March 24, 2011

March 24th 2011

Barkingside:
  • Blackcap singing in the churchyard at Trinity Church (Jan Martin-Ellis)

Claybury Park:

  • 8 singing Chiffchaff
  • 7 Green Woodpecker
  • female Reed Bunting (Eddie Barnes)

Knighton Woods:

  • 9 of us met at 8am and conducted a 2 hour walk and census around Knighton Woods:
  • Grey Heron (flew over)
  • 8 Mallard, 4 Moorhen (including a pr displaying) and a male Shoveler on the pond
  • 9 Wood Pigeon
  • 1 male Sparrowhawk on enjoying the warm weather, seen on 3 occasions
  • 1 Redwing, 3 Blackbird, 5 Song Thrush including 4 singing males, one of which was with his mate, and the pr showed well for a long time), 11 Wren, Dunnock, 10 Robin,
  • 1 singing Goldcrest near the car park
  • 6 Long Tailed Tit, 26 Blue Tit, 11 Great Tit mostly in pairs, 5 Chaffinch
  • 2 Nuthatch calling and seen briefly
  • 1 singing Chiffchaff (possibly 2)
  • 1 Ring Necked Parakeet (unusual for this site)
  • 6 Carrion Crows, 2 Jackdaw (over), 9 Magpies and c7 Jays (4 seen together) possibly a lot more than 7 as well... Jays were definately the bird of the day making a huge amount of noise, and even 'singing'.
  • 26 species in all (DEH)

Roding Valley Park:

  • pr Mute Swan
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker
  • Chiffchaff
  • 2 Greenfinch

Wanstead Flats:

  • Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in the copse by Esso, then back to West Copse
  • singing Blackcap and Chiffchaff
  • Linnet (over)
  • 2 Siskin
  • 4 Reed Bunting (2m, 2f)
  • 4 Redwing
  • 10 Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail
  • 2 Stock Dove
  • 2 Shoveler, 2 Pochard, 1 Gadwall, 3 Little grebe (Nick Croft)
  • Buzzard over (Jonathan Lethbridge)

Wanstead Park:

  • 8 Chiffchaff, 2 singing Blackcap
  • Grey Wagtail
  • 2 Siskin
  • 5 Pochard, 5 Little grebe,
  • 3 Stock Dove
  • Terrapin sunning itself (Nick Croft)

Woodford Green:

  • 2 Mistle Thrush on Broadmead Estate early am (DEH)
  • 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming (and seen well) and a Green Woodpecker heard

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