February 5th 2011

Roding Valley Park:

• South Woodford Section: 1 Little Egret - first sighting this year,
  
• 1 Male Kestrel - usual one displaying to a (I think) female soaring much higher up.
  
• 1 other bird of prey - a falcon, only a very brief view. Seen in the same area I saw a peregrine at the start of the year...
• 1 Grey Wagtail.
  
• Also: usual Mallards, Moorhens, Crows, Magpies, Woodpigeon, mixed tits, Blackbirds, Robins, Wrens, starlings.
  
• No sign of the Fieldfares or Redwings but perhaps not surprising given that the birds of prey (Peter Gordon)

South Woodford:

• garden: 2 Goldfinch, 11 House Sparrow, Collared Dove, and two robins in the early stages of courtship. (PGordon)

Wanstead Flats:

• 2 Snipe, 2 Kestrel, 1 Meadow Pipit, 5 Mistle Thrush, 3 singing Song Thrush, 11 Redwing, 3 Pochard, 18 Tufted Duck, 9 Shoveler, 17 Gadwall, 11 Greylag Goose, 11+ Goldfinch, 3 Chaffinch (1 singing), 12 Greenfinch, Reed Bunting, Heron, 3 Comorant, 2 Stock Dove (NC).

Wanstead Park:

• 40+ Siskin, Song Thrush (4 singers), Mistle Thrush, 104 Tufted Duck, 16 Pochard, 31 Gadwall, 10 Shoveler, 2 Egyptian Goose, 4 Teal, 2 Grey Heron, 8 Little Grebe, 5 Cormorant, 6 Goldcrest, Little Egret (first of the year), Kestrel, f Sparrowhawk, Coal Tit (NC)