October 26, 2010

October 26th 2010

Gants Hill, Roll Gardens:

  • Coal Tit, still in the garden, (AThomas)

Valentines Park:

  • Valentino the Mediterranean Gull at the boating lake (DEH)
  • 3 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe (boating lake)
  • Grey Heron (fish pond)
  • 12 Mute Swan (pair, with 8 juv on the boating lake, pr on Fish Pond, and 1 flew low over )
  • hybrid Greylag Goose, Canada Geese,
  • 5 Egyptian Geese (4 grazing on the cricket field, 1 on the fish pond)
  • 2 male Shoveler, 2 Pochard on the boating lake, few Tufted Ducks, Mallard, Coot and Moorhens
  • Black Headed Gull numbers have increased since yesterday, 3 Common Gull
  • Wood pigeons, Feral Pigeons, 1 Stock Dove on Melbourne field, Collared Dove
  • Wren (dell), Dunnock, 2 Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, 1 Great Tit, few Blue Tits, 2 Jay, Carrion Crow, 160 Starling, 5 House Sparrow, 2 chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch (Mike Condon)

Wanstead Flats:

  • 500+ Starling west,
  • 220+ Fieldfare nwest, 60+ Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, 6 Mistle Thrush,
  • 70 + Chaffinch, 23 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch, 2 Brambling, 5 Lesser Redpoll, Siskin (3 seen by Tim Harris), 4 Linnet, 3 Reed Bunting,
  • Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Green and Great Spotted Woodpecker,
  • 5 Pied Wagtail, 10 Meadow Pipit, 5+ Goldcrest,
  • Great Black Backed Gull, Tufted Duck, pr Shoveler, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 11 Skylark (NC/TH)

Wanstead Park:

  • (brief skoot round the ponds): 5 Little Grebe (4 Heronry), Great Crested Grebe (perch), 32 Pochard (28 Heronry, 1 Perch, 3 Shoulder of Mutton), 1 Shoveler (SoM), 27 Tufted Duck (24 Heronry, 3 Perch), 8 Gadwall (Perch), Heron, 5 + Goldcrest, 5 Siskin, 10 Goldfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Redwing, 6 Fieldfare, Coal Tit (NC).

Wanstead, garden:

  • Wanstead, my garden (07:30-10:00): 6-8 Waxwing over west at 8.30am; also 150+ Starling, 200+ Fieldfare, 120+ Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 80+ Chaffinch. 20+ Greenfinch, 15 Goldfinch, 1 Brambling, - all headed west and north-west (J Lethbridge).

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