June 13, 2010

June 13th 2010

Fairlop, Aldborough Riding School:
  • Little Owl on the nest site tree at 5.30pm (DEH)
Fairlop Gravel Works:
  • a 2 min 'stop' on Painters Rd, to show my neice the bunnies....
  • Stock Dove (over)
  • singing Skylark
  • 2 Shelduck

Hainault, Hannover Gardens:

  • Cormorant (over ant 8.30pm) (Eddie Barnes)

Valentines Park:

  • Great Crested Grebe now sitting on 3 eggs (dunno where the 3rd came from, she has been sitting on 2 for about 10 days) (GWare)
  • 2 Little Grebe on the fish pond
  • Adult with 3 young Grey Heron around the nest area.
  • 12 Mute Swan (pr with 8 cygnets on the Boating Lake, pr on the Fish Pond)
  • Canada Geese, 1 Greylag Hybrid, 1 male Egyptian Goose
  • Mallard, Tufted Duck, Coot
  • Feral Pigeons, Woodpigeon, 2 Stock Dove, Collared Dove
  • 19+ Swift
  • Black Headed Gull, 3 Lesser Black Backed Gull
  • 5+ Great Spotted Woodpecker (possibly fledged young), 3 in Cranbrook Cut, 2 in Plantataion (5 other singleton signtings too, so possibly more than 5)
  • Green Woodpecker
  • 4 Pied Wagtail on the Ilford Cricket Pitch
  • Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Mistle Thrush
  • 4+ singing Blackcap
  • Great Tit, Blue Tit, 5 Long Tailed Tit
  • Starling numbers decreasing (as they disperse)
  • Magpie, Carrion Crow
  • 7 House Sparrow
  • Chaffinch, 1 male Greenfinch, 3 Goldfinches (Mike Condon)

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