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October 2007
31st October
  • Rainham Marshes: 1st yr Turtle Dove, Hen Harrier (ringtail), Woodlark west at 1130, 12 Golden Plover, 6 Stonechat, 3 Grey Wagtails, 30 Blackwit, 2 Curlew, 6 Pintail, 450 Woodpigeon (south), 3 Fieldfare, 8 Redwing (RSPB) .
  • West Thurrock Marshes: Wood Pigeon 880 all SSW, 34 Goldfinch, 69 Fieldfare, 48 Redwing, 2 Siskin, 214 Redshank, 4 Rock Pipit, 4 Grey Plover, 17 Curlew, 8 Yellow Legged Gulls, 44 Meadow Pipits, 8 Black Tailed Godwits, 9 Common Snipe, 3 Lesser Redpoll, Little Egret and Goldcrest. (DMo)
30th October
  • Rainham Marshes: 1st yr Turtle Dove, 3 White-fronted Geese, 47 Blackwit, 70 Redshank, Peregrine, 350 Wigeon, 120 Teal, 6 Pintail, Buzzard (RSPB)
  • Dagenham Chase: Peregrine, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Stonechat, Mallard with 3 ducklings (VH-F)

 

29th October
  • Mayesbrook Park: Little Egret, 6 Shoveler, pair Gadwall, Kingfisher (PHa)
  • Rainham Marshes: 1st yr Turtle Dove, 3 White-fronted Geese (RSPB)
28th October
  • Rainham Marshes: 1st yr Turtle Dove, 3 White-fronted Geese, Little Stint, Golden Plover, Ruff, 9 Pintail, 21 Snipe, 8 Fieldfare, 9 Redwing, 2 Lesser Redpoll, Mealy Redpoll, Kingfsher, Peregrine, Water Rail, Water Pipit, Rock Pipit, Redshank, 2 Golden Plover, 6 Stonechat, 2 Cetti's Warbler (PM, PHa DMo, SHa) Grey Plover, Saker falcon type hybrid (RSPB)
  • Fairlop: Wheatear, Tawny Owl, 5 Lesser erdpoll, Kingfisher (AAB)
27th October
  • Fairlop: Wheatear (AAB)
  • Walthamstow Reservoirs: 12 Swallows, 14 Wigeon, 50 Teal, 2 Little Egrets (David Callahan).
  • Rainham Marshes: 1st yr Turtle Dove, 3 White-fronted Geese, 2 R N Parakeet, 2 Lesser Redpoll, Mealy Redpoll, 40 Linnet, 80 Greenfinch, 10 House Sparrow, Peregrine, Cetti's Warbler, 40 Blackwit, Ruff (RSPB) Bullfinch, Kingfisher, 3 Fieldfare, 3 Rock Pipit, 5 Stonechat, Grey Plover, Water Pipit, 51 Redshank, 44 Dunlin, 2 Curlew (DMo)
  • Connaught Waters: rh Smew (ELBF)
  • West Thurrock Marshes: 2 Yellow Legged Gulls, Goldcrest, 89 Redshank, 2 Grey Plover, 2 Rock Pipit, Water Pipit(1st for site), 2 Chiffchaff, 32 Redwing, 400 Wood Pigeon North, Oystercatcher, Redpoll sp, 54 Fieldfare, 10 Curlew, 2 Dunlin and Little Egret. (DMo)

 

26th October
  • Connaught Waters: rh Smew  30 Teals, pair Mandarin, 30+ Coots (J Luckhurst)
  • Chingford Plains: Lesser spotted woodpecker
  • Rainham Marshes: 1st yr Turtle Dove, 3 White-fronted Geese, Ruff, 2 Bearded Tits, R N Parakeet, 13 Goldfinch, 20 Greenfinch, 10 Blackbird, 5 Stonechat, 6 Reed Bunting, 15 House Sparrow, 8 Collared Dove, Turtle Dove, 28 Linnet, 3 Jay, Kingfisher, 200 Lapwing, 86 Redshank, 2 Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 6 Dunlin,  120 Greylags, 54 Canada Goose, 62 Teal, 131 Wigeon, 2 Rock Pipits (RB, Pat Hart)

 

25th October
  • Berwick Pond: Bittern (LH)
  • Rainham Marshes: 1st yr Turtle Dove, Continental Coal Tit, 12 Great Tit, 7 Blue Tit, 18 Curlew, 4 Avocet, 70 Blackwit, 120 Redshank, 70 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch, 2 Fieldfare, 21 Redwing, 3 Rock Pipit, 260 Wigeon, 98 Greylag, 31 Canada Geese, 12 Snipe, 3 Kingfisher (HV, PS) Brambling (RSPB)

 

24th October
  • Rainham Marshes: Great White Egret, 2nd yr Caspian Gull, 1st yr Turtle Dove, Bearded Tit, Cetti's Warbler, Water Rail, Water Pipit, Ruff, 4+ Yellow-legged Gulls, 62+ Black-tailed Godwits, 3 Curlews, 25 Dunlin, c60 Redshanks, 5 GBBGulls, 2 Goldcrests, m Sparrowhawk, 4 Stonechats (HV, Paul Whiteman, David Callahan). 150 Greenfinch west (JS) Peregrine (Paul Baker)
  • Roding Valley NR: 65 Pied Wagtail. Shoveler (BJ)

 

23rd October
  • Rainham Marshes: Cattle Egret present all day, Great White Egret appeared at 3pm and then was seen occasionally out on Aveley Marsh tll at least 4:30pm (HV et al) 5 Little Egrets, 6 Pintail, 250 Wigeon (RSPB) 47 Black Tailed Godwits, 53 Redshank, 2 Curlew and 74 Dunlin. (DMo)
  • Ingrebourne Valley: 24 Teal, 14 Yellowhammer, 18 Reed Bunting, 26 Chaffinch, 2 Green Sandpipers, 58 Stock Doves, female Sparrowhawk, 100 Linnet and 120 Skylarks (DMo)
  • Mayesbrook Park: Little Egret, 2 Teal, 12 Pochard (PHa)
  • South Park: 2 Redwing, 4 Mistle Thrush, Green Woodpecker, Jay, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Pied Wagtail, Greenfinch, Chaffinch. (Julian Bennett)

 

22nd October
  • Rainham Marshes: Cattle Egret , 5 Little Egret, 2 Siskin, 38 Greenfinch, 21 Chaffinch, 12 LInnet, 9 Goldfinch, 6 Song Thrush, 2 Ring-necked Parakeets, 12 Stonechat, 8 Rock Pipit, Water Pipit, 3 Grey Wagtail, Black-tailed Godwit, Golden Plover, 2 Curlew, imm m Peregrine, juv Marsh Harrier east, Black Swan (deceased!) (HV) Great White Egret (Chris Slade, Eric Couzens, Pat Johnson, Albert Dance, Sarah Flight)
  • Walthamstow Res: f & 1W drake Goldeneye, 78 Gadwall, Jackdaw, 13 Wigeon, 16 Mistle Thrushes, 2 Com Sands, pair Stonechats (David Callahan).

 

21st October
  • Enfield Lock: Fieldfare.  (MS)
  • Gunpowder Park: 3 Stonechat, Fieldfare, Brambling, 25 Meadow Pipit, 15 Skylark, 20 Greenfinch. (MS)
  • Mott Street: 30 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, Stonechat, 5 Goldcrest, Skylark. (MS)
  • Rainham Marshes: Cattle Egret , Little Egret, Brambling. 2 Bearded Tit, Lesser Redpoll, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Curlew, 20 Black-tailed Godwit, Jack Snipe, 5 Rock Pipit, Water Pipit (PHa) Dartford Warbler c1pm at end of cycleway near rubbish tip, 4 Bearded Tit, 2 Peregrine, Golden Plover, 200 Greylag, Black Swan, Ruff, Black Redstart (RSPB) Marsh Harrier (Paul Frampton, David Jobbins)
  • Walthamstow Res: 3 Mandarin, 3 Redpoll, Siskin and 2 Brambling (PL)

 

20th October
  • Rainham Marshes: Cattle Egret all day (roosted the night before in the Cordite trees), 2 Water Pipits, 8 Rock Pipits, Bearded Tit, 13 Stonechat, 6 Pintail, 2 Siskin, 36 Blackwit, 2 Curlew, Dunlin, 17 Snipe, Black Swan (HV, LH, PHa) Buzzard, m Whinchat (RSPB) Great White Egret early am only
  • Fishers Green Goosefield: Barnacle Goose 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Stonechats, Fieldfare (Craig Messenger)
  • Seventy Acres Lake: Cettis Warbler (Craig Messenger)

 

19th October:
  • Leyton Flats: Woodlark (Gary James)
  • Rainham Marshes: Great White Egret till 0850, Cattle Egret all day, 4 Little Egret, 5 Blackwit, 80 Redshank, 2 Cetti's Warblers, Lesser Redpoll, Siskin (PHa, LH, JS)
18th October:
  • Rainham Marshes: Cattle Egret (DMi)
17th October:
  • Rainham Marshes: Cattle Egret, Little Stint (DS)
14th October
  • Dagenham Chase: Red Kite (VH-F)
  • Rainham Marshes: 4 singing Cetti's Warbler, 10+ Stonechats, 2 Ruff, Dunlin, Redwings & Fieldfares, 2 Rock Pipit, Grey Wagtail (Jim Smith)
  • Walthamstow Reservoirs: Curlew (S) 0720, ad Yellow-legged Gull (no5), Ring-necked Parakeet (S), 5 Redwing, 8 Lapwing (S), Peregrine, Yellow Wag (S), 2 Skylarks (S), 18+ Jackdaws, 4 Stonechat, 20 Wigeon, Snipe, 2 Wheatears, 4 Green Sands, Com Sand, 8 Mipits, 5 Grey Wags, 29 Pied Wags, 5 Chiffchaffs, 40+ Magpies, 8 Jays, 40+ Robins, 36+ Chaffinches, 2 Linnet (David Callahan).
13th October
  • Seventy Acres: Bittern in reeds in front of hide, 70 Shoveler, 2 singing Cetti's Warblers (Simon Papps)
  • Bowyers Water: Black-necked Grebe, 200+ Wigeon, 100+ Gadwall. (Simon Papps)
  • Cornmill Meadows: 205 Lapwing, 6 Snipe, 2 Stonechat, 25+ Siskins, 115+ Redwing, pair of Sparrowhawks apparently hunting together (Simon Papps)
  • West Thurrock Marshes: Redstart34 Meadow Pipit, Wheatear, Lesser Redpoll, Rock Pipit, Fieldfare, 26 Redwing, 14 Chaffinch, 5 Siskin , 800 Starling, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, (DMo)
  • Rainham Marshes: 5 Little Egret, Ruff, 5 Snipe, Little Stint, 4 Dunlin, 2 Greenshank, 10 Redshank, 2 Stonechat, 10 Fieldfare (Jan Hein van Steenis)

 

12th October
  • Grey Goose Farm, Stifford Clays: 16 Grey Partridge (RB)
  • Ingrebourne Valley: Kingfisher, Stonechat; Lapwing; 4 Shoveler, 4 Mallard, 2 Mute Swan; 20 Teal (David McCarthy)
11th October
  • Fairlop: 4 Stonechat (Griff Holliday)
10th October
  • Rainham Marshes: Little Stint (SS) m Dunlin, 2 Blackwit, 3 Greenshank, 4 Stonechat, 35 Meadow Pipit, 3 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1st yr Y L Gull, 4 Rock Pipit, 3 Kingfisher, 113 Greylag (RSPB)
9th October
  • Rainham Marshes: Ruff, Greenshank, Spotted Redshank, Blackwit, Curlew, 2 Snipe, 5 Stonechats (ME)
8th October
  • Mayesbrook Park: 5 Gadwall, 3 Teal,5 Pochard, 4 Shoverler, 2 Green woodpecker, Chiffchaff (PHa)
7th October
  • Dagenham Chase: Cetti's Warbler, 20 Mistle Thrushes (VH-F)
  • Ilford, Valentines Park: Valentino the Med Gull is back! (Peter Hopkins)
  • Rainham Marshes: 2 Greenshank, Hobby, 7 Little Egret, Siskin, 2 Brambling, 9 Redwing, 4 Chiffchaff, 60 Redshank, Lesser Redpoll, 4 Goldcrest, 160 Wigeon, 4 Rock Pipit (RSPB) Firecrest (HV, PHa) 20 Blackbird, 3 Blackcap, Yellowhammer (Simon Wood) Wheatear, 2 Tree Sparrows (Rod Standing) 2 imm Marsh Harriers (HV)

 

6th October
  • Netherhall GP: Kingfisher, 2 Stonechat, 10 Wigeon, Shoveler, Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker (Nigel May)
  • Rainham Marshes: probable Blyth's Reed Warbler (Roy Woodward) 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Hobbies, 5 Little Egret, Siskin, 12 Redwing, 3 Chiffchaff, Bullfinch, 3 Brambling, , 12 Common Snipe, 15 Stonechat, imm m Red Breasted Merganser, 60 Redshank, Lesser Redpoll, Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 3 Grey Plover, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, 2 House Martin (DMo, PHa) 178 Wigeon, 4 Rock Pipit, 3 Swallow, 4 Yellow-legged Gulls (RSPB) 2 Firecrest Yellowhammer (HV, Angie Hipkin, Alex West, Cayla Crundwell, SHa)
  • Dagenham Chase: Cetti's Warbler (VH-F)

 

5th October
  • Rainham Marshes: probable Blyth's Reed Warbler (DD-L)
4th October
  • Rainham Marshes: probable Blyth's Reed Warbler (RSPB) Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Siskin, 21 Song Thrush, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, f Marsh Harrier (RSPB)
  • KGV Res: Black-Necked Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 30 Wigeon, Common Tern, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 2 Wheatear (Pat Hart)

 

3rd October
  • Rainham Marshes: Brambling, 9 Chaffinch, 32 Song Thrush, 21 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 8 Blackbird, 36 Goldfinch, 17 Linnet, 4 Grey Wagtail, 11 Dunnock in funny places including high flying flock of 5!, 39 Meadow Pipit, 2 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 53 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 10 Stonechat, m Peregrine, Redstart, 26 Skylark (HV) Bearded Tit, 2 Sandwich Terns (ME) Green Sandpiper (DS)
  • Gidea Park: 2 Sandwich Terns (Paul Baker)
  • Hall Marsh Scrape: Siskin (Terry & Ann Smith)
  • Bowyers Water: 2 B N Grebes (Terry & Ann Smith)
  • Girling Res: rt Hen Harrier, 7 Green Sandpiper, Common Sand, 5 Black-necked Grebes (per RW)
  • Walthamstow Filter Beds: Wheatear, 2 Grey Wagtails.(DB)
  • Bedfords Park: 2m1f Stonechat, 35 House Martin, 28 Swallow, 12 Siskin (CRJ)
  • Rochetts Fm, South Weald: 2 Grey Wagtails
  • Tylers Common: 150 Meadow Pipit (CRJ)

 

2nd October
  • Rainham Marshes: 10 Stonechat, 53 Swallow, 10 Redwing, 2 Rook, 14 Jackdaw, 2 Kingfisher, 23 Common Tern, Arctic Tern (all juvs), 140 Canada Geese, 90 Greylag, Little Stint, 17 Dunlin, Jack Snipe, 14 Snipe (HV, Michael Ellison) Redstart (RSPB)
  • Woodford Bridge, River Roding: Reed Warbler, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Jay, Common Gull (Alan Hobson)

1st October
  • Rainham Marshes: 2 Stonechat, 3 Little Egret (JN) 2nd yr Caspian Gull (Garry James) 43 Swallow (HV) 6 Arctic Tern, 6 Grey Plover, 16 Redshank (Phil Street)
  • Highams Park: 12 House Martin (MDD)

 


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