February 11th 2011

Ilford, Ingleby Road:

• 2 Goldcrest still in the garden (JohnCrick)

Roding Valley Park:

• Roding Valley Park and surrounding area: 3 Jays, mixed flock of around a dozen Redwings and Song Thrushes, separate Song Thrush, Greenfinch, mixed flock of around 50 Common Gulls and Black-headed Gulls, 2 Mute Swans, 2 Long-tailed Tits, Siskin (Alan Hobson).

Valentines Park:

• Mid afternoon: Little Grebe, 4 adult Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Mallard, Tufted Duck, 2m Pochard, Greylag Goose, 1m Shoveler, Coot, Moorhen, Common Gull, Blakc Headed Gull, Lesser Black Backed Gull, Feral Pigeon, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Wren, Dunnock, Robin, 2 Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, 15 Redwing, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, 9 Long Tailed Tit, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jay, Starling, 11 House Sparrow in/along the Brisbane road hedges, 9 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 6 Siskin (cheers - Mike C)

Wanstead Flats:

• possible Ring-billed Gull (west of Alex with C Gull. Looked much larger even though it was at the back of the flock, upright stance, heavier bill and not so cute looking as a common while not so menacing as Herring, thick black ring, streaked neck and back of the head. It reminded me of Rossi. Flew south and couldn't relocate it, not counted),
  
• adult Mediterranean Gull a.m. (NC/JL/TH/BirdGuides) still at Alex after being flushed west by a dog,
  
• singing Reed Bunting, 4 Chaffinch (2 singing), 3 singing Skylark, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Pied Wagtail, 4 singing Song Thrush, 7 Mistle Thrush, 11 Redwing, singing Blackbird, 2 Stock Dove, 12 Greylag Goose (3 NE), 8 Pochard, 19 Tufted Duck, 11 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, 2 Egyptian Goose (1 imm, not the same as on the Park), Snipe (NC)

Wanstead Park:

• Feb 11th - Wanstead Park: Siskin, 9 Goldfinch, 10+ Song Thrush (6 singers), singing Mistle Thrush, 65 Tufted Duck, 10 Pochard, 19 Gadwall, 6 Teal, 6 Shoveler, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Little Grebe, Stock Dove, Grey Wagtail, Coal Tit, 3 Goldcrest (NC)

Woodford, Snakes Lane East:

• 2 Long Tailed Tit (AHobson)