September 12, 2010

September 12th 2010

Fairlop Waters CP:


  • House Martins, Swallows, 4 Sand Martins
  • Kestrel, female Sparrowhawk, 2 Hobby
  • Lesser Whitethroat, calling Blackcap,
  • Meadow Pipits, Song Thrush, Grey Wagtail
  • female Shoveler,
  • Common Sandpiper, 33 Lapwing (gravelled island) plus all the usuals...
  • no sign of Black Necked Grebe (ELBF walk)

Roding Valley Park, South Woodford:

  • male Kestrel
  • 17 Mallard (good breeding season), 3 Moorhen (including 1 juv) (PGordon)

Valentines Park:

  • 4 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Cormorant all on the boating lake
  • 2 Grey Heron (one on each lake)
  • 17 Mute Swan (more than usual!, all 8 cygents still present)
  • 1 hybrid Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, 4 Egyptian Geese grazing, then flew off honking over Gants Hill
  • Mallard, 3 female Shoveler, Tufted Duck, Coot, Moorhen
  • Kestrel flew over towards Wanstead at 8.10am
  • Black Headed Gulls - common
  • Feral Pigeon, 1 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove
  • 1 Pied Wagtail, 6 Grey Wagtail, (2 on cranbrook cut, 1 on the south eastern outfall, and 3 additional birds over)
  • Wren, 2 Dunnock, Blackbird, Robin
  • 1 Willow Warbler in the Dell
  • 2 Coal Tit moving through the trees behind the cricket club house, Great Tits, Blue Tits, 9 Long Tailed Tits,
  • Jay, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Starling, 15 House Sparrow (Brisbane Road), 1 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, plenty Goldfinch (MCondon)

Wanstead Park:

  • 3 Cormorant,
  • 3 Green Woodpecker (PGordon)

Wanstead Flats:

  • 7 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 1 m Stonechat,
  • Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat,
  • the escaped White-cheeked Turaco appeared briefly,
  • 3 Blackcap, 4 Meadow Pipit, 1 Tree Pipit (SSSI), 2 Skylark,
  • 3 Hobby, 1 Sparrowhawk (S Fisher, J Lethbridge)

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