October 04, 2010

October 4th 2010


Fairlop Gravel Works:
  • a few Cormorant fishing, 4 Grey Heron, 3 Little Grebe
  • c40 Teal, c20 Pochard, c10 Tufted Duck
  • 150+ Lapwing, 7 Green Sandpiper (possibly 9), 3 Snipe
  • Stock Dove
  • 1 striking male Wheatear
  • 11 Meadow Pipit, 4 Pied Wagtail, 12 Linnet, 5 Goldfinch (DEH)

Roding Valley Park, Central:

  • 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Goldfinch, Pied Wagtail, 3 Common Gulls, flock of Long-tailed Tits in the surrounding playing field (AHobson)

Valentines Park:

  • 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Cormorant (Boating lake)
  • 11 Mute Swan (presumably 1 of the cygents was hiding on the island)
  • Canada Geese, 5 Egyptian Geese (2 Long Water, 2 Fish Pond, 1 Boating Lake)
  • Mallard, few Tufted Duck, 2 (eclipse) Shoveler (pr, on the fish pond), 2 (pr) Pochard on the boating lake, Coot, Moorhen
  • lots of Black Headed Gulls
  • Feral Pigeon, 2 Stock Dove, Woodpigeons,
  • 6 Pied Wagtail onthe Cricket field, 2 Grey Wagtail on the southern outfall of the boating lake
  • 2 Wren, Mistle Thrush, Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Jay, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Starling, 4 House Sparrow on Brisbane Rd hedges, 5 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch (MCondon)
Wanstead Flats:
  • (06:30-10:00): Ring Ouzel (probably female, but very elusive east of Alexandra Lake in scrub), 2 Stonechat (broom fields still m/f), 6 Song Thrush, 4 Mistle Thrush, c.10+ Blackbird, many Robin,
  • Lesser Whitethroat (possibly 2, scrub east of Alex), 3+ Blackcap, 6+ Chiffchaff,
  • Coal Tit (east of Alex), Long Tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, 1 Lesser Redpoll over, 2 Linnet, 10+ Chaffinch, Greenfinch,
  • 6 Swallow (feeding south of Long Wood), 11+ Meadow Pipit, 4 Pied Wagtail, 10 + Skylark,
  • 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Shoveler (3m), 3 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, c.10+ Common Gull, c. 20 Ring Necked Parakeet (16 in one flock going north), and the usuals (48 sp Nick Croft/Steve Thorpe).

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