April 26th 2010

Birbeck Woods, Woodford Green:

• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• 3 Wren, 3 Robin, Blackbird, Song Thrush
• Swift (over)
• 3 male Blackcap
• 5 Blue Tit, 2 Long Tailed Tit, 2 Great Tit
• 3 Magpie, Jackdaw,

Eagle Pond:

• pr Mute Swan (hen on nest)
• pr Great Creted Grebe (nesting)
• 7 Coots nests (1 pair have already hatched about 7 days ago, only 1 chick though)
• 6 Tufted Duck, (3 prs), 1 male Shoveler
• Grey Heron
• 52 Feral Pigeon

Fairlop Waters:

• Swift, Swallows, Sand Martins,
• 4 Greylag Geese, Canada Geese, 4 Tufted Ducks, 6 Gadwalls, Shoveler,
• 2 Grey Herons, Mute Swan, Moorhen
• Blackcap, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler,
• Wren, Robin, Blackbird
• Jay
• Reed Bunting,
• Skylark,
• Linnet, Chaffinch, (CIS)

Gants Hill, Roll Gardens:

• 2 x male Blackcap in our garden! 1 male singing from our tree and got chased off by another (AThomas)

Hatch Plain and Forest:

• 6 male Mallard, 1 Moorhen
• 2 Swallow (over N)
• 16 Wood Pigeon
• 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker
• 17 Blackbird, 10 Song Thrush, 5 Wren, 9 Robin,
• 9 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 6 Blackcap
• 3 Long Tailed Tit, 32 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit
• 3 Jay, 7 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Jackdaw
• 2 Greenfinch, 2 Chaffinch,

Ray Park:

• 6 Goldfinch and 10 Starling outside the James Leal Centre
• 1 Long Tailed Tit (TLachhar)

Reeds Forest, Woodford:

• 5 Jackdaws (over), Jay
• 10 Woodpigeon
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• 7 Great Tit, 12 Blue Tit
• 2 Wren, 5 Blackbird, 2 Robin, Song Thrush
• male Blackcap

Roding Valley Park, north:

• Little Egret (AHobson)

Valentines Park:

• Grey Heron now feeding their 1 chick (only 1 has hatched, perhaps only 1 was layed).
• 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap (PHopkins)
• 6.30 pm - Egyptian gocklings still doing well
• Chiffchaff calling,
• Chaffinch, Mistle thrush
• pr Great Crested Grebes
• 3 baby coots
• Mute Swan on nest (Barbara J)

Wanstead Park:

• Old Sewage Works: 7 Song Thrush,
• Garden Warbler, 10+ Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff,
• 8 Greenfinch, Chaffinch,
• Jay (J Lethbridge).
• Ring Necked Parakeet,
• 2 Kestrel,
• 2 Little Egret (over west) (N Croft).
• 7 Swift
• Hobby (SFisher)

Wanstead Flats:

• f Whinchat (N Croft, JL).
• 1 Wheatear (female), 2 Tree Pipits,
• 3 Swift, 6 Swallow, 1 Sand Martin,
• 2 Grey Heron,
• Sparrowhawk,
• Lesser Whitethroat,
• 6 Lesser Black-Backed Gull,
• Linnet,
• Reed Bunting
• and the Pheasant.
• also:Mallard, Tufted Duck, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Little Grebe, Coot, Moorhen, Starling, Wren, Skylark, Blue tit, Great Tit, Long-Tailed Tit, Blackbird, Robin, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Stock Dove, feral Dove, Jay, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Jackdaw, House Sparrow, 6 Lesser Black-Backed Gull, Herring Gull, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Green Woodpecker, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Cormorant, Dunnock, Grey Heron, Meadow Pipit, (N Croft)

Whitehall Plain:

• 3 male Mallards on the grass
• 2 Robin, 2 Wren, 3 Blackbird, Song Thrush,
• 1 male Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff singing
• 7 Blue Tit, 2 Long Tailed Tit
• Chaffinch,
• 3 Carrion Crow, 4 Magpie,