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January 2020 Wildlife Records

22 January 2020, East India Dock Basin: 1 Song Thrush in the Copse, 1 Jay, 4 Reed Buntings, 110 Teal, 4 Gadwall, 2 Shelducks (John Archer).

20 January 2020, Mudchute: a mixed flock of about 20 Redwings and Fieldfares, 2 Song Thrushes, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Grey Heron (Richard Saville).

20 January 2020, East India Dock Basin: 8 Shelducks, 6 Gadwall, 16 Teal, 8+ Moorhens, 2 adult Lesser Black-backed gulls, 50+ Carrion Crows including 41 on the crane on London City Island (Tom Speller).

18 January 2020, Mudchute: 1 Grey Heron, 2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Fieldfare, 8 Redwings, 1 Collared Dove (Sean Huggins).

17 January 2020, Mile End: a Sparrowhawk flying west over Mile End Road towards the City, pursued by a Carrion Crow (John Archer).

16 January 2020, Mudchute: 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 5 Redwings, 1 Greenfinch, 15 Goldfinches (Sean Huggins).

16 January 2020, Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: a Sparrowhawk high overhead being mobbed by a Carrion Crow (John Archer).

13 January 2019, Bethnal Green Nature Reserve: Sweet Violets, Snowdrops and Winter Aconites all in flower, 1 Jay (John Archer).

10 January 2020, East India Dock Basin: a count for the Wetland Bird Survey recorded 7 Gadwall, 5 Shelducks, 49 Teal, 26 Mallards, 1 Canada Goose, 3 Moorhens, 1 Cormorant, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 2 Common Gulls, 4 Herring Gulls and 31 Black-headed Gulls. Also 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Wagtail and the Estonian colour-ringed Cormorant “Blue EBY” still on the jetty (John Archer).

10 January 2020, Millwall Park: 1 Mistle Thrush (Tom Speller).

10 January 2020, Saunders Ness: 10 Gadwall, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Mute Swans, 2 Ring-necked Parakeets (Tom Speller).

10 January 2020, Mudchute: a flock of 8 Chaffinches, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Heron, a Fox relaxing in the open (Tom Speller & Richard Saville). Click photos to enlarge

Fox at Mudchute (Tom Speller)

Grey Heron at Mudchute (Richard Saville)

9 January 2020, East India Dock Basin: 17 Shelducks early morning then 6 flew off, the Estonian colour-ringed Cormorant “Blue EBY” again on the jetty, 4 Reed Buntings, 59 Teal (Richard Saville & John Archer).

9 January 2020, Poplar Dock Marina: 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Great Crested Grebe (Richard Saville).

8 January 2020, East India Dock Basin: the Estonian colour-ringed Cormorant “Blue EBY” again on the jetty, 1 singing Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Egyptian Geese, 4 Teal, 2+ House Sparrows, 1 Grey Wagtail (John Archer).

7 January 2020, Mudchute: 1 Redwing, 4 Monk Parakeets, 2 Ring-necked Parakeets, 4 Greenfinches, a flock of 10+ Long-tailed Tits, 20-30 House Sparrows (Richard Saville). Click photos to enlarge

Monk Parakeet (Richard Saville)

Ring-necked Parakeet (Richard Saville)

7 January 2019, East India Dock Basin: 1 Reed Bunting, 4 Shelducks, 3 Teal, 10 Moorhens, 1 Grey Heron, 3 singing Wrens (Tom Speller).

7 January 2019, Bow Creek: 2 Common Sandpipers, 3 Redshanks, 1 Shelduck, 35 Teal (Tom Speller & John Archer).

6 January 2020, Isle of Dogs: 8 Monk Parakeets in Thermopylae Gate (Niall Keogh).

6 January 2020, Regent’s Canal in Mile End: 5 juvenile hybrid Greylag x Canada Geese with their Greylag parent just north of Ben Johnson Lock (John Archer).

6 January 2020, East India Dock Basin: 6 Reed Buntings feeding together in reeds in the north-west corner (an exceptionally high count for the site), 2 Shelducks (John Archer).

4 January 2020, Victoria Park: the Bird Barmy Army walk recorded 39 species of birds, including 11 Shovelers, 5 Gadwall, 10 Pochards, 36 Tufted Ducks, 3 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Egyptian Goose, 7 Greylag Geese, 18 Canada Geese, 18 Mallards, 114 Black-headed Gulls, 5 Mute Swans, 6 Moorhens, 124 Coots, 1 Coal Tit, 32 Redwings, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Jay, 1 singing Song Thrush, 5 Mistle Thrushes (2 singing), 1 Pied Wagtail, 6 Stock Doves, 1 Chaffinch (David Darrell-Lambert & 20 participants in the Bird Barmy Army). Click photos to enlarge