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February 2012 wildlife reports

17 February 2012, East India Dock Basin: 4 Shelducks, 41 Tufted Ducks, 70 Teal (John Archer).

16 February 2012, Bow Creek: 1 female Pintail, 4 Shelducks, 151 Teal, 2 Redshanks, 1 Reed Bunting (John Archer).

16 February 2012, East India Dock Basin: 3 Greylag Geese, 13 Shelducks, 42 Tufted Ducks, 98 Teal (John Archer).

15 February 2012, Mudchute: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam).

15 February 2012, Limehouse Basin: 54 Tufted Ducks, 2 Canada Geese (John Archer).

15 February 2012, East India Dock Basin: 1 female Pintail, 7 Shelducks, 44 Tufted Ducks, 50+ Teal, 1 Jay (John Archer).

14 February 2012, East India Dock Basin: 1 Kingfisher, 5 Greylag Geese, 17 Canada Geese, 18 Shelducks, 40 Tufted Ducks, 240+ Teal (John Archer).

13 February 2012, Tower Hill: 1 male Kestrel (Charlie Farrell).

13 February 2012, Bow Creek: 7 Shelducks, 215 Teal, 1 Redshank (John Archer).

13 February 2012, East India Dock Basin: 2 Shelducks, 24 Tufted Ducks, 3 Teal, 1 Canada x Greylag Goose hybrid on the Thames with a Canada Goose (John Archer).

13 February 2012, Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: 2 Fieldfares, 35+ Redwings (Bob Watts).

12 February 2012, East India Dock Basin/Bow Creek: 1 Shoveler, 7 Wigeon, 1 female Pintail, 27 Shelducks, 13 Tufted Ducks, 374 Teal, 1 Peregrine, 6 Lapwings, 10 Redshanks, 3 Common Sandpipers, 4 Meadow Pipits, 3 Fieldfares, 19 Redwings, 3 Reed Buntings (Gary James & Nick Tanner).

12 February 2012, Mudchute: 1 Common Snipe (Sean Huggins).

12 February 2012, Saunders Ness: a drake Shoveler on the Thames foreshore (Sean Huggins).

11 February 2012, East India Dock Basin/Bow Creek: 1 Woodcock, 3 Lapwings, 18 Shelducks, 1 female Pintail, 442 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 8 Redshanks, 3 Common Sandpipers, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Song Thrush (Nick Tanner).

10 February 2012, Bow Creek: 1 female Pintail, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Redshanks, 7 Shelducks, 227 Teal (John Archer & Ian Stewart).

10 February 2012, East India Dock Basin: 35 Redwings flew west and 1 Redwing in the copse, a pair of Gadwall, 2 Greylag Geese, 9 Canada Geese, 14 Shelducks, 100+ Teal, 16 Tufted Ducks, 1 Reed Bunting (John Archer & Ian Strewart).

10 February 2012, Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: about 120 Redwings and 80 Fieldfares flew west, 8 more Redwings in the park, 1 Stock Dove displaying (Bob Watts).

9 February 2012, Poplar Dock Marina: 11 Tufted Ducks, 4 Mallards, 10 Coots, 6 House Sparrows (John Archer).

9 February 2012, Blackwall Basin: 1 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Greylag Geese, 2 Tufted Ducks, 1 Moorhen, 10 Coots, 5 Mallards (John Archer).

9 February 2012, East India Dock Basin/Bow Creek: a pair of Gadwall, 1 female Pintail, 460+ Teal, 16 Shelducks, 10 Tufted Ducks, 7 Common Sandpipers, 10 Redshanks, 2 Greylag Geese, 7 Canada Geese, 3 Reed Buntings (Nick Tanner).

9 February 2012, Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: 40 Fieldfares, 27+ Redwings (Bob Watts).

8 February 2012, Limehouse Basin: 2 Egyptian Geese, 3 Canada Geese, 21 Tufted Ducks, 35 Coots, 1 Moorhen, 2 Mallards (John Archer).

8 February 2012, Shadwell Basin: 21 Tufted Ducks, 11 Coots, 1 Moorhen (John Archer).

7 February 2012, Bow Creek: 1 Common Sandpiper, 15 Redshanks, 172 Teal (John Archer).

7 February 2012, Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: about 40 Redwings flew north at 8.10am, 6 Redwings and a Song Thrush at lunchtime (Bob Watts).

6 February 2012, East India Dock Basin/Bow Creek: about 50 Fieldfares and 10+ Redwings flew south, about 240 Teal, 1 female Sparrowhawk, 6 Shelducks, 1 Common Sandpiper, 14 Redshanks, 1 Grey Wagtail (John Archer).

6 February 2012, Tower Bridge: 3 Egyptan Geese flew north across the Thames (Paul Whiteman).

5 February 2012, East India Dock Basin/Bow Creek: about 70 Lapwings flew east, 7 Shelducks, 1 female Pintail, 2+ Redshanks, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Sparrowhawk, 10+ Chaffinches, 9+ Reed Buntings (Gary James & Nick Tanner).

4 February 2012, East India Dock Basin/Bow Creek: 1 Snipe, 17 Redshanks, 2 Common Sandpipers, 397 Teal, 3 Reed Buntings (Nick Tanner & Gary James).

3 February 2012, Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: 2+ Redwings (Bob Watts).

3 February 2012, Bow Creek: 1 female Pintail, 2 Shelducks, 152 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 4 Redshanks (John Archer).

3 February 2012, East India Dock Basin: 2 Tufted Ducks, 7 Teal, 1 Reed Bunting, 10 Linnets (John Archer).

2 February 2012, Mudchute: 20 Monk Parakeets, 1 Chiffchaff, 10 Chaffinches, 3 House Sparrows (Conrad Ellam).

2 February 2012, Bow Creek: 5 Shelducks, 152 Teal, 1 Redshank (John Archer).

2 February 2012, East India Dock Basin: 22 Teal, 8 Tufted Ducks - the basin was largely frozen (John Archer).

1 February 2012, Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Goldcrests (Bob Watts).

1 February 2012, East India Dock Basin: 28 Tufted Ducks, 106 Teal, 2 Pied Wagtails (John Archer).

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