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Sunday 19th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Hobby W 1609 (FOY), pair Peregrine, Common Tern, 3 Swallow, 12+ Swift (APOG Birders)
 * Brent Reservoir: 4 Common Tern (Toby Mylett) 2 Little Ringed Plover (Brent Birders). Kingfisher, Common Sandpiper, 2 singing Cetti's Warbler, 2 singing Lesser Whitethroat (Bill Haines).
 * Crossness NR: GREAT REED WARBLER singing still 0600 but not yet visible (Chris White tweet); GRW seen & heard 0850 (Tony Brown tweet). Great Reed Warbler showing and singing 13:45. Also, Common Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon, Cuckoo, 3 Bearded Tit (Des McKenzie tweet).
 * Eaton Park Road, N13: Hobby low through heading E at 09:20 (Katy McGilvray)
 * Fairlop Waters: 1 Lesser Whitethroat singing, 10 Whitethroat singing, 2 Chiffchaff singing, 3 Blackcap singing, 6 Swift, 12 House Martin, 1 Meadow Pipit singing, 1 skylark singing, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Pied Wagtail including 3 juvenilles, 1 Green Woodpecker {2 Orange Tip, 2 Small Heath} (Charlie Farrell)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - 5 Swift, 4 Stock Dove, Goldcrest, Blackcap (Samuel Levy)
 * Greenford UB6: 24 newly fledged Starling plus adults on lawn, also 12 plus House Sparrow including fledged young being fed by adults, 2 Goldfinch (Martin Smith)
 * London Wetland Centre: Blue-headed Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Common Tern, 50 Swift, 2 Redshank, Little Egret over W (WWT website, Oscar Dewhurst, Alex Parr)
 * Rainham Marshes: Garganey, 3 Teal, Cattle Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, Water Rail, 2 Oystercatcher, 8 Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 2 Common Tern, 3 Cuckoo, 3 Hobby, Bearded Tit, 2 Sand Martin, Lesser Whitethroat, Corn Bunting (Tom Jordan).
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 4 Pheasant (2m seen), 2 Grey Heron, Common Buzzard sitting in dead oak, latter species displaced by Peregrine which sat in tree for c20 minutes before flying towards Gutteridge wood, Hobby passed low over Swallow before unsuccessfully pursuing second bird, m Kestrel with vole, 6 Stock Dove, 6 Swift, 5 Skylark, 8 Swallow (6 feeding together), 17 Whitethroat, singing Lesser Whitethroat, singing Garden Warbler, 2m Reed Bunting, up to 3 pr (min 2pr) Linnet, pr Bullfinch (Neil Anderson)
 * Yeading Brook meadows: m Pheasant, 2 Red Kite, c25 Swift, Swallow, briefly singing Cetti;s Warbler (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 18th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Barnacle Goose briefly over Boating Lake and on Wood Green Res, 40 Swift, pair Peregrine (APOG Birders)
 * Auckland Hill - West Norwood: 3 pretty mundane Swifts-I think they nest along this road? (Michael Mac)
 * Belsize Park: 4 Swifts high over Howitt Road, 2 circling. (Marion Hill)
 * Brent Reservoir: Common Tern, 25 House Martin, 7 Swift, 8 Blackcap (Toby Mylett)
 * Crossness: GREAT REED WARBLER [1st London record] singing near pumping station in protected area 09.19 at least. Park at Travelodge by Morgan Pub in Norman Road and walk through paddocks (Richard Bonser per FJM); also 4 Lapwing (with 2 chicks), Redshank, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Hobby, singing Cuckoo, 1st-summer Little Gull, Firecrest; GRW still singing & showing from river wall at 1pm, also Lesser Whitethroat (Andrew Self); still singing and showing well from river wall at 15:30 (Jake Klavins et al.)
 * Finchley "gdn N3": 5 Swift, 4 Stock Dove (Samuel Levy)
 * Gallions Reach "0800-1100": Great Egret E 0905, Whimbrel, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 5 Arctic Tern, 12 Swift (Gary James via Essex BwS)
 * Glebelands LNR: 2 Garden Warbler fr allotment side (Twitter)
 * Greenwich Station: 2 Swift (Ray Crouch)
 * London Wetland Centre: 4 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 7 Swift, Lesser Whitethroat (WWT website); 2 Oystercatcher reservoir lagoon fr wildside hide 1525 (Laurence Arnold tweet); Dunlin wader scrape 1100, Hobby hawking over main lake 1000 (E Garcia via Surrey BN)
 * Mudchute Park & Farm: Whinchat pm (John Booth tweet)
 * Norwood High Street: 3 House Sparrow nests in number 151 (Michael Mac)
 * Pinner “HA5”: 6 Swift, Coal Tit, Green Woodpecker, Red Kite drifting over high ( Nigel Barratt)
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: Cattle Egret, m Garganey, Grey Plover, Greenshank, 8 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Common Sandpipers, 10 Ringed Plovers, 3 Cuckoos, 2 Marsh Harriers, 8 Avocets, 3 Oystercatchers (Sean Huggins) drake Garganey, Pink-footed Goose still, brood of Shoveler all on Aveley Pools (Andrew Self)
 * Roding Valley Fishing Lakes: Cetti's Warbler, 4+ Reed Warbler, 4 Reed Bunting 2pr, Bullfinch, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk (Joe Dickens)
 * Ruxley GPs "permit only": 2 singing Cetti's Warbler, 3+ singing Reed Warbler, singing Reed Bunting in brief visit (Jack Headley)
 * Snaresbrook Station: 15 Swift (Samuel Levy)
 * South Lodge Farm: 45+ Stock Dove 1530 (Robert Callf)
 * Thorndon CP "0815-1015": incl m Kestrel, 2 Swift, m Garden Warbler, m Lesser Whitethroat, 4m Common Whitethroat, 2 Yellowhammer 1 singing, 2 Nuthatch (Andrew Cox via Essex BwS)
 * Totteridge Valley "Frith Riding Stable": 8 Swallow, 8+ Swift, 8 House Martin (Samuel Levy); "Oakfields" 3 Blackcap, Treecreeper, 2m Firecrest, {Muntjac} (Samuel Levy, Bob Husband et al); "Belmont Farm/Totteridge Fields" 22 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 7 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 12 Swallow, 2 Pied Wagtail, 10 Stock Dove, 7 Common Whitethroat, 8 Chiffchaff, 40+ Swift, 2 Red Kite, Lesser Whitethroat, singing Reed Bunting, 3 Lapwing N, Common Buzzard, m Mandarin Duck, Nuthatch, 4 House Martin NW, 2 Raven ad mobbing Red Kite & juv sitting on nearby building (Samuel Levy, John Colmans, Bob Husband, NW London RSPB Group et al)
 * West Finchley Station: 5 Swift, Blackcap (Samuel Levy)
 * West Norwood Cemetery: 7 Swifts over the church (Michael Mac)

Friday 17th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Common Tern, 2 House Martin, 60+ Swift, 10 Swallow (APOG Birders)
 * Beckton "Barking Creek area": 2 Little Gull, 2 ad Mediterranean Gull, 40 Common Tern [locals], 2 Arctic Tern, Black Tern, 4 Whimbrel, Common Sandpiper, 60 Swift, {Harbour Seal} (Dave Morrison tweet)
 * Brent Reservoir: Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, 10 Common Sandpiper (Andrew Self)
 * East Acton: 7 Mistle Thrush including young in private garden around 'The Green', 1 Collared Dove, 2 Blackcap singing, 40+ House Sparrow (Charlie Farrell)
 * Fairlop Waters: incl 20 Swallow, 4 House Martin, m Garden Warbler, 2m Lesser Whitethroat, 10m Common Whitethroat (Steve Bacon per ELBF FB)
 * Foots Cray: 20 Common Swift (Patrick English)
 * Greensted "Church": 3 Spotted Flycatcher (Barry Jones per ELBF FB)
 * Lambeth Palace/Archbishop's Park: 2+ singing Blackcap (John Colmans)
 * London Wetland Centre: 4 Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 2 Common Tern, 40+ Swift, 3 House Martin (WWT website)
 * Maple Cross, Herts: unconfirmed Hoopoe reported Denham Way (BirdGuides)
 * North Acton station: 1 Lesser Whitethroat singing on railway embankment (Charlie Farrell)
 * Rainham RSPB: m Garganey mobile betw target pools & aveley pool, 2 Teal m f, 4 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard light morph N, 7 Avocet, 2 Grey Plover, 43 Ringed Plover target pools, 3 Whimbrel, 13 Ruff target pools, 9 Sanderling river bank, 2 Dunlin, 12 Common Sandpiper river bank, Greenshank, 2 Oystercatcher, Little Tern on river off aveley bay 0840, c10 Arctic Tern, c15 Common Tern, 2m Cuckoo, 150 Swift, 20+ Cetti’s Warbler singing, 30+ Reed Warbler singing, 20+ Common Whitethroat singing, Yellow Wagtail W (Niall Keogh); Cattle Egret (RSPB per ELBF FB); also Pochard 2 broods, Tufted Duck brood, 7 Great Crested Grebe river, 2 Buzzard, 6 Oystercatcher, 5 Grey Plover, 13 Common Sandpiper, 28 Common Tern, 28 Arctic Tern, 2imm Peregrine (Patrick Hart et al per ELBF FB); Spotted Flycatcher (Ken James per ELBF FB); also Dunlin, Kestrel (Andrew Cox via Essex BwS)
 * Richmond Park: Common Sandpiper (Friday Bird Group)
 * Staines Reservoir: 2 Little Ringed Plover, Black Tern s basin pm (Dom Pia tweet)
 * Stanford Rivers: Willow Warbler, Garden Warbler, 3 Common Whitethroat, Yellowhammer (Barry Jones per ELBF FB)
 * The Brook "BR5": 1-2 Stock Dove, 3+ singing Blackcap, 3 Mute Swan, 7+ Swift (Jack Headley)
 * Totteridge Valley: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker on Finchley Nurseries bird feeders (Samuel Levy)
 * Trent Park: 4 Black-headed Gull E 11:45 incl 1+ first-summer, 2 Common Tern lower lake, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, m Garden Warbler singing, 5m Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Nuthatch pr feeding yng in nest hole Rough Lot, Treecreeper, 5 singing m Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
 * Vault Hill Wood: m Common Cuckoo singing 1345 (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: Lesser Whitethroat singing N of boardwalk, 10 Stock Dove, 2 Linnet rear paddocks, 6 Swift, 8 Sand Martin over Leyton Marsh (Alastair Dent)
 * Westminster: 3 Common Sandpiper on one of the piers of Westminster Bridge at 08.30 (Frank Nugent)

Thursday 16th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Greylag, pair Peregrine, Little Grebe Tunnel Res, {f Common Blue (FOY), Brown Argus} (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR: Whimbrel over viewpt 0550 (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
 * Arkley South Fields "Barnet Gate Lane EN5": Cuckoo reported calling at 6.20 am (Bob Husband)
 * Camley Street Natural Park: 1 Cetti's Warbler singing, 2 Shelduck over SW (Louis Freeland-Haynes)
 * Cross Ness NR "protected area": Common Whitethroat parachuting, Willow Warbler calling and flycatching, Cuckoo (Paul Francis) third time lucky, happy with the lifetime tick of the Cuckoo, having failed the previous two days
 * Dollis Valley "Denham Farm - Totteridge Fields": 26+ Swift, 6 Common Whitethroat, 3 Kestrel, 4 Chiffchaff, 7 Common Buzzard, 18 Blackcap, 2 Great Black-backed Gull circling towards Barnet Hospital, 21 Stock Dove, 7 Swallow, Bullfinch, Hobby (Totteridge Fields), {plenty of Orange Tip, plenty of Small Copper, Small White, Large White, Speckled Wood, Comma, Peacock, Holly Blue, Broad-bodied Chaser} (Samuel Levy)
 * Finchley "gdn N3": Swift, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Blackcap, Goldcrest (Samuel Levy)
 * Forty Hall CP: m Mandarin Duck, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Treecreeper incl four juvs huddled together high in Beech (Robert Callf)
 * Hilly Fields Park: 8 Goldcrest incl six juvs huddled together on branch (Robert Callf)
 * Hyde Park: 4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 House Martin, 2 Swallow, 25+ Swift (Round Pond and surrounding tree areas) (Ian R Watson)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Turnstone main lake, 4 Little Ringed Plover, pr Shelduck, 2 Common Tern, 2 Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Hobby (Martin Honey)
 * Pinner “HA5”: 4 Swift, Green Woodpecker calling (Nigel Barratt)
 * Purfleet "R Thames": Short-eared Owl, Barn Owl, 26 Arctic Tern (Fraser Simpson tweet)
 * Rainham RSPB: Cattle Egret, 5 Common Tern, 38 Arctic Tern, Turnstone, 8 Knot, 2m Cuckoo, 5 Hobby (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB); Black Tern (Mike Limehouse per ELBF FB); 7 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Plover, 22 Ringed Plover, 3 Sanderling, 5 Dunlin (Andy Tweed per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: 8 Common Sandpiper (O.Dewhurst)
 * Roding Valley Meadows LNR: Buzzard, Common Tern, 40 Swift, 2 Kestrel, Hobby, 5 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 5m Reed Warbler, 12 Blackcap, 6 Common Whitethroat, 2m Reed Bunting (Barry Jones per ELBF FB)
 * Queen's Park: 2 Swift over Lonsdale Rd (Callum Farrell-Morris)
 * South Ruislip “Wickes Carpark”: Red Kite over low (Nigel Barratt)
 * Southall: Red Kite 11:30 (Phil Belman)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 7 Black Tern, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Black-necked Grebe early am (Bob Warden per FJM)
 * Totteridge Valley: Raven S c11.15, 7 Lapwing, with gulls in the lapwing_field 15 Herring Gull, 13 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Black-headed Gull [unusual in May], 2 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, singing Lesser Whitethroat, singing Reed Bunting, 2 Swallow, 11 Rook, 15 Blackcap, 10 Chiffchaff, 16 Common Whitethroat, pair Tufted Duck on Long Pond, {Muntjac} (John Colmans); 27 Blackcap, Coal Tit, 10 Swallow, 88+ Swift, 3 Goldcrest, 2 House Martin, 25 Common Whitethroat, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 13 Chiffchaff, 13 Common Buzzard inc 8 together over old gropper_field, 35 Stock Dove, 3 Bullfinch, 29 Rook, Treecreeper, Garden Warbler hawfinch_hill, Little Egret, 8 Lapwing, 2 Hobby together over Darlands c1300, Red Kite, 3 Pied Wagtail, Little Owl, {Speckled Wood, Large White, Small White, Orange Tip Holly Blue} (Samuel Levy)
 * Twickenham: m Teal on edge of usual crowd of waterbirds getting fed on The Embankment, c10 House Martins, c10 Swallows catching mayflies (Mike Foster)
 * Wanstead Flats: Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Red Kite, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark, 10+ Swift, 4 House Martin (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: Garden Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler nest building, Little Egret, Kestrel, Grey Wagtail, 20+ Swift, House Martin (Nick Croft)
 * Whitewebbs Park: 4 Treecreeper 2ad 2juv (Robert Callf)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: 3 Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 3 Stock Dove, Collared Dove (Francis O'Sullivan)

Wednesday 15th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 2 Common Sandpiper, Greylag, 2 Mute Swan pair with 6 cygnets, 2 Common Buzzard, Peregrine, {Brown Argus} (APOG Birders)
 * Barnet "Mays Lane EN5": Cuckoo calling from back gardens adjacent to Mays Lane (Roy Beddard)
 * Battersea Reach "at Cremorne Gardens": Glossy Ibis [provisional 1st record for Inner London] circled over Thames then flew downriver 14:23, also Black-headed Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, singing Grey Wagtail, {Atlantic Grey Seal} (Des McKenzie tweets)
 * Brookmill Park: Stock Dove, Song Thrush, 4 Blackcap, 4 Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam) Still waiting for the first Swift...
 * Canon's Farm/Banstead Woods: 4 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Hobby, 6 Skylark, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Common Whitethroat, 4 Yellowhammer (Geoff Barter tweet)
 * Clapham Old Town - Maritime House: 7+ Swifts around, Peregrine soaring above (Michael Mac)
 * Covent Garden/Acre Lane: Grey Wagtail on the masonic temple (Andrea La Pietra)
 * Greenwich "Woodlands Pk Rd": 4 Swift over garden (Richard Green)
 * Greenwich Park: Common Whitethroat (Ray Crouch)
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: 16 Common Tern, 2 Black-headed Gull 1st summer, 3 Swift, 10 Sand Martin, 5 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap pair, Common Whitethroat female, Reed Bunting male (Richard Green, John Bushall)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 4 Cuckoo (Dave McGough per ELBF FB)
 * KGV Res: 2 Turnstone, 7 Common Sandpiper, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Wheatear, Grey Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, 13 Linnets (Sean Huggins)
 * Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 1 Common Buzzard, 4 Common Swift, 1 Blackcap (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: Ringed Plover, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, Hobby, 2 Kestrel, 2 Shelduck, Common Tern, 2 Redshank, 20 Swift (WWT website); Greenshank, 4 Shelduck (Oscar Dewhurst)
 * Middlesex University Campus: 15 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler [patch first] (Toby Mylett),
 * New Addington (Hutchinson's Bank) ; Red Kite (Ernest Thomason)
 * Pinner “HA5”: 2 Red Kite circling high, House Martin (Nigel Barratt)
 * Purfleet Station: Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 12+ House Martin, 2 Swift (Samuel Levy)
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: 24 Blackcap, 83+ Common Whitethroat, 44 Cetti's Warbler, 81+ Reed Warbler, 4m Cuckoo, 31 Sedge Warbler, 7 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 4 Rook, 48 Swift, 57 Gadwall, 2 Stock Dove, 4 Swallow, 59 Tufted Duck, 5 Chiffchaff, 5 Kestrel, 74 Shelduck, 26 Common Tern, 2 Arctic Tern downriver, 9 Great Crested Grebe, 12 Pochard, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Hobby, 2 Common Buzzard, Cattle Egret still, 31 Shoveler, 6 Avocet, 2 Marsh Harrier (Samuel Levy); Black Tern (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
 * Hainault Lodge NR "Redbridge Cycling Centre area": 2 Nightingale singing (Mathew Frith tweet)
 * Richmond Park: m Yellow Wagtail grounded briefly, Red Kite, 2 Garden Warbler, 5 Common Tern (Steve Woolfenden); 5 Great Crested Grebe pr & 3 young, Hobby, Common Sandpiper, m Grey Wagtail (J.Wilczur); 4 Buzzard E (D.Black)
 * Sevenoaks WR "incl monthly transect": incl 2 Shelduck, Oystercatcher, 6 Swift, 5 Treecreeper, 7 Reed Warbler, 33 Blackcap, 13 Garden Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat (Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
 * Sidcup: 2 Swifts over Old Farm Avenue DA15 (Marion Hill)
 * Southall: 11 Swift playback in use to establish new colony (Phil Belman)
 * Staines Moor: 2 Hobby, Kestrel, Red Kite, 12 Blackcap, 10 Common Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 8 Reed Warbler all warblers singing, 20 Linnet, 10 Skylark, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 12+ Lapwing, Redshank, Little Egret, Common Tern, 8 Pheasant, 2 Cormorant, Stock Dove (Nick Baker)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 3 Little Tern prior to 07.00, 8 Black Tern on S basin mid am (Bob Warden, Allan Goddard per FJM)
 * Sunny Hill Park "NW4": 9 Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Toby Mylett)
 * Totteridge "Horseshoe Lane footpath N20": Garden Warbler singing, 3 Blackcap singing, Lesser Whitethroat singing, 2 Common Whitethroats singing & scolding, Chiffchaff singing, 2 Bullfinch female in flight & presumed mate calling, {2 Muntjac Deer one seen another heard barking} (Roy Beddard, Bob Husband, Sue Widdowfield)
 * Wanstead Flats: 4 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 10+ Swift, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Gadwall, singing Meadow Pipit, 4 Skylark (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan) Re Sunday's Marsh Warbler: I feel I must apologise to Bob, Jono and Marco dismissing their on site impressions of this bird.  After listening to the recording again through headphones,, there is something that could be a Marsh, though neary entirely drowned out by the Song Thrush.  Stuart Fisher thinks it sounds good, though to confirm anything we will need to see if audacity can clean the tape up.  Dave Darryl-Lambert has also volunteered to give it ago! Nick Croft
 * Wimbledon "Worple Road": Red Kite 07.50 (Sarah Morrison)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: 1 Kestrel, 1 Swallow, 4 Linnet, 10 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 14 Common Whitethroat, 50 Starling including many recently fledged, 20 House Sparrow with many more in nearby streets (Charlie Farrell)

Tuesday 14th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Little Egret SE, 20+ Swift, 3 Swallow N, Greylag, pair Gadwall, Peregrine, {Brown Argus (FOY)} (APOG Birders)
 * Arkley South Fields "Barnet Gate Lane EN5": Cuckoo reported calling (Bob Husband)
 * Avenue Tennis Club "N3": 3 Swift, 2 Pied Wagtail, Cormorant E (Samuel Levy)
 * Bury Lake: 2 Black Tern often resting on yellow mooring buoys (Charlie Ramsay via Herts BC); still 1455 (Paul Ward tweet); still 1815 (Stephen Younger via Herts BC)
 * Crayford Marshes: 3 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 5 Gadwall, 2 Little Egret, 3 Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Lapwing, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Little Owl, 1 Short-eared Owl, 4 Swift, 1m Cuckoo, 2 Swallow, 1 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Common Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Greenfinch, 7 Linnet (Mike Paice)
 * Cross Ness NR "protected area": Cuckoo (h), Whitethroat pair nest hunting (Paul Francis)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 5 Common Tern, 2 Black Tern evg (Allan Stewart via Herts BC)
 * Kensal Green Cemetery and St Mary’s Cemetery: 2 Mistle Thrush carrying food for young, 3 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Stock Dove {Brimstone, 3 Small White} (Charlie Farrell)
 * Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 1 Red Kite, 1 Common Buzzard, 12 Common Swift, 1 Swallow (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Whimbrel grazing marsh, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 2 Common Tern, 26 Swift, Wheatear (WWT website)
 * Lynsters Farm nr Maple Cross: 18 Hobby hawking insects above Farm & Lynsters Lake (Paul Lewis via Herts BC)
 * Meanwhile Gardens "Grand Union Canal": 4 Coot 2 prs with chicks, 2 Canada Geese with 11 chicks, 2 Great Tits with chicks, 2 Blackcap (Charlie Farrell)
 * Mile End Park: Reed Warbler singing in reed bed at Ecology Centre (Harry Harrison)
 * Pinner "HA5": 3 Swift, House Martin, Green Woodpecker, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Coal Tit and 4 fledglings (Nigel Barratt)
 * Rainham RSPB: Cattle Egret (RSPB via ELBF FB); Ringed Plover, Cuckoo, Stonechat (Mike Limehouse per ELBF FB); Short-eared Owl (Fraser Simpson per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: 1 fem Wheatear (Hugh Bradshaw); 2 Little Egret, Yellow Wagtail (O.Dewhurst)
 * St Paul’s Cathedral: no sign of Acrocephalus sp 0700-0800, Whitethroat subsinging still, pr House Sparrow in and out of hole in Cathedral wall (Reuben Braddock)
 * Sidcup: Swift over Halfway St 11.05am (first seen May 4) (Eric Brown)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Black Tern, 1 Black-necked Grebe late am (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Stocker's Lake: Common Tern (Charlie Ramsay via Herts BC)
 * Trent Park: Lesser Whitethroat singing m 'New Fields' 1155, {3 Small Copper, Small Yellow Underwing} (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Filter Beds: 4 Grey Wagtail 2pr breeding, fewer than 10 Swift - catastrophic decline matching decline in flying insects (Dan Barrett)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 1m Garganey, 1 Redshank (Ivor Hewstone, Tony Gorst)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Shelduck, Common Sandpiper, Sedge Warbler (Chris Farthing)

Monday 13th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Little Egret S, 40+ Swift, Swallow, Greylag, Peregrine (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR "Gt Hardmead Lake": Whimbrel 0800-0820 then S (Barry Reed/Herts BN tweets)
 * Brockwell Park: 2 Swift, House Sparrow feeding young in nest in walled garden - there is still one nest in this building though some have been blocked off by repair work. Steven Robinson I would be interested in finding out about putting up some nest boxes as an experiment, here and Norwood Lodge entrance (Michael Mac)
 * Claybury Park: 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler (Joe Dickens)
 * Clissold Park: Pochard brood of 3, Little Grebe brood of 3 (Chris Farthing)
 * Crouch End: 2 Common Buzzards SW, Red Kite NE over Gladwell Road late morning (Pete Mantle)
 * East Barnet Village "Herts EN4": 2 Swift, Grey Wagtail male calling from roof of Methodist Church (Bob Husband) Grid Ref: TQ272953 (Clive Herbert)
 * Greenwich "Woodlands Park Road": Swift (Richard Green)
 * Grovelands Park: 1 Gadwall, 1 Pochard, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Swift, 1 Blackcap 19:30 (Paul Collins)
 * Hyde Park: House Martin, 24+ Swift (Round Pond) (Ian R Watson)
 * London Wetland Centre: Wood Sandpiper still, Black-tailed Godwit for 11th day, Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank, 3 Shelduck (2 adult 1 duckling) second site breeding record, Common Tern, 5 Lapwing chicks, 17 Swift (WWT website); 4 Little Ringed Plover (grazing marsh and wader scrape), pair Sedge Warbler collecting nesting material main lake, juv Song Thrush, 3+ singing Reed Buntings, 1 Common Sandpiper main lake (Martin Honey); Hobby over at 14:45 (James Hudson)
 * Oak Hill Park, East Barnet (TQ275949): Buzzard (Clive Herbert)
 * Oxleas Woods and Meadows: 2 Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Swallow, 3 Swift, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap (Richard Green)
 * Pinner HA5: 4 Swift, House Martin, Green Woodpecker calling (Nigel Barratt)
 * Purfleet "R Thames": Grey Plover, 6 Ringed Plover, Turnstone, Sanderling, 4 Dunlin, 2 Cuckoo (Fraser Simpson tweet)
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: 6 Hobby over Aveley Marsh, 3 Cuckoo early morning near VC, 2 Common Sandpiper on Purfleet Scrape (Andrew Gouldstone)
 * Richmond Park: 8 Barnacle Geese flew E, 2 Red Kite, 5 Buzzard, Common Sandpiper, 16 Black-headed Gull - 8 prs including 7 with nests, Common Gull 2cy flew NE, 2 ad Lesser Black-backed Gull - one landed on Pen Pond, 4 Common Tern, 25+ Swift, m Pied Wagtail carrying food, 2m Garden Warbler (J.Wilczur, P.Pentek)
 * St Paul’s Cathedral: Acrocephalus sp brief views in bushes at S side of Cathedral at 12.20 looked pale but not refound, Common Whitethroat, 2 House Sparrow, Greenfinch (Reuben Braddock and others)
 * Stoneleigh Station "KT17": 3 Blackcap, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Swallow w (Neil Batten)
 * Trent Park: 10 Song Thrush incl seven singing m, 2 singing m Garden Warbler, 6 singing m Chiffchaff, 3 singing m Goldcrest (Robert Callf); also 10 Blackcap, 2 Common Tern, Common Buzzard, 30+ Common Swift, Common Whitethroat, 4 m Mandarin, 2 Mistle Thrush (Pete Lowman)
 * Tufnell Park "N7": Common Buzzard over mobbed by two crows 11.45 (Neil Bowman)
 * Wanstead Flats: Spotted Flycatcher, Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, 4 House Martin, 6+ Swift, Kestrel, 3 Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: 3 Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, 2 Little Egret, 20+ Swift, House Martin, Sparrowhawk (Nick Croft/Simon Raper)
 * West Norwood: 2 Swift roof height near B and Q - very sparse this year=decreasing (Michael Mac)
 * West Norwood Cemetery: male Kestrel hovering in 3 positions high up then stooped into trees(Michael Mac)

Sunday 12th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: pair Gadwall, Greylag, Peregrine (APOG Birders)
 * Bayhurst Wood area: Short-eared Owl flew in direction of Park Lodge Farm 5.40am (Dan Pinkham)
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Hobby, 10 Common Tern (Andrew Self); 3 Common Sandpiper (Roy Beddard, Bob Husband); Nightingale heard near rifle range, Lesser Whitethroat in willows 'shrike_field' nearby, Common Whitethroat pair carrying food to unseen nest (Bob Husband, Ken Brook, RSPB NW London Group birdwalk)
 * Greenford "UB6": Red Kite over garden pursued by Herring Gull (Neil Anderson)
 * Greenway: Swift, 8 Sand Martin, 3 singing Blackcap, 4 singing Whitethroat, m House Sparrow - first I've seen here since 2002 (Harry Harrison)
 * Ickenham Marsh: Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2 Buzzard, Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, 5 Swift, Garden Warbler (Nigel Dodd)
 * Kentish Town "NW5": 2 Common Buzzard N at 13.20 (Frank Nugent)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, Shelduck, 5 Lapwing chicks (WWT website); Wood Sandpiper (Shailesh Patel, Martin Parker and Alex Parr)
 * Pinner HA5: Red KIte drifting over, Green Woodpecker, Coal Tit (Nigel Barratt)
 * Primrose Hill "vismig 0455-0655": 4 Swift [2N & 2 locals], 2 House Martin N [prob locals], Tree Pipit dropped in at dawn then E 0540 (Twitter)
 * Rainham Marsh: 2 Temminck‘s Stint 1028hrs outside visitors centre then flew off and dropped down near Target Pools (Neville Smith); Cattle Egret, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 3m Cuckoo, 9 Hobby, Spotted Flycatcher (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB); Short-eared Owl (Mike Limehouse); Pink-footed Goose, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit (Neville Smith per ELBF FB); 5 Buzzard, 4 Ringed Plover, 13 Dunlin (Martin Jordan per ELBF FB)
 * Regent's Park: 2 Sedge Warblers together at far end of rail ditch [area 2] for 2nd day - potentially the 1st breeding pr for Inner London, no sign of last week's Spotted Flycatcher in Q Mary's Gdns [a17] (Twitter); Cetti’s Warbler heard from the Boat House Cafe (Steve Blake) Sedge Warbler has previously bred in Inner London [Surrey Docks] thx for correction
 * Richmond Park: Lapwing over (H.Bradshaw)
 * Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve: 2 Little Ringed Plover, Shelduck, 4 Egyptian Goose incl pair with goslings, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Common Sandpiper, Garden Warbler, 3+ Reed Warbler, 7 Sand Martin (Jack Headley)
 * South Norwood CP "dawn chorus walk": Starling, Carrion Crow, Rose-necked Parakeet, Canada Goose, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Blackbird, Wren, Blackcap, Robin, Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Kestrel (Paul Francis)
 * Staines Moor: 1 Greenshank, 2 Redshank, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler am (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Stoneleigh "The Glade KT17": 1 Common Buzzard, 6 Common Swift, 1 singing Goldcrest (Neil Batten)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 6 Pheasant (5m heard f flushed), 2 Little Egret, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Red Kite pr together, 3 Kestrel 2m 1f, 10 Stock Dove, 4 Swift, 4 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 3-4 Meadow Pipit (1 giving alarm while perched-possibly attempting to breed), 2 singing Garden Warbler (1 seen), briefly singing Lesser Whitethroat, 24 Common Whitethroat, Rook, 3 Reed Bunting 2m 1f, pr Linnet, pr Bullfinch (Neil Anderson); also Hobby over at 10.15, distant calling Cuckoo (Nigel Dodd)
 * Tufnell Park “N7”: Swallow N at 14.00, now c20 Swift (Reuben Braddock)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Little Ringed Plover S end of East Warwick, pair Sand Martins repeatedly carrying nesting material into a clay drainage pipe on a brick bank by Coppermill Tower, 4 Common Tern, Swifts, Grey Wagtails, Reed Warblers, Common Whitethroats, Reed Buntings (Shane Enright)
 * Wanstead Flats: Sedge Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 3 Swift, 2 Linnet, Meadow Pipit, 2 Skylark. Kestrel (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: MARSH WARBLER per RBA sang briefly this afternoon [tweeted as 'possible' by Matt Brierley at 16:10 incl loc'n-map], Reed Warbler, Kingfisher, 10 Swift (Wanstead Birders); 'probable' Marsh Warbler still singing on north side of Heronry Pond betw islands at 19:10 [TQ412872] (BirdGuides) Unfortunately what the guys recorded was a spirited Song Thrush, though there was a Blackcap doing a very good acro impersonation nearby!  Matt can you drop us a line 'at'WansteadBirding to get an idea of what you heard, many thanks
 * Wimbledon Common: Wheatear (f) Ladies Mile, 4 Garden Warblers, Reed Bunting, Red Kite, Buzzard (Adrian Podmore)
 * Yeading Brook meadows: Pheasant heard, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 2 separate Red Kite, up to 20 Swift, 7 Common Whitethroat, {6 Small Copper, m Common Blue} (Neil Anderson); also Sparrowhawk and Cetti's Warbler (Nigel Dodd)

Saturday 11th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 8 Swallow, pair Gadwall, Little Egret NW, Small Heath (APOG Birders)
 * Beckton STW "no access": 2 Egyptian Goose, 4 Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 30 Common Tern feeding together, 5 calling Lesser Whitethroat, 10 breeding Grey Wagtail 5pr (Dave Morrison tweet)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: 12 Common Tern, 10 Sand Martin, 2 Blackcap, 4 Reed Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting m f, House Sparrow m patch year tick (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
 * Broomfield Park: 4 male Mandarin Duck, 12 Tufted Duck 7m 5f, 30+ Starling 9ad 21juvs, singing m Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
 * Bushy Park: 2 Shelduck, 3 Swallow, 4 Swift (Ian R Watson)
 * London Wetland Centre: incl 4 Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit still, Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 15 Swift (WWT website)
 * Nonsuch Park "Cheam": Common Buzzard, Hobby (Francis O'Sullivan)
 * Rainham Marshes: Cattle Egret, Pink-footed Goose, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Whimbrel, 5 Ringed Plover, 14 Dunlin, 2 Cuckoo, Ring-necked Parakeet, Garden Warbler (Andrew Self); "0930-1400" also incl 6 Little Egret, 3 Common Buzzard, 4 Oystercatcher, 4 Avocet aveley bay, 10 Whimbrel aveley bay, 3 Common Tern river, Cuckoo, 100+ Swift, Kestrel, 10+ Cetti's Warbler, 8 Common Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail h (Ben Mapp via Essex BwS); also 7 Avocet, Grey Plover, 10 Whimbrel (Ben Rumsby, Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
 * Roxeth Recreation Ground "HA2": Reed Warbler (first one for me for local area), Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat (Michael Robinson)
 * Staines Reservoir: 3 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Little Ringed Plover early-am (Dom Pia tweet)
 * St Paul's Cathedral "EC2": BLYTH'S REED WARBLER still present calling & doing sub-song in churchyard, also Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Reed Bunting (reported to Admin)
 * St Paul's Cray "BR5": c15 Swift over Pleasance Rd mid a'noon (Jack Headley)
 * Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve: 3 Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Shelduck, 2 Pied Wagtail, 12+ Swift late pm (Jack Headley)
 * Stoneleigh "KT17": 5 Common Swift at last - 11 days late (Neil Batten)
 * Sydenham Hill Woods: Treecreeper near railway trackbed (Tom Smith)
 * Trent Park: Common Buzzard, 2 Common Tern lower lake 1330, (Un) Common Cuckoo singing m Moat Wd 1245, 2 singing m Garden Warbler, 4 singing m Chiffchaff, {3 Mother Shipton} (Robert Callf); also 8 Blackcap, 4 Common Whitethroat, 3 m Mandarin, 3 Song Thrush, only a single Common Tern late pm (Pete Lowman)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: Linnet, Reed Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat (Parimal Makwana)

Friday 10th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: f Whinchat (FOY) perimeter playing fields, 2 Swallow, 12+ Swift, 2 Gadwall m f (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR "Gt Hardmead L": ad Spoonbill arr'd from south to day-roost 0900, 4 Black-tailed Godwit for 30min early-am, 2 Dunlin, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper (Barry Reed tweet); also Arctic Tern still (Herts BN tweet)
 * Bentley Priory: Tawny Owl in conifer thicket at Northern edge of site (Richard Francis)
 * Brockwell Park: Common Buzzard (1st I've seen here), 3 Swift, 3 singing Blackcap (Michael Mac)
 * Broomfield Park: Grey Heron, 3m Mandarin Duck, 10 Tufted Duck 5m 5f, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull 2ad imm, singing Collared Dove, Stock Dove, 7 Common Swift, Mistle Thrush, 2m Blackcap singing, 21+ Starling 8ad 13juvs, Chaffinch singing, 4 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Chiswick: Common Sandpiper on shoreline at Strand on the Green (Mike Foster)
 * Crossness: Knot (James Palmer)
 * Grand Union Canal Slough Arm, Langley: Red Kite circling 11:15 (Toby Mylett)
 * Greenford UB6: Red Kite, 5 Swift over front garden, second garden record of Common Whitethroat in hedge (Neil Anderson)
 * Greenwich Park: 22 Swift (Mike Paice)
 * Hyde Park: 2 Gadwall, House Martin, 2 Pochard, 21 Swift (Round Pond) (Ian R Watson)
 * Limehouse: "Royal Foundation of St Katherine nr DLR Station" 2 Grey Wagtails, Goldfinches, Blackbirds, Great Tit, Woodpigeons, Mistle Thrush, Starlings (Marion Hill); House Martin colony with about six nests next to the River Thames (James Palmer)
 * Lion Gorge: incl 3 Lesser Whitethroat (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * London Wetland Centre: Shelduck, Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, Common Tern, 24 Swift, Swallow, 3 Wheatear grazing marsh (WWT website); 4 Little Ringed Plover 2 prs, still 4 juv Lapwing on wader scrape, 1 Common Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Common Tern, 3 Wheatear 1m 2f, {1 Yellow-bellied Slider (terrapin) on main lake} (Martin Honey)
 * Mitcham Common: 2 Swift straight over Mill Hill, pr Little Grebe, singing Chiffchaff at 7 Island Pond, 40 House Sparrows at 3 Kings Pond and pr Mute Swans with 6 cygnets - 2nd year in 53 years bred here (Michael Mac)
 * Pinner Park Farm: Sedge Warbler (Richard Francis)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: 3 Common Sandpiper 1315 (Peter Newbound via Berks BN)
 * Rainham RSPB "Reserve": incl 7+ Hobby overhead, 2 Sedge Warbler m f, 2 Reed Bunting, Marsh Harrier, 2 Whimbrel, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Kestrel - 40+ species with big thanks to RSPB warden top man Howard Vaughan (Paul Francis); "Aveley Bay" Wheatear f, 2 Grey Plover, Knot, 5 Black-tailed Godwit (Paul Francis); also 3 Marsh Harrier 2m f, 4 Buzzard, 4 Oystercatcher, 5 Avocet, 6 Ringed Plover, 4 Whimbrel, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 13 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 2 Common Tern, Cuckoo, Short-eared Owl, 150 Swift, 9 Hobby, 50 Sand Martin, 10 Swallow, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail (Patrick Hart, Paul Francis, Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
 * Regent's Park: y'day's Spotted Flycatcher again mainly in corkscrew willow on QMG lake island but flew across Inner Circle 0950 (Des McKenzie tweet)
 * Richmond Park: 2 Common Sandpiper, 2f Wheatear (P.Redmond)
 * Romford: Wood Warbler singing in sycamores by disabled car park at Queen's Hospital 0555 (Shaun Harvey tweet)
 * Ruislip Lido/Woods: pr Greylag, pr Egyptian Geese, m Gadwall, 3 Little Grebe, juv Heron standing on nest, 5 Buzzard incl 2pr, 3 Red Kite, 2 Hobby aggressively mobbing soaring Buzzard for several minutes until it dropped into wood, 4 Common Tern 2pr on raft, pr Black-headed Gull building nest on same raft, also Moorhen nesting on it, 6 Swift, 10+ House Martin, 3 singing Common Whitethroat, singing Garden Warbler, {2 Small Copper, f Holly Blue, f Brimstone, 2 m Orange Tip} (Neil Anderson/K. Bull)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: incl 3 Black-tailed Godwit fr draper hide am, Cuckoo (RSPB tweet)
 * St James's Park: Little Egret over E, Reed Warbler (Frank Nugent)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: incl 2 Common Gull [returnees - 1st since March], Cuckoo (TyttGP tweet)
 * The Brook BR5: 2 Swift, 3-4 Blackcap, 1-2 Stock Dove, 3 Mute Swan, 2 Jay, Egyptian Goose, pr Greylag Goose with 5 goslings, pr Canada Goose with 4 goslings, Moorhen still with juvs (Jack Headley)
 * Wanstead Flats: Garden Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, Swift (Johnathan Lethbridge), 3 Meadow Pipit, Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, 20+ Swift, 4+ Skylark, 5 House Martin. Sand Martin, 6 Swallow, Mistle Thrush, 1w Yellow-legged Gull, Kestrel (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Stock Dove, 30+ Swift, 2-3 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2 Hobby, Kingfisher (Nick Croft)
 * Warren Gorge: incl 26 Grey Heron, 21 Little Egret, 5 Cormorant, Cetti’s Warbler, Willow Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 6 Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * West Putney SW15: 13 Buzzard over mainly NW & W, Peregrine (R.Kaye, J.Wilczur)
 * Wimbledon Common: Cuckoo calling (Angela Evans-Hill per Les Evans-Hill)
 * Winchmore Hill: 3 Swifts over station 09:50 (Paul Collins)
 * Worcester Park: 5 Swifts over the Hamptons - four days later than last year (Simon Osborn)

Thursday 9th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Yellow Wagtail N 0721, 10+ Swift, Little Grebe Boating Lake, 2 Black-headed Gull, Peregrine, 4 Jackdaw, Treecreeper (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR: ad Spoonbill again on mud fr viewpt 0725 then flew to favourite day-roosting site on right-hand side of heronry island [concealed in foliage & just outside Ldn Recording Area] (Barry Reed/Herts BN tweets); Arctic Tern still, Black Tern fed over lake briefly 0945 (Murray Orchard tweet)
 * Arkley South Fields, Barnet Gate Lane, EN5: Cuckoo reported calling (Bob Husband)
 * Barnehurst "DA7": 3 Swifts AM (Harry Halstead)
 * Barnet Playing Fields: 2 House Martin, 2 Blackcap, 3 Linnet (Toby Mylett)
 * Brent Reservoir: Avocet, Ringed Plover (Brent Birders)
 * Brook Farm/Wyatt's Farm Open Space "EN5": 11 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff (Toby Mylett)
 * Brookmill Park: 3 Swift (Mike Paice)
 * Eastcote: Red Kite very low over car park (Nigel Barratt)
 * Greenhill Gardens, Barnet: Common Buzzard, Grey Wagtail, Swallow, 4 Blackcap, 2 Treecreeper (Toby Mylett)
 * Greenwich: 6 Swift (Ray Crouch)
 * Harrow "HA1": Peregrine Falcon (Shailesh Patel)
 * Highlands Gardens "EN5": 2 Blackcap (Toby Mylett)
 * Hilly Fields Lewisham: Linnet singing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap, Jay, male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Tom Moulton) Observed a pair of Ring-necked Parakeets trying to look into an active Blue Tit nest hole. Has anyone seen or heard of them taking eggs or nestlings? [TM] See this article regarding parakeets and their effect on native birds [JW]: InsideEcology Thanks! (TM)
 * Hyde Park: 4 House Martin (Ray Crouch)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: Shelduck, Cuckoo, 12 Swift, 8 Skylark, 8 Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Common Whitethroat, Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Linnet (Dave McGough per ELBF FB)
 * King George V Res: 1 Black Tern, 2 Arctic Tern, 60 Common Tern, 1 Dunlin, 6 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Ringed Plover 4.30-5.45 (Ian Lycett)
 * Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 19 Common Swift, 1 Blackcap (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: Shelduck, Ringed Plover, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, Common Snipe, 3 Redshank, 2 Common Tern, Wheatear (WWT website)
 * Middlesex University Campus: 2 Swift, 5 Blackcap (Toby Mylett)
 * Motspur Park: Peregrine on gas holders (Bob Smith)
 * Pinner "HA5": Red Kite chased by gulls (Nigel Barratt)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper 1225 (Peter Newbound via Berks BN)
 * Rainham RSPB: Pink-footed Goose, Cattle Egret, 4 Oystercatcher, 2 Ringed Plover, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, Knot, Greenshank, 3m Cuckoo, m Stonechat, Wheatear (Howard Vaughan, Russell Sherriff via ELBF FB); 3 Wigeon, 3 Marsh Harrier, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Water Rail, 2 Kestrel, 6 Avocet, 2 Grey Plover, 12 Whimbrel, Ruff, Mediterranean Gull, 3 Common Tern, 500 Swift, Raven, 40 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 20 House Martin, Lesser Whitethroat, Corn Bunting (Martin Jordan per ELBF FB); 22 Dunlin (Andy Tweed per ELBF FB); Common Snipe, Garden Warbler (Ian Lycett per ELBF FB)
 * Regent's Park: Spotted Flycatcher 13:15 from boardwalk Queen Mary's Gardens lake [area 17] (G J Francis)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: Grey Plover s/p still fr draper hide 0900 (RSPB tweet)
 * St.Pauls Cathedral EC2: BLYTH'S REED WARBLER commuting between St.Pauls Churchyard and 25 Cannon Street Gardens, last seen at the latter (briefly) at 15.30, link of images to follow. (Ken Murray) images images Great sighting! But any reason for late posting? I would have been straight over there if this had been posted earlier, it’s just across the river from my work! RB The last time I put out via Birdguides an Inner London Rare no one turned up! A Yellow-browed Warbler behind Liverpool St. Station, September 2014. It seems you can't please everybody all of the time? KM. You can't of course, but here's an appeal to keep posting on here as early as possible from me at least. Thanks, RB [Flame deleted & post restored] NB some pics show flesh-coloured legs w/ supercilium not extending behind eye. Ken - what are the features that make you think this is a BRW rather than a Reed Warbler? Mike Earp. BRW a BB rare, 50+ people came for the Wanstead one and many more would have come if it had stayed, as for the YBW I heard a few people went but couldn't find it! Nick Croft. To answer the question....Short wings, emargination (where the leading edge of the wing appears to disappear upwards) in line within the last tertial (in Reed the emargination is further down the wing outside the tertial area), pp extending to circa 50% of overlying tertials (in Reed it's between 65 and 100%) movement much faster than Reed, at times almost Phyllosc.like. [KM] If it's singing and recorded a soundcloud analysis should nail it (NS). Why no images added to this wiki? (Andrew Haynes)
 * South Norwood CP: incl Common Sandpiper still, 2 Swift, 2 Lesser Whitethroat (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
 * Staines Reservoir: 4 Dunlin, Black Tern 0900 (Lee Ridley tweet)
 * Stoneleigh Station "KT17": 3 Blackcap, 2 Stock Dove w. Still no Swifts here - 9 days late (Neil Batten)
 * Ten Acre Woods area: Cuckoo, Cetti's Warbler (Jim Fell)
 * The Brook "BR5": 13 Swift, 3 Mute Swan, 3-4 Blackcap, 2 Stock Dove, Jay, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Song Thrush, Egyptian Goose, Moorhen still with juvs (Jack Headley)
 * Totteridge Valley: Blackcap m singing (Toby Mylett)
 * Wanstead Flats: 20+ Swift, 9 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 2 Lesser Witethroat, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Meadow Pipit, 4 Skylark, 2 Gadwall, 3 Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck, 5 Stock Dove, 2 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel (Nick Croft)
 * Wembley Central Station: 2 Swift (Charlie Farrell)
 * West Harrow: 5 Swift (FOY here - 2 days later than last year) (Alex Massey)
 * Worcester Park: 2 Swifts over Station 11.35am - 3 days later than last year (Kath O’Halloran)

Wednesday 8th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Common Sandpiper, 10 Swallow, 15+ House Martin, 20 Swift, pair Gadwall, pair Pochard, Greylag (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR "Gt Hardmead Lake": Osprey over 0620 (Mike Ilett tweet); Ringed Plover, Knot 0820-0830, 3 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Yellow-legged Gull, Arctic Tern (Barry Reed via Herts BC); Black Tern fr viewpt 1240-2020 at least (Mike Ilett/Ron Cousins/Murray Orchard tweets)
 * Berrylands Station Lake "KT5": Swift in PM (Toby Mylett)
 * Brent Reservoir: pair Egyptian Geese with 7 goslings and an adopted Mallard duckling, Avocet north marsh (Andrew Self)
 * Clapham Old Town-Maritime House: 4 Swifts return to nest locations, 1 Swallow over (Michael Mac)
 * Clissold Park 20+ Swifts over large lake pm (Ernest Thomason)
 * Greenwich: Wheatear over Vanburgh Road while I was cycling to work 9:30am (Gus Wilson)
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: 18 Common Tern, 5 Sand Martin, 2 Pied Wagtail pair, Grey Wagtail, 3 Reed Warbler, Blackcap male, 2 Reed Bunting pair (John Bushall)
 * Hampton Court Park: 3 Stock Dove, Collared Dove, Green Woodpecker, 8 Starling, 3 Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 8 Swift, Swallow, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, 2 House Sparrow (Toby Mylett)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 20+ Black Tern, 5+ Arctic Tern, 15+ Common Tern 20:00 (Allan Stewart)
 * Holmethorpe SPs "05.30": Ringed Plover, Dunlin both Mercers L pontoon, 3 Common Sandpiper Mercers L, 2+ Greenshank h leaving water colours lagoon (Gordon Hay via Surrey BN)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: Greenshank (Paul Hawkins per ELBF FB); Wheatear (Shaun Harvey per ELBF FB)
 * Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 8 Common Swift, 5 House Martin, 1 Blackcap, 2 Pied Wagtail (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: incl 2 Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 4 Redshank, Common Tern, Kestrel, Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Spotted Flycatcher wildside, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail (WWT website); Shelduck, 150 Swift, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Dunlin, Common Snipe, Common Gull, 4 Common Tern, Hobby, White Wagtail (Oscar Dewhurst)
 * Pimlico Gardens: 27 Black-headed Gull upriver, 4 Common Tern upriver, 2 Common Sandpiper (Nick Senior)
 * Pinner Park Farm: m Whinchat (Dan Pinkham)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: Turnstone, 2 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper 1700 (Marek Walford via Berks BN)
 * Rainham RSPB: "R Thames" Red-breasted Merganser, 3 Black Tern by late-am (BirdGuides); Cattle Egret, Common Gull 1s (Howard Vaughan et al via ELBF FB); also Pink-footed Goose still, 4 Oystercatcher, 12 Avocet, 2 Grey Plover, 3 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 8 Whimbrel, Curlew, 16 Bar-tailed Godwit, 8 Knot, 2 Ruff, 40 Dunlin, Sanderling, 2 Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, 37 Common Tern, 24 Arctic Tern, 8 Black Tern, 100 Swift, 2 Hobby, 120 Sand Martin, 12 Swallow, 2 House Martin, f Wheatear (Andy Tweed, Sue Healey, Nick Croft et al per ELBF FB); 4+ Curlew Sandpiper [Ldn foy] (Nick Croft)
 * Richmond Park: 15 Greylag including 2 broods totalling 4 young, 7 Pochard 3m 4f, 5 Cormorant pr & 3 young, 3 Common Sandpiper, 23 Black-headed Gull, 7 Common Tern, 20+ Swallow, m Pied Wagtail (J.Wilczur)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 3 Whimbrel E 0800 (Alan Harris via Herts BC); Grey Plover s/p fr draper hide 0855 (Allan Meadows tweet); GP still 1330 (Graham Knight tweet)
 * St James's Park: Grey Wagtail on island opposite cafe (Jack Hill)
 * Sevenoaks WR: Common Sandpiper, 20 Swift, 200+ Sand Martin, 30 House Martin 1600-1700 (Mathew Bournat via Kent OS)
 * Seventy Acres Lake: Black Tern opp bittern_watchpt 1045 (Kevin Standbridge tweet); Whinchat TL374030 (BirdGuides)
 * South Norwood CP: Common Sandpiper (John Hughes via Croydon Birders) I have altered location as this was incorrectly assigned to South Norwood Lake when first posted on this website. (Croydon Birders Admin) Sorry JB - loc'n got transposed with that for 6 May
 * Staines Reservoirs: 4 Grey Plover, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Dunlin, 2 Black Tern early am (Ken Purdey, Bob Warden per FJM); Little Ringed Plover, 22 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 3 Redshank, 23+ Black Tern, Hobby (Dom Pia tweet)
 * The Brook BR5: 2 Swift (FOY), Egyptian Goose (Jack Headley)
 * Trent Park: Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, singing m Lesser Whitethroat, singing m Common Whitethroat, singing m Garden Warbler, 10 Long-tailed Tit 3ad 7juv, Treecreeper carrying food Icehouse Wd (Robert Callf)
 * Troy Mill Lake nr Maple Cross: 3 Eurasian Wigeon, c200 Common Swift, 10 Barn Swallow, c50 House Martin, Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler pm (Paul Lewis tweet)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: Wheatear willows fm (Steve Blake via Herts BC); Black Tern main gp briefly then high N 1815 (Rupert Evershed tweet)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Black Tern east warwick res, Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtail am (Eugene Dillon-Hooper tweet); Dunlin East Warwick pm (Lol Cumming tweet); "3.30-4.30" no Black Terns, 1 Dunlin E Warwick, 2 Common Sandpipers, Arctic Tern Lockwood, 3 Common Terns, c200 Swifts, Peregrine, 2 Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher (Tom Jordan)

Tuesday 7th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Reed Warbler (foy) Balancing Pond, 2 Common Tern briefly (foy), f Greenland Wheatear filter bed 4, Common Buzzard NW, Peregrine (also headless dove seen locally), pair Gadwall, m Pochard, 20+ Swift, 9 Swallow (APOG Birders)
 * Banbury Reservoir, Walthamstow "no access": 5 Black Tern viewable at times from Banbury Rd 'til 12.30 at least (Lol Bodini/Pete Lambert); 1+ Black Tern still at 16:15 (Nick Croft)
 * Bankside “SE1”: Reed Warbler at east end of Tate Modern at 12.30 (Reuben Braddock)
 * Beckenham Crematorium/Cemetery: Hobby high up with large prey seemed to be eating on the wing? Cock Pheasant came out of undergrowth called and for 45mins walking (had mild limp) around feeding among the grave stones and calling - showed no real fear of me, 1 Swift, no sign of Cuckoo (Michael Mac)
 * Beckenham Junction Train Station: House Sparrows a few chirping in the bushes (Michael Mac)
 * Belsize Park: 1 Common Swift low over - think I heard it calling briefly too. (Kat)
 * Brent Reservoir: 3 Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Kestrel, 15 Swift, 8 House Martin, 3 Grey Wagtail, 4 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, Reed Bunting (Toby Mylett)
 * Brixton: 2 Common Swift over St Matthew's Church 08.15 (Matthew J. Bradbury)
 * Brockwell Park: f Whinchat in fenced off meadow area (another good reason to make this into a bird area, excluding dogs!) by BMX track, still present after 1 hour to 11:45 + pr House Sparrows (Michael Mac); Whinchat still present at 5:00pm (Steven Robinson)
 * Crossness "Foreshore & River": 39 Shelduck, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan, Black-tailed Godwit, Little Egret, 6 Cormorant, 5 Oystercatcher, 4 Reed Warbler, c50 Gadwall, 2 Herring Gull, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, c150 Black-headed Gull (Bernie Weight)
 * Crossness NR: 2 Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Redshank, 10 Cetti's Warbler, 21+ Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, 2 Wheatear m f, 2 Skylark, 5 Lapwing, 4 Reed Bunting, 4 Shelduck, 3 Little Grebe & 1 young, 2 Gadwall, 7 Pochard, 8+ Common Whitethroat, 4 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, Peregrine on Incinerator chimney, Marsh Harrier, {Green Hairstreak} (Bernie Weight)
 * Dungeon Hill: Hobby high S then E 1555 (Ian Ward per Duncan Jennings via DH blog)
 * Eltham: male Wheatear in front garden then neighbours front steps (P Kite)
 * Hampstead Heath “Parliament Hill 06.30-08.00”: 2 House Martin N, 1 Swallow N, 1 Swift distant over Kenwood then off, Lesser Whitethroat still, Common Whitethroat in song flight, Grey Wagtail model boating pond (Reuben Braddock)
 * Harold Wood Park: incl 3 Swift, m Lesser Whitethroat, 2m Common Whitethroat, Spotted Flycatcher (Colin Jupp per ELBF FB/AM)
 * Hounslow Heath "08.15-08.30": 1 m Whinchat, 1 Common Buzzard (Andy Roberts)
 * Hyde Park: 3 House Martin (Ray Crouch); 5 House Martin, 6 Swift Round Pond (Ian R Watson)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: Whinchat (Shaun Harvey per ELBF FB)
 * KGV Res "8.00-8.40pm": 4 Black Terns (A.Middleton)
 * Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 2 Common Swift, 2 House Martin, 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Stock Dove, 2 singing Blackcap, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: Little Egret, Ringed Plover, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Snipe, 4 Redshank, 4 Common Tern, 21 Swift, Hobby, Nightingale singing on main lake/reedbed border nr headley hide am, 4 Wheatear (WWT website); Common Buzzard, Yellow Wagtail, 3 Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat (Oscar Dewhurst); still 4 Lapwing chicks on wader scrape (Martin Honey); Chiffchaff singing near the entrance lake (Shailesh Patel); Whinchat grazing marsh pm (Sue Barry)
 * Mayflower Park: Hobby N, Red Kite S (Bob Smith)
 * Middlesex University Campus: Blackcap, Swift, Treecreeper (Toby Mylett)
 * Motspur Park: Peregrine (Bob Smith)
 * North Finchley: 3 Swift over house 18.00 hrs - same date as last year (John Colmans)
 * Pimlico Gardens: Common Sandpiper downriver, Yellow-legged Gull 2cy on moored barges (Nick Senior)
 * Queen's Park: 2 Blackcap m f present in NE woodland at 0900 (Callum Farrell-Morris)
 * Rainham RSPB: Cattle Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 3 Common Buzzard, 12 Avocet, 8 Whimbrel, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, Greenshank, 12 Hobby, 2 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, White Wagtail (Howard Vaughan, Andy Tweed et al via ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: Common Redstart heard singing in paddocks (M.Lewis) 1 fem Wheatear, 1 Whinchat, 1 Red-legged Partridge (Hugh Bradshaw); 2 Shelduck on ground early morning (S.Read)
 * Ruislip Lido: 3 Egyptian Geese, 8 Common Tern, c20 House Martin (Michael Hammond)
 * Ruislip Woods "Poor's Field": Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Common Whitethroat (Michael Hammond)
 * St James's Park: Sedge Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat (Frank Nugent); singing Garden Warbler (Jack Hill)
 * South Norwood CP: Cuckoo called twice from cemetery border 0645 (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
 * Staines Moor: 2f Whinchat (Twitter)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 11 Black Tern, 1 Dunlin early pm (Dave Morris per FJM); also f Scaup, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 30+ Common Tern, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher (Robert Martin/Jim Seetland tweets)
 * Tooting Common: Common Whitethroat singing (Alan Wilkinson); 12 Swift over lake, Hobby high W 16:45 (James Hudson)
 * Totteridge Valley: 6 Lapwing, 3 singing Lesser Whitethroat, Sparrowhawk, 3 Swallow, 8 Chiffchaff, 12 Common Whitethroat, 14 Blackcap, 3 Rook (John Colmans)
 * Tufnell Park “N7”: 4 Swift - local breeders back over Huddleston Road at 17.00 (Reuben Braddock)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: incl 5 Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, Yellow Wagtail am (TyttGP tweet)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Goldeneye, 3+ Black Tern (over Banbury as above but viewed from Lockwood reservoir), 3 Wheatear, 6 Common Sandpiper, Garden Warbler, Little Ringed Plover (Chris Farthing)
 * Wanstead Flats: Spotted Flycatcher west end of long wd 1025 (Wanstead Birding tweet); 3 Whinchat, Wheatear, Hobby, Sparrowhawk, 9 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 6 Swift, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, Linnet, 4 Meadow Pipit, 5 Skylark, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Gadwall, Mistle Thrush (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan/Simon Raper)
 * Waterworks NR: f Whinchat am (Chris Farthing tweet); 2 Garden Warbler pair near wooden boat, 2 Yellow Wagtail pair at hide, Sedge Warbler h (Paul Francis)
 * Winchmore Hill: 1 Swift over station, 19:30pm (Paul Collins)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 23 Reed Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler all singing males (Chris Farthing)

Monday 6th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Common Sandpiper, Sand Martin, 6 Swallow, Greylag, 2 Peregrine, Little Egret, Treecreeper (APOG Birders)
 * Battersea Reach: {Of interest - Atlantic Grey Seal off Cremorne Gardens 14:00-15:00} (Des McKenzie tweet)
 * Brent Park, Hendon: Kestrel [patch first], 3 Grey Wagtail, 5 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, Treecreeper (Toby Mylett)
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Common Tern, 16 Swift, Swallow, 50+ House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, singing Reed Bunting (Andrew Verrall); 2 Little Ringed Plover, singing Garden Warbler (Roy Beddard); Hobby low over the Dump towards North Marsh 16:15 (Tim Rymer)
 * Chiswick Park Station: 2 Hobby low west 14:44 (Nick Senior)
 * Clissold Park: 1 Sedge warbler singing in reeds of large lake, 2m Red-crested Pochards, {Painted Lady butterfly} (Ernest Thomason)
 * Crofton Park SE4: 3 Swift feeding early am, Red Kite over west 5.00pm 2nd garden sighting (Phil Laurie)
 * Crossness: Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, 4 Lapwing, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1st-summer Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Common Gull, 10 Reed Warbler, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Swift, Yellow Wagtail paddocks, 2 Wheatear paddocks (Richard Bonser)
 * Dalston: 2 Swift (Jon Agar)
 * Dollis Valley: singing Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Buzzard (John Colmans)
 * Enfield: Ferny Hill/Hadley Rd: Lapwing, 4 Red-legged Partridge. ( Pete Lowman )
 * Fairlop Waters: Cuckoo, Shelduck, Little Owl (Neil Twyford); Whinchat, Sedge Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Swift, Swallow, House Martin (Alan Bell/Neil Twyford)
 * Fishers Green, Lee Valley: 4 Nightingale singing, 2 Garden Warbler singing, Lesser Whitethroat singing, Common Whitethroat several singing, Blackcap many singing, 2 Hobby, Cuckoo singing, (Bob Husband, NW London RSPB Group)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Common Sandpiper (John Bushell)
 * Hainault Lodge: Nightingale (Alan Bell/Neil Twyford)
 * Hampstead Heath: Now 2 Lesser Whitethroats (Pete Mantle)
 * Kensington Gardens: 40 Swift, 8 House Martin, 3 Swallow, 1 Garden Warbler (Nick Senior)
 * London Wetland Centre: Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Redshank, Lapwing with 4 chicks still, 1f Wheatear (Martin Honey); also Common Buzzard, 5 Little Ringed Plover, Lesser Whitethroat (WWT website)
 * Lombardy Retail Park, Hayes: Red Kite (Eric Gray)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 1 Lesser Whitethroat singing along Hackney Marshes border, 2 Grey Wagtail (inc 1 juv) below the weir, 1 Reed Warbler (Alastair Dent)
 * Middlesex University Campus: Blackcap (Toby Mylett)
 * Molesey: Great Egret high E towards Hampton Crt 0645 (Dave Harris tweet)
 * Mudchute Farm: m Common Redstart aft (John Booth tweet)
 * Pinner Park Farm: Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Swallow, 2 Common Whitethroat (Tim Rymer)
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: 2 Stonechats, 2 Cuckoos, 9 Whimbrels, 2 Ruffs, 3 Bar-tailed Godwits, 8 Avocets, Greenshank, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Ringed Plovers, Grey Plover, Cattle Egret, Spoonbill, 2 drake Wigeon, Hobby, 3 Dunlins, Pink-footed Goose, f Wheatear (Ian Bradshaw); also Great Egret [new orange-billed bird], 7 Little Egret, pr Bullfinch, Corn Bunting, 4 Oystercatcher, 2 Greenshank, 3m Cuckoo, 300 Swift, 9 Whimbrel, pr Stonechat (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: pr Egyptian Geese with 8 new chicks, 15 Mandarin, Common Buzzard, Common Tern, 5+ Swift, 3 Skylark, 15+ House Martin, 7+ Swallow, 20+ Sand Martin, m Stonechat, 3 singing Whitethroat, 4 Reed Bunting (Neil Anderson/K. Bull); 2 Whinchat, 9 Wheatear (P.Pentek); 2 Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Treecreeper, Common Buzzard over (T Vine)
 * South Lodge Farm: Red-legged Partridge, 7 Stock Dove, Common Swift, 16 Barn Swallow (Robert Callf)
 * South Norwood Lake: Common Sandpiper (John Watson via Croydon Birders)
 * Staines Moor "07.15-09.00": 1 Little Owl, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 2 fem Wheatear, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Red Kite (Andy Roberts); also 2 Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 6+ Lapwing, 2 Redshank, Hobby, 7 Wheatear, 2 Whinchat [reported] (Robert Martin tweet)
 * Staines Reservoir "06.15-07.00": 1 m Scaup, 3 Common Sandpipers, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 20+ Common Tern, 40+ Swift (Andy Roberts); also 3 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Black Tern, 4 Yellow Wagtail evg (Dom Pia tweets)
 * Stoneleigh Broadway KT17: 1 Common Buzzard w am. Worrying absence of Swifts here. Now 7 days later than previous years. (Neil Batten)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: Marsh Harrier, Cuckoo, Bearded Tit, Rook, {family of Weasels} (Andrew Self); “Botany Marsh” 2 Jay, 2 Shelduck, 10+ Common Whitethroat, 4 Cetti's Warbler h, 6+ Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 8 Greylag Goose, 2 Canada Goose, Cuckoo h, 2 Sedge Warbler, 9+ Reed Warbler (Roger Keith)
 * Thamesmead: 15 Sand Martin Southmere (Richard Bonser)
 * Trent Park:8 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 2 Common Buzzard, 4 Common Whitethroat, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 m Mandarin, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Swallow, pair of Tufted Duck. ( Pete Lowman ).
 * Walthamstow Marshes "paddocks, boardwalk, Bomb Crater Field, Leyton Marsh": 3 Lesser Whitethroat (singing), 4 Reed Bunting 3m f, 8 Common Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Stock Dove, 4 Linnet, 1 Pied Wagtail, 6 Sand Martin, 2 Swift, 2 Egyptian Geese (Alastair Dent)
 * Wanstead Flats: 2 singing Garden Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 5 House Martin, 6 Sand Martin, 11 Swallow, 22 Swift, 3 Stock Dove, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 5 Skylark, 7 Black-headed Gull, several hundred Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gull moving through, Yellow-legged Gull (Nick Croft/James Heal)
 * West Hyde: m Ring Ouzel on newly-tilled field by rbt midday-1645 at least (Herts BN/Stephen Middleton tweets)
 * Woolwich: adult Yellow-legged Gull King Henry's Wharf (Richard Bonser)

Sunday 5th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Common Sandpiper, 2 Greylag, Common Buzzard, 2 Swallow, Peregrine, m Red-crested Pochard, Little Egret, Swift (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR: Osprey high S over viewpt 1045 (Ron Cousins tweet)
 * Barnet Environment Centre, Byng Road, EN5: Hobby flew through at start of Dawn Chorus birdwalk, distant Cuckoo calling, Common Whitethroat singing, Blackcap singing, Chiffchaff singing (Bob Husband, Fay Broom, Ken Brook et al)
 * Chelsea, Cremorne Gardens: Canada Goose x Greylag Goose hybrid (Tess Hawes)
 * Crossness: Common Buzzard, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Whimbrel, Common Sandpiper, Peregrine, Kestrel, 2 Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, House Martin, Reed Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail (Donna Zimmer tweet)
 * Danson Park: Common Sandpiper plus 6 Swallows and usual species (Harry Halstead)
 * Hackney Marshes, Lea Filterbeds: 12 Swift (Jon Agar)
 * Hainault Lodge NR: Nightingale singing (Steve Bacon per ELBF FB)
 * Hilly Fields Lewisham: Swift, Linnet singing, 3 Blackcap (Tom Moulton)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: Spoonbill W 0730 (Dave Morrison tweet)
 * Kingston Bridge: 6 Sand Martin, 5 Swallow, 2 Pied Wagtail carrying food, 1 Cormorant (Neil Batten)
 * Ladywell Fields: Kingfisher, 2 Mandarin drake, 4 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, Song Thrush (Tom
 * Lee Valley Cornmill Meadows: 3-4 pairs of Lapwing incl 2 incubating pairs and a pair with 3 small young, displaying pair of Redshanks, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, Snipe (Ian Bradshaw)
 * Lee Valley Bowyers Water: redhead f Smew (groveland Park bird?) (Ian Bradshaw)
 * Lee Valley Fisher Green: 3 Nightingales singing (Ian Bradshaw)
 * London Wetland Centre: incl Shelduck, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Snipe, 4 Redshank, 12 Swift, Kestrel, Hobby, 4 House Martin, 2 Yellow Wagtail (WWT website)
 * Purfleet "R Thames": Little Egret, f Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, 2 Whimbrel, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, ad Mediterranean Gull, Roseate Tern [Ldn foy & personal patch tick] upriver 1425, Hobby, Wheatear (Fraser Simpson tweet)
 * Rainham Marshes: 31 Shelduck, 1 Wigeon, Pochard brood of six ducklings, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Cattle Egret, 8 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 8 Avocet, 7 Whimbrel, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Common Sandpiper, 4 Greenshank, c200 Swift, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, c50 Sand Martin, c20 Swallow, c30 House Martin, Lesser Whitethroat, Mistle Thrush, Wheatear (Teodor Yankov, Tom Jordan); also incl 3 Wigeon, 3 Marsh Harrier, 3 Buzzard, 2 Water Rail, 2 Grey Plover, 12 Whimbrel, Mediterranean Gull, 3 Common Tern, 500 Swift, 2 Kestrel, Raven, Corn Bunting (Martin Jordan per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: Whimbrel briefly on grass by upper pen pond 05.15, 2 Shelduck over, Common Sandpiper, 8 Common Tern, 4 Swallow, 6 Sand Martin, 50 House Martin (Oscar Dewhurst); 4m Red-crested Pochard, Hobby, Peregrine, Red Kite, 12+ Swift, Pied Wagtail (P & S. Pentek, J.Wilczur)
 * Rickmansworth: 2 Ring Ouzel pair nr Maple Cross fisheries lake (Ben Norcott via Herts BC)
 * Ruxley GPs "permit only": incl 6 Reed Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Reed Bunting, 1-2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kingfisher (Jack Headley, Dartford Ringing Group et al)
 * South Lodge Farm: 3 Red-legged Partridge, 28 Stock Dove (Robert Callf)
 * Staines Moor "0615-0745": 2 Little Egret, Red Kite, 5+ Lapwing, Redshank, Cetti's Warbler, 3+ Sedge Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat (Tim Rymer tweet)
 * Staines Reservoir: Temminck's Stint s/p causeway n side briefly 1035 then flew towards KGVI Res, 4+ Arctic Tern (Roger Morton tweet); Scaup n basin, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Little Ringed Plover n basin, Yellow Wagtail causeway (Dom Pia tweet)
 * Stubbers OPC: Buzzard, 20 Swift, 20 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 2 Egyptian Goose brood, 3 Reed Warbler, 3 Yellow Wagtail (Richard Harrison per ELBF FB)
 * Ten Wood area: 6 Pheasant (1 seen), 2 Little Egret in flight together, Common Buzzard, Red Kite, m Kestrel, Swift, 2 Skylark, 2-4 Swallow (local breeders), 19 singing Blackcap, 25+ Common Whitethroat, 3 singing Garden Warbler (1 seen record site count), 2 singing Lesser Whitethroat, 3 singing Chiffchaff, 5 Reed Bunting, 4 Linnet (Neil Anderson)
 * Tooting Common: Willow Warbler, 3 Swift, 15 Egyptian Geese (Peter White, Alan Wilkinson)
 * Tylers Hall Farm: Kestrel, 12 Swallow, 2 Mistle Thrush, Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, 10 Pied Wagtail, 2 Linnet (Colin Jupp et al per ELBF FB)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 11 Swift, Lesser Whitethroat (Jon Agar)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 100+ Swift, 3 Little Egret, 18 Sand Martin, 64 House Martin, 4 Cetti's Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 6 Reed Warbler, 8 Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, 2 Grey Wagtail (Alex Bailey); 2 Arctic Tern N over Lockwood 19.40 (Lol Bodini)
 * Wanstead Flats: Garden Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 12 Common Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Hobby, Kestrel, 2 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 3 Swallow, 2 House Martin, Swift, Meadow Pipit, 5 Skylark (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: Hobby, Kestrel, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, 8 m Common Whitethroat, Little Egret, 2 Gadwall (Nick Croft)
 * West Norwood Cemetery: 1 Swift, 2 singing Blackcap, Peregrine, tame Red Fox, 15 adult Starling in grass no young (Michael Mac)
 * Yeading Brook meadows: Pheasant heard, Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, Swift, 7 singing Blackcap, 10 Common Whitethroat, singing Lesser Whitethroat, singing Cetti's Warbler (my first record in this area), 2 singing Chiffchaff, {Small Copper} (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 4th May 2019

 * Aldenham Country Park: Muscovy Duck, Ring-necked Parakeet, 4 Stock Dove, Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 19 House Martin, Sand Martin, 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 5 Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Treecreeper, Goldcrest (Toby Mylett)
 * Alexandra Park: no sign of Red-throated Diver, Common Sandpiper Wood Green Res, 2 Little Egret, 6 Swallow, 4 Sand Martin, Swift, 2m Red-crested Pochard (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR: Arctic Tern on deck below viewpt pm (Laurence Drummond tweet)
 * Battlers Green Farm "WD7": Red Kite over 17:16, 5 Starling (Toby Mylett)
 * Brent Reservoir: drake Mandarin, 7 Common Buzzard, 3 Red Kite, Hobby, 2 Peregrine, 2 Common Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 170+ Swift, 52 singing Blackcap (Brent Birders)
 * Brookside Park and Fields, South Mimms: Red Kite, Kestrel, 4 Collared Dove, Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, 13 Starling, 2 Skylark, Chiffchaff, 2 Common Whitethroat, 3 Chaffinch (Toby Mylett)
 * Crossness: Common Sandpiper, 1st-summer Caspian Gull between golf centre and pier, Yellow Wagtail N over paddocks 0930, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Lesser Whitethroats (Richard Bonser)
 * Dyrham Park: Nuthatch calling 18:00 (Toby Mylett)
 * Enfield "Ferny Hill": 2 Lapwing, Ring-necked Pheasant, 3 Red-legged Partridge, Skylark (Toby Mylett)
 * Hampstead Heath "Parliament Hill": Lesser Whitethroat heard but not seen, 2 Swallows N, House Martin N, Linnet SE (Pete Mantle)
 * Hemps Hill, Northaw: Red Kite, Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 6 Chaffinch, Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
 * Hornbeam Hills "EN4": 2 Red-legged Partridge (Toby Mylett)
 * KGV Res: 4 Gadwall, 2 Buzzard, 14 Common Tern, 2m Kestrel, 2 Hobby, 300 Swift, 150 Sand Martin, 100 Swallow, 150 House Martin, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, 3 Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 1m Reed Bunting (Jez Dagley per ELBF FB)
 * Letchmore Heath Ponds: Collared Dove, 11 House Martin, 3 Blackcap (Toby Mylett)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Redshank, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Swift, 6 House Martin, 1 Wheatear, 1 Kestrel, 1 Whimbrel E, 1 Lesser Whitethroat h (Martin Honey); Hobby, 6+ Swift, {Small Copper} (Neil Anderson)
 * North Mymms Wood "EN6": Stock Dove, Skylark, 3 Chaffinch (Toby Mylett)
 * Nye Park "EN6": Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Toby Mylett)
 * Purfleet "R Thames": Little Egret, Marsh Harrier ad m, Grey Plover, Whimbrel, 5 Bar-tailed Godwit, Hobby, 12 Swift (Fraser Simpson tweet)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: Great Northern Diver circled 0830 (Peter Newbound via Berks BC)
 * Rainham Marshes "80 species": incl 4 trilling Little Grebe, 5-6 Little Egret, Cattle Egret, 2 Wigeon pr, 4 Marsh Harrier, 2 Hobby, 2 Oystercatcher, 6 Avocet, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Ringed Plover, 3 Grey Plover, 5 Common Snipe, 5 Whimbrel, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Greenshank, 2 adult Mediterranean Gull upriver 09:30, 1-2 Common Tern, all three regular hirundines, 2 Yellow Wagtail heard, 2 f Northern Wheatear (Des McKenzie, Nick Tanner); also 5 Bar-tailed Godwit (Steve Bacon per ELBF FB); also incl 37 Shelduck, 8 Shoveler, 8 Pochard, 27 Tufted Duck, Buzzard, 9 Whimbrel, 6 Common Tern, Cuckoo, 112 Swift, 2 Kestrel, 5 Sand Martin, 5 Swallow, 2 House Martin (Brian Churches, Vic Wakerling et al per ELBF FB)
 * Rye Meads NR: 1m Garganey, Common Snipe, Wigeon, Garden Warbler, Swift (Eduardo López Salas)
 * Staines Reservoir: Scaup, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 2 Black-necked Grebe (Dom Pia tweet)
 * The Brook "BR5": 4+ Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Cormorant, 3 Stock Dove, Egyptian Goose (Jack Headley)
 * Totteridge Valley: 3 Rook (Toby Mylett)
 * Trent Park: Ring-necked Pheasant, 3 Blackcap (Toby Mylett)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: Wheatear, 5 Linnet, 2 Stock Dove (rear paddocks), 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Common Whitethroat, 3 Swift, 6 Sand Martin (Alastair Dent)
 * Wanstead Flats: Garden Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, Shelduck, Yellow Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, 4 Skylark, 3 Swift, 3 Swallow, Kestrel, Buzzard, Mistle Thrush (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: Reed Warbler (James Heal)
 * Wood Vale N10: Lesser Whitethroat perimeter of Sports Ground (Trevor Wyatt)

Friday 3rd May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Immature Red-throated Diver found by Bruce Carson on Tunnel reservoir (the small body of water north of Wood Green Reservoir) 0820-1720 and also getting onto adjacent New River it forayed as far as the pump house south of the filter beds and then back to Tunnel Res then N along the New River and circled landing on Wood Green Res where present until 2005 at least, also 15 Swallow, 20+ Swift, pair Gadwall, pair Peregrine, 2 Common Buzzard, Red Kite N, 2m Red-crested Pochard, ad Black-headed Gull, 1 House Martin, 2 Little Egret, Common Whitethroat, Treecreeper (APOG Birders)
 * Belhus Woods CP: Nightingale (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Brixton Town Hall: 2 Swifts high up (Michael Mac)
 * Cely Woods: incl Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Green Woodpecker, Skylark, 11 Chiffchaff, 5 Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler, 18 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Common Whitethroat, Corn Bunting, 2 Yellowhammer (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Clapham Common: Garden Warbler between Mount Pond and Bandstand) in full voice, Blackcap, 4 Stock Dove, friendly Gadwall on Long Pond (Mark H) no surname [in all 27 patch posts since 2011]
 * Crossness: Sparrowhawk, 2 Peregrine, 2 Lapwing, Dunlin, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 50+ Common Tern, 2 Swift, 4 Swallow, 24 Sand Martin, Skylark, 6 Blackcap, 16 Common Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 15 Reed Warbler, 8 Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting (Conrad Ellam)
 * Dungeon Hill: Grasshopper Warbler [site-1st] reeling 0830 (Graham Harris via DH Wildlife FB)
 * Ewell West Station: 1 singing Blackcap (Neil Batten)
 * Hampstead Heath: Whitethroat singing at Pryor's Field am (Pete Mantle)
 * Hemans Estate Community Garden: House Sparrow only just starting to re-build nest in roof hole used last year (Michael Mac)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 3m Cuckoo, Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, Yellow Wagtail (Paul Harvey per ELBF FB)
 * Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 1 House Martin w, 4 Swallow w, 1 Common Buzzard sw, 2 Blackcap (Neil Batten) N Batten - pls use commas not periods or ampersands to separate species thx
 * Lee Valley Olympic Park: 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, Green Woodpecker, Jay, 10+ Sand Martin, Peregrine (Richard Harrison)
 * London Wetland Centre: Shelduck, Teal, 40 Swift, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Snipe, Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, 4 Redshank, Red Kite NW, 3 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 12 Reed Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 7 Yellow Wagtail (including 1 Blue-headed) (Oscar Dewhurst); 4 Little Ringed Plover, still 4 Lapwing chicks, 1 Wigeon, singing Reed Bunting (Martin Honey)
 * London Zoo: 2 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 3 Swift, 3 Blackcap (Sam Jones)
 * Margravine Cemetery: pr Nuthatch feeding yg (Nathalie Mahieu tweet)
 * Mayflower Park: Peregrine, male Reed Bunting, 5 Reed Warbler territories (Bob Smith)
 * Middlesex University Campus: Sparrowhawk, Swift [first of year at site], Blackcap (Toby Mylett)
 * Rainham Marshes: Cattle Egret on Purfleet marsh, Great White Egret high W over Aveley Pools, 4 Little Egret, Pink-footed Goose on Aveley Pools, 5 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Whimbrel, Greenshank, 6 Avocet, Common Snipe, Ruff, 4 Dunlin, Grey Plover, 3 Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Barn Owl, Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 3 Hobby, Raven (Andrew Self/RSPB); also Water Rail, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Ruff (Patrick Hart, Nick Croft per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: Shelduck over, 3m Red-crested Pochard, Red-legged Partridge, Garden Warbler, Common Sandpiper (Friday BG); Yellow Wagtail over (Phil Davies, P. Redmond, S. Woolfenden)
 * South Lodge Farm: 2 Red-legged Partridge, 19 Stock Dove, 9 Barn Swallow, f Yellow Wagtail feeding amongst horses, 2 Common Whitethroat pr, 2 Long-tailed Tit pr, 14 Starling (Robert Callf)
 * Staines Moor: m Tufted Duck on R Colne [rare here], Little Egret, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 29 Lapwing, 2 Redshank, Cuckoo, Kingfisher, 4 Hobby hunting together over R Colne, 30+ Swift, 3 Sand Martin, 7 Swallow, Lesser Whitethroat, 2f Wheatear (Lee Dingain tweet)
 * Staines Reservoir: m Ruff w/ broken leg on s basin (Jim Sweetland per Dom Pia tweet)
 * The Brook BR5: 4-5 Blackcap, 1-2 Chiffchaff, 4+ singing Song Thrush, 5 Herring Gull, 3+ Lesser Black-backed Gull, Linnet, calling Goldcrest (Jack Headley)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 6+ Common Whitethroat, 1+ Lesser Whitethroat (path between Lammas Meadow and Porter's Field), 2 Linnet (Paul Francis) thanks to Eugene for help in search for lifetime tick of LW
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 8 Sand Martin 4pr nesting by Coppermill Tower (Ian Green, Charlie Owens)
 * Warren Farm, Norwood Green: f Kestrel, Little Owl on eggs, several Skylark territories, 10 Swallow N, 2 Mistle Thrush, Blue Tit, Great Tit both nesting in abandoned buildings (Phil Belman)
 * Yeading "Jollys Ln": local Red Kite circling low in distance (Neil Anderson)

Thursday 2nd May 2019

 * Aldenham Country Park: 16 Swallow, Common Whitethroat, 3 Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, Blackcap, Treecreeper, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 23 Tufted Duck, 9 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Greylag, 6 Gadwall, Goldcrest. (Samuel Levy)
 * Alexandra Park: M Greenland Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, 23 Swift, 3 Swallow, Peregrine, m Common Whitethroat, Small Heath (APOG Birders)
 * Bankside “SE1”: Common Whitethroat singing at east end of Tate Modern at 18.30 (Reuben Braddock)
 * Brookmill Park: Sparrowhawk, Stock Dove, Song Thrush, 2 singing Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crouch End: 8+ Swift circling, Swallow N over Park Road 10am (Bob Watts)
 * Ealing "W13": 2 Swift N and 3 others milling around - local breeders? - this morning (Bill Haines)
 * Elstree: Red Kite, 2 Swallow (Samuel Levy)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - Swift, 2 Swallow N, 4+ Stock Dove (Samuel Levy)
 * Gallions Reach: Osprey N 0850, Common Sandpiper, 3 Sand Martin, 34 Swallow NW, Skylark, Yellow Wagtail (Gary James via Essex BwS)
 * Golders Hill Park: 8 Herring Gull with 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull remarkable nos. for site, 2 singing Blackcap, 5 newly hatched Canada goslings (James Levy)
 * Gordon Square gardens: Firecrest singing male late pm (Sam Jones)
 * Greenwich: Trafalgar Rd 11 Swift NW, Peregrine. Power Station 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Swallow NW (Richard Green)
 * Greenwich Peninsula: 8 Swallow NW, Blackcap 1 m, Common Whitethroat 2 m (Richard Green)
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: 10 Common Tern, 10 Sand martin, 4 Swallow, 3 Reed Warbler, Blackcap m, Reed Bunting m (Richard Green,John Bushall)
 * Holland Park. Buzzard very low south, mobbed by Crows. (Chris Turner)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir (Hogg Lane viewing platform): 4 Red Kite, ridiculous amounts of Swift impossible to count fully but easily 2-300, 30+ Swallow, 10 Common Buzzard, 3 Blackcap, Sparrowhawk, Chiffchaff, Bullfinch, 4 Sand Martin, Common Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warbler, Common Tern, Arctic Tern, 6 House Martin, 2 Reed Bunting, 8 Black-necked Grebe, 11 Gadwall, 22 Tufted Duck, Goldcrest, 2 Little Grebe, 16 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Cormorant, Skylark. (Samuel Levy)
 * Honeydale Farm, Ruxley: 1 Wheatear still late pm (Jack Headley)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 2 Cuckoo, 11 Swift, 10 House Martin, 2 Sedge Warbler, f Wheatear evg (Shaun Harvey tweet); Lesser Whitethroat (Russell Sherriff per ELBF FB)
 * KGV Res: Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 3 Common Sandpiper, 16 Common Tern, Kestrel, Hobby, 200 Swift, 26 Sand Martin, 5 House Martin, 22 Swallow, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 8 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 14 Common Whitethroat, 3f Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 5m Greenfinch, 4 Linnet (Jez Dagley per ELBF FB)
 * Lewisham: 4 Swift n 6.45 (Conrad Ellam)
 * London Wetland Centre: Shelduck, 3 Teal, 100 Swift (mostly N), Water Rail, 24 Lapwing (including 4 chicks still), 2 Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 4 Redshank, Common Tern, 3 Red Kite NW, 8 Buzzard (N/NW), Hobby, Peregrine, 12 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Sedge Warbler, 15 Reed Warbler, Stonechat, 4 Yellow Wagtail (Oscar Dewhurst, Simon Fogg).
 * Lower Morden: Lesser Whitethroat (Bob Smith)
 * Mardyke, Stifford-Aveley: incl Swift, 6 Swallow, m Whinchat (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Margravine Cemetery: Swallow, 10 Long-tailed Tit fledglings (Nathalie Mahieu)
 * Middlesex University Campus: Cormorant over [unusual for site] (Toby Mylett)
 * North Ockendon "Fair Play Farm": incl 2f Whinchat, 2 Yellow Wagtail (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Perivale Wood LNR: Buzzard over 11:55 (Phil Belman)
 * Rainham RSPB: 3 Whimbrel, Swift also noted going through (Andrew Gouldstone); also Pink-footed Goose, Cattle Egret, Great Egret [black-billed bird in breeding plumage per RSLB blog], 4 Avocet 2pr, Grey Plover, Ruff, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank (Andy Tweed et al per ELBF FB)
 * Rainham Village: Common Buzzard, 2 Hobby, 4 Swift (Richard Harrison)
 * Richmond Park: 5 Red Kite - three went SE, 8 Buzzard - three went NW, Peregrine, 2 Common Tern prevented from landing on nesting rafts by gulls, 20 Swift mostly N, 25 Swallow mostly N, f Wheatear, 2 Whinchat, 100+ Starling (J.Wilczur); Common Sandpiper (S.Read)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 2 Shelduck, m Garganey, Avocet 0940, 3 Common Snipe all fr draper hide (Herts BN tweet)
 * St James's Park: Reed Warbler, 2 Swift (Frank Nugent)
 * Stanmore, Marsh Lane: Common Buzzard over (Samuel Levy)
 * South Lodge Farm: 23 Stock Dove feeding, 5 Barn Swallow, f Northern Wheatear, 40+ Starling (Robert Callf)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 3 Dunlin, 2 Oystercatchers, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Scaup, am (Dave Morris per FJM)
 * Stoneleigh Station KT17: 3 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest (Neil Batten)
 * Streatham Common: 1 Swallow followed by 2 Swifts at 9.30am (Peter Newmark)
 * Surbiton: 2 Swift, Peregrine high (Phil Davies)
 * Totteridge Valley: 4 Swallow, 3 Common Buzzard, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 14 singing Chiffchaff, 22 singing Whitethroat, 29 singing Blackcap, 10 Rook (John Colmans) 7 Swallow, Grey Heron, 8 Lapwing, Little Owl, Treecreeper, {2 Muntjac} (Samuel Levy)
 * Trent Park: 4 Mistle Thrush 2ad 2juvs Shaws Wd (Robert Callf)
 * Tufnell Park: 2 Swallows over NW, 6 Swifts between Tufnell Park and Kentish Town Tube Stations (Francis Tusa)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: Wheatear (f), 5 Linnet (rear paddocks), 7 Sand Martin (Leyton Marsh/canal), 3 Lesser Whitethroat (singing, E and W of rear paddocks and N of boardwalk), 3 Sedge Warbler, Reed Bunting (singing, N of boardwalk), Reed Warbler (singing, Bomb Crater Field ditch), 8 Common Whitethroat (singing across patch) (Alastair Dent)
 * Wanstead Flats: 10 Swift, 25 Swallow, 12 House Martin north (+3 resident), 3 Sand Martin, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 16+ Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Mistle Thrush, singing Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 5 Skylark,Stock Dovve, 2 Linnet, Pochard, Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, 2 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 3 Sparrowhawk, 19 Black-headed Gull (Nick Croft)

Wednesday 1st May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Garden Warbler (FOY), 6 Swift (FOY), Wheatear, Little Grebe incl pair Pochard Boating Lake, pair Gadwall Wood Green Res, Peregrine, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Greylag {Small Heath (FOY), 2 Orange Tip} (APOG Birders)
 * Battersea Reach "fr Cremorne Gardens": Egyptian Goose, Red Kite circled then W 14:48, vocal Oystercatcher downriver 14:20, 5 Black-headed Gull upriver (Des Mckenzie tweets)
 * Beckenham Crematorium/Cemetery: 6 Swifts briefly (not local) headed North East 14:35 (Michael Mac)
 * Belhus Woods CP: incl 12 Pochard, 33 Tufted Duck, Water Rail, Cuckoo, Swallow, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler, 7 Reed Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 17 Common Whitethroat, Reed Bunting (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Cray Valley Golf Course: 2 singing Common Whitethroat in brief visit (Jack Headley)
 * Dagenham Chase: Greenshank (Sam Porter tweet)
 * Forty Hall CP: 2 Kingfisher (Robert Callf)
 * Gipsy Hill/Crystal Palace: Starlings taking food to a few nests - this is Swift nesting area and none here as yet. I wonder what Swifts do when they return to find long used nest sites filled and no other available nest sites in the area? General concern about cavity nesting birds like Swifts and Starlings. (Michael Mac)
 * Greenford UB6: 1st Swift of year over garden (Neil Anderson)
 * Greenwich Peninsula: Common Whitethroat, 2 Linnet (Richard Green)
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: 10 Common Tern, 8 Sand Martin, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Redd Bunting pair. (Richard Green, John Bushall)
 * Ham Lands LNR: incl 2 Common Tern, Kingfisher (David Taylor tweet)
 * Hampstead Heath "Parliament Hill": Lesser Whitethroat showing well by gap in hedge 2, Common Whitethroat, m Blackcap, f Sparrowhawk with prey (Allan Stewart)
 * Hornsey N8: 15+ Swift (Mark Wardman)
 * Honeydale Farm, Ruxley: 2+ Wheatear in horse fields mid a'noon, 3 Swallow, 3+ Pied Wagtail, c2 singing Skylark, 3+ Linnet (Jack Headley)
 * Hyde Park: 30+ House Martin late pm scattering in all directions from what looked like a Peregrine rather than a Hobby (Samuel Levy)
 * Kensington Gardens: 2 Garden Warbler (Des McKenzie tweet)
 * KGV Res: 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow Wagtail over, 10 Swift, 1 Fieldfare west (LOW? FOM?) am (A.Middleton)
 * Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 1 Swallow sw, 1 singing Blackcap (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: Greenshank, Oystercatcher both grazing marsh, 4 Common Tern, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Common Snipe, 4 Redshank, 3 Shelduck, 21 Swift, Swallow, 4 Lapwing chicks (WWT website)
 * Lower Morden: Little Egret (Michelle Allan per Bob Smith)
 * Middlesex University Campus: 2 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff (Toby Mylett)
 * Pinner: Common Whitethroat on back lawn 07:35 (Richard Francis)
 * Rainham Village: Common Buzzard, 8 Swift (Richard Harrison)
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: Cattle Egret, Little Egret, 4 Avocet, Curlew, Hobby, Cuckoo m (Andrew Haynes); also pr Marsh Harrier, Whimbrel, f Kestrel, 25 Cetti’s Warbler, 10 Sedge Warbler, 30 Reed Warbler, 6 Common Whitethroat, 5 Reed Bunting ('SS' per ELBF FB); Red Kite (Paul Rigby per ELBF FB); 6 Whimbrel concrete barges (Sam Porter tweet)
 * South Norwood Country Park Lake: singing Reed Warbler, drinking Collared Dove, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel - no swifts! Mid-afternoon (Michael Mac)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 2 Dunlin, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Black-necked Grebe am (Bob Warden per FJM); "1500-1700" also Scaup, 2 Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, ad Little Gull, 14 Swift (Tony Sweetland tweet); "brief visit 1730" 20 Common Tern, 2 Oystercatcher, Black-necked Grebe, 3 Swift, 20 Swallow, House Martin, 3 Shelduck, Shoveler (Sam Jones); "afternoon" also m Scaup still, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Sanderling, Hobby [evg] (Dom Pia tweets)
 * Stave Hill/Russia Dock Woodland: no sign of Garden Warbler this morning, 20+ House Martin over the Shed for a few minutes before moving N, 1 Common Buzzard (John & Janet Cadera, Kathy Morris)
 * Sutcliffe Park: Little Egret, Little Grebe, Blackcap (Michael Edwards tweet)
 * Swanscombe Marsh “Black Duck Marsh” 10.45-11.45: 1 Hobby, 2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Common Buzzard, 2 Bearded Tit, 1 House Martin (in nest), 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Nightingale h, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, c10 Reed Warbler, 2 Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck, 5 Grey Heron, 6 Shelduck (river), 2 Whitethroat (Roger Keith)
 * The Brook BR5: pr Gadwall, 4+ singing Blackcap, singing Chiffchaff, 2 Egyptian Goose (Jack Headley)
 * Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: 38 Blackcap, 18 Swallow, 10 Starling, 17 Chiffchaff, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Little Owl, Pied Wagtail, 2 House Martin, 32+ Rook, 43 Stock Dove, 25 Common Whitethroat, 11 Lapwing, Tree Pipit (Dropped into Old Gropper field but not relocated), Yellow Wagtail, 2 Swift high N (foy), 4 Goldcrest, 2 Teal, 5 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Linnet, 6 Red Kite (inc 3 drifting extremely high SE), 2 Grey Heron, Treecreeper, 4 Tufted Duck. Also Muntjac, Orange-Tip, Peacock, Speckled Wood and plenty of St Marks Flys. (Samuel Levy & Tony Clancy)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs "main gp": Common Snipe, 3 Greenshank circled then N, f Cuckoo, c20 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, House Martin, 4+ Reed Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler (TyttGP tweets)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 4 Common Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Redwing (rear paddocks), Pied Wagtail, 2 Linnet (Jon Agar)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Common Tern (Jon Agar)
 * Wanstead Flats: Green Sandpiper (Sean Kerrigan); Willow Warbler, 10+ Whitethroat territories, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, singing Meadow Pipit, 11 House Martin, 3 Swallow, Sand Martin, 1 Swift, Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Hobby, 2 Gadwall, f Pochard, Linnet, 3 Mistle Thrush  (Nick Croft/Sean Kerrigan)
 * Wanstead Park: Reed Warbler, 7 Whitethroat territories, 2 Little Egret, 4 Little Grebe, Pochard, Kestrel, Hobby, Red Kite, 5 Swift, Swallow, 2 singing Mistle Thrush (Nick Croft)
 * Westminster: 2 Common Sandpiper on the foreshore next to Palace of Westminster at 08:15 before departing W (Frank Nugent)
 * Wimbledon Common: Wheatear (m), Reed Bunting singing on the Plain, 4 Buzzard, 4 Swift, 2 Egyptian Geese with one gosling remaining at Rushmere (Adrian Podmore)
 * Woodford Green: Little Egret over 08.25, 13 Swift 4 at 10.00 & 9 at 17.15, Swallow over 10.08, Grey Wagtail over at 10.30, 2 Buzzards, Red Kite and Goshawk all high and going East at 12.37, 12.39 and 12.41 respectively, + Sparrowhawk carrying prey item 13.00 and Hobby going West low at 13.19.(Ken Murray)

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