17.
1. Sparrowhawk. Bred Park - 5 young fledged success-
fully. Adult seen rarely - hunts upstream of
River Roding.
2. Kingfisher. Bred Park but unsuccesfully. First nest
raided by children ... second attempt at same
site ... deserted due to human disturbance.
Seen regularly in park all year.
3. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. Frequently seen. 5 Juv-
enilesseen.
4. Blackbird. As with song thrush a very poor year,
nearly all nests raided or deserted. Few young
seen.
5. Heron........... may breed in 1975. One bird
found dead from airgun wounds on Lincoln Island.
The main survey will cover the following groups.
If anyone is able to help with keeping records I would
be pleased to hear from them. Likewise if anybody
wishes to record a group not listed below.
Botany: Flowering plants, including grasses.
trees and bushes,
ferns, horsetails and clubmosses.
mosses and liverworts,
lichens and fungi.
Zoology: Birds,
mammals,
reptiles and amphibians,
macro-lepidoptera and beetles,
insects with aquatic connections (eg. drag-
onflies and Stoneflies).
Spiders.
Others: Plant galls.
Please send all records to Mr C.W.Plant.
Wren Conservation Group, c/o 62 Dover Road,
London E.12.
NB Please bear in mind that the survey is of Wanstead
Park — not of Wanstead Flats!