Redbridge Birdwatching / London Birdwatching: June 27th 2010

June 27, 2010

Aldborough Riding School, Fairlop:

Fairlop Gravel Works:

south side of Painters Road (area D):
2 Shelduck, 2 f Teal, 2 Tufted Duck
c100 Lapwing (including many juveniles), 3 Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper
c20 Stock Dove
c10 Linnet
2 Swallow
male Reed Bunting
north side of Painters Road:
another (3rd) Buzzard over (south), definately a different bird from the other 2, as it was much lighter markings.
male Kestrel sitting on a post
a few Lapwing
2 Redshank furiously guarding young family.
c30 Swift
12 Stock Dove
Cormorant, Grey Heron, 4 Tufted Duck, several Pochard,
6 Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 2 Whitethroat
2 singing Skylark

Ilford, Vaughan Gardens:

A pair of herons apparently having a domestic argument overhead about the delights of Valentines Park against Wanstead Park, possibly the pair that bred in Valentines Park, or a parent chasing off a fledged young? (sighting: Duncan Paterson)

Roding Valley Park, south:

South Woodford:

Valentines Park:

Little Grebe on the fish pond.
2 Great Crested Grebe on the boating lake, (still on nest)
4 Grey Heron, 3 young flying around now, 1 adult high over
12 Mute Swan (pr & 8 cygnets on the baoting lake, pr on Fish Pond
6 Egyptian Geese (pr & 4 ducklings)
Canada Geese, 1 hybrid Greylag Goose, Mallards, Tufted Ducks, Moorhen, Coot
1 male Shoveler in eclipse plumage
Feral Pigeon, 1 Stock Dove, Woodpigeons,
7 Swift
Great Spotted Woodpecker (all young have now fledge the nest site)
several Green Woodpecker calling (1 seen)
Pied Wagtail on Ilford Cricket Club pitch
2 Grey Wagtail at the eastern end of Cranbrook Cut investigating the barred water outflow
Wren, 2 Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, 4 Mistle Thrush
2 male Blackcap (Dell and Plantation)
5 Long Tailed Tit going along the canopy by the old pitch and put fence, Blue Tits, Great Tits,
Jay, Magpie, Carrion Crows, Starlings, 11 House Sparrow,
5 Chaffinch, 2 singing male Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch (MCondon)
Red Kite (north at 7.30pm)
2 male Goldcrest
12 Jackdaw
45 Swift (Howard Vaughn)

Wanstead Flats:

Here are some highlights:
Little Grebe (very vocal adult on Alex)
Moorhen (juvenile)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (family group with at least 1 juvenile, East Copse)
Skylark (15 singing birds, plus another 8 individuals; 2 family groups)
House Martins (5 birds collecting mud for nests at Alex. They collected, flew off, then presumably the same group returned a few minutes later)
Meadow Pipit (4 singing birds, plus another 3 individuals)
Reed Bunting (2 singing males, SSSI) (THarris)

Chigwell, Chigwell Lane: (just outside the borough)

June 27, 2010