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Tuesday 1st October 2013
 
 * Battersea Park: pr Peregrines on and round the Gasometer, 3 prs Gadwall, 1 adult Little Grebe and fledged chick, no Egyptian Geese - my theory why this species don't seem to have taken to this site could be because of distance from edge of lake to cover, as they like to stand on the edge of water and have good visino of predators approaching - dogs can get very close to them without being seen so they don't like it (Michael Mac).
 * Battersea Power Station: 101 Starlings wheeling (Michael Mac).
 * Oxleas Woods, Eltham SE9: 2 Hobby chattering excitedly 17.45 hrs (John Reid)
 * London Wetland Centre: 9 Spoonbill flew over heading East 12.50hrs (BirdGuides) (photo here), 116 Shoveler, 74 Wigeon, 4 Cetti's Warbler (WWT website)
 * Lonsdale Road Reservoir: 1 Little Grebe otherwise very quiet (Rich Petley); female Goldeneye pm (johngordon)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: Kestrel, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap - warbler exodus overnight after small influx y'day (birdman_euston)
 * Sewardstone E4: 3 Siskin, 4 Chiffchaff, Little Egret, Blackcap, Meadow Pipit (Martin Shepherd).
 * Staines Reservoirs: 3 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Yellow Wagtail (Bob Warden)
 * Swanley Park: Grey Heron, Greylag, 63 Canada Goose, Granada (Greyl'g x Canada hybrid), Wigeon (site 1st), Cormorant (Andy Meaton)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 9 House Martin, 7 Swallow, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff (1 singing), Bullfinch, 6 Teal (John Colmans)
 * Valentines Park Redbridge: 200+ Woodpigeons about a quarter of them juveniles, 5 Grey Wagtail (Barbara Miller)
 * Victoria Tower Gardens, Westminster: Grey Wagtail over W; also a bat flew onto a plane tree and stayed there clearly visible just half way up the trunk at 08:30, still there at 09:00 (Frank Nugent).
 * Wanstead Flats: Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 10+ Pied Wagtail, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark, Reed Bunting, 10+ Song Thrush, 6 Mistle Thrush, 10+ Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 3 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 2 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Common Gull, 10 Little Grebe, 10+ Shoveler, Common Pochard, 8 Gadwall (Bob Vaughan/Nick Croft)
 * Wimbledon Park Lake: The Polish-ringed Black-headed Gull (TTH8 White Ring) first seen on 25 August 2013 was back this evening at 17.30. Not seen in the interim, but could have been around as a band on the further gulls would not be easily visible with bins. According to the Ornithological Station Museum and Institute PAS, Nadwiślańska 108, 80-680 Gdańsk, the bird was ringed on 11 May 2013 while nesting 1,249 kilometers away at Bydgoszcz-Myslecinek, Kujawsko-Pomorskie. I have the details if anyone wants them (Martin Daniel)

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