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Thursday 21st September

 * Brent Reservoir : 3 Common Snipe, 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, Lapwing, c35 House Martin, 3 Swallow, 2 Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Andrew Haynes, Simon Worsfold)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher, Song Thrush, Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crouch End: 2 Hobby over 0905 heading north (Sam Jones). Perhaps I did see 2 Hobby's yesterday Sam, at 0915. I identified 1 by its call. Binocs with me today, but missed them (Greg Smith)
 * Dartmouth Park, NW5: 1 Hobby over Boscastle Road at 0740, heading SW (Tim Blackburn)
 * Eastcote (Field End Recreation Ground): 3 Swallow S, Chiffchaff singing, Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull (Tim Rymer).
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - Sparrowhawk 07:58, 20+ House Martin SE, 50+ Starling 12:28 NE (my biggest ever flock here) (Samuel Levy)
 * Hornchurch CP: Spotted Crake still, also Osprey over (per RBA)
 * Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 29 Swallows & Martins w 15:15. 1 Grey Wagtail in car park of The Square (Neil Batten)
 * Mitcham CR4: Kestrel hovering over Mitcham Eastfields station 10:34 (James Hudson)
 * Pinner (HA5): 3 Swallow south, Chiffchaff, 2 Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker & 5 Jay (Jon Ridge)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Black Tern 1st W flew over N basin 12.00. 5 Little Stint, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 10 Ruff, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Sanderling, 50 Dunlin, 45 Ringed Plover, 3 Little Egret flew S along W side early pm. 200 House Martin. 25 Meadow Pipit. (Franko J Maroevic et al)
 * St James's Park: 2 Kingfisher perched together, one bird bowing repeatedly, also flying together, showing superbly today (Frank Nugent).
 * Staines Reservoir. 3 Little Stint, 40 Ringed Plover, one Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Ruff, 2 Black tailed Godwit, 20 Dunlin and a Peregrine sat on the mud looking about. ( John Edwards)
 * Trent Park: 3 Spotted Flycatcher adult and two first-winter along bridle path between Shaws Wood and Merryhills Brook 11:20 - 11:30 (Robert Callf)
 * Woodford Green: Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Goldcrest (1st for the Autumn), Sprarrowhawk, c50 House Martins feeding on high with accompanying Hobby. (Ken Murray)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Peregrine, Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk, 22 House Martin (Chris Farthing)

Wednesday 20th September

 * Alexandra Park: 24 Meadow Pipits south by 0715, 3+ Chiffchaff, 7 Swallows north 1752, also Little Egret & Kingfisher Wood Green Res (Bob Watts); Hobby 08:20, over cricket pitch, then over Hornsey High St, 3 Swallows S,08:25-08:40 (Trevor Wyatt); vocal Hobby over Crouch End with another raptor (no binocs with me) 09.15 (Greg Smith)
 * Beddington Farmlands: Hen Harrier N, Little Stint, Ruff, Firecrest, Redstart, Swift (Twitter)
 * Brixton - Sainsbury's: 1 Swallow then after 5 mins 3 more and 15+ House Martins (Michael Mac)
 * Brockwell Park: 200+ House Martins/Swallows and few Sand Martins from 17:35 to 18:50 probably same migration as recorded at Tooting, probably more like 500 as this started at 16:00 at least, 3 House Sparrows (Michael Mac)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 House Martin, Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam); 3 Little Egret in a tree at 14.15 (Tom Moulton)
 * Dollis Brook, Holders Hill: Grey Wagtail, 20+ House Martin W (Samuel Levy)
 * Eastcote (Field End Recreation Ground): Chiffchaff singing (Tim Rymer)


 * East Dulwich SE22: Approx 200 House Martins and Swallows (mainly House Martins) W/SW between 16:00-18:30 (Steven Robinson)
 * Ewell: 16 Swallow hawking insects over the car park of DW Fitness, Banstead Rd. 19:00 (Neil Batten)
 * Foots Cray: 100's of mainly Barn Swallow and fewer House and Sand Martins all going sw (Patrick English)
 * Foots Cray Meadows c18.00: 4 Mute Swan, Little Egret, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2+ Sand Martin with over 300 Swallows and House Martins mainly west, Grey Wagtail, 10+ Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, Coal Tit (Ian Stewart, Jack Headley)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Reed Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, Jay (John Bushell)
 * Guildhall EC2: Black Redstart female/1w male on Guildhall roof and feeding on internal sedum planted courtyard area (N Senior)
 * Hilly Fields, Lewisham: Chiffchaff singing, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Tom Moulton)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: Spotted Crake still (Tom Bell; still present and showing at 5pm (Quentin GIven)
 * Lamorbey Park: 2 Mute Swan, 7 Egyptian Geese, 3 Cormorant, 2 Peregrine, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 200+ Swallow and 50+ House Martin mainly NW with the Swallows about rooftop height and Martins at about 4-storey height and some general milling about, 3 Chiffchaff, Goldcrests, Coal Tit (Ian Stewart)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Black Swan, 10 Greylag, not locals, Hobby, Wheatear, Whinchat, 5 Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail S, light passage S of Swallow and Meadow Pipit (R.Kaye); plus 2 Goldcrest, 1m 1f Sparrowhawk, 1 Mandarin (Martin Honey et al.)
 * Leatherhead Station: 2 Chiffchaff. Mixed flock of at least 82 Swallow, House Martin & Sand Martin east at treetop height 13:20-13:35 129 Swallow & 3 Martin sp. w 18:00 - 18:10 (Neil Batten)
 * Oval: Sparrowhawk at 1430. About 30 House Martins and a few Swallows west over Kennington Park Road at 1645 (T. Jordan)
 * Oxleas Wood: Willow Warbler, [200+ House Martin, Sand Martin, Swallow], Green Woodpecker, 6 Goldcrest, Firecrest, 4 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch, Blackcap [fm], 3 Goldfinch (Ron Turner)
 * Pinner (HA5): Hobby over at 17:36, Sparrowhawk, 23 House Martin west between 17:25 & 17:45, Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay & 2 Goldfinch (Jon Ridge)
 * St James's Park: Kingfisher, 6 Chiffchaff, one singing, 2 Peregrine together, one taking a Pigeon (Frank Nugent).
 * Staines Reservoir: Is anybody there? We'd like to know how the wader-fest is progressing, since there were no reports yesterday. (Look at Dominic Pia "@ReservoirDom" on twitter, he updates regularly, Tom Gibson) Like the ...Is anyone there... ? I try to keep news updated on here, not to everyones approval. (FJM) 1 Merlin juv fem settled on aerator this early am, 3 Little Stint, 2 Ruff by mid am. Dunlin and Ringed Plover now often near W tower. (Bob Warden per FJM); now 7 Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper and Sanderling (D. Pia-Twitter)
 * Stave Hill: Chiffchaff singing briefly this morning, 4-6 House Martin over early, Goldcrest, 1 Kingfisher on Globe Pond, Great spotted Woodpecker, 2 Grey Wagtail (John Cadera)
 * Stockwell (Guilford Road): 3 Swallow over houses, direction they usually go in spring (Michael Mac)
 * Stoneleigh Station KT17: 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Coal Tit in mixed Tit flock (Neil Batten)
 * Southwark Park Road SE16: 3 Swallow N at 16:50 (John Cadera)
 * The Ridgeway, Mill Hill: Common Buzzard, Hobby, 20+ House Martin S, Chiffchaff, 2 Pied Wagtail. (Samuel Levy)
 * Tooting Common: 100+ Swallows and 10+ House Martins south-west between 4 and 5 pm (Alan Wilkinson)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake : 6 Teal, 3 Mandarin, Kingfisher, 2 Little Owl, c20 House Martin (Simon Worsfold)
 * Trent Park: Kingfisher lower lake (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow, Lockwood: 2 juv BlackTern W at c6.30pm, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail (Stuart Fisher)
 * West Kent Golf Course(Downe Village)Good passage of Barn Swallow c10-20, House & Sand Martin c30-40, 1 Hobby (Ernest Thomason)
 * Worcester Park, Garden KT4: 30+ Swallow, 20+ House Martin and several Sand Martin all going W, 16:20-15:00 (Isaiah Rowe)

Tuesday 19th September

 * Alexandra Park: Spotted Flycatcher cricket scrub, Peregrine, 2 Kingfisher (pontoon on Wood Green Res south end and hunting flooded filter bed 1), Little Egret, 7+ Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Meadow Pipit, 25+ Greenfinch cricket scrub (APOG Birders); also Coal Tit, Stock Dove and four or five (newly-arrived?) imm. Blackbirds wolfing down Hawthorn berries in the cricket scrub (Harringay Birder)
 * Bay Farm, Enfield: 2 Teal on pond near London Loop path (Robert Callf)
 * Brent Reservoir: 4 Egyptian Goose, 6 Wigeon, Water Rail (calling 05:44), 3 Lapwing, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Common Snipe, c.800 Black-headed Gull at roost (all dispersed by 06:30), 2 Cetti’s Warbler (1 singing from 06:25), several singing Chiffchaff (1st song at 06:42 sunrise) (Andrew Haynes, 05:30-07:45, main hide); Vis-mig: 3 Greenfinch, 3 Chaffinch, Goldfinch, 3 Meadow Pipit, Starling (06:45-08:00). Also Ringed Plover, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat, c65 House Martin, Hobby, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Little Egret. Insects: Small Copper, Red Admiral, Comma, Common Darter, 4 Migrant Hawker (Magnus Andersson, Simon Worsfold)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Song Thrush, Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crayford Marshes: 10 Gadwall, c20 Teal, Pheasant, c6 Little Egret, male Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 5 Kestrel, 5 Ringed Plover, 4 Lapwing, 7 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, c20 Redshank, 4 Greenshank, Curlew, 6+ Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Green Woodpecker, Skylark, 5 Swallow, c20 Meadow Pipit, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1+ Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear, 1-2 Whinchat, c12 Stonechat, 2 Song Thrush, 7+ Blackcap, Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, 8 Cetti's Warbler, c20 Chiffchaff inc 3 singing, 2 Jay, 2 Rook, 6 Reed Bunting (Ian Stewart)
 * Dartford Marsh, Darent River/Thames foreshore: Marsh Harrier (male & female), 4 Greenshank, 22 Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, Avocet (Ralph Todd - Bexley RSPB Group).
 * Dollis Brook: Gordon Road allotments - Finchley Tennis Club - 3 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, M Blackcap, 4 Drake Mandarin Duck. (Samuel Levy)
 * Elephant & Castle SE1: Yellow-browed Warbler Where it's a big place? (Richard Bonser via Twitter) Failed Yellow-browed Warbler twitch! However... skywatch by accident produced 2 Sparrowhawk, 14 Buzzard, 1 Honey Buzzard, 1 possible Goshawk over the space of 30 mins! Also 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker in Dicken's Fields (Francis Tusa)
 * Finchley Central : Interesting bird which I presume was a Common Buzzard being mobbed by 2 Sparrowhawk 17:50 over the top end of Nether Street. It circled about 5 times before drifting W with no wing beats. It reflected a very pale underneath in the sun. Unfortunately my binos weren't handy! (Samuel Levy)
 * Gallions Reach: 2 Golden Plover, 25+ Blackwit, 6 Redshank (KJM)
 * Hampstead Heath: Stonechat (male) South Meadow, many fewer hirundines today I saw 40 Swallows and 20 House Martins, latter were feeding over Parliament Hill Fields (Pete Mantle)
 * Heathrow, Polar Pk Ind Est: 3 Red Kite, 4 Skylark, 6 Meadow Pipit, 2 Goldfinch (Wendy Marks)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: Spotted Crake still showing well, Osprey circled over twice before flying southwards (Tom Bell)
 * Lamorbey Park: 2 Mute Swan, 6 Egyptian Geese, Little Grebe, 3 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3+ Chiffchaff, 6+ Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, Nuthatch, 3 Jackdaw (Ian Stewart)
 * Leatherhead, Common Meadow: 4 House Martin & 1 Swallow w. 4 Chiffchaff (incl. 1 singing), 1 Blackcap, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Stock Dove, 4 Jay, 1 Nuthatch (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: No sign of Glossy Ibis, last seen flying off last night at 17:40 high SW, 13 Wigeon, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 15+ Blackcap, 10+ Chiffchaff, 2 Black Swan, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 7 Meadow Pipit (SW), 1 Yellow Wagtail (NW), 1 Willow Warbler (WWT website/ WWT Twitter) 2 Wheatear, 1 Whinchat, 2 Stonechat all on wader scrape (Deiniol Owen and others)
 * Oxleas Wood: 10 Jackdaw, 24 Goldfinch, 4 Nuthatch, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 6 Goldcrest, 5 Firecrest, Willow Warbler, Coal Tit, Stock Dove (pair), 2 Blackcap (m/fm) (Ron Turner)
 * Richmond Park: Red Kite, Lapwing low over Pen Ponds, 20 Magpie in a flock (P. Redmond per JW); Whinchat (M.Lewis)
 * St James's Park: 2 Kingfisher together, showing very nicely 08:00-08:45 (Frank Nugent).
 * South Harrow, Eastcote Avenue: Lesser Whitethroat in garden (Michael Robinson)
 * Totteridge Valley: Stonechat f, Common Redstart m, Meadow Pipit, Bullfinch, Common Buzzard (Tony Clancy, Simon Worsfold)
 * Wallington Garden: Sparrowhawk male, 3 Goldcrest, 4 Jay, 2 Blackcap (m+f.) (Arjun Dutta)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: 6 Goldcrest, 2 Chiffchaff (Bob Watts)
 * Westminster Abbey: 2 Peregrines noisily chasing each other round the towers at c1845
 * West Putney, SW15: c.70 Jackdaw flew SW at dusk - the highest number I've seen locally and presumably a reflection of the increase in this area over the last ten years (J.Wilczur)

Monday 18th September

 * Alexandra Park: Yellow Wagtail 0642 to 0655, grounded, 3+ Chiffchaff (Bob Watts)
 * Brent Reservoir: Ringed Plover, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Lapwing, 2 Common Buzzard East 11.15, fem Sparrowhawk, Swallow, 40+ House Martin, Sand Martin, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff (John Colmans, Andrew Verrall)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 4 Chiffchaff, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crayford Marshes: 4 Gadwall, c30 Teal (plus c100 Essex side of Thames), 2 Pheasant, Little Grebe, 3 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk hunting Thames foreshore, 4 Kestrel, Oystercatcher, 3 Lapwing, c10 Ringed Plover, 14 Dunlin, poss Little Stint seen flying with Dunlin (a size smaller, similar plumage, bill not seen, didnt see them land), Common Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, 24 Redshank, 5 Snipe, 6+ Yellow-legged Gull, Barn Owl hunting over Dartford Marshes 18.15 - 18.20 seemed to catch a rodent and disappeared into trees, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, 3+ Swallow W over landfill, 20+ Meadow Pipit, Whinchat on Bob Dunn Way field with pair of Stonechats- 3rd Stonechat (female) on landfill E side, Whitethroat, 4 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Jay, Rook N, c150 Linnet (Ian Stewart)
 * Enfield Island Village: Yellow Wagtail south west over doctor's surgery at 07:57 (Martin Shepherd)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - 12 Swallow SW 16:25. (Samuel Levy)
 * Hackney Marshes: 1 Great Crested Grebe (ad), 3 Little Grebe, 3 Teal, 1 Gadwall on Old R. Lea, c100 Black-Headed Gulls, 1 Herring Gull on the pitches, 7 Mistle Thrush over north 08:00 - 08:45 (Alastair Dent)
 * Hampstead Heath: Cetti's Warbler, singing at Highgate No.1 and seen briefly in willow tree at southern edge, Also 300+ Swallows, mostly W, 50 House Martins, 40 Meadow Pipits, 6 Gadwall on Ham No.2 Also 10 Chiffchaffs, 5 Goldcrests (Pete Mantle)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: Spotted Crake at viewing area 13:10 also Common Buzzard, 8 Snipe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker (John & Janet Cadera)
 * London Wetland Centre: Glossy Ibis  still present this morning on the wader scrape, site opens at 9:30 (WWT website/WWT London Twitter) Still present 10.15 viewable from Peacock hide (Martin Honey and others) Ibis flew off south-west, 10.30; Glossy Ibis returned from high to the east at 12.40 (J.Wilczur, R. Kaye) Glossy Ibis still present at 14:20 on the wader scrape (WWT Twitter) Glossy Ibis flew off high SW at 17:40 (WWT Twitter)
 * Rainham Marshes: 2 Spoonbill from butts hide in morning (Twitter). 6 juv Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 4 Dunlin, 33 Black-tailed Godwit, Hobby, 20 Meadow Pipits (T.Jordan)
 * Richmond Park: Glossy Ibis flying at moderate height below lower pen pond, 1040. Presumably the LWC bird? (P Pentek) Indeed, great record!
 * Ruislip Lido: 30+ Cormorant actively feeding on fish shoal,4 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, few House Martin and Swallow.(Martin Smith)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 2 Grey Plover, 4 Little Stint, 1 Knot, 14 Ruff, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 48 Dunlin, 35 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Pintail, 1 Kingfisher,1 Black-necked Grebe. (Franko J Maroevic, Dom Pia et al)
 * Stoneleigh Station: Singing Chiffchaff still present (Neil Batten)
 * St James's Park: Kingfisher @13.30 (Mike Amos); 2 Kingfisher together c14:30 (Frank Nugent). With thanks for the info Frank (Mike Amos).
 * The Ridgeway, Mill Hill: 64+ House Martin W, 10+ Swallow W, Meadow Pipit, 2 Pied Wagtail. (Samuel Levy)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: 4 Goldcrest, 3 Chiffchaff, Blackcap (Bob Watts)
 * Trent Park: Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Common Buzzard, 2 Song Thrush, 2 G S Woodpecker, 2 Swallow, 6 Mandarin ( 4m, 2f), 2 Blackcap, Grey Wagtail, 2 Stock Dove, 20 Goldfinch. ( Pete Lowman),
 * Walthamstow Reseroivrs : Scando Rock pipit, common snipe, 2 willow warblers (Jamie Partridge)
 * Woodford Green: Firecrest (imaged) at 7.50 and 8.10 am, also Chiffy at 8.55am. (Ken Murray)

Sunday 17th September

 * Alexandra Park: Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Chiffchaff, Meadow Pipit, Little Egret, Kingfisher, 2 House Martin (APOG Birders)
 * Brent Reservoir: Ringed Plover, 4 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 4 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 100 House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler (Andrew Self, Andrew Haynes, Roy Beddard). Hobby W over dam mid afternoon (Bill Haines).
 * Foots Cray Meadows: Greylag Goose E with 5 Canada Geese, 7 Tufted Duck, 1-2 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, House Martin, 35 Meadow Pipit (Upper College Farm field), Grey Wagtail, c20 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 5+ Goldcrest, c40 Long-tailed Tit, Jay, 2 Linnet (Ian Stewart)
 * Fairlop: Green Sandpiper, Lapwing 20, Shoveler 1,Teal 8, Gadwall 6, Spotted Flycatcher 2, Goldfinch 30, Linnet 20 (Steve Bacon, Neil Twyford)


 * Fryent Country Park: dark phase Honey Buzzard over heading SW at 15:45, 2 Hobby, Common Buzzard, 9 Swallow (Joe Taylor)
 * Hammersmith: 1cy Caspian Gull showing well on River Thames from 17:00-18:10 at least, plus regular 3cy Yellow-legged Gull (Josh Jones).
 * Ingrebourne Valley: Spotted Crake still at viewing area (BirdGuides) also Red-Legged Partridge, Common Snipe, Common Buzzard, c30 Meadow Pipit, 3 Linnet (Simon Worsfold)
 * KGV Reservoir: Grey Phalarope on South basin still (Neville Smith).
 * Lamorbey Park : Little Grebe, 2 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan, 5 Egyptian Geese, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker,Coal Tit 6 Jackdaw, (Mike Amos). 6 Egyptian Geese also Kestrel, Peregrine, 5 Common Gull, 2 Swallow, Meadow Pipit NE, Pied Wagtail, Chiffchaff, 10+ Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Jay (Ian Stewart)
 * London Wetland Centre: Glossy Ibis on the wader scrape at 17:30 feeding. (WWT website/WWT London Twitter)
 * Margravine Cemetery: Song Thrush (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * North Finchley: Willow Warbler in garden briefly in morning and intermittently during day (John Colmans)
 * Norwood Grove: Buzzard heading north at 17.30, mobbed by 2 pairs of crows and a dozen parakeets (Nick Moll)
 * Pimlico Gardens: Arctic Skua juvenile high West at 17.20, hybrid HerringxLesser Black-backed Gull on Thames (N.Senior)
 * Pinner (HA5): Red Kite south-west at 16:18, 11 House Martin high mainly north-west, Meadow Pipit over, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Jay & a Red Admiral butterfly (Jon Ridge)
 * St James' Park: 2 kingfishers - not impossible there were three (OSL)
 * Sidcup DA14 (Chalk Wood): Mute Swan E, 4 Red-legged Partridge, 3 Pheasant (pair + juv), Common Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Meadow Pipit NE, 4+ Chiffchaff, 4+ Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Treecreeper, 3 Jay, 10+ Jackdaw. (Ruxley Honeydale Farm): 3 Cormorant N, Kestrel, 3 Green Woodpecker, Sand Martin S, c20 Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Goldcrest, Jay, 8 Jackdaw, c30 Linnet (Ian Stewart)
 * Swanley Park : 215 Canada Geese, 11 Greylag Geese,(both site highs), 2 Egyptian Geese, Cormorant, Green Woodpecker, Tawny Owl calling 3 am (Andy Meaton)
 * Sydenham Hill: Firecrest heard singing in garden at Dulwich Wood House PH 15:30 (Jo East)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 2 Buzzard (1 seen, 1 heard), flock 8 distant mid-sized wader over airfield in poor light (possibly Ruff?), 8 Stock Dove 6 Skylark, min 46 Meadow Pipit, 3 Chiffchaff, f Blackcap, 12 Rook (10 adult) feeding on short grass with Crows + Jackdaws, flock 40+ Linnet (largest number this year; much less frequent with declining ruderal patches), 2 Reed Bunting (Neil Anderson)
 * Thames Lambeth-Chelsea Bridges: 5 Yellow-legged Gulls (2ads, 1 3cy, 1 4cy, 1 juv), Common Sandpiper, 17 House Martin N (N.Senior) didn't you post Caspian Gull at barges at Pimlico back in August? (Michael Mac) Correct (NPS)
 * Totteridge Valley, Belmont Farm: 65+ Swallow SE, 2 Chiffchaff, Grey Heron, 50+ Starling, 10+ Stock Dove, Whinchat, Pied Wagtail, 4 Wheatear briefly dropped between downpours, 5 Kestrel, 2 Common Buzzard, 60+ House Martin SE, Hobby, Goldcrest, 2 Meadow Pipit. (Samuel Levy)
 * Tyttenhanger GP: White-winged Black Tern still (Twitter)
 * Vauxhall Bridge: 400 Starlings in roost by 18:45 noticed on walk to supermarket (Michael Mac)
 * Wallington garden: 1st winter Blackcap in tit flock, Sparrowhawk chasing pigeons 11:46. Skywatch 1430-1545 productive. 3 Common Buzzard, Red Kite, (Peregrine?) Falcon very high south towards Canon's Farm, 3 Meadow Pipits, 2 Coal Tit and 4 species of gull, including juv-type Yellow-legged Gull 1537. Also common species. (Arjun Dutta)
 * Walthamstow, Lockwood: 3 Ringed Plover, 100+ House Martin through, Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, 180+ Cormorant, 4 Meadow Pipit N, 8 Linnet (Stuart Fisher)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 1 Yellow Wagtail rear paddocks, 1 Willow Warbler Leyton Marsh and 6 House Martin overhead, 11:00 - 12:00 (Alastair Dent)
 * Whittington Park, Islington N19: 4 Chiffchaff (Alastair Rae)
 * Yeading Brook meadows: Buzzard, f Blackcap (Neil Anderson/K. Bull)

Saturday 16th September

 * Bayhurst Wood area: Little Owl 6.10am, Stonechat, Kestrel, 30+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Linnet, Reed Bunting, Buzzard, 3 Chiffchaff (Dan Pinkham)
 * Bexley DA6 (Upper College Farm): 26 Meadow Pipit flushed from east end, Green Woodpecker (Ian Stewart)
 * Brent Reservoir: Ringed Plover, 6 Lapwing, 2 Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, 150 House Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler (Andrew Self, Roy Beddard)
 * Canons Farm/Banstead Woods: 1 Golden Plover, 1 Firecrest, 119 Meadow Pipit, 36 House Martin, 61 Swallow, 2 Stonechat, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 15 Chiffchaff, 3 Little Owl (CFBWBG)
 * Crayford Marshes: Shelduck, 5 Little Egret, 2 male Marsh Harrier together briefly over Dartford Marshes, Sparrowhawk, 4+ Kestrel, c10 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 6+ Redshank, Greenshank, ad Yellow-legged Gull, Sand Martin with c50 Swallows low over Cray creek, 10+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 3 Sedge Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Rook N (Ian Stewart)
 * Crossness: 2 Gadwall, c500 Teal, 3 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, 15 Cormorant, Buzzard sp over hills to south mobbed by c20 Carrion Crow and putting up hundreds of pigeon-types, 2 Kestrel, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, c10 Redshank, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Swallow low over reeds in protected area probably roosted there, 2+ Meadow Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, Whinchat by GB lagoon, Wheatear on lagoon field near viewing screen, Whitethroat, 5+ Cetti's Warbler, 3+ Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting (Ian Stewart)
 * Enfield Lock: out of action due to swollen ankle, but no matter as I've just heard a Cetti's Warbler from the garden (Martin Shepherd)
 * Fairlop Waters: 2 Spotted Flycatcher 1 Lesser Whitethroat 1 Common Whitethroat 1 Willow Warbler 6 Chiffchaff ( Steve Bacon,Neil Twyford)


 * Finchley: Garden N3 - Meadow Pipit NE 08:58, Red Kite, 5 Swallow, House Martin all SW at 13:05, Common Buzzards being mobbed by Sparrowhawk 13:25 SW. (Samuel Levy)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Blackcap, Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
 * Hampstead Heath: Kestrel, 1455 at Pryor's field.Kingfisher Hampstead No1,2 Kestrel,4 Shoveller,pr Mandarin,Sparrowhawk,Whinchat,Common Buzzard 2.10,2 Gadwall plus 2f Common Darter,Migrant Hawker,Comma,Speckled Wood,Leopard Slug,Large Black Slug, m&f Kite Tailed Robber Fly (LNHS Walk}
 * Ingrebourne Valley: Spotted Crake at viewing area (Twitter)
 * KGV Reservoir Grey Phalarope still on the south basin, 3 Common Sandpiper, 100+ mixed Hurindines (mainly House Martin), 20 Meadow Pipit, 4 Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear, Little Owl, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Jay, Coal Tit. (PM) 2 Common Buzzard, Hobby, Oystercatcher, 3 Cetti's Warbler (additional to am birds totaling 5 today) 2 Lesser Whitethroat. (Neville Smith).
 * Lamorbey Park: 2 Mute Swan, 4 Egyptian Geese, Little Grebe, 3 Cormorant, imm Grey Heron, Common Buzzard NW, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, Common Gull, Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Meadow Pipit over, Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 10+ Goldcrest, 2+ Coal Tit, 5 Nuthatch, 3 Jay, 2 Jackdaw (Ian Stewart & Mike Amos)
 * North Finchley, Hutton Grove: 4 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap. (Samuel Levy)
 * Queens Park,Pitch and Putt:12 Mistle Thrush.(Francis O'Sullivan)
 * Rainham RSPB: juv. Black Tern, Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff including one singing, 2 Hobby, Barn Owl, juv Cuckoo, 30 Black Tailed Godwit, 1 Dunlin, 1 Curlew (John & Janet Cadera); 2 juv Ruff, Green Sandpiper and Snipe on Target Pools, male Stonechat, 2 Marsh Harriers, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk (Sean Huggins)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Grey Phalarope 1st W still on N basin but mobile early am till 09.00 at least (Bob Warden et al); Merlin flew low over North Basin and settled on South basin for 40 minutes mid morning, also Knot, Little Stint, 3 Golden Plover, 2 Ruff, Greenshank, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 300+ hirundines mostly House Martin, Hobby, Black-necked Grebe, 2 Goldeneye, Wheatear, 5+ Yellow Wagtail, 2 Little Egret (Dominic Mitchell, Bob Watts); 3 Little Stint late am (Dominic Pia per FJM); 1 Peregrine ad on mud. 1 Green Sandpiper. 1 Grey Squirrel on causeway at dusk. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Stanwell Moor GP: 1 Merlin (f/imm), 1 Hobby, 1 Little Egret, 2 Yellow Wagtail (C Lamsdell)
 * St James's Park: 2 Kingfishers (thanks to FN for his guidance on best spots - OSL)
 * Totteridge Valley: 48+ Stock Dove, 35+ Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, 143+ House Martin mainly S, 104+ Swallow S, 2 Sand Martin S, 6 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Hobby, 16 Meadow Pipit, 25 Rook, 3 m Stonechat (2 Owl Field, 1 on footpath to Longpond), Whinchat, ​Mistle Thrush, 65+ Long-tailed Tit, 52+ Blue Tit, 4 Goldcrest, Nuthatch. (Samuel Levy)
 * Tyttenhanger GP: White-winged Black Tern still (Twitter)
 * Walthamstow Res, Lockwood: Spotted Redshank, not seen for last 5 days but presumably one of the original birds. Flew towards Banbury after being repeatedly flushed but later returned. Common Sandpiper and 1st winter Yellow-legged Gull. Buzzard circling high dead overhead at 14:00 was joined by a Glossy Ibis for about a minute, latter flew off rapidly SSW. Very disappointing that too high to scope, glad it wasn't a patch tick (Paul Whiteman)
 * Westminster Boating Base barges (posted here before from North bank as Pimlico Gardens): Caspian Gull on barges but flew off, 2 Yellow-legged gulls among 30 various resting (Michael Mac)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Peregrine, Water Rail, Kingfisher, Yellow-legged Gull, first returning Reed Bunting, late Reed Warbler (Chris Farthing & Tony Butler)
 * Worcester Park: Garden KT4, 7+ Long-tailed Tit, 16 House Martin all S (Isaiah Rowe)

Friday 15th September

 * Alexandra Park: 6 Swallow, House Martin, 6 Meadow Pipit, Spotted Flycatcher cricket scrub, 7 Chiffchaff, Kingfisher Wood Green Res (Bruce Carson, Bob Watts)
 * Barking Bay: 46 Shelduck, 90 Teal, 1 Golden Plover W, 1 male Ruff, 9 Common Sandpiper, 31 Dunlin, 14 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Yellow Wagtail S, 210 Meadow Pipit SW, 5 Skylark, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 30 Linnet; Clouded Yellow (N.Senior)
 * Belsize Park: Common Buzzard drifted E at 1700 over the station (Pete Mantle)
 * Borehamwood, Kenilworth Drive: Common Buzzard 16:50 (Samuel Levy)
 * Brockwell Park: Meadow Pipit over, 20 House Sparrows on/around central house with 2 Chiffchaff, 20 Goldfinch, Sparrowhawk (Michael Mac)
 * Brookmill Park: Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Dollis Brook, Holders Hill: 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Collared Dove (Samuel Levy)
 * Eastcote (Field End Recreation Ground): 4 Linnet (08:00), 2 Hobby (17:20) mobbed by Magpies (Tim Rymer).
 * Pancras Square, near Camley Street Nature Park, Kings Cross: Manx Shearwater taken into care this morning (per BirdGuides.com)
 * Hampton Court: Barnacle Goose flew downriver at midday (Billy Dykes).
 * Hornsey: Yellow Wagtail south over Nightingale Lane 0637 towards Crouch End (Bob Watts)
 * KGV Reservoir: Grey Phalarope sleeping at 6.40am, opposite Sailing club on South Basin, then moved S to preen at 7am; also 1 Green Sandpiper, 6 Common Sandpiper, 8 Little Egret, 40+ mixed Swallows/Sand Martins on N Basin, 6.40 - 7.45am (Davey Leach); GP not found 10am-4pm by multiple (non-) observers, suspicion is that it is roosting at KGV but feeding elsewhere during the day
 * Lamorbey Park: 2 Mute Swan, 6 Egyptian Geese, Little Grebe, Cormorant, Common Buzzard NE, Peregrine, 8 Common Gull, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Swallow S, Meadow Pipit heard, Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff 1 singing, 10+ Goldcrest, 3+ Coal Tit, 2+ Nuthatch, Jay (Ian Stewart & Eric Brown)
 * London Wetland Centre: Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 1 Little Egret, 1 Wheatear, 2 Swallow, 15 House Martin, Sparrowhawk, Cetti's Warbler & Kestrel (Shailesh Patel)
 * Oxleas Wood: 4 Nuthatch, Goldfinch, 4 Blackcap [2m/2fm], Firecrest, 6 Goldcrest, Hobby, 2Jackdaw, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Pied Wagtail, 5 Coal Tit (Ron Turner)
 * Petts Wood: Common Buzzard (possibly the Scadbury bird below), 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4+ Meadow Pipit on deck, Goldcrests, 2 poss Firecrest, 4+ Nuthatch, 2 Jay (Ian Stewart)
 * Pinner (HA5): 3 Common Buzzard - two south at 12:07 & one south-west at 12:54, Hobby over at 15:40, Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, mixture of 44 hirundines through - mainly Swallow, a handful of House Martin, Sand Martin, 7 Meadow Pipit over, 4 Jay, Jackdaw, 3 Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Green Woodpecker, 4 Goldfinch, Chiffchaff & a probable sylvia sp. 'tacking' away in brambles (Jon Ridge)
 * Richmond Park: ad female Honey Buzzard very low at 14.30 perhaps landed in Spankers Hill Wood, 8+ Buzzard including a juvenile with a full crop, 4 Red Kite including one eating prey in mid-air and three together NW, 2 Hobby, 10 Pochard, Water Rail heard, Kingfisher, 260 House Martin S, 140 Swallow S, 15 Sand Martin S, 35 Meadow Pipit, 11 Stonechat, 15 Reed Bunting (J.Wilczur); Sparrowhawk (Nigel Jackman)
 * Scadbury Park: Common Buzzard, Chiffchaff, 6+ Goldcrest, Treecreeper (Ian Stewart)
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): c10 Canada Geese low NE, 1-2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Peregrines (male passing Parakeet food to juv male), Stock Dove W, Great Spotted Woodpecker, c10 Swallow (S/SE in morning, W pm), 2+ House Martin S, 10+ Meadow Pipit mainly SE, Chiffchaff in garden, Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, Jay (Ian Stewart)
 * Southwark Park: 1 Little Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Grey Heron, Goldcrest (John Cadera)
 * Southwark Park Road/St James' Road: 2 Jay (John Cadera)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Grey Phalarope still on N basin E bank mid am; no sign of Red-necked Phalarope; 8 Curlew Sandpiper, 11 Ruff, 3 Black-tailed Godwit (Dave Kenrick per FJM). in addition to those listed earlier 4 Knot, 1 juv. Golden Plover, 66 Ringed Plover and 2 Greenshank. ( John Edwards) 77 Ringed Plover, 46 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 8 Yellow Wagtail (C Lamsdell). 1 Green Sandpiper late pm (Franko J Maroevic) 2 Whimbrel late evening (S. Fordred)
 * Stave Hill: 3 House Martin over SW, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (John Cadera)
 * Stoneleigh Station KT17: singing Chiffchaff am (Neil Batten)
 * St James's Park: 2 Kingfisher this morning (Frank Nugent).Peregrine over @13.30, Kingfisher again 13.55 (Mike Amos).
 * Swanscombe Marsh: Grey Phalarope feeding on Thames shoreline at low tide, courtesy of Paul Larkin, 6 Common Sandpiper (Roger Keith)
 * The Ridgeway, Mill Hill: Sparrowhawk 10:20, juv/fem Black Redstart calling from McClure house building (No access), 356+ House Martin mainly W or SW through the day largest flock was 300+ at 13:56, Grey Wagtail, 55+ Swallow Mainly W or SW with largest flock of 20+ at 15:05, 2 Hobby through chasing Swallows, Common Buzzard E 15:05, 3 Meadow Pipit including one dropping down into the Totteridge Valley. (Samuel Levy)
 * Totteridge Valley: 2 Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler,11 Chiffchaff, 15 Swallow, 2 House Martin, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher (John Colmans); Hi John. Was the Kingfisher at Darlands? Yes, it was at Darlands (John Colmans) Many thanks John.
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Brown Argus 1030 to 1220 at least west end of Scrapyard Meadow, 1st confirmed sighting this year (Terry Lyle, Bob Watts)
 * Wallington Garden: mixed tit flock 1643 including 17 Blue Tit, 3 Coal Tit, 6 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit and Treecreeper (garden first.) (Arjun Dutta)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs (south side): Minimum 35 Chiffchaffs with at least 60 Long-tailed Tits (central causeway between 1/2/3), Willow Warbler, 150+ House Martins, 3 Swallows, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Blackcaps, 2 Kingfishers, 2 Song Thrushes, 5 Cetti's Warblers, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Sparrowhawk (David Callahan). Adult and juv Peregrines on pylon near Warwick res.(Peter Corley).
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Peregrine, Kestrel, Kingfisher, Meadow Pipit, 2 Swallow (Chris Farthing)

Thursday 14th September 2017

 * Alexandra Park: 10+ House Martin high over playing fields 0655 also Meadow Pipit (Bob Watts) Whitethroat, Blackcap, 10+Chiffchaff, Little Egret, Kingfisher, Meadow Pipit ~0830 (Sam Jones)
 * Brent Reservoir : 25 Shoveler, 9 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2 Lapwing, Meadow Pipit, Cetti's Warbler, c100 House Martin (Simon Worsfold)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Kingfiher, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Canons Farm: 2 Yellow Wagtail, 31 Meadow Pipit, 2 Peregrine, 2 Chiffchaff (CFBWBG).
 * Crossness: 2 Whinchat (James Palmer)
 * Dollis Brook, Holders Hill: Grey Wagtail (Samuel Levy)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - Tawny Owl alarm calling at 05:01. (Samuel Levy).
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Willow Warbler (Richard Green, John Bushell)
 * Hampstead Heath: 50 House Martins between Parliament Hill and bandstand, 1815, (Pete Mantle)
 * KGV Reservoir: Grey Phalarope still on the south basin (per BirdGuides.com). Any sightings since last at 7.40am as the phalarope was often flying? Not found 10-12 despite multiple observers. (Quentin Given) GP still present from 1730hrs till dusk (Neville Smith and Tony Brown).
 * Lamorbey Park: Pair Mute Swans back again (male orange ringed 4AOC and mate), 5 Egyptian Geese, Little Grebe, 3 Cormorant, imm Grey Heron, Peregrine, c10 Common Gull, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, 10+ Goldcrest, Coal Tit, 3 Jay (Ian Stewart)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Black Swan, Buzzard, Hobby, 3 Little Egret, 3rd winter Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Snipe, juv m Ruff, Swift SW, 95 House Martin mostly S, 2 Yellow Wagtail S, 176 Meadow Pipit S/SW. (R.Kaye,S.Fogg)
 * New Change EC2: Hobby high W, 5 House Martin over S, 2 Meadow Pipit SW (N. Senior)
 * Palmers Green, N13: Swallow flew W over Eaton Park Road at 12:56, 3 Swallow at 16:35, 5 Swallow at 17:33 (Katy McGilvray)
 * Pinner (HA5): Grey Wagtail over at 10:35, Chiffchaff & 2 Coal Tit (Jon Ridge)
 * Priest Hill, Surrey: 186 Meadow Pipits S/SW (Twitter)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Arctic Skua juv flew over S basin going W 18.30 and 1 Grey Phalarope on N basin towards (pics here) E end early evening (Peter Alfrey per FJM) also Red-necked Phalarope juv still on S Basin on shingle spits early evening, best viewed from central alcove. 6 Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Knot, 70 Ringed Plover, 20 Dunlin, 3 Greenshank. 1 Merlin juv fem again on S basin early evening hunting. (Dave Kenrick, Peter Alfrey) per FJM); 12 Ruff (Twitter) "Adult Peregrine hunting Greenshank for over 20 mInutes 14.11 -14.29 .Chasing it in flight until Greenshank dropped into water, when the Peregrine would try to hover over it, or scare it until it flew again. Both birds landed many times, sometimes less than six feet apart from each other. The Peregrine was very reluctant to take it in its talons whist it was in water even in shallows. However it eventually took it and kept it submerged for a few seconds before plucking it on a small island. " Amazing spectacle for a lucky [not so lucky for the Greenshank] few. (Dom Pia, Bill McCubbin, Steve Mihinnick, Franko J Maroevic et al)
 * St James's Park: Kingfisher perched on a stick in the Lake throughout 08:00-08:45 and watching the stealth movement of a Sparrowhawk on Duck Island very carefully indeed. Also active both sides of Island throughout 14:00-15:00 (Frank Nugent).Pair Great Crested Grebes observed displaying today (Mike Amos).
 * The Ridgeway, Mill Hill: 3 Swallow SW 07:20, Yellow Wagtail and Great Spotted Woodpecker W 07:35, 2 Pied Wagtail E 07:38, Grey Wagtail flew towards Sheepwash Pond. (Samuel Levy)
 * Tyttenhanger GP: White-winged Black Tern still (for 3rd day) on Willows Farm Lake at 6.55 a.m. & still there at 1.45 p.m. Also 1 Whitethroat, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5+ Chiffchaffs & good numbers of Swallows, House Martins & Sand Martins (Simon West).
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 2 Whinchat Bomb Crater Field, 1 Yellow Wagtail rear paddocks 09:00 (Alastair Dent)
 * Wandsworth Common: Hummingbird Hawkmoth visiting Red Valerian at nearby care home garden; also Red Admiral (Neil Anderson)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs (south side): c200 House Martins over central causeway + Willow Warbler and 5+ Chiffchaffs (David Callahan).

Wednesday 13th September 2017

 * Alexandra Park: 40+ mostly House Martin flock included several Sand Martin 1740 Wood Green Res and neighbouring fields, Meadow Pipit 0700 (Bob Watts)
 * Boxer's Lake, Enfield: Egyptian Goose, 12 Mandarin Duck 7m 5f, 3 eclipse male Shoveler, male Pochard, 13 Tufted Duck, 2 ad Lesser Black-backed Gull, 39 Black-headed Gull incl two darvic ringed birds - white 27N7 (previously seen and photographed at Oakwood Park per internet) and yellow (unread), Grey Wagtail (Robert Callf)
 * Brent Reservoir: Ringed Plover, 3 Lapwing, 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, Little Egret (Andrew Self)
 * Connaught Waters: Skua sp.high over going East at 5.35pm (Ken Murray)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - Sparrowhawk 16:38 (Samuel Levy)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: 4 Mute Swan 2 cygnets, Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5+ Swallow, 20+ House Martin, Pied Wagtail, 20+ Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, 3+ Jay, 3 Linnet (Ian Stewart)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Sparrowhawk (John Bushell)
 * Hackney Marshes: 2 Great Crested Grebe on Old R. Lea (ad and juv now feeding very independently), 2 Willow Warbler 09:00 - 10:00. Also minor gull influx at the cricket pitches this evening (18:00): 1 Great Black-Backed Gull, 6 Herring Gull, 3 Lesser Black-Backed Gull, 20 Black-Headed Gull (Alastair Dent)
 * KGV Reservoir: Manx Shearwater and Grey Phalarope both on the south basin, found late this evening photos on twitter @topbud00 (Neville Smith).
 * Lamorbey Park: 5 Egyptian Geese, Cormorant, Peregrine, Great Spotted Woodpecker, f/juv Blackcap, Goldcrests, c10 Chaffinch, 20+ Goldcrest, 2 Greenfinch (Ian Stewart)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Ruff (present for 4th day), 1 Kestrel, 3 Meadow Pipit SW, 1 Little Egret, 2 Black Swan, 2 Snipe, 1 Grey Wagtail (WWT Website) 1 Yellow Wagtail on grazing marsh, 1 Buzzard over to West, 1 Whinchat (Martin Honey, S. Fogg, B. Page)
 * Pinner (HA5): Hobby over at 18:10 & 7 Goldfinch (Jon Ridge)
 * St.James's Park: Kingfisher showed well briefly @13:05 (Mike Amos); and showing well 14:30-15:00 (Frank Nugent).
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Peregrine, House Martin S, Pied Wagtail S, Grey Wagtail S (Ian Stewart)
 * Staines Res: Red-necked Phalarope again early evening (Paul Watts per Dom Pia) on far S shore of long island, best viewed from western alcove. It flew off from there 11.20 no further sign by 15.30. 4 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Knot, 7 Ruff, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Greenshank, 72 Ringed Plover, 35 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper. (Franko J Maroevic et al) 1 Merlin juv fem 06.00 (Dave Kenrick per FJM)
 * Stave Hill: Chiffchaff singing this morning, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (John Cadera)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 3 Whinchat, 11 Swallow, Common Buzzard, 5 Rook, Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch, Little Owl calling (Simon Worsfold)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Reed Warbler Scrapyard Meadow pond also Chiffchaff and Blackcap nearby (Bob Watts)
 * Tyttenhanger GP: White-winged Black Tern still on Willows Fm lake, still at 18:50. Main Pit: 2 Ruff, Redshank, 7+ Yellow Wagtail Great Black-backed Gull. (Steve Blake et al)

Tuesday 12th September 2017

 * Alexandra Park: 20+ House Martin, Kingfisher Wood Green Res 1830 (Bob Watts)
 * Barking Bay: 24 Shelduck, 8 Black-tailed Godwits, 7 Common Sandpipers, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, 1 Arctic Tern downriver, 2 Sandwich Terns, 10 Yellow-legged Gulls 2 3cy 1 2cy 7 juv's, 1 Woodlark, 6 Skylark (habitat much reduced due to site clearance), 94 Meadow Pipit SW 30 grounded, 3 Greenland Wheatears, just 14 Linnet (N.Senior)
 * Brent Reservoir: 6 Lapwing, 3 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler; vis-mig: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Meadow Pipit, 12 Starling (Brent Birders)
 * Canons Farm: 2 Stonechat, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Cormorant, 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 300 Swallow, 1 House Martin (CFBWBG)
 * Cranford CP: 3 Hobbys, 2 Whinchat, 2 Linnet, 2 Kestrel, Kingfisher, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, 5 Goldfinch (Wendy Marks)
 * Dollis Brook: Totteridge Station - Barnet Lane - 5+ Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Canada Goose, 9 Black Headed Gulls, Collared Dove. (Samuel Levy)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - Sparrowhawk 16:21. (Samuel Levy)
 * Lamorbey Park: 3 Egyptian Geese, 2 Cormorant, imm Grey Heron, Peregrine, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10+ House Martin, Grey Wagtail (Ian Stewart)
 * Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 4 Swallow w. at 18:20 (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Black Swan, 2 Buzzard, Little Egret, juv m Ruff, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 72 Meadow Pipit SW, 2 Greenland Wheatear, Whinchat, Whitethroat. (R.Kaye et al). Ad Hobby c1500 close to Wildside Hide (Zul Bhatia)
 * Oxleas Wood: Sparrowhawk [fm], Kestrel [fm], 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Willow Warbler, Chaffinch [fm], Hobby, 11 Goldcrest, 5 Firecrest, 2 Coal tit, 4 Nuthatch, 4 Treecreeper, 9 Goldfinch, Stockdove, Tawny Owl [Calling 18/15] [Ron Turner]
 * Regent's Park: pr Sparrowhawks, pr Kestrels, 1 Tree Pipit, 12 M.Pipits, 8 Grey Wagtails, 18 Swallows, female Whinchat, 4 Common Whitethroats, 8 Chiffchaffs (Tony Duckett).
 * Ruxley (Honeydale Farm): Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Hobby, 3+ Green Woodpecker, 2 White Wagtail, c10 Pied Wagtail, Wheatear, Chiffchaff, c50 Linnet (Ian Stewart & Eric Brown)
 * Ruxley GPs (permit only): 3 Mute Swan, c50 Gadwall, 4+ Shoveler, f Pochard, 20+ Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 4+ Cormorant, 3 Little Egret, 6+ Grey Heron, Common Buzzard, Hobby, 3+ Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Sand Martin, c10 House Martin, 10+ Meadow Pipit S, 4 Grey Wagtail, Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, c20 Chiffchaff, 6+ Willow Emerald Damselfly (Ian Stewart & Eric Brown)
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Peregrine, Stock Dove NW, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Meadow Pipit S (year-1st), 2 Coal Tit (Ian Stewart)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 small phalarope sp still on S basin on SW pool early am, then on middle pool but distant. 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Merlin, fem flew along causeway (Bob Warden per FJM); Red-necked Phalarope still present 1245hrs middle pool southern side of South Basin (Twitter). All above plus Yellow Wagtail, Linnet, 6 Meadow Pipit, 3 Swift, numerous Sand/House Martins and Swallows, Hobby, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite (Nick Baker). At 16:50 via Twitter: Red-necked Phalarope has been relocated showing much closer on the South Basin. 4 Curlew Sandpiper, 7 Ruff, 1 Greenshank, 74 Ringed Plover, 2 Knot, 43 Dunlin, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Egret (C Lamsdell)
 * Staines Moor: 3 Hobby, 4 Kestrel, 2 Buzzard migrating SW, Little Egret, Numerous Sand and House Martin, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Cettis Warbler, Linnet, Meadow Pipit, 3 Green Woodpecker (Nick Baker).
 * St James's Park: 1 Kingfisher showing very well this morning (Frank Nugent) And again with a second bird preent at 13.00 (Mike Amos) 1 kingfisher seen 11.15 and 2 in same area at 13.15. One bird seen flying towards Palace end of lake ( approx. 12.45) (SEC). Thanks Frank.
 * Thames near Lots Road, Chelsea: Knot heard calling 02:48 (Des McKenzie).
 * Totteridge Valley: Whinchat, House Martin, 7 Swallow, Meadow Pipit, 7 Chiffchaff (two in song), 4 Blackcap, 3 Rook, Buzzard, Tawny Owl alarm call heard followed by loud Jay screech (John Colmans) Willow Warbler in Large Mixed Tit flock around Sheepwash Pond early Pm. (Samuel Levy)
 * Tyttenhanger GP: Willows Fm Lake, White-winged Black Tern 11:50 - 5:30 at least. 6:30pm- now on Main Pit. (Steve Blake) I juv Caspian Gull - main pit (C Lamsdell)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs : First winter Mediterranean Gull, 3 Swift 200 House martins (Jamie Partridge)
 * Wanstead Flats: 2 Whinchat, 3Common Whitethroat, fm Kestrel, 3 juv Green Woodpecker, 6 Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail (John & Janet Cadera)

Monday 11th September 2017

 * Alexandra Park: 6+ House & 2 Sand Martins Wood. Green. Res 1740 (Bob Watts)
 * Arrandene Open Space and Featherstone Hill: Common Buzzard over, 2 Swallow, Whinchat, 3 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Nuthatch, 2 Bullfinch (Andrew Haynes)
 * Borehamwood/Meadow Park: 2 Meadow Pipit W 9.00 (Simon Worsfold)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - Sparrowhawk 17:25 (Samuel Levy)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: 11 Swallow and 20 House Martin (Patrick English)
 * Greenford: Hobby low over Ruislip Rd 18.30 (Kathryn Bull)
 * Lamorbey Park: 4 Egyptian Geese, Little Grebe, Cormorant, Little Egret, imm Grey Heron, Peregrine, Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff singing, 10+ Goldcrest, Coal Tits, 2+ Nuthatch, Jay (Ian Stewart)
 * Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 1 Swallow sw early pm after rain storm (Neil Batten)
 * Oxlease Woods: Firecrest with tit flock 200 yards east of cafe, late morning (Conrad Ellam)
 * Richmond Park: 5 Hobby - 2 adults and 2 juveniles also a 2cy, ad m Peregrine, Buzzard, 30 House Martin, 2 Whinchat (J.Wilczur); juv Buzzard heard (S.Read per JW)
 * Staines Reservoir: 4 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Sanderling early am at W end of S basin. 3 Knot flew off 06.30, 1 Knot still on spit near large island towards E end (Bob Warden per FJM) (per RBA); 6 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Knot, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 43 Ringed Plover, c.50 Dunlin, 1 Greenshank, 1 Ruff, 5 Common Redshank and 100 plus Sand Martin late afternoon ( John Edwards); 1 Pectoral Sandpiper S basin W end early evng, 7 Curlew Sandpiper (Rob Innes ); 1 small Phalarope sp at dusk S basin SW pool. (Peter Alfrey) per FJM
 * Surbiton, Langley Road: Manx Shearwater, just dead (Chris Turner).
 * The Ridgeway, Mill Hill: Grey Wagtail, Grey Heron, Common Buzzard E 11:40. (Samuel Levy)
 * Tyttenhanger: 2 Ruff on Main Pit (Twitter)
 * Wilson's School, Wallington: 2 Meadow Pipits W 1430, 1 Common Buzzard. (Arjun Dutta)

Sunday 10th September 2017

 * Alexandra Park: 2 Spotted Flycatcher in birches on Lower Slopes, Northern Wheatear filter bed 3, 5+ Swallow, 2 House Martin, 8+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Little Egret, Kingfisher on Wood Green Res, Hobby, Common Buzzard, Peregrine, 5+ Blackcap, 5+ Chiffchaff (APOG Birders)
 * Brent Reservoir: 5 Lapwing, 2 Snipe, 4 Common Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, 5 Swift, 5 Swallow, 6 Meadow Pipit, 3 Cetti's Warbler, singing Willow Warbler, Grey Wagtail juv (Brent Birders); 300+ mixed flock hirundines 12.15, mostly House Martins and a few Sand Martins and Swallows, Hobby N at 12.20 (Roy Beddard, Bob Husband, NW London RSPB Group)
 * Bricket Wood: Common Buzzard, Grey Wagtail (Samuel Levy)
 * Bromley-by-Bow at Three Mills: 1-2 Kingfisher, Little Egret, 4 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chiffchaff (Frank Nugent)
 * Canons Farm: 1 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Peregrine, 10 Meadow Pipit, 10 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull (grounded), 2 Little Owl (CFBWBG).
 * Cheam Sports Club, Cheam: Wheatear 1500 to 1900 at least, 3 Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk. (Arjun Dutta)
 * Cranford CP: 2 Whinchat, 3 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, Kestrel, Red Kite (Wendy Marks)
 * Crossness: 49 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ringed Plover, 2+ Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull ad, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Swallow west, c20 House Martin, 1 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Little Egret, c400 Teal, 2 Common Seal, 1 Grey Seal (John Archer)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - Rook (1st Garden record), Goldcrest (Samuel Levy)
 * Frays Farm Meadows LWT: Buzzard, 6+ Chiffchaff, Sedge Warbler, Green Woodpecker, 2+ Kingfisher, 8 House Martin west, 2 Meadow Pipit, Little Egret (Dan Pinkham)
 * Greenwich Penisula Ecology Park: 2 Willow Warblers, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, (female) Sparrowhawk (John Bushell)
 * King George V Reservoir: Hobby seen trying to take down a House Martin at low level by plane tree on the Redwood Gardens side of the flood relief channel 18.55 (Christopher Wright)
 * Lamorbey Park: 4 Egyptian Geese, 2 Cormorant, imm Grey Heron, Peregrine, 6+ Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Meadow Pipit on golf course (patch year-1st), Grey Wagtail, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Goldcrests, Coal Tit, 2 Jackdaw (Ian Stewart, Mike Amos)
 * Lodge Farm, Nazeing: Whinchat, Wheatear, c600 Canada Goose on stubble field, 15 Red-legged Partridge, 8 Yellowhammer, 10 Rook, 8 Meadow Pipit, 5 Linnet, Skylark, Kestrel (Martin Shepherd)
 * Lonsdale Rd Res: 29 Teal, 21 Gadwall, 13 Shoveler, 2 Little Grebe, 8 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff (Neil Anderson)
 * Mill Hill/The Ridgeway: Sand Martin S 10:42, Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch, Goldcrest (Samuel Levy)
 * Ranelagh Gardens: 2 Yellow-legged Gulls ads, argenteus Herring Gull ad with yellow legs, 5 House Martin, 12 Meadow Pipit SW, Nuthatch, 2 Chiffchaffs (Nick Senior)
 * Richmond Park: Whinchat, Stonechat, c50 House Martin, 5 Meadow Pipit, 10+ Reed Bunting, 2 Skylark (S.Woolfenden)
 * Shrewsbury Park, SE18: 5 House Martin S/SW (Tim Rymer)


 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Peregrine, Stock Dove SE, 6+ House Martin low W, Nuthatch in garden briefly (3rd ever actually in the garden) (Ian Stewart)
 * Staines Moor: Merlin (f/imm), 10+ Yellow Wagtail. Also 3 Roe Deer (Michael Hammond, Michael Robinson)
 * Surbiton: Manx Shearwater found Deceased. (Bird Guides)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, 3 Lapwing, 10 Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, Sand Martin, 15 House Martin, 3 Swallow (Nigel Dodd)
 * Totteridge Valley: Tawny Owl calling, 3 Sparrowhawk, 25 Rook, 7 Swallow 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Teal, 6 Bullfinch, 1 Willow Warbler (Tony Clancy)
 * Woodford Green: Buzzard circling over All Saint's Church harassed by a crow (Steve Howey)

Saturday 9th September 2017

 * Amwell: Bittern (Twitter)
 * Berrylands: female Peregrine (Nick Tanner).
 * Bow Creek: Little Egret, Common Sandpiper (Frank Nugent).
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Hobby, 4 Lapwing, 6 Common Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Snipe, Vis-mig: 5 Meadow Pipit, 18 Swift, 29 Swallow, 290 House Martin, 88 Sand Martin (Brent Birders)
 * Brockwell Park: juv Kestrel catching insects in cut grass mobbed by Magpies and a GS Woodpecker had a go, Nuthatch, 5 Greenfinch, calling Chaffinch-not heard much here, 15 House Sparrows, pr Mute Swan and 5 cygnets according to @BrockwellParkCP this is first time in 60 years swans have nested here? (Michael Mac)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, 2 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Canons Farm/Banstead Woods: 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Sand Martin, 1 Stonechat, 1 Peregrine, 24 Meadow Pipit, 20 House Martin, 280 Swallow, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Canada Goose, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 20 Linnet, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Rook, 1 Little Owl (CFBWBG).
 * Cranford CP: Whinchat (Wendy Marks)
 * Crayford Marshes: 2 Shelduck, Teal, 5+ Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, 3-4 Sparrowhawk, 10+ Kestrel, Hobby, Peregrine, 12+ Ringed Plover, 10 Dunlin, 12+ Common Sandpiper, 12+ Redshank, 3 Greenshank, 2 Common Tern, 50+ Collared Dove, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 13+ Sand Martin S, 2 Swallow, 2+ House Martin, 2+ Meadow Pipit, 4 Whinchat on east side of landfill, 3+ Blackcap, Whitethroat, 2-3 Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler, 2+ Chiffchaff, Jay, Jackdaw, 2 Rook NW, 10+ Linnet, 10+ Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Reed Bunting, Willow Emerald damselfly first site record along Moat Lane (Ian Stewart & Mike Amos)
 * East India Dock: Kingfisher, 4 Teal, Sparrowhawk (Frank Nugent).
 * Fairlop Waters and surrounding fields: Common Sandpiper, Lapwing, Peregrine Falcon, Hobby, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Little Owl, Coal Tit, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Meadow Pipit, Linnet, Swift, House Martin, Sand Martin, Swallow, Yellow Wagtail, Stock Dove. (Alan Thomas/Neil Twyford)
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: Kingfisher,  Little Egret (Frank Nugent).
 * Gunnersbury Triangle Nature Reserve: Northern type Willow Warbler, grey and white. (R.Kaye)
 * KGV Reservoir: Hobby, 6 Common Sandpiper, 500+ mixed Hirundine flock over the N/E corner containing 1 Swift. (1st W) Wheatear, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit (5 through South), 5 Goldcrest, Spotted Flycatcher in N/W paddock, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat (Neville Smith).
 * Lamorbey Park: 3 Egyptian Geese, Little Grebe, 2 Cormorant, imm Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk, 2 Peregrine, Common Gull, Swift low over, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, 10+ Goldcrest, Spotted Flycatcher in the dell briefly (IS), Coal Tits, 3+ Nuthatch, Jay (Ian Stewart & Mike Amos)
 * Leyton Marsh: Back paddocks Lea Bridge Riding Stables, 117 Linnet, my largest count, though possibly more in area due to incessant disturbance. (Paul Whiteman)
 * Lloyd Park E17: 1f Tufted Duck, 16 Black Headed Gull. (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 2 Buzzard over flying E, 2 Black Swan, 1 Wigeon (Martin Honey et al.) Bullfinch flew W. (R.Kaye); Green Sandpiper, Kestrel female, House Martin, 3 Snipe (Mat Hare)
 * Pimlico Gardens: 5 Yellow-legged Gulls ad, 4cy, 3 juv on barges (Nick Senior)
 * Pymmes Park: Firecrest (James Palmer)
 * Richmond Park: Spotted Flycatcher (P.Aylen per twitter)
 * Queen Mary Reservoir: 1 Yellow-legged Gull ad, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Grebe. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Ranelagh gardens: Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Chiffchaff (Nick Senior)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: c200 House Martin and 200 Swallow south west mid-morning, 3 Willow Warbler, 3 Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Hobby, 2 Sparrowhawk, Bullfinch (Martin Shepherd)
 * St James's Park: 1 Kingfisher showing very well 09:30-10:30 (Frank Nugent).
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue) probable Honey Buzzard high W 11.35 - 11.38 wings looked good held straight and slightly drooping at tips but head not seen well at all and tail not reliable for bird in direct flight, Cormorant high S, 2 Peregrine, 2 Stock Dove W, Goldcrest, Coal Tit (Ian Stewart)
 * Staines Moor: 1 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (immature) and 1 Merlin (f/imm - probably the Res bird) (C Lamsdell)
 * Staines Reservoir: 1 Little Stint, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Knot, 53 Dunlin, 3 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 97 Ringed Plover, 7 Ruff, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Yellow Wagtail (C Lamsdell)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 1 Whinchat in Bomb Crater Field at 12:45, more or less in the middle of the unmown area (Alastair Dent)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs (Lockwood): 2 Spotted Redshank roosting on the West Bank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Yellow Wagtail (Neville Smith). 2 Spotted Redshank still there at 5pm, 5 Dunlin, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 11 Common Sandpiper, 1f Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher, 16 Little Egret (all Lockwood). (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * Wanstead Flats: 2 Tree Pipit, 20 + Meadow Pipt, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Whinchat, Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, Willow Warber, 10+ Chiffchaff, 4 Whitethroat, Hobby, 1-2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 6 Sand Martin, 2 House Martin, Swallow, 10 Gadwall, 2 Teal, f Shoveler, Common Gull, Little Grebe (Wanstead Birders)
 * Waterworks NR: 12 Teal, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap. (Paul Whiteman)

Friday 8th September 2017

 * Brent Cross: 4 Little Egrets, 3 Grey Wagtail on canal (James Levy)
 * Brookmill Park: Stock Dove, Kingfisher, Song Thrush, 4 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Canons Farm/Banstead Woods: 1 Honey Buzzard (juvenile), 2 Raven, 1 Whinchat, 1 Stonechat, 7 Meadow Pipit, 10 Swallow, 1 Tawny Owl, 6 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaff (CFBWBG)
 * Crayford Marshes: 2 Gadwall, 10+ Teal, 4+ Little Egret, 5 Kestrel, Common Sandpiper on Darent barrier, 2+ Yellow-legged Gull, 4+ Common Tern, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Swallow, House Martin, Cetti's Warbler, Jay, Jackdaw (Ian Stewart)
 * Dollis Brook: Totteridge Station - Barnet Lane - 3 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Canada Goose, Grey Heron, 5 Black Headed Gull, 20 Ring-necked Parakeet, Goldcrest, Rook. (Samuel Levy)
 * Hackney Marshes: 1 Willow Warbler calling in scrub outside filter beds at 18:15 (Alastair Dent)
 * Ham/Teddington: 1 Kingfisher downstream of Teddington Lock at 1000 (Mike Foster).
 * Lamorbey Park: 4 Egyptian Geese, Little Grebe, Cormorant, Peregrine, 8 Common Gull, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Swallow NW, 10+ Blackcap, 2+ Chiffchaff, 10+ Goldcrest, Coal Tit, 3+ Nuthatch, 2+ Jay (Ian Stewart)
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Mandarin, 2 Black Swan, 1 [hybrid] Bar-Headed Goose, 2 Whinchat, 1 Linnet, 2 Meadow Pipit, 6 House Martin, 2 Swallow and 1 Grey Wagtail (ex WWT website) 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Snipe, 3 Chiffchaff (S.Patel) Hobby, Green Sandpiper, Spotted Flycatcher, Whitethroat, 40 Chiffchaff. (R.Kaye)
 * Lord's Cricket Ground: 6 Pied Wagtail in front of the Pavilion (A La Pietra)
 * Millfields E5: 20 House Martin overhead at 18:00 (Alastair Dent)
 * Palmers Green, N13: One lone Swift heading NE over Eaton Park Road at 19:05. Local birds long gone so must be passing through. (Katy McGilvray)
 * Richmond Park: c30 House Martin over Upper Pen Pond (Friday Bird Group)
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Peregrine, 3 Swallow NW (Ian Stewart)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Knot, 1 Little Stint, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Ruff, 4 Redshank, 55 Dunlin, 39 Ringed Plover, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Wheatear, 1 Meadow Pipit, mid pm. (Dom Pia, Franko J Maroevic)
 * Tottenham Marshes: 5 Chiffchaff by Flood Relief Channel at Chalk Bridge (Quentin Given)
 * Totteridge Valley: 2 Grey Wagtail (Sheepwash Pond) (Samuel Levy)
 * Trent Park: Spotted Flycatcher, f Kestrel, 4 Blackcap, Grey Wagtail, 22 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 4 Sand Martin, Small Copper, Weasel. ( Pete Lowman).
 * Twickenham: 1 Kingfisher at Eel Pie at 0945 (Mike Foster).
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 3 Whinchats on Bomb Crater Field, the unmown area, but elusive. 80+ Linnets on rear horse paddocks (Quentin Given).
 * Walthamstow Res (Lockwood 17.00-19.30): 2 juv Spotted Redshank still, 4 Dunlin, 10+ Common Sandpipers, Wheatear, Sedge Warbler, Linnet, Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk, 3 Sand Martin, 30+ House Martins over Banbury (Walthamstow Birders).
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Kingfisher, Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, 8 Shoveler, 1 Teal, Egyptian Goose, Chiffchaff singing in heavy rain (Chris Farthing) - Perhaps he had "a glorious feeling and was happy again"-- GC.

Thursday 7th September 2017

 * Amwell: Wryneck from view point from Birdguides website. (original post at 0939hrs was deleted?) (Neville Smith).
 * Alexandra Park: Spotted Flycatcher cricket scrub, 4 alba Wagtails filter beds, Willow Warbler Pitch n Putt, 7 Pochard Boating Lake, 6+ Chiffchaffs (APOG Birders)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, House Martin, 2 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Coal Tit, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crossness LNR: Barn Owl, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, Yellow Wagtail, 25 Linnet, Green Woodpecker, 2 Little Egret, 40 Black-tailed Godwit, 30 Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Chiffchaff, 6 Cetti's Warbler (Donna Zimmer)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - Willow Warbler in mixed tit flock at 06:50, Also Collared Dove 17:11 (6 or 7th record this year) (Samuel Levy)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Egret: Grey Wagtail (John Bushell)
 * Hampstead Heath: 10 Meadow Pipits W, 4 House Martin W, Grey Wagtail E ( Pete Mantle)
 * Lewisham: 10 House Martin feeding over the Ravensbourne next to Tescos (Conrad Ellam)
 * London Wetland Centre: 7 Meadow Pipit SW, 2 Grey Wagtail, Whinchat, Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Black Swan (R.Kaye) original post deleted for some reason.
 * Oxleas Wood: Jackdaw, 3 Nuthatch, 4 Treecreeper, 5 Goldcrest, male Kestrel, 4 Firecrest, Hobby, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blackcap [3fm/1m], 9 Swallow, 2 Stock Dove (Ron Turner) 2 Kestrel, 3 Hobby together over wood near cafe, 5+ Stock Dove, 10+ Goldcrest, 4+ Nuthatch, Treecreeper (Ian Stewart)
 * Raynes Park: Sparrowhawk perched on roof then attacked flock of 12+ Goldfinches chased one, 4 Collared Dove (P. Redmond)
 * St James's Park: Kingfisher (Frank Nugent); Nuthatch, 2 Meadow Pipit SW, 3 Chiffchaff (Nick Senior)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Little Stint, 1 Curlew Sandpiper still on S basin till mid am at least (Mark Elsoffer per FJM)
 * Trent Park: Spotted Flycatcher perched in sallow near Water Garden (Robert Callf)
 * Trent Park: Spotted Flycatcher, Common Whitethroat, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Goldcrest, Grey Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch (Ad,Juv), 2 Stock Dove, Common Buzzard, Willow Warbler. (Pete Lowman).
 * Twickenham: 1 Sparrowhawk over towpath by Marble Hill at 1620 (Mike Foster)
 * Uxbridge: 1 Hobby flying directly S over The Greenway. (Roger Dewey)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: trying again after original post deleted 1 Yellow Wagtail, c50 Linnet, c20 Goldfinch, c40 Starling rear paddocks, 1 Kestrel (m) on pylon nearby, 2 chats in Bomb Crater Field, too distant a view to identify. All 08:00 - 09:00 (Alastair Dent)
 * Westbourne Park Grand Union Canal: 2 Peregrine (Francis O'Sullivan)
 * West Kilburn Mozart St W10: Tawny Owl (Francis O'Sullivan)
 * Westminster: 2 Peregrine on Westminster Abbey, the falcon devouring something while the tiercel watched (Frank Nugent).

Wednesday 6th September 2017

 * Alexandra Park: 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat, cricket scrub still, Kestrel over cricket area, Sparrowhawk over Redston playing field (Bruce Carson), Treecreeper heard again in mixed tit flock SE of Pitch n Putt 0715 (Bob Watts).
 * Brent Reservoir: 3 Lapwing, 5 Common Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, Common Snipe, 2 Swift, 2 Sand Martin, Willow Warbler, Kingfisher, 2 Whinchat on Neasden Rec (Brent Birders)
 * Brixton, Lambeth Town Hall: Hobby spooked 30 Starling on town hall, circled and dived but out of view (Michael Mac)
 * Brockwell Park: 3 Chiffchaff, 20 House Sparrows (one of few places in London were sparrows still seen round tables at cafe), Green Woodpecker, Kestrel reported 5 days ago, now moved on (Michael Mac)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 2 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
 * Clissold Park:Little Grebe with 1 chick About 11 House/Sand Martins over Beckmere Lake (Ernest Thomason)
 * Hackney Marshes: On Old River Lea 2 Great Crested Grebe (ad + juv), 1 Little Grebe, 2 Egyptian Geese at 0830. (Alastair Dent)
 * Hampstead Heath: 5 Swallows W over Parliament Hill late morning, Also a f. Pochard feeding on High No.1 (Pete Mantle)
 * Fairlop : 4 Common Swift over main lake 12.40pm (Steve Bacon); c50 Lapwing, 3 Linnet, Meadow Pipit, 5 Pheasant, 8 Green Woodpecker, Willow Warbler, Sparrowhawk. (Simon Worsfold)
 * Hyde Park: 2 Peregrine perched high on north face of Penn Tower this morning. (Dave Jordan)
 * Lewisham: Little Egret, 8 Swallow in and over the Ravensbourne near Elverson Rd (Tom Moulton)


 * London Wetland Centre: Buzzard, Hobby, 4 migrant Grey Heron very high SW, Common Sandpiper, 3 Yellow Wagtail SW, 13 Meadow Pipit SW, m Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 2 Linnet S. (M.Andrews, R.Kaye) Plus Kestrel juv. and 2 Kingfisher (Martin Honey)
 * Millfields E5: Peregrine (ad) on the pylon behind the electricity substation at 18:00 (Alastair Dent)
 * Oxleas Wood: 4 Jackdaw, 2 Hobby, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Nuthatch, 4 Goldcrest, 5 Firecrest, 2 Treecreeper, 5 Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Buzzard, Stock Dove (Ron Turner)
 * Pinner (HA5): 6 Collared Dove was unusual, Great Spotted Woodpecker & Goldfinch (Jon Ridge)
 * Pinner Park Farm: Hobby, 2 Sand Martin, 16 Swallow, 2 Meadow Pipit over, 20 Goldfinch & 4 Chiffchaff (Jon Ridge)
 * Pinner (The Croft): mixed tit flock of 35 birds; mainly Blue Tit, a few Great Tit, Coal Tit & 5 Long-tailed Tit (Jon Ridge)
 * Richmond Park: Hobby, Meadow Pipit, 2 juv Sparrowhawk, 5 Tawny Owl, 5 Little Owl, 6 Kestrel, Little Egret, House Martins, Swallows, Red Admiral, Speckled Wood, Southern Hawker (P. Redmond)
 * St James's Park: Kingfisher (Frank Nugent). (Any advice on best kingfisher perches/times in the park please - my son is desperate to see one but we had no luck on Saturday and the lake is bigger than I remembered! Thanks); Go to the east end of the Lake and position yourself opposite the Pelican Rocks. You'll see some sticks and stumps in the water which they're fond of. There's a dead tree just to the right on Duck Island which they like too. Check the trees opposite the Cafe on the other side of the Island and the large Willow opposite by the reedbed. I check 8-8:45 and 14:00-15:00 weekdays and they seem to be about at both times of day. Good luck! (FN). Thanks so much!
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Little Stint still early am. (Bob Warden per FJM)
 * Teddington: 3 Kingfisher, one at Trowlock 0900, one at Teddington Lock 0910, one opposite Canbury Gardens 1700 (Mike Foster)
 * Totteridge Valley: 1 Hobby chasing Starling flock, 30 Swallow mobbing Sparrowhawk, 2 Rooks chasing another Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard ( Tony Clancy) Also 26 Starling, 23 Swallow including one that had a lucky escape from a Hobby, Wheatear, 20+ Stock Dove, 11 Rook, 44+ Blue Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 79+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Coal Tit, Treecreeper, Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest, 4 Nuthatch, Willow Warbler. (Samuel Levy & Edward Levy)
 * Trent Park: juvenile Bullfinch 'Old Golf Course' (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 2 Spotted Redshank back on Lockwood tonight, Hobby, Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Wheatear, Peregrine (Walthamstow Birders) Scores of House Martins, some Sand Martins, over East Warwick late morning, very few by evening. (Quentin Given).
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Peregrine, 6 Shoveler, 1 Teal, Coal Tit, Egyptian Goose, 8 Chiffchaff. Total waders on world shorebird day: 0 (Chris Farthing)

Tuesday 5th September 2017

 * Alexandra Park: Female White Wagtail still 0645 Filter Bed 1 (with water in it), also Treecreeper heard in mixed flock just SE of Pitch n Putt (Bob Watts); 2 Willow Warbler in large Tit flock, Whinchat cricket scrub still, Kingfisher on New River, Mistle Thrush on Pitch n'Putt (Bruce Carson). Also Spotted Flycatcher in Cricket Scrub (David Callahan). Little Egret landed briefly on playing fields 1745 before being chased off by crows (Bob Watts)
 * Eastcote Station: Grey Wagtail, mixed tit flock of 36 birds, mainly Blue Tit with at least 9 Long-tailed Tit (Jon Ridge)
 * Lamorbey Park: 5 Egyptian Geese, Tufted Duck, Cormorant, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Goldcrest, Jay (Ian Stewart)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Swift, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Whinchat, 4 House Martin (WWT Website); 1 Hobby in from N (Martin Honey); Buzzard, unusually landed briefly in Wildside. (R.Kaye)
 * Oxleas Wood: female Kestrel, male Sparrowhawk, Grey Wagtail, male Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, 4 Firecrest, Jackdaw, 2 Treecreeper, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Hobby (Ron Turner)
 * Raynes Park: Sparrowhawk m 0945, 4 Collared Dove (poss sign that pair I saw mating have fledged young?) (P. Redmond)
 * St James's Park: 2 Kingfisher (Frank Nugent).
 * Staines Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe still present in NE corner of S basin. At least 15 Swift, 100's House Martins, some Swallows and Sand Martins. Black-tailed Godwits, Turnstone, Common Sandpipers, Dunlin, 2 Ruff, Redshanks, Ringed Plovers; no sign of Pectoral Sandpiper (Quentin Given). Little Stint 2.20pm (Jim Fell, Dominic pia et al) Wheatear briefly on S Basin c2pm on upturned shopping trolley, chased off by Pied Wagtail (Mike Wheeler). 68 Dunlin, 65 Ringed Plover, 4 Ruff, 6 Redshank, 3 Greenshank, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Sanderling, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Yellow Wagatil (C Lamsdell)
 * Tate Modern: 2 Peregrine, singing Chiffchaff, 2 Egyptian Geese on shore (John Colmans)
 * Totteridge Valley: 2 Grey Wagtail (Sheepwash Pond) (Samuel Levy)
 * Trent Park: first-winter Grey Wagtail water outlet lower lake, juvenile Bullfinch 'Old Golf Course' (Robert Callf)
 * Trent Park: Grey Wagtail ( as above), 3 f Mandarin, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Rook, a single late Common Swift, Common Buzzard. ( Pete Lowman).
 * Walthamstow Res (Lockwood): juv Spotted Redshank still, 2 Dunlin, 12+ Common Sandpipers, 5 Teal, 2 Shoveler, Wheatear (LB,DC,JP).
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Green Sandpiper, 2 Peregrine, 2 Kingfisher (ad. M & 1st w), 80 House Martin, 5 Shoveler, 1 Teal (Chris Farthing)
 * Woolwich Thames : 5 Egyptian Geese (year high)

Monday 4th September 2017

 * Alexandra Park: Whinchat cricket scrub still, female White Wagtail briefly Filter Bed 1 (David Callahan); and again 1330 (Bruce Carson); plus Little Egret on reservoir (DC); Whinchat still 1740 (Bob Watts); Hobby over cricket pitch at 18.05, mobbed by crows (Brian Milligan); Female Sparrowhawk landed on dead tree on Willow path. Kingfisher on 2nd 'pontoon' from viewing platform before being moved on by Little Egret to the 4th platform. 11-00-12.00. 3-4 Mistle Thrushes and 1 M Great Spotted Woodpecker in 'flycatcher corner', pitch and putt, 12.30 (Greg Smith)
 * Brent Reservoir : 5 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Kingfisher, 2 Lapwing, 2 Black Swan for the 2nd day running, 3 Tufted Ducklings, 3 Common Swift (16.45-18.15) (Simon Worsfold)
 * Brockwell Park: adult Peregrine perched (2+ hours) side of Trinity Church spire by hole, overlooking the park, no chance of future breeding as netting over all the holes. A few years ago someone told me Kestrels bred in the spire, was netting put up to stop them? (Michael Mac, Hugh Ashton))
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 House Martin, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff + Little Egret by Armoury Road (Conrad Ellam)
 * Hampstead Heath: 2 Wheatears, one on fencing at Parliament Hill, second bird - probably 'Greenland' dropped on to the cricket pitch at midday, also 2 Swallows W (Pete Mantle)
 * Lamorbey Park: Egyptian Goose, Tufted Duck, Peregrine, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
 * Mile End: Peregrine south 1440 (Bob Watts)
 * Oxleas Wood: 3 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel (m), 3 Hobby, 12 Goldcrest, 3 Firecrest, Treecreeper, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Stock Dove, Blackcap (m), 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Ron Turner)
 * Staines Reservoirs: Merlin juv fem again hunting causeway and S basin, late am, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 6 Ruff, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Redshank, 3 Greenshank, 76 Ringed Plover, 32 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Wheatear, 1 Black-necked grebe (Dom Pia, Franko J Maroevic et al)
 * St James's Park: 2 Kingfisher (Frank Nugent).
 * Walthamstow Reservoir: 2 Willow Warblers south side prior to 8 am (David Callahan). Lockwood res 17.30-19.30: 2 Wheatear, first winter Yellow-legged Gull, 7+ Common Sandpiper (David Callahan, David Bradshaw, Jamie Partridge, Lol Bodini) Spotted Redshank at dusk (Lol Bodini).
 * Waterloo Bridge: Sandwich Tern juv upriver 08.35, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls both juv's (Nick Senior).
 * Woolwich Thames : 30 House Martin (year high)

Sunday 3rd September 2017

 * Alexandra Park: Whinchat cricket scrub (Tony Jakeman), Lesser Whitethroat, Spotted Flycatcher, Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, 6+ Chiffchaff, 5+ Blackcap, Little Egret Wood Green Res (APOG Birders). Sparrowhawk rose from trees on E. slope, climbed to high soaring Hobby, and gave chase to tree-top height. 12.00 (Greg Smith)
 * Barking Bay: 4 Snipe, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Greenshank E, 43 Black-tailed Godwit, 11 Dunlin, 4 Sandwich Tern E, 1 Black Tern, 6 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Caspian Gull juv, 13 Swallow SW, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Wheatear, 1 Whinchat, 2 Sedge Warbler, 5 Whitethroat, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Nick Senior)
 * Brent Reservoir: 3 Lapwing, 5 Green Sandpiper, 6 Common Sandpiper; vis-mig: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Meadow Pipit, Swift (Andrew Self); also Sedge Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, 6 Willow Warbler, Common Snipe, Sparrowhawk, Common Whitethroat (Simon Worsfold + Roy Beddard)
 * Brookmill Park: 2 Stock Dove, 8 House Martin, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Canons Farm: 1 Pied Flycatcher, 5 Whinchat, 1 Peregrine, 80 Linnet, 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Little Owl (CFBWBG)
 * Claybury Park: Whinchat, Hobby (Joe and Alexander Dickens)
 * Cranford CP: Kestrel, Common Buzzard, 7 Goldfinch, 4 Linnet, mixed flock 5 Goldcrests with over 20 Blue, Great and Long-tailed Tits, 47 Woodpigeons in adjacent crop field, 2 female Wasp Spiders - patch tick (Wendy Marks)
 * Frays Farm Meadows LWT: 2 Little Egret, Willow Warbler, 2 Kingfisher, Sedge Warbler, 13 Swallow through to south 7.30am, 7 Chiffchaff, Green Woodpecker, 3 Blackcap, Bullfinch (Dan Pinkham)
 * Fulham Palace Meadow Allotments: Kestrel (Nathalie Mahieu, John Boorman).
 * Gallions Reach: 2 Sandwich Tern, Greenshank, Ringed Plover (KJM)
 * Hackney Marshes: 1 Great Crested Grebe (juv), 1 Little Grebe (adult) on Old River Lea, Sparrowhawk over 0930 (Alastair Dent)
 * KGV Reservoir: Goldeneye, 30+ Shoveler, 20+ Pochard, 6 Common Sandpiper, Black Tern  1108hrs at least, 150+ hirundines mainly Sand Martin and Swallow with 10 House Martin, 3 Yellow Wagtail through, 3 Goldcrest, Treecreeper (Neville Smith).
 * London Wetland Centre: Hobby (juv) perched on post, 2 Whinchat (grazing marsh), Common Sandpiper (wader scrape), Kingfisher (main lake) (Mike Wheeler) 3 Whinchat (R.Kaye, O.Dewhurst)
 * Oxleas Wood: Kestrel, male Blackcap, 3 Hobby, Nuthatch (Ron Turner)
 * Rainham Marshes:  Osprey  perched on driftwood on Thames shore next to Darent River (Deiniol Owen); 2  Spotted Redshanks  (juvs) on Target Pools (Sean Huggins)
 * Raynes Park: Sparrowhawk circling high over gardens drifted NNE 1330 hrs in direction of Wimbledon Common (P. Redmond)
 * Richmond Park: Spotted Flycatcher - west edge of Isabella Plantation, 5 Stonechat - female with 4 young - the fourth pair to breed and the sixth brood this year with a total of 17 young fledged so far (S.Read per JW)
 * Roding Valley/Redbridge Lakes: Garden Warbler, Buzzard sp flew North West at 11: 00. (Joe and Alexander Dickens)
 * Ruxley GPs (Permit only): c50 Gadwall, 2+ Shoveler, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5+ Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaffs, Jay (Ian Stewart)
 * Sewardstone: 2 Whinchat at 09:50 on fence-posts in sloping paddock west of Pick Cottage (Martin Shepherd)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: Treecreeper, 2 Goldcrest. 35 House Martin and 15 Swallow through at 10:15 (Martin Shepherd). Common Buzzard, Hobby predating on migrating hirundines (200+) congregating above the North east corner of reservoir 1740hrs. Water Rail in flood relief channel also 2 Cetti's Warbler (Neville Smith).
 * Staines Moor: 3  Whinchat  on bramble bushes at N end, just S of River Colne, 5 Yellow Wagtail amongst cattle at N end, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby, (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Spotted Redshank still mid pm at least, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Ruff, 5 Greenshank, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Sanderling, 8 Redshank, (Bob Warden et al) 35 House Martin, 10 Swift, 25 Swallow, 1 Turnstone, 28 Ringed Plover, 50 Dunlin, 7 Little Egret, 10 Common Tern, 1 Peregrine, Linnet, 2 Yellow Wagtail & 4 Shelduck.(S.Patel) 1 Merlin fem, late pm on causeway bank, then on tower on N basin 18.00 allowing close views. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Stanmore Country Park: 2 Whinchat at Wood Farm between London Viewpoint and housing development at 9.30am (Tony Blake)
 * Streatham Hill station: Hobby flew over 6pm (S Hampson)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 4 Buzzard (family 3 together), Hobby, Skylark, 4 Whitethroat together, Reed Bunting, 8 Linnet (Neil Anderson/K. Bull)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Whinchat, Hobby, Willow Warbler, 11 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, fem Teal, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk (John Colmans) Belmont Farm: 12 Stock Dove, 3 Egyptian Geese, Common Sandpiper still, Sparrowhawk, 80+ Swallow (20 resident and 60+ through), 2 Grey Wagtail, 10+ House Martin, Chiffchaff. (Samuel Levy)
 * Wanstead Flats: Tree Pipit, Whinchat, 2 Spotted Flycatchers, 3 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Willow Warblers, 40 House Martin, Little Owl, Skylark, 30 Gadwall, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, Reed Bunting (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: 7 Teal, 8 Shoveler, 27 Gadwall, 5 Pochard, 10 Tufted Duck (including 2 young non flying birds, so a success there), Little Grebe, Goldcrest, Grey Wagtail, 2 Whitethroat, 6 Chiffchaff (Nick Croft)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Water Rail, 2 Peregrine, Kestrel, Kingfisher, Coal Tit (Chris Farthing)

Saturday 2nd September 2017

 * Alexandra Park: Male Common Redstart, Whinchat cricket scrub (Tony Jakeman); Spotted Flycatcher (Dominic Mitchell et al), plus Kingfisher, 2 Little Egret, 4 Swallow at Reservoir (Frank Nugent)
 * Brent Reservoir: Autumn Bird Count 74 species including 4 Lapwing, 10 Common Sandpiper, 7 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret, Common Tern, Swift, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Wheatear, 2 Whinchat, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher (Brent Birders)
 * Canons Farm/Banstead Woods: 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Sand Martin, 1 Wheatear, 4 Meadow Pipit, 1 Swift, 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 130 Swallow, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 7 Whitethroat, 4 Blackcap, 8 Chiffchaff, 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Little Owl, 1 Rook, 6 Kestrel (CFBWBG).
 * Chiswick: House Martin flying to nest on house by the river (Tom Smith)
 * Fairlop Waters and surrounding fields: 2 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Lapwing, Peregrine Falcon, Hobby, 4 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Little Owl, 2 Whinchat, Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Kingfisher, Swallow, House Martin, Swift, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Stock Dove. (Alan Thomas/Neil Twyford)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - 30+ Starling fly-catching above garden at 17:55 (Samuel Levy)
 * Finsbury Park: - Nuthatch with roving tit flock - my first record here (Ian Bradshaw)
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Reed Warbler, Chiffchaff. (John Bushell, Richard Green)
 * Hampstead Heath: 1 Snipe flushed from the low cut grass field near the Tumulus, 0720 (Matt Evans) - Also 17 Swallows S/SE late morning (Pete Mantle)
 * KGV Reservoir: 11 Common Sandpiper, 4 Wheatear, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat (Neville Smith).
 * Lamorbey Park: 5 Egyptian Geese, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Swallow, Grey Wagtail, Blackcap, singing Chiffchaff, Goldcrests, Coal Tits, Jay, 2 Jackdaw (Ian Stewart)
 * London Wetland Centre: Red Kite, Hobby, 2 Water Rail, Black -tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Wheatear, Whinchat, 8 Sand Martin SW, 8 Swallow SW, 3 Yellow Wagtail S. (R.Kaye) 1 Kingfisher flying around main lake (Martin Honey)
 * Oxleas Wood: 5 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 4 Goldfinch, 7 Coal Tit, 5 Goldcrest, 2 male Kestrel, Common Buzzard, 5 Stock Dove, 6 Green Woodpecker, 4 Blackcap [fm], 2 Hobby (Ron Turner)
 * Pinner (HA5): Sparrowhawk, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker & 12 Goldfinch (Jon Ridge)
 * Priest Hill, Ewell: 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Whitethroat (Neil Batten)
 * Purfleet: Osprey circling low over Thames/Darent mouth before heading S to Dartford (Fraser Simpson)
 * Queen Mary Reservoir: 1 Yellow-legged Gull adult, 1 Wheatear, mid am. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Rainham Marshes: Kingfisher, 4 Hobbies, Bearded Tits, 2 Marsh Harriers, Lesser Whitethroat, Curlew, 5 Little Egrets
 * Ruxley GPs (permit only): 51+ Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, 3 Great Crested Grebe 1 juv, 2 Little Egret, 2+ Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Swallow, Grey Wagtail, 3+ Blackcap, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, 20+ Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Jay, Jackdaw, 2+ Bullfinch (Ian Stewart)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Pectoral Sandpiper,  juv still mid am at least. 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Ruff, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Greenshank, 4 Redshank, 50 Dunlin, 23 Ringed Plover. 1 Black-necked Grebe. 1 Yellow Wagtail male, 1 Wheatear. (Bob Warden et al) Oystercatcher, Turnstone, 2 Swallow, Sparrowhawk (Nathalie Mahieu, John Boorman)
 * Stratford, Olympic Park: 2 Tree Sparrow 7.25 with flock of Goldfinch near Vellodrome, flew east about 10 mins later (one photograhed), Whinchat, 400+ Goldfinch, Green Woodpecker, singing Willow Warbler, 22 House Martin, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, Kestrel, Kingfisher (Stuart Fisher)
 * Tooting Bec Common: m Sparrowhawk, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Nuthatch (N. Granger-Taylor)
 * Totteridge Valley: 30 Rook, 26+ Chiffchaff, 76+ Stock Dove (including initial flock of 53 through), 8 Goldcrest, 31+ Swallow, 4 Kestrel, 10 Wheatear (New Valley Record), Whinchat, m Common Redstart, 3 Hobby, 3 Tree Pipit E, Teal (Long Pond), 2 Yellow Wagtail E, 2 Willow Warbler, 4 Blackcap, Treecreeper, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Common Buzzard, 6 House Martin, 4 Sparrowhawk, 3 White Stork flew NW very high one kept trying to break formation and head North, but each time would return to the other 2!!! (Samuel Levy & Tony Clancy)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 54 Linnet in rear paddocks, 10 Canada Goose, 6 Pied Wagtail (Jon Agar)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 2 Dunlin, Hobby, 6 Buzzard, 25 Swifts, Lesser Whitethroat (Walthamstow Birders)

Friday 1st September 2017

 * Alexandra Park: 3 Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Little Egret, 5+Blackcap, 2+ Lesser Whitethroat, 8+ Chiffchaff, Spotted Flycatcher, Kestrel (Sam Jones) Male Redstart, 3 Whinchat, 2 Spotted Flycatchers cricket scrub (APOG) Meadow Pipit, Southern perimeter cricket pitch (Trevor Wyatt); 1220-40 cricket scrub: 1-2 male Redstarts, 3 Whinchats, handful of phylloscs (Francis Tusa). male Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Willow Warbler, 2 Whitethroat. 1720-1800 (Bruce. Carson, Bob Watts)
 * Banstead Woods: 1 Firecrest, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap (CFBWBG)
 * Brent Reservoir: 5 Lapwing, 8 Common Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, 1 Swift, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Brent Birders).  Tomorrow is our Autumn Bird Count - come and join us. 
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Cormorant, Stock Dove, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
 * Canons Farm: 1 Redstart, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Peregrine, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Willow Warbler, 13 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Little Owl, 80 Swallow, 20 House Martin (CFBWBG)
 * Danson Park: 8 Egyptian Geese, 5 Little Grebe (2 new juv), 3 Great Crested Grebe, 10+ Cormorant, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 10+ Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
 * Finchley: Garden N3: sky watch that finally produced - Osprey N 12:41. It took 2 Large wing beats before drifting off! (Samuel Levy)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: 4 Mute Swan (2 Cygnets), Pheasant (patch tick for MA), 2 Common Buzzard, 2-3 Sparrowhawk, Stock Doves, 2 Collared Dove, Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, c10 Swallow, 6+ House Martin, Pied Wagtail, 4+ Blackcap, Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler, c30 Chiffchaff inc 4 singers, 2 Goldcrest, Coal Tit, 3+ Nuthatch, 2+ Jay, 5+ Linnet, 30+ Goldfinch, 3 Bullfinch (Ian Stewart & Mike Amos)
 * Gallions Reach: 11 Sandwich Tern, 8 downriver and 3 fishing around the patch and not leaving the area.12.30 (KJM)
 * Hampstead Heath: Lesser Whitethroat and Whitethroat at Hedge 1. Swallow N and 2 Stock Doves S, Also first Meadow Pipits of season here, 1N and 1S, 12 Alba wagtails on the cricket pitch, Grey Wagtail E over Parliament Hill (Pete Mantle)
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Willow Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler (Nick Senior)
 * Kensington: Hobby over Leighton House Museum (Harry Harrison)
 * Lamorbey Park: Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, singing Chiffchaff (Ian Stewart)
 * London Wetland Centre: plenty of Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler, a few Blackcap, at least 2 small family groups of Reed Warbler, 5 singing Cetti's Warblers, Peregrine on Ch. X., Sparrowhawk, Hobby hunting dragonflies until distubed by 4 persistent Magpies, 1 Mandarin, 2 Common Sandpiper (Martin Honey)
 * Oxleas Wood: 5 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper, 4 Coal tit, 8 Goldcrest, 4 Firecrest, Common Whitethroat, 2 Stock dove, Kestrel [m], 2 Sparrowhawk [fm], 3 Hobby, Peregrine, 6 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker [Ron Turner]
 * Rainham Marshes: Redstart on Serin Mound (Fraser Simpson), Osprey Aveley Pool, Pied Flycatcher poplars by Ken Barrett hide (RBA)
 * Richmond Park: 2 Whinchat (Friday Group. P. Redmond)
 * St James's Park: 2 Kingfisher (Frank Nugent).
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 8 Redshank , identified by Lee Evans per FJM, 1 Ruff, 12 Ringed Plover, 30 Dunlin, 4 Greenshank, 8 Black-tailed Godwit (Paul Watts-Twiitter)also Oystercatcher and Wheatear (Nick S) 1 Curlew Sandpiper. (Chris Hazel) additional totals: 9 Redshank, 7 Greenshank, 2 Turnstone, 2 Common Sandpiper, 31 Ringed Plover, 52 Dunlin, 3 Shelduck, 3 Yellow Wagtail (C.Lamsdell)
 * Swanscombe Marsh : Black Tern ( Broadness : up & down river ), 8 Common Sandpiper, Sparrowhawk ( from Broadness salt marsh ), Little Egret, 2 Linnet, 5 Stonechat ( family group ), Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Cettis Warbler (Roger Keith)
 * Totteridge, Folly Farm: 2 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 2 Redstart (Tony Clancy)
 * Trent Park: Kingfisher lower lake (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Hobby, 3 Wheatears on East Warwick, 5 Swifts, 4 Willow Warblers, Lesser Whitethroat (David Bradshaw) Lockwood: 2 Spotted Redshank still, thankfully, 2 Wheatear (Stuart Fisher)
 * Wraysbury GP: Great Egret (flew in from NE, over BA sailing pit towards village pit), plus 1 Hobby, 1 Yellow Wagtail (over) (C Lamsdell)

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