March
31-3-00 Cornmill 10.30am, 1 summer plumaged black-tailed godwit, 1 ruff, and 2 water pipits - Tony Gray
30-3-00 Cornmill, 0930- 1 Ruff, 5 Redshank,
5+ LRP's, 1 Brambling flew over calling. KGV, 1130- 1 female Merganser, 3
male Black Redstarts (2 on west bank, 1 on east side). 4
Wheatear, 2 Redshank and 2 Shelduck - Gary Gardiner.
pm Sew farmland mixed
finch-flock of 175, mostly linnets with some goldfinch, 1 snipe,
5 sklarks, 1 reed bunting, 10 fieldfares, Sew Marsh
2 redshank, 1 blackcap, lapwing displaying, Cornmill
1 ruff, 6 lrps, 3 redshank, 5 snipe - Andrew Middleton
29-3-00 Rye Meads Female Marsh
Harrier 3pm Quartered meadow. Landed on post in meadow and then
circled up and went north towards Amwell - Paul Collins, Paul
Roper, Alan Harris.
Sewardstone am. 1 ruff
keeping a couple of redshank company. Also a pair of shelduck -
Alex McKechnie.
28-3-00 KGV Res 1 house martin, 100 sand
martins, female red-breasted merganser and drake scaup south
basin, 5 shelduck, 1 Scandinavian rock pipit, 3 redshank, 2 ruddy
ducks, 4 wheatear, WG Res 2 shelduck, no bn
grebes seen - Robert Callf, also willow warbler singing yesterday
in Trent Park - Robert and Robin White
Chingford Plain 5 skylarks, 4 meadow pipits - Ken
Murray, + 2 pairs of bullfinch
27-3-00 KGV Res pm, 5 wheatear north end,
female red-breasted merganser was at north end but flew off
south, 40 sand martins, 2 lrps flew north, 2 shelduck, Sew
Marsh 2 shelduck - Cutts/Mids
Sew Marsh around mid-day, Ken Murray saw the
ruff
26-3-00 Amwell today - 2 Buzzards, 2 LRP, 1
Swallow, 2 Redshank, 1 Garganey.- Graham White
Cornmill am, 4 little ringed plovers, 4 redshank, Fishers
Green singing blackcap, Sewardstone M25
4 little ringed plovers - Phil Vines
Sewardstone Marsh 2pm, 1 ruff, 1 snipe, 1 little
ringed plover, sand martins flying into their drainage pipe
nest-holes - A.Mids
General Friday 5
Sand Martins on Cornmill Meadow - am, and 20+ Fieldfares to side
of Cornmill Meadow, Sunday
Male Black Redstart on fence west side of KGV Res. + 2 Redshank
flew down Res - Chris Page
25-3-00 Cornmill am.
A little ringed plover and at least 5 redshanks. At
Sewardstone 1 pair each of redshank, lapwing and
shelduck + a little owl - Alex McKechnie
KGV Res am, 20 sand martins, 3 ruddy
ducks, 3 reed buntings, 3 shelduck, low numbers of pied wagtails
and meadow pipits, 50+ goldeneye - Andrew Middleton, Alex
McKechnie
KGV Res 15.00-18.00, 8-10 sand martins, 1 white wagtail,1
goosander ( Female), 10-15 gadwall, 2 ruddy duck, 1 grey wagtail,
2 Shelduck, many pied wagtails and meadow pipits - Spring has
sprung - Pat Hart
24-3-00 KGV Res am, 2 wheatear, female
red-breasted merganser, many sand martins - Phil Vines
KGV Res 2 wheatears, female white wagtail, male black redstart,
25 sand martins, 80 pied wagtails, 50 meadow pipits, 60
goldeneye, 21 gadwall, 3 ruddy ducks - Paul French
Black-necked Grebe and drake Garganey at Amwell GPs -
Herts Bird Club
23-3-00 A few records from Rye Meads
today - 11 Redshank, 75 Snipe, 3 pairs of Lapwing. At Amwell,
110 Sand Martin, drake Garganey and 3 Ringed plover - Graham
White
Sewardstone Marsh 1 little ringed plover, 2 redshank, 30
sand martins, blackcap in subsong, chiffchaff, water rail
yesterday - Ken Murray
Sew. Netherhall 7 skylarks 1 yellowhameer - Tony
Baumber
Warren Wood, just north of Copped Hall entrance, Epping
Forest - a singing firecrest this am - A.Mids
22-3-00 Trent Park 2 blackcaps in subsong, 3 chiffchaffs, a pair of teal on Parkside Res - Robert Callf and Robin White
21-3-00 Trent Park, nr Shaw's Wood, a
short-eared owl flew from set-aside, and eventually flew off high
to the west, 2 chiffchaffs, Grovelands, a male
lesser-spotted woodpecker recently in the hospital grounds, Sat
18th common buzzard at Trent Park - Robert Callf
and Robin White
KGV Res am female red-breasted merganser south basin, 1
goosander, 2 redshank, several sand martins - Phil Vines and Tony
Gray
Couldn't find the snow bunting this am at Walthamstow,
large heron and cormorant chicks in their colonies- A.Mids, Northaw
Great Wood marsh tits 2 pairs and a further 2 singing
males - Cutts/Mids
Curlew at Rye Meads - Herts Bird Club
20-3-00 pm between Walthamstow Res
4 and 5 a snow bunting, and 15 sand martins south - info from
Steve Connor
Sewardstone Marsh pm 2 redshank, 2 chiffchaffs, several
sand martins, 1 little owl - Ken Murray, A.Mids
19-3-00 RYE Meads
chiff chaff Sunday morning a Chiffchaff was re-trapped
at Rye Meads, this bird was ringed in August last year and not
re-trapped at Rye Meads this winter. (interestingly this
bird also had a sticky pollen residue on its forehead
indicating it had been feeding on plants which are more advanced
in spring development and much further south - possibly
Mediterranean) This most probably indicates that this is a
returning summer migrant. It is very difficult to prove at
present when the wintering Chiffchaffs leave and the summer
migrants return, there is probably a big overlap which varies
each year dependant on weather etc. It is therefore probably not
wise to assess wintering Chiffchaff numbers after 10th March or
possibly even earlier. Paul Roper
Epping Forest H & D Cope had chiffchaff
singing on Pole Hill, and I had brimstone, peacocks + commas in
Fairmead area - Richard Cope
Also at Cornmill a jack snipe . At
Amwell 1 male garganey - Alex McKechnie.
2 Mandarins - Whithern Park,
Cheshunt - Paul Roper
PM...Eight singing chiffchaffs heard in the broad area between Arnolds
Marsh car park and Hall Marsh Scrape -
Martin Shepherd
Grey plover on Sewardstone
Marsh South meadow at 9.05, with two redshank. Plover very, very
pale underneath...no sign of summer plumage. Flew over from
north basin of KGV. Also little owl
in the gnarled tree just behind the meadow close to the
greenhouses. 15+ sand martin over reservoir and relief
channel. 20+ meadow pipit on reservoir banks. One
male black redstart on fence by demolished area (at 8.00am.)
- Martin Shepherd
Cornmill Meadows am grey plover on south meadow, 6
redshank, Cheshunt GP female scaup flushed by
boat early am, 2 redshank Fisher's Green
goosefield - Phil Vines and Terry, and Grey Plover on the Cornmill -
10.30am. It's on the first flood nearest the road. Also on Feb
26th there were 200+ Golden Plovers on the first flood - birds
presumably from the M25 site - Chris Page.
Sewardstone Marsh am 3 snipe and 2 shelduck -
Steve Connor, also here earlier at 9am grey plover and redshank
but soon flew off - Helen Bantock
Sewardstone farmland, west of Avey Lane, 120
linnets, 30 goldfinch, 25 meadow pipits, 5 skylarks, 2 reed
buntings, 2 red-legged partridge, Ludgate/West
Essex GC calling female lesser spotted woodpecker - A.Mids
Sewardstone just south of M25 on 'golden plover'
site 3 little ringed plovers and 1 ringed plover - Phil
Vines/A.Mids
WG Res 7 bn grebes, one pair in summer plumage
displaying - Helen Bantock, A.Mids
18-3-00 Rye Meads Ringing Group 1700 1 Buzzard NW, 2 Green Sandpipers, 93 Teal, 100
Sand Martins (inc 52 coming out of Roost) 10 Chiffchaffs, 3
Goldeneye, 12 Snipe, 2 Water Rails, 23 Shovler, 5 Shelduck, 5
Green Woodpeckers, Good numbers of Chaffinch, Reed Bunting and
Greenfinch - Paul Roper
WG Res adult kittiwake 8.45am - Phil Vines, and
pm 1 green sandpiper here, and a common buzzard briefly over Pole
Hill - Steve Connor
KGV Res 8-9am 1 adult male black redstart west side, 1
reed buning inside res. lip (often seen here at this time of
year/possible migrant),1 redshank, c50 goldeneye, 5 meadow
pipits, crow dunking dry bread in res. water - A Mids (south
basin only becasue of plastics fire in old Royal Small Arms site)
KGV Res. 1 male adult scaup at north end of north
basin late afternoon - Alex McKechnie
KGV Res. North Basin - ad male Scaup, pr Goosander, 5
Ruddy Duck, 10+ Sand Martins over N End, 100+ Pied Wag and 50+
Mipits East side. South Basin - fem RB Merganser, 1 Redshank -
Andy Massey
17-3-00 KGV Res
pm 17 sand martins north basin, 60 pied wagtails, 50+ meadow
pipits, 1 goosander, 1 female red-breasted merganser on the
causeway - Tony Clancy
Paul Roper reports summer coming to Rye Meads - 6:15pm
40 Sand Martins dropped into the 2nd Meadow Pool reed bed to
roost
Rammey Marsh 5 snipe, Sewardstone 6
chiffchaffs, 4 sand martins around the nest holes / drainage
pipes in the KGV relief channel bank ( and recent second-hand
reports of a 'brown' owl sp hunting Rammey Marsh at dusk, and 2
'brown' owls quartering Innova Park, Enfield Lock after dark) -
Brian Dawton
16-3-00 Scaup at Rye
Meads - Paul Roper
KGV Res 80 goldeneye, 30 pied wagtails
and 8 sand martins north basin, WG Res 7 bn
grebes, including a pair in display, one Scandinavian rock pipit
south end, 7 goosander, drake shelduck - Robert Callf
15-3-00 Perhaps 5 pairs of lesser-spotted
woodpeckers across Trent Park calling/drumming
esp early am, 1 green-veined white, comma, sml tort. and peacock,
2 grass snakes, Forty Hall north wood a pair of
marsh tits and lesser-spotted woodpeckers recently - Robert Callf
and Robin White
Wintry Wood/Lower Forest a calling male
lesser-spotted woodpecker, 1 chiffchaff, 5+ singing coal tits,
grt and green woodpeckers, nuthatch and treecreeper, 6 commas, 2
small tortoiseshell, a little owl Coopersale Street - A.Mids
14-3-00 Galleyhill Wood, singing chiffchaff, 2 hares, c30 fallow deer - A.Mids
13-3-00 Cheshunt Sailing Club gravel pit female scaup - Steve Connor
Lee Valley Park Bird Report for January 2000
12-3-00 Rye
House Water Rail - good sightings beside East Hide,
Green Sandpiper from East Hide, Snipe from main hide - no sign
today of Jack Snipe reported, Kingfisher - pair active from North
Hide, Amwell Redshanks and 30+ lapwing from
bridge - Alun and Chrissie
General north valley, 2 Sand
martin over Amwell, also drake Goosander there....Jack Snipe from
East Hide, Rye House Marsh....several Chiffchaffs singing at
Amwell and Rye House Marsh - Herts Bird Club
WG Res 9 bn grebes, 1 sand martin - Phil Vines, and pm 2
adult summer plumage Mediterranean gulls, 1 kingfisher by canal
at Ponders End Lake - A.Mids
11-3-00 One
REDSHANK on centre pool at Cornmill Meadow 15.00
Hrs, 2. Com BUZZARD. circling drifting North West over Holyfield
Fishers Green 16.30 Hrs - Peter Hale
Walthamstow Res Red-necked Grebe on West Warwick, 4
Ruddy Duck on No. 5, 2 Goosander on Lockwood & 2 more on
Banbury, 1 Common Sandpiper on Lockwood & 2 on Banbury, adult
summer Med Gull on Filter beds, female Stonechat East
Warwick, and seen by John Fitzpatrick a 3rd winter Iceland Gull
on the Filter beds at 3pm
- from David Lambert
Amwell GP, drake garganey, marsh tit on feeder (also
last Wed) - Steve Connor (also firecrest reported twice at Amwell
in the last week), also
Amwell GP 11th: 5 goldeneye [all F], 2 goosander
[M+F], 2 redshank, 2 ringed plover, 1 common snipe, 1 Egyptian
goose, 1 garganey [M], 1 juv. Great black-backed gull - Andrew H.
KGV Res Male black redstart on fence behind
tradeteam depot, 8.30am. Kestrels mating. Single sand
martin over boatyard in SE corner, 9.10am - then flew NW over
south basin. Several meadow pipits on reservoir banks, and
skylark in song over meadow south of Sewardstone Marsh -
Martin Shepherd
KGV Res fem red-breasted merganser north basin,
4 goosander, 243 tufted ducks, 88 goldeneye, 22 gadwall, 6 ruddy
ducks, 86 teal - Stephen Harris
General female scaup Cheshunt GP area still last
week, and one short-eared owl Fisher's Green still late in the
week - Tony Gray and Mike Cotton
R.N.GREBE WEST WARWICK RESV & 2
GOOSANDER WALTHAMSTOW No5. BirdNet
10-3-00 Walthamstow Marsh....1 Stonechat, Essex Filter Beds.........1 Stonechat - Stephen Harris
9-3-00 Rye House R.S.P.B. am. East Hide 1 jack
snipe, with supporting cast of water rail, snipe, green sandpiper
and kingfisher - Alex McKechnie.
KGV Res am, est 75 teal, 25 goldeneye, 6 ruddy ducks, 4
goosander, 1 green sandpiper, 50 jackdaws, 4 butterflies seen
including a peacock and a white sp, 1 male black redstart ( unfortunately the scruffy old 'Delta Cables' site, one
of several favoured homes of the black redstarts at Brimsdown, is
being demolished. Another odd factory which always attracted
black redstarts, on the adjacent site, was knocked down in the
mid 90s) - am
Waltham Abbey, a brimstone flew past - Peter
Middleton
North and west Enfield - Whitewebbs Park (Forty
Hall north wood), a pair of marsh tits and a pair of
lesser-spotted woodpeckers - Robert Callf and Robin White, Trent
Park area 1 comma and 1 peacock, Parkside Farm, a female
stonechat for 3 days - Robin White
8-3-00 19:28 RH SMEW WALTHAMSTOW
No5 RESV & R.N.GREBE WEST WARWICK RESV - BirdNet
Chase Road, Enfield, a male blackcap in subsong
- Robert Callf
6-3-00 Enfield Lock Salisbury Road Park 2nd
winter Mediterranean gull with quite a full hood - Steve Connor
Trent Park, 2 crossbills flew over William's Wood
calling, set-aside field towards Oakwood Station 1 woodcock, 4
pheasant, 1 reed bunting, 2 pairs of little grebes on Parkside
Reservoir, 4 redpoll by the Water Garden, recent sightings of
lesser spotted woodpeckers suggest 3+ pairs may be present across
the park - Robert Callf
5-3-00 Firecrest
in trees by humped backed bridge over the Lea, NW corner of Met
Police Pit at Cheshunt. 16.30Hrs
- Peter Hale
Fisher's Green, 4 long-eared owls reported on Mike
Cotton's pager
Hall Marsh 20 Shoveler, 20 Wigeon, 2 Shelduck. Bowyers
14 Redpoll. By Cormorant hide 2 Chiffchaffs. One pale bird which could be mistaken for "tristis", when
seen next to the green normal P.c.collybita. Pale
bird is cold brown above, has a cream supercillium, but appears
plain faced due to pale and not dark lores. Supercillium although
cream is not very wide in front of eye and does not extend very
far behind eye.Call was normal Chifchaff and due to the sunshine
went in to song and Chiffchaffed a couple of times. Underparts
pale creamy, however, close inspection reveals very faint yellow
streaking in upper throat and on undertail coverts. Legs very
black. In my view this bird was almost certainly a P.c.
abietinus and not P.c tristis.
Unfortunately seen from distance or briefly this bird would
most certainly be claimed as "tristis" type.
70 Acres 1 LEO Between Hall
Marsh and Holyfield at least 5 other normal Chiffchaffs. Holyfield
4 Ruddy Duck, 2 Smew, 4 Goosander - Paul Roper
Jack snipe still showing 'well' from East Hide at Rye
House RSPB reserve Sunday am, could not find the med
gull a.m.- Andrew H.
Fisher's Green, 'lesser scaup' type aythya
hybrid drake still by Bittern Watchpoint bridge last week, and 1
long-eared owl - Mike Cotton
4-3-00 Ring Plover at Cornmill Meadows
in front of Hide 15.00 Hrs - Peter Hale
Rye Meads 2 Green Sandpipers, 1 Adult Med Gull, 10
Chiffchaffs, 10 Goldcrest, 1 Jack Snipe showing well from RSPB
hide, 50+ Greenfinch, 30+ Reed Bunting on RSPB feeding station,
60 Teal in Meadows, 1 Goldeneye, 4 Shelduck. 3 Blackcaps
in garden in Hertford per Derek Baggott, also 60+ Siskins
trapped and ringed over last month or so in this garden - Paul
Roper
WG Res am, 6 winter plumaged bn grebes, 2 shelduck - Phil
Vines, 5 bn grebes including 1 in summer plumage pm - A.Mids
3-3-00 Sewardstone farmland, 1 red
legged partridge in field nearest road, opposite Avey Lane, 2
snipe, 30 stock doves, 100 linnet and lots of mud! I couldn't
locate the elusive pair of grey partridge I briefly saw in
flight about a week ago - Alex McKechnie
Bury Wood, Epping Forest, a comma and 8 redpoll - Bill
Cutts and A.Mids
1-3-00 Enfield Lock, 7.00am - very
flighty chiffchaff in full song moving between front gardens in
Medcalf Road and the wildlife garden - Martin Shepherd
Cornmill 100+ siskins, 1 woodcock - Tony Gray
Sewardstone M25 est 2000 golden plover, 200 lapwing,
Sewardstone Marsh 200 fieldfares, green and great spotted
woodpeckers - Phil Vines
KGV Res am, 1 mobile shag seen along east side of south
basin could not be relocated, 2 green sandpipers, 1 female
merganser on causeway bank with a goosander, rough est 300 teal,
100 tufted duck, 75 goldeneye, 10 great crested grebes, 20
fieldfares, a washed up perch 16'' long and 2 and 1/2 lb in old
money - Andrew Middleton
27th February 2000 Stevenage -
Gunnels Wood Industrial Area 4:30pm Peregrine heading North -
Paul Roper
February
29-2-00 Sewardstone farmland, I couldn't find yesterday's stone curlew in a search from 8 to 10am, farmland birds here 200 linnets, 100 chaffinch, 25 skylarks, 25 meadow pipits, 5 goldfinch, 1 reed bunting, 15 mallard, 2 partridge sp. seen in flight, also the large golden plover and lapwing flock is still near the M25 - am
28-2-00 Sewardstone pm, a stone curlew was found near the farmland, 1/2 mile west of Avey Lane at TQ380 988 - Brian Dawton (its disitnctive call was then thought to have been heard very late at dusk, although the bird wasn't seen, by Steve Connor and Andrew Middleton)
27-2-00 Sewardstone
south of M25. Ringed plover on side of flooded pools close
to golden plover flock - Martin Shepherd
WG Res pm, 2 adult Mediterranean gulls close to one another -
A Mids
26-2-00 Rye Meads, 2
Water Rail, 2 Shelduck, 1 Stonechat (This bird was trapped in the
week, and was previously ringed in November 1998), 3 Green
Sandpipers, 6 Chiffchaff - Paul Roper
WG Res pm, near adult glaucous gull flew south at 5.05 then
re-appeared in the roost from 5.30pm, 2 adult Mediterranean gulls
with near complete hoods- Andrew Middleton
KGV Res 1 female merganser, 2 green sandpipers, loads of
goldeneye - Alex McKechnie
King George Res, 8am to 10.30. Most species as last weekend,
including Black Redstart, Stonechat.A Green Sandpiper flew south
as I arrived. Many Goldeneye , upwards of 25. A female Merganser
with a male Goosander. 2 shelduck flew north - Helen Bantock
General Enfield Lock/KGV...7.30-8.30am. green sandpiper,
south basin, east side. several meadow pipits. One
male black redstart on fence just a couple of hundred yards away
from where contractors were at work on the bridge
(Brimsdown). (The damage caused to the grassland here by
large wheel tractors driving all over the place is an absolute
disgrace...) A few fieldfares on the farmland near the
pub. Pheasant in hedge on towpath opposite power
station. Kingfisher at the Swan & Pike Pool. Barn Owl seen on Friday 25th - 5.00am - by Brian in
Ponders End Lock area, flying from the Girling towards KGV.
One also seen the previous Friday around 10.00pm by my neighbour
in Warwick Avenue and over the Enfield Lock Conservation Group
Wildlife Garden, Cornmill Meadows, 10.00am, scrubby
area to the north near Crooked Mile, at least three yellowhammers
in full song- Martin Shepherd
Sewardstone just south of the M25, 2 dunlin with the
golden plover and lapwing flock - Phil Vines
25-2-00 KGV Res 360 teal, 1 female
merganser, 1 green sandpiper, 3 shovelers, 6 wigeon, 75
goldeneye, 6 goosander - Paul French
11:10*ESSEX 2 L.E.OWLS LEA VALLEY CP IN SE.CNR OF
70-ACRES LAKE VIEWABLE FROM HOOKS MARSH C/PK-BIRDNET
24-2-00 WG Res pm, near adult 4th
winter Glaucous gull, adult Mediterranean gull, 6 bn grebes -
Steve Connor, also Tony Clancy, Robert Callf, Andrew Middleton
Sewardstone farmland - 200 Linnets, 40 Skylarks, 60 stock
doves, 1 jack snipe whose accumulated droppings suggest it had
often rested in this spot recently, Enfield Lock 2nd
winter Mediterranean gull back on field - Steve Connor
Trent Park female lesser-spotted woodpecker Williams Wood
today, and a male Camlet Moat in Moat Wood on Tuesday. Whitewebbs
Park 2 marsh tits on 11th - Robert Callf
23-2-00 WG Res pm, 1st winter Iceland gull in roost 5.10pm, also 5 bn grebes, 2 gaining summer plumage, 2nd winter Mediterranean gull last seen at Enfield Lock on 15th - Steve Connor
20-2-00 King George V Res, Red necked
Grebe, Stonechat(female), Black Redstart 2 males, Mistle Thrush,
Green Woodpecker, Kestrel(male and female), Wigeon 4, Shoveler 3,
Teal, Gadwell, Goosander, Ruddy Duck 15, Lapwing 16, flying north, Sewardstone farmland - 2 Grey
Partridges, 150 Linnets, 20 Skylarks(approx), 3 Reed Buntings -
Helen Bantock
Hall Marsh 2 Shelduck, 1 Chiffchaff. Bowyers 1 Smew, 2
Ruddy Duck. Friday Lake 1 Smew. Holyfield 2 Smew, 1
Ruddy Shelduck, 4 Barnacle Geese. 1 Chiffchaff P.c.collybita.
70 Acres, by L E Owls, 2 Chiffchaff probably both P.c.collybita,
some birders had claimed one of these birds to have "tristis"
characteristics, although one bird was pale, it showed lots
of green on upperparts, and diffuse lemon on breast, it
may possibly have been P.c. abietinus, but I don't think
so, neither of these birds showed any characteristics of P.c
tristis - Paul Roper
KGV North Basin, mid-morning - circa 100 goldeneyes.
Six wigeon. Nine ruddy duck. Has anybody seen black
redstart recently? (Worried they may have been disturbed by
the start of construction work in this area.), 5.45pm, near Fernhall Farm off Upshire Road - Tawny Owl
on telegraph wires - Martin
Shepherd
13:05 *LONDON WHITE-HEADED DUCK WALTHAMSTOW No5 RESV &
2 SMEW and 12:21 *ESSEX 4 L.E.OWLS LEA VALLEY CP ON 70-ACRES
LAKE. BITTERN FROM WATCHPOINT - Birdnet
19-2-00 Rye Meads, 2
Green Sandpipers, 1 Stonechat, 3 Chiffchaffs all P.c.collybita,
4 Shelduck - Paul Roper
Enfield Lock,
4.00pm. Canal 500 yards south of Swan and Pike Pool - male
and female goosander - Martin Shepherd,
10:42 *ESSEX 4 L.E.OWLS IN LEA VALLEY CTRY PK ON ISLANDS IN
70-ACRES LAKE. BirdNet
18-2-00 Sewardstone just south of M25,
est 2800 golden plover including an 'orangey' individual, 1000
lapwing - Phil Vines
Cornmill Meadows, ringed plover south meadow - Ian Kendal,
and 50 bramblings seen here recently - various people
17-2-00 WG Res pm, ad Mediterranean
gull, 6 bn grebes - Steve Connor
Sewardstone Marsh 4 great-spotted woodpeckers, one
drumming on metal crossbar on a telegraph pole, Sewardstone
LVP farmland est 200 linnets, 100 chaffinch, 50 skylarks,
several bramblings, 2 grey partridge, 1 green woodpecker, 75
stock doves, Sew south of M25 est 2000 golden plover, 1000
lapwing including the bird with a silver/grey mantle lacking in
olive, lesser scaup type hybrid in channel by footbridge between
Bittern watchpoint and car-park - Andrew Middleton, also 70
Acres 4 long-eared owls on various islands, 2 viewable only
from Bittern watchpoint - various people
09:50 *ALL Late News Yesterday*ESSEX 4 L.E.OWLS
LEA VALLEY IN ROOST IN SE.CNR 70-ACRES LAKE & 7 SMEW (1DRK) -
BIRDNET
16-2-00 Walthamstow Reservoirs, 2nd
winter med gull on the River Lee by the north end of the East
Warwick, the red necked grebe is still on West Warwick and the
white headed duck on No 5, plus c10 siskins in the car park, Fisher's
Green 3 long-eared owls, and by furthest fisherman's car-park
on the way to Grebe Hide, west of Grand Weir copse, a non-calling
eastern or tristis type chiffchaff seen again by river,
greyish upperparts, whitish belly, buff flanks/breast sides, pale
undertail coverts, pale supercillium, no strong olive or yellow
tinges in plumage, also a typical olive chiffchaff in the area -
Tony Gray
70 Acre Lake, 6 long-eared owls on various islands in the
regular south-east spot - John and Margaret Fitzpatrick
Hatch Grove area Epping Forest recently, several hundred
finches, mainly chaffinch and greenfinch, also up to 5
bramblings, 1 or 2 heard in subsong/song - Ken Murray
Enfield Lock Feb 5th 'I saw a Red Admiral on
Saturday 5 Feb, late pm, at the bottom of my garden. Flew
over the Lea, and also seen by my next door neighbour' - Martin
Shepherd
15-2-00 Nort Met Pit/Police Pit, 1 woodcock flushed, a pair of red-crested pochard, 1 ruddy duck - Steve Connor
14-2-00 70 Acres Lake, Fisher's Green,
1st winter drake scaup, 7 long-eared owls, north end 'lesser
scaup' type hybrid drake, M.Police Pit pair of red-crested
pochard, Sewardstone south of M25 1000+ golden plover,
also large lapwing flock - from Phil Vines (also Ian Kendal),
also 1 or 2 female scaup reported in the Fisher's Green area
today and Friday - Bill Craig and others
Sewardstone Marsh osiers, 1 woodcock, 1 goldeneye - Tony
Gray
Broxbourne Woods, 1 woodcock - A.Mids
13-2-00 KGV Res, Slavonian Grebe north
end of South basin, Ruddy duck (9), Teal (100), Goosander (5),
Goldeneye (15), Tufted duck, Pochard, Gadwall, Black Redstart 2
males on the fence just south of the causeway, Little Grebe by
the Sewardstone footbridge, Sparrowhawk, mobbed by 2 Crows,
finally turned on them and they flew off, Kestrel-female, in the
field by the factories, Sewardstone south of M25 2000+ golden
plovers and lapwings still present - from Helen Bantock.
Trent Park area, a 'mealy' redpoll showing a white rump,
with 4 lesser redpolls - hoping to relocate it for further
scrutiny - Robert Callf and Robin White
WG Res 1 BNGrebe this am, Fishers Green 2 LE owls
usual place - Richard Cope + Neal Gates (some guy said there were
3 more on a diff island)
Fishers Green, HYBRID
"LESSER SCAUP" TYPE DUCK ON RELIEF BY BITTERN HIDE.
MALE BIRD LOOKS IN THE MAIN LIKE TUFTED WITH LARGE
NAIL ON BLUEISH BILL, GREEN SHEEN ON HEAD, HEAD SHAPE - SMALL
LUMPY CREST HIGH ON HEAD, BRIGHT YELLOW EYE, BACK GREY FINELY
VERMICULATED, LIGHTER AT FRONT GRADUATING DARKER TO REAR OF BIRD,
WHITE WINGBAR THROUGH SECONDARY'S AND PRIMARIE'S. IN MY VIEW THIS
BIRD IS MOST LIKELY TO BE A TUFTED X SCAUP (UNLIKELY BUT POSSIBLY
LESSER SCAUP) BIRD WAS VERY TAME AND MOST CERTAINLY FROM A
COLLECTION, NICE TO LOOK AT THOUGH! ROYDON
ESSEX - 4.15PM FIRECREST CAUGHT AND RINGED IN GARDEN BY
STATION PER BARRY WILLIAMS - from Paul
Roper
Fishers Green 70 Acres Lake 8 long-eared owls reported
Small Tortoiseshell butterfly seen in Epping Forest
- Jes Dagley
thanks for the messages - hopefully the
photo links are now in full working order - am
12-2-00 RYE MEADS
4 GOLDENEYE, 2 GREEN SANDPIPERS, 3 SHELDUCK, 2
CHIFFCHAFFS, V QUIET - Paul Roper
Enfield Lock, Salisbury Road Park 2nd winter Mediterranean
gull slowly gaining hood, WG Res pm 6 bn grebes, 5
goosander, 10 goldeneye, very large gull roost - Connor and Mids
Drake Garganey at Amwell from Public Hide with Teal, also
Egyptian Goose there - Herts Bird Club
11-2-00 KGV Res 18 ruddy ducks, WG
Res pm 7 bn grebes - Connor/Clancy
Sewardstone Marsh, little owl in oaks by greenhouses east
side, Sewardstone area 2000+ golden plovers just south of
M25 and 500+ lapwings - Bill Craig and Bill Cutts
Epping Upland am, 2 buzzards - A.Mids
10-2-00 WG Res
pm, adult and 2nd winter Mediterranean gull, 6 bn grebes, no sign
of glaucous gull on KGV or WG Res - Connor, Cope, Mids
Sewardstone farmland, 125 linnets, 80 chaffinch, 40
skylarks, 40 stock doves, 8 bramblings, 4 yellowhammers, and Sewardstone
Marsh, little owl in the oaks where little owls used to be
seen, near the greenhouses - Steve Connor
08:32 *LONDON WHITE-H DUCK & 2 RH SMEW WALTHAMSTOW
No5 RESV. R.N.GREBE WEST WARWICK RESV. 1W GLAUC ON WILLIAM
GIRLING RESV FROM 5PM & 7 B.N.GREBES (10th) - BIRDNET
9-2-00 KGV Res pm, 1 y.legged gull, 1st winter glaucous gull 5pm - Tony Clancy, then seen on the WG Res - Connor, Callf, French
8-2-00 WG Res pm, 1st winter glaucous
gull from 4.30pm, 1st winter 'white winged gull' from 5pm thought
to be a glaucous x herring gull hybrid, 7 bn grebes - Connor,
Callf, Cutts, Mids
70 Acres Lake, 5 long-eared owls - Mike Cotton
7-2-00 KGV Res pm, 1st winter glaucous
gull from 4.50pm, WG Res pm, 6 bn grebes
together - Steve Connor, A.Mids
ESSEX 6 L.E.OWLS LEA VALLEY CP IN SE CORNER OF 70 ACREA LAKE
TL.374.028 - BIRDNET
6-2-00 Amwell GP a drake garganey flew
past - Mike Cotton
KGV Res pm, 1st winter glaucous gull from 4.45pm, 4 green
sandpipers - Tony Clancy
WG Res pm, 3 bn grebes, 1 adult
Mediterranean gull, 2 adult y.l gulls, a very pale 1st winter
hybrid glaucous x herring gull, with
predominantly white wing tips, very pale vermiculated upperparts,
structure similar to herring gull, bill dark with just some pale
at bill base, dark eyes - Steve Connor, also A.Mids
Whitewebbs Park, 2 marsh tits and a lesser
spotted woodpecker - Robert Callf
Sewardstone Marsh, 1 marsh tit moved north along
the relief channel bushes, 3 great-spotted woodpeckers on the old
willows, 1 green woodpecker, 1 redpoll, Sewardstone LVP
farmland, est 150 chaffinch, 100 linnets, 5 bramblings, 5
reed buntings, 25 yellowhammers, 20 skylarks, 50 stock doves, 1
grey partridge (the first one I have seen locally since before
1995), 1000+ golden plover and several hundred lapwings near the
M25 - H and C Bantock, A.Middleton
Possible glaucous gull in flight early pm near golden plover site
by M25 - Bill Craig
From Robert Callf, lesser-spotted woodpeckers - a female in
Williams Wood, Trent Park Jan 31st, a male Rough Lot,
Trent Park Feb 1st, a female Whitewebbs Park Jan 28th,
recently 40 siskins Grovelands Park and 25 in Trent Park, and 5
redpoll in Williams Wood
5-2-00 Enfield Lock, Salisbury Road Park 2nd winter Mediterranean gull, WG Res pm, 1st winter glaucous gull, 7 bn grebes, leucistic black headed gull, 1 adult y.l. gull, KGV Res Slavonian grebe on north basin - Steve Connor
4-2-00 WG Res pm, 2
adult Mediterranean gulls, 7 bn grebes - Steve Connor
Bittern and 2 Water Rails from the Public Hide at Amwell
GPs - Herts Bird Club
Sewardstone south of the M25, est 2500 golden plover -
Phil Vines
Hatfield Aerodrome, Herts (see Herts Bird Club above), 3+
short-eared owls and a long-eared owl reported through the
afternoon, also 1 barn owl in flight from 5.10pm to 5.30pm -
Clancy, Cutts, Middleton
ESSEX 6 L.E.OWLS IN LEA VALLEY ON ISLAND IN SE.CNR 70-ACRES
LAKE or HERTS 8 L.E.OWLS LEA VALLEY CP ON 70-ACRES LAKE LATE
PM & R.H.SMEW N/END BOWYERS LAKE-BIRDNET
3-2-00 KGV Res pm, 26 gadwall, 17
ruddy ducks, 2 stonechats west side, Slavonian grebe south basin
- Roberts Callf
WG Res am, 2nd Mediterranean gull diffeerent to the Enfield
Lock bird- Phil Vines
Sewardstone Marsh 25 goldfinch, several great-spotted
woodpeckers, a water rail calling from the relief channel -
T.Gray and A.Mids
Sewardstone LVP farmland west of Avey Lane, est 65
skylarks, 100 linnets, 50 chaffinch, 1 brambling, several reed
buntings and yellowhammers - Tony Gray
2-2-00 LONDON SLAV GREBE KGV RESV+38 GOLDENEYE *LONDON FEM WHITE-HEADED DUCK & RH SMEW WALTHAMSTOW No5 RESV. R.N.GREBE WEST WARWICK RESV & RH SMEW ON HIGHER MAYNARD RESV. BIRDNET
1-2-00 WG Res roost, 2 adult and 2nd
winter Mediterranean gulls, 5 yellow-legged gulls (4 adults and
3rd winter), 7 bn grebes together - Steve Connor
Sewardstone south of M25, est 2000 golden plovers, several
hundred lapwings, 70 Acres Lake 6 long-eared owls, Holyfield
4 smew and 50 fieldfares - John Fitzpatrick and Phil Vines
Sewardstone Marsh, 2 great-spotted woodpeckers, 1 drumming, 1
green woodpecker, 1 chiffchaff, 7 goldfinch feeding on burdock -
A.Mids
Bittern, 2 Jack Snipe and 2 Chiffchaff at Rye Meads -
Herts Bird Club
January
31-1-00 KGV Res roost 1
adult and 4th winter yellow-legged gull, Enfield Lock
Salisbury Road park 2nd winter Mediterranean gull (different from
the WG Res bird on 1-2-00) - Steve Connor
Fishers Green, 70 Acres Lake, 6 long-eared owls, 1
chiffchaff, Sewardstone est 500 golden plovers - Brian
Dawton
Hatfield Aerodrome, Herts (see Herts Bird Club above), 3
short-eared owls seen from 11am - Cutts, Craig and Cotton
17:50 *LONDON FEM/1W WHITE-H.DUCK WALTHAMSTOW
NO 4 RESV,R.N.GREBE WEST WARWICK RESV & AD CASPIAN+AD MED
GULL ON COPPERMILL FILTER BEDS WALTHAMSTOW.BIRDNET
30-1-00 Hall Marsh,
common buzzard seen high and distant to the east - Phil Ball and
John Fitzpatrick
1 Male & 1 Female Mandarin on Whithern Park Pond,
(Behind Bishops College) Cheshunt - Paul Roper
Fisher's Green, Lee Valley Park Farms, 10-15
yellowhammers, 30 chaffinch, 50 fieldfares, also redwings and
skylarks, 70 Acres GP 3 long-eared owls seen early am, 30
siskins, Sewardstone just south of M25 est 2500 golden
plovers, 1000+ lapwings, WG Res pm 7 bn grebes - various
people
19:32 *LONDON AD CASPIAN GULL AT COPPERMILL
FILTER BEDS & AD MED GULL. 19:25 *LONDON IMM WHITE-HEADED
DUCK WALTHAMSTOW No5 RESV & RH SMEW. R.N.GREBE WEST
WARWICK RESV. RH SMEW LOWER MAYNARD & 1 ON No3 RESV. BIRDNET
29-1-00 Fisher's Green Holyfield
Hall/ Hayes Hill farmland stubble, est 50 skylarks and 20
yellowhammers - Tony Gray
Rye Meads (ringing group) 3
Chiffchaffs, 3 Water Rails (1 trapped and ringed), 1 Stonechat, 1
Shelduck, 1 Goldeneye, 100+Lapwing in 1st Meadow, 1 Lesser
Spotted Woodpecker - Paul Roper
6 L.E.OWLS IN LEA VALLEY IN ROOST
IN SE.CNR OF 70-ACRES LAKE TL.374.028, ESSEX 5 RH SMEW IN
LEA VALLEY ON FRIDAY LAKE - BIRDNET
28-1-00 KGV Res, Slavonian grebe north basin, 2 black redstarts, 1 green sandpiper - anon
27-1-00 WG Res, 14 goosander, 1 smew,
1 chiffchaff west side along canal, KGV Res, large gull roost but
no remarkable species - S.Connor, A.Mids
KGV Res, Slavonian grebe, and fem merganser in channel to
the north of the 'new' footbridge at Sewardstone Marsh - Tony
Gray
26-1-00 Sewardstone
just south of the M25, est 2,500-3,000 golden plover, 2000
lapwings, Fisher's Green, 'Sailing Club Road' north end 17
yellowhammers, good numbers of siskins in the area - Phil Vines
KGV Res, Slavonian grebe, female
red-breasted merganser, 2 stonechats, 5 ruddy ducks, 1 green
woodpecker - Sean Huggins
ESSEX 6 L.E.OWLS IN LEA VALLEY ON 70-ACRES
LAKE & 10 SMEW IN AREA - BIRDNET
25-1-00 WGirling Res, now 7 Black
necked grebes, 5 Goosander, 10 wigeon, 2 redshank, 1 Greensand,
and
Copped Hall pm, approx 150 Chaffinch in the roost by the
entrance gate, but no Brambling, 6 Redpoll nearby & a flock
of about 80 Siskins just the other side of the M25 motorway -
Tony Gray
KGV Res pm, 1 slavonian grebe north basin, 2 goosander,
c35 goldeneye, male black redstart west of south basin, 75
goldfinch, 2 green woodpeckers, gull roost - 1 adult
Mediterranean gull, a black-headed gull with black-wing tips but
white upperparts and head - Bill Cutts, A.Mids, Gary Gardiner,
Jim, S.Connor
Sewardstone M25, est 2500 golden plover - Gary Gardiner,
Tony Gray
24-1-00 WG Res am, 6 bn grebes, fem
merganser in channel, and in channels to the south of the
reservoir - 1 common sandpiper, 1 green sandpiper, 1 redshank,
grey wagtail - Phil Vines, Bill Cutts, Bill Craig
Enfield Lock, Salisbury Road park, 2nd winter
Mediterranean gull - Steve Connor, also shelduck on WG Res
Nazeing GP, 20+ goosander, Dobbs Weir, sparrowhawk
took blackbird, song thrushes singing - Bill Cutts/Bill Craig
Fisher's Green: 6 Long-eared Owls in roost by Hook's Marsh
car park at 10.15am. North of the Bittern Watchpoint, about 200
metres and across the R.Lee channel, a Kingfisher was on a bare
tree stump, diving into the water and returning, taking no notice
of people walking past. The place would be good for anyone
wanting to take photographs. Judging by the droppings and dents
on the stump, it is well used. Sewardstone-M25 bare earth.
2000 approx of Golden Plover and maybe slightly fewer
Lapwing. About half the birds took off, possibly due to a nearby
bulldozer. Both species kept to their own kind as they circled
around before dropping down again. King George Vth Res.2.45pm:
Black Redstart (male) on the Causeway, then feeding on the ground
, by the fence.Also, male Reed Bunting, Green Woodpecker and a
pair of Kestrels - Helen Bantock
23-1-00 Sewardstone LVP farmland west
of Avey Lane/Sewardstone Road junction pm, 100 linnets, large
flock of chaffinch with a male brambling, 12 reed buntings, 20+
skylarks - Ken Murray
Broxbourne Woods, 3 woodcock, 20+ coal tits, muntjac with
young - Cutts and Mids
Rye Meads, 2 jack snipe - Paul Roper
22-1-00 Rye Meads
(Ringing Group) - Male Garganey still about, 3 Water Rails, 3
Green Sandpipers, 20 Shoveler, 50+ Teal. Feeding station viewable
from RSPB reserve, by No 1 Hide good numbers of Chaffinch,
Greenfinch, & a few Reed Buntings, close views also good
opportunity for photography. Has been Siskins on feeders in week
- Paul Roper
Sewardstone farmland, 1 woodcock - Steve Connor
ESSEX 8 L.E.OWLS IN LEA VALLEY ON ISLAND IN
70-ACRES LK-BIRDNET
21-1-00 KGV Res pm, fem
red-breasted merganser and Slavonian grebe north basin, 2 male
and a female stonechat west side, 2 black redstarts, 1 green
sandpiper, 200 lapwings flew north, roost - 2nd winter (thought
to be different to the recent Enfiled Lock bird) and adult
Mediterranean gulls, 2 yellow-legged gulls - Clancy, French,
Connor, Middleton
Gilwell Park pm, calling lesser spotted woodpecker, also
green and great-spotted, nuthatch, treecreeper - A.Mids
Sewardstone am just south of the M25 on bare
ground/building site, 2000+ golden plover - Phil Vines and Tony
Gray
Cornmill. c150 wigeon - Phil Vines
ESSEX 5 L.E.OWLS IN LEA VALLEY ON ISLAND IN
70-ACRES LK TIL 5PM WHEN LEFT ROOST. 18:38 *LONDON WHITE-HEADED
DUCK WALTHAMSTOW No5 RESV ALSO 2 RH SMEW: 1 ON No5 & 1 ON
HIGHER MAYNARD-BIRDNET
19-1-00 Walthamstow Res, No5
white-headed duck with c20 ruddy ducks, 1 smew, grey herons
nesting activity - Bill Cutts and A.Mids
KGV Res, 200m north of causeway along west side- a calling little
owl at dusk - Steve Connor
ESSEX SLAV GREBE KGV RESV ALSO 2 BLK
REDSTARTS, 63 GOLDENEYE & GREEN SAND - BIRDNET
18-1-00 KGV Res am, 3 wild swans, probably whoopers, flew north/east, 1 fem merganser, slavonian grebe and 2nd winter Mediterranean gull north basin, c60 gadwall - Phil Vines
16-1-00 KGV Res grey wagtail, male +
female black redstarts, slavonian grebe, 100 unidentified geese
(not Canadas) flew north, also Sewardstone area, 50+
fieldfares and redwings, 60 chaffinch, 4 reed buntings, 2
bramblings - Helen Bantock
WG Res pm, 5 adult yellow-legged gulls, 1 adult Mediterranean
gull, 4 bn grebes - A.Mids
ESSEX 4+L.E.OWLS LEA VALLEY CP ON 70-ACRES LAKE
& 5 RH SMEW *LONDON WHITE-HEADED DUCK WALTHAMSTOW
No5 RESV*BIRDNET
KGV Res - for those people with a permit and key, the lock is to be changed, probably next week-end. Old keys can be exchanged for new at the Gatehouse, Walthamstow Res. Either key will still allow entry over the next week.
15-1-00 KGV Res pm, 1 water rail in
navigation side-channel west of causeway, also one, perhaps two
yellow-legged gulls - T Clancy,T Baumber and 'Colin'
Sewardstone just south of M25 - building site est 2000
golden plovers, 1000 lapwings including a pale one which seemed
to lack green/olive, Sewardstone farmland opposite Avey Lane, 100
chaffinch, 125 linnets, 10 bramblings, 15 yellowhammers, 30
skylarks, 10 reed buntings - A.Mids
Rye Meads (ringing group) Saturday15/01/00
4 Green Sandpipers, 1 Garganey, 1 Stonechat, 1 Escaped Barn Owl
(closed ring & jessies), 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker trapped
& ringed, 48 Golden Plover, 10 Siskins - Paul Roper/G
Gardiner
ESSEX 6+L.E.OWLS LEA VALLEY CP ON 70-ACRES
LAKE,, LONDON SLAV GREBE KGV RESV+ FEM R.B.MERGANSER,
ESSEX RH SMEW 'IN LEA VALLEY PARK' ALSO WOODCOCK & 50
SISKIN*-BIRDNET
Lee Valley Regional Park Bird Report for December 1999
14-1-00 Ponders End Lake, pm, 2nd
winter Mediterranean gull - Tony Clancy
KGV Res 11-2pm, 1 slavonian grebe north of
causeway, 1 fem/imm merganser north basin, 2 green woodpeckers, 1
male black redstart and a pair of stonechats west of causeway
(also 2 reed buntings here, and a red-necked grebe KGV recently -
Ron King), est 10 ruddy ducks, 35 gadwall, 150 teal, 20
goldeneye, 6 goosander, 15 goldfinch - A.Mids, and Robert Callf
pm
(24-12-99 a very flighty red-breasted goose around 11am, WG
Res - Ron King)
WG Res 4pm, adult and 2nd winter Mediterranean gulls in
roost - Robert Callf
12-1-00 5 LE Owls at Hooks Marsh roost, 1 Bittern from watchpoint for 15 mins plus, 1 Water Rail seen from watchpoint plus 1-2 heard, 1 redhead Smew seen from watchpoint, 2 male Bullfinch by the path whilst watching LE Owls-now a major rarity around my patch! (Shoebury-Southend), 1 Kingfisher by carpark at Hooks Marsh - Paul Baker
11-1-00 Brimsdown/Lee Navigation - 2 green
woodpeckers, 1 fem stonechat - A.Mids
LEE VALLEY CP 4 TO 5 L.E.OWLS 70 ACRES LAKE -
BIRDNET, also present on 12th and bittern at Bittern
Watchpoint-birdnet
10-1-00 On bare soil between Sewardstone
Marsh and Waltham Abbey, viewed from Sewardstone Road, c2000
golden plovers with lapwings am - Phil Vines
Mott Street, Sewardstone pm, 40 chaffinch and 10
bramblings, nearby Trueloves 1 woodcock, 1 snipe - A.Mids
LONDON SLAV GREBE KGV RESV N.BASIN PERMIT
ONLY, *HERTS/ESSEX 5 L.E.OWLS LEE VALLEY 150 YRDS FROM HOOKS
MARSH C/PK - BIRDNET
9/1/00 LVP Birdrace - total species
seen 102 , individual winner with 81 species Steve Connor, team
winners East London Twitchers with 86 species, new birds reported
include firecrest by Amwell feeders found by Robert Callf's team,
also mandarin and woodcock here and a long-tailed tit roost, and
a slavonian grebe on the KGV north basin and 2 black redstarts,
6-10 bramblings Sewardstone farmland, also 4 buzzards reported
over Amwell and one at Fishers Green, 1 bittern Bittern
Watchpoint - various people
Hatch Grove area, Epping Forest, a pair of blackcaps all day
in ivy, and 40+ redpoll recently - Ken Murray
Galleyhill Wood, 4 woodcock - S.Hamilton
Other sightings, adult Mediterranean gull Essex Filter Beds,
stonechats Walthamstow Marsh - from Steve Connor
Rammey Marsh early am barn owl, 200+ golden plover
(1000-1300 Robert Callf) with lapwings between Sewardstone Marsh
and Waltham Abbey, fem/imm merganser WG Res/flood relief channel,
also 2 green sandpipers/redshank here - Steve Connor
Estimate golden plover numbers on Perme
site close to M25(as above) close to 1,000 by 3.00pm, with
around 400 lapwing. birds often taking flight and wheeling
round in an arc before coming in to land again - fantastic sight - Martin Shepherd
HERTS 8 L.E.OWLS LEA VALLEY CTRY PK AT
70-ACRES LAKE ALSO 2 PRS SMEW THERE. 12:17 *LONDON FEM WHITE-H
DUCK WALTHAMSTOW No5 RESV & R.N.GREBE WEST WARWICK
RESV. 13:06 *LONDON 5 B.N.GREBES WILLIAM GIRLING RESV
(PUBLIC ACCESS TODAY ONLY)*15:49 *HERTS 6 SMEW (2DRKS) LEA VALLEY
CP ON 70-AHERTS BITTERN & PR SMEW AMWELL GPs*LONDON
SLAV GREBE KGV RES-BIRDNET
8/1/00 Sewardstone farmland, 100
chaffinch, 15+ yellowhammers, 50 skylarks; 10 reed buntings, 5
bramblings, 2 woodcock, 3 pheasant, 3 goldfinch, 1 redpoll, 40
linnets, 15 teal, 10 mallard, over land to the north c300
lapwing, 15 golden plovers, WG Res pm roost, 3 bn grebes,
1 yellow-legged gull, 70 Acres Lake/Hooks Marsh car-park,
min 5 long-eared owls, ALSO 5 SMEW (2DRKS) THERE BN - A.Mids and Tony
Clancy
Recently south/east corner of North Met Pit by canal bridge,
Cheshunt, 2 blackcaps - S.Hamilton
2:15PM*LONDON WHITE-HEADED DUCK WALTHAMSTOW No5
RESV 2PM & R.N.GREBE WEST WARWICK RESV. BN
16:51 *HERTS R.N.GREBE LEA VALLEY CTRY PK ON DODDS WEIR. 2
BARNACLE GEESE ON HOOKS MARSH & 6 L.E.OWLS ON ISLAND IN 70
ACRES LAKE 4:45PM
7/1/00 Trent Park, upper lake, a water
rail is a site tick for Robert Callf and Robin White
KGV Res, 1 fem/imm red-breasted merganser, 6 goosander, 18
ruddy duck, 40+ goldeneye - Paul French
Recent sightings again of 2nd winter Mediterranean gull in park
off Sailisbury Road, Enfield Lock, and a barn owl over Rammey
Marsh, red-necked grebe on small pit north of Netherhall
GP - Steve Connor
6/1/00 09:30 *HERTS 5 L.E.OWLS
LEA VALLEY CP ON 70-ACRES LAKE. PK IN HOOK'S MARSH C/PK &
FOLLOW TOWPATH FOR 200YDS TO VIEW ISLAND ALSO R.N.GREBE W.WARWICK
RESV-BIRDNET
Trent Park, 1 woodcock - Robin
White, Oakwood Park, 1 male blackcap feeding on ivy
berries - Robert Callf
5/1/00 Seventy Acre Lake am at 374027,
7 long-eared owls on view in roost, nine seem earlier on this
morning. Walk north beside the river from Fishers Green Lane
car-park and view the island south of the second bend, or walk
south from Bittern Watchpoint, also 4 smew - various people
Bittern Watchpoint am, 1 bittern - various people
Hayes Hill/Holyfield Hall farms, 50 skylarks, 20 linnets, Connaught
Water, Epping Forest, 7 mandarin, 5 goosander - S.Hamilton
A common buzzard drifted west over Holyfield Lake -
Craig/Cutts/Mids
WG Res pm, 'the Enfield Lock' 2nd winter and 2 adult
Mediterranean gulls, min 4 yellow-legged gulls, 2 bn grebes -
Steve Connor/A.Middleton
HERTS RH SMEW "IN LEA VALLEY CTRY PK"
ALSO 100+SISKIN & 2 CHIFFCHAFFS, WALTHAMSTOW WHITEHEADED
DUCK. BN LONDON R.N.GREBE WALTHAMSTOW ON WEST WARWICK RESV &
COMMON SAND AT LOCKWOOD RESV. BN
4/1/00 Fisher's Green Lane (south of
Bittern Watchpoint), walk north away from car park - five
long-eared owls roosting on island south of footpath along stream
from second bend - Tony Gray and various people inc Ken Murray
White-winged gull, probably adult
Iceland, seen in flight, could be found in a local valley roost,
esp Amwell. 'I was driving back across the 602 from Stevenage
this afternoon. At about 3:10 I passed West Mill tip, right by
the A10. As I got to the end of the tip a full adult white
winged gull flew over my car. I am 99% certain it was an
Iceland Gull.' - Paul Roper
KGV Res pm, 2 green sandpipers, 300+ teal, 25 wigeon -
A.Mids
3/1/00 Today at Walthamstow, female Smew Low Maynard Res, 37 Ruddy Duck No.5, female White-headed Duck No.5, 2 Common Sandpipers Lockwood, Red-necked Grebe West Warwick res, 2 Common Sandpipers Banbury Res + 1 pair Goosander - David Lambert
1/1/00 Rye Meads (Ringing Group)
today: 1 Stonechat, 1 Garganey, 3 Chiffs, (no sign of tristris.)
130 Lapwing in Meadow, plus 400 over, with 70 Golden Plover. 3
Green Sandpipers. 2 Brambling (surprise turn up) 20 Yellowhammers
in Reedbed roost. 20 House Sparrows in works Roost (Good count
for site) - Paul Roper, additional record-1 shelduck-Gary
Gardiner
Three recent photographs of a common snipe 'in
the hand' at Rye Meads, one, two and three, from Paul Roper/Gary
Gardiner/Rye Meads Ringing Group.
KGV Res/Brimsdown 11.00am - male black redstart catching
insects from roofs of blue industrial buildings just south of
Tradeteam depot. Happy New Year to all Lea Valley birders -
Martin Shepherd
HERTS JACK SNIPE AMWELL GP'S-BIRDNET
Andrew Middleton, London, UK acmiddleton@blueyonder.co.uk
