JANUARY 2004

31st January

• East India Dock Basin : imm M Scaup, m Goldeneye
• Bittern Watchpoint: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (AG
• Hooks Marsh: Egyptian Goose (AG)
• Fairlop: 100 Golden Plover

30th January

• Weald Park : Firecrest, 14 Siskin (CRJ)
• East India Dock Basin : m Goldeneye

29th January

• Weald Park : 2 Firecrest (CRJ)
• Rainham Marshes: 25 Pintail (NB-W)
• Fairlop: no sign of Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler
• East India Dock Basin : imm M Scaup, m Goldeneye

28th January

• Fairlop: Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler
• East India Dock Basin: 2 Shelduck, imm M Scaup, m Pintail, 12 Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Peregrine, m Goldeneye (GJ)
• Weald Park : 2 Little Grebe, 190 Mallard, 7 Pochard, 2 Firecrest

27th January

• Fairlop: 14 Gadwall, 8 Teal, 1 Shoveler, 27 Golden Plover, 650 Lapwing, 37 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing (HV)
• North Woolwich : 180 Teal. 12 Mallard, 3 Redshank, ad Yellow-legged Gull (HV)
• Harold Wood: male Blackcap (CRJ)
• Harold Wood Park : 18 Fieldfare, 225 Redwing (CRJ)
• Harold Hill: all 3 Woodpecker species, pr Nuthatch, 70 Chaffinch, 120 Greenfinch, 2 Bullfinch (CRJ)
• Pages Farm, Upminster: 40 Skylark (CRJ)
• South Chingford : f Peregrine (John Moss)

26th January

• Harold Hill: 2 Hawfinch, 80 Greenfinch 130 Redwing, 45 Chaffinches (CRJ) all 3 Woodpeckers (PG)
• Fairlop: Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler
• Harold Hill: 65 House Sparrow (CRJ)
• Nags Head SW (no public access): Little Grebe, Shoveler, 2 Water Rail, 3 Grey Wagtails, 3 Reed Bunting (CRJ)

Gull Survey Results

• Final totals for the Coordinated Gull count on 17th January for:
• Inner Thames: 43,601 Black-headed Gulls, 2319 Common Gulls, 2 Meds, 1898 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 2308 Herring Gulls, 11 Yellow-legged Gulls, 857 Great Black-backed Gulls, 1 Glaucous Gull
• KGV & Girling Reservoirs: 25,600 Black-headed Gulls, 9460 Common Gulls, 620 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 273 Herring Gulls, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, 28 Great Black-backed Gulls

25th January

• Weald Park : 2 Firecrest (CRJ)
• Rainham Marshes: 6 Great Crested Grebe, 11 Little Grebe, 224 Greylag, 137 Canada Geese, 832 Wigeon, 116 Gadwall, 2467 Teal, 451 Mallard, 117 Shoveler, 34 Pintail, 2690 Lapwing, 28 Snipe, 4 Curlew, 2 Green Sand, 1 Common Sand, 3 male Ruff, 2 Bearded Tit, 8 Stonechat, 3 Water Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, 44 Reed Bunting, 19 Song Thrush, 36 House Sparrow (WeBS counters)
• Fairlop: Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler (DFn, HV)
• Walthamstow Reservoir: 28 Little Grebe, 91 Mute Swan, 2 Shelduck, 169 Pochard, 19 Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper (SRH)
• Barking Bay: 182 Shelduck, 987 Teal, 39 Gadwall, 95 Redshank, Green Sandpiper (SHu)
• Warley Gap: 2 Firecrest, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Coal Tit, Nuthatch (CRJ)
• Bedfords Park : pair Mandarin (CRJ)
• Boyles Court Farm: Little Owl (CRJ)
• Woolwich Ferry: no sign of Casper but large dark hybrid gull with yellow-legs (PD)
• Beckton: 474 Teal (PD)
• Fishers Green Goose Field: 17 White-fronted Geese south (RW)

24th January

• Fairlop: Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler ( mo )
• Corbets Tey: Black-necked Grebe, f Goldeneye (DMo)
• Belhus Woods CP: 3m 7rh Smew, 61 Wigeon, 41 Gadwall, 86 Teal (SBa)
• Rainham GP (no public access): 2 Green Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler (DMo)
• Corbets Tey Park: Firecrest, Nuthatch (DMo)
• Harold Hill: Hawfinch, 2pr Stock Dove, all 3 Woodpeckers, 3 Nutchatch (CRJ)
• Harold Court : 5 Snipe (CRJ)
• Gerpins Lane : 21 Yellowhammer (DMo)
• Seventy Acres Lake : 1 st yr Med Gull (NC) Bittern, Waxwing ( per MDD)
• Holyfield Lake : 2 Little Egret roosted ( per MDD)
• Royal Victoria Docks: pair Peregrine (PD)
• Woolwich Ferry: no sign of Casper but large dark hybrid gull with yellow-legs (PD)
• Gravel Pit Wood, Colliers Hatch: Common Buzzard (MS)

23rd January

• Harold Hill: pair Hawfinches, 37 Greenfinch, Treecreeper, Nuthatch (CRJ)
• Fairlop: Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler (mo)
• Nags Head Lane , Brentwood : 81 Fieldfare (CRJ)
• Bedfords Park : pair Mandarin, 21 Mipit, 100 Redwing (CRJ)

22nd January

• Harold Hill: 2 Hawfinches (CRJ)
• Barking Park: 97 Carrion Crow (HV)
• Fairlop: Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler (mo)
• Corbets Tey: Black-necked Grebe (NC)

21st January

• Kennington Park , Aveley: adult Caspian Gull, 2 ad & 1 1st yr Yellow-legged Gull, orange painted Herring Gull; coloured at Gerrards Cross, near Heathrow on 12-13th Nov 2003 . (HV)
• Rainham Marshes: 14 Curlew, 29 Pintail, 212 Greylag, 31 Golden Plover, 235 Redshank (HV)
• Berwick Pond: Lesser Redpoll (HV)
• Harold Hill: Hawfinch, 25 Greenfinch, 60 Redwing, 2 Nuthatch (CRJ)
• Fairlop: Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler (mo)
• Lower Bedfords : 110 Redwing (CRJ)
• Pemberton Cottage, Broxhill Rd , Havering: 40 Greenfinch (CRJ)
• Bedfords Park : 10 Fieldfare, 4 Song Thrush, 6 Goldcrest, 3 Treecreeper, 19 Goldfinch (CRJ)
• Dagenham Chase: 3 Firecrest, 6 Chiffchaff (PD et al )

20th January

• Fairlop: Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler( mo)
• Navestock: 13 Red-legged Partridges (PG)
• Weald Park : m Goosander, 2 Little Owls, 15 Chaffinches, 20 Greenfinches, 4 Reed Buntings (CRJ)

19th January

• Fairlop: Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler (mo)
• Rainham Marshes: 130 Black-tailed Godwit (NB-W)
• Weald Park: 162 Mallard, 9 Pochard, 10 Tufted Duck, 2m 4rh Goosander, 31 Moorhen, 25 Blackbird, 50 Redwing, 17 Greenfinches, 12 Goldfinches, Hawfinch (CRJ)

18th January

• Fairlop: Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler (mo) & Yellow-browed Warbler (Russell Neave) 3 Brambling, Chiffchaff (AAB, Malcolm Brown)
• Weald Park : 2m 3rh Goosander, 2 Firecrest, 3 Meadow Pipits, 9 Lesser Redpoll, 170 Black-headed Gull (CRJ)
• Great Warley area: 2 Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest (CRJ)
• Warley Gap: 6 Goldcrest (CRJ)
• Harold Hill: Tawny Owl (CRJ)
• Belhus Woods CP: 1rh 2m Smew
• Grange Waters complex, Ockenden: f Red-crested Pochard, 112 Tufted Duck, 68 Pochard, 58 Wigeon, 18 Shoveler, 300 Lapwing, Stonechat, Lesser Redpoll (DMo)
• KGV Res: imm m & f Scaup, f Red-breasted Merganser, ad Yellow-legged Gull ( mo )
• Girling Res: 9 Black-necked Grebe, ad Yellow-legged Gull, Redshank (SRH)
• Dagenham Chase: 8 Lesser Redpoll (KB)
• Romford (private garden): pair Blackcap (KB)
• Rainham Marshes: 26 Pintail, 3 Water Pipit (NB-W)
• Chingford Marsh: male Stonechat (Russell Vaughan)
• Cornmill Meadows: m Pintail

17th January

• Fairlop: Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler, 372 Lapwing, 17 Golden Plover (SRH)
• Harrow Lodge Park : 2 Little Egrets (Val Pittaway)
• Dagenham Chase: 2 Firecrest, Tom Thumb Lake (new birds as still 2 in River Rom area) (VH-F) 92 Golden Plover (KB)
• Belhus Woods CP: 6rh 2m Smew
• Banbury Reservoir: 13 White-fronted Geese, Common Sandpiper, Chiffchaff
• Weald Park : 2 Firecrest (CRJ)
• Tilbury Docks: 1st yr Med Gull (HV)
• West Thurrock: 4ad 2 1st yr Yellow-legged Gulls, 2 Knot, 700 Dunlin, 23 Curlew, 160 Redshank, 200 Lapwing, 5 Ringed Plover, 145 Shelduck, 170 Mallard, 150 Teal (HV)
• Rainham Marshes: 3 ad Yellow-legged Gull, 6 Curlew, 61 Blackwit, 189 Redshank, 129 Shelduck, 200 Dunlin, Grey Plover, Little Egret, calling Long-eared Owl (DMo)
• Barking Bay: 2nd yr Yellow-legged Gull (AJAD)
• Details of the co-ordinated gull roost count on the Thames and Lee Valley to follow shortly
• Harold Hill: 3 Stock Dove, Nuthatch (CRJ)
• Weald Park : 14 Cormorant, 3rh Goosander, 9 Fieldfare, 2 Firecrest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Bullfinch (CRJ)
• Sandpit Lane, Pilgrims Hatch: 300 Jackdaw (CRJ)

16th January

• Fairlop: Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler
• Bedfords Park : 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, f Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 25 Siskin, 3 Lesser Redpoll (CRJ)
• Barking Park: Woodcock, 87 Carrion Crow (HV)

15th January

• Fairlop: Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler, Redshank, 200 Golden Plover (Simon Papps) and Yellow-browed Warbler also seen, Chiffchaff (NCG)
• Ilford, private garden: male Blackcap (Linda Vaughan)
• Beckton SW (no public access): f Black Redstart (DMo)

14th January

• Fairlop: Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler, female Black Redstart
• Ilford, private garden: pair Blackcap (HV)
• Bedford Park: Sparrowhawk, Woodcock, 23 Meadow Pipit, 18 Blackbird, 5 Song Thrush, 10 Goldcrest, 3 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 300 Jackdaw, 15 Chaffinch, 7 Goldfinch, 6 Lesser Redpoll, 5 Bullfinch (CRJ)

13th January

• Fairlop: Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler
• Dagenham Chase: Firecrest, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Water Rail, 2 Bullfinch, 37 Blackbird (HV, KB)
• Rainham Marshes: Barges: 2 Water Pipits, 2 ad Yellow-legged Gulls (HV)
• Connaught Water: 35 Mandarin (PM)
• Harold Hill: 50 Redwing (CRJ)

12th January

• Arena Essex GP, Thurrock Services: Great Northern Diver
• Fairlop: Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler, Chiffchaff, 4 Goldcrest, 225 Fieldfare, 210 Lapwing ( AAB , NS , HV et al)
• Dagenham Chase: American Robin (Fred Linehan, see Photo page for sketch)
• Holyfield Hall Farm: 4 Tree Sparrows (John Picton)

11th January

• Arena Essex GP, Thurrock Services: Great Northern Diver
• Fairlop: Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler first London and Essex Record (AAB) Firecrest, 6 Goldcrest, 36 Teal, 12 Reed Bunting
• Holyfield Lake : Slavonian Grebe
• Holyfield Hall Farm: 8 Brambling (SRH)
• Harold Hill: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (CRJ)

10th January

• Arena Essex GP, Thurrock Services: Great Northern Diver
• Belhus Woods CP: rh Smew (Gerry Pittaway)
• Theydon Bois: Marsh Tit by golf course (MS)
• Sewardstone: Barn Owl (DH, SP)

9th January

• Arena Essex GP, Thurrock Services: Great Northern Diver
• Weald Park : 2 Firecrest, female Goosander (CRJ)
• Warley: 100 Redwing (CRJ)
• Great Warley area: 3 Firecrest (CRJ)
• Bedfords Park : 4 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Bullfinch (CRJ)
• Dagenham Chase: American Robin (Fred Linehan)
• Nazeing GP: 34 Goosander, 32 great Crested Grebe (Tim Hill)

8th January

• Arena Essex GP, Thurrock Services: Great Northern Diver
• Weald Park: 2 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 7 Cormorant, 9 Pochard, female Goosander, 25 Moorhen, 2 Little Owl, 5 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 Firecrest, 180 Jackdaw, 25 Goldfinch, 4 Reed Bunting (CRJ)

7th January

• Arena Essex GP, Thurrock Services: Great Northern Diver
• Bedfords Park: Sparrowhawk, 4 Green, 3 Great Spot and pr Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers, 10 Mipit, 10 Blackbird, 2 Fieldfare, 30 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, 4 Mistle Thrush, 2 Treecreeper, 3 Lesser Redpoll (CRJ)

6th January

• Arena Essex GP, Thurrock Services: Great Northern Diver
• Harold Hill: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (CRJ)
• Bedfords Park : f Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Sparrowhawk, 3 Bullfinch (CRJ)

5th January

• Arena Essex GP, Thurrock Services: Great Northern Diver
• Warley: 105 Redwing, 14 Chaffinch (CRJ)
• Great Warley area: 4 Firecrest, 14 Goldcrest, Coal Tit, 2 Treecreeper (CRJ)
• Warley Gap: Firecrest, Goldcrest (CRJ)

• Arena Essex GP, Thurrock Services: Great Northern Diver
• Rainham Marshes: 5 Blackwit, 150 Dunlin, 218 Redshank, 14 Rock Pipit, 10 Snipe, Jack Snipe, 116 Shelduck (DMo)
• Beckton SW (no public access): Bearded Tit, Common Sandpiper, Rock Pipit, 158 Tufted Duck (DMo)
• Hooks Marsh: 9m 2rh Smew, Chiffchaff (SRH)
• Seventy Acres Lake : Bittern, Water Rail, 430 Lapwing (SRH)
• Holyfield Hall Farm: Tree Sparrow, Common Buzzard, 16 Yellowhammer, 20 Reed Bunting, Linnet, Stonechat, 8 Skylark, 48 Collared Dove (Bird Race Teams)
• Amwell: Jack Snipe, 7 Little Egret, 2m 3 rh Smew, 3 Marsh Tit, 5 Sparrowhawks (together!) 3 Brambling, 30 Siskin, 6 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Tawny Owl, Barnacle Goose, Shelduck, 2 Snipe, 3f Goldeneye, 2 Green Sandpiper (Bird Race Teams)
• Sewardstone Marsh: 3+ Woodcock, Little Owl, Wigeon, f Goosander, large Jackdaw roost (Bird Race Teams)
• Sewardstone Farmland: 8 Red-legged Partridges (Bird Race Teams)
• Nazeing GP: 19f 11m Goosander, 42 Great Crested Grebe (Bird Race Teams)
• Rye Meads RSPB: Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Firecrest, Goldcrest, 17 Golden Plover, 200 Lapwing, Nuthatch, Kingfisher, Linnet, 12 Siskin, 4 Grey Wagtail, Meadow Pipit (Bird Race Teams)
• KGV Res: many Ruddy Duck (Bird Race Teams)
• Girling Res: 2 Black-necked Grebes (Bird Race Teams)
• Picketts Lock: Ring-necked Parakeet (Bird Race Teams)
• Walthamstow Res: Common Sandpiper (Bird Race Teams)
• Harold Court : 8 Snipe, 3 Skylark (CRJ)
• Nags Head Lane , Brentwood : 6 Fieldfare, Grey Wagtail (CRJ)
• South Weald: 250 Redwing (CRJ)
• Berwick Pond: Cetti's Warbler (PH)

• Weald Park : 2 Firecrest, Little Owl, 180 Mallard. 8 Stock Dove, 2 Rook, 38 Greenfinch (CRJ)
• South Weald: 100 Redwing, 50 Goldfinch (CRJ)
• Harold Wood / Hill / Park area: 350+ Redwing, 2 Fieldfare
• KGV Dock Mouth: ad Caspian Gull, female Goosander (Neil Chambers)
• Arena Essex GP, Thurrock Services: Great Northern Diver (Neil Chambers)
• Rainham Marshes: The Barges: 2 Water, 5 Rock Pipit (Neil Chambers) 22 Mipit, 2 Grey Wagtail, 12 Snipe, 2 Gadwall, 8 Shelduck, m Sparrowhawk (SBa)
• Rainham Marshes: RSPB: 900 Wigeon, 800 Teal, 36 Pintail, 180 Shoveler, 65 Gadwall, 40 Greylag, Kingfisher, 70 Goldfinches (SBa)
• Stubbers OPC (no public access): Black-necked Grebe (Neil Chambers)
• Mollands Lane GP / Grange Waters: 73 Wigeon, 186 Tufted Duck, 78 Pochard, 2 Lesser Redpoll, Corn Bunting, 156 Fieldfare, 104 Greylag, 35 Golden Plover (DMo)
• Rainham Marshes: Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, 2m 4f Pintail, Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, 204 Greylag, 2 ad Yellow-legged Gull, 23 Dunlin, 11 Blackwit (DMo)
• Walthamstow Reservoir: 191 Pochard, 10 Goldeneye, 60 Ruddy Duck, Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 2 Rock Pipit (SRH)
• Belhus Woods CP: 3m 7f Smew

2nd January

• A12 Harold Hill: 270 Redwing (CRJ)
• Weald Park : 2 Firecrest, Little Owl, Coal Tit, 11 Pochard (CRJ)
• Arena Essex GP, Thurrock Services: Great Northern Diver (HV)
• Belhus Wood CP: 2m 3rh Smew (SBa)
• KGV Dock Mouth: ad Caspian Gull & sub ad Yellow-legged Gull (HV)
• Rainham Marshes: Barges: pair Goosander west, female Scaup east, 48 Redwing, 23 Blackbird, 27 Mipit, 5 Rockit, 2 Water Pipit, 2 Grey Wagtail, 19 Skylark, 9000 Black-headed Gull, 143 Redshank, 1 Dunlin, Water Rail. Aveley Bay & Pools: 33 Blackwit, 112 Redshank, 4 Curlew, Grey Plover, 2300 Lapwing, 32 Dunlin, 66 Shelduck, 3 ad Yellow-legged Gulls, 350 Teal, 12 Greylags (HV)

1st January

• Berwick Ponds: 2 Bitterns late afternoon on main pond (TK, DMo)
• Barking Bay: Ruddy Shelduck, Avocet (KB)
• Dagenham Chase: Firecrest (KB)
• Arena Essex GP, Thurrock Services: Great Northern Diver (KB)
• Bedfords Park : 9 Meadow Pipit, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Goldcrest, Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Bullfinch (CRJ)
• Noak Hill: 5 Bullfinch, 50 Redwing (CRJ)
• South Weald: 30 Fieldfare, 22 House Sparrow (CRJ)
• Weald Park : Brambling, 6 Reed Bunting (CRJ)
• Belhus Wood CP: 2m 1rh Smew