Redbridge Birdwatching

12+Blackbirds.

Blackcap heard.

Pochard.

Grey Heron 1 Adult 1 Juvenile.

Also...peregrine falcon spotted soaring over gardens a minute away from park (Drive end)

(Bonyman)

Wren.

4 Goldfinchs.

2 Chaffinchs.

50+Starling (incluiding juveniles).

3 Long-tailed Tit.

Great-spotted woodpecker.

Swallow.

Pochard.

Grey Heron.

(Bonyman)

short eared Owl, Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear

Garden sighting:

• Garden Warbler : Heard first singing for a couple of minutes amongst shrubbery late afternoon,  near to our pond area by Tajinder & I.  I then manage to get a brief look,  before it flew away to a garden further along - singing again briefly for a couple of minutes...Garden patch 1st to add to an already impressive list of birds, that has visted our garden over the years.

• Swallow : seen again around 10:45am single bird low over garden just above tree top level.

8+Swift.

2+Starling.

3 Blue Tits and 1 Great Tit.

2 Blackbirds.

2 Pochard.

3 Mute Swan.

Greylag Goose.

2 Moorhen.

Jackdaw.

2 Well grown Heron chicks still in nest.

(bonyman)

Garden sighting:

Swallow x 5  - Seen just after 6:35pm from back bedroom window, through low over gardens.

   Cuckoo calling at the east end of the forest 8a.m. - 9a.m. Good morning for warblers -willow warbler, blackcap,

garden warbler,chiffchaff, whitethroat, sedge warbler-- all seen & heard

Swifts return to Ingleby Road. Great to see them whizzing up and down the road again. Numbers were down last year but I suppose that's only to be expected as more houses get refurbished, leaving less roofs to nest under.

Hi,  Redbridge Birdwatching members(for which I am one).

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Tony Brown

4 Chaffinches.

Blackbird.

Song Thrush.

Long-Tailed Tit.

Grey Heron.

Little Grebe.

2 Collared Doves.

(Bonyman)

Garden Sighting:

• Swift -  1 seen at 6:40pm over back gardens hawking insects for 4-5 mins.

Alan.T

CHAFFINCH 12, GREENFINCH 9,

BLACKCAP 9, CHIFFCHAFF 6, WILLOW WARBLER 4, WHITETHROAT 3.

ROBIN 15,WREN5, DUNNOCK 22   2  2

GREAT TIT10,BLUE TIT2

BLACKBIRD 9, SONG THRUSH, GREEN WOODPECKER 4, MEADOW PIPIT.

KESTREL

MALLARD 6, TUFTED DUCK 6.

GREYLAG 2, CANADA GEESE ( a few )

CORMORANT,GREY HERON, MUTE SWAN 6, EGYPTIAN GEESE 2 FLYING OVER

HOUSE MARTIN 2

Grey Wagtail.

Coots with chicks.

Male Great-Spotted Woodpecker excavating nest hole.

2 Sparrowhawks.

Heron.

Mute Swan on nest (1 egg fell out).

2 Little Grebes.

3 Egyptian Geese.

(Bonyman)

Garden Sighting:

• Sparrowhawk - seen at 10:40am being mobbed by single crow high over back gardens.

Fairlop Waters CP: 07:45am to 3:00pm

Main Highlights:

• Yellow Wagtail
• Wheatear x 10
• Willow Warbler (1 seen and another 1 heard)
  
• Swallows
• House Martins
• Sand Martins
• Common Buzzard x 2 one a juvenile from the markings Neil & I saw underneath.
  
• Little Owl
• Kestrel
• Shelduck x 2
• Shoveler
• Linnet x 8
• Reed Bunting x 3
• Meadow Pipitt
• Stock Dove x 3
• Blackcap x 10
• Chiff Chaff  x 5
• Skylark x 3
  

Bretts Gravel Pits - Viewed through gates only!

• Little Ring Plover x 5
• Green Sandpiper

Total overall species both sites: 51

Neil Twyford & Alan Thomas

2 Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Mistle Thrush.

5+ Starling.

Robin.

Dunnock.

Chaffinch.

Swallow (My first of the year!).

Little Grebe.

Mute Swan on nest.

And some very young Ducklings.

(Bonyman)

The blue tits I have filmed nesting for the past couple of years in my garden in South Woodford are back and the female is laying eggs this morning. They started visiting the nest box again in December..and have been visiting with increased regularity since then.

I'll post videos over the coming weeks as the eggs hatch and the various happy/traumatic scenes ensue!

In other news, on the Roding last weekend (South Woodford section), there were 3 Egrets together, 2 Herons together and a Cormorant. Also, 3 Sparrowhawks (2 of these were together over my house as I left to go to the river) and 1, poss 2 Kestrels. I have pictures of all of these which I may post over the weekend.

I've also been looking after an unwell Woodpigeon which seems to have a lump on its breast - poss broken bone. It's been pottering around for a couple of weeks now and either can't fly or doesn't want to but is eating and drinking well. I think the Sparrowhawk over my house last weekend was looking at it but then got distracted by another Sparrowawk.

Great Tits nesting on roof.

And more intrestingly a fledged Robin (I will post a picture)

2 Goldfinches.

3 Starling.

2 Collared Doves.

(Bonyman)

Charlie Brown Roundabout:

• Kestrel - seen around 3:40pm sitting on Pylon at southern section of Roding opposite Tesco car park.
  

Fairlop Waters: 07:30pm to 3:30pm

Main Highlights;

• Chiff Chaff  x 7

• Blackcap x 4

• Swallow

• Skylark x 3

• Snipe

• Little Owl

• Linnet x 12

• Lapwing

• Reed Bunting x 6

• Meadow Pippit x 2

• Kestrel x 2

• Stock Dove x 2

• Willow Warbler 1 seen & another one heard.

Plus 1 Weasel - site tick seen by  (M Messenger, A Thomas, N Twyford & I Woodward)

Total Species: 47 species

( A Thomas, N Twyford & I Woodward )

Garden sighting:

• Sparrowhawk  - seen around 4pm over back gardens being mobbed by a single crow.