December 19, 2010

December 19th 2010

Claybury Park:


  • Woodcock [landed on the path around 30-40 yards ahead of me and then calmly strolled into the undergrowth],
  • up to 4 Lapwings [a one then a 3; only the second time I've ever seen them over Claybury],
  • Treecreeper [v.gd views], at least 4 Goldcrests,
  • Sparrowhawk [2 sightings, one with prey; presumably the same bird as a male in adjacent parts of the park],
  • Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Heron, Mistle Thrush, Redwing, Jay, flock of Long-tailed Tits, Common Gull, up to 4 LBB Gulls, Cormorant, 2 Greenfinches (AHobson)
Fairlop Waters:

  • 4 Little Grebe
  • Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron
  • 26 Greylag Goose, 130 Canada Goose
  • 18 Gadwall, 8 Mallard, 16 Tufted Duck
  • 16Moorhen, 70 Coot
  • 64 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 8 Snipe
  • 177 Black Headed Gull, 78 Common Gull, 14 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 3 Herring Gull (Steve Bacon)

Gants Hill, Roll Gardens:

  • 2 Coal tits - 10th week completed now in garden also now with additional
    partner since last week.
  • 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
  • 11 Blue tits, 2 Great tits
  • 5 Goldfinches, 12 Greenfinches, 10 Chaffinches, 14 House Sparrows
  • c20 Starlings
  • 2 Robins, 2 Magpies, 1 Dunnock, 1 Female Blackbird, 1 Wood Pigeon, 11 Feral Pigeons (Alan Thomas)

Hainault Forest CP:

  • Common Gull, 85 Black Headed Gull
  • 8 Moorhen, 49 Coot
  • 15 Tuftefd Duck, 3 Pochard, 82 Mallard, 28 Canada Goose
  • 8 Cormorant, Little Grebe (SBacon)

Valentines Park:

  • Flock of 40+ Siskins near the Ornamental Water at 10.30am. (John Crick)

Wanstead Flats:

  • A brief sniff round the SSSI and west of Centre Road, 4 Reed Bunting, Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 9 Mute Swan, 3 Mallard, 2 Coot, 2 Skylark, Cormorant over (NC)

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