July 18th 2010

Fairlop Waters:

• Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret
• Redshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 40 Lapwing, 2 Little Ringed Plover
• 5 Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Shelduck, 4 Pochard, 10 Gadwall, 10 Moorhen, 11, Mute Swan, 30 Tufted Duck, 33 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 34 Greylag Geese, 35 Coot, 37 Lapwing, 39 Mallard, 121 Canada Goose (SBa)
• Fairlop Waters/Gravel Works July WEbS count:
  courtesy of Steve Bacon

Gants Hill, Roll garden:

• Sparrowhawk - Female seen roughly around 12.30pm bursting into our tree very briefly before flying away.
• Great Spotted Woodpecker x 1
• Goldfinch x 2 Greenfinches x 6
• House Sparrows x 10
• Great Tits x 5, Blue Tits x 5
• Robins x 3, Dunnock x 2
• Collared Doves x 2, Woodpigeons x 2
• Starlings x 4, Magpie x 1
• Plus our daily Pipistrelle Bat flying around back gardens late evening. (Alan Thomas)

Roding Valley Park, central:

• Common Tern on the private fishing lake
• family of Goldfinches with fledged young (AHobson)

Valentines Park:

• 2 Little Grebes (young hopefully hiding)
• 3 Great Crested Grebes on the boating Lake
• 12 Mute Swan, Greylag Goose (hybrid), 65 Canada Geese, Mallard, 1 male Shoveler (eclipse), 1 male Pochard, few Tufted Duck, Coot, Moorhen,
• Black Headed Gulls, 1 Common Tern,
• Feral Pigeon, 1 Stock Dove, Woodpigeons, Collared Dove
• c20 Swift
• 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker
• 2 Grey Wagtail (present for over 2 hours at least)
• Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush
• 1 male Blackcap,
• Blue Tits, Great Tits, 2 Long Tailed Tits, Starling , 8 House Sparrow, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Goldfinch (MCondon)

Wanstead Flats:

• ad Yellow-legged Gull with a few other gulls on playing fields on Northern Flats,
• Hobby (over Alex), Sparrowhawk, Kestrel,
• 15 House Martin,
• 2 eclipse Teal, 6 Little Grebe (2 young), fem/eclipse Shoveler, 2 Greylag (S Fisher)

Wanstead Park:

• Common Tern fishing on the Basin,
• Nick and I had not only a Sedge Warbler, but 5 Little Egrets and two Garden Warblers. And, wait for it, juvenile Sedge Warblers! We are all crap, a Sedgie, a Wanstead rarity, has managed to breed, undetected, under our very noses. (Jlethbridge)
• Reed Warbler, juv Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler (near River Roding old Sewage wks) (S Fisher)
• Sparrowhawk (juvs by Shoulder of Mutton),
• Kingfisher (twice in one day to make amends for its absence since January),
• Grass Snake (2nd reptilean tick) (Nick Croft).

Woodford Green:

• Shelduck x 1 high and south-east over garden (Tony Brown)