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| Sites in the London Borough of Enfield (website) | ||
| Main Sites | ||
| Enfield Chase (TQ290985) | Habitat:
open farmland
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Species: All year: Sky Lark, common woodland birds. Summer: Whitethroat, Blackcap and Willow Warbler. Passage: Woodcock; Tree Pipit, Wheatear, Whinchat, Stonechat, occasionally Redstart, Ring Ouzel, Brambling. Winter: Fieldfare, Redwing and finches. Rarities: have included Wryneck and Short-toed Lark. |
| Grovelands Lake/Park (TQ305944) (website) | Habitat:
lake surrounded by wooded areas.
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Species: All year: Mandarin Duck; common water and woodland birds. Summer: Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiff-chaff and Willow Warbler. Passage: Redstart a possibility. Winter: Goosander; Fieldfare, Redwing and finches. |
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George V Reservoir (TQ374964) William Girling Reservoir (TQ367945) |
Habitat:
Large concrete banked reservoirs - north of the Walthamstow
reservoirs complex.
Access to King George V Res is by way of key and permit obtained from Thames Water at Walthamstow Reservoir, Ferry Lane, Walthamstow. E17.(tel. 0208 808 1527) There is NO access to Wm Girling Res
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Species: All year: Common waterbirds. Summer: the site can be quite, though anything could just turn up. Black Redstart are present in the area. Passage: Red-necked, Slavonian or Black-necked Grebes; Leaches Petrel (autumn - rare); Common Scoter, Scaup, and Red-breasted Merganser; the occasional Marsh Harrier, Osprey, Hobby; most common wader species pass through, plus occasional Oystercatcher, Grey Plover, Knot, Sanderling, Little Stint, Godwits, Whimbrel and Turnstone; the occasional Pomarine or Arctic Skua; Kittiwake, Little Gulls, Sandwich, Arctic, Little, or Black Terns; occasional Little Auk (autumn - rare); plus passerines on the embankment, such as Larks, Pipits (including Rock), Wheatear, Whinchat and Black Redstart. Winter: (especially after easterlies or harsh conditions): Divers; Red-necked, Slavonian and Black-necked Grebes (often overwinter); Bewick Swans; Brent Geese; Scaup, Common Scoter, Goosander and Red-breasted Merganser: occasional Water Pipit. Wm Girling Res has a large Gull roost that can contain Mediterranean, Glaucous or Iceland Gulls, which can be seen at the adjacent King George V Res. Rarities: have included Sabine's Gull, White-winged Tern and Citrine Wagtail. |
| Ponders End Lake (TQ362946) | Habitat: An old sewage works developed into a lake within a recreational area that forms part of the Lea Valley Pickett's Lock Leisure Center | Species: Summer: the area can be quite. Passage/winter: Occasionally birds from the adjacent William Girling reservoir can stray onto the Lake, including Gulls prior to roosting. Rarities: have included Ring-billed Gull. |
| Trent Country Park (TQ290970) (website) | Habitat: woodland with areas used for argiculture and small ponds. | Species: All year: Mandarin Duck, Stock Dove, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Sky Lark and Yellowhammer. Summer: Nightingale; Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Chiff-chaff and Willow Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher and Marsh Tit. Passage: the occasional raptor such as Buzzard and Hobby; Turtle Dove; Tree Pipit, Wheater, Whinchat, Stonechat, Redstart, the occasional Pied Flycatcher and Firecrest. Winter: Fieldfare and Redwing, and Finches. |
| Other Sites | ||
| Pymmes Park (TQ348928) (website) | ||
| Whitewebbs Park (TQ325997) (website) | ||
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