NewsOct2002

October 31 Ferruginous Duck at Saxon Lake, view from footbridge over M4, access from south west side of West Drayton TQ056782

October 28 Ferruginous Duck at Saxon Lake, view from footbridge over M4, access from south west side of West Drayton TQ056782 Water Pipit at King George VI Res before flying onto Staines Moor, also Green Sand (Ken Purdey) Green Sandpiper, 4 at Staines Res (Ken Purdey) Stonechat at Kempton NR, also 204 Lapwing (Ken Purdey) Kittiwake, 2 past Dartford on the Thames (Birdguides) Woodpigeon, c500 over Bayswater this morning (Sacha Barbato)

October 27 Lesser Yellowlegs at Amwell GP, on Sheepcote Farm Pit - See Photo, also Little Egret (Birdguides) Little Gull, juvenile at Brent Res, also 6 Snipe & Goldeneye (Andrew Self) Red-crested Pochard at Barnes WWT (Birdguides) Mediterranean Gull, 1st winter on Thames at Dartford Marsh (Birdguides) Mediterranean Gull, adult at Barking Creekmouth (Birdguides) Common Scoter on Queen Mary Res (Birdguides)

October 26 Lesser Yellowlegs at Amwell GP, on Sheepcote Farm Pit (Birdguides) Dartford Warbler at Tylers Common at Pages Farm in hedges at TQ557901 - please park only in Harold Wood Park or Hall Lane car parks (Birdguides) Mediterranean Gull at Valentines Park - regular wintering bird (Peter Hopkins)

October 25 Lesser Yellowlegs at Amwell GP, on Sheepcote Farm Pit (Birdguides) Mediterranean Gull at Beddington SF, also Water Rail (Johnny Allan) Mediterranean Gull at Greenwich Ecology Park, also Reed Warbler (Birdguides) Bearded Tit, 3 at Rye Meads RSPB

October 24 Lesser Yellowlegs at Amwell GP, on Sheepcote Farm Pit (Birdguides) Firecrest, 2 at Victoria Park, also 40 Fieldfare & several Siskin TQ355835 (Birdguides) Little Gull at King George VI Res, also Green Sand (Rob Innes) Water Pipit, 2 at Beddington SF, also Water Rail (Johnny Allan) Dartford Warbler at Harold Wood in fenced off area 100m east of hedge with 5 oaks at Pages Farm still, between Tylers Common and Harold Wood early evening TQ554901 (Birdguides) Fieldfare, 9 at Fairlop CP, also Peregrine (Alan Bell)

October 23 Lesser Yellowlegs at Amwell GP, on Sheepcote Farm Pit, also 4 Green Sands & 2 Jack Snipe (Birdguides) Ring-billed Gull, by Millennium Dome, off Bugsby Reach, also 4 Yellow-leggged Gulls & 2 Shags in area (Chris White) Ring Ouzel at Victoria Park, also Firecrest Dartford Warbler at Harold Wood TQ558901 (Birdguides) Swallow, 5 over King George VI Res, also 4 Green Sands & 10 Goldeneye (Rob Innes) Stonechat, 7 at Staines Moor (Rob Innes) Goldeneye, 8 at Staines Res, also Green Sand (Rob Innes) Cetti's Warbler at Rye Meads RSPB (Alan Harris) Goosander, 7 at King George V Res (Martin Shepherd)

October 22 Lesser Yellowlegs at Amwell GP, on Sheepcote Farm Pit, also Green Sand (Birdguides) Dartford Warbler at Harold Wood TQ558901 (Birdguides) Goldeneye, 9 at Staines Res, also 3 Green Sands & Rock Pipit (Rob Innes)

October 21 Lesser Yellowlegs at Amwell GP, on Sheepcote Farm Pit, also 2 Jack Snipe, 4 Green Sands & Yellow-legged Gull (Birdguides) Ring Ouzel, at Mudchute Country Park, Isle of Dogs (Birdguides) Ring Ouzel at Victoria Park, feeding with Redwings (Birdguides) Mediterranean Gull at Valentines Park - regular returning wintering bird (Birdguides) Firecrest at Vicarage Farm, North Enfield, also 30 Siskin & Fieldfare (Birdguides) Goldeneye, 9 at Staines Res, also 3 Green Sands (Rob Innes & Ken Purdey) Little Gull at King George VI Res, also 3 Green Sands (Rob Innes) Green Sandpiper at Stanwell Moor (Rob Innes)

October 20 Lesser Yellowlegs at Amwell GP, on Sheepcote Farm Pit (Birdguides) Green Sand at Staines Res, also Yellow Wagtail (Rob Innes)

October 19 Lesser Yellowlegs at Amwell GP, on Sheepcote Farm Pit, also 3 Green Sands & 2 Jack Snipe (David Darrell-Lambert & Birdguides) Visible migration over Brent Res: Fieldfare, 309 Woodpigeons, 8 Pied Wagtails, 30 Chaffinch, 56 Redwing, 8 Greenfinch, 5 Linnet, 53 Jackdaw, 2 Lesser Redpoll, Siskin, Skylark, Swallow & a Ring-necked Parakeet, also 3 Snipe (Andrew Self) Visible migration over Horsenden Hill: Tree Sparrow, 60 Chaffinch, 3 Siskin, 2 Redpoll, 2 Linnet, 16 Greenfinch & 19 Redwing, also Little Owl present (Andy Culshaw) Snow Bunting over Barnes WWT, also Mealy Redpoll (Birdguides) Rock Pipit, 2 at Staines Res, also Green Sand, 11 Goldeneye & Lesser Redpoll (Rob Innes) Little Gull at King George VI Res, also Green Sand (Peter Naylor & Andrew Moon) Dartford Warbler at Staines Moor, with pair of Stonechats, also 20+ Fieldfare, 30+ Meadow Pipits & 3 Swallows (Andrew Moon)

October 18 Lesser Yellowlegs at Amwell GP, from view point at north end (Birdguides) Little Gull at Staines Res, also Rock Pipit & Green Sand (Ken Purdey) Ring Ouzel over Paddington Green at 07:48 (Des McKenzie) Short-eared Owl over Vicarage Farm, also 41 Meadow Pipits, 2 Swallows, 5 House Martins & 2 Stonechats (Robert Callf) Redwing, 278 over Chingford (Rich Cope) Brambling, c5 at Copped Hall/Warren Wood (Andrew Middleton) Jack Snipe, 15 at Beddington SF, also Rock Pipit, 7 Green Sands & 25 Snipe (Johnny Allan)

October 17 Slavonian Grebe at Staines Res, also Rock Pipit, 3 Green Sands, Swallow & Peregrine (Rob Innes) Redwing 20+ at Brent Res, also 15+ Song Thrush, Nuthatch, 5 Snipe & 7 Water Rails (Roy Beddard) Little Gull at King George VI Res, also 4 Green Sands, Dunlin, Stonechat, Swallow & 5 Goldeneye (Ken Purdey) Woodlark flew SW over Barnes WWT, also 7 Brambling, 18 Lesser Redpoll & 33 Swallows (Birdguides) Jack Snipe, 9 at Beddington SF, also Ruff (Johnny Allan) Brambling, 9 at Trent Park (Robert Callf)

October 16 Great Northern Diver on King George VI Res, also 2 Rock Pipits & Little Gull (Peter Naylor) Short-eared Owl, briefly at Staines Res (Peter Naylor) Dartford Warbler at Staines Moor with 6 Stonechats, also 100+ Meadow Pipits, 50+ Skylarks, 3 Lesser Redpolls & 10 Redwing (Peter Naylor) Little Gull, on Thames at Greenwich, also Stonechat 200m east of Dome (Chris White) Bittern at the Bittern Watchpoint, Fishers Green (Birdguides) Caspian Gull, adult at Beddington SF, - See Photo, also Ruff & Little Gull (Johnny Allan) Ring Ouzel at Merryhills Brook, North Enfield (Robert Callf & Robin White)

October 15 Little Gull, 5 east past Thames Barrier, also Yellow-legged Gull, Shag & Redshank in area (Chris White)

October 14 Slavonian Grebe at Staines Res, also 3 Green Sands, 4 House Martins & Swallow (Ken Purdey) Little Gull, 2 at King George V Res (Phil Vines) Redpoll, 2 over Vicarage Farm, North Enfield, also Reed Bunting (Robert Callf)

October 13 Woodlark, 2 over Coppetts Wood at 09.00 (Tony Clancy) Visible migration over Brent Res: 59 Meadow Pipits, 31 Pied Wagtails, 17 Chaffinch, 9 Redwing, 7 Greenfinch, 6 Linnet, 3 Jackdaw, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Siskin, 2 Skylark & a Reed Bunting, also 6 Snipe (Andrew Self) Ring-billed Gull at Woolwich Common, on grass opposite Royal Military Academy (Birdguides) Bittern at 70 Acres Lake, Cheshunt (present since Tuesday) (Alan Griffiths) Fieldfare, 2 at Cornmill Meadows, also 16 Redwing (Jeff Butcher) Redwing, 125 over Chingford, also 7 Skylark, 2 Redpoll & Siskin (Rich Cope) Linnet, 100 over Parkside Farm, North Enfield, also 16 Skylark (Robert Callf) Stonechat at Trent Park (Robert Callf) Little Gull at King George V Res, also Goosander, 3 Goldeneye, 22 Skylark & Common Sand (Andrew Middleton)

October 12 Pectoral Sandpiper at Beddington SF (Johnny Allan) Ring Ouzel, 3 at Whipps Cross (Peter Hadrill) Yellow-legged Gull at East India Dock Basin, also 5 more on Thames & Shag (Roy Woodward) Woodlark, 2 in private area by Trent Park (Robert Callf)

October 11 Ring-billed Gull, just east of Millennium Dome, also Yellow-legged Gull (Birdguides) Little Gull at Staines Res, also Dunlin, Redshank & Wheatear (Rob Innes) Barn Owl at Stanwell Moor, also Green Sand (Chris Lamsdell & Rob Innes) Short-eared Owl at Staines Moor, also 4 Stonechat & 11 Skylark (Chris Lamsdell & Rob Innes) Rock Pipit, 2 at Queen Mary Res (Chris Lamsdell) Wheatear at Queen Mother Res (Chris Lamsdell) Woodlark, 2 in private area by Trent Park (Robert Callf) Redwing, 155 over Chingford, also 70 Greenfinch, 24 Song Thrush, 5 Skylark, Siskin & Lesser Redpoll (Rich Cope)

October 10 No further sign of small gull on River Thames in Central London. Seen on Monday by London Eye and Tuesday opposite Tate Modern it's either a small Black-headed Gull or a Bonaparte's. Worth keeping an eye out for! Little Gull at Staines Res, also Slavonian Grebe (Ken Purdey) Green Sandpiper at King George VI Res (Ken Purdey) Red-crested Pochard at Pinner Memorial Park, also Mandarin (Birdguides) Wheatear, 4 at Queen Mother Res (Chris Lamsdell) Ring Ouzel at Chingford Plain (Rich Cope) Siskin, 19 at Trent Park (Robert Callf)

October 9 Guillemot on River Thames at Tilbury, also 2 Little Gulls in Tilbury Docks (Steve Connor) Sandwich Tern, 4 past Thames Barrier at 10.15 (Birdguides) Yellow-legged Gull on River Thames by Tate Modern (David Darrell-Lambert) Swift over Liverpool St Station at 17.25 (Birdguides) Wigeon, 507 at Staines Res, also Slavonian Grebe, Goldeneye, Green Sand, Yellow-legged Gull, Wheatear & 2 Rooks over (Rob Innes) Ring Ouzel, 2 at Tylers Common (Colin Jupp) Dunlin at King George V Res, also Common Sand (Andrew Middleton & Martin Shepherd)

October 8 Pectoral Sandpiper at Beddington SF, also Caspian Gull & Ruff (Johnny Allan) Lapland Bunting flew south over King George V Res at 13.45, also Rock Pipit and Common Sandpiper (Andrew Middleton) Little Gull at Staines Res, also Slavonian Grebe & Wheatear (Rob Innes) Green Sandpiper, 2 at Stanwell Moor, also Greenshank & 415 Wigeon flew over (Rob Innes) Stonechat at Staines Moor, also 45 Meadow Pipits (Rob Innes) Ring-billed Gull, just west of Greenwich Ecology Park, also Yellow-legged Gull (Chris White) Shag at Millennium Dome, also 3 Yellow-legged Gulls (Chris White) Swallow, 3 flew over Enfield Lock (Martin Shepherd)

October 7 Ring Ouzel at Vicarage Farm, North Enfield, also Black Redstart, Stonechat & 28 Meadow Pipits over (Robert Callf & Robin White) Swallow, 6 flew over Trent Park (Robert Callf) Little Gull, 3 at Staines Res, also Slavonian Grebe, Dunlin & Wheatear (Rob Innes & Ken Purdey) Stonechat, 2 at Staines Moor (Ken Purdey) Green Sandpiper, 3 at Stanwell Moor, also Greenshank (Rob Innes & Ken Purdey) Green Sandpiper at King George VI Res (Ken Purdey)

October 6 Wheatear at Walthamstow Res, also Swallow (David Darrell-Lambert) Jack Snipe at Ponders End Lake, Enfield (Roy Woodward) Red-necked Grebe at Staines Res, also Slavonian Grebe, Dunlin & Ruff (Peter Naylor) Egyptian Goose, 2 at Queen Mary Res (Peter Naylor) Greenshank at King George VI Res, also Green Sandpiper (Peter Naylor)

October 5 Meadow Pipit, 110 at Queen Mother Res (Peter Naylor) Meadow Pipit, 38 at King George VI Res, also Common Sandpiper (Peter Naylor) Green Sandpiper, 2 at Stanwell Moor (Peter Naylor) Meadow Pipit, 40 over Brent Res, also 24 Chaffinch, 10 Pied Wagtail & 3 Jackdaw (Andrew Self) Slavonian Grebe at Staines Res, also Ruff, Dunlin & Green Sandpiper (Peter Naylor & Birdguides) Pectoral Sandpiper at Beddington SF, also Caspian Gull, 6 Green Sands & Ruff (Johnny Allan) Hobby at Lambeth Res (Steve Spooner)

October 4 Slavonian Grebe at Staines Res, also Green Sand, Ruff & Wheatear (Ken Purdey & Rob Innes) Green Sandpiper, 2 at Stanwell Moor, also 17 Snipe (Rob Innes) Stonechat, 3 at Staines Moor, also 119 Meadow Pipits (Rob Innes) Yellow Wagtail over Greenwich Ecology Park, also Yellow-legged Gull (Chris White) Greenshank at King George VI Res, also Green & Common Sand (Chris Lamsdell) Common Sandpiper at King George V Res, also 3 Goldeneye (Martin Shepherd)

October 3 Pectoral Sandpiper at Beddington SF, also Short-eared Owl (Johnny Allan) Whinchat at Dagenham Chase, also Stonechat (Birdguides) Redwing, 15 at Vicarage Farm, also 3 Stonechat (Robert Callf)

October 2 Slavonian Grebe at Staines Res, also 4 Egyptian Geese flew over plus 2 Ruff & Yellow Wagtail (Rob Innes) Green Sandpiper at Stanwell Moor, also 2 Greenshank, 15 Snipe & 367 Wigeon flew over (Rob Innes) Wheatear, two at Moor Lane Fields, near Staines Moor (Rob Innes) Sedge Warbler at Staines Moor, also 62 Meadow Pipits (Rob Innes) Wheatear at Horton Fields, near Queen Mother Res, also Yellow Wagtail (Rob Innes) Whinchat, two at Cornmill Meadows, also Green Sand, Water Rail & Stonechat (Jeff Butcher) Spotted Flycatcher, 3 at Weald Park, Belvedere (Colin Jupp) Stonechat, 4 at Tylers Common, also Whinchat (Colin Jupp) Hobby, two at Amwell GP (P. Smith)

October 1 Ferruginous Duck, juvenile at Staines Res, on south basin, (originally at Wraysbury GP) also Slavonian Grebe, Dunlin & 2 Yellow Wagtails (Chris Heard & Peter Naylor) Ring-billed Gull on River Thames, 500m west of Thames Barrier at low tide, also 5 Yellow-legged Gulls (Birdguides) Hobby at Cornmill Meadows, also Green Sand & Stonechat (Birdguides) Jackdaw over Kingsway, WC2 (Dave Miller) Common Sandpiper, 5 at King George V Res, also 3 Yellow Wagtails (Andrew Middleton)