September 25, 2010

September 25th 2010


Fairlop Gravel Works:
  • 10 Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, few Little Grebes, c30 Teal, c40 Pochard, c20 Tufted Duck, few Shoveler, c10 Gadwall, 4 Wigeon
  • c60 Lapwing, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Snipe, plus 1 Knot (very grey adult bird, in winter plumage - possible first record in the borough!)
  • c50 Black Headed Gull, handfull of Common Gulls, Herring Gull, Lesser Black Backed Gull and 1 3rd year Great Black Backed Gull (at a guess)
  • 3 Green Woodpecker
  • 2 House Martin (north), 3 Swallow (south)
  • also, juvenline Stonechat by the gate (south side, in the brambles) - first record on the species since Dec 2009 in the Fairlop area.
  • c10 Stock Dove, 1 male Pheasant, 18 Meadow Pipit, 24 Linnet, 15 Goldfinch (DEH)

Fairlop Waters:

  • 3 Spotted Flycatcher
  • 2 House Martin, 25 Swallow
  • 4 Chiffchaff (Bob Jenner)

Hainault Forest:

  • Here is a list of birds seen in & around Hainault Lake
  • 22 Mallards, 5 Shovelers, 2 Tufted Ducks, 2 adult Mute Swans & 2 young still with the parent birds, 7 Moorhens, 6 Coots, 80+ Canada Geese
  • 18 Black Headed Gulls, 2 Common Gulls, 2 Lesser Black Backed Gulls
  • 3 Swallows, 1 juvenile Green Woodpecker (Ian Shaw)

Roding Valley Park, South Woodford:

  • Kestrel still there (3 weekends in a row)
  • Cormorant - on the river not over
  • 4 Jays
  • Usual mallards, tits, corvids, woodpigeons (PGordon)

Wanstead Flats:

  • Not sure on status of Wryneck, hadn't been seen at 11:00ish.
  • Possible Turtle Dove SW early morning,
  • 2 Spotted Flycatcher east of Long Wood, 2 Whitethroat, 3+ Blackcap, 10+ Chiffchaff,
  • Lesser Redpoll,
  • a few House Martin and Swallow North,
  • Little Egret over,
  • Unidentified Large falcon sp North West (possibly a hybrid),
  • 12+ Meadow Pipit, 5+ Skylark,
  • 2 Coal Tits, stacks of Robins, 5 Pochard (Alexandra Lake) (Stuart Fisher, Nick Croft, Jonathan Lethbridge)
  • 4 Gadwall, 1 Shoveler, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Snipe (heard broom fields), 10 Cormorant, (Stuart Fisher, Nick Croft, Jonathan Lethbridge) - 54sp total

Wanstead Park:

  • juv Gannet flew over at 10.53 am. (Nick Croft)
  • female Wigeon on the Ornamental Waters,
  • calling Nuthatch with tit flock Reservoir Wood,
  • Kingfisher (reported along Roding), Little Egret,
  • Goldcrest, 4 Coal Tit,
  • Swallow through,
  • 19 Gadwall, Shoveler,
  • Lesser Redpoll over, 2 Siskin over OSW,
  • Spotted Flycatcher OSW,
  • 4 Ring Necked Parakeet's, Kestrel, 3 Stock Dove (S Fisher, N Croft, J Lethbridge)
  • in addition Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Ornamental Waters),
  • 43 Gadwall, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 6 Mistle Thrush, 2 House Martin (North), 3 Pochard (Heronry), Goldcrest in leyllandi in gardens south of Reservoir Wood, Grey Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap (OSW), 15+ Chiffchaff. (Nick Croft) Snipe, Meadow Pipit (both on The Plain - Mike Messenger) (58sp total)

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