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 * Those who knew Pinner birder Jon Ridge, who sadly passed away last week, might like to know that the funeral will be on Thursday 25th January at 11am at Breakspear Crematorium East Chapel, Ruislip HA4 7SJ. The venue for the wake will be announced at the ceremony.

Thursday 18th January 2018
NB: Rye Meads RSPB is closed on Fridays till further notice.
 * Bedfont Lakes CP: Smew still am (Jim Sweetland via Twitter)
 * Brent Reservoir: Little Egret behind dam 08:00 (Andrew Self)
 * Broxbourne Woods: 3 Parrot Crossbill still betw gate & cross track half-way down on the east side but extremely mobile 09:30-09:50 (Andrew Miller via Herts BC) TL334083
 * Bush Hill Park Golf Course: 7 Blackbird, Song Thrush, 50+ Redwing (Robert Callf)
 * Cassiobury Park: 2 Little Egret on river (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC); Little Owl (Chris Sharp via Twitter)
 * Enfield Town (River View, EN2): male Blackcap feeding on block of fat, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Jackdaw, 8 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Jack Snipe still close to hide on left, in open with great views, 1 Siskin at least at 1.30. Serious lunchtime birding! (Simon Osborn)
 * Lee Valley, Friday Lake: red-head Smew (Simon Papps)
 * London Wetland Centre: Shelduck, 6 Pintail, 6 Snipe, 6 Lesser Redpoll world wetlands birch trees, 15 Siskin 8 south route & 7 W/NW (WWT website)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 1 Firecrest in scrub on the E bank opposite the platform over the river at 08:55, plus a probable second. Also a Stock Dove calling in the Millfields orchard nearby (Alastair Dent)
 * Ruislip Woods: Hawfinches still present am (Richard Francis).
 * Sewardstone Marsh: Common Buzzard, 7 Lapwing, Kingfisher, 3 Stonechat, Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, Siskin (Neville Smith).
 * St Albans: Hawfinch still St Michaels churchyard (Jenny Sherwen via Herts BC) TL135072
 * Totteridge Valley: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker along Dollis Brook where it meets Fursby Avenue, Little Egret, Bullfinch, c100 Fieldfare, c80 Redwing (John Colmans)
 * Town Park, Enfield: Cormorant, 2 Mute Swan pr, 14 Mandarin Duck 8m 6f Carr's Basin, 2 Shoveler m f, 3 male Common Pochard, 9 Tufted Duck 4m 5f, 108 Black-headed Gull, 3 Common Gull 2 adults 1 second-winter, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull (Robert Callf)
 * Waltham Abbey town centre (Cornmill): female Blackcap, male Brambling (Simon Papps)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 5 Lesser Redpoll, Yellow-legged Gull, Water Rail, Reed Bunting (Chris Farthing). Hi Chris where did you see the Lesser Redpoll? Gary. Small birches along the New River [CF]
 * Worcester Park: Garden KT4- 1 male Blackcap still for over a week now and 1 female Chaffinch (Isaiah Rowe)

Wednesday 17th January 2018

 * Canons Farm & Banstead Woods: incl Woodcock over green belt field, 6 Bullfinch harholt plantation (Ian Ward via CFBW blog)
 * Bedfont Lakes CP: drake Smew, 35 Shoveler (Thomas Gibson)
 * Bowyer's Water: 3m Wigeon, fem/imm Smew southwest end c1030 (Alan Gardiner via Twitter)
 * Brent Reservoir: Green Sandpiper, 10 Common Snipe, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler (Magnus Andersson, David Darrell-Lambert)
 * Brockwell Park: 2 Little Grebe, first time a pair has been seen here (Twitter)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret (Conrad Ellam)
 * Broxbourne Woods: no sign Parrot Crossbills 09:30-11:45 (Twitter); reported 13.10-13.25 (Herts Bird Club).
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - m Blackcap, Stock Dove. (Samuel Levy)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, Water Rail, Jack Snipe back in front of east hide, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Redwing, Siskin (John Bushell) The park is open Wednesday-Sunday, 10.00-15.30
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Bittern, 2 Shelduck, 1 Goldeneye, 6 Pintail, Buzzard, 59 Lapwing, 2 Stonechat, 5 Snipe, 1 Peregrine, 8 Redwing (WWT website); 2 Peregrine (female with prey) on Ch. X, 2 Shelduck m f (Martin Honey & B. Page); Jack Snipe (Mike Wheeler)
 * Mad Bess Wood: Hawfinches still [no number given] (HawfinchesUK twitter)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Peregrine, Firecrest (Adam Winstanley via Twitter)
 * Oakmere Park, Potters Bar: 3 Mandarin Duck 2m 1f, 18 Moorhen, 8 Collared Dove incl two singing, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Fieldfare, 40+ Redwing, Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 6 Jackdaw (Robert Callf)
 * Ponders End Lock area: 1 Stonechat briefly near NW Corner of William Girling, 4 Redwing in same field, 6 Fieldfare, Grey Wagtail, Song Thrush, 120+ Starling in area. 1 - 2pm. (Davey Leach)
 * Rainham RSPB: 1100 Wigeon, Red Kite, 5 Marsh Harrier 3f2m, 19 Avocet, 6 Curlew, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, Turnstone, 4 Sanderling [Ldn foy], Common Sandpiper (per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn Avenue. Directions below. (Franko J Maroevic, Justin Quail)
 * Ruislip Woods NNR: Park Wood - 2 Hawfinch around the paddock 20 metres left of the entrance track at the Fore Street/ Salisbury Road junction (John Edwards); also half a mile away 400 yards down hill from the Wiltshire Lane entrance - c10 Hawfinch in an area at junction of the Lido fence and Golf course (Richard Francis).
 * Sevenoaks WR: Black-necked Grebe still east lake at far end nr goose fields, Buzzard, 30 Snipe, Treecreeper, Bullfinch ('Sidcupareabirds' twitter)
 * Stoneleigh Station KT17: 269 Herring Gull ne, 3 Redwing, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Coal Tit, 16 Ring-necked Parakeet (Neil Batten)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: 3 Goldcrest, Coal Tit (Bob Watts)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: drake Scaup still No4 nw corner, 2 Common Sandpipers No4 & No5, 6 Goldeneye including three drakes (David Bradshaw, Conrad Ellam)
 * Wanstead Park: Great Egret still Perch Pond 0800 (Jonathan Lethbridge via Twitter)
 * Wildhill: Hawfinch again (per Herts BC)
 * Wimbledon Common: 1 Peregrine overflew Thatched Cottage (Les Evans-Hill)
 * Woodoaks Farm: m Stonechat along main track (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)

Tuesday 16th January 2018

 * Amwell NR: Bittern (Twitter) [NB Bittern watchpt is outside LNHS recording area]; no gulls in roost, Barn Owl past viewpt 5pm (Ron Cousins via Twitter)
 * Bowyer's Water: no sign of Smew (per Herts BC)
 * Brent Reservoir: 1 Little Egret; 555 Jackdaw & 250 Carrion Crow roosted in North Marsh (Andrew Self)
 * Broxbourne Woods: 3 PARROT CROSSBILL 2m f still 2 miles west of Hoddesdon (per Kevin McManus); in Bramble's Wd still showing to 20m - usual site (per Herts BC)
 * Crayford: Jolly Farmers - Iceland Gull still present at lunchtime (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crayford Marshes: Please sign this petition to protect breeding Corn Bunting and Skylark.
 * Dagenham Chase LNR: Woodcock, 28 Redwing, 20 Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush, 7 Linnet, 3 Meadow Pipit, Little Egret, m Sparrowhawk, 25 Tufted Duck (Vincenzo Halley-Frame per ELBF FB)
 * Danson Park: 4 Egyptian Goose, 8 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3+ Water Rail giving excellent views, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Fieldfare, 200 Redwing, 5+ Song Thrush (Chris Gibbard via Twitter)
 * Dollis Brook: Holders Hill - Finchley Tennis Club - 5 Redwing, Coal Tit, 2 Treecreeper (Samuel Levy)
 * Erith: Thames foreshore - incl. 200+ Black-tailed Godwit, 500+ Dunlin, Grey Wagtail, 25+ Linnet, 90+ Redshank, Rock Pipit and 50+ Teal (Mike Robinson)
 * Finchley: garden N3 - Tawny Owl calling 06:54, also m Blackcap (Samuel Levy)
 * Finsbury Park: c20 Redwing with Starling flock and 2 Mistle Thrush on grass sloping down from children's playground (Ann Feltham)
 * Garden Wood: 3 Hawfinch flew from trees by footpath towards Tyttenhanger Hse (Simon West via Herts BC) TL193045
 * Grays Gorge: incl 8 Lesser Redpoll (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Hampstead Garden Suburb: Red Kite flew low SW along Temple Fortune Ln NW11 am (Pete Mantle)
 * Hayes: 2-3 Red Kite 2 low over Church Rd & 1 [possibly one of earlier birds] foraging over Fremantle Way 30min later (Neil Anderson)
 * Heathrow: 2 Buzzard hunting close to M25 (Neil Anderson)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 90 Lapwing, 11 Skylark, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 2 Brambling, 2 Bullfinch, Lesser Redpoll (Paul Hawkins per ELBF FB)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: 3w Caspian Gull still. pr Tawny Owl calling near pedestrian entrance to Court early am, 20+ Lesser Redpoll, Treecreeper (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: Shelduck, Goldeneye, 5 Pintail, 4 Snipe, 7 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 9 Redpoll (WWT website); 7 Pintail 1130 (P Mattos via Surrey BN)
 * Mad Bess Wood: & Fore Street - Hawfinch still present in respective areas 10:30 & 11:00 (Richard Francis) Hi Richard I want to come down and see the Hawfinches. I will be coming on the Piccadilly line. What's the best stop to get off would it be Uxbridge?. What's the best part of the woods to see them. Best wishes Gary. Hi Gary, for Mad Bess I'd say Ruislip Station would be best. The woods are 2km north of that point. The best place to see the birds is from the solid path heading north for 400m from the Scout field. The Hawfinches are moving around that area, mainly near the top. Fore Street is easier. Northwood Station is closest. The Hawfinches are barely into the woods, indeed I've seen them from the road.
 * Morden Cemetery: Little Owl, 30 Redwings (Bob Smith)
 * Orsett Fen: incl 5 Red-legged Partridge, 10 Pheasant, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 13 Lapwing, 31 Great Black-backed Gull, Kestrel, Peregrine, 105 Rook, 22 Skylark, 330 Starling, 165 Fieldfare, 163 Redwing, 12 Meadow Pipit, 33 Linnet, 21 Yellowhammer, 5 Reed Bunting (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Pymmes Park: ad Mediterranean Gull still on Playing Field, 6 Redwing, pr Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker 1.20-1.40pm (Davey Leach)
 * Staines Moor: Water Pipit still by R Colne mid-moor (T Cummins via Surrey BN)
 * Staines Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe south basin still (Dominic Pia via Twitter)
 * Thorndon CP: N section - f Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper (Den Cameron per ELBF FB)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: 4 Redwing (Bob Watts)
 * Trent Park: 24 Mandarin Duck 16m 8f, 2 Common Pochard m f, 2 f Tufted Duck, Common Buzzard, 11 Moorhen, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Treecreeper, f Bullfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Trent Park Golf Course: Little Egret along Merryhills Brook (Robert Callf)
 * Tyttenhanger Farm: 8+ Tree Sparrow (Simon West) TL198051
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 1m Scaup, 2 Goosander m f, 4 Goldeneye 3m f, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 26 Pochard on No1 13m 13f, 36 Cormorant nests occupied on No5 (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * Wanstead Flats: 5 Skylark (Bob Vaughan per ELBF FB)
 * Wanstead Park: Great Egret again as 8 Jan on Perch Pond west end 1455 (Bob Vaughan via Twitter)
 * Warren Gorge: incl 11 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 8 Teal, 3 Pochard, Little Egret, Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 10 Grey Heron, 77 Cormorant, Water Rail, 18 Stock Dove, Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, 4 Redwing (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)

Monday 15th January 2018

 * Amwell NR: ad Yellow-legged Gull in small roost eve'g (Ron Cousins via Twitter)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Song Thrush, 6 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
 * Cassiobury Park: Kingfisher flew upriver (Geoff Young via Herts BC)
 * Gallions Reach: Pochard, Water Rail, 3 Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Bearded Tit, 36 Fieldfare (Kevin McManus via Twitter)
 * Hackney Marshes: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20 Tufted Duck on Old River Lea (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: Common Scoter still (Steve Blake via Herts BC)
 * Ladywell Fields: Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 24 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Chaffinch, 7 Goldfinch, 11 Long-tailed Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 57 Black-headed Gull (Keith Chambers)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Caspian Gull 3w still, m Tawny Owl h in court at dawn, 27 Shoveler, 11 Gadwall, 20+ Lesser Redpoll, 2 Egyptian Geese, Nuthatch (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Jack Snipe, 5 Pintail (David Bradshaw); also 3 Shelduck, 6 Pintail, Goldeneye, 2 Bittern, 5 Snipe, 32 Redwing, 7 Redpoll (WWT website)
 * Mad Bess Wood: 8 Hawfinch in vicinity of scout field 10:15 (Richard Francis)
 * Mayflower Park: 2 Egyptian Geese (Danny Ramsay per Bob Smith)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds NR: 1m Firecrest, 1 Kingfisher (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * Olympic Park: 2 Meadow Pipit N of stadium (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * Pymmes Park: 2 Little Grebe pair, 4 Egyptian Goose, 3 Shoveler 2m 1f, Mediterranean Gull adult wearing yellow darvic ring on left leg 13:14-14:40 hrs at least, 19 Common Gull incl two 1st-winter, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker chasing & drumming, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, 2 Jackdaw (Robert Callf)
 * Rainham RSPB: Sparrowhawk, 4 Marsh Harrier, 2 Ringed Plover, 8 Curlew, 21 Black-tailed Godwit, 40 Dunlin, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, 2 Raven, pr Stonechat (per ELBF FB)
 * Redhill Common: 2 Firecrest initially in mixed woodland beside Sandpit Rd entrance (Gordon Hay via Surrey BN)
 * Ruislip Woods: 4+ Hawfinch still at entrance to the woods at junction of Fore Street & Salisbury Road 14:00. Mainly in thicket to left of path. Dare I say the easiest Hawfinch I've come across, I assume it's on account of them being used to the hordes of people using the path (Richard Francis).
 * Sevenoaks WR: Black-necked Grebe still [5th day] on east lake by fishing bays 27-28 past willow hide, also 1 Shelduck, 20 Wigeon, 5 Gadwall, 25 Teal, 6 Shoveler, 1 Treecreeper, 5 Siskin nr tyler hide, 1 Lesser Redpoll Fisherman’s car park, 6 Little Grebe 5 in a group seen from eric sutton hide, 1 Little Egret, 15 Snipe, 2 Goldcrest in a mixed tit flock, 20+ Jackdaw (Jack Headley & Mathew Bournat both via Twitter)
 * The Ridgeway, Mill Hill: Coot sheepwash pond, also Hirundinidae sp probably House Martin flew low and South at 14:25 (Samuel Levy)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: 8+ Hawfinch very mobile high in oaks 150m east of Tyttenhanger Hse 13:30-14:30 (Andrew Miller via Herts BC)

Sunday 14th January 2018

 * Alexandra Park: 5 Egyptian Geese between Tunnel & Wood Green Res (Bob Watts)
 * Amwell NR: Barn Owl by level crossing 0730 (Mike Ilett via Twitter)
 * Beckton: Pochard, Water Rail, 3 Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 1 Bearded Tit male, 36 Fieldfare (Gary A James & Paul Davis)
 * Bedfords Park: Hawfinch ('PS' per ELBF FB)
 * Bentley Priory: 16 Hawfinches feeding on lawn in grounds of Bentley Priory Mansion at 11.30am. View from north end of Spring Meadow TQ154931 and look north through fence, associating with c40 Redwings and mixed finches, c40 Goldinches, 6 Greenfinches, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Redpoll, c10 Chaffinches, 2 Kingfishers Summerhouse Lake (Tony Blake)
 * Bexleyheath: Horsham Road - 10 Lesser Redpoll in garden silver birch (Ralph Todd)
 * Bowyer's Water: red-head Smew still (Steve Hughes via Herts BC)
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Greylag Geese, 13 Snipe, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 15 Siskin (Andrew Self); Little Egret, 2 Water Rail (Brent Birders)
 * Brockwell Park: 20 Redwing (Tony Stones)
 * Broxbourne: 3+ Goosander on R Lee Navigation am (Nick Croft via Twitter)
 * Broxbourne Woods: 2 Lesser Redpoll, 3 PARROT CROSSBILL still - showing well & calling in flight - by crossroads from Monks Green entrance (Richard Holdsworth via Herts BC)
 * Canons Farm: 2 Red-legged Partridge still Infront George East, 2 Buzzard, Barn Owl h by Tart's Field, 2 Little Owl h, 6 drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel, 30 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 14 Meadow Pipit, 80 Linnet (Paul Goodman & Ian Ward via CBFW blog)
 * Canons Park: 2 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch, 2 drumming Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 4 singing Song Thrush, c6 Redwing [c20 reported recently & 56 in Dec 2017]; nearby private site Seven Acre Lake - *Mediterranean Gull 2w, with 62 Black-headed Gull, 4 Common Gull, Herring Gull 2w, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 7 Cormorant, 3 Little Egrets, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Gadwall m f, Kingfisher (Bob Husband, Fay Broom, Marian Rastettli, Mike Cawthorne, Ken Brook et al NW London RSPB Birdwalk - next Canons Park Birdwalk Sunday 4 February 2018) *Med Gull flew off but worth checking gull flocks in the area including The Basin, Canons Drive.
 * Crayford Marshes: juvenile Iceland Gull again around Jolly Farmers and Viridor this morning, also 2 Caspian Gulls [both 1w] and 2 Yellow-legged Gulls ad & 1w (Richard Bonser)
 * Epping Forest area: 7 Hawfinch Ludgate Plain, 5 Nuthatch Hawk/Bury Woods, 4 Bullfinch Yardley Hill, 25 Redwing Trueloves (A Middleton)
 * Finchley: garden N3 - m Blackcap, 2 Jay, Collared Dove, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Starling, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Samuel Levy)
 * Gallions Reach: Pochard, Water Rail, 3 Curlew, Common Sandpiper, ad Yellow-legged Gull, m Bearded Tit, 36 Fieldfare (Gary James via EBwS BN)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Jack Snipe still 1000 (BirdGuides)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 1 Common Scoter f still, 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls in roost (Tony Blake)
 * Kentish Town NW5: 5 Siskin feeding all day on a balcony feeder, m Blackcap in adjacent garden, where also 2 House Sparrow m & f briefly - only my third record here (Frank Nugent)
 * KGV Res: 2 Slavonian Grebe, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 4 Goosander south basin, drake Scaup north basin, 15 Goldeneye (Ian Lycett); also Smew, 5 Goosander, Common Sandpiper am (Lol Cumming via Twitter)
 * Letty Green: 2 Hawfinch S over Cole Green Way (Alan Winn via Herts BC)
 * London Wetland Centre: Shelduck, 7 Pintail, 2 Bittern, Goldeneye, 7 Snipe, Peregrine, Fieldfare, 14 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, 15 Redpoll (WWT website)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds NR: 1-2 Firecrest still in Holm Oaks along old River Lea, 4 Hawfinch calling flying over S at 8.50am, 6 Goldcrests, 4 Teal on River, 2 Jay, Grey Wagtail (Davey Leach)
 * Oxleas Wood: 2 Nuthatch, 7 Goldcrest, Pheasant m, 4 Jackdaw, 6 Redwing, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel fm, Firecrest, 5 Stock Dove (Conrad Ellam/Ron Turner)
 * Pinner: Tawny Owl calling behind house Lloyd Court 6:00am (Richard Francis)
 * Rainham RSPB: EBwS field trip - Dark-bellied Brent Goose purfleet scrape, 3 Marsh Harrier, 20 Avocet on river, 11 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Ruff target pools, 24 Snipe, Barn Owl in box on edge of woodland, 2 Kestrel, m Peregrine on pylon, 5 Cetti's Warbler h, 2 Chiffchaff in reeds along northern footpath, Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, 6 Stonechat, Water Pipit briefly on target pools, m Bullfinch in woodland (Steve Grimwade et al via EBwS BN); also Brent Goose flew from reserve to river at dusk, 5 Golden Plover, 8 Curlew, Barn Owl fr Serin Mound at 16:15, 2 Water Rail, Little Egret; Aveley Bay - 24 Avocet, 98 Black-tailed Godwit, c50 Dunlin (Tom Jordan); 2 Bearded Tit & Yellowhammer Coldharbour Ln (Fraser Simpson via Twitter)
 * Regent's Park: 1 Water Rail, Goldcrest (Charlie Farrell)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn Avenue. Alleyway access alongside 90 Selwyn Avenue. View from just beyond first corner. Often in second garden on right with feeders or flowering Vibernum. No parking charges on Sunday. (Franko J Maroevic et al)
 * Rotherhithe: 64 Tufted Ducks on Greenland Dock (Richard Bonser)
 * Ruislip Woods: 4 Hawfinch found 'while out running' at entrance to woods at junction of Fore Street & Salisbury Road 8:45. Saves me running all the way over to Mad Bess. Yes the guy who finds Hawfinches in Mad Bess Woods while running is me. Just back from another look. The birds are still there 14:45. Single bird giving great views while calling in particular. I also had a pair fly over me while in Coniston Gardens around three years back. (Richard Francis) TQ100891 Hi Richard, As far as I know this is the first time they have been seen in these woods of the Ruislip Woods complex. Clearly well spread out and worth further searching here [John Edwards/ Ruislip NHS]
 * Sevenoaks WR: Black-necked Grebe still on main lake by fishing spot 27 nr spit (Mathew Bournat via Twitter); showed well 1625 East Lake in bay W of Clay Spit viewed fr fishermen's swims opp Long L (James King via Twitter)
 * Staines Reservoir: 1 Black-necked Grebe at western end of S Basin, up to 10 Goldeneye, 3 Shelduck, Great Northern Diver reportedly on S basin E end but sighting not corroborated (Bill Haines)
 * Stanborough Lakes: 270+ Ring-necked Parakeet incl 1 white bird flying in groups to roost 16:00-16:30 (Tom Speller via Herts BC) TL227109
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 10 Teal, Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, Water Rail [patch lifer], Woodcock [2 sightings probably same bird], 4 Snipe, 33 Lapwing, singing Stock Dove, 8+ Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 8 Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, Rook, 2 Lesser Redpoll (Neil Anderson)
 * Thames Chase Forest Centre: 10 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 6 Bullfinch, Lesser Redpoll, 3 Siskin (Andrew Cox via EBwS BN)
 * Thamesmead: Yellow-legged Gull 3w and 20 Pochard (Richard Bonser)
 * Thorndon CP: 25+ Hawfinch am (Shaun Harvey via Twitter); N section - 7 Hawfinch, 10 Yellowhammer [flock nr Thorndon Hall Fm] c11am (David Dunn via EBwS BN)
 * Totteridge Valley, Belmont Farm: 60+ Redwing, 2 Nuthatch, Coot sheepwash pond, Pied Wagtail, 26 Stock Dove N, 3 Starling, Grey Wagtail, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Goldcrest, 32 Canada Geese, 82 Common Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 8 Black-headed Gull, 3 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Egyptian Geese, 40+ Fieldfare (Samuel Levy)
 * Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits: 10+ Hawfinch in Garden Wood near the public road (Jo Edwards); 22+ Hawfinch mobile flock around treetops in Garden Wd fr public f/p 10am (Tom Speller via Twitter)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 2 Stonechat m & f on south marsh around fence by bomb crater (Dick Pictures); 8 Redwing on front paddocks, 2 Fieldfare, pair of Egyptian Goose rear paddocks (Jon Agar)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: drake Scaup and pair of Goldeneye on No 4, Peregrine on nearby pylon (J.Murray); 5+ Goldeneye incl 2 displaying drakes (Twitter)
 * Wandsworth Common: LNHS walk incl 2f Teal, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 60 Redwing, 10+ Siskin (Peter White via Twitter)
 * Watercress LNR: Bullfinch pr, 15+ Siskin (Alan Gardiner via Twitter)
 * Wimbledon Common: 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 6 Mandarins (OSL) [expanded name pls?]
 * Yeading Brook Meadows: m Teal, Little Egret, Water Rail showing well on patch of mud along brook, with 3 Moorhen & Teal [probable 2nd Water Rail seen poorly/briefly along ditch], f Kestrel, drumming f Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Redwing (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 13th January 2018

 * Alexandra Park: 120+ Redwing including 80+ Golf Course, 7 Pochard 4f 3m Boating Lake (Bob Watts)
 * Banstead Woods: Buzzard, 2 Woodcock, 2 Rook, 13 Meadow Pipit, 3 Lesser Redpoll (Ian Ward via CFBW blog)
 * Beech Farm GP: Woodcock (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC) TL201097
 * Bow Creek: 8 Redshank, 100 Teal, Kestrel (Jon Agar)
 * Bowyer's Water: red-head Smew south end pm (Chris Ruis via Twitter)
 * Brent Cross: Little Egret (Alan Lewis)
 * Brent Reservoir: 190 Tufted Duck, 45 Pochard, 20 Common Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, Water Rail, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Fieldfare (Andrew Verrall, Roy Beddard); Lesser Redpoll (Andrew Self)
 * Brookmill Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest, 2 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
 * Ealing W13: Little Owl heard 'singing' in garden and surrounding area at 00:30 (Bill Haines)
 * Eastcote: Field End RG - 50 Redwing, 10 Fieldfare, Song Thrush, Jay (Tim Rymer)
 * Erith: by the small lake beside Church Manorway. incl the overwintering Stonechat (Mike Robinson)
 * Friday Lake: red-head Smew still pm (Chris Ruis via Twitter)
 * Garden Wood: c20 Hawfinch 09:10 - view fr public f/p accessible from Willows Activity Farm / Car Park 1 (per Herts BN); 30+ Hawfinch (Brendon Glynn via Herts BC)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Jack Snipe still on opposite side of water from East Hide to the right of the duck nest box, 2 m Teal, Little Grebe, Kingfisher, Goldcrest (John Bushell); 13 Siskin (Joe Beale)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 2 Red-legged Partridge, f Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, 21 Snipe, 8 Skylark, 2 Brambling, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Redpoll (Shaun Harvey per ELBF FB); also Woodcock (Paul Hawkins via Twitter)
 * Kensington Gardens: Water Rail h Long Water east side at noon (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * KGV Reservoir: m Smew, 11 Goosander, 2 Slavonian Grebe, but no Scaup (David Darrell-Lambert & Neville Smith via Twitter)
 * Lamorbey Park: Little Grebe, Grey Heron, Cormorant, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 18 Canada Goose, 16 Tufted Duck, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Mistle Thrush, 3 Coal Tit, Goldcrest, Goldfinch (Mike Amos)
 * Lea Valley Fishers Green: 2 Water Rail, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Coal Tit, 4 Lesser Redpoll, Brambling, c70 Redwing, 50 Fieldfare, Kingfisher (Chris Baldwin)
 * Lilly's Wood, Orpington: 2 Bullfinch, 1 Redpoll sp, 1 Common Buzzard, 19 Redwing, 5 Song Thrush, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Goldcrest, 2 Jay (Jamie Fletcher)
 * London Wetland Centre: Marsh Harrier [prob 1w] overhead then N 1230 (E F Garcia via Surrey BN); 2 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, Bittern showing well fr WWF hide, Curlew over, 2 Stonechat (Andrew Self - Twitter); 2+ Bittern, 1 Jack Snipe seen, Peregrine on Ch. X hospital, 13 Redwing Sheltered Lagoon, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Siskin with small flock of Goldfinch entrance lake, Goldeneye main lake, 5 Pintail (M. Honey et al.); Goldcrest Wild Side, Reed Bunting (Barbara Francik); 97 Wigeon, 6 Pintail, 3 Bittern – main lake SE cnr & N shore, 3 Snipe, 4 Redwing, 2 Stonechat (WWT website)
 * Mad Bess Wood: 8 Hawfinch west side of woods - flighty (Michael Robinson)
 * Manor House Gardens: 7 Redwing, 8 Goldfinch, Grey Wagtail, 2 Tufted Duck (Keith Chambers)
 * Marylebone: 110+ Goldfinch at roost site pm (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * Mickleham Downs: 13+ Hawfinch (Steve Gale via Twitter) [new site for LNHS gazetteer ref TQ178537]
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 2 Firecrest, 3 Goldcrest, 5 Redwing (Marcus Mitchell); 2 Collared Dove, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Jay, 3 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck (Marcin Kempa)
 * Northolt & Greenford CP: pr Egyptian Geese, Sparrowhawk, 10 Meadow Pipit, 7 Fieldfare, 6 Mistle Thrush, 24 Redwing (Neil Anderson)
 * Oxleas Wood: 18 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush, 7 Stock Dove, 3 Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch, Green Woodpecker, 2 Firecrest, Kestrel fm, 12 Goldfinch (Ron Turner)
 * Paddington: Peregrine atop Metropole Hotel again am (Chris Gibson via Twitter)
 * Queen's Park: 400+ Ring-necked Parakeet in pre-roost (Jamie Dunning via Twitter)
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: 28 Avocets, 21 Ringed Plover, 4 Golden Plover, 2 Curlew, Ruff, Snipe, 3 Marsh Harriers, Water Pipit, 6 Stonechats (Sean Huggins); stone barges - 450+ Black-tailed Godwit roosting, 50+ Dunlin, Water Pipit (Jonathan Wasse via Twitter); also 300 Dunlin, 22 Redshank, Great Crested Grebe, f Bullfinch, Firecrest, 8 Skylark, Barn Owl (per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn Avenue. Alley access from alongside 90 Selwyn Avenue. View from just beyond first corner. Bird favours second garden on right with feeders or flowering Vibernum. Park only in visitors parking bays, with vouchers available from Spar shop at end of Pagoda Avenue. Thanks to Franko J Maroevic for today’s sighting (J.Murray)
 * Richmond Park: ad m Peregrine, 4 Buzzard, Snipe, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 11 Stonechat, 3 Fieldfare, 5 Dartford Warbler, Reed Bunting (J.Wilczur, S.Woolfenden) Are Dartfords at Lawn Field? Thanks. Didn't see any there- the others were scattered around the Park- but there is one 100 metres SW of Pen Ponds car park [JW]
 * Rye Meads RSPB: Yellow-legged Gull (per Gail Ashton via Twitter); 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Shelduck, 3 Green Sandpiper (per Herts BC)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail. Present since at least 21st November (Frank Nugent); WeBS count incl 14 Egyptian Goose, 17 Red-crested Pochard, 133 Tufted Duck, 259 Coot, Grey Wagtail (Max Hellicar via Twitter)
 * Staines Reservoir: ad Great Northern Diver flew from north basin to south basin 1420 & showed very close by causeway (Dominic Pia via Twitter)
 * Stanwell: 2 Red Kite over 1pm (Jim Sweetland via Twitter)
 * Stockers Lake: 3 Goldeneye 2m f, Water Rail (Charlie Ramsay via Herts BC)
 * Stockwell: 20+ House Sparrows Methodist Church (Michael Mac)
 * Sutcliffe Park: Water Rail, Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, c30 Redwing (Richard Green)
 * Thorndon CP: S section - Treecreeper, 7 Fieldfare, 40 Redwing, 12+ Hawfinch in hornbeam plantation on SW side of Old Pk nr Rookery Wd, Bullfinch, c50 Yellowhammer Old Thorndon Pastures SW of Rookery Wd - mobile; N section - Kestrel, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Grey Wagtail over Childerditch Wd, 8 Bullfinch 7 nr pond in NE of Old P & 1 west of Hatch Fm, 1+ Lesser Redpoll (Andrew Cox via EBwS BN)
 * Tooting Commons: Great Crested Grebe, Coal Tit (Alan Wilkinson)
 * Trent Park: Hawfinch perched up in trees near 'New Clump' 14:02-14:05 (Robert Callf)
 * Turnford Marsh GPs: 16 Goosander 7m 9f Ashley Pit (Chris Ruis via Twitter)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: 25+ Snipe, Water Rail, Little Grebe, Green Sandpiper (Rick Flesher via Twitter); Tyttenhanger Fm - 4 Hawfinch over New Plantation Wd (Rick Flesher via Twitter); Caspian Gull juv (Callum Mckellar via Twitter)
 * Wanstead Flats: 2 Stonechat, 17 Redwing, Mistle Thrush, 7 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 14 Linnet, 4+ Redpoll, Goldcrest, 10+ Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 4 Pochard, Kestrel, Little Owl (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: Firecrest, 3 Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, 5 Coal Tit, 9 Siskin, 2 Water Rail, Woodcock, 2 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 4 Teal, 10+ Shoveler, Pochard, 10 Redwing, Little Egret (Nick Croft/James Heal)

Friday 12th January 2018

 * Amwell NR: 4 Goldeney 2m 2f, Woodcock (Jeff Bailey via Herts BC)
 * Bow Creek: 8 Redshank, 100 Teal, Kestrel (Jon Agar per ELBF FB)
 * Brent Reservoir: Green Sandpiper, 23 Common Snipe, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, Water Rail, 7 Redwing, Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming (Magnus Andersson)
 * Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: 35+ Greenfinch pre-roost gathering in trees 15:30 (Robert Callf)
 * Broxbourne Woods: 6 Hawfinches at 14:30 TQ333073 but mobile (Quentin Given). Don't you mean TL333073?
 * Canons Farm & Banstead Woods: Canons Fm - c15 Yellowhammer & m Reed Bunting along hedge nr Reads Rest Cottages (Geoff Barter via Twitter); Banstead Wds - 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 30 Redwing, 7 Nuthatch, 3 Bullfinches (Geoff Barter & Paul Goodman via CFBW blog)
 * Colliers Wood: 2 Little Egret 1 in Wandle Pk & 1 on R Wandle, 1 Chiffchaff (Keith Bates)
 * Connaught Water: 6 Goosander, 15 Mandarin, 4 Pochard, 5 Teal, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch. 4pm (Chris Baldwin)
 * Cornmill Gardens: Kingfisher (Tom Moulton)
 * Dulwich Park: c25 Redwing, 10 Redpoll, 2 Jackdaw (Martin Stevens)
 * Finsbury Park: flock of 95 Redwing feeding on ground near play area (Chris Farthing)
 * Golders Hill Park: 30+ Redwings, with pr Egyptian Geese on lawns north of deer enclosure; pregnant-looking cat stalking rat by Lily Pond shadowed by Mallards and Moorhens. One of rats by the pond showed mutilated tail yesterday (James Levy)
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: Jack Snipe still present left hand side of east hide (Conrad Ellam)
 * Highfield Park: 100+ Fieldfare (Alan Gardiner via Herts BC) TL182062
 * Kempton NR: 1 Great Egret briefly mid-am (Tony Quinn per FJM)
 * Kentish Town: male Blackcap at Arctic Street 0830 (Pete Mantle)
 * KGV Reservoir: Slavonian Grebe N Basin nr causeway, m Scaup S Basin, 18+ Goldeneye incl 7m, f Goosander, 9 Little Grebe, Grey Wagtail, Little Egret, 2 Meadow Pipit 1-2pm (Davey Leach); m Smew, 2 Slavonian Grebe (Neville Smith per ELBF FB)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Caspian Gull 3w Eagle_Pond still, 22 Shoveler, pr Wigeon on Hollow Pond, Great Crested Grebe (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern main lake N shore & SE corner, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Water Pipit, 5 Common Snipe, 1 Reed Bunting and 2 Stonechat m f all on wader scrape, Peregrine on Ch. X hospital, 5 Pintail (Martin Honey et al.); 5 Shelduck, TuftedxPochard male hybrid, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, 4 Cetti’s Warblers, Chiffchaff, 25 Siskin (Nick Senior); albino Egyptian Goose (Shailesh Patel via Twitter); Goldeneye main lake (WWT website)
 * Mad Bess Wood: 20+ Hawfinch scout chapel still (per HawfinchesUK twitter)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 2 Firecrest in Holm Oak on West bank old River Lea south of LVRPA sign feeding 15.10-15.45 still, 2 Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing, 3 Song Thrush singing (Jan Dobbie)
 * Oval: Grey Wagtail, Great Spotted Woodpecker car park Ashmole Place (Keith Chambers)
 * Oxleas Wood: 4 Nuthatch, 13 Goldcrest, 5 Jackdaw, 12 Goldfinch, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper, 3 Firecrest, 5 Stock Dove, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Song Thrush (Ron Turner)
 * Paddington: m Peregrine on Metropole Hotel ledge late-am (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * Pinner: Just to let people know of the sad news that one of the regular contributors to this page, Jon Ridge, has passed away. (Roger Morton) Rest in Peace sir - thank you Roger (Dan Pinkham) Very sorry to hear that (Tim Rymer, Rayners Lane). We have lost a champion (Richard Francis, Pinner).
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: Common Gull, Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, Golden Plover, Great Crested Grebe, pair Peregrine on pylon, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, c20 Linnet, Reed Bunting m, Stonechat f, c20 Redwing, Little Egret, a few Pintail, good numbers of Wigeon, a few Pochard, Gadwall, Teal and Shoveler, Shelduck, singling Song Thrush, Wren and Cetti’s Warbler (Harringay Birder)
 * Richmond Park: Peregrine caught a Ring-necked Parakeet (J.Wilczur); Dartford Warbler, Red Kite (Friday Bird Group); 3 Woodcock, Little Owl (Colin Williams)
 * River Thames: Tower Bridge to Vauxhall Bridge - Shelduck high E over Westminster Bridge, 2 Peregrine on chimney at Tate Modern, 2 Coot at Gabriel's Wharf, where c25 House Sparrow also (John Colmans)
 * Sevenoaks WR: Black-necked Grebe still west lake, Water Rail willow hide area (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS website)
 * Spa Fields Park, Islington: Goldcrest, 7 Great Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 5 Blackbird, Dunnock, Greenfinch, Goldfinch over (Dan Fletcher)
 * Staines Moor: Water Pipit still 1330 (DJ Cox via Surrey BN)
 * Staines Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe south basin still 1500 (DJ Cox via Surrey BN)
 * Stanborough Lakes: Kingfisher (John Coleman via Herts BC)
 * Stockwell: 22 House Sparrows 20 in ivy Mawbey St & 2 on feeder Hemans Estate (Michael Mac)
 * Stoneleigh Station KT17: 390 Herring Gull ne, 2 Redwing, 11 Ring-necked Parakeet (Neil Batten)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: 3 Marsh Harrier, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 36 Lapwing, 3 Meadow Pipit, 31 Teal, 26 Redshank, 6 Turnstone, 1 Wigeon, 19 Gadwall, 4 Shelduck, 6 Dunlin, 26 Mallard, 15 Great Black-backed Gull 13.30-16.30 (Roger Keith)
 * Tooting Commons: Great Crested Grebe, 8 Cormorant, 2 Jackdaw, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Redwing, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Song Thrush (Peter White via Twitter)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Coot sheepwash pond, roost counts - 38 Mallard, 7 Moorhen, 46 Redwing, 17 Fieldfare, 68 Common Gull, 2 Goldcrest, Bullfinch, 12 Teal, 11 Mandarin Duck, 80+ Rook, 43 Canada Geese, 2 Greylag [& 3 Farmyards], also 2 Little Owl, Tawny Owl, Song Thrush singing (Samuel Levy)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Firecrest male still in lone holly opposite Soanes Centre fence and behind war memorial 1355, also Goldcrest and Redwing in same tree (Bob Watts)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: 20+ Hawfinch Garden Wd late-am (per Herts BN twitter); 8+ Hawfinch in the tree tops of Garden Wood 3.25-3.55pm (Simon West); main GP - 3 Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, 48+ Snipe, ad Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Kingfisher; Tyttenhanger Fm - 7+ Tree Sparrow; Willows Fm - Little Owl, Stonechat (Tyttenhanger Birders via Herts BC)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Snipe, 2 Teal, Reed Bunting (Chris Farthing)
 * Wraysbury GPs: 23 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander (Thomas Gibson)

Thursday 11th January 2018

 * Bayhurst Wood CP: 6 Hawfinch nr pond am (Chris Sharp via Twitter)
 * Bowyer's Water: m Smew still am (David Booth via Twitter); 4 Wigeon, Kingfisher, 30 Redwing (Lee Evans via Herts BC)
 * Collier Row: Great Spotted Woodpecker in garden Ferndale Rd (G J Francis)
 * Dulwich Park: 1 Bullfinch calling near the little bridge, 2 Shoveler m f, 40 Canada Geese, 1 Greylag Goose, 2 Chaffinch, Goldcrest, Long-tailed Tit (Paul Collins)
 * Hainault Forest CP: 2 Hawfinch ('PS' per ELBF FB)
 * Heathrow Airport: m Black Redstart night-feeding on insects attracted to signage lighting (Paul Lewis via Twitter)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 2 Shelduck, f Common Scoter still at dawn (Lee Evans via Herts BC)
 * Hollow Pond: 10+ Redpoll (J-P Elmes)
 * Leatherhead: R Mole west of town - 2m Goosander, 2 Little Egret (Paul Goodman)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Caspian Gull 3w on Eagle_Pond - not seen late in afternoon, 40+ Lesser Redpoll, Fieldfare over, Redwing, 6 Song Thrush, Coal Tit, Nuthatch (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: Dark-bellied Brent Goose main lake, 2 Shelduck, 6 Pintail, Goldeneye, Bittern, 2 Stonechat, 2 Redpoll, 26 Siskin (WWT website)
 * Mad Bess Wood: c20 Hawfinch nr scout chapel am (Chris Sharp via Twitter); 5-6 still from 14:10 onwards (Deiniol Owen)
 * Millwall Docks: 5 Egyptian Geese (Sean Huggins)
 * Regent's Park: Water Rail showing very well in Area 2, 1st-winter Great Black-backed Gull, female type Blackcap, 8 Redwing (Magnus Andersson)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn Avenue. Alley access from alongside 90 Selwyn Avenue. View from just beyond first corner. Bird favours second garden on right with feeders or flowering Vibernum. Park only in visitors parking bays, with vouchers available from Spar shop at end of Pagoda Avenue. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Ruislip Lido: Poor's Field - 2 Bullfinch, 6 Teal on pond in fenced-off conservation area (Deiniol Owen)
 * St Albans: Hawfinch still at top of tree bordering St Michaels churchyard (Tim Hill via Herts BC) TL135073
 * Swanley Park: 3 Tawny Owls calling 2am Top Car park area (Andy Meaton)
 * Tooting Commons: 1 Great Crested Grebe on lake, Little Owl (Alan Wilkinson)
 * Totteridge Valley: 8 Redwing, 2 Little Owl calling from over grown field next to Quakers house 20:45 (Samuel Levy)
 * Trent Park: 3 Mandarin Duck 2m 1f, 7 Common Pochard 4m 3f lower lake, 2 f Tufted Duck, f Kestrel, f Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: m Scaup, 5 Goosander 2m 3f, 8 Goldeneye 3m 5f, 6 Shelduck, 6 Egyptian Goose, 60+ Gadwall, 4 Shoveler 2m 2f, Common Sandpiper, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Little Egret, 2 Goldcrest, 18 Linnet, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Reed Bunting, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Redwing, 13 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush (Daniel Whitelegg/David Bradshaw)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: f Mandarin, 7 Red-crested Pochard 6m1f, Water Rail, 6 Shoveler (Chris Farthing)

Wednesday 10th January 2018

 * Bow Creek Ecology Park: 35 Redshank high-tide roost (Tom Speller via Twitter)
 * Bowyer's Water: drake Smew (J.Murray) TL367014
 * Brockwell Park: 12 Redwing, 3 Greenfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 25 Mallard, 16 Tufted Duck, Peregrine west over Blenheim Gardens Estate (Tony Stones)
 * Buckhurst Hill: 6 Goosander (Andy Tweed per ELBF FB)
 * Cassiobury Park: Little Owl (Dilshan Muthalib via Twitter)
 * East India Dock Basin NR: 12 Shelduck, 34 Mallard, 67 Teal, 3 Tufted Duck, Redshank, Kingfisher (Tom Speller via Twitter)
 * Epping: 213 Pied Wagtail in High St roost 2130 (Roger Emmens via EBwS BN)
 * Erith: Thames path towards Belvedere. 61 Linnet [2 flocks one of 35 birds another of 26], Peregrine, 2 Chiffchaff, Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Redshank, Lapwing, Stonechat [thanks to Mike Robinson], Grey Wagtail; 2 seals one dead the other very much alive (Eric Brown)
 * Fairlop: 100+ Lapwing, Yellow-legged Gull, Little Owl (James Palmer); 30 Golden Plover over 14:40 (Barry Jones)
 * Finchley: garden N3 - Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Stock Dove, m Blackcap (Samuel Levy)
 * Forty Hall CP: 2 Cormorant, 12 Mandarin Duck 8m 4f, 2 Shoveler, Song Thrush singing, Mistle Thrush singing, Treecreeper; Muntjac Deer buck (Robert Callf)
 * Friday Lake: red-head Smew still (J.Murray)
 * Garden Wood: 5+ Hawfinch still (Alan Gardiner via Herts BC)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Jack Snipe still present, 2 Tufted Duck m&f, 2 drake Teal (John Bushell); also Water Rail and Chiffchaff (Mike Paice) The Jack Snipe is still in front of the east hide usually the left hand end. It is often directly in front of the hide so please approach quietly.
 * Hainault Forest CP: 5 Hawfinch ('PS' per ELBF FB)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: f Common Scoter still (Pete Waldon via Herts BC)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: m Marsh Harrier, 6 Water Rail, 90 Lapwing, 8 Yellowhammer (Dave Morrison via Twitter)
 * Juniper Top: 2 Hawfinch (Steve Gale via Twitter) [new site for LNHS gazetteer ref TQ182525]
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern seen, also 1 Jack Snipe, 2 Peregrine on Ch. X., 5 Common Snipe 4 wader scrape plus 1 flew to Res. Lag., 2 Stonechat m f, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail on E. bund (Martin Honey & B. Page); Iceland Gull present at 10:30 in front of WWF Hide before flying off East (pic on WWT London Twitter); 8 Pintail, Caspian Gull 4cy, 2 Fieldfare, 18 Siskin (WWT twitter); also 2 Shelduck, 2 Sparrowhawk, Water Rail, 2 Jack Snipe fr headley hide, Peregrine, Water Pipit, 50 Redpoll (WWT website)
 * Mad Bess Wood: 25+ Hawfinch this morning. A flock of 20+ on the west side of the wood and a different group of 5 by the Scout Memorial on the east side (John Edwards)
 * Mickleham: 6 Hawfinch as y'day (Steve Gale via Twitter)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 1 Firecrest in scrub on W bank of the old river at 10:55 heading upstream, 1 Goldcrest nearby (Alastair Dent); 3+ Firecrest present mid afternoon (Marcus Mitchell)
 * Oxleas Wood: 8 Chaffinch, 4 Treecreeper, 4 Coal Tit, 15+ Goldcrest, 4 Goldfinch, 8 Nuthatch, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Firecrest, Stock Dove, Jackdaw (Ron Turner)
 * Panshanger Park: Water Rail & Cetti's Warbler h (Murray Brown via Herts BC)
 * Ruxley GPs: 9 Little Egret roosted eve'g (Sidcup Area Birds twitter)
 * Rye Meads NR: 2 Shelduck & 3 Green Sandpiper fr gadwall_hide, 3 Stonechat m 2f on meadow, Woodcock over HMWT reserve 1555 (per Herts BN)
 * Sevenoaks WR: 9 Egyptian Goose, Shelduck, 22 Wigeon, 10 Little Grebe, Black-necked Grebe nr clay spit, Little Egret, 37 Snipe; monthly transect - incl Sparrowhawk alder carr wood, Water Rail h Long Lake western end, 4 Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 82 Jackdaw, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Bullfinch warden’s cottage, Lesser Redpoll, 25 Siskin, Reed Bunting h fr slingsby hide (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS website)
 * Snaresbrook (Eagle Pond): Caspian Gull still (James Palmer)
 * Staines Moor: am - 4 Little Grebe, Cetti's Warbler, Bullfinch, 4 Redpoll, 40+ Fieldfare, 30+ Redwing, 2 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Buzzard, Pheasant, 4 Stonechat, 30+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 16 Linnet, House Sparrows; 2 Roe Deer (Nick Baker)
 * Stanstead Abbotts Lakes - N lake: Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Jane Free via Herts BC)
 * Stave Hill: 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker [a lot of drumming during the day - one used a spotlight casing to drum], 10 Long-tailed Tits, Grey Wagtail, 1 Greylag, 1 Canada Goose on Globe Pond, 1 Goldcrest, fm Sparrowhawk (John Cadera)
 * Stocker's Lake: 5 Goldeneye incl 2 displaying drakes (Steve Carter via Herts BC)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 Little Egret, 3 Mandarin, 4 Teal, 40 Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Goose plus the three 'farmyards', c180 Common Gull, male Kestrel, c75 Fieldfare, c20 Redwing, 3 Bullfinch (John Colmans)
 * Wallington: Wilson's School - 5 Siskin briefly then onto Roundshaw Downs, 1 Hawfinch flew over towards RD, also 1 probable Yellow-legged Gull flew off North from playing fields (Arjun Dutta)
 * Wandsworth Common: 2 Collared Dove, Coal Tit h, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Fieldfare, 8 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, 2 Chaffinch, c15 Siskin (Peter White via Twitter)
 * Willows Farm: c15 Linnet (Alan Gardiner via Herts BC)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Reed Bunting (Chris Farthing)
 * Worcester Park: 2 Little Egret on horse field (Bill Reid, Bob Smith)

Tuesday 9th January 2018

 * Bankside SE1: 2 Chiffchaff in birches outside Tate Modern (Reuben Braddock)
 * Belmont Open Space, Cockfosters/East Barnet, EN4: Male Sparrowhawk hunting around flower pots & feeders in our garden (Bob & Anna Husband)
 * Boxer's Lake, Enfield: 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 5 Mandarin Duck 3m 2f, 3 Common Pochard 2m 1f, 18 Tufted Duck 10m 8f, 4 Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull (Robert Callf)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, 2 Common Gull, singing Song Thrush, 6 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
 * Footscray Meadows: Water Rail, Gadwall, Egyptian Goose, Little Egret, Goldcrest (Andy Meaton)
 * Garden Wood: 6+ Hawfinch still (Steve Blake via Herts BC) View fr public f/p. Accessed from Willows Activity Fm or through Garden Wood from Main Pit. Woods are private property. [per TyttGP twitter w/ map]
 * Guildhall EC2: Chiffchaff (Nick Senior)
 * Hampstead Heath: PM 75 Redwing and 100+ Starlings feeding on the cricket pitch, 22 Herring Gulls and 10 Common Gulls feeding on Dukes Field, increase in Greenfinches up to 25 seen in London Planes along Highgate Road entrance, Song Thrush singing, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming (Pete Mantle)
 * Headley Heath: 2 Hawfinch 1515 (D J Cox via Surrey BN)
 * Heathrow: Green Sandpiper (Adam Cheeseman)
 * Hemans Estate - Stockwell: 1 House Sparrow on feeder just before dawn (Michael Mac)
 * Kensington Gardens: 2 Tawny Owl & 2 Little Owl h eve'g (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * KGV Reservoir: 30 Goldeneye, 15 Goosander, Slavonian Grebe still, 7 Lapwing, Green Woodpecker, Fieldfare, Redwing, Song Thrush, Meadow Pipit ('PRH' per ELBF FB)
 * Lamorbey Park, Sidcup: 2 Mute Swan, 16 Mallards, 13 Tufted Duck 7m 6f, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Cormorant, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 45 Black-headed Gulls, 3 Common Gulls, 2 Herring Gulls, 3 Goldcrest, also 20 Redwings 15 in trees at junction of Marlborough Park Avenue and Burnt Oak Lane & 5 in Maple Leaf Drive The Hollies (Eric Brown)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Caspian Gull 3w, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 15 Lesser Redpoll, 22 Shoveler (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern in reeds on N shore main lake, 6 Pintail 4m 2f, 2 Shelduck m f wader scrape, 2 Stonechat m f E bund, 13 Fieldfare and 3 Redwing southern route, 2 Goldcrest, 12 Long-tailed Tit (Martin Honey & P. Knox); 15 Siskin south route (WWT website)
 * Mad Bess Wood: 8+ Hawfinch ground-feeding among the freshly-coppiced hornbeams next to the chapel (Michael Hammond)
 * Mickleham: c20 Hawfinch around wooded slopes east of village (Steve Gale via Twitter)
 * Morden Cemetery: 90 Redwing (Bill Reid)
 * Oxhey Woods: 30 Lesser Redpoll (Joan Thompson via Herts BC) TQ106923
 * Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Coal Tit, 4 Siskin, 10 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Stock Dove (Ron Turner)
 * Rainham RSPB: Barnacle Goose, 500+ Wigeon, 14 Pintail, 2 Marsh Harrier, 5 Water Rail heard, 27 Avocet, 500+ Lapwing, 25 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruff, 2ad Yellow-legged Gull, Barn Owl, 13 Fieldfare, 12 Redwing, 2f Bullfinch (Max Hellicar via Twitter)
 * Regent's Park: 2 Water Rail (John & Janet Cadera)
 * Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler, Grey Wagtail (Peter Carlill)
 * Ruxley GPs: Great Egret (BirdGuides)
 * St Albans: 3 Hawfinch St Michael's churchyard still midday (Jeff Bailey via Herts BC) TL135072
 * Stocker's Lake: c50 Siskin still (Steve Carter via Herts BC)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: Water Rail, 37+ Snipe (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
 * University College London: 3 Goldcrest 1 in South Quad & 2 in Medawar Gardens (Jon Agar)
 * Wanstead Park: Little Egret, but no sign Great Egret (Bob Vaughan via Twitter)
 * Wimbledon Common: Firecrest (Peter Carlill)

Monday 8th January 2018

 * Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Cormorant, Song Thrush, 2 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
 * Brixton: 15 House Sparrow on feeders and 1 Redwing Blenheim Gardens Estate (Tony Stones)
 * Cassiobury Park: 2 Mandarin, Little Egret (Steve Rogers via Twitter)
 * Collier Row: Ring-necked Parakeet W and calling at 8:45 over Hayden Way (G J Francis)
 * Connaught Water: 2 Greylag Goose, 7 Canada Goose, 5 Mute Swan, 18 Mandarin, 6 Shoveler, 111 Mallard, m Pintail, 19 Teal, 5 Pochard, 36 Tufted Duck, 4 Goosander, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Moorhen, 15 Coot, 90 Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Woodpigeon, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Wren, Goldcrest, 2 Robin, 3 Blackbird, Starling, 2 Dunnock (Dominic Mitchell per ELBF FB)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: f Common Scoter still fr Hoggs Ln viewpt (Geoff Young via Herts BC)
 * KGV Reservoir: 142 Tufted Duck, 2 Goldeneye, Slavonian Grebe, 7 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Cormorant, 75 Coot, 5 Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Magpie, Fieldfare (Dominic Mitchell per ELBF FB)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Bittern, 4 Pintail, 2 Shelduck, 10 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, 1 Peregrine, 2 Stonechat, 1 Skylark, Tawny Owl calling from western perimeter 1650 (WWT website); Marsh Harrier fem east at 13.05 (Simon Fogg); 2 Great Black-backed Gull (Shailesh Patel via Twitter); 5 Pintail, Jack Snipe, 3 Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, 30+ Redwing, 19 Siskin (Matt Palmer via Twitter)
 * Mad Bess Wood: 8+ Hawfinch am but mobile (Paul Lewis via Twitter)
 * Rammey Marsh: Woodcock in flight NW corner heading SE 10:02 (Martin Shepherd)
 * Roundshaw Downs: 1 Firecrest with Long-tailed Tits and Goldcrests, Skylark, c30 Redwing, c15 Common Gulls, 5 Herring Gull. The only way how to enjoy a cross country run (Arjun Dutta)
 * St Albans: 2 Hawfinch again St Michael's churchyard (Murray Brown via Herts BC)
 * Staines Reservoir: 16 Goldeneye, Black-necked Grebe on S Basin still [nw cnr] (Dominic Pia)
 * Stocker's Lake: 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Wigeon, 3 Goldeneye, 2 Red Kite, 2 Kingfisher, 6 Ring-necked Parakeet, c50 Siskin (Steve Carter via Herts BC)
 * The Ridgeway, Mill Hill: 8 Fieldfare, 2 Teal, 11 Redwing (Samuel Levy)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Firecrest male still Sanctuary Wood 1245 with small mixed flock (Bob Watts)
 * Trent Park: 6 Mandarin Duck, 4 Pochard 3m 1f, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, f Kestrel, 4 Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Nuthatch, Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
 * Valentines Park: returning ad Mediterranean Gull (Peter Hopkins per ELBF FB)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Scaup still on No 4, 4 Goosander on High Maynard early, 3 Wigeon and Oystercatcher [chased unsuccessfully by Peregrine] on East Warwick, Lapwing on Lockwood, Snipe on No 1, 6 Goldeneye including 3 drakes (David Bradshaw, Mike Messenger)
 * Wanstead Park: 2 Nuthatch bush wood, 6 Wigeon & 10 Pochard the basin, Great Egret perch pond, Water Rail shoulder of mutton (Tim Harris); 2 Canada Goose, 3 Mute Swan, 4 Shoveler, 7 Gadwall, 31 Mallard, 3 Tufted Duck, 3 Cormorant, Grey Heron, Moorhen, 51 Coot, 94 Black-headed Gull, 3 Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 48 Feral Pigeon, 2 Woodpigeon, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, Jay, 2 Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 2 Robin, Pied Wagtail, Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch (Dominic Mitchell per ELBF FB)
 * Worcester Park: 2 Fieldfare, 1 Little Egret, 100 Redwing on horse fields (Bob Smith)

Sunday 7th January 2018

 * Alexandra Park: 80 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, c300 Gulls, including c35 Common Gull, 5 Pochard (Bob Watts)
 * Battersea Park Lake: 34 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall [lowest count ever], 3 Pochard, 35 Tufted Duck - 1 pale variety, 4 Egyptian Geese, pr Mute Swans still with last years only cygnet, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Goldcrest, 150 Black-headed Gulls [the only gull species], 30 Cormorants. Over all this park is getting worse for birds (Michael Mac)
 * Bower Wood: Hawfinch (per ELBF FB)
 * Brent Reservoir: pair of Goldeneye, 2 Common Buzzard over [at 10:12 & 11:40], 2 Lapwing, 13 Common Snipe, 90 Fieldfare, 12 Redwing, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Siskin, Water Rail, 2 Egyptian Goose, Little Egret (Brent Birders)
 * Brockley Cemetery: 29 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Keith Chambers)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Little Egret, 2 Redwing, Blackcap m, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Cassiobury Park: 3 Little Egret (Ralph Darvill via Twitter)
 * Erith Reach: Thames Pathway / Church Manorway - 300 Black-tailed Godwit, 100 Redshank, 2 Peregrine, Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Rock Pipit, 100 Linnet (Donna Zimmer via Twitter)
 * Fairlop Waters: 2 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, Buzzard, 14 Golden Plover, Little Owl, Kestrel, Kingfisher, 2 Reed Bunting (Steve Bacon, Neil Twyford per ELBF FB)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - m Blackcap, f Siskin, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Stock Dove (Samuel Levy)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: pr Gadwall, Jack Snipe still showing well (Richard Green via Twitter)
 * Hainault Forest CP: 3 Buzzard, 140 Fieldfare, 35 Redwing, Mistle Thrush, 60 Chaffinch (Barry Jones per ELBF FB)
 * Hampstead Heath: 2 Redwing between Highgate Men's Bathing and No. 1 Ponds (Callum Farrell-Morris)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 1 Common Scoter f still present for its 25th day (Tony Blake).
 * Horton Country Park, Epsom: 300 Redwing, Treecreeper (Bob Smith)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 2 Shoveler pr, Kestrel, 13 Lapwing, 30 Fieldfare, 5 Lesser Redpoll (Andrew Cox via EBwS BN); Brambling (Shaun Harvey per ELBF FB)
 * Kentish Town, NW5: 3 Siskin and 2 Blackcap, m & f still in a garden (Frank Nugent).
 * KGV Reservoir: 30 Goldeneye (highest count this winter), Scaup, Slavonian Grebe south basin, Water Rail, 3 Lapwing, 3 Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 20+ Siskin (Neville Smith).
 * Lee Valley Friday Lake: red-head Smew (Ian Bradshaw)
 * Lee Valley, Holyfield Lake: 2 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, Little Egret, Water Rail, 30+ Siskin (Simon Papps); Woodcock in recently coppiced scrub by hide (Ian Bradshaw)
 * Lee Valley, North Met Pit: Bittern & Cetti's Warbler fr pochard_hide (Simon Papps)
 * Limehouse Marina: Kingfisher (Roman W) [full surname too, pls?]
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, Goldeneye, Bittern, 14 Redwing, Brambling low over toward wildside, 17 Siskin south route in alder trees (WWT website)
 * Morden Hall Park: Grey Heron, Little Egret, Little Grebe, Kingfisher, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Song Thrush, Grey Wagtail, 4+ Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (MHP NG twitter)
 * Rise Park: Sparrowhawk flew across A12 towards Petits Boulevard 10:15 (G J Francis)
 * Rushett Farm, Chessington: 12 Lapwing, 24 Meadow Pipit, 21 Fieldfare, c65 House Sparrow, c30 Linnet (J.Wilczur, S.Woolfenden)
 * Shandy Park E1: 10 Redwing, 6 House Sparrow (Harry Harrison)
 * Snaresbrook, Eagle Pond: Caspian Gull 3w still pm (David Darrell-Lambert via Twitter)
 * Staines Moor: Water Rail, 3 Snipe, Little Owl, Water Pipit (Dominic Pia via Twitter)
 * Staines Reservoirs: Great Northern Diver, Black-necked Grebe, Goldeneye all north basin (Tim Rymer)
 * Syon Park: 3 Little Grebe on lake (Jo Francis via Twitter)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 6 Teal, 2m Pheasant, 1-2 Buzzard, Red Kite hunting low over grasslands, Kestrel, 4 Lapwing, Woodcock flushed near brook, 5 Snipe, 18 Stock Dove 11 in field, flock of 19 Skylark 11 flew in earlier, 70+ Redwing many around pasture, c80 Fieldfare flocks of 25 & 40 through, 8 Song Thrush loosely together, 6 Reed Bunting, 4 Linnet, 11 Lesser Redpoll, 12+ Greenfinch (Neil Anderson)
 * Tottenham Marsh: m Stonechat, Lesser Redpoll (Stuart Fisher)
 * Totteridge Valley, Belmont Farm: 215+ Redwing, 9 Stock Dove, 2 Egyptian Geese, Cormorant high S 10:29, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 2 Common Buzzard, 44 Canada Geese, Grey Heron, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 5 Mandarin Duck into roost (Samuel Levy) TQ225928
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 5 Bullfinch, 30 Fieldfare, 7 Teal, Kestrel (Simon Worsfold)
 * Turnford Lakes (Cheshunt GPs): 5 Goosander 3m 2f (William Bishop via Herts BC) TL369038
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: 18+ Hawfinch Garden Wd am, Peregrine main GP (Rick Flesher via Twitter)
 * Waltham Abbey: town centre [Cornmill] - 2 Blackcap m f, male Brambling still (Simon Papps)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 40 Redwing, 5 Fieldfare on front paddocks (Jon Agar); Stock Dove, 5 Redwing on rear paddocks (Quentin Given); pr Egyptian Goose on Paddocks & 3 Lesser Redpoll flew over calling W over cycle path at 1.45pm (Davey Leach)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 1 Lapwing flying North at 12:45 (Daniel Whitelegg); 2 Goldeneye and 7 Little Egret on High Maynard, 5 Fieldfare (Jon Agar); m Scaup and pr Goldeneye on No4 - 1pm (Davey Leach)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: Goldeneye, 2+ Little Grebe (Luke Turner via Twitter)
 * Waterworks NR: Lea Bridge Road - at least one Firecrest still with several Goldcrests and Long-tailed Tits from boardwalk at 11am (Quentin Given); Chiffchaff at 12.50 from boardwalk (Jan Dobbie)
 * Wanstead Flats: 45 Fieldfare, Stonechat (James Heal, Jonathan Lethbridge per ELBF FB)
 * Wanstead Park: Nuthatch, Treecreeper (James Heal, Jonathan Lethbridge per ELBF FB)
 * York Square E14: 16 House Sparrow (Harry Harrison)

Saturday 6th January 2018

 * Beddington Farm: 2 Iceland Gull 1w 2w, 2 Caspian Gull 1w 3w, 3 ad Yellow-legged Gull; Twite on landfill (Twitter) Pics here
 * Belvedere (Thames Foreshore): incl. Curlew, 60+ Dunlin and 11 Ringed Plover (Mike Robinson)
 * Bencroft Wood: Marsh Tit (Steve Hughes via Herts BC) TL328061
 * Bonnett's Wood: Kingfisher, 2m Brambling, 8 Lesser Redpoll (Dave McGough & Steve Smith per ELBF FB)
 * Bramble's Wood: Woodcock (Chris Ruis via Herts BC)
 * Brent Reservoir: 7 Common Snipe, Water Rail, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Coal Tit singing in garden conifers (Andrew Verrall, Stephen Branley); later 2 Egyptian Goose, 130+ Tufted Duck, 32 Pochard, 10 Snipe, 20+ Redwing, fem. Blackcap (Roy Beddard)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Song Thrush, 5 Redwing, Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Broxbourne Woods: no sign of Parrot Crossbills by 11am (Andrew Self)
 * Burgess Park: 3 Pochard (Richard Bonser)
 * Cassiobury Park: 3 Siskin, 2 drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker (Charlie Farrell)
 * Crayford Marshes: juvenile Iceland Gull on Jolly Farmers 12.15pm (Richard Bonser); also adult Mediterranean Gull [yellow ringed], 2 Yellow-legged Gulls and a slightly stinky looking adult Caspian-type Gull (Richard Bonser, Andrew Lawson)
 * Enfield Town, River View EN2: 2 Blackcap m f in garden (Robert Callf)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - m Blackcap, Stock Dove (Samuel Levy)
 * Fishers Green: Little Owl sailing club (James Palmer)
 * Fulham Reach: Rannoch Rd - 4 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, 6+ House Sparrows; Thames - 35 Teal, 11 Gadwall, 7 Common Gull, 174 Black-headed Gull, Grey Wagtail, Great Black-backed Gull; Bayonne Park - 21+ House Sparrow (Nathalie Mahieu, John Boorman).
 * Greenwich SE10: Woodlands Park Road - Grey Wagtail, Blackcap male in garden (Richard Green)
 * Harrow on the Hill: Sparrowhawk (Charlie Farrell)
 * Ickenham Marsh: Hawfinch perched briefly, 4 Bullfinch, Little Egret, Buzzard, Red Kite, Grey Wagtail, 30 Fieldfare (Nigel Dodd)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 6 Egyptian Goose, m Marsh Harrier over berwick ponds, 2 Brambling (Shaun Harvey via Twitter & blog); 2 Bewick's Swan Berwick Reservoir pm, Woodcock, Brambling, Bullfinch, Redpoll (Paul Hawkins [finder] via Twitter, Shaun Harvey, Dave Morrison et al)
 * Island Barn Res: 1 Iceland Gull 2nd w, 3 Yellow-legged Gulls all 1st w, Green Sandpiper (Chris Turner)
 * Langley Park: Mediterranean Gull ad briefly am, also Orange-winged Amazon w/ Ring-necked Parakeets above rhododendron gdns (Paul Lewis via Twitter)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Caspian Gull 3w Eagle_Pond, 38 Lesser Redpoll, Firecrest, 3 Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Siskin over, 5 Redwing, singing Mistle Thrush, 6 singing Song Thrush, 11 Shoveler (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Bittern, 2 Stonechat, 4 Pintail, 2 Shelduck (Shailesh Patel); 2 Bittern, 2 Stonechat m f, 1 Common Snipe, 1 Water Pipit, 17 Redwing, 1 Tufted x Pochard hybrid, 2 Peregrine on Ch. X Hosp. (Martin Honey)
 * Mayesbrook Park: Great Egret (BirdGuides)
 * Rainham RSPB: 2 Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, 2 Ruff, 10 Snipe, Barn Owl, Peregrine, 2 Bearded Tit, Cetti's Warbler, Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 4 Stonechat, 2 Water Pipit (Mark Gregory / Oliver Mann per ELBF FB); 4 Ruff (per RSPB/BirdTrack)
 * Richmond: Mediterranean Gull adult with Black-headed Gulls on flood by River Thames alongside A316 near Twickenham Bridge, 7 Stock Dove mid pm; Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn Avenue. No parking charges on Sunday. Directions below. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Richmond Park: Buzzard, 4 Kestrel, pr Stonechat, Fieldfare over, Reed Bunting (Neil Anderson); 1 very pale Stonechat near Pembroke lodge (Isaiah Rowe)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: Green Sandpiper fr gadwall_hide, Peregrine over (Steve Hughes via Herts BC)
 * Staines Moor: Little Egret, 2 Little Grebe, Red Kite, Stonechat, Redpoll (Lee Dingain via Twitter); 15 Meadow Pipit, 5 Water Pipit favouring isolated pool 80yd southeast of first bridge north of bypass (Lee Evans via Twitter)
 * Staines Reservoir: juv Great Northern Diver & Black-necked Grebe S Basin still but elusive, 'Scandinavian' Rock Pipit (Lee Evans via Twitter)
 * Sevenoaks WR: 4 Egyptian Goose, Shelduck, 6 Little Grebe, Water Rail willow hide area, 128 Lapwing, 28 Snipe, 24 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Mistle Thrush, Bullfinch fishermen’s car pk, 30 Siskin (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS website)
 * Stocker's Lake: 20 Red-crested Pochard, 4 Egyptian Goose, 7 Goldeneye, Little Egret (Sean Moore via Twitter)
 * Ten Acre Wood Area: 30 Lapwing, 6 Skylark, 5 Meadow Pipit, 5 Reed Bunting, Linnet, 4 Lesser Redpoll, Pheasant, Rook, Little Egret, 4 Teal, 2 Buzzard, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk (Nigel Dodd)
 * Thorndon CP: N section - 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Mandarin Duck over, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2 Coal Tit 1 singing, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper, 20+ Fieldfare, 50+ Redwing, 2+ Song Thrush, 4 Mistle Thrush 2 singing, c25 Meadow Pipit 2nd meadow SW of Hatch Fm, 25+ Hawfinch area of copses west of Old Park pond w/ Redwings & Starlings then many flew S to Thorndon South, 2 Bullfinch Old Park pond area, c30 Yellowhammer 2nd meadow SW of Hatch Farm; S section - Nuthatch, Treecreeper (Andrew Cox via EBwS BN)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: c6 Hawfinch Garden Wd beside paddock 9am flew toward causeway (Chris Barber via Twitter); also Caspian Gull 2w (Rick Flesher w/ Steve Blake via Twitter); 14+ Tree Sparrow (Andrew Steele via Herts BC)
 * Wanstead Park: Bush Wood - Nuthatch, Firecrest, Coal Tit singing (Wanstead Birders)
 * Worcester Park: Little Egret on horse field (Bob Smith); garden KT4- 1m Blackcap still - no sign of female (Isaiah Rowe)
 * Yeading Brook Meadows; Peregrine, 2 Little Egret, 2 Teal, Bullfinch, 50 Common Gull & 40 Redwing on playing fields (Nigel Dodd)

Friday 5th January 2018

 * Batchworth Lake: Cetti's Warbler canal lock by museum (Anna Marett via Herts BC)
 * Beckton SW: 2 Buzzard, Curlew, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 45 Redshank, 5 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest am (Dave Morrison via Twitter)
 * Belvedere (Thames Foreshore): incl. 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 80+ Dunlin, 11 Lapwing, 6 Redshank, 7 Ringed Plover (Mike Robinson)
 * Brent Cross: Little Egret feeding in river under street lighting opposite bus station Brent Cross shopping centre at 18:00 (Allan Stewart)
 * Brent Reservoir: 3 Cetti's Warbler, 41 Redwing, Fieldfare, 5 Common Snipe, 2 Water Rail (Magnus Andersson)
 * Brickendon: Brambling along footpath, Hawfinch in tree by Celtic Harmony car park (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
 * Broxbourne Woods: 3 Parrot Crossbill 2m f showing well on west side of crossroads c500m SE of Monks Grn entrance 09:05-09:55 (Niall Keogh/Jim Anderson via Twitter); 3 Parrot Crossbill 2m f again & calling in flight briefly c1030 (Jon Cook via Twitter); Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, Kestrel, 4 Coal Tit, 3 Siskin, no sign Parrot Crossbills 11:00-15:15 (Harringay Birder via Twitter)
 * Bushy Park: 40 Redwing (J. Francik)
 * Canons Farm: Red-legged Partridge broadfield, Kestrel, 30 Skylark, 6 Fieldfare, 40 Redwing (Paul Goodman via CFBW blog)
 * Crossness: Thames path Crabtree Manorway north to Crossness outfall - 11 Canada Geese, Pied Wagtail, 9 Long-tailed Tit, Robin, Kestrel, Peregrine, Woodpigeon, Cormorant; Outfall - 12 Wigeon, Mallard numerous, 22 Gadwall, 44 Teal, 40 Shelduck, 36 Shoveler, 45 Lapwing, 22 Black-tailed Godwit, 220+ Dunlin, 32 Redshank, 2 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, Herring Gull, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 280 Black-headed Gull - 11.05am-12.20pm (Eric Brown)
 * Croxley Common Moor: Kingfisher Grand Union Canal (Geoff Young vie Herts BC)
 * Danson Park: Little Grebe, 23 Cormorant roosted pm, 3+ Water Rail, c3000 Ring-necked Parakeet roosted pm, 300+ Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, Grey Wagtail (Chris Gibbard via Twitter)
 * Erith: incl Stonechat overwintering by the Small Lake beside Church Manorway; Thames Foreshore - incl. 350+ Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Dunlin, 30+ Linnet, 60+ Redshank, Rock Pipit (Mike Robinson)
 * Eastcote: Field End RG - 15 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, Green Woodpecker (Tim Rymer)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 10 Red-legged Partridge, Water Rail, Kingfisher, Kestrel, 2 Rook, 20 Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, 6 Meadow Pipit, 2m Brambling, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 20 Yellowhammer (Dave McGough / Paul Hawkins per ELBF FB)
 * Kensington Gardens: Kingfisher am (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, Bittern, Kingfisher, 9 Redwing, 11 Siskin (WWT website)
 * Neasden: 2 Redwing Grange rbt (Neil Jackson)
 * Ongar Park Wood: 3 Hawfinch (per ELBF FB)
 * Paddington: pr Peregrine flushed fr Metropole Hotal by contractors 1125 then S toward Hyde Park (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * Rainham RSPB: Water Pipit fr purfleet hide (Brenda & David Hale via EBwS BN); 2 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Marsh Harrier, 23 Avocet, 42 Golden Plover, 3 Ruff, 3 Peregrine pr & juv m, 2 Kestrel (per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still present at 12.00 when a female Sparrowhawk tried for a Chinese takeaway, fortunately it missed. Also a special thank you to the very tolerant residents of Selwyn Avenue. (Roger Morton)
 * St Albans: 10 Redpoll in gdn (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
 * Sanderstead Plantation: Raven heard at 08:22 TQ342618 (Croydon Birders)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: 5 Goosander in the relief channel, Pintail drake in the relief channel, Water Rail in the relief channel, Stonechat, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest (Neville Smith).
 * Snaresbrook, Eagle Pond: Caspian Gull 4cy still pm (Dominic Mitchell via Twitter)
 * South Norwood Country Park: 40+ Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush singing, Mistle Thrush, 14 Shoveler, 10+ Tufted Duck, Teal, 2 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Green Woodpecker (Keith Chambers)
 * Southwark Park: 17 Shoveler, 8 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Mistle Thrush (John Cadera)
 * Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver still on North basin in extreme NE corner, Black-necked Grebe on south basin, 500 Pochard north basin (John Edwards)
 * Stocker's Lake: 4 Egyptian Goose, 2 Wigeon, 4 Red-crested Pochard, Kingfisher, 20 Siskin (Steve Blake via Herts BC)
 * Stoneleigh Station: 207 Herring Gull ne a.m., 1 Redwing, 3 Pied Wagtail (Neil Batten)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 100 Lapwing, 150 Dunlin, 15 Black-tailed Godwit, Turnstone, Yellow-legged Gull 1st-winter, Water Pipit, 4 Rock Pipit, 5 Stonechat, 21 Cetti's Warbler, Bearded Tit, 2 Raven, Bullfinch (Andrew Self)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 Sparrowhawk, 5 Goldcrest, 8 Teal, 2 Grey Heron, 21 Redwing, 39 Fieldfare, Reed Bunting owl_field, 53 Canada Geese into roost, 112 Rook into roost, 3 Little Owl, 7 Mandarin Duck into roost. 28 Species on first trip of the year. (Samuel Levy)
 * Troy Mill Lake: 4 Chiffchaff on R Colne (Lee Evans via Twitter)
 * Turnford Marsh GPs: 16 Goosander incl 9m Ashley Pit (Lee Evans via Herts BC)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: 10+ Hawfinch Garden Wd TL193046 [7+ at 1140 then 10+ in treetops behind Tyttenhanger Hse - v flighty & calling constantly], Stonechat on fence over maize stubble by Willows Fm Lake, main GP - 2 Little Egret, Water Rail, 12+ Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Caspian Gull 2w pm, Peregrine, 8+ Tree Sparrow, 1+ Brambling, 1+ Lesser Redpoll, c30 Siskin (Tyttenhanger Birders via Twitter/Herts BC)
 * Waltham Abbey: town centre [Cornmill] - Blackcap female, Redwing, Brambling male (Simon Papps)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Scaup on No4, 6 Goldeneye, 2 Snipe on No1, c35 Fieldfare by No5 (Walthamstow Birders); 8 Goldeneye 2m 6f, 288 Tufted Duck, 52 Pochard, 63 Gadwall, 31 Teal, 22 Great Crested Grebe, 16 Little Grebe, 1 Reed Bunting, 3 Kingfisher, 25+ Goldfinch, 30 Common Gull (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * Wimbledon Common: Marsh Tit nr Kingsmere, 2 Reed Buntings at Ladies Mile (Adrian Podmore)
 * Woodford Green: Little Egret flyover, c20 Siskins on feeders, 3 Redpolls single then two others (Ken Murray)
 * Worcester Park: 2 Little Egrets, 80 Redwing on horse fields (Bob Smith)

Thursday 4th January 2018

 * Amwell NR: 2 Red Kite, 4 Goldeneye 2m 2f TL380124, 30+ Siskin betw river & railway (Rober Buxton via Herts BC)
 * Batchworth Lake: Kingfisher (Anna Marett via Herts BC)
 * Brickendon: 2+ Brambling w/ Chaffinches by path betw Brickendon & Monks Grn TL329083, 30+ Siskin Bourne Orchard by pond (David Booth via Herts BC)
 * Brook Farm, Upminster: 4 Little Egret, Barn Owl, Kestrel, 38 Fieldfare, 15 Redwing, Stonechat, 42 House Sparrow, Grey Wagtail, 13 Pied Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit, 26 Greenfinch, 2 Yellowhammer (Alan Shearman via ELBF FB)
 * Broxbourne Woods: 3 Parrot Crossbill still nr cross tracks (David Booth via Herts BC)
 * Greenford (Ravenor Park): c100 Redwing (Kathryn Bull)
 * Highfield Farm: 2 Woodcock flushed from Knight's Wd TL186055, 100+ Fieldfare TL181060, 200+ Redwing TL181060, 30+ Yellowhammer in field TL180062 (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
 * Howell Hill NR: Woodcock, 150 Stock Dove, 1000 Woodpigeon (Steve Gale via Twitter)
 * Ladywell Fields: 45 Redwing, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Grey Wagtail, Carrion Crow with white on back and tail (Keith Chambers)
 * London Wetland Centre: Caspian Gull 3w, Bittern, 18 Siskin and 2 Fieldfare (Twitter); 20+ Siskin, 16 Redwing, 5 Fieldfare on grazing marsh, 1 Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe on wader scrape, 1 Water Pipit on wader scrape, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Goldeneye f on reservoir lagoon, 2 Pintail m f (Martin Honey, S. Fogg et al.); 5 Mandarin, 2 Coal Tit (WWT website)
 * Oxleas Wood: 4 Jackdaw, Sparrowhawk f, Kestrel m, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Firecrest, Stock Dove (John Bushell, Ron Turner)
 * Rainham Marshes: Iceland Gull 1st w c15.00 on Wennington after flying past centre window (Howard Vaughan-Twitter); incl Barnacle Goose, c300 Canada Goose, 36 Shelduck, 34 Pochard, 33 Tufted Duck, 20 Cormorant, 113 Black-tailed Godwit Aveley Bay, 39 Snipe [18 coldharbour pt & 11 river walk & 10 Ken Barrett hide], c2000 Black-headed Gull, 10 Common Gull, c400 Great Black-backed Gull, c300 Herring Gull incl 20+ ssp. argentatus, Caspian Gull 1w, 6 Yellow-legged Gull 1w 3w 4ad, 40+ Lesser Black-backed Gull, 38 Collared Dove visitor centre, 6 Jackdaw, 35 Rook Wennington, 100 Crow, 12 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 6 Skylark, c500 Starling, 17 Blackbird, 4 Stonechat, 50 House Sparrow vc, 36 Meadow Pipit, 2 Water Pipit river walk nr vc, 4 Rock Pipit river walk nr vc, Bullfinch m vc - 69 spp (Max Hellicar & Niall Keogh via Twitter/eBird); Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 23 Avocet, 3000 Black-headed Gull, pr Peregrine (per EBWS FB)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn Avenue. Access from alley alongside 90 Selwyn Avenue. View from just beyond first corner. Bird favours second garden on right with feeders or flowering Viburnum. Parking vouchers available from Spar shop at end of Pagoda Avenue. Parking charges from 10 am. Park only in visitors bays. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Sanderstead Plantation: Raven h over woods (J Birkett)
 * Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver N Basin still early-am, Black-necked Grebe S Basin still early-am (Dave Kendrick via Twitter)
 * Stanstead Abbotts Lakes: Goldeneye N lake (Jane Free via Herts BC)
 * Town Park, Enfield: Carr's Basin [TQ323962] - 2 Cormorant, 13 Mandarin Duck 8m 5f, 2 Shoveler m f, 2 Common Pochard males, 7 Tufted Duck 3m 4f, 3 Stock Dove (Robert Callf)
 * Trent Park: Buzzard, Kestrel, Red Kite, 15 Siskins (Nicholas Beswick)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: 5 Hawfinch Garden Wd 1130 TL193046 (TyttGP twitter)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Scaup still on No4, 6 Goldeneye on No4 No5 and Lockwood, 2 Water Rails on No3 and No1 (David Bradshaw)
 * Wanstead Flats: Great Black-backed Gull ad (Brickpit), Stonechat (brooms) (Tim Harris/Bob Vaughan)
 * Wanstead Park: Water Rail (Shoulder of Mutton), Nuthatch (Reservoir Wood), Lesser Redpoll male (Old Sewage Works) (Tim Harris)
 * Wildhill: 12+ Red Kite (per Herts BC)
 * Woodford Green: Redpoll male, 12 Siskins, 2 Song Thrush [one bird sub-song-ing], 2 Chaffinch, Collared Dove (Ken Murray)
 * Woodside: Woodcock, 3 Haawfinch (per Herts BC)
 * Worcester Park: 2 Little Egret on horse fields, Peregrine on pylons (Bob Smith)

Wednesday 3rd January 2018

 * Amwell NR: 2 Yellow-legged Gull ad 2w in roost eve'g (Ron Cousins via Twitter)
 * Bushy Park: Little Owl 7.20am (Ian R Watson)
 * Canons Farm: Merlin male again hunting along hedgerows nr canons farmhouse mid-am (Geoff Barter via CFBW blog)
 * Fairlop Waters: Great White Egret on the fishing lake at 12:00 (John & Janet Cadera)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: 3 Mute Swan 2 juvs, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Grey Heron, 2 Little Grebe, Moorhen, Coot, 3 Little Egret, 4 Jay, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, 60 Black-headed Gull, 3 Common Gull, Woodpigeon, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, 10 Redwing, Blackbird, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Chaffinch, 14 Goldfinch, 2-3 Grey Wagtail, Dunnock, Bullfinch m nr Rectory Lane Church, mixed flock inc Great Tit, Blue Tit, 16 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, also Robin, Starling, Kingfisher. Total 35 species. (Eric Brown)
 * Greenwich Peninsula: Jack Snipe, Little Grebe, Siskin in Ecology Park The Ecology Park is closed until January 10th, 2 Redwing Southern Park, Stonechat, 10+ Linnet east of O2 Arena (John Bushell, Conrad Ellam & Richard Green)
 * Grovelands Park: 6 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Mute Swan m f 3 first-winter, 2 Egyptian Goose, 19 Mandarin Duck 14m 5f, 8 Shoveler 5m 3f, male Pochard, 29 Tufted Duck 19m 10f, 5 Stock Dove, Tawny Owl hooting 16:23 (Robert Callf)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 2 Grey Partridge, Snipe, 4 Jay, Skylark, 7 Fieldfare (Dave McGough per ELBF FB)
 * King George V Reservoir: Slavonian Grebe, 4 Goosander, 18 Goldeneye (Dante Shepherd, Jamie Partridge) Slav pic here
 * Lee Valley, Friday Lake: red-head Smew (Simon Papps); Pochard_Hide - Bittern, Water Rail, c40 Linnet, 50 Chaffinch (A. Middleton)
 * London Wetland Centre: 29 Greylag Goose, 3 Pintail, Bittern, Jack Snipe, 2 Snipe, 5 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, Grey Wagtail (WWT website)
 * Mardyke, Stifford-Aveley: incl 22 Gadwall, 43 Teal, Buzzard, 4 Stock Dove, 11 Collared Dove, Tawny Owl, Kingfisher, Kestrel, 3 Jay, 43 Jackdaw, 2 Goldcrest, Fieldfare, 5 Redwing (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Netherhouse Farm: Red Kite (Lesley Harrison)
 * North Met Pit: 2 Goldeneye, 4 Siskin, Water Rail and Treecreeper (Dave Morrison via Twitter)
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: c10000 Black-headed Gull upriver (Samuel Levy and Howard Vaughan); 18 Pintail, 400+ Canada Geese, 300+ Greylag, 7 Tufted Duck, 3 Curlew, 31 Gadwall, 6 Greenfinch, 2 Kestrel, 25 Linnet, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Little Grebe, 34 Shoveler, 850+ Wigeon, 250+ Teal, 600+ Lapwing, 2 Pied Wagtail, 6 Skylark, Ruff, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Marsh Harrier, 5 Fieldfare, 50 Dunlin, 33 Snipe, 2 Avocet, 3 Jackdaw, 2 Water Pipit, 11 Pochard, 2 Rock Pipit, 4 Goldcrest, 17 Redwing, Song Thrush (Samuel Levy, Toby Levy, Joan Arnold et al); 3 Marsh Harrier, 13 Avocet, 9 Curlew, 500 Dunlin, Peregrine (per ELBF FB)
 * Rotherhithe: Jamaica Rd SE16 - Peregrine W over Bermondsey Stn, 1 Goldcrest (John & Janet Cadera)
 * Sevenoaks WR: 2 Mandarin, 7 Shoveler, 14 Wigeon, 7 Little Grebe, Buzzard, Water Rail fr slingsby hide, 50 Snipe, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Collared Dove, Treecreeper, 32 Redpoll, 4 Goldfinch, 30 Siskin, 10 Reed Bunting (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS website)
 * Snaresbrook, Eagle Pond: Caspian Gull 3w still 1030 (Adam Winstanley)
 * Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver still on N Basin, Black-necked Grebe on S Basin (Allan Goddard via Twitter); Redshank N Basin sw cnr (Dominic Pia via Twitter); 4 Shelduck (T Cummins via Surrey BN); 4 Ruddy Duck 2, 2f still (BirdGuides)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: main GP - 5 Little Egret & 3 Snipe, Tyttenhanger Fm - 7+ Tree Sparrow (Steve Blake via Herts BC); Glaucous Gull over horse paddocks (BirdGuides)
 * Walthamstow: 2 Goosander pr N over Ferry Lane 14.20 (Stuart Fisher)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 2 Stonechat on Bomb Crater Field [1m & 1 f-type on fence at E end of boardwalk], 1 Meadow Pipit heard nearby, 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Stock Dove and 6 Redwing on rear paddocks, c100 Black-headed Gulls on floods in this general area, 1 Lesser Black-Backed Gull. All 08:30-09:30 (Alastair Dent)
 * Wanstead Park: Mediterranean Gull 2w The Basin 11:45-12:15 (Tim Harris)
 * William Girling Reservoir: 3 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Goosander [no public access - view fr Mansfield Pk] (Dante Shepherd, Jamie Partridge)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 3 Snipe, Peregrine, Yellow-legged Gull, Great Black-backed Gull 2cy, 9 Shoveler (Chris Farthing)
 * Woodford Green: 2 Common Buzzard, Little Egret perched forest edge, 12+ Siskin, Redpoll male (Ken Murray)
 * Worcester Park: 2 Little Egret 1 on horse field & a different bird on Beverley Brook (Bob Smith)

Tuesday 2nd January 2018

 * Belhus Woods CP: incl 2 Egyptian Goose, 11 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 35 Wigeon, 26 Teal, 35 Pochard, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, Little Egret, 20 Cormorant, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 2 Water Rail, 9 Lapwing, Woodcock, Barn Owl, 2 Kingfisher, Kestrel, 51 Ring-necked Parakeet, 4 Jay, 12 Jackdaw, Cetti's Warbler, Firecrest, 8 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 44 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing, 2 Meadow Pipit, 7 Bullfinch, Lesser Redpoll, 24 Siskin (Alan Shearman via ELBF FB)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Kingfisher, 10 Redwing, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Broxbourne Woods: 3 Parrot Crossbill east of cross tracks 10:00 (per RBA); still present east side of cross tracks in trees nearest to gate 11:30-12:30 (Anders Grey Fia Herts BC); 2 Raven over, 20+ Brambling in tree behind scaffold co. Monks Grn Fm TL333085 (S Blake/R Evershed/R Coombes via Herts BC)
 * Canons Farm: 20 Skylark (Ian Magness via CFBW blog)
 * Crayford: 2 first-winter Caspian Gulls [though one probably German/hybrid origin] and Yellow-legged Gull 1st-winter on waste ground at Jolly Farmers (Richard Bonser and Dante Shepherd)
 * Fairlop Waters: Great White Egret still (Shaun Harvey via Twitter)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - 7 Siskin 4m 3f [first record since late Jan 2017] (Samuel Levy)
 * Greenwich Park: Tawny Owl (Ray Crouch) Hi Ray, where did you see/hear the owl and also the Rook from the other day? Thanks [Joe Beale]
 * Hampstead Heath: incl Shoveler, Kingfisher, Kestrel, Redwing (MBS twitter)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: c60 Snipe over fields nr Glades c1100 (Lee Brown via Twitter)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Yellow-legged Gull - sub adult & 3cy (J.Wilczur); 3 Pintail, Goldeneye, Bittern, 3 Stonechat, 20 Siskin (WWT website)
 * Oylers Farm/Theobalds Park: Treecreeper, Goosander m, Buzzard, 8 Ring-necked Parakeet (Brian Dawton)
 * Rainham RSPB: 2 Firecrest & Hawfinch h cordite (Howard Vaughan via Twitter); also incl 37 Pochard, 19 Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe, 4 Marsh Harrier, 13 Avocet, 3 Golden Plover, Grey Plover, 3 Ruff, 500 Dunlin, 13 Snipe, 121 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Yellow-legged Gull, Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, 2 Peregrine pr, 3 Goldcrest, 27 Blackbird, Fieldfare, 22 Redwing, 2 Water Pipit, Rock Pipit (per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn Avenue. Access from alongside 90 Selwyn Avenue. Directions below. (Michael McCarthy per FJM)
 * St George's Fields: Connaught St W2 - 1 Red Admiral (Catherine Beazley)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * Staines Moor: Little Egret, 4 Skylark, 2m Stonechat, 12 Meadow Pipit (Robert Martin via Twitter)
 * Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver still north basin north east corner am (Jim Sweetland via Twitter); Black-necked Grebe still S Basin, Water Pipit (Dominic Pia via Twitter)
 * Stanwell Moor: Cetti's Warbler, 20 Redwing (Robert Martin via Twitter)
 * Thorndon CP: 5+ Hawfinch am (Shaun Harvey via Twitter)
 * Tottenham Marshe: Stonechat m just N of allotment, Fieldfare nearby. (Quentin Given)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Scaup still on No 4, Goosander female on High Maynard, 3 Fieldfare (David Bradshaw)

Monday 1st January 2018
''I have restored the six entries deleted on Monday afternoon. It may have been a careless accident, but the culprit then deliberately removed someone else's record of Ruddy Duck. I have informed the wiki administrator (Andrew Haynes).'' It wasn't me that removed the records of Ruddy Duck, but doesn't revealing the whereabouts of this species result in its official culling? [Richard Francis]. Tbf it appeared on BirdGuides first; they're introduced 'exotics' controversially culled as a reputed existential, genetic threat to European-native White-headed Ducks. The sighting is on both BirdGuides and RBA, so there is little point in trying to suppress it on this wiki, especially when many London Birders may want to add the species to their 2018 list. It's also worth pointing out that many birders support the cull [Sean Huggins]
 * Alexandra Park: 40+ Common Gull still but gull flock about half size of yesterday, 35+ Redwing (Gareth Richards, Bob Watts)
 * Amwell NR: 2 Stonechat pr fr viewpt 1315 (Ron Cousins via Twitter)
 * Barnes Cray: 4 Little Egrets to roost, Peregrine Falcon, Cetti's Warbler (Ralph Todd)
 * Bayhurst Wood area: Little Owl, Tawny Owl, Redwings, 3 Teal 7.10am - no HS2 today take the rest of the decade off chaps (Dan Pinkham)
 * Beddington Farm: Twite on landfill (Twitter)
 * Beech Farm GP: Woodcock, Green Sandpiper (S CHlamers via Herts BC)
 * Bookham Common: 2 Hawfinch behind Bookham stn still 1000 (E Sames via Surrey BN)
 * Bow Creek: 5 Common Sandpiper, 43 Redshank, Kestrel, Cetti's Warbler (Frank Nugent)
 * Brent Reservoir: 58 species including Little Egret, 7 Snipe, Tawny Owl, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 40 Redwing, Fieldfare, 2 Nuthatch (Brent Birders)
 * Brompton Oratory Gardens: Firecrest occasional bursts of song (Nick Senior) TQ270791 [new site for LNHS Gazetteer]
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 10 Redwing, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Broxbourne Woods: 3 PARROT CROSSBILL still by cross tracks early-am (Mike Ilett via Twitter); not seen between 10.30am-3.30pm but 10+ Bramblings feeding with chaffinches in game strips from footpath between Monks Green and Brickendon (Ian Bradshaw); Glaucous Gull imm S (Laurence Drummond via Herts BC)
 * Canons Farm: Merlin male SE over Infront George (Paul Goodman via CFBW blog)
 * Connaught Water: 7 Goosander still 5m 2f, Kingfisher, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Redwing, Treecreeper, Kestrel, Buzzard, Common Gull (Geoff Gram).
 * Dagenham Chase LNR: Yellowhammer, Treecreeper, Stonechat f, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Goldcrest, 10 Meadow Pipit, 10 House Sparrow, 4 Bullfinch, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Mistle Thrush, 11 Redwing, 8 Jackdaw, 7 Stock Dove, Pochard, 47 Gadwall, 20 Wigeon, 5 Shoveler, 69 Lapwing, 5 Snipe (Vincenzo Halley-Frame per ELBF FB)
 * Eastcote (Roxbourne Park): 40 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, Little Egret, 2 Moorhen, Song Thrush (Tim Rymer)
 * Fairlop Waters: incl surrounding fields - Yellow-browed Warbler [in willows at back of lagoon early-pm per BirdGuides], 2 Great White Egret, Hawfinch, Little Egret, 2 Little Owl, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Woodcock, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Redwing, Fieldfare, Chiffchaff, Linnet, Stock Dove, Shoveler, Wigeon (Alan Thomas, Steve Bacon, Neil Twyford)
 * Fishers Green: Bittern roosting at Watchpoint 4pm [& Chinese Water Deer by Birdfeeders] (Davey Leach)
 * Friday Lake: Smew f still (Davey Leach)
 * Gobions Woods nr Brookmans Park: Hawfinch still Leach's Fields area (per Herts BC)
 * Greenford (Ravenor Park): Sparrowhawk, 101+ Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush (Neil Anderson/K. Bull)
 * Greenland Dock: 20+ House Sparrow at Plover Way, 1 Goldcrest, 26 Tufted Duck, 1 Common Gull, 4 Great Crested Grebe (John & Janet Cadera)
 * Greenwich Park: Kestrel, 2 Goldcrest, Rook (Ray Crouch)
 * Gutteridge Wood: 2 Egyptian Geese pr low over, Little Egret, 19 Stock Dove 16 in field, Nuthatch, 3 Fieldfare, pr Bullfinch in scrub, Hawfinch perched in willow sapling by pool for c3 minutes before flying towards scrub in field behind- patch tick (Neil Anderson)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 1 Common Scoter f still present at 3.40pm (Tony Blake)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: Jack Snipe The Moors, Brambling w/ Chaffinches between Glebe Lake & Nutfield Church (Gordon Hay via Surrey BN)
 * Holyfield Lake: Goosander f, Shelduck (Davey Leach)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: incl Egyptian Goose, 7 Red-legged Partridge, Red Kite W 0935, Woodcock, Snipe, 3 Great Black-backed Gull over, 2 Tawny Owl, Little Owl, 3 Rook, 5 Yellowhammer - 61 spp (Dave Morrison via Twitter/blog); 2 Brambling (Lee Brown per ELBF FB); Buzzard (Dave McGough per ELBF FB)
 * Lamorbey Park: 2 Little Grebe, 4 Cormorant, Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan, 10 Tufted Duck, 2 Peregrine, 3 Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Song Thrush, 22 Redwing, 5 Fieldfare [EB only], Coal Tit, 3 Nuthatch, Jay, 2 Jackdaw (Mike Amos & Eric Brown)
 * Lea Valley: Buzzard, Peregrine f (Davey Leach) DL - for geographical accuracy your other sightings have been listed under their site names
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Bittern, 2 Jack Snipe, 1 Water Pipit, 4 Pintail, 4 Snipe, 2 Stonechat, 1 Goldeneye, 3 Fieldfare, 12 Redwing, 1 Peregrine (WWT website); 1 [and a half] Caspian Gulls [nice 4cy plus 3cy ringed 'G0UT' - looking pretty horrific], Yellow-legged Gull 3cy (Josh Jones)
 * Morden Cemetery: c100 Redwing - an influx (Bob Smith)
 * Rainham RSPB: Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 215 Canada Goose, 217 Greylag Goose, 4 Mute Swan, Egyptian Goose, 26 Shelduck, 61 Shoveler, 107 Gadwall, 516 Eurasian Wigeon, 100 Mallard, 31 Pintail, 422 Teal, 26 Pochard, 19 Tufted Duck, 9 Pheasant, 2 Little Grebe, 5 Grey Heron, 18 Cormorant, 6 Marsh Harrier 4f 2m, 2 Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 7 Water Rail, 10 Moorhen, 51 Coot, 13 Avocet, 1200 Lapwing, 45 Golden Plover, 10 Curlew, 64 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruff, 350 Dunlin, Woodcock, Jack Snipe, 23 Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 49 Redshank, 1302 Black-headed Gull, 8 Common Gull, 79 Great Black-backed Gull, 48 Herring Gull, Caspian Gull 1stw, 4 Yellow-legged Gull ad, 12 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 8 Stock Dove, 240 Feral Pigeon, 73 Woodpigeon, 19 Collared Dove, Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Ring-necked Parakeet, 5 Kestrel, Merlin f, 4 Peregrine 2adm 1adf 1juvf, 23 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 19 Rook, Jay, 28 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 7 Bearded Tit, 17 Skylark, 9 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap m, 2 Firecrest, Goldcrest, 8 Wren, 570 Starling, 9 Blackbird, 8 Fieldfare, 32 Redwing, 11 Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, 16 Robin, 2 Stonechat, 65 House Sparrow, 9 Dunnock, 10 Pied Wagtail, 13 Meadow Pipit, 3 Water Pipit, 5 Rock Pipit, 24 Chaffinch, 5 Bullfinch 4f m, 11 Greenfinch, 93 Goldfinch, 53 Linnet, 14 Reed Bunting (per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn Avenue (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Richmond Park: 2 Buzzard, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk m, Common Snipe, 3 Stonechat, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Mandarin Duck, Pochard, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe (Colin Williams)
 * Russia Dock/Stave Hill: 14 Long-tailed Tits, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (John & Janet Cadera)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: incl Shelduck, Pochard, Water Rail, Snipe, Kingfisher, Peregrine, Goldcrest, Redwing - 46 spp (RSPB twitter); 2 Water Rail, 2 Cetti's Warbler (David Booth via Herts BC)
 * Scotsbridge Mill Watercress Beds: Little Egret, 3 Water Rail, Snipe (Geoff Lapworth vie Herts BC)
 * Sevenoaks WR: 2 Mandarin, 20 Shoveler, 13 Wigeon, 54 Pochard, f Goosander sast lake, 5 Little Grebe, 24 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, Little Egret, Water Rail snipe_bog lake, 243 Lapwing, 71 Snipe, 18 Common Gull, 23 Herring Gull (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS website)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: 1 Stonechat, 2 Water Rail showing well by River Bridge, flock of 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Bullfinch pr, 2 Goosander pr briefly on river then flew off to KGV, Siskin f, Kestrel f. 11.30-12.30 (Davey Leach)
 * Snaresbrook, Eagle Pond: Caspian Gull 3w still, Red Kite NW, 2 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 57 Tufted Duck, c45 Lesser Redpoll flew over and back towards Leyton Flats (Stuart Fisher)
 * Southwark Park: Peregrine, 3 Little Grebe, 14 Shoveler, 4 Tufted Duck, Grey Wagtail, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Blackbird m with white head markings still present for its 4th year at least, 1 House Sparrow calling just outside the park (John & Janet Cadera)
 * Staines Reservoir: Brent Goose south basin east side, 10 Goldeneye 6m 4f, Redshank, Water Pipit (Dominic Pia via Twitter); 5 Ruddy Duck, Great Northern Diver on N basin early pm (per RBA); Black-necked Grebe on S basin (Franko J Maroevic); 20 Goldeneye, Great Black-backed Gull (Mark Elsoffer via Surrey BN)
 * Surrey Water: Peregrine [not the Southwark Park bird], 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 50 Tufted Duck (John & Janet Cadera)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 8 Teal, Pheasant f, 3 Little Egret [1 paddock by wood & 2 in paddock by Sharvel Lane], Buzzard, Red Kite, Kestrel, 33 Lapwing, 6 Snipe, 2 Stock Dove, 4 Skylark, 4 Meadow Pipit, Treecreeper, c40 Redwing, 11 Fieldfare, 4 Rook, 8 Reed Bunting 7 together, 3 Linnet, 2 Lesser Redpoll, Bullfinch m (Neil Anderson)
 * Thorndon CP: S section - 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 2+ Hawfinch incl m, 2 Bullfinch pr; N section - 4 Shoveler 3m f, 3 Green Woodpecker, Fieldfare, 30+ Redwing, Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 Nuthatch (Andrew Cox via EBwS BN)
 * Tooting Commons: Nuthatch, 3 Redwing, 2 singing Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker h - 30 spp (Peter White via Twitter)
 * Tottenham Marshe: Stonechat m just N of allotment, Fieldfare nearby. (Quentin Given)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 10 Fieldfare, 17 Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Mandarin drake, 8 Teal before heavy rain (John Colmans)
 * Turnford: c30 Siskin (David Booth via Herts BC) TL371054
 * Turnford Marsh GPs: 7+ Goosander Ashley Pit (David Booth via Herts BC)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: main GP - 4 Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher (Steven Pearce via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Scaup drake still on No 4, 4 Goldeneye, Fieldfare, 7 Reed Buntings north end of No 1 (David Bradshaw, Paul Whiteman)
 * West Thurrock Marshes: Marsh Harrier, Grey Plover, 25 Ringed Plover, 109 Black-tailed Godwit, 500 Dunlin, Jack Snipe, 20 Snipe, 115 Redshank, 40 Great Black-backed Gull, 983 Herring Gull, 5 Yellow-legged Gull (David Darrell-Lambert via Twitter)
 * Worcester Park: garden KT4 - 1 Green Woodpecker m feeding on ground, 1 Chaffinch still (Isaiah Rowe)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: 2 Stonechat pair (David Jeffreys)

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