NewsJune2005

London Bird News: June 2005

June 29 Black-necked Grebe at Staines Res, also Little Gull (Birdguides) Green Sandpiper, 10 at Beddington SF (Johnny Allan) Green Sandpiper, 3 at Tyttenhanger GP (Birdguides)

June 27 Spotted Redshank at Rainham Marshes RSPB, also Greenshank & 21 Little Egrets (Howard Vaughan, Birdguides) Med Gull, adult at Barking (Birdguides)

June 26 Green Sandpiper, 2 at Brent Res, also Curlew & 9 Lapwings over (Andrew Self, Roy Beddard)

June 25 Black-necked Grebe at KGVI Res, also Goldeneye (Pete Naylor) Green Sandpiper, 2 at Stanwell Moor, also 6 LRPs & Little Gull (Pete Naylor) Yellow-legged Gull at Staines Res (Frank Clark)

June 24 Quail heard at Rainham Marshes RSPB, from Aveley sea wall, also Wood Sand, 11 Green Sands & 6 Little Egrets (Howard Vaughan, David Smith) Little Gull, 2 at Staines Res (Birdguides)

June 18 Little Egret at Lee Valley, Hall Marsh Scrape (Birdguides) Green Sandpiper, 2 at Girling Res, relief channel (Martin Shepherd) Green Sandpiper at Cornmill Meadows (Martin Shepherd)

June 16 Turnstone at KGVI Res (Pete Naylor)

June 15 Curlew Sandpiper at Amwell GP (Birdguides) Little Gull at Staines Res (Birdguides) Little Egret, 4 at Rainham Marshes RSPB (David Darrell-Lambert)

June 14 Sanderling, 3 at QEII Res, also 3 Dunlin (Dave Harris) Little Gull, 2 at Staines Res, also 3 Curlew (Ken Purdey)

June 12 Woodchat Shrike, male at Richmond Park, one in the small enclosure south of Conduit Wood; park in Pembroke Lodge car park, cross the road and go left along Sidmouth Wood (Birdguides) Red Kite over Denham CP, west at 15.00 (Roger Dewey) Black Tern at Brent Res, also LRP (Andrew Self) Little Egret at Amwell GP, also LRP (Birdguides) Little Egret over Chafford Hundred (David Darrell-Lambert)

June 11 Black Tern, 7 at Staines Res, also Ringed Plover (Pete Naylor) Black Tern at QEII Res (Dave Harris)

June 10 Sanderling, 6 at QEII Res (Dave Harris) Tree Pipit at Wormwood Scrubs (David Lindo)

June 8 Montagu's Harrier, male over Kingsbury School at 10.30 (Tom Shannon) Red Kite over Sevenoaks WR, north at 09.55 (Birdguides) Nightingale, 3 at Sewardstone Marsh (David Callahan)

June 7 Little Egret, 12 at Rainham Marsh RSPB (Birdguides)

June 6 Montagu's Harrier, ringtail over Cricklewood, flew west (Jan-Paul Charteris) Crossbill, 5 at Walton Heath GC (Birdguides)

June 5 Red-backed Shrike, female at Hampstead Heath, in hedge at the top of Parliament Hill (Birdguides) Kittiwake, adult at Walthamstow Res (Pete Lambert) Red-crested Pochard at Beddington SF (Johnny Allan) Little Egret at Gunpowder Park (Brian Dawton) Sanderling at QEII Res, also Turnstone (Dave Harris)

June 4 Nightjar at Battersea (Ray Tuck) Sanderling at QE II Res (Dave Harris)

June 3 Sanderling at QE II Res (Dave Harris)

June 1 Little Egret, 8 at Rainham Marsh RSPB (Birdguides) Little Gull at Staines Res (Birdguides)