May 16, 2010

May 16th 2010


Collier Row, Forest Farm:
  • (the car boot field)
  • male Yellowhammer singing
  • Whitethroat and Skylark singingin surrounding field (Niel Twyford)

Eagle Pond:

  • drake Pochard (THarris)

Forest Farm Community Garden:

  • 3 Whitethroat, Chiffchaff
  • Swift
  • Dunnock
  • pr Linnet (TLachhar)

Valentines Park:

  • Great Crested Grebe still sitting on nest (Boating lake)
  • 1 Cormorant
  • Grey Heron family doing well, although 8.20am - 3 chicks unguarded as adult was driven south over ilford by a single Crow
  • Mute Swan still on nest (cant be long now)
  • Canada Geese, 1 Egyptian Goose
  • Mallard, Tufted Duck, Coot, Moorhen
  • Feral Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove, Woodpigeon
  • 3 Ring Necked Parakeet (9.20am, calling, and very active along west end of cranbrook cut)
  • 8 Swift
  • Green Woodpecker
  • 2 Wren, 3 Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush,
  • Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit
  • Carrion Crow, Magpie, 8 House Sparrow
  • 3 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch along Brisbane Road (Mike Condon)

Wanstead, Lakehouse Estate:

  • Swallow (over) (Tim Harris)

Wanstead Park:

  • Grey heron
  • Ring Necked Parakeets
  • canada geese and goslings
  • willow warbler, whitethroat, blackcaps, chiffchaff
  • long tailed tit, blue tits, gteat tits,
  • great spotted woodpecker, green woodpecker
  • wrens
  • swifts
  • blackbird, song thrush
  • magpies, carrion crows, starling
  • mistle thrush
  • mallards with ducklings - at least 3 families
  • mute swans with cygnets (2 families) - swan still at/on nest has at least 6
  • moorhen (Sally Hammond)
  • Mute Swan on Shoulder of Mutton have 7 cygnets (Kathy Hartnett)
  • 3 Great Crested Grebes (2 on Perch Pond, and a 3rd on Heronry)
  • 2 Sand Martins feeding over Heronry (THarris)

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