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Thursday 29th October 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Viz mig [tel:0645-0715 0645-0715]: 100+ Woodpigeon, 2 Meadow Pipit, Egyptian Goose NE (Bob Watts)
 * Brent Reservoir: Vis-mig 06.30-09.45: 231 Woodpigeon, 14 Stock Dove, 21 Starling, 45 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 30 Chaffinch, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 36 Siskin (Andrew Verrall, John Gravatt)
 * Brookmill Park: Mandarin, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Conrad Ellam)
 * Cranford Park: Little Egret, 2 Little Grebes.(Sue Giddens)
 * Ewell Village: Little Egret again at The Lower Mill. 1 Chiffchaff and 1 Collared Dove at Beggars Hill (Neil Batten). Egret present again late afternoon and has gone to roost nearby. Also 1 Kingfisher this afternoon.
 * Leyton Flats: 2 Goldcrest, 12 Lesser Redpoll (James Palmer)
 * Rainham Marshes: 4 Short-eared Owl, 2 Raven, new Dartford Warbler, Water Pipit (Twitter)
 * Staines Moor: Short-eared Owl (BirdGuides)
 * Stocker's Lake: 11 Red-crested Pochard, including 8 drakes (Paul Lewis-Herts website)
 * Sutcliffe Park: 2 Little Grebe, Common Snipe, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: 2 Firecrest Sanctuary Wood 1208 (Bob Watts)
 * Walthamstow Marsh: 7 Egyptian Goose, Little Egret, 60+ Pied Wagtail, 60+ Starling, 20+ Goldfinch, 20+ Linnet (all in horse paddocks) (James Palmer)
 * Walthamstow Res: High Maynard: 1+ Rock Pipit over, 2 Common Sandpiper. Lockwood: 2 Jackdaw over, Green Sandpiper North end, 8+ Little Egret, Shelduck. West Warwick: Coal Tit & Cetti's Warbler singing at South end, 3 Stonechat North-west corner. No. 5: Great Black-backed Gull. No.1/2/3 8+ Little Egret, Chiffchaff, 2+ Goldcrest, 2+ Cetti's Warbler. (Paul Whiteman, Jamie Partridge)
 * Wanstead Flats: Mediterranean Gull, 1st winter Yellow-legged Gull, 150 + Common Gull, 100 + Black-headed Gull, 30 Linnet, 4 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Siskin, 10 + Goldcrest, 4 Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 10 Fieldfare, 30 Gadwall, 13 Shoveler, 3 Teal, 4 Pochard, 20 + Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, Kestrel (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 5 Little Egret, 69 Gadwall, 6 Shoveler, 2 Egyptian Goose, f Teal, 6 Little Grebe, Chiffchaff, 15 + Goldcrest, Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Siskin (Nick Croft)

Wednesday 28th October 2015

 * Bentley Priory: Raven over 14:00 (Richard Francis).
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Mandarin, Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
 * Ewell Village: Little Egret at The Lower Mill am (usually perched on white fire escape stairs at back of building). Also 1 Kingfisher (Neil Batten).
 * Greenwich Park: Short-eared Owl south, Meadow Pipit NE, Firecrest, Redwing (Joe Beale)
 * Grovelands Park: 2 ad Great Crested Grebe, 11 Cormorant, 5 Egyptian Goose m f 3 juvs, 63 Mandarin Duck 44m 19f at 17:00 hrs, 125 Mallard 93m 32f, m Common Pochard, 9 Tufted Duck 4m 5f, 12 Moorhen, Kingfisher, 3-4 Grey Wagtail arriving late to roost, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Firecrest (Leyton Flats), c8 Goldcrest, 3-5 Redwing, 10 Lesser Redpoll, Siskin, 17 Gadwall, Teal, 3 Egyptian Goose, Grey Wagtail, 2 Great Crested Grebe (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: Plenty of Wigeon (68 according to WWT website), at least 13 Common Snipe, 2 Jack Snipe (grazing marsh), 1f Stonechat (grazing marsh), 1 Redpoll over Sheltered lagoon calling (Martin Honey)
 * Purfleet: 119 Golden Plover, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 17 Ringed Plover, 117 Dunlin, 451 Lapwing, 123 Redshank, 2 Curlew between Purfleet and Rainham Marshes (Fraser Simpson)
 * RSPB Rainham Marshes: 2 imm Spoonbills west (Andy Reid); 8 Short-eared Owl together 0930, male Goshawk north 14.30, Dartford Warbler, 2 Raven, 4 Marsh Harrier 2m2f, m Peregrine, f Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 5 Kestrel, 2 Barn Owl, 35 Chaffinch, 3 Brambling, Greenshank, 4 Curlew, 5 Avocet, 2 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, f Bullfinch (Howard Vaughan, Andy Tweed, Phil Street, Andy Reid et al) and all of Fraser's Purfleet waders too.
 * Staines Moor: 2 Short-eared Owl, 2 Water Pipit, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2 Little Egret, 4 Stonechat (Jim Sweetland). 3 Water Pipit, 65 Wigeon over E, 28 Goldcrest, 8 Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Snipe, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Fieldfare, 2 Kestrel (Lee Dingain).
 * Vanbrugh Pits SE3: 1 Firecrest with 3 or 4 Goldcrests, 1 Chiffchaff (Joe Beale and Yu-Hsuan Lin)
 * Wanstead Flats: Mediterranean Gull, 150 + Common Gull, 27 Linnet, 6 Chaffinch, Reed Bunting, Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 10 + Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff, 10 + Goldcrest, 60 + Gadwall, 20 + Shoveler, 20 + Tufted Duck, 3 Pochard, Teal, 7 Egyptian Goose, Little Egret, 12 Redwing 2 Fieldfare, 20 + Song Thrush, Kestrel (Nick Croft)
 * Whitings Hill/Arkley Fields: 5 Fieldfares (in same place as I saw one in September), 8 Skylarks in group and 12 Ring-necked Parakeets over (seldom seen in this open country) (Geoff Crabtree)

Tuesday 27th October 2015

 * Brent Reservoir: 06.30-09.45 vis-mig: 186 Starling, 87 Redwing, 34 Fieldfare, Brambling, 28 Chaffinch, Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 9 Siskin, 3 Lesser Redpoll (Andrew Self, Andrew Verrall)
 * Brookmill Park: Mandarin, Kingfisher, Song Thrush (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bunhill Fields Burial Gardens: Woodcock (via London Birders Facebook page)
 * Chingford: 1 Turtle Dove, Kestrel, 2 Skylark, 200+ Redwing, 10 Mandarin Duck on Connaught Water (John Cadera)
 * Dagenham Chase: 2+ Firecrest, Brambling, Lesser Redpoll (Twitter)
 * Lake Farm Country Park, Hayes: 1 Short-eared Owl flew in and landed 08.10. (Dave Morris per FJM)
 * Morden Area: 2 Crossbills west over Deer Park Road SW19 (Twitter - Chris, Lewishambirder)
 * Northaw Great Wood: 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20+ Goldcrest, Fieldfare, Redwing, Firecrest singing male 08:10 hrs, 6 Coal Tit, 8 Nuthatch, 6 Treecreeper, 2 Marsh Tit, f Bullfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Purfleet: 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 17 Ringed Plover, 97 Dunlin, 531 Lapwing, 114 Redshank, f Marsh Harrier between Purfleet and Rainham Marshes (Fraser Simpson)
 * Rainham Local Nature Reserve: 2 Bearded Tit (heard), 1 Green Sandpiper over (Fraser Simpson)
 * Rainham Marshes: Dartford Warbler nr Ken Barratt hide (James Palmer), Pink-footed Goose Targets (Twitter)
 * Town Park, Enfield: Kingfisher fishing Carr's Basin (Robert Callf)

Monday 26th October 2015

 * Beckton: f/1w Black Redstart on site with no public access this morning (Peter Beckenham)
 * Beddington Farmlands: Rock Pipit (BirdGuides)
 * Brent Reservoir: 3 Little Egrets flying over Dump, 3 Egyptian Goose over Dump, 1 Snipe north, 9 east marsh, 4 Wigeon, Cetti's Warbler; Dump 06.30-09.15: 690 Woodpigeon, 8 Stock Dove, Skylark, 63 Redwing, 52 Fieldfare, 41 Chaffinch, 4 Siskin (Andrew Verrall)
 * Brookmill Park: Mandarin, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
 * Charing Cross Hospital, 2 Peregrine Falcons 09.30 (Peter Hart)
 * Gunpowder Park: 1 Water Rail, 7 Little grebe, Bullfinch, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Siskin, 2 Reed Bunting (Neville Smith).
 * KGV Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe, 6 Goldeneye, 4 Goosander, Black Redstart by sailing club car park (Neville Smith).
 * Leyton, Jubilee Park: 11 Linnet, 9 Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 2 Goldcrest, 5 Goldfinch, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Jay, Kestrel, Collared Dove (JW Davies)
 * Lonsdale Road Reservoir: 1 Buzzard flew W along N bank of R.Thames mobbed by 40 crows @ 14.55. 1 Chiffchaff with Long-tailed Tit flock. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Pinner (HA5): Magpie found in the house, sitting on top of the telephone - It left via the front door! (JR).
 * Purfleet: 40 Golden Plover, 1 Greenshank, 34 Black-tailed Godwit, 15 Ringed Plover, 73 Dunlin, 438 Lapwing, 133 Redshank between Purfleet and Rainham Marshes (Fraser Simpson)
 * Rainham RSPB Reserve: pair of Ravens, pair of Stonechat (M & F), 2 Short-eared Owls (reported), 4 Marsh Harriers, Cetti's Warblers everywhere (Brief visit - Bob Husband)
 * Staines Moor: 2 Lesser Redpoll along Northern section of Bonehead Ditch (PFM); Afternoon: about 3.45  Short-eared Owl (Twitter)
 * Trent Park: 22 Stock Dove feeding with Wodpigeons on ploughed field S of Ride Wood (Robert Callf)
 * Wanstead Flats: Pale Buzzard sp with broad white tail band being harried by crows distantly over Coronation Copse (as seen froom the Alex maybe up to half a mile away!) rubbish pics here http://wansteadbirding.blogspot.co.uk/  (comments welcomed) - The trouble with the larger raptors is the fact that they are all constantly in transitional plumage, so no two birds are the same...It looks like an immature Common Buzzard to me (JR). Agreed, looks like a Common Buzzard - no dark belly patch (RCallf) [As I suspected–thanks for the input: NC] Rock Pipit circled round Alex calling, 5 Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark, Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 33 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 8 Shoveler, Linnet, Reed Bunting, 4 Goldcrest (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 15 Little Egret (14 on Heronry with 10 + Cormorant and 8 Grey Herons–the fish are being slaughtered), 156 Gadwall, 14 Wigeon, Teal, 12 Shoveler, 3 Egyptian Goose, 6 Little Grebe, 30 + Siskin, Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark, 6 Goldcrest, Redwing, Grey Wagtail (Nick Croft)
 * Woodford Bridge: Stock Dove feeding on the green in front of my flat, within a few yards of me as I stood by my car. The tamest SD I have ever seen! (Alan Hobson).

Sunday 25th October 2015

 * Barking Creekmouth: c. 30 Shelduck, 315 Teal, 1 Ringed Plover, 31 Redshank, 1 Curlew, 1 1st cal year Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Short-eared Owl high South, 1 Rock Pipit on shore then flew West, 4 Chiffchaff (N P Senior)
 * Beddington Farmlands: 2 Short-eared Owl, Water Pipit, Brambling, Yellowhammer (Twitter)
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Little Egret, fem Pintail, few Wigeon, few Snipe, male Peregrine over Dump, 2 Cetti's Warblers (N and E Marsh), Nuthatch around Dump, Vis-mig 1845 Woodpigeon, 3 Stock Dove, 8 Redwing, Fieldfare, Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, Brambling, 25 Chaffinch, Linnet, 12 Siskin, 6 Lesser Redpoll (Andrew Self, Roy Beddard, Andrew Verrall)
 * Burnt Oak: Kingfisher seen flying along Burnt Oak Brook 11:15 (previously only suspected in this area); also Grey Wagtail and Jay (Deb Jackson).
 * Bushy Park: 1 Firecrest in holly 100m south of Upper Lodge by fence, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Lesser Redpoll, 30 Siskin (Roger Unite)
 * Crossness: 2 Common Buzzard, 18 Wigeon, 120+ Black-tailed Godwit, 17 Snipe, 1 Curlew east, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Rock Pipit,  9 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Siskin (John Archer)
 * Dagenham Chase NR: Yellow-browed Warbler 11.50 River Rom (Twitter). Heard & may have glimpsed Yellow-browed Warbler, m & f Firecrest, 2 or 3 Goldcrests, Chiffchaff - calling, Grey Wagtail - calling from River, (Bob Husband, Mike Cawthorne, Fay Broom, Barry Chambers, Steve Drake, Vince Halley-Frame)
 * Dagnam Park, Harold Hill, Havering, Essex: Great Grey Shrike (East of main track - TQ552931), male Bullfinch (perched up & calling), female Plum-headed or Blossom-headed Parakeet in flight with 2 Ring-necked Parakeets, Buzzard, (Bob Husband, Mike Cawthorne, Fay Broom)
 * Dartford Marshes: Dartford Warbler in Hawthorn along Darenth sea wall by the old pig farm, 2 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 2 Dunlin, 100 Golden Plover, 150 Redshank, 20 Lapwing, Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
 * East India Dock Basin: 283 Teal, 1 leucistic Black-headed Gull with pure white primaries (present in the area since early September), 1 Kingfisher, 1 Skylark S, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest (N P Senior)
 * Fulham Palace Meadow Allotments: Kestrel (first this year - used to be seen more often) (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Greenwich Park: 160 Woodpigeons south, 3 Redpolls over, Grey Wagtail over, Linnet west, m Firecrest, Goldcrests, 2 Egyptian Geese, 4-5 Redwings, Meadow Pipit over, 30 Starlings west, migrant Song Thrush (Joe Beale)
 * Gunpowder Park: 2 Water Rail, Common Buzzard, 5 Goldcrest, Bullfinch (Neville Smith).
 * Harold Hill: Great Grey Shrike 08.30 (BirdGuides)
 * Holyfield Farm: 2 Stonechat by small carp pool. 2 Yellowhammer (Neville Smith).
 * Hooks Marsh: Stonechat male, Barn owl (Neville Smith).
 * London Wetland Centre: 202 Teal, Pintail, 10 Snipe, 40 Goldfinch, Stonechat (WWT website) Jack  Snipe (Grazing Marsh), 14 Common Snipe, 4 Siskin, Goldcrest, 5+ Chiffchaff, 1W Yellow-legged Gull (Main Lake), Coal Tit, 3 Stonechat (Matt Palmer)
 * Margravine Cemetery: 5-6 Goldcrest (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Old Paddington Cemetery: Great Spotted Woodpecker (Matt Reed).
 * Oxleas Woods (SE9 1YG): Coal tit, 2 Firecrest in Holly 06:45, Goldcrest in Spruce and Nuthatch (John Reid
 * Purfleet: 3 Short-eared Owl hunting along Dartford Marshes sea wall; 1 Spotted Redshank, 146 Golden Plover, 2 Greenshank, 28 Black-tailed Godwit, 15 Ringed Plover, 32 Dunlin, 420 Lapwing, 217 Redshank, 2 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Little Egret east at dusk between Purfleet and Rainham Marshes (Fraser Simpson)
 * Queen's Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker (Matt Reed).
 * Richmond Park: Little Egret SW, 4550 Woodpigeon mainly S, Collared Dove S, 3 Skylark over, 23 Meadow Pipit, 11 Stonechat, 7 Redwing W, Fieldfare N, Mistle Thrush SW, 8 Magpie high over various directions, 73 Starling W, 56 Chaffinch W & SW, 3 Reed Bunting (J.Wilczur) 4 Stonechat - additional birds making a total of 15 in Park, 6 Linnet over (H.Bradshaw per JW); Short-eared Owl and Common Buzzard over (Frank Nugent).
 * Royal Hospital Chelsea: 1 Jay, 33 Carrion Crow (Matt Reed).
 * Ruislip Lido - 3 Swallow heading south over the Lido 15.00 (Tim Rymer)
 * Staines Moor: 1 Firecrest with Long-tailed Tit flock in large willows at N end mid am. (Ben Hollands per FJM) Short-eared Owl 15.45-16-10 at least, hunting towards south end, then mobbed by crow, gained height, and then flew off eastwards (Mike Wheeler)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Garganey on N basin Eastern bank near bend. 1 Mediterranean Gull ad W on N basin N end mid am. 1 Goldeneye. (Rob Innes, Ken Purdey, Franko J Maroevic et al.)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: Good to see more reports from this special but under threat site including recent scarcities Great Grey Shrike, Firecrest, Short-eared Owl, Ring Ouzel, Raven & Rock Pipit. Sightings updates here. If you have not already done so please sign the petition here to help save this site from complete destruction in favour of a garish, expensive and unnecessary theme park. Let's send this the same way as the former 'Universal City' theme park proposal for Rainham Marshes. Thank you
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 3 Pheasant, 21 Lapwing, 5 Snipe, 3 Short-eared Owl (1st seen 7.15 low near shooting club before rising high + circling over area for 5 +minutes, seen again low 7.30 + as it rose again there were 2 birds in the air; 10 minutes later one seen low again, then 3 birds together over the Shooting Grounds at 08:50), movement of 300-400 Wood Pigeon S/SW 13 Skylark, 12+ Meadow Pipit, Wheatear (my latest ever). 2 Fieldfare, 15+ Song Thrush, Chiffchaff, 6 Reed Bunting, 11 Linnet, 5 Lesser Redpoll, Bullfinch, 5 Redwing, Chiffchaff, Little Owl, m Kestrel, 2 Buzzard over the wood, then joined by 2 more from Gutteridge Wood (Neil Anderson/G. Westley/Nigel Dodd)
 * Totteridge Valley: Vis mig 07:45 - 09:00 at the owl field: 12 Fieldfare, 28 Redwing, 4 Siskin, 2 Lesser Redpoll, Reed Bunting, 450+ Woodpigeon (south), 2 Meadow Pipit; also 2 Pheasant, Sparrowhawk, Bullfinch (Ian Ellis)
 * Wanstead Flats: Short-eared Owl over Alex then west (13:40), Mediterranean Gull, 50 + Common Gull, Common Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Chiffchaff, 6 + Goldcrest, 11 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 3 Skylark, 3 + Redpoll, Linnet, Reed Bunting, 50 Gadwall, 6 Shoveler, 2 Teal, 4 Little Grebe, 6 Redwing (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: 11 Little Egret Heronry, Water Rail, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Nuthatch, Sparrowhawk (James Heal)

Saturday 24th October 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Skylark landed briefly, also 5 Meadow Pipits, 2 Lesser Redpoll, Linnet heard, Chiffchaff, 15+ Common Gull (Bob Watts)
 * Beckenham Place Park: 1-2 Little Egret on Ravensbourne, 2 Grey Wagtails, 13+ Goldcrests, 8+ Siskins, 44+ Chaffinches (west), 17 Fieldfares (west), 21 Redwings (west), 2 Swallows (west), 19 Greylag goose (sw), 4 GS woodpecker, 25+ Long-tailed tits. (Dave de Silva and Friends of Beckenham Place Park).
 * Beddington Farmlands: Short-eared Owl, 1st/w Caspian Gull, 2 Water Pipits, Dartford Warbler & Brambling (Surrey website)
 * Brent Reservoir: Cetti's Warbler & female Pintail in North Marsh, 3 Wigeon & 2 Little Egrets in East Marsh, 70+ Redwing and 3 Siskin over (Brent Birders)
 * Crossness: 235 Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Wigeon, 1 Common Buzzard, 3 Little Egret, 3 Chiffchaff, 5 Goldcrest (John Archer)
 * Dagnam Park, Harold Hill: Great Grey Shrike 13.00 (BirdGuides) Finder - Colin Jupp (Bob Husband)
 * KGV Reservoir Rock Pipit (Neville Smith).
 * Leyton: traffic island near Ruckholt Rd/Orient Way: Reed Warbler still, probably 2 (Stuart Fisher) Am I right that this is at least the second consecutive year for late records of RW here? Do they over-winter here perhaps? Jasper Holyome. Hi. Last year one certainly tried, I last saw it on 26th December. Before that Common Whitethroat had overwintered in the area (Stuart Fisher)
 * Little Britain Iver/Cowley: Flock of 35 Goldfinch and Siskins, Grey Wagtail, 3 Grey Herons, Little Egret, 2 Gadwall. (Sue Giddens).
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Linnet, 1 Redwing, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Reed Bunting, 15 Common Snipe, Peregrine (on Ch. X Hosp.), 4 Stonechat, 1 Jack Snipe (Martin Honey).
 * Oxleas Woods (SE9 1YG): Coal tit, Firecrest being chased from Pyracantha by Goldcrest 08:00 (John Reid)
 * Paddington Old Cemetery: Jay, Sparrowhawk being mobbed by Carrion Crows. (Matt Reed).
 * Purfleet: Pink-footed Goose flew from Dartford Marshes towards RSPB Rainham Marshes 1150 (later reported on Aveley Pools-ELBF); 2 Short-eared Owl hunting along Dartford Marshes sea wall from 1715;138 Golden Plover, 2 Greenshank, 16 Black-tailed Godwit, 22 Ringed Plover, 16 Dunlin, 404 Lapwing, 205 Redshank, 2 Curlew, Raven (heard) between Purfleet and Rainham Marshes (Fraser Simpson)
 * Richmond Park; 2 Firecrest - west side of Pen Pond Plantation just south of reedbed. Pen Ponds area - 35 Mandarin Duck, 9 Cormorant, Kingfisher, 16 Meadow Pipit, 2 Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 35 Goldfinch, Reed Bunting (J.Wilczur) 6 Stonechat, Reed Bunting, 7 Meadow Pipit, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Little Owl ( Steve Woolfenden)
 * Ruislip Lido; 39 Gadwall, f Wigeon, 9 Shoveler, 23 Pochard, 3 m Red-crested Pochard (my first here), 2 Kingfisher chasing each other low over water, 6 Redwing (Neil Anderson)
 * Staines Moor: 2 Golden Plover W, 1 Brambling by Colne, 1 Water Pipit N, 1 Little Egret, 4 Goldcrest, 8 Fieldfare, 10 Stonechat, 1 Kingfisher, 32 Meadow Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting, c100 Goldfinch (Lee Dingain). 2 Lesser Redpoll, Cettis Warbler (Paul Goodman)
 * Stanwell Moor: 2 Chiff Chaff (Paul Goodman)
 * Stoneleigh Broadway KT17: 2 Meadow Pipit, 9 Redwing & 1 Fieldfare s. 323 Herring Gull n.e. 107 Goldfinch, 10 Black-headed Gull, 3 Sparrowhawk, 11 Stock Dove mostly s.e.(Neil Batten)
 * Wanstead Flats: 80 Gadwall, 9 Shoveler, 5 Teal, 3 Little Egret (north), m Stonechat, Redwing, 18 Linnet, 5 Redpoll, Reed Bunting, 2 Chiffchaff, 10 + Goldcrest, 2 Kestrel, 5+ Meadow Pipit, Skylark (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: 9 Little Egret fishing on Heronry + 5 Grey Heron and 15 + Cormorant, 140 + Gadwall, 15 Shoveler, 13 Wigeon, 10 Teal, 2 Kingfisher, Nuthatch, 2 Siskiin, Bullfinch, Redwing, Grey Wagtail, Kestrel, 12 + Goldcrest (Nick Croft)

Friday 23rd October 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Brambling heard 0653 (Bob Watts)
 * Barn Elms Playing Fields, Barnes SW13: Short-eared Owl S 08.20, 430 Woodpigeon SW, 4 Stock Dove NW, 2 Kingfisher, 42 Pied Wagtail on the deck plus 3 alba SW, 2 Grey Wagtail, 8 Meadow Pipit SW, 2 Skylark W, 2 Mistle Thrush NW, 21 Redwing SW, 5 Blackbird S/NE, Ring Ouzel SE 08.40, Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, 3 Jay S, 85 Goldfinch S/SW, 22 Chaffinch NW, 3 Linnet SW, Siskin W, Mealy Redpoll perched briefly then SW 08.55, 2 Redpoll Sp S/SW, 2 Lesser Redpoll S/NE, Common Darter (R.Kaye)
 * Beddington Farmlands: Dartford Warbler main mound (Twitter)
 * Bexley DA5: Skylark SW over Upper College Farm (Ian Stewart)
 * Brent Reservoir: Little Egret, drake Wigeon, fem Pintail, 2 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler seen twice by main hide. Vis-mig 07.15-10.15: 190 Woodpigeon, 107 Starling, Skylark, 10 Fieldfare, 76 Redwing, 35 Song Thrush, 18 Chaffinch, 3 Siskin (John Gravatt, Andrew Verrall)
 * Brookmill Park: Mandarin, 2 Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Dartford Marshes: First-winter Yellow-legged Gull by the lake next to Bob Dunn Way (Ian Stewart)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: Yellow-browed Warbler (BirdGuides) reported as heard at St James Church. I had no sign around 17.30 but several Goldcrests and a Nuthatch in the area plus 2 Little Egret over, Water Rail calling, Grey Wagtail, Redwing. Any further info on the YBW much appreciated (Ian Stewart) Kingfisher, Fieldfare (Conrad Ellam)
 * Fulham: Firecrest, callling and seen in Furnivall Gardens by river. (Mark H)
 * Harlington corner nr Heathrow UB3: Short Eared Owl being mobbed by crows. Last seen at 9.18 disappearing behind Ibis Hotel heading towards Cranford CP (W.Marks)
 * Ladywell Fields: Kingfisher, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Tom Moulton/Sue Gore)
 * Lee Valley, Holyfield Hall Farm: m & f Stonechat, 5 Yellowhammers. (Mike Oakland)
 * Lee Valley, Seventy Acres Lake: 2 Bitterns showing am from Bittern Information Hide. Up to 4 birds have been reported of late. (Mike Oakland)
 * Leven Road Gas Works(Poplar E14): Black Redstart male opposite No [tel:234&#x20;1500 234 1500] (Bob Watts)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: Kingfisher (James Palmer)
 * Olympic Park: Gadwall, Kestrel, Kingfisher, 3 Mistle Thrush, Chiffchaff, 2 Jay, 20 Goldfinch (James Palmer)
 * Purfleet: 2 Greenshank, 13 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Little Egret between Purfleet and Rainham Marshes (Fraser Simpson)
 * Regent's Park: Cetti's Warbler the parks first record was singing in the Wetland Pen,area 32.(Tony Duckett).
 * Richmond Park: 2-3 Short-eared Owl - one flew off N from Lawn Field mobbed by corvids at 09.00 (Maria Kula, J. Few, B. Murray per JW). One over Pond Slade at 09.30 (J.Wilczur). Two over Pond Slade at 11.00 - one flew off W the other flew high around the Park until at least 13.15 unable to land due to attentions of corvids & parakeets (JW, P. Burrows-Smith, N. Jackman et al) Pen Ponds area - Kingfisher, Skylark over, 3 Grey Wagtail, 10 Meadow Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 25 Long-tailed Tit in a flock, c30 Siskin, Reed Bunting (JW et al) Short-eared Owl at 16.45 being repeatedly disturbed by several photographers so not allowing it to hunt (S.Read per JW) 5 Lesser Redpoll briefly Hawthorn valley 09.00 also 1 Blackcap, male: 35 + Redwing over. (Franko J Maroevic).
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Pied Wagtail over, Mistle Thrush SW, Redwing, Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
 * South Norwood Recreation Ground SE25: m Pheasant. (Jamie Wood)
 * Swanscombe Marshes: 6+ Bearded Tit, Raven, 8 Mute Swan over, Kestrel, c10 Lapwing, 3+ Redshank, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Skylark N, 6+ Meadow Pipit, 12+ Stonechat, 4 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 8+ Goldcrest, 2-3 Jay, Jackdaw. Also Rock Pipit just off-patch at Greenhithe Riverside (Ian Stewart)
 * Walthamstow Marsh: Peregrine, 50+ Pied Wagtail (James Palmer)
 * Wanstead Flats: m Stonechat, 3 Redwing, 3 Brambling, 19 Linnet, 3 Lesser Redpoll, m Reed Bunting, 10 Skylark, 14 Meadow Pipit, 8 Pied Wagtail, Chiffchaff, 9 + Goldcrest, Little Egret, 3 Pochard, 70 + Common Gull, 2 Kestrel, (Nick Croft)
 * Waterworks NR: Jackdaw, Skylark and 4+ Redpoll sp over. Kingfisher, Great Spotted & Green Woodpecker, 3 Snipe, Kingfisher, few Chiffchaff, m Blackcap. (Paul Whiteman, Sue Huckle)
 * West Putney, SW15: Short-eared Owl at 08.30 heading S but then turned E and lost to view - thanks again to RK for call (J.Wilczur)
 * Wimbledon Common: two Short-eared Owl flushed Ladies Mile area 1400hrs see photos (David Wills).Short-eared_Owl_1.JPG

Thursday 22nd October 2015

 * Barn Elms Playing Fields: Tawny Owl, appear to be very showy here at dawn, 2 Collared Dove S, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker SW, Grey Wagtail, 59 Pied Wagtail on deck, House Martin SW, Swallow S, 8 Song Thrush mostly SW, 10 Redwing SW/NW, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Skylark W, Treecreeper, 2 Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler singing just before Beverley Brook meets the river, range expansion out of LWC.... very wise (really?!) 44 Goldfinch mostly S, 3 Siskin, 49 Chaffinch mostly SW, 26 Linnet SW, Hawfinch tagged on the end of a handfull of starling low SW 09.00, 3 Crossbill SW 09.50 (R.Kaye)
 * Blackheath: Manor Way - Fem Pheasant in gardens (seen by another observer, reported by Patricia Brown)
 * Brockwell Park/Lambeth: Lesser-spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, f Sparrowhawk (Michael Mac).
 * Covent Garden: Peregrine circling high above the Piazza at 14.00 (Roy Beddard)
 * Dartford Marshes: Possible Jack Snipe flushed by Pheasants along creek, Egyptian Goose, 5+ Gadwall, 6+ Shoveler, c80 Wigeon, 50+ Teal, 4+ Pochard, c10 Tufted Duck, 5+ Pheasant, 6+ Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 15+ Ringed Plover, c200 Golden Plover on Crayford shoreline, c150 Lapwing, 20+ Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper, 40+ Redshank, Greenshank, Common Snipe, 4+ Yellow-legged Gull, Tawny Owl heard calling 13.26, Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2+ Skylark, 15+ Meadow Pipit, c10 Pied Wagtail, 3 Grey Wagtail, 4 Stonechat, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 2-3 Jay, 12+ Siskin low W (Ian Stewart)
 * Hampstead Heath: 6 Redpolls, 10 Siskins, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Skylarks and 3 Linnets over Parliament H. Also 17 Shoveler on High. No1 and 3 ad Common Gull (Pete Mantle)
 * Mudchute Park: bernicla Brent Goose over East, 1 male Kestrel, 4 Skylark S, 2 alba Wagtail S, 7 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing W, 8 Blackbird W, 1 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, c.17 Goldcrest, 2 Siskin, c40 Chaffinch W/NW; late aft 2 House Martin lingering (N P Senior)
 * Purfleet: 1 Greenshank, 21 Black-tailed Godwit, 351 Lapwing, 20 Dunlin, 112 Redshank, 1 Little Egret between Purfleet and Rainham Marshes (Fraser Simpson)
 * Rainham Marshes: Glossy Ibis circled 0930 then sth 0938 over Dartford Msh (Twitter)
 * Richmond Park; juv male Peregrine - chasing Parakeets, stooping at one- outcome unknown- possibly caused a tight flock of c300 Starling and flushing c600 Woodpigeon out of woods, later sparring with crows, Buzzard, 3 Lapwing W, 51 Common Gull, 28 Redwing NW, 3 Fieldfare NW, 8 Song Thrush S, 5 Chaffinch W/NW, 3 Crossbill SW at 09.56 over Lawn Field - thanks to RK for alert (J.Wilczur) Short-eared Owl hunting 18.00 (S.Read per JW)
 * Stoneleigh KT17: 1 Juvenile Grey Wagtail in front garden of No. 48 Park Avenue West. 9 Herring Gull n.e. (Neil Batten).
 * Selsdon Wood: Short-eared Owl, Common Buzzard (Roy Weller)
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): 2-3 Swallow low SW am, Sparrowhawk, 2-3 Peregrine, Stock Dove SE, Meadow Pipit over, 3 Song Thrush over, Mistle Thrush, Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Jay, Siskin (Ian Stewart)
 * Swanscombe Marshes: 28 Greylag Goose (flew in to roost at dusk), 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 21 Lapwing (Broadness Pt), 1 Snipe (at dusk), 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Turnstone (Broadness Pt), 1 Short-eared Owl (briefly near Botany Marsh c1715, flew towards river), 1 Kingfisher (perched by jetty), 8 Meadow Pipit (+), 2 Stonechat (+), 1 Song Thrush, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 6 Goldcrest (flock together in river scrub), 1 Great Grey Shrike (in scrub north of Botany Marsh at dusk), 2 Raven, 3 Linnet (Peter Beckenham)
 * Sydenham Hill Wood: Buzzard mobbed by Crows. Jackdaw (Daniel Greenwood)
 * Trent Park: 2 Common Pochard m f, Redwing, Siskin, 3 Bullfinch 1m 2f (Robert Callf)
 * Wanstead Flats: pr of Stonechat, 7 + Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 6 Pied Wagtail, 7 + Skylark, Kestrel, 13 Brambling, 3 Linnet, 20 + Goldfinch, 5 Lesser Redpoll, Reed Bunting, 13 Redwing, 66 Gadwall, 10 + Shoveler, 6 Teal, 7 + Goldcrest (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 4 Little Egret (Heronry), 50 + Gadwall, 3 Shoveler, Wigeon, 2 Egyptian Goose, 3 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 11 Siskin, Bullfinch, 4 Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 10 + Goldcrest, Sparrowhawk (Nick Croft)

Wednesday 21st October 2015

 * Ashtead: 2 Swallow S 15:30 (Dave Kiddell)
 * Barn Elms Playing Fields: Short-eared Owl in from S, circled mobbed by parakeets off NE 14.50 (R.Kaye)
 * Brookmill Park: Mandarin, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Lamorbey Park: 2 Mute Swan, Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Peregrines, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing, c30 Goldcrest inc at least 8 together in Sycamore making me think they might be something better but alas not (Ian Stewart)
 * London Wetland Centre: 139 Teal, 85 Wigeon, 11 Snipe (WWT website)
 * Beddington Farmlands: Short-eared Owl, 4 Swallow, 2 Yellow-legged Gull (Twitter)
 * Purfleet: 2 Greenshank, 11 Black-tailed Godwit, 339 Lapwing, 32 Dunlin, 144 Redshank, 35 Teal, 1 Little Egret between Purfleet and Rainham Marshes (Fraser Simpson)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Glossy Ibis on South Lockwood (Twitter), still present 15:11 in drainage channel between Lockwood and Banbury Res, viewable from NE corner of Lockwood (RBA). Ibis last seen flying South along flood relief channel on E side of Lockwood at 18.03. Also 4 Green Sandpipers in channel, 4 Siskins over, Peregrine, Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk (Lol Bodini, Graham Howie [finder], Paul Whiteman, Stuart Fisher et al). Well done Graham! Gutted I missed it! (Adam Winstanley).
 * Wanstead Flats: 68 Gadwall, 10 + Shoveler, 5 Teal, 7 Lesser Redpoll, 5 Fieldfare, 15 Redwing, 6 Meadow Pipit, 6 Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 2 Skylark, 6 + Goldcrest, 7 Herring Gull, 6 Lesser Black-backed, 30 + Common Gull (Nick Croft)

Tuesday 20th October 2015

 * Beddington Farmlands: Short-eared Owl (Twitter)
 * Brent Reservoir: Little Egret, 6 Wigeon, 4 Snipe, 4 Lapwing, Green Sandpiper 1+, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 1 North and 1 East Marsh, Chiffchaff, Vis-mig 07.15-10.05 95 Wood Pigeon, 4 Stock Dove, Meadow Pipit, male Ring Ouzel landed for about 5 seconds then off 9.15, 96 Redwing, Fieldfare, 16 Song Thrush, 7 Siskin, Lesser Redpoll (Steve Blake, John Gravatt, Andrew Verrall); additional vis-mig: 13 Woodpigeon & 12 Redwing over dam (Andrew Self)
 * Cornmill Gardens: Kingfisher (Tom Moulton)
 * Danson Park: adult Yellow-legged Gull, 16 Mute Swan (local family of 6 plus pair and 8 jus probably from Foots Cray Meadows), 7 Egyptian Geese, male Gadwall, pair Teal, 1-2 Little Grebe, 5 Great Crested Grebe, Water Rail showing well by boggy area, 2 Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, 1+ Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4+ Pied Wagtail, 2+ Grey Wagtail, 5-6 Fieldfare flew E (presumably last night's birds), 3+ Redwing, 2-3 Chiffchaff, 10+ Goldcrest, 1-2 Nuthatch, 2+ Jay, Jackdaw, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 1+ Siskin (Ian Stewart, Ralph and Brenda Todd, John Turner et al)
 * East India Dock Basin: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush east, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Kestrel (John Archer)
 * Ewell Village, Lower Mill: 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Heron (Neil Batten)
 * Grovelands Park: 2 ad Great Crested Grebe, 13 Cormorant roosting on island, 5 Egyptian Goose mf 3 juvs, 61 Mandarin Duck 42m 19f at 18:00 hrs, 70+ Ring-necked Parakeet, Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail, f Pochard, 11 Tufted Duck, 4 Goldcrest, Firecrest feeding in laurel near Priory Hosp., 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Coal Tit (Robert Callf)
 * Purfleet: 2 Greenshank, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 439 Lapwing, 134 Redshank, 21 Dunlin, 2 Fieldfare between Purfleet and Rainham Marshes (Fraser Simpson)
 * Regent's Park: Short-eared Owl (Twitter)
 * Richmond Park: Short-eared Owl SW at 10.45 (S.Read)
 * Rye Meads: Jack Snipe (BirdGuides)
 * St James's Park: Common Buzzard N at 14:35 (Frank Nugent).
 * Sidcup DA15: Tawny Owl heard calling from oaks at NE end of Harland Avenue 23.08, few Siskins over York Avenue, 4 Goldcrests viewed at extreme close range in York Avenue and Longlands Road area (Ian Stewart)
 * Stoneleigh KT17: 13 Redwing w. (Neil Batten)
 * Walthamstow, Lockwood: Wheatear, Goldcrest (Stuart Fisher); also Skylark over, Lapwing, 10 Teal, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, Grey Wagtail with 2 young, 3 Kingfisher (Lol Bodini).
 * Wanstead Flats: Woodlark (west over brooms, first record this year), 20 + Skylark, 12 Lapwing, Snipe, Brambling, 100 + Chaffinch, 5 Siskin, 6 Redpoll sp, Lesser Redpoll, 5 Linnet, Reed Bunting, 50 + Redwing, 50 + Fieldfare, Chffchaff, 6 + Goldcrest, Coal Tit, 60 + Gadwall, 4 Teal, 10 + Shoveler, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 5 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 20 + Common Gull (Wanstead Birders), Mediterranean Gull (adult) on football pitch near Alexandra Lake 13:00 (RO)
 * Woodlands Farm: 20+Redwing, Blackcap f, 3 Lesser Redpoll (Conrad Ellam)

Monday 19th October 2015

 * Barn Elms Playing Fields: 3 Tawny Owl, 43 Pied Wagtail, 9 Lesser Redpoll (R.Kaye)
 * Brent Reservoir: Little Egret, female Pintail, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Snipe, Grey Wagtail, 4 Chiffchaff (Roy Beddard); North Arm / Marsh - Cetti's Warbler (singing occasionally), 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Snipe, 1 Little Egret. (Bill Haines). Not sure if these are different birds to the ones that you had today, Roy? Green Sands, probably same but not Snipe, my birds were all in E Marsh. I didn't have time to visit N Marsh. Two Cetti's present (RB).
 * Brookmill Park: Cormorant over, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Danson Park: 6 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Geese, pair Teal, Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Kingfisher, 4 Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Mistle Thrush, 5-6 Fieldfare, 3+ Redwing, 2+ Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
 * Dartford Marshes: Ring Ouzel (male) briefly on sea wall at 0815, then flew east (Fraser Simpson)
 * Forest Gate: Brambling over (Nick Croft)
 * Greenwich Park: 1 Firecrest, 2 Redwing (Sam Page)
 * Hampstead Heath: 0730 to 0900. 60 Redwing,4 Song Thrush,20 Starling,10 Chaffinch. 1 Skylark. (Greengrandad)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: m Tawny Owl, Brambling NW, 7+ Song Thrush, several Redwing over, 24 Gadwall, Kingfisher, 3 Teal, Grey Wagtail, 12+ Goldcrest, 8 Pochard, 14 Lesser Redpoll (Stuart Fisher)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 5+ Goldcrest plus 2 more just outside on the Marshes at 08:00. 20 Redwing over NW in three groups (Alastair Dent)
 * M25 near Colney Heath: Raven over motorway (Stuart Fisher)
 * Pinner (HA5): Common Buzzard over, Sparrowhawk, 6 Jay, 12 Fieldfare west, 3 Redwing, 7 Goldfinch, Goldcrest & 2 Coal Tit (Jon Ridge).
 * Purfleet: 20 Golden Plover, 299 Lapwing, 153 Redshank, 12 Dunlin, 7 Ringed Plover between Purfleet and Rainham Marshes (Fraser Simpson)
 * Richmond Park: Brambling heard, 15 Fieldfare over (M.Lewis per JW) c30 Siskin Bishop's Pond (F.Maroevic per JW)
 * Rye Meads: Jack Snipe (BirdGuides)
 * St James's Park: Woodcock over the bridge and towards the Mall at 08:30 plus 3 Grey Wagtail around the Lake (Frank Nugent, Jo Lawrence). There was a juvenile female Smew near the bridge at about 2.00pm (Please correct me if its tame or am wrong but I have a record photo)Phil Laurie. Hi Phil. The Smew are part of the captive collection (FN).
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): adult Yellow-legged Gull around buildings of Northbourne Court briefly - third successive winter here, Goldcrest, Coal Tit (Ian Stewart)
 * Staines Moor: Great Grey Shrike (still at 11.10), Cetti's Warbler, Redpoll, 4 Stonechat. (Jim Sweetland); 1-2 Water Pipit, 1 Jack Snipe, (Colne), 9 Stonechat, 1 Peregrine, 1 Red Kite, 2 Little Egret, 3 Grey Wagtail, 8 Linnet (Lee Dingain) ;Grey Wagtail, 6 Linnet, Kingfisher, 4 Stonechat, Wheatear (Keith Kerr).
 * Staines Reservoirs: drake Common Scoter on south basin (Twitter)
 * Swanley Park : Tawny Owl calling 1 am, 16 Moorhen (new course record !) Andy Meaton
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 3 Redwing, Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Bullfinch, 12 Pied Wagtail, Kingfisher, 8 Teal (John Colmans)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Firecrest male south end Monument Glade 1235 (also 2. Chiffchaffs, 8+ Goldcrest (Bob Watts)
 * Wanstead Flats: 70 + Chaffinch, 17 Brambling, 22 Linnet, 3 Lesser Redpoll, Redpoll sp, 3 Siskin, Reed Bunting, Yellowhammer, 300 + Redwing, 60 + Fieldfare, 10 + Skylark (7 through), 6 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtil, 2 Chiffchaff, 6+ Goldcrest, Common Snipe, 50 + Common Gull, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 52 Gadwall, 5 Teal, 6 + Shoveler, 3 Pochard (Nick Croft/Barry Chandler/Jono Lethbridge) Mediterranean Gull on Alexandra Lake 13:00 (Andrew O'Brien)
 * Wanstead Park: Water Rail on Roding (Simon Raper)

Sunday 18th October 2015

 * Balham: Redpoll flying south at 7.30 a.m., Common Buzzard flying west at 4.30 p.m. (Nick Rutter)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Conrad Ellam)
 * Gunpowder Park: Red Kite to the north, 4 Common Buzzard, Peregrine, 3 Sparrowhawk, Little Owl, 20+ Skylark over, Blackcap, 50+ Fieldfare over, 50+ Redwing over, 17 Goldcrest, Brambling feeding with Chaffinch flock, 2 Bullfinch, Lesser Redpoll, 6 Siskin over, 4 Reed Bunting.
 * Foots Cray Meadows: 10 Mute Swan, Little Grebe, Water Rail, Redwing, female Blackcap, 4+ Chiffchaff, 10+ Goldcrest, 12+ Siskin (Ian Stewart)
 * Hampstead Heath: drake Teal at Wood Pond, 6 Skylark NW, 3 Linnet, 20 Fieldfare, c100 Redwing, 6 Meadow Pipit, 1 House Martin, 200+ Chaffinch, 4 Lesser Redpoll, 9 Siskin inc 4 feeding in the stream and the alders at Bird Bridge, 11 Shoveler, 11 Gadwall, f Pochard, 1 Common Gull, Kingfisher, Collared Dove, 19 Pied Wagtail (Frank Nugent).
 * Lonsdale Rd Res: 2 Fieldfare low over (Neil Anderson)
 * London Wetland Centre: Pintail, 42 Teal, 52 Wigeon, 77 Shoveler, 157 Moorhen, Jack Snipe on the grazing marsh, Kingfisher, Stonechat (WWT website) For photos of the showy Jack Snipe and my own take on the recent issues made public on this site, please take a gander at my blog post (W.Marks).
 * Richmond Park: vis-mig 07.45-09.45 - 4 Wigeon SW, Grey Heron high W, 50 Herring Gull SE, Common Gull SW, 6 Stock Dove high SW, 180 Wood Pigeon SW, 62 Fieldfare W & N, 165 Redwing W, 62 Song Thrush SW & N, probable Blackbird high N, Redpoll W, also 2 Chiffchaff hawthorn valley (J.Wilczur)
 * Rye Meads RSPB Reserve, Herts: bobbing Jack Snipe with Common Snipe & Weasel (Ashby Hide), Green Sandpiper, Redwings (Bob Husband, Mike Cawthorne, Fay Broom, Alan Harris, Luca Robinson)
 * Staines Moor: Great Grey Shrike (BirdGuides)
 * Swanley Park (5 Wents) : Peregrine falcon (Lee A)
 * Sydenham Woods: Buzzard (Dave Timms)
 * Tufnell Park: Yellow-browed Warbler (BirdGuides) (I picked it up by its call, and then located it feeding in trees closer to Southcote Road. It was feeding/moving to the SE Francis Tusa)
 * Trent Park; Stonechat (f), Grey Wagtail. ( Pete Lowman)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: Bomb Crater Field at 10:30 - 1 Stonechat just S of the pond, 2 Meadow Pipit in the long grass, 2 Skylark over NW (Alastair Dent)
 * Wanstead Flats: ad Mediterranean Gull (ringed so presumably Valentino), 30+ Common Gull, 2 Swallow, Stonechat (reported), Bullfinch, 4 Siskin, 11 Linnet, Redpoll sp, 20+ Chaffinch, Reed Bunting, 8 Skylark through, Meadow Pipit, probable Golden Plover (h), 2 m Teal, 20+ Gadwall, 2 Pochard, 4 Shoveler, 5 Fieldfare, 10+ Redwing, 5+ Goldcrest, Kestrel (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: (WEBs) 153 Gadwall, 15 Wigeon, 14 Shoveler, 14 Egyptian Goose, 8 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Little Egret, 5+ Chiffchaff, 8 Goldcrest, 10+ Siskin, Stonechat (reported in OSW) (Tim Harris/Wren Group/Nick Croft)
 * Woodlands Farm: 20+ Redwing, 30+ Fieldfare (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: 1 m Stonechat, 2 Kestrel, 2 Green Woodpecker, 8 Meadow Pipit (Charlie Farrell)

Saturday 17th October 2015

 * Alexandra Park: 126 Redwing mostly west ([tel:[tel:0750-1015 0750-1015] 0750-1015]), also 20 Chaffinch, Linnet, Lesser Redpoll, 2 Meadow Pipit, Barn Swallow SE, cock Pheasant Pitch n Putt until 0835, 4 Shoveler and 4 Common Gull Wood Green res also 2+ Chiffchaff (Alan Gibson, Tony, Bob Watts, Gareth Richards)
 * Barn Elms Playing Fields: the local pair of Peregrines showing ridiculously well hunting feral pigeon and perching on goal posts...they prefer football to rugby. 2 Kingfisher, Collared Dove SW, 36 Pied Wagtail on deck plus 9 alba W, 2 Grey Wagtail, Meadow Pipit SW, 2 House Martin lingering, 4 Song Thrush W, 10 Redwing NW, 103 Fieldfare NW, 3 Chiffchaff, 18 Chaffinch NW, 13 Siskin W, Lesser Redpoll NW, (R.Kaye)
 * Barnet A111: Red Kite over farm fields. ( Pete Lowman)
 * Battersea Park Lake: Great-black backed Gull chased by crow over park, 1 f Wigeon, 8 Red-crested Pochard (5 drakes, 3 ducks), 54 Gadwall, 5 Shovelor, pr Goldcrests (Michael Mac).
 * Brent Reservoir: Little Egret, female Pintail, 6 Wigeon, Snipe, Cetti's Warbler singing, 2 Chiffchaff, 715 Redwing, Fieldfare, 3 Siskin, Lesser Redpoll (Andrew Verrall, Frank O'Sullivan, John Gravatt)
 * Camden: 2 Jay by St Mark's Chuch, Grey Wagtail by Pirate Castle (Matt Reed).
 * Canons Farm, Banstead: 500 Redwing, 145 Fieldfare, 60 Skylark, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Grey Wagtail (Steve Gale)
 * Cowley, Uxbridge: c35 Redwing over, flying W. (Roger Dewey)
 * Crossness: Little Egret, 140 Black-tailed Godwit, 80 Redshank, 40 Lapwing. 500 Teal, 4 Wigeon. 4 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, adult Yellow-legged Gull, Common Seal (Conrad Ellam)
 * Dartford Marshes: Short-eared Owl behind sea wall at 1800 (Fraser Simpson)
 * Hampstead Heath:  0730 to 10.30 hrs. 1000+ Redwing, 200+ Fieldfare, 100+ Chaffinch, 9 Lesser Redpoll, Siskin, 50 Goldfinch together, 7 Meadow Pipit, 4 Song Thrush, Grey Wagtail, 10 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chiffchaff and 17 Shoveler and 5 Gadwall at Highgate 1 and Hampstead 1Ponds (Frank Nugent, Greengrandad).That's better.Went back 11.00 to 1330 hrs.Absolutely nothing (GG)
 * Harrow Weald High Street: 9 Redwing over to North 7.30am, made what can be a depressing walk for a newspaper much nicer (Dan Pinkham) Do what I did and read the news on the internet. The money I've saved over the past five years got me a new scope (Richard Francis).
 * Jamestown Way E14: adult male Black Redstart on estate house roofs with occasional brief bursts of rattling song intro, best looked for discretely given the location, also heard yesterday (N P Senior)
 * KGV Reservoir: 2 Rock Pipit (Neville Smith/Andrew Middleton). 25 Fieldfare and a Brambling, east side of north basin at 1100 (Martin Shepherd)
 * Lamorbey Park: Pair Mute Swan, Egyptian Goose, Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, Pied Wagtail, 6+ Goldcrest, 3+ Nuthatch, Jay, Jackdaw. Also nearby Little Egret, 2 Grey Wagtail and a Redwing flying over The Hollies (Ian Stewart)
 * Mudchute Park: dawn to 10.30 - 2 Alba Wagtail S, 1 1st winter male Ring Ouzel Paddocks then flew toward West perimeter tree belt, 7 Blackbird dropped in, 2 Redwing W, 1 Fieldfare, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, 6 Jackdaw high S, 12 House Sparrow, 92 Chaffinch NW, 1 Siskin (N P Senior)
 * Primrose Hill: 3 Jay (Matt Reed).
 * Purfleet: 115 Golden Plover, 40 Redshank, 280+ Lapwing, 24 Dunlin, 9 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Curlew between Purfleet and Rainham Marshes (Fraser Simpson)
 * Rainham Marshes: Short-eared Owl, Great Grey Shrike (Twitter)
 * Richmond Park: Pen Ponds area- 3 Wigeon, 16 Gadwall, 17 Mandarin Duck, 6 Red-crested Pochard, Buzzard, 3 Water Rail heard, Lapwing NW, 22 Common Gull, 139 Herring Gull NE & SE, Great Spotted Woodpecker SE, 2 House Martin SE, 8 Meadow Pipit, 4 Stonechat, 525 Redwing NW, 105 Fieldfare NW, 118 Song Thrush (105 SW in three flocks then 15 SE), 2 Mistle Thrush W, 7 probable Blackbirds - distant and high-flying - a trio and singles, Chiffchaff, 60 Chaffinch NW, 10 Goldfinch, 3 Redpoll over, 25 Siskin, 3 Reed Bunting (J.Wilczur)
 * Rye Meads: Ring Ouzel (BirdGuides)
 * St Pancras: Grey Wagtail by Royal Veterinary College on Royal College Street. (Matt Reed).
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Peregrine, Redwing, 2 Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
 * Stoneleigh Broadway KT17: 32 Redwing sw, 88 Goldfinch, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Sparrowhawk (Neil Batten)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 2 m Pheasant, 2 Little Egret, m+f Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 19 Lapwing, 9 Stock Dove, Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 50+ Redwing W, 10 Fieldfare W, 4 Mistle Thrush, Rook, c25 Jackdaw, 3 Reed Bunting, 20+ Chaffinch W, c80 Linnet (largest flock for over a year), Bullfinch (Neil Anderson)
 * Vanbrugh Park area: Ring Ouzel heard from holly tree, 3 Redwings over (Joe Beale)
 * Wanstead Flats: ad f Ring Ouzel (Long Wood), totals of 500 Redwing, 300 Fieldfare and 100 Chaffinch going west 07.00-10.30, 7 L Redpoll, Siskin, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Chiffy, 2 Blackcap (Tony Brown, James Heal, Bob Vaughan)

Friday 16th October 2015

 * Alexandra Park: 35 Redwing over NE, + steady trickle of Chaffinch,during 1 hour from 08.30 (Jonathan Cooke).
 * Barn Elms Playing Fields: Short-eared Owl flew E 09.05, Little Egret, Snipe SW, Kingfisher, 2 Skylark NW, Grey Wagtail, 38 Pied Wagtail, the largest number iv counted on the deck in this area in either season for many years, 3 Song Thrush E, 21 Redwing SW, 12 Fieldfare SW, 2 Chiffchaff (R.Kaye)
 * Beddington Farmlands: Short-eared Owl (BirdGuides)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Mandarin, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
 * East India Dock Basin: late aft. 1 Little Grebe, 2 Egyptian Geese, 180 Teal, 1 female Peregine, 2 Common Gull, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Firecrest (main copse), 9 Greenfinch, 1 Lesser Redpoll E (N P Senior).
 * Enfield Lock: Twite at 0935 south of Enfield Island Village circling overhead and continually calling for two minutes: then flew SSE down River Lea relief channel and across Pattypool Mead (Martin Shepherd)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: 3 Little Grebe, Little Egret NE 17.25, Water Rail, 1-2 Kingfisher, 5+ Redwing, 6+ Chiffchaff, 10+ Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
 * Gallions Reach: 2 Short-eared Owl east @ 08.39, 1 ad Mediterranean Gull, 2 Swallow. (Gary A James)
 * Hampstead Heath 0800 to 0900. I Fieldare. I thought yesterday was bad. (Greengrandad)).
 * Petts Wood: 2 Firecrests at start of main bridleway by A208 opposite track to Scadbury Park, Grey Heron, first winter Common Gull, Grey Wagtail, 4+ Redwing, 10+ Goldcrest, 4+ Rook (Ian Stewart)
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Pied Wagtail, 3+ Redwing, Song Thrush, 2 Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, 2 Coal Tit, Jay (Ian Stewart)
 * Staines Moor: 2 Short-eared Owl (6 p.m. J & B Francik)
 * Staines Reservoirs: juv Gannet on south basin 15.50, off SE at 15.59 (Twitter)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Redwing small flock 8am, also 8+ Goldcrest, Chiffchaff (Bob Watts)
 * Trent Park: female Stonechat, 18 Redwing flew W calling at 11:10 (Robert Callf). Stonechat still present pm, c. 30 Redwings flew west, later 5 Redwings over lower lake, male Sparrowhawk, Buzzard - mewing, Chiffchaff & Siskin - calling. (Bob Husband & Mike Cawthorne)
 * Wanstead Flats: 77 Gadwall, 14 Shoveler, 5 Teal, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 7 Goldcrest, Siskin, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 12 Common Gull, 2 Meadow Pipit, 34 Redwing (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan)
 * Wanstead Park: 17 Wigeon, c. 100 Gadwall, 11 + Shoveler, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Little Egret, 7 Grey Heron, 36 Siskin, 13 Goldfinch mobbing a Sparrowhawk, 5 Goldcrest, 3 Chiffchaff (1 singing), Redwing (Nick Croft)

Thursday 15th October 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Kingfisher Wood Green Res 1735, also Redwing heard am (Bob Watts)
 * Brent Reservoir: Common Buzzard south over Dump 07.45, total 97 Redwing, 15 Song Thrush, 5 Mistle Thrush, 54 Starling, 12 Chaffinch, 3 Siskin (Andrew Verrall).
 * Brixton: Grey wagtail, over Kingsland Road (Tony Stones).
 * Brookmill Park: Mandarin, 2 Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam).
 * Crossness: from Thames path: around 55 Black-tailed Godwits feeding on the exposed mud just below the path, giving spectacular views; 9 Lapwing, 2 Dunlin, 6 Redshank, 6 Wigeon, 100+ Teal, 2 Gadwall. Two different Cetti's Warblers singing simultaneously from bushes on the marsh behind us. (Alan Pearson and Joe East).
 * East Dulwich, SE22: Little Egret over (Steven Robinson).
 * Ewell Village, Beggars Hill: 6 Redwing w. 1 Pied Wagtail, 62 Herring Gull, 5 Black-headed Gull. 1 Kingfisher at The Lower Mill (Neil Batten).
 * Foots Cray Meadows: 10 Mute Swan pair and 8 juvs back again, 1-3 Little Grebe, Little Egret NE, 3 Water Rail, 2 Kingfisher, 2-3 Grey Wagtail, 5+ Redwing on site, 5+ Chiffchaff around lake, 8+ Goldcrest, 11+ Siskin (Ian Stewart).
 * Greenwich Park: 2 Firecrests, 85+ Redwings over, 3 Fieldfares NW (Joe Beale).
 * Grovelands Park: 13 Cormorant roosting on island, 2 ad Great Crested Grebe, 5 Egyptian Goose mf 3 juvs, 74 Mandarin Duck 44m 30f - on water at 18:10 hrs (good acorn crop here for autumn/winter feeding), 2 Shoveler mf, 4 Pochard 1m 3f, 29 Tufted Duck, 2 Common Gull, Kingfisher, 3 Grey Wagtail, Siskin (Robert Callf).
 * Hampstead Heath. Blimey bit dull! 20 Redwings and a Redpoll (Greengrandad).
 * Lake Farm Hayes: Stonechat, Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker, 4 Meadow Pipits, 8 Linnets, 2 Common Gulls, Goldcrest, 2 Goldfinch, Dunnock, 3 Pied Wagtails, Herring Gull, ( Sue Giddens).
 * Lamorbey Park: Pair Mute Swan, Greylag, c20 Canada Goose, Egyptian Goose, Little Grebe, 8+ Goldcrest, Nuthatch (Ian Stewart).
 * Lee Valley, Hall Marsh: Raven on pylon before flying E, 4 Little Egrets, Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler (Mike Oakland).
 * Lee Valley, Hayes Hill Farm: 3 Yellowhammers, Red Kite landed in field under cultivation along with c300 gulls, mainly Black-headed (Mike Oakland).
 * Mayflower Park: 3 Chiffchaffs (Bob Smith).
 * Mudchute Park: 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Kingfisher through, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Alba Wagtail S, 16 Redwing W, 3 Mistle Thrush W, 3 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 10+ Goldcrest, 18 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Jay, 8 House Sparrow, 5 Chaffinch NW + c40 on site, 1 Brambling, 2 lesser Redpoll W, 1 Redpoll sp SW, 2 Siskin, c.20 Goldfinch, 4 Linnet, 18 Monk Parakeet (NP Senior)
 * Pinner (HA5): 10 Redwing, 5 Jay, Coal Tit, Goldcrest & 4 Goldfinch (Jon Ridge).
 * Richmond Park: Beverley Brook- Little Egret, 3 Grey Wagtail. Crown Field- 14 Skylark - 8 on ground and 6 flew WNW (J.Wilczur)
 * Stanwell Moor: Little Owl.( Jim Sweetland)
 * Staines Moor: Cetti's Warbler, Grey Wagtail, Little Egret, Sand Martin, 2 Stonechat. ( Jim Sweetland)
 * Trent Park, Cockfosters: Stonechat reported by Pete Lowman (Bob Husband). Stonechat (f), Grey Wagtail, c30+ Siskin, Green Woodpecker, Ring necked Parakeet(s). ( Pete Lowman)
 * Wanstead Flats: Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 5 Goldcrest, 16 Linnet (11 later on Police Scrape), 3 Siskin, 2 Redpoll, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Meadow Pipit, 5 Pied Wagtail, Skylark, 2 Pochard, Little Grebe, 10+ Common Gull, Kestrel (Bob Vaughan/Nick Croft).
 * Wanstead Park: 25 + Siskin, 2 Nuthatch, 13 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 8 Egyptian Goose, 4 Teal, 139 Gadwall, 13 Shoveler, 19 Wigeon, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe (Nick Croft).
 * Worcester Park: 10 Redwing west (Bob Smith).

Wednesday 14th October 2015

 * Alexandra Park: cock Pheasant Pitch n Putt 0750 (Dave Callahan)
 * Bushy Park: 450+ Redwings, 5 Fieldfares, 1f Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff (Tony Duckett) Peregrine at Ponds (Martin Twycross)
 * Brookmill Park: Mandarin, Kingfisher, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Enfield Drapers road: Red Kite circling 1430 ( Brian Dawton)
 * Hackney Marshes: 2 Gadwall and 8 Teal on the river at 08:00 (Alastair Dent)
 * Hampstead Heath: To 9.30 on the Hill. 150 Redwings, 5 Mistle and 2 Song Thrushes. 30 Starling. 10 chaffinches, 5 Meadow Pipits. 20 Magpie flying high to south in spread out single file. 3 Cormorants very high as if going somewhere. (greengrandad, turning blue)
 * Harvil Rd/Harefield Moor: 13 Redwing through, Red Kite, 2 Stonechat, 11 Skylark, 13+ Linnet, Kestrel, 5+ Meadow Pipit (Dan Pinkham)
 * Lamorbey Park: Pair Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Geese, Kingfisher, 10+ Goldcrest, 3+ Nuthatch (Ian Stewart)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Brambling (heard over), 385 Redwing through, 6+ Goldcrest. Skylark over, 10+ Song Thrush, 4+ Lesser Redpoll, 3 Meadow Pipit, Tawny Owl (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: 52 Wigeon, Pintail, 10 Snipe (WWT website)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 08:30 - 09:00 1 Goldcrest, 31 Redwing over NW in two groups (Alastair Dent)
 * Morden Hill SE13: 40 Redwing circling and eventually landing (John Archer)
 * Neasden: 25 Redwing over (Andrew Self)
 * Pinner (HA5): Common Buzzard over at 12:20, 4 Swallow north-east, Goldfinch & Coal Tit (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham Marshes: Gannet (BirdGuides)
 * Roding Valley Meadows NR: Kestrel; 12 Meadow Pipit; Stonechat; Redwing; 2 Linnet; 2 Bullfinch (Barry Jones)
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): adult Yellow-legged Gull flew south 12.42, Common Buzzard N 11.25, viz-mig 07.00 - 09.00 of 2 Canada Geese E, 250+ Redwing W and S, c70 Fieldfare S, 5+ Song Thrush W, 15+ Chaffinch W, 1+ Meadow Pipit S, Pied Wagtail SW, 6 Jackdaw W, Jay N, Siskin heard, Rook N. Chiffchaff in garden with 4-8 Goldcrests through, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker- 38 species in total (Ian Stewart)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: 4 Redwing, 2 Chiffchaff (Bob Watts)
 * Uxbridge (Brunel University): c20 Redwing over, flying W. at 09.45. (Roger Dewey)
 * Wandsworth Waste Facility: ca100 Starling murmurating at 2:30 before scattering (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Wanstead Flats: 2 Stonechat, Yellow Wagtail, 9 Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit, 10 Skylark (9 north), Linnet, Siskin, Redpoll, 20 + Goldfinch, Reed Bunting, 52 Gadwall, 14 Shoveler, 4 Teal, 3 Pochard, 2 Little Grebe, Kestrel, 4 Common Gull, Blackcap, 6 + Goldcrest, 7 Redwing (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan)
 * Wanstead Park: 86 Gadwall, 18 Wigeon, 24 Shoveler, 5 Teal, 3 Little Grebe, 1st winter Great Crested Grebe, 120 + Redwing (west), Fieldfare, 10 + Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, Bullfinch, 2 Siskin, Coal Tit, 1-3 Little Egret (Nick Croft)
 * Woodford Green: Big movement of Redwings going NNW over the forest early am, also a late Yellow Wagtail going East, and a Willow Warbler briefly in my neighbour's garden (yellow legs) (Ken Murray).

Tuesday 13th October 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Redwings heard 0700 (Bob Watts)
 * Battersea Park Lake: 1 f Wigeon (very rare here), 1 f Teal, 62 Gadwall (stopped breeding several years ago), 6 Red-crested Pochard, 6 Egyptian Geese (both bred only once in 2011), 5 m Common Pochard (breeds infrequently), 5 Shoveler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Green Woodpecker (rarely seen here), pr Great Crested Grebe 2 small young (Michael Mac).
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Little Egret, 2 Common Snipe, 19+ Little Grebe. (Steve Blake); 1 Swallow & 10 Woodpigeons over (Andrew Self).
 * Broadwater Lake, Harefield: Siskins and Skylarks over west during the morning plus 3 Redwing arrived high from the north east. Kingfisher, 3 Chiffchaff and 16 Wigeon and a Green Sandpiper on adjacent Moorhall Lake. No sign of the interesting brown heron reported yesterday despite a good search along the River Colne and associated lake shore (John Edwards).
 * Brookmill Park: Mandarin, at least 2 Kingfisher, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Frays Farm Meadows LWT: 2 Red Kite, 6 Redwing, 11 Siskin, Little Egret (Dan Pinkham)
 * Gallions Reach: Curlew, 14 Redshank, Skylark (KJMcmanus)
 * Greenwich Park: 2 Firecrests, Siskins over, 2+ Redwings, Meadow Pipit over (Joe Beale)
 * Lamorbey Park: 2 Little Egrets W 18.15, year first here (Ian Stewart)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Tawny Owl (06.20), c10 Goldcrest, 9 Redwing, 2 Lesser Redpoll, Reed Bunting, Wigeon, 8 Gadwall, no sign of Firecrests since Friday (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: 4 Mandarin, Redshank, 44 Lapwing, 3 Skylark S, 2 Stonechat (WWT website)
 * Mayflower Park: Peregrine Falcon, 3 Chiffchaff (Bob Smith)
 * Purfleet: 60 Golden Plover, 1 Stonechat, 23 Dunlin, 21 Teal between Purfleet and Rainham Marshes (Fraser Simpson)
 * Richmond Park- Hawthorn Valley area: 2 Stonechat, 3 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush WNW, 8 Redwing WNW, Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, Lesser Redpoll, 9 Chaffinch, 300+ Ring-necked Parakeet flew into a stand of Sweet Chestnuts after sunrise to feed - the chestnuts are an important food source for the Park's deer - nearby a clump of hawthorns have been stripped of their berries by parakeets - these bushes used to attract migrant thrushes - also c20 Parakeets mobbed a low-flying Herring Gull - behaviour only recently noted (J.Wilczur) Do I hear the word -cull? Last week at Sydenham Hill Wood there was 1 brave parakeet persuing a Buzzard (Michael Mac).
 * Staines Moor: 19+ Goldcrest, 7 Stonechat, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Skylark, 16+ Meadow Pipit, 1-2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Siskin, 1+ Little Egret, 2 Reed Bunting, 1-2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Cetti's Warbler (Lee Dingain).
 * Stanford Rivers: 14 Fieldfare (Barry Jones)
 * Tower Hamlets CP: Firecrest male in Monument Glade at 08.30 & still 1305 possibly a second bird, Chiffchaff, 12+ Goldcrest (Bob Watts).
 * Trent Park: 3 Common Crossbill flew N calling over Ride Wood at 13:33 hrs, 5 Siskin, Grey Wagtail, Goldcrest, 3 male Shoveler on Lower Lake (Robert Callf/Bob Husband/Mike Cawthorne). Also 4 Redwing flew West (Bob Husband & Mike Cawthorne)

Monday 12th October 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Pheasant heard call twice 0650 from Cricket Scrub but not seen also Redwing heard 0700 & 1730 (Bob Watts).
 * Brent Reservoir: Little Egret, 5 Wigeon, Snipe, 2 Chiffchaff, best of vis-mig 64 Redwing, 4 Mistle Thrush, 15 Song Thrush, 16 Chaffinch, Siskin (Steve Leeke, Andrew Verrall).1700 Little Egret e. marsh Female Pintail n. marsh(F O'Sullivan)
 * Broadwater: Medium sized brown heron flushed from riverside tree at 16.15. Not seen well enough to be specific but no pale wing patches so maybe juvenile Night Heron? The bird flew south from approx. TQ043887 and could not be relocated. Also 7 Red Kites, 3 Common Buzzards and 10+ Chiffchaffs (Roger Morton)
 * Brookmill Park: Mandarin, Kingfisher, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam).
 * Greenwich Park: Early afternoon, 62+ Redwing, Brambling heard, m Firecrest, Common Buzzard north (Joe Beale and Yu-Hsuan Lin).
 * Sutcliffe Park: 2 Little Grebe, Mute Swan juv, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Song Thrush, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam).
 * Lamorbey Park, Sidcup: 2 Mute Swan, 2 Sparrowhawk, 13 Canada Geese, Greylag Goose, Egyptian Goose, Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, Little Grebe, Nuthatch (Eric Brown).
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Vis-mig: included 17+ Song Thrush, 25 Redwing, 6 Blackbird, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Siskin, 8-10 Chaffinch, 3 Skylark. Also 19 Lesser Redpoll in birches, 2 f Wigeon on Eagle Pon, 15 Gadwall, 3 Shoveler (which later flew high NE), 2 Coal Tit, 15+ Jay, 6 Goldcrest (Stuart Fisher).
 * Margravine Cemetery: 2-4 Chaffinch (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Mayflower Park: Peregrine Falcon, 3 Chiffchaffs (Bob Smith).
 * Pinner (HA5): 13 Redwing over, 2 Jay & Goldfinch (Jon Ridge).
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): 2 Peregrines, 2 Mallards low SW, 2 Pied Wagtail NW, Redwing, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Jay, Siskin (Ian Stewart)
 * Tower Hamlet Cemetey Park: 2 Chiffchaff, 9+ Goldcrst, also Small White, Comma (Bob Watts).
 * Vanbrugh Park SE3: Firecrest in gardens (Joe Beale).
 * Wanstead Park: 21 Wigeon, 12 Shoveller, 50 plus Gadwall (Bob Vaughan).
 * Woodford Green: Several flocks (c 30+) of overflying Redwings this am, plus 6 returning Siskins to the niger feeders (my first for the Autumn), and what must rank as one of my most incongruous sightings ever!(a totally out of habitat) Red-legged Partridge, running into a narrow hedgerow adjacent to Whitehall rd. at 5.20 pm. clearly not totally sedentary, I estimate the nearest breeding habitat to be approx. 3-5 miles away (Ken Murray).

Sunday 11th October 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Cock Pheasant again 0750 along gardens south of cricket pitches (Bruce) also 2 Lesser Redpoll, Siskin, several Meadow Pipits, 3+ Chiffchaff (Bruce, Bob Watts); 2 Redwing W 0845 (Brian Milligan)
 * Brent Reservoir: 2, possibly 3, Cetti's Warblers, Sedge Warbler [latest ever], 4 Wigeon, Little Egret; visible migration: 3 Skylark, 4 Swallows, 22 Song Thrush, 20 Pied Wagtail, 45 Chaffinch, 64 Starling, 9 Linnet (Brent Birders). Northern Arm: female Pintail, 2 Green Sandpiper. Kingfisher, white-ringed Black-headed Gull (probably Danish). Also, 2 Buzzard high over S [reported by another birder] (Bill Haines).
 * Charing Cross Hospital: pr Peregrine Falcon on West Wing (saw the female for the first time 8 years ago today) (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * East India Dock Basin: 1 Little Grebe, 123 Teal, 1 Little Egret, 4 Yellow-legged Gulls over the Thames (2 ads & 2 1st cal year), 1 Snipe, 4 Lapwing NW, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Skylark S, 2 Blackbird dropped in, 4 Song Thrush, 10 alba Wagtail S/SE, 3 Grey Wagtail, 2 Blackcap, 1 Reed Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Reed Bunting (N P Senior)
 * Greenwich Park: 21 Chaffinches over, Brambling heard, Skylark over, 2+ Redwings, 3-4 Song Thrush Migrants, Siskins and Redpolls heard over (Joe Beale)
 * Greenwich Peninsula: Adult Mediterranean Gull by Cable Car, 2 Redwings over, 1 Chiffchaff (Joe Beale)
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: Kingfisher, Little Egret, 21 Siskins, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam, John Bushell, Joe Beale, Richard Green)
 * Hampstead Heath: 20 Lapwing NW in two flocks of 11 and 9 at 09:45-10:05, 2 Skylark NW at 11:00, 4 Redwing W, 1 Swallow S, 8 Redpoll S & NW, 4 Siskin NW, 14 Meadow Pipit NW, 2 Linnet NW, 3 Song Thrush, Grey Wagtail S, one at Boating Pond and one at Springett's Wood, 3 Chiffchaff, 8 Pied Wagtail, 3 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall (Frank Nugent).
 * Lamorbey Park: Redwing, Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, 2 Jackdaw, Siskin (Ian Stewart)
 * Leyton, Orient Way area: m Stonechat (Jubilee Park upper field), 3 Common Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warbler in traffic island, Siskin, 2 Lapwing E, 3+ Redwing over, 5 Song Thrush, Reed Bunting over, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2+ Skylark over, Siskin, 3 Goldcrest (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: When facing up to bullying individuals at London Wetland Centre it is reassuring to have support. Many thanks (R.Sole). This is a shame. Will WWT management be made aware of these concerns and the concerns about losing breeding birds? (JB). Which birds have been lost? Surely there's legalities too? I'm aware there's sometimes a need for diversification, but wedding receptions and lego! ffs! it's supposed to be a wildlife nature reserve, not a reserve for the wild life (Richard Francis). What are the issues with schedule one breeding birds - is it to do with the heavy handed management that takes place on the reserve? I've previously complained to the general manager and senior warden about cutting down mature silver birches, the unnecessary pruning and tidying up of trees and flailing hedges every year, which prevents flowering and fruiting (SR). An objective appraisal of the history of the breeding birds at LWC can be found in the current LBR. Those monitoring the site have had misgivings for many years over disturbance to breeding birds and insensitive habitat management. These issues have been raised with LWC management on so many occasions, but have been largely ignored. Anxieties over disturbance to a pair of nesting LRPs last year were dismissed outright. What can one do? (J.Wilczur). I was thinking if those concerned could approach the WWT head office, bypassing the local management? (JB). Unfortunately it was someone from WWT Slimbridge who refused to discuss the issue (JW). We seemed to have touched a nerve. As this will surely be the last day for comment before everyone gets fed up with this issue, we urge all with points to make to do so. Each opinion is valuable as we try to affect change (R.Kaye, J.Wilczur). This appears to be one of the most prevalent issues to have ever come up on this website - so it is important that we adopt some kind of solidarity - we can implement some changes here, & I hope we can all work together on this - Let's try & sort this mess out (JR). Sir Peter must be looking down with horror! (DB) Can you say what form the bullying took, Rupert? (Mike W). Perfectly legitimate comment or opinion is met with barely veiled hostility. I call that bullying. Often hard to define - but you know when it’s happening to you. One notorious individual is mostly responsible, but a milder version seems to have become the regular m.o. for dealing with the long-standing local naturalists. They used to be known as the Barn Elms Natural History Group before being, in effect, disbanded (R.Kaye). I’m not sure Sir Peter Scott will be looking down in horror, as DB suggests, since Scott too was a bully (which I say from personal experience of meeting him in the 1970s). He founded the WWT not just to conserve wildfowl (though he did a good job with the Nēnē) but also to provide captive subjects for his wildfowl paintings. It was for this purpose that he imported three pairs of Ruddy Duck in 1948, and his failure to control their offspring is behind the current threat to the White-headed Duck. (Andrew Haynes). I don't know much about what you say as I never go there, as it's just not a very nice place. Local bird groups should be able to get in during all daylight hours as s the case with most reserves.
 * Margravine Cemetery (Monthly count): 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Greenfinch, 7 Magpie (Nathalie Mahieu, Ruth Savery).
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 4 Jackdaw over low at 13:00, heading south onto the Hackney Marshes (Alastair Dent)
 * Motspur Park: Common Buzzard over gasholder at 17.00, also yesterday at 15.20 (Simon Osborn)
 * Mudchute Park: late aft. 1 Common Buzzard S, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Chiffchaff, 8 Goldcrest, 2 Lesser Redpoll (N P Senior)
 * Purfleet: 71 Golden Plover, 18 Ringed Plover, 11 Dunlin, 137 Redshank, 122 Lapwing, 17 Wigeon between Purfleet and Rainham Marshes (Fraser Simpson)
 * Rammey Marsh Lake (private site, no public access), Enfield Lock: frequent calls of Yellow-browed Warbler heard from my bedroom window at 12:30 west side of lake (Neville Smith). Eventually relocated on a few calls and seen briefly by SE corner of lake at 15:20 (Neville Smith, Andrew Middleton)
 * Richmond Park - NW section: Swallow S, 2 Grey Wagtail, 6 Stonechat, 13 Blackbird, 4 Song Thrush, 4 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest together, 2 Reed Bunting (J.Wilczur, H.Bradshaw) Around Pen Ponds & Lawn Field: Buzzard, Chiffchaff, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 12 Meadow Pipit, 6 Stonechat, 11 Skylark, Water Rail, Wheatear, 10 Siskin (Steve Woolfenden)
 * Ruislip Lido: 33 Gadwall, 4 Wigeon, 47 Pochard (my highest ever count here), Sparrowhawk (Neil Anderson/K. Bull)
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): 6 unidentified small-looking geese low S 08.42- possibly Brents, 4 Lesser Redpoll SE year 1st, Common Buzzard NW 08.50, Peregrine, Chiffchaff, Jay, Jackdaw (Ian Stewart)
 * South Harrow Railway Viaduct: Grey Wagtail (Michael Robinson)
 * Stoneleigh Broadway KT17: 9 Siskin e. 4 Meadow Pipit, 4 Grey Wagtail, 6 Pied Wagtail, 1 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Sparrowhawk, 10 Black-headed Gull, 11 Herring Gull, 4 Jay, 12 Ring-necked Parakeet (Neil Batten)
 * Sydenham Hill Wood: Buzzard mobbed by Crows over old railway tunnel, 14:00 (Daniel Greenwood)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 2 m Pheasant, 3 Kestrel, Lapwing, Snipe, 9 Stock Dove, 6 Skylark, 13+ Meadow Pipit, c25 Redwing W, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 f Blackcap, pr Stonechat, 10+ Song Thrush, 4 Rook, 8 Reed Bunting, 12 Lesser Redpoll, 15 Linnet, small influx Chaffinch (Neil Anderson/G. Westley)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Black-necked Grebe, fem Goldeneye, Water Rail (h) on W Warwick (Quentin Given)
 * Wimbledon Common: Pair of juvenile Peregrine Falcons (A.Harding)

Saturday 10th October 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Skylark, Lesser Redpoll, Siskin, 12+ Meadow Pipit, female Blackcap, 6 Song Thrush, Chiffchaff, very vocal Jackdaw with Carrion Crows (Bruce, Gareth Richards, Bob Watts)
 * Brent Reservoir: Cetti's Warbler sang 3 times left of main hide 10.20, 2 Little Egret, 2 Wigeon, Green Sandpiper, 6 Snipe, Peregrine, Swallow, Chiffchaff, Linnet, 3 Lesser Redpoll, Siskin (John Gravatt, Andrew Verrall)
 * Brondesbury Park: Jay near Malorees Junior School. (Matt Reed).
 * Bentley Priory: 42 species counted today on site. (Life list 90). Many more species than 40 years ago. Only species gone is Hawfinch. Never thought they'd be replaced with Buzzard, Little Egret & Ring Necked Parakeet (Richard Francis).....Presumably Marsh & Willow Tits had already disappeared? (Ken Murray).
 * Cornmill Gardens: Kingfisher (Tom Moulton)
 * Fairlop Waters:Short-eared Owl,2 Swallows,14 Siskins,2 male Stonechats.(Alan Bell)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: 10 Tufted Duck, 1-2 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Kingfisher, 4+ House Martin SW, 4+ Meadow Pipit over, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 5+ Chiffchaff, 12+ Goldcrest a conservative estimate, Coal Tit, several Jays, 3 Linnet, Lesser Redpoll, 12+ Siskin (Ian Stewart)
 * Fulham Reach (Thames): 4 Great Black-Backed Gull (1 juv), 16 Teal (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, 3 Redpol, 3 Siskin, Grey Seal in river (Conrad Ellam)
 * Gunpowder Park: Ring Ouzel (Neville Smith).
 * Kensal Green Cemetery: Jay, Green Woodpecker (Matt Reed).
 * KGV Reservoir: 2 Water Pipits inside north lip, 4 Rock Pipits, Peregrine, Stonechat, 2 Skylark, 6 Redpoll, 4 Siskin, 4 Goosander (Neville Smith)
 * Leyton, traffic island nr Ruckholt Road: Reed Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, Goldcrest, Green Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Firecrest - including a fem found dead yesterday. Regrettably this is my last post from this site after sixteen years of passionate recording. I have been bullied and humiliated out by the senior wardens. As many of you know, they care little for birds (unless they are pinioned or stuck in the revolting upcoming aviary) and even less for birdwatchers. Clearly all is not well at "the nation's favourite nature reserve", indeed it is rotten to the core. I feel a campaign coming on... (R. Kaye) What's the problem? I'm a WWT member and SBS financial supporter. I never feel unwelcome at LWC? (S Enright) - This comes as no surprise as one time I was refused admission, despite being a fully paid up member - the reason? - because they were running a wedding reception!! - all they seem to care about is the money : ( (JR). Some problems pertaining to scarce and Schedule one breeding species may be found in the paper "The Breeding Birds of London Wetland Centre" published in the London Bird Report for 2013 (JW). I recognize the bullying culture (DM) Decided to stop visiting the site in 2010 after 31 years of intensive coverage after realising that what was initially a superb reserve which I had helped to create was becoming a circus designed for commercial gain alone, not at all what reserves should be about (Nick Senior) Very sad, it's things like this which make me want to buy places and sack the trouble makers. What's it worth to the nearest million £ ?(Dick Smith) This used to be one hell of a good bird reserve (George Hanson) The latest edition of Waterlife says it all. Three quarters of the piece is devoted to Lego, fungi foray, Christmas sleigh rides and Nature Play. I sometimes think the management would be happier without the hindrance of wild birds that insist on visiting the place (David Jeffreys) - The can of worms is now opened : \ (JR). I've been waiting for Disney to launch a takeover bid over for quite a while now. (Derik Palmer).
 * Mudchute Park: 19 Alba Wagtails E/S, 14 Meadow Pipit W, 22 Blackbird, 4 Blackcap, 8 Chiffchaff, 5 Goldcrest, 1 Lesser Redpoll, 16 Chaffinch, 16 Monk Parakeet (N P Senior)
 * Purfleet: 61 Golden Plover, 183 Lapwing, 120 Redshank, 8 Dunlin, 4 Ringed Plover between Purfleet and Rainham Marshes (Fraser Simpson)
 * Rainham Marshes: Great White Egret (BirdGuides)
 * Richmond Park: c30 Meadow Pipit, Stonechat, Skylark, Reed Bunting (Pond Slade) Water Rail,Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail (UPP) 2 Stonechat, Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit (LF) Steve Woolfenden; 13 Stonechat [Lawn Field, Pond Slade, as well as the area  between Hawthorn Valley & Holly Lodge plus The Bog], Wigeon & 2 Common Gull at UPP, 6 Lesser Redpoll, 4 Siskin (Frank Nugent).
 * St Botolph without Bishopgate Church, EC2: Grey Wagtail (Matt Reed).
 * Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Yellow-browed Warbler (BirdGuides)
 * Stoneleigh Broadway KT17: 7 Meadow Pipit, 3 Grey Wagtail, 7 Pied Wagtail, 1 Siskin w. 24 Stock Dove, 54 Goldfinch, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Herring Gull, 2 Chiffchaff, 12 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Coal Tit (Neil Batten)
 * Stratford, Olympic Park: 2 Water Rail, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 12 Meadow Pipit, 2 Lesser Redpoll, c5 Siskin, Blackcap, 2 Reed Bunting, Goldcrest, 2 Kingfisher, 7 Chiffchaff (Stuart Fisher). Can you state where you saw the Water Rail, Lesser Redpoll and Siskins Thanks (Richard Drew)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: Ring Ouzel, 9 Stonechat, Wheatear, Common Buzzard over, Greenshank, 8 Redshank, Curlew, 3 Common Sandpiper & 10 Cetti's Warblers (Andrew Self)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 10 Redwing, 3 Chiffchaff, 5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rook, Bullfinch, 2 Common Gull, 25 Canada Goose, 7 Teal (John Colmans)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 11:00-11:30 3 Stonechat (one N of the boardwalk, two in Bomb Crater Field), 1 Little Egret in the Flood Relief Channel, big feeding flock on the paddocks (40+ Linnet, 20+ Pied Wagtail, 10+ Goldfinch, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Meadow Pipit) (Alastair Dent)

Friday 9th October 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Lesser Redpoll heard 0700 (Bob Watts).
 * Bexley, River Shuttle path: Grey Wagtail and Goldcrest in Montpelier Park, several Goldcrests Bexley Park Wood, 2 Meadow Pipits NW over Shuttlemead (Ian Stewart)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Mandarin, Kingfisher, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crayford Marshes: Spotted Redshank, 5+ Wigeon, Sparrowhawk, 2+ Kestrel, 5+ Ringed Plover, 50+ Lapwing, 15+ Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 100+ Redshank, 4 Greenshank, 4+ Yellow-legged Gull, 50+ Meadow Pipit inc c30 at saltings, pair Stonechat, 9 Cetti's Warbler distributed in less usual areas indicating an influx or local dispersal, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Jay, 7+ Reed Bunting, Weasel, 8 Common Seal (Ian Stewart)
 * Ewell Village: 1 Common Buzzard low w. over Beggars Hill 13:00, 2 Grey Wagtail, still numerous titmice and Goldcrests in the village (Neil Batten)
 * Grovelands Park: 2 Firecrest (Rangers' Hut) (James Palmer)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Tawny Owl calling from court grounds at 06.15-20, Firecrest, at least 6 Goldcrest, small group of migrant Blackbirds and Song Thrush, 4 Mistle Thrush, Blackcap, Coal Tit, Sparrowhawk, 3 Redpoll, 2 Siskin (Stuart Fisher)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: Cetti's Warbler singing at 17:00 (Alastair Dent)
 * Mudchute Farm, Millwall; Monk Parakeets, 2 female Blackcaps, Song Thrush, Long-tailed Tit, Little Egret(over) (Eric Brown) also dawn to 9.30 am: 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 alba Wagtail SW, 3 Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush high SW, 1 male Blackcap, 8 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, Coal Tit heard only, 3 Lesser Redpoll NW, 1 Siskin, 7 Chaffinch SW, 2 Reed Bunting W (N P Senior)
 * Pinner (HA5): Siskin, 3 Goldfinch, Sparrowhawk, at least 5 Jay, 7 Jackdaw south-west, Coal Tit, Goldcrest, Mistle Thrush & Song Thrush (Jon Ridge).
 * Purfleet: 22 Golden Plover, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Ringed Plover, 120 Redshank, 14 Dunlin, 1 Curlew (Fraser Simpson)
 * St James's Park: Common Buzzard north at 12:39 (Andrew Self)
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Peregrine, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush N, Goldcrest. Also Siskin over Harland Avenue c18.00 (Ian Stewart)
 * Staines Moor: 1 ad. Hobby, f Tufted Duck, f Bullfinch (old railway), 8 Stonechat, 1 Common Snipe, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Chiffchaff, 6 Pied Wagtail, 30 Meadow Pipit, 2 redpoll sp. NW, 1 Linnet ENE, 1 Pied Wagtail N, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker SW, 1-2 Little Grebe, 3 Red Kite, c200 Goldfinch, 3 Reed Bunting, 2 Little Egret, 2-4 Common Buzzard, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Mistle Thrush (Lee Dingain).
 * Stoneleigh KT17: 5 Swallow & 2 House Martin low s.e. over Park Avenue West 08:40, 1 Chiffchaff in trees in Calverly Road, 24 Herring Gull n.e. over (Neil Batten)
 * Sydenham Hill Wood: 2 Firecrest (area near footbridge not with tit flock), 1 Common Buzzard (2:20pm), Hobby flying east (Michael Mac).
 * Tooting Common: 2 Common Buzzards flew west at noon (Alan Wilkinson)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: 2 Coal Tits still with mixed tit flock 1330; didn't show very well today as at top of ashes mostly but presumed same brittanicus first seen on 2nd - on that occasion got superb views so ruled out Continental, also 6+ Goldcrest, Chiffchaff heard (Bob Watts)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs (Lockwood): 1 Wigeon, c40 Teal, 2 Green Sands (relief channel), 3 Meadow Pipits over, f/imm Wheatear, 1-2 Kingfisher, Coal Tit allotments (Lol Bodini).
 * West Harrow (HA1): Nuthatch, Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Siskin all seen in my garden this morning (Alex Massey)

Thursday 8th October 2015

 * Alexandra Park: 4 Lesser Redpoll 0700, 4+ Chiffchaff 1730 (Bob Watts)
 * Arnos Park: Stonechat (James Palmer)
 * Brent Reservoir: 3 Little Egret, 2 Wigeon, Snipe, 2 Lapwing, Green Sandpiper high west, Chiffchaff, 5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Siskin (Andrew Verrall)
 * Brockley Rail Station: 1 chiffchaff singing (Fernley Symons)
 * Brockwell Park/Lambeth: pr Blackcap in ornamental garden (Michael Mac).
 * Danson Park: 6 Egyptian Geese, 4 Gadwall, 1st winter m Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 2+ Great Crested Grebe, c150 Black-headed Gull, 1-2 Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff, 8+ Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 22 Siskin in bog garden trees then flew N (Ian Stewart)
 * Hampstead Heath. 3 Meadow Pipits. Common Buzzard mobbed by crows at 1330 hrs.Lots of acorn carrying Jays.(Green Grandad)
 * King George V Reservoir: 1 Knot, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Goldeneye, 9 Meadow Pipit,4 Grey Wagtail, 1 Common Buzzard, 10 Linnets perched, (Tony Clancy, Geoff Crabtree). Also 10 Common Buzzard, 1130-1140, circling above north east side of north basin (Martin Shepherd)
 * London Wetland Centre: m Firecrest trapped and ringed (B.Haines) 69 Wigeon, 2 Buzzard, 8 Snipe, 8 Swallow S, 40 Meadow Pipit marsh and S, scandinavian Rock Pipit marsh, 10 alba Wagtail SW/NW,3 Stonechat, 4 Magpie moving SE, 19 Chiffchaff, 5 Siskin, 12 Lesser Redpoll, 6 Reed Bunting also 2 continental Song Thrush ringed (R.Kaye)
 * Mudchute Park: to dusk 1 probably 2 Continental Coat Tit (nature trail), 2 House Martin,3 Song Thrush, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, 7 Redpoll sp over (N P Senior)
 * Oxleas Wood: Firecrest or 2 in Holly behind Crookston Road 17.00, 8+ Goldcrest, Nuthatch (Ian Stewart)
 * Purfleet: Black Tern downriver 0924; 19 Golden Plover, 120 Redshank, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 15 Dunlin (Fraser Simpson)
 * Sidcup: Meadow Pipits over King Georges Park and The Hollies, 2 Sparrowhawks and Linnet over Penhill Park, (York Avenue) Sparrowhawk, alba Wagtail SE, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Jay (Ian Stewart)
 * South Lodge Farm, Enfield: 25+ Meadow Pipit (Robert Callf)
 * Sydenham Hill Wood: 3 Firecrest (Steven Robinson) male Common Redstart in clearing (Michael Mac). 2 Buzzard mobbed by Sparrowhawk, Treecreeper with Goldcrest & Firecrest (Daniel Greenwood).
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Meadow Pipit north, female Blackcap (Bob Watts)
 * Trent Park: Shoveler, 6 House Martin (James Palmer)
 * Walthamstow Low Hall: 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Chaffinch, 39 Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Linnet, Peregrine, 2 Jay (JW Davies)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 08:00-08:30 2 Stonechat in Bomb Crater Field, 1 Skylark flushed from Lammas Meadow near the end of the boardwalk, 12 Egyptian Geese and a flock of 30+ Linnet, Goldfinch and Chaffinch on the paddocks (Alastair Dent)
 * Worcester Park: Wheatear on horse field, 5 Meadow Pipits(Bob Smith)

Wednesday 7th October 2015

 * Alexandra Park: 58 Herring & Lesser Black-backed Gulls on cricket pitches 7am also 3 Great Crested Grebes Wood Green Res(Bob Watts)
 * Brent Reservoir: Black Tern flying between Dam and Rowing club area - 13.50 - 14.00 on reservoir. 1 Chiffchaff & Green Woodpecker in scrub area. (Davey Leach); Black Tern still present at 5pm (Andrew Self)
 * Brompton Cemetery: Jay, Green Woodpecker (Matt Reed).
 * Foots Cray Meadows: Egyptian Goose on lake, Kestrel, Kingfisher, 4 Grey Wagtail, 8+ Chiffchaff, 10+ Goldcrest, Siskin (Ian Stewart)
 * Highgate, Waterlow Park: 4 Egyptian geese, 12 Siskin, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest (P.Angus)
 * Islington: Unconfirmed report of an American Robin ? at Lairs Close in a private garden for 2 mins at 08:15 (Twitter, Birdguides) (might this be Michael Mac's odd-looking Blackbird from Brockwell Park, seen on 17 September?) (Very, very unlikely. There are many odd looking blackbirds. But you never know.) No that is too much orange, I thought mine may have been a molting Ring Ouzel but ruled it out after I saw it again (Michael Mac). This must be the first American Robin in London since Mary Poppins (Andrew Haynes). There was one in Peckham a few years ago (AS) The woman who saw it (Amanda Clarke, with 4 other people present) reported it to eBird with the comments 'Absolutely gorgeous bird! Seen in our backyard, was astounded it came so far!!' Doesn't sound like a Blackbird to me! (Stuart Fisher)
 * KGV Reservoir: 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Rock Pipit, 8 Grey Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, 5 Chiffchaff A.Middleton)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 2+ Goldcrests at 09:30 (Alastair Dent)
 * Mudchute Park: quiet - 2 Stock Dove, 4 House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest (N P Senior)
 * M25 between Crews Hill and Potters Bar: Raven over the motorway at a approx 14:00, heading N I think(Stuart Fisher)
 * Oxleas Woods (SE9 1YG): 2 Coal tit, Firecrest in Holly, Goldcrest & Sparrowhawk through (John Reid).  Hi John, what kind of time are you getting them? and still along the path behind Crookston Rd?? Many thanks Andrew Hi Andrew, I get them in the garden from my window between 7 and 9.30. The woodland path backing the gardens would be an ideal place to search for them. John R
 * Rayners Lane (Alexandra Avenue): Yellow-legged Gull (Tim Rymer)
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Sparrowhawk, Peregrine (Ian Stewart)
 * Southwark Park: 1 Chiffchaff with 8+ Long Tailed Tits and 1 Goldcrest. Another Chiffchaff sang briefly. Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Blackcap (John Cadera)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Coal Tit, 2 Chiffchaffs, 4+ Goldcrests (Bob Wtts)
 * Tyttenhanger : Two Red Kites being chased by corvids, Geoff Crabtree.
 * Walthamstow Marsh: 12 Egyptian Goose, 14 House Martin, 20 Pied Wagtail, 24 Linnet (James Palmer) hi James, sorry to use this medium to contact you but, where on Tottenham Marsh did you have the Firecrest last Thursday? We count the wild marsh East as our patch and it would be first for the year, though I suspect it was on the West side. Thanks Paul W - Hi Paul, it was in the trees on the east side of the River Lee Diversion, which I think is the west edge of the Wild Marsh East (James) Thanks, it's sounds by that it was just over the border in Middx, I.e. West of the little Lea and East of the diversion. P I'm confused by the different names of all the channels, but according to my AZ the Firecrest was definitely in modern Waltham Forest, so I take it that it was in Essex - J
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Black-necked Grebe (W Warwick), 3 Stonechat, 4 Siskin over, 2 GBB Gulls, c50 Shoveler (E Warwick), f Goosander (No 4), 2 Cetti's Warbler (3/4), 15+ House Martin (filter beds), 2w Yellow-legged Gull, Common Gull, f Wheatear, 2 Meadow Pipit, Wigeon, 80+ Teal (Lockwood - Paul Whiteman, Lol Bodini)
 * Wanstead Flats: Stonechat, 2 Redwing, 4 Swallow east, 3 Teal, 2 Shoveller, 2 Chiffy, f Blackcap, 20 Herring, 20 Lesser Back, 10 Common Gull, Sparrowhawk (Bob Vaughan)
 * Whitings Hill/ Arkley Fields: Fieldfare seen, perching and calling on September 23rd. (Apologies for not reporting this earlier. Had technical difficulties), Geoff Crabtree.

Tuesday 6th October 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Kingfisher heard 1730 Wood Green Res also 3 Chiffchaff (Bob Watts)
 * Battersea Park Lake: 2 Teal (uncommon here) 1 Goldcrest, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Large White in same tree (Michael Mac)
 * Bow Creek: 8 Grey Heron (James Palmer)
 * East India Dock Basin: Cetti's Warbler singing (surprisingly only the 2nd site record), Kestrel, c75 teal, 2+ Chiffchaff (John Archer)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Mandarin, Pintail, 15 Snipe, Kingfisher, Peregrine, 3 Goldcrest, 10 House Martin, 18 Chiffchaff, 4 Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, 2 alba wagtail, 10 Meadow Pipit S, 2 Rock Pipit (1 on marsh, 1 on marsh briefly, then S), 3 Lesser Redpoll, Siskin, 4 Reed Bunting (Oscar Dewhurst).
 * Oxleas Woods (SE9 1YG): Coal tit, Goldcrest & Firecrest in Spruce & Pyracantha (John Reid)
 * Pinner (HA5): Siskin, 4 Goldfinch, singing Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Miste Thrush, Song Thrush, Pied Wagtail & 4 Jay (Jon Ridge).
 * Staines Moor: (male) Hen Harrier, Red Kite, 3 Kestrel, Goldcrest, 2 Mistle Thrush, Peregrine Falcon, Chiffchaff, 4 Stonechat (Keith Kerr).
 * Staines Reservoirs: 2 Red-breasted Merganser, Wheatear (Twitter-Dominic Pia)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: no sign of Firecrests (Bob Watts)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Black-necked Grebe, f Stonechat. W Warwick (Dan Barrett)
 * Wanstead Flats: Short-eared Owl (Jono Lethbridge) f Ring Ouzel (John Whele), 20 Herring, 20 Lesser Back, 10 Common Gull, 8 Song Thrush and a few dogs (Bob Vaughan)

Monday 5th October 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Little Grebe Wood Green Res, 2+ Chiffchaff (Bob Watts)
 * Brent Reservoir;Chiffchaff,Willow Warbler,Kingfisher,3 Snipe, 7 Wigeon(Francis O'Sullivan)
 * Hackney, N1: 1 Grey Wagtail (garden first), 1 Coal Tit, 1 Greenfinch in our garden in De Beauvoir (Michael Rank)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Pintail, 1 Swallow SW, 70+ House Martin S, 3 Stonechat (WWT website); also 3 Blackcap, 28 Chiffchaff, Water Rail, 5 alba wagtails over, 11 Lesser Redpoll, 12 Meadow Pipit (SW), 4 Reed Bunting, 8 Snipe, 1 Rock Pipit (marsh) (Oscar Dewhurst).
 * Mudchute Park: to 10.30am - 1 Egyptian Goose over, 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Wagtail, Song Thrush 4 South & 2 dropped in, 1 Blackcap, 21 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest (Goat pen area), 6 Goldcrest, 12 Chaffinch, 24 Monk Parakeet (N P Senior)
 * Oxleas Woods (SE9 1YG): Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 2 Firecrest in Holly and Yew & 2 Goldcrest (John Reid)
 * Pinner (HA5): Grey Wagtail over, Coal Tit & Jay (Jon Ridge).
 * Purfleet: 10 Golden Plover, 192 Redshank, 27 Dunlin,1 Curlew, 41 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit betweeen Purfleet and Rainham Marshes (Fraser Simpson)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: before the rain hit, 4 Redwing, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Teal and small numbers of Starling moving E (John Colmans)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: 2 Firecrest one singing male the second duller and non vocal bird presumed female, holly at entrance to Horse chestnut Glade 0850 at least then in Sanctuary Wood 1310 at least, also 4+ Chiffchaff, 4+ Goldcrest (Bob Watts)

Sunday 4th October 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Red Kite low from W and then N around 8:20 (presumably the first Hampstead Heath bird), Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Jackdaw, 2 Meadow Pipit on western permieter, Siskin over (plus male Pheasant reported walking over cricket pitch) (Gareth Richards).
 * Battersea Park (Thames): 1 Great-black Backed Gull on moored boat with L B B Gulls (Michael Mac).
 * Brent Reservoir: 3 Little Egret, 10 Wigeon, Green Sandpiper, Lapwing, 4 Snipe, 2 Water Rail seen, 2 Reed Warbler, Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, 6 Swallow, 13 Meadow Pipit, Redwing, Siskin, 2 Lesser Redpoll (Brent Birders). Common Buzzard flying over harassed by vocal Lesser Black-backed Gull (Bob Husband)
 * Canons Park (& Seven Acre Lake - private access), Edgware, HA8: Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Hobby (all raptors flying over), Pied Wagtail. Seven Acre Lake - family of Great Crested Grebes 2 adults & 3 Juveniles, 2 Cormorant, 2 Chiffchaff, Kingfisher (Bob Husband, Fay Broom, Mike Cawthorne et al NW London RSPB Group birdwalk)
 * Dartmouth Park (NW5): 3 Common Buzzard heading south over together at c.13:40 (c.f. report from nearby Hampstead Heath at 13:25) (Tim Blackburn)
 * Deptford Thames by creekmouth: 1 partially leucistic Black-headed Gull (see photo) roosting with 80 normal Black-headed Gulls, 1 Common Gull (Mike Paice)
 * East India Dock Basin: 1 Little Grebe, 45 Teal, 2 Yellow-legged Gull (ad and 1st Cal year)over the river, 2 Kingfisher, 4 Grey Wagtail, 6 Chiffchaff, (N P Senior)
 * Ewell: 1 Common Buzzard circling low over Kingston Road/Worcester Park Road junction 15:00 (Neil Batten)
 * Fulham (Rannoch Rd/Nella St): ca 50 Starlings in mini murmuration around 5pm (same yesterday) (Nathalie Mahieu). Probably on way to Battersea Bridge which has long established (though decreasing) winter roost approx. 1,000+ birds (Michael Mac). It could also have been Wandsworth Bridge though I don't know if there is still one there now (NM).
 * Hampstead Heath: 2 Red Kite, low at 08:15 and high at 14:30, 13 Common Buzzard included 6 together at 13:25, 3 Linnet NW, 4 Siskin, 1 Redpoll, Grey Wagtail at the Boating Pond, 30+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Swallow S, 15 House Martin S, Little Grebe at Wood Pond, Kenwood and a Bat feeding over second Hedge for some of the afternoon  (Frank Nugent).
 * Kentish Town: Arctic Street, Osprey flew high N at 1230, also Wheatear perched on nearby house roof (Spring Place) at 1115 and 2 Siskins S (Pete Mantle)
 * KGV Reservoir: Rock Pipit, Dunlin, 2 Redshank, Snipe, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Wheatear, Peregrine (Martin Shepherd)
 * Leyton traffic island nr Ruckholt Road: 2 Common Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Goldcrest (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: Pintail, Mandarin, 2 Little Egret, migrant Heron high SW, Buzzard, Water Rail, 20 Snipe, House Martin, 4 Stonechat, fem Redstart still, Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail on marsh and 29 alba Wagtail mostly SW, 16 Meadow Pipit, 22 Chiffchaff including 1 abietinus, 7 Magpie S, Linnet in, 11 Lesser Redpoll, Siskin, 7 Reed Bunting (R.Kaye, O.Dewhurst)
 * Lower Chingford: female Pintail (on flood relief channel near the North Circular Road), 2 Green Sandpiper (James Palmer)
 * Pinner (HA5): Chiffchaff, 2 Coal Tit, Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 4 Goldfinch, Pied Wagtail, 3 Jay & 5 Jackdaw south-west (Jon Ridge).
 * Purfleet: 21 Golden Plover, 112 Redshank, 12 Dunlin, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper betweeen Purfleet and Rainham Marshes (Fraser Simpson)
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warblers, Barn Owl, (woodland) Swallow, Spotted Redshank, 4 Golden Plovers (Aveley pool) fMarsh Harrier, Peregrine (Wennington Marsh) (Ian Bradshaw)
 * Regent's Park: 14 Shovelers, 2 Wigeon, Redwing, 24 Meadow Pipits, Grey Wagtail, 4 Blackcaps, 7 Chiffchaffs, Brambling, 3 Lesser Redpolls, Siskin (Tony Duckett).
 * Richmond Park: After 5pm; approximately 40 Siskins near Ladderstile Gate, 2 Stonechats on Pond Slade and a Kingfisher on Lower Pen Ponds (Phil Davies).
 * Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge: 2 - 3 Chiffchaffs, plus another Chiffchaff heard singing (interesting behaviour for October), 3 Grey Wagtails, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Pied Wagtails, Song Thrush, half a dozen Long-tailed Tits, plus Red Admiral (which seem to be scarce this year) (Alan Hobson).
 * South Norwood CP: 2 m Bearded Tits (still) in large reedbed. (Dave Timms)
 * Stratford Olympic Park: 24 Chiffchaff, 5 Lesser Redpoll, 7 Siskin, Goldcrest, 4 Reed Bunting, 17+ Meadow Pipit S in small numbers, 4-6 Grey WagtaIL, 1- Cetti's Warbler, Little Egret (Stuart Fisher)
 * Swanley Park ; Buzzard (SE), Sparrowhawk, Grey wagtail, 4 Coal tit plus Common Darter, Southern Hawker, Migrant Hawker and Emperor Dragonflys (Andy Meaton)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 2 m Pheasant, 2 Buzzard leaving roost, f Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 4 Lapwing, Snipe, Kingfisher, c20 Meadow Pipit, 2 m Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff with tit flock, pr Stonechat, small influx of Song Thrush + Blackbird, 4 Mistle Thrush, 5 Rook, 6 Reed Bunting, 24 Linnet (Neil Anderson/G. Westley)
 * Totteridge Valley: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Stonechat (owl field), 3 House Martin, c25 Meadow Pipit, 8+ Siskin, 2 Sparrowhawk (Ian Ellis)
 * Trent Park: 2 Chiffchaff together in ash near Cockfosters entrance (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: imm Black-necked Grebe SW end of West Warwick, pr Stonechat, 2 singing Cetti's Warblers (Pete Lambert/Paul Whiteman/Stuart Fisher). Also f Wigeon on Lockwood and Coal Tit in garden (2 on patch in 4 days...first in 18 years! Presumed continental migrants - Lol Bodini)
 * Wandsworth Common: 20+ Siskin feeding in alders, Nuthatch, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Shoveler (Nick Rutter)
 * Wanstead Flats: 1w m Ring Ouzel, f Stonechat, 3 Lesser Redpoll, Siskin, 20 Linnet, pair Wigeon, f Pochard, 2 Skylark, 10 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 4 singing and 6 calling Chiffchaff (Bob Vaughan)
 * William Girling Reservoir (viewed from Mansfield Park): 2 Black Necked Grebe (James Palmer)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: 1 male Lesser Whitethroat, c7 Blackcap, c12 Chiffchaff, 1 male Stonechat (up to 5 recently), c30 Meadow Pipit, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Linnet, 2 Green Woodpecker (1f & 1 imm), c40 Goldfinch & several Jackdaw heard. (David Lindo) I would like to know how you sex Lesser Whitethroats at this time of year? Robert Callf - the bird may have delivered a "snatch" of its song - just a thought (JR). I have never heard Lesser Whitethroat singing in the autumn, have you? R Callf - I have heard unseasonal males singing, but not quite as late as October (JR).

Saturday 3rd October 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Kingfisher (New River) (James Palmer) 5+ Chiffchaff, c.10 Meadow Pipit over, Egyptian Goose on Wood Green Res (Gareth Richards)
 * Beulah Heights (SE25): Common buzzard being mobbed by 10+ carrion crow @ 1412 hrs (Richard Gowing)
 * Brent Reservoir: Little Egret, 13 Wigeon, 4 Snipe, 4 Lapwing, 3 Water Rail, Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, Lesser Redpoll, 5 Siskin (Roy Beddard, Andrew Verrall)
 * Eastcote (Abbotsbury Gardens): Linnet over (Jon Ridge).
 * Gallions Reach: Guillemot downriver @ 08.29, Little Egret, 5 Chiffchaff. (Gary A James).
 * London Wetland Centre: Mandarin, Pintail, 54 Wigeon, 2 Water Rail, 10 Snipe, Skylark SW, 35 Meadow Pipit dropping in and S, Rock Pipit on to marsh from E, 7 alba Wagtail S, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Redwing NW, fem Redstart by Peacock Tower, 40 Chiffchaff, 11 Swallow SE, 3 Siskin, 14 Lesser Redpoll NE/S (R.Kaye); also 1 Yellow Wagtail SW (Oscar Dewhurst).
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 1 Goldcrest at 12:00 (Alastair Dent)
 * Mudchute Park: Snipe 1, Common Gull 5 West (4 1st cal year), Barn Swallow 1, Meadow Pipit 2, 2 Redwing SW, 12 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest (near Asda exit), 3 Goldcrest, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Reed Bunting (N P Senior)
 * Oxleas Woods (SE9 1YG): Chiffchaff, Coal tit, Goldcrest and Firecrest in spruce and Pyracantha (John Reid)
 * Pinner (HA5): Grey Wagtail east at 08:29, Siskin, 2 Coal Tit, Goldcrest, Goldfinch, several Song Thrush & Blackbird (implying an arrival), Green Woodpecker & Long-tailed Tit (Jon Ridge)
 * Rainham Marshes: Great White Egret again briefly over Target Pools 12:03 (Fraser Simpson)
 * Richmond Park: Autumn bird count - 64 species included - 8 Wigeon, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 2 Water Rail heard, Common Gull west, Kingfisher, 17 Skylark, 33 Meadow Pipit, 17 Stonechat, Lesser Whitethroat, 32 Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting - poor vis-mig and some regulars AWOL (RPBRG) ; also 1 Whinchat on and 14 Siskin and a Common Buzzard over Pond Slade (Frank Nugent). Thanks Frank, Jan
 * South Norwood CP: 7 Bearded Tits in large reedbed. (Croydon Birders)
 * Staines Reservoirs: Red-breasted Merganser (Birdguides)
 * Stoneleigh Broadway KT17: 2 Redwing low s.e. 07:55, 2 Siskin over, 7 Meadow Pipit, 3 Pied Wagtail, 44 Herring Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Black-headed Gull, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Chiffchaff (Neil Batten)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: Wigeon, Little Egret, Curlew, 9 Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 10 Swallows, 40 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, 6 Stonechat, 17 Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat & 8 Chiffchaff (Andrew Self) Also ad Yellow-legged Gull on foreshore, Common Gull, Water Rails calling, 3 Lapwing, Raven, Reed Warbler and Sparrowhawk (Peter Beckenham)
 * Sewardstone/King George V Reservoir north sheep field: 2 Raven feeding on dead sheep, viewed from stone bridge (Neville Smith)
 * Tottenham Marsh: Peregrine, 12 Swallow, Cetti's Warbler (heard), Firecrest (James Palmer)
 * Woodford Green: Two Swallows going North over, 2 Chiff Chaff, Blackcap, Firecrest and Hawfinch both in garden briefly and imaged. (Ken Murray)

Friday 2nd October 2015

 * Alexandra Park: 2 Firecrests in cricket scrub to 9 am at least, plus 6+ Blackcaps (all male), 2 Chiffchaffs, 3 Goldcrests, and Peregrine over filter beds (David Callahan). Firecrest earlier heard Conservation Pond and then cricket scrub 0700 (Bob Watts)
 * Barnet near Dollis Brook/Quinta Open Space: at 10am over a dozen swallows on telegraph line (Alex Coltman)
 * Brent Reservoir: Little Egret, Wigeon, 2 Lapwing, 7 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Chiffchaff (Roy Beddard)
 * Bromley: 1-2 Grey Wagtail along Ravensbourne at Millvale. Grey Wagtail also heard at Bromley South station and 2 Jackdaws over here (Ian Stewart)
 * Cheshunt Marsh: Hobby (James Palmer)
 * Cockfosters, Herts. EN4: Juvenile male Sparrowhawk (possibly from Oak Hill Woods NR) hunting birds on our garden bird feeder (Anna & Bob Husband)
 * Crystal Palace Park: Greylag, 2 Egyptian Geese, 10+ Shoveler, 10+ Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Meadow Pipit over, Pied Wagtail, 5+ Chiffchaff inc 1 singing, 10+ Goldcrest, 4+ Nuthatch, 2+ Jay (Ian Stewart)
 * Ewell Village: 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Grey Wagtail, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Meadow Pipit over, 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, large numbers of Titmice moving through the village (Great, Blue, Coal and Long-tailed) (Neil Batten).
 * Fishers Green (opposite Goose Fields): Snipe (James Palmer)
 * Greenwich Peninsula: very high tide, water lapping onto path in places. 2 Common Gull, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 adult Yellow-legged Gull by cable car (see photo) (Mike Paice)
 * Harvil Rd, South Harefield. 11 Stonechat in fields ( 4 south of road, 7 north of road.) An amazing count and maybe one of the highest ever for the London area outside of the Thames Marshes and Staines Moor ?. Presumably passage birds and in over forty years of birding in this area I have never seen more than two birds here ! (John Edwards). This area is not Harefield Moor as mentioned yesterday.(DP). the historic Harefield Moor was lost under Broadwater Gravel pit many years ago. These fields part of Park Lodge Farm. Superb John lovely to read this (Dan Pinkham) Unfortuntely, now to ruined by HS2. Excellent work guys, when I found six at PPF (06/03) this year, I almost fell out of my chair! (JR). Excellent all - HS2 kills it. Quail in farmer's field July just not enough to confirm for a report (Dan Pinkham)
 * Mayflower Park: 3 Peregrines, Blackcap male, 2 Chiffchaff(Bob Smith)
 * Richmond Park: 3 Redwing (SE), 1 Song Thrush (W), 6 Siskin, 1 Linnet (W), 3 Skylark (S), 5 Wigeon, 10 Meadow Pipit, 4 Stonechat, 4 Reed Bunting, 2 Chiffchaff (Oscar Dewhurst).
 * St James's Park: Sparrowhawk (Andrew Self) ; 4 Common Buzzard over, all approached from N, all going SE, one at 14:25 the next much lower at 14:40, the other two together at 14:50 (Frank Nugent).
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Common Buzzard SE mobbed by crows 17.00, Meadow Pipit over early pm, Kestrel, Peregrine, singing Chiffchaff in garden, 1-2 Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: 2 Coal Tit of British race Turning Circle - rare here just 3rd record in 10 years and one record of continental bird also 2+ Chiffchaff, 5+ Goldcrest (Bob Watts)
 * Walthamstow Res (brief pm visit Lockwood): 2 Green Sandpipers, 1 Lapwing, 3 Teal, 2 Shoveler (Lol Bodini)

Thursday 1st October 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Kingfisher, Little Grebe Wood Green Res 0700 (Bob Watts)
 * Beddington Farmlands: Cetti's Warbler still on main lake. 6 Siskin, 1 Redpoll, 6 Swallow (Twitter)
 * Brent Reservoir: Little Egret, Wigeon, Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 2 Lapwing, Water Rail, 5 Swallow, 3 Meadow Pipit, Reed Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 11 Siskin (John Gravatt, Andrew Verrall)
 * Brockwell Park/Lambeth: 2 Chiffchaff, 14 House Sparrow, 250-approx Ring-necked Parakeet daily at dusk roost in single poplar tree (Michael Mac).
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Mandarin, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crayford Marshes: Avocet, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit at Darent mouth, Spotted Redshank flew east from saltings as tide rose, 5 Wigeon, Common Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2-4 Kestrel, Hobby, c20 Ringed Plover, c20 Golden Plover, c40 Lapwing, 25+ Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, c40 Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 16 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Snipe, Yellow-legged Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4+ Skylark, 2+ House Martin, 10+ Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, Blackcap, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2+ Chiffchaff, 2+ Goldcrest, 3-4 Jay, Jackdaw, 3 Reed Bunting (Ian Stewart)
 * Crystal Palace Park: Lesser-spotted Woodpecker call/drumming along woodland path back of houses, Main lake - 1 Grey Wagtail, 11 Cormorant (8 swimming and diving in unison), 13 Shovelor, 3 Egyptian Geese (max count to date), 3 G C Grebe, 2 juv Grey Heron, 1 L B B Gull (Michael Mac).
 * Danson Park: 4+ Egyptian Goose, pair Gadwall, male Shoveler, 3 Little Grebe, 3+ Great Crested Grebe, adult Yellow-legged Gull, Chiffchaff (Ian Stewart)
 * Eastcote (Field End Road): Grey Wagtail over The Ascott public house (Jon Ridge).
 * Foots Cray Meadows: Cetti's Warbler still present 18.40, Little Grebe, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Water Rail, 300+ Black-headed Gull NE towards Thames area roosts, Kingfisher or 2, Grey Wagtail, 6+ Chiffchaff, 6+ Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
 * Frays Farm Meadows LWT: Stonechat, Wheatear, 3 Siskin (Dan Pinkham)
 * Harefield Moor: 8 Skylark, 7 + Meadow Pipit, 5 Stonechat (Dan Pinkham)Dan, Which section of the colne Valley do you class as Harefield Moor? ( John Edwards). Hi John locals seem to call it this - enter Harvil Road Harefield into Streetmap alternatively I think correct is TQ054884 (Dan Pinkham) - It is the large open area across the road from Park Lodge Farm or Bayhurst Woods (JR). Looks to be the area south of Harvil Rd, John. Thanks Dan for reply (JE).
 * Lamorbey Park, Sidcup: 2 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Geese, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Grey Heron, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, 3 Jay, Magpie, Gt Spotted Woodpecker, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Moorhen, Coot, Ring Necked Parakeet, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Robin, House Sparrow, Starling, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Wren, 2 Goldcrest, Peregrine. 26 species in one hour.(Eric Brown). 3 Egyptian Geese c16.00, Little Grebe (Ian Stewart)
 * London Wetland Centre WWT: Bittern - Main Lake (LWC website, per Angus Innes);
 * Millfields E5: 4 House Martin high overhead at 07:30 (Alastair Dent)


 * Oxleas Woods (Crookston Road SE9 1YG): 2 Firecrest in Holly within garden again showing well, also Coal Tit, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Nuthatch (John Reid) Hi John, I assume the path behind the houses on the N side of Crookston would be good to see them? Thanks S. James. Hi, the path in the woods along the N side of Crookston is as good as anywhere in the woods, I suspect there must be more than two as I get them regularly year after year in my garden which is adjacent to the woodland path
 * Pinner (HA5): 15 Jackdaw south-west, 2 Siskin east, Goldfinch, Goldcrest, Coal Tit & Pied Wagtail (Jon Ridge).
 * Purfleet: 22 Golden Plover, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 16 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 95 Lapwing, 22 Redshank all on mud east of Dartford Creek mouth, viewed from Purfleet (Fraser Simpson)
 * Rainham RSPB: 5 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, Barn Owl, 1 Curlew, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Avocet. Also 1 Stoat, 8 Common Seal on South shore and 1 Grey Seal heading down river at 12:50 first seen east of Mar Dyke. (John Cadera)
 * Richmond Park: 1 Fieldfare (S), 3 Redwing (SE) 3 Song Thrush (W), 6 Linnet, 16 Meadow Pipit, 5 Reed Bunting, 4 Stonechat, 32 Siskin, 2 Lesser Redpoll (S), 3 Chiffchaff (Oscar Dewhurst)
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Hobby S c9am, Tawny Owl heard 00.35, 1-2 Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Coal Tit (Ian Stewart). Total of 81 species in London Borough of Bexley today.
 * Staines Reservoir: Black-Necked Grebe, 2 Dunlin, Pintail, Peregrine. (Jim Sweetland)
 * Swanley Park : 2 Tawny Owls 1 am, Grey Wagtail, 71 Canada Geese (Andy Meaton)
 * Sydenham Hill Wood: 2 Firecrest feeding in ivy-clad trees along Green Chain Walk/old railway track with goldcrest, wren and mixed tit flock. Jackdaw calling from Dulwich Wood borders. (Daniel Greenwood, Dave Clark).
 * Walthamstow Marshes: Flock of 15 Linnet on the rear paddocks at 08:00 (Alastair Dent).  40+ by 11.00 (D Beadle)
 * Whitings Hill/Arkley South Fields: 5.30-6pm Flock of 14 Meadow Pipits in grass field plus Tawny Owl flying low over about 6pm (David Martens, Alex Coltman)
 * Woodford Green: Yellow-browed Warbler in garden 8.02 am and imaged, plus 3 Blackcap, Chiff Chaff and Lesser Whitethroat. (Ken Murray)

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