Sean Huggins: Isle of Dogs Year List 2010 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 81 of 81 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 05/01/2010 Thames, by Elephant Royale Two 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 04/02/2010 Thames nr Millennium Wharf one; two upriver Island Gardens 18 Mar; two Millwall OD Dec 23rd 3 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 05/01/2010 Thames Isle of Dogs Two 4 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 23/04/2010 Thames, Saunders Ness Three flying upriver 5 Gadwall Mareca strepera 07/01/2010 Saunders Ness Six; nine 21/1 6 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19/12/2010 Millwall Outer Dock 17 (four drakes). Part of hard-weather influx 7 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 02/01/2010 Saunders Ness 8 Teal Anas crecca 23/01/2010 02 beach 25 9 Pochard Aythya ferina 21/01/2010 Thames, Saunders Ness Ad drake, second Island record. Five Millwall Outer Dock 19 Dec. 10 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 05/01/2010 Millwall Outer Dock Hard weather influx: 241; 265 Jan 7th. Another hard weather influx, 480 on 19 Dec 11 Scaup Aythya marila 23/12/2010 Millwall Outer Dock (narrow S section) Three 1w drakes and a (presumed 1w) female; three drakes 24th; female 26th; three drakes 28th 12 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 26/12/2010 On wall of printing plant, Millwall Outer Dock ! 13 Swift Apus apus 28/04/2010 SW over Canary Wharf one 14 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/02/2010 Greenwich Park Five in Deer Enclosure 15 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 02/01/2010 Mudchute Farm 16 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 07/01/2010 Millwall Docks 17 Coot Fulica atra 05/01/2010 Millwall Docks 18 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 27/01/2010 West India Docks 19 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 05/01/2010 Millwall Docks 20 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/04/2010 Thames nr Millennium Wharf Flying downriver calling 21 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 07/01/2010 Thames, Isle of Dogs Four (two plus two) flying downriver in hard weather 22 Redshank Tringa totanus 28/11/2010 O2 shore, flying E 23 Dunlin Calidris alpina 03/12/2010 Saunders Ness, Thames One feeding on mud on falling tide. Presumed alpina 24 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 22/04/2010 West India Docks; four Thames 23rd April 25 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 02/01/2010 Saunders Ness 26 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 19/12/2010 Thames by gasometer 1w flew downriver 27 Common Gull Larus canus 02/01/2010 Saunders Ness 28 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 02/01/2010 Saunders Ness 29 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 23/01/2010 02 beach one adult 30 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 02/01/2010 Saunders Ness 31 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 02/01/2010 Saunders Ness 32 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2010 Thames, Isle of Dogs 33 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2010 Saunders Ness 34 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/04/2010 Mudchute Farm Female 35 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2010 Greenwich Park Also Mudchute 5/2 and 4-5 other dates first-winter period 36 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 26/01/2010 Greenwich Park At least one heard; one seen well Mudchute 1 Mar; heard Greenwich Park (two?) 7th Apr 37 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 05/03/2010 Thames, Greenwich Power Station Male 38 Peregrine Falco peregrinus ********** ********** 39 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/01/2010 Greenwich Park 40 Jay Garrulus glandarius 08/01/2010 Greenwich Park 41 Magpie Pica pica 02/01/2010 Mudchute Farm 42 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 08/01/2010 Greenwich Park About 20 43 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 02/01/2010 Mudchute Farm 44 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2010 Greenwich Park 45 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 02/01/2010 Mudchute Farm 46 Great Tit Parus major 02/01/2010 Mudchute Farm 47 Skylark Alauda arvensis 28/12/2010 Thames, Saunders Ness flying downriver calling 48 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 28/05/2010 Saunders Ness One lingering 49 Swallow Hirundo rustica 23/04/2010 one W over East Ferry Road 50 House Martin Delichon urbicum 01/05/2010 High over East Ferry Road Three; also three Sextant Ave with unfinished nest and two Mudchute 28/5 51 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 07/01/2010 Mudchute Farm 52 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 08/04/2010 Mudchute Farm Singing 53 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 18/03/2010 Mudchute Farm Singing, possibly two 54 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 03/04/2010 Mudchute Farm At least one singing; one singing Greenwich Park 7th Apr 55 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 24/04/2010 Mudchute Farm, allotments hedge by farm fields Singing 56 Whitethroat Curruca communis 19/04/2010 Mudchute Farm Singing briefly 57 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 19/03/2010 Mudchute Farm On nature trail by NE corner of playing field; one near station entrance 2 Nov; single and two Greenwich Park late Oct early Nov. 58 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 22/01/2010 Greenwich Park 59 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 07/01/2010 Mudchute Farm Four 60 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2010 Greenwich Park 61 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2010 Greenwich Park 62 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 07/01/2010 East Ferry Road, E14 63 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 02/01/2010 Mudchute Farm 64 Redwing Turdus iliacus 05/01/2010 Isle of Dogs Eighty around the island; still 20+ Mudchute 17/1; 50 Mudchute 21/1; 50 26/1; 126 Greenwich Park 26/1; 58 Mudchute Farm 4/2; 85 Mudchute Farm 6/2; still 16 Mudchute 19 Mar 65 Blackbird Turdus merula 02/01/2010 Mudchute Farm 66 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 07/01/2010 East Ferry Road, E14 About 100 west in hard weather 67 Robin Erithacus rubecula 02/01/2010 Mudchute Farm 68 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros ********** ********** 69 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 02/01/2010 Millwall Park 70 Dunnock Prunella modularis 08/01/2010 Greenwich Park 71 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 17/01/2010 Blackwall Basin dock gates 72 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/01/2010 Saunders Ness 73 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 07/01/2010 Saunders Ness Four; one Thames, Millennium Drive, Apr 3 74 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 28/11/2010 O2 shore 75 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 08/01/2010 Greenwich Park 76 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 07/01/2010 Mudchute Farm 77 Linnet Linaria cannabina 23/01/2010 Thames shore just W of gravel plant, Greenwich c 12; one Mudchute 5/2; one singing Mudchute 20 Feb 78 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 05/01/2010 Millwall Docks Sp. Two over calling 79 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2010 Mudchute Farm 80 Siskin Spinus spinus 25/11/2010 Mudchute Farm Over calling 81 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 05/03/2010 O2 boardwalk Calling bird