SEPTEMBER 2004

• Rainham Marshes: 3 Bearded Tit, 10 Goldcrest, 8 Chiffchaff, 20 Robin, 3 Grey Wag, 3 Yellow Wag, 50 Skylark, 100 Mipit, 2 Curlew, 15 Dunlin, 7 Blackwit, 20 Shelduck, 2f1m Stonechat, 2 Common Sand (HV etal) Avocet, Ruff (DMo)
• Weald Park: Redwing, 6 Song Thrush, 25 House Martin, 10 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap (CRJ)
• Thorndon CP: m Stonechat (MW)

• Pages Farm, Upminster: 2 Whinchat, f Stonechat, 18 Skylark, 20 Mipit, Yellow Wag, 40 Linnet, 10 Goldfinch (CRJ)
• Great Warley: 100 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, 10 Goldcrest (CRJ)
• Thorndon CP: pr Stonechat (MW)
• Rainham Marshes: Coal Tit, 13 Snipe, 17 Dunlin, 2 Curlew, 3 Blackwit, 5 Redshank, Spot Shank, Ringed Plover 275 Lapwing, 24 Wigeon, pr Pintail, 15 Swallow, Reed Warbler, Lesserthroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Goldcrest, 800 Starling, 12 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Wag, 45 Skylark, 100 Mipit, 9 Reed Bunting, Sparrowhawk (HV etal)

• Tylers Common: f Stonechat (CRJ)
• Thorndon CP: Whitethroat (MW)
• Dagenham Chase: Whitethroat (KB)

• Tylers Common: f Stonechat (CRJ)
• Thorndon CP: Whitethroat (MW)
• Hornchurch: Ring-necked Parakeet (DMo)

• Walthamstow Res: 48 Little Grebe, 101 Great Crested Grebe, 65 Shoveler, Common Sandpiper, 77 House Martin (SRH)
• Bittern Watchpoint: Sparrowhawk, Pied Fly (MDD)
• Gunpowder Park, LVP: Whinchat, 5 Stonechat, Red-legged Partridge, 9 Skylark, Reed Bunting (MDD)
• Dagenham Chase: Whinchat, 2 Stonechat (KB)

• Leyton Orient FC: 40 Redwing north (SRH)
• Dagenham Chase: 22 Golden Plover (KB)
• Walthamstow Res: Sandwich Tern, Yellow-legged Gull, Yellow Wagtail, 155 House Martin, Whitethroat, 3 Reed Warbler (FS)

• Dagenham Chase: juv Marsh Harrier (VH-F) m Merlin (PD)

• Rainham Marshes: 86 Greylags, 60 House Martin, 60 Swallow, 20 Sand Martin, pr Stonechat, 10 Yellow Wag, Grey Plover, Blackwit, Ringed Plover, ad, 1st yr and 2nd yr Yellow-legged Gulls, Kingfisher (HV etal)
• Ingrebourne Valley: Hobby, Sparrowhawk, Lesserthroat, Snipe, Pin-tailed Wydah (Bob Morgan)
• Dagenham Chase: Short-eared Owl (KB)
• Barncroft School , South Access Rd Walthamstow: 1000 house Martins through between 8am and 11:30am (Martin Jordan)

• Rainham Marshes: Pied Fly (DS)
• Ingrebourne Valley: Also Water Rail, Kingfisher, 4 Sand Martin & Sparrowhawk (TC)

• Rainham Marshes: 90 House Martin, 110 Swallow, 40 Sand Martin, 2 Whinchat, 1m2f Stonechat, 20 Yellow Wag, 12 Shelduck, Whitethroat (HV)
• Ingrebourne Valley: 2 Cetti's Warblers, Oystercatcher (KB, HV)

• Rainham Marshes: Hobby, 25 Yellow Wagtail, 120 Mipit, 3 Rook (mo)
• Walthamstow Res: 33 Little Grebe, 99 Great Crested Grebe, 265 Shoveler, 850 Coot, 6 Common Sandpiper, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 55 House Martin, Whinchat (SRH)
• Weald Park: 70 House Martins (CRJ)
• St Faiths, Brentwood: 2 Whinchat, m Sparrowhawk (CRJ)
• Thorndon CP: Wheatear, 2 Spot Fly (CRJ)
• Ingrebourne Valley: Spotted Crake still present this evening
• Dagenham Chase: Hobby, 2 Snipe, Green Sand, 12 Teal (DC)
• Barking Bay: 19 Common Sandpiper, 136 Shelduck, 18 Meadow Pipit (Fraser Simpson)

• Rainham Marshes: yet another juv Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 2 Bearded Tit, Blackwit (mo)
• Ilford: ad Hobby 0800 (HV)
• Ingrebourne Valley: Spotted Crake seen in morning but in sensitive area of the site. Further details will be released if possible.
• Lower Bedfords Road: Whinchat (CRJ)
• Pages Farm: Wheatear, 4 Whinchat, 30 Mipit, 30 Goldfinch, 100 House Martin (CRJ)
• Tylers Common: 6 Whinchat, 4 Whitethroat, 70 Mipit, 2 Yellow Wag (CRJ)
• Wennington: Hobby (R&DB)

• Rainham Marshes: 4 Yellow Wagtail, Kingfisher, 2 juv Hobby, 14 Wigeon, Blackwit, Curlew, 3 Sand Martin, 12 Swallow, 65 Mipit (HV)
• Barking Park: Tree Pipit, House Martin, 132 Crow (HV)
• Pages Farm: Wheatear (CRJ)
• Thorndon CP: Wheatear, 2 Whinchat, 2 Spot Fly, Hobby, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler (MW)
• Hainault Forest CP: Spot Fly, Lesserthroat (PG)

• Rainham Marshes: Pied Flycatcher, 6 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, 2 Lesserthroat, Whitethroat, 3 Wheatear, Stonechat, 4 Whinchat, 12 Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 2 Blackwit, 27 Ringed Plover, Common Sand, 10 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 2 Sand Martin, 85 Mipit, 11 Skylark, 2 Kingfisher (HV)
• Ingrebourne Valley: early am: juv Marsh Harrier, Redstart (TK)
• Romford, South Street: Ring-necked Parakeet (KB)
• Dagenham Chase: 3 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail (KB, PD)
• Holyfield Hall Farm area: Peregrine, 2 Hobby, Buzzard (MDD)
• Thorndon CP: 3 Whinchat, Hobby (MW)
• Maylands GC: Whinchat (CRJ)
• St Faiths Park, Brentwood: 2 Whinchat (CRJ)
• Tylers Common: 8 Whinchat, 2 Whitethroat (CRJ)
• Pages Farm: 4 Whinchat (CRJ)
• Weald Park: 100 House Martin (CRJ)

• Rainham Marshes: Wheatear, 25 Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Blackwit, 2 Ringed Plover, 4 Common Sand, 30 Swallow, 2 House Martin, Sand Martin, 4 Reed Warbler, 120 Mipit, 150 Stock Dove (HV etal)
• Thorndon CP: imm Redstart, Whinchat, 12 Chiffchaff, 39 Mipit (MW)
• Tylers Common: 10 Whinchat, Spot Fly, 4 Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail, 60 Mipit (CRJ)
• Pages Farm: 7 Whinchat (CRJ)
• Maylands GC: 2 Whinchat, 3 Blackcap (CRJ)
• Bedfords Park: Lesserthroat (CRJ)
• Dagenham Chase: 4 Whinchat, 14 Chiffchaff, 3 Lesserthroat, 11 Teal, 42 Lapwing (HV)
• Fairlop: 25 Whinchat, Wheatear, Common Sand (AAB)
• Harrow Lodge Park: Wryneck released (per HV)

• Rainham Marshes: Hobby, 2 Wheatear (JN)
• Fairlop: 14 Whinchat, Hobby, 2 Swift, Reed Warbler, 3 Red-legged Partridge (AAB)

• Dagenham Chase: 2 Whinchat, 4 Swift, 10 House Martin (KB) 10 Chiffchaff, 10 Teal (HV)
• Walthamstow Res: Little Gull, Little Egret, 3 Common Sand (CL)
• Barking Park: 2 Chiffchaff (HV)
• Fairlop: 15 Whinchat (AAB)
• Harold Wood Park: 4 Swift (CRJ)
• Pages Farm, Upminster: 4 Whinchat (CRJ)
• Tylers Common: 7 Whinchat, Yellow Wag, 18 Mipit, Buzzard (CRJ)

• Dagenham Chase: Ruff, Whinchat
• Rainham Marshes: adult female Marsh Harrier south over Thames to Dartford Marsh at 10am, 160 Stock Dove, 3 Common Sand, Blackwit, Yellow-legged Gull, Green Sand, 3 Snipe, Turnstone, Sparrowhawk, Yellow Wagtail, 3 Wheatear, 8 Swallow, 2 House Martin, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff (RS) 10 Wigeon (DMo)
• River Thames off Tilbury Docks: 4 Sandwich Tern (DMo)
• Tylers Common: 5 Whinchat (MW, CRJ)
• Weald Park: f Mandarin (CRJ)
• East India Dock Basin: Little Egret, Common Sand (DMo)

• Rainham Marshes: same dark juv Marsh Harrier lingering from yesterday.
• Bedfords Park: Common Buzzard, Hobby (CRJ)

• Rainham Marshes: 6 Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 20 Mipit, 2 juv Hobby, Common Sand, 3 Kingfisher (HV) Grasshopper Warbler (DS) Marsh Harrier number six...another dark juv....the one on 8th was quite gingery. (MU etal)
• Tylers Common: 6 Whinchat, Whitethroat (CRJ)
• Ingrebourne Valley: 41 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 14 Gadwall, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Snipe, 11 Blackcaps, 9 Chiffchaffs, 3 Whinchats & a Wheatear (LH)

• Barking Bay: juv Arctic Skua, 50 Common Tern, 7 Sandwich Tern (SCo)
• Fairlop: 14 Whinchat, 2 Common Sand, juv LRP (AAB)
• Dagenham: Pied Fly in private garden
• Hornchurch CP: Whinchat, 3 Wheatear (TC)
• Tylers Common: 5 Whinchat (CRJ)

• Rainham Marshes: Gulliemot, 27 Arctic Terns, 5th juv Marsh Harrier since 29th August (a paler bird), 2 juv Hobby, Peregrine, 12 Wigeon, 245 Teal, Dunlin, 20 Yellow Wag (HV) Wheatear (JN) Whinchat, Stonechat (DS) Whinchat, 3 Snipe at Barges (TC)
• Tylers Common: 6 Whinchat, Lesserthroat, 2 Whitethroat, Yellow Wag (CRJ)
• Bedfords Park: 4 Blackcaps, 2 Lesserthroat, Whitethroat, Hobby (CRJ)
• Thorndon CP: 2 Spot Fly, Hobby (MW)

• Thorndon CP: Spot Fly (MW)
• Tylers Common: 4 Whinchat (CRJ, MW)
• Thames off Tilbury Docks: 12 Arctic, 17 Sandwich & 22 Common Tern, dark juv Arctic Skua (all heading towards Tilbury Power Station outfall where there were a further 15 Sanis and many distant commics, HV)
• Sewardstone Marsh: 2 Skylark, 6 Sedge Warbler, Hobby, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 2 Green Sand, Common Sand (CL, AM)
• Chingford Plain: 2 Whinchat (CL, AM)

• Ilford: 2 Yellow Wagtail, 6 Mipit, south (HV)
• Bedfords Park: 5 Chiffies, 3 Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch, Hobby (CRJ)
• Tylers Common: 3 Whinchat (CRJ, Andy Hamilton)
• Warley Gap: Spot Fly, 2 Nuthatch (CRJ)
• Thorndon CP: 2 Wheatear, Whinchat

• Rainham Marshes: Marsh Harrier (3rd in two days) 3 Dunlin, 4 Greenshank, Peregrine (DMo)
• Bedfords Park: Kingfisher, 3 Yellow Wag, 20 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 3 Whitethroat (CRJ)
• Weald Park: Shoveler (CRJ)
• Tylers Common: 100 Swallow, Sand Martin, Whinchat (CRJ, MW)
• Thorndon CP: Kingfisher (MW)

• Rainham Marshes: Marsh Harrier, Bearded Tit, 193 Teal, 56 Shoveler, Garganey, 11 Gadwall 5 Yellow Wagtail, Grey Plover, Common Sandpiper, 6 Whinchat, Wheatear (0835 DMo) 2nd Marsh Harrier (1335 JN) 2 Little Egret, 9 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, 2 Blackwit, 8 Greenshank, 3 Green Sands, 4 Snipe, Wigeon, 80 Goldfinch (HV evening)
• Ingrebourne Valley: Juv Hobby, f Sparrowhawk, 34 Teal, 6 Wigeon, 2 Snipe, 4 Blackcap, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Lesserthroat, 5 Yellow Wagtail (LH, DMo)
• Weald Park: 3 Nuthatch, 2 Chiffchaff, 6 Willow Warbler, juv Grn Woodpecker (R&DB)
• Bedfords Park: Pied Fly, 5 Spot Fly, juv Hobby, 50 House Martin, Sand Martin, Grey Wag, 2 Whinchat (CRJ)
• Thorndon CP: 300 House Martin, Hobby (MW)

• Rainham Marshes: winter plum Spot Red, 2 Blackwit, 9 Greenshank, 8 Redshank, 2 Green Sands, 2 Snipe 120 Teal, Wigeon, 72 Shoveler,(HV)
• Bedfords Park: 7 Spot Fly, 4 Lesserthroat, Hobby, Tawny Owl (CRJ)
• Ingrebourne Valley: Garden Warbler, 4 Lesserthroat, Snipe, 22 Teal, Cetti's Warbler, Kingfisher, 5 Chiffchaff (LH)

• Rainham Marshes: ad+juv Arctic Tern, 2ad+juv Sani, 110 Teal, ad Garganey, 60 Shoveler, Wigeon, juv Ringed Plover, 2 Greenshank, 2 Blackwit, Green Sand, 2 Common sand, juv Hobby, 3 Jay, 26 Mipit, 2 Whinchat, 9 Yellow Wag. 37 Swallow (HV, DJ, JN, SBa, SS)

• Tylers Hall Farm: Spot Fly (CRJ)
• Weald Park: Spot Fly
• Thorndon CP: f Redstart, 2 Wheatear, Lesserthroat (MW)
• Rainham Marshes: 2 juv Garganey (new), 21 Gadwall, 67 Shoveler, Wigeon, 164 Teal, 6 Greenshank, 3 Redshank, 2 Snipe, Blackwit, Dunlin, 27 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 10 Reed Warbler, 9 Kestrel (HV) 6 Little Egret (JN)
• Valentines Park, Ilford: 2 Tawny Owl, Spot Fly, 10 Little Grebe (Peter Hopkins)