January 9th 2010

Bush Wood:

• At least 3 Redwings seen whilst driving by

Eagle Pond:

• 150 Black Headed Gull, 30 Common Gull
• 26 Feral Pigeon,
• 5 Mute Swan, 62 Canada Geese
• 27 Mallard, 3 Pochard, 6 Gadwall, 39 Tufted Duck, 38 Shoveler
• 16 Moorhen, 65 Coot
• 2 Carrion Crow

Epping Forest, The Birbeck:

• Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker
• 2 Great Tit, 7 Long Tailed Tit
• Robin

Epping Forest, Hatch Forest & Plain:

• 3 Snipe along the banks of the River Ching
• Kingfisher along the River Ching and a female Grey Wagtail
• 2 Ring Necked Parakeet
• 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker
• 29 Wood Pigeon, 1 Stock Dove
• 14 Blackbird, Song Thrush, 13 Redwing, 18 Fieldfare, 3 Robin, 3 Wren, Dunnock
• 15 Magpie, 17 Carrion Crow, 2 Jay
• 19 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 10 Long Tailed Tit
• 2 Chaffinch, Greenfinch

Epping Forest, Whitehall Plain:

• Redwing, Fieldfare, Blackbird
• 2 Goldfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Blue Tit
• Kingfisher along the River Ching from Hatch Forest

Hainault Forest CP:

• Woodcock (Graham Hart)

Ilford:

• garden sightings
• Common Gull grabbed some leftovers!.
• Wren (first in the garden for 3 weeks) (Barbara J)

South Woodford, Chigwell Road:

• c20 Redwings by Christ Church South Woodford

South Woodford:

• Woodcock, Snipe (KMu)

Valentines Park:

• Little Grebe
• Green Woodpecker
• 10 Goldfinch
• Wren (Barbara J)

Wanstead Flats:

• 3 Redwing
• Pied Wagtail by Alexandra Lake
• 8 Mute Swan (4 adult and 2 juv at Alexandra Lake, 2 Adult at Jubliee pond)
• 196 Canada Geese (161 at Alexandra, 35 at Jubilee)
• 69 Mallard (50 at Alexandra, 19 at Jubilee)
• 5 Shoveler, 35 Coot, 14 Moorhen at Alexandra Lake
• Little Grebe at Alexandra Lake
• only 29 Feral Pigeon at Alexandra Lake, 64 at Jubilee Pond. (DEH)
• 1 Meadow Pipit (JLethbridge)

Wanstead Park:

• 1 Ring Necked Parakeet
• Mute Swans, Mallard, Gadwall, Coot, Moorhen, Little Grebe,
• Grey Heron x2,
• Common Gulls and Black Headed Gulls
• Magpies, Jackdaws (over), Carrion Crows
• 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 2 Green Woodpecker
• Blue Tits, Great Tits, Long-Tailed Tits
• Robins, Wrens,
• Chaffinch, Starlings, Blackbirds, Song thrush,
• Wood Pigeons, Collared Doves (2), Feral Pigeons,
• 15 Siskin at the Dell (Sally Hammond)
• 9 Pochard, 20 Redwing, 5 Fieldfare
• Water Rail by the Dell (JLethbridge)

Woodford Green, Chingford Lane:

• 21 Jackdaws roosting. (Most i've seen in this area by far).

Woodford Green:

• garden sightings
• Many Blue and Great tits,
• 12 Greenfinch, female Siskin, m+f Chaffinch,
• Robins,
• 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (m),
• 3 Jackdaws, 2 Jay, 3 Magpie,
• Wood Pigeons, 2 Collared Dove,
• 3 Redwing, umpteen starlings, 3 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Dunnock. (Peter Warne)

Mayesbrook Park: (just outside the borough)

• Woodcock (site tick), 4+ Snipe along stream,
• 2 Meadow Pipit,
• 25 Redwing, 20 Fieldfare,
• Little Egret,
• 75 Gadwall, 22 Shoveler,
• 2 Little Grebe,
• 2 Green Woodpecker,
• increase in Common Gull (c50), 12 Herring gull, 6 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 250+ Black Headed Gull. (Paul Hawkins)

Loughton Brook: (just outside the borough)

• Little Egret; 2 Snipe; 2 Grey Wagtail; 2 Fieldfare; 5 Redwing (BJ)

Collier Row, Birds Farm Avenue: (just outside the borough)

• 3 Redwing, Fieldfare,
• male Blackcap, 40+ House Sparrow, Dunnock, Robin, 4 Chaffinch, 2 Great Tit, 2 Blue Tit,
• 3 Starling, 2 Collared Dove, 3 Wood Pigeon, 8 Feral Pigeon, 2 Carrion Crow,
• 2 Black-Headed Gull (Ian Phillips)

Buckhurst Hill, Fairlands Avenue: (just outside the borough)

• Grey Wagtail (Martin Smith)

Connaught Water: (just outside the borough)

• 85 Mandarin Duck, 65 Teal, 2 Wigeon, 2 Pintail, male Australian Wood Duck (Simon Papps)