June 03, 2009

June 3rd 2009

South Park:
  • pair of Mute Swans with 3 cygnets (nest has been abandoned with an egg still on it)
  • many Canada Geese, and 2 Greylag Geese
  • lots of Mallards, Tufted Ducks and a male Pochard
  • Moorhen (at least 2 families with chicks)
  • 6 pairs of Coot nesting/tending to chicks
  • pair of Mistle Thrush
  • Wood Pigeon, Feral Pigeon, Collared Dove, Carrion Crow, Starling, Blackbird, Wren, Chaffinch,
Goodmayes Park:
  • pair of Mute Swan (non breeding)
  • Canada Geese, Mallards, Tufted Ducks, Moorhens
  • 3 pairs of Coot nesting/tending to chicks
  • 4 Swift
  • Blue Tit, Blackbird, Jay
Fairlop Gravel Works: (south site)
  • non breeding Mute Swan
  • Canada Geese, Mallard, Mute Swan, Coot, Moorhen
  • 1 pair of Canada Geese had 3 day old goslings
  • 3 Lapwing, 2 Little Ringed Plover
  • 3 Shelduck
  • c50 Lesser Black Backed Gulls (1/2 of which are 1st yr)
  • a few Herring Gulls among them
  • 6 Stock Dove, plus a few Wood Pigeon and a Collared Dove 0ver
  • 7 Grey Heron
  • 10 Swifts, 10 Swallows, 1 House Martin and 1 Sand Martin
  • 2 Linnet, c20 Pied Wagtails
  • 4 Skylark singing
  • Pheasant and Green Woodpecker both calling in the distance.
Fairlop Gravel Works: (north site)
  • pair of Mute Swan with 1 cygnet
  • 2 pairs of Lapwing
  • 1 Grey Heron
  • Canada Geese, Mallard, Tufted Duck, 6 Gadwall, pair of Shoveler, Coot, Moorhen, Great Crested Grebe
  • Whitethroat, Blackcap and Sedge Warbler singing
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker
  • 2 Song Thrush singing
  • Greenfinch
  • c50 Swift and 3 Sand Martin
Fairlop Waters:
  • c100 Swifts over the lake at 8pm
Valentines Park:
  • Mute Swan with 6 cygnets
  • Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe
  • Mallard, Coot, Gadwal, Moorhen, Tufted Duck, Pochard
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush (MAW via ELBF)

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