Five Oaks Lane Scrubland:
- 3 male Yellowhammer (great to have this bird in the borough),
- Little Owl,
- 2 prs Lesser Whitethroat,
- heard Cuckoo & Nightingale (Dan Barrett)
Goodmayes Park:
- 2 Mute swan (more than 1 cygnet, unable to count as family obscured under island),
- 14 Canada geese, 5 Greylag Geese, 14 Mallard, 19 Tufted Duck, 16 Coot, 1 Moorhen,
- 7 Linnet (Rec ground),
- 1 Green woodpecker (Rec Ground). (IWoodward)
South Park:
- 2 Mute swan (+5 cygnets),
- 2 Great-crested grebes,
- 63 Canada geese, 37 Mallard, 16 Tufted Duck,
- 20 Coot, 4 Moorhen,
- 2 Grey wagtail,
- 2 Stock dove,
- 2 Blackcap (Ian Woodward)
Valentines Park:
- 12 Mute Swans, (pr with 8 young on the boating lake, another non breeding pr on the Fish Pond )
- Canada Geese, 1 Greylag Goose (hybrid), 1 (male) Egyptian Goose
- Mallards, Tufted Ducks, pr Pochard (boating lake), Coot, Moorhen
- Grey Heron faimly (3 chicks plus adult) all doing well
- Sparrowhawk (circling high, slowly moving SW) at 11.15am
- Feral Pigeon, Wood Pigeons, 2 Stock Dove, Collared Doves
- 6 Swift
- 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (pr, plus 1 juvenile seen, actively being fed)
- 3 Pied Wagtail
- Wren, Robin, Blackbird, Mistle Thrush,
- Great Tit, Blue Tit, 3 Long Tailed Tit,
- Carrion Crows, Magpie, Starlings, 6 House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Greenfinch (U3A Birding Group via Mike Condon)
Wanstead Flats:
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (male) seen feeding young (PFerris)
- (see pic below)
Woodford Green, Broadmead Estate:
- pair of Jackdaws (DEH)
- Quail singing from 'Luscious Mead' 9.10 - 9.30pm at least, also heard mid afternoon. Approx 400m north of David Lloyd Centre, on the east side of the river, north of the lake (Jono Lethbridge & David Bradnum - thanks to H&P Vaughn for the news)
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