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Friday 9th November 2018

 * Alexandra Park: 9 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, Blackbird, Meadow Pipit, 3 Chaffinch, 9 Woodpigeon, Peregrine, 7 Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck Wood Green Res (Bruce Carson per Bob Watts)
 * Amwell NR: Caspian Gull 1w & 2 Yellow-legged Gull 1w ad in roost evng (Ron Cousins tweet)
 * Bourne Hall Park: 6 Tufted Duck, Kingfisher (Isiah Rowe tweet)
 * Brookmill Park: 2 Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
 * Brent Reservoir: Red Kite S over dam 08:05 (Andrew Self)
 * Godstone, Surrey: poss Short-eared Owl low E 1010 (Gordon Hay via Surrey BN)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Little Grebe, Grey Wagtail (Eric Brown, Jim Butler); male Teal, 2 Chiffchaff (John Bushall)
 * Latimer Road E7: c25 House Sparrows (Harry Harrison)
 * Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 2 Stock Dove s - uncommon at this site (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: Pintail, Bittern, 11 Common Snipe, 2 Redwing SW, Water Pipit (WWT website)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: redhead Goosander still on the river, 6 Teal, 1 Goldcrest (Alastair Dent)
 * Rainham RSPB: Bittern fr Ken Barrett hide 1220 (BirdGuides/Phil & Mel Collins et al per ELBF FB); 3 Caspian Gulls (1 1cy & 2 2cy) and 7 Yellow-legged Gulls (all adults) in private area near Coldharbour Point (Dominic Mitchell); Short-eared Owl (RSPB via ELBF FB); 12 Pintail, Sparrowhawk, 5 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzard, 5 Avocet, 17 Curlew, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, 22 Dunlin, 21 Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 2 Kestrel, Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, 7 Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, Water Pipit, Rock Pipit (Patrick Harvey, Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB); 44 Golden Plover (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: 1 Great Egret by the pen pond, 2 Stonechat m f, Kingfisher, Nuthatch, Kestrel and Common Gull (Shailesh Patel)
 * St James's Park: 1st year Mediterranean Gull still (Ralph Hancock's blog)
 * Southwark Park: 1 Woodcock S, 1 Peregrine (John Cadera)
 * Turnford Marsh GPs: 2f Goosander ashley pit (Alison Monckton via Herts BC)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: 4+ Wigeon, f Red-crested Pochard, Common Snipe & Kingfisher main gp, 3+ Tree Sparrow tytt fm, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Little Egret, Chiffchaff, c30 Fieldfare, Grey Wagtail & 2 Yellowhammer willows fm lake, c10 Redwing & c20 Linnet willows fm (TyttGP tweet/Herts BC)
 * Victoria Park: 9 Red-crested Pochard & 2 Great Crested Grebe west lake (JW Davies)
 * Wanstead: Kestrel on lamp post on central reservation of A12 (Harry Harrison)
 * William Girling Reservoir: 3 Black-necked Grebes in NE corner at 12:50 viewed distantly from Mansfield Park in Chingford (Dominic Mitchell)
 * Woodoaks Farm: pr Stonechat still, 50 Linnet (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: 2 Common Snipe, 1 Redwing, 2 Reed Bunting, c6 Meadow Pipit, 1 Stock Dove over with c25 Woodpigeon, 2 Jackdaw, 2 Stonechat & c20 House Sparrow (David Lindo & Paul Thomas)

Thursday 8th November 2018

 * Alexandra Park: Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Blackbird, Meadow Pipit, 5 Woodpigeon, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Jackdaw, Peregrine, 3 Sparrowhawk, 10 Common Gull, 4 Pochard, Kingfisher (APOG Birders)
 * Crayford Marshes: 2 Bearded Tit, 2 Avocet, 4 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 24 Black-tailed Godwit, Water Rail, 70 Dunlin, 65 Redshank, 64 Lapwing, 10 Wigeon, 35 Teal (Kev Jarvis)
 * Crossness NR: 1w RED-BACKED SHRIKE am (Donna Zimmer tweet); this bird first reported late morning Sunday 4th November (George Kalli per Bob Watts) A very late date for RBS - assume all alternatives have been dismissed? cheers [Ken Murray] Hi Ken Murray, feel free to take a look at my photo and film on Twitter, Donna Zimmer. Donna's pic & vid. Excellent Donna Well Done! What with late Reed Warblers, and Common Whitethroats in London.....what next? Ken Murray
 * Finchley: gdn N3 - 2 Stock Dove; Pipistrelle (Samuel Levy)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: m Teal, 2 Little Grebe, Jack Snipe, Kingfisher, 2 Chiffchaff am (Richard Green tweet)
 * Hutchinsons Bank: Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard early-pm (John Parish via Croydon Birders)
 * Kelvedon Hatch: Red Kite low NW 1450 (David Jobbins via Essex BwS)
 * Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 1 Red Kite low n (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern nr headley hide 14:00, 2 Water Pipit incl 1W, Jack Snipe, 13 Common Snipe, 7 Meadow Pipit W, 3 Skylark NW (WWT website); 2 Bittern still (WWT tweet); Short-eared Owl perched on post nr headley hide c1430 before dropping into reed-bed (Peter Charles/Keith Cutting)
 * Rainham Marshes: 9 Avocet, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 4 Marsh Harrier, Yellow-legged Gull, Barn Owl & Fieldfare riverwall late-pm (Tom Jordan); Ruff, 2 Common Sandpiper, Raven (David Smith per ELBF FB); Water Pipit (David Campbell per ELBF FB); 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Golden Plover (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
 * St James's Park: Mediterranean Gull, Water Rail, Kingfisher, 1 Wigeon, 5 Shoveler (Frank Nugent)
 * South Norwood CP: Stonechat (John Hughes/Dave Miller via Croydon Birders)
 * Stocker's Lake: 7f Goldeneye (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * Totteridge Green: 3 Redwing (Samuel Levy)
 * Trent Park: 1-2 Eurasian Teal lower lake incl f, 3 Common Pochard 2m f, f Tufted Duck, Common Buzzard, 39 Black-headed Gull, 2 Goldcrest, Treecreeper; Common Darter (Robert Callf)
 * Verulamium Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher (Jane Free via Herts BC)

Wednesday 7th November 2018

 * Amwell NR: 5 Goldeneye 1m, Caspian Gull 1w & 5 Yellow-legged Gull in evng roost Gt Hardmead L (Ron Cousins tweet); 2f Goldeneye fr gladwin hide (Steve Hughes via Herts BC)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crossness: 26 Black-tailed Godwit, 72 Lapwing, 75 Redshank, 43 Dunlin, Grey Wagtail, 2 Stonechat, Sparrowhawk, c250 Teal, 12 Wigeon, 18 Shoveler, 2 Common Snipe, Chiffchaff, Little Egret (Kev Jarvis)
 * Forty Hall CP: 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 46 Black-headed Gull incl white darvic-ringed E4UN returned for winter (Robert Callf)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: m Teal, 2 Little Grebe, Water Rail, 2 Jack Snipe (John Bushell)
 * London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 2 Water Pipit, Fieldfare, Peregrine, 9 Common Snipe (WWT website); 2 Bittern main lake 1 n shore & 1 se cnr, 21 Common Snipe grazing marsh/wader scrape (Martin Honey); 3 Water Pipit wader scrape (per S. Fogg)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 2 Goldcrest, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, 5 Collared Dove (Alastair Dent)
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: 50 Shelduck, 43 Shoveler, 17 Gadwall, 206+ Wigeon, 5 Pintail, 261 Teal, 11 Pochard, 2 Tufted Duck, 12 Avocet, 382+ Lapwing, Ruff, 6 Common Snipe, 7 Common Gull, 7 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 5 Marsh Harrier 3f 2m, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Kingfisher, 2 Kestrel, 11 Jackdaw, Goldcrest, 3m Stonechat, Fieldfare, Grey Wagtail, 7 Pied Wagtail (Samuel Levy & Sam Shippey et al); 2 Short-eared Owl, Sparrowhawk, 2 Water Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit (Samuel Levy); 42 Curlew, 495+ Black-tailed Godwit, 230 Dunlin (Samuel Levy, Howard Vaughan et al)
 * St James's Park: Mediterranean Gull, Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * Sevenoaks WR: incl 10 Shoveler, 2 Wigeon, 20 Teal, 11 Great Crested Grebe, 25 Lapwing, 2 Common Snipe, 5 Common Gull (Stephen Greenstreet via Kent OS)
 * Stocker's Lake: incl 2 Goldeneye m f, Kingfisher (Jeff Bailey via Herts BC)
 * Surbiton FB: 2 Lapwing, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Shoveler (Nigel Jackman)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: incl 8+ Tree Sparrow tytt fm, Little Egret & 2 Green Sandpiper fishing lake (Steve Blake via Herts BC); 5+ Wigeon & 2+ Common Snipe main gp, Barn Owl roosting midday & 2 Raven N willows fm (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
 * Westminster: Woodcock stranded at The Blewcoat SW1H 0PY taken into care (Jens Jakobsen tweet)
 * Whitewebbs Park: 25 Mandarin Duck 13m 12f ornamental pond nr King & Tinker PH (Robert Callf)
 * Woodredon Estate/Woodridden Hill: 2 Raven N towards Upshire, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 1200+ Woodpigeon distant on/over Crown Hill, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 20+ Redwing, 3 Coal Tit, 4 Meadow Pipit (Simon Papps)

Tuesday 6th November 2018

 * Alexandra Park: Fieldfare, 7 Redwing, Siskin h, Lesser Redpoll SW, c10 Woodpigeon, 7 Pochard & 2 Common Gull Boating Lake, m Gadwall, Kingfisher and 15 Common Gull Wood Green Res 0650-0930 (Bob Watts)
 * Amwell NR: m Goldeneye opp viewpt (Steve Hughes via Herts BC)
 * Belhus Woods CP: incl 16 Shoveler, 26 Gadwall, 9 Wigeon, 10 Teal, 12 Pochard, 5 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 7 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 27 Cormorant, Water Rail, 660 Woodpigeon incl 600 S, 9 Jay, 3 Skylark, Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, Firecrest, 21 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 23 Starling, 23 Blackbird, 5 Fieldfare, 15 Redwing, 6 Song Thrush, 42 House Sparrow, Grey Wagtail, 5 Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, 13 Chaffinch, Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 16 Lesser Redpoll, 27 Siskin, 12 Goldfinch (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Cornmill Gardens: Little Egret (Tom Moulton)
 * Crossness: Stonechat, Little Egret, Skylark, Chiffchaff, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 18 Shoveler, 16 Wigeon, 64 Teal (Kev Jarvis)
 * Finsbury Park: Nuthatch (James Palmer)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Jack Snipe, Little Grebe, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam & Richard Green) NB the Park is usually closed Mondays & Tuesdays.
 * Hampstead Heath: 7 Fieldfares NE, Mistle Thrush SE, 3 Redwings N, 6 Linnets SW, Kingfisher at Sanctuary Pond, 22 Tufted Duck & 9 Shoveler on Highgate No.1 (Pete Mantle)
 * Island Barn Reservoir: Green Sandpiper, Redshank (Jon Middleton tweet); Caspian Gull 1w w/ yellow c/r pm [ringed 9th Jun at Opole Lubelskie E Poland] (Dave Harris tweets)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern, Water Rail and Grey Wagtail (Shailesh Patel); also Pintail, 7 Common Snipe, Skylark W, Water Pipit, 5 Siskin SE (WWT website)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: Goosander (James Palmer)
 * Oxleas Woods: [SE9 1YG] Firecrest in hollies & spruce 7.45 (John Reid)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: Caspian Gull 2w [yellow-ringed HAT77] n bank 1430 (Adam Bassett via Berks BN)
 * Rainham RSPB: Caspian Gull nr-ad (BirdGuides); 5 Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, 18 Avocet, 5 Curlew, 44 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 500 Woodpigeon, 10 Blackbird, Grey Wagtail (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB); 2 Short-eared Owl (RSPB per ELBF FB)
 * Regent's Park: 3 Water Rails, Cetti's Warbler (Tony Duckett)
 * Richmond Park: incl Great Egret still, f Kestrel, Grey Wagtail (Roz Williams tweet)
 * St James's Park: Mediterranean Gull, Water Rail, Kingfisher (Frank Nugent)
 * South Norwood CP: Common Snipe (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
 * Stave Hill: Firecrest still in pines beyond long meadow pm (Richard Page-Jones tweet)
 * Town Park, Enfield: 5 Mandarin Duck 3m 2f Carr's Basin, Grey Wagtail (Robert Callf)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: 2 Egyptian Goose, 6 Common Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, Barn Owl, 6+ Tree Sparrow, Grey Wagtail, 30+ Linnet, 4 Lesser Redpoll (TyttGP tweet)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: f-type Common Scoter on Lockwood until lunchtime at least, Stonechat (David Bradshaw, Tony Gorst, Terry Rawlings)
 * Walton Downs: 2 Red-legged Partridge, 80+ Skylark, 145+ Fieldfare, 75+ Redwing, 58 Linnet, 100+ Goldfinch am (Steve Gale tweet)
 * West Hampstead: Turaco prob Livingstone's around Hampstead Cemetery on Fortune Green Rd present for several months (per Andrew Self)

Monday 5th November 2018

 * Alexandra Park: Reed Bunting, 2 Meadow Pipit, Linnet, 8 Chaffinch, Fieldfare, 18 Redwing, 3 Blackbird, Song Thrush, 90 Woodpigeon most W/SW, 36 Starling NW, 8+ Common Gull, Kingfisher Wood Green Res 0700-0945 (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR: Water Pipit on mud below viewpt briefly 0755 (Barry Reed tweet)
 * Banstead: vismig 4 Fieldfare, 23 Redwing, 29 Chaffinch & Brambling S/SW 0630-0730 (Steve Gale tweet)
 * Barnes waterside: singing Cetti's Warbler (Neil Anderson)
 * Brook Farm, Upminster: incl 2 Grey Partridge, Common Buzzard, 2500 Woodpigeon S, Kestrel, c1000 Jackdaw, 400 Rook, 90 Starling, 5 Fieldfare, 42 Redwing, Song Thrush, Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Brookmill Park: 2 Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
 * Golders Green: 1 Noctule -looking bat West Heath Ave 16.37 (James Levy)
 * Hackney Marshes: Goosander R Lea 100m s of red bridge 14.00 then by gravel island 15.30 (JW Davies)
 * London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 2 Water Pipit, Peregrine, 4 Skylark W, 10 Common Snipe, Grey Wagtail (WWT website); Jack Snipe (Simon Fogg)
 * Rainham RSPB: 2 Short-eared Owl (RSPB per ELBF FB); 39 Wigeon, 64 Teal, 0 Cattle Egret, 18 Avocet, 313 Lapwing, 3 Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, 89 Redshank, Caspian Gull 4cy, 3 Yellow-legged Gull (Dominic Mitchell per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: Great Egret, Dartford Warbler (P Pentek); Common Buzzard, Little Egret on Beverley Brook (Nigel Jackman)
 * Russia Dock Woodland: Firecrest nr Stave Hill entrance am moved into Russia Dock Woodland w/ Long-tailed Tit flock (John Cadera)
 * Rye Meads NR: Chiffchaff (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
 * St Albans: f Blackcap gdn fdr (Bill Free via Herts BC)
 * St James's Park: Mediterranean Gull, Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * Stanborough Lakes: Kingfisher over fishing lake (John Coleman via Herts BC)
 * Stanstead Abbotts Lakes - N lake: 2 Goldeneye, ad Yellow-legged Gull (Barry Reed via Herts BC)
 * Stocker's Lake: Water Rail h along R Colne (Steve Carter via Herts BC)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Ring Ouzel briefly in hedge on eastern side of Mill Hill Village Sports Club ground just N of Finchley Nursery, 18 Redwing, 4 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Mistle Thrush, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 7 Rook, 6 Teal (John Colmans); also 8-10 Mandarin 4-5 pr, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch h and Treecreeper by Folly Brook (regular here?) (HarringayBirder); Hi, Treecreeper are regulars with 3+ pairs in the valley [Samuel Levy]
 * Verulamium Park: Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail (Bill Free via Herts BC)
 * Wanstead Flats: Caspian Gull (seen yesterday as well), 490 Wood Pigeon, 38 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, 7 Chaffinch, 3 Reed Bunting, 10 Meadow Pipit, 10 Pied Wagtail, 8 Skylark, and pair of Stonechat still (James Heal/Simon Raper)

Sunday 4th November 2018

 * Alexandra Park: Peregrine, c18+ Common Gull still Wood Green Res (APOG Birders)
 * Boxer's Lake: Egyptian Goose, 3 f/imm Eurasian Teal [only my second record of this species at this site after 8 on November 29th 2010], m Northern Shoveler, m Common Pochard, 2 f Tufted Duck, 44 Black-headed Gull, Grey Wagtail, Goldcrest (Robert Callf)
 * Brent Reservoir: Common Buzzard over 10:25, 17 Common Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper (Brent Birders)
 * Brookmill Park: 2 Kingfisher, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Chafford Hundred: 4200 Woodpigeon, 64 Starling, 13 Blackbird, 83 Fieldfare & 68 Redwing S 0700-0900 (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Crossness: foreshore Cormorant Little Egret Grey Heron Shelduck Teal Mallard Shoveler Moorhen Lapwing Curlew Redshank Black-headed Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Herring Gull Grey Wagtail Wren Dunnock Goldfinch (Harry Halstead)
 * Crossness NR: Teal Mallard Male Pochard Buzzard Moorhen Coot Woodpigeon Barn Owl in nest box Male Kingfisher Meadow Pipit Grey Wagtail Wren Robin Male Stonechat Blackbird Long-tailed Tit Blue Tit Great Tit Magpie Carrion Crow Goldfinch (Harry Halstead); RED-BACKED SHRIKE late-am (George Kalli per Bob Watts)
 * Ellenbrook Fields: f Stonechat cattle field TL205090 (Steven Pearce via Herts BC)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Common Snipe & 2 Jack Snipe showing well fr e hide, 3 Chiffchaff am (Richard Green tweet)
 * Hampstead Heath: Hobby circled over Stone of Free Speech 1140 then SE, also Common Gull on Highgate No.2 and 2 Song Thrush over (Pete Mantle)
 * Hatfield: Woodcock gdn 0935 (Brendon Fagan via Herts BC)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 1f Goldeneye, 59 Cormorant, c20 Meadow Pipit, 63 Shoveler, 3 Wigeon, 2 Teal (Tony Blake)
 * Island Barn Reservoir: Water Pipit [3rd day] (Dave Harris per Surrey BN); also 2 Green Sandpiper (Tony Quinn per Surrey BN)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern, 1f Goldeneye, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk (Shailesh Patel); also 115 Wigeon, 140 Teal, Little Egret, Marsh Harrier main lake n shore 0820, Jack Snipe, Water Pipit marsh n edge, 2 Redpoll, 3 Siskin (WWT website)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: rh Goosander still on Old R Lea at dusk nr end of cross-path betw beds 1 & 2 (Alastair Dent)
 * Moorhall Lake: Kingfisher, 2 Heron, Common Buzzard, Red Kite, Kestrel, Cormorant, Long-tailed Tit (Nigel Barratt)
 * Pinner: 6 Starling on lawn incl 3 w/ rings (Richard Francis)
 * Purfleet: 31 Wigeon, Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, 20 Avocet, 282 Lapwing, 14 Golden Plover, Grey Plover, 14 Ringed Plover, 18 Curlew, 28 Black-tailed Godwit, 140 Dunlin, 69 Redshank, 1227 Black-headed Gull, 64 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 41 Fieldfare, Stonechat Thames foreshore (Fraser Simpson tweet)
 * Rainham Marshes: Marsh Harrier, 2 Little Egret, 2 Curlew, 20+ Avocet, Short-eared Owl, 2 Stonechat, 2 singing Cetti's Warbler, 3 Rock Pipit (Simon Papps); 2 Short-eared Owl c4pm (Nathalie Mahieu, John Boorman, Beate Johansen); 2 CATTLE EGRET (Jonathan Lethbridge, Ricky Blackman et al per ELBF FB); also c100 Shoveler, 200 Wigeon, 10 Pintail, 20 Pochard, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 21 Avocet, 2 Golden Plover, 4 Curlew, 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 150 Dunlin, 12 Common Snipe, 20 Redshank, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Jay, 350 Woodpigeon, Barn Owl, 8 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Stonechat, White Wagtail, 6 Water Pipit, 2 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing (Martin Jordan, Simon Papps per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: Great Egret, Dartford Warbler, 8 Stonechat (Steve Woolfenden); 1 Nuthatch, 12 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel hawthorn valley mid-am (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Roding Valley Meadows LNR: Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher (Barry Jones per ELBF FB)
 * Sevenoaks WR: Water Rail fr carter hide, Green Sandpiper east lake, Kingfisher west lake, Treecreeper, 2 Siskin, Reed Bunting (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
 * Shoreham, Kent,: 20 Common Gull, c25 Stock Dove, Greenfinch, 10 Coal Tit, 2 Siskin, 2 Common Buzzard (Jack Headley)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 4+ m Pheasant, Red Kite briefly landing on ground, f Kestrel, Stock Dove, 7 Skylark, 4 Meadow Pipit, c40 Redwing incl 30 E, 2 Fieldfare E, Goldcrest, 2 Rook, 3 Reed Bunting, 19 Linnet, m Bullfinch (Neil Anderson)
 * Tottenham Marshes: Bullfinch Wild Marsh East early-am (Stuart Fisher)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery: Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Harry Harrison)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: pr Red-crested Pochard, Great Egret main gp 1430 briefly then N, 2 Little Egret, Water Rail, Common Snipe, Great Black-backed Gull, Barn Owl, Little Owl, 60+ Magpie roosting in one tree late-evng, 12+ Lesser Redpoll (Rupert Evershed tweet)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 1m Goldeneye, 29 Teal, 49 Shoveler, 2 Peregrine, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechat, 3 Common Gull, 1 Lapwing, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Jay, 1 Kingfisher (Rhys Evans); 2 Great BB Gulls, 3 Green Sandpipers in relief channel 11am (Lol Bodini)
 * Wanstead Flats: 2 Cattle Egret west (first record for 30 years), Firecrest behind Alex, Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechat, 21 Redwing, 35 Fieldfare, 850+ Wood Pigeon, 600+ Starling feeding on football pitches, 8 Skylark, 10 Meadow Pipit, 3 Reed Bunting, Common Snipe, 9 Gadwall, 5 Shoveler, 4 Teal, 3 Little Owl (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: 2 Water Rail, 100+ Gadwall, 45 Teal, 52 Shoveler, 4 Wigeon, Little Egret, 3 Little Grebe, Kingfisher, 6 Redwing, 3 Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, Great Black-backed Gull, Kestrel, Common Buzzard (Nick Croft)
 * Warren Gorge: incl 13 Shoveler, Teal, Pochard, 2 Tufted Duck, 45 Cormorant, Water Rail, Kingfisher, 43 Woodpigeon, Chiffchaff, Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Goldcrest, 33 Starling, 5 Blackbird, Fieldfare, 8 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 15 Greenfinch, 20 Lesser Redpoll, 7 Goldfinch, 9 Siskin (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Wood Farm, Stanmore: 13 Fieldfare, c60 Redwing, 1 Skylark, 7 Meadow Pipit (Tony Blake)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: 2 Mute Swan, 3 Cormorant, Redwing, 3 Stonechat, f Reed Bunting am (Paul Thomas tweets)
 * Yeading Brook Meadows: 4 Teal 2pr, Red Kite, 40 Redwing (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 3rd November 2018

 * Alexandra Park: Green Sandpiper Filter Beds (1st since 2013), Skylark W, Redwing E, Peregrine (Bob Watts)
 * Banstead: vismig Lapwing, Woodlark, 215 Starling, 111 Fieldfare, 47 Redwing, 136 Chaffinch & 2 Brambling S/SW 0600-0930 (Steve Gale tweet)
 * Blunts Farm: Barn Owl, 2 Little Owl, Stonechat, 8 Skylark, Common Snipe, Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting, Meadow Pipit, Redwing, Common Buzzard, Kestrel (Joe Dickens)
 * Brent Reservoir: Lapwing, 8 Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 2 Water Rail, Common Buzzard over N Bank, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Goldcrests (Roy Beddard)
 * Brook Farm, Upminster: incl Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 240 Woodpigeon S, 17 Starling, 6 Blackbird, 38 Fieldfare, 7 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, Meadow Pipit, 7 Chaffinch, Bullfinch, 9 Greenfinch, 28 Goldfinch, 3 Goldcrest, 5 Siskin (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Brookmill Park: 2 Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Conrad Ellam)
 * Colney Heath: 10+ Redwing, 3+ Siskin (Steve Blake via Herts BC)
 * Connaught Water: Ring Ouzel S (Rob Sheldon tweet)
 * Dagenham Riverside: Common Buzzard, Curlew, 42 Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, 97 Redshank, Yellow-legged Gull, 19 Stock Dove, 18 Siskin (Dave Morrison tweet)
 * Erith (Thames Foreshore): incl 140+ Black-tailed Godwit (Mike Robinson)
 * Farthing Downs: incl Grey Heron over, 3 Skylark, 2 Goldcrest, 8 Fieldfare, 12 Redwing, 2+ Meadow Pipit, 10+ Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, Siskin (per Croydon Birders)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: 2 Jack Snipe, Common Snipe (John Bushell)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: 2 Jack Snipe railway pool TQ292515 still, vismig 150 Starling, c200 Fieldfare & c400 Redwing most W, 20 Lesser Redpoll by 1015 (Gordon Hay via Surrey BN)
 * London Wetland Centre: 97 Wigeon, Goldeneye, Bittern, 3 Jack Snipe, 8 Common Snipe, Peregrine, 6 Siskin (WWT website)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: f Goosander on Old River Lea (Jon Agar)
 * Purfleet: Little Egret, 26 Avocet, 323 Lapwing, 14 Ringed Plover, 35 Black-tailed Godwit, 297 Dunlin, 103 Redshank, 83 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 124 Fieldfare, 19 House Sparrow, Rock Pipit & 23 Linnet Thames foreshore (Fraser Simpson tweet)
 * Rainham RSPB: incl CATTLE EGRET still, 2 Marsh Harrier incl wing-tag 'ZR', 16 Avocet, 4 Curlew, c60 Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, c20 Dunlin, 9 Common Snipe, 10+ Redshank, Kestrel pm (Chris Ruis tweet); 2 f Pintail, 2 Cattle Egret, Common Buzzard, Water Pipit, 3 Stonechat (Neil Anderson et al); also 54 Greylag, Sparrowhawk, 3 Marsh Harrier, 140 Black-tailed Godwit, Short-eared Owl, 4 Kestrel, Peregrine, 3 Rock Pipit (Alan Shearman et al per ELBF FB)
 * South Harrow: m Blackcap in Eastcote Ave gdn (Michael Robinson)
 * Springfield Park: 1 Green Woodpecker (P. Makwana)
 * Staines Reservoir: 2 Pintail, Goldeneye, 2 Black-necked Grebe, Red Kite, Little Gull, Peregrine, 21 Lapwing am (Dave Carlsson tweet)
 * Stocker's Lake: 14 Wigeon, 3f Goldeneye (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: 2 Water Pipit, Rock Pipit, 4 Stonechat, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 440 Woodpigeon & 90 Fieldfare over (Andrew Self)
 * The Brook BR5: Little Grebe (Jack Headley)
 * Thorndon CP: incl Common Buzzard, 8+ Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 1+ Brambling, 3 Lesser Redpoll & Siskin n section 0815-0930 (Andrew Cox via Essex BwS)
 * Tottenham Marshes: vismig 25 Fieldfare W, 10 Redwing Brambling E & Siskin Wild Marsh East (Stuart Fisher)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: incl 2+ Little Egret, Common Snipe & Green Sandpiper main gp, Kingfisher, 4+ Lesser Redpoll over, 2 Siskin, 50+ Linnet in fields nr willow fm lake (TyttGP tweet/per Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 30 Pied Wagtail, 10 Linnet, 6 Canada Goose (Jon Agar)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Green Sandpiper on Lockwood; Fieldfare, 2 Grey Wagtail, Great Black-backed Gull Upper Maynard (Mark Wardman)
 * Wanstead Flats: Yellowhammer, 2 Stonechat, c500 Woodpigeon, 47 Fieldfare, 12 Redwing, 20 Chaffinch, 8 Skylark, 2 Lesser Redpoll, Siskin, Common Snipe, Grey Wagtail, Little Owl (Tony Brown)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: Skylark, 2+ Stonechat, Reed Bunting fem, Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 2 Canada Geese over (Charlie Farrell)
 * Woodoaks Farm: pr Stonechat still (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)

Friday 2nd November 2018

 * Alexandra Park: 3 Fieldfare W, 28 Redwing mostly W, Siskin h, 16 Linnet 15 low N, 62 Chaffinch, 41 Starling, c5 Blackbird, Stock Dove, c10 Woodpigeon, Treecreeper top platform, 16+ Common Gull, 8 Pochard Wood Green Res, Shoveler Boating Lake 0645-1015 (APOG Birders)
 * Banstead: vismig 43 Redwing, 239 Chaffinch & 2 Brambling W 0645-0745 (Steve Gale tweet)
 * Beckton SW: 2 Pintail, 5 Little Egret, 2 Common Buzzard, Common Sandpiper, 26 Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 107 Chaffinch NW, 3 Rock Pipit (Dave Morrison tweet)
 * Black Park, Bucks: 100+ Mandarin on lake pm (Roger Morton tweet)
 * Brent Reservoir: Firecrest (heard only 09:18 by Old Jetty/Builders Yard), 8 Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 4 Water Rail, 2 Chiffchaff, Bullfinch and a Migrant Hawker. Vismig: 25 Goldfinch, 111 Chaffinch, 22 Greenfinch, 4 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Linnet, 2 Siskin, 9 Pied Wagtail, Skylark, 886 Starling, 3 Redwing, 19 Fieldfare, Stock Dove, 15 Woodpigeon 06:30-09:00 (Magnus Andersson)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crayford Marshes: Common Buzzard, 17 Avocet on Essex side of river, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Curlew, 2+ Rock Pipit, Water Pipit over, 5 Stonechat, 60+ Fieldfare, Redwing, 8 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Rook (Mike Amos tweet at 1933)
 * Crossness NR: juv Marsh Harrier [w/ green wing-tags 'ZR' frequenting RSPB Rainham & ringed at Haddiscoe Marshes Norfolk], 2 Common Buzzard, Common Snipe, Kingfisher, 5 Skylark, 4 Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit (Donna Zimmer tweet)
 * Dungeon Hill: 5 Skylark W, 4 Redwing, 8 Meadow Pipit (Duncan Jennings per Surrey BN)
 * Fairlop Waters: Kingfisher, 2 Chiffchaff, 6 Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail (Dan Barrett per ELBF FB)
 * Finsbury Park: Kingfisher at dusk (James Palmer)
 * Greenford UB6: 3 Redwing W over gdn 06.40 (Neil Anderson)
 * Hampstead Heath: 3 Stock Doves N at midday (Pete Mantle)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: incl 4 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, Wigeon, 30 Teal, Sparrowhawk, 2 Water Rail, 10 Lapwing, Common Snipe, Kestrel, 6 Jay, 5 Skylark, 20 Fieldfare, 30 Redwing, 6 Cetti's Warbler, pr Blackcap, 7 Blackbird, 9 Chaffinch, Bullfinch, 4 Greenfinch, 50 Goldfinch, 8 Siskin (Dave McGough per ELBF FB)
 * London Wetland Centre: Pintail wader scrape, Goldeneye reservoir lagoon, Bittern main lake [n shore], 6 Common Snipe, 2 Skylark NW, 4 Chiffchaff, Stonechat, 2 Water Pipit wader scrape & grazing marsh (WWT website)
 * Mardyke, Stifford-Aveley: incl 5 Teal, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, 7 Jay, 6 Cetti’s Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, Yellow-browed Warbler, Firecrest, 8 Goldcrest, 19 Starling, 27 Blackbird, 54 Fieldfare, 27 Redwing, 12 Song Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch, Lesser Redpoll, 26 Goldfinch (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Mogador: vismig 6 Skylark, 300 Starling, 157 Fieldfare & 23 Redwing S/SW 0845-100 (Steve Gale tweet)
 * Primrose Hill: vismig 2m Sparrowhawk ESE 0755, 22 Stock Dove NW, Rook S, Woodlark [2nd site record] low S over viewpt 0810 [looked to land by Barrow Hill Res but not reloc'd], 50 Starling SW, Song Thrush S, 280 Chaffinch W/NW, 8 Brambling W/SW, Redpoll W, 6 Siskin W 0630-0830 (Twitter)
 * Rainham RSPB: Firecrest, Chiffchaff (Eugene Dillon-Hooper per ELBF FB); 5 Pintail, 2 CATTLE EGRET still, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, Water Rail, 20 Avocet, 13 Ringed Plover, 3 Curlew, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, 150 Dunlin, 6 Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher, Kestrel, 6 Bearded Tit, Cetti's Warbler, Fieldfare, 4 Stonechat (Patrick Hart, Pete Merchant per ELBF FB) the reserve is now on winter hours 0930-1630
 * Richmond Park: Short-eared Owl, Common Buzzard (Friday BG); Great Egret, 37 Cormorant - still an unusually high number of this native species present presumably taking advantage of an abundant food source, Common Snipe, Kingfisher, 18 Meadow Pipit, Dartford Warbler, 17 Fieldfare SW, 5 Reed Bunting (J.Wilczur); Grey Wagtail, 5+ Redwing; 6 Common Darter (Neil Anderson/K. Bull); Red Kite, 14 Goosander W (P.Pentek, P.Redmond, M.Lewis); 17 Stonechat (JW, PR); Red-legged Partridge (Mat Hare)
 * St James's Park: Mediterranean Gull, Water Rail, Siskin briefly, Chiffchaff, 5 Shoveler, Peregrine (Frank Nugent)
 * St Margaret's Open Space, Ealing: f Crossbill W 1210 (Dave Baker tweet) [site ref TQ151795]
 * Sevenoaks WR: Common Snipe, 2 Siskin (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
 * Stanborough Lakes: Little Egret fishing lake (John Coleman via Herts BC)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: 53 Greylag Goose, 3 Stonechat, 2 Kestrel, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, 14 Gadwall, 1 Raven, 5 Teal, 4 Cetti's Warbler 3h, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Dunlin, 1 Jay, 35 Redshank, 6+ Common Snipe, 1 Grey Heron, 16 Lapwing, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, Great Black-backed Gull [c/r WF5T] (Roger Keith)
 * Trent Park: Grey Heron leucistic, 11 Mandarin Duck 6m 5f lower lake, m Common Pochard, ad Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Meadow Pipit, 3 Redwing, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Common Darter (Robert Callf)
 * Twickenham: Red Kite W searching for stuff 300ft above Heath Rd 1525 (Mike Foster)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: Water Rail main gp fr high viewpt (Peter Cotgreave via Herts BC); f Goosander main gp 1445, 2 Little Egret fishing lake, 7 Common Snipe main gp, Green Sandpiper N along R Colne (per Herts BC); also 4+ Wigeon, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Water Rail & Kingfisher main gp, c100 Skylark & 4 Tree Sparrow tytt fm (TyttGP tweet)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 4 Stonechat [m in small tree N of boardwalk & f N of crater & pr Leyton Marsh scrub]; paddocks - Kestrel f, c25 Pied Wagtail, 2 Linnet, 26 Canada Geese (Alastair Dent)
 * Worcester Park: Linnet on horse fields ( Bob Smith )

Thursday 1st November 2018

 * Beddington Farmlands: Richard's Pipit update: Yesterday we contacted Viridor to ask for an arranged twitch for county birders. This morning Viridor have sent machinery into the area the pipit was frequenting and started cutting down the habitat. No sign of the bird today. Sounds a bit drastic. Was that because of the bird or in spite of it? [Richard Francis]
 * Brent Reservoir: 18 Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler, Kingfisher, Jack Snipe, 2 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Water Rail, also many Teal, Shoveler, Gadwall, Tufted Duck, 3+ Pochard, Black-headed Gulls, Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 6 Common Gull (Leo Batten, Roy Beddard, Pete Lowman)
 * Croydon: f Pheasant in Sundridge Rd front gdn (Richard Offer per Croydon Birders)
 * Gobions Wood: 27 Meadow Pipit (per Herts BC)
 * Hackney Marshes: rh Goosander on Old R Lea just below red bridge 08:30 - first I've seen here that wasn't a flyover and presumably same bird as seen overhead on Sunday, also 1 Kingfisher and 2 Gadwall (Alastair Dent)
 * KGV Res: m Ring Ouzel, 70 Goldfinch, 15 Meadow Pipits, 2 Kestrel, 7 House Sparrow (A.Middleton) Rouzel pic
 * London Wetland Centre: Shelduck, 113 Gadwall [site count], 100+ Teal scrape, 2 Bittern main lake n & se shores, 9 Common Snipe, Stonechat (WWT website) centre now on winter hours so it closes an hour earlier at 1630
 * New Change EC2: Short-eared Owl high SW 08:10 (Nick Senior)
 * Rainham RSPB: Jack Snipe (Maggie Walsh per ELBF FB); Bittern [tringa pool], 2 Ruff (Stan Brown per ELBF FB); Sparrowhawk, 6 Marsh Harrier, 4 Common Buzzard, 2 CATTLE EGRET, 3 Little Egret, 40 Blackbird, Fieldfare, 33 Redwing, 3 Brambling (Howard Vaughan, Malcolm Rush via ELBF FB); Short-eared Owl fr vc cafe (per Louise Moss via RSPB blog) the reserve is now on winter hours 0930-1630
 * St James's Park: Mediterranean Gull still, Water Rail, 4 Fieldfare in a tree (Frank Nugent)
 * Southgate: 13 Collared Dove in one tree Grovebury Crt N14 after heavy rain - high count for area (Robert Callf)
 * Trent Park: m Common Pochard, f Tufted Duck, Redwing, 4 Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Treecreeper, f Bullfinch; 2 Muntjac (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 3 Rock Pipits on Lockwood res 15-16.00 (Lol Bodini)
 * Woodford Green: My first for the year Firecrest through at 8.20am, 2 Legrets over at 8.55 am, Song Thrush through at 9am and a Common Buzzard over at 11.29 am. (Ken Murray)

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