November 04, 2010

November 4th 2010


Fairlop Waters:
  • 8 Great Crested Grebe on the boating lake
  • 4 Little Grebe all there too sheltering under the wooded island
  • 20 Tufted Duck
  • 30 Lapwing on the gravelled island
  • 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Dunnock, not much else (too windy)

Five Oaks Lane Scrubland:

  • Kestrel, Sparrowhawk
  • 1 Stock Dove, large movement of Woodpigeon
  • 40+ Redwing taking advantage of berries
  • pr Stonechat in the east field, 10 Meadow Pipit there too
  • 4 Skylark, Dunnock, 11 Linnet, 3 Goldfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Pied Wagtail (DEH/RH)

Roding Valley Park:

  • 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
  • Jay
  • Common Gull
  • Flock of Long Tailed Tit
  • flock of Goldfinch (AHobson)

Valentines Park:

  • 4 Egyptian Geese, Greylag, Canada geese, Grey Heron, Kingfisher, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Goldcrest, Shoveler 4 Cormorant, 11 Mute swan, Mediterranean Gull (MAW).

Wanstead Flats:

  • (06:30-11:30): The large grey falcon again today scattering the gulls, appears to be larger than a Peregrine, but even with better views of its disappearing back end I cannot make out any distinguishing features in its uniformly grey (like Common Gull grey) plumage, slight fingering at end of wing (any ideas?),
  • barring that not a lot else: 1 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush, 3 Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail,
  • juv Yellow-legged Gull over Alex, Greater Black-backed Gull in with the 100s of other gulls,
  • 13 Ring-necked Parakeet,
  • 5 Shoveler (4m), 3 Pochard (2m),
  • also; 3 Skylark, Goldcrest, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel (NC)

Wanstead Park :

  • 86 Gadwall (all bar one on Ornamental Waters), 53 Tufted Duck (1 SoM, 28 Heronry, 2 Perch, remainder OW), 6 Shoveler (4m Perch, pr OW), pr Teal (OW), 18 Pochard (mainly Heronry), 6 Grey Heron, 5 Little Grebe,
  • 2 Chiffchaff (by SoM, one in song), 20+ Goldcrest (1 singing), usual tit flocks, Coal Tit, Siskin, 6 Lesser Redpoll, 6+ Goldfinch, Grey Wagtail, 2 Cormorant (NCroft)

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