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Please list sightings alphabetically by site. Only report sightings of wide interest rather than listing all common birds (sightings of a more general nature may be recorded on the General sightings page). DO NOT post details of nesting by scarce breeding birds (those included in Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, as amended). Any such reports will be removed; please submit them instead to the appropriate LNHS bird recorder.

Sunday 7th July 2019

 * Brent Reservoir: 1 Little Ringed Plover, c50 Swift, 15 House Martin (Michael E Robinson)
 * Enfield clearwing moth in garden unable to get down to spp level striking black and yellow 9brian Dawton0
 * Erith Pier: juvenile Yellow-legged Gull and 1st-summer Mediterranean Gull (Richard Bonser)
 * Hackney Marshes: c20 House Martin over the north end (Alastair Dent)
 * Hampstead Heath: 36 Swift, 7 Egyptian Geese, 23 Coot, 17 Mandarin Duck, 14 Tufted Duck, 3 Stock Dove, 4+ Reed Warbler (pair with fledged young at Model Boating pond + Male Singing at Highgate Pond 1/ Dog Pond), 2 Grey Heron, 5 Singing Blackcap, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Nuthatch, 4 Goldcrest, 4 Greenfinch, Cormorant, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk. Also plenty of Meadow Brown, Small Skipper, Small Red-eyed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Comma, Large White, Red Admiral, and 100s of Roesel's Bush Crickets. (Samuel Levy et al)
 * Iver Heath: 4 Red Kite, 6 Long tailed Tit, 6 Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, (Muntjac) ( Nigel Barratt)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Greenshank, 2 Redshank, 2 Common Tern, 40+ Swift, 9 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 3 Lapwing chicks, Gadwall brood of 5, Pochard brood of 2, Peregrine (WWT website)
 * Richmond Park: juvenile Kestrel dust bathing and repeatedly pouncing on mouse- sized lump of wood (P Pentek)
 * Roxeth Recreation Ground: 2 Red Kite, Whitethroat (Michael E Robinson)
 * Southall: Red Kite 11:20 (Phil Belman)
 * The Brook BR5: c10 Swift, 4+ Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush all late-pm (Jack Headley)
 * Totteridge Valley: male Firecrest still (Tony Clancy, Geoff Crabtree)
 * Trent Park: 5 eclipse m Mandarin Duck, Kingfisher lower lake (Robert Callf)
 * Wanstead Flats: Dead Sparrowhawk minus head. Good numbers of Greenfinch incl. juveniles, house Sparrows, Whitethroats, Chiffchaffs, 2 Song Thrush. Ringlet (Harry Harrison)
 * Woolwich Common: 40+ Starling 12:15 (John Reid)

Saturday 6th July 2019

 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Lapwing, 5 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern (Simon Worsfold tweet, Roy Beddard)
 * Bushy Park: 5 Common Terns flying over main lake catching insects (Manuel Lovell)
 * Danson Park: 5 Great Crested Grebe incl 2 separate Ad both with 1 juv, 6 Egyptian Goose incl goslings, 2-3 singing Blackcap, Little Grebe, 30+ Swift (Jack Headley)
 * Greenford "UB6": Red Kite over garden (Neil Anderson)
 * Ladywell Fields: 2 Mandarin juvs, Kingfisher, Song Thrush juv, singing Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
 * Lewisham: *Great White Egret* flying very low east up High Street. Bizarre! (Tom Smith)
 * London Wetland Centre: 9 Teal, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Tern, Kestrel, Peregrine (WWT website) Nuthatch (Peter Gray)
 * Margravine Cemetery/Charing Cross Hospital: Red Kite mobbed by Peregrine Falcon at 10:40am left low W (Nathalie Mahieu) clip
 * St Albans: Siskin over gdn 1230 (Rupert Evershed tweet)
 * Staines Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe still, Common Sandpiper, [Zebra Finch] early-am (Dave Carlsson tweet)
 * Trent Park: 4 eclipse m Mandarin Duck, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 singing m Song Thrush, singing Chiffchaff, 2 Nuthatch (Robert Callf)
 * Walpole Park, Ealing: 2m, 1f Tufted Duck with 7 small chicks (Neil Anderson)
 * The Brook "BR5": 2 Nuthatch, Coal Tit, 2 singing Blackcap, c5 Chiffchaff, juv Long-tailed Tit, 1-2 Grey Wagtail (Jack Headley)

Friday 5th July 2019

 * Beddington SF: 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Wood Sandpiper still, 8 Green Sandpiper (Steve Gale); m Wheatear [Ldn fos] (BFBG per Surrey BG)
 * Bookham Common: Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, {16 butterfly species including 3 Purple Emperor [1 station CP], 3 White Admiral, 18 Silver-washed Fritillary 16+ Purple Hairstreak, also m Beautiful Demoiselle, Brown Hawker, 15+ Ruddy Darter} (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
 * Dartford "area": incl Mediterranean Gull, Caspian Gull, Peregrine (Stuart Cossey tweet)
 * Essendon "incl golf course": incl 8 Tufted Duck, 6 Common Buzzard, 2 Swift, Kestrel, 7 Swallow, 2 House Martin, Willow Warbler, Garden Warbler, 6 Common Whitethroat, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Spotted Flycatcher cricket grd, Bullfinch, 3 Linnet, Yellowhammer (via BirdTrack/Herts BC)
 * Hammersmith: Red Kite, mobbed by m Peregrine then NW 1510 (Nathalie Mahieu tweet)
 * Hyde Park: 3 Swift - first seen for several days (Round Pond) (Ian R Watson)
 * London Wetland Centre: incl 7 Teal, Little Ringed Plover, Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper (WWT website)
 * Lynsters Farm: c300 Jackdaw on barn roof evg (Paul Lewis via eBird)
 * Maple Lodge NR: incl 3 Shoveler, 8 Teal, 2 Little Egret over, Common Tern, 5 Swift, Kestrel, c1000 Jackdaw arr'd roost evg, 11 Swallow (Paul Lewis via eBird)
 * Pinner “HA5”: 3 Red Kite circling low (Nigel Barratt)
 * Regent's Park: 23 Swift [most just-arr'd from N] hawking over lake 0750, Nuthatch fos by lake [areas 36 & 8] 0740, Sedge Warbler a2 reedbed still [flight-song incorporating Nuthatch call already] (Twitter)
 * Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve: 5 juv Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, Little Grebe, 5 Reed Warbler, 6 Swift (Jack Headley)
 * Swanscombe Marsh “08.30-13.00 LT”: 2 Cetti's Warbler h, 5 Reed Warbler h, 3+ Bearded Tit 1 seen more h, 1 Kestrel, 7 Common Whitethroat incl 2ad each w/ yg, 2 Sedge Warbler, 6 Cormorant river, 2 Oystercatcher river, 2 Marsh Harrier m&f, 3 Grey Heron 1 river & 2 juv’s in nest, 1 Mute Swan river, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Bunting 1 singing m, 8 House Martin 6 nests, 4 Sand Martin, 6 Shoveler, 2 Greylag Goose, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Gadwall, 2 Pochard m juv, 4 Little Egret 2 river, 1 Common Buzzard, Ring-necked Parakeet h, 3 Water Rail h [& prob yg calling], 3 Skylark, {multiple Meadow Browns, 2 Commas, 2 Marbled White, 1 Red Admiral, 3 Ringlets, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, multiple Skipper butterflies, 1 Grey Seal, 2 Emperor Dragonfly} (Roger Keith/Paul Larkin)

Thursday 4th July 2019

 * Chiswick "W4": 1 Spotted Flycatcher (Cara Atkinson)
 * Clissold Park: {Willow Emerald damselfly} (Chris Farthing)
 * Cornmill Meadows: 3 Little Ringed Plover 2 ad & 1 full-grown juv, 6 Lapwing, 5 Little Egret, 4 House Martin, singing Grasshopper Warbler (Simon Papps)
 * Crossness LNR: 300+ Black-headed Gull incl three 1cy, Barn Owl (Jack Headley)
 * East Barnet "EN4": 12 Swift - largest count so far this season (Bob Husband)
 * East Dulwich "SE22": 30 Swift high overhead (Tom Pollard)
 * Enfield "EN2": {Red-belted Clearwing settled on concrete path 0805 at private site} (Robert Callf)
 * Epsom Common "Stew Ponds": Common Tern 1135 (Frank Boxell via Surrey BN)
 * Golders Green "NW11": Redpoll sp. S over gdn (James Levy)
 * Greenford "UB6": {first garden record of Marbled White- doing well in local meadows} (Neil Anderson)
 * Hampstead Heath: Reed Warbler still singing at Highgate no 1 pond 20.30 (Reuben Braddock)
 * Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 1 Common Buzzard, 11 Swift (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: incl 6 Shoveler, 5 Teal, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Tern, pr Kestrel over sheltered lagoon (WWT website)
 * Lower Clapton "E5": 30+ Swifts, mobbing a Sparrowhawk high overhead evg (Alastair Dent)
 * Oak Hill Woods NR "East Barnet EN4": juv Sparrowhawk calling, Little Owl mobbed by Blackbirds etc, 3 singing Chiffchaff, 2 singing Blackcap, 3 singing Song Thrush, 2 calling Nuthatch, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2+ juv Coal Tits, 2 juv Pied Wagtails in Park (Fay Broom, Bob Husband)
 * Pinner “HA5”: 6 Swift, 2 Goldcrest, 20+ Ring-necked Parakeet (Nigel Barratt)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: 175 Cormorant, 4 Kestrel, Hobby 1000 (Peter Newbound via Berks BN)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 7 Black-tailed Godwit 06.00 but not later on W bank N basin, escaped Zebra Finch type at W end of causeway for 2nd day (Bob Warden per FJM)
 * Totteridge Green "TQ250936": {2 Purple Emperor clashing} (Tony Clancy)
 * Totteridge Valley: {20+ Marbled White in owl_field} (Tony Clancy)
 * Water End: 3 Lapwing, 4 Swift (Stephen Harris via eBird)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Nuthatch as prev'y, Meadow Pipit by woodland trail [w end] flew towards cafe 17.20 (Garry James tweets)

Wednesday 3rd July 2019

 * Barnes "waterside": Tufted Duck with 1 small chick, {Hummingbird Hawkmoth, Painted Lady, Red Admiral} (Neil Anderson)
 * Bushy Park: Chiffchaff, 3 Green Woodpecker, 3 Swallow (Ian R Watson)
 * Crossness NR: 16 Reed Warbler, 4 Sedge Warbler, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Reed Bunting, 2 Skylark, 2 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 4 Little Grebe & 2yg, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Bearded Tit, 2 Pochard, 5 Tufted Duck, 4 Shoveler, 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 2 Barn Owl, 2 Pheasant, 6 Common Whitethroat, 10 Linnet, Greenfinch, Song Thrush, "Thames and foreshore [low tide]" 3 Reed Warbler, Grey Wagtail, 9 Teal, c300 Black-headed Gull, 35 Shelduck & 11yg, 21 Gadwall, 21 Lapwing, 3 Common Tern, 2 Cormorant, 4 Herring Gull [type] (Bernie Weight) BW - grateful for your posts but pls follow the standard format thx
 * Forest Hill "Devonshire Rd SE23": 5 Swift over 15.10 most seen in the area for several years (Paul Francis)
 * Greenwich "Thames, slipway to West of pier": presumed Caspian Gull 2nd summer - please confirm whether correct from photo (Mike Paice) Looks like a Herring Gull (JJ) no prominent gonys but doesn't look 'rangy' enough - legs rel'y short
 * Hampstead Heath: Reed Warbler at Highgate No1 Pond (Allan Stewart)
 * Holloway "Rd N7": 3 Peregrine (Allan Stewart)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Common Tern, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 8 Teal, Gadwall brood of 5, Pochard brood of 2, Tufted Duck broods of 11 and 2, 2 newly hatched Lapwing chicks (WWT website)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: Black-tailed Godwit fr draper hide 1135 (Laurence Sinden tweet)
 * St Paul's Cray "BR5": Kestrel on aerial above house along Kelsey Rd (Jack Headley)
 * Sevenoaks WR: incl 24 Lapwing 22ad 2juv & 7yg, 3 Bullfinch incl juv (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS); also incl 130 Jackdaw, 2 Swallow, Reed Bunting (per BirdTrack volunteer)
 * Stave Hill: 2 Swifts, 4 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff sang briefly am, 1 Common Tern on its way to Surrey Water, Common Buzzard S aft, {1 Hummingbird Hawkmoth this morning} (John Cadera)
 * Thames Path Erith to Woolwich Arsenal: 8 Yellow-legged Gull inc London's first juv of the year, Mediterranean Gull adult (Dante Shepherd)
 * The Brook "BR5": 1 Swift hawking evng otherwise quiet (Jack Headley)
 * Trent Park: 2 Grey Heron inc leucistic bird, 9 Mandarin Duck 5 eclipse m & 2f & 2yng, f Kestrel (Robert Callf); also 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Common Buzzard, Common Whitethroat, 6 Swallow (Pete Lowman)
 * Whetstone "N20": Red Kite over Oakleigh Rd N 10.30am (David Roberts)

Tuesday 2nd July 2019

 * Beddington Farmlands "no public access": 8 Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper [Ldn fos], 2 Mediterranean Gull (BirdGuides)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Stock Dove, 4 Swift, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Enfield "Strayfield Rd EN2": 15+ Barn Swallow - two nests with 5 & 4 yng - employee states one brood already fledged (Robert Callf)
 * Fryent CP: 4 Red Kite over (Martin Francis tweet)
 * Hackney Marsh: 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher (Marcin Kempa)
 * Hilfield Park Res: 5 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail (Chris Lamsdell)
 * Ladywell Fields: Mandarin f, Little Egret, 2 Swift (Conrad Ellam)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Teal, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Common Snipe, Redshank, Common Tern, 30 Swift (WWT website); also Black-tailed Godwit am (Cheech Albanese via eBird); also Little Egret, 2 Common Tern (Dave Panchaud via eBird)
 * London Zoo: Common Buzzard over midday (Sam Jones via eBird)
 * Longfield: 4 Corn Bunting 2pr, 9 Skylark inc some juv’s, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, {3 Painted Lady, 1 Small Tortoiseshell butterflies} (Roger Keith)
 * Mile End "Antill Rd E3": 2 House Sparrow m f, {Large Skipper} gdn (Harry Harrison)
 * Moor Park: 3 Oystercatcher [poss juvs] (Steve Carter via Herts BC)
 * Rectory Farm: m Kestrel, 30+ Swift (Robert Callf)
 * Richmond Park: 5 Red-crested Pochard 3m2f, 3 juv Cormorant, Red Kite, Common Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern, 80+ Swift, 3 juv Swallow (Jan Wilczur)
 * Ruxley GPs "permit only": 9 Reed Warbler, 2-3 singing Cetti's Warbler, 2 singing Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 10+ Chiffchaff incl ad with 2 juvs, 3 Great Crested Grebe incl pr with juvs, 8+ Gadwall (Jack Headley)
 * St James's Park: Little Egret W (Frank Nugent)
 * Southall: 6+ Swift 2pr in residence [new colony - playback in use] (Phil Belman)
 * Staines Moor: 2 Sedge Warbler (Richard Haydon via Surrey BN)
 * Stanwell Moor: 2 Black-tailed Godwit (Chris Lamsdell)
 * Trent Park: Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, Common Whitethroat, Kestrel, Little Egret, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Mandarin 2m 4f, Song Thrush, 4 Swallow, {Comma, 3 Large Skipper, c30 Meadow Brown, 8 Marbled White, c20 Ringlet, 2 Small Skipper, Broad-bodied Chaser, Black-tailed Skimmer} (Pete Lowman)
 * West Norwood Cemetery: Nuthatch (Michael Mac)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Red Kite circling then SW 1140 (Garry James tweet)

Monday 1st July 2019

 * Brockwell Park: pr Egyptian Geese (yesterday they had 4 goslings taken away by Swan Sanctuary because they were in the Lido - I take it they bred on the roof which is why they were there and were removed but they couldn't catch the adults - I think this is the first time they have bred in the park? (Michael Mac)
 * Brookmill Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
 * Hertford Heath "TL350106": Spotted Flycatcher (Simon West via Herts BC)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Hobby, 3 Common Tern, 4 Teal (WWT website)
 * Oakwood "Station": 4 Jay 2ad 2juvs begging (Robert Callf)
 * Pinner “HA5”: Red Kite circling low, 7 Swift (Nigel Barratt)
 * Rotherhithe: Yellow-legged Gull 2s on Thames foreshore by Hilton Hotel (Richard Bonser)
 * St Paul's Cray "BR5": Hobby low over Normanhurst Rd c21:25 (Jack Headley)
 * South Norwood CP: incl Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe displaying, Black-headed Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Kestrel family, 13 Swift, 7 Reed Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Reed Bunting (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
 * Staines Moor: incl Common Buzzard, Common Tern, 2 Kestrel, 3 Skylark, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Meadow Pipit, 11 Linnet, Reed Bunting am (Dave Panchaud via eBird)
 * Staines Reservoir: incl 2 Little Ringed Plover, 11 Common Tern pm (Dave Panchaud via eBird)
 * The Brook "BR5": Hobby viewed from Normanhurst Rd flying over site, 4 Swift, Mistle Thrush (Jack Headley)
 * Trent Park: Little Egret, 3 eclipse m Mandarin Duck, ad Common Tern lower lake (Robert Callf); also 7 Chiffchaff juvs & 1ad, Kestrel, 3 Song Thrush, 7 Mandarin 2m 3f incl f & 2yg (Pete Lowman)
 * Tyttenhanger Farm: 3 Tree Sparrow (Steve Pearce via Herts BC)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs "main gp": 3 Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 3+ Tree Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail (per TyttGP tweet); Yellow-legged Gull 2cy again evg (Rupert Evershed tweet); "fishing lake" 2 Oystercatcher, 3+ Common Tern (Steve Blake via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 5 Common Sandpipers, 6 Little Egrets, Pochard & 2yg High Maynard, {4+ Painted Lady} (Quentin Given, Daniel Whitelegg).

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