March 27, 2010

March 27th 2010

weather: 11C, sunny spells, showers (pm)

Hainault Forest:
  • 4 Chiffchaffs,
  • 3 Mute Swans,
  • 5 Great Spotted Woodpeckers,
  • 2 Jays (NPh)

Roding Valley Park, (north):

  • Raven flew (low) north over Chigwell Road, Woodford Bridge, up river. (DEH)

Valentines Park:

  • Egyptian goose
  • Robin, Carrion Crows, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Goldfinches, Chaffinches,
  • Greater spotted woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
  • Mistle Thrushes, Song Thrushes, Blackbird
  • Stock Dove, Wood Pigeons, Feral Pigeons
  • Long-tailed Tits,
  • Pair of Great Crested Grebes
  • Grey Heron on nest
  • Tufted Ducks, 2 Male Pochards,
  • Coots, Moorhens, Coot on a nest
  • 3 Black-headed Gulls
  • Mallards,
  • 2 Pairs of Mute Swans ( one pair on Long Water and the other on the Boating Lake)
  • Canada Geese, Greylag Goose,
  • 2 Pairs of Mallards in trees
  • Cormorant (Emma Charles)

Wanstead Flats:

  • 2 Yellowhammer (briefly before flying south),
  • 1 Stock Dove displaying,
  • 1 Snipe east (S Fisher);
  • m Pheasant,
  • 4+ Chiffchaff singing,
  • 3 Reed Bunting,
  • 12+ Skylark, 10+ Meadow Pipit (J Lethbridge).

Wanstead Park:

  • singing Blackcap, Singing Willow Warbler, 4+ singing Chiffchaff,
  • 7 displaying Jays,
  • 10 Stock Dove, (S Fisher)

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