March 5th 2011

Aldersbrook:

• 6 Waxwing on Arran Drive this morning (Natalie Benajeh)
• 19 Waxwings on Westmorland Close (Niel Twyford)
  

Fairlop Waters:

• after being kicked off Hainault Farm the Redbridge Birdwatching group had a short walk around Fairlop Waters:
• c60 Tufted Duck (including 54 on the fish pond), Mallard, 8 Gadwall, 2 Teal
• 2 Mute Swan, 20 Greylag Goose, Canada geese
• 5 Great Crested Grebes on the baoting lake (4 in summer plumage)
  
• Moorhen and Coot, didnt count the gulls
• c60 Lapwing
• 2 Green Woodpecker, singing Skylark, Pied Wagtail
• 6 Great tit, 4 Long Tailed Tit, blue Tits, singing Song Thrush, Robin and Wren, 2 Chaffinch (DEH et al)
• 10 Linnet on the paddock (NT)
  

Hainault Farm:

• couldnt do a complete ciruit as the farmer asked us to leave: but we had counted about 20 singing Skylarks and at least 10 non singers...
• c30 Wood Pigeon, few Magpies and Carrion Crow
• Blackbird, Robin, Wren, Redwing,
  
• 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers
• 4 House Sparrow on Billet Road
• 2 Golden Plover in the field (DEH et al)

Hainault Lodge NR:

• Goldcrest (Alan Thomas/Neil Twyford)

Roding Valley Park, South Woodford:

• 2 Water rail! I've never seen any before - I saw one and that was good and then lost sight of it but saw another about 20ft away. I thought there was a pair but hadn't seen them together so I waited for several minutes and was rewarded - they both came together. Then one made a lot of noise and left the other one quickly (attempted mating?)
• 1 Tufted duck - still there a couple of weeks on hanging around with some Mallards
• 1 sparrowhawk scaring 2 or 3 big groups of pigeons
• 1 Mistle thrush - Pretty sure I've not seen one there before.
• 1 Goldfinch, Small group of Chaffinch
• Lots of mixed tits
• Blackbirds, Robins, Wren
• Woodpigeons, Crows, Magpies
• Moorhens
• 1 Green woodpecker (heard, not seen) (Peter Gordon)

Snaresbrook:

• Waxwing (John Archer)
  

South Woodford:

• Kestrel hovered briefly over my road. (Peter Gordon)
  

Valentines Park:

• pr Egytpain Geese still with 3 ducklings on the boating lake (Ian Cranston)
• Grey Heron, Jay, 2 Great spotted woodpecker one on peanut feeder and one drumming , 2 Long-tailed tit, hybrid Canada goose x Greylag (Brandon Anderson)

Wanstead Flats:

• 20+ Lesser Redpoll (SSSI), 5 Siskin, 6+ Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, 2 Reed Bunting, 6+ Skylark (singing), 8 Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail, 10 + Redwing (many singing sub-song), Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, 11 Greylag Goose, 11 Shoveler, 10 Tufted Duck, 5 Gadwall, 1 f Pochard, 18 Mute Swan (Alex), Little Grebe (trilling), Goldcrest, Sparrowhawk (Nick Croft, J Lethbridge)

Wanstead Park:

• Great Crested Grebe and Water Rail (Perch Pond) (Natalie Benajeh)
• Siskin & Redwing (Neil Twyford)
• Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Little Grebe, Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, 2 Egyptian Goose, 20 + Tufted Duck , 10 + Gadwall, single figures of Shoveler and Pochard, 2 Teal over east, Lesser Black-backed Gull, numerous Siskin, 60 + Redwing (40 through the Dell going mad for Ivy berries), Mistle Thrush, Coal Tit, Goldcrest, Stock Dove (NC et al)

Woodford Bridge Pond:

• 13 Canada Geese today (DEH)