November 24th 2010

Gants Hill, Roll Gardens:

• Coal Tit still present (2 months now), 6 Blue tits, 2 Great tits, Great Spotted Woodpecker - Heard calling in back of garden, 1 Blackbird ( Male), 2 Goldfinches, 3 Chaffinches, 2 House Sparrows, 1 Dunnock, 1 Robin, 1 Magpie, 1 Woodpigeon, 6 Feral Pigeons (Alan Thomas)
  

Knighton Woods:

• 3 volubale Nuthatch
• c10 Long Tailed Tit, 3 Goldcrest
  
• pr Mandarin, 2 Shoveler, 6 Mallard (PWarne)
  

South Woodford, Station:

• Goldcrest singing this morning (TBrown)

Valentines Park:

• Little Grebe (1), Great Crested Grebe (1)
• Grey Heron,
• Mute Swan (4 ad, 7 juv) ,Greylag Goose (1 - hybrid) ,Canada Goose, Egyptian Goose (4) , Mallard , Northern Shoveler (3m 3f) Tufted Duck, Common Pochard (6m 3f),
• Sparrowhawk – Flying west towards Wanstead Park @ 12.01 hr’s
• Coot , Moorhen
• Common Gull ,Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Mediterranean Gull – aka Valentino
• Feral Pigeon , Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove (3)
• Great Spotted Woodpecker (1)
• Pied Wagtail (1), Grey Wagtail (1)
• Wren (1), Robin , Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, Blue Tit ,Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit (5)
• Magpie, Carrion Crow, Starling
• House Sparrow (12), In / along the Brisbane Road hedges
• Chaffinch (7), Greenfinch (2), Goldfinch (c12), Siskin (5) (U3A Birding Group)
  

Woodford Green:

• garden sightings: 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20 starling, 1 jay, 1 wren, 2 chaffinch, 6 great tit, 10 blue tit, 3 dunnock, 3 greenfinch, 2 magpie. (PWarne)