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Sunday 3rd February 2013

 * Alexandra Park: 7 Shoveler Wood Green Res & Conservation Pond (Bob Watts).
 * Brent Reservoir: Tawny Owl in flight over shrike field at 17.20 (Andrew Self)
 * Bushy Park : Stonechat, Little Owl (chased by Carrion Crow) (Ian R Watson)
 * Broadwater Lake / River Colne: 2 Chiffchaff (1 singing briefly), 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail, 20 Siskin, 12 Goldeneye (3m 9f), 1 Goosander (m), 2 GBB Gull (Michael Robinson)
 * Clapham: 15 Waxwing on the bushes opposite the Bowling Green Cafe on Clapham Common West Side near Clapham South Station until 10am at least, Male Blackap on Klea Avenue (Alex Bailey), 6 Waxwing feeding on rose hips (closest to the tennis courts) until they were disturbed by an annoying yapping dog at 11:15am, then 7 Waxwing in top of tree next to roses at 11:30am (Steven Robinson).  2.08pm 1 Waxwing at top of tree near rose hips (L Leadbeater).
 * Crayford - London Road - 20+ Waxwings present at 10.25 when they flew off over Sainsburys - 30 minute search of area but no trace ( Peter Graham). 14.30 - c100 using tree next to Keats House (near Citreon Garage) and feeding opposite (Ralph Todd per Graham Nicholls).
 * Crouch End: 36+ Waxwings feeding on berries outside No 18 Ridge Road N8 at peak of hill off Ferme Park Road at 1215. Flew off at 12:25 but trilling still audible in the area (Gareth Richards).
 * Dagenham Chase LNR: Woodcock flew over, several Pochard, 11 Wigeon, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Siskin, 4+ Bullfinch, 2 Goldcrest, 7+ Common Snipe,2 Jackdaw, Kingfisher, Water Rail heard. ( VH-F & S.Drake ).
 * Gallions Reach: Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, 40+ Lapwings, 3 Curlew, Redwing. (Gary A James).
 * Grays, RM17: 7 Avocets, 5 Turnstone, 2 Oystercatcher, Shelduck, 30 Teal (James A)
 * Greenford UB6: m Blackcap still present but like yesterday no longer sitting boldly in open +more elusive (maybe near miss with Sparrowhawk?) (Neil Anderson)
 * Hampstead Heath: 3 Bullfinch (1m 2f) feeding on buds in shrubs behind feeders next to Ladies Bathing Pond,  (Frank Nugent per Klemens, with thanks), c80 Siskin, (2 flocks of c.50 & c30), 5 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 4 Gadwall, 7 Shoveler, 1 Little Grebe at Mens Bathing Pond, Tawny Owl calling at 13:30 from Highgate 1 Pond, pair Mandarin & Kingfisher at Sanctuary Pond (FN).
 * Hatch End (Anselm Road) : Siskin in Conifer tree (Jon Ridge).
 * Hatch End Playing Fields: 1 Little Egret along the River Pinn, Redwing & 1 Green Woodpecker (Jon Ridge).
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: both Bearded Tit present again in Diana Memorial reedbed, also 2 Little Grebe and 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker (D. McKenzie). Bearded Tit still at 12pm along with 20 plus Greylag (Dawn Painter), Bearded Tits still at 1pm; Great Crested Grebe; 17 Egyptian Goose (James Levy).
 * Kingston Cemetery: 30 Fieldfare, 15 Teal, 1 Goldcrest (M Bournat)
 * Kingston Market Square : 20-30 Waxwings 3:45 approx opposite Patisserie Valerie up on top of building flew off in direction of Railway Station. (Ian R Watson)
 * Lee Valley RP - Middlesex Filter Beds: 2 Firecrest (showing exceptionally well), 8+ Goldcrest, 2 Chiffchaff (one showing signs of abietinus - paler underparts compared to the colybita it was covorting with), 11 Little Grebe, 16 Teal, 6 Gadwall, 5 Tufted Duck, 1 Pochard, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 RN Parakeet, 1 GS Woodpecker (drumming). (Jonathan Nasir)
 * Lee Valley RP - Waterworks NR: 4 Common Snipe, 4 Gadwall, 6 Shoveler, 10+ Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Goldcrest, Song Thrush, first Snowdrops of the year :-) (Jonathan Nasir), 11 Linnet flitting between high tree perches to feed on gournd in Wild Place, Your Space garden at 3pm, also Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swans (Matthew Cunningham)
 * Littlebrook: Slavonian Grebe on small pond next to bus lane 4pm (observer ?)
 * Northolt + Greenford CP: 5 Common Snipe (scrape), 3 Fieldfare over, 3 Lesser Redpoll in birches (Neil Anderson)
 * Pinner Park Farm: 9 Snipe, Fieldfare, Redwing, Jackdaw & 1 Grey Heron. Also at Headstone Moat: 1 female Kingfisher (Jon Ridge).
 * South Ealing Station, W5: 14 Waxwings present 1015. (P Beckenham, D Greenwood, V Williamson, R Woolley).
 * Staines Moor: Water Pipit (Twitter), 1 Barn Owl, c40 Fieldfare over, 1 Firecrest, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Little Egret, 4 Meadow Pipits, 2 Short-eared Owls. 2 Siskin, 2 Snipe over, 2 Stonechat (P Beckenham, D Greenwood, V Williamson, R Woolley), 4 Short-eared Owl is total today (Rob Innes via Lee Dingain), Any details on where the Firecrest was seen please? (Lee Dingain) Hi Lee, c100m from end of boardwalk, next to low gate into adjacent paddock w/small lake, associating loosely with goldcrests in willows and dense bramble stand here approx. 4.15pm (PB)
 * Staines Reservoir: 1 Great Northern Diver, 2 Reed Buntings. (P Beckenham, D Greenwood, V Williamson, R Woolley).
 * Stroud Green (N4): 14 Waxwings very briefly in trees outside 76 Mount View Road at 13.14 (Simon West) Parallel to Ridge Road, so presumably part of the earlier Ridge Road, N8 flock. (Simon West)
 * Swanley Park: 22 redwing, Nuthatch (Limes- new patch tick). 160 Black headed Gulls (Andy Meaton)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 2 Pheasant (1 white apart from red wattle), Little Egret low along A40, Buzzard, c50 Lapwing (later moved to aerodrome), 2 Common Snipe, Jack Snipe flushed silently c2 metres from me + came down c10 metres away in grassy bank (smaller size, generally darker + lacking pale trailing edge+ most obvious shorter bill) - patch tick for me, Barn Owl showing well 8.00-8.20, brief view Short-eared Owl disappearing low over ridge 8.10, 22 Stock Doves, 9 Skylark, c80 mixed Fieldfare/Redwing put up by unseen raptor (along with Lapwings, etc), Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 26 Linnet, 60+ Chaffinch (Neil Anderson)
 * Wandsworth Common: 85+ Fieldfare and 2 Redwing in trees around playing fields; 1 m Siskin, 7 Shoveler around ponds (Matt Palmer)

Saturday 2nd February 2013

 * Abbots Langley: M25 btwn junc 20 & 21, 6 Buzzards, either soaring or on street lamps (C Lamsdell).
 * Alexandra Park: Peregrine, Fieldfare, 9 Shoveler (1 Conservation Pond, 7 Wood Green Res, 1 Boating Lake), Meadow Pipit. Yesterday 3 Bullfinch (2 male, 1 female) within study area in Muswell Hill Garden and female Blackcap (Alan Gibson, Andrew Gardener, Bob Watts).
 * Banstead Woods: Peregrine, 2 Mallard, Siskin, 2 Common Buzzard (David Campbell).
 * Brent Reservoir: Bearded Tit heard several times to left of main hide, also 23 Snipe (Brent Birders). 2 Little Grebes and small flock of Long-tailed Tits earlier this afternoon (Jo Durant). The Ruddy Duck debate is over. Get over it. (AS). If people want to argue the cull issue, why don't they set up a forum page rather than clogging up this page? By the way there is a good explanatory article here (Andrew Haynes). Please no more killing, It is wrong (JR) :(.....If  you don't want the current responses, a simple solution would be to stop reporting their presence at this site on this site. The fact that you as a group of birders support this cull, doesn't mean you have to come across as  so bloody minded and insensitive as to disregard the feelings of the birders who oppose this cull on this site.(JA)
 * Brookmill Park, Lewisham: drake Mandarin, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crayford: 28 Waxwings between Citreon Garage and Keats House on London Road - 2.15pm (Ralph and Brenda Todd)
 * Crayford Marshes: Little Egret & Green Sandpiper at the Slade Green end of the marshes (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam) The wind was too bitterly cold for a proper look for the Spotted Redshank etc  
 * Dagenham Chase LNR : Bittern flushed from Hooks Hall Pond at 10:45am and landed again on far side - no further sign though, 18 Wigeon, 40+ Lapwing, 1 Peregrine, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Little Egret, Water Rail heard, 2 Egyptian Geese ( V.Halley-Frame & S.Drake ).
 * Danson Park Bexleyheath: no sign of Ferruginous Duck (or pochard and tufted duck) 8am-9.30am - significant boating activity (Ralph Todd). At least 12 rowing boats on the water - vocal coaches shouting instructions from the banks and a schools athletics event disturbed everything in and around the lake but 2 Egyptian Geese and a Great Spotted Woodpecker (Eric Brown).
 * Greenford UB6: resident m Blackcap still in garden but keeping lower profile today (Neil Anderson)
 * Grovelands Park, N13: 1 Redwing on the pitch & putt associating with 3 Mistle Thrushes, 1 Song Thrush singing by Broad Walk entrance, 1 Common Gull on lake (Katy McGilvray).
 * Hampstead Heath: a Red Kite drifted north at 0845 hrs glowing in the Sun! (Greengrandad).
 * Hanwell W7 (River Brent): 10 Siskin, Sparrowhawk (f), 2 Teal (m f) downstream of Uxbridge Road bridge & uncommon here (Rob Mills)
 * Horsenden Hill: Pm Common buzzard SW mobbed mercilessly by 100 crows (Martin Smith)
 * Horton Gravel Pits, Berks SL3: BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT (BirdGuides).
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: both Bearded Tit still present in Diana Memorial reedbed (D. McKenzie, D. Barrett); also Barnacle Goose (uo), 27 Shoveler, 4 Red-crested Pochard, Little Grebe, 3 Treecreeper (DMc).
 * Kingston Cemetery: 1 Peregrine, 5+ Goldcrest in a small flock, 12 Teal, 11 Fieldfare, Coal Tit (M Bournat)
 * Littlebrook Power Station: Slavonian Grebe still on lake, plus 2 Peregrines in the area (Jean-Patrick Elmes)
 * Osterley Park: Common Buzzard (Rob Mills)
 * Pinner Park Farm: 2 Little Egret, 1 Little Owl, 1 Kestrel, 5 Snipe, Fieldfare, Redwing, Jackdaw & 1 Nuthatch (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: 2 Brent Goose, Waxwing, Bittern, Black-tailed Godwit (RSPB), Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon, Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrel, several hundred Dunlin feeding on Aveley flash, 10 + Curlew, 50 + Golden Plover, 5 Ringed Plover, 100+ Redshank, Pintail, 3 Water Rail, Water Pipit, Rock Pipit, Barn Owl, Redwing (Nick Croft)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: 1♀ Blackcap (birdman_euston). pr Great Black-backed Gulls, Barnacle Goose of uknown origin, m Little Owl, 4 Redwings, m Firecrest (W side of Marylebone Green near New Lodge, area 16), 6 Siskin (Tony Duckett), 3 Shelduck, 24 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 34 Shoveler, 3 Little Grebe, 5 Great Crested Grebe (fide Regent's Park Birds blog).
 * Richmond Park: 122 Gadwall, 11 Wigeon, 16 Red-crested Pochard, 20+ Redwing, 20+ Fieldfare (both thrush species Holly Lodge) (Neil Anderson)
 * South Ealing Station: 14 Waxwings present 8.30 (Neil Anderson)
 * Southall, Warren Farm: 2 Rook, Kestrel, but not one of the mass of Fieldfare present last weekend (Rob Mills)
 * Staines: c20 Waxwings drinking from puddle in paddock where Wraysbury Rd crosses M25 (Tom Smith).
 * Staines Reservoir: drake Scaup on N basin, c40 Goldeneye; Great Northern Diver seen on S Basin but not by me (Tom Smith). Great Northern Diver south basin showing well, Peregrine along west bank of south basin onto King George at 11.00 (Jim Sweetland). Sanderling on east bank of N Basin and Great Northern Diver still showing well at 2pm (John Fordham).
 * Streatham Hill: 3 Waxwings eating rosehips from a garden on Lydhurst Avenue (Wilbo)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Ruddy Shelduck on Lower Maynard (Simon Bradley). I'm told it is a Cape Shelduck (Paul Whiteman per Pete Lambert) Could be the thing that gets on the Thames and confuses everyone. (Thank you - I was suckered by its 'juvenile' good looks) - (Simon Bradley)
 * Worcester Park KT4: 2 Gadwall, 2 Little Egrets on fields (Bob Smith)

Friday 1st February 2013

 * Brookmill Park, Lewisham: Little Grebe, drake Mandarin, singing Song Thrush, male Blackcap, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam).
 * Bushy Park : Tawny Owl, Little Owl (Ian R Watson)
 * Chingford: 4 Waxwings in tall poplar tree opp Kings Parade shops on Kings Rd at 9.00 (I. Lycett).
 * Crayford Marshes: Spotted Redshank, male Ruff, Turnstone, Green Sandpiper, Golden Plover, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Rock Pipit, male Peregrine. (Kev Jarvis).
 * Danson Park, Bexleyheath: Ferruginous Duck still @12:30.  Did have a swim for a minute but spent most of it's time sleeping on the east side of the small island (Nigel Sluman) Flushed by canoeist at 14:10 flew high south (Birdguides).
 * Enfield: 1 Waxwing flew north over Lee View near Gordon Hill train station at 8:30am (Harry Boorman).
 * Enfield Playing Fields: 4 Lesser Redpoll, with 5 Goldfinch nearby, 12:20 hrs and later (Robert Callf).
 * Finsbury Park: small flocks of redwing, fieldfare and starling plus song thrush 11am (Dawn Painter).
 * Hyde Park: 2 Bearded Tits 10.45, Diana Memorial Fountain reedbed (D.Jordan). Intend to visit early Saturday, where are the Tawny Owls usually found? thanks. (Dan Barrett) On the path between the Speke obelisk and the Physical Energy statue, at the exact midpoint there is a bench on the west side of the path. Look over the top of this bench at right angles to the path. Just to the right of where you are facing there is a big old horse chestnut tree with the main trunk broken off about 40 ft up, and a large branch extending horizontally left of the break. It is about 50 yards from the path. This is the nest tree. Look for the male owl on the broken top of the trunk, or 10 ft lower on the right side of the trunk, or on a beech just the other side of this tree with brambles round the base (Ralph Hancock). Many thanks Ralph (D Barrett).
 * Northumberland Park N17: m Peregrine on Gas Tower behind Ikea (tucked away so hard to see), f Sparrowhawk, 1 Meadow Pipit and 2 Great Black-backed Gull in area to N end of Tottenham Marshes - 12-1pm (Davey Leach).
 * Pinner Park Farm: 3 Little Egret, 1 Little Owl, 2 Shoveler (including one drake), 3 Snipe, Fieldfare, 9 Jackdaw, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Green Woodpecker & 1 Nuthatch; also at Headstone Moat: 2 Coal Tit, 1 Goldcrest & 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Jon Ridge).
 * St James's Park: 8 Egyptian Geese, full-winged Mandarin (Andrew Self).
 * Sidcup (Lamorbey Park): male Wigeon still, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, pair Egyptian Geese, Kingfisher, Nuthatch, Goldcrests (Ian Stewart).
 * South Ealing Station, W5: 7 Waxwings still present 0830. (Day 32!) (Richard Woolley).
 * Tooting Bec Common: c 15 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Pochard, 8 Tufted Duck, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Stock Dove, Goldfinch, Long-tailed Tit, Ring-Necked Parakeet (no sign of Treecreeper pair, seen by other birders recently in Cafe Wood) (Nick Granger-Taylor).
 * Walpole Park (W5): 20 Redwing feeding with Starling flock, Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker (L.Pawley).
 * Wanstead Flats : Short-eared Owl NW over flats (J Lethbridge).

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