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Friday 1st February 2013

 * Brookmill Park, Lewisham: Little Grebe, drake Mandarin, singing Song Thrush, male Blackcap, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Pinner Park Farm: 3 Little Egret, 1 Little Owl, 2 Shoveler (including one drake), 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 & drake Ruddy Duck (Andrew Self)
 * South Ealing Station, W5: 7 Waxwings still present, 0830. (Day 32!) (Richard Woolley).
 * Wanstead Flats : Short-eared Owl NW over flats (J Lethbridge)

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