February 19th 2010

Claybury Park:

• Redbridge Rangers Childrens Birding Walk
• Robin, Dunnock, Wren, Blackbird
• Blue tit, Great tit, Long tailed tit x 2
• Black headed gull x 22, Common gull x 1
• Mallard duck x 22, Canada goose x 3,
• Grey Heron
• Coot x 1, Moorhen x 2, Tufted duck x 4 (unusual for here)
• Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon
• House Sparrow
• Green Woodpecker (heard)
• Song Thrush (heard) (TLachhar)

Knighton Woods:

• 1 Shoveler, 7 Mallard, 5 Moorhen and 2 Mandarin (1 pair)
• 12 Great Tit, 20 Blue Tit, Coal Tit
• 1 Nuthatch
• Great Spotted Woodpecker (DEH)

Ray Park:

• 22 Black Headed Gulls, 1 Common Gull
• 10+ Redwing (TLachhar)

Roding Valley Park, north:

• Pair of Mute Swans present just north of Chigwell Road (bridge)

South Park:

• 163 Black Headed Gull, 21 Common Gull, Lesser Black Backed Gull,
• 83 Canada Goose, 6 Greylag Geese,
• 34 Mallard, 2 Pochard, 19 Tufted Duck
• 46 Coot, 23 Moorhen
• Cormorant, Grey Heron,
• 2 Mute Swan, (Richard Leighton)

Valentines Park:

• Gull numbers down to about 100 (down 66%), but Valentino the Mediterranean Gull still poresent! (pHopkins)

Barking Park: (just outside the borough)

• 348 Black Headed Gull, 172 Canada Goose, 31 Common Gull, 120 Coot, Little Grebe, 2 Greylag Goose, 3 Herring Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 88 Mallard, 18 Moorhen, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Pochard, 15 Shoveler, 77 Tufted Duck (Richard Leighton)