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Saturday 28th February 2015

 * Alexandra Park: 12+ Redwing, Coal Tit, Nuthatch The Grove (Bob Watts)
 * Brent Reservoir: Green Sandpiper, 15 Snipe, Water Rail, 13 Great Crested Grebe (Andrew Verrall)
 * East Dulwich: Little Egret SW toward Dulwich Park am (per SoLoMig twitter)
 * Hampstead Heath: Water Rail showing very well at Bird Bridge at c13:00, f Kingfisher at Kenwood fishing at Thousand Pound Pond, 57 Common Gull, c60 Redwing, 1 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Shoveler, 1 Gadwall, 11 Mandarin, 2 Collared Dove (Frank Nugent).
 * Holland Park: f Blackcap at rear of D-Garden, c15 Redwing, 5 Greenfinch singing (Des McKenzie via twitter)
 * Hyde Park: m Scaup 1w Serpentine just east of bridge (BirdGuides)
 * Kensington Gardens: Water Rail Long Water squealing from reeds late-pm but no sign Cetti's Warbler (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern (main lake N shore & SE corner), Water Rail by WWF hide, Redshank (scrape), 3 Pintail (grazing marsh), 10 Common Snipe (grazing marsh), 3 Stonechat m f (grazing marsh), f Pheasant (NE bank), 2 singing Cetti's Warbler, singing Reed Bunting (Martin Honey)
 * Oaklands nr St Albans: 2 Yellowhammer (Dan Fletcher via Herts BC)
 * Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park: Cetti's Warbler singing from reedbed along River Lea, Reed Bunting (Stuart Fisher)
 * Rainham Marshes: 140 Redshank stone barges, 2 Oystercatcher Aveley Bay (Jonathan Wasse via Twitter); Barn Owl in RSPB woodland box at noon (RSPB blog)
 * River Lee Country Park (EN8): 4 Smew 1 drake and 3 females, 1 Goldeneye, 40+ Fieldfare and Chiffchaff (Shailesh Patel and RSPB Central London local group). Both Smew and the Goldeneye were seen at Friday Lake.
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: m Kestrel, Song Thrush singing at dusk (Malcolm Hibberd).
 * Sevenoaks WR: 3 Goosander 2m (Dave Hale per Keith Cutting); 40+ Fieldfare, 40+ Redwing, 2+ Siskin (Keith Cutting via Kent OS)
 * Southfields (back garden): 1m Blackcap (Martin Honey)
 * Staines Reservoir: N basin- m Scaup, Slavonian Grebe, 2 Black-necked Grebe, Caspian Gull 1w on middle pipe over basin 10:30-12:00 at least, S basin- Great Northern Diver (BirdGuides)
 * Stocker's Lake: Mediterranean Gull 1w (Barry Reed via Herts BC)
 * Sutcliffe Park: Little Grebe, Cormorant, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Song Thrush, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Trent Park: 2 Goosander pr lower lake 13:35 hrs, Grey Wagtail (Robert Callf)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: 2 Little Egret fishing lake (Steve Blake via Herts BC); Barn Owl nr mound in top field north of main pit 1755 (per TGP twitter)
 * Valentines Park: 10+ Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail pair, Stock Dove (Barbara Miller)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Lockwood- 3 Goldeneye, Goosander, W Warwick- Wigeon, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Stonechat (David Bradshaw via Twitter)

Friday 27th February 2015

 * Alexandra Park: m Bullfinch 1w 0700 (Bob Watts)
 * Amwell GP: Barn Owl in front of viewpt 1615 (Darren Bast via Twitter)
 * Banstead Woods: Red Kite over Piddly Pond late-am (Duncan Jennings via CFBW BG twitter)
 * Bow Creek Ecology Park: 38 Redshank am (Tom Speller via Twitter)
 * Brookmill Park: Pheasant, Kingfisher, Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Jackdaw over (Conrad Ellam)
 * Connaught Water: pr Mandarin, pr Goosander (John McLaughlin via EBwS)
 * Crayford Marshes: Barn Owl hunting over E side of landfill 18.53, 207+ Wigeon, 2 Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, 3 Common Buzzard, 1-2 Sparrowhawk, Water Rail squealing from yacht club reeds, 2 Oystercatcher, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 100+ Redshank, Spotted Redshank at the saltings, 4+ Snipe heard c18.30, 2 Little Owls showing well, Kingfisher, 2+ singing Skylark, Grey Wagtail, 10+ Redwing, 4+ Cetti's Warbler, Jackdaw, 2+ Rook, Raven distant to N c13.20 (Ian Stewart)
 * Ewell Village: 3 Kingfisher, 4 Grey Wagtail, 1 Red Admiral (Neil Batten).
 * Hampstead Heath: Bird Bridge Water Rail showing nicely if briefly at 11.15 despite dogwalkers (Jo Edwards)
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: m Scaup still Round Pond then flew toward Serpentine early-am, Cetti's Warbler still (Des McKenzie via Twitter); pair Mandarin Duck on Long Water c16:45. (Matt Kirkland)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Common Buzzard N 12:55, Treecreeper calling (Gilberts Slade), 10 Shoveler, singing Nuthatch, 12 Mute Swan on Eagle Pond (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Pintail, Peregrine on hospital, 2 Water Rail, Redshank (WWT website); f Sparrowhawk, 2 Cetti's Warbler singing, 5 Common Snipe, Redshank, 2 Stonechat m f (Martin Honey)
 * Morden Cemetery: Little Owl, 60 Redwing (Bob Smith)
 * Motspur Park: 300 Jackdaws at roost (Bob Smith)
 * Pinner Park Farm: 3 Little Egret, 10 Snipe, 39 Meadow Pipit, 41 Redwing, 8 Fieldfare, 45 Jackdaw, 2 Long-tailed Tit, Kestrel, 3 Stock Dove, Grey Heron, 3 Coot (slightly unusual here) & Green Woodpecker (Jon Ridge)
 * Primrose Hill: Buzzard high WSW 1010, 18 Redwing, Redpoll N (RPBirders)
 * Rainham RSPB: Bittern over Wennington Marsh, Water Pipit Coldharbour Pt then flew toward stone barges (Alan Shearman via Twitter); 3+ Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, 50+ Golden Plover, Yellow-legged Gull 2w on Wennington, 2 Ravens, Blackcap but gull numbers well down (Dominic Mitchell)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: Little Egret, Grey Heron, 7 Long-tailed Tit (Malcolm Hibberd).
 * Rye Meads RSPB: Merlin past draper hide 1040, Woodcock flew fr pond over hide (Vicky Buckel via Herts BC)
 * Southwark Park: male Peregrine mobbed by 2 Ring-necked Parakeets at 09:00 (John Cadera)
 * Staines Reservoir: N basin- Scaup, Slavonian Grebe, 2 Black-necked Grebe; S basin- Great Northern Diver (Dominic Pia via Twitter); 6 Black-necked Grebe still (per Surrey BC)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: m Firecrest still in Sanctuary Wood singing & showing down to a few feet 1240 (Bob Watts)
 * Trent Park: f Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, m Bullfinch (Robin White per RM Callf)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: no sign of bullfinches, Pair of stonechat on the north marsh, Male peregrine, 6 meadow pipits over NE, pair kestrels, 20+ redwing and 2 field fare in the front paddocks, Jamie Partridge
 * Wanstead Flats: 6 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, f Pochard, 3 Little Grebe, Meadow Pipit, 2+ singing Skylark, Linnet (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 2 Great Crested Grebe (adult & first winter displaying to each other), Little Grebe, 20 Gadwall, 20+ Tufted Duck, 2 Shoveler, Grey Wagtail, Sparrowhawk and Kestrel interacting over Ilford golf course, 4 Goldcrest (Nick Croft)
 * Watercress LNR nr St Albans: Little Egret, Water Rail, Kingfisher, 30+ Lesser Redpoll still (Andrew Steele via Herts BC)
 * West Harrow: flock of 6 Jays - the most I've ever seen together on patch (Alex Massey)
 * Wimbledon Common: Woodcock, Common Buzzard, 2 Common Snipe (Dave Wills).

Thursday 26th February 2015

 * Amwell GP: 2 Smew m rh still from gladwin hide (BirdGuides)
 * Cowley, Uxbridge: Female Firecrest in garden this morning for five minutes at 10.00. (Roger Morton)
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: Scaup and Cetti's Warbler still in Tue's loc'ns (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * Sewardstone: 1 Barn Owl low W across Sewardstone Rd towards Sewardstone Marsh (Lea Valley) 16.55hrs. (Nigel May)
 * Sidcup DA15 (Lamorbey Park): 2 Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, 9 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush 1 singing, 4+ Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Male Blackcap in garden again (Ian Stewart)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: Barn Owl again over field north of main pit from 1735 (David Booth via Herts BC)
 * Verulamium Park: Little Egret in heronry (Murray Brown via Herts BC)

Wednesday 25th February 2015

 * Amwell GP: Smew still to R of island opp gladwin hide (Maureen Lead via Herts BC)
 * Bow Creek Ecology Park: 228 Teal, Common Sandpiper, 34 Redshank, Grey Wagtail (Nick Tanner via Twitter)
 * Brent Reservoir: 1 Shelduck on raft, 11 Common Snipe feeding opposite Heron_Hide (Andrew Haynes).
 * Brixton: 6 House Sparrows Porden Rd, 1 Grey Wagtail Coldharbour Ln, 1 Song Thrush singing from Herne Hill side of Brockwell Pk (Tony Stones).
 * Brookmill Park: Pheasant, Kingfisher, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Connaught Water: 2 Goosander (Tony Brown)
 * Crayford Marshes: Adult near summer-plumaged Mediterranean Gull on Bob Dunn Way flood, Little Egret flew off landfill from amongst horses giving me palpitations briefly (Ian Stewart)
 * Dartford Marshes: c80 Gadwall, c30 Wigeon, 100+ Teal, 4 Pochard, 6+ Tufted Duck, 3+ Little Egret, Peregrine, c1000 Lapwing over Rainham RSPB, 7 Ringed Plover, c20 Dunlin, c70 Redshank, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, 2 Rock Pipit 1 looking very grey on back, 3+ Cetti's Warbler, Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
 * East India Dock Basin: 4 Shelduck, 15 Tufted Ducks, pr Blue Tits and 6 Cormorants by the Thames. Not a single Teal, where have they all gone? (Mark Wardman); 6 Teal late-pm (Nick Tanner via Twitter)
 * Haverfield Green E3: singing Song Thrush (Harry Harrison)
 * Heathrow Airport: Black Redstart, Kestrel (Rob Mills) Hi Rob Heathrow is large area, whereabouts was this sighting - what particular areas are best for bird watching ? TIA (Birderman)
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: Scaup and Cetti's Warbler as y'day (Des McKenzie via Twitter); Cettis singing away between c14:00-14:20 then not again until c16:00 when showed briefly and a Lapwing flew over NE at 15:35 (Frank Nugent).
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: m Firecrest, 2 singing Goldcrest, singing Nuthatch, 20 Shoveler (17 on Hollow Pond), 8 Gadwall, 12 Mute Swan on Eagle Pond, Sparrowhawk, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Egyptian Geese (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Shelduck, 12 Snipe, Redshank, 2 Stonechat (WWT website); 2 Bittern, 2 Pintail m f, m Sparrowhawk, 2 Reed Bunting m f, 2 Water Rail calling, 2 Cetti's Warbler singing (Martin Honey)
 * Margravine Cemetery: 10 Redwing, m Blackcap (Nathalie Mahieu)
 * Mayflower Park: 2 Greylag Geese N (Bob Smith)
 * Morden Cemetery: Little Owl (Bob Smith)
 * Philpotts Farm, Yiewsley: 4 Grey Herons, 3 Chaffinch, Kestrel, Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Dunnocks, 2 Collared Doves, Stock Dove, Jay, 6 Pied Wagtails, 9 House Sparrows, Song Thrush, Redwing, Wren, 12+ Goldfinch (Sue Giddens)
 * Rainham RSPB: Caspian Gull Wennington Marsh (BirdGuides)
 * Redbridge: f Sparrowhawk - lucky to be standing at window when it flew into the garden & landed briefly eight feet from me (Malcolm Hibberd).
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: Kingfisher, Song Thrush (Malcolm Hibberd).
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Male Blackcap once again (Ian Stewart)
 * Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver, 4 Black-necked Grebe, male Scaup and 60 Goldeneye (John Edwards); Slavonian Grebe still on N basin, 6 Black-necked Grebe, ad Mediterranean Gull (Dominic Pia via Twitter)
 * Stanstead Abbotts Lakes: m Pintail, m Goldeneye, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Kingfisher (Jane Free via Herts BC)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: male Firecrest still Sanctuary Wood 1225 loosely accompanying a few great tits and blue tits (Bob Watts)
 * Trent Park: Little Grebe winter-plumage, 2 Teal pr lower lake (Robert Callf); Water Rail (Robin White per RM Callf)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: Willows Farm Lake - c80 Linnet in former pumpkin field (Alan Gardiner); Barn Owl hunting in field north of main pit 4pm (TGP twitter)
 * Wanstead Flats: 7-8 Skylark (with up to 5 singing), 2 Pochard, 4 Gadwall, 12 Tufted Duck, 2 Lttle Grebe (Nick Croft)
 * Woodford Green: 13 Lesser Redpoll winter-high albeit only a brief visit this am, flyover Little Egret, Goldcrest, flyover Kestrel, Common Buzzard, fem Sparrowhawk, Treecreeper, Firecrest, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush and Redwing (Ken Murray)

Tuesday 24th February 2015

 * Broadwater: Siberian Chiffchaff still by R Colne in overhanging veget'n due north of sailing club (Lee Evans via Herts BC)
 * Brookmill Park: Mandarin, Pheasant, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Cornmill Gardens: Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail (Tom Moulton via Judith Simmons)
 * Hampstead Heath: Female Bullfinch by Bird Bridge, c50 Redwing, 4 Lesser Redpolls South Meadow, Water_Rail hiding or shy (Green Grandad)
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: m Scaup 1w still Serpentine betw Diana Memorial reedbed & bridge, Cetti's Warbler still Long Water west side brambles c80m north of bridge (Des McKenzie via Twitter); Tawny Owl in the usual tree, 4 Mandarin 2m 2f on Long Water by Peter Pan. (Nigel Thomas).
 * Laleham Farm: Buzzard (David Combes)
 * Lee Valley Riding Centre: 1 Little Egret, also 1 Egyptian Goose (Fyfe Hutchins)
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Pintail, Bittern, 2 Stonechat (WWT website)
 * Margravine Cemetery: 6 Redwing, Green Woodpecker, Coal Tit, mating pr Peregrine Falcon (public site) (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Pinner Park Farm: 8 Snipe, 33 Meadow Pipit, 65 Jackdaw, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, 4 Long-tailed Tit, numerous Redwing & Fieldfare, 3 Stock Dove & 5 Grey Heron (Jon Ridge).
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: c12 Redwing Hill playing-fields area 49, 13+ House Sparrow fr St Mark's Br a27 - site-high for obs'r (RPBirders)
 * Richmond Park: Firecrest heard singing at dawn by gates to Pen Pond Plantation (S.Read per J.Wilczur)
 * St James's Park: Great Black-backed Gull on Pelican_Rocks, Grey Wagtail and drake Ruddy Duck (Frank Nugent); 2 Egyptian Goose pair with 4 goslings still surviving despite recent rain & cold, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 65 Carrion Crow (Matt Reed).
 * Sidcup (Lamorbey Park): 2 Mute Swan, Egyptian Goose, 9 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, 2 Redwing, 4+ Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Canada Geese heard am, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine (Ian Stewart)
 * Staines Moor: Woodcock in NW corner near reedy pond mid-aft (Roger Morton)
 * Staines Reservoir: Slavonian Grebe in northeast cnr of N basin with Black-necked Grebe, also 6 Shelduck, Scaup, Great Northern Diver, Oystercatcher, Redshank (Dominic Pia via Twitter); 6 Black-necked Grebe, ad Mediterranean Gull (Surrey BC)
 * Tate Modern: 2 Peregrines on chimney (John Colmans)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: male Firecrest still (RBA)
 * Trent Park: imm Red Kite SW low over Ride Wood & lower lake 15:35 hrs, Woodcock (Robert Callf)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: m Pintail briefly main pit 1045, c200 Lapwing, 8+ Tree Sparrow, c10 Fieldfare, Red Kite. (Steve Blake/Simon West)
 * Vauxhall Bridge: Caspian Gull 3w north bank (Lars Akesson via Twitter)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 2 fem Bullfinch near silos/filterbed (Jamie Partridge)
 * Wanstead Flats: 4 Shoveler, Gadwall, f Pochard, Little Grebe, 4 Mistle Thrush (1 singing), 5 Song Thrush (3 singing), displaying Greenfinch, singing Chaffinch, 5 Linnet, 3 Skylark (2 singing) (Nick Croft)
 * Woodford Bridge: Kestrel, 2 Long-tailed Tits (Alan Hobson)
 * Woodford Green: Tawny Owl in hawthorn hedge 12.30 am, Common Buzzard over, single Lesser Redpoll on feeders, 2 Nuthatch, Harris Hawk with large Corvid audience in attendance outback, as was a Firecrest. (Ken Murray)
 * Wraysbury GPs: Wraysbury 1 lake- 4 Smew 2m 2f, 2 Goosander (Thomas Gibson)

Monday 23rd February 2015

 * Alexandra Park: 2 Nuthatches small deer enclosure, Goldcrest by reservoir east viewing platform, Canada Goose diving underwater for several seconds at a time on boating lake, 1m Shoveler also on lake, 2 Mistle Thrushes, 5-6+ Redwing deer enclosure. (Greg Smith)
 * Amwell GP: 2 Smew m rh from gladwin hide (BirdGuides)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Colney Heath: 88 Fieldfare, 2 Tree Sparrow horse paddock (Steve Blake via Herts BC)
 * Cornmill Gardens: Kingfisher (Tom Moulton)
 * Hampstead Heath: Mediterranean Gull on model boating pond at 3pm (Reuben Braddock); Little Egret on Extension near Wildwood Rd (Guest)
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: Great Black-backed Gull 3cy Long Water, m Scaup 1w and Cetti's Warbler still (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Firecrest h, Lesser Redpoll, 2 Goldcrest (1 singing), Grey Wagtail, Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 1-2 Nuthatch, 2 Green Woodpecker (Stuart Fisher)
 * North Finchley: high road- Buzzard mobbed by corvids (Brian Dawton)
 * Pinner (Cannon Lane): Grey Wagtail over (Jon Ridge).
 * Pinner Park Farm: Little Egret, Little Owl, Snipe, 2 Teal (one drake), 131 Jackdaw, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 25 Fieldfare & 4+ Redwing (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham RSPB: 2 Peregrine, Ruff, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Bullfinch (Alan Shearman via Twitter)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Lapwing, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 7 Rook, 8 Teal, 3 Redwing, Fieldfare (John Colmans)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Firecrest male still Sanctuary Wood 1225 (Bob Watts)
 * Trent Park: Water Rail (Pete Lowman)
 * Twickenham: Red-crested Pochard on the river opposite Eel Pie Island (Tony Leppard)
 * Tyttenhanger GP: c300 Lapwing, 8 Tree Sparrow, Red Kite, 3 Bullfinch. (Steve Blake)
 * Verulamium Park: 4 Little Egret N along R Ver 0700 (Bill Free via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Marsh: 3f Bullfinches (1 quite pink in tone) in trees in front of filter bed silos. (Dan Barrett)
 * Woodford Bridge: Kestrel, 2 Ring-necked Parakeets (Alan Hobson).
 * Woodford Green: 4 Little Egret over (Ken Murray)

Sunday 22nd February 2015

 * Alexandra Park: 3m Shoveler (2 Tunnel Res 1 Wood Green Res), 20+ Redwing near Rose Garden (Bob Watts)
 * Brent Reservoir: Shelduck, 11 Redwing (Andrew Self); Shelduck off high at 11.40, 17 Pochard, 22 Snipe, 2 Water Rail, ad Great Black-backed Gull (Roy Beddard)
 * Brookmill Park: Pheasant, Kingfisher, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bury Farm: Please object to a planning application for an unwanted 18-hole golf course on the edge of Edgware that will destroy a beautiful site known for breeding Hobby, Lapwing, Red-legged Partridge, Skylark, Yellowhammer and Yellow Wagtail and for seasonal migrants such as Wheatear, Whinchat, Stonechat, Spotted Flycatcher and Ring Ouzel. Submit your comments now on Barnet Council’s website
 * Claybury Park: Pair of Nuthatches, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest, 5 Long-tailed Tits (Alan Hobson)
 * Crossness: Yellow-legged Gull 2w, 2 Curlew, 30 Black-tailed Godwit, Common Seal (John Archer)
 * Hampstead Heath: 3 Bullfinch in 2nd hedge Parliament Hill Fields (Frank Nugent).
 * Harefield UB9: 4 Red Kite, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Little Egret all from private garden (W.Marks)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 3 Goldeneye m 2f (Herts BN twitter)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: f Goldeneye Mercers West Pit, 2 Raven SE over landfill (Ian Kehl & Gordon Hay via HSP blog)
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: m Scaup 1w Serpentine nr Diana Memorial reedbed, Cetti's Warbler Long Water west side brambles c80m north of bridge (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern, 3 Pintail, 1 Pheasant, 1 Redshank, 1 Redwing N, 2 Stonechat (WWT website)
 * Maple Cross: 3 Red Kite, 7 Skylark, m Blackcap, 4 Redwing, 16 Yellowhammer field south of Chalfont Rd (Chris Bessant via Herts BC)
 * Moor Lane nr Rickmansworth: 2 Siskin on gdn fdr (Anna Marret via Herts BC)
 * Purley: Buzzard in tree on Croydon Lane (Roger Kennedy)
 * Richmond: Shelduck E (Hugh Bradshaw)
 * Richmond Park: 5 Redwing, pr Stonechat (Neil Anderson); Kestrel male, Kingfisher (Upper Pen Pond), pair Stonechat (Lawn Field) (TWHV); Reed Bunting - Lawn Field, Kingfisher UPP, 15 Redwing with 3 Mistle Thrush LPP wood (Steve Woolfenden)
 * South Harrow: Blackcap f seen from home (Michael Robinson)
 * Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver showing well on South Basin, drake Scaup on North Basin, Water Pipit over west end of causeway, 1 Redshank, 5+ Lapwing (Stuart Fisher)
 * Stocker's Farm: f Stonechat (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: Little Egret, 75 Lapwing, 15 Snipe, Buzzard, 2m Stonechat, Jack Snipe, 4 Teal, Rook (Gordon Westley) Where in the Wood area can the snipe be seen? [John Fordham] (they're not in a public access area). Thanks, I can guess where you mean [JF]
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Firecrest and Chiffchaff in Sanctuary Wood (Nick Tanner via Twitter)
 * Uxbridge: 1 Grey Wagtail on Hale Hamilton factory, R Frays - also yesterday. Regular breeding site. (Roger Dewey)
 * Wanstead: Blackcap f on gdn fdr (Chris Legge)
 * Wanstead Park: Little Egret (Marco Johnson)
 * Watton at Stone: 70+ Linnet on ploughed fields off High Elms Ln (Nigel Denison via Herts BC)
 * Woodford New Road: Mill Plain - edge of Walthamstow Forest - Little Egret pecking in wet muddy main path near Gipsy Smith memorial stone (Patrick and Roberta Flynn)

Saturday 21st February 2015

 * Amwell GP: Barn Owl mobbed by Buzzard & pr Kestrel & 2 Mistle Thrush in field opp layby to Amwell walkway c1700 (Ryan Matthews via Herts BC twitter)
 * Belvedere (R Thames): 40 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Oystercatcher (John Archer)
 * Bricket Wood: Raven feeding with c70 Jackdaws at Waterdales recycling plant at 5pm then N (Ian Bennell via Herts BC)
 * Crossness: Marsh Harrier female over Great Breech Lagoon then landed in reeds, Yellow-legged Gull 2w, Greenshank, 38 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Curlew, 2 Oystercatcher, c500 Dunlin, 100+ Lapwing, 14 Wigeon (John Archer)
 * Croydon: Peregrine over East Croydon station midday (Andy Cameron)
 * Danson Park: 2 Egyptian Geese, 3 Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, 2 Mistle Thrush, Redwing, Nuthatch, Jay, Jackdaw (Ian Stewart)
 * Greenwich Peninsula: Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk in Ecology Park, 2 Redshank, 3 Teal 2m f, Oystercatcher on the Thames, Meadow Pipit, Linnet, Grey Wagtail. (Richard Green)
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: m Scaup 1w still Serpentine am, Cetti's Warbler still singing on west side of Long Water 0830 (Des McKenzie via Twitter); heard singing 3 times at c13:30 in same area (Stuart Fisher)
 * Kensal Green: male Sparrowhawk (Charlie Farrell)
 * Lea River (Bromley-by-Bow section): 15 Shelduck, 40-50 Teal, 3 Redshank, 8 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Gadwall
 * London Wetland Centre: Bittern showing well N shore main lake in flight (photo) & in SE corner of main lake, f Peregrine hunting over marsh & scrape & landed on causeway N of Peacock, 4 Reed Bunting incl 2 singing males, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Common Snipe, 2 Pintail m f, Shelduck (Martin Honey)
 * Osterley Park: 2 Coal Tit, Common Buzzard NE, Common Gull, 3 Cormorant, 4 Egyptian Goose, 22 Fieldfare, 7 Gadwall, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron, 35+ Jackdaw, Jay, Kestrel, 2 Little Grebe, Little Owl, 4 Mandarin, 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail, 55+ Redwing, 11+ Ring-necked Parakeet, 10 Shoveler (Richard Woolley).
 * Rainham Marshes: Caspian Gull 3w by concrete barges flew to tip 11.35 (Sean Huggins); Water Pipit (BirdGuides)
 * Regent's Park: 2 Egyptian Goose pair with 4 goslings on small lake in Queen Mary's Gardens, 2 Coot making nests. (Matt Reed)
 * Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler, Reed Bunting, Meadow Pipit - Lawn Field, pair Stonechat North of LPP (Steve Woolfenden); Red Kite N (S.Read per J.Wilczur)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 2 Red Kite over car park (RSPB blog)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: drake Pintail in relief channel 1005hrs (Neville Smith).
 * Sidcup DA15 (Penhill Park): Peregrine on pylon to south, another (male I think) on next pylon to south eating a pigeon-sized bird (Ian Stewart)
 * Sidcup DA14 (Waring Park): Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch (Ian Stewart)
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Greylag Goose low SW (year-1st), male Blackcap, Redwing (Ian Stewart)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: Marsh Harrier, 75 Lapwing, 45 Redshank, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Curlew, 4 Turnstone, Water Pipit, Rock Pipit, Stonechat, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff & Bearded Tits heard (Andrew Self)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Firecrest seen am and still roving widely between Sanctuary Wood and Monument Glade loosely associated with Long-tailed Tit flock (Andy Cameron)
 * Tyttenhanger Farm: 3 Red Kite, 10+ Tree Sparrow, 2 Bullfinch (Twitter)
 * Wanstead Flats: 9 Linnet, Shoveler, m Pochard, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Pied Wagtail, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel (Nick Croft/James Heal)
 * Wanstead Park: 183 Gadwall, 10 Shoveler, 15 Pochard, 20 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Common Buzzard, Coal Tit, 2 Stock Dove, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher (James Heal), Woodcock by Roding, 1-2 Water Rail, Teal, 26 Gadwall, 2 female Shoveler, 2 Egyptian Goose, Kingfisher, 2 trilling Little Grebe, 4 Stock Dove, Sparrowhawk, 2 calling Goldcrest (Nick Croft)
 * West Thurrock Marshes: 19 Avocet, c200 Dunlin (Andrew Self)

Friday 20th February 2015

 * Alexandra Park: pair Shoveler Tunnel Res, Common Snipe from 1st platform along edge of Wood Green Res 1730 the 1st this winter (Bob Watts)
 * Brookmill Park: Mandarin, Pheasant (Conrad Ellam)
 * Colney Heath: 4 Red Kite (Steve Blake/Ann Lee via Herts BC)
 * Dartmouth Park, NW5: Little Egret NW towards Hampstead Heath (Highgate Ponds area) 0800 (Tim Blackburn)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: 5 Mute Swan, 2 Greylag Geese on deck S of lake (very rare on site but probably daily over), 3+ Gadwall, 14+ Tufted Duck, 4+ Little Grebe, Little Egret, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Bullfinch (Ian Stewart)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: rh Smew still Mercer's Lk (BirdGuides)
 * Hyde Park: m Scaup 1w still on Serpentine next to Diana Memorial reedbed 0820 (BirdGuides)
 * Kensington Gardens: Great Black-backed Gull 1w Long Water 0910, singing Cetti's Warbler in scrub just east of Chamberlain's Piece c0900 (Regent's Pk Birds blog & twitter); still singing 12:15-13:00, Curlew over 1300 (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * Lewisham: Peregrine on top window ledge of Citibank tower 9.30 am (Sue Gore via Tom Moulton)
 * London Wetland Centre: Shelduck, 3 Pintail, Redshank, 16 Snipe (WWT website); also 2 Bittern, Stonechat pair, 6+ Reed Bunting (Nick S)
 * Margravine Cemetery: Jackdaw over, 4+ Redwing (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * North Sheen Rec: Tawny Owl 2100 (Peter Hart)
 * Peckham Rye SE15: Female Sparrowhawk attacking a pigeon on Holly Grove 12pm (J.Limb)
 * Richmond Park: 2 Little Owls in edge of wood below White Lodge 1730 (TWHV)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 2 Green Sandpiper draper scrape (RSPB via Twitter)
 * Staines Reservoir: Scaup, 64 Goldeneye, Great Northern Diver, 5 Black-necked Grebe, ad Mediterranean Gull (Surrey BC)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 45+ Lapwing, Goldcrest, 3 Song Thrush, Green Woodpecker, 3 Redwing, Moorhen, Pheasant male (Dan Pinkham)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Firecrest male still roving widely between Sanctuary Wood & Monument Glade loosely associated with Long-tailed Tit flock (Bob Watts with 3 other observers before me)
 * Trent Park: Water Rail, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Mandarin, 3 Tufted Duck, Pochard. (Pete Lowman)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 3 Scaup still present on East Warwick Reservoir, 7 Goldeneye, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Chiffchaff. (Stephen Harris)
 * Wembley: 3 Peregrine (Joe Taylor)
 * Wimbledon (Waterside Way): m Pheasant in grounds of industrial estate- 1st record here (Neil Anderson)
 * Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross: 12 Skylark, 10 Yellowhammer (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * Worcester Park: 2 Little Egrets Beverley Brook floods (Bob Smith)

Thursday 19th February 2015

 * Bushy Park: 5 Teal, Common Buzzard, Water Rail, 12 Meadow Pipits, Stonechat, 30 Redwings, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, pr Reed Buntings (Tony Duckett).
 * East Barnet: Little Egret low over my garden at 11.40am. (Pete Lowman)
 * Ewell Village: 1 male Blackcap, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Grey Wagtail, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit, 153 Black-headed Gull (Neil Batten).
 * Gallions Reach: Water Rail, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Curlew, 2 Black-tailed Godwits. (Gary A James).
 * Hampstead Heath: 2 Nuthatches by Bird Bridge also 2 Treecreepers, 1 Coal Tit (Steve Howey)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: rh Smew still Mercer's Lk (BirdGuides)
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: Scaup on Serpentine hiding behind reeds next to Lido Cafe, Tawny Owl in usual spot (Simon Papps)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Bittern, 3 Pintail, 13 Snipe, 1 Redshank, 44 Cormorant (WWT website)
 * M4/A312 J3: Red Kite (D. Briggs)
 * Morden Cemetery: Little Owl (Bob Smith)
 * Petts Wood: male Pheasant, Green Woodpecker, Redwing, 6+ Goldcrest (but no Firecrests today - almost as noteworthy as finding some), Treecreeper, Rook, Siskin heard near first railway footbridge (Ian Stewart)
 * Rainham RSPB: Mediterranean Gull adult in near full summer plumage, Grey Wagtail, Peregrine & Oystercatcher at the stone barges, 50+ Golden Plover, 100+ Dunlin, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Ringed Plover and 1 Ruff on the reserve (Alan Shearman)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: Little Egret, Song Thrush, 3 Long-tailed Tit (Malcolm Hibberd).
 * Scadbury Park: Grey Heron over, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, singing Song Thrush, 6+ Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 2+ Jay, male Bullfinch (Ian Stewart)
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): male Blackcap still, Coal Tit (year-1st), Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Firecrest male still Sanctuary Wood 1245 before the rain closed in calling frequently & foraging & moving very perkily & not part of a flock (Bob Watts)
 * Trent Park: 3 Lesser Redpoll 1m 2f (Robert Callf)
 * Wanstead Flats: Peregrine Falcon, displaying Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 6 Linnet, 9 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 20+ Tufted Duck, Pochard, 2 Egyptian Goose, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Stock Dove (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 3 Nuthatch, 5 Redwing (Chalet Wood), 25 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, 2 Teal, 3 Little Grebe, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Bullfinch, Kestrel (Nick Croft/DanHennessy)
 * Worcester Park: Beverley Brook Little Egret (Bob Smith)

Wednesday 18th February 2015

 * Beddington SF: Female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming near 100 Acre Bridge 07:40 (James Hudson)
 * Bow Creek: 26 Redshank in high tide roost (John Archer)
 * Broadwater GP: Siberian Chiffchaff tristris, also 14 Chiffchaff collybita and 1 Chiffchaff abietinus along River Colne behind yacht club at north end of pit, 2 singing Cetti's Warbler, 2 Kingfisher and an Oystercatcher on the tern raft. (John Edwards) Where is the best spot to view or hear the Siberian Chiffchaff? [Andy Cameron] Hi Andy. The Sib Chiffy is best viewed from the bank of the R Colne looking north in the willows over the river immediately behind the yacht club building. (TQ043902). Best access from the Black Jack's Mill area of the GU Canal towpath. (TQ044903). Good luck. [JE]
 * Crayford Marshes: 20+ Gadwall, 10+ Wigeon, Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, Green Sandpiper, 8 Redshank, Green Woodpecker, singing Skylark, Fieldfare, Jackdaw (Ian Stewart)
 * Crossness: 30+ Wigeon, male Pheasant, female Marsh Harrier S 15.25, Oystercatcher, 60+ Lapwing, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 20+ Redshank, 30 Black-tailed Godwit, Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
 * East India Dock Basin: 1 Kingfisher, 4 Shelduck, 245 Teal, 16 Tufted Duck (John Archer)
 * Erith: Peregrine over town centre, 2 Oystercatcher and a Black-tailed Godwit by Thames near Corinthian Manorway (Ian Stewart)
 * Ferny Hill Farm, Enfield: 45 Mandarin Duck (Robin White per RM Callf)
 * Hampstead Heath: Water Rail by Bird Bridge, also 6+ Nuthatches, 3 Goldcrests, 2 Kestrels, 2 Green Woodpecker and 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, small flock of Redwings (Toni Piccolo)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 2 Black-necked Grebe from public viewing platform Hogg Lane. (Steve Blake)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: Little Egret, Red Kite W 1135 (Richard Perry via HSP blog)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: m Firecrest, m Sparrowhawk, 10 Gadwall on Hollow Pond, 2 Pochard, 11 Mute Swan on Eagle, 4 Greenfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker and Green Woodpecker (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Bittern, 1 Shelduck, 3 Pintail, 9 Mandarin, 1 Redshank, 9 Snipe, 2 Stonechat (WWT website)
 * Margravine Cemetery: Goldcrest, 5 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 1 Kingfisher very active at 0900 flying around the main beds & fishing briefly in the tiny pond - seen earlier fishing on the Old River Lea, also 1 Kestrel, 1 singing Goldcrest and 2+ Chiffchaff (1 singing) (Alastair Dent); Grey Wagtail on riverbank 1000 (Tony Jakeman)
 * Motspur Park: Peregrine Falcon on gasholder (Bob Smith)
 * Northala Fields, Northolt: 7 Egyptian Geese at 15.00 (Steve Dungey)
 * Rainham RSPB: Little Stint MDZ Pools pm (BirdGuides)
 * Regent's Park: no sign Y-l Gull 0700, Jackdaw N c0900, another exodus of diving-ducks 1100; Nymphalidae sp butterfly too quick to ID (RPBirders)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: pr Teal, 3 Song Thrush (2 singing), 7 Long-tailed Tit (Malcolm Hibberd).
 * St James's Park: Jackdaw in a plane tree on the south side of the Lake by the Blue Bridge at 14:30 (first I've seen here) calling all the while, also drake Ruddy Duck and Great Black-backed Gull (Frank Nugent).
 * Sidcup DA15: Common Buzzard over railway station 12.10 (Ian Stewart)
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Sparrowhawk, male Blackcap for 29th day (Ian Stewart)
 * Staines Reservoir: 5 Shelduck, Scaup, Great Northern Diver, 4 Black-necked Grebe, Curlew, Mediterranean Gull (Surrey BC)
 * Stanstead Abbotts Lakes: Pintail, m Goldeneye, Oystercatcher, Kingfisher (Jane Free via Herts BC)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Firecrest male still in Sanctuary Wood at lunchtime (Bob Watts)
 * Tyttenhanger GP: 11 Common Snipe, c100 Lapwing, 2 Wigeon, 8 Tree Sparrow, 12 Meadow Pipit, 4 Skylark, Buzzard, Kestrel. (Steve Blake)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 30 Redwing, 30 Fieldfare on riding stables front paddock, Little Egret on back paddock, Stonechat on bomb crater field (Jon Agar)
 * West Drayton: 3 Buzzards over near Heathrow (Sue Giddens)
 * Woodlands Farm: Bullfinch, Goldcrest, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
 * Worcester Park: 2 Little Egrets on Beverley Brook floods (Bob Smith)

Tuesday 17th February 2015

 * Beckton Sewage Treatment Works: 3 Cetti's Warbler, 4-5 Chiffchaff, 33 Gadwall, Grey Wagtail singing, 28 Mallard, Oystercatcher, 35 Redshank, 12 Shelduck, 22 Shoveler, f Sparrowhawk, c400 Teal (Roding) (Peter Beckenham)
 * Canons Farm & Banstead Woods: 4+ Little Owl, 2m Stonechat, c40 Meadow Pipit incl 1st spring migrants, 3 Bullfinch, 8+ Yellowhammer (Duncan Jennings, Graham Cole & David Campbell via CF&BG blog)
 * East India Dock Basin: Kingfisher, 200 Teal, 24 Redshank - R Lea (Paul Hyland)
 * Greenwich Peninsula: 2 Meadow Pipit pair setting up territory in the Meantime Nursery - possibly the last year this species might nest in the area before it gets developed (Conrad Ellam)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 2 White-fronted Goose in field nr gate next to Berwick Pond am (Lee Brown via Twitter)
 * London Wetland Centre: Treecreeper working its way around the sheltered lagoon 11:45, Water Rail showing well for over 30 min (Sue Barry); 3 Pintail, Redshank, 10 Snipe, 2 Stonechat, m Brambling briefly at fdrs nr peacock_tower then NW (WWT website)
 * Lullingstone Villa: 5 Buzzard over, 2 Sparrowhawk, 60+ Fieldfare (Andy Meaton)
 * Mill Hill NW7: Female Blackcap (Steve Blake)
 * Morden Cemetery: Little Owl (Bob Smith)
 * Rainham RSPB: Iceland Gull 2w again - flew fr landfill to stone barges 1255 (BirdGuides); Ferry Lane - no sign of Iceland Gull 4.45-5.15pm (Low Tide), Common Sandpiper W of barges, 52 Dunlin off Ferry Lane South, 3 Meadow Pipit, 400+ Starling over fields adjacent A13 (Peter Beckenham)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: pr Shelduck nest-prospecting Bandstand Is area 7, wintering diving-ducks getting flighty - c50 Tufted Duck and c30 Pochard in air & may have left mid-am, Buzzard N 1650, pr Kestrel by Barrow Hill Res nestbox a48, ad Yellow-legged Gull briefly among pre-dawn gathering of lge gulls on playing-fields a37 at 0700 then SW alone, Magpie nest-bldg, Redwing (RPBirders) 2 Whooper_swans on main lake in Regent's Park, are these part of the collection ? Don't think I've ever seen them before. Y- free-flying coll'n birds & there's no documented record of a wild one here [RPB]
 * St James's Park: No sign of the much loved Kingfisher (here since at least 1st September '14) since 6th February (Frank Nugent).
 * Staines Moor / King George VI Res: Red Kite SW over res 1400 (Peter Charles and Keith Cutting)
 * Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 20 Goldeneye (Peter Charles and Keith Cutting)
 * Stave Hill Ecological Park: Grey Wagtail (John Cadera)
 * Swanley Park: 2 Mute Swan, 2 Greylag, 32 Canada, 2 Coot, 15 Moorhen, Redwing (Andy Meaton)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 10 Jackdaw, Green Woodpecker, Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 40+ Lapwing, 3 Fieldfare, Pheasant m (Dan Pinkham)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: male Firecrest calling incessantly & singing occasionally Sanctuary Wood 1310 but not in a flock (Bob Watts)
 * Trent Park: Water Rail still present NW end of lower lake but elusive, 3 Pochard, 6 Mandarin, Common Buzzard. (Pete Lowman); Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 12 Redwing, 12 Linnet, 4 Lesser Redpoll feeding in birch, female Bullfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Marsh: Kingfisher, pr Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dan Barrett)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: High Maynard at dusk - 4 Goldeneye m 3f - male starting to display, 2 Common Sandpipers (Quentin Given).
 * Wanstead Flats: 6-8 Skylark (including displaying birds), Meadow Pipit, 3 Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 20+ Linnet, Redwing, Fieldfare, 10 Gadwall, 3 Shoveler, Pochard, 2 Egyptian Goose, Little Grebe, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk (Nick Croft/Dan Hennessy)
 * Watercress LNR nr St Albans: Water Rail, 30+ Lesser Redpoll (Andrew Steele via Twitter)
 * Worcester Park: 2 Little Egrets - one Beverley Brook other fields (Bob Smith)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: 6 Stock Dove, 10 Jackdaw, Fieldfare, Bullfinch briefly (Twitter)

Monday 16th February 2015

 * Brookmill Park: Cormorant, Mandarin, 2 Peregrine, Pheasant, 2 Blackcap m & f, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Greenwich Park: 1 Skylark north mid morning, 8 House Sparrows (Joe Beale)
 * Lewisham: town centre- m Kingfisher (Joe Beale).
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern, 9 Mandarin, 1 Redshank, 5 Snipe, 13 Common Gull, 30 Redwing N, 2 Stonechat (WWT website)
 * Northolt & Greenford CP: 3 male Shoveler and 1 male Teal on flooded scrape (Smith's Farm) (Martin Smith)
 * River Lea: Pr Egyptian Geese with 2 goslings by railway bridge at Markfield Park (Quentin Given).
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: 4 Teal 2pr, 2 Song Thrush singing, 2 Long-tailed Tit (Malcolm Hibberd).
 * St James's Park: pair adult Great Black-backed Gull, pair Egyptian Goose & 4 goslings (Andrew Self)
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Coot over calling c20.30 (year-1st), male Blackcap (Ian Stewart)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 3 Mandarin, 7 Teal, Cormorant, c25 Redwing, c10 Fieldfare, 2 Bullfinch (John Colmans)
 * Trent Park: 2 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Tufted Duck, 3 Redwing, Green Woodpecker, many singing Song Thrushes. (Pete Lowman)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: 2 Avocet Main Pit on spit 1610 (BirdGuides)

Sunday 15th February 2015

 * Alexandra Park: belated WEBS count- Water Rail (Conservation Pond), 3 Egyptian Geese flew in from south (Wood Green Res), 5 Shoveler (3m 2f also WGR), 88 Tufted Duck, 13 Pochard, 70 Mallard plus 4 hybrids, 2 Aylesbury, 27 Canada Goose, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 40 Coot, 18 Moorhen, 4 Cormorant, Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan, 435 Black-headed Gulls, 31 Common Gull, 14 Herring Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, also 30 Redwing (Bob Watts)
 * Brent Reservoir: 33 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Skylark over (Andrew Self & Andrew Verrall); Kingfisher (Andrew Haynes).
 * Crossness: 1 Greenshank, 60 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Chiffchaff (John Archer)
 * East India Docks: 3 Egyptian Geese, c230 Teal (Alan Hobson).
 * Epping Forest: R Ching just north of Whitehall Rd border of Chingford & Woodford- Little Egret 2:45 p.m standing in the river was disturbed flew into a tree where it was viewed directly before it flew back down to the river (Patrick & Roberta Flynn)
 * Hampstead Heath: 2 Bullfinch from first light (still there at noon) again in trees & brambles around bench dedicated to John & Daisy Remfry opp running track, same or 2 different birds in garden opp bottom of Hedge 1, Water Rail feeding openly at Bird Bridge 08:30-09:15 (Frank Nugent).
 * High Elms CP: 12 Bullfinches (Michael Simmons)
 * Island Barn Reservoir: Glaucous Gull 2w E 0735 (BirdGuides)
 * Kingston Canbury Gardens: Red Kite W over Thames 1630 mobbed by gulls (P & S Pentek)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Shelduck, 3 Pintail, 2 Stonechat, 1 Reed Bunting, also 1 Hedgehog (WWT website)
 * Moor Mead, St Margarets TW1: 2 Mistle Thrush, 5 Redwings, 1 Tawny Owl h (R Bell).
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: Little Egret, Grey Wagtail (Malcolm Hibberd).
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 2 Shelduck, m Pintail, Dunlin, c400 Lapwing, c12 Fieldfare (Stuart Harrison via RSPB blog)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 9 Teal, Buzzard, displaying pr Kestrel, c50 Lapwing, 10 Snipe, Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 6 Stock Dove, Skylark, Grey Wagtail, 8 singing Song Thrush, pr Mistle Thrush, 2 Goldcrest, 15+ Jackdaw, singing Reed Bunting (Neil Anderson)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Firecrest at 1300 rather mobile between Monument Glade & Poplar Wood (Alastair Dent)
 * Valentines Park: Mediterranean Gull still (James Palmer)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: imm m Scaup on East Warwick 12pm, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Egyptian Geese, Kestrel, 2 Reed Bunting with chaffinch flock in weedy scrub by EW, 4 Shelduck (Peter Beckenham); West Warwick- female Scaup (and second male seen earlier), 2 Stonechat, Wigeon, 4 Goldeneye; No5- 3 Goldeneye & 1 Common Sandpiper; Lockwood- 2 Goldeneye but no sign of male Scaup (David Bradshaw)
 * West Thurrock Marshes: Waders leaving roost at around 11:45am- 1 Oystercatcher, 68 Avocet, 8 Lapwing, 40 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Curlew, 250 Redshank, 4 Turnstone nearby on riverfront at Grays.  (Stephen Harris)
 * Yeading Brook Meadows: 8 Teal, 2 Kestrel, 17 Snipe, singing Skylark, 6 singing Song Thrush, 5 Redwing, m Bullfinch (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 14th February 2015

 * Amwell GP: m Smew still fr gladwin hide (BirdGuides)
 * Bentley Priory: 2 Teal (one drake), Little Grebe, 2 Grey Wagtail, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Jay, Jackdaw & Redwing (Jon Ridge)
 * Brent Reservoir: Little Egret, 33 Snipe, 2 Water Rails calling (Andrew Verrall, John Gravatt).
 * Fulham Reach: Red Kite low over S at 8:10am just inside Inner London (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Hampstead Heath: Water Rail at its best - washing vigorously before climbing atop the reeds to preen then feeding openly in the stream at Bird Bridge c11:00-11:30, 14 Lesser Redpoll in birches at South Meadow, c50 Redwing mainly 2nd Hedge & South Meadow (Frank Nugent).
 * Kensington Gardens: Tawny Owl, Treecreeper, Green Woodpecker, Scaup still on Round Pond (John & Janet Cadera)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern, 3 Pintail m 2f, 9 Common Snipe, singing Reed Bunting, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Stonechat m f, f Great Spotted Woodpecker on feeders, Shelduck (Martin Honey)
 * Morden Cemetery: Little Owl, 60 Redwings (Bill Reid per Bob Smith)
 * Pinner Memorial Park: 1 Mistle Thrush territorially singing, c20 Redwings, 1 Water Rail - is this a first for the site - briefly probing openly in soggy grass c10m below pond (Derek Peters)
 * Pinner Park Farm: 2 Shoveler (one drake), 118 Redwing, 13 Fieldfare, 3 Mistle Thrush & 5 Grey Heron, later- Tawny Owl at 19:43 (Jon Ridge).
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: 4 Teal 2pr, Kestrel (Malcolm HIbberd).
 * Russia Dock Woodland: Song Thrush singing, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Long-tailed Tit (John Cadera)
 * Staines Moor: 2+ Water Pipit (Colne), 1-2 Tawny Owl (Bonehead Ditch - 4th site record & another calling from Stanwell Moor), 2 Goosander m f, 3+ Woodcock (after dark), 7-8 Jack Snipe, 11 Common Snipe, 1 Little Owl, 3+ Stonechat, 1 Cetti's Warbler (Bonehead Ditch), 1 Little Egret, 1 Water Rail (heard), 5 Fieldfare, 11 Linnet, 10 Pied Wagtail, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2+ Teal, and 1 Roe Deer (after dark) (Lee Dingain); Barnacle Goose N over (Chris Lamsdell).
 * Stanwell Moor: Barnacle Goose (flew N & also over Staines Moor), 2 Jack Snipe, Grey Wagtail, Buzzard (C Lamsdell); 2 Tawny Owl heard (1 same as 1 of the Staines Moor birds) (Lee Dingain).
 * Swanscombe Marsh: 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Curlew, 45 Redshank, 3 Turnstone, 10 Cetti's Warbler, Bearded Tit heard, 2 Stonechat, 3 Rock Pipit, Great Crested Grebe on Thames (Andrew Self)
 * Wanstead Flats: 6 displaying Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Egyptian Goose, 3 Pochard, 2 Shoveler, 14 Linnet, Common Snipe, Sparrowhawk (Bob Vaughan/Josh Selfe)
 * Wanstead Park: Woodcock, Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Goldcrest (Josh Selfe/Bob Vaughan)
 * West Thurrock Marshes: 41 Avocet (Andrew Self)

Friday 13th February 2015

 * Bow Creek: 4 Shelduck, 2 Common Sandpiper (James Palmer); just one Common Sandpiper for me c11.30, 2 Redshank, Grey Wagtail (Ian Stewart)
 * Braeburn Park, Crayford: Common Buzzard over at 4.10pm (Peter Beckenham)
 * Brookmill Park: Mandarin, Song Thrush, 2 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam); Pheasant seen by Tony, Kestrel over towards St Johns station 10.12 (Ian Stewart)
 * East India Dock Basin: 3 Shelduck, 2 Egyptian Geese, 171 Teal, 17 Tufted Duck, 10 Cormorant (Ian Stewart)
 * Enfield Road, EN2: Mistle Thrush carrying moss (Robert Callf)
 * Gallions Reach: 6 Shoveler, 3 Curlew, 4 Snipe, 10 Linnet (James Palmer)
 * Island Barn Reservoir: Glaucous Gull 2w 1650 (BirdGuides)
 * Kensington Gardens: Scaup 1st winter drake still present on the Round Pond (Tony Duckett).
 * King George V Res: 20+ Goldeneye, 2 Goosanders pr, 30+ Redwing (Quentin Given)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1+ Bittern, Redshank, pr Stonechat, Sparrowhawk, Shellduck, 3 Pintail, Kestral, 4+ Snipe (Nick S)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: Little Egret, 4 Teal 2pr, f Sparrowhawk, 2 Song Thrush singing (Malcolm Hibberd).
 * St James's Park: drake Ruddy Duck (Andrew Self)
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Sparrowhawk, male Blackcap, Redwing, Cormorant high N (Ian Stewart)
 * Snaresbrook Crown Court: Firecrest (Stuart Fisher)
 * Tower Bridge: Grey Wagtail f on Tooley Street rooftops (G Sutton)
 * Trent Park: Water Rail on mud and grass by lower lake, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker female (Robert Callf)
 * William Girling Res: 50+ Goosanders, 1 Peregrine flying low over water (Quentin Given)
 * Worcester Park: Little Egret on Beverley Brook (Bob Smith)

Thursday 12th February 2015

 * Bentley Priory: 2 Teal m f, Little Egret & Little Grebe - 41 species recorded (Peter Elton, Richard Francis).
 * Ealing (W13): Male Blackcap trapped & ringed in garden this morning - 5th this winter (Bill Haines)
 * Horton GP: Buzzard, 64 Mute Swan, 292 Gadwall, 8 Red-crested Pochard 5m 3f (C Lamsdell)
 * Iver Heath: 2 Blackcap m f - male ringed carrying fat score of 5 (C Lamsdell)
 * Kensington Gardens: Tawny Owl showing well in his usual spot, Scaup still on Round Pond, Song Thrush, c30 Egyptian Geese, 4+ Ring-necked Parakeets (Alan Hobson); Long-tailed Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, pair Mandarin Duck on Long Water (John Cadera)
 * Kentish Town: 2m Blackcaps Arctic Street 11am, feeding on Myrtus communis berries (Pete Mantle)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: m Firecrest, c10 Lesser Redpoll, singing Mistle Thrush, c5 Song Thrush, 10 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, 55 Tufted Duck, Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Coal Tit, 2 Goldcrest (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern (one on N shore ML from Dulverton & one close to Headley hide), 3 Pintail m 2f on ML, 7 Common Snipe on GM and f Pheasant on E bund, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Stonechat on GM (Martin Honey)
 * North Finchley: 2 Fieldfare over (John Colmans)
 * Osterley Park: Greylag, 6 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 30 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Cormorant, Buzzard, Lapwing, Kingfisher, 8 Mistle Thrush, several singing Song Thrush, 100+ Redwing, 50+ Fieldfare - 48 species in all (Alex Massey)
 * Pinner (Grove Avenue Estate): 26 Redwing, Green Woodpecker & Nuthatch (Jon Ridge).
 * Pinner Park Farm: Common Buzzard, Little Owl, 3 Mute Swan west at 14:42, 8 Snipe, 264 Redwing, 23 Fieldfare, 8 Mistle Thrush, 57 Jackdaw, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Grey Heron & 8 Canada Goose (Jon Ridge).
 * Sidcup DA15 (Lamorbey Park): Firecrest in wooded area between Oakley Park and Sidcup Golf Course, 2 Mute Swan, Greylag Goose NE, 31 Canada Geese, Egyptian Goose, 4 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Peregrine E, 2 Collared Dove, 5+ Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 6+ Song Thrush, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, 2 Jays, 4 Jackdaw S (Ian Stewart)
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Male Blackcap in garden still, 3 Redwing (Ian Stewart)
 * Southwark: Dusky Warbler reported December 25th in Bramble at junction on Marshalsea & Quilp Roads then flew to Cathedral Primary School (Bob Watts per visiting Nort Norfolk birder with experience of the species)
 * Southwark Park: Sparrowhawk at 09:25 (John Cadera)
 * Staines Moor: Little Egret, 3 Grey Wagtail, 2 Water Pipit, 9 Stonechat (C Lamsdell)
 * Stanwell Moor: 2 Little Egret, Water Rail (C Lamsdell)
 * Sutcliffe Park: Little Egret, 2 Song Thrush (Conrad Ellam)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Firecrest male still Poplar Wood 1230 calling incessantly (Bob Watts)
 * Trent Park: 3 Pochard, 7 Tufted Duck, 2 Goosander, Water Rail still present in same area by lower lake devouring earthworms, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker f, 4 Siskin, Bullfinch (Robert Callf/Robin White); Water Rail and 2 Goosander still present c16:00-16:30, also 11 Mandarin, 15 Goldfinch in the Water Garden. (Pete Lowman).
 * Victoria Park: 11 Red-crested Pochard 8m 3f, 10 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, c30 Pochard, c70 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Greylag x Canada hybrid (John Archer)
 * Wanstead Flats: 6 Skylark, 14 Gadwall, 6 Shoveler, 3 Pochard, Kestrel (Nick Croft)

Wednesday 11th February 2015

 * Black Park: 15 Mandarin 12m, Buzzard (C Lamsdell)
 * Foots Cray: Little Egret in flooded field by Edgington Way, male Gadwall on lake opposite (Ian Stewart).
 * Foots Cray Meadows: 5 Mute Swan, 6 Gadwall, 23 Tufted Duck, 2+ Little Grebe, Kestrel, Water Rail, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, 9 Linnet (Ian Stewart). Hi Ian, just wondered if you ever bird in Joydens Wood and if so whether it throws much up?  Best wishes Andrew. Hi Andrew, I dont do Joydens Wood too often - just one visit this year with highlights of a Siskin and 15+ Redpoll but the area looks good for Crossbills in irruption years and most woodland species can be found. I had LSW in adjoining Chalk Wood back in 2011 & I believe Common Buzzard breeds in the area [IS]. Many thanks, yes good mixed habitat there, it is on the agenda to pay it a visit. Best Andrew
 * Hermitage Basin Wapping: 2 Shoveler m f (Mark Baynes)
 * Hilly Fields: male Sparrowhawk in garden bordering the park (Tom Moulton via Keith Ward)
 * Iver Heath: 2 Blackcap m f (C Lamsdell)
 * Kensington Gardens: m Scaup 1w Round Pond still (Ralph Hancock's blog).
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern, 1 Shelduck, 1 Snipe, 2 Stonechat (WWT website); 3 Pintail, 3 Cetti's Warbler (Martin Twycross)
 * Margravine Cemetery: 10 Redwing, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Blackcap, 2 mating Peregrine Falcon on hospital (public site) (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Pinner Park Farm: 2 Little Owl, 9 Snipe, Kestrel, 23 Meadow Pipit, 181 Redwing, 62 Fieldfare, 7 Mistle Thrush, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 45 Jackdaw, 8 Stock Dove & 7 Canada Goose (Jon Ridge).
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): male Blackcap still, Green Woodpecker, 12 Canada Geese NE c5pm, singing Song Thrush (Ian Stewart).
 * Trent Park: Water Rail on mud & grass by lower lake 09:34-09:38 - pulled up an earthworm, Woodcock, 5 Bullfinch 2m 3f (Robert Callf/Robin White)
 * Wanstead Flats: 11 Shoveler, 13 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, 2 Linnet, 5 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Pied Wagtail (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 39 Gadwall, 6 Pochard, Grey Wagtail, 10+ Redwing (Nick Croft)
 * Whitton: Lesser Redpoll on the niger feeder in my garden in Rydal Gardens (Tony Leppard)
 * Woodford Green: 2 Nuthatches, Redwing, 2 Jays, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Goldcrest, c4 Ring-necked Parakeets (Alan Hobson).
 * Wraysbury GPs: 3 Goosander, 11 Goldeneye, 5 Gadwall (Thomas Gibson)

Tuesday 10th February 2015

 * Brent Reservoir: Linnet over dam at 15.30 (Andrew Self)
 * Brookmill Park: Mandarin, Pheasant, Kingfisher, Song Thrush, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Burgess Park: 1 female Stonechat, 21 Tufted Duck, 5 Pochard, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Pied Wagtail (John Cadera)
 * Crossness Nature Reserve: 1 imm Marsh Harrier hunting along lagoon c1230, flock of 18+ Chaffinch, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Gadwall, Kestrel, Kingfisher, 4 Linnet, 2 Meadow Pipit over, Pochard, 5+ Reed Bunting, 21 Shoveler, 2 Song Thrush, 17 Teal (Southern Marsh), 20 Wigeon (Peter Beckenham)
 * Danson Park: 5 Mute Swan, 6 Greylags, 80 Canada Geese, 3 Egyptian Geese, male Tufted Duck, 2+ Little Grebe, Water Rail showed well from 'bridge' by nature area, Ring-necked Parakeets for roost, 3 Pied Wagtail, singing Song Thrush (Ian Stewart)
 * East India Dock Basin: 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Shelduck, 26 Tufted Duck, 45 Teal (John Archer)
 * Esher (A3 jn): Barnacle Goose S at 8:38 (Lee Dingain).
 * Ewell Village: 1 Little Egret, 2 Stock Dove at the Lower Mill (Neil Batten)
 * Finsbury Park: Mandarin, Fieldfare (James Palmer)
 * Kempton Nature Reserve: Water Rail (Martin Twycross)
 * Kensington Gardens: m Scaup 1w Round Pond again (Ralph Hancock's blog).
 * Mayflower Park: Green Sandpiper (Bob Smith)
 * Morden Cemetery: Little Owl, 60 Redwing (Bob Smith)
 * Olympic Park: 20 Meadow Pipit, 12 Fieldfare (James Palmer)
 * Pinner Park Farm: Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, 9 Snipe, Little Egret, 2 Shoveler (one drake), 56 Fieldfare, 47 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 22 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 56 Jackdaw, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Coal Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 5 Goldfinch, 4 Canada Goose & 2 Grey Heron (Jon Ridge).
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Redwing, male Blackcap (Ian Stewart)
 * Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver, Scaup (Jim Sweetland)
 * Stoneleigh KT17: 1 Kestrel low SE over Bradstock Road 09:00 (Neil Batten)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Firecrest still Monument Glade (RBA)
 * Trent Park: pr Goosander, 8 Tufted Duck, 4 Pochard, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Mandarin, Kestrel, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, Ring-necked Parakeets, 30 Black-headed Gull (Pete Lowman).
 * Vicarage Farm, Enfield: Little Egret W over Hog Hill 15:00 hrs (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 1 Snipe in flight over reedbed, 3 Little Grebe on river, 1 Fieldfare, 10+ Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Pied Wagtail, 10+ Chaffinch, 4+ House Sparrow, c40 Starling (Michael Rank).
 * Wanstead Flats: 10 Meadow Pipit, 2 Pied Wagtail, 8 Skylark, 22 Linnet, singing Chaffinch, Goldcrest, 3 Mistle Thrush, singing Song Thrushes, 14 Gadwall, 13 Shoveler, 5 Common Pochard, 2 Little Grebe, Kestrel (Nick Croft)

Monday 9th February 2015

 * Barnes Cray: Common Buzzard over Stanham marshes/ river Cray 13.38 mobbed by Crows and Parakeet (Ian Stewart)
 * Bentley Priory: Tawny Owl calling loudly in broad daylight 13:05 (Richard Francis).
 * Canary Wharf: Great Crested Grebe with chick on basin south of Heron Quays - looked about a third the size of the adults but still downy so perhaps hatched around early to mid January (Nick Croft)
 * Church Street, Enfield Town: Green Woodpecker went to roost in hole in London Plane at 16:57 hrs, 3 Greenfinch went to roost 16:50 hrs (Robert Callf)
 * Crayford Marshes: Spotted Redshank still around saltings near Erith yacht club, 10+ Gadwall, 10 Wigeon, Pheasant, Little Egret, 10+ Lapwing, 1 Dunlin, Green Sandpiper (Cray Creek), 2 Common Sandpiper (Darent Creek), 50+ Redshank, Common Snipe (landfill), Kingfisher, 3 Stonechat, 2 Fieldfare, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Rook S (Ian Stewart)
 * Danson Park: 2 Egyptian Geese, 3+ Little Grebe, Black-headed Gull with left leg yellow ring 2HKP (Ian Stewart)
 * Erith Reach: ad Caspian Gull off end of Corinthian Manorway, 2 Raven over Wennington landfill, 6+ Black-tailed Godwit, 30+ Redshank (Ian Stewart)
 * Foots Cray: Little Owl heard over Tesco c02.15 (Ian Stewart)
 * Hampstead Heath: Water Rail next to Bird Bridge, Siskin near Bird Sanctuary Pond (James Palmer)
 * Knighton Woods: 1 Treecreeper, 2 Mandarin Duck, 12+ Great Spotted Woodpecker. (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * Lee Valley, Cornmill Meadows: 2 Shelduck, 45 Teal, 104 Lapwing, 3 Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, Raven E, 2 Common Chiffchaff (Simon Papps)
 * Lea Valley Riding School: 20+ Redwing front paddock 16:00 (Sue Barry)
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Bittern, 165 Tufted Duck, 2 Pintail (WWT website)
 * Lonsdale Road Reservoir LNR: 4 Gadwall, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Jackdaw at probable nest site, 3 Pochard, 9+ Ring-necked Parakeet, Shoveler (Richard Woolley).
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: mixed flock flitting along banks of River Lea incl 6+ Chiffchaffs and a Goldcrest, 6 Little Grebes swimming together 14:45 onwards (Sue Barry)
 * Primrose Hill: Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing (T Engelmore)
 * Richmond Park: pr Stonechat, 3 Redwing, Treecreeper, 7 Mandarin, 7 Song Thrush, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Egyptian Goose (James Massey)
 * River Pool Linear Park: 4 Bullfinch, Green Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest (Paul Moss) Have been walking this path for years and have never seen Bullfinch - roughly what area are they in? [Dave Burt] They are usually around the disused allotments, where 2 fields meet near the Bellingham end. Paul has been seeing them regularly in that area for the last 3 years [Paul Moss via John Archer] Thanks for your help PM & JA, Will have a better look next time [Dave Burt]
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Male Blackcap still in garden (Ian Stewart)
 * Snaresbrook: 2 Lesser Redpoll over (Stuart Fisher)
 * Swanley Park: 7 Shoveler (4m 3f), 2 Coot, 12 Moorhen, 15 Herring Gull, 10 Common Gull, 130 Black-headed Gull (Andy Meaton)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetey Park: male Firecrest showed superbly in Sanctuary Wood with Long-tailed Tit flock calling & occasionally singing in the spring-like sun 1240 immediately south of war memorial & Soanes centre (Bob Watts)
 * Trent Park: Common Buzzard, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Pochard (Pete Lowman).
 * Wanstead Park: cleared area behind Temple- 2 Goldcrest drinking from Tractor puddle 4.00 (G.Gram)
 * Woodford Green: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker m in forest behind Forest Road, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Coal Tit, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker. (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * Woodlands Farm: 4 Bullfinch, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 10 Redwing, Sparrowhawk (Conrad Ellam)
 * Worcester Park: Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker all over The Hamptons, Little Egret on Beverley Brook (two there several days last week) (Simon Osborn)

Sunday 8th February 2015

 * Brent Reservoir: drake Pintail, 27 Snipe, Greylag Goose, Reed Bunting (Andrew Self & Andrew Verrall
 * Gallions Reach: Shoveler, 63 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Curlew, Oystercatcher, Kingfisher. (Gary A James & Paul Davis)
 * Greenwich Peninsula: Redshank, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Meadow Pipit, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting (Conrad Ellam et al)
 * Gutteridge Wood: Bullfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker pair, 40 Lapwing in churned up horse paddock South of the wood (Nigel Dodd)
 * Hampstead Heath: 2 Common Buzzard the first over from 11:15 the other from 11:45 both SW then W (my first here since Oct 11th 2014), Water Rail showing very well next to Bird Bridge, Kingfisher at Mixed Pond (Frank Nugent). Hi Frank, where exactly does the Water Rail favour near Bird Bridge? Where do you view it from? - Charlie. Hello Charlie. I wait on the Bridge itself. The Rail can be on either side & not especially favouring any one area. If elusive it's sometimes worth checking right at the very back of the stream north of the Bridge but more often than not this is a very obliging individual, feeding openly next to or not far from the Bridge or the edge of the reeds. Hope that this helps [Frank].
 * Hyde Park: the 1st-winter male Scaup on the Serpentine near Diana Memorial reedbed early pm. (Joe Beale) Did you get any photos Joe ? Ralph & myself scanned the Serpentine in vain today [W.Marks] Hi yes I got some record shots. It was with some Tufteds & showed fairly well diving & preening although never coming close to shore. Last seen swimming away from that area (east I think) towards where the pedal boats are. [JB]
 * Kensington Gardens: 20+ Shoveler feeding communally, also 2 Nuthatches and 1 Tawny Owl briefly appeared in its tree (Joe Beale); 3+ Coal Tit and Little Owl (W.Marks)
 * King George V Res: 32 Goosander, 8 Wigeon, Caspian Gull 2w in roost (I Lycett)
 * Lea Valley Riding School 15+ Redwing in tree in front paddock 4:15 (Sue Barry)
 * London Wetland Centre: WeBS count highlights- 50 Shoveler, 155 Tufted Duck, 3 Pintail, 23 Mandarin, 2 Bittern, 3 Snipe, 7 Common Gull, 118 Black-headed Gull, also 1 Pheasant, 2 Stonechat (WWT website); Water Rail, Reed Bunting (Dulverton, B & J Francik)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 5 Chiffchaff flitting along the River Lea bank 3:30 (Sue Barry)
 * Mill Hill Cemetery: Please sign a petition to protect a threatened wildlife site on Green Belt land, and/or comment on the planning application on Barnet Council’s website.
 * Moor Mead, St Margarets TW1: 4 Mistle Thrush, 22 Redwings (R Bell).
 * Osterley Park: Collared Dove, 2 Common Gull, Cormorant, 2 Egyptian Goose, 8 Fieldfare, 3 Gadwall, 2 Great Crested Grebe in courtship display, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Grey Heron, 24+ Jackdaw, Kestrel, Kingfisher on middle lake, Little Grebe, Little Owl, 14 Mandarin, 6 Mistle Thrush, 3 Nuthatch nest prospecting, Pied Wagtail, 41+ Redwing, 9+ Ring-necked Parakeet, 8 Shoveler (Richard Woolley).
 * Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park: alongide reedbedss in North section near Velodrome- Kingfisher, Meadow Pipit (Dave Timms).
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: Little Egret, Song Thrush singing, 4 Long-tailed Tit (Malcolm Hibberd).
 * Rye Meads RSPB: Mandarin and Caspian Gull gadwall_hide (RSPB blog)
 * Sidcup DA15 (Lamorbey Park): 2 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Geese, 4 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, 4+ Great Spotted Woodpecker inc 3+ drumming to each other, 15+ Redwing, Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, Sparrowhawk nearby in The Hollies (Ian Stewart).
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Peregrine, male Blackcap (Ian Stewart).
 * Ten Acre Wood area; Nuthatch, Buzzard, Kestrel, 17 Teal, Little Egret, Reed Bunting, Skylark, Meadow Pipit (Nigel Dodd)
 * Thames (Putney-Barnes Bridges): WeBS highlights- 284 Mallard, 265 Teal, 14 Gadwall, 155 Herring Gull, 30 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 9 Great Black-backed Gull (Neil Anderson)
 * Tottenham Hale: Peregrine sat on large building next to the railway station at 15:00 (Andy Cameron)
 * Trent Park: 4 Goosander 2m 2f lower lake (Robert Callf/Robin White)
 * Upshire / Cobbins Brook: 2 Ravens, 40 Linnet, 6+ Buzzards, Kestrel, 50 Redwing and 2 Fieldfare (A.Middleton, H.Bantock)
 * Valentines Park February 8th 2015 005.JPGtines Park: Kingfisher, Mediterannean Gull (Valentino - Valentines Park's annual visitor), pair of Egyptian Geese with 10 ducklings (seems very early), pair of Grey Herons building their nest, 3 Goldfinch, 1 Redwing, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4+ Great Tits, female Pochard, several Moorhens and Coots, 7 Mute Swans 2ad 5juv on Boating Lake, 2 Mute Swans on Fish Pond, Robin (Mick Charles).
 * Vicarage Farm, Enfield: 7 Redpoll sp over, 2f Bullfinch, 7+ Yellowhammer, 9 Reed Bunting (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 6 Goldeneye 3m 2f on Lockwood & m on High Maynard, Common Buzzard West at 13:00, also 1 Water Rail on bank of River Lea opposite Armadale Close (balcony tick) (Quentin Given); Lockwood- male Scaup, East Warwick- 3 Scaup 2 imm m & f, West Warwick- Wigeon, 4 Goldeneye, No 5- 3 Goldeneye and 1 Lapwing on filter beds through the fence (Pete Lambert, David Bradshaw)
 * William Girling Res: 7 Black-necked Grebes viewed from Mansfield Park (I Lycett)
 * Wraysbury GPs: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker seen in flight uttering typical call & briefly landed in private garden facing onto Wraysbury 1 Lake (Thomas Gibson)

Saturday 7th February 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Water Rail NE corner Conservation Pond, 14 Fieldfare NE, Jackdaw (Bob Watts)
 * Brent Reservoir: drake Pintail north marsh, 2 Egyptian Geese & Greylag Goose (Andrew Self); also several Water Rails calling, 16 Snipe, 3 Fieldfare over (Brentbirders).
 * Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Mandarin, Pheasant, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing, Song Thrush (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crossness: 1 Little Egret, 2 Yellow-legged Gull ad 3w, 83 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Curlew, 72 Shoveler, 6 Fieldfare, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Seal (John Archer)
 * Eltham: 1 Peregrine seen from the A2 heading towards Eltham Park North (Richard Green)
 * Ewell (Lower and Upper Mill): 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher (Steve Gale)
 * Ewell Village: 239 Black-headed Gull (including french ringed bird FS70490), 1 Common Gull, 7 Herring Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch (Neil Batten)
 * Hampstead Heath: 2 Bullfinch and 2 Lesser Redpoll feeding together in a tree opp running track, c40 roving Redwing, Kingfisher at Hampstead 1 Pond (Frank Nugent).
 * Kensington Gardens: m Scaup 1w Round Pond still (Ralph Hancock's blog).
 * Kilburn: Adult Feral Pigeon feeding just-fledged squab on Garlinge Road. (Matt Reed)
 * Lee Valley, Hooks Marsh: 3 Goosander, Peregrine Falcon, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Redpoll, 2 Bullfinch (Simon Papps)
 * Leyton, Orient Way and Jubilee Park: Water Rail in Dagenham Brook, Blackcap (Jubilee Park), 2 Grey Wagtail, 18 Linnet, 5 Moorhen, Fieldfare, 5+ Greenfinch, 5 Stock Dove over, Green Woodpecker (Stuart Fisher)
 * Great Crested Grebes LWC 7.ii.2015.jpgn Wetland Centre: 3 Pintail m 2f, 2 Water Rail, 12 Stock Dove, f Pheasant, 2 Stonechat m f, 2 Peregrine m f on Ch X Hospital, 2 Great Crested Grebe m f displaying (photo), Bittern showing poorly but very close to Headley Hide (Martin Honey)
 * Oakhill Park: Little Egret (James Palmer)
 * Pinner HA2 (Headstone Ln): 1 Rook roadside verge opposite & slightly north of Letchworth Arms pub on school side (Dan Pinkham)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: Little Egret resplendant in breeding plumage, Kingfisher, Song Thrush singing (Malcolm Hibberd)
 * Sidcup DA15 (Lamorbey Park): 2 Egyptian Geese, Little Grebe, Peregrine, 25+ Redwing, 3+ Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch (Ian Stewart).
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Canada Goose over (year-1st), Peregrine, Redwing, male Blackcap, Jay (year-1st), Old Farm Park- 5+ Redwing (Ian Stewart).
 * Staines Res: Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe, 4 Black-necked Grebe (all S basin), m Scaup (N basin), c8 Goldeneye, c200 Wigeon, 3 Shelduck, Redshank, Grey Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 10+ Fieldfare (Neil Anderson & others)
 * Stoke Newington Reservoirs: drake Teal, Sparrowhawk, Water Rail, 2 Common Snipe, Great Black-backed Gull, Grey Wagtail, f Reed Bunting (TeRNS)
 * Tottenham Marshes: pair Stonechat on Clendish Marsh, 2 Chiffchaffs between allotments & Pymmes Brook (Quentin Given)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: c90 Redwing, 6 Fieldfare, 3 Teal, Kestrel, Cormorant over, several Chaffinch in song (John Colmans)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 5 Snipe (Bombcrater field), pr Kestrel, f Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet (Adam Winstanley)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 9+ Snipe flushed from East bank of West Warwick, Wigeon, 3 Scaup (2 imm East Warwick & drake on Lockwood per David Bradshaw), Lapwing (high over East Warwick), f Stonechat (East Warwick), 2 Water Rail per David Bradshaw (Adam Winstanley); 2 Lapwing on Filter Beds Coppermill Lane, m Goldeneye displaying to 2f on No5 (Paul Whiteman)
 * Wanstead Flats: 10 Skylark, 22 Linnet, Reed Bunting, 2 Redwing, Fieldfare, Goldcrest, 17 Shoveler (Jub), 3 Pochard, 10 Gadwall, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Little Grebe, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: Woodcock at dusk over Roding on Ilford golf course, c360 Gadwall, 4+ Shoveler, 2 Teal, 21+ Pochard, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Little Grebe, Redwing, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, 2 Sparrowhawk (Nick Croft/James Heal)
 * Woodford Green: Male Blackcap, Lesser Redpoll, Long-tailed Tit, Nuthatch and c12 Fieldfare going North my first sighting this year (Ken Murray)

Friday 6th February 2015

 * Boxer's Lake, Enfield: Cormorant, 4 Pochard, 11 Tufted Duck, 11 Common Gull 8 ad & 1 2nd-w & 2 1st-w, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail (Robert Callf)
 * Brent Reservoir: 15 Fieldfare over dam (Andrew Self)
 * Brunel University: Red Kite over Cowley Rd 08.30 (Alex Randall)
 * Crossness: Female Marsh Harrier seen over Paddocks from Eastern Way 11.45 (Richard Green)
 * Ewell (Hogsmill Open Space): 1 Water Rail, 1 Little Egret, 1 Common Gull, 1 Grey Heron (Neil Batten)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: Five Arches area- Water Rail, 2 Kingfisher, Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, 12 Gadwall 6pr, 4 Little Grebe, 6 Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull (Ralph Todd)
 * Kensington Gardens: m Scaup 1w Round Pond still (Ralph Hancock's blog).
 * Lee Valley Country Park: Brent Goose (Waltham Marsh), 2 Goosander (Horsemill Stream beside Hall Marsh), Redpoll (Hooks Marsh), 2 Siskin (Seventy Acres Lake) (Simon Papps); 4+ Goosander 3 on Seventy Acres Lake (2m 1f) & 1 (m) on Halls Marsh Lake, m Pintail on Seventy Acres Lake, m Bullfinch nearby (Alastair Dent)
 * London Wetland Centre WWT: Bittern from Headley Hide at 11.15 (Dominic Mitchell); 2 Pintail, 15 Mandarin, 2 Bittern (R.Kaye)
 * Mile End: Merlin being chased by a Carrion Crow and Black-headed Gull East past the station at 08:15. (Paul Whiteman)
 * Muswell Hill: female Blackcap again on the cake feeder in my garden - first seen 25 January (Dominic Mitchell).
 * Oakwood Park: Common Buzzard over 13:35, male Green Woodpecker, male Great Spotted Woodpecker, Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, 4 Mistle Thrush (Robert Callf)
 * Richmond Park: Pen Ponds- Shoveler, 10+ Pochard, 5 Redwing, 1-2 Mistle Thrush (Barbara & Jarek Francik)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: pr Teal suddenly shyer than they have been (Malcolm Hibberd)
 * St James's Park: Kingfisher am & fishing assiduously pm (Frank Nugent); I saw the Kingfisher at last this morning Frank showing very well low in that area behind the fountain - cheers for your tips (Will Rose)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: female Goosander, male Bullfinch (James Palmer)
 * Sidcup DA15 (Lamorbey Park): 2 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 female Tufted Ducks, Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, 10+ Redwing, Goldcrest, Nuthatch (Ian Stewart).
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Sparrowhawk, male Blackcap (Ian Stewart).
 * Staines (Truss's Island): pr Egyptian Goose with 8 goslings (C.Lamsdell)
 * Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 5 Pochard, Little Egret, Water Rail, 2 Reed Bunting (TeRNS)
 * Sutcliffe Park: f Green Woodpecker, Little Egret, Kingfisher, Water Rail, 2 f Reed Bunting, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Redwing, f Pochard, 2 Stock Dove (P Kite) 2 Common Snipe (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Firecrest still Monument Glade in holly though silent & not in flock so not surprising this is first sighting in four attempts this week (Bob Watts)
 * Whitewebbs Park: 64 Mandarin Duck (21 at Fish Pond & 43 at Wildwoods Lake) (James Palmer)
 * Woodford Green: Little Egret, Lesser Redpoll and Firecrest (Ken Murray).

Thursday 5th February 2015

 * Beckton Sewage Treatment Works: 3 Chiffchaff, 1-2 Green Sandpiper, c35 Linnet, Reed Bunting, Sparrowhawk (Peter Beckenham)
 * Bedfont Lakes CP: no sign Smew 08:00-09:00 (Keith Kerr via Twitter)
 * Brent Reservoir: S bank (Neasden Rec) lunchtime- fem Peregrine over, 2 Lesser Redpoll, pr Goldcrest, Teal, Little Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Davey Leach).
 * Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Mandarin, Pheasant, Song Thrush, 2 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bury Lake: 121 Gadwall (C Lamsdell)
 * East India DLR: Black Redstart calling, but mobile, north side of DLR station, and around on buildings in Naval Row 1515-1600 (Francis Tusa)
 * Ewell Village: 2 Greylag low n. 9 Redwing, 2 Scandinavian style Blackbird, 5 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail, 137 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Neil Batten).
 * Grovelands Park: 2 Great Crested Grebe pr displaying, drake Goosander flew SW 13:15 hrs, 14 Tufted Duck, 6 Mandarin Duck 3m 3f, 13 Shoveler 8m 5f, male Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch (Robert Callf)
 * Highgate Woods: 2+ Firecrests pr feeding at waist height in extensive Holly scrub NE of cafe - spotted several times at different sites over 45 mins so poss'y more birds, also dozens of Redwings and Chaffinches feeding on leaf litter floor (Jonathan Cooke) Obs were between 11.00 and mid-day. Am currently having great difficulty inputting and editing to this Wiki with my particular browser. [JC]
 * Kensington Gardens: m Scaup 1w still Round Pond; 2 adult Great Black-backed Gulls Long Water (Ralph Hancock blog).
 * Pinner Park Farm: 3 Canada Geese, 3 Moorhen, 94+ Redwing, 8+ Fieldfare, 2 Dunnock, 5 Goldfinch, Song Thrush, 2 Jackdaw, Green Woodpecker (Dan Pinkham)
 * Ravensbury Park: Siberian Chiffchaff still late-am (BirdGuides) TQ269678
 * St James's Park: Kingfisher showing well am, also Great Black-backed Gull and drake Ruddy Duck (Frank Nugent); Kingfisher, Little Grebe, 6+ Herring Gull 13:30 (James Hudson)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: 3 Goldcrest, 2 Redwing (Bob Watts)
 * Wanstead Flats: 21 Linnet, 11 Shoveler, f Pochard, Common Snipe, 10 Fieldfare, 4 Song Thrush, Great Black-backed Gull (Nick Croft); 18 Fieldfare north of SSSI, Common Buzzard (Tony Brown)

Wednesday 4th February 2015

 * Alexandra Park: drake Shoveler (Boating Pond), Great Crested Grebe (reservoir), Water Rail (2 Conservation Pond still), Green Woodpecker (1st platform by reservoir), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (1 deer enclosure & drumming male Conservation Wood), Fieldfare (1st platform), 3 Redwing (1 deer enclosure & 2 Conservation Wood), Goldcrest (Boating Pond) (Dominic Mitchell)
 * Amwell GP: Caspian Gull 1w very nr viewpoint (Jeff Bailey via Herts BC)
 * Beddington SF: Iceland Gull 2w (BFBG via Twitter)
 * Bedfont Lakes CP: m Smew again on South Lake (Kevin Duncan via Twitter)
 * Braeburn Park, Crayford: 2+ Bullfinch, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest, 2 Greylag Goose NW, 3 Redwing, Stock Dove over (Peter Beckenham)
 * Broadwater: Egyptian Goose N over R Colne, 1+ Siberian Chiffchaff still by Colne north bank nr sailing clubhouse (Bill Pegram via Herts BC)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Song Thrush (Conrad Ellam)
 * Charing Cross Hospital: pr Peregrine Falcon mating (public site) (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * BlackRedstartEIDB4Feb15a.JPG India Dock Basin: Black Redstart f/1w on Thames Path c50m west of the Basin, 25 Cormorant on the pier including the Estonian-ringed bird, 357 Teal, 17 Shelduck, 29 Tufted Duck (John Archer).
 * Fairlop Waters: large flock of c150+ Lapwings flying above & around island in main boating lake 14:15pm before settling on & by island, pr Gadwall on Angling Pond, Boating Lake- 3 Shoveler, 2 Song Thrush, 10+ Goldfinches, 4 Robins, 2 Dunnocks, 4+ Tufted Ducks, Mallards, Canada Geese, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 1 Blue Tit, Green Woodpecker h, Black-headed Gulls, c30 Woodpigeon in a tree, Carrion Crows, many Magpies (Mick Charles)
 * Finsbury Park: Redwing (D Painter)
 * Hackney Marshes: 2 Goldcrest in bushes near red bridge at 0830, Chiffchaff singing briefly nearby (Alastair Dent)
 * Home Park, Hampton Court: 233 Coot, 17 Wigeon, 2 Mistle Thrush. (Kevin Duncan)
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: 79 Egyptian Goose, 2m Red-crested Pochard, m Scaup 1w still Round Pond, Little Grebe, c600 Black-headed Gull, 150+ Common Gull, Tawny Owl, Grey Wagtail (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Pintail (WWT website)
 * Margravine Cemetery: 4 Redwing (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 3 Goldcrest 1 singing, 1 Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel (Jan Dobbie)
 * Northaw Great Wood: 3 Marsh Tit incl a pair, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 11 Coal Tit, 12 Nuthatch, 7 Treecreeper, 10+ Redwing, 7 Goldcrest, Mealy Redpoll, Common Buzzard, Kestrel (Robert Callf)
 * Oakhill Park, East Barnet: Kingfisher along stream between East and West Walk (L Bates)
 * Pinner Park Farm: 4 Mistle Thrush, 73 Redwing, 3 Pied Wagtail, 6 Fieldfare, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dan Pinkham); later 143 Redwing 'click counted' before I was defeated by the cold - well done with yesterdays Rook Dan - a good bird here (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham RSPB: 5 Marsh Harrier, Avocet, Grey Plover, Spotted Redshank, 4 Siskin, pr Bullfinch (ELBF via Twitter)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 2 Shelduck fr gadwall_hide (Allan Meadows via Herts BC); Bittern Lee Marsh (RSPB blog)
 * Staines Moor: Buzzard, Jack Snipe, 3 Water Pipit, 5 Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail (C Lamsdell)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: 6+ Redwing, 2 Goldcrest (Bob Watts)
 * Truss's Island (Thames), Staines: breeding pair of Egyptian Geese have hatched eight goslings. (Kevin Duncan)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 5 Redwing over Leyton Marsh at 0800 (Alastair Dent); Rear Paddocks 10 Redwing, 8 Fieldfare, 7 Mistle Thrush, 20 Chaffinch, Kingfisher (Jan Dobbie)
 * Wanstead Flats: 12 Gadwall, Little Grebe, Kestrel, 20+ Goldfinch (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 30 Gadwall, 6 Shoveler, Little Grebe, 2 Fieldfare, 10+ Redwing, 20+ Goldfinch, Grey Wagtail (Nick Croft)
 * Waterworks NR: 4 Chiffchaff by Red Bridge, Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler (Jan Dobbie)

Tuesday 3rd February 2015

 * Battersea Park Lake: 30+ Shoveler, 10 Gadwall (Michael Mac).
 * Bedfords Park: Little Grebe, Kestrel, Woodcock, 6 Goldcrest, m Firecrest, 3 Coal Tit, 4 Treecreeper, 2 Meadow Pipit (Colin Jupp via Essex Birdwatching Society BN)
 * Broadwater: 2 Siberian Chiffchaff by R Colne nr sailing clubhouse (BirdGuides)
 * East India Dock Basin: 1 Kingfisher, 291 Teal, 12 Shelduck, 18 Tufted Duck, Cormorant - the Estonian-ringed bird again on the pier (John Archer)
 * Epping CM16: 80 Pied Wagtail High St roost 1700 (Roger Emmens via Essex BN)
 * Ewell, Hogsmill Open Space: 1 Little Egret, 1 Water Rail, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Chiffchaff (Steve Gale)
 * Ewell, Priest Hill: 6 Stonechat in meadow with Belted Galloway cattle (Steve Gale)
 * Ewell Village: 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher and 2 Ring-necked Parakeet at the Lower Mill (Neil Batten)
 * Holloway: male Brambling briefly on feeder in Heddington Grove N7 (Brian Demby per Ian Ellis)
 * Kensington Gardens: m Scaup 1w Round Pond still (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * Larkhall Park, Stockwell: 6 House Sparrows on one house all at nest holes ready for breeding season (Michael Mac).
 * Little Britain Lake: 1 Red Kite, 1 Little Egret; Heronry active - at least 8 occupied nests. (Roger Dewey)
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Pintail, 60 Wigeon, 12 Mandarin, 3 Bittern, Pheasant, 2 Snipe, 70 Lapwing, 6 Water Rail, 2 Stonechat, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 11 Fieldfare south (R.Kaye)
 * Pinner Park Farm: Fieldfare, Redwing, 1 Kestrel, 1 Rook, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Jackdaw (Dan Pinkham)
 * Rainham RSPB: 29 Pintail, 6 Water Rail, 4 Marsh Harrier, 100 Golden Plover, 2 Raven, 6 Cetti’s Warbler, 6 Stonechat (Howard Vaughan via RSPB blog & ELBF); 2f Bullfinch (Dave Smith per HV); 2 Common Sandpiper, Water Pipit (Mike Butler via ELBF)
 * Richmond Park: Little Owl, Redwing, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting (James Palmer); Pen Ponds- 32 Shoveler, Grey Heron - 3 occupied nests, Snipe, Kingfisher, 3 male Stonechat, 9 Goldfinch, 7 Siskin (J.Wilczur)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: 2 Kingfisher apparently a pair (Malcolm Hibberd).
 * Russia Dock Woodland: Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay (John Cadera)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Bullfinch (RSPB blog)
 * St James's Park: Drake Ruddy Duck 13:40 (James Hudson)
 * Snaresbrook Crown Court: Firecrest (Stuart Fisher)
 * South Norwood CP: 2 Egyptian Goose, 9 Shoveler, Little Grebe, 4 Water Rail, Common Snipe, Kingfisher, 12 Fieldfare, Reed Bunting (Sutton AB via Twitter)
 * Staines Moor: 2+ Water Pipit (along the Colne), 2 Woodcock (north end), 1 Little Owl (NE corner), 2 Water Rail (Bonehead Ditch), 1 Cetti's Warbler (Bonehead Ditch), 5 Stonechat (3m 2f), 1+ Little Egret, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Common Snipe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Buzzard, 8 Fieldfare (Lee Dingain)
 * Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver still (BirdGuides)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: Sparrowhawk, 150 Lapwing, Grey Wagtail, 3 Rock Pipit, Water Pipit by river nr Ingress Pk (Peter Beckenham via Kent OS)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Little Egret (along Dollis Brook), Chiffchaff, Treecreeper, 4 Fieldfare, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 7 Teal (John Colmans)
 * Town Park, Enfield: 5 Shoveler 2m 3f, 5 drake Pochard, 1 drake Tufted Duck, adult male Sparrowhawk, male Green Woodpecker (Robert Callf)
 * Trent Park: 2 drake Teal, 2 Pochard, 2 Tufted Duck, 4 Nuthatch, Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
 * Vicarage Farm, Enfield: Kestrel, c20 Stock Dove, fem Great Spotted Woodpecker, 38 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail, 104 Linnet, male Bullfinch, 11 Yellowhammer, 5 Reed Bunting (Robert Callf)
 * Wanstead Flats: Lapwing, 11 Gadwall, 6 Shoveler, f Pochard, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Little Grebe, 40 Goldfinch, 10+ Linnet, 7 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan/Richard Rae)
 * Wanstead Park: 2 Great Crested Grebe, 20+ Pochard on the Basin (Dan Hennessy)
 * Wapping Canal: 2 Shoveler drakes & possible Shoveler female opposite Tobacco Dock. (Mark Baynes)
 * Yiewsley GPs: c30 Shoveler communally feeding. (Roger Dewey)

Monday 2nd February 2015

 * Bedfords Park: Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 4 Goldcrest, m Firecrest holly & cherry laurels in Nursery Wood, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 3 Song Thrush (Colin Jupp via Essex Birdwatching Society BN)
 * Broadwater: Broadwater GP- Buzzard and Little Egret (C Lamsdell); 15 Chiffchaff Broadwater Lake by sailing club on north side of R Colne, incl 2 Siberian Chiffchaff (tristis types) one constantly calling, also 2 or 3 abietinus types (Bill Pegram via Herts BC, Herts Bird News via Twitter) TQ042903
 * Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Cormorant, Pheasant, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blackcap f (Conrad Ellam)
 * Danson Park: 8 Stock Dove 4pr, 100+ Common Gull, 2 Goldcrests, 4 Egyptian Goose, 14 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 11 Herring Gull (P Kite)
 * Ealing (W13): male Blackcap trapped & ringed in garden this morning (Bill Haines).
 * Foots Cray Meadows: Siberian Chiffchaff still around lake with Common Chiffchaff at SW end offering good plumage comparison but Sibe still largely silent, 5 Mute Swan, 6 Gadwall, c20 Tufted Duck, 5+ Little Grebe, Little Egret, Water Rail, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, m Stonechat Riverside Road, 2 Mistle Thrush, 8+ Goldcrest, 3+ Jay, 6 Linnet, 2+ Bullfinch (Ian Stewart).
 * Ilford Garden: Coal Tit on feeders - garden tick (Barbara Miller)
 * KGV Reservoir: 17 Goosander, 15 Goldeneye, 30 Redwing, 2 Wigeon, Lapwing (Martin Shepherd)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresrbook: Firecrest (Court), 2 Nuthatch (Gilberts Slade), Redwing, 13 Shoveler, Pochard, 54 Tufted Duck, 8 Gadwall, 400+ Black-headed Gull, Goldcrest, Coal Tit (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: 4 Bittern main lake N shore, Peregrine Ch X Hosp, 5 Water Rail, Skylark W, 14 Redwing W (WWT website)
 * Loughton: Tawny Owl flew across A121 at 6.35 p.m. (Simon West) TQ413951
 * Magravine Cemetery: 2 Blackcap m&f, Goldcrest, 2 Redwing, c35 Carrion Crow (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Mitcham Common: Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, Stonechat m, 2 Egyptian Goose (James Massey)
 * Rainham Marshes: 17 Brent Goose downriver and Skylark singing landfill pre-dawn (Howard Vaughan via RSPB blog); fem/imm Marsh Harrier out on Wennington Marsh, 15 Pintail, 200 Golden Plover, hundreds of Wigeon, also 35 Black-tailed Godwit and 40 Common Redshank at Aveley Bay foreshore (John Edwards); Barn Owl (RSPB sightings log)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: 5 Redwing behind Hill lookout area 50 (RPBirders)
 * Richmond Park: 2 Smew - a pair on Upper Pen Pond (J.McCormick per J.Wilczur); still present 12.00 (JW); resting on the island at 12:30 (Michael Mac).
 * Rye Meads RSPB: Shelduck, 2 Peregrine, Water Rail (Vicky Buckel via Herts BC)
 * St James's Park: Kingfisher and drake Ruddy Duck pm (Frank Nugent).
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Peregrine, male Blackcap, Redwings heard am, 8 Stock Dove high NE - my first interesting overheads this year (Ian Stewart).
 * Staines Reservoir: Scaup, Black-necked Grebe, Redshank, Water Pipit - north basin; 2 Shelduck, 2 Great Northern Diver, Black-necked Grebe - south basin (Dominic Pia via Twitter)
 * Stanwell Moor: Jack Snipe (C Lamsdell)
 * Thorney CP: Bullfinch f, Kingfisher, Jay, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Goldcrest, Treecreeper, 5 Common Gulls, Grey Heron, 4 Gadwall, Green Woodpecker, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Great Crested Grebes. (Sue Giddens)
 * Trent Park: 8 Mandarin Duck 5m 3f, 2 drake Teal, 2 Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck, 18 Redwing, Nuthatch, 4 Treecreeper, female Bullfinch (Robert Callf/Robin White)
 * Vicarage Farm, Enfield: Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 4 Song Thrush, 20+ Linnet, 10 Yellowhammer (Robert Callf/Robin White)
 * Wanstead Flats: 25 Herring Gull, 3 Kestrel, 20+ Linnet, 15+ Goldfinch, 8 Skylark, Grey Wagtail, 14 Gadwall, 3 Pochard, 6 Shoveler, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Redwing (Nick Croft)
 * Warren Gorge: Bittern 0740 (BirdGuides)
 * West Putney: 3 Blackcap in my garden first of the winter (R.Kaye)
 * Woodford Green: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper, Goldcrest, Firecrest, Little Egret and 2 Lesser Redpoll (Ken Murray).Whereabouts in Woodford Green? [D.Whitelegg] Legret flying over, Redpoll and Goldcrest in the garden, LSW and Treecreeper in the woods between the 'Pines' and Chiltern Way. [KM]

Sunday 1st February 2015

 * Banstead Woods: 2 Woodcock flushed nr estate (Ian Ward via Twitter)
 * Barking Bay: Caspian Gull 1w (John Archer per ELBF)
 * Battersea Park: 1 Coal Tit, 5 Cormorant, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Grey Wagtail on Thames wall, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Pochard, Shoveler (Matthew J. Bradbury).
 * Bedfords Park: 4 Goldcrest, Firecrest feeding in cherry laurels along bridleway east of Visitor Centre 4pm, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Treecreeper, 20+ Redwing, pr Mistle Thrush, 3 Bullfinch (Colin Jupp via Essex Birdwatching Society BN)
 * Brent Reservoir: drake Pintail north marsh, pair Wigeon, 25 Snipe & Peregrine (Andrew Self & Andrew Verrall).
 * Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Mandarin, Pheasant, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush (Conrad Ellam).
 * Burgess Park: adult Mediterranean Gull still on the lake, also 5 Pochard and 20 Egyptian Geese (Richard Bonser).
 * Bushy Park: Stonechat at Model Boating Pond (Martin Twycross)
 * Carshalton: 1+ Kingfisher in Grove Park, also 2 Little Grebe, Grey Wagtail (Twitter)
 * Chigwell: Good views of the M11 Buzzard on both up & down journeys this morning (Barbara Miller)
 * Crossness: Caspian Gull 1w flew slowly upriver past Golf Centre at midday, 40 Black-tailed Godwit, 35 Wigeon, 47 Shoveler, Kingfisher (John Archer).
 * Dagenham Riverside: 11 Curlew, 79 Black-tailed Godwit, 106 Redshank (David Morrison via Twitter)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: 5 Mute Swan, 6+ Gadwall, 6+ Little Grebe, Little Egret, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Water Rail, Green Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 3+ Redwing, Common Chiffchaff, 5+ Goldcrest, Bullfinch (Ian Stewart); Siberian Chiffchaff still on lake islands 1500 (BirdGuides)
 * Gallions Reach: Grey Plover, Oystercatcher, 30 Redshank, 3 Snipe, adult Yellow-legged Gull. (Gary A James).
 * Hampstead Heath: 3 Bullfinch feeding in the birches near Bird Bridge, the Water Rail in situ and showing very well, c30 Redwing south meadow, 1 Lesser Redpoll in a birch at south meadow, f Kingfisher at Mixed Pond (Frank Nugent).
 * Hatfield Aerodrome: Barn Owl 1630 at Ellenbrook Fields (John Yates via Herts BC)
 * Home Park, Hampton Court: 2 Mediterranean Gulls both adults 1 with Polish red ring on right leg PJH3, Herring Gull adult with white ring only visible characters A7H (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Kensington Gardens: m Scaup 1w Round Pond still, 31 Shoveler, ad Great Black-backed Gull, 6 Jackdaw (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * Morden Hall Park: 3 Teal, 2 Shoveler, Little Egret, Kestrel, Water Rail h, Green Sandpiper (MHP Nature Grp via Twitter)
 * Orsett Fen: 9 Wigeon, 13 Teal, 17 Red-legged Partridge, 15 Pheasant, 5 Buzzard, 4 Kestrel, m Merlin, 26 Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 50 Fieldfare, 7 Redwing, Meadow Pipit, 43 Chaffinch, f Brambling, 11 Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting (RB via ELBF)
 * Osterley Park: 4 Common Gull, 4 Cormorant, Fieldfare, 3 Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, 2 Herring Gull, 41+ Jackdaw, Little Grebe, Little Owl, 8 Mandarin, 5 Mistle Thrush, 5 Pied Wagtail, 80+ Redwing, 8+ Ring-necked Parakeet, 19 Shoveler (Richard Woolley).
 * Pinner Park Farm: Little Egret, 313 Redwing, 42 Fieldfare, 58 Jackdaw, Jay, 4 Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker & 2 Long-tailed Tit (Jon Ridge).
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: Kestrel, 18 Long-tailed Tit in two flocks (Malcolm Hibberd).
 * Rotherhithe: 3 Great Black-backed Gulls off Greenland Pier (Richard Bonser).
 * Sidcup DA15 (Lamorbey Park): 2 Mute Swan, 7 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, Song Thrushes and Mistle Thrushes singing, Goldcrest, Nuthatch (Ian Stewart).
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Male Blackcap in garden (Ian Stewart).
 * South Norwood CP: 2 Teal, 7 Shoveler, Little Grebe, 2 Kestrel, 2 Water Rail, 2 Common Snipe, 19 Fieldfare, Grey Wagtail, 6 Linnet (Sutton Area Birds via Twitter)
 * South Norwood Lake: 4 Blackbird, 111 Black-headed Gull, 4 Blue Tit, 29 Carrion Crow, Collared Dove, 28 Coot, 4 Cormorant, 60 Feral Rock Dove, 5 Goldfinch, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Great Tit, Grey Heron, 2 Jay, Long-tailed Tit, 2 Magpie, 10 Mallard, 8 Moorhen, Nuthatch, 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, 5 Robin, 15 Starling, Song Thrush, 15 Tufted Duck, 4 Woodpigeon & 2 Wren. (Observer?).
 * Staines Moor: 3 Water Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 1m Sonechat, 10 Song Thrush, Buzzard, Kestrel (Paul Goodman).
 * Staines Reservoir: 3 Black-necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver, Water Pipit all on south basin (Jim & Tony Sweetland); imm Iceland Gull north basin 16:05-16:20 (Dave Harris via Twitter, Surrey BC); Scaup, 2 Great Northern Diver south basin (BirdGuides)
 * Stanwell Moor: Sparrowhawk, Water Rail h, Barn Owl 0700, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail (Dominic Pia via Twitter)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: 3 Rock Pipit, Stonechat, 3 Redshank, 12-15 Teal, 20 Gadwall, Grey Wagtail, 8 Fieldfare over (ASmith)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: Buzzard, 11 Snipe, 30+ Lapwing, Sparrowhawk, 20 Linnet, Little Egret, Grey Wagtail (Gordon Westley).
 * Totteridge: Woodcock (James Palmer).
 * Trent Park: drake Teal, 3 Goosander 2m 1f, 2 Mandarin Duck pr, drake Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck 1m 3f, Woodcock, c10 Redpoll (Robert Callf/Robin White)
 * Truss's Island (Thames), Staines: Adult Mediterranean Gull (Kevin Duncan) TQ034699
 * Vicarage Farm, Enfield: Red Kite, Common Buzzard, c100 Linnet, 6 Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting (Robert Callf/Robin White)
 * Wanstead Flats: Goldcrest, Fieldfare, 4 Mistle Thrush, 10 Linnet, 2 Pochard, 4 Shoveler, Great Black-backed Gull (Nick Croft/James Heal)
 * Wanstead Park: 366 Gadwall, 51 Tufted Duck, 26 Shoveler, 4 Pochard, m Teal, 2 Egyptian Goose, 5 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 300+ Jackdaw in pre roost gathering Wanstead Golf course north of Ornamental Waters, Kingfisher, Goldcrest, 3 Redwing (Nick Croft)
 * Woodford Green: Common Buzzard, Little Egret, Lesser Redpoll and Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Ken Murray).

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