May 25, 2009

May 25th 2009

Wanstead Flats:
  • c.40 Skylarks, including fledged young
  • 4 Meadow Pipits
  • 2 Reed Buntings (one collecting nesting material)
  • 1 Goldfinch
  • Two family parties of Greenfinches with young birds (Tim Harris)

Fairlop Waters:

  • Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Coot, Moorhen, Great Crested Grebe, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Mute Swan
  • Green Woodpecker, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Starling, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Greenfinch
  • heard Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler and Wren
  • Whitethroat and Blackcap
  • Lesser Whitethroat singing in the bushes at the back by the dried grass pile
  • Kestrel
  • Skylark in the surrounding fields
  • Cuckoo heard over near Hainault Road/Painters Lane.
  • Swallow and House Martin nesting in the stables
  • Wood Pigeon, Stock Dove, Collared Dove, House Sparrow and Linnet near the stables (Neil Twyford)

Claybury Park:

  • 8 Mallard ducklings on the main pond
  • 2 Moorhen chicks on one of the small ponds.
  • 4 Great Spotted Woodpeckers
  • 2 Stock Doves
  • Sparrowhawk and 2 Kestrels
  • 3 Long Tailed Tits, 2 Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat
  • Jay, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush,
  • Grey Heron (Alan Hobson)

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