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Monday 5th December 2016

 * Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Conrad Ellam)
 * Lamorbey Park : Teal 3 drake and 2 female golf course lake, 2 Little Grebe, Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan, Egyptian Goose, 5 Common Gull, Herring Gull, Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest, Jay, (Mike Amos ), Firecrest opposite old toilet block c15.40, Little Egret lower lake (Ian Stewart)
 * Leatherhead, Common Meadow: 1 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 1 Mute Swan, 8 Redwing, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Nuthatch, 86 Black-headed Gull (Neil Batten)
 * Lee Valley, Friday Lake: red-head Smew (Simon Papps)
 * Lee Valley, Horsemill Stream (just E of Hall Marsh): male Goosander (Simon Papps)
 * Oxleas Wood Common Buzzard Songthrush [15 plus over] Jackdaw [3] Redwing [over] Goldfinch Goldcrest [12 plus] Great Spotted Woodpecker Mistlethrush [pair] Nuthatch Treecreeper [Ron Turner]
 * Ruislip Lido: 3 Jack Snipe still present opposite the boathouse at 12.00. (Roger Morton)
 * St James's Park: Kingfisher (Frank Nugent).
 * Trent Park: Firecrest feeding in laurel SW edge of Rough Lot at approx TQ284976 at 13:54 hrs (Robert Callf)
 * Tyttenhanger GP: 2 Great White Egret (alternating between Main Pit & Fishing Lake), Caspian Gull (1stW), Water Rail, 3 Tree Sparrow (Tyttenhanger Fm)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs : 2 Goldeneye, Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher, Cettis Warbler on reservoir no 4, Black Necked Grebe on East Warwick, plus Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 2 Shellduck, Peregrine on pylon also seen from East Warwick. (Simon Worsfold et al)
 * Wimbledon Common: 1 Dartford Warbler, 1 Stonechat, 6 Reed Bunting (Penny Smallshire)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Shoveler, Teal, Chiffchaff, 5 Little Grebe, 3+ Goldcrest (Chris Farthing)

Sunday 4th December 2016

 * Blackheath Common: 4 Crossbill pm (Robin Stride via Twitter)
 * Brent Reservoir: 170+ Tufted Duck, 40+ Pochard, 11 Common Snipe, 2 Water Rail, Chiffchaff (Roy Beddard, Steve Leeke)
 * Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: Cormorant, 2 Mute Swan, 42 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 13 Shoveler 9m 4f, 3 Tufted Duck 1m 2f, 8 Greenfinch pre-roost gathering at 15:00 hrs (Robert Callf)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Common Snipe, drake Tufted Duck + 4 Teal on Thames (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
 * Cranford CP: Water Rail - patch tick, 2 Kingfishers, 2 Little Egret, Common Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 5 Goldcrest (Wendy Marks)
 * Gunpowder Park: 5 Goosander, 2 Buzzard, Kingfisher, Siskin (James Palmer)
 * Hampstead Heath: Fem/imm Goosander still on Highgate No.1 pond, catching small fish and looking settled, despite being harried by hungry Black-headed Gulls. Snipe flushed by walkers at Parliament Hill, flew down to bottom of 1st Hedge, 2 Fieldfares W, 20+ Redwing, 12 Siskin feeding at the edge of the Wood Pond - Little Grebe here too (Pete Mantle)
 * Harmondsworth: 65 Golden Plover in winter wheat field adjacent to A 4, best viewed from Harmondsworth lane. (Dave Morris, Franko J Maroevic )
 * Hornchurch: 3 Kingfisher, 1 Little Egret and 1 Common Snipe together along the River Beam at Upper Rainham Road (Frank Nugent).
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Bittern, 4 Pintail, 4 Snipe, 1 Peregrine, 1 Water Pipit, 1 Bullfinch (NW), 25 Redwing (WWT Website)
 * Pinner (HA5): 10 Fieldfare north, 3 Redwing south-east, Mistle Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron over, probable pair of Jackdaw on rooftops opposite house,, singing Goldcrest, Coal Tit, 8 Goldfinch & 6 Collered Dove (Jon Ridge).
 * Rammey Marsh: 3 Kestrel, 2 Snipe, Stonechat (James Palmer)
 * Ranelagh Gardens: Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Skylark S, 6 Pied Wagtail, 21 Redwing, 6 Song Thrush (all continental), 1 Fieldfare, 2 Mistle Thrush, 5 Goldcrest (2 singing), 2 Coal Tit, 4 Chaffinch; nearby on Thames - 1 redhead Goosander West Caspian Gull 1cy on barges East of Chelsea Bridge, 3 Grey Wagtail (Nick Senior)
 * Rotherhithe: 1 Firecrest at Stave Hill, in SE corner of the park, also 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Kingfisher. 4 Shoveler, 8 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Jay, Goldcrest at Southwark Park. 86 Tufted Duck, Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Common Gull on Canada Water (John Cadera)
 * RSPB Rainham Marshes: 11 Linnet, 15 Stonechat, 3 Pheasant, 39 Coot, 4 Little Grebe, 6 Wren, 19 Chaffinches, 13 Meadow Pipit, 6 Snipe, 7 Kestrel, 72 Gadwall, 22 Black Tailed Godwit, 30 Common Gull, 500+ Black-headed Gull, 36 Redshank, 215 Lapwing, 85 Teal, 177 Wigeon, 13 Goldfinch, 4 Cormorant, 6 Grey Heron, 8 Pied Wagtail, 171 Canada Geese, 60 Dunlin, although 200+ where reported later, 10 Reed Bunting, 400+ Starling, 4 Buzzard, 34 Shelduck, 13 Redwing, 4 Greenfinch, 45 Shoveler, 10 Pintail, 2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Curlew, 2 Rock Pipit, 2 Raven (Samuel Levy); also a Little Owl was reported by others near Ken b hide (SL); 6 Avocets - Aveley bay, Water Pipit, 2 Barn Owls (Ian Bradshaw)
 * Ruislip Lido: Jack Snipe showing well viewed from boathouse SW corner 12.15pm (Tim Rymer). Must have missed you as there were all 3 showing just minutes before. However, two moved into the thicket. Saw just the one when I was running earlier (Richard Francis) 3 showing well at 11am. (Jim Fell)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: Kingfisher, 2 Rook (James Palmer); 3 Water Rail feeding in relief channel, 2 Stonechat, 7 Goldcrest, 4 Chiffchaff (Neville Smith).
 * Staines Moor: pm Juvenile Marsh Harrier heading SW, Red Kite, Buzzard, Kestrel, 20 plus Meadow Pipits, Water Pipit, 6 Stonechat, 3 Reed Bunting, Snipe, 100 Fieldfare, 50 plus Redwing (Nick B).
 * Surbiton (Seething Wells) Filter Beds: 5 Little Grebe, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Lapwing (Nigel Jackman)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: f Teal, Buzzard calling, Sparrowhawk, 30+ Lapwing, Snipe, 12 Skylark, 18 Meadow Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 20 Redwing (18 S), 2 Fieldfare, 3 Reed Bunting, Linnet (Neil Anderson/G. Westley)
 * Thames Barrier Park: 2cy Caspian, 2 Yellow-legged, 3 Great Black-backed, 14 Lesser Black-backed, 165 Herring, 11 Common and 730 Black-headed Gulls, 18 Common Shelduck, 43 Eurasian Teal, Common Sandpiper, Eurasian Curlew, Grey Wagtail (Dominic Mitchell), 1cy Caspian Gull (Dante Shepherd, Jamie Partridge and Richard Bonser) Pics here
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: Great White Egret still on Willows Farm Lake early-am (BirdGuides)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: drake Scaup - No 4; Black-necked Grebe - East Warwick; 3 - Goosander, Green Sandpiper - Lockwood; 8 Goldeneye & 3 Snipe (David Bradshaw)
 * Wanstead Flats: Golden Plover (Tony Brown); Little Owl, Common Buzzard. m Sparrowhawk, 2 Linnet, Meadow Pipit, 7 Shoveler, 5 Teal, 2 Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck. Goldcrest (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: Common Snipe (Tony Brown); Firecrest, 12 Goldcrest, 2 Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, f Sparrowhawk, 130+ Gadwall, 3 Wigeon, 9 Shoveler, 14 Tufted Duck, 2 Pochard, 7 Redwing (Nick Croft); Water Rail on Heronry Pond (Frank Nugent).
 * Waterlow Park N6: 2 Nuthatch around Middle Pond, 2 Siskin and 1 Lesser Redpoll with Goldfinch flock in Wildlife Sanctuary trees at the top of the park. 3-4 Redwing there too. Also, a major influx of Song Thrush - 20+ seen and heard (Francis Tusa)
 * Yeading Brook meadows: f Sparrowhawk, 73 Common Gull, pr Bullfinch (Neil Anderson)
 * Wimbledon Common: Dartford Warbler, Stonechat (David Wills).
 * Woodford Green: Tawny Owl, 3 Nuthatch, Collared Dove, Little Egret, 5 Siskin, 3 Buzzard, and 8 Redwing. (Ken Murray)

Saturday 3rd December 2016

 * Alexandra Park: Kingfisher south end Wood Green Res but no sign of Gadwall pair (Alan Gibson, Gareth Richards, Bob Watts)
 * Bow Creek: 16 Redshank and 2 Common Sandpiper in the high tide roost (Frank Nugent)
 * Brent Reservoir: 4 Common Snipe, Mediterranean Gull, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Goldcrest (Leo Batten, Pete Lowman)
 * Cheshunt: c153 Golden Plover in field West of A10 viewed from A10 foot bridge just North of B198 (Neville Smith).
 * Chingford: 1m Pintail, 16 Mandarin Duck, 50+ Teal, 28 Shoveler, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Lesser Redpoll, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Fieldfare, Redwing, flock of 15-20 Long-tailed Tit, with 3 Goldcrest (John & Janet Cadera)
 * East Dulwich: Fieldfare W over Malfort Road late afternoon (Pete Mantle)
 * Enfield: No sign of any Waxwings along The Ridgeway this morning (Simon West)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: Little Egret, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff (Frank Nugent).
 * Hall Marsh: m Stonechat (Neville Smith).
 * Ickenham: Just seen a Jay perched on my fence 09.20, it sat for about 2 minutes then flew off (Lynn Charlton)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: Marsh Harrier adult male, 2 Water Rail h, 9 Snipe, 15+ Ring-necked Parakeet, pr Stonechat, 5+ Reed Bunting (Andrew Cox via Essex BwS)
 * Jersey Farm: 2 Raven S over gdn calling 1100 (Dan Fletcher via Twitter)
 * Lamorbey Park: Pair Mute Swan, 5 Egyptian Geese, Grey Heron (over), 7 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, Jay, Coal Tit, Goldcrest (Mikey Amos); pm visit- Water Rail my first here and potential first site record on S side of lower lake flushed by Moorhen, male Teal (rare here), Firecrest high in Oak in the dell, Greylag, Mistle Thrush and most of the above (Ian Stewart)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Peregrine on Ch X Hospital, 8 Pintail 3m 5f, 1m Stonechat, 5 Common Snipe, 1f/imm Marsh Harrier (in from SE dropped down over main lake but was picked up by Crows and chased off high SW) (Martin Honey, E. Garcia & B. Page)
 * Panshanger Park: Water Rail, Jack Snipe fr viewing screen (Barry Reed via Herts BC)
 * Rainham RSPB: Great Skua drifting upriver 0930 (BirdGuides)
 * Rammey Marsh: 2 Stonechat (Neville Smith).
 * Richmond Park: 2 Dartford Warbler (J.Wilczur, H.Bradshaw, R. Ritchen et al); late afternoon 2 Buzzards circling low and calling, 9 Redwing, Tawny Owl, 5 Woodcock (P Davies & P Redmond)
 * Ruislip Lido: 1 Jack Snipe as per reports thanks for them - edited back to numbers 1 I initially reported (Dan Pinkham); 3 Jack Snipe 1400 (Phil Aylen via Twitter) sorry for confusion Dan I was confused, no bother atb! DP
 * Rye Meads RSPB: Shelduck, 32 Teal, 17 Shoveler, 87 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Snipe, Kingfisher, Water Pipit - Gadwall_hide 1115 (Murray Orchard via Twitter)
 * Staines Res: Goldeneye, Little Egret, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 3 Red Kite (Dave Carlsson via Twitter)
 * Stanstead Abbotts Lakes: North Lake - Goosander, 2 Bittern, Cetti's Warbler, c30 Siskin (Jane Free via Herts BC)
 * Stocker's Lake: red-head Smew still (Geoff Lapworth et al via Herts BC)
 * Trent Park: Gadwall male, Shoveler male, 4 Pochard 2m 2f lower lake, Common Buzzard, c20 Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing, Mistle Thrush singing male, 5+ Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
 * Turnford Lakes (Cheshunt GPs): 18 Goosander 10m 8f North Met Pit (Steve Hughes via Herts BC)
 * Tyttenhanger GP: 2 Great White Egret, 7 Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Wigeon, Green Sandpiper, Great Black-backed Gull, Peregrine Falcon, Yellowhammer, 3 Skylark, 3 Reed Bunting, c40 Linnet, Redwing & Fieldfare around site (Steve Blake et al). (Was the GBBG an immature Steve? - Jo E)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 2 Stonechat (Jon Agar)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: (S side) 3 Goldeneye, 25 Shoveler, 33 Common Gull, Lapwing, m Stonechat, Chiffchaff - E/W Warwick; 7 Teal - No 3 (Lol Bodini).

Friday 2nd December 2016

 * Beckton (Gallions Reach): 15 Redshanks, Green Sandpiper, Lapwing, 21 Teal, 3 Shelducks, 2 Linnets, Meadow Pipit (Simon Worsfold)
 * Borehamwood: 62 Monk Parakeet three colonies of 38 / 14 / 10 (Lee Evans via Herts BC)
 * Brookmill Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Enfield (The Ridgeway): nr St Johns elementary school The Ridgeway - flock of 20+ Waxwings (Brian Dawton)
 * Fulham Reach: juv Iceland Gull at end of Lysia St 1155 then flew upriver over Hammersmith Br and off N 1225 (BirdGuides)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Drake Tufted Duck, Chiffchaff (John Bushell)
 * Heathrow: fem Smew, fem Goldeneye, 3 Water Rail. (Adam Cheeseman)
 * Leatherhead, Common Meadow: 3 Teal 2m 1f, 25 Redwing, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Neil Batten)
 * Leatherhead Station: 28 Redwing w over (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: Caspian Gull 1cy - same as Nov 30th (J.Wilczur); Bittern main lake 10:00 showing clearly (S.Barry); Water Pipit still (BirdGuides)
 * Mardyke, Stifford-Aveley: Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Fieldfare, 28 Redwing, 13 House Sparrow, f Grey Wagtail (per Howard Vaughan via ELBF Facebook)
 * Orsett Fen: 3 Buzzard, 6 Kestrel, 549 Lapwing, 23 Skylark, 206 Fieldfare, 147 Redwing, 2 Meadow Pipit, 32 Linnet, 10 Yellowhammer (per Howard Vaughan via ELBF Facebook)
 * Paddington: Peregine on Hilton Metropole ledges early-pm (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * Priest Hill, Ewell: CATTLE EGRET north at 10.45hrs (Steve Gale)
 * Rainham RSPB: 14 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Caspian Gull 1w 2w nr stone barges 1105 (BirdGuides); 13 Pintail, 3 Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, Peregrine, 5 Avocet, 47 Golden Plover, 5 Curlew, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 35 Redshank, Barn Owl, 2 Short-eared Owl, 2 Raven, Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, Fieldfare, 12 Redwing, 3 Water Pipit, 5 Rock Pipit (per Howard Vaughen via ELBF Facebook)
 * Richmond Park: 4 Stonechat, 1 Meadow Pipit, 4 Reed Bunting all between Pembroke Lodge and the Pen Ponds (Keith Bates); Dartford Warbler still nr pen ponds 1300 (BirdGuides); pale Stonechat - pic (Brandon Anderson); presumably the same bird first seen Oct 23rd and on a couple of occasions since (JW); a similar bird seen at Dungeness in November (HTB per JW)
 * Ruislip Lido: 3 Jack Snipe now present and all showing well in the SW corner - view from the causeway by the boat house (John Edwards et al)
 * Russia Dock Woodland: Firecrest (Simon Worsfold)
 * Ruxley GPs: (permit only) - 6 Mute Swan, 7 Canada Geese, 6+ Mallard, c30 Gadwall, 9+ Shoveler, f Wigeon, 3 Teal, 10 Pochard, c150 Tufted Duck, 13+ Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 3 Cormorant, Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 3+ Water Rail, 6+ Moorhen, c250 Coot, 150+ Black-headed Gull, 20+ Common Gull, 6+ Herring Gull, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Redwing, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 16+ Jackdaw over, 7 Lesser Redpoll, Bullfinch (Ian Stewart)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: Water Pipit still fr Gadwall_hide early-pm (BirdGuides)
 * Stave Hill: Firecrest still (Richard Page-Jones via Twitter)
 * Stocker's Lake: red-head Smew still (Lee Evans via Herts BC)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: 2 Great White Egret fishing lake and silt dump lake, 4+ Little Egret, Kingfisher, 50 Fieldfare, Little Grebe, 7 Meadow Pipit, 4 Tree Sparrow, 6 Teal, c20 Shoveler, c20 Great Crested Grebe, Ring-necked Parakeet (Jo Edwards); Raven Tyttenhanger Farm (David Booth via Herts BC)
 * Upminster: 44 White-fronted Goose W over St Marys Ln (BirdGuides)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: (N side only) - 9+ Goldeneye 3m 6f on Lockwood and Upper Maynard, 2 Green Sandpipers on Flood Relief, also 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Kingfisher, 30+ Teal and 1 Song Thrush singing. Spring is coming. (Quentin Given)
 * Wanstead Flats: 6 Gadwall, 10 Shoveler, Teal, Tufted Duck, Sparrowhawk (Nick Croft/Peter Brinton)
 * Wanstead Park: Water Rail, 86 Gadwall, 2 Teal, Wigeon, 13 Wigeon, 14 Tufted Duck, 18 Redwing (Nick Croft/Peter Brinton)
 * Woodford Green: 2 Nuthatch, 5 Ring-necked Parakeet, 5 Siskin, 6 Redpoll, Song Thrush, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, Little Egret, Tawny Owl, 2 Goldfinch, Goldcrest, 2 Chaffinch, and Stock Dove displaying (Ken Murray)

Thursday 1st December 2016

 * Amwell NR: 2 Raven through Gt Hardmead L (William Last via Herts BC)
 * Batchworth Lake: Kingfisher (Anna Marett via Herts BC)
 * Bermondsey: 1 Collared Dove over St James Road (John Cadera)
 * Collier Row, Romford: Ring-necked Parakeet flying East and calling 9:30 over Wainfleet Avenue (G Francis)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Drake Tufted Duck, male Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff (John Bushell)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern main lake north shore, Jack Snipe marsh, 8 Linnet marsh then W (WWT website)
 * Millfields E5: 2 Mistle Thrush singing this morning at 0830 (Alastair Dent)
 * Pinner (HA5): 12 Redwing north-west, female Great Spotted Woodpecker, Coal Tit, Pied Wagtail over & 2 Goldfinch (Jon Ridge)
 * Rotherhithe (Stave Hill): Firecrest (calling and showing well in usual place), Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Jay (Richard Page-Jones)
 * Southall: Buzzard low over open industrial area near railway 9am followed by several Crows + many gulls going up (Neil Anderson)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 Reed Bunting, c25 Redwing NW, Bullfinch, Grey Wagtail, singing Mistle Thrush, 10 Teal (John Colmans)
 * Turnford Lakes (Cheshunt GPs): 15 Merganser, 2 Raven (Barry Reed via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 3f Goldeneye on Lockwood, 3 Goldeneye 2f m on West Warwick, 2 Common Snipe between East and West Warwick, Wigeon calling from West Warwick, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Kingfishers, 4 Shelduck, 5 Grey Wagtail, 8 Meadow Pipit, 4 Stonechat, Reed Bunting (Simon Worsfold, Magnus Andersson)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Snipe, Chiffchaff (Chris Farthing); Grey Wagtail (John Colmans)

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