June 14, 2010

June 14th 2010

Fairlop Gravel Works:
  • Canada Goose broods all over the place
  • Shelduck, female Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, Mallard, Coot, Moorhen
  • few Lesser Black Backed Gulls
  • flock of 12 Lapwing (first returning birds - perhaps non-breeders (all adult birds)
  • also 1 proud mother Lapwing guarding 1 chick
  • 5 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank
  • 4 Stock Dove
  • Pied Wagtail, 3 singing Skylark
  • c20 Swift, 2 Swallow
Fairlop Waters CP:
  • c100 Swift, 20 Swallow, 5 Sand Martin, 1 House Martin
  • no sign of saturdays Barnacle Goose

Five Oaks Lane Scrubland:

  • Red Kite over – heading towards Fairlop
  • 4+ Whitethroats, Chiffchaff
  • 3 Swifts, Swallow
  • 2 Cuckoo (1 seen)
  • Linnet, Goldfinch
  • Great spotted woodpecker
  • Wren, Robin, Song Thrush (heard)
  • Pheasant
  • Blue tit (with young)
  • Collared doves, magpies and carrion crows (TLachhar/NVincent)

Roding Valley Park, north:

  • Bullfinch (heard) (RWoodward)

Valentines Park:

  • Great Crested Grebe still sitting on nest
  • Egyptian Goose (male) on the Fish Pond
  • 2 Grey Heron chicks have now left the nest, although are still in the vicinity (3rd still on the nest) (GWare)

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