December 24, 2009

December 24th 2009

Wanstead Park & Flats:

  • 83 Gadwall, c180 Coot, 8 Little Grebe,
  • 1 Snipe flew East, 3 Shoveler,
  • c300 Common Gulls,
  • 15 Fieldfare, several Redwing
  • 10+ Skylark,
  • male Stonechat,
  • Stock Dove, (S Fisher);
  • 5 Mistle Thrush,
  • 15+ Fieldfare, 120+ Redwing in 2 flocks (J Lethbridge)

Gants Hill:

  • Fieldfares - small flocks seen at 10.19am flying over back gardens in 4 different groups within a 10 minutes spell heading I guess towards Fairlop.
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker - Male
  • Goldfinches - 3, House Sparrows - 18, Blue tits - 11, Great tits - 3, Greenfinches - 9, Chaffinches - 6, Robin - 1, Blackbird - 1 female, Wren - 1, Magpie - 1, Woodpigeons - 2, Feral Pigeons - 12 (Alan Thomas - garden sightings)

Hainault Forest CP:

  • c50 Magpies flying in to roost at dusk
  • 20 Redwings
  • c100 Canada Geese
  • Nuthatch heard

Aldborough Hatch:

  • garden sightings:
  • 3 Jays
  • 1 Great spotted woodpecker
  • 1 Dunnock (CPoutney)

Fairlop Waters Country Park:

  • 100 plus Fieldfares
    50 plus Redwing
    40 plus Lapwing (CPoutney)

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