March 24, 2009

March 24th 2009

Woodford Bridge:
  • 30 Mallards and 4 Moorhens on St. Pauls Pond.
  • 2 Carrion Crows carrying sticks (one of which was far to big for flying)
  • male Pied Wagtail on the banks of the pond

Wanstead Park:

  • Stock Dove, seen flying from tree to tree, whiile i was driving south down the A406, near Ilford Gold Course.

Fairlop Waters:

  • Chiffchaffs singing in several locations (Peter Warne)
  • 8 Reed Bunting (PW)
  • 10 Pied Wagtails feeding by the stables (PW)
  • 20+ Tufted Duck, Mallards, Coots, Moorhens, Canada Geese being noisy (PW)
  • Pair of Great Crested Grebes (PW)
  • 2 Green Woodpeckers and Wren (PW)

Connaught Water: (just outside the borough)

  • 3 male and 1 female Wood Duck still present
  • male Red Crested Pochard still present
  • Shoveler, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Canada Geese, Coots and Moorhens
  • Lots of Teal, a lot tamer than usual, and even swimming in the puddles on the flooded path.
  • Chiffchaff calling
  • Carrion Crows, and a Song Thrush in full song as it got dark.
  • a large bat, starling sized, seemed smaller than a Noctule, but I could be wrong

Gants Hill:

  • male Great Spotted Woodpecker in a garden (Alan Thomas)

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