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Thursday 22nd March 2018

 * Alexandra Park: Eurasian Teal pair still Conservation Pond (Bob Watts). Chiffchaff singing by cycle path/South Slope, 9.10 (Greg Smith)
 * Box Hill: 52 Hawfinch, Juniper Top 12.30 (Dave Peers)
 * Clerkenwell: Peregrine (prob female) soaring over Old St/Goswell Road area 13:30 (Dan Fletcher)
 * Dollis Brook, Holders Hill: 6+ Meadow Pipit N 06:59, 2 Grey Wagtail, Mandarin Duck Downstream 07:03. (Samuel Levy)
 * Eastcote (Field End Rec): 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Greenfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 11 Common Gull, 18 Black-headed Gull, Coal Tit, 2 Song Thrush (Tim Rymer).
 * Forest Hill Station: Red Kite heading W at 12.09 hrs, 2 Grey Wagtails on W H Smith's roof 12.54 hrs and 2 Peregrines 15.27 hrs (Paul Moss)
 * Forty Hall CP: Little Egret, 46 Black-headed Gull, 2 Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
 * Frays valley NR/ Frays Meadows. Jack Snipe, 9 Common Snipe, Pr. Mandarin and a Lesser Redpoll. ( John Edwards)
 * Greenford (Beechwood Avenue): 20+ Redwing dropped into back gardens 7.00 (Neil Anderson)
 * Gunnersbury Triangle: pr Goldcrest, 2 pr Jay (Neil Anderson)
 * Guy Lodge Farm, Enfield: Red Kite, Mediterranean Gull first-winter until 14:22 at least, 8 Common Gull incl seven first-winter, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Robert Callf)
 * Hilly Fields Park, Enfield: m Kestrel, 3 Stock Dove, 2 singing Song Thrush, singing Mistle Thrush, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper incl singing male (Robert Callf)
 * Hyde Park: Sparrowhawks - attempted blackbird catch at 8.30am. At 10.10am a pair were displaying high across the park, Peregrine - at 10.10am flying high passed the sparrow hawks heading south west (Malachi Yarker)
 * KGV Reservoir: 1 Little Gull (Ad) - N Basin Inflow - 6.45am, 11 Goosander (6 Males), 18 Goldeneye (7 Males), 2 Greater Black Backed Gulls, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Singing Blackcap, 2 Singing Chiffchaff, Pr. Grey Wagtail, Pr. Buzzard, Pr. Kestrel, 1 Meadow Pipit, Green Woodpecker, Sparrowhawk (Fem.) - 6.15 - 7.45am (Davey Leach).
 * London Wetland Centre: 6 Pintail, 7 Common Snipe and 5 Jack Snipe (another was seen earlier on the grazing marsh) on wader scrape, 2 singing Chiffchaff, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 2 Little Egret, 1 Redshank, 4 singing Cetti's Warbler (Martin Honey) Female Marsh Harrier 15:00 - same bird as yesterday, flew out of reedbed then back down, Water Pipit, Peregrine (WWT website)
 * MIllwall Docks: Shag juv still 9.15am on pontoon by sailing club (Sean Huggins)
 * Regent's Park: Black Redstart 15:00 (Magnus Andersson)
 * Richmond Park: 2 Mute Swan - nesting pair, 2 Gadwall - pair, 6m 4f Pochard, 2 Great Crested Grebe - displaying pair, 20+ Grey Heron - 10 nesting pairs an increase from last year, 2 Water Rail heard, Common Snipe, 43 Common Gull - all Pen Ponds, 7+ Buzzard, 15 Collared Dove, Skylark - singing Lawn Field, 2 Grey Wagtail - pair, 100+ Redwing (J.Wilczur); 2m Stonechat (P.Redmond)
 * Staines Reserviors: AMERICAN HORNED LARK on south side of causeway, also 3 Little Ringed Plovers (John Reid)
 * The Ridgeway, Mill Hill: 2m Pied Wagtail, Mistle Thrush, 19 Redwing N 07:29 (Samuel Levy)
 * Tooting Commons: 1 Firecrest north end of Bedford Wood, 1 Greenfinch (Alan Wilkinson)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: 2 Firecrest still near entrance to Horse Chestnut Glade 1315, also Goldcrest (Bob Watts, Mark Fairless).
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: Little Bunting still until 8.45 at least (with 3 Reed Buntings and 35+ Linnet), plus drake Scaup, Green Sandpiper, Common Redshank, pair Goosander, 3 Kingfishers, 2 Common Chiffchaffs (all Lockwood and area) (David Callahan, Jamie Partridge, David Bradshaw).
 * Wanstead Flats: Redpoll, 11 Meadow Pipit, 7 + Skylark, singing Chiffchaff, 7 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Stock Dove, 3 Little Owl, Kestrel (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: Red Kite, 2 Siskin, 10 + Redwing, 7 Teal, Nuthatch, 4 Stock Dove, 2 singing Chiffchaff (Nick Croft)
 * Wimbledon Common: Woodcock. (R.Kaye)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 5 Snipe, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Water Rail, 3 Reed Bunting, 2 Shelduck, Blackcap, 2 Teal, Chiffchaff, 2 Lesser Redpoll, Redwing, 51 spp. total, highest this year (Chris Farthing).
 * Wood Green: Common Buzzard circling east over Birdwatch office at 11 am (David Callahan, Ian Lycett, Josh Jones).
 * Worcester Park: Garden KT4- 1m Blackcap still and a regular Goldcrest (Isaiah Rowe)

Wednesday 21st March 2018
(Malachi Yarker)
 * Alexandra Park: M Blackcap singing Grove, 30+ Redwing (APOG Birders).
 * Brent Reservoir: Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, 24 Common Snipe, Woodcock flushed between hides, Peregrine pair circling to great height over South Bank, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Cetti's Warbler (Magnus Andersson, Simon Worsfold, Andrew Verrall)
 * Broxbourne Woods: Woodcock flushed, at least 15 Nuthatches, 1 Coal Tit; also day-flying Pipistrelle sp at 12.30 over field N of woods (Quentin Given) What No Treecreepers? R Callf No, I was looking out for them too (Quentin Given). Perhaps you need to listen out for them - you normally hear them before you see them - R Callf
 * Chislehurst Pond: Mandarin drake still (Eric Brown)
 * Cranford CP: resident pair Kestrels mating, 2 Common Buzzard, 8+ Ring-necked Parakeets 4+ pr mating, pair Song Thrush, 3 Goldfinch, male Tufted Duck over - rare sight for Cranford, pair Long-tailed Tits nest building, first Comma of the year (Wendy Marks)
 * Dollis Brook, Holders Hill: Grey Wagtail, 2 Goldcrest, Coal Tit, 3 Mandarin Duck up stream 1300, also Red Admiral. (Samuel Levy)
 * Eastcote (Field End Rec): 5+ Greenfinch, 4 Black-headed Gull, Common Gull (Tim Rymer)
 * Elstree Village: Red Kite, 4 Buzzard (Allan Stewart)
 * Enfield area EN2: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker showed well but briefly, 4 Hawfinch (2 singing males) (Connor Rand)
 * Ewell Village: Blackcap singing briefly near Bourne Hall (Neil Batten)
 * Figges Marsh (CR4): 156 Black-headed Gull, 47 Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull (James Hudson)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - Red-legged Partridge (3rd Garden Record), 4 Stock Dove, M Blackcap (Samuel Levy)
 * Foxberry Wood SW of Pratts Bottom: c40 Brambling in trees by game strip (Ian Stewart)
 * Greenwich Park: Sparrowhawk f, 7 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch (Ray Crouch); also 1 Common Buzzard over, 6 Redwings still (Joe Beale)
 * Hyde Park: Woodcock landed in lookout Lodge briefly before being flushed by attacking song birds. It then retreated under a nearby Yew before flying west.
 * KGV Reservoir: 1 M. Smew (Still S. Basin), 1 Red Kite drifting N - 1pm, 1 Green Sandpiper, 18 Goldeneye (6 Males), Pr Goosander, 20 Shoveler, 12 Teal, 4 Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, 6+ Buzzards, 3+ Kestrels, Sparrowhawk, Pr Grey Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit. 1 - 2pm (Davey Leach). ‘’’Pintail” female ((Neville Smith).
 * Ladywell Fields: Sparrowhawk, 4 Redwing, 3 Mandarin, 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, Goldcrest, Green Woodpecker calling, Song Thrush (Tom Moulton/Sue Gore/Judith Simmons)
 * Lamorbey Park; 10 Canada Geese, 5 Egyptian Geese, Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, Goldcrest, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Stock Dove; Red Admiral my first butterfly at Lamorbey this year (Eric Brown)
 * Lea Valley: red-head Smew on Friday Lake at 16:00 (Andrew Self)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 male Brambling, Jack Snipe, 4 Snipe, 3 Shelduck, 8 Pintail, Little Egret, Chiffchaff, Water Rail (WWT website); 1 Bittern N shore main lake, 1 Marsh Harrier, 12 Common Snipe, 5 Jack Snipe (Martin Honey, W. Newnham etc.)
 * Mayflower Park Wetlands: Coot sitting on nest, 1 Grey Heron and a single Redwing (Isaiah Rowe)
 * Millwall Docks: Shag juv still by sailing club 1.10pm (Twitter) Which twitter account is this ? It wasn't there Tuesday evening (T.Smith)
 * Pinner: Tawny Owl calling Lloyd Court 05:30 (Richard Francis)
 * Pinner (The Croft): 4 Goldfinch, Male Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Coal Tit, 1 Redwing, Ring-necked Parakeet, 10+ Black-headed Gulls (Nigel Barratt)
 * Rainham: Guillemot winter plumage drifted on Thames upriver at 12 O’Clock; also Male Marsh Harrier over rspb reserve (John Murray)
 * Rayners Lane (garden): male Blackcap (Tim Rymer)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn & Pagoda Avenues. Parking charges apply Mon - Sat. Park only in visitors bays. (Bob Husband, Franko J Maroevic)
 * Richmond Park: c20 Lesser Redpoll - Hawthorn Valley (M.Lewis)
 * Ruislip Woods, Mad Bess & Bayhurst: 40+ Hawfinch recorded from 08:20 - 09:45 - see map marked red star on map, Woodcock flushed 09:25 marked blue star (Richard Francis)March 21.jpg
 * St James's Park: Common Snipe (Frank Nugent)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: PURPLE SANDPIPER still present on the rocks by the lighthouse at Broadness, 100 Common Redshank, 8 Turnstone and 4 Dunlin also (John Edwards, Richard Middleton)
 * The Ridgeway, Mill Hill: M Siskin, Nuthatch, 2 Goldcrest. (Samuel Levy)
 * Tooting Commons: 1 Woodcock (Will Rose, twitter); 1 Teal (Alan Wilkinson)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: f Garganey still present at Darlands sleeping in sunshine, also Woodcock, 3 Buzzard, Kestrel, Little Egret, 20 Redwing, 2 Redpoll at Darlands, 2 Meadow Pipit, 7 Teal (John Colmans); 13 Canada Geese, 2 Mandarin Duck, f Garganey had moved to the small pond south of Darlands Lake this afternoon, 15 Teal, Grey Heron, 3 Sparrowhawk, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Lapwing, 5 Woodcock, Common Snipe flew through at Dusk heading N, 6 Black-headed Gulls, 62 Common Gull, 61 Stock Dove, Barn Owl, 12 Rook, 3 Coal Tit, 2 Goldcrest, f Firecrest still in hedgerow just down from laurel farm pond, Fieldfare, 29 Redwing, Song Thrush, 39 Starling, 3 Hawfinch, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Siskin. (Totteridge Valley Birders) TVP
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: 2 Firecrest male still 0750 near entrance to Horse Chestnut Glade and very vocal with male and female present 1230, no Goldcrests seen for about a week (Bob Watts) On March 16th I went through loads of Goldcrest habitat (looking for Firecrests) on the South side of Barnes Common and found just a single Goldcrest. Rather shocking. [R.Kaye]
 * Trent Park: 2 Mandarin Duck pr, 5 Eurasian Teal 3m 2f, 4 Common Pochard 2m 2f, 2 Tufted Duck m f, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, 2 f Kestrel, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Long-tailed Tit pr nest building, 2 male Nuthatch Rough Lot, 2 Treecreeper incl singing male Nature Trail, Orange Underwing/Light Orange Underwing (Robert Callf); 2 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 m Teal, 4 Pochard 2m 2f, 4 Tufted Duck 2m 2f, 20 Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Woodcock in flight field NE of Water Garden (Pete Lowman)
 * Upshire, Copped Hall: 4 Sparrowhawk, 9 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Common Whitethroat singing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Skylark, Corn Bunting, 24 Yellowhammer, 2 Bullfinch, 13 Red-legged Partridge, 9 Redwing, also 11 Hares. (Chris Baldwin)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: LITTLE BUNTING still, m Scaup, Dunlin, Snipe, 6 Shelduck, 2 Redwing, 2 Chiffchaff, 1f Goldcrest, 6 Reed Bunting, 6 Stock Dove, 1m Kestrel. (Walthamstow Birders)
 * Wanstead Flats: Woodcock, 7 Meadow Pipit (2 singing), 6 Skylark, singing Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting, 3 Sparrowhawk, 2 Gadwall, 7 Shoveler, 3 Little Owl (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan)
 * Wanstead Park: 2 Redpoll, Siskin, Linnet, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Goldcrest, Firecrest (h), singing Chiffchaff, m Blackcap, 11 Stock Dove, Coal Tit, 45 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 7 Teal, Sparrowhawk, Little Grebe (Nick Croft)
 * Wimbledon Common: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming 6.45am Inner Windmill Road (Les Evans-Hill); LSW also heard very briefly in wood by White Cottage 08.00, also in that general area of the Common - 4 Buzzard, 3 Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 2 Woodcock, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Siskin (R.Kaye)
 * Worcester Park: Garden KT4- 1 Peregrine thermaling over from 15:55 (Isaiah Rowe)

Tuesday 20th March 2018

 * Alexandra Park: Fieldfare, singing Blackcap Grove, m Eurasian Teal Conservation Pond (APOG Birders)
 * Ashford Tesco near Staines Res: 1+ House Sparrow chirping in bushes on WORLD SPARROW DAY (Michael Mac)
 * Bedfont Lakes CP: low hunting Buzzard seen from adjacent road (Neil Anderson)
 * Bentley Priory: Little Egret on Old Lodge Common 1:45 (Richard Francis)
 * Bramblehall Wood: 550 Hawfinch (Steve Gale)
 * Brent Reservoir: Little Egret behind dam (Andrew Self)
 * Brockley NR: Sparrowhawk f (Keith Chambers)
 * Chessington: m Pheasant strolled through front drives 12.00pm in Kelvin Grove KT9 (Nigel Jackman)
 * Hampstead Heath: Common Buzzard NE over High No.1 1300 (Pete Mantle)
 * Hanger Lane: Kestrel by North Circular (Neil Anderson)
 * Horsenden Hill: Woodcock flushed by ranger (Martin Smith)
 * Kensal Green: pr Coal Tit on my feeders, Jay (Charlie Farrell)
 * KGV Reservoir: 1 Sand Martin flying over N 7am, m Smew & m Scaup still on s basin, 2 singing Chiffchaff, pr Goosander, 12 Goldeneye 3m, pr Kestrel, m Sparrowhawk, Goldcrest, pr Buzzard (Davey Leach)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1f Peregrine on Ch. X. Hospital, 6 Common Snipe and 3 Jack Snipe wader scrape, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Little Egret, 4 Pintail, 2 Shelduck, 1 Chiffchaff [new arrival - feeding frantically] (Martin Honey & B. Page)
 * Middlehill Wood: 85 Hawfinch (Steve Gale)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: Kingfisher, Siskin (James Palmer)
 * Millfields E5: Peregrine feeding on prey on electric pylon 2.45pm, 2 Kestrel m seen - also f reported, 30+ Common Gull (Ernest Thomason)
 * Millwall Docks: Shag juv still on pontoons by sailing club 9.10am (Sean Huggins)
 * Pinner: Tawny Owl very vocal 07:30 Lloyd Court (Richard Francis)
 * Ruislip Woods: 4+ Hawfinch in vicinity of Fore St/Salisbury Rd entrance 08:15 (Richard Francis)
 * Staines Moor: 1 Jack Snipe, 2 Redshank, 2 Water Pipit all along Colne, 1 Treecreeper old railway, 1-3 Red Kite, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 4+ Meadow Pipit now singing & displaying, singing Skylark (Lee Dingain)
 * Stave Hill: Kingfisher on Downtown Pond this morning, 4 Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker (John & Janet Cadera); Water Rail on Downtown Pond pm (Richard Page-Jones)
 * Stratford: Common Buzzard over the old shopping centre (Nick Croft)
 * The Ridgeway, Mill Hill: 15 Redwing E 08:20 (Samuel Levy)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: f Garganey still present at Darlands Lake (BirdGuides); still present at 5.30pm but then flew off N calling with 3 Teal [1 Teal came back 2 minutes later so all probably came back], Firecrest in back gardens by Entrance off Michelham Down, 2 Fieldfare over N, 18 Redwing (Davey Leach)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Mmle Firecrest still in holly at entrance to Horse Chestnut Glade 0750 and 1300 in nearby ivy (Bob Watts)
 * Town Park, Enfield: Cormorant, 3 Shoveler 2m f Carr's Basin, 16 Tufted Duck 9m 7f, Sparrowhawk, 3 Stock Dove, male Nuthatch singing (Robert Callf)
 * Trent Park: 3 Eurasian Teal 2m f upper lake, 7 Tufted Duck 4m 3f, Common Buzzard, 3 male Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Raven circled Williams Wood mobbed by Carrion Crow then flew off N 13:56-13:58 (Robert Callf)
 * Uxbridge: 2 Rook feeding on grass verge of Uxbridge Rd Hatch End between roundabouts 02:00 (Richard Francis)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: LITTLE BUNTING still but only showed briefly once by 2pm, Scaup on No 4, Dunlin and 2 Goosander on Lockwood early, 1w Yellow-legged Gull, 12 Goldeneye (Walthamstow Birders)
 * Wanstead Flats: f Stonechat, 3 Mistle Thrush, 3 Redwing, 9 Fieldfare, 9 Meadow Pipit 1 singing, 5 Skylark 3 singing, 13 Greenfinch, 1 Teal, 7 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 2 Common Buzzard, 2-3 Sparrowhawk, 2 m Peregrine, Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 2 singing Chiffchaff, 6 Teal, 12 Shoveler, 5 Pochard, 12 Tufted Duck, 2 Water Rail, 2 Siskin (Nick Croft/Mike Messenger)
 * Wimbledon Common: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Inner Windmill Rd drumming, 2 Greylag overflying the Plain (Les Evans-Hill) Hi Les, on what section of the IWR did you hear (see?) the LSW? Thanks I see/hear it regularly at gridref TQ229719 [LE-H]
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 5 Snipe, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Shelduck, 2 Blackcap, 2 Teal (Chris Farthing)
 * Woodford Green: Hawfinch atop distant forest tree 7.55am, f Blackcap, Siskin and flyover Little Egret (Ken Murray)

Monday 19th March 2018

 * Alexandra Park: 15+ Linnet Filter Beds, Meadow Pipit, Eurasian Teal pair Conservation Pond, c30 Ring-necked Parakeet south to roost 1740, drake Tufted x Pochard Boating Lake (APOG Birders)
 * Colliers Wood: 1 Chiffchaff along the river probably a successful local overwinterer (Keith Bates)
 * Cowley: [UB8] 1 Common Buzzard mobbed by 3 Carrion Crows 16.30 (Roger Dewey)
 * East Barnet: Pymmes Brook at West Walk - 3 Grey Wagtail 2m f together displaying (Robert Callf)
 * Eastcote, Field End Rec: 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Greenfinch, Jay, 35 Black-headed Gull, 5 Common Gull (Tim Rymer)
 * East India Dock Basin: 3 Avocets roosting on island in Basin 13.50 (John Archer) Twitter pic
 * Fulham Reach: 3 Shelduck (Nathalie Mahieu)
 * Hall Marsh Scrape: 1 Siberian Chiffchaff calling frequently along stream behind main hide (J.Murray)
 * Holyfield Lake: 7 Goosander 2m 5f, 2 Oystercatcher on island behind the weir (Mike Oakland)
 * Hyde Park: 10 Redwing, Jay, 4 Gadwalls (Koel Ko)
 * Leyton, Orient Way Recycling Centre: Glaucous Gull (JW Davies)
 * London Wetland Centre: Iceland Gull, 2m Common Scoter still present 17:00 (R Dunne et al); also 1 Peregrine, 5 Common Snipe, 5 Jack Snipe (Martin Honey); Short-eared Owl over at 15.40, Caspian Gull 2cy - same as yesterday, Yellow-legged Gull 2cy - different to yesterday (J.Wilczur et al)
 * Margravine Cemetery: Redwing, Mistle Thrush (Nathalie Mahieu)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 1 Kingfisher on River Lea (Ernest Thomason)
 * Morden Hall Park: Jack Snipe, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 5 Meadow Pipit, 6+ Teal, Siskin, Chiffchaff (Nick Rutter)
 * Muswell Hill: male Siskin on seed feeder in back garden (BJS)
 * Oak Hill Woods: Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
 * Pinner (The Croft): pr Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch, Ring-necked Parakeet, 10+ Black-headed Gull (Nigel Barratt)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn & Pagoda Avenues. Parking charges apply Mon-Sat. Park only in visitors bays. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Staines Reservoirs: AMERICAN HORNED LARK still on causeway, 1 Brent Goose on S basin early am, 1 Kittiwake, 2 Dunlin through by 09.00 6 Little Ringed Plover (Dave Morris per FJM)
 * St Paul's Cray (The Brook): 5 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Jack Headley via Twitter)
 * Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve:1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Shelduck, 4 Snipe, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Chiffchaff including brief outbursts of song, 1 Coal Tit, 7 Goldfinch (Jack Headley via Twitter)
 * Swanley Park: Teal m, 11 Shoveler [site high] 7m 4f, Coot, 2 Greylag, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gulls, Common Gulls and Black-headed Gulls, Green Woodpecker, 5 Mistle Thrush, Redwings (Andy Meaton)
 * The Ridgeway, Mill Hill: 29 Fieldfare N, Common Buzzard W, 2 Goldcrest, Sparrowhawk, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Lesser Redpoll near Med Centre feeders (Samuel Levy)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: male Firecrest Sanctuary Wood 0745 very vocal (Bob Watts)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: f Garganey still at Darlands Lake (per Geoffrey W Trigg on London Birding FB page)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Barn Owl flushed off side of Lockwood at 9-40am (Mike Messenger); LITTLE BUNTING still but only seen once by 3pm, Scaup on No 4, 12 Goldeneye (Walthamstow Birders)
 * Wanstead Flats: 500-600 Common Gull, 100+ Black-headed Gull, 13 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 14 Herring Gull, 2 Pochard, 4 Gadwall, 13 Shoveler, 32 Egyptian Goose, 36 Mute Swan, Little Grebe [WeBs]; Common Buzzard, 7 Fieldfare (Nick Croft)
 * Wimbledon Common: 2 Reed Bunting Bluegate Pond (Les Evans-Hill)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Water Rail, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Shelduck, Sparrowhawk, 6 Redwing, m Blackcap, Mediterranean Gull on West Reservoir (Chris Farthing & Tony Butler)
 * Woodford Bridge: Woodcock in garden backing onto small wooded area and park 17:15 (Charlie & Hilary Musker)

Sunday 18th March 2018

 * Alexandra Park: Eurasian Teal pair still Conservation Pond, Little Grebe Wood Green Res (foy), 20+ Linnet circled filter beds then east, Meadow Pipit, 2 Fieldfare north, 20+ Redwing, Tufted x Pochard drake Boating Lake (APOG Birders). Peregrine with prey (Blackbird?) taken to TV mast 10.30 (Greg Smith)
 * Battersea Park Lakes: WeBS count highlights Water Rail (where was the water rail? Michael Mac (on the far bank opposite the sub-tropical gardens, at about 08:30 - NR) Thanks at least I know it wasn't in the reed areas), 2 Mandarin, 4 Common Pochard, 14 Shoveler, 19 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Little Grebe; Sparrowhawk over (Nick Rutter)
 * Brent Reservoir: Knot briefly, Redshank, 16 Snipe, Meadow Pipit, Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting, Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard (Brent Birders)
 * Chingford: 4 Sand Martin by Costco on river lee navigation (Allan Stewart)
 * Crayford Marshes: adult-type Kumlien's Gull on Jolly Farmers early a'noon before flying towards recycling centre (Richard Bonser, Andrew Lawson, Jamie Partridge, Dante Shepherd, Mick Southcott)
 * Creekmouth: 2 juvenile Iceland Gulls, 3 Caspian Gulls (3rd-winter & two 2nd-winters), adult Mediterranean Gull, 4 Yellow-legged Gulls (adult, 3rd-winter & two 1st-winters), 12+ Black-tailed Godwits, 25+ Redwing, 20 Fieldfare (Richard Bonser, Jamie Partridge, Dante Shepherd)
 * Fairlop Waters : 1 Jack Snipe, 2 Common Snipe,17 Lapwing, 2 Wigeon, 33 Teal,16 Shoveler, 38 Gadwall, 8 Pochard, 51 Tufted Duck, 4 G C Grebe, 2 Cormorant, 7 Grey Heron, 2 Egyptian Goose, 50 Skylark, 1 Common Buzzard (Steve Bacon)
 * Forty Hall CP: 8 Mandarin Duck 6m 2f, Common Buzzard, 84 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, male Kingfisher, Goldcrest, Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
 * Fulham Reach (Thames foreshore): Redshank, 16 Common Gull, 50 Eurasian Teal, Coot, 14 Gadwall, 2 Tufted Duck, 16 Cormorant (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Guy Lodge Farm, Enfield: male Kestrel, female Stonechat, 27 Fieldfare, 15 Redwing (Robert Callf)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 1 Goldeneye, 115 Common Gull, 660 Black-headed Gull, 5 Chiffchaff, 7+ Meadow Pipit (Tony Blake).
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: 45 Common Gull, 2 Little Owl, Rock Pipit littoralis Round Pond, 63 Blackbirds, 2 Continental Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare East, Stonechat (N P Senior)
 * Leyton, Jubilee Park: Mediterranean Gull (JW Davies)
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Jack Snipe, 5 Snipe, 2 Shelduck, 6 Pintail, Goldeneye, Redshank, Water Pipit, 3 Sand Martin (WWT website); 2 Caspian Gull - 4cy and 2cy, 2cy Yellow-legged Gull (J.Wilczur et al)
 * Millfields E5: Peregrine with prey on the sub-station pylon at 13:00 (Alastair Dent)
 * Millwall Docks: Shag 2cy on pontoon by sailing club until 3pm when it flew towards Canary Wharf, Mediterranean Gull ad summer briefly 8.30am (Sean Huggins) Shag back by 14:00 (Nick Croft et al)
 * Oxleas Woods SE9 1YG: Firecrest 14.27 hrs caught on garden CCTV also Song Thrush (John Reid)
 * Pimlico Gardens: 3 Yellow-legged Gulls 2 2cy ad, Caspian Gull, 2cy, Skylark W (N P Senior)
 * Queen Mary Reservoir: 351 Common Gull. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Rainham Marshes: 3 White-fronted Geese onto marsh 08.30 with 80 Greylags (Howard Vaughan via Twitter), 3 Ringed Plover and Avocet (Richard Bonser, Jamie Partridge, Dante Shepherd)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn & Pagoda Avenues. No parking charges on Sun. 1 Blackcap female. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Shrewsbury Park, SE18: 3 Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel (Tim Rymer)
 * Southall: F Blackcap on feeders (same individual as 22 Feb) TQ1280 (Phil Belman) (Software issue again? This entry would _appear_ to have been edited out by Andrew S in his revision a short time ago?) Sometimes posts seem to dissapear after posting I think this is a glitch in software not editing? MM)
 * Snaresbrook, Eagle Pond: 3w Caspain Gull still, Nuthatch (Dan Barrett)
 * Staines Reservoir: AMERICAN HORNED LARK still, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 2 Black-necked Grebe (Dominic Pia, Neil Hilton, Franko J Maroevic)
 * Stratford, Olympic Park area: Sandwich Tern S low south along Lea, 1st w Glaucous Gull at gull roost south of Greenway, Rock Pipit with 32 Meadow Pipit at N end, 2 singing Cetti's Warblers, Peregrine (Stuart Fisher)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 11+ Teal, 2 m Pheasant together, Little Egret, Buzzard, 2 Red Kite, Sparrowhawk put up flock 30+ Stock Dove in field, 3 Snipe, drumming Great-spotted Woodpecker, site record 55+ Skylark (mobile feeding flock 50+), 50+ Meadow Pipit, 6 Redwing, 2 Rook, notable flock 10 Jay (1 bizarrely imitating Canada Goose!), 4 Reed Bunting, Lesser Redpoll, 6 Linnet (Neil Anderson)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: Purple Sandpiper still present on rocks by red lighthouse, 30 Redshank,12 Dunlin,4 Turnstone,2 Oystercatcher (Steve Bacon), plus 2 Little Gull, 4 Common Snipe, Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Skylark, 15 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit (Andrew Middleton) no request to leave shore path by patrol, walked from Swanscombe end.


 * Theydon Bois, Blunts Farm: Red-legged Partridge, c15 Common Snipe, 6 Lapwing, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel. (Joe Dickens)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Garganey f still, Wheatear, 4 Hawfinch (Tony Clancy) Belmont Farm: m Firecrest still, 4 Common Buzzard, Red Kite, 45 Canada Geese, 2 Mandarin Duck, 22 Black-headed Gulls, 12 Common Gull, 16 Stock Dove, f Peregrine, 12 Fieldfare, 22 Redwing, 4 Starling, Grey Wagtail, Greenfinch, (Samuel Levy)
 * Wanstead Flats: 8 Skylark, 5 Meadow Pipit, 70 + Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 3 Pochard, 4 Gadwall, 10 + Shoveler, 2 Little Grebe, Reed Bunting (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: Hawfinch flew into cemetery, Siskin, 40 + Redwing, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Water Rail, 2 Teal, 14 + Shoveler, 2 Pochard, 3 Little Grebe (Nick Croft)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Snipe, Water Rail, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Shelduck, 2 Lesser Redpoll, Sparrowhawk, 2 Redwing (Chris Farthing)
 * Yeading Brook meadows: m Pheasant, 2 Red Kite (possibly same birds as Ten Acre Wood but quite a few local birds now so may be different), f Kestrel, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 17th March 2018

 * RFI: How late can records be added so that they are still transferred to the LNHS database, please? (JW) Current month only, please send earlier records direct to LNHS, AS) Thanks
 * Alexandra Park: Eurasian Teal pair still Conservation Pond, Aythya hybrid Boating Lake, 2 Greylag Wood Green Res, f Pochard New River, Common Gull flock down to c30, several Redwing (APOG Birders)
 * Battersea Park: 25 Redwing briefly then vanished, 2 Mandarin, 3 Gadwall, 5 Shoveler (Michael Mac)
 * Beddington Farmlands: Stone Curlew, 3 Golden Plover (RBA)
 * Brent Cross: Little Egret on river by shopping centre 11:30 (Allan Stewart)
 * Brent Reservoir: Little Egret, 15 Common Snipe, Water Rail, Egyptian Goose, 2 adult Great Black-backed Gull, 15 Redwing + 5 south, Cetti's Warbler (Andrew Self, Andrew Verrall)
 * Creekmouth: Hawfinch flew over NNE, 2 Black Tailed Godwit, 2 Oystercatcher (Jamie Partridge)
 * Crossness: 4 Avocet, 2 Curlew, 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Dunlin, 4 Wigeon, 22 Shoveler, c.200 Teal and 3rd-winter Yellow-legged Gull (Richard Bonser)
 * Ealing W13: Male and female Blackcap in garden this morning (1st of the winter/spring?) (Bill Haines)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - M Blackcap, 3 Stock Dove (Samuel Levy)
 * Frays Farm Meadows LWT: Barn Owl 6.15am (Dan Pinkham)
 * Golders Hill Park: 40+ Redwings near NW entrance on less snowy ground (James Levy)
 * Isle of Dogs: 8 Egyptian Geese on Thames shore near Island Gardens, Yellow-legged Gull 3cy at Masthouse Terrace Pier (Sean Huggins)
 * Ladywell Fields: 3 Mandarin Duck 2m f, 81 Black-headed Gull with a few larger gulls, 14 Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush, c30 Goldfinch, Stock Dove, Grey Wagtail, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker one drumming (Keith Chambers)
 * Lamorbey Park: 2 Egyptian Goose, c20 Canada Goose, 4 Tufted Duck , 4 Song Thrush (Mike Amos).
 * Lee Valley, Friday Lake: red-head Smew, 14 Pochard, 32 Tufted Duck, 60 Fieldfare north, singing Chiffchaff, Bullfinch (Simon Papps)
 * Lee Valley, Hall Marsh: male Shelduck, 9 Shoveler, Redshank, imm Peregrine Falcon, 50+ Siskin (in adjacent Waltham Abbey Woods (Simon Papps)
 * London Wetland Centre: 4 Jack Snipe, 1 Dunlin, 1 Redshank, 1 f Sparrowhawk (Martin Honey et al.); 2 Little Egret, Water Pipit (Andrew Self)
 * Lonsdale Rd Res (part of WeBS): pr Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 6 Teal, 8 Pochard (Neil Anderson)
 * Millfields E5: Peregrine flew in with prey 12:35 (Alastair Dent)
 * Millwall Docks: Shag 2cy still 8.30am, fishing halfway along Millwall Outer Dock (Sean Huggins) and still there on pontooons by sailing club 3.15pm (Richard Bonser)
 * Rainham Marshes: Despite the weather we have 2 Sandwich Terns on the Whimbrel Posts (Howard Vaughan)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn & Pagoda Avenues. Parking charges apply Mon - Sat 10 to 16.30. Park only in visitors bays. Alley access from alongside 90 Selwyn Avenue and view second garden on right with feeders beyond first corner. Any visitors needing help viewing gardens, can call me on 07767 370555 (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Richmond Park: Red Kite, 20+ Siskin (RPBG)
 * Rye Meads: Little Ringed Plover (Herts website)
 * Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve: 11 Wigeon, 1 Black-tailed Godwit (Very close from Tyler hide.), 1 Little Gull (adult skinning along water seen from bench between Tyler and Eric Sutton Hide. Only 1 bird seen at that time with 3 other observers compared to the 5 seen by Matthew Bournat earlier in the day. (Jack Headley Via Twitter)
 * Strand on the Green, W4: Pair Grey Wagtail, Egyptian goose standing next to it's decapitated parter - the head floating nearby (Catherine Beazley) Who or what done it? I once saw a Grey lag sit by its dead partner in the water but it still had its head (Michael Mac) There were 5 Egyptian Geese in this area when I passed c8.30 doing WeBS + a lot of fighting between them. Wonder with all this going on one could have accidentally got decapitated by an oar as the boats rely on the birds getting out of the way? (Neil Anderson)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: PURPLE SANDPIPER 15:00, 3 Little Gull, 12 Black tailed Godwit, 15 Turnstone, 10 Dunlin, 8 Redshank (Phil Rhodes & Neville Smith). Ref yesterday's comments, are parts of this site now inaccessible, including the favoured location of the Purple Sandpiper? Signs don't say 'trespassers will be prosecuted' go at your own risk but I doubt if you will be arrested (Michael Mac). Yes, most of the marsh is private and there are security patrols, however you can see a lot from the public footpaths but unfortunately not the Purple Sandpiper (Andrew Self) Why haven't they fenced it off then, it's been there for long enough. If your worried say your dog ran off. Legal corner: you can’t be prosecuted for simple trespass as it’s not a criminal offence. So you can’t be arrested either. It is however a civil “offence” and the landowner or his or her agents can ask you - and if that fails, force you to leave. They could also sue you for trespass for property but obviously that’s rather unlikely - HarringayBirder I've been to private areas before at Broadness the only time I saw patrol the bloke just ignored me, its possible they have had a lot of vandalism recently, hence the red signs (Michael Mac)
 * Thamesmead: 15 Pochard on Southmere (Richard Bonser)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 1 Hawfinch seen behind sub-station off Burtonhole Lane footpath. Also 5 Siskin, Lesser Redpoll over Owl field, 7 Teal, Bullfinch, 5 Stock Dove, 2 Linnet, 40 Redwing, 6 Fieldfare, 2 Goldcrest No sign of Garganey this morning. (Simon Worsfold)
 * Upshire: Copped Hall Estate: 18 Linnet, 50+ Yellowhammer, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel (Chris Baldwin)
 * Wallington Garden: Common Snipe West 10:15 (finally a wader,) 100+ Herring Gull S, 25 Common gull N, 7 Black-headed Gull, 5 Fieldfare S. (Arjun Dutta)
 * Walthamstow Marsh: c.09:00 Woodlark flew round calling a few times, appeared to land NE of the boardwalk on the South marsh, south of the railway line. Possibly flew from Bomb Crater field so may return there. Very wet and muddy. (Paul Whiteman). 14 Redwing, 8 Fieldfare rear paddocks, 2 Kestrel (m&f), 1 Meadow Pipit Bomb Crater Field (Alastair Dent)
 * Walthamstow Res, East Warwick: Bar-tailed Godwit this morning (TR per PW)
 * Wanstead Flats: 1w Mediterranean Gull, Common Snipe (Tony Brown), a few Redwing and Fieldfare north (Rob Sheldon) no sign Med Gull after 11:00.  Common Buzzard, 28 Redwing, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Skylark, 10 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 2 Pochard (Nick Croft) m Pheasant reported flushed from enclosure
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Snipe, Water Rail, 2+ Reed Bunting, 2 Shelduck, 4 Lesser Redpoll. Recent large rise in water level makes finding Snipe spp. difficult. Even more difficult for birds who now find their nests are under water. (Chris Farthing)
 * Worcester Park: Garden KT4- 2 Mallard N, 2 finch sp over and 2 Canada Goose later (Isaiah Rowe)

Friday 16th March 2018

 * Alexandra Park: Common Buzzard, pair Eurasian Teal Conservation Pond, Greylag Wood Green Res, Chiffchaff Blandford, 20+ Linnet Filter Beds, 20+ Redwing, 62 Common Gull on flooded playing fields 1740 [record high this winter]; Small Tortoiseshell, Brimstone (APOG Birders)
 * Boxer's Lake, Enfield: 4 adult Grey Heron - two birds sitting on nests and a pair displaying and copulating on third nest, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 2 Mandarin Duck pr, 2 Shoveler pr, 9 Tufted Duck 6m 3f, 26 Black-headed Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull; male Brimstone & Red Admiral nearby (Robert Callf)
 * Brent Reservoir: Little Egret, 17 Snipe; Comma (Andrew Self)
 * Brookmill Park: Firecrest in Leylandii next to pond, Kingfisher, Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bushy Park: not 100 per cent sure but I think a Goshawk flew over at 1200. Flew in straight line, flap flap flap glide, repeated until it disappeared; much bigger than sparrowhawk, almost buzzard size, fanned tail but wingtips swept back not splayed out (Mike Foster)
 * Dollis Brook, Holders Hill: 2 Little Egret Upstream 06:52, Song Thrush, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Grey Wagtail (Samuel Levy)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - Tawny Owl calling 05:40 & 21:00, also 3+ Stock Dove (Samuel Levy) SL - fyi the original deletion of the SDs record was due to a Wikia software malf'n
 * Hayes, Middx: Fremantle Way - low Buzzard, 1-2 Red Kite, 4 large distant unidentified raptors in thermal [had no bins] 11.30ish, singing Mistle Thrush (Neil Anderson)
 * Hall Place (Crayford): 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Heron, Goldcrest, 5 Chaffinch, 20+ Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Coal Tit, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk (Ron Turner) Is this the Gardens pls Ron?
 * Highgate: Common Buzzard N over the station at c1030 (Pete Mantle)
 * Iver Heath: 66 Red Kite and 3 Common Buzzard (C Lamsdell)
 * Kensington Gardens: 1 Chiffchaff singing by Long Water, Little Owl in large Lime nr Henry Moore sculpture, Red Kite over c11:00 - via another observer [Canadian birder on holiday] (Bill Haines)
 * Kingston-upon-Thanes: raptor movement south - 2 Red Kite, 2 Peregrine, Sparrowhawk and 7+ Buzzards 1200-1300. Thanks to Jan W for the text. (P Pentek)
 * Lea Valley - Netherhall/Glen Faba: 2 Goosander 1m 1f, 16 Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, 23 Pochard, White-fronted Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose with 4 goslings, 4 Chiffchaff singing, 4 Cetti's Warbler 1 seen & 3 more singing (Nigel May)
 * London Wetland Centre: [why was my earlier post removed? 5-6 Sand Martin over nest bank [4 more late pm], 4 Jack Snipe, 2 Shelduck, 13 Pintail, 1f Sparrowhawk, 2 Little Egret, 1 Redshank (Martin Honey & P. Knox) MH - thx for flagging this fiendish software issue, seen before but never this bad (7x today). Details on all the (inadvertent!) deletions are now with site administrator.
 * London Zoo: 3 Buzzard kettling over at 1330, also 3 Jackdaw (Sam Jones)
 * Lower Morden: Mediterranean Gull 1st winter on rugby pitch - patch tick (Bob Smith)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 2 Kingfisher chasing upriver, singing Goldcrest, singing Chiffchaff 11:30-12:00 (Alastair Dent)
 * Millfields E5: Peregrine on sub-station pylon at 08:45, singing Stock Dove in the orchard (Alastair Dent)
 * Millwall Docks: Shag [Ldn foy] 2cy on jetty in front of sailing club 9.30am (Sean Huggins) record restored after s/w glitch
 * Natural History Museum: 1 Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzards, 1 Peregrine, Grey Wagtail over between 1-3pm (Joe Beale)
 * Pinner (The Croft): Red Kite over at 12.15 (Nigel Barratt)
 * Rainham Marsh: 15 Fieldfare (James Palmer)
 * Rayners Lane: Sparrowhawk Alexandra Ave (Tim Rymer)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn & Pagoda Avenues. 1 Blackcap singing late pm. 2 Coal Tit. Parking charges apply Mon - Sat. Park only in visitors bays. (Paul Harvey, Franko J Maroevic)
 * Richmond Park: Chiffchaff singing 10:05 (P. Redmond); m Wheatear briefly, Little Grebe (J.Few, B.Atherton); 2 Sand Martin (Friday Bird Group); 13+ Common Buzzard - several heading S & SE and a few locals, 3 Red Kite (J.Wilczur); 3+ Peregrine (JW, S.Read); 21 Greylag (SR)
 * Ruislip Woods: 30+ Hawfinch in section of woods north of the Reservoir Rd car park 08:15 (Richard Francis)
 * Sidcup: Police Station - pr Peregrines copulating, seen from train (Michael Mac)
 * Staines Reservoirs: AMERICAN HORNED LARK still on causeway bank of S basin early pm near second alcove, 2 Black-necked Grebe on S basin near causeway, 1 Little Ringed Plover on N basin per other observers (Paul Harvey, Franko J Maroevic)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: PURPLE SANDPIPER on rocks by Broadness light at 11am, 15 Turnstone, 6 Dunlin, 45+ Redshank, Avocet, Oystercatcher, Curlew, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Raven, 2 Marsh Harrier, Bearded Tit (Balham Birder); PSandpiper still here 14:45. Since I was last here new big red signs say no public entry to this area, 3 Ravens, pr Stonechat, f Garganey at small lake in quarry bottom of hill from village flew off with 3 male Wigeon (Michael Mac) Thought those signs were new Nick Croft]; locals living in small boats, sheds said they can drive in and out. Told us base-jumpers are using the highest pylon to jump from, with 1 death so far. Security with 3 dogs have warned one birder off. [Andrew Verrall, Magnus Andersson] Thanks for information/I think the area should be a nature reserve, if they build on it will be a crime [Michael Mac]
 * Swanscombe: Train Station - House Sparrow chirping in ivy (Michael Mac)
 * The Ridgeway, Mill Hill: 6 Common Buzzard drifting slowly NE 09:50-10:55, 2 Sparrowhawk NE 10:45 (Samuel Levy)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: f Garganey still, 14 Teal, 3 Common Buzzard, 10 Common Gull, 4 Black-headed Gull, 11 Stock Dove, Collared Dove, 3 Little Owl, 9 Rook, Goldcrest, f Firecrest in Ivy and Holly bushes just South of Laurel Farm Pond, 40 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing, 50+ Starling, 17 Meadow Pipit, 11 Siskin (Samuel Levy). Also 4 Siskin feeding in Alders NW side of Darland's Lake, Nuthatch calling, Brimstone Butterfly fields west side of footpath to Totteridge Church (Bob Husband, Fay Broom, Luis Jarero)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: 2m Firecrest in holly and cuttings at entrance to Horse Chestnut Glade, also 2 Goldcrest, Coal Tit; Brimstone (Bob Watts)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: LITTLE BUNTING still showing at regular intervals in usual place, m Wheatear, Dunlin, 4 Green Sandpipers in relief channel, Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, pr Peregrine, Rook, 2 Jackdaw (Walthamstow Birders); Scaup and 8 Goldeneye (Dave Morrison) From which viewpoint can the Green Sandpipers in the Flood Relief Channel be seen? [James Palmer]
 * Wanstead Flats: 2-3 m Wheatear, f Stonechat, 2 Fieldfare, up to 14 Common Buzzard, 3 Sparrowhawk, Peregrine Falcon, 2 Kestrel, Little Owl, 1-3 Rook, 2 Redpoll, 3 Linnet, signing Chiffchaff, 4 Meadow Pipit 1-2 on territory, 6 Skylark, 2 Little Grebe (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: singing Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, 14 Shoveler, 10 Teal (Nick Croft)
 * West Putney, Huntingfield Road, SW15: m Goshawk NW 14.05, 2 Red Kite (R.Kaye)
 * Worcester Park: Fieldfare, 2 Little Egrets on horse fields (Bob Smith)
 * Yeading Brook Meadows: small area east of Yeading Ln only - Grey Heron & Little Egret feeding on frogs, low Buzzard (Neil Anderson)

Thursday 15th March 2018

 * Barnes Common: Chiffchaff singing (R.Kaye)
 * Bayhurst Wood: 8 Hawfinch close to car park 09:20 (Richard Francis)
 * Bramblehall Wood: Updated count for yesterday. If anybody is planning on visiting, it is imperative to arrive as early as possible and get down to the fence line to enable a clear view of the woodland edge and the sky above. The Hawfinches can have moved on by 08.00hrs, but all is not lost - they are now easy to see at Juniper Bottom and Juniper Top throughout the morning [Steve Gale]
 * Brent Reservoir: 3 Green Sandpiper, 21 Common Snipe, Sheldrake, Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Water Rail (Magnus Andersson)
 * Brookmill Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing, Song Thrush, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Dollis Brook, Holders Hill: Goldcrest, Mandarin Duck down stream 0706 (Samuel Levy)
 * Hayes Town, Middx: 3 Red Kite over 11.50 (Wendy Marks)
 * Juniper Bottom: 250+ Hawfinch (Steve Gale)
 * Juniper Top: 66 Hawfinch (Steve Gale)
 * Lodge Hill: 24 Hawfinch (Steve Gale) [new site for LNHS gazetteer TQ179522]
 * London Wetland Centre: Shelduck, 8 Pintail, Goldeneye, m Pheasant, Little Egret, 2 Jack Snipe, 8 Common Snipe, Redshank, Chiffchaff singing wildside, 10 Redwing, m House Sparrow entrance bank (WWT website); Bittern fr WWF hide 12.45 (Mike Wheeler)
 * Mad Bess Wood: 10 Hawfinch at northern edge 09:30 (Richard Francis)
 * Mayflower Park: Redpoll (Danny Ramsay, Bob Smith)
 * Morden Cemetery: Little Owl in first poplar inside small gate by Joseph Hood Park is best spot recently (Bob Smith)
 * Oxleas Wood: 2 Coal Tit, 7 Jackdaw, 3 Common Buzzard, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Goldcrest, 3 Firecrest, Stock Dove, 3 Nuthatch, Sparrowhawk, Chaffinch, Green Woodpecker, Tawny Owl, Grey Heron (Ron Turner)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn & Pagoda Avenues. Parking charges apply Mon-Sat. Park only in visitors bays. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Ruislip Woods: 16+ Hawfinch 2 by Poors Field 09:40 & 10+ down from Wiltshire Ln 09:50 & 4+ nr Fore St/Salisbury Rd entrance 10:00 (Richard Francis)
 * Staines Moor: pm - Red Kite, Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Chiffchaff singing on and off, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 2 Bullfinch, 20 Linnet, 30+ Meadow Pipit, Water Pipit, 15+ Skylark, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Green Woodpecker, Snipe, 4 Pheasant (Nick Baker)
 * Staines Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe, Redshank, 3 Little Gull south basin (Jim Sweetland via Twitter); 2 Black-necked Grebe, 4 Little Gull 2 ad 2 first-winter, AMERICAN HORNED LARK still (Dom Pia tweet)
 * Stoneleigh: Station KT17 - 100 Herring Gull ne, 8 Ring-necked Parakeet (Neil Batten)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: PURPLE SANDPIPER still at lighthouse (Nick Croft tweet); 7  Turnstone, 20+ Dunlin, 30+ Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing, Marsh Harrier, Rock Pipit (Nick Croft/Marco Johnson)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: no sign of Garganey am, 3 Teal, 8 Siskin, Treecreeper, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Lesser Redpoll, 2 Bullfinch (Simon Worsfold); f Garganey still pm, 3 Hawfinch, 2 Common Buzzard (Tony Clancy) Reed Bunting, 5 Bullfinch, Kingfisher, 1 Siskin (Ian Ellis)
 * Trent Park: 15 Mandarin Duck 11m 4f lower lake, 4 Tufted Duck 2m 2f, 8 Moorhen, 3 Green Woodpecker, f Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Redwing, Nuthatch, Treecreeper singing, f Siskin, m Bullfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 1 Little Egret, 2 Egyptian Geese on rear paddocks (Alastair Dent)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Little Ringed Plover on East Warwick am and 2 Sand Martins on Lockwood (Paul Whiteman); LITTLE BUNTING still (David Bradshaw via Twitter)
 * Worcester Park: garden KT4 - 2 male Blackcaps fed briefly together on feeders (Isaiah Rowe)

Wednesday 14th March 2018

 * Alexandra Park: Chiffchaf singing New River, pair Eurasian Teal still Conservation Pond, 3 Linnet in filter beds, no sign Shoveler (APOG Birders)
 * Ashurst Rough: 2 Hawfinch, 2 Bullfinch (Jon Agar) [new site for LNHS gazetteer TQ184521]
 * Bow Creek NR: 2 Redshank, Common Sandpiper (Paul Hyland)
 * Bramblehall Wood: 10 Hawfinch, Buzzard (Jon Agar); 400+ Hawfinch (Nicholas Reynard)
 * Brent Reservoir: 1 Shelduck, 98 Tufted Duck, 10 Pochard, 14 Common Snipe, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Roy Beddard)
 * Brook Farm, Upminster: 4 Buzzard, Jack Snipe, Sand Martin, 18 Redwing, Wheatear (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Bushy Park: m Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Thelma Caine/Paul Spencer/Surbiton BC per Glen Maddison)
 * Canons Farm: 35 Skylark; 2 Brimstone (Geoff Barter via CFBW blog)
 * Crossness: 20 Shelduck, 300 Teal, 50 Gadwall, 30 Shoveler, 20 Wigeon, Little Egret, Peregrine, Kestrel, 8 Lapwing, 21 Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, 10 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Reed Bunting (Conrad Ellam)
 * Dollis Brook, Holders Hill: 2 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Greenfinch, Grey Wagtail (Samuel Levy)
 * East Barnet: private gdn - Red Kite over, Blackcap, Coal Tit, Collared Doves, 3 House Sparrow, 6 Goldfinch (Pete Lowman)
 * East India Dock NR: 15 Siskin feeding in alders on Orchard Wharf boundary then flew east [my first here], 2 Egyptian Geese, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Shelduck (Paul Hyland)
 * Elephant & Castle: Peregrine flying around high up alarming pigeons gulls & crows (Neil Anderson)
 * Figges Marsh CR4: 29 Common Gull, 114 Black-headed Gull (James Hudson)
 * Forty Hall CP: Cormorant, 32 Black-headed Gull, first-winter Common Gull, 4 Mistle Thrush 2 prs, Treecreeper, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin pr feeding in alder (Robert Callf)
 * Golders Green NW11: f Blackcap in garden (James Levy)
 * Greenwich Park: Sparrowhawk f (Ray Crouch)
 * Guy Lodge Farm: 13 Common Gull incl three first-winter, 2 ad Lesser Black-backed Gull, singing male Greenfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Hackney: Common Buzzard drifted high NW over Coopersale Rd 1340 (Pete Mantle)
 * Hampstead Heath: Merlin NW over Highgate No.1 at 0925, pr Sparrowhawks displaying here too, 20 Redwings N (Pete Mantle)
 * Iver Heath: 42 Red Kite and Raven (Chris Lamsdell)
 * KGV Reservoir: m Smew s basin nw cnr, 4 Goosander, 14 Goldeneye 6m, 6 Shoveler 3pr, 14 Teal, pr Grey Wagtail, pr Sparrowhawk displaying, 2 Buzzards, f Peregrine 12.30-1.30pm (Davey Leach)
 * Ladywell Fields: 3 Mandarin Duck 2m f, 22 Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush, 35 Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Grey Wagtail, 4 Stock Dove feeding on ground w/ Woodpigeon flock (Keith Chambers)
 * Lavender Hill Cemetery: 8 Redwing (Robert Callf)
 * London Road Cemetery (CR4): 26 Redwing (James Hudson)
 * London Wetland Centre: Redshank, Jack Snipe, 9 Pintail, 3 Shelduck, 4 Siskin, 14 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, Little Egret, 2 Little Grebe (WWT website); singing Chiffchaff sheltered lagoon, 2 Red Kite S over site, 10 Common Snipe, 2 Jack Snipe wader scrape (Martin Honey); also earlier Common Snipe walking past Jack Snipe and Blackcap male sub-song, fem Goldeneye (Andrew Verrall)
 * London Zoo: 2 Mandarin Duck on Regents Canal (Sam Jones)
 * Mayesbrook Park: Buzzard, Skylark, Long-tailed Tits still nest-building (Alan Shearman tweet)
 * Motspur Park: Common Buzzard soaring (Bob Smith)
 * Muswell Hill: Blackcap singing in the garden - first of the year (Brian Milligan)
 * North Finchley: Blackcap in song in local garden (John Colmans)
 * Oxleas Wood;4Greatspottedwoodpecker,Treecreeper,Coaltit,6Goldcrest,Buzzard,7Firecrest,Kestrel(m)(Ron Turner)
 * Pinner (The Croft): 1 Redwing only, 2 Goldfinch (Nigel Barratt)
 * Putney Heath: north of the A3 - 2 Firecrest singing and both showing superbly. One just W of Green Man Pub the other just E of Scio Pond (R.Kaye); 3 Mandarin Duck 2m f on Scio Pond, both Firecrests still in place pm - many thanks to R. Kaye (Nick Baker); 7 Lesser Redpoll north of Windmill Rd (Les Evans-Hill)
 * Rainham Marshes: 15 Avocet Aveley Bay; on reserve - 2+ Ruff, 4 Curlew, 31 Golden Plover, c60 Dunlin, 2 Marsh Harrier ad f & ad m, still 200+ Wigeon, 4+ Cetti's Warbler singing, 2+ Buzzard (Matt Palmer); also incl 15 Pochard, 2 Little Egret, 7 Cormorant, Sparrowhawk, 4 Marsh Harrier, 2 Water Rail, 16 Avocet, 4 Oystercatcher, 600 Lapwing, 31 Golden Plover, 29 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Ruff, 3 Snipe, 20 Redshank, 63 Common Gull, 2 juv Great Black-backed Gull, Barn Owl, Kestrel, 22m Skylark, 5 Bearded Tit, 5 Cetti’s Warbler, f Blackcap, 13m Meadow Pipit (per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn & Pagoda Avenues, 1 Coal Tit. Parking charges apply Mon - Sat. Park only in visitors bays. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Ruislip Woods: Red Kite W 16:00 (James Levy)
 * Southall: Red Kite over 11:45 (Phil Belman) TQ1280
 * Staines Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe s basin, Redshank, AMERICAN HORNED LARK s basin causeway bank still (Dom Pia tweet)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: PURPLE SANDPIPER still on platform at end of jetty am (David Bradshaw tweet); roosting at high tide on the platform at the base of the light tower along with 13 Turnstone; also my first Brimstone of the year (Matt Palmer)
 * Theydon Mount: 4 Buzzard, 90 Fieldfare (Barry Jones per ELBF FB)
 * Tooting Common: Firecrest Bedford Wood (James Hudson)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: c800 Common Gull two separate flocks, 3 Buzzard, 9 Rook, 4 Teal, Coot on Totteridge Long Pond, Meadow Pipit, 2 Siskin, 3 Greenfinch (John Colmans); also 32 Canada Geese, 2 Mandarin Duck, 14 Teal, f Garganey [Ldn foy] at Darlands Lake feeding with Teal 16:00-17:45at least - bird has possibly been present since 20th Feb and last seen before this 7th March, 2 Common Buzzard, 5 Lapwing, 3 Woodcock cow field, 32 Black-headed Gull, 780+ Common Gull, 34 Stock Dove, 3 Little Owl, 2 Kestrel, 600+ Jackdaw into roost, 4 Rook, 3 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 4 Goldcrest, 6 Fieldfare, 40 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, 39+ Starling, 5 Pied Wagtail, Hawfinch perched in tree nr substation then flew towards Partingdale Ln, 7 Bullfinch; also Red Admiral (Samuel Levy); Barn Owl owl_field 18:06 (Samuel Levy & Simon Worsfold) Pics of Garganeyhere
 * Trent Park: Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Tufted Duck m 2f, 4 Mandarin 2m 2f, Song Thrush, Lesser Black-backed Gull (Pete Lowman)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: LITTLE BUNTING still around seed tray at 9 30, Dunlin on Lockwood, 2 Sand Martin, littoralis Rock Pipit on Lockwood pm (Walthamstow Birders)
 * Wimbledon Common: 2 Sparrowhawk 1m Thatched Cottage 1f Memorial Ride, 1m Kestrel Thatched Cottage (Les Evans-Hill)
 * Wimbledon Park Lake: 4 Black Swan Apparently turned up or illegally released there this morning, not re-found this afternoon, so possibly free-flying. Any other sightings? [request from Phil Belman, info and photos on Friends of Wimbledon Park Facebook page] Were they teenagers, with eyes still brown and black-tipped flight feathers? There has recently been a roving gang of 4 young Black Swans in Kensington Gardens and later St James's Park, where I thought they had settled, bringing the total there to 9, but they may have got the wanderlust again. -- Ralph Hancock - Ralph, that's really helpful, the photos don't show the flight feathers although the eyes look fully coloured but highly likely the same four. [PB] I saw what sounds like these four (they were definitely black swans, but not as black as one I have seen on the Serpentine) on Sunday 11 at about 5pm swimming up the Thames on the Middlesex side at what is now optimistically called Fulham Reach.
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 5 Snipe, Water Rail, 2+ Reed Bunting, 2 Shelduck (Chris Farthing)
 * Worcester Park: Little Egret on horse field (Bob Smith)

Tuesday 13th March 2018

 * Alexandra Park: 3 Shoveler 2m f Wood Green Res 0640, Chifchaff middle platform adjacent to Wood Green Res, Eurasian Teal pair still Conservation Pond 1740 (APOG Birders)
 * Barn Elms Playing Fields: 2 Shelduck E, 5 Wigeon E, 8 Buzzard, 3 Red Kite together, resident m Peregrine chased off a juv f interloper, 2 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 3 Snipe E, 500+ Black-headed Gull light passage E all morning, 20 Redwing, Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush dropped in, Nuthatch, Siskin S (R.Kaye)
 * Belhus Woods CP: incl 20 Shoveler, 20 Gadwall, 4 Wigeon, 18 Teal, 20 Pochard, 45 Tufted Duck, 5 Little Grebe, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 26 Cormorant, Water Rail, Jack Snipe, Curlew, Kingfisher, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 11 Green Woodpecker, 16 Jackdaw, Coal Tit, Cetti's Warbler, Firecrest, 4 Goldcrest, Treecreeper, 14 Redwing, 13 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, Meadow Pipit, 4 Bullfinch, 6 Greenfinch, 10 Lesser Redpoll, 182 Siskin, Reed Bunting (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Bramblehall Wood: 600 Hawfinch (Steve Gale)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher, Song Thrush, 5 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
 * Dollis Brook, Holders Hill: 2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Wagtail, Fieldfare, 2 Coal Tit (Samuel Levy)
 * Finchley: garden N3 - 2 Sparrowhawk f & m, Stock Dove, Cormorant SE 1715; Avenue Tennis Club - 80+ Redwing through E at dusk with more through calling over head once dark (Samuel Levy)
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: 5 Mandarin 3 m, 6 Pied Wagtail Parade Ground, 198 Redwing 38 nr Round Pond and 160 sth end of Parade Ground, Sand Martin E (N P Senior)
 * Juniper Bottom: 120 Hawfinch (Steve Gale)
 * KGV Reservoir: s basin - pr Scaup still present but no sign of Smew or Merganser, 12 Goldeneye, pr Goosander, Green Sandpiper, Kestrel m, Sparrowhawk 1.00-1.40pm (Davey Leach); 18 Goosander, Smew, Peregrine, 3 Kestrel, Green Sandpiper, Redshank, Dunlin, Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, 29 Linnet, Reed Bunting (Neville Smith) Would someone be able to confirm the access for this site? Is a permit still required? Thanks Click the site link above for permit instructions (last updated Sep 2016 - OUT OF DATE INFO).
 * Leatherhead Station: 1 Common Buzzard circling overhead 13:00 drifted off E. Appeared to be missing some tail feathers (Neil Batten)
 * Lloyd Park, Walthamstow: 18 Common Gull, 31 Black-headed Gull, 1 Grey Heron 2nd summer, 14 Starling (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Bittern se corner main lake, 1 Sand Martin over reservoir lagoon, 2 Jack Snipe wader scrape, 1 Goldeneye main lake, 1 Little Egret, 1m Stonechat, 10 Pintail, 2 Shelduck (Martin Honey)
 * Maida Vale: Brimstone midday in back garden on Greville Place (Pete Mantle)
 * Mayflower Park: Peregrine (Bill Reid per Bob Smith)
 * Mickleham Downs: 46 Hawfinch (Steve Gale)
 * Oxleas Wood: 7 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, 2 Nuthatch, Common Buzzard, 4 Stock Dove, Kestrel m, 14 Goldcrest, Firecrest, 7 Redpoll, 8 Goldfinch (Ron Turner)
 * Panshanger: c1 Hawfinch flying toward Cole Green Ln farm buildings (Anders Gray via Herts BC)
 * Pinner: pr Tawny Owl calling 05:00 (Richard Francis)
 * Pinner (The Croft): 2 Coal Tit, 2 Goldfinch, Chaffinch, 20+ Redwing (Nigel Barratt)
 * Ponders End Lake: Little Ringed Plover, 1st winter Mediterranean Gull (Neville Smith)
 * Rainham RSPB: juv Iceland Gull on stone barges early am (J.Murray); Short-eared Owl over river (BirdGuides); 128 Kittiwake downriver in 3 flocks 87 & 37 & 4 12:00-12:30 (Howard Vaughan, Simren Soor, Andy Tweed, Jill Smith via ELBF FB); 4 Marsh Harrier, 11 Buzzard, 35 Avocet, 33 Golden Plover, 4 Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, 30 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Ruff, 40 Dunlin, 8 Snipe, 22 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Yellow-legged Gull, Baltic-type Lesser Black-backed Gull, f Blackcap, m Chiffchaff, 12 Siskin (Howard Vaughan et al via ELBF FB)
 * Rammey Marsh: Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 30+ Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Pheasant, Long-tailed Tit, Jay; Muntjac (Geoff Gram)
 * Ravenor Park, Greenford: c120 Redwing c90 on ground rest in trees & some sub-song, c20 House Sparrow (Neil Anderson)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn & Pagoda Avenues. Parking charges apply Mon-Sat. Park only in visitors bays. (Dr Eric Barnes, Franko J Maroevic)
 * Richmond Park: 3+ Buzzard, 4 Grey Wagtail (RPBG)
 * Royal Albert Dock: Black-necked Grebe nr Cyprus DLR w/ 6 Great Crested Grebe (Richard Hack)
 * Ruislip Woods: 10+ Hawfinch 5+ vicinity of Fore St/Salisbury Rd 08:15 & 5+ down from Wiltshire Ln 08:30 (Richard Francis)
 * Staines Moor: Red Kite, Buzzard, Cetti's Warbler (Robert Martin tweet)
 * Stanwell Moor: 3 Red Kite, Little Egret, Lapwing, Common Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, 20 Redwing (Robert Martin tweet)
 * Swanley Park: Kingfisher [site first ever], Cormorant, 3 Greylag, Shoveler, Coot, Green Woodpecker, Greenfinch (Andy Meaton)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: PURPLE SANDPIPER, 2 Oystercatcher, 42 Redshank, 6 Turnstone, 4 Dunlin, Raven, Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, Skylark, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Shelduck, 5 Pochard, 5 Water Rail, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel (Magnus Andersson, Simon Worsfold)
 * The Ridgeway, Mill Hill: 9 Common Buzzard N 11:50-12:50, also Sparrowhawk N 11:40, 8 Chaffinch & 3 Goldfinch W 12:15, 6 Redwing (Samuel Levy)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: 3 Firecest 2m f 1000 in holly and cuttings nr entrance to Horse Chestnut Glade (John Archer, Bob Watts)
 * Trent Park: 10 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Goldfinch, 5 Tufted Duck 3m 2f, 4 Pochard 3m1f, Song Thrush, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Stock Dove (Pete Lowman); 3 Tawny Owl 2m hooting 18:30-18:45 & f calling from Animal Rescue Centre (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: LITTLE BUNTING still showing occasionally around seed tray, first Sand Martin, 4 Rooks, 2 Goosander, 7+ Goldeneye, 1 Lapwing (Walthamstow Birders)
 * Wanstead Flats: 2-4 Rook [2 probables E over Manor Park], Lapwing, Common Buzzard, 3 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 23 Meadow Pipit, 5 Skylark, Little Owl, 2 Stock Dove, 15 Shoveler, Teal, 300+ Black-headed Gull E (Nick Croft); Latimer Road E7 [just south of Flats] - minimum 15 House Sparrows (Harry Harrison)
 * Wanstead Park: Woodcock, 2 Water Rail, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, singing Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch, 10 Redwing, Fieldfare, Redpoll, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 35 Shoveler, 15 Teal, Little Grebe, 4 Stock Dove (Nick Croft)
 * Wimbledon Common: nr windmill - 1+ Lesser Spotted Woodpecker [drumming], 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Treecreeper, 25+ Redwing, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 30+ Siskin, 4 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Rook over (Nick Baker) Hi Nick, can you confirm the time of the LSW record? Thanks Just after midday, between the golf course and the windmill, in birch trees just off one of the main rides.
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 5 Snipe, Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Shelduck, Teal, Lesser Redpoll, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk (Chris Farthing); 2 m Blackcap on Woodland trail feeders (Jan Dobbie)
 * Worcester Park: 1 Little Egret, 2 displaying Sparrowhawks (Bob Smith)
 * Wormley Wood: Marsh Tit seen & h Old Grove, 4 Hawfinch Old Grove TL318059 (Murray Orchard via Herts BC)

Monday 12th March 2018

 * Alexandra Park: 3 Shoveler 2m f still Wood Green Res, also singing Chiffchaff foy 0645, 4 Shoveler 3m f 1735, also Eurasian Teal still NE corner Conservation Pond, 16 Tufted Duck Wood Green Res (Bob Watts)
 * Bayhurst Woods: 4 Hawfinch near pond 09:25 (Richard Francis)
 * Beddington Farmlands: Wheatear [Ldn foy] am (BirdGuides)
 * Brook Farm, Upminster: ad Spoonbill [Rainham bird] E 1358 (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Brookmill Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
 * Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: Cormorant, 3 Egyptian Goose, 6 Shoveler 4m 2f, 22 Tufted Duck 11m 11f, 10+ Moorhen, 16 Coot, 134+ Black-headed Gull, 4 ad Common Gull, imm Herring Gull, Mistle Thrush, 50+ Starling, 2 Greenfinch pr (Robert Callf)
 * Dollis Brook, Holders Hill: 2 Grey Wagtail, Little Egret (Samuel Levy)
 * Fairlop Waters: Pink-footed Goose nr entrance w/ Greylags, 2 Curlew and 9 Golden Plover over [the former seemed to land nearby], 2 Bullfinch (Joe Dickens)
 * Fulham: m Pheasant (Alice Webster)
 * London Wetland Centre: Redshank, 3 Dunlin over 1300, Little Egret, 14 Common Snipe, Jack Snipe, 4 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Mandarin Duck, 3 Shelduck, 8 Redwing, 11 Fieldfare (WWT website); also 12+ Pintail, 2 Bittern, 4 Jack Snipe, 2 Redshank, Mediterranean Gull (Chris White tweet)
 * Mayflower Park: 2 Goldcrests (Bob Smith)
 * Rainham RSPB: ad Spoonbill fsp 0900 then E up Mardyke Valley 1347 (Howard Vaughan tweets); no sign at 4pm. Possible Iceland Gull 1st winter on wennington marsh but distant, female Marsh Harrier there & 14 Avocet in Aveley bay (J.Murray); also 40 Pintail, 4 Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, 2 Water Rail, 27 Avocet, 33 Golden Plover, 4 Curlew, 60 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Ruff, 5 Dunlin, 20 Snipe, 8 Stock Dove, 2 Kestrel, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Water Pipit, 2 Greenfinch (per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn & Pagoda Avenues, 2 Lesser Redpoll. Parking charges apply Mon-Sat. Park only in visitors bays. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Ruislip Wood: 1 Hawfinch at Fore St/Salisbury Rd entrance 10:05 (Richard Francis)
 * The Ridgeway, Mill Hill: really oddly a Bittern has just flown low over Mill Hill school heading West towards Mill Hill Broadway having come from the direction of Darlands Lake 14:44 (Samuel Levy) Please stop changing my post. [SL] Commiserations re the troll SL; happens to the best of us. Superb record btw.
 * Tooting Common: Firecrest still on east side of Bedford Wood approx 51.435437 -0.140520 [TQ293723] (Balham Birder)
 * Trent Park: 2m Teal 1 Upper Lake & 1 Lower Lake, 4 Mandarin 3m f, 4 Pochard 2m 2f, 4 Tufted Duck m 3f, Kestrel, Song Thrush, 6 Goldfinch (Pete Lowman)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: Redshank main gp 09:30-09:40 (TyttGP tweet)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: LITTLE BUNTING around seed tray at 10:15, Green Sandpiper, 5 Goldeneye, no sign of Scaup on No 4 am (Walthamstow Birders)
 * Wanstead Flats: 2 Rook, 4 singing Skylark, 7 Meadow Pipit 1 singing, 2 Grey Wagtail, 7 Redwing 1 singing, 12 Song Thrush 5 singing, 3 Mistle Thrush, Kestrel, Common Buzzard, White-cheeked Turaco, 15 Shoveler, 3 Gadwall, 4 Pochard, 2 Little Grebe, 23+ Greenfinch, m Reed Bunting, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Little Owl (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 8 Siskin, 16 Teal, 17 Shoveler, Pochard, Little Grebe, Little Egret (Nick Croft)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Jack Snipe, 4 Snipe, singing Water Rail, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Shelduck, 2 Teal, 8 Shoveler (Chris Farthing)
 * Worcester Park: 2 Egyptian Geese on fields - flew off north, Little Egret (Bob Smith)

Sunday 11th March 2018

 * Alexandra Park: 3 Shoveler 2m f, c15 Tufted Duck, 1 Sparrowhawk m WG Res, 119 Carrion Crow Cricket Pitch [never counted these beasts before - wonder what the high could be] (Sam Jones), pair of Teal still on Conservation Pond [shy], Treecreeper near east entrance to park (Greg Smith)
 * Amwell NR: Gt Hardmead L - Pink-footed Goose roosted again on island fr viewpt then N 0715 (Ron Cousins via Twitter); 3 Pintail still TL378128 (Mike Ilett via Herts BC)
 * Barnes Common: 4 Treecreepers together (Mike Hildesley)
 * Battersea Reach: Spoonbill [Ldn foy] low upriver 0610 - seen fr Chelsea side (Dave Morrison via Twitter) See also entries for London Wetland Centre and Brent Res, below.
 * Bentley Priory: 2 Hawfinch 1 from northern perimeter of Spring Meadow in trees in grounds of mansion TQ154931 & 1 at southern end of Spring Meadow TQ153927 (Tony Blake)
 * Brent Reservoir: Spoonbill East Marsh 12:43-13:30 at least, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Lapwing, 24 Snipe (Magnus Andersson via Twitter); Spoonbill still 1435 but out of view (Andrew Self via Twitter); roosting North Marsh 15:10 (MA tweet); back in East Marsh 16:00 (Andrew Self); flew off SW 17:25 (MA tweet); 100+ Redwing woods near fields, ringed 1st-winter Common Gull from Czech Republic; male Muntjac (MA); also 1 Shelduck, 2 Siskin over, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 4 Lapwing (LNHS Walk)
 * Broadwater GP: 9 Egyptian Goose, 3 Red-crested Pochard, 2 Goosander, 1 Oystercatcher (Chris Lamsdell)
 * Broxbourne Woods: 15+ Hawfinch Broxbourne Common area 1420 (David Jordan via Herts BC)
 * Charing Cross Hospital: 3 Peregrine Falcon [1 intruder chased off E at 9:27 - mating at 9:43 when male returned - public site] (Nathalie Mahieu, Ruth Savery, John Boorman)
 * Coopers Green GPs - Stanborough GP: 2 Red Kite, Green Sandpiper (Steven Pearce via Herts BC)
 * Crayford Marshes: 1st-winter Caspian Gull and presumed Caspian/Herring Gull 2nd-winter [ringed as a 1st-winter Caspian Gull at Pitsea in March 2017] at Jolly Farmers/recycling centre and a Mediterranean x Black-headed Gull hybrid (Richard Bonser, Dante Shepherd)
 * Fairlop Waters: Pink-footed Goose again on par 3 course, 2 Reed Bunting, 1 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Little Owl, 1 Kestrel (Steve Bacon)
 * Greenford UB6: Red Kite over my garden (Neil Anderson)
 * Hackney Marshes: Old River Lea 1 Chiffchaff, pair Goldcrest displaying (Jan Dobbie)
 * Haste Hill Golf Club, Northwood: 1m Lesser Spotted Woodpecker briefly drumming and calling by public footpath north of golf course at TQ09179041 (Michael Hammond)
 * Home Park: Skylark singing by Rick Pond, plus 20 Redwing, also 3 Skylark by The Pavilion (Mike Foster) MF - many thx for your post, slightly edited. As explained here, the LNHS exports data from this page in 'comma-separated values' (CSV) file-format, which is why the 'period' has been replaced with a 'comma'.
 * KGV Reservoir: Greylag, 4 Shelduck, m Smew, 8 Goosander, m Red-breasted Merganser, pr Scaup, 10 Goldeneye, 5 Wigeon, m Pintail, Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, Lapwing, Curlew then N, Oystercatcher, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Redshank, Kestrel, Peregrine, Skylark, Mistle Thrush, 2 Chiffchaff, 8 Meadow Pipit, 8 Linnet, Reed Bunting (Neville Smith per ELBF FB)
 * London Wetland Centre: Spoonbill 08:30-12:05 then NE, Bittern, Little Egret, Avocet main lake pm, 3 Jack Snipe, Redshank, Mediterranean Gull (WWT website); f Brambling (Bob Waller via Surrey BN)
 * Mayflower Park Wetlands: 2 Reed Buntings, 20+ Redwing and 4+ Chaffinches (Isaiah Rowe)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: Sparrowhawk, Peregrine on Millfields sub-station pylon 17.15 (Jan Dobbie)
 * Panshanger Park: Chiffchaff singing (Murray Brown via Herts BC)
 * Pinner HA5: 1m Tawny Owl hooting at 0300 (Michael Hammond)
 * Putney Heath: 3 Snipe Ladies Mile/Inner Park Ride (Les Evans-Hill)
 * Rainham RSPB: 100+ Shoveler, c1000 Wigeon, 35 Gadwall, 225+ Teal, 40+ Pintail, 24 Pochard, 40 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, Water Rail h, 27 Avocet, 2 Curlew, 24 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruff flying upriver, 34 Dunlin, 4 Snipe, 30+ Redshank, Peregrine, 15+ Skylark, 7 Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, Water Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, 10 Reed Bunting (Simon Satchell via EBwS BN)
 * Raynes Park: Tawny Owl heard hooting in garden 1.05am (P. Redmond)
 * Ruislip Woods: 2 Hawfinch halfway from Wiltshire Ln entrance towards the lake, 20+ Redwing Fore St, many Great Spotted Woodpeckers drumming 1 seen (Barbara and Jarek Francik)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 2 Black-tailed Godwit E over Toll Rd 0850 (Toby Spall via Herts BC); Curlew 09:00-13:00 at least & Spotted Redshank [Ldn foy] 10:05-12:50 then NW - both fr gadwall_hide (Toby Spall/Emily Leonard/William Last via Herts BC/Twitter)
 * St Paul's Cray (The Brook): 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldfinch, Goldcrest calling (Jack Headley via Twitter)
 * Sewardstone Marsh/Pattypool Mead: calling Curlew E from KGV reservoir north basin at 07:30 (Martin Shepherd); 2 Black-tailed Godwit 10:00-12:25 at least (Neville Smith)
 * Staines Reservoir: Scaup distant on s basin, 8 Goldeneye, Black-necked Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, Dunlin, American Horned Lark not seen but prob still on causeway bank (Dominic Pia via Twitter); AMERICAN HORNED LARK causeway still (Tony Sweetland via Twitter); also 2 Redshank at the east end of the north basin and a Grey Plover circling over the east end of the south basin at 11:00 (Nick Rutter)
 * Stanstead Abbotts Lakes - N lake: 2 Oystercatcher (Jane Free via Herts BC)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: 11 Turnstone, PURPLE SANDPIPER still 12:35pm, also Jack Snipe, 2 Marsh Harriers, adult Mediterranean Gull, Yellow-legged Gull and Rock Pipit (Barry Wright, Bob Watts, Dominic Mitchell, Dante Shepherd, Richard Bonser)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 20 Teal, 4m Pheasant 3 seen, Little Egret, 2 Buzzard feeding on ground, Kestrel, 2 tumbling Lapwing, 2 Golden Plover [1st record on deck - 1 previous Jan record of small flock over], 2 Snipe, Jack Snipe, 1-2 Woodcock 2 flight views, 10 Stock Dove, 6+ Skylark 3 singing, 29 Meadow Pipit 5 on site & rest high S 17&6&1, 6 Redwing, 2 Reed Bunting 1 singing, 9 Chaffinch low E (Neil Anderson)
 * Thorndon CP: s section - Kestrel, pr Skylark m singing Old Thorndon Pastures area, 4+ Fieldfare, 50+ Redwing, 4 Mistle Thrush 2pr, Goldcrest singing, m Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch, 6+ Yellowhammer some singing OTP area; n section - m Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming Childerditch Wd, 4 Mistle Thrush 2pr, m Greenfinch (Andrew Cox via EBwS BN)
 * Tooting Commons: Firecrest, Red Admiral Bedford Woods (Alan Wilkinson)
 * Totteridge Valley, Belmont Farm: 34 Canada Geese, 2 Farmyards, Egyptian Goose, Sparrowhawk, 8 Common Buzzard mainly N 09:50-15:00, 21 Black-headed Gull, 42 Common Gull, 18 Stock Dove, 2 Kestrel, Nuthatch, m Firecrest singing behind show pens 16:00, 9 Fieldfare, 86 Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush, 62 Starling, 2 Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, 5 Pheasant 2m 3f (Samuel Levy)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 4 Stonechat all f-type [2 Bomb Crater Field & 2 Leyton Marsh], c150 Starlings, 4 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 20 Linnet, m Kestrel paddocks 11:00-12:00 (Alastair Dent)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: LITTLE BUNTING still but again an infrequent visitor to the seed tray this morning, Scaup on No 4 and 2 Green Sandpipers on Lockwood (David Bradshaw, Ian Bradshaw, Jeff Humm)
 * Wanstead Flats: m Stonechat, 50+ Redwing, 13 Fieldfare, 8 singing Skylark 5 singing, 6 Meadow Pipit, Sparrowhawk, 4 Gadwall, 12 Shoveler, 5 Pochard, Little Grebe, 2 Little Owl, 2 Reed Bunting (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: 20 Teal, 14 Shoveler, f Pochard, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Little Egret, Goldcrest (Nick Croft)
 * Waterworks NR: 7 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 3 Shoveler, f Pochard, Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, 4 Greenfinch 1 singing, Kingfisher (Jan Dobbie)
 * Wimbledon Common: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Inner Windmill Road (Les Evans-Hill & Paul Cox) Hi Les and Paul, I saw a female at 7:45am between Springwell Cottage  and White Cottage, could it be the same bird? I thought I might have heard another one calling [Colin Williams] Catherine Beazley photographed a male today, posted on Twitter; excellent views of LSW from Inner Windmill road late morning, 14 Lesser Redpoll with 1 Siskin, c30 Redwing (S.Nicholls & C.Beazley) Many thanks all, the Wimbledon and Putney Commons Wildlife and Conservation Committee of which I'm a member meets this Tuesday, I'll make comment of the LSW sightings with which I'm very encouraged and grateful [LEH]
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Jack Snipe, 7 Snipe, Water Rail, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Shelduck, 4 Lesser Redpoll, 5 Teal, 6 Shoveler, mixed flock of c60 winter thrushes northbound (Chris Farthing)
 * Worcester Park: 1-2 Little Egret 1 on horse field with 30+ Black-headed Gulls and a probable second flew over and landed in brook on Green Ln (Isaiah Rowe)
 * Yeading Brook Meadows: 2 Red Kite [1 here & 2nd bird over Willow Tree Rbt mobbed by Crow], 2 Little Owl together, 2 singing Skylark, Meadow Pipit, c20 Redwing, m Bullfinch; 300+ Common Frog & much spawn (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 10th March 2018

 * Alexandra Park: Stonechat male southern perimeter playing fields from 1040, Linnet south 0940, pair Eurasian Teal Conservation Pond (APOG Birders); female Kestrel actively hunting in grass adjacent to Conservation Pond (Greg Smith)
 * Amwell NR: rh Smew Gt Hardmead L still (William Bishop via Herts BC)
 * Brent Reservoir: Shelduck, 11 Little Grebe, 22 Common Snipe, Water Rail, 3 Redwing, 3 Cetti's Warbler (Roy Beddard, Andrew Verrall)
 * Brook Farm, Upminster: 2 Sand Martin [Ldn foy] over fishing lake, also incl Cetti's Warbler, Grey Wagtail (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB/RBA)
 * Broxbourne Woods: Raven over, 20+ Hawfinch into roost pm (Laurence Drummond via Herts BC)
 * Bushy Park: 2 Goldcrest, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Long-tailed Tit, Meadow Pipit, 3 Mistle Thrush, Red Kite 9.30am circling low mobbed by crow briefly before drifting NW, 4 Redwing, Reed Bunting, 3 Skylark, 2 Song Thrush, Stonechat, Treecreeper (Ian R Watson)
 * Canada Water: Sparrowhawk over the station at 10:30 (John & Janet Cadera)
 * Crayford Marshes: pair Shoveler, 2 Shelduck, male Marsh Harrier over landfill, Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 2 Skylark, 2 Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler singing (Mike Amos)
 * Dulwich Park: pair Shoveler, 4 Jackdaw, 100 Redwing, Nuthatch (Graeme Wright)
 * Fairlop Waters: Pink-footed Goose, Pintail (Neil Twyford/Alan Bell)
 * Feltham: Peregrine over St Giles Hotel 14.15 (Andy Roberts)
 * Gallions Reach: 3 Egyptian Goose, 4 Oystercatcher, 14 Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Chiffchaff (Dave Morrison via Twitter)
 * Greenwich Peninsula: Oystercatcher, Stonechat m, Chiffchaff, Linnet (Richard Green, John Bushall)
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: 2 Little Grebe, 2 Redwing (Richard Green, John Bushall)
 * Hackney Marshes: 11 Stock Dove on meadow outside filter beds 11:00 (Alastair Dent)
 * Hilly Fields: 57 Redwing, 54 Black-headed Gull (Keith Chambers); 2 Mandarin (Graeme Wright)
 * Hogsmill Open Space: 3 Little Egrets on river and a pair flying around calling loudly [my highest count for this year/winter season], 1 Kingfisher at bourne hall, 6 Grey Wagtail, 2 Nuthatches, 1 Grey Heron over, 20+ Redwing still and 1 Sparrowhawk (Isaiah Rowe)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 2 Grey Partridge, 45 Lapwing, Chiffchaff, 2m Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, Bullfinch (Paul Hawkins via ELBF FB)
 * KGV Reservoir: [permit only] 2 Greylag, 2 Shelduck, 15 Shoveler, 13 Wigeon, Smew, 9 Goosander, m Red-breasted Merganser still, 3 Pheasant 2f m, Little Egret, Dunlin, Redshank, 2 Lapwing, Curlew N 0655, Great Black-backed Gull 1w, 3 Skylark NE 0810, 2 Chiffchaff, Mistle Thrush, 2 Reed Bunting (Neville Smith)
 * Limehouse: 4 House Sparrows on the tree next to Regent's Canal nr Commercial Rd bridge (Roman Werpachowski)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Curlew, 1 Goldeneye and 1 Bittern main lake, 13 Pintail across site, 3 Shelduck, 10 Common Snipe, 5 Fieldfare [per website] and 4+ Redwing, 4 Stonechat m 3f grazing marsh (Martin Honey, A. Innes, W. Newnham)
 * Mad Bess Wood: 7 Northern Lapwing W, 8+ Hawfinch at TQ07588964, 1 pipistrelle sp. feeding at noon (Michael Hammond, Michael Robinson)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: Firecrest singing strongly in scrub along the river at 18:00, Peregrine on Millfields sub-station pylon (Alastair Dent); Chiffchaff (Ernest Thomason)
 * Northolt & Greenford CP: Egyptian Goose, Sparrowhawk, Snipe, 2 Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush (Neil Anderson)
 * Rainham RSPB: Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, 22 Avocet, 6 Oystercatcher, 46 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 152 Dunlin, 15 Redshank, Barn Owl, 3 Kestrel, Peregrine, 4 Stonechat (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Ravenor Park, Greenford: 60+ Redwing feeding on the turf, pr Mistle Thrush (Neil Anderson)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn & Pagoda Avenues, also 5 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Chaffinch, 5 Goldfinch. Parking charges apply Mon-Sat. Park only in visitors bays. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * St John's Wood Church Gdns LNR: Treecreeper, House Sparrow (Kabir Kaul via Twitter)
 * St Paul's Cray (The Brook): 1 Little Egret, 2 Tufted Duck, 6 Canada Goose. (Jack Headley)
 * South Hampstead: Green Woodpecker calling West End Ln NW6 1230 (Michael Thain)
 * Stocker's Lake: m Scaup (BirdGuides)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: PURPLE SANDPIPER, 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Dunlin, 2 Turnstone, 5 Stonechat, 40 Fieldfare N, 14 Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, 2 Raven, 40 Linnet (Andrew Self)
 * Teddington: Red Kite over Bushy Park, NPL then N 0945 (Mike Foster)
 * Ten Acre Wood Area: Woodcock flying up & down the brook, Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 2 Greylag Geese over, 3 Stonechat, Reed Bunting, Lapwing, 2 Skylark, 5 Meadow Pipit, 15 Linnet (Nigel Dodd)
 * Tooting Commons: Firecrest still Bedford Wd northeast corner 0930 (Peter White via Twitter)
 * Tottenham Marsh: 4 Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting, Chiffchaff (A.Middleton)
 * Trent Park: Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Little Grebe Lower [westernmost] Lake, 6 Mandarin 3m 3f, 5 Pochard 3m 2f, Song Thrush, 1+ Stock Dove, 3 Tufted Duck m 2f (Pete Lowman)
 * Walthamstow Marsh: 30 Redwing at Riding School (Rhys Evans)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: LITTLE BUNTING still but elusive today - only seen briefly around seed tray a couple of times up to 1pm, Scaup on No 4, Green Sandpiper on overflow (Walthamstow Birders); LB showed on bush and by seeds c3.30pm (A.Middleton); 3 Goldeneye, 2 Stock Dove, 4 Greenfinch, 2 Shelduck (Rhys Evans)
 * Wanstead Flats: Common Snipe, Peregrine Falcon, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 6 Skylark, 6 Meadow Pipit, 7-10 Linnet, 10+ Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 3 Pochard, 2 Little Owl (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: Firecrest, 11 Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, 7 Coal Tit, 4 Nuthatch, 8 Stock Dove, 10+ Redwing, 2 Sparrowhawk, Little Egret, Water Rail, Kingfisher, 2 Reed Bunting, 35 Shoveler, 11 Teal, 3 Pochard, 18 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe. Great Crested Grebe (Wanstead Birders)
 * Waterworks Nature Reserve: 1 Bullfinch my first here, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Kingfisher, 4juv Mute Swans, 1 Peregrine, 3 Reed Bunting, 1 Water Rail (Marcus Mitchell)
 * Wimbledon Common: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 1 seen & possibly a 2nd heard drumming (Les Evans-Hill) Hi Les, where on the common did you see the LSW? Thanks Inner Windmill Rd again as per 5 March sighting [LEH]
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Jack Snipe, 3 Snipe, Peregrine, 2 Reed Bunting, 6 Shoveler (Chris Farthing)
 * Yeading Brook Meadows: 2 Teal, 2 Little Egret, Kestrel, 70 Common Gull on playing fields and 9 Pied Wagtail amongst them, 2 Skylark, Meadow Pipit, pr Bullfinch, Chiffchaff (Nigel Dodd)

Friday 9th March 2018
NB Rye Meads RSPB is now open again on Fridays 9am-5pm.
 * Alexandra Park: Eurasian Teal pair still present 0650 Conservation Pond (Bob Watts)
 * Basinghall Street EC2: male Black Redstart singing roof of Davy’s bar 08:20 & 09:55 then on Guildhall roof 11:33 (N P Senior)
 * Berwick Glades: 50 Fieldfare, 2 Yellowhammer (James Palmer)
 * Brookmill Park: Peregrine, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Redwing, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Broxbourne Woods: Danemead Wd - 10+ Brambling w/ 200+ Chaffinch, 5+ Hawfinch 3 in trees opp start of boardwalk & 2 flyovers, 40+ Siskin (Anders Gray via Herts BC)
 * Bushy Park: 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Green Woodpecker, 3 Mistle Thrush, 4 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, Treecreeper (Ian R Watson)
 * Crayford (Jolly Farmers): 1w Glaucous Gull amongst huge numbers of other gulls, 6-7 Linnets, 3 Pied Wagtail, Sparrowhawk and a leucistic Herring Gull (Jack Headley via Twitter)
 * Crossness: 70 Shelduck, 500 Teal, 40 Shoveler, 40 Gadwall, 15 Wigeon, Peregrine, Kestrel, Pheasant, 50 Lapwing, 120 Dunlin, 25 Redshank, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, 50 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Goldcrest, 2 Linnet (Conrad Ellam)
 * Dollis Brook: Barnet Lane - 60+ Ring-necked Parakeets, Little Egret (Samuel Levy)
 * Epping: 172 Pied Wagtail Epping High St roosting in trees outside post office still (Roger Emmens via EBwS BN)
 * Finchley: garden N3 - Tawny Owl calling 0600, m Blackcap, 4 Stock Dove (Samuel Levy)
 * Golders Hill Park: 60+ Redwing in communal song on central slope (James Levy)
 * Hilly Fields: 8 Redwing (Keith Chambers)
 * Hyde Park: pair of Peregrine perched high on the north face of the Peninsular Tower of Knightsbridge Barracks am (Dave Jordan)
 * Isle of Dogs: Yellow-legged Gull 3w Saunders Ness (Sean Huggins)
 * KGV Reservoir: m Red-breasted Merganser, m Smew & m Scaup all still s basin, Water Pipit on c. causeway then S towards sailing club, 4 Goosander 2pr, 28 Goldeneye 13m, pr Grey Wagtail, 6 Shoveler, 24+ Teal, Green Woodpecker, Meadow Pipit, Kestrel f 1-2pm (Davey Leach)
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Shelduck, 9 Pintail, Goldeneye, 3 Bittern, 5 Snipe, 7 Fieldfare, 2 Siskin (WWT website); 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Redwing (Shailesh Patel); 1 Water Pipit, 2+ Siskin (Mike Wheeler et al)
 * Mayflower Park: 180 Redwings 50 into and 130 N (Bob Smith)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: Firecrest in holm oak along river (Ernest Thomason)
 * Millfields: 2 Egyptian Goose, Common Gull (Ernest Thomason)
 * Northaw Great Wood: 2 Marsh Tit, 8 Hawfinch central ride (per Herts BC)
 * Pinner: Lloyd Court - Tawny Owl calling 3 or 4 times per minute for over an hour from 03:30, a record 23 Blackbirds on back lawn at 06:30 (Richard Francis)
 * Pinner (The Croft): 40+ Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, Ring-necked Parakeet, 6 Goldfinch, Chaffinch and Long-tailed Tit (Nigel Barratt)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: Short-eared Owl circling & drifting high E toward Heathrow 10:30-10:40 (Peter Newbound via Berks BN/BirdGuides)
 * Regent's Park: f Stonechat in Triangle Pen, Water Rail, Siskin over N (Magnus Andersson)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn & Pagoda Avenues. Parking charges apply Mon - Sat. Park only in visitors bays. (Franko J Maroevic); As reliable as death and taxes (JW) What, the bird or the parking charges? Both! [My favourite subjects death, taxes and parking.] Ironic.. Young Swiss couple visited today Raphael & Ameline from Lausanne and saw it, with no penalty charge, asssuming parking was free!. Phew. [FJM]
 * Richmond Park: 3 Buzzard, c36 Common Gull, pr Egyptian Geese with 9 goslings, Gadwall, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Pochard, 1 Red Kite, 9 Reed Bunting, 3 Stonechat, Water Rail heard (Friday Bird Group); 10+ Siskin m&f, 4 Mistle Thrush 2pr, 5 Tawny Owl 1 seen 4 heard (P. Redmond)
 * Ruislip Woods: 3 Hawfinch showing well near to Wiltshire Lane entrance 10:45 (Richard Francis) Congratulations to the two other birders who also saw these birds (Richard & Weldon, surnames unknown) Sorry for the confusion [RF]
 * Sevenoaks WR: incl monthly transect - Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 6 Stock Dove, f Lesser Spotted Woodpecker on alders at lakeshore nr tyler hide, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker incl 1 nr LSW, Green Woodpecker, 4 Coal Tit, 13 Long-tailed Tit incl nest fr slingsby hide, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper, 10 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, 5 Mistle Thrush, 7 Lesser Redpoll, 23 Siskin (Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: Pink-footed Goose NE across Pattypool Mead at 09:50 (Martin Shepherd)
 * Sidcup (Haddon Grove Shuttle Riverway footpath): 3 Grey Wagtail between Willersley Avenue Bridge and Environment Agency culvert, 2 Mistle Thrush, Redwing, Green Woodpecker (Eric Brown)
 * South Norwood CP: Hawfinch 0820 (John Hughes per John Birkett via Twitter)
 * Spa Fields: Mistle Thrush (Francis O'Sullivan)
 * Staines Reservoir: m Scaup, Black-necked Grebe, 2 Redshank, AMERICAN HORNED LARK still (Allan Goddard via Twitter)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: 1 PURPLE SANDPIPER [Ldn foy], 1 Bearded Tit m, 3 Stonechat, 24 Lapwing, 3 Linnet, 1 Skylark, 18 Gadwall, 12 Teal, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Shelduck, 15 Redshank, 5 Dunlin, 9 Turnstone, 11 Greylag Goose, 3 Canada Goose, 1 Kestrel, 1 Reed Bunting, 3 Cetti's Warbler 2 heard 1 seen 9.30-13.30 (Roger Keith) Where was the Sandpiper? Did it fly off?
 * Tooting Commons: Firecrest still in Bedford Woods (Alan Wilkinson)
 * Totteridge Valley: Long Pond - 2 Coot, 2 Canada Geese, 2 Moorhen, 2 Mallard; Belmont Farm - 30 Canada Geese, 2 'farmyard' geese, 2 Greylag, Kestrel (Samuel Levy)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Firecrest  male still Horse Chestnut Glade 1300, also 6+ Goldcrest, 6 Redwing, Coal Tit heard (Bob Watts)
 * Trent Park: 7 Mandarin Duck 4m 3f lower lake, 3 Eurasian Teal 1m 2f upper lake - flew off, 3 Common Pochard 1m 2f lower lake, 4 Tufted Duck 2m 2f, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 10+ Chaffinch Rough Lot, Hawfinch seen in flight near obelisk 13:45 and later perched up in tree nearby edge of Rough Lot 13:57 (Robert Callf)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: Little Ringed Plover [Ldn foy] circled main pit then S 1005 (TyttGP twitter)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: LITTLE BUNTING showing well & regularly early-am but still no sign of Serin (Paul Watts via Twitter); Ringed Plover landed East Warwick island at 15:35 (Chris Farthing)
 * Wanstead Flats: Redpoll, 6 Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit [one singing on territory], 13 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, 3 Redwing (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: Treecreeper, 20 Teal, 14 Shoveler, 2 Pochard, Little Grebe, Water Rail, Kingfisher, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 7 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing (Nick Croft)
 * Westbourne Park: Grand Union Canal - 2 Peregrine (Francis O'Sullivan)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 3 Jack Snipe, 5 Snipe, Water Rail, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Shelduck, 4 Teal, 5 Shoveler (Chris Farthing)

Thursday 8th March 2018

 * Alexandra Park: pair Eurasian Teal Conservation Pond 1730 (Bob Watts)
 * Amwell NR: Pink-footed Goose on island fr viewpt 0615 [roosted overnight] then NW 0645, Woodcock (Ron Cousins/Phil Ball via Twitter); 2 Oystercatcher on Grt Hardmead L island 0600 then S toward Stanstead Abbotts, 3 Hawfinch W from Easneye Wd over Gt Hardmead L 1645 (William Bishop via Herts BC)
 * Bayhurst Wood: 15+ Hawfinch close to car park 09:45 (Richard Francis)
 * Brent Reservoir: Shelduck, 2 ad Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Common Snipe (Andrew Haynes); Little Egret behind dam late afternoon (Andrew Self)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bumble's Green, near Nazeing: Red Kite over road at 14:15 near entrance to Harold Park Farm (Martin Shepherd)
 * Canons Farm: 2 Stonechat m f reads bottom (Duncan Jennings and Ian Magness via CFBW blog)
 * Finchley: garden N3 - m Blackcap, 2 Stock Dove (Samuel Levy)
 * Forty Hall CP: 6 Mandarin Duck 4m 2f, m Sparrowhawk, m Kestrel, 68 Black-headed Gull, 3 Common Gull adult and 2 first-winter, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, Goldcrest singing (Robert Callf)
 * Forty Hall Farm, Enfield: 100+ Redwing (Robert Callf)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: f Goldeneye, f Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Siskin (Richard Green, John Bushall)
 * Greenwich Peninsula: River - 2 Oystercatcher, 5 Teal; Central Park - c15 Redwing, c10 Chaffinch (Richard Green, John Bushall)
 * Guy Lodge Farm: Mediterranean Gull 1st-winter until 13:30 at least in pig field, 22+ Common Gull incl at least 10 1st-winter, 14+ Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Stock Dove, 3 Rook (Robert Callf)
 * Kingston-upon-Thames: Black Swan at confluence of R Thames and R Hogsmill by Charter Quay (Nigel Jackman)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 2 Black-tailed Godwit grazing marsh pm, 13 Snipe, Jack Snipe & Redshank scrape, 8 Fieldfare, 11 Siskin (WWT website); 1  Bittern, 3 Pintail, Peregrine (Shailesh Patel)
 * Munden Estate: Snipe, Green Sandpiper TL134000, Raven (Tony Bates via Herts BC)
 * Petersham Meadows: Kestrel hunting overhead at 17.45 (P. Redmond)
 * Pinner (The Croft Park): 25+ Redwing, Red Kite low at 10.10am (Nigel Barratt)
 * Pinner Memorial Park: Mistle Thrush, 50+ Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, Long-tailed Tit, 4 Goldfinch (Nigel Barratt)
 * Rainham Marshes: Red Kite over Wennington Marshes 0946 (Fraser Simpson)
 * Ravenor Park, Greenford: low flying Buzzard being mobbed by numerous Crows 06.45, Red Kite just above my roof 15.45 & towards the park just to east of my house (Neil Anderson)
 * Richmond Park: a pleasant walk in blustery conditions. The only birds of note were 1m Great Spotted Woodpecker and 1 Treecreeper [always nice to see] (Martin Honey & B. Page); 13 Woodcock - in survey at dusk (R.P. Bird Group)
 * Ruislip Woods: 9+ Hawfinch 6+ down from Wiltshire Ln entrance 10:05 & 3 at Fore St/Salisbury Rd entrance 10:15 (Richard Francis)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 5 Black-tailed Godwit fr gadwall_hide (Vicky Buckel via Herts BC)
 * St Paul's Cray (The Brook): 2 Kingfishers calling but not seen, Goldfinch, Little Egret, Grey Wagtail (Jack Headley via Twitter)
 * Sanderstead Plantation: 1st migrant Chiffchaff pm (John Birkett via Twitter)
 * Sevenoaks WR: Bsr-tailed Godwit, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Bullfinch (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
 * Trent Park: 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Mandarin in flight, Mistle Thrush, 3 Pochard m 2f, Song Thrush, 3 Teal m 2f Upper Lake, 5 Tufted Duck 2m 3f (Pete Lowman)
 * Turnford Marsh GPs: 3 Goosander m 2f ashley pit (Paula Moore via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: LITTLE BUNTING on and off this morning, Serin only seen first thing this morning as far as we hear (Walthamstow Birders); drake Scaup, 4 Goldeneye, 2 Shelduck, 3 Lapwing, 2 Peregrine, Fieldfare (Tom Jordan)
 * Wanstead Flats: 2 Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 9 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 2 Teal, Little Owl (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: 30+ Redwing, 30+ Fieldfare, 5 Siskin, 18 Teal, 46 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Little Grebe, 5 Stock Dove, Nuthatch (Nick Croft); Nuthatch, 5 Stock Dove, 2 Goldcrest in Bush Wood (Tim Harris)
 * Whitewebbs Park: 20 Mandarin Duck 13m 7f ornamental pond, 2 Shoveler m & f (Robert Callf)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Jack Snipe, 2 Snipe, Water Rail, Peregrine, 3 Reed Bunting, Coal Tit (Chris Farthing)

Wednesday 7th March 2018

 * Alexandra Park: drake Shoveler Wood Green Res, Treecreeper just south of Conservation Pond (Bruce Carson per Bob Watts)
 * Balham: Peregrine adult S 3:30 pm (Alan Wilkinson)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 12 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bushy Park: 3 Lesser Redpoll in the Woodland Gardens (Billy Dykes)
 * Dagenham Chase: Hawfinch still (Vincenzo Halley-Frame per ELBF FB); seen c1600 pre-roost for 3rd day (Alan Shearman blog)
 * Eastcote: Field End RG - Greenfinch, 2 Song Thrush, 30 Black-headed Gull, 30 Common Gull (Tim Rymer)
 * Field Common GP: area - Dunlin feeding in flooded paddock south of gp (Mark Davis via Surrey BN) TQ128671
 * Finchley: garden N3 - m Blackcap, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Samuel Levy)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: Egyptian Goose, 7 Tufted Duck, 2+ Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, 10+ Redwing, Chiffchaff [pale looking bird], 4+ Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: f Goldeneye on outer lake, Jack Snipe, 2 Little Grebes, Goldcrest, Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam per Pat Lipscombe)
 * Hainault: 4 Grey Wagtail (Steve Bacon per ELBF FB)
 * Hertingfordbury: Hawfinch calling in treetops Hertingfordbury mill (Laurence Drummond via Herts BC)
 * Ladywell Fields: c30 Redwing (Dom Ison)
 * Leatherhead Station & Randalls Way: 1 singing Siskin briefly in Station car park 09:00, 5 Common Buzzard circling to the northeast 13:45 (Neil Batten)
 * Lippitts Hill: Common Buzzard, drumming Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 drumming, Green Woodpecker, singing Song Thrush (Simon Papps)
 * Little Britain Lake: brief afternoon visit - 2 Common Buzzard, c4 Red Kite, 1 male Mandarin, 1 Great Crested Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Roger Dewey)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 10 Pintail, 3 Jack Snipe, 14 Snipe, 6 Fieldfare, 11 Redwing (WWT website)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 3 Goldcrest, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Green Woodpecker; 8 Stock Dove just outside on Hackney Marshes meadow, Peregrine on Millfields sub-station pylon 08:45-09:45 (Alastair Dent)
 * Pimlico Gardens: Yellow-legged Gull ad (N P Senior)
 * Pinner (The Croft): 3 Goldfinch, 2 Greenfinch, cock Chaffinch, 2 Long-tailed Tit, Redwing (Nigel Barratt)
 * Rainham RSPB: 40 Pintail, 2 Little Egret, 5 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 15 Avocet, 31 Golden Plover, 7 Curlew, 80 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruff, 400 Dunlin, 7 Snipe, 21 Redshank, m Peregrine, f Blackcap, Fieldfare (Howard Vaughan via RSPB)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn & Pagoda Avenues. Parking charges apply Mon-Sat. Park only in visitors bays. (Franko J Maroevic)j
 * Richmond Park: 20 Redwing, Buzzard, Pintail, 2 Woodcock (P Pentek et al)
 * Ruislip Woods: 10 Hawfinch down from Wiltshire Ln entrance 09:10 (Richard Francis). Seen again in same area later at 12:30, plus 1 in Copse Wd area, also 3 Bullfinch 2m f, 5+ Siskin in Mad Bess Wood, 2 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 4 Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush, Redwing, Stock Dove, 4 Teal, 3+ Great Spotted Woodpecker [much drumming], 6+ Nuthatch, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet (Caroline Nash)
 * Ruxley GPs: (permit only) - 20+ Gadwall, 5+ Shoveler, 2 Teal, 4 Pochard, c100 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, 4 Great Crested Grebe, Green Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Cetti’s Warbler, 3+ Goldcrest, 2-3 Lesser Redpoll, 1+ Bullfinch (Ian Stewart)
 * St Paul's Cray: Pleasance Rd - 21 Jackdaw 2 flocks flying over - presumed going to roost - combined total in separate flocks twenty then a single bird over. (The Brook): 1 Kingfisher, 8-9 Redwing, 4 Long-tailed Tits and 4 Canada Goose (Jack Headley via Twitter)
 * Sevenoaks WR: 2 Water Rail fr tyler & willow hides, Black-necked Grebe, Black-tailed Godwit fr sutton hide, 15 Snipe (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: Pattypool Mead - Ruff at 08:30 third day. Flew N at 08:40 (Martin Shepherd)
 * Sidcup (York Avenue): Common Buzzard flew in large semi-circle from NE to NW, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, 2 male Blackcap, Chiffchaff through gardens, Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, Jay, 2 Jackdaw (Ian Stewart)
 * Springfield Park: nr Walthamstow Wetlands - 10 House Sparrows on feeders and outside houses on Lingwood Rd, 3 Mistle Thrush (Michael Mac)
 * Staines Moor: 2 Water Pipit on R.Colne by the old fallen Willow - one bird carrying a BTO ring on the right leg, Green Sandpiper & Common Redshank on one of the flood pools, plus 3 Common Snipe, only one Stonechat; along path from Hithermoor Ln to moor, 100 Redwing & 100 Fieldfare in Black Poplars in grounds of KG VI Res. The Redwings were all in sub song which accompanied by the 'chacking' of the Fieldfares resulted in a lovely cacophony. They are soon to depart north no doubt. (John Edwards); 2 Dunlin 1330 (DJ Cox via Surrey BN); Ruff N, with 70+ Lapwing, 3 Buzzard, Red Kite, 156 Woodpigeon, 2 Reed Bunting, 4 Stonechat, 2 Kestrel (Samuel and Ephraim Perfect)
 * Staines Reservoir: AMERICAN HORNED LARK still causeway midpoint (Dom Pia via Twitter); Black-tailed Godwit n basin e bank 1200 (DJ Cox via Surrey BN); Black-necked Grebe S basin, 10 Goldeneye, Redshank, 2 Dunlin, 126 Lapwing, 2 Shelduck, Kestrel, 20 Shoveler (Samuel and Ephraim Perfect)
 * Stanwell Moor: Redshank, Jack Snipe (Chris Lamsdell)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 'farmyard' geese, 33 Canada Geese, 2 Mandarin Duck, 14 Teal, 2 Common Buzzard, 164 Common Gull, 62 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, Barn Owl hunting in owl_field, Kestrel, 2 Peregrine at Frith Riding Stables, 13 Rook, Nuthatch, 4 Goldcrest, 62 Fieldfare, 88 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Meadow Pipit, Hawfinch flushed from bottom of old gropper field near folly brook (Samuel Levy)
 * Trent Park: 2 male Eurasian Teal upper lake - no sign of female, 3 Common Pochard 2m 1f lower lake, 5 Tufted Duck 2m 3f, 2 Treecreeper Rough Lot (Robert Callf)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: main gp - Curlew then N 0955, Ruff briefly then S 1135; fishing lake - Oystercatcher still (per TyttGP twitter)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 7+ Snipe (J-P Elmes)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: Serin, 50m from LITTLE BUNTING both a few hundred metres south of the Engine House. Still present 13:30 at least (Paul Whiteman, Dave Bradshaw et. al.); Little Bunting and Serin still present c15:00 (James Palmer); Scaup, Common Sandpiper, Wigeon, first Skylark of year N (Walthamstow Birders)
 * Worcester Park: Peregrine male on pylons, 60 Redwings (Bob Smith)

Tuesday 6th March 2018

 * Brent Reservoir: Black-tailed Godwit & Stonechat on Neasden Rec 15:35, 2 Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpiper, 11 Snipe, 8 Lapwing, 2 Shelduck East Marsh (Andrew Self)
 * Dollis Brook, Holders Hill: 5 Redwing, Peregrine low over holders hill circus/roundabout chasing pr Mallard 07:05 (Samuel Levy)
 * Eastcote: Field End RG - 14 Fieldfare, 7 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, Green Woodpecker (Tim Rymer)
 * Finchley: garden N3 - m Blackcap, 3 Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing (Samuel Levy)
 * Finsbury Park: 30+ Redwing, 7 Red-crested Pochard 6m f (Ann Feltham)
 * Friday Lake: red-head Smew still on; Mink (J.Murray)
 * Golders Hill Park: 2 Fieldfares E (James Levy)
 * Hampstead Heath: 100+ Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, 5 Mandarin Duck, 3 Egyptian Goose, Kestrel Kenwood Pond; 2 Nuthatch, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker all on feeders Bird Sanctuary Pond; 200+ Redwing by bandstand, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush, 5 Goldfinch, pair Great Crested Grebe Men's Swimming Pond (Allan Stewart)
 * Hertford Heath: 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard (Jon Agar)
 * Holyfield Lake: northern end in river by weir a dead Barn Owl - informed an employee of the water board who fished it out (J-P Elmes)
 * Hyde Park: 22 Lapwing E 11:20, Peregrine (John & Janet Cadera)
 * King George V Reservoir: drake Red-breasted Merganser [Ldn foy] n basin n end, drake Smew, 12 Goosander, 28 Goldeneye, 5 Wigeon, 8 Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Lapwing, Stonechat, 6 Buzzard, 3 Peregrine scrapping, 25 Fieldfare, 40 Redwing (Chris Farthing & Tony Butler)
 * Lamorbey Park: pair Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe summer plumage, Peregrine, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Pied Wagtail, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3+ Redwing, 4+ Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Jay, Jackdaw (Ian Stewart)
 * Leytonstone: Woodcock flushed from bushes to the north of A14 Bush Road (Roger Orwin)
 * Little Beechill Wood: 4 Common Buzzard overhead 12:50 (Robert Callf)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Bittern SE corner main lake but flew into middle of reed bed at 13.40, 5 Jack Snipe wader scrape, 1 Dunlin grazing marsh, 21 Common Snipe grazing marsh and wader scrape (Martin Honey); Yellow-legged Gull 2cy - different to last week's, 290+ Herring Gull, 20 Ring-necked Parakeet feeding on sallow catkins (J.Wilczur); 16 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare West Bank with sheep 13:00, 6+ Stonechat Wildside 14:30 (Sue Barry)
 * Motspur Park: Peregrine gas holder, 3 Goldcrests & 25 Redwing wood (Bob Smith)
 * Richmond Park: 11 Woodcock - emerged from a wood at dusk (RPBG)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: Pattypool Mead - Ruff at 07:50 flew north at 08:00. Unsure if this was the same bird as yesterday or another migrant (Martin Shepherd)
 * Southall: 4+ Red Kites over 10:30-11:40 (Phil Belman) TQ1280
 * Staines Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe & AMERICAN HORNED LARK still (Mark Bravery via Twitter)
 * Tooting Commons: 1 Firecrest in Bedford Woods, also 1 Sparrowhawk, 20+ Redwing (Alan Wilkinson)
 * Trent Park: Little Egret perched up over Merryhills Brook near bridle path, 3 Eurasian Teal 2m 1f upper lake, 4 Common Pochard 2m 2f lower lake, 4 Tufted Duck 3m 1f, 2 singing Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper (Robert Callf); 6 Tufted Duck 3m 3f, 6 Mandarin 4m 2f, 2 Song Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 4 Pochard 2m f, no sign of Teal on upper lake late pm (Pete Lowman)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: Oystercatcher main gp (TyttGP twitter)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: Serin [from 10 Feb] with Linnet flock & LITTLE BUNTING still (Jamie Partridge/David Bradshaw via Twitter); Serin not seen again between 9:30 and 3:30pm, Scaup still on No 4, Knot and Redshank on Lockwood, 2 Goosander early, Stonechat (Walthamstow Birders) Serin pics here
 * Wanstead Flats: 3 Stonechat, 6 Skylark 3 singers, 3 Meadow Pipit, Rook, Redwing, Reed Bunting, 14 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 18 Tufted Duck, Pochard, Kestrel (Niick Croft/Wren Group)
 * Wanstead Park: 13 Teal, 12 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, Water Rail, Little Grebe, 16 Redwing, 4 Fieldfare, 6 Song Thrush, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 3 Coal Tit, 3 Goldcrest, Siskin, Reed Bunting, 4 Stock Dove, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard (Nick Croft/Wren Group)
 * Westbourne Park: Red Kite E over tube station 09:30 (Charlie Farrell)
 * William Girling Reservoir: relief channel - Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Little Egret, Shelduck, 25 Teal (Chris Farthing & Tony Butler)
 * Wimbledon Common: 3 Fieldfare & 12 Redwing on the Plain (Les Evans-Hill)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 4 Snipe, 5 Teal, 2 Shelduck, 8 Shoveler, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 2+ Reed Bunting (Chris Farthing)
 * Worcester Park: Meadow Pipit, male Stonechat on horse fields (Bob Smith)

Monday 5th March 2018

 * Alexandra Park: Woodcock flew south from Cricket Scrub (Gerry Rawcliffe per Bob Watts)
 * Amwell Nature Reserve: 42 Lapwing, 4 Pintail, Yellow-legged Gull (Jon Agar)
 * Belvedere, River Thames: foreshore - incl. 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Dunlin, 8 Gadwall, 4 Lapwing, 3 Meadow Pipit, an Oystercatcher, 5 Redshank and 3 Ringed Plover (Mike Robinson)
 * Betchworth Hills: 11 Hawfinch (Steve Gale via Twitter) [new site for LNHS gazetteer TQ207519]
 * Betchworth Quarry: 8-10 Hawfinch lower wooded section (David Stubbs via Twitter)
 * Bramblehall Wood: still 325+ Hawfinch mainly moved up to Ashurst Rough (Steve Gale)
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Shelduck, 5 Snipe, 4 Dunlin, 1 Cetti's Warbler (Andrew Haynes). 11 Snipe, 2 Cetti's Warbler (incl. one singing just on the NE side of Cool Oak Bridge), 1 Skylark (dam), 1 Little Egret (N. Marsh), male Sparrowhawk, Lithuanian-ringed Common Gull, Finnish-ringed Black-headed Gull and colour-ringed Coot [that isn't one of mine from the London Royal Parks - possibly from Hilfield Park Res] - all North Marsh (Bill Haines)
 * Brockwell Park: dead Lapwing, c20 Redwing (Tom Pollard via Twitter)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher, 3 Redwing, Goldcrest, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
 * Broxbournre Woods: female Bullfinch (Jon Agar)
 * Burgess Park: 7 Siskin, 20 Redwing (Phil Laurie)
 * Canons Farm: Lapwing infront george, 150 Fieldfare, 30 Redwing, migrant m Stonechat reads bottom (Ian Magness via CFBW blog)
 * Colliers Wood: 1 Kingfisher, 2 Chiffchaff presumed overwinterers (Keith Bates)
 * Crayford Marshes: 20+ Shelduck, 16+ Gadwall, 4 Pintail 2 pairs at Darent mouth, c40 Wigeon, c100 Teal, 3 Little Grebe, Buzzard, 2+ Avocet, c200 Lapwing, Turnstone at saltings, c600 Dunlin a conservative estimate, Common Sandpiper, 30+ Redshank, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, ad Mediterranean Gull flew downriver along Thames, 2 Green Woodpecker, 6+ singing Skylark, Water Pipit at saltings but very elusive, Rock Pipit, 5+ Meadow Pipit, 6 Pied Wagtail, 4 Stonechat, 4 Song Thrush, 50+ Fieldfare, 30+ Redwing, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Goldcrest, 3 Jay, 1+ Rook, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Reed Bunting singing, Corn Bunting singing along Darent creek (Ian Stewart)
 * East India Dock Basin: 11 Shelduck, Cetti's Warbler (Paul Hyland)
 * Eastcote: 2 Hawfinch Eastcote Cricket Club 09:10 (Richard Francis); Field End RG - 3 Greenfinch, Green Woodpecker, Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush (Tim Rymer)
 * Erith Reach: foreshore - incl. 1 Avocet, 15 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Curlew, 4 Gadwall, a Grey Wagtail, a Rock Pipit, 36 Redshank and 70+ Teal (Mike Robinson) Little Egret and Lapwing (Charlie Clark)
 * Fairlop Waters: Woodcock, Stonechat, Common Buzzard (Joe and Alexander Dickens)
 * Greenwich Park: 2 Sparrowhawk m f (Ray Crouch)
 * Gunpowder Park: area - c25 Lapwing in field opp main entrance (Tony Brown via Twitter)
 * Hampstead Garden Suburb: Sheridan Walk - 2 Lapwings E 0945 and Peregrine W 1013 (Pete Mantle)
 * Hampstead Heath: 200+ Redwing feeding around bandstand, 5 Egyptian Goose on ponds, pair Great Crested Grebe on Men's Swimming pond, male Siskin with 5 Goldfinch, 7 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Green Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit on feeders, Nuthatch on feeders Bird Sanctuary Pond (Allan Stewart)
 * Hilly Fields: c40 Redwing (Tom Moulton)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: pr Ruddy Shelduck Water Colour lagoons am (Gordon Hay per Dave Harris via Twitter)
 * Hook: Little Egret flew low across back garden (Nigel Jackman) TQ179653
 * Lee Valley, Friday Lake: red-head Smew (Mike Oakland)
 * Lee Valley, Holyfield Lake: Oystercatcher, Marsh Tit (Mike Oakland)
 * Little Britain Lake, Cowley, Uxbridge: 5 Mandarin Duck 3m 2f, 6 Red Kite together, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Little Egret, c18 Grey Heron c9 occupied nests, Shoveler, Gadwall (Roger Dewey)
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Bittern, 2 Jack Snipe, 175 Lapwing, Curlew, Dunlin, 8 Pintail, 3 Shelduck including 2 looking in new Shelduck_box on wader scrape, 5 Siskin, 11 Redwing, 6 Fieldfare, Yellow-legged Gull (WWT website/Simon Fogg)
 * Olympic Park: 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Gadwall (Marcin Kempa)
 * Pinner (The Croft): flock of 20+ Goldfinch feeding in trees by play area (Nigel Barratt)
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: 6+ Redshank, 16+ Shelduck, 5 Pintail, 6 Golden Plover, 5 Common Snipe, 40+ Dunlin, 14+ Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Stonechat, 3-4 Meadow Pipit, Skylark, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Fieldfare, 2 Curlew and a Kestrel (Jack Headley via Twitter); Pink-footed Goose [Ldn foy] (Andy Tweed per ELBF FB); ad Mediterranean Gull (per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn & Pagoda Avenues. Parking charges apply Mon - Sat. Park only in visitor bays. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Richmond Park: several dozen Redwing, Tawny Owl, Red Kite, Stonechat 2m 2f, 2 Kestrel, Shoveler pr, Gadwall pr, Great Crested Grebe, Song Thrush, Woodcock (P. Redmond)
 * Ruislip Woods: 10 Hawfinch down from Wiltshire Lane entrance 10:10 (Richard Francis)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: Pattypool Mead - Ruff feeding on edge of flooded area at 08:00 (Martin Shepherd)
 * Staines Moor: R.Colne from A30 to 2nd bridge - 1 Water Pipit, 4 Dunlin 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Redshank, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Wigeon, 2 Teal 07:45-09:15 (Alastair Dent); 5 Buzzard, 2 Red Kite, 1 Chiffchaff (Peter Carlill); also Little Egret, 3 Red Kite, 40 Lapwing, 2 Stonechat, Grey Wagtail (Robert Martin via Twitter)
 * Staines Reservoir: s basin - Black-necked Grebe; n basin - m Scaup, Oystercatcher, 3 Dunlin, Redshank (Dom Pia via Twitter)
 * Stocker's Lake: 2 red-head Smew still present - view from the screen or from shoveler_hide (John Edwards)
 * Surbiton Filter Beds: 3 Gadwall, 9 Lapwing, 2 Shoveler, 2 Wigeon (Nigel Jackman)
 * Telegraph Hill Park, New Coss: 27 Redwing, 2 Chaffinch m f, 30+ House Sparrow (Keith Chambers)
 * Tooting Bec Common: Bedford Wood - 1 Treecreeper, 1 Nuthatch, 30+ Redwing (Nick Moll); 1 Little Owl (Alan Wilkinson)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Firecrest male and 2 Coal Tit Horse Chestnut Glade 0800, 5+ Goldcrest, 12 Goldfinch (Bob Watts)
 * Town Park, Enfield: 3 Shoveler 2m 1f, 7 Tufted Duck 4m 3f, 46 Black-headed Gull, imm Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 61 Redwing (Robert Callf)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: main gp - Dunlin, 3 Green Sandpiper, Caspian Gull 2w late-pm, 142 Lesser Black-backed Gull, m Stonechat; fishing lake - Oystercatcher; willows fm - 2 Red Kite, 4 Buzzard, Little Owl (TyttGP twitter)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: male Stonechat, 2 Water Rail (Richard Hack)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: LITTLE BUNTING still around seed tray with Reed Buntings & Linnets, Knot, Redshank, Dunlin and Green Sandpiper on Lockwood pm, Buzzard over (Terry Rawlings, David Bradshaw, Lol Bodini); Serin seen briefly from LB viewing spot in tree with Linnets, Peregrine (James Hudson)
 * Wanstead Flats: 5 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, Stonechat, 7 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Stock Dove, Goldcrest, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, 6 Shoveler, Gadwall, 400+ Common Gull, 100+ Black-headed Gull, 15+ Herring Gull, 15 Greenfinch, 2 Reed Bunting (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 90+ Redwing, 50+ Fieldfare, 3 Mistle Thrush, 6 Song Thrush, 2 Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Little Grebe, 2 Pochard, 20+ Shoveler, 5 Teal, 9 Stock Dove, Kingfisher (Nick Croft)
 * Weald CP: Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 4 Buzzard, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Green Woodpecker, 6 Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch, 15 Siskin, 10 Chaffinch, Greenfinch, 15 Goldfinch, Water Rail, 4 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 2 Coal Tit, 10 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 8 Song Thrush (Martin Jordan per ELBF FB)
 * Whitewebbs Golf Course: Mediterranean Gull 1st-winter 09:43-09:47 (Robert Callf)
 * Whitewebbs Park: 3 Treecreeper, 2 Hawfinch perched together, possibly a third seen briefly in flight 08:15 (Robert Callf)
 * Wimbledon Common: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 1 seen drumming 06:45 adjacent to Inner Windmill Rd, before being moved on by a Great Spotted Woodpecker (Les and Angela Evans-Hill)
 * Wimbledon Village: Blackcap f, Firecrest (Hugh Nicholson)
 * Winchmore Hill: The Green, N21 - 10 Redwing (Robert Callf)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Dunlin, Snipe, 6+ Teal, 2 Shelduck, Great Black-backed Gull, 2+ Reed Bunting (Chris Farthing)

Sunday 4th March 2018

 * Alexandra Park: Gadwall drake southern end of Wood Green Res - 1st since Autumn 2016, 90+ Redwing, 25+ Fieldfare (Bob Watts)
 * Amwell NR: 2rh Smew still Gt Hardmead L south edge 1000 (Murray Orchard via Twitter); Raven over viewpt (per Herts BN)
 * Beddington Farmlands: 1 Ruff, 1+ Golden Plover, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2+ Dunlin, 3+ Water Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 20 Redwing, 50+ Fieldfare, 45+ Snipe, Little Egret, 30+ Meadow Pipit, 4 Wigeon, 60+ Lapwing, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Kestrel, Common Buzzard, 2 Song Thrush, 12 Shelduck, 2 Skylark, 20+ Linnet, 3 Reed Bunting, Water Rail the highlights of LNHS walk this morning (Arjun Dutta)
 * Borehamwood: 53 Fieldfare on Habs playing field (Alan Lewis).
 * Brent Reservoir: Dunlin on mud, 18 Snipe, 3 Lapwing, 130+ Tufted Duck, 32 Pochard, 2 Shelduck, Pintail, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 120 Redwing, 30 Fieldfare, 4 Siskin, 3 Redpoll (Andrew Self, Roy Beddard)
 * Brockwell Park: 120 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Little Grebe upper pond (Matthew J. Bradbury)
 * Brookmill Park: 2 Kingfisher, 10 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bow Creek: 39 Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper (Dante Shepherd)
 * Bushy Park: 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, 4 Mistle Thrush, 60+ Redwing, Reed Bunting, Song Thrush, 2 Stonechat (Ian R Watson)
 * Crossness: Cormorant, 30 Shelduck, 4 Wigeon, Gadwall, 50 Teal, Mallard, 1 male Pintail, 30 Shoveler, 30 Lapwing, 400 Dunlin, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Curlew, 2 Skylark, 4 Pied Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler (George Kalli)
 * Enfield Lock: Cetti's Warbler singing at 09:00 in Government Row garden (Martin Shepherd)
 * Enfield Town: Red Kite circling 12:00 (Robert Callf)
 * Erith-Church Manorway: 2 Cormorant, 20 Shelduck, Gadwall, 20 Teal, Mallard, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Avocet,100 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Curlew, 15 Redshank,1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, Pied Wagtail, 1 Stonechat, 8 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Long-tailed Tit, Goldfinch, 6 Linnet (George Kalli)
 * Fairlop Waters: No sign of Great Northern Diver, but Caspian Gull 2w perched on boats, 1 Dunlin on main island, 3 Pintail, Snipe & Little Owl seen (J.Murray)
 * Finchley: garden N3 - m Blackcap (Samuel Levy)
 * Garden Wood: 20 Hawfinch (TyttGP twitter)
 * Greenford Bridge to Hanwell Lodge (River Brent): 12 Teal, m Mandarin, Red Kite, f Sparrowhawk, 4 Stock Dove, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker chasing each other over field, 3 Green Woodpecker heard, Grey Wagtail, 2 Goldcrest, 113 Redwing 73 Churchfield Rec Ground, 8 Fieldfare golf course, 6 Mistle Thrush 4 Churchfield, 4 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson)
 * Greenway: Kestrel, 12 Fieldfare over, 40+ Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, 16 Linnet, 2 Teal [site first] (Harry Harrison)
 * Greenwich Peninsular: 1 Dunlin, 4 Gadwall, 4 Yellow-legged Gull (Dante Shepherd)
 * Hogsmill River: 1 Little Egret on Tolworth Court Farm side (Isaiah Rowe)
 * Isle of Dogs: Yellow-legged Gull 2cy on Thames shore at Masthouse Terrace Pier (Sean Huggins)
 * Gunpowder Park: 4 Common Snipe, 86 Fieldfare, 35 Redwing, 11 Skylark, 17 Meadow Pipit, Kestrel, 13 Lapwing over NE, Water Rail on River Lea relief channel (Martin Shepherd)
 * Guy Lodge Farm: 11 Northern Lapwing on field 08:45 (Robert Callf)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: Aythya hybrid - much like male Ferruginous Duck but yellowy eye and flanks contrasting with breast suggest not pure. In south east corner of res - viewable from Hogg Lane viewing platform, with 4 Pochard, Common Scoter 1f still, 2 Dunlin flew E 12pm, 15 Fieldfare N (Tony Blake)
 * Hilly Fields Park, Enfield: female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker singing (Robert Callf)
 * Hollow Pond: 2 Redpoll (Phil Aylen via Twitter)
 * KGV Res: 15 Shoveler, 30 Gadwall, 5 Wigeon, 50+ Teal, 3 Scaup, 23 Goldeneye, Smew, 4 Goosander, 4 Little Egret, Oystercatcher, 23 Lapwing, Grey Plover, 2 Ruff, 22 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 3 Skylark, Chiffchaff, Mistle Thrush, 3 Grey Wagtail, 12 Meadow Pipit, 40 Linnet, Reed Bunting (Neville Smith via Twitter)
 * Ladywell Fields: 28 Black-headed Gull on football pitches, Green Woodpecker, Kingfisher, 3 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing, Mistle Thrush, 3 Song Thrush singing, c50 Goldfinch with Chaffinch m in one flock, Grey Wagtail 16.15-17.30 (Keith Chambers); 2 Snipe by R Ravensbourne am (Chris White via Twitter)
 * Lamorbey Park: Song Thrush, Nuthatch, Goldcrest (Mike Amos); Egyptian Goose, 16 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 20+ Fieldfare, 10+ Redwing, 6+ Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Jay, 2 Jackdaw (Ian Stewart)
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Bittern, 28 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, 7 Pintail, 4 Shelduck, Kingfisher, 3 Water Rail,  3 Jack Snipe, Dunlin, Goldeneye (WWT website); 1 Curlew low over Dulverton Hide at 1530 (Keith Bates)
 * Lonsdale Road Reservoir (St Paul's Playing Fields): c85 Fieldfare, 65 Redwing (David Jeffreys)
 * Millfields E5: Peregrine on the sub-station pylon at 17:30 (Alastair Dent)
 * Morden Hall Park: Lapwing, Kingfisher (MHP NG twitter)
 * Mudchute Farm: 34 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers 1 drumming, Goldcrest singing (Sean Huggins)
 * Osterley Park: 7 Common Gull, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Fieldfare, 3 Grey Heron, 20+ Jackdaw, Little Owl, 2 Mistle Thrush, Pied Wagtail, 70+ Redwing, 58+ Ring-necked Parakeet, 9 Shoveler, 5 Stock Dove (Richard Woolley).
 * Purfleet: 1 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, ad m Marsh Harrier, 27 Avocet, 1 Oystercatcher, 3 Grey Plover, 128 Lapwing, 7 Curlew, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 51 Black-tailed Godwit, 671 Dunlin, ad Mediterranean Gull, 52 Fieldfare (Fraser Simpson)
 * Putney Heath: 1 Woodcock Ladies Mile, 3 Greylag Geese, 20 Fieldfare and 30 Redwing (Adrian Podmore); possibly the same Woodcock E along Jubilee Ride/Capital Ring c10am (Les Evans-Hill)
 * Ravenor Park: Sparrowhawk, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker calling, 40+ Redwing uttering sub-song from tall poplars, singing Goldcrest (Neil Anderson)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn & Pagoda Avenues, 1 Lesser Redpoll fem early am. No parking charges on Sundays. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Ruislip Woods NNR and Ruislip Lido: Park Wood - 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker lots of drumming heard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Stock Doves, 6 Redwing, 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Long-tailed Tit (Nigel Barratt); 30+ Hawfinch located on map marked with stars 9:05-10:10 (Richard Francis); Dunlin still at lido (Kabir Kaul via Twitter)
 * Sevenoaks WR: Shelduck, 20 Shoveler, 3 Pintail 2m f, 31 Pochard, 9 Little Grebe, 22 Great Crested Grebe, Black-necked Grebe still, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, Water Rail, Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Snipe, 2 Coal Tit, Nuthatch, 20 Starling, 100 Fieldfare, 90 Redwing, 21 Goldfinch, 90 Siskin (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
 * Sidcup: Lamorbey DA15 - c20 Fieldfare, Sparrowhawk W, adult Lesser Black-backed Gull E with c10 Herring Gulls (Mike Amos)
 * Springwell Lake: Great Egret still early-am but elusive (Paul Lewis via Twitter); 6 Goldeneye (Lee Evans via Twitter)
 * Staines Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe s/p, 3 Dunlin, AMERICAN HORNED LARK still mid-causeway south bank (Max Hellicar via Twitter); also Scaup, 2 Oystercatcher (per Dom Pia via Twitter)
 * Stocker's Lake: 2 rh Smew 1500 (Lee Evans via Twitter)
 * Thames Lambeth-Chelsea Bridges: 12 Gadwall, Dunlin E, 2 Caspian Gull 2cy 4cy, 2 Yellow-legged Gull ad 2cy, 30 Goldfinch (N P Senior)
 * Thames Barrier Park: 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Curlew upriver 12:22, 4 Lapwing upriver, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Rock Pipit (Dante Shepherd)
 * Tottenham Marshes: 2 Teal on River Lea, several Goldcrest.14:00 (Dave Nichols)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Woodcock flushed from 'owl'_field, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 9 Teal, c55 Fieldfare, c35 Redwing, 5 Siskin (John Colmans); 4 Hawfinch, Bullfinch, Meadow Pipit, Common Buzzard, House Sparrow, 80 Common Gull, 2 Rook (Simon Worsfold); Belmont Farm - 2 Greylag & 3 'farmyards', 45 Canada Geese, 7 Mandarin Duck, Sparrowhawk, 19 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, Tawny Owl, Monk Parakeet of unknown origin came in with a flock of Ring-necked Parakeets to roost 16:22, Nuthatch, f/1stw Black Redstart on farm buildings at opening then flew to lambing shed, 27 Fieldfare, 134 Redwing, 9 Starling, 2 Grey Wagtail, Hawfinch perched briefly by show pens then flew E towards Darlands 12:15 (Samuel Levy)
 * Teddington: Blackcap in tree (Mike Foster)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: main gp - 3 Red Kite, Water Rail, Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Caspian Gull 2w still, 3 Lesser Redpoll; fishing lake - Little Egret, Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper; tytt'r fm - 8 Tree Sparrow; willows fm - 2 Little Owl, 60+ Linnet (TyttGP twitter)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: c80 Fieldfare and c60 Redwing on the paddocks, 1 Stonechat f on Leyton Marsh 10:00-11:00 (Alastair Dent)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: LITTLE BUNTING showing well by seed tray at 13:00 with Reed Buntings for 5 minutes, male Scaup and 4+ Goldeneye, 3 Shelduck over (Allan Stewart); c30 Linnets and one Redwing, 2 Goldcrest 15:00 (Dave Nichols); Redshank, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper and 7 Lapwing around Lockwood (David Bradshaw, Lol Bodini); also 6 Goldeneye (Mark Bravery via Twitter)
 * Wanstead Flats: 6 Skylark, 77 Fieldfare, 20 Meadow Pipit, Linnet, Stonechat (James Heal via Twitter)
 * Wanstead Park: 2 Water Rail, Woodcock, Common Snipe, 25 Fieldfare, 60 Redwing, Siskin (Wanstead Birders); also Sparrowhawk, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Coal Tit, 45 Fieldfare, 5 Chaffinch (James Heal via Twitter)
 * Whitewebbs Farm: Hawfinch perched up in tree (Robert Callf)
 * Whitewebbs Park: 28 Mandarin Duck 17m 11f ornamental pond, 2 Common Buzzard pr displaying overhead, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper incl two singing males (Robert Callf)
 * Wimbledon Common: 1 Skylark, 1 Reed Bunting female, 2 Meadow Pipits on the Plain (Adrian Podmore); presumed same Skylark as Adrian plus 1f Sparrowhawk, 1f Kestrel, 2 Snipe [AEH] on the Plain (Les and Angela Evans-Hill)
 * Worcester Park: Garden KT4- 1f Blackcap in hedge, first female since the autumn (Isaiah Rowe)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: m Stonechat still (Paul Thomas via Twitter)

Saturday 3rd March 2018

 * Alexandra Park: Dunlin 0950 [Bob Watts] for a few minutes working its way along east bank of Wood Green Res at water's edge flying between rocks and bank [2nd record this century], also 60 Fieldfare, 15+ Redwing, 56 Tufted Duck, 11 Pochard, 1-2 Treecreeper (APOG Birders)
 * Belvedere Nuxley Road: 40 Redwing (Sarah Barry)
 * Bow Creek: 30 Redshank and 2 Common Sandpiper in the roost, c30 Teal, Peregrine, Kestrel (Frank Nugent)
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 drake Shelduck, drake Pintail Main Hide, 4 Dunlin, 7 Common Snipe, 2 Egyptian Goose, 20+ Fieldfare, 40+ Redwing, 3 Water Rail seen, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting, lots of Woodcock tracks in the snow again, Nuthatch, Woodcock flushed on south bank 14:55 (Brent Birders)
 * Brookmill Park: 2 Teal, Kingfisher, Fieldfare, 5 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bushy Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker calling in Woodland Gardens adjacent to Dukes Head Passage (Gordon Shaw); 100 Redwing near SHAEF memorial (Mike Foster)
 * Bushy Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 25+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Redwing (Ian R Watson)
 * Chinbrook Meadows: Common Snipe, 8 Redwing (David Slater)
 * Colliers Wood: 1 Snipe riverside towards Plough Lane, 1 Fieldfare (Keith Bates) WMNP site recorded separately below [KB]
 * Cowley, Uxbridge: 1 male Blackcap in garden eating fatballs.(Roger Dewey)
 * Crossness: 3 Avocet, 2 Grey Plover, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 500 Dunlin, drake Pintail, 12 Wigeon, 54 Shoveler, 69 Fieldfare, Skylark, male Black Redstart (Dante Shepherd, Richard Bonser)
 * Dulwich SG: 60+ Fieldfare (Harry Rutherford via Twitter) TQ328735
 * Ealing: garden W13 - Song Thrush in garden [very rare as a garden bird] briefly before being chased off by Blackbirds, 7 Woodpigeon [garden record], 3 Redwing in front garden yesterday (Bill Haines)
 * East India Dock: 9 Redshank on the island which later relocated to Bow Creek, 15 Shelduck, Little Egret, 13 Teal, Cetti's Warbler. 2 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing and 3 House Sparrow in the copse (Frank Nugent)
 * Fairlop Waters: 1 Great Northern Diver, Caspian Gull 2w, 1 Woodcock, 3 Pintail, 1 m Sparrowhawk, 20 Pochard, 32 Teal, 3 Shelduck, 15 Tufted Duck, 23 Shoveler (Steve Bacon)
 * Figges Marsh: adult Mediterranean Gull, 85+ Common Gull, adult Herring Gull, 9 Fieldfare (James Hudson) [new site for LNHS gazetteer TQ280699]
 * Finchley: garden N3 - m Blackcap, Starling, Mistle Thrush, 10 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, Song Thrush (Samuel Levy)
 * Footscray Meadows: 2 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 2 Mute Swan, 2-3 Egyptian Goose, 4+ Tuftied Duck, Water Rail, 2+ Lapwing over, 2 Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, 2+ Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 6 Redwing, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Jay, 4+ Jackdaw, Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch; no sign of the Jack Snipe or other cold weather movements in thorough search 10:00AM -14:00PM (Mike Amos)
 * Forty Hall CP, Enfield: Little Egret along Turkey Brook (Robert Callf)
 * Fulham Reach: 2 Dunlin 9.30am by Hammersmith Bridge (Nathalie Mahieu, John Boorman)
 * Garden Wood: Hawfinch, Redpoll (TyttGP twitter)
 * Guy Lodge Farm: 2 Mediterranean Gull 2nd-winter 14:48-15:15 hrs & 1st-winter 16:06-16:15 hrs in pig field viewed from Whitewebbs Lane, 100-200 Common Gull including many immatures, adult Black-headed Gull wearing yellow darvic ring (Robert Callf)
 * Hackney Marshes: c20 Redwing and c20 Fieldfare over at 11:00 (Alastair Dent)
 * Higham's Park Lake: Firecrest, 4 Goldcrest, Coal Tit, 20 Shoveler, pr Gadwall, c20 Fieldfare, c50 Redwing (Joe Dickens)
 * Hogsmill Open Space: 1+ Common Snipe, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1-2 Little Egret and 10+ Fieldfare with Redwings (Isaiah Rowe)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 2 Grey Partridge, 2 Dunlin reservoir ice, Jack Snipe, Woodcock (Shaun Harvey/Paul Hawkins et al via Twitter)
 * Isle of Dogs: Thames Ferry St to Millennium Dr - Shelduck, Teal, 7 Great Crested Grebes, 135 Fieldfare N, Meadow Pipit, 3 Redwings; Goldcrest singing East Ferry Road (Sean Huggins)
 * Islington N1: 40+ Redwing, Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldfinch, 5 Long-tailed Tit in St Paul's Park (Allan Stewart)
 * Kentish Town: 4 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 3 Siskin, 1 Blackcap feeding at Sanderson Close; nixed flock of Fieldfare and Redwing c20 birds feeding on small tree opposite Fire Station on Highgate Road (Frank Nugent).
 * Lamorbey Park: Egyptian Goose, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 12+ Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing, 5 Jackdaw, Siskin (Ian Stewart)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Bittern, Goldeneye, Dunlin, 9 Pintail (Shailesh Patel); 2 Bittern - N shore of lake, 2 Dunlin, 520+ Herring Gull - far more than usual and no sign of the large dark-bodied pale-headed Herring type seen yesterday (J.Wilczur, S.Woolfenden, P.Pentek); 4 Dunlin on sheltered lagoon feeding at the edge of the ice [one with some dark belly markings from yesterday not present], 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull, 20 Fieldfare on E bund, 4+ Redwing, one colour-ringed Herring Gull, 4+ Water Rail seen by others (Martin Honey, Angus Innes, Wendy Newnham etc.) HGull recovery map
 * Mad Bess Woods: 8 Hawfinch in vicinity of Scout field 09:45 (Richard Francis)
 * Margravine Cemetery: 2 Fieldfare, 2 Mistle Thrush, 35+ Redwing (Nathalie Mahieu, John Boorman)
 * Mudchute Farm: 7 Fieldfares, 25 Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Sean Huggins)
 * Northolt & Greenford CP: 6 Egyptian Geese, 6 Fieldfare low W, 10 Redwing, Goldcrest, 3 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson)
 * Pimlico Gardens: Great Crested Grebe downriver, 140 Cormorant, 2 Yellow-legged Gull 2cy, 8 Fieldfare W (N P Senior)
 * Pinner: 4 Song Thrush, 1 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing and 12+ Blackbird on lawn, 1 very aggressive female Blackcap guarding feeders (Richard Francis)
 * Purfleet: 8 Pintail, 19 Avocet, 10 Oystercatcher, 4 Grey Plover, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, 49 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Knot, 647 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Peregrine, 1 Rock Pipit (Fraser Simpson)
 * Putney Heath: 3 Common Gull Kingsmere (Les Evans-Hill)
 * Rainham Marshes: 40+ Pintail, 400+ Wigeon, 4+ Marsh Harrier, 7 Oystercatcher, 6+ Avocet, Ringed Plover, 9-10 Grey Plover, Sanderling on frozen Target Pool, 450+ Dunlin, Ruff, 120+ Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Curlew, Barn Owl, 2 male Bearded Tit, Cetti's Warbler, 30+ Fieldfare, 4 Stonechat, 300+ Starling, 1-2 Water Pipit, 8+ Rock Pipit (Simon Papps and Simon Satchell); foreshore - 2 Grey Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit, Knot, 2 Ruff, 8 Jack Snipe, 4 Little Gull, 2 Water Pipit (Howard Vaughan via Twitter)
 * Ravenor Park: Stock Dove [my first ever in park living 20 years here though K Bull thought she saw one a couple of weeks back], 5 Redwing (Neil Anderson)
 * Richmond Park: 17 Teal (RPBG)
 * Ruislip Woods NNR and Ruislip Lido: 9+ Hawfinch 3+ Fore St area 10:10 & 3+ down from Wiltshire Ln 10:00 & 3+ in woods up from Poors Field close to Waters Meet cafe 09:25 (Richard Francis); 6 Hawfinch at Wiltshire Ln area 12:40-13:00 (John & Janet Cadera); 3 Dunlin at lido (Alex Liddle via Twitter)
 * Russia Dock Woodland: Woodcock flushed in from undergrowth near entrance to Stave Hill 8.45am (Richard Bonser)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: incl Dunlin fr gadwall_hide (RSPB twitter)
 * St Paul's Cray (The Brook): 2 Kingfisher, 1 Little Egret, 1 Goldcrest, Fieldfare and Redwing (Jack Headley via Twitter)
 * Sevenoaks WR: Shelduck, 3 Pintail 2m f, Black-necked Grebe still, Sparrowhawk, Dunlin, 20 Fieldfare, 25 Redwing, 3 Redpoll, 100 Siskin (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: incl relief channel - 40+ Gadwall, 40+ Teal, 4 Goosander, Little Egret, 3 Water Rail, 27+ Lapwing, Ruff, 5 Dunlin, 6 Snipe, Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, Siskin (Neville Smith via Twitter)
 * Sidcup (Wyncham Stream & River Shuttle): 2 Little Egret, Green Sandpiper still near Annandale Rd but not usually visible from road, 3+ Snipe, Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2+ Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing, Coal Tit; also in vicinity 20+ Redwing and 20+ Fieldfare on uncovered grass at King Georges Park, 3 Fieldfare and a Mistle Thrush in my garden (Ian Stewart);
 * Staines Moor: 9 Dunlin still (per Lee Dingain via Twitter)
 * Staines Reservoir: AMERICAN HORNED LARK still W end of causeway, 1 Red Kite over, 3 Dunlin, also 1 Fieldfare on causeway (Billy Dykes); m Scaup n basin, ad Mediterranean Gull (Dom Pia via Twitter)
 * Stave Hill: 8 Fieldfare, 30+ Redwing (Richard Bonser)
 * Streatham Common: 15 Redwing, 5 Fieldfare (OSL) [full name pls?]
 * Ten Acre Wood area: Peregrine, Snipe, 50+ Meadow Pipit, 16 Fieldfare, Red Kite, 3 Skylark (Deiniol Owen)
 * Thamesmead: Caspian Gull 2nd-winter or German muck coming to bread on ice at Thamesmere late morning, also Croatian-ringed Black-headed Gull (Richard Bonser, Dante Shepherd)
 * Tooting Commons: Firecrest c50yd in from Tooting Bec Rd east of railway track w/ a few Goldcrest, 20 Redwing on common (Ian McDonald via Twitter)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: main gp - Caspian Gull 2w; fishing lake - Little Grebe, Dunlin, 6+ Snipe; tytt'r fm - 7 Tree Sparrow; willow fm - c1000 Woodpigeon, Little Owl (TyttGP twitter)
 * Upminster: c15 Fieldfares in our garden holly bush
 * Wandle Meadow Nature Park: 1 Snipe broken up ice minor pond, 3 Redwing, 2 Coot very unusual here (Keith Bates); also 2 Lapwing still, Fieldfare, 12+ Redwing (Mark Bravery via Twitter)
 * Wanstead Flats: Woodcock & Stonechat cat & dog pond (Tony Brown & Rob Sheldon via Twitter/blog)
 * Wanstead Park: Hawfinch temple/chalet wd (Tony Brown via Twitter/blog)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Red-crested Pochard, 3 Snipe, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Teal, 2 Shelduck, 18 Fieldfare (Chris Farthing)
 * Worcester Park: 10 Fieldfare, 1 Lapwing on horse fields (Bob Smith)

Friday 2nd March 2018

 * Alexandra Park: 52 Tufted Duck, 11 Pochard, 15+ Redwing, Fieldfare, no sign Shoveler (Bob Watts)
 * Amwell NR: Gt Hardmead L - 13 Pintail 7m 6f, 2 Smew, Dunlin (per Herts BN)
 * Battersea Park Lake: Lapwing on ice near Hepworth Sculpture at midday, 27 Shoveler, 9 Mallard, 7 Tufted Duck, no Gadwall 1st time ever but 80 per cent ice, 3 Great Crested Grebes, 8 Common, 10 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 150 Black-headed Gulls, f Sparrowhawk, 30 Grey Heron 15 nests down 50 per cent in 10 years 1 dead hanging near a nest perhaps caught by fishing line (Michael Mac)
 * Beddington Farmlands: 1 Ruff, 3 Golden Plover, 100+ Lapwing, 3 Jack Snipe, 7 Shelduck, 2 Dartford Warbler, 1 Peregrine (BFBG, Peter Alfrey)
 * Brent Reservoir: Drake Pintail by rafts, 1 Lapwing E, 25 Fieldfare, 8 Redwing, 3 Water Rail seen together, 2 ad Great Black-backed Gull, Cetti’s Warbler, Norwegian-ringed Black-headed Gull, lots of Woodcock tracks in the snow around the reserve (Magnus Andersson, Andrew Verrall)
 * Brockwell Park: 1 Fieldfare, 9 House Sparrow, 15 Starling. Pond (50% frozen over): 159 Black-headed Gull, 5 Common Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Tony Stones).
 * Brookmill Park: 3 Teal, 15 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
 * Collier Row: 1 Redwing in garden at 8:45 (G J Francis)
 * Cornmill Meadows: Grey Plover NNE at 10:50 (Martin Shepherd)
 * Cowley: gdn in Church Rd - Woodcock photographed on trail camera 13.37 (Alex Randall)
 * Crossness: 200 Teal, 40 Shoveler, 20 Gadwall, 3 Wigeon, 5 Lapwing, 2 Knot, 200 Dunlin, 5 Redshank, 4 Common Snipe, 1 Black-tailed Godwit (Conrad Ellam)
 * Finchley: garden N3 - m Blackcap, 3 Stock Dove 15-20 Greenfinch, 20-25 Chaffinch, Redwing (Samuel Levy)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: Jack Snipe between Five Arches Bridge and Public Footbridge near playground, also 4 Little Grebe, 3 Little Egret, 4-5 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 8+ Common Snipe, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4+ Common Gull, 2 Mute Swan and Green Woodpecker (Jack Headley via Twitter); Woodcock flew from Riverside Road pumping station area, 5 Snipe, Jack Snipe showed very well staying perfectly still in Cray just W of playground c13.30, 3 Egyptian Geese, 2-3 Gadwall, 2-4 Shoveler including a pair initially on Cray E of Five Arches, 6+ Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 2 Water Rail, Kingfisher, Skylark, Grey Wagtail, Cetti’s Warbler showed well at lake prob 2nd bird seen by Jack, Goldcrest, Jay (Ian Stewart)
 * Gallions Reach: Buzzard, 16 Lapwing, Ringed Plover, Curlew, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, Jack Snipe, 14 Snipe, Dunlin, 33 Redshank, 4 Chiffchaff, Stonechat, Rock Pipit, 2 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper (Dave Morrison via Twitter)
 * Garden Wood: 5+ Hawfinch still (per TyttGP twitter)
 * Greenford: 2 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush and 3 Blackbirds in back garden, also Coal Tit on feeders (David Pierrepont)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: 2 Little Grebe, Water Rail, 2 Common Snipe, Grey Wagtail, 40 Goldfinch; 2 Teal & 3 Lapwing on Thames foreshore (John Bushell); 5 Common Snipe, Jack Snipe (Pat Lipsombe)
 * Greenwich Peninsular: 1 adult Little Gull upriver 15:05, 2 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 5 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Shelduck, 1 Shoveler, 5 Wigeon, 12 Gadwall, 1 Rock Pipit (Dante Shepherd, Samuel Levy) LG pic here
 * Gunpowder Park: Golden Plover on ploughed area at 12:05 (Martin Shepherd)
 * Hogsmill Open Space: 1 Water Rail, 3+ Common Snipe, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Wagtail and only 3+ Redwings (Isaiah Rowe)
 * King George V Reservoir: 1 Lapwing south along flood relief channel 16.20, Goosander pair on channel, Kestrel, Redwing, Fieldfare through and over all day in small bands including 25 birds south at 16.45 (Christopher Wright)
 * Ladywell Fields: Common Snipe feeding in river near hospital, Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, Song Thrush, Black Redstart on rocks by bridge across to hospital, 41 Goldfinch in a flock of 35 and another of 6 15.00-17.00 (Keith Chambers)
 * Lamorbey Park: drake Gadwall, 5+ Teal, Fieldfare (Mike Amos); 8 Teal lower lake with the Gadwall, Pied Wagtail, Redwing, Fieldfare, Nuthatch (Ian Stewart)
 * Leyton, Jubilee Park: 3 Common Snipe, 10+ Teal, Grey Wagtail, Goldcrest, Kestrel, 25+ Redwing, 5 Fieldfare, Song Thrush, Lapwing over south (JW Davies)
 * London Wetland Centre: Mediterranean Gull ad - full hood, Yellow-legged Gull 2cy, 3 Dunlin still (J.Wilczur); at one stage one of the Dunlin was on the grass less than 2 feet in front of Dulverton hide window, plus 3 Pintail 2m f [main lake and reservoir lagoon] and a Robin in Peacock hide sheltering from the weather (Martin Honey & P. Knox)
 * Lower Morden: 2 Little Egrets on Pyl Brook (Bob Smith)
 * Mayflower Park Wetlands: 2 Reed Buntings and 1 Little Egret over, presumably same individual on brook (Isaiah Rowe)
 * Mill Hill: 2 Fieldfare in garden NW7 (S Blake)
 * Millwall Docks: Pochard, 55 Tufted Ducks (Sean Huggins)
 * Pinner (The Croft Park) 15+ Goldfinch 2 Long tailed Tit 2 Coal Tit
 * Redbridge: 2 Fieldfare in Avondale Cresc IG4 at 1700 a first for me in this location (Malcolm Hibberd)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn & Pagoda Avenues. Parking charges apply Mon-Sat. Park only in visitors bays. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Richmond Park; Lapwing in a car park (P.Redmond)
 * St Paul's Cray: 3 Lapwing over Normanhurst Road and Common Snipe down the Brook (Jack Headley Via Twitter)
 * Sevenoaks WR: Shelduck, 3 Pintail, Black-necked Grebe still, Dunlin, 2 Great Black-backed Gull (Matthew Bournat via Twitter)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: incl relief channel - f Sparrowhawk, 3 Shoveler, 50+ Gadwall, 7 Wigeon, 50+ Teal, 2 Goosander, 14 Lapwing, 12 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 100+ Fieldfare, f Stonechat, 3 Meadow Pipit (Neville Smith via Twitter)
 * Sidcup (Wyncham Stream & River Shuttle): 2 Little Egret, Green Sandpiper in Wyncham near Annandale Road, 3+ Snipe, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Meadow Pipit very close on river bank in Hollyoak Wood Park, Grey Wagtail, 10+ Redwing, 4 Fieldfare, Goldcrest, Siskin (Ian Stewart)
 * Snaresbrook: Caspian Gull 3w (Charlie Clark)
 * Southgate: Dalrymple Close N14 - male Blackcap, 5 Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing (Robert Callf)
 * Springwell Lake: pr Mandarin, Great Egret, 2 Water Rail, 2 Snipe all in stream; 4 Goldeneye on lake (Paul Lewis via Twitter)
 * Staines Moor: 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Dunlin, 1 Jack Snipe, 3 Snipe, 1 Redshank, 22+ Lapwing, 3 Water Pipit, 1 Water Rail, 1 Wigeon, 4 Little Grebe all the above along the Colne; also 1 Woodcock, 1 Peregrine, 20+ Skylark, 4 Stonechat, 9 Gadwall, 2-3 Kestrel (Lee Dingain)
 * Staines Reservoir: 3 Dunlin n basin causeway bank, 2 Skylark causeway, AMERICAN NORNED LARK still w end (Dom Pia via Twitter)
 * Stanwell Moor: Snipe (Dom Pia via Twitter)
 * Tooting Common: 35+ Redwing, 7 Shoveler 4m 3f (James Hudson)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: Rock Pipit on causeway nr pylon briefly am (Andrew Steele via Twitter); fishing lake - 3+ Snipe, ad Mediterranean Gull; main gp - Snipe, Caspian Gull (per TyttGP twitter)
 * Upminster: 2 Fieldfares have returned
 * Walthamstow: King Edward Rd gdn E17 - 2 Fieldfare [a first in my back garden], 2 Mistle Thrush (Caroline Nash)
 * Walthamstow Forest: 2 Nuthatch, 4 Redwing, 1 Goldcrest (Hannah Whitelegg)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 2 Pintail E [a first for me here], f Stonechat on Leyton Marsh, 2 Egyptian Geese on rear paddocks, 3 Redwing in trees by front paddocks 09:30-10:30 otherwise almost completely birdless at this end of the marshes (Alastair Dent)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: LITTLE BUNTING still in favoured bush but very elusive, 8 Reed Bunting, 47 Shoveler in feeding whirlpool, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Water Rail heard, 1m Pheasant, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Grey Wagtail, 6 Redwing (Daniel Whitelegg) Site will be closed for the weekend
 * Wandle Meadow Nature Park: 2 Snipe flushed from fringe of snowed up grassy area adjacent to the Sewage Pumping Station, 2 Redwing only, 2 Coot very unusual here (Keith Bates)
 * Wanstead: Nightingale_Ln - Goldcrest, male Blackcap, goldfinches, blue tit, blackbird, starling, dunnock all in garden at diff times, redwings over and feeding in nearby garden; p.m in garden - Fieldfare, robin, wren, great tit, collared dove (G. Gram)
 * Wanstead Flats: Lapwing, 4 Meadow Pipit, 4 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, Kestrel, 2 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: Hawfinch again behind temple in yew plantation, 3 Siskin, 3 Lapwing 2 down and eemingly out of it on the bank of the Roding, 4 Teal, 28 Shoveler, Snipe, 40+ Redwing, 10 Fieldfare, Nuthatch, Coal Tit (Nick Croft/Simon Raper)
 * Wembley, Sainsbury's: m Pied Wagtail - along the fruit and veg aisle (M.Wilczur)
 * West Putney, Huntingfield Road, SW15: Little Gull, 3 W 16.40, 6 W 16.50 (R.Kaye)
 * Woodford Green: 2 Tawny Owls emerged from roost tree, the returning Fieldfare from yesterday at 6.20 am and still present at 10.30am, male Sparrowhawk beneath feeders, 2 Song Thrush and 10 Siskin + 2 Goldfinch also 3 Chaffinch. (Ken Murray)
 * Woodford Green: Fieldfare feasting on apple segment; a first in my garden (Steve Howey).
 * Worcester Park: Little Egret on Beverley Brook(Bob Smith) Garden, KT4: 1 Lapwing over at 11:15 (Isaiah Rowe)

Thursday 1st March 2018

 * Alexandra Park: 3 Shoveler Wood Green then Tunnel Res, 2 Wigeon briefly Wood Green Res, Lapwing (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR: Gt Hardmead L - m Pintail fr viewpt, 2 Dunlin on island fr viewpt then flew toward Sheepcote Fm L (Ron Cousins via Herts BC)
 * Banstead: 12 Lapwing near The Mint (Linda Mount via David Campbell)
 * Beddington Farmlands: 1 ad Kittiwake, 1 Avocet, 1 Knot, 1-2 Ruff, 19 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Grey Plover, 3 Dunlin, 2 Woodcock, 30+ Snipe, 3 Jack Snipe, 350+ Lapwing, 13 Golden Plover, 15 Pintail 7&8, 3 Wigeon, 1 Great Crested Grebe over, 1 Stonechat, 150+ Fieldfare, 30+ Redwing, 3 Skylark, 70+ Meadow Pipit, 1 Barn Owl (BFBG) Stunning views of migrants. Pics here
 * LBowyers Water: [70 per cent frozen] 80+ Wigeon, 35+ Shoveler, 70+ Tufted Duck, 90+ Coot, 250+ Black-headed Gull, 35+ Common Gull, 20+ Herring Gull 1 juv trying to swallow a tennis ball!, Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Lapwing 1 on ice & 2 on frozen canal just to E, 3 Dunlin feeding in middle of lake on edge of ice 1 bird seeking shelter on ice under overhanging willow, 30+ Fieldfare mainly south, Bullfinch (Simon Papps)
 * Brent Reservoir: 14 Lapwing W, 29 Fieldfare S, 19 Redwing S (Andrew Verrall); Grey Plover SW 13:25, Woodcock flushed East Marsh 14:30, 2 Dunlin, 19 Lapwing SW, 12 Fieldfare S, Meadow Pipit on raft then S, 7 Water Rail, 39 Redwing, Great Black-backed Gull, 21 Pochard, Cetti’s Warbler (Magnus Andersson)
 * Brixton: Blenheim Gdns Estate - 5 Redwing SW 09.30, 1 Lapwing SW 10.00; Brixton Water Ln - 1 Lapwing and 3 Redwing SW 11.11 (Tony Stones)
 * Brockwell Park: 2 Fieldfare SW; on pond - 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 180 Black-headed Gull, 4 Common Gull (Tony Stones)
 * Brookmill Park: drake Teal, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Kingfisher, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bushy Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, 20+ Redwing (Ian R Watson)
 * Colliers Wood: 25+ Redwing now mainly in adjacent allotment, 1 Fieldfare, 2 Coot very unusual here (Keith Bates); If my posting of 52 Redwing here yesterday in Wandle Meadow Nature Park was deleted for being too minor in this hard weather, then please also delete this posting [Keith Bates] KB - To explain, for purposes of the monthly data-extraction (now imminent) it was moved last night, for greater accuracy (WMNP is in the LNHS Gazetteer). All such records gratefully received - thanks for yours.; Thanks for your diligence and for letting me know so promptly. That reason never occurred to me - too many things to think of in this modern world! In future, unless I hear otherwise from you, I'll keep Colliers Wood as a composite site and if there is anything of particular interest in WMNP, then I will gladly post it separately. [KB]
 * Coppetts Wood: Tawny Owl in flight at 15:00 (James Palmer)
 * Crouch End: 3 Lapwing 2N & 1W 12:40-13:00 (Sam Jones)
 * Dagenham Chase: Hawfinch in trees by west side of River Rom nr Bancroft Chase 1320 (Vincenzo Halley-Frame per ELBF FB/BirdGuides)
 * Danson Lake: 3 Lapwing W, Dunlin jetty (Chris Gibbard via Twitter)
 * Dollis Brook, Holders Hill: 11 Fieldfare & 3 Redwing S 07:29, 5 Mandarin Duck upstream 16:06. Brook frozen in places. (Samuel Levy)
 * Finchley: garden N3 - m Blackcap, 2 Redwing (Samuel Levy)
 * Fishers Green: Fishers Grn Ln & car pk - 10 Egyptian Goose, 57 Greylag Goose, 115 Canada Goose, 5 Lapwing S, Kingfisher, 5 Meadow Pipit, Yellowhammer, 5 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Siskin, 5 Goldfinch (Simon Papps)
 * Friday Lake: [95 per cent frozen] red-head Smew, 10+ Wigeon, 3 Lapwing S, 2 Oystercatcher S, Common Snipe in overflow next to canal lock (Simon Papps)
 * Greenwich: Coal Tit (Ray Crouch)
 * Greenwich Peninsular: 2 adult Kittiwake upriver 15:52-15:58, 1 Golden Plover SW 12:25, 96 Lapwing SW 11:18-14:52, 2 Dunlin, 1 Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Wigeon, 12 Gadwall, 3 Rock Pipit, 40+ Fieldfare (Dante Shepherd, Richard Green) Pics here
 * Hackney Marshes: 10 Redwing thinly spread, 2 Goldcrests, 6 Shoveler on the river 08:00-09:00 (Alastair Dent)
 * Hampstead Heath: single Lapwing landed on the (frozen) Vale of Health pond 1145. First I have ever seen on the Heath (Sash Tusa)
 * Heathrow: 58 Skylark, 4 Goldeneye, Green Sandpiper (Adam Cheeseman)
 * Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens: Dunlin [unusual here], Meadow Pipit (Ralph Hancock) Pictures on my blog
 * Islington: Mildmay - 2 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare (Jon Agar)
 * Islington, Emirates Stadium: Lapwing photographed on the pitch ahead of Arsenal v Man City (see 19.10 entry here)
 * Kentish Town: 8 Lapwing W over Kentish Town West station 0945 (Pete Mantle)
 * King George V Reservoir: Peregrine Falcon over south basin 14.40, Snipe on flood relief channel, Fieldfare prospecting on grass in between showers (Christopher Wright)
 * Ladywell Fields: 2 Common Snipe, Jack Snipe, 6 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush, 21 Goldfinch 18 of these in one flock, Grey Wagtail (Keith Chambers)
 * Leyton, Jubilee Park: Common Snipe, 7 Teal, 30+ Redwing, 8 Fieldfare, Great Spotted Woodpecker (JW Davies)
 * Leyton, Orient Way Recycling Centre: Glaucous Gull (JW Davies); GG still present 15:00 (Alastair Dent)
 * London Wetland Centre: Sparrowhawk f, Redwing and 2 Dunlin (Shailesh Patel); Avocet briefly, 3 Dunlin, Yellow-legged Gull 2cy (S.Woolfenden, J.Wilczur); Goldeneye, 7 Fieldfare, 40 Redwing, 10 Siskin (WWT website)
 * Lower Clapton: Fieldfare on ivy berries in garden at 07:00 (Alastair Dent)
 * Maple Cross: private gdn - m Blackcap, 20+ Fieldfare, Redwing, 6 Brambling, 4 Yellowhammer (Chris Bessant via Herts BC)
 * Mayflower Park: wetlands - 1 lone Lapwing resting on ice by reeds (Isaiah Rowe)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 1 Firecrest m at edge of filter bed near platform over river bank, also 2 Goldcrest, 3 Fieldfare 17:00-17:30 (Alastair Dent)
 * North Sheen Rec: Lapwing [first sighting] 12.40 (Peter Hart)
 * Purfleet: 2 Pintail, 1 Avocet, 2 Grey Plover, 5 Golden Plover, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 66 Dunlin, 14 Snipe, ad Kittiwake, 250 Fieldfare, 14 Redwing (Fraser Simpson)
 * Rayners Lane: Lapwing W (Tim Rymer)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn & Pagoda Avenues. Parking charges apply Mon-Sat. Park only in visitors bays. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Richmond Park: Mediterranean Gull adult briefly - partial hood (J.Wilczur); Dunlin Upper Pen Pond (P.Pentek); 6 Lapwing on the lawn of one of the houses (S.Read)
 * Rotherhithe: Dunlin and Woodcock in Russia Dock Woodland (Steve Cornish, Richard Page-Jones)
 * Ruislip Woods: 5+ Hawfinch again west of Poors Field nr Lido Car Park 09:50 (Richard Francis)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 20 Bar-tailed Godwit [Ldn foy] N am (Alan Harris via Twitter); Dunlin sewage works, Woodcock nr warbler_hide (Alan Harris per RSPB)
 * St Paul's Cray (The Brook): 2 Kingfisher [R Cray] (Jack Headley via Twitter) TQ472692
 * Sidcup (York Avenue): 4 Golden Plover W, 69 Lapwing W & SW, 44 Fieldfare 44 W/SW & 4 in garden, 7+ Redwing, 5 Jackdaw (Ian Stewart)
 * South Norwood CP: 10 Lapwing, Jack Snipe, 2 Snipe (per John Birkett via Twitter)
 * Southgate: Dalrymple Close N14 - Kestrel hovering 07:35, Northern Lapwing over SW at 08:43, 4 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 2 male Blackcap together 07:50 (Robert Callf)
 * Southall: MBC industrial site - 2 Fieldfare feeding around grass (Neil Anderson); and 1 Fieldfare in gardens TQ1280 briefly (Phil Belman)
 * Southwark: Dickens Sq Pk SE1 - 3 Redwing (Richard Bonser)
 * Staines Reservoir: AMERICAN HORNED LARK causeway west end still (BirdGuides)
 * The Ridgeway, Mill Hill: 17 Lapwing 7W 09:00 & 2W 09:26 & 1W 10:00 & 5W 11:32 & 1W 11:52 & 1W 12:11, 24 Redwing 15W 09:14 & 5W 09:42 & 2W 10:16 & 2W 11:33, 2 Great Black-backed Gulls low and E into Totteridge Valley 09:23 first here since 2011, 14 Fieldfare 8W 09:26 & 1W 09:43 & 5S 11:09, Pied Wagtail (Samuel Levy)
 * Tottenham Hale: 2 Goldcrests, 3 Redwing in Paddock, Greenfinches and Redwings in allotment hedge, 3 Redwings feeding along Mill Mead Road (Quentin Given)
 * Trent Park: f Kestrel, male Firecrest feeding low down in holly and laurel SW edge of Rough Lot 16:27 - 16:33 (Robert Callf)
 * Upminster: 2 Fieldfares
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: LITTLE BUNTING showed well by seed tray briefly. (J.Murray); 1 Grey Plover, 1 Knot [Ldn foy], 3 Woodcock, 3 Snipe, 2 Dunlin, 1 Oystercatcher, 7 Lapwing, 1m Scaup, 1m Pintail, 16 Wigeon, 6 Teal, 10 Goldeneye, 21 Shoveler, 15 Egyptian Geese, 50+ Greylag Geese, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Peregrine, 1 Jay, 10+ Redwing, 8 Fieldfare, 50+ Linnet, 6 Reed Bunting (Daniel Whitelegg) ; N.side - c50 Teal, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, drake Wigeon, 40+ Gadwall, 2 drake Goldeneye, 7 Meadow Pipit, 50+ Common Gull, Fieldfare (Lol Bodini) Site closed due to adverse weather.
 * Wandle Meadow Nature Park: 2 Lapwing, Meadow Pipit am (Mark Bravery via Twitter); Jack Snipe, 2 Snipe (per John Birkett via Twitter)
 * Wanstead Flats: 110 Lapwing, Woodcock, Common Snipe, 22 Fieldfare, 8 Redwing, 5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Skylark, Kestrel, Linnet, Shoveler (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: Dunlin (first in park that I can recall) showing extremely well down to a few yards while feeding on the edge of Perch pond, 5 Snipe, 16 Lapwing, pr of Peregrine Falcon, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Water Rail, 5 Teal, 13 Shoveler, 30+ Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing, 2 Meadow Pipit, Little Grebe, Siskin (Wanstead Birders)
 * West Harrow: Lapwing w 15:47 - only my second here in eight years (Alex Massey)
 * West Thurrock Marshes: poss ad Bonaparte's Gull E (BirdGuides)
 * Wimbledon Common: m Sparrowhawk, day-flying Tawny Owl, f Kestrel (Les Evans-Hill via Twitter)
 * Woodford Green: c12 Siskin on niger feeder, 3 Chaffinch, 3 Song Thrush (never had 3 before), 2 Fieldfares feeding on impaled apples since 9am (one still present at 5pm....8 hours so far!!) and one Redwing. (Ken Murray)

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