Some recent sightings in and around the Lea Valley and North London October to December 2002
Tue 31-12-02 Northaw
Great Wood, 11.45-13.00: four coal tits, five marsh tits, six nuthatches,
four treecreepers, c30 redpolls, male bullfinch.
All birds in the area behind the house and WCs near the first
car-park - Happy New Year!...Martin Shepherd
Lee Valley Park,
Pochard Hide, 1 very well concealed bittern 2.15 - 3.45, barely moved from its
spot the whole time!! Happy New Year Graham Knight
Amwell GP 2 Bearded Tit, 1
Little Egret. Broxbourne GP 1 stonechat, 4 Smew (3
drakes). Stanstead Abbots GP 1 Slavonian Grebe still
present but obviously elusive! Happy New Year to you all.
Alan Harris
Trent Park area, 2 firecrests in holly in Rough Lot, 8 goldfinch on burdock by the
stables, kingfisher by the lakes - Robert Callf
Barnacle Goose still with Canadas, this morning by the road
bridge over the New River, Enfield Town. Happy New Year Mick Nagle
KGV Res, pair of stonechat Brimsdown 'marsh', green sandpiper on Ponders End floods, c sand on causeway, 5 goosander, 80+ ruddy duck,
30+ wigeon, red-crested pochard, 4 little grebes, adult and then
first winter
Mediterranean gulls
came in for a wash and brush-up before moving on towards the WG
Res roost. - A Middleton & Tony Clancy
Mon 30.12.02 Rye
House RSPB 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Water Rail, 1 Green
Sandpiper. Netherhall GP 98 Wigeon, 207 Gadwall, 114 Pochard, 2
Smew (redheads), 650 Lapwings roosting on new
workings, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, Nazeing
GPs 7 Goosander, 1 Goldeneye, 173 Lapwings
flew north. Stephen Harris (currently drying out)
Amwell GP 2 Bearded tits, 2 Jack Snipe, 1 male Tufted duck x Pochard hybrid on
Holycross lake. Nazeing
GP 7
Goosander, 2 Bitterns
at the Pochard Hide, North met GP. Alan Harris
Trent Park area, firecrest in holly in Rough Lot, woodcock in Williams Wood, total 6 treecreepers
& 10
nuthatch, 3 bullfinch,
40+ siskin, and a weasel - Robert Callf
North Mymms, Potters Bar, 5+ bullfinch &
one marsh tit - A
Middleton
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Sun 29-12-02 Despite the weather, at least 6 Marsh Tit by WCs in the Great Northaw Wood car park + 2 Goldcrest. Nathalie Schorbon......Ingrebourne River, flood at Cockabourne Bridge, one water vole - Colin Jupp
Sat 28-12-02 Tylers Common
area, male stonechat, Sewage Farm 4 l.grebes, 2 shoveler, 2 water rails calling, 2 grey wags, 100+ pied wagtails movng off south to roost, Tylers Hall farm
200 c gull flock, Harold Crt 4 skylark, 9 m pipits, 2 reed bunts, Pages Farm 1 c
snipe, 43
skylark, 10 fieldfare
& 17 redwing, 8 y'hammers, 2 reed bunts - Colin Jupp
Trent Park, Rough Lot, 2 firecrests, in area 6 nuthatch,
set-aside 6 skylarks, min 25 y'hammers - Robert Callf
Brox Woods - about 100 Redwings flew over, which was tremendous. On the A10, just past the Little Chef,
going north, on the opposite side of the road, there were at
least 5-600
Golden Plover. H
& T Bantock
Lea Valley Park, Seventy Acres:
Four adult male smew and about four
redheads mid-pm; one
bittern showing well from the Watchpoint late am.
Holyfield Lake: two
redhead smew and seven goosander. Sean Huggins
Recent sightings from Ross Facer
Wed 25-12-02, Chesunt Park, 50+
Redwing in Cheshunt Park Farm paddocks, several siskins and
goldcrests, escaped
Ross's Goose on
Brookfield Lake Thu
26-12-02, Friday Lake (Cheshunt GP), redhead Smew, 3 (1 drake) Goldeneye, Sparrowhawk, 2
Kingfisher, Bowyers Water, 2 drake Smew, 15+ Ruddy Duck. Fri 27-12-02 Amwell GP, 50+
Chaffinch, 60+ Siskin, 100+ Lapwing, 3 (2 drake) Smew. North Met Pit,
Cheshunt (1pm), excellent views of Bittern in left-hand dyke in front
of Pochard Hide and crashing around in reeds, also 3 (2 drake) Goosander, and 5+ (3 drake)
Goldeneye on North Met Pit in northern most corner. Blackcap (male) in our Cheshunt Garden was
the first of the winter. - Ross Facer
Fri 27-12-02 am
Valentines Park: Lots of tits and chaffinches
about and about 15 redwings. B Miller
Southbury Rd, Enfield Town, goosander
flew W/SW at 8.15. 25th kingfisher Enfield Town
Park - R Callf
Trent Pk, Rough Lot, firecrest, also kingfisher seen -
Robin White
Copped Hall, 25 y'hammers, c buzzard & 75 goldfinch - A
Middleton
Enfield - Barnacle Goose still there on the
playing fields, right by the New River. Mick Nagle
Recent news from Martin
Shepherd
26-12-02, Northaw Great Wood, brief visit 09.45-10.30: marsh tit, treecreeper, sparrowhawk. Broxbourne
Woods, Pembridge Lane: bullfinch in garden/woodland edge just behind the wildlife park.
25-12-02,
Brimsdown, canal towpath: male black redstart on reservoir fence just north of
Tradeteam depot, 13.50. Also male sparrowhawk. 24-12-02,
Fishers Green, brief visit, morning: bumble bee and bullfinch near car-park close to sailing club -
Martin Shepherd
| Thu 26-12-02
Noted
buzzard in muddy field
just south of A1005 near to J24 (Potters
Bar/Enfield)- Phil Rhodes Bedfords Park am, Havering, a firecrest in holly between the south car-park and the new visitor centre presently under construction, also two mandarin and a gadwall on the lake - Colin Jupp Fishers Green today - I thought it might be a Rosybill but its not, having looked on the net. There were also two Bitterns crashing around in the reedbed. One really is much smaller than the other and must only be about 2/3 the size. Tristan & Helen Bantock PS Mossops 25/12/02 M+F Stonechat |
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1 male bullfinch
on
honeysuckle - Liz
Goodyear Tue
24-12-02 Between Crews Hill and M25:
1 Common
Buzzard, 1 Woodcock, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail, 26
Stock Dove, 3
Siskin, 1 kestrel and 1 Sparrow Hawk. Rupert
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Mon 23-12-02 Ware. Song Thrush in
song this morning from my garden, and another along the Old Lea,
Kingfishers seen often, and lately Cormorants flying around in
threes and fours. Merry Christmas from Ian Edwards.
Great Northaw Wood, Herts 4 marsh tits (chalked up report of 8 around the
car-park recently ) A Middleton
Sun 22-12-02 Recent
sightings from Dusty Gedge ~ East India Nature
Reserve 17.12
52 Tufted Duck, 11 Pochard, 1 Little
Grebe, 1
Kingfisher
22.12 85 Tufted Duck, 5 Pochard, 1 Little grebe Mudchute DLR 22/12
26 House Sparrow
The Dome 22.12
1
Peregrine
Canning Town Station
22/12 1 m
Sparrowhawk Thames
Barrier Park 22/12 26 Shelduck [on thames] 17 teal [on thames] 21 Linnet 16 Pied Wagtail New Millennium Flour Mills
7 Meadow Pipit, 25+ House Sparrow,
5 Linnet, 12 Tufted
duck, 2 GCGrebe, 1 Little Grebe, 4 SongThrush Dusty Gedge
Nazeing GP 21
Goosander (3 males) ( evenings are best for
Goosanders when they fly out onto the north lagoon. You can
do the gull roost at the same time!) Alan Harris
Walthamstow Reservoirs: 29 Little Grebe, 126 Mute Swan, 76 Teal, 107 Pochard, 11 Goldeneye, 78 Ruddy Duck,
2
Common Sandpiper, 3 Kingfisher, 6 Grey Wagtail, 1 Chiffchaff. Stephen Harris
Chingford Golf Course adt Med gull feeding
with black headed gulls for most of the day, large areas around
the plains and Connaught Waters are flooded. also c1500
Woodpigeons in woods to the North of Fairmead. R.Cope
LVP Fishers Green north car-park (sailing club)
female lesser spot in
hawthorns. Holyfield Lake 5
smew inc. a drake, 70 siskin (2 chiffchaffs reported).
Bittern Watchpoint bittern
seen to catch 3 fish, 2
kingfishers, water rail - Robert Callf &
Chris Moorhouse
KGV Res pm, Slavonian
grebe still in SW corner of south basin, 2 c
sands & 2 green sands, c85 ruddy duck and 35 goldeneye, 9
wigeon, 2 grey wags, 2 goosander, 2 green woods, 3-400 golden plover
flying over Waltham Abbey area - A Middleton
Harold Hill area news, Sat 20th Long Wood gt
spot, nuthatch & treecreeper, Noke Hill, Widdrington grt
crested grb, 5 tufted duck, m sparrowhawk, 2
bullfinch, Paternoster Row 10
y'hammers on stubble, Pryor's GC 1st yr mute
swan, 37 rooks. Sun 22nd, garden N & NW movement of gulls
(common, BH & GBB) through morning, fem sparrowhawk, Warley,
Clements Pk 8 lesser redpoll, 8 siskin, 9 goldfinch, bullfinch,
Mascalls Lane 40-50 magpies pre-roost, Great Warley - Dark Lane 2 firecrests &
several goldcrests, 4 teal & 2 calling water
rails by railway - Colin Jupp.
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21-12-02 Rimex Metals Ltd, Brimsdown Industrial Estate.
A brief summary of events this year. A pair of Pied Wagtails
nested in one of our stacks of packing cases and reared 4 young.
5 goldfinches feeding on thistle seeds in our yard. A pair of
wood pigeons nested in a crevice under our roof beams and reared
3 young. The house sparrow flock
attracted to our feeders peaked at 35 late August.
The current number is 12. It was 13 until Friday 20th Dec when we
were treated to the spectacle of a sparrowhawk devouring one
hapless specimen right outside the office window. Nothing special
but bearing in mind our location may be of some interest. - Dave
Wadley
Nazeing: 12 Goosander (1
male) Connaught Waters 3 Goosander (2 males), 7
gadwall, 2 Wigeon
(my first ones in the forest) very few mandarins,
perhaps 10 at the most. R.Cope
LVP Bittern Watchpoint Fishers
Green. Two
bitterns visible most
of the afternoon. Smaller one had been seen all morning
apparently, when, about 1p.m. larger one arrived in central
reedbed and drove the smaller one out into left-hand fringe.
Throughout the afternoon, every time the smaller one tried to
re-emerge from the side, the other would race across the reedbed
and drive it back. Finally, just before 4, the central one
disappeared, and was then probably the one seen climbing to the
very top of the reed to roost. Also seen in the afternoon at
least 2
water rails, kingfisher and weasel. Very interesting afternoon. Jeff Butcher
Coppetts Wood, Nrth Finchley, the wintering firecrest was seen to
take a moth from some holly leaves, and a song thrush was singing
- Tony Clancy
Copped Hall, 105 goldfinch on teasel crop - A Middleton
20-12-02 Valentines am : Long tailed
tits everywhere, 20 in one party, also a few siskins about.
Pochard, shoveler, little grebes plus usual on lake. Wanstead
Pk: small groups of gadwall on both lakes. Barbara
Miller
Trent Park area, 9 wigeon on Lower Lake (1st for 2
years), 25 redpoll, lesser spot in Williams Wood, 18 y'hammers, 1 reed bunt,
7 rl partridge, 70 fieldfare, 26 magpies pre-roosting, 50 siskin
- R Callf
I saw a jay in Highbury
Fields (adjoining Highbury Terrace) on 1st December or
thereabouts, the first I've seen in 17 years in the area. The
bird population has varied in composition over the years, with
the songthrushes disappearing and magpies burgeoning. There are
rather too many squirrels about - bad news for birds. - cheers,
Andy Liddiard
19/12 Whipps Cross 1430-1600: reduced
gull fly-past in still conditions. About 1,600 only. A straggly
party of 200 Woodpigeons moved south at 1435 and the local
Greenfinches massed at around 30 over the common - Peter Hadrill
Grovelands Park, Southgate, 8 mandarin, 4 great
spots, nuthatch & treecreeper. Yesterady in Trent Park area,
Robin White saw a pair of lesser
spots in Williams Wood, 15
redpoll inc a mealy, and a woodcock on Vicarage
Farm on Monday - news from R Callf
18-12-02, Tawny Owls calling last couple of nights Coppett's
Wood. Sparrows
seem to have gone from garden. Tony Clancy.
....Ponders End c20 house sparrows in my garden,
and I'm told about 25 each in particular gardens in Charcroft Ave
(inc a white-winged bird not seen in my garden) and Falcon Road
- Andy
Forty Hall & Whitewebbs, 11 treecreepers, 3 nuthatch, 3
kingfishers inc 2
Forty Hall lower lakes, pair mandarin, one marsh tit taking peanuts from
garden feeder adjacent to Whitewebbs & grey wag on roof, 6 bullfinch, 25 stock doves - R Callf
Rammey Marsh East, Enfield Lock: 09.25-10.15.
three reed
buntings, pair of stonechats, four snipe, skylark, six meadow pipits, two green
woodpeckers and two great spots - Martin Shepherd
Tue 17-12-02am of
some interest road casualty badger 1 mile north Turnford turn
off. A10 Oylers Farm am 200 golden plover
300 lapwing & male bullfinch B Dawton.
Ally Pally Today: Bullfinch (heard), 2 Gadwall and 4 Shoveler. Tom Clarke.
Sewardstone Marsh: at least
three chiffchaffs, male bullfinch at
the south end of Knights Pits, female goosander on the relief
channel, c150 redwings and
fieldfares, two little grebes on the backwater
next to the KGV pumping station - Martin Shepherd
KGV Res 9am, 1st winter kittiwake on the south basin - Phil
Vines, also in SW corner Slavonian grebe with some dark areas on cheeks & neck,
looks different to Nick's image of Stanstead Abbots bird, and
green sand in Ponders End relief channel, 40 goldfinch - A
Middleton
Mon 16-12-02 Whipps
Cross: Amazingly, a red
throated diver flew over the house this evening
at 1520 from the south east as I watched the gulls pass. It
crossed the common at about 80m. and circled above Hollow pond
for half a minute or so, seemingly unsure about what to do. It
then made off east but quickly returned and resumed flying fast
to and fro above the pond. It then lost height and appeared to be
landing though trees screened any further view. Peter
Hadrill
The Warren, Epping Forest/Copped Hall, 3-3.30pm,
an estimated 75 chaffinch and 20
brambling pre-roosting in the tree-tops over a
wide area - Andrew Middleton
Vic Farm & Trent Park, 3 grt spots, 3
t'creepers, 6 nuthatch, 4
bullfinch, 3 redpoll, Williams Wood stubble 40 y'hammers, 1 reed bunt & skylark - R Callf
| Sat 14-12-02 Eagle Pond, Snaresbrook
No Smew, but 94 Shoveler. Stephen Harris Stansted Abbotts GP am, Hi all, Slavonian grebe showing at about 500 yards at Stansted Abbotts from near the boat house - Nick Sampford ~ More images on Nick's website Trent Park, nrth Enfield, firecrest south-west side of rough lot in holly etc by stream, 3 nuthatch & 3 treecreepers, 40 y'hammers, 10+ probable shelduck flew over - R Callf Fri 13-12-02 Lee Valley Park, North Met Pit: Chiffchaff with tit flock along west side, water rail from Pochard hide but no Bitterns! Graham Knight |
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Trent Park, 13
mandarin on Lime Avenue Pond, 4
nuthatch, 2 teal, 32 moorhen - R Callf
Fri 13th Forty Hall, Nrth Enfield.Birds definitely mob
handed today....fantastic din with virtually every bird in the
woods at Forty Hall getting involved with mobbing, firstly,
a very fed up Tawny Owl who eventually gave up and took off, and
secondly, later on a Sparrow Hawk, who seemed to sneer and
flapped carelessly away. Female Goosander giving superb fishing display where the
fish leapt out of the water in an effort to get away from her
beak. She did get a large one which nearly choked her getting it
down. Kingfisher(s) fishing under the rhodedendrums. Usual
crowd there Jays, Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Tree Creepers,
Great, Blue, Long Tailed and Coal Tits, Goldcrests.. Kind regards Mick Nagle
Andrew, Well you
did ask for pics of the RTD on Wanstead pond
- they are dreadful as I said, but with a little imagination they
do more or less prove it - one too far away, one flying off and
the close-up looks more like a Yellow-billed but sadly its not.
I'm not sure what you can do with them. I must remember my specs.
next time. Best wishes - Bob Vaughan.......surely the right-hand
image is by V.van Gogh? Andy
| Thurs 12 December
Slavonian Grebe still present at Stanstead
Abbots GP. Alan Harris 12.12.02 am LVP Amwell two green sandpipers, one shelduck. Jeff Butcher Wednesday
11 December 2002 1 Slavonian Grebe, Stanstead Abbots GP.
2
Bar-tailed Godwit flew N over Fishers Green.
Alan Harris |
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Tue 10-12-02 Enfield Lock: from the first
footbridge over the Lea south of the Swan & Pike Pool, I
counted 3,870 gulls -
the vast majority black headed - flying in from the north to
roost at the KGV. The count was between 14.45 and
16.05. I'm now having a whisky to warm up - Martin Shepherd
Trent Park area. Nrth Enfield,
firecrest north side of Rough Lot 11.24-33am, min
60 y'hammers in
hedge and stubble by William's Wood, 2
woodcock, totals of 100+ siskin in several
flocks, 5 bullfinch, 9 nuthatch,
lesser-spot calling near Water Garden, little owl
Vic farm - Robert Callf
KGV Res am, Slavonian
grebe NE corner of south basin - Roy Woodward
Tring Park, West Herts, 2
marsh tits, woodcock, 5 bullfinch - A Middleton
Mon 9-12-02 Ally
Pally 2 snipe seen on Monday afternoon. Tom Clarke.
Ware Old Lea This morning I had two unusual sightings.
Firstly 18 swans flew past me down towards Amwell I have
not seen that many at one time before. Then I saw a Kingfisher fly away from the river and weave
through the trees going up hill towards Widbury Gardens.
Ian Edwards
Forty Hill pm (Nrth Enfield) lower lakes, very
confiding pair of goosanders,
2 kingfishers and a
heron Brian Dawton.
Trent Park area, Nrth Enfield, stubble nrth of
Williams Wood min 42 y'hammers, also Trent Park area 3 nuthatch, 2 bullfinch - R Callf
Amwell pm, little egret, 25 reed bunts flew into reed bed in 10 mins (100+ still
reported from hide), bearded tit heard in reed bed - B Cutts
& A Middleton, also recent reports of 2 bearded tits, 2 smew
& Med gull - various observers
Sun 8-12-02 Tylers Common - stonechat; Jermaine's
Wood (just inside M25 at top of common) - 2 woodcock flushed,
plus grey wagtail around
drainage ditch & 4 bullfinch.
David Callahan.
Valentines Pk a.m.- Med Gull showing well, 40 Redwing, 6 Siskin, c400 Feral
Pigeon -P.Hopkins.
River Lee CP: 70 Acres Lake 1 Bittern from
Watchpoint, 1 redhead Smew,
2 Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail; Holyfield
Lake, 4 Goosander (3 males), 6 Siskin; Turnford
GPs 2 Goosander (pair); North Met Pit 1 Bittern from Pochard
Hide. Stephen Harris
KGV Res 3-4pm, one 1st winter Mediterranean
gull in roost. At 3.48pm heard two waders giving
soft & short calls (not dunlin), then saw them flying low
over the water near the causeway & then twice flew (and
called) 20ft in front of me before going south. 'Martin' size,
very small bills, pale wingbars too faint for sanderling (&
birds too small and not pale enough for this species), appeared
to me to be two little stints
- A Middleton
I was tempted to wonder how big is the current gull roost on
KGV/WG Res? Yesterday I saw 2350
predominantly BHG pass over the house en route to
the reservoirs in the hour before sunset and wondered what
percentage this constituted? - Best wishes, Peter Hadrill (Whipps
Cross)
Other timed counts from other approaches to the
valley reservoir roosts would be of interest. Andy
More of Tristan Bantock's pics of the Swansea Ivory Gull - one - two - three
7th Dec 2002 Horsenden Hill Little Owl today. Seems
to be wintering as this is the third sighting since October. -
Andy . Culshaw
Walthamstow Reservoirs: 1 Red-throated Diver (No. 4 Res), 7
Goosander (6 males), 18 Goldeneye, 51 Ruddy Duck, 1 Common
Sandpiper, 3 Chiffchaff. Stephen
Harris
Sewardstone Marsh, am: chiffchaff calling north
of fishing lake; male bullfinch
in bushes to north of road on east side. Government
Row, Enfield Lock: chiffchaff
in scrub in the corner of Rifles pub car park;
female sparrowhawk circling above canal; male goosander fishing on
canal - Martin Shepherd
Marsh tit taking seed from
feeder in Bishop's Stortford garden. Also 1F bullfinch. Andrew
Hardacre
Rainham Riverside 08:15 to 10:30 Spent two hours
picking through the gulls on the tip and found an adult Yellow Legged but nothing
else (gloom and drizzle didn't help!), also 2
Rock Pipits by the river and a Rook on
Murex. Rod Standing
Epping Forest, central area, Jack's Hill
c150 chaffinch & c5 brambling
feeding on beech mast, total of 6
nuthatch - A Middleton & T Clancy
Walthamstow Res, red-throated
diver - Birdguides
KGV Res, 2
c sands, 3 goosander, 35
ruddy duck, Ponders End Lock ring-necked
parakeet - Robert Callf
Fri 6-12-02 Nazeing GP 11
Goosander (6 males), ?Oylers Farm? A10/M25
junction c300 lapwing c150
golden plovers this am. R.Cope
Brimsdown 1 Chiffchaff along hedge back of tradeteam by canal pm
. Tony Clancy
Grovelands Pk pm, 2
mandarin, 2 nuthatch, 6 shoveler, redpoll over
and 2 siskin with goldfinches - R Callf
Harold Hill garden,
firecrest seen again on Tue 3rd - Colin Jupp
Fairlop 1-2
short-eared owls reported to Alan Bell recently
Thu 5-12-02 KGV pm, Slavonian grebe half way
along east side, also Common
Sandpiper and 6 Ruddy ducks. R.Cope
Cornmill Meadows 11.30 am Stonechat on fence east of most northerly pool.
Jeff Butcher
Eagle Pond, Snaresbrook - 2 redhead smew -
Bird Call
KGV Res am, slavonian
grebe south basin - Phil Vines
Copped Hall, c. buzzard, 35
goldfinch - A Middleton
Wed 4-12-02 Greenwich Ecology Park. A Water Rail has been seen regularly from the east hide as has the Kingfisher, at least 2 Chiffchaffs in the park along with 2 Little Grebes, Kestrel, Siskins and several Meadow Pipits in the fields to the south of the park. On the Thames the 400+ Teal and 80+ Shelduck around the Barrier. A Bearded Tit was reported in the area recently and several observers have reported seeing a Common Seal on the Thames between The Dome and the Barrier over the last couple of weeks. - Chris White . Please note that several cars have recently been broken into close to the Ecology Park.
Tue 3-12-02 Walthamstow Reservoirs Low
wildfowl numbers for time of year, presumably due to mild
weather/global warming - take your pick: 28 Little Grebe, 1
Wigeon, 53 Teal, 28 Shoveler, 84
Pochard, 4 Goldeneye, 51 Ruddy Duck, 1
Sparrowhawk, 1 Water Rail,
71 Moorhen, 591 Coot, 43 Lapwing
- dithered and then flew south-west, 9
Grey Wagtail, 45 Blackbird, 2 Black
Swan. Stephen Harris
Rye Meads RSPB: Snipe
10, Chiffchaff 3, Teal 160, Siskin 1, Water Rail 3, Green Sandpiper 1, Netherhall
GP- Lapwing 120,
Netherhall Rd GP Wigeon
c50. Nazeing GP 4
Goosander (one male) R. Cope
Nrth Enfield,Forty hall, 3 shoveller, Turkey
Brook kingfisher & 25 siskin, Whitewebbs 1 marsh tit heard,
'Whitewebbs Farm' 14 y'hammers
& 30 stock doves on stubble, Wildwoods Lake 8 mandarin, 6 great spots
in all - Robert Callf
Yesterday (01.12.02) there was a Red-throated Diver on Heronry Pond, Wanstead Park ! I first saw it at about 11.30 and it eventually flew off in the direction of Perch pond (the golfers pond) at 2:45. It wasn't doing much fishing - the pond has been dry for many years so I doubt there's many fish, but it sat around, swam a bit and dived occasionally. It flew only once other than to fly off, from the kiosk end to the other end of the pond and belly-flopped rather sloppily. I assumed it was a juvenile, at one time head on, a very faint reddish throat patch was visible, but it was grey and white overall with a well spotted back and fairly clean head so perhaps it was an adult. I have some (very bad) pictures. I haven't been able to check Perch Pond or others since. Also a few siskin. - Bob Vaughan ~ Past records - one on the 'basin' Wanstead Park Jan 1877, one shot there March 1890 - Epping Forest through the eye of the Naturalist (Essex Field Club 1992) - any more
Can't resist posting Tristan Bantock's pics of the Swansea Ivory Gull - more on Surfbirds ~ also image one & image 2
Mon 2-12-02 c200
Golden Plover landing on mud at western end of
Sainsbury's distribution centre next to M25.
R.Cope
Enfield Town Park pm, 1
kingfisher - R Callf
Ware garden, looked out
about 8.30am and saw a female bullfinch on the hawthorn and then watched it fly
into the honeysuckle. I could see 2 females, but then saw a male
as well. - Liz Goodyear
Highbury 1
kestrel flew over mid morning - Christopher
Langsdon
Sun 1st Dec Valentines Park. Plenty of starlings about in the
park and around, flock of 100+ came over the house heading
south. 4 m pochard and 2 shoveller pairs on the lake. B
Miller
Sewardstone: Good Numbers of Redwing and Fieldfare, also
1 siskin over. Had two chiffchaffs,
one watched for ten minutes feeding and preening in scrub at the
western end of the tarmac road by Knights pits. It was very grey looking and
washed out, pale greyish below, the only hints of green were in
the tertials and faintly in the primaries. It was calling
frequently, giving a typical "hueet" call. Perhaps a
candidate for abietinus? or maybe just a very greyish collybita.
(these are purely my thoughts on the bird, given the views that I
got, and I make no claims towards being certain of what it is)
R.Cope
Harold Hill garden,
firecrest seen twice during the afternoon - Colin
Jupp
Grovelands Park, Enfield, 1
mandarin, 4 shoveler, 15 long-tailed tits. - R
Callf
November 2002
Sat 30-11-02
Epping Forest, Blackweir (lost) pond area, NE of Robin
Hood PH. Chaffinch c400 in various
flocks, Brambling c20, Redwing 40, Coal tit 5, Nuthatch 5. Lost
Pond- 70 Mandarins!
(appeared to be the majority of the flock from Connaught Waters).
Connaught Waters: Mandarin 24 (including
one leucistic female away from main flock), siskin 4, kingfisher 2.
R.Cope (see pics
below)
A first-winter
drake smew on East Warwick Res,
Walthamstow this afternoon. Also a common
sand there and two kingfshers and a chiffchaff nearby. Sean
Huggins
East Warwick, Walthamstow, 3.30pm, imm male smew and oiled red-throated diver, also chiffy and c. sandpiper - Jeremy Gaskell and
David Sharp
Holyfield area,
2 redhead smew and
female goosander this am - Phil Vines
Sewardstone Marsh, 08.00-08.20: four chiffchaffs, three
in scrubby bushes along the edge of the road - one of which was
giving snatches of song. The fourth bird, an extremely grey individual,
was on the edge of Knights Pit, but I only got a couple of brief
views as it foraged and it seemed washed out and grey rather than
olive. Didn't call and very flighty. Martin Shepherd
KGV Res am, Black Redstart was on the fence, feeding for 3 hours. 3 Stonechats, 12 Meadow Pipits,east side. Helen Bantock
KGV Res pm, c.
sandpiper, male black redstart, 2 red-head goosander
- R Callf, C Moorhouse
Broxbourne Woods, 1
crossbill flew over, 5 marsh tits inc. two feeding on
honeysuckle seeds & berries in conifer plantation, several
redpoll & siskin over. M25/A10 Little Chef (Oylers
Farm), c500
golden plover & 150 lapwing around 3pm. 22 house sparrows feeding on
oats in my garden - Andrew Middleton
 Not a brilliantly sharp image, though shows part of the flock at the Lost Pond nicely! The other two pics show the leucistic type female at Connaught Waters, only small as they were taken without my scope. Richard Cope |
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Fri 29-11-02, Fishers
Green area. 30 meadow pipits on farmland south of
Fishers Green Lane. c50
siskins flew over
and landed in trees near canal. Two chiffchaffs - one with a tit flock, female reed bunting, pair of bullfinches near Holyfield Weir - Martin Shepherd
Epping Forest, Connaught Waters: 1 pair Goosanders, only c20 Mandarins,
at around midday. Fairmead, only c100 Redwings, 2 Coal tits, 1
muntjac. R.Cope
Trent Pk, crossbill
over Williams Wood - Robin White
Just to
update you on my Bittern work. Bitterns have been located at the Bittern
watchpoint (3), Pochard hide (3 today), Amwell (1) and Rye Meads
(1). At the Pochard hide one has a bad right foot, it trails it
slightly in flight, and this bird flew to the watchpoint reedbed
at 1230 today. It is distinctive so keep an eye out for it. The
Rye Meads bird has a secondary feather missing on the right wing.
If you see any Bitterns away from the watchpoint please let me
know.
Thanks. Alan Harris alanjohn_harris@lineone.net
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| HI ~ HERE'S THE ROSIE STARLING IN LINCS. THIS BIRD IS SO TAME, HERE'S ONE OF THE STARLING AND THE OTHER OF ADRIAN WEBB TAKING A PICTIRE OF IT ~ NICK SAMPFORD More images on Nick's website | |
28-11-02, Brimsdown, 14.30-15.00. Three stonechats - a pair in the meadow opposite the grey overhanging warehouse and a female on the towpath fence just north of Tradeteam. Canal towpath is closed for repairs between the Swan & Pike Pool and Mossops Creek for the next three weeks - Martin Shepherd
Thursday 28th: Epping Forest, Fairmead:
siskin 1, Redpoll 1, Chaffinch 15, Redwing 275 in hawthorns,
Blackbird c20. Redpath Area: Coal tit 1, Redpoll 1, Woodcock 1. Connaught
Waters: Mandarin 75, Teal c60,
Treecreeper 1, Brambling 1,
Chaffinch 10, Kingfisher 2,
Redpoll 1+, Siskin 5, Versicolour/puna Teal 2. Also 1st Winter Mediterranean Gull briefly
settled at around 3.30 before flying west to roost. Chingford
Plains: Redwing c50, Fieldfare 5, Blackbird 15.
R.Cope
Trent Park, Nrth Enfield, 27
y'hammers on stubble nrth of Williams Wood, Upper
Lake kingfisher and 3 mandarin,
grey wag by Cafeteria - R Callf & C Moorhouse
WEDS 27TH NOV - West Ham Park at 8.30 am 1 Firecrest , a male in flower gardens. Also, a redwing. MARCO JOHNSTON.
Tue 26-11-02 Harold Wood/Tylers Common
recent news - 18th mature female c darter in Harold Hill garden, 19th Clements
Park 2 water rail in
reed bed by railway, chiffchaff
with 40 strong mixed tit flock, 15 redpolls over, 22nd Harold Crt
little owl, Pages farm 32 skylark,
24th Clements Park woodcock,
kingfisher, 50 fieldfare SE, 2 m bullfinch, Grt Ropers
Lane 30 redwing, 25th Harold Crt 2 skylark, 20 m pipit, 1 grey
wag, 3 reed bunts, 5+ y'hammer pre-roost in hedge, 26th Pages
Farm 2 sparrowhawks, 2 kestrels, 27
skylark, 8 m pipits, 5 reed bunts, 10 y'hammer,
Tylers Common pr stonechat
& fem Harold Crt, bullfinch Harold park - Colin Jupp
25-11-02,
Broxbourne Woods: five
crossbills, redpolls and siskins, treecreeper, muntjac, many coal tits
and goldcrests, sparrowhawk, skylark overhead - Martin Shepherd 26-11-02,
Amwell: I counted 154
reed buntings
flying in to roost this evening. Also four water rails squealing - Martin Shepherd
26th Rye Meads RSPB: 2
Green Sandpiper, c400 lapwing flying over, c750 Golden Plover (most
appeared to be flying up from near Amwell roundabout area), 175 Teal, 40 Reed Buntings and 16
Yellowhammers in to roost. R.Cope & P.
Collins.
LVP Bowyers Water 1045 WHITETHROAT (female foraging) 2
goldeneye (pair); Jeff
Butcher
Amwell GP - ferruginous duck still
present, plus fem goldeneye, 20+
snipe, and 200+ lapwing. Also sparrowhawk over Upper
Clapton Road, Hackney on the way home. David Callahan.
Ferruginous duck
recently also reported as a possible hybrid
KGV Res am,
fem/imm black
redstart and stonechat west side, common sandpiper, c28 ruddy
duck, 15 wigeon, est. 25 goldeneye, kingfisher - A Middleton
Mon 25-11-02 Nrth Enfield, 2 bullfinch by Dew Pond, William's Wood woodcock, coal tit, 2 treecreepers, 4 nuthatch, on cereal stubble to the nrth a min. of 30 y'hammers highest count for 6-8 yrs, Vicarage Farm set-aside 20 skylarks, 40 meadow pipits, 27 siskin flew from alders - Robert Callf, also R White
Sun 24-11-02 Amwell
between 2-4 o'clock. 41 species seen including ferruginous duck, goldeneye [f], smew 2m & f, egyptian goose, snipe 6, blackcap, goldcrest, marsh tit, pair of bullfinches + 3 f. bullfinches feeding on berries, 2 song thrush, 2
green sandpiper, 1 little egret - Dave Messenger
Amwell, 13.30-15.45, very calm,
mild conditions after rain: Ferruginous
duck, two chiffchaffs heard, goldcrest, marsh tit (by footbridge
over river,) male blackcap, two drake
smew, pair of bullfinches plus a couple of
flyover birds, egyptian goose,
little egret (in to roost at 15.15,) 5+ snipe,
two green sandpipers, 5 song thrushes in full song towards
dusk...Martin Shepherd
River Lee CP: Bowyers Water 87 Wigeon,
159 Gadwall, pair
Smew, 15 Ruddy Duck,
397 Coot. Hooks Marsh 4 Smew. 70 Acres Lake
3
Bitterns, 3 Smew.
Also 7 Goldeneye seen on various waters. Stephen Harris
Rainham Marshes 07:30 - 10:30 Frequent
showers and very overcast at first so viewing not easy and seemed
fairly quiet: 2 Little Egret, 1
Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Sandpiper, flocks of Dunlin
over the river and the marsh, large flocks of Snipe, a few Golden
Plover, at least 1,000 Lapwing repeatedly
put up by something (Peregrine?), 2
Stock Dove, 2 Rock Pipit, 2+ Water Pipit, 2 Grey
Wagtail, 2 Stonechat
and lots of Reed Buntings. Incredible numbers of Black
Headed Gulls on the river. Rod Standing.
Chingford: am. 2
Ring-necked parakeets flew NW calling, over my
house. Garden tick! R.Cope
| Ware garden - 1 female bullfinch on honeysuckle just after 9 am,
after eating honeysuckle berries flew
into hawthorn and cleaned beak, seen this
before but didnt realise this behaviour was after eating
the berries until today berries must be very sticky? or something
- Liz Goodyear Went to Sheppey, Kent - 2 rough-legged buzzards, merlin, several short-eared owls, marsh harriers & male/ringtail hen harriers - T&H Bantock, T Clancy, A Middleton > r.l.buzzard |
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Sat 23-11-02 Walthamstow
Reservoirs: 18 Little Grebe, 82 Mute Swan,
32 Shoveler, 717 Tufted Duck, 90 Pochard, 1 redhead Smew (thanks Marco), 4 Goldeneye, 33 Ruddy
Duck, 636 Coot, 1 Water Rail, 3 Kingfisher, 2 Black
Swans. Stephen Harris
Fishers Green LVP: Afternoon. 2 bitterns showing consistently all afternoon. Also water rail and kingfisher. A number of red-head smew
(including one obviously pre-adult male) in the area.
Jeff Butcher
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23-11-02 Walthamstow Res - all the usual
wildfowl, plus 1 redhead smew & 1 shelduck on E.
Warwick, 3 kingfishers. David Callahan. KGV Res am, male black redstart - Helen & Tristan Bantock > Brimsdown today Copped Hall, 500 fieldfares, 2 c buzzards, 75 goldfinch - A Middleton Fri 22-11-02 KGV Res am 4 pintail - Phil Vine and
Harry Lacey, c40 ruddy duck pm - R Callf Thu 21-11-02 KGV reservoir midday - 3.30pm: N. Basin - 4 red-breasted merganser, 1 black-necked grebe, 1 snow bunting NW corner. S.Basin - common sandpiper. Also 20 goldeneye, 28 teal, 8 gadwall, 21 ruddy, pair stonechat, green w/pecker and pair of reed bunting on causeway/shoreline. Flock of 120 lapwing over. David Callahan. |
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Amwell 9.30am Saw a Stoat
hunting it caught a rabbit just by the bridge and killed it, must
admit it was a pretty gruesome thing to watch. Also a flock of
Siskins up in Alder tree feeding. M/V Jameson, Ferruginous duck reported
later - BirdCall
0935 70 Acre Lake,
Fishers Green LVP - one red-head smew. Bittern showing also. Jeff Butcher
Ally Pally From Tuesday 19th:
Whilst watching Kingfisher in the Nature Reserve Pond noticed
dragon/damselfly in flight for about 30 seconds. I was looking
into the sun but by the way it was flying it was probably a hawker, but unsure. Also Lapwings flying easterly at intervals
during the day. Tom Clarke.
Wed 20-11-02 KGV Res pm
(permit only), 17
mergansers on
north basin by causeway - news from Phil Vines
KGV: 3.00pm till dusk. ~ 17 Red breasted mergansers
on North Basin, also one redhead Goosander with them. There were
also 7 other goosanders
flying around, 4 Ruddy Ducks, 10 Lapwings flew S, and probably a
Baer's pochard, although not too sure on funny wildfowl!. R. Cope ~ below
~ 2 pics of the mergs, the pics are pretty naff
as the light was going and they were a bit distant.
Mossops Brimsdown, chiffchaff and 2 sparrowhawks
- A Middleton
Ware garden, 1 male bullfinch
in garden - when I first saw it, it was on the honeysuckle - Liz
Goodyear
Tues 19/11/02 Walthamstow Res. E. Warwick - 3 fieldfare, shoveler, 3 ruddy duck, 1 juv yellow-legged gull with bh & lbb gulls on island, 28 gadwall, 3 teal; W. Warwick - 14 ruddy, 1 late whinchat in tall reeds; No.5 - 1 male goldeneye; no.4 - com sandpiper; no.2 - kingfisher; L. Maynard - 3 ruddy, 12 lapwing over; Lockwood - 2 fem goldeneye, 2 grey wagtail; High Maynard - 2 male & 1 fem goosander, 11 teal, 5 shoveler, 15 lapwing over, stock dove over; Lea Navigation - 2 kingfisher. Also wintering blackcap behind flat in Shadwell. Sun 17/11/02 Mudchute Park - no sign of poss. sib. chiffchaff, however 2 firecrest and goldcrest present. David Callahan.
Tue 19-11-02 North Enfield, Forty Hall 4 bullfinch, redpoll, 4 shoveler, Whitewebbs Wood 4 marsh tits, Wildwoods lake 6 mandarin (7 total in the area) & kingfisher - Robert Callf
Mon 18-11-02 Epping Forest Fairmead: 1 Tawny owl calling at
2.pm, Connaught Waters: 95 teal, 2
Kingfishers. Pole Hill: 1 male Brambling, 1 Redpoll - R. Cope
Rammey Marsh, 5
reed bunts, Brimsdown 2 reed
bunts, canal towpath - song thrush in the hedgerow: where have
they all gone - are they being baked in pies instead of
blackbirds? Martin Shepherd
Ally Pally - Dunlin on Sunday 17th, first for
10 years, on the main reservoir bed (see previous post). By the
time the fog lifted today only 3 male shoveler were of interest.
Still a few more days before they fill it up again.
Tom Clarke.
Sun 17-11-2002 3.30 pm 6 x R-n parakeets south
over Canons Park Edgware HA8. Heard for 2
minutes before seen. Only 2nd ever sighting of R-n parakeets in
HA7 & HA8 - Robin Morden
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| Swansea ~ These things are like pigeons here. Lots of them are colour ringed & probably from Holland/Belgium breeding pops. There are over 10 in the bay round the corner from my house and they certainly like bread. I think Swansea council should consider population control. Here are some pics (shocking to say I'm getting bored with photographing them!) and also an effort of the moon which turned out nice. ~ Tristan Bantock | |
Sun 17-11-02 Amwell: 2+ bearded tits (in front of reedbed hide), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Little Egret, 6+
Water Rail, 48+ reed bunting - Graham White
Valentines Pk. a.m.- c20 Siskin, 6 Redwing, Med Gull, Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk, Green + G.S.Woods. Peter Hopkins.
Nrth Enfield, brambling
calling over Hog Hill, 2
woodcock in Williams Wood, male
lesser spotted woodpecker watched feeding low
down in hawthorn, oak and elder by the Water Garden plus grt spot
and green woods nearby, also 4
bullfinch and 20 siskin in Trent Park. Tawny owl calling from
wood near the barracks , Vic Frm, at 7am - Robert Callf
Fairlop am: 30+ lapwing,
small flocks of starlings. 1 fieldfare, reed
bunting, 3 goldcrest. B Miller
Copped Hall, around 1.15pm, 6
crossbills flew NW, briefly
landed on some garden conifers, then carried on NW, also
kingfisher, 3 sightings of c.
buzzard probably involving 2 birds - Andrew
Middleton
Harold Wood/Tylers Common
recent news. 16th Harold Crt 2 kestrels, 4 c snipe, 28 m pipit,
30 redwing, reed bunt (pr little owl on 13th). 15th Pages Farm 22 skylarks, 80 linnets, 20
y'hammers, Tylers
Common pr
stonechats, Harold
Wood garden 2 nuthatch nearby and 16 greenfinch in area. 14th Grt
Warley 15 goldcrests, 4
firecrests, 2
siskin - Colin Jupp
Sat 16-11-02
Amwell: 1 Little
egret, 2 bearded tit, 6 goldeneye. Highbury: 3
superb goals - Graham White 
Connaught Water, Epping Forest, Firecrest
(2), Ring-necked Parakeet
(overhead), Red-crested Pochard (f), Goosander
(3), Kingfisher (2+), Bullfinch (pr), Reed Bunting (3).
Fraser Simpson
Rye Meads, 12.30-15.30: male stonechat,
water rail, kingfisher, two goldcrests, female reed bunting, three green sandpipers,
male bullfinch, male blackcap...Martin Shepherd
Mudchute Park, Isle of Dogs: Probable Siberian chiffchaff till
2.15 at least. (not heard calling). From Pier St entrance turn
right along nature trail for 100yds to sharp bend by compost
heaps. Also firecrest there.Sean
Huggins
Sewardstone farmland 12
reed bunts, 7 skylark, 8 red-legged partridge. Chingford
Plain 70 meadow pipits going to roost in long grass,
bullfinch- A Middleton
Mossops Creek, Brimsdow 9.45
am 16.11.02.Mature male Black redstart seen briefly, feeding from fence opposite
old Delta site. ( This bird is faithful to it's old haunts.)
Kestrel,34 Starlings. KGV
Res:
One Black necked Grebe, one Little Grebe, 18 Great Crested Grebes. One Grey
Wagtail, 2 reed Buntings, 3 meadow Pipits. 255 Coot, 137 Tufted
Duck, 25 Ruddy Duck, 17 Goldeneye, 6 Wigeon, 27 Gadwall, 1 Teal,
3 Pochard, 2 Goosander, 14 Canada Geese, 4 Shelduck, 10
Cormorant, 4 Mallard. H Bantock and T Clancy
Fri 15/11 Whipps Cross 0730-0745 Slight
migration evident in and out of the showers. 37 Fieldfare s. in
small groups, 23 Woodpigeons s. Peter Hadrill
Trent Park, Nrth Enfield, am, 15 crossbills circling
over Williams Wood at 7.52, 1
brambling, 11 y'hammers on stubble nrth of wood, Oak Wood 1 woodcock, 1 kingfisher
Merryhills Brook, 1 c snipe over 6.32am calling in dark - Robert
Callf
Ware garden, 2
female bullfinches made a brief appearance on the hawthorn
before flying off this morning just before 9am - Liz Goodyear
Howard Vaughan asks ~ does anyone know if any herons bred at the following two locals: Had them down for 2001 but not 2002. Holyfield Lake 3 nests (2001) & Nazeing GP 1 nest (2001) Thanks howardebs@blueyonder.co.uk
| Thu 14-11-02 Ally Pally Thames
Water seem to be draining the main reservoir adjacent to
the park. A shore line has already been exposed so we may
actually get to see some waders. This is the first time
anyone can remember it happening! Also 1
Kingfisher and 3 Bullfinch. Tom
Clarke Rainham Marshes RSPB Highlights for the last couple of weeks up to14th Nov have included: 200+ Snipe, 32 Jack Snipe (an amazing count), 100+ Golden Plovers - numbers are increasing slowely on an almost daily basis. 1800+ Lapwing - as with Golden Plovers numbers are increasing slowly. Black-tailed Godwit - on several dates an adult and juvenile have been hanging around. Water Pipit - up to 3 birds along the River. Grey Plover - 1 birds on a couple of dates. Ruff - up to 3 birds on flooded fields. Black Redstart - a nice male. Teal - 2500+ on the flooded fields with good numbers of duck in general.. Short-eared Owl - up to 4 birds in the air at any one time. - Dominic Funnel RSPB |
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Harold Wood/Tylers Common recent news - Pages Farm, nrth end, max 35 stock dove, 10 m pipits, 100 linnets, 18 yellowhammers, also 4 corn buntings in weedy plantation was Colin's first local record for 10 years (all on 9th) - a few used to breed in the Navestock area in the late 1980s/early 1990s. 4-5 reed bunts, 20+ goldfnch, 200 starlings, 10 song thrush 15 blackbirds. Stonechat on 2nd was briefly joined by the Dartford warbler (21st Oct-2nd Nov), the stonechat last seen on 3rd, also 1 c snipe and siskin over. Nags Head SF on Sat 9th 9 teal, 100 pied wags, 8 grey wags pre-roosting in reed bed, 3 lit grebes, 3 water rail, 1 redpoll over. Tue 7th Great Warley 1 firecrest, nuthatch, coal tit. 4th Great Warley 3 firecrests, chiffchaff Clements Park, and Tylers Common 3 stonechat and c.darter on the pond - Colin Jupp Mon 11-11-02
KGV res, v.brief visit pm, 1 red-head smew, 1 green sand - A Middleton Sun 10th Nov
Isle of Dogs The adult
ring-billed gull again on Thames shore
opp the Tarmac plant till 12.15 at least. Sean Huggins Many thanks to both Liz Goodyear and contributors for keeping the page running nicely in my absence - Andy Howard Vaughan,
Essex Birdwatching Society Recorder, has a new address
and contact numbers etc Sat 9th
Nov Nrth Enfield, Trent Park
drake goosander on
Upper Lake. Vicarage Farm 18
yellowhammers, reed bunt, fem stonechat, 3 bullfinch,
3 red-legged partridge, weasel nr Obelisk - Robert Callf Thu 7th November - Ware Old Lea, Little Grebes
on the river now, few Goldcrests mixed in with the tit
flocks. I have seen many more magpies lately,
flying around in groups of up to five - Ian Edwards Wed 6th November - Female Hawfinch in Woodford
garden feeding on hawthorn berries for 10 minutes! - Ken
Murray Tue 5th November - Ally Pally - Woodcock last Thursday, Bullfinch around in ones or twos, and best
of all a Speckled Wood today!!! - Tom Clarke Mon 4th November - Valentines
Park p.m. - "Valentino" the Med Gull showing well at 20 ft on a low perch,
close enough to see his rather gaudy taste in jewellery.
Also a Grey Wag in Brook - Peter Hopkins Sun 3/11/02 - 2
Swallows south over Cheshunt railway station late
afternoon. Drake Pintail in transitional plumage at the
northern end of Bowyer's Water, plus 2 female
Ruddy Ducks, 59 Mute Swans and c.100
Fieldfares there
- Ian Elkins Sat 2-11-02
Sewardstone Marsh, 08.00-08.40: male blackcap,
chiffchaff, c100 each of redwings and fieldfares, pair of
reed buntings, little owl
mobbed by long tailed tits in the oak near Pattypool
Mead. Rammey Marsh West, 11.00-11.30:
70+ linnets, 2 skylarks,
8 meadow pipits - Martin Shepherd
Went to Shoeburyness, Essex - of special interest along with thousands of waders were a juvenile purple sandpiper, 3 swallows flying through and single peregrine & red admiral - A.Middleton and Jeremy Gaskell Fri 1.11.02 Sewardstone
Marsh/Pattypool Mead: c100 redwing and 120
fieldfare over between 08.00 and 08.40. Also two
snipe, reed bunting, 150
starlings west, c70 wood pigeons south,
c50 mixed flock of goldfinches and greenfinches. Enfield
Lock: kingfisher on the River Lea and two
goldcrests at the Swan & Pike Pool - Martin Shepherd October 2002 Thu 31-10-02 Enfield
Lock station: four fieldfares flying west at
07.30. Bedford Square, WC1:
blackbird in full song at 16.00...Martin Shepherd 30-10-02 Ally Pally At least 1 Bullfinch and 10 Goldfinch. Tom Clarke. 29-10-02 Chingford Plains. 4 Redpoll, 1 Chiffchaff. Loughton 1 siskin flew W. R.Cope We will be attempting this winter to bring together a report on Purple Emperors and request information on any sightings, past or present, in the Herts & Middx or neighouring areas, which anyone may wish to contribute for a more complete picture but which have not yet entered the system- more details at the H&MBC site. For those who have contributed over recent years, we hope to send out draft copies this winter relating to 'your' site for checking and to comment upon. |
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 Lesser yellowlegs at Amwell recently - Tristan Bantock |
 Ware, caught this goldcrest bathing in the stream running down to the garden pond - have had a wren in similar situation but never managed to get a shot in time - Liz Goodyear |
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28-10-02 Amwell. A Little Egret left
the roost at 0620 northwards and returned at 1632. also 3
Bramblings
and 20 Siskins. 330 Golden
Plover at Amwell r'bout fields. Alan
Harris Valentines Park, Ilford. Several shoveler on the lakes this morning.B Miller Whipps Cross: huge amounts of Woodpigeons heading south over the tip of the forest and out above east London. 5,325 passed in just 20 minutes (0710-0730) in a near continuous stream. 23 Skylarks and 12 M. Pipits south below them. Peter Hadrill Chingford Plain red kite drifted high and west, and two male stonechats - Ken Murray Pages Farm nr Tylers Common, Harold Wood am, first winter Dartford warbler in tall thistles, also four firecrests Great Warley - Colin Jupp Nrth Enfield, Trent Park total six bullfinch various places, 30 siskin Williams Wood, teal on Dew Pond, redpoll heard. Vic Farm 2 male stonechats, 7 fieldfare - Robert Callf, also female stonechat nr Enfield Rd for Robin White North Mymms area, Potters Bar, Herts, 2 woodcock, 3 marsh tits, c5 bullfinch - A Middleton Sun. 27.10.02
Stockers Lake. Pair of Red-crested
Pochard seen
from Heron viewpoint. - Rex Cox. Sat 26-10-02 Waltham
Cross area: 67
golden plover at 14.00 in field west of
A10 opposite Little Chef near M25 roundabout...Martin
Shepherd Fri 25-10-02 Rye
Meads RSPB 3 Bearded Tits from Draper hide at 0930. Lesser
yellowlegs
still present Amwell. On 23-10
02 a Cetti's Warbler heard at Rye Meads RSPB
East hide, but not since (too*********windy). Alan Harris |
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Sat 26th October, Groveland's Park, Southgate, evening bird-walk 16.30-18.0hrs 'Mandarins at dusk', meet 16.30hrs Southgate tube station or 16.45hrs Bourne Hill car-park entrance (southside of park). LNHS walk - all welcome - Robert Callf Wed 23/10/02 Greenwich Peninsula.
Adult Ring-billed Gull
on Bugsby Reach on the north side of the Dome with 4
adult Yellow-legged Gull's, 2
Shags, Peregrine Falcon flew west
up river and a local rarity for this area a Rook was feeding
along the high tide line. Greenwich Ecology Park
held 1 Chiffchaff and 1 Little Grebe, with 11 Chaffinches
and 5 Meadow Pipits over, heading south-west. A few Ruddy
and Common Darters still around plus 1 Speckled Wood.
Around the Thames Barrier area the 500+ Teal and now
60+ Shelduck, Kingfisher and Chiffchaff. Up to 80+
Cormorants seen between the Dome and the Barrier. Maryon
Wilson Park 3 Calling Nuthatches,
2 Gt. Spotted and 2 Green Woodpeckers, Chiffchaff and a
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