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Tuesday 2nd October 2012

 * Alexandra Park: 2 Medow Pipits, Chiffchaff 0655-0720 (Bob Watts).
 * Bottom Wood, nr. Maple Cross: 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel (Roger Dewey).
 * Brent Reservoir: viz-mig: 185 House Martins, 33 Chaffinch, 23 Meadow Pipits, 22 Goldfinch etc; also 6 Wigeon & 2 Snipe (Andrew Self & Andrew Verrall).
 * Canons Farm: 10 Swallow, 11 House Martin, 4 Skylark, 4 Chaffinch, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Rook, Kestrel, 32 Herring Gull (Nigel Sluman).
 * Ewell (Hogsmill Open Space): 1 Swallow & 4 House Martins nw, 1 Sand Martin sw, Blackcap, Nuthatch, Kingfisher (Neil Batten).
 * Gillespie Park: Yellow Wagtail over mid am. (Chris Langsdon)
 * Paddington Green: c80 Goldfinch (D. McKenzie).
 * Pinner Park Farm: 2 Little Owl, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Jay & 5 Grey Heron (Jon Ridge).
 * Staines Reservoir: 17.30-18.25 1 juv. Garganey (N.Basin, west bank), 2 Black-necked Grebe (S.Basin), 35 Housemartin (S.Basin). (A.Luscombe).
 * Stoneleigh (Chadacre Road): 08.35 to 09.05 - 3 Meadow Pipit sw, 2 Sparrowhawk east (Neil Batten).
 * Wanstead Flats: 0645-0800, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrels, 4 Swallows, 12 Meadow Pipits, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Chiffchaffs, inc. 1 singing bird (Tim Harris, Dan Hennessy)
 * Tufnell Park N7: Grey Wagtail 0845 (Neil Bowman)
 * Woodoaks Farm, Maple Cross: 1 Little Owl, 100+ Swallow and 100 + House Martin & a few Sand Martin. (Roger Dewey)
 * Woodside Park: 2 House Martin, 3 Siskin, 2 Grey Wagtail (Ian Ellis).
 * Wormwood Scrubs: 1 Kingfisher low over the football pitches heading NE, 1 Redwing (1st for the season), c30 Swallow mostly SW, c2 House Martin, c6 Chiffchaff, 1 female Blackcap, 1 Peregrine, 2 Jackdaw, c7 Jay, c30 Meadow Pipit & c6 'alba' wagtails south (The Scrubbers).

Monday 1st October 2012

 * Alexandra Park: 6 Swallows 1745-1815 mostly NW (Bob Watts).
 * Brent Reservoir: (morning) 6 Wigeon, 3 Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 2 Lapwing, Sand Martin (Bill Haines); (afternoon) 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Swallow, House Martin, Siskin over (Andrew Verrall).
 * Brookmill Park: The Gull does indeed appear to be a Lesser Blackback (a rather pale individual). Otherwise very quiet in the park - Mandarin still emerging from eclipse, 2 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam).
 * Danson Park: 2 Shoveler (pair - eclipse male), 9 Pochard, 3 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 8 Egyptian Geese, 41 Canada Geese, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Cormorant, 1 Green Woodpecker, 168 Ring-necked Parakeet apparently converging, in various groups, on 'woodland' in main wildlife area (Chris Rose).
 * East Dulwich: 50 House Martin west (Steven Robinson).
 * Enfield: Whinchat (Birdguides).
 * Greenwich, Highbridge Wharf: 50+ House Martin 09:30 high up heading west (observer?).
 * Hampstead Heath: Common Gull, 5 Gadwall, 3 Shoveler (Highgate no. 1), mixed tit flock with Chiffchaff and Spotted Flycatcher, (hedgerow adjacent to Highgate no. 2), 4-5pm (Adrian Platt).
 * Lewisham: 15 House Martin west 10.50 (Conrad Ellam).
 * Norwood Grove Recreation Ground: 1 tawny owl (heard) (R Bell)
 * Paddington Green: Hobby south-west / south 15:25 (from Hampstead direction), 2 Peregrine Falcon, 3-4 Grey Wagtail (1 singing), at least 7 Chiffchaff (1-2 singing) (D. McKenzie).
 * Pinner Park Farm: 5 Jay, 4 Misttle Thrush, 2 Grey Heron & 1 Chiffchaff (Jon Ridge).
 * South Norwood CP: 56 House Martin west (Steven Robinson).
 * Streatham Hill (Telford Avenue, near Tooting Bec Common, 3.30pm): 50-60 Carrion Crow in noisy congregation on rooftops; 1 Sparrowhawk mobbed by 2 Carrion Crow; 4 Swallow heading S (Nick Granger-Taylor).

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