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Friday 1st March 2013

 * Brent Reservoir : female Goosander, 1 Lapwing, 3 Common Snipe, 16 Fieldfares, 2 Redwing, c5 Redpolls near Heron Hide, 3 Water Rail (Derek Turner)
 * Crayford Marshes: 62 Waxwing near the Recycling centre; Spotted Redshank, Water Pipit, Turnstone, 2 Rock Pipit, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Oystercatcher. (Kev Jarvis).
 * East India Dock Basin: 2 Mistle Thrushes in the Copse (1st record for 2 years), 14 Shelduck, 20+ Tufted Duck, 5 Teal (John Archer).
 * Eltham (Oxleas Woods): 2 Siskin 8.45am (John Reid)
 * Ewell (Hogsmill Open Space): 1 Little Egret, 1 Common Snipe, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Stock Dove (Neil Batten).
 * Greenford UB6: Male Blackcap has returned to defend his/the fat balls on the feeders in my garden after an absence of about 2 weeks. (David Pierrepont)
 * Highbury: 8 Waxwing outside 61 Balfour Rd 07:50 but flighty (LP).
 * Islington: Goldcrest singing in Gibson Square, N1 at 14:15 (Tim Harris).
 * Ladywell Fields S.E.6: 2 great spotted woodpeckers,5 redwings,2 fieldfares, kingfisher, 5 common gulls (Terry Wilson)
 * Lower Clapton E5: 16 Waxwings briefly on tree outside 65 Powerscroft Road and nearby aerials at 11:00 (Alastair Dent).
 * Mill Hill NW7: 10-15 Waxwings on tree in road off Bunns Lane for about 10 minutes before flying off north at 10.35 toward Arrandene Open Space (Xav).
 * Mudchute Park & Farm: Siskin, c10 Fieldfares, c10 Redwings, Goldcrest, Jay (John Archer).
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: 2 Shelduck, 12 Gadwall, 14 Shoveler, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe (pr), 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Water Rail, 1 Lapwing circling over lake 08:20, 1 Redwing, 12 Siskin (birdman_euston).
 * Sidcup DA15: 3 Waxwings by Horse and Groom pub on Main Road very briefly at 7.35 then flew low north but not found in subsequent search (Ian Stewart)
 * Sidcup (Lamorbey Park): Egyptian Goose in tall dead tree in college grounds, male Wigeon, 7(5m 2f) Tufted Duck, Little Grebe trilling, Great Crested Grebe, 8+ Song Thrush inc 6 together, several Goldcrests, Siskins. Lots of territorial disputes especially Mute Swans and Dunnocks. (Ian Stewart).
 * Walthamstow:  About a dozen Waxwings again in the gardens between Rectory Road and Howard Road. Seen briefly 1.30 p.m. (David Keane)
 * Wanstead Flats: 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Common Snipe (Cat and Dog and Angel), 7 Skylarks (including 1 song-flighting), 19 Meadow Pipits, 16 Fieldfares, 2 Little Grebe, 10 + Tufted Duck, Shoveler, Kestrel, 2 Stock Dove (Nick Croft, Tim Harris).
 * Wanstead Park: Water Rail (first sighting this year) south-east corner of Shoulder of Mutton, 80+ Gadwall, 3 m Shoveler, m Teal, 9 Pochard, 50 + Tufted Duck, 3 Lesser Redpoll,10 + Siskin, Goldcrest, Redwing, 3 Stock Dove (Nick Croft)
 * Worcester Park: Green Sandpiper (new diggings Green Lane), Little Grebe (first returner for breeding), Peregrine (Bob Smith)

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