July 11, 2010

July 11th 2010

Roding Valley Park, south:
  • South Woodford Section
  • Nightingale! - couldn't see it but heard it. it must have been deep in a bush/tree because i stood around for a while trying to see it and it was in full song.
  • also: Blackcap, Little Egret, jay, 2 long tailed tits, 2 greenfinches, whitethroat, song thrush (PGordon)
  • Redbridge section: 4 (family of) Grey Wagtail, 2 ads and juv Garden Warbler, 5 Stock Dove, Linnet, 12 Whitethroat, 30 Long-tailed Tit, 1 ad 2 juv Sparrowhawks, 15+ Swift (S Fisher)

Valentines Park:

  • 4 Little Grebe (1 adult with 3 young), 3 Great Crested Grebe (pr with 1 chick) all on the boating lake
  • 1 Grey Heron (baoting lake)
  • 12 Mute Swans, (1 pr, with 8 cygnets still on the boating lake, 2 on Fish Pond)
  • 1 hybrid Greylag, c50 Canada Geese by long water.
  • pr Egyptian Geese on Boating Lake island (no sign of ducklings, but hopefully sleeping there out of sight)
  • 1 male Shoveler in eclipse plumage
  • Tufted Duck, Mallard, Coot, Moorhen, c60 Black Headed Gulls (numbers starting to pick up)
  • Feral Pigeon, 1 Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove,
  • 6 Swift
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker,
  • Pied Wagtail on the Cricket pitch
  • Wren, 2 Dunnock, several Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush singing in the American Wood, Blackbird, Robin, Great Tit, Blue Tits
  • c15 Long Tailed Tits in the American Wood (most reported here)
  • Carrion Crow, Magpie, Starling, 4 House Sparrow, 3 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch (Mike Condon)
Wanstead Flats:
  • 2 Shelduck (s over Alexandra Lake),
  • 1 Lapwing (circled round Alex before deciding to leave it),
  • 3 Hobby (1 west, just south of Alex, 2 circling and exchanging food over Alex),
  • 3 Sparrowhawk (and 1 less starling),
  • Kestrel,
  • 60 Cormorant, 6 Grey Heron, 21 Ring-necked Parakeet, c.50+ Black-headed Gull, 17 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Greater Black-backed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 4 Herring Gull,
  • 10+ Mistle Thrush (Jono had 14 in one part of the flats), Song Thrush, Robin, Blackbird,
  • 6 Green Woodpecker, 6 Greater Spotted Woodpecker,
  • 2 Stock Dove, 3 Collared Dove, Wood Pigeon,
  • Also: Mallard, 3 Tufted Duck, Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Wren, Dunnock, Carrion Crow, c.20+ Jackdaw, c.10 Magpie, 6 Jay, c40 Swift, 12 House Martin, Starling, Little Grebe, Coot, Moorhen, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Linnet, Reed Bunting, Blue tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Pied Wagtail, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff (finally got above 50 - Nick Croft)

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