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Saturday 11th April 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Common tern, Greylag Wood Green Res, Willow Warbler gardens behind Boating Lake, Ferruginous x Pochard hybrid also, Meadow Pipit (Gareth Richards, Bob Watts)
 * Bow Creek: 2 Common Sandpiper: (Tomos Brangwyn & Conrad Ellam)
 * Brookmill Park: 2 Cormorant over, Mute Swan, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kingfisher, Song Thrush, 3 Blackcap 2m 1f, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam et al)
 * Gallions Reach: 5 Arctic Tern (08.25-09.35). 2 Whimbrel, 40 Common Tern, 3 Oystercatcher, Goldcrest. (Gary A James)
 * Greenwich Peninsula: Northern Wheatear 1 male by meantime nursery, Blackcap 2 singing males. Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 4 Tufted Duck (2 pairs) On the Ecology Park. (Richard Green)
 * Hackney Marshes: 1 singing Common Whitethroat and 1 singing Willow Warbler in the same shrub near the red bridge at 0815 (Alastair Dent)
 * Hampstead Heath: male Ring Ouzel on the cricket pitch at 14:45, still showing superbly at 15:20, Willow Warbler in the birches at the Sphagnum Bog, singing where also still 1 Redwing, Little Grebe at Wood Pond, Kenwood, 6 Meadow Pipit NW (Frank Nugent).
 * KGV Reservoir: 1 Common Tern, 3 Little-ringed Plover, 15 Sand Martin, 6 Swallow, 1 Sedge warbler (Neville Smith).
 * Mudchute: 2 Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Olympic Park, Stratford: f Ring Ouzel, 2 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2 Little Ringed Plover by pool in old car park west of Greenway, 1-2 Sand Martin plus unidentified hirundine N, 2 Kestrel (Stuart Fisher)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: Marsh Harrier, Yellow Wagtail over, Wheatear, 15 singing Cetti's Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff & 3 Blackcap (Andrew Self)
 * Totteridge Valley: 3 Swallow, 6 Lapwing, 10 Teal, Little Owl (Ian Ellis).
 * Valentines Park Ilford: Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Willow Warbler all singing. Now 2 Grey Heron nests on the ornamental island, original in the tree and one low by the water- is this a proper heronry now?? (Barbara Miller)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 4 Sand Martin over Leyton Marsh and the canal at 0800 (Alastair Dent)
 * Whitings Hill/Arkley South fields: 3 Swallow (1st seen this year) 1 Wheatear(bare patch rapeseed field) Pair Bullfinch,3 Chiffchaff,1 Blackcap, Pair Buzzards, Male Kestrel, Red Kite (over) 7 meadow Pipits, 3 Skylarks Green Woodpecker, GSW (David Martens)

Friday 10th April 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Willow Warbler singing adjacent to gardens behind Boating Lake, also pair Shoveler Boating Lake (Bob Watts)
 * Beddington SF: Whimbrel, Little Ringed Plover, female Wheatear (BFBG via Twitter)
 * Brent Reservoir: Common Sandpiper, 2 Peregrine (c.10:00-12:00), 2 Common Buzzard (c.11:50-12:20), 2 Willow Warbler (1 singing) (Joe Taylor); 2 Common Buzzard, 1st W 12.10, 2nd SW 12.30, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 2 Lapwing, 9 Blackcap, 9 Chiffchaff (Andrew Verrall).
 * Burgess Park: male Wheatear, Peregrine west at 12:00 (SamuelPeregrine).
 * Dartmouth Park NW5: 1 Lapwing over at 07:45, heading east (Tim Blackburn).
 * Edmonton: Peregrine south down Lee Valley towards Edmonton Incinerator at 1155 (Martin Shepherd)
 * Ewell Village: 5 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest (Neil Batten).
 * Finsbury Park N4: 3 drake Red-crested Pochards, 2 Shovelers, 2 Little Grebes, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 2 singing Blackcaps, 5 Long tailed Tits, 2 Stock Doves (Ian Bradshaw)
 * Grovelands Park: Firecrest singing male nr Seaforth Grdns side entrance 17:15, 2 1st-summer Black-headed Gull (Robert Callf)
 * Hackney, N1: Two Collared Doves in our garden on Northchurch Road, only the second time ever. And even more excitingly yesterday I found what I believe are Woodcock feathers on our lawn, see https://www.flickr.com/photos/ibisbill/17100201455/ Can anyone please confirm these are Woodcock (not e.g. pheasant, seen locally recently, surprisingly enough). I thought Woodcock only come into towns in depths of winter but I may well be wrong.... (Michael Rank). They are indeed Woodcock, likely to be a bird on passage (AS) - I noticed from the photo that the quills are "broken", instead of being plucked, which would imply to me that the culprit was a predacious fox (JR).
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: singing Willow Warbler, Swallow N, 4 Blackcap, 6+ Chiffchaff, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Peregrine S, Sparrowhawk, Grey Wagtail, Treecreeper, singing Nuthatch (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: Immature White Ibis dropped onto grazing marsh just after a mid-day shower, then flew and relanded, then moved to main lake before flying off to the West and may have dropped onto river or Lonsdale Road reservoir (Martin Honey). 2 Kingfisher, 4 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, 7 Common Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 2 singing Blackcap, several singing Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1m Yellow Wagtail, 2 Rook, (R. Kaye, Martin Honey) White Ibis - evening up-date, probably still in the area as seen flying up and down the river after 19.00 in the company of Cormorants (ND-S & GM via MRH)
 * Margravine Cemetery: Stock Dove (site tick), m Green Woodpecker (digging nest hole), Dunnock collecting food (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Pinner Park Farm: first-summer male Wheatear, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 copulating Kestrel, Little Owl, Little Grebe, 2 Snipe, Linnet over, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, singing Blackcap & Chiffchaff, Jay & 44 Jackdaw (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: drake Garganey N end of Purfleet Scrape, 3 Pintail still, female Red-breasted Merganser on Thames in Aveley Bay early am only, imm Spoonbill Target Pools, female Marsh Harrier, 2 Peregrines on pylon near A13, Greenshank, 2 Ring-necked Parakeets (rare this year), Barn Owl, Northern Wheatear, Ring Ouzel flew E over visitor centre and out of reserve, c40 singing Cetti's Warblers, 7 Sedge Warblers, 3 Willow Warblers, Corn Bunting (Dominic Mitchell, Howard Vaughan, Russ Sheriff, Dave Smith and reserve warden). 1 singing Reed Warbler (Andy Meaton)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: Buzzard N 1140, Collared Dove NE 0840, 2 Redwing N, Sedge Warbler h & seen briefly north of Broad Walk toilet block 0735, m Wheatear am & 2 more Wheatear late-pm, 4 Willow Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 15+ m Blackcap, 3 Meadow Pipit, 4 Linnet (RPBirders)
 * Richmond Park: 1 Fieldfare, 1 Wheatear m (Hugh Bradshaw).
 * Surbiton Filter Beds: 4 Swallows (Bill Dykes).
 * Sidcup: Lamorbey Park; 2 Mute Swan (one appears to be on nest), 2 Egyptian Geese, Grey Heron, Green Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Kingfisher, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Grey Wagtail, 4 Wren, 3 Chiffchaff (all singing). (Eric Brown)
 * Sutcliffe Park: 2 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler all singing, 2prs Reed Bunting, Lesser Black-backed Gull adult, 2 Herring Gull juveniles. (P Kite)
 * Tooting Common : Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk with prey, 2 Egyptian Goose (James Hudson)
 * Tottenham: Common Buzzard north over Lordship Lane at 1422 harassed by Carrion Crow (Martin Shepherd)
 * Trent Park: 2 Common Buzzard, 14 Chiffchaff, 2 Tufted Duck, 4 Blackcap, 3 G S Woodpecker, Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch, Skylark, 70 Jackdaw, 7 Peacock Butterfly, 4 Comma, Small White. ( Pete Lowman).
 * Wanstead: Ring Ouzel, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Willow Warbler, Swallow, Sand Martin, Peregrine, 2 Meadow Pipit, 4 Reed Bunting (pair), Skylark, 6 Linnet, 2 Shoveler, 2 Pochard (pair) (Twitter)
 * Wembley: Red Kite going south over housing estate near Fryent CP at 16:05 (Joe Taylor)
 * Woldingham: 2 Little ringed Plover, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Jack Snipe, 3 Red Kite, 2 Mandarin, 9 Lapwing, 16 Buzzard, 2 Little Owl, 30+ Sand Martin, 6 Swallow (J.Barnes)
 * Woodford Green: Goldcrest in photinia (red robin) bush. A garden first. (Steve Howey)
 * Woodford Green: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker heard calling from garden at 16.10.(Ken Murray)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: Between 1245pm & 1310pm Blackcap, Chiffchff, Meadow Pipit, Long Tailed Tit, Kestrel. (Andy Cameron)

Thursday 9th April 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Common Buzzard N at 14:43, Red Kite at 15:25, also 5 Great Crested Grebe, pair Shoveler Wood Green Res (Bob Watts), 2 Meadow Pipits SW perimeter ditch, 4 singing Blackcaps, 6 singing Chiffchaffs (Dominic Mitchell), first Willow Warbler of the year singing between Boating Lake and The Avenue (Alan Gibson).
 * Bow Creek Ecology Park: 1 Common Buzzard north @ 15.25, 2 Chiffchaff including 1 singing, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Jay (John Archer)
 * Brent Reservoir: singing Cetti's Warbler Heron Hide yesterday 8th (Steve Leeke); 2 Shelduck, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Lapwing, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap (Andrew Verrall)
 * Brookmill Park: Singing Blackcap & Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * City of London: Moorgate a soaring Kestrel followed by 3 Com.Buzzard heading North at 12:48, then singles 13.15 at St.Pauls heading South, Fleet St. at 15:50 heading West, plus another heading West at 16:00, then another heading East at 16:10, all were different birds, clearly a not insubstantial movement today (7), (Ken Murray and Charles Fentiman).
 * Clapham Common: 2 Common Buzzard over mid-afternoon. Then another Buzzard followed by Sparrowhawk high. (Mark H)
 * Dagenham Chase LNR: 1 Common Tern, 1 male Common Redstart, 2 male Ring Ouzel, 8 migrant Common Buzzard, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat, 6 Swallow, 1 male Reed Bunting, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Lapwing, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Jackdaw, 1+ Rook, 1 female Bullfinch. ( V.Halley-Frame ).
 * Dalston: possible Goshawk: large bird of prey (buzzard sized, sparrowhawk silhouette, long tail, chunky wings), moving east, 9.45am (Jon Agar)
 * East India Dock Basin: Red Kite NE @ 13.25, 1 Common Buzzard N @ 13.25 briefly sparred with the kite, 1 Peregrine, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff singing, 3 Shelduck, 20 Tufted Duck, 21 Teal, 1 Grey Wagtail (John Archer)
 * Ewell (Hogsmill Open Space): 1 Red Kite low ne, 1 singing Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Wagtail (Neil Batten)
 * Finchley (North Circular): Common Buzzard soaring over c11.30 (Stuart Fisher)
 * Isleworth: pair of Buzzard circling /diving overhead for ten minutes, 3.45pm, displaying ? [Les McCallum]
 * King George V Res: 1 Red Kite, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Tern, 1 Wheatear, 4 Sand Martin, 2 Blackcap singing (Tony Clancy)
 * Hampstead Heath: 5 singing Blackcaps Parliament Hill area. 2 C.Buzzards at 1230 soaring west pursued gently by Herring Gulls. (Green Grandad.)
 * Lee Valley, Bowyers Water: female Northern Wheatear. (Mike Oakland)
 * Lee Valley, Holyfield area: Brent Goose, Sand Martin, 2 Stock Doves, 2 Linnets, Yellowhammer. (Mike Oakland)
 * Lee Valley, Seventy Acres Lake: Brambling, Swallow, Treecreeper. (Mike Oakland)
 * London Wetlands Centre: Little Egret, Wheatear on Grazing Marsh (Martin Twycross) 2 Mandarin, Buzzard, 14 Meadow Pipit N, Swallow SW, 10 singing Cetti's Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 12 Linnet N (R.Kaye)
 * Margravine Cemetery: Common Whitethroat, Sparrowhawk over (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Mayflower Park wetland, Worcester Park: Reed Bunting pr (Simon Osborn)
 * Regent's Park: 2 Willow Warbler, Meadow Pipit (Dave Porritt); m Wheatear briefly 0715, also last wintering Shoveler m (RPBirders)
 * Pinner Park Farm: 2 male Yellow Wagtail [Ldn yr-1st], 2 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Little Owl, Little Grebe, 2 Snipe, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Meadow Pipit over, 2 singing Chiffchaff, 10 Stock Dove 3 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch & 75 Jackdaw. Also a male Holly Blue butterfly (Jon Ridge).
 * Primrose Hill: 2 Buzzard 12.30 heading SW (Dave Porritt); joined by 3rd then 3 Buzzard S together 1235, also House Martin low NE (RPBirders)
 * Richmond Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Red Kite N 11.20, 2 Buzzard, Stonechat female (M.Lewis, S.Read, J. Wilczur) Where was the LSW? Was it male or female? Thanks. In the wood north of Kingston gate. Don't know. You're welcome.
 * Royal Victoria Gardens: male Common Redstart near conifers (no sign of Firecrest), Swallow north past Woolwich Ferry (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
 * St James's Park: drake Ruddy Duck, no sign of recently reported full-winged Smew (Andrew Self); 2 Common Buzzard soaring together over the Park from c14:00, some tumbling then drifted away W (Frank Nugent). In view of DEFRA's policy of eradication of Ruddy Duck in this country is it wise or fair to continually publicly report locations of this species? Jasper Holyome. Depends on your point of view AS.
 * Staines Moor: Ring Ouzel (m) 11.30 from north end flew to bush west of concrete bridge then into NE corner where apparently grounded but not relocated. Peregrine (m) chasing Lapwing and 1 f-type Wheatear on posts (Graeme Charles) Ring Ouzel still in area of concrete bridge at 3.15pm (Jim Sweetland)
 * Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard (notable count here; soaring together 14.40 then E), Cetti’s Warbler, singing Blackcap, 2 Linnet (occasional here), f Reed Bunting (TeRNS)
 * Tyttenhanger GP: Wheatear, 3+ Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank, 2 Common Snipe, Little Egret, Little Grebe. (Steve Blake)
 * Wanstead Flats: f Golden Plover grounded by fog, Green Sandpiper likewise, f Wheatear, 3 Linnet, Reed Bunting, 6 Meadow Pipit, 7 Skylark, Kestrel, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 3 Stock Dove, Little Grebe, 4 Egyptian Goose, 5-6 Sand Martin, Swallow (Nick Croft/Marco Johnson/Bob Vaughan/Barry Bishop), Common Buzzard (Bob Vaughan)
 * Wanstead Park: Great Crested Grebe, 4 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler (Bob Vaughan)
 * Wembley: Red Kite going west over housing estate near Fryent CP at 17:50 (Joe Taylor)
 * West Molesey: Willow Warbler in my garden. (Adam Cheeseman)
 * Wimbledon Common: Red Kite over Ladies' Mile 12.00  (Peter Carlll)
 * Woolwich: Peregrine over Gordon Square 13:00 (Patrick English)

Wednesday 8th April 2015

 * Berwick Pond, Ingrebourne Valley: 2 Cetti's Warblers (seen not just heard!), Chiffchaff, Ring-necked Parakeet, Mistle Thrush, Long-tailed Tit (Alan Hobson).
 * Bow Creek: Common Sandpiper, Reed Bunting (James Palmer)
 * Brentford: no sign of reported Puffin on River Brent this evening (J.Wilczur et al) It was recued by The Swan Sanctuary this afternoon and taken back to their Shepperton head quarters (Wendy Marks via The Swan Sanctuary Facebook page) - see photo on the Birding London Facebook page
 * Dagenham Chase LNR: Female Common Redstart ( S.Drake ), 1 singing Common Whitethroat, 1 singing Willow Warbler, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, Common Buzzard. ( V.Halley-Frame & S.Drake ).
 * East India Dock Basin: Red Kite west at 12.40, 3 Meadow Pipit north, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Shelduck, 22 Tufted Duck, 50 Teal, 1 Chiffchaff (John Archer)
 * Gallions Reach: Raven east @ 10.38, Swallow, Skylark. (Gary A James).
 * Greenwich Park: 2 Brambling, 1 Osprey flying high and northwards. (SamuelPeregrine)
 * Holyfield Goose Field: singing Willow Warbler (Simon Papps)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Brambling on horse chestnut just outside back of court, then flew NE (06.28), 2-3 Sparrowhawk, 5 Chiffchaff, 2-3 Blackcap, Nuthatch, 2 Egyptian Geese on Court roof (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wall EC2: 3 Common Buzzard drifted west at 13.45 (Nick Rutter)
 * London Wetland Centre: Grey Plover - still present 17.30 (J. Kalvins per JW et al) Little Ringed Plover and Jack Snipe on wader scrape, 2 Buzzard over (a dark one east, and a pale one west) (Martin Honey) Stone Curlew - grazing marsh 15.45. Still present 17.30 (J. Kalvins per JW et al) Yellow-legged Gull 2nd-winter, 8 Redshank (J.Wilczur et al)
 * Mayflower Park wetland, Worcester Park: 1 Reed Bunting f, pr Coot with 6 young, several Chiffchaff (Simon Osborn)
 * Olympic Park: Greenway: Little Ringed Plover (James Palmer)
 * Pinner Park Farm: Singing Chiffchaff, House Martin around and then towards river, Mobbed Buzzard (Dan Pinkham). Later; female Wheatear, 3 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Little Owl, 2 Snipe, 5 Linnet, 6 Meadow Pipit north, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Mistle Thrush, 11 Stock Dove, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Nuthatch, singing Blackcap, 2 singing Chiffchaff, 2 Jay & 78 Jackdaw (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham Marshes: Spoonbill, 2 Marsh Harriers, 2 Greenshanks, Barn Owl, 3 Cetti's Warblers (all 3 seen), Kingfisher, 6 Little Egrets, 12 Pintails, 4 Skylarks, Reed Bunting, 30+ Shelducks, Sand Martin, Buzzard, Peregrine, Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, Brent Goose, 6 Grey Herons, 8 Redshanks, 2 Pochards (Alan Hobson).
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: Buzzard ESE 1230, pr Jackdaw S 0710, 5 Swallow, 5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Linnet, Goldfinch N/NW -Hill vismig 11:40-13:05, also pr Gadwall still, 5 Chiffchaff, 10m Blackcap (RPBirders)
 * Richmond Park: Short-eared Owl flew N 10.15 (O. Dewhurst, J. Mccormick per JW) Swallow over Pen Ponds (14:45), Little Owl (paddocks) (James Hudson)
 * St James's Park: 4 Common Buzzard drifted slowly S, all approached from N, 14:30-15:00, joined by a Peregrine, riding the same thermal as they neared Downing St. A coalition! (Frank Nugent).
 * Sutcliffe Park: Reed Bunting pair by boardwalk (Conrad Ellam)
 * Teddington: Male Blackcap in the back garden of Tudor Court, 6.45 (Ian R Watson)
 * Totteridge Valley: 2 Common Buzzard, 4 Lapwing, 6 singing Chiffchaff, 3 singing Blackcap, Moorhen pair on Totteridge Long Pond with five young, also 4 Peacock butterflies and a Small Tortoiseshell (John Colmans)
 * Vicarage Farm, Enfield: 2 Shelduck pr flew E 09:02 (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: Willow Warbler on North Marsh, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Bunting, 2 Stock Dove, Kestrel. Also Stoat next to the footpath alongside the rear paddocks (Adam Winstanley)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Lockwood - fem. Scaup, Swallow N, 2 House Martin N, Grey Wagtail; High Maynard - Green Sandpiper & Common Sandpiper on overflow channel; East Warwick - 2 Snipe, 2 Buzzard over, 1 House Martin, 2 Shoveler; No. 5 - Common Sandpiper, pr. Grey Wagtail (Adam Winstanley). East Warwick - 1 Willow Warbler (Barry Jones)
 * Wanstead Flats: 1-2 Swallow, 3 singing Blackcap, 6 singing Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Bunting, 5 Linnet, 6 Meadow Pipit, 2 Pied Wagtail, 5 Skylark, Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron through, 6 Shoveler, 4 Little Grebe(Wanstead Birders)
 * Waterworks NR: 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Little Grebe (Jon Agar) Sedge Warbler by entrance to reserve, Common Buzzard high over, Peregrine (Jonathan Nasir)
 * Little Wormwood Scrubs: 2 singing Chiffchaff, singing Blackcap, 5 House Sparrow (David Jeffreys)

Tuesday 7th April 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Red Kite flew high E over E side of park and Birdwatch office towards Wood Green at 11.05 am plus 3 Common Buzzards drifting high N/NE at 12.10-12.15 (David Callahan, Ian Lycett, Dominic Mitchell, Josh Jones) and a further Red Kite and 4 more Common Buzzards by 3.00 pm (same observers plus Henry Wyn-Jones), also Pochard x Ferruginous Duck hybrid still (Boating Lake), 4 Northern Shoveler (Wood Green Reservoir), 2 Meadow Pipits (in SW perimeter ditch), 6 singing male Chiffchaffs (N & E sides) and 3 singing male Blackcaps (Dominic Mitchell). Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail on reservoir, 18.15 (Brian Milligan)
 * Beddington SF: 20 Buzzard, 4 Red Kite, 4 Kestrel, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 5 Swallow, 7 Sand Martin, Great Crested Grebe (BFBG via Twitter)
 * Bermondsey: Meadow Pipit 1 over Riley Rd 12.00 (Richard Green)
 * Bow Creek: 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Jay, 26 Teal (John Archer).
 * Brent Reservoir: Osprey flew north 0845 (Steve Leeke); 2 Shelduck, 7 Egyptian Goose, Common Buzzard circled SW 1300, 22 Meadow Pipits north, Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps singing (Andrew Verrall); Little Ringed Plover 4pm (Andrew Self)
 * Brookmill Park: Mandarin, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpeicker, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bury Lake nr Rickmansworth, Cuckoo, 7am (Anna Marett - Herts website)
 * Canonhill Common. 1 Yellow Legged/ Caspian Gull. Inside fenced school playing fields. (James Dee)
 * Canons Farm: 8 Common Buzzard, 2-3 Red Kite, 6 Sparrowhawk, 3 Swallow, 8 Chiffchaff, 200 Linnet, 2 Redpoll, 5 Yellowhammer (Steve Gale, David Campbell)
 * Cornmill Gardens: 2 Kingfisher in either territorial dispute or courtship display (John Archer)
 * Cornmill Meadows and Breach Barns: 7 Teal, 4 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2-3 Red Kite, 10+ Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 5-6 Lapwing, Little Owl, Kingfisher, 4+ Green Woodpecker, 2 singing Skylark, 2 Swallow, 2 Coal Tit, Treecreeper, singing Blackcap, 10+ singing Chiffchaff, Redwing, 4 Grey Wagtail, 50+ Meadow Pipit (flying north in small groups), 2 Yellowhammer, 8+ Linnet, 2 Bullfinch (Simon Papps)
 * East India Dock Basin: 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Great Crested Grebe on Thames - rare here, 2+ Stock Dove, 3 Shelduck, 20 Tufted Duck, 35 Teal (John Archer).
 * Greenwich Peninsula: Swallow 5 going east over Ecology Park 16:30 (Richard Green)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: 4 Common Buzzard through, late morning/early afternoon, 2-3 Sparrowhawk, 3-4 singing Blackcap, 4 singing Chiffchaff, 2 Coal Tit, Treecreeper, singing Nuthatch, 3 Gadwall, Pochard, 2 Green Woodpecker, a trickle of Meadow Pipits through, pr Egyptian Geese with 3 chicks, 2 Great crested Grebe (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: Jack Snipe on grazing marsh, 6 Redshank, a few Common Snipe, 5 Wigeon, Sparrowhawk and Kestrel over, Siberian Chiffchaff reported from near WWF hide (Martin Honey) ad Rook flew E (R.Kaye) 2 Buzzard N late pm (Oscar Dewhurst), Red Crested Pochard (Wildside).
 * Marion Wilson Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker heard drumming and calling, Swallow west (Conrad Ellam)
 * Pinner Park Farm: 2 Little Owl, 2 Kestrel, Little Grebe, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Stock Dove & 40 Jackdaw (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham Marsh RSPB Spoonbill 1 immature Garganey 2 (Ray Tuck)
 * Rammey Marsh, Enfield Lock: Jack Snipe flushed at 0925 during bird survey. Also 7 Linnet (Martin Shepherd)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: House Martin, 5 Meadow Pipit and 4 Linnet N 12:15-13:00, also 4 Chiffchaff, 10m Blackcap (RPBirders)
 * Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge: 2 Little Egrets, Chiffchaff, 2 Jays (Alan Hobson).
 * Royal Victoria Gardens, Silvertown: Firecrest in conifers at eastern end of park (Conrad Ellam)
 * Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver, 6 Black necked Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 35 Goldeneye (S Basin), 7 Ruff, 1 Black tailed Godwit (until 19.33 then all 8 birds flew high east), 2+ Little Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 4 Redshank (N Basin) (Jim and Tony Sweetland)
 * Wanstead Flats: possible Red Kite north at 08:07 (DH) possibly KM's bird at Woodford, 20 Meadow Pipit, 7 Skylark, 2 Linnet, Reed Bunting, Redwing, 3 Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrel, 17 Shoveler, 7 Little Grebe, 2 Swallow, 5 singing Chiffchaff (Dan Hennessy/J Lethbridge/N Croft/B Vaughan/M Johnson)
 * Wanstead Park: 3 Common Buzzard (Dan Hennessy)
 * Woldingham: 2 Raven, 3 Red Kite, 11 buzzard, 1 Swallow, 18 Sand Martin and 6 Lapwing (J.Barnes)
 * Woodford Green: Peregrine, Red Kite, Mipit, Grey Wag, 6 Redwing, Mistle Thrush and Sprawk this am. (Ken Murray) NB....In response to the 8:07 Wanstead Flats Red Kite, the Woodford Green bird was photographed at 8.23 am. heading North along the roads "house-line".

Monday 6th April 2015

 * Alexandra Par: 6 Shoveler on Wood Green Reservoir (Gareth Richards).
 * Allotment Ackroyd Drive E3: Brimstone (Harry Harrison)
 * Balham: Grey Wagtail calling from Sainsbury's sign on Balham High Street (Nick Rutter)
 * Beddington: 4 Black-tailed Godwit over, 1 male Wigeon over, 10 Common Buzzard, 3 Red Kite (together- flew north), 5 Swallow, 190 Meadow Pipit (moving northwest), 1 Barnacle Goose (BFBG)
 * Brent Reservoir: Red Kite over 10.45, Common Buzzard at 12.50, Black-tailed Godwit on mud/rafts, 178 Meadow Pipit north, 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Swallow, 4 Sand Martin & Linnet; also 2 Brimstone, 5 Small Tortoiseshell, Green-veined White & 15 Peacock (Brent Birders)
 * Brookmill Park: Egyptian Goose (patch tick) Mute Swan, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crossness: Hobby, 2 Avocet mid-morning then flew E @ 14.10, 2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Common Buzzard north, 1 Swallow north, 8 Sand Martin north, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 20+ Redshank, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Curlew, 1 Lapwing, 5 Oystercatcher, 7 Wigeon, 1 Jackdaw south (John Archer)
 * Eltham SE9: Red Kite over heading west 15:30, Peregrine over heading North 16:05. (Richard Jones)
 * Gallions Reach: Puffin drifting upriver @11.20 towards Woolwich. Common Redstart male, 2 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff. (Gary A James & Paul Davis). 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Curlew (KJ McManus)
 * Gospel Oak: Singing Willow Warbler in birches just S of Oak Village 0630 ( Pete Mantle)
 * Gunpowder Park: singing Willow warblers, 3 Kestrels, Skylarks (Harry Harrison)
 * Hampstead Heath: 2 Red Kite, first drifted S from 11:30, second also S from 12:50, 4 Common Buzzard (N at noon, W from 13:15 and W at 15:20 when also Peregrine soaring above Cohen's Field and one W at 16:20) 5 Linnet NW, Meadow Pipit through all day, at least 200 NW, 4 Swallow NW, Peacock, Brimstone & Comma (Frank Nugent) Plus Redpoll N (0700)
 * Hampton Court Palace Gardens : Swallow by the river bridge 1.55 (Ian R Watson)
 * Hanwell W7 River Brent/Grand Union Canal: Swallow through N, Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard (Rob Mills)
 * Isleworth: 1 female Siskin preening for 15mins in private garden, a good record for area (Mick Kerr).
 * Little Britain Iver/Cowley:1pr Mandarins, Red Kite over, 2 Chiffchaffs, Dunnock calling, 6 Greylags, Wren, (Sue Giddens)
 * London Wetland Centre: Siberian Chiffchaff singing and calling near Dulverton Hide (A.Salmon, S.Fogg, R.Kaye) Mandarin, Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 74 Meadow Pipit N/NW, Wheatear, 5 Linnet N/NW (R.Kaye) Wheatear on roof of Peacock hide (S. Fogg) 1 Jack Snipe and 2 Little Ringed Plover on wader scrape, 5 Wigeon, 4 Snipe and 1f Pintail on grazing marsh, 4 Sand Martin, also Peregrine, Sparrowhawk and Kestrel over (Martin Honey)
 * Mill Hill NW7: Red Kite, Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet. (Steve Blake)
 * North Cheam: Red Kite high West 16:00, 3 Meadow Pipits North 15:30.
 * Pinner Park Farm: 2 Wheatear (first-summer male & a female), Little Grebe, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Little Owl, 3 Snipe, Fieldfare, 23 Meadow Pipit (grounded), Linnet over east, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, 6 Stock Dove, Jay & 49 Jackdaw (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham Marsh RSPB: 3 Common Tern, 2 Avocet in Aveley Bay 8:30. 2 Garganey, 1 Ruff and a Liitle Ringed Plover on reserve 9:30am (Richard Jones). Peregrine, Greenshank, Linnet, Cetti's Warbler and Pintail (Shailesh Patel, Bob Husband and RSPB NW London Local Group Members)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: 13 Stock Dove, 3 House Martin, Yellow Wagtail, 24 Meadow Pipit and 16 Linnet N/NW 12:25-14:05, also pr Jackdaw Winter Gdns northwest end, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap (RPBirders)
 * Richmond Park 2 Wheatear (m & f) riding ring, the Bog, 1 m Linnet (Hugh Bradshaw) p.m. skywatch: 4 Peregrine - including 2 adults NE & imm female N, 2 Red Kite, 9+ Buzzard - passage between N & E, 60 Meadow Pipit N in an hour & 14 grounded, 4 Swallow N, 3 Linnet N (J.Wilczur) Wheatear male by Pen Ponds early a.m. (S.Read per JW)
 * Ruislip Lido/woods: 8 Great-crested Grebe, pr Shoveler, 6 Buzzard (2 Poors Field, 1 in LNR, pr Copse Wood, pr Park Wood, one over Mad Bess Wood), Red Kite over LNR, 3 Sparrowhawk (pr displaying), Kestrel, 3 pr Stock Dove, 3 Swallow N, 7 Singing Chiffchaff, singing Blackcap, 8 m Brimstone, 8 Peacock, 4 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Comma, Small White (Neil Anderson/K. Bull)
 * Shadwell Basin: two kingfishers seen hunting over the water. Not known if nesting but possible locations on banks and dock wall.
 * Staines Moor: 2 Red Kite, 4+ Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 2 Lapwing, 1 Redshank, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Water Pipit, 18 Meadow Pipit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 House Martin and 5 Peacock Butterfly (Samuel Perfect)
 * Staines Reservoir: 5 Avocet, Little Gull still at 13.00 plus 4 Black-necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver and Red Kite (Jim Sweetland) also 3 Redshank, 2 Lapwing, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Swallow, 1 Brimstone, 4+ Small Tortoiseshell and 1 Peacock Butterfly (1 Dunlin reported early morning too) (Samuel Perfect)
 * Stoneleigh KT17: 3 Common Buzzard nw, 5 Meadow Pipit n, 1 singing Blackcap (The Glade), 7 Herring Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker (Neil Batten).
 * Sutcliffe Park: Common Snipe, 2prs Reed Bunting, Stock Dove, 3prs Long-tailed Tit, Grey Heron, Little Grebe, 2 Peacock Butterfly (P Kite)
 * Tooting Common: Blackcap, several Chiffchaffs, pair Sparrowhawk, female with missing primary over Cafe Field and Tooting Graveney Woods, Green Woodpecker, Great-spotted Woodpeckers, also Peacock, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Comma and Brimstone (Alan Wilkinson)
 * Totteridge Valley (Folly Farm area): 2 male Wheatear, Swallow (first local breeder returned), Rook, Red-legged Partridge, 2 Little Owl, 5 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk (Ian Ellis)
 * Trent Park: 11 singing Chiffchaff, 3 Common Buzzard, Swallow, 3 Mandarin, 15 Linnet, 3 Nuthatch, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell. ( Pete Lowman).
 * Walthamstow Marshes: Common Buzzard, Peregrine, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel. boardwalk- Cetti's Warbler in bush next to railway line. Sand Martin on River Lea/Leyton Marsh nesting area (JW Davies)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs (Lockwood): pr Scaup still, 4 Teal, pr Egyptian Geese, 4 Shelduck, Peregrine (Banbury), m Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 3 Wheatear (2m + f), 15 Meadow Pipit, 4 Linnet, 2 Green Woodpecker, several singing Chiffchaffs (Lol Bodini).
 * Wanstead Flats: 200 +Meadow Pipit through north, 10 + Skylark, 4 Common Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon, 3 Kestrel, 4 + Sparrowhawk, 20 + Linnet north, Rook, 3 Swallow, 15 Shoveler, 6 Stock Dove, 5 singing Chiffchaff, Blackcap (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: 20 Meadow Pipit north, 5 Buzzard, Red Kite, 3 Kestrel, 3 Sparrowhawk, Little Egret, 4 Shoveler, pr of Great Crested Grebe (Nick Croft/Tim Harris)
 * Wimbledon Common: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker heard, Nuthatch, lots of Chiffchaff in song, Kestrel. (Mark H)
 * Woodford Green: 6 sightings of Sprawk involving at least 3 birds, and my 2nd Swallow of the Spring heading North over the tree canopy.(Ken Murray)
 * Woodlands Farm: 2 Swallows on telegraph wires at usual breeding site. (Harry Harrison)

Sunday 5th April 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Common Buzzard perched in Conservation Area, before being moved on by corvids; as far as I'm aware, the first to be recorded in - as opposed to over - the Park. Also 4 Shoveler, 2 Great Crested Grebe on Wood Green Res. (Gareth Richards). 2 Red Kites viewed overhead from ice-rink car park. 12.20. Soaring and slowly gaining height before heading east. (Greg Smith)
 * Barbican EC2: 2 Goldfinch nest building on roof of Seddon House p.m. (Neil Batten)
 * Bedddington SF: Jack Snipe, Brambling over, 4 Wheatears (3m 1f Steve Thomas) & 11 Sand Martins, 2 Swallow (pm count), Red Kite, 5 Green Sandpiper, 8 Buzzard (pm count), (Kevin Guest)
 * Brent Reservoir: Pheasant heard in reed-bed, 3 Shelduck briefly (2 Shelduck later N Marsh), Little Egret, 17 Snipe, Water Rail, Kingfisher, Sand Martin & 9 singing Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Bunting (Andrew Self, Roy Beddard): Afternoon visit Red Kite drifted SE 1310 (Andrew Verrall).
 * Claybury Park: Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 2 - 3 Stock Doves, 3 Green Woodpeckers, Jay (Alan Hobson).
 * Gallions Reach: Red Kite, 6 Common Buzzard (all east), Lapwing, 2 Curlew, 7 Swallow, (Gary A James & Paul Davis).
 * Hampstead Heath: 12 Common Buzzard all drifting slowly over, one pair tumbling and swooping together. First bird high S at 11:10, the second noticeably missing primaries, very low NW from 11:50,  3 S & SW from 12:50,  two SW from 13:20, 2 from 15:15 then at 15:40, 16:30, last one 16:40, 1 Rook W at 08:15,  4 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, c100 Chaffinch NW, 21 Meadow Pipit NW, 1 Redwing at second Hedge, 2 Kingfisher at Sanctuary Pond (Frank Nugent). Woodcock low over Pryor's Field mid morning (Oliver Simms)
 * Kew Gardens: 14 Greylag, 6 Egyptian Geese, 10 Gadwall, pr Mandarin, 2 Sparrowhawk, Common Sandpiper on opposite (north by Syon) shore of Thames, 4 Goldcrest, 2 singing Blackcap, 2 singing Chiffchaff (Neil Anderson/K. Bull)
 * Leyton, Jubilee Park: 3 singing Blackcap (Paul Whiteman)
 * Pinner Park Farm: 6 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Little Owl, Snipe, 56 Meadow Pipit (grounded), 4 Fieldfare, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, 4 Stock Dove & 73 Jackdaw (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham Marshes: 34 Common Buzzard, 11 Marsh Harrier, male Hen Harrier, Raven, pair Garganey, Whimbrel, Ruff, Greenshank, Little Ringed Plover, Bearded Tit (Twitter)
 * Regent's Park: 2 Woodcock, pr Jackdaw, 5 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap (RPBirders)
 * Richmond Park 1 Wheatear m Holly Lodge riding ring (Hugh Bradshaw) 6 Skylark, 9 Meadow Pipit, c 10 Reed Bunting Lawn Field (Steve Woolfenden) Wheatear male - Lawn Field, Stonechat female still, 7 Redwing - Sidmouth Wood, Buzzard perched, Little Grebe - Upper Pen Pond, 18 Grey Heron - 4 nesting pairs (two of which with 4 young each) and 2 imms (J.Wilczur) Redpoll heard (P.B-Smith) Treecreeper, Reed Bunting, Kestrel pair (TWHV)
 * Staines Moor: 5 Red Kite, 1 Common Buzzard (Twitter)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 3 m Pheasant, 2 Buzzard, m Kestrel, 5 Little Ringed Plover (4 together at one point as 5th was in flight some distance away), Green Sandpiper, 12 Snipe, 8 Lapwing, 5 Skylark, 4 Meadow Pipit N, 2 Wheatear (pr), 3 singing Chiffchaff, 2 singing Blackcap, 2 Rook (1 carrying food), 3m Reed Bunting, singing Linnet ,Muntjac (Neil Anderson/G. Westley)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: Stables, front paddocks 1 Redwing; rear paddocks 1 White Wagtail in with 7 Pied Wagtails, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Linnet; Leyton Marsh (NE corner) 1 singing Blackcap. All [tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:0800-0900 0800-0900] 0800-0900] 0800-0900] 0800-0900] 0800-0900] 0800-0900] 0800-0900] (Alastair Dent) Kestrel, Reed Bunting, Little Egret, dozens of Pied Wagtail in paddocks (Josh Loeb)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Dunlin on East Warwick in North West corner until at least 3.30pm. Also 2 Wheatear, pr. Scaup and 6 Meadow Pipits on Lockwood (Adam Winstanley)
 * Wanstead Flats: up to 6 Common Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon, 4 + Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrel, 50 + Meadow Pipit, 6 + Skylark, 3 Swallow, Willow Warbler, 5 singing Chiffchaff, 2 singing Blackcap, 3 Linnet, 2 Wheatear (m&f), 25 + Shoveler, f Pochard, 5 Little Grebe (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: 2 Red Kite west over old sewage works (Dan Hennessy)
 * Denham Lock Wood LWT: 11 Chiffchaff, 2 Snipe flushed up, 18 Jackdaw, Pheasant pair plus 2 males, Mandarin pair plus 1 male, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 30 + Tufted Duck, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Heron 14 Adult 5 Young, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Cormorant, 2 Green Woodpecker (Dan Pinkham)

Saturday 4th April 2015

 * Beddington SF: Curlew, Red Kite, House Martin (BFBG via Twitter)
 * Brent Reservoir: Little Ringed Plover, 57 Meadow Pipit north & 12 singing Chiffchaff (Andrew Self, Andrew Verrall)
 * Brookmill Park: At least 3 grey wagtail with one pair mating. Local grey heron eating bread (Fernley Symons).
 * Bushy Park : Chiffchaff, 2 Wheatear (Ian R Watson)
 * Ewell: 5 Pheasant (2m, 3f) in grounds of LA Fitness, Banstead Rd. p.m. Also 2 Stock Dove (Neil Batten)
 * Gallions Reach: Swallow, Common Tern (KJMcmanus); Jack Snipe, Little Egret. (Gary A James).
 * Grovelands Park: 2 Firecrest incl singing male, Common Buzzard over SE 12:18 hrs (Robert Callf/Bob Husband)
 * KGV Reservoir: Avocet on causeway at 0720, 2 Red Kite at 0745 and 0810, Common Snipe, 5 Sand Martin, 3 Meadow Pipit (Martin Shepherd)
 * London Wetland Centre: Kestrel, 6 Redshank, 5 Wigeon, 1f Pintail, 4 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 14 Common Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 1m Peregrine on Ch. X. Hosp. (Martin Honey); Buzzard NW at 15.50 (S. Fogg) singing Willow Warbler (K Peacock, per Angus Innes).;
 * Margravine Cemetery: pr Green Woodpecker (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Olympic Park: Greenway: 3 Little Ringed Plover (JW Davies)
 * Osterley Park: 2 Chiffchaff singing, Coal Tit, Common Buzzard over NW,  2 Cormorant, 4 Egyptian Goose, 3 Gadwall, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Great Crested Grebe (1 on nest), Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Herring Gull, 52+ Jackdaw, 3 Jay, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Little Grebe, Little Owl, 6 Mandarin, Mistle Thrush, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Pied Wagtail, 9+ Ring-necked Parakeet, 8 Shoveler, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Teal (Richard Woolley).
 * Pinner Park Farm: adult male Wheatear, 5 Greylag Goose west at 16:53, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Little Owl, 4 Snipe, 3 Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush, 13 Meadow Pipit north, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch & 77 Jackdaw (Jon Ridge).
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: Hen Harrier [Ldn yr-1st] (BirdGuides)
 * Regent's Park: Snipe flushed Wetland Pen area 32 early-am -1st on patch since Dec '13, 2 House Martin NW, 2 Chiffchaff and 4-5 Blackcap singing (RPBirders)
 * Staines Moor: 2 Common Whitethroat [Ldn yr-1st], 2 Willow Warbler (Twitter)
 * Staines Reservoirs: Avocet (BirdGuides)
 * Totteridge Valley: pair Kestrel displaying, 9 Meadow Pipit over, Lapwing, 2 Teal (Ian Ellis)
 * Twickenham (late report): Red-legged Partridge in private garden (via M. Honey)
 * Walthamstow:  Advance notice for the all day event AWPW3 75 species were recorded in 2014, 81 in 2013. What will this year bring? Be a part of it on Sunday 26th April 2015 (Walthamstow Birders)
 * Walthamstow Marsh: White Wagtail in with 17 Pied Wagtails, back paddocks. (Blackcap still singing by southern bridge over Dagenham Brook in Jubilee Park) (Paul Whiteman)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Lockwood - 2 probably 3 Little Ring Plover during day, pair of Scaup, 1 Wheatear, female Goldeneye and Swallow going north (David Bradshaw); male Merlin low over Lockwood c 3-30pm (Matthew Cunningham).
 * Wanstead Flats: What appeared to be a Hooded Crow being chased off patch by its more familiar cousins. Only when it banked and swerved to avoid the pursuing birds could we makeout grey on belly and underwing and on the back (NC/DH) Ill Manors movie all about Hoodies in Wanstead! (J Levy); 50+ Meadow Pipit, 5 Skylark, 7 Redwing, Siskin, Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting, 3 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 12 Shoveler, f Pochard, 4 Little Grebe, 10 + Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, pr of Stock Dove (Nick Croft/Dan Hennessy/Jonathan Lethbridge/Bob Vaughan)
 * Wanstead Park: Swallow, Meadow Pipit, 16 + Chiffchaff, singing Blackcap,singing Goldcrest, 2 Teal, 10 Gadwall, 6 Shoveler, Little Egret, pr of Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, pr Great Crested Grebe on basin + 1 on Perch, Little Grebe, Coal Tit (Dan Hennessy/Nick Croft) Diver sp (probable Great Northern Diver) high over Wanstead Tube station going south (Nick Tanner via text)

Friday 3rd April 2015

 * Brent Reservoir: Little Ringed Plover, Little Egret behind dam, 17 Snipe, 4 Swallows through & 12 singing Chiffchaff (Andrew Self); afternoon visit Little Egret out of East Marsh, 2 Lapwing flew in, Blackcap singing Dump, Swallow stopped to feed, Willow Warbler seen singing trees by Canoe jetty (CG only) (Andrew Verrall, Chris Goodchild)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher, Song Thrush, 2 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crossness: Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Lapwing, 2 Redshank, Reed Bunting, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Enfield EN2: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Robert Callf)
 * Grovelands Park: 2 Firecrest singing behind rangers hunt mid-day (J.Murray).
 * Hampstead Heath: Common Buzzard very low NW over Parliament Hill at 08:55 in the murk, where also 5 Meadow Pipit feeding, 1 Swallow NW over Highgate 1 Pond at 14:00, 4 Blackcap incl a pair on Parliament Hill, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, 4 Collared Dove (2 pair), Kingfisher at Sanctuary Pond (Frank Nugent).
 * Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens: Goldeneye f at Fishermans Keep area am, Cetti's Warbler in usual area at 11.20 seen calling from Holly tree (D.Jordan)
 * London Wetland Centre: singing Willow Warbler, 1 Jack Snipe grazing marsh (Martin Honey); 2 Red-crested Pochard pair, 1f Pheasant, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Redshank, Swallow briefly, 6 singing Cetti's Warbler (L. Smith, J. Wilczur, S. Fogg, M. Honey); second Jack Snipe located on wader scrape, 2-3 Swallow N (Martin Honey)
 * Lonsdale Road Reservoir LNR: 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6+ Grey Heron at nests with 5+ young, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3+ Jackdaw, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Pochard, 4+ Ring-necked Parakeet, Shoveler, 22 Teal (Richard Woolley).
 * Mayflower Park: Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, Water Rail (Bob Smith)
 * Olympic Park: Greenway- 3 Little Ringed Plover (JW Davies)
 * Pinner Park Farm: 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Fieldfare, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Jay & 71 Jackdaw (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham Marshes: pair of Garganey, 4 Common Scoter 2pr on river (Twitter); also Wheatear, two Water Pipits, Raven (Sean Huggins)
 * Regent's Park: House Martin over lake (per RPBirders)
 * Richmond Park: c15 (2PCS 2UPP 11LF) Reed Bunting, 12 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1f Stonechat f Kestrel all Lawn Field (Steve Woolfenden)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: Little Egret, Song Thrush, 2 Chiffchaff (Malcolm Hibberd)
 * Russia Dock Woodland/Stave Hill: Blackcap still singing by road, 2 Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chaffinch (John Cadera)
 * Southwark Park: 1 Stock Dove at calling at boating lake then flew into Ada Salter Rose Garden (John Cadera)
 * Staines Reservoir: 4 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Egyptian Geese, Great Northern Diver, White Wagtail. (Jim Sweetland)
 * Tooting Commons: 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 36 Tufted Duck, 2 Egyptian Goose with one surviving gosling, 18 Stock Dove (Nick Rutter)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 11 singing Chiffchaff, 8 Teal, 2 Cormorant over separately, 2 Lapwing (John Colmans)
 * Trent Park: 4 singing Chiffchaff, c15 Goldfinch, Mandarin, Nuthatch. (Pete Lowman).
 * Walthamstow Marshes: one singing Blackcap on Leyton Marsh (east perimeter hedge) at 1615 (Alastair Dent); rear paddocks- 2 Wheatear, 4 Meadow Pipit, 8 Linnet, Little Egret, 30+ Pied Wagtail, White Wagtail, Kestrel (JW Davies)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: pr Scaup and pr Wheatear on Lockwood (Adam Winstanley); Buzzard and drake Goosander N, Peregrine (Paul Whiteman & David Bradshaw).
 * Walthamstow: Advance notice for the all day event AWPW3 75 species were recorded in 2014, 81 in 2013. What will this year bring? Be a part of it on Sunday 26th April 2015 (Walthamstow Birders)
 * Wanstead Flats: Shelduck, 2 Egyptian Goose, 6 Shoveler, Gadwall, 3 Little Grebe, f Wheatear, 2 Swallow, Common Snipe, 2 Kestrel, 4 Sparrowhawk, 10 Meadow Pipit, 6 Skylark, 2 Reed Bunting, 10 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Fieldfare (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: 62 Shoveler (park record), 9 Teal, 13 Gadwall, 2 Egyptian Goose, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Grebe, Little Egret, 4 singing Blackcap, 10+ Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, singing Coal Tit, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk (Tim Harris/Nick Croft)

Thursday 2nd April 2015

 * Beddington SF: Osprey (flew west 10:06), 6 Wheatear (5 male, 1 female), Garganey, Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, Buzzard, Peregrine (BFBG via Twitter)
 * Brookmill Park: 2 Stock Dove, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Ewell Village: 1 singing Chiffchaff, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Grey Wagtail, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Nuthatch, 6 Herring Gull incl. 2 adults on Bourne Hall lake (Neil Batten).
 * Grovelands Park: 4 Great Crested Grebe pr with two chicks, 4 Shoveler 2m 2f, 21 Common Gull incl at least 11 1st-summer, 2+ Firecrest incl at least one poss two singing males (between NE corner of lake and Seaforth Grdns side entrance), 3+ singing Chiffchaff, singing male Blackcap (Robert Callf)
 * Leyton Flats: Egyptian Goose with young at Hollow Ponds (Bob Vaughan)
 * London Wetland Centre: Swallow, Sand Martin, 3 House Martin [Ldn yr-1st] (website) Also 9 Common Buzzards over in various directions (Oscar Dewhurst, Rupert Kaye, Martin Honey). Plus 6 Redshank, 1m 1f Red Crested Pochard, 6 Meadow Pipit NNW, 1m 1f Mandarin, 5 singing Chiffchaff (MH)
 * Minet CP: m Peregrine overhead; 1 Kingfisher, 2 Little Egret, 3 Teal, 1 Little Owl, 5 singing Skylark, 7 singing Chiffchaff, Bullfinch, 30+ Linnet, 6 Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecher, 2 Green Woodpecker (Dave Bookless)
 * Pinner Park Farm: 2 Little Owl, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 4 Snipe, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Mistle Thrush, 5 Song Thrush, Meadow Pipit, 3 Green Woodpecker, drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker & 51 Jackdaw (Jon Ridge).
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: only 2 Gadwall pr left, 15 Shoveler, Black-headed Gull, Swallow high W 1800, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap (RPBirders)
 * Richmond Park: 2 Firecrests singing - one E side of Pen Pond Plantation the second in a private area (S.Read & M.Lewis per JW); Little Egret roosting Upper Pen Pond island, Stonechat female still (J.Wilczur)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: pr Teal, 2 Little Egret, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff (Malcolm Hibberd)
 * Roding Valley Park and Redbridge Lakes, Woodford Bridge: Kingfisher, Kestrel, 4 Chiffchaffs, Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk, Jay, 3 Long-tailed Tits, 2 Pied Wagtails (Alan Hobson).
 * St James's Park: drake Ruddy Duck, singing Chiffchaff & Pied Wagtail over (Andrew Self)
 * Trent Park: Common Buzzard, 8 singing Chiffchaff, 4 Mandarin. ( Pete Lowman).
 * Walthamstow Marshes: rear paddocks- Wheatear (JW Davies)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Lingering Redshank in North-west corner of East Warwick, Pair of Scaup and 5 Goldeneye still on Lockwood (Mike Messenger per Paul Whiteman)
 * Wanstead Flats: 80+ Meadow Pipit through (& 3 singing birds), Skylark, 1-2 Swallow, 2-3 Reed Bunting, Peregrine Falcon, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 8 Shoveler, 3 Little Grebe, 5 Chiffchaff, singing Blackcap (Nick Croft/Tim Harris/Bob Vaughan) 25 Meadow Pipit (Bob Vaughan)
 * Wanstead Park: Coal Tit, Goldcrest and Chiffchaff singing in St Mary's churchyard (Dan Hennessy), 11 Chiffchaff in park, 10 Meadow Pipit over, 2 Teal, 6 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, singing Stock Dove, 4 Redwing (Nick Croft)
 * Westminster Abbey: Peregrine on the West Front at 14:00 (Frank Nugent).

Wednesday 1st April 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Common Buzzard low and mobbed by crows near Boating Lake 1030, also Linnet, Meadow Pipit, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, pair Shoveler Wood Green Res, but no sign of recent [count=1| Pochard hybrid] (Dominic Mitchell, Bob Watts, Henry Wyn-Jones)
 * Beddington SF: 5 Mediterranean Gull (all adults), 3 Water Pipit, Jack Snipe (BFBG via Twitter)
 * Buckingham Palace: 2 Swallows over Victoria Memorial 18.22 (Will Rose)
 * Brent Reservoir: Little Ringed Plover on mud 12.35 to 13.10 when flew off N calling, Green Sandpiper and 3 Snipe Heron Hide, Water Rail feeding in open on Island, Chiffchaff (Andrew Verrall)
 * Chelsea Bridge Wharf: pr Grey Wagtail (Neil Anderson)
 * Chingford: 1pr Kestrel, Green Woodpecker on the Plain, 1pr Teal, 1pr Mandarin, 4 Greylag, pr Lesser Black Back Gull and f Smew [escape] on Connaught Water, 6 Chiffchaff but only a couple in full song, 3-4 Blackcap, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Buzzard soaring over Fairmead carrying Brown Rat. 1 Small Tortoiseshell (John Cadera)
 * Chingford: Station Road at 4.20pm, Red Kite flying low over "the shops" in a Westerly direction (Ken Murray).
 * Cornmill Meadows: 2 male Shelduck, 7 Gadwall, 7 Shoveler, 10 Teal, 4 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 4 Lapwing, 2 Kingfisher, 25+ Meadow Pipit (flying north in 2 flocks), 4 Grey Wagtail (2 pairs), 40+ Goldfinch (Simon Papps)
 * Ealing Hospital: Peregrine chasing pigeon very close to main building c11am (f.mck)
 * Footscray Meadows: 2 Water Rail, 35+ Jackdaw, 40+ Carrion Crow (Andy Meaton)
 * Hale End: IG8- Chiffchaff singing in Alders Avenue at 07.27 (Chris Wright)
 * Hyde Park: f Goldeneye, m Scaup near Serpentine cafe (seems to have a problem with one eye) associating with a f Tufted, ad and 1st-year Black-headed Gulls, pr Mandarin (Joe Beale and Yu-Hsuan Lin)
 * Kensington Gardens: 2 Treecreeper, 2 Goldcrests, Cetti's Warbler singing occasionally, 2 Shoveler (Joe Beale and Yu-Hsuan Lin)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: singing Firecrest, singing Blackcap, 2 Treecreeper, Rook S, 6 Meadow Pipit N, Coal Tit, 2 Common Buzzard SW early afternoon, 2 singing Chiffchaff, pr Sparrowhawk over (Stuart Fisher)
 * Leyton, Jubilee Park: singing Blackcap by southern bridge over Dagenham Brook. (Paul Whiteman)
 * Lonsdale Road Reservoir: 1 fledgling Tawny Owl, 1 Great Crested Grebe (& 1 on Thames), 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Rich Petley)
 * Lower Chingford: off Russell Lane- Peregrine, Green Sandpiper (James Palmer)
 * Pinner Park Farm: Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Snipe, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Meadow Pipit, Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Long-tailed Tit & 91 Jackdaw (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham Marshes: Red Kite very low south over carpark at 1340, Greenshank on pools (Twitter)
 * Richmond Park: Firecrest (M.Lewis)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: pr Teal, Cormorant flying down river, 2 Little Egret, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff, 2 Long-tailed Tit (Malcolm Hibberd)
 * Rye Meads: Marsh Harrier male north at 10.15am (Alan Reynolds -Herts website)
 * Sutcliffe Park: Little Egret, Cormorant, Common Snipe, Stock Dove (Conrad Ellam)
 * Waddon Ponds (Croydon): 1 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaffs. (Bird Arrivals at Waddon Ponds)
 * Walthamstow Marsh: 2 Redwing by riding stables front paddocks, singing Cetti's Warbler in newly fenced off area to north of refurbished boardwalk, female Peregrine hunting c.80 Carrion Crows on North Marsh, singing Blackcap by pylon in Coppermill Lane on North Marsh. (Paul Whiteman)
 * Wanstead Flats: Swallow, Rook, 4 Chiffchaff, 6 Skylark, 16 Meadow Pipit 13 north & 3 singing birds, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2m Reed Bunting, 4 Redwing, 9 Shoveler, 2 Pochard, 6 Little Grebe (Nick Croft/Tim Harris)
 * Wanstead Park: 4 Fieldfare north, singing Blackcap, 11 Chiffchaff, pr of Great Crested Grebe back on Shoulder of Mutton (Dan Hennessy); pr of Nuthatch in the Dell (Tony Brown)
 * Whitings Hill/Arkley Fields South: Red Kite over am, 2 Chiffchaff singing, 2 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk hunting this eve, 2 Long-tailed Tits, Great Spotted Woodpecker and 3 Mallard in flooded pool -1st I've seen for this sit e(David Martens)
 * Woodford Green: Treecreeper, Tawny Owl flying into 'roost' conifer with Magpie on its tail, Grey Wagtail, displaying Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, 2 Little Egret flyovers, also Swallow at 5.20pm -my earliest (Ken Murray).

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