March 19, 2011

March 19th 2011

Claybury Park:

  • I took a short walk in Claybury Park... no Waxwings but i did see:

  • Treecreeper

  • male Blackcap, possible Chiffchaff

  • singing Dunnock, 2 singing Robin

  • Great Tits, Blue Tits, House Sparrows

  • 2 Canada Goose on the lake accompanied by a crossbreed (white) Goose

  • Mallards, 2 Coot, 2 Moorhen

  • several Black Headed Gulls some with full summer plumage now (Jan Martin-Ellis)

Fairlop Waters:



  • Cormorant, 9+ Common gull, 40+ Black-headed gull, 4 Mute swan, 12 + Greylag geese, Moorhen, 2 Pied wagtail, 10+ Canada geese, 2 Green woodpecker, Long-tailed tit (Brandon Anderson)

Hainault Forest:



  • singing Chiffchaff

  • c20 Jackdaw

  • male Shoveler on the lake

  • Kestrel hovering nr Romford Road (DEH)

Happy Valley:



  • first singing Chiffchaff of the season here (Martin Plumb)

Ilford, Ingleby Road:



  • Siskin with the usual Goldfinch flock

  • Song Thrush trying to feed on the ivy berries, but having real difficulty as it only had 1 leg... no prizes for guessing what was responsible for that! (John Crick)

Penrith Park, Hainault:



  • singing Goldcrest, singing Dunnock, 2 Robin, Blackbird, Chaffinch

  • 20 Black Headed Gull, 5 Common Gull (DEH)

Roding Valley Park:



  • pr Grey Wagtail (Kevin Grieves)

Wanstead Flats:



  • Lesser-spotted Woodpecker (w copse),

  • Lapwing (south east),

  • 5 Stock Dove, 15 Meadow Pipit, 3 Pied Wagtail, Linnet, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 6 Reed Bunting, 3 Redwing, Goldcrest, 2-3 Sparrowhawk (50 sp - NC/TH/JL)

  • Lesser Spotted Woodpecker also seen drumming in East Copse (Phillip Cliffe)

Wanstead Park:



  • Greater Black Backed Gull on Heronry Lake (Natalie Benajeh)

  • Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Roy Woodward)

  • Goshawk South East 09:20 (probable female, huge!),

  • singing male Treecreeper (The Dell area),

  • pair Sparrowhawk,

  • male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming on the plain,

  • probable Water/Rock Pipit over (heard only),

  • 3 Chiffchaff, 11 Stock Dove,

  • 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, Coal Tit, 8 Song Thrush, 2+ Siskin over, 3 Goldcrest, pr Egyptian Goose,

  • 4 Great-crested Grebe on The Basin,

  • Pheasant (OSW/cemetry) (Stuart Fisher)

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