Patch Watch

7th Annual Spring Patch Watch Day - 27th Apr 2018

68 Species

1 Blackbird

2 Blackcap

3 Black-headed Gull

4 Blue Tit

5 Canada Goose

6 Carrion Crow

7 Cetti's Warbler        

8 Chaffinch

9 Chiffchaff

10 Collared Dove

11 Common Sandpiper       

12 Common Tern           

13 Coot

14 Cormorant

15 Dunnock

16 Egyptian Goose

17 Gadwall

18 Goldfinch  

19 Great Black-backed Gull    

20 Great Crested Grebe

21 Great Spotted Woodpecker

22 Great Tit

23 Green Woodpecker   

24 Greenfinch

25 Grey Heron

26 Grey Wagtail

27 Greylag Goose

28 Herring Gull

29 House Martin

30 House Sparrow

31 Jackdaw                 

32 Jay

33 Kestrel

34 Kingfisher           

35 Lesser Black-backed Gull

36 Lesser Whitethroat

37 Linnet

38 Little Egret

39 Little Grebe

40 Long-tailed Tit

41 Magpie

42 Mallard

43 Mistle Thrush        

44 Moorhen

45 Mute Swan

46 Peregrine Falcon

47 Pheasant                 

48 Pied Wagtail

49 Pochard

50 Reed Bunting

51 Reed Warbler

52 Ring-necked Parakeet

53 Robin

54 Rock Dove

55 Sand Martin

56 Sedge Warbler

57 Shelduck

58 Song Thrush

59 Sparrowhawk

60 Starling

61 Stock Dove

62 Swallow              

63 Swift

64 Tufted Duck

65 Whitethroat

66 Wood Pigeon

67 Wren

68 Little Ringed Plover

4th Annual Spring Patch Watch Day – 30th Apr 2016

88 Species

1 Arctic Tern              East Warwick party of 4 North, a single later

2 Blackbird

3 Blackcap

4 Black-headed Gull

5 Blue Tit

6 Buzzard                      A single South around 11:30, 2 North c. 12:30

7 Canada Goose

8 Carrion Crow

9 Cetti's Warbler             2-3 Waterworks, 5 Walthamstow Marsh, 3-4 Reservoirs

10 Chaffinch

11 Chiffchaff

12 Collared Dove

13 Common Sandpiper            8 High Maynard, 3 No.5, 3 Lockwood, 2 West Warwick

14 Common Snipe            Waterworks, Walthamstow Marsh

15 Common Tern            ~ 10

16 Coot

17 Cormorant

18 Dunnock

19 Egyptian Goose

20 Gadwall

21 Goldcrest                    Filter Beds

22 Goldfinch

23 Grasshopper Warbler    Wildmarsh East

24 Great Black-backed Gull    A few around

25 Great Crested Grebe

26 Great Spotted Woodpecker Waterworks

27 Great Tit

28 Green Sandpiper    High Maynard

29 Green Woodpecker    Waterworks

30 Greenfinch

31 Grey Heron

32 Grey Wagtail

33 Greylag Goose

34 Herring Gull

35 Hobby                   Walthamstow Marsh c.07:30, West Warwick p.m.

36 House Martin

37 House Sparrow

38 Jackdaw                   2 Leyton Tip

39 Jay

40 Kestrel

41 Kingfisher           Waterworks late p.m.

42 Lesser Black-backed Gull

43 Lesser Redpoll  Waterworks

44 Lesser Whitethroat

45 Linnet

46 Little Egret

47 Little Grebe

48 Little Gull                   2nd summer No.4 p.m.

49 Long-tailed Tit

50 Magpie

51 Mallard

52 Meadow Pipit          A couple of flyovers

53 Mistle Thrush          Paddocks

54 Moorhen

55 Mute Swan

56 Peregrine Falcon Usual pylon No.3 res

57 Pheasant                 Wildmarsh East

58 Pied Wagtail

59 Pochard

60 Red-crested Pochard 3 drakes flew South down Lea c.08:00

61 Redstart                 Female briefly Leyton Marsh

62 Reed Bunting

63 Reed Warbler

64 Ring-necked Parakeet

65 Robin

66 Rock Dove

67 Rook                1 Flew South over Pitch'n'Putt c.08:30

68 Sand Martin

69 Sandwich Tern        2 Flew North over Walthamstow Marsh early p.m.

70 Sedge Warbler

71 Shelduck

72 Song Thrush

73 Sparrowhawk

74 Starling

75 Stock Dove

76 Swallow                A few early on

77 Swift

78 Teal                        Waterworks but elusive

79 Tufted Duck

80 Water Rail       1 calling Walthamstow Marsh

81 Wheatear               Banbury, 2 Lockwood, Paddocks

82 Whinchat            1 Bomb Crater field, probably same paddocks later

83 Whitethroat

84 Willow Warbler       Between 2/3 res, behind Ferry Boat Inn, Walthamstow Marsh

85 Wood Pigeon

86 Wren

87 Yellow Wagtail       A few flying over

88 Yellow-legged Gull      2nd summer Leyton Tip

3rd Annual Spring Patch Watch Day – 26th Apr 2015

83 Species

1        Mute Swan 

2        Greylag Goose      

3        Canada Goose      

4        Egyptian Goose    

5        Shelduck    

6        Gadwall      

7        Mallard       

8        Red-crested Pochard                 5 on Lea W'stow marsh

9        Pochard      

10      Tufted Duck

11      Pheasant    

12      Cormorant  

13      Little Egret  

14      Grey Heron 

15      Little Grebe 

16      Great Crested Grebe      

17      Sparrowhawk        

18      Kestrel        

19      Hobby                                           One on top of pylon by No.3 hide

20      Peregrine Falcon                        Pair top of Lockwood, single m W'stow marsh

21      Moorhen     

22      Coot  

23      Ringed Plover                              2 early morning through Lockwood

24      Dunlin                                           2 early am, 9, 6 all on/thru Lockwood

25      Oystercatcher                              1 Banbury went n, 1 Lockwood, 1 E. Warwick

26      Common Sandpiper                  Probably c.20 all over the reservoirs

27      Black-headed Gull

28      Common Gull                             1-2 seen early

29      Lesser Black-backed Gull

30      Yellow-legged Gull                    1st summer top of Lockwood

31      Herring Gull

32      Great Black-backed Gull          2-3 No.5, others Orient Way

33      Common Tern       

34      Arctic Tern                                 c.12 No.4, small parties northern reservoirs a.m

35      Rock Dove  

36      Stock Dove 

37      Wood Pigeon        

38      Collared Dove       

39      Ring-necked Parakeet    

40      Swift                                           Small no.s thru the day over res's

41      Kingfisher                                  Couple of sightings No.1

42      Green Woodpecker         

43      Great Spotted Woodpecker      

44      Magpie       

45      Jay    

46      Jackdaw                                   2 each Orient Way, Waterworks, W Warwick

47      Carrion Crow        

48      Goldcrest                                  2 singing Coppermill Ln F.B. Nr Waterside

49      Blue Tit       

50      Great Tit     

51      Sand Martin

52      Swallow      

53      House Martin        

54      Cetti's Warbler                         2 W'stow Marsh, 2 Waterworks, 1 No.3

55      Long-tailed Tit      

56      Chiffchaff   

57      Willow Warbler                        1 Orient Way nr tip

58      Garden Warbler                      2 No.1/2, 1 s end of W Warwick

59      Blackcap     

60      Lesser Whitethroat                 No.1, Waterworks, W'stow marsh

61      Whitethroat

62      Sedge Warbler      

63      Reed Warbler        

64      Wren 

65      Starling      

66      Blackbird    

67      Song Thrush        

68      Mistle Thrush       

69      Robin

70      Whinchat                                 Male Wild Marsh East, another bomb crater field

71      Wheatear                                6 paddocks, c.4-5 Lockwood

72      Dunnock     

73      House Sparrow     

74      Yellow Wagtail                       A few Lockwood, 8 E Warwick, 3 paddocks

75      Grey Wagtail        

76      Pied Wagtail

77      Meadow Pipit                        A few over Lockwood

78      Tree Pipit                               2 Waterworks, 2 E Warwick

79      Chaffinch   

80      Greenfinch 

81      Goldfinch    

82      Linnet         

83      Reed Bunting        

2nd Annual Spring Patch Watch Day – 3rd May 2014

75 Species

1. Mute Swan
2. Greylag Goose
3. Great Canada Goose
4. Egyptian Goose
5. Common Shelduck
6. Mallard
7. Gadwall
8. Common Pochard
9. Tufted Duck
10. Common Pheasant
11. Great Cormorant
12. Little Egret
13. Grey Heron
14. Little Grebe
15. Great Crested Grebe
16. Red Kite
17. Buzzard
18. Eurasian Sparrowhawk
19. Common Kestrel
20. Hobby
21. Peregrine Falcon
22. Common Moorhen
23. Common Coot
24. Common Sandpiper
25. Green Sandpiper
26. Woodcock
27. Black-headed Gull
28. Little Gull
29. Lesser Black-backed Gull
30. Herring Gull
31. Great Black-backed Gull
32. Common Tern
33. Rock Dove
34. Stock Dove
35. Wood Pigeon
36. Collard Dove
37. Rose-ringed Parakeet
38. Common Swift
39. Common Kingfisher
40. Green Woodpecker
41. Great Spotted Woodpecker
42. Magpie
43. Eurasian Jay
44. Carrion Crow
45. Blue Tit
46. Great Tit
47. Sand Martin
48. House Martin
49. Swallow
50. Cetti’s Warbler
51. Long-tailed Tit
52. Chiffchaff
53. Willow Warbler
54. Blackcap
55. Lesser Whitethroat
56. Common Whitethroat
57. Sedge Warbler
58. Reed Warbler
59. Winter Wren
60. Common Starling
61. Wheatear
62. Blackbird
63. Song Thrush
64.  Mistle Thrush
65. Robin
66. Dunnock
67. House Sparrow
68. Grey Wagtail
69. Pied Wagtail
70. Yellow Wagtail
71. Chaffinch
72. Greenfinch
73. Goldfinch
74. Linnet
75. Reed Bunting

61 breeding species       + 14 migrants/summering

1st Annual Spring Patch Watch Day – 27th April 2013

81 Species

Mute Swan

Greylag Goose

Canada Goose

Barnacle Goose

Egyptian Goose

Shelduck

Gadwall

Teal

Mallard

Shoveler

Pochard

Tufted Duck

Pheasant

Cormorant

Little Egret

Grey Heron

Little Grebe

Great Crested Grebe

Sparrowhawk

Buzzard

Red Kite

Kestrel

Peregrine Falcon

Hobby

Moorhen

Coot

Snipe

Dunlin
Green Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Black-headed Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Arctic Tern

Feral (Rock) Dove

Stock Dove

Woodpigeon

Collared Dove

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Swift

Kingfisher

Green Woodpecker

Gt. Spotted Woodpecker

Magpie

Jay

Carrion Crow

Goldcrest

Blue Tit

Great Tit

Sand Martin

Swallow

House Martin

Long-tailed Tit

Chiffchaff

Willow Warbler

Blackcap

Lesser Whitethroat

Whitethroat

Garden Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Reed Warbler

Wren

Starling

Blackbird

Song Thrush

Mistle Thrush

Robin

Wheatear

Dunnock

House Sparrow

Grey Wagtail

Pied Wagtail

Yellow Wagtail

Meadow Pipit

Chaffinch

Greenfinch

Goldfinch

Linnet

Lesser Redpoll

Reed Bunting