  

Wanstead Park:

• 4 singing Willow Warblers, 9 Chiffchaff, 6 singing Blackcap,
  
• singing Goldcrest,
  
• 2 Lesser Redpoll,
  
• pr Grey Wagtail (S Fisher)