So I've listed 24 possibilities that have been recorded at Wanstead in the last decade that could get me too or over the 150.
- Grasshopper Warbler (2 recent records, the most recent being a singing bird in the Old Sewage Works on the 14th April 2015)
- Kittiwake (4 recent records, 1 on Wanstead Flats on the 7th January 2014 being the most recent)
- Curlew (3 recent records, with one over the Flats on the 8th March 2014 being the most recent)
- Mandarin Duck (3 recent records, last recorded on the 30th March 2014 on Heronry Lake in the Park)
- Osprey (3 recent records, last recorded on the 13th April 2016 flying over Esso Copse)
- Crossbill (4 recent records, with a single bird on the 31st July 2015 over the Flats being the last record)
- Stone Curlew (2 recent records, last recorded 24th March 2013 over the SSSI)
- Turtle Dove (1 recent record of a bird on Wanstead Flats on the 19th May 2010)
- Dunlin (5 recent records, the last being recorded on Perch Pond 1st March 2018)
- Dartford Warbler (1 recent record in the Broom Fields on the 31st October 2009)
- Wood Sandpiper (2 recent records, one on Angel Pond on the 19th April 2011 being the last record)
- Oystercatcher (2 heard only recent records, last recorded over the Flats on 23rd October 2013)
- Marsh Harrier (5 recent records, last recorded 26th March 2018 over Jubilee)
- Honey Buzzard (a single bird over the Flats on the 23rd September 2000)
- Merlin (4 recent records, last recorded on 28th November 2016 over Alexandra Lake)
- Ringed Plover (1 recent record, 3 birds flying over the Fairground on the 26th April 2015)
- Redshank (3 recent records, with one over the SSSI on the 27th April 2015 being the last recorded)
- Greenshank (4 recent records, 2 birds on the 10th May 2016 over Alex were the last recorded)
- Whimbrel (3 recent records, a flock 33 birds over the Flats on 23rd April 2012 being the last recorded)
- Water Pipit (2 recent records, one on Alexandra Lake on the 21st October 2018 being the most recent)
- Rock Pipit (2 recent records, with one on the 16th October 2018 over the Flats being the most recent)
- Raven (A single record of a bird flying over the Flats on the 24th May 2016)
- Cattle Egret (1 recent record of a single bird over the Brooms on the 4th November 2018)
- Grey Plover (A single record from the Flats on the 9th February 2012)
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This would be a welcome sight and sound...especially after missing the Grasshopper Warbler in the Old Sewage Works in April 2015 |
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