August 19, 2010

August 19th 2010


Fairlop Gravel Works:
  • 6+ Grey Heron, with 1 Little Egret (south side, then Little Egret moved to the lagoon on the north side of Painters Road
  • 3 families of Little Grebe, 10 Tufted Duck, 1 Teal, 2 Pochard
  • 30+ Swallows, 10+ House Martins feeding
  • 1 juv Little Ringed Plover, Lapwing, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper ,
  • 3 Kestrel
  • 8 Linnet

Fairlop Waters:

  • juvenile Common Tern that had me convinced it was something more exciting for a while, sitting on a boat, calling.
  • Little Egret, over (north)
  • 3 Great Crested Grebes
  • 16 Greylag Geese

Five Oaks Lane, Scrubland:

  • 10 Swallows
  • 2 Linnet
  • juvenile Yellowhammer

Gants Hill, Roll Gardens:

  • 2 Sparrowhawks - A pair seen 8.45am together over & then five minutes later probably one of the two came back gliding over.
  • 3 Great Spotted Woodpeckers - (2J & 1F)
  • 12 Starlings over in tight flock this early evening (Alan Thomas)

Goodmayes Park:

  • 25+ Greylag Geese, few Tufted Ducks
  • party of 8+ Long Tailed Tits with some exciting stragglers... 2 Great Tits, 1 juv Goldcrest and 1 Wood Warbler

Hainault Farm:

  • Large flock of over 100 Carrion Crows and Jackdaws, (no Rook today though)
  • 2 Swallows

Roding Valley Park, north:

  • (north of Chigwell Road, Woodford Bridge)
  • Kestrel
  • Wren (AHobson)

Roding Valley Park, central:

  • (south of Chigwell Road)
  • Whitethroat, flock of Long Tailed Tits (Alan Hobson)

Wanstead Flats:

  • Around SSSI area
  • 90 Canada Geese, 25 Mallard, 5 Coot
  • 2 Green Woodpecker
  • 6-8 Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff
  • 2 Jays (THarris)
  • Hobby,
  • 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Blackcap, 5 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff,
  • 30+ Long-tailed Tits, 15 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit (J Lethbridge)
  • 15:00-15:50: 2 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, Tree Pipit (Broom fields) (S Fisher)

Wanstead Park:

  • Hobby feeding over Shoulder of Mutton Pond at 12.15ish, and was then joined by 3 others!.. The 4 birds giving a wonderful areal display! (Jennifer Charter)
  • 4 Hobby in Resevoir Wood at 2.15pm (Paul Ferris)

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