September 2016

London's September highlights: Shear magic
There is only one possible candidate for the title of September’s headline bird — the implausible CORY’S SHEARWATER that flew over Regent's Park on the morning of 15th September. Spotted by Dave Johnson and snapped distantly (but recognisably) by Tony Duckett, it was London’s first ever record of this pelagic species.

Why a bird of the wide open ocean decided to cruise across central London on a glorious summery day is anyone’s guess, since pelagic birds are usually seen inland only when blown about by abominable weather.

(Very few shearwaters of any species have previously been recorded in London. Almost all earlier records relate to Manx Shearwater, which in autumn occasionally penetrates the Thames estuary as far as Thamesmead and extremely rarely has reached Thames Valley reservoirs upriver from the metropolis. Unlike this month’s carefree Cory’s, these birds have often appeared exhausted or disorientated. For example, in 2012 a frazzled Manxie was picked up in Kensington Gardens, in 2009 one was dozy enough to be caught and eaten by a Great Black-backed Gull near the M25 Dartford Crossing, and in 2008 a bedraggled bird was rescued from — of all places — a [locked communal bin-shed in Paddington]. Until this month’s Cory’s fly-over, only two other species of shearwater had ever been recorded in the London area — a Macaronesian found dead in south-east London in 1912, and a befuddled Balearic at Island Barn Reservoir in 1984.)

Amazingly, the Cory’s Shearwater was not our only mid-September oceanic visitor. On the 10th, also in balmy weather, a Leach’s Petrel spent much of the day at the Queen Mother Reservoir. It was London’s first since Nov 2009. On the same day a Great Skua passed over Staines Reservoir and a week later an Arctic Skua flew upriver past Rainham Marshes. Both species were firsts for 2016.

Three more rare vagrants
After all those exotic seabirds, most other September sightings pale into insignificance, even though they did include three rare vagrants that are not seen in London quite often enough to be described as “near-annual”. One was a larid and the others were a warbler and a bunting.

The larid was Sabine's Gull, seen twice during the month. An adult was reported at Beddington Farmlands on 13th Sep and then a week later a first-winter bird turned up at Queen Mother Reservoir.

(A rare autumn vagrant, Sab’s was last recorded in London in Aug 2013, when three were in Aveley Bay. Otherwise there have been only half a dozen 21st century records, including one previous Beddington sighting, of three juveniles in Oct 2007.)

Last October, after 16 years of birding at the London Wetland Centre, Rupert Kaye decided to snub the site when he fell out with its senior staff, whom he accuses of bullying local birders and caring more about promoting tacky money-making activities than fostering wildlife. Since then, he has shown that good birds can be found in Barnes without paying the £48 WWT membership fee or the £13.10 daily admission price. Birds he has reported elsewhere in Barnes over the past year include Whooper Swan, Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Caspian Gull, Marsh Harrier, Short-eared Owl, Tree Pipit, Rock Pipit, Ring Ouzel and Iberian Chiffchaff. His best find so far is a Blyth's Reed Warbler at Lonsdale Road Reservoir on 10th Sep. It loitered until mid-afternoon the following day, allowing a few other birders to catch up with it.

(The most recent previous reports of Blyth’s Reed in London were at Wanstead Flats on 29th May and 29th Jun 2014. Before then there had only been two or three sightings this century.)

Almost as rare in London as Blyth’s Reed is Ortolan Bunting, one of which was found at Wanstead Flats in the early evening of 7th Sep. Unfortunately, this bird didn’t hang around to allow itself to be twitched.

(Ortolan was last recorded in London more than five years ago, when one was seen on 5th May 2011 in Richmond Park. The total for this century is still only in single figures.)

Anatids and pelecaniforms
(I like the word pelecaniforms: it’s so much easier than writing “Egrets, herons, ibises, spoonbills and their allies”)

Not quite as rare as Sab’s, Blyth’s Reed and Ortolan are Ferruginous Duck and Spoonbill, both of which are nowadays recorded at least annually in London. A male Fudge Duck at Brent Reservoir from the 20th through into October was London’s first for six months (and Brent’s first in 43 years), while three Spoonies seen circling over Walthamstow Marshes on 18th Sep were the capital’s first since Oct 2015. Another Spoony appeared at Rainham Marshes on the 27th but had gone by the next day. A more obliging Rainham bird was a Great White Egret, the year’s ninth, seen from the 25th to the 28th.

A want of waders and a rareness of raptors
According to a recent BirdGuides article, ''“As August turns to September, wader passage is in full swing throughout the UK. Sought-after species include Wood and Curlew Sandpipers and Little Stint, and many birders hope to find rarer visitors such as Pectoral and Buff-breasted Sandpipers.”'' Well, other than Buff-breast (not seen in London since 1986), London had already clocked up all those species during August, but they failed to reappear in September except for a couple of Curlew Sandpiper that spent a few days around Purfleet late in the month and a Pectoral Sandpiper at Queen Mother Reservoir on the 29th.

Apart from the Curly Sands and the Pec, perhaps the month’s most notable wader sighting was London’s earliest Jack Snipe for seven years, found at Brent Reservoir on 20th Sep.

September wasn't a great month for rarer migrant raptors either, with reports of just two Honey Buzzard, three Osprey and two Short-eared Owl, all early in the month.

Passerine (and near-passerine) passage
However, September as usual saw a continuing passage of migratory passerines throughout the London area. Wanstead Flats emerged as a prime hotspot: for example, on 11th Sep, Flats birders reported two Tree Pipit, 20+ Meadow Pipit, a Yellow Wagtail, six Redstart, six Whinchat, a Stonechat, five Wheatear and five Spotted Flycatcher; and on other September days the site hosted up to three Pied Flycatcher. Despite a huge influx of Yellow-browed Warbler on the east coast mid-month, only one turned up in London, in Regent's Park on the 29th/30th.

The only Turtle Dove so far this autumn was at Fairlop Waters on the 29th.

Passerine winter visitors also started to arrive in London this month, beginning with an unusually early Redwing reported from Mudchute on the 10th. Is this a foretaste of an exceptional year for winter migrants? We’ll have to wait and see.

(Contributed by Andrew Haynes, who accepts full responsibility for any errors. Historical information is based mainly on reports elsewhere on this wiki.) 

Friday 30th September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: Whinchat, Reed Bunting & Linnet south, 12+ Swallows SW, 60 Meadow Pipits mainly south, 10+ Chiffchaff, 15 Siskin south all by 0830 (Bob Watts); male Redstart western perimeter and cricket scrub 0945-10.00 (Bruce Carson). Still present 1220 at least showing low in bushes at entrance to cricket scrub, also heard Siskin calling from within (Bob Watts)
 * Barnes, Barn Elms Playing Fields: 62 Wigeon in from the W onto LWC, Buzzard SW, Peregrine, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Snipe SW, Kingfisher, 69 Swallow S/SW, 85 House Martin S/SW, 7 alba Wagtail S/SW, Grey Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail SE, 357 Meadow Pipit S/SW, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Nuthatch, Linnet S, 3 Reed Bunting S/SW, 2 Red Admiral SW. (R.Kaye)
 * Belvedere, Thames (off Crabtree Manorway North): 3 Common Sandpiper, 4 Lapwing, 8 Ringed Plover (Mike Robinson)
 * Brent Reservoir: Ferruginous Duck north of Cool Oak Bridge a.m., Jack Snipe from main hide 1300, 16 Common Snipe, 6 Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret, 4 Egyptian Goose, male Peregrine circling, stooped 12.30, 24 House Martins, 15 Meadow Pipits south (Brent Birders+visitors); Ferruginous Duck still showing very well 1.50-2.10 pm., and Jack Snipe still showing distantly 2.35 p.m. (Alan Hobson - Btw, although I have posted on here for a decade, I am not the AH taking part in the debate above!). 3-4pm: Ferruginous Duck with Pochards by the wooden feeding platform just on the South side of Cool Oak bridge. Male Pintail and Grey Wagtail on the North side. Also Black Swan by the bridge (Ben Epstein)
 * Brixton: Sparrowhawk flying west along wasteground behind Sudbourne Road (David M)
 * Brookmll Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam) late afternoon: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker together, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 2 Collared Dove, Little Egret, Hobby flying west (Mike Paice)
 * Chiswick: Grey and Pied Wagtail, 9 Egyptian Geese, 8 Grey Herons, 17 Cormorants on Thames near Kew Bridge. (Simon Worsfold)
 * Crayford Marshes: Spotted Flycatcher in Hawthorns near north end of Moat Lane, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit at Darent mouth, c200 Teal, 4 Little Egret, 2 Common Buzzard (light-morph SE, dark-morph NW), 2-3 Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrel, 1 Ringed Plover, 5+ Lapwing, c10 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, c40 Redshank, 5 Greenshank (1 S along Darent, 4 flying around general area), 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 5+ Yellow-legged Gull, poss 1w Caspian Gull at Darent mouth 17.30ish, 2 Skylark, 3+ Swallow, 5+ House Martin, 20+ Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, m Stonechat, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 4+ Chiffchaff, Jay, 4+ Jackdaw, c10 Reed Bunting (Ian Stewart)
 * Erith (Corinthian Manorway to Crabtree Manorway) 11 Ringed Plover, 15 Black-Tailed and 3 Bar-Tailed Godwit, 1 Redshank
 * Finchley (Garden): Near 200 House Martins over at 18:40 with 10 Sand Martins before the heavy rain, drifting west (Samuel Levy). This is a garden record. - a remarkably good count so late in the day - well done Sam - I managed just two today! (JR).
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Song Thrush, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler (John Bushell)
 * Gunpowder park 2 Stonechat still but increase in Whinchats from thurs but difficult to count as mobile also Reed Buntings, Meadow Pipits, Skylarks and small passage mixed hirundines (Brian Dawton)
 * Pinner (HA5): Common Buzzard over south at 16:19 (Jon Ridge).
 * Purfleet: 1 Rock Pipit, 1 Arctic Tern, 1 Golden Plover, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 36 Dunlin, 11 Ringed Plover, 40 Teal, 5 Yellow-legged Gull, 6 Great Black-backed Gull (Fraser Simpson)
 * Regent's Park: No sight/sound of YBW in Area 39 during 07:00-10:30. 1 Yellow Wagtail paused briefly in a tree top, 1 Goldcrest and the usual suspects. (Simon Worsfold & Magnus Andersson). Peregrine over at 11:30 (Joe Taylor). Yellow-browed Warbler 14:00 area 39 (BirdGuides). <- Who?
 * Russia Dock Woodland: Kingfisher, 6 Chiffchaff, Grey Heron, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest (John Cadera)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: 20 Bearded Tit, 5 Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 11 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Stonechat (Andrew Self) Hi Andrew - whereabouts did you see the bearded? Thanks, David
 * Swanscombe Marsh: 2 Whinchat, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Raven, 5 Teal, 1 Stonechat, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Blackcap, 1 Kestrel, 1 Grey Wagtail, Water Rail (heard) ( Roger Keith ).
 * Woodberry Wetlands: drake Red-crested Pochard, 3 Teal, Wigeon, 3 Egyptian Geese (Chris Farthing)
 * Woodford Green: Lesser Whitethroat, House Sparrow, Song Thrush, 3-4 Chiffchaff, fem. Blackcap and displaying Sparrowhawks! garden and over.(Ken Murray)

Thursday 29th September 2016

 * Bankside SE1: 1m+1f Common Whitethroat, 2m+1f Blackcap still in pyracantha at eastern end of Tate Modern. Also Goldfinch chasing Grey Wagtail (Reuben Braddock)
 * Barn Elms, SW13: 435 Swallow flew west in a half-hour count around 12.00 (J.Wilczur)
 * Battersea Park: 3 Red-crested Pochard, 114 Gadwall, 3 Shoveler, 2 Teal, 1 Kestrel, 1 Kingfisher, 96 Swallow W, 22 House Martin W, 1 Reed Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 vocal male Firecrest (favouring holly trees 20m N of Rosery Gate), 7 Goldcrest, 5 Coal Tit: also 1 Yellow-legged Gull 1cy over the river (Nick Senior)
 * Brent Reservoir: Ferruginous Duck still 07:50 just south of Cool Oak Lane bridge, 2 Jack Snipe in East Marsh, Pintail, Wigeon, 4 Lapwing, 15 Common Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 60 House Martin, 23 Chiffchaff (Andrew Self)
 * Brookmill Park: Possible Yellow-browed Warbler with tit flock by fountain, only seen briefly from the back and can't rule out Goldcrest. Tried to relocate but gave up when the rain started, hoping to return later if rain stops. 2 Little Egret, Kingfisher heard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam) pm: 15 House Martin nw, 4 Song Thrush, Coal Tit
 * Cornmill Meadows: 2 Teal, Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Hobby, Kestrel, Common Snipe, 80+ House Martin, 30+ Swallow, Stonechat, Siskin (Simon Papps)
 * Crayford Marshes: 2 Greenshanks, 25+ Redshanks, Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Ringed Plover, 3 Lapwings, Common Gull, Kestrel, 2 Meadow Pipits, 3 Linnets, Great Black-backed Gull (Simon Worsfold)
 * Crossness: 3 Ringed Plover (Simon Worsfold)
 * Erith, Thames (off Corinthian Manorway): 2 Black-tailed Godwit, Collared Dove, 8 Common Gull, Kingfisher (Mike Robinson); 5.30pm Another 11 Black-tailed Godwits,Yellow-legged Gull, Sparrowhawk and Grey Wagtail by Morrissons (Simon Worsfold)
 * Fairlop Waters: Turtle Dove, 10 House Martins (Alan Bell)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: 9-11.30am Steady passage sw of Barn Swallows, Sand Martins and House Martins, with some flocks of about 50 (Patrick English)
 * Gunpowder Park: 2 Whinchats and 2 Stonechats on mound also few House Martins through (Brian Dawton)
 * Hampstead Heath: Late afternoon hirundines drifting west. c60 House Martins, 5 Swallows, Also 5 Gadwall and female Red-crested Pochard (observer??)
 * Leatherhead, Common Meadow: 2 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 1 Mute Swan, 1 Common Buzzard, 11 Black-headed Gull, 2 Chiffchaff. Lunchtime movement of Swallows and House Martins - 141 sw in 50 mins (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Greenshank, 4 Snipe, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Linnet, 8 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Peregrine, 1 Kestrel (WWT website)
 * Lower Clapton E5: trickle of hirundines NW over Powerscroft Road [tel:1100-1200&#x20;-&#x20;4 1100-1200 - 4] Swallow, 5 House Martin (Alastair Dent)
 * Purfleet: 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 41 Dunlin, 10 Ringed Plover, 36 Teal, 7 Yellow-legged Gull, 6 Great Black-backed Gull (Fraser Simpson)
 * Rayners Lane: c.400 Ring-necked Parakeets over 18.25-18.33. First flock of c.150, two more of c.100 and several smaller groups. (Tim Rymer) - a London Borough of Harrow record Tim - I think there may be a pre-roost gathering in Roxbourne Park as nearly all of mine are flying in that direction (JR). Jon I saw them heading east over Capthorne Avenue i.e. from the direction of Roxbourne Park towards Newton Park West. Never seen so many at once, too numerous to count, but I would say c.400 (TR). Thanks Tim & well done (JR)IMG 0658.JPG
 * Regent's Park: Yellow-browed Warbler area 39 (Twitter); YBW heard calling twice before 18:00, also 2 Spotted Flycatcher (Magnus Andersson, Christian Cogley and others)
 * Trent Park: 2 Eurasian Teal eclipse male and female bathing and preening lower lake (Robert Callf)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: Pectoral Sandpiper Permit holders only. (Found by CDRH per DJB)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: Whinchat on fence between Bomb Crater Field and the ditch at 0900, near the boardwalk; 1 Meadow Pipit BCF, paddocks quiet: 6 Linnet, 8 Chaffinch, 6 Pied Wagtail (Alastair Dent)
 * Wimbledon Common: Dartford Warbler, initially heard, but eventually good view had as it showed well in a birch sapling (David Wills).
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Common Sandpiper, Common Snipe, 2 Teal, Wigeon, steady stream of Swallow and House Martin (Chris Farthing)

Wednesday 28th September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: 11 Meadow Pipits, c15 Chiffchaffs, 8 Goldcrests (Dominic Mitchell, Bob Watts)
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Egyptian Geese, Ferruginous Duck north of bridge, 5 Lapwings, 17 Common Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 6+ Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler Heron Hide (Roy Beddard, Steve Leeke)
 * Crayford Marshes: 4 Little Egret, 2 Common Buzzard SW, 12 Ringed Plover, 1 Sanderling, 6 Dunlin, 7 Greenshank, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Curlew E, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, 45 Collared Dove, 16 Skylark, 30 Barn Swallow W-SW, 15 House Martin SE, 1 Tree Pipit flushed and off S, c40 Meadow Pipit, 8 Yellow Wagtail E, 2 Stonechat, 3 Whitethroat, 7 Chiffchaff, c25 Linnet (Nick Senior)
 * Erith, Thames (off Corinthian Manorway): 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 16 Black-tailed Godwit, Collared Dove, Grey Wagtail (Mike Robinson and Steve Carter)
 * Gallions Reach: Black Tern (KJMcmanus)
 * Hampstead Heath. Over the hill . 10 Swallows, 15 Meadow Pipits, 2 Linnets (Greengrandad)
 * Heathrow: 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Common Buzzard. (Adam Cheeseman)
 * Lambeth Bridge: Grey Wagtail (John Colmans)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Hobby, 3 Meadow Pipit, 6 Snipe, 1 Pintail, 1 Peregrine, 6 Chiffchaff (WWT Website)
 * Purfleet: 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 32 Dunlin, 17 Ringed Plover, 37 Teal, 6 Yellow-legged Gull (Fraser Simpson) Where exactly in Purfleet Fraser? (HB). River (FSS). Thanks; I presumed you meant the river. Are you able to provide a more accurate indication of the location?
 * Rainham Marshes: Great White Egret (BirdGuides). Flew from Aveley Pools to Education Centre pools at 12.50, then flew high east towards Purfleet at 12.55. One would have thought that there would have been enough suitable terrain, and feeding areas, to have stayed here for weeks. Also Hobby, 3 Little Egrets, 1-2 Grey Herons, Great Black-backed Gull (Alan Hobson).
 * Rotherhithe: Southwark park: Sparrowhawk over, Little Grebe, Russia Dock Woodland: 3 fm Great Spotted Woodpecker in one tree, 1 Song Thrush, Goldcrest, 6 House Martin, 8+ Chiffchaff, Kingfisher chased by female Sparrowhawk - it got away! (John Cadera): 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Jay (Richard Page-Jones)
 * Shortwood Common, Staines:Red Kite. (Adam Cheeseman)
 * St James's Park: Common Buzzard over S slowly and low, harangued by Gulls at 14:45, single Swallow S (Frank Nugent).
 * Ten Acre, Hayes, Middx: Great White Egret flew over south towards Heathrow at 1100. Another seen yesterday at 1700 heading in same direction (Mark Powlesland per W.Marks)
 * Trent Park: juv fem Peregrine (Robert Callf)
 * Wanstead Flats: 2 Stonechats, Whinchat, 8 Meadow Pipits, 6 Swallows, Linnet, Grey Wagtail, 4 Shovellers, 3 Teals, Gadwalls, Little Grebe, Kestrel (Simon Worsfold)
 * Worcester Park: 200+ Jackdaw in the south end of the paddocks at the top of Green Lane at 6.20 pm. Many fewer than last night (Simon Osborn)

Tuesday 27th September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Blackcap (Bob WAtts)
 * Beddington Farm: 70 House Martins and a Hobby through south, 7 Tree Sparrows east side of lake (Twitter)
 * Brent Reservoir: Ferruginous Duck seen at 12:35pm N of Cool Oak Lane Bridge, 2 Egyptian Goose and 1 Black Swan. It is possible an escape. (Shailesh Patel and Micheal CF)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher m, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Conrad Ellam)
 * Erith, Thames (off Corinthian Manorway): 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 15 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Collared Dove, Common Gull, 4 Dunlin, Grey Wagtail, Little Egret, 8 Teal and a glimpse of a possible Kingfisher (Mike Robinson)
 * Hampstead Heath: Spotted Flycatcher in dead oak at top of Hedge 1, Tree Pipit at Hedge 3, 8 Shoveler and female Teal on Highgate No1, 3 or 4 Swallows W (Pete Mantle)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Jack Snipe, 15 Snipe, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Hobby, 1 Pintail, 1 Peregrine, 4 Chiffchaff (WWT Website)
 * Purfleet: 2 Greenshank, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Dunlin, 8 Ringed Plover, 27 Teal, 12 Redshank, 4 Yellow-legged Gull (Fraser Simpson)
 * RSPB Rainham Marshes: Spoonbill Aveley Pool (Facebook); still present at dusk (Fraser Simpson)
 * St James's Park: Kingfisher showing very well (Frank Nugent).
 * Totteridge Valley: Calling Tawny Owl as well as Little Owls, 3 Stock Doves, 2 Muntjac, 3 Teals, 2 Swallows (Simon Worsfold)
 * Wanstead Flats: Stonechat, Lesser Redpoll (first returning bird of the autumn), 5+ Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Goldcrest, 2 Meadow Pipit, Kestrel (Nick Croft)
 * Woodlands Farm: 2 Green Woodpecker, Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Worcester Park: At least 600 Jackdaw in the south end of the paddocks at the top of Green Lane at 6.30 pm. This area is an important roosting site. (Simon Osborn)

Monday 26th September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: Yellow Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, 8+ Chiffchaff (Bob Watts)
 * Bankside SE1: 1 Common Whitethroat still flitting between pyracantha and birches at eastern end of Tate Modern at 4:30pm (Reuben Braddock)
 * Belvedere, Thames (off Crabtree Manorway North): incl 20 Ringed Plover (Mike Robinson)
 * Brent Reservoir: Ferruginous Duck still present 13:00 N of Cool Oak Lane bridge (Quentin Given).
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Stock Dove, Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Ewell, Priest Hill/Banstead Road: 15 Meadow Pipit and 6 Swallow sw. 1 Adult Great Black-backed Gull s over. 3 Chiffchaff 4 Stock Dove. 23 Linnet in one flock in the car park of DW Fitness (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Yellow Wagtail (S), 1 Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 8 Meadow Pipit (SW), 62 Wigeon (WWT website).
 * Mudchute: 4 Wigeon SW, 52 House Martins SW, 120 Meadow Pipits SW, 1 Rock Pipit W, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Chiffchaffs, 2 Lesser Redpolls (Nick Senior)
 * Purfleet: 6 Greenshank, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 14 Teal, 14 Redshank, 2 Yellow-legged Gull (Fraser Simpson)
 * Rainham Marshes: Great White Egret 09:00 (BirdGuides)
 * Walton Downs: 188 Canada Goose, 151 Greylag Goose (all on stubble, highly unusual to get such numbers at this site), 750 Stock Dove (Steve Gale)
 * Wanstead Flats: 100+ House Martin, 10+ Swallow, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Stonechat, 10+ Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Reed Bunting, Sparrowhawk male having a go at martins and failing, 3 Kestrel, 20+ Gadwall, 5 Teal, 3 Shoveler, 8 Tufted Duck, Skylark, 20+ Meadow Pipit (Nick Croft/Peter Brinton)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Adult Water Rail, Peregrine, Coal Tit, Wigeon, Teal (Chris Farthing)

Sunday 25th September 2016

 * Barnes, Lonsdale Road Reservoir: Common Sandpiper, 6 Chiffchaff (R.Kaye)
 * Belvedere, Thames (off Crabtree Manorway North): incl. 19 Ringed Plover (Mike Robinson)
 * Betchworth, Pebble Hill Rd 1 mile north: 2 Ravens, c100 Sand Martins, c20 House Martins S (Erik Charleson)
 * Brent Reservoir: drake Ferruginous Duck with c160 Tufted DSC03783.JPG Ducks north of Cool Oak Bridge most of day, Common Buzzard W 13.15, also f Wigeon, 23 Pochard, 16 Snipe, 6 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Egret, 6 Lapwing, Grey Wagtail, the occasional small group of House Martin, 40 noted (Brent Birders); Ferruginous Duck showing well North Res early afternoon (John Edwards); still there 3.45pm (Tim Rymer); female Pintail East Marsh, Common Buzzard from Silver Jubilee Park 1645, 12+ Chiffchaffs (Dominic Mitchell, Bob Watts)
 * Dartford Marshes: 14:15 16 Yellow Wagtails with a small herd of cattle (Patrick English)
 * Finchley (Garden): Tawny Owl heard for the first time in nearly two months at 2205. (Samuel Levy)
 * Greenwich O2: adult Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Chiffchaff (David Capper)
 * Highgate Road, NW5: Common Buzzard W at 14:20 and Hobby hunting until at least 15:00 (Frank Nugent).
 * Ickenham Marsh: Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 2 Swallow S (Nigel Dodd)
 * Gutteridge Wood: Sparrowhawk, Snipe, 2 House Martin S (Nigel Dodd)
 * KGV Reservoir: Six Goosanders, Pintail, 4 Egyptian Geese, five Little Egrets, 30 House Martins, Wheatear, 4 Meadow Pipits, 12 Linnets, 19 Yellow Wagtails, 5 Grey Wagtails, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler (Sean Huggins)
 * Middleton Road, E8: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker squabbling on TV antenna (Michael Rank)
 * Mudchute: late Hobby S, 24 House Martin SW, Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Chiffchaffs (Nick Senior)
 * Northolt and Greenford CP: Sparrowhawk, 9 Swallow, 9 Chiffchaff (3 briefly singing), 2 Blackcap (Neil Anderson)
 * Purfleet: 4 Greenshank, 10 Black-tailed Gofwit, 35 Dunlin, 14 Ringed Plover, 34 Redshank, 1 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, 44 Teal, 4 Yellow-legged Gull, 1479 Black-headed Gull, 3 Little Egret (Fraser Simpson)
 * RSPB Rainham Marshes: Great White Egret showing well from Ken Barrett hide (Twitter); also 3cy Caspian Gull, Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 5+ Yellow Wagtail, 30+ Black-tailed Godwit, 10+ Yellow-legged Gull (Dante Shepherd); Pics of GWE and Caspian Gull here
 * Richmond Park: Pen Ponds area - Wigeon, 6 Teal, Snipe, Kingfisher, c50 House Martin, 4 Stonechat, Sedge Warbler, 11 Chiffchaff, c200 Starling left roost, c35 Goldfinch (J.Wilczur); mid-late afternoon: 3 Kingfisher, Water Rail seen and several heard, m & f Stonechat, Nuthatch and Treecreeper (P Davies & P Redmond); 1 Spotted Flycatcher (Hawthorn Valley), 1 Whinchat, 1 Stonechat, 20+ Meadow Pipit (the Bog) and 3 Stonechat (Lawn Field) (Hugh Bradshaw)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: Stonechat on Patty Pool meads, Peregrine hunting over North end of KGV Res (Neville Smith).
 * Staines Moor 8.30-10.00am: 1 Wheatear (f), c 20 House Martin over, 2 Little Egret, 2 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Blackcap, 6 Skylark, c20 Linnet over, 5 Mistle Thrush over (Tim Rymer).
 * Sydenham Hill Wood: 2 Hobby hunting (Dave Timms).
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 18 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 7 Skylark, 25 Linnet, Grey Wagtail, 2 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel (Nigel Dodd)
 * Thames Barrier Park: German rung 1cy Caspian Gull, also c5 Yellow legged Gulls (Jamie Partridge) pics here
 * Totteridge Valley: 2 Flocks of around 50 House Martins came over between 1400-1500 heading South West (Samuel Levy)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 1 Whinchat (Alastair Rae)
 * Woodoaks Farm, Maple Cross: 20 plus Yellow Wagtails with the Holstein cows (John Edwards)
 * Wood Vale, N10: 2 Swallow (S) 17.00; Chiffchaff. (Matt Evans)

Saturday 24th September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: 12+ Chiffchaffs, Meadow Pipit, 3 Jackdaw, 2 Swallows south, House Martin (Gareth Richards, Bob Watts)
 * Barnes, Barn Elms Playing Fields: Black Swan, 2 Tawny Owl, 23 Meadow Pipit SW, 117 House Martin SW (R.Kaye)
 * Brent Reservoir: drake Ferruginous Duck refound with 150+ Tufted Duck, 8 Pochard before and after midday north of bridge, 2 Little Egret, 12 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Lapwing, passage of 185 House Martins, small flocks of 20, 30 south before 10am, 2 Meadow Pipit (Leo Batten, Andrew Verrall, John Gravatt, Joe Taylor); Ferruginous Duck later seen perched near duck feeding spot by bridge (JT); eclipse drake Pintail north of bridge, quite confiding (Joe Taylor).
 * Brookmill Park: 3 Little Egret [two all morning joined briefly by a third bird just before noon], 1 Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk, Blackcap, singing Chiffchaffs, at least 60 House Martin over W in passage all morning (Frank Nugent).
 * Cornmill Meadows & Breaches Farm: 12+ Common Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Hobby, 5 Kestrel, 40+ Stock Dove, 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, 8 Skylark, 25+ Meadow Pipit, 250+ Swallow, 50+ House Martin, Stonechat, Yellowhammer, 2 Linnet, 3 Bullfinch (Simon Papps)
 * Cranford CP: 2 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard together, Kestrel, 5 Swallows (Wendy Marks)
 * Crossness NR: 2 Whinchats, ç200-300 Teal, Little Egret, 4 Wigeon , Shoveler, Little Grebe , Redshank, Common Sandpiper, Lapwing, Meadow Pipit, Chiffchaff, 3 Swallow , Reed Bunting(Mike Amos).
 * Gunpowder Park EN9: Buzzard, 2 house Martins, m & f Blackcap, singing Chiffchaff, Spotted Flycatcher, flock of Redwings (Harry Harrison)
 * Hackney E8: 8 Swallows flying SE over Hackney Downs 12;30 (Sue Barry)
 * KGV Reservoir: Peregrine (over South 0800hrs), Common Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Lapwing, 20+ Yellow Wagtail, Skylark (over West), 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Northern Wheatear, 2 Whinchat, 21 Linnet (Neville Smith).
 * London Wetland Centre: Black Swan, 3 Common Snipe, 2 Stonechat, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Hobby, Sparrowhawk (Mat Hare)
 * Purfleet: 1 Grey Plover, 6 Greenshank, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 34 Dunlin, 16 Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, 46 Redshank, 59 Teal, 3 Yellow-legged Gull (Fraser Simpson)
 * Richmond Park: 1,140 House Martin flew S until 09.00 including an apparent albino, 6 Teal, Shoveler, 7 Swallow SE, 3 alba Wagtail S, Wheatear, Whinchat, 6 Stonechat, 8 Chiffchaff, 10 Reed Bunting  (J.Wilczur)
 * Sovereign Field E4: Peregrine Falcon, Spotted Flycatcher, 12 House Martins (Harry Harrison)
 * Staines Moor: Whinchat (NW corner), 3+m Stonechat, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 14 Meadow Pipit, 2 Blackcap, 10 Chiffchaff, 5 Common Snipe, 1 Goldcrest, 5 Skylark, 1-2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 83 House Martin SW, 21 Swallow (Lee Dingain)
 * Stoneleigh KT17: 87 House Martin s/sw during morning. 1 Sand Martin s, 1 Common Buzzard, 5 Meadow Pipit sw (Neil Batten)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: m Pheasant, 3 Buzzard (pr together), 2 Kestrel, 20 Lapwing, Snipe, 13 Stock Dove, 6 Skylark, 35 Swallow over, 5 House Martin, c40 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, f Stonechat, 2 Chiffchaff, 4-7 Rook (4 low N, hr later 3 south), 4 Reed Bunting, 24 Linnet, Bullfinch heard, 3 Red Admiral (Neil Anderson/G. Westley)
 * Trent Park: Firecrest feeding in holly near Parks Office top of Snakes Lane TQ 289 970, 13:23 - 13:33 (Robert Callf)
 * Twickenham: Little Grebe by Glovers Ait 11:30 (Mike Foster)
 * Wanstead Flats: 2 female Common Redstart, 2 Stonechat, first returning Siskin of the autumn, 50 + Swallow, 6 House Martin, Hobby, Peregrine Falcon, 2 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 15+ Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, Reed Bunting, 10 + Meadow Pipit, Skylark, 10 + Gadwall (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: 3 Wigeon, 7 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 2 Little Egret, 4 Little Grebe, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Kingfisher, Treecreeper, Coal Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest (James Heal/Nick Croft)
 * Wimbledon Common: Grasshopper Warbler on mound scrub area at 6pm (Michael Mac)
 * Wood Vale, N10: Common Buzzard, 5 Swallows (S), Jackdaw (Matt Evans)

Friday 23rd September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: 7 Chiffchaff, Shoveler Boating Lake then Wood Green Res (Dominic Mitchell, Bob Watts)
 * Barnes near Thames: 2 Redwing, 15 House Martin, Hobby (Michael Mac)
 * Beddington Farmlands: Jack Snipe, Garganey, Whinchat, Stonechat (Twitter)
 * Blackheath, Vanbrugh Pits: elusive Whinchat (Joe Beale)
 * Brent Reservoir: 4 Little Egret, 5 Lapwing, 10 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 39 House Martin south, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, Whitethroat on Dump, 3 Chiffchaff (Andrew Verrall); 2 (possibly 3) Common Sandpipers, female Wigeon (Bob Husband)
 * Bowyers Water: 185+ Wigeon, 10+ Gadwall, 70+ Tufted Duck, Common Buzzard, 2 Red Kite (east), 2 Hobby (ad and juv hawking dragonflies), Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, 2 Kingfisher, 8+ Chiffchaff, 4 Meadow Pipit (north), Redwing (by adjacent Hall Marsh), Grass Snake (Simon Papps)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret (Conrad Ellam)
 * Erith, Thames (off Corinthian Manorway): incl. 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, Collared Dove, 6 Common Gull, Grey Wagtail and 9 Teal (Mike Robinson)
 * Hampstead Heath: Whinchat at sphagnum bog, m unlike f there on the 7th (Ray)
 * Heathrow: 2 Common Sandpiper (Adam Cheeseman)
 * Leatherhead, Common Meadow: 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Swallow, 4 Meadow Pipit, and 1 Supermarine Spitfire e. over at 12:50 (a mark IX, I think) (Neil Batten)
 * Oxleas Wood: Kestrel (m), Blackcap (m/fm), Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Stock Dove (pair), Common Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, House Martins, Chiffchaff (Ron Turner)
 * Purfleet: 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Hobby, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 25 Dunlin, 3 Curlew, 6 Ringed Plover, 42 Teal, 2 Yellow-legged Gull (Fraser Simpson)
 * Richmond Park: 18 Buzzard - most birds approaching from N & NE and leaving S & SW as per 21st, Red Kite, 2+ Hobby, c30 House Martin, Swallow - sustained passage SE throughout afternoon involving hundreds of birds (J.Wilczur) Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Whinchat, 7 Stonechat (RPBRG)
 * Ridgeway (Mill Hill): Cetti's Warbler and 2 Chiffchaff singing at 0725 by Sheep Wash pond. (Samuel Levy)
 * St James's Park: Kingfisher (Frank Nugent).
 * St Pauls EC4 rooftop skywatch: 4 Common Buzzards S/SW, 3 Peregrines, 1 1cy Yellow-legged Gull W, 41 House Martins SW, 219 Swallows S/SW, 4 Meadow Pipits W (Nick Senior)
 * Wanstead Flats: Common Redstart (f), 4 Whinchat, 2 Stonechat, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 4 House Martin, 10 + Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 6 Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Blackcap, 6+ Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 2 Skylark, Reed Bunting, Kestrel – all brooms/Long Wood area (Nick Croft/Peter Brinton/Jonathan Lethbridge); Pied Flycatcher SSSI (Conrad Ellam doh! the only place I didn't visit, nice one - NC); Female Redstart, Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Chiffchaff, Swallow, 15+ Gadwall, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, Common Buzzard – all Alex and Pub Scrub (Nick Croft) There was a female Teal on the lake {Conrad Ellam)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: Whinchat and Stonechat on Bomb Crater Field (Adam Winstanley).
 * Waterworks NR: 2 Wigeon, Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk (Adam Winstanley).
 * Norfolk Square Paddington: Grey Wagtail

Thursday 22nd September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: 8+ Chiffchaff, Blackcap (Bob Watts)
 * E3: 5/6 House Sparrows in garden all summer joined by another 25 (Harry Harrison)
 * Bankside SE1: 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, all in pyracantha above garages at eastern end of Tate Modern at 4pm (Reuben Braddock)
 * Barnes, Thames by Lonsdale Road Reservoir: 2 juv into 1st winter Yellow-legged Gull, also 30 Wigeon and a Teal onto LWC having come in very high from the East (R.Kaye)
 * Belvedere: Peregrine, 10 Ringed Plover, Wheatear (James Palmer)
 * Brent Reservoir: no sign of Ferruginous, but no Pochard present, Wigeon, 3 Common Sandpiper, Lapwing, 11 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 8 Swallow south (Brent Birders) 18:00 until sundown Jack Snipe at 19:18 from Heron Hide, 8 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, several Common Sandpiper, female Pintail, Great Black-backed Gull, also 2 Noctule/Serotine bats feeding over the building site at Cool Oak Lane entrance (Ben Epstein, Magnus Andersson) Cheers Magnus! -And you, Ben!!!/M. Several Pochard present mid-afternoon but still no sign of Ferruginous Duck (Bob Husband, Pete Lowman, David Hills) Jack Snipe pic was accidentally deleted. Here it is again: FullSizeRender.jpg
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush, Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bunhill Fiields EC1: 1 Common Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaffs (Nick Senior)
 * Crossness: 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Little Egret (James Palmer)
 * East Dulwich SE22: 2 Hobby (Steven Robinson)
 * Epping Uplands: 5 Buzzard, Skylark, 3 Rook, Swallow, 2 Red Legged Partridge (JW Davies)
 * Erith, Thames (off Corinthian Manorway): incl. 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 16 Black-tailed Godwit, a Chiffchaff, a Collared Dove, 4 Common Gull, a Little Egret and 11 Teal (Mike Robinson)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Kingfisher, Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff (John Bushell & Richard Green)
 * Horton Country Park: 2 Marsh Tits (John Gordon)
 * King George V res: 1 Peregrine, 2 Hobby, 30 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Goosander, 12 Wigeon (Tony Clancy)
 * London Wetland Centre: 55 Wigeon, 1 Peregrine, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Pintail (WWT Website)
 * Mudchute: 2 Swifts, 3 Lesser Whitethroats, 1 Willow Warbler, 12 Chiffchaffs (Nick Senior)
 * Pinner HA5): 204 Ring-necked Parakeet over, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Coal Tit, Goldcrest & 6 Goldfinch (Jon Ridge).
 * Purfleet: 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Greenshank, 26 Dunlin, 8 Ringed Plover, 29 Lapwing, 10 Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 67 Teal, 6 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Kingfisher (Fraser Simpson) Hi Fraser, which bit of Purfleet is this? I don't know that area too well and it would be interesting to take a look as you're getting some great stuff there! Cheers, Matt. The area I'm observing is from the jetty on the south side of Purfleet across the Thames to the River Darent /Dartford Creek mouth east to Longreach Sewage Treatment Works - same birds often at Rainham at high tide (FSS)
 * St James's Park: Kingfisher (Jo Lawrence).
 * Swanscombe Marsh: Saker [presumed escape], Sandwich Tern upriver, Whinchat, 8 Bearded Tit, 2 Little Egret, 3 Stonechat, 6 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper; 3 Wall Brown, Small Heath (Andrew Self)
 * Town Park, Enfield: Kingfisher Carr's Basin (Robert Callf)
 * Twickenham: Buzzard mobbed by 2 Crows over Glovers Ait, 17:45 (Mike Foster)
 * West Harrow: Spotted Flycatcher in garden 0800 - my second record here; Tawny Owl heard calling 2220 (Alex Massey)
 * Wanstead Flats: Whinchat, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 20 + Swallow, 14 House Martin, 10 + Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, 1-2 Reed Bunting, Linnet, 10 + Meadow Pipit, 3 Grey Wagtail, 2 Skylark, 10 + Gadwall, 2 Teal, Shoveler, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel (Wanstead Birders)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Common Sandpiper, 3 Redwing over SSW, 3 Teal, first 2 Great Crested Grebe chicks of the year here (Chris Farthing)

Wednesday 21st September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: Yellow Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 8+ Chiffchaffs Cricket Scrub and environs, Kingfisher Wood Green Res by 0710 (Bob Watts)
 * Barking Bay: 4 Oystercatchers, 20 Redshank, 4 Black-tailed Godwits, 6 Common Sandpipers, 4 Yellow-legged Gulls, 3 House Martins, 10 Skylarks, 2 Yellow Wagtails, c80 Meadow Pipits, ad m Whinchat, 3 Stonechats, 2 Reed Warblers, 3 Cetti's Warblers, 14 Chiffchaffs and an intriguing Common Whitethroat with apparent characters of one of the eastern forms feeding in the open in the river bank weeds (Nick Senior)
 * Brent Reservoir: drake Ferruginous Duck on main reservoir from IMG 0356.jpg viewing platform near Cool Oak Lane bridge at 07:30 (Oliver Simms); still showing from viewing platform at 10:45 (John Cadera via AS), on raft in North Marsh at 11:40, seen by just over 25 birders by 12.30; also 4 Little Egret, f Pintail, Wigeon, 8 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Lapwing, 35 Swallows south, 2 early Redwing over Dump, Meadow Pipit, ad Common Gull N.Marsh, 6+ Chiffchaff (Brent Birders); House Martin and Whinchat sitting on fence by building site near gate onto the road before retreating into the bush opposite (Simon Worsfold); Fudge Duck still present 17:30-18:47 at south end of North Marsh with flock of c170 other Aythya; whole flock went up at 18:47, c20 birds returning to North Marsh but not the FD, rest looked like they were heading for main reservoir. Also 4 Common Sandpiper (Matt Palmer)
 * Brookmill Park: 2 Little Egret (Tom Moulton)
 * Broomfield Park, Palmers Green, N13: female Eurasian Teal - only my second record for this site (Robert Callf)
 * Crossness: 2 Gadwall, c1000 Teal, 3+ Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 2+ Kestrel, 9 Ringed Plover at far east end of patch, 30+ Lapwing, 20+ Redshank, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8+ Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, Wheatear near Engines, Whinchat on fence by Cory fields, 2+ Cetti's Warbler, 20+ Chiffchaff on old golf course where also possible Yellow-browed Warbler seen very briefly and heard once but not pinned down- worth checking perhaps, Jackdaw (Ian Stewart)
 * Erith riverside: 2 Bar-tailed Godwit with 13 Black-tailed Godwits, 9 Ringed Plover (see Crossness), 2 w/p Common Tern downriver, 3-4 Grey Wagtail, 3 Chiffchaff (Ian Stewart, Mike Robinson)
 * Hamptead Heath. Grey Wagtail at Ladies' Pond at c.13.00 (Liz Valentine)
 * Harrow on the Hill: Meadow Pipit over, Chiffchaff singing, Kestrel, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest (Alex Massey)
 * Leatherhead, Common Meadow: 1 Little Egret, 3 Reed Bunting, 1 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Chiffchaff (1 singing), 1 Sparrow hawk, 1 Male Kestrel (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Pintail, 3 Water Rail, 2 Peregrine, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Yellow Wagtail (SE), 5+ Meadow Pipit (SE/S), 7 Swallow (SE), 2 Song Thrush (SE), 5+ Blackcap, 5+ Reed Warbler, 5+ Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler (WWT Website)
 * Pinner (HA5): Peregrine Falcon, 2 Swallow south, 147 Ring-necked Parakeet over, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Jay, Blackcap using sub-song, Coal Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, singing Goldcrest & several Goldfinch (Jon Ridge).
 * Purfleet: 4 Dunlin, 14 Lapwing, 83 Teal, 13 Yellow-legged Gull (Fraser Simpson)
 * Putney: 3 Sparrowhawk  - circled up high over Roehampton Lane then flew SW at 10.15 (J.Wilczur)
 * Richmond Park: 5 Teal, m Wigeon, Little Egret, 18 Buzzard, 3 Hobby, 4 Sparrowhawk, 710 Swallow SE - including 630 in an hour late morning, 24 Sand Martin, 4 House Martin, Sedge Warbler (J.Wilczur)
 * Staines Moor: 3 Greenshanks flew over South West at 10.30 (Mike Wheeler)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 2 Black-necked Grebes, south basin, 1 Wheatear and 3 Yellow Wagtails (on fence of King George VI Res) (Mike Wheeler)
 * Sutcliffe Park: Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, 2 Stock Dove, 7 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Totteridge Valley: Both Tawny & Little Owl calling at around 6.30pm (Simon Worsfold)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: c35 Wigeon over NW at dawn, 2 Redwing west, 3 Swallow, Wheatear, Jackdaw south, 3 Green Sandpipers, Common Sandpiper, c25 mipit 2 Yellow Wagtails (Jamie Partridge)
 * Wanstead Flats: Pied Flycatcher on Alex main island, 4 Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat, Stonechat, 160+ Swallow east, 40+ House Martin, 30+ Meadow Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 25+ Chffchaff, 4 Common Whitethroat, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 20+ Gadwall, 4 Teal, 4 Shoveler, 2 Skylark, Linnet (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan/Tim Harris)
 * West Harrow: Grey Wagtail over 0750 - my first locally in six years (Alex Massey)

Tuesday 20th September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: 3 Meadow Pipits, 5+ Chiffchaffs (Bob Watts)
 * Barnes, Lonsdale Road Reservoir: 2 Rock Pipit W, Redwing NW (R.Kaye)
 * Bedford Square, Bloomsbury: Mistle Thrush (John Colmans)
 * Brent Reservoir: drake Ferruginous Duck, first seen near bridge on main reservoir then in North Marsh in evening (Roy Beddard, Andrew Self, Bob Watts); Cetti's Warbler calling by main hide, 6 Lapwing, 8 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper (Brent Birders); 11.00 Fem Pintail, Little Egret, 11 Snipe, 5 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler seen v close behind hide at 11.15 (Roy Beddard); Jack Snipe from Main Hide 5pm (Andrew Self)
 * Bushy Park: 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Little Owl (Roger Unite)
 * Cranford Park: 2 Red Kite, Buzzard, Jay, Chiffchaff, Lesser Black-backed Gull over, Grey Wagtail along river,4 Goldfinch, Song Thrush.(Sue Giddens)
 * Dollis Brook (Holders Hill): 07:00 Cormorant over heading north, 2 Moorhens (Samuel Levy). Ok thank you, I have edited my report to take out the less interesting species and added them to a page called Samuel's sightings. I have also got other reports from today on there that if anyone feels are of interest can be put on this page. Also if anyone would like to put their more general sightings on the page please feel free. (SL) - I can understand the omission of very common species, but don't leave the contributor feeling humiliated & about one inch tall (JR). No one was trying to humiliate anyone, Jon. My own contribution was simply to advise Samuel that he could set up a specific page for his own sightings, and I am glad to see that he has done so. Other London birders could follow his example (AH). One has to remember that this is the London area and relatively common birds make up the majority of sightings. I mean, we're hardly in the position to be able to report birds like Cory's Shearwaters are we? - er, one last week?(JR) - okay, let's not let this get out of hand, I just felt Sam (who clearly enjoys his birding), was being ridiculed by having his own 'special needs' page (JR). Hi Jon, thank you for you concern. I have to admit I may have over used this page a bit before. I have created my page as you can see from above, but this time for people to record any sighting that they have seen so that they don't come under the same critic as I did. Thank you to FS who was the first person to add a sighting to the page today that wasn't me. I look forward to see many more hassle free posts on the page. Thank you again Jon (SL) Interesting comments. Adds a human touch to mere reports. After all, we all have our reasons for birding. I think the Cory S reference was a tongue in cheek joke. Staggering find.


 * Enfield Town: adult Hobby circling Enfield Grammar School Playing Fields 13:47-13:48 (Robert Callf)
 * Hampstead Heath: Whinchat in scrub in Small Tumulus Field near hedge 2. Shoveler on Hampstead No 1 Pond. (MH4BirdsMBS)
 * Horsenden Hill: C20 House Martins high over summit at 10.15. Cetti's Warbler breeding confirmed yesterday site first per P Belman (Martin Smith)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Gull, 150+ Shoveler, 30+ Wigeon, 30+ Lapwing, 5 Chiffchaff (WWT Website)
 * Oxleas Wood: 3 Hobby, Common Buzzard, Kestrel (m), Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Nuthatch, Mistle Thrush, Treecreeper, Jackdaw (pr), Goldcrest, Coal Tit (Ron Turner)
 * Mudchute: 8 House Martins, 17 Meadow Pipits NW, 3 Redwing dropped in briefly then W, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, 5 Chiffchaffs, 4 Siskins SW (Nick Senior)
 * Pinner (HA5): 223 Ring-necked Parakeet south-south-east (a London Borough of Harrow record) - where are they roosting now since the demise of the roost at Esher - the trajectory & timing would imply that the bulk of these birds reach somewhere like Kingston upon Thames at about 19:00, Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Sylvia sp. heard, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit & 35 Goldfinch (Jon Ridge). Were the RNPs in one flock or cumulative total Jon? (AM) They all go through in groups of about 10 - 20 birds, with a bulk flock of about sixty at the end of the movement between roughly 18:15 & 18:40 - I'll try again this evening (JR).
 * Purfleet: 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 16 Black-tailed Godwit, 19 Ringed Plover, 21 Dunlin, 1 Curlew, 81 Teal, 14 Yellow-legged Gull (Fraser Simpson).
 * Queen Mary Reservoir: Peregrine ad, Yellow-legged Gull ad on pier, 1003 Cormorant. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: Sabine's Gull 1st w 11.47 but not later (Andy Tomczynski per FJM)
 * St James's Park: 2 Kingfisher (Frank Nugent)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: Stonechat and Whinchat perched together on edge of Pattypool Mead at 17:10 (Martin Shepherd)
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Adult winter Mediterranean Gull low E, site first and probably still local, 2 Redwing low W stopped briefly in tall Oaks, Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
 * Staines Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 28 Lapwing, Little Gull, Yellow Wagtail, 50+ Wigeon (Jim Sweetland)
 * Town Park, Enfield: male Kingfisher perched Carr's Basin (Robert Callf)
 * Woodlands Farm: Honey Buzzard mobbed by a Raven and a few Carrion Crows, drifted south-east 12:05 (Conrad Ellam) what area is this? (MM) - it is south of the River Thames according to the map - two excellent finds Conrad (JR). Is it the one at Shooters Hill out of interest - but I won't be twitching it! (MM) - yes, I think so, but both birds will be long gone by now (JR)..'" of course just wondered where this is? (MM)
 * Wharf Road, N1: Wood Warbler (Marcus Mitchell)

Monday 19th September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, 10+ Chiffchaff cricket scrub & perimeter by 0700 (Bob Watts)
 * Barnes, Barn Elms Playing Fields: Wigeon 13 E, 8 W, juv Marsh Harrier circled the area 09.00, Buzzard SW, 2 Hobby, 3 Snipe W, 2 Collared Dove W/SW, Kingfisher, Sand Martin, 25 House Martin mostly W, 51 Meadow Pipit mostly SW/NW, Rock Pipit S 08.45, Grey Wagtail, Nuthatch, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2 Red Admiral SW (R.Kaye)
 * Brent Cross NW4: 1 Little Egret on Brent River (James Levy) 
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Little Egret, 4 Lapwing, 8 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 32 Swallow, 6 Meadow Pipit, 6 Chiffchaff, Blackcap sub-song (Andrew Verrall)
 * Crayford Marshes: Curlew Sandpiper at Darent mouth on east side, c300 Teal (most in Aveley Bay), 4 Little Egret, 3 Kestrel, 10+ Ringed Plover, c20 Lapwing, c20 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper, 10+ Redshank, 4 Greenshank, 6+ Black-tailed Godwit, prob Bar-tailed Godwit Darent mouth, Snipe, 1w Common Gull, 10+ Yellow-legged Gull (inc 1w, 2w, 3w, adults), poss 1w Caspian Gull at saltings briefly, Commic Tern upriver, Little Owl, 2+ Kingfisher, 10+ Swallow, 50+ Meadow Pipit, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 2+ Grey Wagtail, 2 juv Stonechat along Thames path, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, 12+ Cetti's Warbler inc 5+ along Cray creek alone, 5+ Reed Warbler, 4+ Chiffchaff, 3 Jay, Rook, 15+ Reed Bunting (Ian Stewart with thanks to Fraser Simpson) PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION
 * Dollis Brook (Holders Hill): 16:45 50+ House Martins drifting West (Samuel Levy)
 * Epsom: Possible Peregrine perched on roof of Blenheim School a.m. (sighting by my daughter who took photos but very grainy and unclear) (Neil Batten)
 * Erith, Thames (off Corinthian Manorway): incl. (at least) 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, (up to) 19 Black-tailed Godwit, Collared Dove, 6 Common Gull, 15+ Linnet, 11 Teal (Mike Robinson)
 * Islington: Holloway Road, Male and female Peregrine in aerial fight over Waitrose at 4pm (Pete Mantle)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Pintail, 34 Wigeon, 3 Snipe, 1 Peregrine, 1 Kingfisher, 10+ Meadow Pipit (SW), 1 Grey Wagtail (WWT Website)
 * Mill Hill, Ridgeway: 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, Goldfinch, Collared Dove, 16:20 Grey Wagtail on sheep wash pond (Samuel Levy)
 * Oxleas Wood 3 Hobby Common Buzzard Kestrel[m] Chiffchaff Nuthatch Treecreeper Mistlethrush ]Coaltit Goldcrest Great Spotted Woodpecker Willow Warbler
 * Purfleet: 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 19 Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, 17 Dunlin, 66 Teal, 5 Yellow-legged Gull, 14 Swallow (Fraser Simpson)
 * Pinner (HA5): 130 Ring-necked Parakeet south-south-east, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Pied Wagtail, 2 Herring Gull & 3 Goldfinch (Jon Ridge).
 * Putney SW15: 14 Mistle Thrush flew over Roehampton Lane (J.Wilczur)
 * Rainham Marshes: Aveley Bay ([tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:0700-0930 0700-0930] 0700-0930] 0700-0930] 0700-0930] 0700-0930] 0700-0930] 0700-0930] 0700-0930] 0700-0930], 1245-1400) 2 Bar-tailed Godwit still on foreshore along with 35+ Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Dunlin (2 ads, juv), 250+ Teal and 2 Ringed Plover. Also Wheatear on mound. Later 18 Wigeon, 1 Turnstone briefly. RSPB: ([tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:0930-1245 0930-1245] 0930-1245] 0930-1245] 0930-1245] 0930-1245] 0930-1245] 0930-1245] 0930-1245] 0930-1245]) 2cy m Marsh Harrier (or possibly 3cy since underwing coverts are mostly pale), 7 Ruff (3m), m Garganey, 2 Greenshank, 19 Snipe, 4 Pintail, 2 m Wigeon, Green Sandpiper, at least 4 juv among c25 Lapwing, 2 Buzzard over, f Sparrowhawk, Grey Wagtail over then appeared to drop down onto railway line, 3 Yellow Wagtail over, Clouded Yellow (Matt Palmer)
 * Richmond Park: Pen Ponds area - 5 Teal, 2 Gadwall, juv Hobby, 2 Water Rail heard, Snipe over, Kingfisher, c70 Swallow SE - part of a steady passage, 3 Grey Wagtail, 31 Meadow Pipit - grounded, 3 Song Thrush flew S, 3 Stonechat, Sedge Warbler, 15 Chiffchaff, c30 Goldfinch, 21 Reed Bunting (J.Wilczur) Spotted Flycatcher - Hawthorn Valley late am, Common Buzzard over Sidmouth Wood, Stonechat fem in Hawthorns S of Conduit Wood (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Sewardstone: Spotted Flycatcher at bottom of Mill Lane 09:50, Whinchat near paddocks 10:15, Yellow Wagtail south at 09:30 (Martin Shepherd)
 * Snaresbrook: pr Tawny Owl at 6.25 (Stuart Fisher)
 * Staines Reservoir: Drake Common Scoter on north basin; also Little Gull (Twitter)
 * Stoneleigh Broadway KT17: Adult Hobby low e over carrying Hirundine prey 07:35. 2 Grey Wagtail w together (Neil Batten)
 * Tottenham Marshes: f Black Redstart, 3 Whinchat, pr Jackdaw, Lesser Whitethroat, c10 Chiffchaffs, a few Meadow Pipits & Yellow wagtail over, f Sparrowhawk, 2 Reed Buntings (Lol Bodini/Terry Rawlings)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 4 Redwing south, 2 Swift, c 30 Meadow Pipit, 3 Yellow Wagtail, Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank (Jamie Partridge)
 * Wanstead Flats: Common Redstart (m), Whinchat, Stonechat, Wheatear, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 80+ Meadow Pipit through, 20+ Swallow, Common Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 2 Reed Bunting, Willow Warbler, 20+ Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 2 Common Whitethroat, Goldcrest, 20+ Gadwall, 3 Teal, Shoveler (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan)
 * Woodford Green: 3-5 Chiffchaff and 3 Blackcap in garden circa 8am (Ken Murray)
 * Woodford Green: 3-5 Chiffchaff and 3 Blackcap in garden circa 8am (Ken Murray)

Sunday 18th September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: 5 Meadow Pipits, 20+ Chiffchaffs, Blackcap, Kingfisher New River (Gareth Richards, Bob Watts)
 * Brent Reservoir: 3 Wigeon, Little Egret, 6 Lapwing, 15 Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 5 wader sp over, 100 House Martin, 3 Swallow, 18 Meadow Pipit (Andrew Self, Roy Beddard)
 * Brimsdown: 55 Yellow Wagtails (45+10) flew off west 18:50 from The George, Cettis (A.Middleton)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Stock Dove, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crayford Landfill/Howbury Moat - Little Grebe, 6 Little Egret, 12 Mallard, 3 Kestrel, Common Buzzard, 3 Coot, Greenshank, 2 Lapwing, Pheasant, Stock Dove, 26 Collared Dove, 200-300 House Martin (steady movement S/SE 10am-10.30), c30 Sand Martin (moving 3east 11am), 14 Meadow Pipit, Sedge Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 7 Long-tailed Tit, c250 Starling, 6 Reed Bunting. (Ralph Todd)
 * Crayford Marshes/Thames Foreshore: 2 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 22 Mallard, 4 Teal, 25 Redshank, 5 Ringed Plover, 2 Kestrel, 2 Kingfisher, Swallow, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, c80 Starling, 21 Goldfinch, Common Seal (Ralph Todd) plus Black Tailed Godwit (Mike Amos ).
 * Crossness: 1 Pintail off Golf Centre, 1 Hobby flew E, 4 Wigeon, 500+ Teal, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Dunlin, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Yellow-legged Gull 2cy + 4cy, 1 Little Egret, 4 Swallow flew SW, c20 Meadow Pipit mostly W, 2 Whitethroat, 7 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Common Seal (John Archer).
 * Deptford Creek: Little Egret (Frank Nugent).
 * East India Dock: Little Egret and 52 Teal (Frank Nugent).
 * Enfield Island Village: Barnacle Goose on river (Martin Shepherd)
 * Gallions Reach: 30 Ringed Plover (KJMcmanus)
 * Island Barn Res: 2 Wheatear, 2 Common Sandpipers and 2 Wigeon (Chris Turner).
 * KGV Reservoir: Smew, Goosander, 3 Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper (Neville Smith).
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Yellow Wagtail (S), 4 Meadow Pipit (S&SW), 1 Grey Wagtail, 6 Snipe, 1 Peregrine, 35 Lapwing, 32 Wigeon, 149 Shoveler, 56 Gadwall, 95 Tufted Duck, 9 Pochard, 132 Mallard, 133 Moorhen, 101 Coot (WWT Website)
 * Mudchute: 11 Golden Plovers high West, c40 House Martin S & c.60 lingering until drifted off W, 37 Swallow W + 6 lingering, then W, 6 Meadow Pipit NW, 2 Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, 8 Chiffchaffs, 3 Jays high SW, 4 Reed Bunting SW (Nick Senior)
 * Oxleas Wood: 2 Hobby, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Stock Dove, Swallow, Coal Tit, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blackcap [Ron Turner]
 * Pinner (HA5): Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Coal Tit, Goldfinch & 2 Herring Gull - I only got out for about 4 minutes today (Jon Ridge).
 * Purfleet: 2 juv Black Tern, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Knot, 12 Arctic Tern, 1 Sandwich Tern, 2 Avocet, 4 Greenshank, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 29 Ringed Plover, 30 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 19 Redshank, 56 Teal, 20 Mallard, 8 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Hobby, Peregrine, Buzzard (Fraser Simpson)
 * Queen Mary Reservoir: 1 Common Scoter, drake. 1 Northern Wheatear. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * RSPB Rainham Marshes: 206 House Martin's, 200+ Starling, 44 Goldfinch, 43 Lapwing, 3 Ring-necked Parakeets, 36 Dunlin, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 6 Willow Warblers, 300+ Teal, 26 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Whimbrel, Redshank, 5 Yellow Wagtail, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, 188 Greylag Goose, Kingfisher, 6 Snipe, 3 Wigeon, 11 Shoveler, 5 Ruff, 30 Gadwall, 3 Pintail, 5 Pochard, 12 Linnet, 4 Bearded Tit, 2 Hobby, 4 Kestrel, 2 Avocet, Buzzard, Stonechat, whinchat, 2 Wheatear, Curlew, Reed Warbler, Reed Bunting, Greenshank, 12 Ringed Plover. (Samuel Levy). 4 Greenshanks, 2 Garganeys, Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Bar-tailed Godwits - Aveley Flood 4pm (lan Bradshaw)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: c400 House Martin through between 08:30 and10:30 heading south west. Reed Warbler in sub-song, Lesser Whitethroat, Hobby (Martin Shepherd)
 * Staines Reservoir: 3 Black-necked Grebe, Wheatear, 25 Wigeon, Yellow Wagtail, and a Pheasant along the causeway, (Jim Sweetland) 1 Little Gull 1st w on S basin at dusk. 1 Common Sandpiper. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Stratford, Olympic Park: Tree Pipit SE calling, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 1 Whinchat still in favourite spot at north east corner by car parks, singing Black Redstart (Old Ford side), 1-2 Kingfisher, Yellow Wagtail N, 19 Linnet, 160+ Goldfinch, 2 Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Stuart Fisher)
 * Stratford Westfield: singing Black Redstart on roof, 2 Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Green Sandpiper over station (Nick Croft)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: Buzzard, 2 Stonechat, 2 Snipe, 7 Lapwing, 4 Teal, 12 Swallow (G Westley)
 * Thorney CP : Common Whitethroat, 2 Dunnocks 3 Chiffchaff, Pochard, 3 Great Crested Grebes +2 Juvs, Green Woodpecker (Sue Giddens)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Spotted Flycatcher, 7 Sand Martin, 30 Swallow, 3 Meadow Pipit, Whitethroat, 11 Chiffchaff (one singing), 3 Teal, Sparrowhawk, also Muntjac (John Colmans)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 7 Yellow Wagtail in paddocks, 2 Stonechat (bomb crater field), 250+ House Martin (Stuart Fisher) 7am: 1 Whinchat commuting between cow-field and reed bed, 50+ Linnets in paddocks (biggest flock I've seen locally in years). (Quentin Given). 16:02-16:08 3 Spoonbills circled, gaining height, over marsh, Warwick Reservoirs & Springfield Park, appeared to drift West but finally went off SS. (Paul Whiteman)
 * Walthamstow Reservoir: Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpipers, 3 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 6 Little Egrets and Kingfisher. All Lockwood (J.Murray).
 * Wanstead Flats: Spotted Flycatcher (Kev Burgess), 2 Spotted Flycatcher, up to 50 Meadow Pipits, Yellow Wagtail, Swallows through  (Bob Vaughan)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Kingfisher, Common Sandpiper, 2 Teal, Wigeon, 7 Meadow Pipit over S, 6 House Martin (Chris Farthing)

Saturday 17th September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: 13 Meadow Pipit, 9+ Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Swallow, 2 House Martin, Sand Martin (Bruce Carson, Gareth Richards, Bob Watts)
 * Beddington Farmlands: Honey Buzzard south (Twitter) pics
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Little Egret, 3 Lapwing, 6 Common Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Hobby, 400 House Martin, 50 Swallow, 10 Sand Martin, Meadow Pipit, Willow Warbler (Brent Birders)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crossness to Thamesmead Golf Range - Thames Foreshore: 936 Teal, 2 Little Egret, 52 Redshank (Ralph Todd)
 * East India Dock Basin: 48 Teal, 1 1cy Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Common Gulls, Kingfisher, 2 Swallow S, Wheatear, 2 Reed Warblers, 3 Chiffchaffs (Nick Senior)
 * Finchley (Garden): Peregrine Floating North West at 18:05, and Sparrowhawk heading North at 18:15. First ever Garden sighting of a Peregrine and I believe the first for some time in the area! (Samuel Levy) - This species is rapidly expanding its range now - nice work Sam (JR).
 * KGV Reservoir: Ruff north basin 0800hrs (Neville Smith).
 * Hampstead Heath : Tree Pipit (flushed from field by Ladies' Pond, perched in woodside Willow down from standing dead Oak with still-busy Hornets' nest) (Ray)


 * London Wetland Centre: 1 female Pintail, 50+ House Martin, c15 Swallow, odd singles of Sand Martin, 1 Snipe, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, Peregrine on hospital, 1 male Pochard, 1 female Reed Bunting (Mat Hare)
 * Northolt + Greenford CP: Sparrowhawk, 13 Meadow Pipit over, c20 Swallow, c20 House Martin, 6 Sand Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, m Blackcap, c40 Goldfinch (Neil Anderson/K. Bull)
 * Oxleas Wood: Common Buzzard, Hobby, Kestrel (male), Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Ron Turner)
 * Pinner (HA5): 3 Meadow Pipit over, 6 Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Jay & 17 Magpie (Jon Ridge).
 * Purfleet: juv Black Tern, 2 Arctic Tern, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 29 Dunlin, 18 Ringed Plover, 9 Redshank, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 56 Teal, 3 Wigeon, 6 Sand Martin, 7 Swallow, 6 Common Gull, 4 Yellow-legged Gull (Fraser Simpson)
 * Rainham Marshes, Arctic Skua upriver, 2 Avocet, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit (Birdguides) Also Common Buzzard, two juv Curlew Sandpipers, 4 Ruff, 13 Dunlin, 4 Ringed Plover, 28 Black-tailed Godwits, Curlew, 3 Greenshanks, 10 Redshanks, 7 Snipe, Wheatear, Grey Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, 10 Meadow Pipits, 50 House Martins (Sean Huggins)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: Spotted Flycatcher by the smaller Nights Pit, Willow Warbler, Treecreeper (Neville Smith).
 * Staines Reservoirs: 2 Pintail, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 21 Lapwing, 321 Cormorant. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Stratford, Olympic Park: Whinchat, Black Redstart, Hobby West, Kingfisher (Stuart Fisher)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 2 m Pheasant, Buzzard, juv Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrel, 10 Lapwing, 4 Skylark, flock 100+ Swallow W 07.35 followed by 8 more later, flock c50 Sand Martin W 08.19, 3 Grey Wagtail, up to 50 Meadow Pipit (on site + over), 1st W Stonechat, Goldcrest, Reed Bunting, Linnet, Muntjac (Neil Anderson)
 * Thames Barrier Park: 160 Teal, 5 Wigeon, Ringed Plover, 2 1st autumn Arctic Terns W, 4 Yellow-legged Gulls, 31 Common Gulls W, 1 cy Little Gull lingering then E, Spotted Flycatcher, 4 Chiffchaff (Nick Senior)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: Stonechat, Hobby North, Goldcrest, 13 Swallow, 80+ House Martin, 30+ Meadow Pipit (Stuart Fisher/Lol Bodini/Jamie Partridge)
 * Walton Reservoir complex: Ruff (Chris Turner)
 * Wanstead Flats: 2 Wheatear, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 20 + Meadow Pipit, 100 + Swallow through north, 50 + House Martin, 2 Skylark, Hobby, Peregrine Falcon, 3 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 49 Gadwall, 2 Wigeon, 60 + Shoveler (including a flock of 50 going north in a "v" formation), 3 Teal, 3 Pochard, 15+ Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat  (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: Willow Warbler, Kingfisher (James Heal)
 * West Finchley tube station: 12 Goldfinch, Goldcrest, Great Tit, 2 Jay (Samuel Levy)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 20 House Martin (Jon Agar)

Friday 16th September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: 2 Yellow Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, 6 Chiffchaff (Dominic Mitchell)
 * Beddington Farmlands : 1 juv Caspian Gull pics
 * Brent Reservoir: Little Egret, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Common Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, Reed Warbler (Andrew Self)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Stock Dove (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crossness, high tide: 200 Teal, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Swallow, 2 House Martin, Wheatear, Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Ladywell Fields: 14 Mistle Thrush, 2 Jay (Tom Moulton)
 * Mudchute: 7 Teal W, 3 Snipe flushed, 1 Swift, 4 House Martins, 2 Yellow Wagtail S, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Chiffchaffs (Nick Senior)
 * Pinner (HA5): several Goldfinch including a ringed adult on feeders (metal ring on right leg), Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay & Coal Tit (Jon Ridge).
 * Southwark Park: 2 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 14 Greylag, Great Spotted Woodpecker, pair Mute Swan with 5 young, Goldcrest (John Cadera)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Turnstone flew W 19.07. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Wanstead Flats: Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 40 + Meadow Pipit, 6 Skylark, 64 Swallow through N/W, 60 House Martin (plus 8 local birds), 20 + Chiffchaff, 2 Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 60+ Gadwall, 20 + Shoveler, 5 Teal, Wigeon, 6 Common Gull, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, Little Egret (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: Tawny Owl hunting in Bush Wood just after midnight, 60 + House Martin (Jono Lethbridge)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Common Sandpiper, Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler, several Chiffchaff singing in the rain and the Cetti's Warblers as noisy as spring, total only 39 spp. (Chris Farthing)

Thursday 15th September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: Meadow Pipit, 6+ Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Kingfisher Wood Green Res (Bob Watts)


 * Beddington Farmlands: Kittiwake (BirdGuides)
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Black-tailed Godwit N.Marsh, 6 Common Sandpiper, 3 Snipe, 2 Lapwing, 9 Swallow, 2 Willow Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff (Andrew Verrall, Stephen Branley)
 * Connaught Water and Chingford Plain: 2 Buzzards SE, 1 Kestrel, 30+ Mandarin Duck, 8 Swallow, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Grey Heron, 6 Tufted Duck. (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * Dollis Brook (Holders Hill): 2 Moorhen, Jackdaw, 2 Collared Doves, Robin, 2 Great Tit, 16:00 Little Egret (Samuel Levy)
 * Pinner (HA5): Common Buzzard over at 11:23, female Sparrowhawk, 4 Cormorant over (2 low north-east at 11:38 & 2 very high west at 12:14), Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, singing Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Coal Tit, Pied Wagtail & 9 Goldfinch (Jon Ridge).
 * Regents Park: CORY'S SHEARWATER flew SW over at 1048 (Regent's Park Birders) photographed (Dave Johnson,Tony Duckett)  RBA pic here  More Cory pictures here: https://twitter.com/RareBirdAlertUK/status/776438682714640384
 * Ridgeway (Mill Hill): 2 Pied Wagtails, 5 Ring-necked Parakeets, 15:45 5 Canada Geese on sheep wash pond. (Samuel Levy)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: 2 Whinchat on Pattypool Mead. 16 Yellow Wagtail flew NW off KGV north bank (Martin Shepherd)
 * St James's Park: 2 Kingfisher - one bird very busy at the E end of the Lake flew to the W end whereupon a second bird appeared and gave chase (Frank Nugent).
 * Staines Reservoirs: 3 juv Black Tern and juv Little Gull N basin (Twitter)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: Common Redstart on Botany Marsh, Yellow Wagtail over, 10 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Lapwing, Curlew, Redshank, 8+ Bearded Tits; also 10 Clouded Yellows (Andrew Self)
 * Wanstead Flats:Common Redstart, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 35 + Meadow Pipit including flock of 22 by Alex, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Linnet, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, 20 + Chiffchaff, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, Skylark, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrel, Gadwall, Shoveler, 4 Common Gull (Nick Croft et al)
 * Wanstead Park: 2 Water Rail, 2 Hobby, Sparrowhawk, 2 Little Egret, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Coal Tit, Goldcrest, Kingfisher, 2 Gadwall, f Teal, 9 Little Grebe, 5 Great Crested Grebe, Grey Wagtail, 3 Grass Snake (Nick Croft)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 or probably 2 f-type Common Redstart, 7 Duck spp. inc. 2 Wigeon & 1 Teal (Chris Farthing)

Wednesday 14th September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: Whinchat 0650 SW perimeter cricket pitches, 3+ Chiffchaffs (Bob Watts)
 * Bayhurst Wood west fields. One Whinchat and 5 Chiffchaffs on a hot morning here. ( John Edwards)
 * Beddington Farmlands: 1 Sandwich Tern,, 600+ Barn Swallow, 60 House Martin, 22 Sand Martin, 72 Meadow Pipit, 7 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Buzzard, 2-3 Hobby, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Chaffinch, 5 Cormorant, 3 Wigeon dropped in over night and the Avocet was still around too. Also Green Sandpiper and 12 Snipe.(BFBG pics here  )
 * Brent Reservoir: eclipse Wigeon, 2 Lapwing, 2 Black-Tailed Godwit, 4 Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 3 House Martin, Common Redstart, Reed Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap (Roy Beddard, Bob Husband, Steve Leeke)
 * Brookmill Park: Stock Dove, Kingfisher, 2 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Dollis Brook (Holders Hill): Jay, Pied Wagtail, 10 Starling, 12 Goldfinch (Samuel Levy)
 * Gallions Reach: Little Tern, 13 Sandwich Tern, 4 Little Egret (KJMcmanus) Common Buzzard, Hobby, 39 Sandwich Terns, Common Tern, 5 Lapwing. (Gary A James).
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Yellow Wagtail flew S, 10+ Chiffchaff, 10+ Blackcap, 13 Wigeon, 2 Snipe, 1 Kingfisher (WWT Website)
 * Mudchute: 5 House Martins, Yellow Wagtail SW, ad male Common Redstart (allotments), 2 Blackcaps, 3 Reed Warblers, 2 Willow Warblers, 5 Chiffchaffs, 1 Linnet (Nick Senior)
 * Pinner (HA5): 36 Goldfinch, Green Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, Long-tailed Tit & 2 Coal Tit (Jon Ridge).
 * Richmond Park; 4 Whinchat, Lesser Whitethroat (M.Lewis); Teal, Kingfisher, 3 Grey Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit, Wheatear, 5 Stonechat (J.Wilczur)
 * Ridgeway (Mill Hill): 3 Greenfinch, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, 4 Jackdaw, Pied Wagtail, 15:55 Grey Wagtail on sheep wash pond with 3 Canada Geese. (Samuel Levy).
 * RSPB Rainham Marshes: 6 Avocet (Twitter)
 * St James's Park: Kingfisher and Collared Dove - only my second Collared Dove here (Frank Nugent).
 * Staines Moor: 4 Whinchat, 1m Stonechat, 13+ Yellow Wagtail, 2 Lapwing, 1 Common Snipe, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, 1+ Hobby, 2 Red Kite, 2 Little Egret, 3 Common Buzzard, 1-2 Kingfisher (Lee Dingain - a couple of pics here)
 * Sutcliffe Park: 5 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Stock Dove, Blackcap, 9 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Wanstead Flats:  5 Whinchat,  2 Sand Martin, 14 House Martin, 80 + Swallow through, 30 + Meadow Pipit, 8 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Skylark, 2 Willow Warbler, 20 + Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, 2 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 20 + Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, f Teal (Nick Croft/Simon Worsfold)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Common Sandpiper, Wigeon, 5 Little Grebe, male Common Redstart per Nathan Legall (Chris Farthing)
 * Woodford Green: Chiffchaff and Goldcrest in garden 7.30am with flyover Yellow Wagtail at 8.01 am + a Spotted Flycatcher in neighbour's grdn. c6pm. (Ken Murray)

Tuesday 13th September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: 2 Whinchat, 11+ Greenfinch, 8+ Chiffchaff, 6 Song Thrush, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 07.00-9.00 (Bruce Carson); 2 Kingfisher perched together tunnel res in threat display (Robert Callf); Whinchat still 1745 at least elms cricket scrub, in morning Kingfisher chased the length of Wood Green Res by Black-headed Gull (Bob Watts)
 * Barnes, Lonsdale Road Reservoir: 1 Common Sandpiper late evng. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Bentley Priory: 1 Spotted Flycatcher & small flocks of hirundines moving through. Should have been out Sunday afternoon. That'll teach me. Wheatear from JR's garden. Streuth! I wish (Richard Francis). The garden is backed by a playing field which helps - It was actually my 7th here (JR).
 * Beddington Farmlands: 1 Sabine's Gull ad, till mid am then lost to S, also Avocet (Birdguides per FJM)
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Lapwing, Snipe, 7 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, eclipse Mandarin Duck, Little Egret (Brent Birders); 2 Spotted Flycatchers, female Redstart and Garden Warbler, all in burnt patch on dump (Steve Leeke)
 * Crayford Marshes: 3 Greenshanks, Redshank, Common Sandpipers, 5 Lapwings, Teal, Cettis Warbler, Pheasant, Yellow-legged Gull, Great Black-backed Gull and 3 Seals (Simon Worsfold)
 * Dollis Brook (Holders Hill): Cormorant over heading north, 12 Goldfinch, 2 Robin, Moorhen, Blackbird, Great Tit (Samuel Levy)
 * Erith: 3 Stock Doves (near Sailing Club), Redshank (Simon Worsfold)
 * Gallions Reach: 5 Ringed Plover, 3 Common Tern, Kingfisher (Gallions Birders); Kestrel, Common Sandpiper, around a dozen Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Alan Hobson).
 * Gunpowder Park: female Tawny Owl calling @ 20:42 (Neville Smith).
 * Motspur Park: Hobby over low near gas holders at 18.20 (Simon Osborn)
 * North Sheen Rec: 2 Hobby over, drifting south 7am (Peter Hart)
 * Pinner (HA5): Phylloscopus sp. poked its head through the Kerria before vanishing - strong supercilium but no call, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit & 3 Goldfinch (Jon Ridge).
 * St James's Park: Kingfisher at 14:30, Common Buzzard drifting slowly S from 14:40 and a Peregrine over at 14:50 (Frank Nugent).
 * Sewardstone Marsh: Stonechat and Whinchat on Pattypool Mead, 07:55 (Martin Shepherd); also 2 Goosander (11.30 am), Green Sandpiper and Redstart (Barry Jones)
 * Teddington: Chiffchaff calling in back garden (Ian R Watson)
 * The Ridgeway (Mill Hill): 5 Collared Dove, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, 5 Jackdaw, 2 Magpie, Barn Swallow heading East at 16:20 (Samuel Levy)
 * Upper Holloway N19: Sparrowhawk in car park taking a pigeon (observer?)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Still 2 Greenshank in flood channel NE of Lockwood, 4 Common Sandpipers, Wheatear, 2 Cetti's Warblers, Reed Warbler, 2 Willow Warblers, pr Peregrine, 3 Wigeon East Warwick, juv Great Black-backed Gull (Lol Bodini, Jamie Partridge).
 * Wanstead Flats: 2 Whinchat, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Willow Warbler, 20+ Chiffchaff, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat, Linnet, Reed Bunting, 3 Swallow, 6+ House Martin, 2 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark (Nick Croft)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher, Pied Flycatcher on West Reservoir (Chris Farthing & Tony Butler)

Monday 12th September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: 2 Blackcap, 4+ Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 2 Mistle Thrush, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 07.30-9.00 (Bruce Carson); 1 Hobby, mobbing a Peregrine while both drifted south over S boundary, 16.45 (Jonathan Cooke); Meadow Pipit, 10+ Chiffchaff 0700 (Bob Watts)
 * Barnes, Lonsdale Road Reservoir: No sign of Blyth's Reed Warbler all day, 1 Reed Warbler in reeds at N end, Hobby over (Franko J Maroevic et al) Blyth's reported by Birdguides at 13:00? - No, that was yesterday.
 * Brent Reservoir: 4 Egyptian Geese, eclipse drake Mandarin, 3 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Common Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, Water Rail, 25+ House Martin, 2 Swift, Grey Wagtail, Fem Redstart, 8+ Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap (Roy Beddard, Steve Leeke)
 * Dollis Brook (Holders Hill): Collared Dove, 3 Ring-necked Parakeets (Samuel Levy)
 * Ewell, Priest Hill: 7 Whinchat, minimum, on the SWT reserve 13:30. Also Red Kite s, Common Buzzard w, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Chiffchaff, 2 Swallow and 9 Stock Dove (Neil Batten)
 * Gallions Reach; 3 Sandwich Tern, 35 Common Tern, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Wigeon, Common Buzzard, 2 Sand Martin, Meadow Pipit (KJMcmanus)
 * Hampstead Heath: 3 Spotted Flycatchers at the dead oak on hedge No3, 3 Yellow Wagtails over Parliament Hill, 10 Meadow Pipits SW (first I've seen this autumn), 10 Swallows SW, Hobby over the Stock Pond, 30+ Chiffchaffs throughout, many with tit flocks, 3 Shoveler and 6 Gadwall at Ham No1, juv Little Grebe on Boat Pond (Pete Mantle)
 * Highams Park Lake: 13 Gadwall, 1f Sparrowhawk, 10 Tufted Duck, 8 Mute Swan (6 juv), 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 4 Mandarin, 16 Black Headed Gulls. (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * King George V Reservoir: 2 f Goosander on flood relief channel 06.40 (Christopher Wright)
 * Limehouse: 2 Sandwich Tern downriver @ 07.55 (Nick Senior)
 * Little Britain Iver/Cowley: Hobby, Sparrowhawk, 3 Chiffchaff, Red Kite, Grey Wagtail (Sue Giddens)
 * London Wetland Centre: 14 Wigeon, 113 Shoveler, 32 Gadwall, 5 Snipe, 1 Peregrine, 1 Grey Wagtail (WWT Website); 1cy Yellow-legged Gull, 1cy Common Gull, ad and juv Hobby (J.Wilczur, S.Woolfenden)
 * Netherhouse Farm: Whinchat (Martin Shepherd)
 * Oxleas Wood: 3 Hobby, Kestrel, 2 Common Buzzard, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Ron Turner)
 * Pinner (HA5): Grey Wagtail over (twice), Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Jay, 3 Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Goldcrest & 5 Goldfinch (Jon Ridge).
 * South Lodge Farm, Enfield: 4 Yellow Wagtail 3 adults, 1 first-winter feeding amongst horses (Robert Callf)
 * The Ridgeway (Mill Hill): 2 Ring-necked Parakeets, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Collared Dove, 5 Goldfinch (Samuel Levy)
 * Trent Park: 22 Mandarin Duck, eclipse drake Shoveler, Red Kite, 3+ Barn Swallow, 12+ House Martin, Bullfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 2 Sandwich Tern through south first thing, c15 Meadow Pipit, Wheatear, Greenshank, 7 Common Sandpipers, late Swift, 1 Spotted Flycatcher (Jamie Partridge, David Bradshaw)
 * Wanstead Flats: Another major clearout overnight.  Spotted Flycatcher, Yellow Wagtail, 10 Meadow Pipit, 20+ Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Common Whitethroat, 19 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 44 Gadwall, 6 Teal, 7 Shoveler, Pochard, Reed Bunting, 2 Sparrowhawk, 4 Kestrel (Nick Croft/Peter Brinton)
 * Woodford Green: 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler and crest sp through garden am, 2 Yellow Wagtails at Nightingale stables pm (Ken Murray)
 * Wanstead Park: 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 3 Meadow Pipit, Lesser Whitethroat, Wigeon, 11 Gadwall, 6 Little Grebe, 6 Great Crested Grebe (Nick Croft)

Sunday 11th September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: 2 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail, Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 8+ Blackcap, Meadow Pipit (Bruce Carson, Gareth Richards, Bob Watts, Andrew)
 * Barking Bay: 4 Oystercatcher, 3 Ringed Plover, 6 Common Sandpiper, 8+ Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Sandwich Tern lingering then downriver, 12 'Alba' Wagtail S, 5 Yellow Wagtail S/SE, c40 Meadow Pipit + 9 SW, 20 Swallows S, 3 Wheatear, 12 Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, c35 Linnet also 3 Clouded Yellow and 1 Ruddy Darter (Nick Senior)
 * Barnes, Lonsdale Road Reservoir: BLYTH'S REED WARBLER, showing well at N end In Purple Loosestrife and on mud early am and intermittently in reeds from 13.00 onwards. Seen with Reed Warbler till about 15.15 only. Not later. View from the roadside footpath 50 metres S from N end entrance; also Common Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, Hobby over (Franko J Maroevic, Rupert Kaye, Nick Tanner et al); Peregrine and Common Buzzard over this afternoon (Joe Taylor). If anyone has photos of this bird please can you post here. Thanks AS. I understand Bob Husband took details of photographer's names, please contact Andrew Self or inform where posted. Thanks FJM
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Snipe, 3 Lapwing, 5 Common Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret, Common Buzzard over at 09:50, 2 Swift, Kingfisher, Whinchat still on Dump, 5 Reed Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler (Brent Birders)
 * Chingford Plain: 1 Redstart, 1 Whinchat, 1 Hobby, 5 Mandarin Duck (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * Dollis Brook N3: 2 Red Kite high over Windsor Open Space, flying South at 13:00 (Ben Epstein)
 * Dollis Brook (Totteridge): 6 Stock Dove, 50+ Magpie. (Samuel Levy)
 * East Dulwich SE22: Hobby (circled at the front of my house for a minute) (Steven Robinson)
 * Finchley (Garden): Goldcrest - ​First sighting this year. Normally quite common though ​(Samuel Levy)
 * Gallions Reach: 3 Little Egret, 5 Common Buzzard, 3 Hobby, 7 Common Sandpiper, 5 Sandwich Tern, Common Tern, 2 Whinchat, 2 Willow Warbler (Gary A James & Paul Davis).
 * Gunpowder Park: (adult male) Common Redstart on mound feeding in Birch enclosures (Neville Smith).
 * KGV Reservoir: 2 Ruff, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Northern Wheatear (Neville Smith).
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 12 Wigeon, 10 Chiffchaff (WWT Website)
 * Hampstead Heath: Common Redstart, east of Parliament Hill, 1425 (Andrew Bailey)
 * Osterley Park: Common Buzzard, 5 Gadwall, Greylag Goose,  80+ Jackdaw, Kestrel, 3 Mandarin, 3+ Ring-necked Parakeet, 3 Shoveler, Wheatear (Richard Woolley).
 * Pinner (HA5): Wheatear (last record from the garden was in 1984), Common Buzzard over at 13:31, Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, Jay, 2 Coal Tit, Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, Blackcap & 4 Goldfinch (Jon Ridge).
 * Richmond Park: 2 Hobby, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 60+ House Martin, 2 Sand Martin, 30+ Swallow, 1 Meadow Pipit, 4 Wheatear, 2 Whinchat, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 3 Coal Tit, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 5 Reed Bunting (Alex Bailey)
 * River Pool Linear Park: Kingfisher (Tom Moulton)
 * Roe Green Park (NW9): 2 Egyptian Goose (Shailesh Patel).
 * Sewardstone Marsh: 4 Common Buzzard, 2 Northern Wheatear and 2 Whinchat by Patty pools, Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler (Neville Smith).
 * Staines Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe, 4 Common Sandpiper, Little Gull still at 11.30, Wheatear (Jim Sweetland)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: Pheasant, pr Teal, 7 Egyptian Geese over (site record), 3 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 15 Lapwing, 2 Skylark, 5 Meadow Pipit, 13 Swallow, 2 Wheatear, Whinchat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4+ Whitethroat, pr Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, min 9 Reed Bunting, 8 Linnet, f Bullfinch (Neil Anderson/G. Westley)
 * Tottenham Hale: Common Swift E at 12.00 over Kessock Close N17 9PW (Quentin Given).
 * Totteridge ValleyDarlands Lake: 2 Sand Martin, 10-15 House Martin, 13 Swallow, Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 8 Whitethroat, 14 Chiffchaff (4 singing), 2 Sparrowhawk, Bullfinch, pair Mandarin (John Colmans)
 * Trent Park: Kingfisher lower lake (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Marsh Harrier SE over Lockwood, 4 Buzzard, Hobby, 6 Wheatear, Meadow Pipit (Jamie Partridge); 3 Swift feeding over Warwick Reservoir West, Peregrine, 3 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler (Harringay Birder)
 * Wanstead Flats: 6 Whinchat, 6 Common Redstart, 5 Wheatear, Stonechat, 5 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Tree Pipit, 20+ Meadow Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Garden Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Whitethroat, 8 Blackcap, 4 Willow Warbler, 20+ Chiffchaff, 2 Skylark, Hobby, 4 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, Peregrine Falcon, 36 Gadwall, Shoveler, 20+ House Martin, Common Sandpiper (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan/Peter Brinton et al) - a good fall of migrants guys (JR) : )
 * West Finchley Tube Station: 12 Long-tailed Tits over calling loudly at 18:55 (Samuel Levy)
 * West Harrow: Whitethroat, Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff through the garden this morning, plus Swallow over, all in a 10 minute spell (Alex Massey).
 * Waterworks NR: Grey Wagtail, Whinchat (2 @bed 15), Wigeon, Sparrowhawk, Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Long-tailed Tit, Robin, Wren, Little Grebe, Pochard (G.Gram).
 * Woodford Green: male.Common Redstart, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, Tawny Owl in garden, + male and female Sparrowhawk, Kestrel and Hobby flyovers (Ken Murray)
 * Yeading Brook Meadow: Buzzard, Grey Heron, Kingfisher, Whitetroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Nigel Dodd)

Saturday 10th September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap [tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:[tel:0725-0800 0725-0800] 0725-0800] 0725-0800] 0725-0800] 0725-0800] 0725-0800] 0725-0800] 0725-0800] 0725-0800] 0725-0800] 0725-0800] 0725-0800] 0725-0800] 0725-0800] 0725-0800] 0725-0800] 0725-0800] 0725-0800] 0725-0800] (Bob Watts)
 * Barnes, Lonsdale Road Reservoir: BLYTH'S REED WARBLER, N end,very elusive, 19 Gadwall, 65 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 2 Wigeon, 2 Egyptian Geese, Yellow-legged Gull 2nd winter, 2 Grey Wagtail, Reed Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff (R.Kaye); only two very brief binocular views in reeds at N end 16.17 & 17.25 in 5 hours (FJM)
 * Brent Reservoir: Whinchat on Dump, Mandarin, 5 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Common Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 7 Common Sandpiper, Water Rail, 3 Little Egret, 1 Swift (Brent Birders)
 * Dagenham, Central Park 7 Ring Necked Parakeets (Graham Francis)
 * Greenwich Peninsula: Sparrowhawk, Song Thrush, Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap in Ecology Park. Yellow-legged Gull, 20 Common Tern on river (Conrad Ellam et al)
 * Gunpowder Park: Northern Wheatear by playing field, Common Buzzard alighted in hedgerow, Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 3 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting (Neville Smith).
 * KGV Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe, 5 Little Grebe, Pintail, 2 Goldeneye, 3 Common Tern, Ringed Plover, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Northern Wheatear (Neville Smith)
 * Millwall Outer Dock: Common Tern, 2 Yellow-legged Gull 3cy, 1 cy (Nick Senior)
 * Mudchute: ad Mediterranean Gull over, Swallow, 6 House Martin, Spotted Flycatcher, Redwing, Garden Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting, 27 Monk Parakeet (Nick Senior)
 * Purfleet: 1 Golden Plover, 4 Greenshank, 21 Black-tailed Godwit, 21 Ringed Plover, 9 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Curlew, 13 Yellow-legged Gull, 42 Teal, 2 Little Egret (Fraser Simpson)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: Leach's Petrel till late pm at least ( Andy Tomczynski); Knot till late am at least; Osprey flew over mobbed by Herring Gull 10.10 headed SE (Franko J Maroevic); Leach's still present to 19:30 at least, feeding to 19:15 then asleep (Matt Palmer)
 * Lamorbey Park: Pair Egyptian Geese, Cormorant, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, 2 Common Gull, 20 Black-headed Gull, 5 Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Coal Tit (Mike Amos).
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: Pintail, Hobby, two juvenile Bar-tailed Godwits, 57 Black-tailed Godwits, 10 juvenile Ruff, 2 Common Sandpipers, Curlew, 3 Oystercatchers, Ringed Plover, 8 Snipe, two Yellow Wagtails (Sean Huggins); also 3cy Caspian Gull (same bird from last Monday - pics here), 9 Ringed Plover, 10+ Yellow-legged Gull (Dante Shepherd)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: Hobby, Yellow Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Willow Warbler (Neville Smith).
 * Silk Mills Path, Lewisham: 8 House Martin (Conrad Ellam)
 * Staines Moor: 6+ Yellow Wagtails with cattle, Hobby, Whinchat, 2 Reed Warblers, Cetti's Warbler calling, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 10+ Swallows, Collared Dove (Nick B).
 * Staines Reservoir: Great Skua flew west 08:35 (Rob Innes per FJM)
 * Trent Park: adult male eclipse Northern Shoveler lower lake - 1st of autumn here (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 0930 to 1030 (quiet...) f Kestrel on Bomb Crater Field, 23 Linnet, 6 Pied Wagtail, 2 Egyptian Geese on paddocks (Alastair Dent)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs, Lockwood: Osprey soared over Banbury then SW over Tottenham Marsh at c9.55, Swift, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Wheatear, Common Sandpiper, 80+ House Martin, Swallow, 2 Sand Martin, Peregrine, Sparrowhawk (Stuart Fisher, Lol Bodini, Jamie Partridge)
 * Wanstead Flats: 4 Whinchat, Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 4 Skylark, 2 Willow Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, Blackcap, Hobby, Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrel, 6 House Martin, Common Sandpiper, 37 Gadwall, 5 Teal, 2 Shoveler, (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: Hobby, 3 Little Egret, 14 Gadwall, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Little Grebe, Kingfisher, (James Heal)

Friday 9th September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Kestrel SSW, Meadow Pipit, Willow Warbler (Bruce Carson); Yellow Wagtail west 0648, 3 Chiffchaff (Bob Watts); 3 Meadow Pipits (Dominic Mitchell)
 * Barnes, Barn Elms Playing Fields: Hobby, 3 Buzzard SW, 2 Red Admiral migrating SW (R.Kaye)
 * Battersea Park Lake: Kingfisher 1st this year, hybrid Greylag with white head, Cormorants coming in to roost (Michael Mac)
 * Brent Reservoir: female Mandarin, 4 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 7 Common Sandpiper, 8+ Chiffchaff, 4 House Martin, 2 Kingfisher (Roy Beddard); most of the same, but 5 Green Sandpiper, juv Grey Wagtail (Andrew Haynes).
 * Brookmill Park: 2 Little Egret, Stock Dove, Kingfisher, 7 House Martin, Song Thrush (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bush Hill Park, Enfield: ad Common Gull, 2 Black-headed Gull, Red Admiral, no sign of Pied Flycatcher - a bit too windy (Robert Callf)
 * Bushy Park: 12+ Pied Wagtail, 16 Red-crested Pochard, Hobby, several small flocks of House Martin and Swallow (Mat Hare)
 * Dollis Brook (Holders Hill): 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail (Samuel Levy)
 * MHome (Hampton Court) Park: 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker inc 1m drumming, c8 House Martin, Little Owl heard, 22+ Pied Wagtail (Mat Hare)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 8 House Martin feeding low overhead at 1000, singing Chiffchaff, m Kestrel hunting on Millfields nearby (Alastair Dent)
 * Neasden Station: Yellow Wagtail over platform (Andrew Self)
 * Oxleas Wood: m Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 2 Hobby, Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Swallows (Ron Turner)
 * Purfleet: juv Spotted Redshank, 4 Greenshank, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 22 Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, 29 Teal, 2 Little Egret (Fraser Simpson)
 * Richmond Park; 2 Whinchat, Reed Buntings, Chiffchaff family of 3, 2 Whitethroat, Kestrel, Blackcap, 12-15 Swallow (Phil Davies); 3 Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtails, Little Egret, female Kingfisher, 50+ House Martins and a few Sand Martins and Swallow all over or close to Pen Ponds (Richmond Park Bird Group); 1 Meadow Pipit too, 4 Sand Martin at minimum in the abovementioned mixed hirundines at Pen Ponds when I was there (Keith Bates), Yellow Wagtail and calling Little Owl.(Simon Worsfold)
 * St Andrew's Church, Chase Side, N14: 88 Feral Pigeon on roof 17:45 (Robert Callf)
 * St James's Park: Kingfisher (Frank Nugent).
 * Swanscombe Marsh: 3 juv Little Ringed Plover. 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 1 House Martin, 5 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wheatear, 4 Stonechat. (Roger Keith).
 * Trent Park: 2 Spotted Flycatcher (NE of Williams Wood), c16 Swallow, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 3 Mandarin (adult & immature drakes, plus female), Buzzard mewing (Pete Lowman / Bob Husband).
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 2 Greenshank in overflow channel, 2 Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail over, still one Swift over Banbury with House Martins, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Sedge Warbler on East Warwick, Lesser Whitethroat. (Paul Whiteman, David Bradshaw, Adam Winstanley, Lol Bodini)
 * Wanstead Flats: Whinchat, f Wheatear, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 10+ Meadow Pipit, 5 Skylark, 1 Willow Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaff, 2 Common Whitethroat (a pretty major clear out over the last few days), Sand Martin, 15 Swallow, 14+ House Martin, 2 Common Gull, 30+ Gadwall, 4 Teal, 5 Shoveler, Goldcrest in Golden Fleece garden, 3 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan/Tim Harris)
 * Wanstead Park: first returning Water Rail, 3 Little Egret, Kingfisher, 10 Little Grebe, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 10 Gadwall, Spotted Flycatcher, Hobby, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Reed Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff (Nick Croft)

Thursday 8th September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: Yellow Wagtail SW 0645, also Spotted Flycatcher cricket scrub, Skylark still SW perimeter (Bob Watts)
 * Barnes, Barn Elms Playing Fields: Buzzard N, 214 Swallow S, 3 Meadow Pipit NW, 9 Yellow Wagtail S. (R.Kaye)
 * Bethnal Green: 3 Meadow Pipits low SW 1030 (Bob Watts)
 * Brent Reservoir: 5 Egyptian Goose, 5 Little Egret, 4 Lapwing, 4 Common Snipe, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Green Sandpiper, 8 Common Sandpiper, Peregrine, Swift, Swallow, Yellow Wagtail flew over hide at 15.50 (Roy Beddard, Catherine Cullen, Steve Leeke)
 * Bush Hill Park, Enfield: Pied Flycatcher seen in trees and hedgerow next bike container and park- keepers huts between 12 and 130pm (Andrew Peel)
 * Chingford Plain: 2 Kestrel, 12 Swallow N, 1 Green Woodpecker (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * Goldsmith College Sports Ground-Bexley: 15 Swallows feeding, 2 sitting on grass, juv Hobby low over grass within few metres to me, it didn't go for the Swallows (Michael Mac)
 * Kentish Town: Common Buzzard S at 06:30 (Frank Nugent).
 * Mudchute: 23 House Martin S, 15 Swallow S, 2 Yellow Wagtail SW, Wheatear, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Garden Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff (Nick Senior)
 * Purfleet: 7 Greenshank, 17 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Ringed Plover, 2 Curlew, 4 Common Sandpiper, 10 Yellow-legged Gull, 82 Teal, Little Grebe (Fraser Simpson)
 * Richmond Park: Pen Ponds area - juv Cuckoo (T.Bell per JW), 4 Teal, Little Egret, 2 Hobby, 2 Water Rail heard, Kingfisher, 2 Yellow Wagtail over, 5 Stonechat, 2 Whinchat, 5 Sedge Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 26 Reed Bunting, c30 Goldfinch (J.Wilczur)
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): 1+ Knot heard flying SW 00.38, c40 highly probable Bar-tailed Godwits high SW in V formation 16.40, Peregrine, 4+ Swallow low S, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Ian Stewart) - now I feel rather unwell & it's hard to keep it down - fantastic work Ian (JR). Pure luck John! (IS) 
 * The Ridgeway (Mill Hill): 15 Barn Swallow over at 07:35 heading South, and a Grey Wagtail on Sheep wash pond at 15:40. (Samuel Levy)
 * Totteridge Valley: Kingfisher, 2 Swallows, Willow Warbler & Mandarin. (Simon Worsfold)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Clouded Yellow (Bob Watts)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 0840 Hobby flew through over the paddocks fast and low, heading S. 2 Egyptian Geese Flood Relief Channel, 2 singing Chiffchaff and hunting f Kestrel Leyton Marsh (Alastair Dent)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs (Lockwood): 3 Greenshanks, Yellow Wagtail, 3+ Northern Wheatears, 3+ Common Sandpipers, Chiffchaff, Willow and Cetti's Warblers, Kingfisher (David Callahan, Jamie Partridge).
 * Wanstead Flats: No sign Ortolan Bunting by 12:00.  5 Whinchat, Spotted Flycatcher, 5 + Willow Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Meadow Pipit, 6 Yellow Wagtail, c. 30 Swallow, 10 + House Martin, Common Snipe, 21 Gadwall, 12 Shoveler, 7 Teal, 14 Tufted Duck, 5 Skylark, 3 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk (Wanstead Birders et al)
 * Wimbledon Common: Hookhamslade Pond - 2 Kingfishers flew round and away (Bill Budd)

Wednesday 7th September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: Whinchat, Spotted Flycatcher (both in Cricket Scrub at 15.20) (James Palmer). Skylark SW perimeter still (Bob Watts)
 * Barnes, Barn Elms Playing Fields: 2 Hobby, 2nd winter Mediterranean Gull SE 09.10, Short-eared Owl in from SW 08.45 circled area for 20 minutes then left high to W (R.Kaye)
 * Barnet: Barnet Playing Fields - Little Owl calling at 7:50pm (Simon Worsfold)
 * Beddington Farmlands: 2 Wheatear, 1 Whinchat, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 10+ Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler, 9 Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 16 Lapwing (BFBG) (pics here )
 * Bow Creek, west side of Ecology Park: Sparrowhawk (juv) circling overhead, Common Sandpiper (Toni Piccolo)
 * Copped Hall, Epping CM16 5HS: 20+ Swallows (M.Hill without BirdsMBS)
 * East India basin: Kingfisher,flew off towards Bow Creek, Reed Warbler, 20+ Teal (Toni Piccolo)
 * Gallions Reach: 2 Common Buzzard, Hobby, 1 Common Tern, small movement of swallows. (KJMcmanus)
 * Hackney Marshes: 0830 Little Egret on island below end of Flood Relief Channel, 2 Egyptian Geese near main changing rooms (Alastair Dent)
 * Hampstead Heath: Whinchat (Sphagnum bog), 2 Hobbies (Sandy Heath on top of Douglas Fir) (KF)
 * Highams Park Lake: 5 Gadwall, 5 Tufted Duck, 40 Black-headed Gull, 2 Grey Heron (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * Greenwich 02: 2cy Caspian Gull, again this eve just east of arena on riverboat pontoon. flew west at dusk (Jamie Partridge) pics here
 * Lake Farm Country Park, Hayes: 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Whinchat, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 20+ Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 8 Blackcap, 2 Bullfinch (Dave Morris per FJM)
 * Leatherhead, Common Meadow: 10 Swallow s, 3 Chiffchaff (1 in song), 1 Grey Heron, 2 Black-headed Gull, large numbers of Dragonflies, mostly hawkers and darters (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Whinchat, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wigeon, 1 Kingfisher, 107 Shoveler, 76 Teal, 28 Gadwall, 1 Sparrowhawk (WWT Website); 2 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 5 Whinchat, 2 Sedge Warbler. 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Common Snipe all on or over grazing marsh,1 Red Admiral sheltered lagoon, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Red-eared Slider (terrapin), 1 Sparrowhawk all on wader scrape (Martin Honey et al).
 * Margravine Cemetery: 40 Goldfinch (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 0845 Willow Warbler singing, Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker inc at least one juvenile (Alastair Dent)
 * Mudchute Farm: Spotted Flycatcher in paddocks (Richard Harrison).
 * Queen's Wood, Highgate, N6: Tawny Owl calling around 9.30pm. (Bruce Carson).
 * Purfleet: ad Arctic Tern, 9 Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Greenshank, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Curlew, 2 Common Sandpiper, 14 Wigeon, 42 Teal (Fraser Simpson)
 * Putney, SW15: Short-eared Owl flew SW at 09.10 - the bird seen earlier at Barn Elms, thanks to RK for call (J.Wilczur)
 * Richmond Park: 3 Whinchat, 2 Stonechat, 2 Whitethroat bracken and hawthorns on S side of Conduit Wood late am (Franko J Maroevic); Pen Ponds area - c70 House Martin, 13 Swallow S, 2 Stonechat, 4 Whinchat - different to above, 5 Sedge Warbler, c200 Starling (J.Wilczur); juv/f Redstart still Holly Lodge paddocks (Hugh Bradshaw)
 * Sutcliffe Park: 2 Tuted Duck, Little Grebe, Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Trent Park: Eurasian Teal lower lake (Robert Callf); Spotted Flycatcher (James Palmer)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Knot flew N through Lockwood c.07:50 tried to land but deterred by fisherman, may have gone down on the Banbury, first for year, juv Arctic Tern, Yellow Wagtail over, 4 Wheatear, 2 Swifts, 3 Teal. 2 Greenshank in Northern drainage channel, c.5 Common Sandpipers on Lockwood, 5 Common Sandpipers on East Warwick, 2 Teal, 1 Wigeon (first for Autumn), a few Shoveler and Gadwall, Common Sandpiper No.5, juvenile Great Black-backed Gull (possibly local bred), 3rd yr GBBG, 2 Peregrines (m & f) on separate pylons. (Lol Bodini, Jamie Partridge, Paul Whiteman); Greenshank, Common Sandpipers & Wheatears still present on Lockwood and channel 17:00 (Quentin Given).
 * Wanstead Flats: 3 Spotted Flycatchers, 2 Common Whitethroats at the Enclosure 07:00 (Quentin Given); ORTOLAN BUNTING (Barry Jones/Nick Croft)18:45 (BirdGuides, Twitter) - last seen 19:05 centre copse (Tony Brown via Twitter) - an excellent record & well done all round : ) (JR); Common Redstart, 7 Whinchat, m Wheatear,  Tree Pipit, 2 Meadow Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, 5 Skylark, Reed Bunting, Linnet, 3 Willow Warbler, 20+ Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, Peregrine Falcon, 2 Sparrowhawk, 4 Kestrel, 30+ Gadwall, 6 Teal, 4 Shoveler, Wigeon (Wanstead Birders)

Tuesday 6th September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: 2 Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, juvenile Willow Warbler, Skylark cricket scrub & perimeter, also Aythya hybrid Boating Lake, Kingfisher Wood Green Res (Dominic Mitchell, Bob Watts)
 * Amwell: Water Rail, 160+ Lapwing (James Palmer)
 * Barking Bay: 2 Caspian Gull juv/1cy & adult, 7 Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Common Tern, 1 Sandwich Tern, 5 Oystercatcher, 6 Snipe, 1 Greenshank, 21 Common Sandpiper, c.25 Meadow Pipit, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Wheatear, 1 Whinchat, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, c 60 Linnet (Nick Senior)
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Lapwing, 15 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 3 Swift (Brent Birders)
 * Cranford Park: 2 Whinchat, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls over, Goldcrest, 9 Greylags over, Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk. (Sue Giddens)
 * Fray's Farm Meadows: Osprey at 11am heading SW. (Dave Porritt)
 * Gallions Reach: Little Egret, 11 Golden Plover (upriver), Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, 2 Chiffchaff. (Gary A James).
 * Hampstead Heath: Wheatear opposite running track 9.45am. (MH4BirdsMBS)
 * O2 Northgreenwich: 2cy Caspian Gull 19.20 flew east - bad pics here (last weeks), juvenile Yellow-legged Gull 'story' here (Jamie Partridge)
 * Lake Farm Country Park, Hayes: 2m Redstarts, 3 Whinchats, 1 Willow Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 1 Hobby. (Dave Morris per FJM)
 * Pinner (HA5): Green Woodpecker on the lawn & Coal Tit on the feeders (JR).
 * Purfleet: 9 Yellow-legged Gull, 8 Great Black-backed Gull, 39 Teal, 3 Common Sandpiper (Fraser Simpson)
 * Richmond Park: 4 Yellow Wagtail over (M.Lewis)
 * Snaresbrook/Leyton Flats: Tawny Owl seen north of Gilberts Slade at around 6.20am, Willow Warbler, 2-3 Blackcap, 4 Teal, 3 Gadwall (Stuart Fisher)
 * Staines Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe, 4 Common Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail, Hobby, 2 Wheatear. (Jim Sweetland)
 * Ten acre wood area: Garden Warbler, Chiffchaff, Buzzard on shooting buck, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel. (Jim Fell)
 * Tottenham Marshes: Spotted Flycatcher N end of West marsh still, 4 Willow Warbler (Stuart Fisher); Hobby hunting over marshes 18.15 (Lol Bodini)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 3 Spotted Flycatcher, Yellow Wagtail, Meadow Pipit (both over), 4 Swallow, 4 Blackcap, 4 Whitethroat, 12 Chiffchaff, 3 Bullfinch, Mandarin (John Colmans); 2 Whinchat, Coal Tit, Goldcrests, Little Owl and calling Tawny Owl. (Simon Worsfold)
 * Town Park, Enfield: 35+ Goldfinch in Horse Chestnut trees (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Juv Arctic Tern through south am, Goldeneye flushed from Lockwood (1st of autumn here), 5 Wheatears, small passage of c50 Sand Martins through, 4 Common Sandpipers, Peregrine (Jamie Partridge, Lol Bodini)
 * Wanstead Flats: 5 Whinchat, 2 Common Redstart, Wheatear, Pied Flycatcher, 8 Spotted Flycatcher, Tree Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 2 Skylark, 4 + Willow Warbler, 20 + Chiffchaff, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, Goldcrest, 15 Swallow south, 10 + House Martin, Common Sandpiper, Peregrine Falcon, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrel, 20 + Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, Teal, Reed Bunting (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Little Egret, 6 Little Grebe, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 16 Gadwall, Teal, 2 Hobby, Grey Wagtail (Nick Croft)

Monday 5th September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: Spotted Flycatcher cricket scrub, Skylark on Western perimeter of cricket pitches and Wheatear on Southern perimeter (Gareth Richards)
 * Brookmill Park: 20 House Martin, Song Thrush (Conrad Ellam); Little Egret (Tom Moulton)
 * Epping Forest, High Beach area: 4 Tawny Owls calling 15.00-16.00 (JW Davies)
 * Kingston: 2 Little Egrets flying over KT2 towards Richmond at 7:45pm (Phil Davies)
 * Lake Farm, Hayes: 2 Whinchat, 15+ Linnets, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blackcap. (Sue Giddens)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Whinchat - marsh, 40 Reed Warbler- 25 migrants on the marsh (dropping in during the murky morning weather and feeding along the ditches), 10 Sedge Warbler -marsh, 1 Kingfisher -sheltered lagoon, 5 Swallow - feeding over the main lake, 12+ Chiffchaff - wildside south route, 1 Willow Warbler - wildside (WWT website); 1f Blackcap, 2 Common Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Reed Bunting, 4 Common Snipe, 2 Wheatear, 1 Peregrine on Ch. X, 1 Hobby hunting dragonflies, Whinchat on east side grazing marsh, 9 singing Cetti's Warbler, at least 10 calling Chiffchaff, 2 partial eclipse but fully-winged male Mandarin (Martin Honey)
 * Mudchute: evening - Pied Flycatcher (Paddocks), Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff (Nick Senior)
 * Oxleas Wood: 3 Hobby, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Goldcrest, Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Ron Turner)
 * Pinner (HA5): Great Spotted Woodpecker, Coal Tit, Goldcrest & 3 Goldfinch -  a bit of a waste time (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: Caspian Gull 3cy (different bird from Saturday - pics here), Sanderling, 34 Ringed Plover, Greenshank, 30+ Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Dunlin, 5 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 4 Curlew, Redshank, 3 Oystercatchers, Hobby, 15+ Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Wheatear, 3 Willow Warbler, Yellow Wagtail (Dante Shepherd)
 * Richmond Park: 2 Hobby - ad and juv, Buzzard, Water Rail heard, Snipe over, 7 Little Owl heard- at separate locations, Kingfisher, c60 Sand Martin, c40 Swallow - three pairs bred with one brood still in a nest, Tree Pipit - Hawthorn Valley, 2 Wheatear, 8 Whinchat, 2 Stonechat, 2 Redstart - male and juv still in paddocks, Grasshopper Warbler - Lawn Field, 3 Sedge Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 16 Whitethroat, 10 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, c230 Starling left roost, c30 Goldfinch, 31 Reed Bunting (J.Wilczur); 2 Spotted Flycatcher - Sawyer's Hill (M.Lewis); 1 Hobby catching dragonflies, 2 Little Owls calling, 8 Meadow Pipits, 30+ House Martins (Pen Ponds), 4 Whinchats, 1 female Common Redstart, 10 Swallows, Chiffchaff (Holly Lodge). (Nick B).
 * Swanscombe Marsh: 4 juv Little Ringed Plover, 5 Stonechat, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Arctic Tern, 3 Common Tern, 2 Wheatear, 3 Whinchat, 7 Common Whitethroat, 2 Reed Bunting, 1 Cetti's Warbler (heard), Bearded Tit (heard), 2 Raven, 1 Common Redstart, 1 Peregrine Falcon (on P&G site jetty Essex), 2 Skylark. (Roger Keith).
 * Tottenham Marshes: 2 Spotted Flycatchers, juv Whinchat, pr Sparrowhawk, Sedge Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Chiffchaff (Lol Bodini)
 * Walthamstow Lockwood Reservoir: 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Common Sandpiper, 3 Wheatear (Jamie Partridge); Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk, Warwick Reservoir - Lesser Whitethroat and Willow Warbler. (Simon Worsfold)
 * Wanstead Flats: 3 Pied Flycatcher (2 SSSI/1 Long Wood/enclosure), 7 Spotted Flycatcher (1 SSSI/6 Long Wood), 5 Common Redstart, 5 Whinchat (plus 2 Whinchat reported in the park), 5 Wheatear, Tree Pipit, 3 Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, 10 + Willow Warbler, 30 + Chiffchaff, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, 20 + Common Whitethroat, 2 Skylark, 10 + House Martin, 4 Swallow, 3 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 30 + Gadwall, 5 Shoveler, 4 Teal, 2 Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck (Nick Croft/John Whele/Simon Raper et al)
 * Waterlow Park: Green Sandpiper over SW 1630 (Francis Tusa)

Sunday 4th September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: Spotted Flycather, cricket scrub, practice nets end, 11.30. (Greg Smith). 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Skylark, Willow Warbler (APOG)
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, 2 Lapwing, 11 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 3 Swift (Andrew Self); 2 Kingfishers, Mandarin, 2 Shovelers, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 3 Green Woodpeckers, Teals, Coal Tit, Lesser and Common Whitethroat, Willow Warblers and Chiffchaffs, 2 male Blackcaps - 16:00 (Simon Worsfold)
 * Kew Gardens: 2 Hobby ad & juv (Ian bradshaw)
 * KGV Res: Shelduck, redhead Smew, 2 Turnstones, juv Knot, 2 Dunlin, 3 Ringed Plover, 10 Common Sandpipers, 150 Swallows, 5 Wheatears, 2 Yellow Wagtails, Grey Wagtail (Sean Huggins); Black-necked Grebe, Hobby (Neville Smith).
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 1 Hobby, 1 Common Sandpiper, 10 House Martin, 1 Swift, 1 Kingfisher (WWT Website)
 * Mudchute: 2 House Martin, Wheatear, Garden Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff; late aft tiercel Peregrine predated Monk Parakeet, Ringed Plover over E, 3 Swallows, Yellow Wagtail over, 1st autumn/fem Common Redstart (Nick Senior)
 * Oxleas Wood: Hobby, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Nuthatch, Chiffchaff, f Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker & Tawny Owl calling (Ron Turner)
 * Pinner (HA5): Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Coal Tit, Goldcrest, 3 Goldfinch & 95 Ring-necked Parakeet over south-south-east (Jon Ridge).
 * Purfleet: 1 Sandwich Tern, 1 Turnstone, juv Arctic Tern, 10 Ringed Plover, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, juv Marsh Harrier, 1 Greenshank, 73 Teal, 18 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Common Tern, 1 Dunlin, 841 Black-headed Gull (Fraser Simpson)
 * Redbridge Lakes, Woodford Bridge: Red Kite (site first). Flew over being mobbed by an angry flock of corvids (Alan Hobson).
 * Richmond Park: 3 Whinchat (the Bog), 2 Redstart (male and juv, Holly/Bog Lodge paddocks), 2 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler (Hugh Bradshaw); 1 Whinchat, 3 Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, 100+ House Martin, 10 Sand Martin, 15 Swallow - all Pen Ponds area ( Steve Woolfenden)
 * Stratford, Olympic Park: 2 Wheatear in mountain bike track area near Velodrome, 2 Kingfisher (Stuart Fisher)
 * RSPB Rainham Marshes: 50 Shelduck, 150 Starling, 70 House Sparrow, Snipe, 19 Little Egret, Kestrel, Marsh Harrier, Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 100 Greylag, 40 Teal, 10 Shoveler, 51 Gadwall, Spotted Redshank, 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 20 Lapwing, 138 Goldfinch, House Martin, Pied Wagtail, Reed Bunting, Common Gull, Stock Dove, Hobby, 4 Wigeon (Samuel Levy)
 * Staines Moor: 5 Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail, 30+ Sand Martin, Hobby, 2 Kestrel, 1 Buzzard (Paul Goodman)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 2 Buzzard, up to 3 Hobby (Ad + juv seen well together; juv playfully jousting with Jackdaws + briefly chasing Stock Dove), m Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, c10 Stock Dove, 2 Skylark, Grey Wagtail, 2 Swallow, Whitethroat, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Whinchat, Reed Bunting (Neil Anderson/G. Westley)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 1 Mandarin (Dave Warby)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 3 Wheatear, 2 Spotted Flycatchers, Hobby, 20 Swifts still feeding over Banbury, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroats, 4 Willow Warblers (David Bradshaw, Lol Bodini, Jamie Partridge)
 * Wanstead Flats: 3 Pied Flycatcher, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Whinchat, 1 f Redstart, 2 Wheatear, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Common Sandpiper, Peregrine Falcon, Kestrel, 15+ Gadwall, Shoveler (Wanstead Birders et al); Redstart reported by Capel Rd this morning at 9:00
 * Wanstead Park: Treecreeper (Jonathan Lethbridge)

Saturday 3rd September 2016

 * A406 (North Finchley): 39 Starling, 6 Goldfinch, Pied Wagtail, 1 Carrion Crow (Samuel Levy)
 * Alexandra Park: Spotted Flycatcher, Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 juvenile Willow Warbler, 8+ Chiffchaff, 8+ Blackcap, Common Whitethroat (Bruce Carson, Gareth Richards, Bob Warts, Trevor)
 * Brent Reservoir: Annual Autumn Bird Count Day - Mandarin, 6 Egyptian Goose, 2 Little Egret, Water Rail, Hobby, Peregrine, Black-tailed Godwit, 15 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Snipe, 4 Lapwing, 9 Swift, 6 Swallow, House Martin, Sand Martin, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Common Whitethroat, 8 Blackcap, 30 Chiffchaff, 6 Willow Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher (Brent Birders) - 74 species by 13.20 (last year's daily total =70).
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
 * Claybury Park, Woodford Bridge: juvenile Wheatear - first one I've ever seen here in the 16 years that I've lived close by, and not aware of any reported here before, either. It was in the hawthorn-and-grassy scrubland, around 400 yards south-east of the mansion and 100 yards west of the large pond, also 2 Chiffchaffs, Grey Heron (Alan Hobson).
 * Crossness: Garganey on scrape from hide, Hobby juv flew E at 14:55, 2 Whinchat, Wheatear juv, 2 Common Sandpiper, c6 Common Tern, 3 Gadwall, 2 Chiffchaff (John Archer)
 * KGV Reservoir: Goldeneye, 9 Black-tailed Godwit flew north at 0702hrs, 2 Dunlin, 9 Ringed Plover, 15+ Common Sandpiper, 1st w Mediterranean Gull, Yellow Wagtail, 4 Wheatear, 4 Willow Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat (Neville Smith).
 * London Wetland Centre: Peregrine on Charing Cross Hospital, 2 Common Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Swift, several House Martin & Sand Martins, 1 Wheatear dropped in with a rain shower (late afternoon, pair on GM Res Lagoon bank, male in excellent colour), numerous Chiffchaff, 1m Blackcap, family group of Reed Warbler (Martin Honey, E. Garcia, A. Innes, B. Page, M. Hare)
 * Millwall Outer Dock: 4 Sandwich Terns W 17.20, 3 Yellow-legged Gulls (ad, 2 juv/1cy), 2 Chiffchaff (Nick Senior)
 * Pinner: Tawny Owls - three at least - calling behind house at 5am (Richard Francis).
 * Purfleet: 3 Sandwich Tern, 17 Yellow-legged Gull, 64 Teal, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Dunlin (Fraser Simpson)
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: Caspian Gull 3cy, 3 Sandwich Tern, 2 Greenshank, 4 Snipe, 5 Common Sandpiper, 1 Curlew, 1 Oystercatcher, 3 Buzzard, 2 Hobby, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Willow Warbler, 11 Wheatear, 20+ Yellow-legged Gull, 50+ Teal (Dante Shepherd); 10 Hobbys, 30 Black-tailed Godwits, 8 Greenshanks, 5 Ruffs (Ian Bradshaw) Caspo pics here
 * Richmond Park: 3 Tree Pipit, Conduit Wood in tall oaks then dropped into lone Hawthorn by dog bathing pond, few minutes later flew S over Sidmouth Wood with one briefly landing in oak 11.23, 1 Whinchat near gorse enclosures, 1 Hobby ad over and 1 Common Buzzard, also 2 Whinchat on Bog (Franko J Maroevic); also Wheatear, Grey Wagtail, 10+ Swallow, 6+ House Martin, Sand Martin, 2 Whitethroat, 30 Small Copper (most on Ragwort flowers) + probably new for park 2 or 3 Willow Emerald Damselflies (recent colonist + reported on nearby Wimbledon Common in 2015/16) (Neil Anderson); Kingfisher, juv Peregrine Upper Pen Pond (S Woolfenden)
 * Staines Moor: 1 Whinchat (swamp), 1 Wheatear (beside Colne), 1-2 Hobby, 1-2 Common Buzzard, 1 Little Egret, 33 Linnet, 51 Swallow, 51 House Martin, 24 Sand Martin and 196 Red Admiral butterflies (Lee Dingain)
 * Stoneleigh Broadway: 1 Common Buzzard low e over mobbed by corvids 10:10 (Neil Batten)
 * Surbiton Cemetery: Yellow Wagtail (Nick Tanner).
 * Totteridge Valley: Folly Farm, hunting Peregrine Falcon chasing Crows (Tony Clancy)
 * Victoria Park: Wheatear, 2 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, f Sparrowhawk (Harry Harrison)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 3 Whinchat, 1 Yellow Wagtail (cattle field), 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Common Whitethroat, 13+ Blackcap, 4 Willow Warbler, 20+ Chiffchaff, 60+ Linnet, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Swallow, 6 House Martin (Stuart Fisher)
 * Walhamstow Reservoirs: 3 Spotted Flycatcher, Garden Warbler, juv Yellow-legged Gull, juv Great Black-backed Gull, 5-6 Swifts (Jamie Partridge, Lol Bodini, David Bradshaw ) (pics here)
 * Wanstead Flats: 3 Whinchat, 2 Common Redstart (1w/f type), Pied Flycatcher (in birches SSSI), 5 Spotted Flycatcher, Wheatear, Garden Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler 08:00-10:00 (Tony Brown/Jono Lethbridge/Bob Vaughan); 30+ Gadwall, 6 Teal, 3 Shoveler, 3 Meadow Pipit, Skylark, 4 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 350+ Starling, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Swallow, 14+ House Martin (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 6 Great Crested Grebe (4 young), 7 Little Grebe, 3 Little Egret, Kingfisher, 3 Gadwall, Shoveler, 6 Stock Dove, Hobby, 2 Willow Warbler, Goldcrest, 2 House Martin, Swallow, Grey Wagtail 1w (Nick Croft)
 * Wembley (HA9): 2 Peregrine (ad. m and f) over garden in afternoon (Joe Taylor).
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Water Rail, Common Sandpiper, 10 Shoveler, 2 Swift, Sparrowhawk (Chris Farthing & Tony Butler); 2 Common Sandpiper and Kingfisher p.m. (Frank Nugent).

Friday 2nd September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: Tree Pipit SW 0705 over cricket scrub, also Skylark, Willow Warbler, 2 Egyptian Geese Wood Green Res (Bob Watts)
 * Barnes, Thames at Barn Elms: Caspian Gull 2nd winter, Yellow-legged Gull juv into 1st winter, Swift S. (R.Kaye)
 * Beddington Farmlands: 7 Common Sandpiper, 9 Snipe, 5 Green Sandpiper, 20+ Lapwing, 2 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 20+ Chiffchaff, 4 Reed Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, 4 Blackcap, 65 Teal, 15 Shoveler, 3 Gadwall, 1 Nuthatch (BFBG) a few pics here
 * Brent Reservoir: Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Lapwing, 2 Snipe, 7 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Peregrine, Hobby, 6 Swift, 23 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler (Andrew Self); 3pm onwards as above plus House Martin, Sand Martin, Swallow, Kingfisher, c.100 Shoveler flock overhead; also saw a Hornet and a Fox (Ben Epstein)
 * Crossness: Garganey on scrape in front of main hide (Steve Carter per JA)
 * Orchard Estate Lewisham: 10+ House Martin south 17.55 (Conrad Ellam)
 * Pinner (HA5): 3 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, 3 Long-tailed Tit & 2 Coal Tit. Later; a few unidentified bats (Jon Ridge).
 * Purfleet: juv Arctic Tern, 28 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Greenshank, 45 Teal, 1 Tree Pipit east, 1 Common Sandpiper,  juv Peregrine (Fraser Simpson)
 * Richmond Park: 1 Spotted Flycatcher, briefly chased by a Chiffchaff in Hawthorn valley late am, may have flown into Conduit Wood (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Sutcliffe Park: Little Grebe, 2 Tufted Duck, Stock Dove, Reed Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: 5 Common Sandpiper, 2 Wheatear, 2 Raven, 2 Whinchat, 1 Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Stonechat, 1 Reed Bunting (Roger Keith).
 * Trent Park: 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Red Kite, adult male Common Redstart, Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, f Mandarin (Pete Lowman).
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail over, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Willow Warblers (David Bradshaw, Jamie Partridge, Lol Bodini, Paul Whiteman)
 * Wanstead Flats: 2 Pied Flycatcher, 2 Spotted Flycatcher (all in birch wood in SSSI), 3 Whinchat, Tree Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 2 Willow Warbler, 20+ Chiffchaff, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Goldcrest, 13+ House Martin, Skylark, 20+ Gadwall, 6 Shoveler, 7 Teal, 2 Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck, 5 Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrel (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan/Marco Johnson)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Yellow Wagtail, 2 Common Sandpiper, 7 Shoveler, 22 Gadwall, Yellow-legged Gull, Sparrowhawk (Chris Farthing & Tony Butler)
 * Woodford Green: Hobby over house at 7.15pm (Ken Murray)

Thursday 1st September 2016

 * Alexandra Park: Skylark western perimeter, Swallows, commoner warblers (Dominic Mitchell, Gareth Richards, Bob Watts)
 * Bentley Priory: Tree Pipit - first ever on site (Richard Francis).
 * Bow Creek Ecology Park: 5 Arctic Terns circled high calling at 09:55 then flew west (John Archer)
 * Brookmill Park: 2 Little Egret, 2 Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Reed Warbler, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Ladywell Fields: Kingfisher, Nuthatch (Conrad Ellam)
 * Leatherhead, Common Meadow: 1 Wheatear, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Swallow nw, 4 Chiffchaff (incl. 1 with metal leg ring), 1 Herring Gull (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Peregrine, 3 House Martin, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (observer?); 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Hobby hunting over marsh (Jim Fell)
 * Middlesex filter beds: Kingfisher perched by then flying along River Lea 14:00 (Sue Barry)
 * Mill Hill (Green Avenue): Red Kite and Buzzard (Simon Worsfold)
 * Purfleet: 19 Yellow-legged Gull, 52 Teal,  2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Sand Martin, 1 Grey Wagtail (Fraser Simpson)
 * RSPB Rainham Marshes: 2 Caspian Gull (2cy + 1cy), 1 Whinchat, 1 Arctic Tern, 4 Common Sandpiper, 7+ Wheatear, 10+ Yellow Wagtail, 2 Hobby, 30+ Yellow-legged Gull (Dante Shepherd) Pics here
 * Staines Moor: 4 Hobbys, 10 Kestrels, 2 Sparrowhawks, 2 Buzzards, Cetti's Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroats, Blackcap, Linnets (NickB).
 * Staines Reservoir: 2 Wheatears, Goldeneye, Red Kite, Hobby (NickB and other observers).
 * Swanscombe Marsh: 3 Yellow Wagtail over, Little Egret, 11 Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 10 Common Sandpiper, Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Common Tern, 5 Stonechat, 7 Cetti's Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, 8 Common Whitethroat, 7 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, Raven; also 3 Clouded Yellow (Andrew Self)
 * Totteridge Valley: Wheatear, 4 Buzzards, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2 Mandarins and several Swallows. (Simon Worsfold); Possible Rough-legged Buzzard at 1430 - distant view, common buzzard-like but clear white base of tail, generally pale underside. Rising from valley, then away west (Andrew Bailey).
 * Trent Park: Red Kite, first-winter Spotted Flycatcher (Robert Callf)
 * Trent Park: 4 Common Buzzard, Red Kite, 8 Goldfinch, 3 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Nuthatch, f Pheasant and 3 young, Stock Dove(s), Jackdaw(s) (Pete Lowman / Bob Husband).
 * Walthamstow Marsh: Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher (James Palmer)
 * Wanstead Flats: 1-2 Common Redstart, Whinchat, Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Skylark, 2 Willow Warbler, 15+ Chiffchaff, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 25+ Gadwall, 8 Teal, 4 Shoveler, 4 Tufted Duck, 6 Little Grebe, 3 Swallow, 10+ House Martin (Nick Croft)

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