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singing in Black Bushes. Pheasant with two young flushed
at Mount Pleasant. Several Jays identified.
August 20th.—A Spotted Flycatcher and two Whitethroats on Pear-
tree Plain. A Bullfinch at Magpie. Hill. A Kestrel flying
over Hill Wood. Five Jays identified.
August 28rd.—Seven young Tufted Ducks in down on Eagle Pond.
Interesting as this record is, it is not the first occasion that
this duck has nested in the Forest, as two nests with eight
eggs each were found on an island on Connaught Water in
1918. One clutch was stolen while the other was success-
fully hatched:
September 3rd.—Three Spotted Flycatchers near the obelisk, Hawk
Wood. Pied Wagtail at Chingford Hatch.
September 9th.—Two Little Grebes on Connaught Water. Chiffchaff
heard at Buttonseed Corner, Strawberry Hill and Chingford
Plain.
September 24th.—Two Little Grebes still on Connaught Water.
Green Woodpecker heard near Bed Path and at Old Church
Plain. Seven Jays were identified.
October 7th.—Male Mallards on Connaught Water nearly out of
eclipse plumage. Several Reed Buntings near the Warren,
one male assuming winter plumage. Three Jays identified.
October 21st.—Several Lesser Redpolls, Strawberry Hill.
October 22nd.—A number of Redwing near the Warren ; this local
early arrival is probably governed by the food supply, berries
being very plentiful this season. Green Woodpecker near
Chingford Plain. Five Jays identified.
November 5th.—Four Tufted Ducks on Connaught Water. Several
Meadow Pipits and Redwing near the Warren. Two Reed
Buntings flushed from a patch of Molinia varia in Great
Monk Wood. Three Jays identified.
November 19th.—Six Tufted Ducks and six Pochards on Connaught
Water. One Meadow Pipit and one Reed Bunting at Fair-
mead Bottom, song of Redwing heard here. Considerable
flock of Lesser Redpolls on higher branches of birches, High
Beach. Two Bullfinches, Old Church Plain. Three Jays
identified.
November 25th.—Two Blackheaded Gulls flying over Chingford Plain.
Two Coots, eight Tufted Ducks, and one Pochard, Connaught
Water. Large flock of Wood Pigeons, Strawberry Hill.
Redwing singing, Fairmead Bottom.
November 26th.—Eight Tufted Ducks and one Coot, Connaught
Water. Flushed Jack Snipe from swamp by Epping New
Road, Fairmead Bottom. A few Redwings about at the
berries. Flock of Greenfinches, Old Church Plain. Marsh-
Titmouse and Golden-crested Wren by High Beach Church,
also some Lesser Redpolls, both on ground and. at top of
birches.
December 3rd.—Green Woodpecker yaffling, Chingford Plain. Two
Coots, six Tufted Ducks, and one Pochard, Connaught Water.
1916