April 14, 2010

April 14th 2010

Claybury Park: [corner of, on way somewhere else]

  • 3 Chiffchaffs (gd vies of one singing),
  • Blackcap (gd views of singing),
  • Jay, Long-tailed Tit, Greenfinch (AHobson)

Clayhall Estate:

  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (AHobson)

Valentines Park:

  • 2 Goldcrests drinking from Jacob's well
  • 2 Mistle Thrush
  • Around Ornamental Lake: Tufted Duck, Mallard, Canada Goose, Mute Swan,
  • Robin, Song thrush, Wren, Blackbird
  • Long Tailed tit, Blue tit, Great Tit
  • Carrion Crow,Magpie
  • Feral Pigeon, Wood pigeon
  • Chaffinch
  • Pied Wagtails in Mansion gardens (Tajinder Lachhar)
  • 2 Great Crested Grebe on the boating lake nest building (coots doing their best to tamper)
  • Little Grebe, Cormorant also on Boating Lake
  • 3 Mute Swan, (pr on Boating Lake where hen is on nest, 3rd on Long Water)
  • 17 Canada Geese, 1 Egyptian Goose (2nd presumably on nest)
  • 40+ Mallard, plus first brood of 9 ducklings!!!
  • 1 male Pochard on the Boating lake
  • 13 Tufted Duck, 27 Coot, 9 Moorhen,
  • 7 Black Headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull
  • 100+ Feral Pigeon, 35 Wood Pigeon,
  • Green Woodpecker heard yaffling, Great Spotted Woodpecker near old Elm
  • 8 Pied Wagtails
  • 14 Blackbird, 7 Robin, 1 Wren, 6 Mistle Thrush
  • 5 Blue Tit, 1 Long Tailed Tit, 7 Great Tit (also saw the 2 Goldcrest)
  • 40 Carrion Crow, 2 Jay, 40 Starling
  • 2 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch, 3 Greenfinch (U3A Birding Group via JMillea)

Wanstead Flats:

  • The usuals plus 2 Wheatear. (SFisher)
  • (Blue-Headed race) Yellow Wagtail of the race thunbergi! (NCroft)

Wanstead Park:

  • River Roding area: singing Lesser Whitethroat (S Fisher)

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