March 30, 2011

March 30th 2011

Valentines Park:

  • pr Grey Herons on nest in fir tree overhanging the Ornamental Fish Pond. (Simon Litt)

  • with 3 chicks.... (Ian Cranston)... (how did we miss that?)

  • 2 Little Grebe and 1 Great Crested Grebe on the boating lake

  • Cormorant

  • 4 Mute Swan, (2 pairs, both in the nesting process)

  • Greylag Goose, 45 Canada Goose, 5 Egyptian Geese (parents now leaving chicks alone while they go flying about...), Mallard, 20 Moorhen, 130 Coot

  • 120 Black Headed Gull, 4 COmmon Gull

  • 2 Stock Dove, Feral Pigeon, Woodpigeon,

  • 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker

  • 2 Grey Wagtail

  • 2 Dunnock, 3 Mistle Thrush, 4 Redwing, 5 Blackbird, 2 Robin

  • Chiffchaff

  • 4 Great Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 5 Long Tailed Tit

  • 3 Magpie, 73 Carrion Crow, 50 Starling, 13 House Sparrow

  • 3 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch (Mike Condon/U3A)

Wanstead Flats:



  • Ring Ouzel and 3 Wheatear on Wanstead Flats (Jonathan Lethbridge)

  • Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

  • 2 Sand Martin

  • Snipe

  • 20 Meadow Pipit, 2 Pied Wagtail,

  • 13 Ring Necked Parakeet

  • 5 Chiffchaff, Blackcap

  • 2 Redwing, Stock Dove, Sparrowhawk

  • 4 Linnet, 4 Reed Bunting

  • 20 Cormorant (over) (NCroft)

Wanstead Park::



  • 5 Sand Martin over the Basin (JLethbridge)

Woodford Green:



  • Mistle Thrush in Broadmead Estate again today (DEH)

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