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 * THREAT TO BOTWELL COMMON: Details HERE

Friday 2nd March

 * Beddington SF: Iceland Gull (Birdguides).
 * Brimsdown: Cetti's Warbler singing from scrub on west side of canal at 08.10 (Martin Shepherd).
 * Bushy Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (fem), c 20 siskin, south side of Canal Plantation (Bob Whatley).
 * Crayford Marshes: Iceland Gull flew north-west over Yacht Club at 09:00; Spotted Redshank on foreshore near Yacht Club. 2 Grey Plover, 4 Oystercatcher, 6 Curlew. (Kev Jarvis).
 * Crossness Nature Reserve (southern marshes): Little Grebe, Kestrel, Shelduck, Little Egret.(Matt B).
 * East India Dock Basin/Bow Creek: 6 Shelduck, 120 Teal, 24 Tufted Duck, 2 Redshank, Reed Bunting (John Archer).
 * Rainham Marshes: Iceland Gull (Birdguides).
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: 8+ Redwing, 2 singing Dunnocks, 2 calling Great Spotted woodpeckers, 1 pair R N Parakeets, 1 pair Mistle Thrush, Goldcrest singing Sanctuary Wood (Bob Watts).
 * Woodside Park: a Little Egret flew up the Dollis Brook at 10:50. (Ian Ellis)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: a pair of Skylarks for their second day - will they stop to breed? Also singing Reed Bunting, 4 singing Meadow Pipit & a Redwing. (The Scrubbers)

Thursday 1st March

 * Alexandra Park: Pair Greylag Wood Green Res 7am (Bob Watts).
 * Beddington SF : Iceland Gull 2nd-winter - a very pale bird with whitish iris - showing well all morning on south lake, also 1st-winter for at least an hour. Viewable from public footpath on west side (J.Wilczur).
 * Biggin Wood (Upper Norwood): 1 tawny owl (R Bell)
 * Bromley-by-Bow: 2 Shelduck still, 11 Teal, 9 Gadwall, Kingfisher, 3 (2m, 1 f) displaying Kestrels, huge Gyr or Saker type falconers hybrid soaring over Gas works, appeared bigger than Herring Gulls mobbing it (Stuart Fisher)
 * Bushy Park: Common Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, 40 Fieldfare, 90 Redwing, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Tony Duckett).
 * Crayford Marshes: Spotted Redshank on foreshore near Yacht Club, Avocet, Little Owl, 3 Green Sandpiper, 5 Curlew, Common Sandpiper, male Stonechat, 4 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Egret (Kev Jarvis).
 * East India Dock Basin area: 14 Shelduck, 160 Teal, 26 Tufted Duck, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 2 Stock Dove (Pura foods site), 1 Reed Bunting (Gary A James & John Archer).
 * Ewell, Hogsmill Open Space: Male Pheasant, 5 Stock Dove. Also large deposit of frog spawn overnight in marshy area by railway line (Neil Batten).
 * Greenwich Park: 4 Teal, Firecrest male still but elusive. Tawny Owl heard late evening. (Joe Beale and Yu-Hsuan Lin)
 * Hanwell: pair of Mandarin from bridge over river Brent (Jim Fell)
 * Little Britain Iver/Cowley: 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, 6 Gadwall, Collared Dove, 2 Little Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kingfisher, Jay, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Treecreepers, 2 Chaffinch, 15+ Redwing, Little Egret flew over, Song Thrush (Sue Giddens).
 * Regent's Park: m Smew still present, Common Buzzard, 7 Redwing (Tony Duckett).
 * Staines Reservoir: 8 Black-necked Grebe on South Basin, 2 Scaup 1 male, 3 redhead Smew (Jim Sweetland).
 * Thorney CP: 15+ Siskin, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Little Grebe, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Goldfinch, Canada Goose, 35+ Redwing, Dunnock (Sue Giddens).
 * Totteridge Valley: 4 Reed Bunting, Meadow Pipit, Fieldfare (just one now), Lapwing, pair Bulfinches (John Colmans).
 * Vauxhall: male Peregrine Falcon (Michael Mac).
 * Wimbledon Common: Firecrest in hollies N of Queensmere; 10 Siskin in alders on the Small Mound (David Wills).

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