March 23rd 2010

weather: 10C max, light showers forecast.

Fairlop Waters/Gravel Works:

• WeBS count, (SBa)
• 6 Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe
• 1 Cormorant
• 9 Mute Swan
• 15 Greylag Goose, 48 Canada Goose
• 6 Shelduck, 3 Wigeon, 15 Gadwall, 7 Teal, 41 Mallard, 19 Shoveler, 15 Pochard, 63 Tufted Duck
• 25 Moorhen, 35 Coot,
• 7 Lapwing, 8 Snipe, 1 Redshank
• 60 Black Headed Gull, 352 Common Gull, 7 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 3 Herring Gull
• Chiffchaff, by the fishing lake
• several Skylarks in song
• 3 Meadow Pipit by the path to Barkingside Station (GHolliday)

Fairlop Gravel Works:

• 5pm-6pm
• 4 Mute Swan, 2 Shelduck
• c40 Shoveler, c25 Tufted Duck, c10 Gadwall, 2 Teal, male Pochard
• Little Grebe
• Green Woodpecker
• 4 male Pheasant
• Stock Dove
• 5 Lapwing, Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 2 Redshank
• singing Skylark, Meadow Pipit, c20 Pied Wagtail
• 1 Sand Martin feeding around the gravel pits (first record of the year)
• 2 Linnet

Hainault Forest CP:

• March WeBS count, (SBa)
• 2 Great Crested Grebe
• 3 Mute Swan, 1 Greylag Goose, 81 Canada Goose
• 26 Mallard, 4 Pochard,
• 10 Moorhen, 8 Coot
• 39 Black Headed Gull, 1 Common Gull

Valentines Park:

• 2 Pied Wagtail
• 2 Long Tailed Tit by Long Water (TLachhar)
• 11 Greylag Geese (very unusual for Valentines Park)
• male Sparrowhawk
• singing Chiffchaff
• 3 Song Thrush territories (Peter Hopkins)
• Grey Wagtail by the clock tower (Mike Condon)

Wanstead Flats:

• 6 Reed Bunting (including 2 singing males)
• c25 Skylark, 10 Meadow Pipit
• 6 Fieldfare
• 1 Chiffchaff singing in Long Wood (Tim Harris)
• Little Owl (Paul Ferris)

Woodford Bridge, Vicarage Road:

• 2 Mistle Thrush on the green by St. Judes Ct (AHobson)

Woodford Green, Broadmead Estate:

• singing Greenfinch
• Jackdaw (DEH)