5th January 2011

Aldersbrook:

• 4 Lesser Redpoll visiting my Nijer seed feeder (Sally Hammond)

Hainault:

• Tawny Owl heard hooting at night (every night for a while now), heard from Hannover Gardens (Eddie Barnes)

Valentines Park:

• Jan 5th - Lil Grebe, Cormorant, GHeron, 6 Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, 50 C|anada Goose, 3 Egyptian Goose, Mallard, 12 Pochard, 30 Tufted, Moorhen, Coot, 450 BHGull, 2 Common Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Feral Pigeon, 5 Collared Dove, Grey Wagtail, Wren, 3 Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, 7 Redwing, Blackbird, Robin, 1 Coal tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, 7 LTTit, 6 Jay, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Starling, 9 House Sparrow, some Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Siskin, 4 Goldfinch (Mike Condon)

Wanstead Flats:

• 4 Cormorant (1 in breeding plumage), 6 Greylag Goose, 9 Gadwall, 19 Shoveler, 2 Pochard, 18 Tuftie, 3 Collared Dove, Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 105 Redwing, 10 Mistle Thrush, 3 Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 20 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting, 50+ Jackdaw, m Sparrowhawk, Grey Heron, Snipe, 1 Meadow Pipit (NC)

Wanstead Park:

• 2 Grey Heron, lots more Tufted Duck, Gadwall, Pochard than recently, 3 Teal (SoM), Egyptian Goose, 8 Lesser Redpoll, flock of Siskin (the Dell), Goldfinch, 1 Linnet, Coal Tit, 50+ Redwing, 6 Fieldfare, 2 Pied Wagtail, Great Spotted Woodpecker (2 drumming), Skylark (over), 2 Sparrowhawk, Goldcrest (Nick Croft)

Woodford Bridge Pond:

• 16 Canada Geese (largest count here)

Woodford, Snakes Lane:

• Jan 5th 3p.m. 19 long-tailed tits in garden bushes/trees southern end of West Grove, turning off Snakes Lane East, Woodford (GTwomey)