OCTOBER 2004

• Rainham Marshes: Dartford Warbler, 4 Stonechat, 187 Redshank, 14 Rock Pipit, 2 Water Pipit, 1 Grey Wag, 3 Brent Geese, 2 Grey Plover, 1 Curlew, 1 Little Egret, 28 Dunlin, 2 Black Tailed Godwit, (DMo, KB)
• Warley Place / Dark Lane: 4 Firecrest, 20 Goldcrest (CRJ)
• Headley Common / Warley Gap: 3 Firecrest, 12 Goldcrest (CRJ)
• Fishers Green Goose-field: f Peregrine (MDD, DH, RW)
• Holyfield Hall Farm: Lesser Redpoll, Golden Plover, Pink-footed Goose (MDD, DH, RW)
• Bittern Watchpoint: Cetti's Warbler, Siskin (MDD, RW, DH)
• Walthamstow Res: Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 2 Lapwing, f Pheasant, 2 Kingfisher, 5 Goldeneye, 7 Meadow Pipit, 7Wigeon, 27 Ruddy Ducks, Green & Common Sand, Stonechat, Siskin (CL)
• Valentines Park: Med Gull, m Ring-necked Parakeet, 28 Robin, 26 Blue Tit, 25 Blackbird, 10 Goldcrest (Peter Hopkins)
  

• Rainham Marshes: imm Dartford Warbler, Peregrine, Barn Owl, 6 Pintail (RSPB, Sussex Orni Group)
• Fairlop: 2 Short-eared Owls (AAB)
• Bedfords Park: Lesser Redpoll, 3 Siskin, 8 Fieldfare, 40 Redwing (CRJ)
• Romford Brewery: 100 Pied Wagtail in roost (PH)
• Highams Park: Shag west at 12.20 (MDD)
• Valentines Park: Med Gull, 50 Jackdaw, Skylark (Peter Hopkins)

• River Beam Extension, Dagenham East: Woodcock, 2 Lesser Redpoll (LH)
• Thorndon CP South: 2 Little Owl, Tawny Owl, (CRJ, MW)
• Warley Place EWT: Firecrest (CRJ)

• Rainham Marshes: f Northern Bullfinch, Firecrest, 25 Fieldfare, m Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 65 Golden Plover, 5 Grey Plover, 6 Curlew, Yellowhammer (RSPB)
• Walthamstow Res: 33 Little Grebe, 37 Shoveler, 2 Goldeneye, 28 Ruddy Duck, 1 Common Sandpiper(SRH)
• Connaught Water: pr Red-crested Pochard, 14 Mandarin, pr Wood Duck (MDD)
• Strawberry Hill Pond: 19 Mandarin (MDD)
• Valentines Park: Med Gull, 2 Teal (Peter Hopkins)

• Harold Hill: 300 Wood Pigeon sw, 2 Grey Wagtail (CRJ)
• Barking Park: 420 Wood Pigeon, Kingfisher, Brambling, 30 Redwing, 7 Shoveler (HV)
• Rainham Marshes: 3750 Wood Pigeons between 9and 11am, 25 Blackwit, 2 Curlew, 30 Stock Dove, 30 Stock Dove, 52 Jackdaw sw, Brambling, 15 Chaffinch, 10 Greenfinch, 2 Bullfinch (pos Northern), 20 Linnet, 30 Goldfinch, 3 Stonechat, 8 Rockit, 10 Snipe, 13 Golden Plover, 14 Redwing, m Sparrowhawk, Firecrest, 6 Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, 30 Blue Tit, 15 Great Tit, 10 Long-tailed Tit, Fieldfare, 2 Pintail, 150 Wigeon, 75 Shoveler, 237 Greylag, 50 Redshank, 6 Yellow-legged Gull, Little Egret (RSPB)

• Rainham Marshes: 25 Blackwit, 3 Curlew, 86 Jackdaw sw, Little Egret, 4 Stonechat, 2 Kingfisher, 14 Fieldfare, 30 Redwing, 2 f Sparrowhawk (RSPB)

• Rainham Marshes: 3 Blackwit, 2 Curlew, 2 Stonechat, 100 Wigeon (RSPB)

• Rainham Marshes: f Merlin, 5 Stonechat, 2 Firecrest, 8 Goldcrest, 18 Blackwit, 14 Rockit, Water Pipit, 64 Greenfinch south (RSPB) Peregrine, 4 Goldcrest, 27 Redwing, 138 Redshank, Oystercatcher, 4 Curlew, 9 Grey Plover, 2 Grey Wagtail, 12 Snipe, Cetti's Warbler (site first), Green Sandpiper and 144 Wigeon (DMo)
• Grange Waters: 2 Stonechat, 28 Yellowhammer, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 5 Goldcrest, 4 Fieldfare, 19 Stock Dove, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 24 Great-crested Grebes, 29 Skylark and 168 Tufted Duck (DMo)
• Rainham GP: 110 Golden Plover (DMo)
• Seventy Acres Lake: Water Rail, Kingfisher, 10 Goldcrest, 15 Great Crested Grebe, 126 Coot, 20 Moorhen, 17 Gadwall, 54 Tufted Duck, 3 Pochard, 11 Shoveler, 2 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 20 Redwing. (RB)
• Holyfield Hall Farm: pr Stonechat, Yellowhammer, 2 Tree Sparrow, Swallow, 303 Canada Goose, 3 Barnacle Goose, 50 Collared Dove,6 Goldfinch,2 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk (RB)

• Dagenham Chase: 3 Swallow, 3 House Martin (KB)
• Rainham Marshes: Short-eared Owl, 11 Rockits, 3 Curlew, 5 Grey Plover, Blackwit, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Goldcrest (RS)
• Purfleet: Peregrine, f Black Redstart, Rockit (DMo)
• Creekmouth: Rockit, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Grey Wag (DMo)
• Bedfords Park: Firecrest (CRJ)

• Barking: f Merlin being mobbed by crow at 0800 (HV)
• London City Airport: m Merlin east at 1220 and 2 Goldcrest (DMo)
• Barking Bay: 300+ Linnet (HV etal)
• Dagenham Chase: 4 Swallow, House Martin, 130 Lapwing, 36 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 4 Redwing (KB)  

• Rainham Marshes: 2 Water Pipit, 8 Rock pipit, 9 Blackwit, 2 Stonechat, Kingfisher, Jack Snipe, Snipe (RSPB)
• London City Airport: 40 Redwing (DMo)
• Dagenham Chase: Yellow-legged Gull (PD)

• Rainham Marshes: f House Sparrow, 2 Water Pipit, 10 Rock Pipit, 14 Blackwit, 3 Curlew, 3 Stonechat, Brambling, 450 Redwing, pr Peregrine (RSPB)
• Weald Park: 2 Shoveler, Gt Crested Grebe, Pochard, 178 Mallard, Kingfisher, 72 Redwing (CRJ)
• Bedfords Park: Swallow, 105 Redwing, 40 Chaffinch (CRJ)

• Rainham Marshes: ringtail Hen Harrier at 3pm (PW et al)
• Bedfords Park: Brambling (CRJ)

• Rainham Marshes: Firecrest, 2 Water Pipit, 10 Rock Pipit, 11 Blackwit, 4 Curlew, 3 Grey Plover, Golden Plover, 6 Stonechat, Kingfisher (RSPB)
• Warren Gorge, Chafford Hundred: Firecrest, Chiffchaff, 12 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush (RB)
• Creekmouth: Chiffchaff (DS)
• Barking Park: Cockateil, 6 Shoveler (PV)
• Harold Court: 58 Fieldfare, 5 Skylark (CRJ)
• Warley: 40 Chaffinches, Brambling (CRJ)
• Great Warley: Firecrest in Green Lane, 25 Redwing, 5 House Martin (CRJ)
• Warley Place EWT: 23 Goldcrest, 7 Song Thrush (CRJ)
• Thorndon CP: 4 Brambling, 30 Chaffinch, 30 Goldfinch (MW)
• Fairlop: 2 Short-eared Owls being mobbed by Noctule Bat! (Peter Hopkins)

• Rainham Marshes: Firecrest, 5 Jack Snipe, 27 Snipe, 11 Golden Plover, 7 Grey Plover, 27 Stonechat, 140 Linnet, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Swallow, Green Sand (RSPB)
• Bittern Watchpoint: Bittern, Cetti's Warbler (RW)
• Holyfield Hall Farm: 1st winter Little Gull (RW)
• Walthamstow Marsh: Siberian Chiffchaff (DD-L)
• Weald Park: 2 Firecrest, 2 Chiffchaff (CRJ)
• Walthamstow Res: 3 Common Sand, 5 Green Sand, 7 Goldeneye (DD-L)
• Friday Lake:  64 Wigeon (SRH)
• Cornmill Meadows:  214 Teal, 77 Wigeon, 27 Snipe (SRH)
• Dagenham Chase: 34 Teal, 12 Shoveler, 7 Pochard, 27 Lapwing, 2 Swallow, 8 Chiffchaff (DC) Mandarin, Little Owl
• Corbets Tey: 42 Fieldfare, 2 Goldcrest and 53 Wigeon (DMo)
• East India Dock Basin: Kingfisher, Ring-necked Parakeet (DMO)

• Rainham Marshes: 14 Song Thrush, 7 Mistle Thrush, 21 Redwing, Brambling, Wheatear, 2 Water Pipits, 7 Rock Pipits, 9 Blackwit, 4 Curlew, 4 Pintail, 7 Stonechat, Peregrine, 5 Swallow (RSPB)
• Walthamstow Res: 67 Little Grebe, 92 Gt Crested Grebe, 3 Black Swan, 149 Pochard, 34 Ruddy Duck, 1 Pheasant, juv Arctic Tern, 5 Grey Wagtail, 4 Stonechat, 4 Wheatear (SRH)
• Valentines Park, Ilford: ad Med Gull has returned (Peter Hopkins)
• Bedfords Park: 2 Siskin, 6 Skylark, 60 Redwing, 20 Goldcrest (CRJ)
• Weald Park: Firecrest, Grey Wag, m Pochard (CRJ)
• Bittern Watchpoint: Bittern

• Weald Park: Firecrest (CRJ)
• Bedfords Park: pr Brambling, 50 Chaffinches (AH, CRJ)
• Fairlop: Short-eared Owl, 2 Swallow (AAB)
• Rainham Marshes: Firecrest (HV, KB) 16 Goldcrest, 5 Chiffchaff, 7 Redwing, 8 Mistle Thrush, 5 Grey Plover, 17 Blackwit, 5 Curlew, 150 Redshank, 30 Dunlin, 6 ad YL Gull, 6 Rockit, 12 Swallow, 3 Stonechat, 4 Grey Wag, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kingfisher (RSPB)
• Thorndon CP: f Brambling, 2 Lesser redpolls, 92 Fieldfare, 15 Redwing(MW, CRJ)

• Dagenham Chase: Sand Martin, Redwing, 4 Swallow, 13 Great-crested Grebe, 18 Teal, 4 Shoveler (KB)
• Bedfords Park: 17 House Martin, m Brambling (CRJ)
• Weald Park: 2 Firecrest, 20 Goldcrest, 2 Chiffchaff, 30 Redwing, 8 Song Thrush, 5 Swallow, House Martin (CRJ)
• Thorndon CP: 100 Fieldfare (MW)

• Bedfords Park: 3 Brambling, 50 Chaffinch, m Stonechat (CRJ)
• Rainham Marshes: Water Pipit, 8 Rockit, 8 Grey Plover, 3 Curlew, 30 Dunlin, 2 Golden Plover, 500 Lapwing, 4 Stonechat, Short-eared Owl, Fieldfare, 25 House Martin, 10 Swallow (RSPB)
• Chingford Reservoirs: ringtail Hen Harrier (SC)
• Silvertown: Common Swift (DMo)
• Romford: Ring-necked Parakeet (KB)
• Dagenham Chase: Peregrine (VH-F)

• Rainham Marshes: eclipse / imm m Red-breasted Merganser, 6 Grey Plover, 2 Blackwit, 3 Curlew (RSPB)
• Bedfords Park: m Stonechat, m Brambling 45 Redwing, 12 Song Thrush, 2 Swallow, 14 Mipit, Blackcap, 2 Chiffies, 20 Goldcrest, 25 Goldfinch, 150 Jackdaw (CRJ)
• Walthamstow: Woodcock (MJ)

• Rainham Marshes: Woodlark north at 0930, 24 Redwing, 7 Fieldfare, 9 Song Thrush, 15 Chaffinch, 2 Brambling, 7 Rock Pipit, 40 Mipit, 50 Skylark, 3 Grey Wag, f Common Scoter, 23 Y L Gull, 68 GBB Gull, 2 Curlew, 9 Blackwit, 9 Grey Plover, 135 Redshank, 12 Ringed Plover, 9 Dunlin, 400 Lapwing, 80 Greylag, 7 Stonechat, 40 Goldfinch, Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Pintail, Little Egret (RSPB)
• Thames off Tilbury Docks: ad Kittiwake, 4f 3m Common Scoter, 2 Little Egret (HV)
• Ingrebourne Valley: 45 Redwing, 8 Fieldfare, 13 Goldcrest, 6 Cetti's Warblers (LH)
• Thorndon CP: 7 Stonechat, 9 Fieldfare, 10 Mistle Thrush, Wheatear (CRJ, MW)
• Bittern Watchpoint: Bittern

• Dagenham Chase: 2 Dunlin (KB) 2 Snipe, Little Owl, 21 Redwing, Fieldfare (TK)
• Rainham Marshes: Avocet, 2 Curlew, 3 Swallow, 2 Rock Pipit, 3 Pintail, 4 Blackwit (TK)
• Walthamstow Res: 11 Wigeon, 2 Goldeneye, 1 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Stonechat (SRH)  Also Skua sp. - thought to be Pomarine (DD-L)
• Holyfield Hall Farm: 20 Meadow Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail, 35 Skylark, 3 Stonechat, 60 Greenfinch (SRH)
• Friday Lake: 74 Wigeon (SRH)

• Rainham Marshes: m Ring Ouzel, 3 Redwing, 800 Starling, 3 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 8 Stonechat, 25 Brambling, 65 Chaffinch, 117 Goldfinch, 7 Linnet north east, 139 Wigeon, 400 Teal, 4 Pintail, 17 Blackwit, 104 Redshank, 2 Grey Plover, 50 Dunlin, 400 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 18 Ringed Plover, 4 Yellow-legged Gull, 104 Greylag, (RSPB)
• Pages farm, Upminster: Sparrowhawk, 17 Lapwing, Snipe, 20 Skylark, 3 Swallow, Grey Wag, 2 Fieldfare, 40 Redwing, f Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 80 Linnet, 50 Goldfinch, 3 Reed Bunt, 2 Yellowhammer (CRJ, Sid Petts, David Coe, Mike Hughes)
• Fields near Belhus Woods: Ad Med Gull (ACV)
• Walthamstow Res: 48 Little Grebe, 2 Egyptian Goose, Wigeon, Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Grey Wagtail, 20 Redwing, 6 Tree Sparrow (flew north 9.50am)

• Pages Farm, Upminster: Ring Ouzel just before dark (CRJ)
• Thorndon CP: 2 Stonechat (MW)
• Dagenham Chase: 2 Bearded Tit (VH-F, KB)
• Ingrebourne Valley: 5 Yellowhammer, Stonechat, 4 Swallow, Golden Plover, 6 Snipe, 35 Linnet (KB)

• Rainham Marshes: 3 Short-eared Owls (JN)
• Ilford: 27 Mipit, Grey Wagtail, 2 Skylark, 12 Chaffinch, 7 Linnet, 4 Greenfinch all south plus 3 Chiffchaff and 4 Goldcrest (HV)
• Weald Park: 70 House Martin, 3 Chiffies (CRJ)
• Great Warley: 50 House Martin, 3 Chiffies (CRJ)
• Tylers Common: m Stonechat (CRJ)
• Thorndon CP: m Stonechat (MR)

• Rainham Marshes: Lesser Redpoll, 12 Chaffinch, 14 Linnet south, 50 Goldfinch, 48 Wigeon, Wheatear, 80 Stock Dove (RSPB)

• Rainham Marshes: 3 Tree Sparrow, 7 Lesser Redpoll, 25 Chaffinch, 20 Goldfinch, 29 Linnet, 27 Greenfinch all south. Also Blackcap, Reed Warbler, 7 Chiffie, 7 Goldcrest, Yellow Wag, 3 Grey Wag, Short-eared Owl, Little Egret, 5 Rock Pipit (RSPB)

• Rainham Marshes: 10 Blackwit, 27 Shelduck, pale male Stonechat (DMo) 2 Chaffinch, 45 Skylark, 2 Pintail, 11 Yellow-legged Gulls, 132 Canada Geese, 42 Greylag, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Grey Wagtail. (RSPB)
• Hornchurch CP: Whinchat, 2 Stonechat (LH)

• Rainham Riverside: 18 Redshank (KB)
• Grange Waters Complex: 7 Chiffchaff, 16 Wigeon, 17 Great Crested Grebes, Stonechat, 81 Tufted, 12 Stock Dove, 7 Yellowhammer, 256 Greylag, 194 Canada Geese, 48 Skylark, 32 Red Legged Partridges (DMo)
• Ingrebourne Valley: 7 Chiffchaffs, 2 Blackcap, 3 Yellowhammer, 26 Skylark, 3 Golden Plover, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Redwing and 28 Reed Bunting (DMo)13 Gadwall, 52 Shoveler, 2 Sparrowhawk 3 Water Rail, 22 Snipe, Curlew, 8 Swallow, f Stonechat, 6 Cetti's Warblers, 8 Goldcrest (LH)
• Bedfords Park: 15 Goldcrest, 6 Chiffchaff, Blackcap (CRJ)
• Fairlop: Pintail (AAB)

• Rainham Marshes: Rock Pipit, pr Pintail, 42 Wigeon, Curlew, 7 Redshank, 16 Chiffchaff, Ringed Plover, 4 Goldcrest, 7 Stonechat, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Grey Wag. (RSPB) 2 Bearded Tit, Kingfisher (RB)
• Fairlop: Melodious Warbler in scrub between anglers carpark and fishing pit but may have been taken by Sparrowhawk early am.
• Dagenham Chase: 2f1m Stonechat, 9 Swallow (KB)
• Weald Park: 25 Swallow, 15 Blackbird, Redwing, 8 Song Thrush, 12 Goldcrest, 4 Chiffchaff (CRJ)

• Rainham Marshes: 11 Goldcrest, 14 Chiffchaff, 3 Grey Wag, 2 Yellow Wag, Rock Pipit, 2 Curlew, 2 Blackwit, 20 Shelduck, 3f 3m Stonechat including a stunning black, white and grey male with no orange or brown pigment at all, 2 Common Sand, 2 Kingfisher, pr Pintail, Lesserthroat, Blackcap, 18 adult Yellow-legged Gull (RSPB)
• Aveley: 100 Rook (HV)
• Fairlop: Melodious Warbler in scrub between anglers carpark and fishing pit. Very elusive. May have been present since 28th September.
• Creekmouth: Rock Pipit, pr Oystercatcher (DMo)