January 6th 2010

Aldersbrook:

• garden sightings in an Aldersbrook Estate garden
• 4 Ring Necked Parakeets (the most I've seen perched in our avenue's gardens together)
• 2 Magpies, 1 Jay
• 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
• 3 Blackbirds (2 M, 1F), Wren, Dunnock, Robin
• 70 Starlings - across 2 gardens, 5 House Sparrows
• 2 Blue Tits
• 2 Greenfinch, 2 Chaffinch,
• 6 Wood Pigeon
• Over - many Carrion Crows up to 3 together, 3 Black Headed Gulls. (Sally Hammond)

Claybury Park:

• 1 Grey Heron
• 1 male Merlin flew through the park
• 27 Meadow Pipit, (probably a lot more)
• 24 Wood Pigeon, 2 Stock Dove
• 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker
• 5 Blackbird, 3 Redwing, Robin
• 31 Blue Tit, 15 Great Tit, 7 Long Tailed Tit, 2 Coal Tit
• 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper
• 20 Chaffinch, 19 Goldfinch, 10 Greenfinch
• 17 Carrion Crow, 19 Magpie, Jay (DEH)

South Woodford:

• Grey Heron in neighbours garden (PGordon)

Wanstead Park:

• 5 Tufted Duck, 8 Pochard,
• Shoveler (on Heronry Pond), 3 Little Grebe,
• Grey Heron (Perch Pond),
• 4 Ring-necked Parakeet,
• 8 Lesser Redpoll (The Dell) (J Lethbridge)

Wanstead Flats:

• 2 Grey Heron
• Snipe
• 9 Ring-necked Parakeet over
• 22 Skylark, 6 Meadow Pipit (JLethbridge)

Woodford Green, Broadmead Estate:

• Mistle Thrush, Blackbird
• 2 Pied Wagtails
• Blue Tit singing
• flock of Feral Pigeons (DEH)

Barking: (just outside the borough)

• Redwing on Longbridge Road (PHa)

Buckhurst Hill: (just outside the borough)

• Redwings and Goldfinches in the garden (Chris Marshall)