January 9th 2010

Claybury Park:

• Peregrine [flew low over, and headed off towards the City/Thames], Redwing, 2 Jays, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 2 Long-tailed Tits (Alan Hobson)

Gants Hill, Roll Gardens:

• 1 Coal tit - 3 Months visting garden for now., 2 Long tailed tits, 12 Blue tits, 3 Great tits, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,12 House Sparrows, 11 Greenfinches, 8 Chaffinces, 3 Goldfinches, 2 Redwings - Over, 2 Blackbirds, 21 Starlings, 1 Robin, 1 Woodpigeon, 8 Feral Pigeons (Alan Thomas)

South Woodford:

• c30 Waxwings (PGordon)

Valentines Park:

• Cormoant, 4 hEron, 6 mute Swan, 4 Greylag Goose, 60 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, Mallard, 10 pochard, 30 Tufted, Coot, Moorhen, 500 BHGull, 5 Herring Gull, 3 Leesser BBGull, 4 Common Gull, Feral and Wood Pigeon, 2 Colalred Dove, GSWP, 3 Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtil, Dunnock, 5 mistle Thrush, Song Thrsh, 35 Redwing, 6 Blackbrid, RObin, 5 Great, 7 Blue 9 Long Tailed tit, Jay, 5 Magpie, Crow, 30 Starling, 7 House Sparra, 4 Chafinch, 7 Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch (MC)

Wanstead Flats:

• Rock Pipit heard calling over Alexandra Lake (SFisher)

Wanstead Park:

• 2 Shoveler (Basin),
  
• 7 Goldcrest and Coal Tit in Reservoir Wood,
  
• 93 Tufted Duck, 36 Pochard,
  
• Siskin,
  
• Great Spotted Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drummin in the dell,
  
• 7 Stock Doves nr the Dell (SFisher)

Woodford, Snakes Lane East:

• 27 Waxwing at 10am (Tony Brown)

• 52+ Waxwing today at 3pm (DEH)

• c100 Waxwing and 3 Redwing on Snakes Lane East opp car lot just up from bus stop feeding on berries (James Palmer).
  

• Also 3 Mistle Thrushes, Sparrowhawk (Matthew Cunningham).