January 3rd 2010

Epping Forest, Knighton Woods:

• 5 Shoveler (1 male, 3 female, 1 1st winter)
• Nuthatch
• 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Kestrel
• 6 Redwing (Peter Warne)

Fairlop Gravel Works:

• Green Sandpiper (Alan Bell)

Fairlop, Hainault Road:

• 2 Fieldfare

Chadwell Heath, Selinas Road/Freshwater Road:

• Fieldfare (JMakengo)

Wanstead Park:

• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker calling from Ornamental Waters, 6 Great-spotted Woodpeckers, 2 Green Woodpeckers,
• 38 Gadwall, 11 Pochard, 10 Shoveler, 12 Little Grebe,
• 1 Lesser Redpoll,
• 15 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush,
• 3 Stock Dove,
• male Coal Tit. (SFisher)
• Goldcrest in the conifers by the folly
• Ring-Necked Parakeet
• Long-Tailed Tits, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Robins, Wrens (Sally Hammond)

Wanstead Flats:

• 31 Skylark,
• 300+ Common Gulls,
• Reed Bunting, 1 Meadow Pipit (S Fisher)

Ilford:

• Grey Wagtail in a garden again (as per yesterday) (Barbara J)

Valentines Park:

• Valentino the Mediterranean Gull (JMartin-Ellis)
• 11 Pochard (MSevoir)
• 2 Egyptian Geese (JMillea)

Eagle Pond:

• 12 Shovelers with the usual Mute Swans, Canada Geese, Mallards, Tufted Ducks, Moorhen, Coots (PGordon)

South Woodford:

• Cormorant (over)
• Redwing in the garden
• Sparrowhawk,
• Lesser Black Backed Gulls being mobbed by Carrion Crows (PGordon)

Hollow Pond, Leyton Flats: (just outside the borough)

• Great Crested Grebe (PGordon)