December 2017

Bird of the Month: London’s first Parrot Crossbill in 150 years
Early in December I thought I might have to nominate the Hawfinch as London’s star bird for yet a third month, but thankfully an even scarcer passerine turned up — in fact, one so rare that it last appeared in the London area more than 150 years ago.

Over the years there has been the occasional mild invasion of Parrot Crossbill into southern England. And December 2017 featured another modest influx, with small numbers encamped in Berkshire, Derbyshire and Suffolk and also — at last — within the London recording area. Three birds (two male, one female) were found in Broxbourne Woods NNR on the 18th and were seen daily until Christmas Day, allowing many London birders to catch up with them. (They then reappeared on New Year’s Day.)

A few Parrot Crossbill breed in Scotland, but otherwise the species is known in Britain only as a rare vagrant into eastern England from the Continent. There were small irruptions in 1982 and 1990, but London missed out on both occasions.

In fact, until this month the only London records related to birds slaughtered during the 19th century. The earliest accepted record is of a bird shot at Tooting in 1831. A description of the bird was published, but the physical evidence finished up inside a cat. Then an immature male and female were butchered at Southgate in November 1864 and another bird was slain at Plumstead in January 1868. In view of this calamitous London history, Broxbourne’s trio clearly qualify as December’s Birds of the Month.

(Sadly, I cannot illustrate this monthly round-up with images of the Broxbourne birds because no one has bothered to post images on this wiki.)

Waterbirds
On 1st December, a Whooper Swan spent a couple of hours at Banbury Reservoir before flying off north. Two days later, nine Bewick's Swan dropped in briefly at Sevenoaks WR, and on the 16th seven of the same species flew over Wanstead Flats — apparently the first patch record for 70 years.

There were a couple of sightings each of Barnacle Goose and Brent Goose during the month. Other notable anatids included one Common Scoter, two Scaup and three Red-breasted Merganser at various wetland sites.

In north London, Trent Park’s lower lake continued to host up to a couple of dozen Goosander, while nearby Grovelands Park was swamped by Mandarin Duck, with more than 100 counted on the 3rd. The sharpshooters of the Animal and Plant Health Agency are presumably already aware of the male Ruddy Duck seen at Bedfont Lakes CP on the 19th.

Great Northern Diver were seen at three sites, and a Red-necked Grebe was at Roding Valley Meadows NR from 9th to 16th.

Pelecaniforms
The Great White Egret that arrived at Fairlop Waters on 25th November decided to hang around until the end of the year, and was joined by a second bird for much of December. Another dropped in for a few days at Tyttenhanger GPs, and there were also sightings at Maple Lodge NR, Stockers Lake and the London Wetland Circus.

Seabirds
On the 11th, seven Kittiwake and three Little Gull were seen at Rainham Marshes and on the same day a juvenile Gannet flew over Bedfont Lakes CP. A juv Iceland Gull was at Beddington Farmlands for a few days in the middle of the month, and first-winter Iceys were also seen on playing fields in Croydon on Christmas Day and at Hilfield Park Reservoir on the 29th.

Raptors
Up to six Marsh Harrier were seen in the Rainham area, but there were no reports of Hen Harrier. The only sightings of Merlin were at Rainham Marshes and Totteridge Valley. A local obsession with feeding Red Kite led to several reports of large numbers at Iver Heath, with a maximum of 135 birds on the 15th.

Two Long-eared Owl were at Fairlop Waters on the 9th. There were just three reports of Short-eared Owl, all at Rainham Marshes.

Passerines
A House Martin seen at Nore Hill on the 12th equalled the latest ever London record for this species after one on the same date at New Addington in 1974.

Broxbourne Woods not only had its trio of Kiefernkreuzschnabel (as the Germans call them) but it was also London’s star site in the continuing Hawfinchfest, with up to 50 or so Hawfinch roosting there as Christmas approached. The only area to rival it was Thorndon CP, with sightings of up to 30 birds on 10 different days. Elsewhere, Hawfinch were seen at about 40 other sites but only in small numbers. Broxbourne was also one of the best sites for Brambling, with birds in double figures on the 2nd and 19th. Although not seen very often, Beddington’s Twite hung around into the new year.

An unseasonal Lesser Whitethroat in suburban Richmond from the 18th was quickly identified as the eastern (Siberian) subspecies. While most Lesserthroats were heading south, this bird had got its navigational knickers in a twist and migrated west instead. It obligingly stayed in the same small area into the new year.

But let’s finish this December round-up with something vaguely Christmassy. I personally wouldn’t be seen dead anywhere near Winter Wonderland, the excruciating annual “Christmas extravaganza” in Hyde Park. However, this year’s tacky event did attract some birders — if only to catch up with the Black Redstart that spent 10 days hanging around the site’s Gates 8 & 9.

(Contributed by Andrew Haynes, who offers London birders his best wishes for 2018 and also accepts full responsibility for any errors in this monthly round-up. Historical information is mainly based on archived reports on this wiki and on ‘The Birds of London' by Andrew Self.)

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Sunday 31st December 2017

 * Alexandra Park: 667 Black-headed Gull, 22 Common Gull, 11 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull on playing fields 0930, 45+ Common Gull and 15 Herring Gull amongst 650+ gulls on both Wood Green Res and playing fields at noon, 25+ Redwing (APOG Birders) Highest gull numbers for at least a decade.
 * Bexleyheath Cemetery: 100 Goldfinches arriving in pouring rain 15:00 to roost in yew and hollies. Maybe a regular winter roost (Patrick English)
 * Brent Reservoir: 16 Snipe, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff (Andrew Self)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, Song Thrush, 8 Redwing, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bushy Park: Fieldfare, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush, 45+ Redwing (Ian R Watson)
 * Connaught Water: Mandarin, Shoveler, Gadwall, Mallard, Teal, Pochard, Tufted Duck, 8 Goosander 2f 6m, Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, Buzzard, Kingfisher, Jay, Nuthatch, Mistle Thrush (Geoff Gram)
 * Dagenham, Fords: 64 Shelduck, 11 Pochard, Buzzard, 62 Lapwing, 21 Black-tailed Godwit, Kingfisher (Dave Morrison via Twitter)
 * Eastcote (Field End Recreation Ground): Redwing, 5 Fieldfare, c30 Common Gull, c50 Black-headed Gull (Tim Rymer)
 * Fairlop Waters: 2 Great White Egret still (Shaun Harvey-Twitter)
 * Farlows Lake, Iver: Peregrine male (Chris Lamsdell)
 * Hampstead Heath: West Heath - 2 confiding Firecrest just down from Jack Straw/Flagpole green. Seen before in holly bank from here to pergola. (Jo Edwards)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 1 Common Scoter f still present at 2.15pm, 1 Great Black-backed Gull in roost (Tony Blake).
 * Kingston: KT2 garden - 2 male Blackcaps (P Pentek)
 * Lamorbey Park: Little Grebe, 4 Cormorant, Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan, 18 Canada Goose, 12 Tufted Duck, 2 Peregrine, c100 Black-headed Gulls, 2 Common Gull, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Redwing, Coal Tit, Jay, 4 Jackdaw (Mike Amos)
 * London Wetland Centre: 4 Pintail, Goldeneye, Bittern, 3 Fieldfare, 17 Redwing, 2 Stonechat (WWT website)
 * Morden Hall Park: 8 Little Egret on Rose Garden lawn at dawn (Estate Ranger twitter)
 * Oxleas Wood: 4 Jackdaw, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Firecrest, 3 Goldcrest (Ron Turner)
 * Rainham RSPB: 4 Marsh Harrier, 25 Avocet, 30 Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Ringed Plover, 7 Curlew, 500 Dunlin, 2 Raven, Firecrest, 12 Redwing, pr Bullfinch (per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn Avenue. Alley access from alongside 90 Selwyn Avenue. View from just beyond first corner. Bird favours second garden on right with feeders. No parking charges today or Bank Holidays. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Richmond Park: 2 Woodcocks flew out of Sidmouth Wood enclosure around 4.45pm (Ian Bradshaw)
 * River Pool Linear Park: 3 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, Song Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest, 7 Long-tailed Tit (Keith Chambers)
 * Snaresbrook, Eagle Pond: Caspian Gull 3w still (Shaun Harvey-Twitter)
 * Stanborough Lakes: c310 Ring-necked Parakeet in roost in car park by 15:30 (Chris Ruis via Herts BC) TL228108
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 26 Teal on brook (record count), 2 Buzzard, m Kestrel, 33 Lapwing, 4 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 2 Skylark, 8 Meadow Pipit, 8 Fieldfare, 3 Reed Bunting, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 10 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson)
 * Tottenham Hale: Peregrine perched on disused block behind retail park (Dave Nichols)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Hawfinch, Woodcock both in the 'owl' field, Treecreeper, 3 Bullfinch, 27 Fieldfare, 11 Redwing, Mistle Thrush, 6 Teal; also Muntjac (John Colmans)
 * Trent Park: Hawfinch m 2:00pm treetops at north end of golf course, Treecreeper, Mandarin pair upper lake (A. Farris)
 * Wanstead Flats: m Stonechat, 13 Redwing, 5 Meadow Pipit, 350 Common Gull, 10+ Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, 13 Shoveler, 5 Teal (Nick Croft/Tim Harris)
 * Wanstead Park: Water Rail, Siskin, Treecreeper, 3 Goldcrest, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 8 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, 3 Pochard (Nick Croft)
 * Weald CP: 5 Goosander 3m 2f small lake, Red Kite, 1-2 Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Raven, 4 Siskin, 2+ Hawfinch flew from trees bordering horse ride at back of 'Roughs' & into woods (Andrew Cox via EBwS BN)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Teal f, Little Grebe, Water Rail, Redwing (TeRNSorg Twitter)
 * Worcester Park: garden KT4 - 2 Blackcap m f together in bush (Isaiah Rowe)
 * Yeading: White Hart rbt - Sparrowhawk, Grey Wagtail over, 6 Redwing nearby (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 30th December 2017

 * Alexandra Park: Red Kite east towards Wood Green 0940 over cricket pitch, also Fieldfare, 15+ Redwing, 30+ Common Gull playing fields (Gareth Richards, Bob Watts)
 * Balham, SW12: 1 Redwing in back garden (Derek Kelly)
 * Boxer's Lake, Enfield: 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 9 Mandarin Duck 5m 4f, 2 Shoveler m f, 6 Common Pochard 4m 2f, 16 Tufted Duck 9m 7f, Sparrowhawk, 19 Ring-necked Parakeet, Goldcrest singing (Robert Callf)
 * Brent Reservoir: 11 Snipe, 2 Egyptian Goose, Cetti's Warbler (Andrew Self)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Redwing, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bushy Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Little Egret, 6 Mistle Thrush, 5 Redwing, Water Rail (Ian R Watson)
 * Crayford Marshes: River Darent/Thames Foreshore 500+ Dunlin, 270 Lapwing, 75 Golden Plover, 3 Redshank, 3 Teal, 1 Shelduck, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Little Egret (Patrick English)
 * Creekmouth, Barking: 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, Goldcrest, 5 Grey Wagtail, Rock Pipit, Siberian Chiffchaff, 12 Chiffchaff (Paul Hawkins per ELBF FB)
 * Ewell: Banstead Rd - 9+ Brambling in mixed finch flock in fields North of DW Fitness, also 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Fieldfare (Neil Batten)
 * Fairlop Waters: 2 Great White Egret back on main fishing lake at 3:30, Wigeon, 5 Teal, 30+ Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, Bullfinch, Redpoll, Little Owl, 3 Goldcrest, 80+ Lapwing (Nick Croft et al)
 * Greenwich Peninsula: Kestrel, Peregrine, Stonechat, 3 Meadow Pipit; Grey Seal (Richard Green via Twitter)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 1 Caspian Gull 1w in gull roost, Common Scoter still; no sign of Iceland Gull (Tony Blake, Steve Murray).
 * King Edward Memorial Park (E1W): 5+ Long-tailed Tits
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, Bittern, 6 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, Redpoll (WWT website); 2 Bittern N shore main lake, 1 Common Snipe wader scrape, 20+ Long-tailed Tits plus 1 Goldcrest, 1f-type Goldeneye main lake (Martin Honey)
 * Lloyd Park E17: 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Tufted Duck (1m, 1f), 42 Mallard, 59 Black Headed Gull, 6 Common Gull (feeding gull flock building up before roost). (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * Mayflower Park: Bullfinch, 10 Redwing (Bob Smith)
 * Morden Cemetery: Little Owl (Bob Smith)
 * Oakwood Park: f Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush singing, 2 Chaffinch, f Greenfinch, 20+ Goldfinch, 10 Siskin feeding in Alders (Robert Callf)
 * Oxleas Wood: 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Chaffinch [2fm], 6 Goldcrest, 6 Jackdaw, Firecrest, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 4 Redwing, Stock Dove, Coal Tit, 5 Goldfinch, Sparrowhawk (Ron Turner)
 * Rainham RSPB: Short-eared Owl (Yvonne Couch per ELBF FB); Sparrowhawk, 3 Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 26 Avocet, 4 Curlew, 23 Black-tailed Godwit (per ELBF FB)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail and Peregrine (Frank Nugent).
 * Snaresbrook, Eagle Pond: Caspian Gull 3w still (Stuart Fisher)
 * South Lodge Farm, Enfield: f Kestrel, 2 Common Gull, 30+ Pied Wagtail, Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing, 4 Chaffinch, 11 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Stapleford Tawny: Buzzard perched in tree nr. Stapleford Airfield at 9:45 (G J Francis)
 * Stocker's Lake: 13 Red-crested Pochard 11m 2f, 8 Goldeneye 4m 4f (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * Stratford, Olympic Park: 2 calling Water Rail, singing Cetti's Warbler (Stuart Fisher)
 * Thorndon CP: S section - 5+ Fieldfare, 30+ Redwing, 2 Hawfinch (Andrew Cox via EBwS BN)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 Siskin, Teal, Kingfisher, Meadow Pipit (Simon Worsfold)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Banbury - pr Goosander; Lockwood - f Goldeneye, f Sparrowhawk (Lol Bodini).
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: Scaup, 3 Goldeneye, Peregrine, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Fieldfare, Grey Wagtail (Jane Stylianou via Twitter)
 * Worcester Park: 2 Little Egret on horse field (Danny Ramsey, Bob Smith)

Friday 29th December 2017

 * Connaught Water: 6+ Goosander [4 male 2 f/imm], male Mandarin, 14 Shoveler, 24+ Teal, Treecreeper, 4 Nuthatch, Goldcrests, 18+ Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker. 1.30-2.45 (Davey Leach).
 * Enfield Lock: Blackcap female sitting in Ivy clad Willow by the Swan and Pike pool (Neville Smith).
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: Iceland Gull 1w in gull roost 1620 - permit only (per Steve Murray/Herts BC)
 * Kentish Town, NW5: 2 Blackcap m & f feeding in a garden, 3 Siskin feeding all day on small balcony feeder plus roving flock of 20+ Siskin in the area a.m. (Frank Nugent).
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Shelduck, Goldeneye, Bittern, 4 Snipe, 2 Fieldfare (WWT website)
 * Rainham RSPB: Little Gull 1w (Paul Timmins, Phil Laurie, John Richardson per ELBF FB); 27 Pintail, 500 Wigeon, 500 Teal, Bittern, 4 Marsh Harrier, pr Peregrine, 25 Avocet, 80 Golden Plover, 6 Curlew, 30 Black-tailed Godwit, 600 Dunlin, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, 32 Great Black-backed Gull, Kingfisher, pr Bullfinch (per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn Avenue. Access from alley alongside 90 Selwyn Avenue. View from first corner. Bird favours second garden on right with feeders. Parking see below. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 4 Red Kite over together (RSPB twitter)
 * Snaresbrook, Eagle Pond: Caspian Gull 3w still present (flew off at 13:25 today) (Debbie Burkett)
 * Stockwell: a community garden - 25 Goldfinches landed in a small tree just before dusk as I was going out (Michael Mac)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: 2 Raven, 1 Buzzard [harassed by Ravens], 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, 13 Dunlin, 41 Gadwall, 5 Teal, 16 Lapwing, 4 Meadow Pipit, 6 Redshank, Sparrowhawk - 13.30-16.45 (Roger Keith)
 * The Commons LNR: 2 Red Kite, Marsh Tit, Lesser Redpoll (Keith Smith via Herts BC)
 * Thorndon CP: 15 Hawfinch north section (Dave McGough per ELBF FB)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 25 Fieldfare, Grey Heron, 16 Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, 50+ Rook into roost, 7 Mandarin Duck into roost, 60 Canada Geese, 2 Greylag, the 3 white ones, 3 Little Owl. (Samuel Levy)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Firecrest male still High Glade with mixed flock 1245, also Song Thrush, 2 Goldcrests Sanctuary Wood yesterday (Bob Watts)
 * Trent Park: Common Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, 2 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 3 Chaffinch, f Bullfinch - 13:30-15:00 (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs, Banbury: 4 Goosander 3m1f at dusk (Lol Bodini).
 * Wanstead Flats: Stonechat, Bullfinch, 15 Linnet, Reed Bunting, 3 Meadow Pipit, 3 Redwing, 10 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 5 Teal, f Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck, 300+ Common Gull, 30+ Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk (Nick Croft)

Thursday 28th December 2017

 * Bexley: Riverside Road 'The Rough' - 1 Sparrowhawk, 6 Linnets, 2 Meadow Pipits 16:00 (Patrick English)
 * Black Park: 4 Egyptian Goose, 2 Mandarin Duck (Chris Lamsdell)
 * Bookham Common: Hawfinch behind Bookham station again (Andy Harding via Surrey BN)
 * Brent Reservoir: Little Egret, 12 Snipe, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Nuthatch in churchyard (Brent Birders)
 * Carshalton: Firecrest in holly bush on far bank of R Wandle opp Baptist Church c1500 (Ian Jones via Twitter) TQ282652
 * Connaught Water: Pintail, 8 Goosander, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper (Graham Taylor per ELBF FB)
 * Copped Hall: 2 Hawfinch (Graham Taylor per ELBF FB)
 * Crayford Marshes: Caspian Gull 1w Viridor recycling centre (Phil Saunders via Twitter)
 * Crossness Outfall: 123 Shoveler, 48 Gadwall, 20 Wigeon, 300+ Teal, Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 5 Black-tailed Godwit (Ralph and Brenda Todd)
 * Fairlop Waters: 2 Great White Egret still (Frank Nugent).
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - 3 Stock Dove, 2 Goldcrest, Collared Dove, 4 Redwing. (Samuel Levy)
 * Frays Farm Meadows: Little Egret (Dilshan Muthalib via Twitter)
 * Friday Lake: Cheshunt station - red-head Smew (Ian Bradshaw)
 * Hillingdon Circus: Buzzard flying low back & forth by A40 (Neil Anderson)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 25 Red-legged Partridge (Dave McGough per ELBF FB)
 * Iver Heath: 97 Red Kite (Chris Lamsdell)
 * Lamorbey Park: 2 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Geese, 16 Canada Geese, 17 Mallard, 10 Tufted Duck 6m 4f, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Cormorant, Grey Heron, 28 Black-headed Gull, 3 Common Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, 5 Chaffinch, 6 Blackbird, 3 Goldcrest, 5 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Robin, Magpie (Eric Brown)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Brent Goose SE, 2 Bittern, 8 Fieldfare, 41 Redwing, 9 Redpoll SW/W, 5 Siskin (WWT website)
 * Pinner (HA5): Red Kite west at 11:55 - first here for eight weeks, 16 Redwing, Coal Tit & Goldfinch (Jon Ridge)
 * Purley: Red Kite over (Twitter)
 * Pymmes Park, Edmonton: 3 Egyptian Goose, 5 Shoveler 3m 2f, 8 Tufted Duck 1m 7f, first-winter Great Black-backed Gull, Grey Wagtail, Song Thrush, 7 Redwing, 4 Long-tailed Tit, f Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: incl 32 Pochard, 3 Marsh Harrier, 5 Water Rail, 15 Avocet, 80 Golden Plover, 6 Ringed Plover, 300 Dunlin, Barn Owl, 2 Short-eared Owl, 2 Raven, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 7 Cetti’s Warbler, Firecrest, 3 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, 2 Bullfinch (per ELBF FB); Ruff (Mark Vale per ELBF FB); 5 Yellow-legged Gull incl 2ad (Dominic Mitchell via Twitter); Woodcock (per RSPB blog); Jack Snipe, Common Sandpiper (per RSPB/BirdTrack); pair Bearded Tits (Mike Amos).
 * Regent's Park: Water Rail still showing well in rail ditch [ares 2] fr Hanover Br (Eric Barlow via Twitter)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn Avenue. Alley access from alongside 90 Selwyn Avenue. View from near first corner. Bird favours second garden on right with feeders. Parking vouchers available from Spar shop at end of Pagoda Avenue. Park only on visitors parking bays with scratch vouchers. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler, Woodcock, Buzzard (P&S Pentek)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail (Frank Nugent).
 * Sevenoaks WR: Barnacle Goose w/ Canadas fr Rye Ln on back fields north along R Darenth (Mathew Bournat via Twitter)
 * Snaresbrook Eagle Pond: Bullfinch (Simon Worsfold); Caspian Gull 3w eagle_pond (Tony Brown via Twitter)
 * Southmere Lake Thamesmead: 27 [only] Mute Swans, Great Crested Grebe, 300+ Coot, 20 Tufted Duck, 4 Egyptian Geese, Peregrine Falcon (Ralph and Brenda Todd).
 * Staines Reservoir: m Pintail, 7 Goldeneye, Black-necked Grebe (Dominic Pia via Twitter)
 * Stanborough Lakes: 501+ Ring-necked Parakeet in to roost eve'g (Graham Knight via Twitter)
 * The Hollies, Sidcup: 5 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Grey Heron (Eric Brown)
 * Thorndon CP: 30 Hawfinch some on deck 10:30-12:30 (Shaun Harvey via Twitter)
 * Tooting Commons: Green Woodpecker, 5 Jay, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Redwing (Peter White via Twitter); Little Owl (Alan Wilkinson via Twitter)
 * Totteridge Valley, Belmont Farm: 2 Mistle Thrush, 265+ Redwing, 5 Fieldfare, Grey Wagtail, Goldcrest, 64 Starling, Pied Wagtail, Hawfinch in trees near sheep/goat pen then flew towards Belmont School 10:20, 39 Canada Geese, 3 Egyptian Geese, 3 Red-legged Partridge, Sparrowhawk. (Samuel Levy)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: main GP - Little Egret, 4 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Caspian Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 10 Fieldfare (Rick Flesher via Twitter)
 * Wallington Garden: 2 Red Kites drifted over east one mobbed by Sparrowhawk, 7 Redwing, 5 Goldfinch. (Arjun Dutta)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: drake Scaup and Common Sandpiper on No 4, 5 Goosander on High Maynard early, 3 Goldeneye (David Bradshaw, Paul Whiteman)
 * Wandsworth Common: 5 Siskin feeding on alders by lake extension, 3 Redwing over (Nick Rutter)
 * Wanstead Flats: 4 Skylark, 21 Fieldfare, 8 Redwing, 5 Song Thrush, Stonechat, 11 Shoveler (Nick Croft/James Heal)
 * Wanstead Park: Water Rail, 13 Shoveler, 11 Teal, 12 Gadwall, 1-2 Nuthatch, 2-3 Coal Tit, 5 Goldcrest, 6 Redwing, 5 Stock Dove (Nick Croft)
 * Woodlands Farm: 7 Redwing, 4 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush and a Weasel. (Harry Harrison)
 * Worcester Park: Little Egret on Beverley Brook (Bob Smith)

Wednesday 27th December 2017

 * Connaught Water: 8 Goosander 6m2f, Buzzard (Martin Smith per ELBF FB)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: f Common Scoter still in centre of reservoir 1340 - view fr Hogg Ln viewing platform (Tony Blake via Herts BC)
 * London Wetland Centre: Yellow-legged Gull sub-adult (J.Wilczur); 82 Wigeon, 80 Teal, 2 Bittern main lake N shore & sheltered lagoon E shore, Kestrel, Skylark W, 5 Fieldfare south route, 30 Redwing NW (WWT website)
 * Pinner (HA5): 12 Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker & 3 Goldfinch (Jon Ridge)
 * Rainham Marshes: 2 Red-breasted Merganser downriver 12:10 (Dante Shepherd); also 37 Snipe, 12 Yellow-legged Gull, 1500+ Black-headed Gull W, 228 Dunlin, 333 Lapwing, 49 Teal, 100 Wigeon, 6 Reed Bunting, Water Pipit, 28 Gadwall, 12 Pintail, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Fieldfare, Common Buzzard, ad Mediterranean Gull, 17 Shelduck, 4 Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, m Peregrine, 2 Pied Wagtail, Turnstone, 3 Kestrel, 4 Stonechat, 4 Avocet, 7 Redwing, Egyptian Goose. (Samuel Levy, Dante Shepherd et al)
 * Snaresbrook, Eagle Pond: Caspian Gull 3w still present, also 8 European Herring Gull and 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 9 Northern Shoveler and 14 Gadwall (Dominic Mitchell)
 * Stanborough Lakes: 9 Little Egret in roost, c300 Ring-necked Parakeet to roost at dusk (Antony Dorman via Herts BC)
 * Tyttenhanger: 6 Little Egret, Kingfisher, 50+ Fieldfare, 40+ Redwing (Stephen Pearce-Herts)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 1 Lapwing, 2 Kingfisher. (Daniel Whitelegg)

Tuesday 26th December 2017

 * Battersea Park Lake: 2 Peregrine, 25 Shoveler, 5 Common Pochard, Coal Tit (Michael Mac)
 * Bookham Common: 3 Hawfinch in trees behind station 1000 (per Surrey BC)
 * Brent Reservoir: Little Egret, 9 Snipe, 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull, Meadow Pipit, Cetti's Warbler (Andrew Self)
 * Brookmill Park: Common Gull, Kingfisher, 8 Redwing, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bushy Park: Gadwall, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 5+ Mistle Thrush, 3 Stonechat (Ian R Watson)
 * Canons Farm: Red Kite & 2 Great Black-backed Gull over, also 2 Buzzard, Kestrel, Rook, 12 Skylark, 120 Fieldfare, 70 Redwing, 30 Linnet, 6 Yellowhammer (David Campbell, Paul Goodman and Ian Magness)
 * Crayford Marshes: ad Caspian Gull at jolly farmers pub / viridor recycling centre (Michael Southcott via Twitter)
 * Creekmouth, Barking: 1st-winter Caspian Gull (Dante Shepherd)
 * Dagenham Chase: Pochard, 3 Goldcrest, 4 Bullfinch 2pr (Joanne Gates, Lee Wakefield per ELBF FB)
 * Ewell: Banstead Road - 5+ Brambling in large mixed finch flock in fields North of DW Fitness and opposite Priest Hill, also 40-50 Linnet present (Neil Batten)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - Goldcrest, 4 Redwing, Stock Dove (Samuel Levy)
 * Frays Farm Meadows: Red Kite, Buzzard, Grey Wagtail (Dilshan Muthalib via Twitter)
 * Greenland Dock: 24 Tufted Duck, 20 Cormorant including 14 swimming and fishing in tandem (John & Janet Cadera)
 * Highfield Farm: Little Owl, 3 Hawfinch in trees bordering Hill End Farm TL185060, 40+ Siskin alders & 30+ Yellowhammer field edge TL185061 (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: f Common Scoter still 1230 in southern part nr hide - view fr Hogg Ln viewing platform (Tony Blake via Herts BC)
 * Lamorbey Park: 2 Little Grebe, 2 Cormorant, Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan, 17 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 7 Tufted Duck, Peregrine, 3 Common Gull, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Song Thrush, c20 Redwing, Jackdaw 33 species in total (Mike Amos).
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, Bittern main lake north shore fr WWF hide, Jack Snipe wader scrape, Chiffchaff, 12 Fieldfare, 8 Meadow Pipit SW, Bullfinch, 4 Siskin (WWT website); f Goldeneye fr dulverton hide (Jane Stylianou via Twitter)
 * Oxleas Wood: Buzzard, Goldfinch, Redwing, 4 Coal Tit, 7 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jackdaw, Green Woodpecker (Ron Turner)
 * Pinner (HA5): 13 Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Coal Tit, 2 Jay & 14 Goldfinch (Jon Ridge)
 * Purfleet: 3 Shelduck, 2 Gadwall, 15 Wigeon, 16 Teal, Little Egret, m Marsh Harrier, f Peregrine, 647 Lapwing, 115 Golden Plover, 1022 Dunlin, 32 Redshank, Yellow-legged Gull, 7 Stock Dove, 12 Fieldfare, Rock Pipit (Fraser Simpson via Twitter)
 * Rainham Marshes (Ferry Lane South to Aveley Bay): Common Sandpiper nr Tilda Rice factory, 19 Avocets, 8 Ringed Plover, 110 Dunlin, 145 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Stonechats, Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher, Rock Pipit (Sean Huggins)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn Avenue. Access from alley alongside 90 Selwyn Avenue. View from first corner. Bird favours second garden on right with feeders. No parking charges today. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: 2 Stonechat, 3 Chiffchaff, Firecrest, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Siskin, Redpoll sp over (Neville Smith).
 * Snaresbrook, Eagle Pond: Caspian Gull 3w still present - favouring area just to east of centre of lake (Harringay Birder)
 * Southwark Park: 2 Mistle Thrush, Little Grebe, 3m Shoveler, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Egyptian Goose, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Coal Tit (John & Janet Cadera)
 * Stave Hill: Kingfisher fm, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Collared Dove, 1 Chaffinch (John & Janet Cadera)
 * Surrey Water: 38 Tufted Duck, 2 Canada Goose, 1 Common Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Chiffchaff, 7 Long-tailed Tit (John & Janet Cadera)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: 46 Lapwing, 2 Water Rail, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 30 Greylag Goose, 1 Marsh Harrier m, 1 Raven, 2 Stonechat, 1 Dartford Warbler, 14 Teal, 24 Gadwall, 107 Dunlin, 14 Redshank, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Grey Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Reed Bunting, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Kestrel - 07.30-10.30 (Roger Keith)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 3 Teal, m Pheasant, 4 Buzzard 2 in field by Gutteridge pool & 2 by development area, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine sat in open & then low over brook flushing Teal, m Kestrel with prey, 16 Lapwing, 2 Snipe, 2 Stock Dove, 6 Skyark, 4 Meadow Pipit, pr Stonechat, 11 Redwing, 14 Fieldfare, 6 Rook 4 together, 7 Reed Bunting, 8 Lesser Redpoll feeding on willowherb seed (Neil Anderson)
 * Thorndon CP: Egyptian Goose, Buzzard, Mistle Thrush, 14 Hawfinch, 2 Siskin (Dave Morrison via Twitter)
 * Weald CP: 12 Shoveler 6m 6f, Kestrel, 3 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, c80 Siskin, 4 Bullfinch (Andrew Cox via EBwS BN)
 * Wimbledon Common: 2 Shoveler m & f on Kingsmere this morning (Les Evans-Hill)

Monday 25th December 2017

 * Bentley Priory: 1 Hawfinch flew over Spring Meadow at 11am (Tony Blake).
 * Brent Reservoir: 21 Snipe, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Andrew Self); Great Crested Grebe display, 35 Pochard, c130 Tufted Duck (Roy Beddard); Nuthatch, Little Egret (Francis O'Sullivan)
 * Broxbourne Woods: 3 PARROT CROSSBILL at 1st light left of path south from Monks Green Farm then flew low SW over crossroads calling at 08.10am - no further sign by 9am, 5+ Hawfinch flew SE 8.15, also plenty of Siskins & 3+ Lesser Redpolls in area, also Buzzard, f Sparrowhawk & 8 Redwing (Davey Leach)
 * Croydon: Iceland Gull 1cy on Coombe Rd playing fields 09:10-10:00 then flew off (Alan Pearson and Jo East per John Birkett via Twitter/BirdGuides) TQ340643
 * Eastcote (Field End Recreation Ground): Green Woodpecker, 3 Song Thrush, 19 Redwing (Tim Rymer)
 * Eastcote (Roxbourne Park): Little Egret, Redwing (Tim Rymer)
 * Fairlop Waters: 2 Great White Egrets at 12:45. One by sailing club & one on pool behind fishing pit (Matt Wallace)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - Sparrowhawk took Goldfinch from feeders for her Christmas Brunch, also 3 Stock Dove, 2 Jay. (Samuel Levy)
 * Horton Country Park: 30 Fieldfare, 150 Redwing (Bob Smith)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 50 Teal, Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, 18 Skylark, 150 Fieldfare, 25 Linnet, 250 Chaffinch, 2 Brambling, m Yellowhammer, 5 Reed Bunting ('AGo', Emma Stobart per EBWF FB)
 * Lamorbey Park: Little Grebe, 5 Cormorant, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 12 Tufted Duck, 7 Teal, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kingfisher, 5 Fieldfare over, 50+ Redwing (Mike Amos via Twitter)
 * Northolt & Greenford CP: 8 Egyptian Geese, Meadow Pipit, Fieldfare, 5 Redwing, 20+ Goldfinch feeding in alders (Neil Anderson)
 * Oxleas Wood: 5 Jackdaw, 4 Goldfinch, Treecreeper, 7 Goldcrest, Firecrest, Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Ron Turner)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn Avenue. No parking charges on bank holidays. Details below. Wishing all a peaceful Christmas. (Franko J Maroevic).
 * Richmond Park: 2 Nuthatch, Stonechat f, Buzzard, Little Owl, Treecreeper, Redwing, Green Woodpecker, Gadwall, Common Pochard, Common Gull, 2 Kestrel m/f Merry Christmas (P. Redmond)
 * Thorndon CP: N section - 3 Nuthatch, 6 Meadow Pipit, 2+ Hawfinch m & 1+ h, 4 Bullfinch, 3 Lesser Redpoll; S section - 4 Shoveler 2m 2f, 3 Fieldfare, 10+ Redwing, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper (Andrew Cox via EBwS BN)
 * Wanstead, Eagle Pond: Caspian Gull Eagle_pub car park, 2 Goldcrest (Geoff Gram).
 * Wimbledon Common: Firecrest on Somerset Ride adjacent to the Plain feeding among ivy 11am, Buzzard in woodland near Stag Ride (Les & Angela Evans-Hill)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Water Rail, Peregrine, Yellow-legged Gull, Sparrowhawk, f Teal, 8 Shoveler, Song Thrush in full song (Chris Farthing)

Sunday 24th December 2017

 * Broadwater Lake & River Colne: Peregrine juvenile, 4 Goldeneye 2m 2f, 700+ Tufted Duck, 17 Lapwing, Treecreeper, Kingfisher, 2 Chiffchaff, 60 Siskin, Little Egret (Michael Robinson)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 30 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
 * Broxbourne Woods: 3 PARROT CROSSBILL 2m f showed to 0815 then lost to view, also 2 Buzzard, Raven, several Siskin (Dave Morrison, Paul Hawkins & Lee Brown via Twitter); Brambling calling TL33940819, 10+ Hawfinch TL33940816, 3 Parrot Crossbill flew over crossroad from Monks Green entrance 1450 calling as they went to roost TL33890819, 5+ Siskin TL33910818 (Simon West, Barry Wright via Twitter/Herts BN) Parrot_Xbills apparently roosted locally but fed mainly elsewhere today
 * Bushy Park: Fieldfare, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 25+ Redwing (Ian R Watson)
 * Collier Row, Romford: Blackcap f very briefly in private garden Ferndale Road (G J Francis)
 * Crayford Marshes: Caspian Gull 1w still at jolly farmers pub / viridor recycling centre (Michael Southcott via Twitter)
 * Crossness: Yellow-legged Gull 2w opp old golf range; 2 Grey Seal (Michael Southcott via Twitter)
 * Eastcote (Roxbourne Park): Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, Sparrowhawk, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Song Thrush, 40 Redwing, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Jackdaw, 6 Common Gull, 4 Jay (Tim Rymer)
 * Erith (Thames Foreshore): incl. 130+ Black-tailed Godwit, 120+ Dunlin, 40+ Linnet, 40+ Redshank and a Rock Pipit (Mike Robinson)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - 9 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 3 Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Samuel Levy)
 * Forty Hall CP, Enfield: Little Egret along Turkey Brook (Robert Callf)
 * Gallions Reach: Curlew, Jack Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 80 Redshank, Caspian Gull 1w, Yellow-legged Gull ad, Fieldfare (Gary A James via EBwS BN)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: 140 Gadwall, Golden Plover (per Surrey BC twitter)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Goldeneye, 7 Siskin, 14 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 4 Pintail, 3 Shelduck, 1 Stonechat (WWT Website)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: Kingfisher just below weir, 2 Redwing over W at 10:30 (Alastair Dent)
 * Oxleas Wood: Sparrowhawk fm, Common Buzzard m, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jackdaw, 2 Firecrest, 5 Goldcrest, Redwing (Ron Turner)
 * Pinner (HA5): 3 Fieldfare, 28 Redwing, Coal Tit & 11 Goldfinch (Jon Ridge)
 * Purfleet: 10 Shelduck, 12 Gadwall, 41 Wigeon, 16 Teal, Little Egret, f Marsh Harrier, 23 Avocet, 963 Lapwing, 113 Golden Plover, Grey Plover, 6 Curlew, 974 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 29 Redshank, Yellow-legged Gull, Barn Owl, Stonechat, 23 Fieldfare, Rock Pipit (Fraser Simpson via Twitter)
 * Rainham RSPB: incl 2 Egyptian Goose, 180 Golden Plover, 7 Yellow-legged Gull, 29 Great Black-backed Gull, Rock Pipit (per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn Avenue. Access from alley adjacent to 90 Selwyn Avenue and watch from first corner, bird favours second garden on right with feeders. No parking charges today and bank holidays. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Roding Valley Meadows LNR: 2 Goosander, pr Bullfinch (Andy Tweed per ELBF FB)
 * Seventy Acres Lake: 22 Egyptian Geese (Sean Huggins)
 * Snaresbrook, Eagle Pond: Caspian Gull 3w showing well (Tony Brown, David Bradshaw)
 * Southridge nr Shenley: c65 Golden Plover (per Herts BC)
 * Stanborough Lakes: 4 Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, Kingfisher (John Coleman via Herts BC)
 * Stanstead Innings: Red Kite over pm (James Ball via Twitter)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: pr Teal, pr Pheasant, 2 Buzzard together, 2-3 Sparrowhawk (3 sightings probably 2 different birds), Kestrel, 12 Stock Dove, 8 Skylark, 15 Meadow Pipit, 10 Fieldfare, 30+ Redwing, Rook, 5 Reed Bunting, smart Common Redpoll perched up in front of me in low bush, with 6 Lesser Redpoll (former bulkier with very frosted appearance - no warm buffy tones); later group of 11 redpoll in flight low over marsh (possibly including earlier birds seen nearby), 17 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson)
 * Thames Chase Forest Centre: Kestrel, 14 Fieldfare, 3 Bullfinch (Andrew Cox via EBwS BN)
 * Thorndon CP: Woodcock, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Hawfinch, 3 Bullfinch am (Dave Morrison, Paul Hawkins & Lee Brown via Twitter)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 32 Redwing, 10 Fieldfare, 2 Bullfinch, Grey Wagtail, 2 Mandarin, 10 Teal (John Colmans); also Sparrowhawk, 49+ Common Gull, 9 Goldcrest, Kestrel, 16 Fieldfare, 7 Blackbird, 8 Stock Dove, 38 Redwing, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Common Buzzard, 7 Teal, 6 Mandarin Duck 3m 3f, 81 Canada Geese, 2 Greylag, the 3 White ones, Meadow Pipit, Stonechat Lapwing_Field, f Merlin flew through Cow field and attempted to catch a Redwing then flew towards the Medical Research Institute, 70+ Rook into roost, 3+ Little Owl calling, Woodcock Cow Field (Samuel Levy)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery: Coal Tit, 5 Goldcrests and Firecrest in mixed Tit flock of 40-50 birds. (Harry Harrison)
 * Turnford Marshes GPs: 8 Goosanders Ashley Pit (Sean Huggins)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: drake Scaup and 6+ Goldeneye including one drake on No 4 (David Bradshaw)
 * Wandsworth Common: Hawfinch in trees behind Council yard, Red Kite drifting north, 12 Redwing over (Nick Rutter)
 * Wimbledon Common: Firecrest nr Queensmere, Skylark S over Ladies Mile, 3 Shoveler 2m f at Kingsmere and 1 Little Egret over Kingsmere (Adrian Podmore)
 * Worcester Park: garden KT4 - 1 f Blackcap on fat balls (Isaiah Rowe)

Saturday 23rd December 2017

 * Boxer's Lake, Enfield: 2 Egyptian Goose, 6 Mandarin Duck 3m 3f, 2 Shoveler m f, 5 Common Pochard 3m 2f, 13 Tufted Duck 7m 6f, 4 Common Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Grey Wagtail (Robert Callf)
 * Brent Reservoir: 25 Snipe, Lapwing, Cetti's Warbler (Andrew Self, Andrew Verrall)
 * Broxbourne Woods: 3 PARROT CROSSBILL 2m f stilll showing well at crossroads (as Wednesday report) 10.30 (Ron Cousins-Twitter)
 * Colindale: 2 Starlings and a Goldfinch flocking together to circle several times over Platt Hall, Grahame Park Way, possibly in response to a predator, 16:00 (James Levy)
 * Cowley, Uxbridge: Blackcap in full song this morning, in the garden. There are at least 3 males in the area. (Roger Morton)
 * East Barnet: 6 Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 4 Redwing, Starling plus common garden species all at feeders in my garden. (Pete Lowman).
 * Eastcote (Roxbourne Park): c40 Redwing, c50 Goldfinch, 3 Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Moorhen (Tim Rymer).
 * Fairlop Waters: 2 Great White Egrets at 12:00, Kestrel (G J Francis)
 * Islington N1: c40 Redwing St Paul's Park (Allan Stewart)
 * Lamorbey Park: 2-3 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 16 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 5 Cormorant, 13 Tufted Duck, Peregrine, Kingfisher, c40 Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Nuthatch, Jackdaw, Coal Tit, Goldcrest, Firecrest (Mike Amos).
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Caspian Gull 3w still present pm (David Darrell-Lambert via Twitter)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern, 2 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, 2 Stonechat & 2 Fieldfare (Shailesh Patel)
 * Pinner (HA5): 3 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, Green Woodpecker, Jackdaw over & 2 Goldfinch on feeders (Jon Ridge)
 * Pymmes Park, Edmonton: Mediterranean Gull adult with yellow darvic ring read in field - ringed in June at Pitsea by NTGG (Adam Wilson per RM Callf)
 * Rainham RSPB: 25 Avocet, 3 Bearded Tit, Water Pipit, 3 Rock Pipit (per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat, still in back gardens of Selwyn Avenue. Alley access adjacent to 90 Selwyn Avenue. Watch from first corner in alley. Favours flowering Viburnum and fat feeders in second garden along on right. Residents kindly agreed to people looking in to their back garden. Park only on visitors parking bays. Parking vouchers available from Spar shop at end of Pagoda Avenue. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Skylark, 10 Meadow Pipit, Lapwing, 12 Lesser Redpoll, Nuthatch, Pheasant, Rook, Little Egret, 2 Cormorant over, 50 Redwing, 20 Fieldfare (Nigel Dodd)
 * Thorndon CP: S section - 9 Fieldfare, 11 Redpoll, N section - Buzzard, Kestrel, 5+ Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper, 10+ Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing, 20+ Hawfinch 10 in Childerditch Wd 0945 & 20+ in trees nr fpath to Thorndon Hall 1400, 2 Bullfinch, c30 Siskin (Andrew Cox via EBwS BN)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 2 Stonechat [1m 1f-type] NW corner of Leyton Marsh, Kestrel m hunting over Lammas Meadow, 2 Little Egret N up Flood Relief Channel, on rear paddocks - 20 Linnet, 20 Chaffinch, 10 Goldfinch, 12 Starling, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Egyptian Geese over S 10:30-12:00 (Alastair Dent)
 * Worcester Park: garden KT4 - 2 Chaffinch 1f, 2 Goldcrests (Isaiah Rowe)

Friday 22nd December 2017

 * Bayhurst Wood area: barely audible Tawny Owl against incessant infernal noise of HS2 development 7am - killer blow (Dan Pinkham)
 * Black Park: Peregrine (male) (Chris Lamsdell); 2 Redpoll, 100 Siskin (Twitter)
 * Bow: Antill Road E3 - Coal Tit in garden (Harry Harrison)
 * Brockley and Ladywell Cemetery (SE4): c50 Redwing, Coal Tit, 2 Goldcrest, Green Woodpecker, Jay, 6 Ring-necked Parakeet (Phil Laurie)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Kingfisher, 15 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
 * Broxbourne Woods: 3 PARROT CROSSBILL 2m f still as Wednesday 14:00 (Bill Free via Herts BC) TL338082
 * Canons Farm: 4 Mallard over, 2 Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 2 Little Owl, 32 Skylark, 3 Rook, 100 Fieldfare, 300 Redwing, 4 Meadow Pipit, 6 Yellowhammer (David Campbell & Linda Mount via CFBW BG blog)
 * Dagenham Chase: 4 Pochard, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 89 Lapwing, Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, Chiffchaff, m Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, 7 Meadow Pipit, Lesser Redpoll (Vincenzo Halley-Frame per ELBF FB)
 * East Barnet: f Blackcap, 6 Goldfinch, 2 Collared Dove, Redwing (Pete Lowman)
 * Ewell Court Park: 1 Kingfisher and 1 Little Egret (Isaiah Rowe)
 * Fairlop Waters: 2 Great White Egrets (Richard Hack)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Jack Snipe still present, 15+ Redwing, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail (Joe Beal, Richard Bonser, John Bushell & Richard Green)
 * Headley Heath: 170 Stock Dove N, 2 Hawfinch (Steve Gale via Twitter)
 * KGV Reservoir: Great Northern Diver on S Basin near Sailing Club, 16+ Goldeneye incl 6+ m, 2 Goosander, 5+ Meadow Pipits, Green Woodpecker, m Sparrowhawk 1-2pm (Davey Leach).
 * Ladywell Fields: Kingfisher (Keith Chambers)
 * Ladywell Village: 2 Collared Doves (Phil Laurie)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck wader scrape, 3 Pintail & Goldeneye main lake, Buzzard perched on Peacock_tower then NE, 5 Snipe grazing marsh, south route - 4 Fieldfare, 17 Redwing sheltered lagoon & 2 Siskin (WWT website)
 * Pinner (HA5): 4 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, Coal Tit, singing Goldcrest, 2 Jay, Jackdaw, House Sparrow & 2 Goldfinch (Jon Ridge)
 * Pymmes Park, Edmonton: 3 Greylag Goose, 3 Egyptian Goose incl bird sitting on nest and male ring no 1459597, 3m Shoveler, 8 Tufted Duck 3m 5f, 4 Common Gull 2 adults 1 second-winter 1 first-winter, no sign of Med Gull, 2 singing male Collared Dove, 3 Stock Dove, Grey Wagtail, 32+ Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Goldcrest singing, 2 Nuthatch, Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Rainham RSPB: Firecrest, 3 Bullfinch m 2f (Dennis Ellisdon per ELBF FB); 2 Little Egret, 5 Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, pr Peregrine, Water Rail, 17 Avocet, 120 Golden Plover, 7 Curlew, 2 Ruff, 200 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Snipe, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, Kingfisher, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, 5 Bearded Tit, m Blackcap, 9 Stonechat (RSPB per ELBF FB); 3 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, Mistle Thrush, 2 Water Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, Corn Bunting (Howard Vaughan per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitehroat still in back gardens of Selwyn Avenue. Alley access adjacent to 90 Selwyn Avenue. View from first corner along alley. Park only on Visitors parking bays. Parking vouchers available from Spar shop at end of Pagoda Avenue. 2 Blackcaps (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler (Nigel Jackman)
 * Thames Barrier Park: 4 Yellow-legged Gulls adult & 3 1st-winters, 39 Redshank, 110 Teal and 2 Song Thrush (Richard Bonser)
 * Turnford Marsh GPs: Ashley Pit - 15 Goosander incl 6 adult drakes, 10+ Redwing (Simon Papps)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: main GP - 4 Yellowhammer over, Kingfisher, 7 Common Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 7 Tree Sparrow, 5 Greenfinch, 2 Little Egret, Water Rail heard, Willows Farm - Stonechat, Little Owl (Tyttenhanger Birders)
 * Upshire: Hawfinch (Graham Taylor per ELBF FB)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 2 Goldeneye m f No4, 20 Little Egrets roosted on No2, 3 Water Rail, 4 Reed Bunting, 1 Peregrine, 1 Stock Dove, 21 Linnet (Daniel Whitelegg); m Scaup still No4 ne cnr, pr Goosander and 3 Goldeneye on High Maynard, Stonechat West Warwick (David Bradshaw via Twitter)
 * Wildhill: 8 Hawfinch nr Woodside Farm (BirdGuides/Herts BC)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Water Rail, Yellow-legged Gull, Sparrowhawk, Teal, 6 Shoveler (Chris Farthing)
 * Worcester Park: garden KT4 - 1 male wintering Blackcap (Isaiah Rowe)

Thursday 21st December 2017

 * Balham: 40-45 Redwing in back gardens east of Brierley Rd SW12 (Nick Granger-Taylor)
 * Banstead Woods: Redwing, 20 Redpoll (Duncan Jennings et al via CFBW BG blog)
 * Betchworth Quarry: 8 Hawfinch SE toward Buckland 0945 (David Stubbs via Twitter)
 * Broxbourne Woods: PARROT CROSSBILL same place 10.30 (Jon Agar); the three birds [2 male one female] still present at mid day feeding quietly on the cones in the pines. View from the gates at the cross tracks and the birds are in the pines at that point. Earlier we were asked to leave from a little way down the right hand track by estate managers. The gate down this track has now been shut and padlocked (John Edwards); 2 Raven calling overhead (Steve Carter via Herts BC); plus flock of Siskin, Redwing and Fieldfare (Bob Husband & Pete Lowman); 2 Buzzard, Hawfinch over calling, 8 Redpoll, 6 Siskin (Dave Morrison via Twitter)
 * Chessington: Little Egret flew off from stream at rear of Kelvin Grove gardens (Nigel Jackman)
 * Childwick Bury nr St Albans: Raven (Bill Free per Herts BC)
 * Fairlop Waters: Great White Egret 11am (Jim Fell); Long-eared Owl (Dan Barrett per ELBF FB)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: Firecrest along causeway at The Moors NR 1440 (BirdGuides)
 * KGV Reservoir: 81 Pochard, Scaup, 10+ Goldeneye, 4 Goosander, Great Northern Diver, 20 Little Grebe, 3 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2 Water Rail, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 5 Redwing, 20+ Fieldfare, Cetti's Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff 5 together, 4 Goldcrest, 6 Siskin, 60-65 Linnet (Neville Smith)
 * Pinner (HA5): 9 Redwing, Coal Tit, Goldfinch & 5 Herring Gull (Jon Ridge)
 * Pymmes Park: ad Mediterranean Gull still on Playing Field 11.15am - distant and no scope to read ring, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Green Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatches (Davey Leach)
 * Rainham RSPB: 6 Marsh Harrier 4f 2m, pr Peregrine, 736 Lapwing, 120 Golden Plover, Grey Plover, 3 Curlew, 99 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 1435 Dunlin, 7 Snipe, 57 Redshank, 2500 Black-headed Gull, 4 Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Bearded Tit, 2 Firecrest, 27 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing (per ELBF FB)
 * Regent's Park: Water Rail feeding behind the reed bed opposite the cafe at 14:30 (John Cadera)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn Avenue mid pm. Alleyway access adjacent to 90 Selwyn Avenue. Watch from first corner of alley. Favours flowering Cherry and large Holly. Park only on shared visitors parking bays not on residents bays. Vouchers available from Spar shop at end of Pagoda Avenue. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Rotherhithe: female Shoveler (first record on the dock) and 49 Tufted Ducks Greenland Dock (Richard Bonser)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail (Frank Nugent).
 * Sidcup: 25 Redwing, Grey Heron, 12 Ring-necked Parakeet, Sparrowhawk around Willersley Ave/Halfway St/Maple Leaf Dr jn 9.30am-10.00am, Fieldfare 12.05 (Eric Brown)
 * Staines Moor: 1 Water Pipit, 3 Stonechat, 15 Linnet, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Kestrel, 1 Red Kite, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Little Egret, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Adam Bolton)
 * Stoneleigh Station KT17: 8 Redwing, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Pied Wagtail (Neil Batten)
 * Thames Barrier Park: 3 Yellow-legged Gulls [adult and 2 1st-winters], 18 Redshank, Kingfisher and 4 Redwing (Richard Bonser, Dante Shepherd)
 * Thorndon CP: S section - 6 Hawfinch, pr Bullfinch (per ELBF FB)
 * Trent Park: Grey Heron leucistic lower lake, 10 Mandarin Duck, f Teal upper lake, f Shoveler, f Tufted Duck, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 18 Black-headed Gull, adult Common Gull, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Treecreeper, 5 Goldfinch, 53+ Siskin feeding in alders edge of Water Garden and along Leeging Beech Gutter, Bullfinch, Hawfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 8 Goldeneye (1m 6f No4 | 1f Lockwood | 1m High Maynard), 53 Teal, 2 Peregrine, 2 Water Rail feeding in No3 reedbed, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 17 Linnet, 3 Reed Bunting, 1 Green Sandpiper flood relief channel (Daniel Whitelegg); 1 Scaup No4, 3 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pochard, 10+ Gadwall and otherwise similar to the above sightings (Paul Collins & Charlie Kitchen).
 * Wimbledon Common: Hawfinch flying south close to the skip area (Les Evans-Hill)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Snipe, Water Rail, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Redwing (Chris Farthing)

Wednesday 20th December 2017

 * Alexandra Park: Male Blackcap in garden, feeding with 4-5 Redwings half-mile north of park. My first of winter (Greg Smith)
 * Bedfont Lakes CP: Water Rail (Paul Bright-Thomas via Twitter)
 * Broxbourne Woods: 3 PARROT CROSSBILL still present at 10.15. From Monk's Green take footpath south signposted to Broxbourne Common walk for 150 metres then turn right at crossroads and view pines along ride on left-hand side after 100 metres just before pile of logs (Andrew Self) Please park courteously in the factory outlet by farm SG13 8QL [Lee Evans via Twitter]
 * Fairlop Waters: Great White Egret (James Palmer)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Jack Snipe showing well from east hide, 3 Teal 2m 1f, Little Grebe, 14 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, Goldcrest (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
 * Gunpowder Park: 7 Little Grebe, 37 Gadwall, 2 Teal, Kestrel, Buzzard, Water Rail, Skylark, 70+ Fieldfare, 40+ Redwing, 3 Goldcrest, 62 Siskin, 3 Greenfinch, 3 Reed Bunting (Neville Smith).
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Caspian Gull 3rd w still present in the morning, 2 Nuthatch, 16 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, 2 courting Egyptian Geese, Coal Tit (Stuart Fisher)
 * Pymmes Park, Edmonton: 5 Mute Swan 2 adults & 3 first-winter, 3 Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 4 Shoveler 3m 1f, Mediterranean Gull adult wearing yellow darvic on left leg 14:54-15:15hrs - too distant to read with bins - perhaps someone with a 'scope can check this out, Black-headed Gull with white darvic ring unread, 10+ Common Gull, Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, Song Thrush singing, 50+ Redwing, Nuthatch, 2 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Rainham RSPB: Bittern still (Rob Sheldon per Howard Vaughan via Twitter); 5 Marsh Harrier, f Merlin, Oystercatcher, 24 Avocet (Howard Vaughan via Twitter)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat in Selwyn Avenue back gardens early pm. Alleyway access may allow views when in trees. Park only on visitors shared parking bays. Scratch card parking vouchers available from Spar shop at end of Pagoda Avenue. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * St Albans: Raven in trees by Kwik Fit / Verulam Rd (Bill Free via Herts BC) TL164072
 * Sewardstone Marsh: 2 Little Grebe, 13 Gadwall, 6 Shoveler, Water Rail, Common Snipe, 16 Meadow Pipit, 3 Stonechat, 5 Goldcrest, 12 Siskin, Bullfinch (Neville Smith)
 * Stocker's Lake: 3 Goldeneye, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, c8 Redwing, c220 Siskin in alders nr Bury L (Steve Carter via Herts BC)
 * Stoneleigh Station KT17: 198 Herring Gull NE, 11 Redwing, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Goldcrest (Neil Batten)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: main GP - Little Egret, Water Rail, 16 Snipe TL194054 (Steve Blake via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: drake Scaup No4, 5f Goldeneye 3 on No4 & 2 on Lockwood (David Bradshaw, Dante Shepherd); 5 Egyptian Goose, 5f Goldeneye on No5, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Peregrine, 1 Water Rail, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Goldcrest (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * Wimbledon Common: Firecrest near top end of Putney Vale Cemetery (Steve Woolfenden) Great to hear it's still around! [P. Redmond]

Tuesday 19th December 2017

 * Arnos Park, N11: 3 Nuthatch together, Coal Tit singing (Robert Callf)
 * Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Iceland Gull (Peter Alfrey, BFBG) pics
 * Bedfont Lakes CP: m Ruddy Duck north end nr business pk (Paul Bright-Thomas via Twitter)
 * Brickendon: Hawfinch over pm (Dante Shepherd via Twitter)
 * Brockwell Park: Water Rail at 2pm, Little Grebe, 2 Redwing, pair Goldcrest, 2 House Sparrows, 17 Tufted Duck all top pond (Michael Mac)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Little Egret, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
 * Broxbourne Woods: 3 PARROT CROSSBILL still am. Car parking available just to right of Monks Grn entrance to Woods courtesy of M Tolson Scaffolding. Do not park on grass. (Tom Speller via Twitter); 6+ Brambling and a Hawfinch in trees just west of Monks Green (David Bradshaw, Dante Shepherd); Bramble's Wd - 12 Brambling, 7 Siskin, c54 Hawfinch pre-roost (Lee Evans via Twitter)
 * Brunswick Park, East Barnet: 3 Fieldfare, 8 Redwing, Coal Tit singing (Robert Callf)
 * Dagenham Chase LNR: 2 Hawfinch briefly by Chase Waters in trees behind Eastbrook Dr 3pm, also 35 Teal, 5 Shoveler, Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, 3 Water Rail 2h, Snipe, 4 Jackdaw, Coal Tit, Skylark h, f Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, Treecreeper, 4 Fieldfare, 5 Mistle Thrush, 8 Meadow Pipit, Cetti's Warbler h, Bullfinch h (Vincenzo Halley-Frame via Twitter)
 * Fairlop Waters: 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Little Owl, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2 Bullfinch, Redwing, Fieldfare. (Neil Twyford) Hi Neil - Where are the Little Owls [James Palmer] And where are the egrets most often seen I've seen the GWE twice and both times it was on the north side of the large lake used for sailing, often around the area of the sailing club. The Little Egrets were also on the north side of the lake, but a bit more mobile. I can't help with the Little Owls tho [Charlie Farrell] The Little Owls are in the trees in the field to the east of the stables which are on the south side of Fairlop, there is a permissive footpath through to the stables. The Egrets also get in the trees on the island on the main lake. [NT]
 * Gunpowder Park: 60+ Siskin single flock (Neville Smith).
 * Heathrow: Firecrest, Cetti's Warbler (Adam Cheeseman)
 * Lamorbey Park, Sidcup: lake partly frozen - 2 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Canada Goose, 4 Tufted Duck, 10 Mallard, 9 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, Peregrine, Moorhen, Coot, 45+ Redwing, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, 7 Blackbird, Jackdaw, Green Woodpecker, 2 Stock Dove, 4 Chaffinch, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 50 Black-headed Gull, 4 Common Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 2 Goldfinch, Goldcrest. Total 33 species. (Eric Brown)
 * Lee Valley, Fishers Lake: 65+ Shoveler, Brambling, 3 Water Rail (Matt Palmer)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern, 2 Pintail, 2 Shelduck, 1 Goldeneye, 152 Shoveler, 2 Stonechat, 1 Siskin, 27 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail (WWT Website); 3 Pintail, 10 Snipe, 1 Peregrine, 6 Stock Dove (Mat Hare)
 * Marlborough Park: Hawfinch W 0830 (Chris Gibbons via Twitter)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 20 Redwing, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Greenfinch (Rhys Evans)
 * Margravine Cemetery: Fieldfare, 10s Redwing, singing Mistle Thrush (Nathalie Mahieu)
 * Oak Hill Woods, East Barnet: 4 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
 * Panshanger Park: Raven over (Murray Brown via Herts BC)
 * Rammey Marsh: Red Kite flew over West at 1445hrs (Neville Smith).
 * Rye Meads NR: Marsh Harrier over then W 1130 (Roland Power via Herts BC)
 * St Albans: Hawfinch St Michaels churchyard nr Trust office 1345 (Jenny Sherwen via Twitter/Herts BC) TL135072
 * Sewardstone Marsh: 15 Wigeon flew in to roost 1650hrs, Water Rail, Jack Snipe on Patty pools, 2 Meadow Pipit, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, Firecrest in scrub N/E [sorry correction from yesterday not nw corner] corner of Patty pools, Bullfinch (Neville Smith).
 * Sidcup: 10 Redwing up to 6 each morning at entrance to Maple Leaf Drive off Willersley Avenue & later 4 Hollies gardens and open space, also Grey Heron there in large tree for at least one hour (Eric Brown)
 * Stanwell Moor: 6 Chiffchaff (Chris Lamsdell)
 * Tottenham Hale: flock of 25+ Fieldfare at Ferry Lane Estate this morning, plus 4+ Redwings, 4+ Goldcrests in The Paddock (Quentin Given).
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: 1 Coal Tit, 3+ Goldcrest (Charlie Farrell)
 * Tufnell Park N19: 60+ Redwing, 1-2 Fieldfare in a flock - mobile but frequently in trees visible from Southcote Rd, and 2 Goldcrest (Francis Tusa)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands/Marshes: Peregrine, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Little Grebe, 3 Teal, 1 Common Gull, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Stonechat on marshes (Rhys Evans)
 * West Norwood Cemetery: 30 Redwing, Goldcrest, Jackdaw in oak (Michael Mac)

Monday 18th December 2017

 * Bowyer's Water: Firecrest (Dave Morrison via Twitter)
 * Broxbourne Woods: 3 PARROT CROSSBILL 2m f 0930 - use Monks Green entrance (TL335084) & follow fpath to crossrds then right for 100m & view at TL337081 (Barry Reed [finder] via Twitter/BirdGuides); (per BirdGuides); favouring the fir-lined ride 600 yards north of Cock Ln (per Lee Evans via Twitter); still 1300 but elusive (Paul Whiteman via Twitter); still 1430 (Mike Ilett via Twitter); also c42 Hawfinch had arr'd in roost nr Danemead NR by c15:20, Woodcock, Brambling (Paul Whiteman via Twitter) Photo of male Parrot Crossbill posted at Birding London FB
 * Buckland: 2 Hawfinch (Wes Attridge via Twitter)
 * Canons Farm: Peregrine over, pr Stonechat hither field (Geoff Barter via Twitter)
 * Dulwich/Sydenham Hill Wood: 2 Firecrest, Buzzard (Steven Robinson)
 * Erith (Thames Foreshore): incl. 220+ Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Dunlin, 25+ Linnet, 150+ Redshank and 2 Rock Pipit (Mike Robinson)
 * Fairlop Waters: 2 Great White Egret, Great Northern Diver, 3 Little Egret, 2 Red-legged Partridge, Little Owl, Chiffchaff, Snipe, Reed Bunting, Treecreeper, Fieldfare, Buzzard, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk. (Neil Twyford)
 * Forty Hall CP, Enfield: 2 Black-headed Gull with darvic rings standing on ice - white E4UN from Netherlands and black XK52 from Germany (Robert Callf)
 * KGV Reservoir: 2 Egyptian Goose, 16 Goldeneye, 6 Goosander, Great Northern Diver, 17 Little Grebe, Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 6 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, Mediterranean Gull 2nd winter, 2 Skylark, 30 Meadow Pipit, Mistle Thrush, 100+ Fieldfare, 100+ Redwing, 3 Stonechat, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 7 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit one by pump house & one by sailing club, Brambling north west paddock (Neville Smith).
 * Ladywell Fields: Grey Wagtail, Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, Nuthatch (Keith Chambers)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Caspian Gull 3rd w Eagle_Pond, Kingfisher, Common Buzzard over (Stuart Fisher & Bob Vaughan, Mike Messenger)
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Bittern, 2 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, 2 Snipe, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Stonechat m f, 1f Reed Bunting, 2 Water Rail, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Stock Dove (Martin Honey); Great White Egret main lake ‘gull_ridge’ 1000 then NW, Red Kite drifting SW, 50 Redwing, Brambling E, 3 Siskin world wetlands (WWT website)
 * North Met Pit: 2 Goldeneye, m Goosander, Coal Tit, Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper, Bullfinch, 2 Siskin (Dave Morrison, Julia Richards per ELBF FB)
 * Orsett Fen: 7 Red-legged Partridge, 13 Pheasant, 6 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Peregrine, 28 Great Black-backed Gull, 34 Skylark, 2 Goldcrest, 252 Starling, 153 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, 27 House Sparrow, 10 Meadow Pipit, 15 Chaffinch, 26 Linnet, 33 Siskin, 43 Yellowhammer, 11 Reed Bunting (Alan Shearman via ELBF FB)
 * Oxford Street, W1C 1AP: Red Admiral on the wing [opposite M&S].
 * Pinner (HA5): 7 Fieldfare, 13 Redwing, 3 Goldfinch, Grey Heron & 2 Jackdaw (Jon Ridge)
 * Rainham RSPB: 3 Ruddy Shelduck E (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB); 400 Canada Geese, 4 Marsh Harrier, pr Peregrine, 3 Water Rail, 2 Ruff, 3 Curlew, 220 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Snipe, Kingfisher, 17 Rook, 40 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Bearded Tit 2m f, 2 Skylark, 2 Goldcrest, 35 Fieldfare, 18 Redwing, 8 Song Thrush, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Water Pipit (per ELBF FB); 4 Turnstone, 5 Bearded Tit (Stuart Anderson via EBwS BN)
 * Richmond: Lesser Whitethroat with mixed tit flock in Kew Road back gardens near Selwyn Avenue 13.40-13.55 (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Roding Valley Meadows LNR: Water Rail (Barry Jones per ELBF FB)
 * St James's Park: 2 Little Grebes, 1 Great Crested Grebe (Mike Earp)
 * Stocker's Lake: 2 Red Kite, Water Rail, Chiffchaff along R Colne (Steve Carter via Herts BC)
 * Tottenham/Stonebridge Lock: 2 Firecrests, Fieldfare, 8 Long-tailed Tits, 12+ Chaffinch [observer?]
 * Tottenham Marshes: m Stonechat on Clendish Marsh about 100m S of car park, 2-3 Redwings (Quentin Given).
 * Upminster: St Mary's Ln - 324 Fieldfare, 237 Redwing (Alan Shearman via ELBF FB)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Goldeneye, Stonechat, Water Rail, Meadow Pipit, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Kingfisher, Peregrine, Reed Bunting (Chris Farthing)
 * Whitewebbs Park: 13 Mandarin Duck 8m 5f, Sparrowhawk, Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
 * Wormley West End: Hawfinch in private gdn (per HawfinchesUK twitter)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: 1 m Kestrel, 2 Greenfinch - the first that I have seen for a while, c6 Redwing (Charlie Farrell)

Sunday 17th December 2017

 * Brent Reservoir: 6 Snipe, 44 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, Cetti's Warbler (Andrew Self); Fox eating a Cormorant (Brent Birders); later 170 Tufted Duck, 10 Snipe, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff (Roy Beddard)
 * Bromley: Gasometer next to Tesco Homesdale Road - 2 Peregrine perched 11.00 still present 12.00 (A.Skinner)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 20 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
 * Coppets Wood: Common Buzzard low over N Circular into the wood (P.Angus)
 * Crayford Marshes: Caspian Gull 1w at jolly farmers pub / viridor recycling centre (Michael Southcott via Twitter)
 * East Barnet: 8 Goldfinch, 2 Lesser Redpoll, Redwing around garden feeders (Pete Lowman).
 * Eastcote (Field End Recreation Ground): 95 Redwing, 12 Fieldfare (Tim Rymer).
 * Fairlop Waters: Great White Egret still nr sailing club (Adam Winstanley via Twitter)
 * Fulham Reach: Fieldfare, 3 Great Black-Backed Gull on Thames foreshore (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: 6 Siskin, 22 Redwing, 4 Teal 2m 2f, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Jay, 1 Goldcrest, 1 female Kingfisher (John Bushell).
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: f Common Scoter in centre of reservoir at 12.20pm (Tony Blake).
 * Holyfield Lake: Black-necked Grebe 1400 (BirdGuides)
 * KGV Reservoir: 12 Little Grebe, Scaup, Goosander, 11 Goldeneye, Water Rail, f Sparrowhawk, 11 Lapwing, 15+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Mistle Thrush, abundant Fieldfare and Redwing, 2 Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 6 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 19 House Sparrow feeding flock, Brambling, 4 Siskin (Neville Smith).
 * Lamorbey Park: Little Grebe, 2 Cormorant, Little Egret, Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, Peregrine, 8 Common Gull, c60 Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, 2 Stock Dove, Kingfisher, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 2 Jackdaw (Mike Amos & Steve Amos)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Caspian Gull 3w still on eagle_pond (Tony Brown/Adam Winstanley via Twitter)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 4 Bittern main lake - 3 north shore & 1 south shore, 83 Redwing incl 20W, Stonechat, 24 Meadow Pipit SW, 8 Linnet SW (WWT website)
 * Maple Cross: f Yellowhammer in hedge west of estate (Chris Bessant via Herts BC) TQ025924
 * Margravine Cemetery: c100 Redwing, Mistle Thrush, drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker (Nathalie Mahieu, John Boorman).
 * Morden Hall Park: Kestrel, Firecrest (MHP NG twitter) Hi where is the Firecrest usually seen, thanks. [Arjun Dutta] We have seen them in two locations; today’s was with a flock of long-tailed tits near the northern end of the boardwalk, while the one two weeks ago was in among a group of goldcrests on the bank of the Wandle at the Surrey Arms gate end [Nick Rutter]
 * Pinner (HA5): 25 Redwing, 6 Fieldfare, 2 Goldfinch & 2 Jackdaw over (Jon Ridge)
 * Priest Hill, Ewell: 4 Fieldfare, 1 Common Gull, 2 Meadow Pipit (Neil Batten)
 * Rainham Marshes: 3 Bullfinches near adventure playground, 14 Avocets, 5 Black-tailed Godwits, m Marsh Harrier, 2 Peregrines, Kingfisher, 3 Stonechats (Sean Huggins); also 3 Ruff, 2 Water Pipit (per ELBF FB)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: Bittern flew N fr warbler_hide toward Stanstead Innings 1105 (James Ball via Twitter)
 * Seventy Acres Lake: Bittern at Fishers Green fr bittern_hide pm (BirdGuides); 10 Goosander 4m 6rh, c8 Siskin (Dan Fletcher per Herts BC / ELBF FB)
 * Sidcup: 1 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing in gardens adjacent junction of Willersley Avenue and Halfway Street, also Grey Heron sitting in tree there between 10am and 11am (Eric Brown) No sign of Lesser Spotted Woodpecker or Redshank yet.
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Bufflehead female with a small metal ring on right leg. Probably bird from Northants that is regarded as an escape. (Rob Innes per FJM)
 * Stockwell in a community garden: 1 House Sparrow on feeders down from 9 a few weeks ago - in last few years I have seen nest sites filled and demolished by councils and developers no wonder this bird is continually declining but the response from conservation agencies/experts is zero (Michael Mac) PS I have been told by sparrow experts nothing can be done to protect sparrows in London v sad Mike, I am encouraged to see a family of House Sparrows breeding in the garden and in many garden hedges along Bushey Road SW20. Also good numbers in Dorchester. Heartbreaking that Councils can be so thoughtless about their impact on wildlife, esp red listed birds [Paula Redmond]
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 4 Teal, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Peregrine sitting on bare area & flew up with small dark prey [poss Starling], 26 Lapwing, Snipe, 10+ Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 150+ Redwing c85 feeding in horse pasture by Sharvel Lane, c80 Fieldfare, 7 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: no sign Caspian Gull, Yellow-legged Gull subad, Bullfinch (Oliver Simms via Twitter)
 * Walthamstow: Ritchings Avenue back garden - Firecrest (Michael Pattinson)
 * Wanstead Flats: Stonechat still west of Cat & Dog, 50+ Redwing, 50+ Fieldfare, 17 Linnet, Reed Bunting, 6 Skylark, 5 Shoveler, 3 Pochard, Gadwall, hundreds of large gull flying west including 30+ Great Black-backed Gull, sub-ad Yellow-legged Gull, Goldcrest (Nick Croft/Tony Brown)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Water Rail, Kingfisher, Yellow-legged Gull, Coal Tit, 6 Shoveler, 8 Redwing, Sparrowhawk (Chris Farthing)
 * Wimbledon Common: Buzzard, Treecreeper, Reed Bunting [observer?]

Saturday 16th December 2017

 * Alexandra Park: 24 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Egyptian Goose, female Kingfisher (Gareth Richards, Bob Watts)
 * Beddington Farmlands: 1 juv Iceland Gull, 2 Firecrest, 6 Tree Sparrow, 3 Bullfinch, Twite still present on Friday (Peter Alfrey, BFBG) pics here
 * Belair Park: 6+ Siskin elusive feeding on catkins by stream, 2 Jackdaw, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Goldcrest, 5+ Redwing (Paul Collins & Charlie Kitchen)
 * Brent Reservoir: Lapwing, 11 Common Snipe, 3 Water Rail, 10 Redwing, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Bullfinch, Fox on mud (Andrew Verrall)
 * Brockwell Park: 2 Stock Dove, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Mistle Thrush, 5 House Sparrow, 4 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch, Redwing (Paul Collins & Charlie Kitchen)
 * Brookmill Park: 1 Little Grebe again perhaps the same individual as last winter (Mike Paice)
 * Broxbourne Woods: 2 Hawfinch Broxbourne Common area 13:50-14:30 (David Jordan via Herts BC)
 * Dulwich Park: 2 Stock Dove, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Common Gull, Redwing, 6 Tufted Duck; on bird feeders 2 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Chaffinch, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest (Paul Collins & Charlie Kitchen)
 * Erith (Thames Foreshore): incl. 300+ Black-tailed Godwit, 300+ Dunlin, 20+ Linnet, c100 Redshank, Grey Wagtail, Rock Pipit and 53 Teal (Mike Robinson)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - Sparrowhawk, 20+ Redwing, 2 Stock Dove (Samuel Levy)
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: Jack Snipe seen & photographed fr west hide (John Bushell)
 * Grovelands Park: 4 Cormorant, 5 Mute Swan 2 adults 3 first-winter, 2 Egyptian Goose, 81 Mandarin Duck 57m 24f, 16 Tufted Duck 10m 6f, 16 Moorhen, 9 Common Gull 8 adults 1 first-winter, 3 Herring Gull adult 2 imm, 13 Stock Dove, Fieldfare, 5 Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch (Robert Callf)
 * Holly Oak Wood Park: Carrion Crow, 2 Jay, 13 Magpie, 15 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Redwing, 4 Blackbird, 12 Woodpigeon, 3 Feral Pigeon, 6 Black-headed Gull, 6 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch, Collared Dove, Wren, Robin, 2 Goldcrest, Starling, 4 Great Tit, 8 Blue Tit; no sign or sound Lesser Spotted Woodpecker reported Thursday - or any woodpeckers. (Eric Brown)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 8 Red-legged Partridge, Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 100 Golden Plover, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, 3 Bullfinch (Shaun Harvey via Twitter)
 * KGV Reservoir: 12 Gadwall, 10+ Shoveler, 7 Wigeon, 87 Teal (highest count this winter), 540 Tufted Duck, 1 Scaup, 40+ Pochard, 8+ Goldeneye, 4 Goosander, 8 Little Grebe, 40+ Great Crested Grebe, Water Rail in flood relief channel, 7 Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 25 Meadow Pipit, 35+ Fieldfare, 50+ Redwing, 3 Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, Siskin, finch flock feeding on lower perimeter road contained 52 Linnet, Lesser Redpoll m, 12 House Sparrow, 12 Goldfinch, 20+ Chaffinch, Greenfinch, 3 Reed Bunting. (Neville Smith).
 * Ladywell Fields: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Keith Chambers)
 * Lamorbey Park: Little Grebe, 5 Cormorant, 2 Mute Swan, 9 Canada Goose, Peregrine, Tufted Duck, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Pied Wagtail, Song Thrush, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Jay, Jackdaw, 2 Greenfinch (Mike Amos).
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Caspian Gull 3w still on hollow and eagle_ponds (Jamie Partridge via Twitter)
 * Littleton, Shepperton Studios: Raven flew W low calling. (R. Kaye)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, 2 Bittern, Skylark over, 16 Fieldfare, 35 Redwing, 2 Stonechat (WWT website); f Goldeneye fr Dulverton hide (Laurence Arnold via Twitter)
 * Purfleet: Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 19 Avocet, 469 Lapwing, 33 Golden Plover, Grey Plover, 4 Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, 837 Dunlin, 36 Redshank, Greenshank, Yellow-legged Gull, Green Woodpecker, 29 Fieldfare (Fraser Simpson via Twitter)
 * Queen’s Wood N6/N10: Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming (Matt Evans)
 * Rainham RSPB: Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 469 Lapwing, 19 Avocet, Grey Plover, 33 Golden Plover, 4 Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, 837 Dunlin, 36 Redshank, Greenshank, Caspian Gull 1w, Yellow-legged Gull, Short-eared Owl, Green Woodpecker, 29 Fieldfare (per ELBF FB)
 * Rayners Lane HA2: garden - 2 male Blackcap, Coal Tit (Tim Rymer)
 * Regent's Park: 2 Water Rails in Rail Ditch, 1f Firecrest in area 41, Fieldfare, 30+ Redwings, Nuthatch, 4 Blackcaps (Tony Duckett).
 * Roding Valley Meadows NR:  Red-necked Grebe, 10 Greylag Geese, 8 Shoveler, 4 Pochard, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Little Egret, 9 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Fieldfare, 30 Redwing, Goldcrest, 8 Chaffinch, 20 Linnet (Barry Jones)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail (Frank Nugent).
 * Stanborough Lakes: Kingfisher (Tony O'Leary via Herts BC) TL227111
 * Stocker's Farm: Little Owl ((Clifford Smout via Herts BC)
 * Stroud Green: 50+ Redwing, 4+ Fieldfare feeding on berries in Osbourne Road (Bob Watts)
 * Tooting Commons: Shoveler, Cormorant, f Sparrowhawk, c15 Stock Dove, Little Owl, Mistle Thrush (Peter White via Twitter); Grey Wagtail over (Alan Wilkinson via Twitter)
 * Trent Park: 7 Mandarin 5m 2f, Kestrel, 20 Goldfinch, 15 Siskin (Pete Lowman)
 * Turnford Lakes (Cheshunt GPs): 9 Goosander 5m 4f (Chris Ruis via Herts BC)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: Black Redstart (BirdGuides); main GP - Water Rail fr causeway, Woodcock, Caspian Gull, 14+ Lesser Redpoll, Willows Farm L - Barnacle Goose (Andrew Steele via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 2 Stonechat m & f-type in NW corner of Leyton Marsh at 12:30 (Alastair Dent)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Skylark, Goosander over Lockwood, Meadow Pipit, 5 Goldeneye on Number 5 (Christopher Wright); 3 Goosander 2m 1f onto High Maynard at 1550, 6 Fieldfare (P Beckenham)
 * Wanstead Flats: 7 Bewick's Swan east over the park and the first for 70 years, 5 Shoveler, 2 Teal, 4 Pochard, Stonechat, 40+ Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing, singing Song Thrush, 13 Linnet, 2-3 Reed Bunting, 4 Skylark, Little Egret (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 30 Shoveler, 7 Teal, 16 Gadwall, f Pochard, 20+ Redpoll, 6 Siskin, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Little Grebe, Water Rail, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 50+ Redwing, 10+ Fieldfare (Nick Croft)
 * Waterworks NR: Firecrest still (Geoff Hunt per Graham Howie via Twitter)
 * Wimbledon Common: Firecrest c50m in from Putney Vale Cemetery (Peter Carlill)
 * Woodford Green: my 1st Redpoll for the Winter, also 4 Siskin and 2 Chaffinch, 6 Ring-necked Parakeets, 7 Long-tailed Tits, 4 Goldfinch, 3 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch & 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers (Ken Murray)

Friday 15th December 2017

 * Abbey Woods: Common Buzzard, 3 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam, Andrew Thompson & Ron Turner)
 * Belvedere (Thames Foreshore): incl. 7 Ringed Plover (Mike Robinson)
 * Bow Creek: 7 Redshank (Charlie Farrell)
 * Dartford Marshes: Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Peregrine, 20 Avocet, Grey Plover, 50 Lapwing, 15 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 20 Redshank, Snipe, Curlew, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Stonechat, 4 Reed Bunting (Conrad Ellam, Andrew Thompon & Ron Turner)
 * Dulwich Park: 2 Bullfinch by College Road entrance [very rarely seen here], Water Rail heard squealing in reeds, 2 Shoveler m f, 3 Goldcrests, 30+ Redwings, 2 Common Gulls, 1 Grey Heron, 6 Tufted Ducks (Paul Collins)
 * East India Dock Basin: 2 Shelduck, 150 Teal, Cetti's Warbler (Charlie Farrell)
 * Erith (Thames Foreshore): incl. 350+ Black-tailed Godwit, 400+ Dunlin, 20+ Linnet, 80+ Redshank, a Grey Wagtail and 2 Rock Pipit (Mike Robinson)
 * Fairlop Waters: Great White Egret still, 4 Little Egret, Peregrine, 80 Lapwing, 20 Golden Plover, 2 Snipe, 3 Fieldfare, Redwing (Dan Barrett per ELBF FB)
 * Hertford: 2 Brambling m f in gdn (Alan Reynolds via Twitter) TL325125
 * Highgate: Croftdown Rd - Common Buzzard flew low W at 1420 towards Hampstead Heath, also 10 Redwings and single Fieldfare N pm (Pete Mantle)
 * Hook interchange: Buzzard sitting in birch in nearby field (Neil Anderson)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: Kingfisher (Dave McGough per ELBF FB)
 * Iver Heath: 135 Red Kite - being fed locally (Chris Lamsdell)
 * KGV Reservoir: m Scaup on N Basin, Black-necked Grebe on S Basin, 12 Goosander & 6 Goldeneye 3m 3f, 4 Meadow Pipits, Grey Wagtail 1-2pm (Davey Leach).
 * Ladywell Fields: 2 Nuthatch, 7 Redwing (Tom Moulton/Sue Gore/Judith Simmons)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 2 Mandarin, 4 Pintail, Bittern, 7 Redwing, Stonechat (WWT website)
 * Margravine Cemetery: 60+ Redwing, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Rainham RSPB: 2 Grey Plover, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, Caspian Gull 2w, Firecrest & Water Pipit still (BirdGuides)
 * Richmond Park: Little Grebe, Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, Dartford Warbler (Friday Bird Group); c40 Redwing (Nigel Jackman)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail, 8 Redwing (Frank Nugent).
 * Scotsbridge Mill Watercress Beds nr Rickmansworth: 2 Little Egret, Water Rail (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * Sidcup: no sign of any Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers or Redshanks (can the author please add name here and state where Redshanks might have been found in Sidcup - thanks, Eric Brown) No, and its HIGHLY unlikely there ever was one anyhow
 * Swanscombe Marsh: Outgoing tide. 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 2 Marsh Harrier m&f, 13 Gadwall, 10 Teal, 19 Dunlin, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 24 Lapwing, 6 Redshank, 1 Grey Plover, 4 Stonechat, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit 13.00-16.15 (Roger Keith)
 * Thamesmead (Foreshore off the former Thamesmead Golf Course): incl. 9 Avocet and a Curlew (Mike Robinson)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Red Kite SW over 'owl' field, c110 Redwing, c80 Fieldfare, 3 Mistle Thrush, Kestrel, Teal, also 2 Fox (John Colmans)
 * Trent Park: male Mandarin Duck, 22 Mallard 15m 7f, f Shoveler, 2 Tufted Duck m f, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Goldcrest, Treecreeper, 8 Goldfinch, male Siskin (Robert Callf)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: main GP - Caspian Gull 2cy, 2 Kingfisher; Garden Wd - Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 2 Woodcock, 4 Lesser Redpoll; Tyttenhanger Fm - 16 Tree Sparrow (Tyttenhanger Birders via Twitter)
 * Verulamium Park: Kingfisher (Bill Free via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: m Scaup, 7 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, Common Sandpiper, Skylark over, Chiffchaff, 23 Redwing, 2 Reed Bunting (Dave Morrison via Twitter)
 * Waterworks NR: 12 Teal, Pochard, Kingfisher, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Firecrest, 3 Goldcrest, Grey Wagtail (Geoff Hunt per ELBF FB)
 * Westbourne Park: Magpie carrying nesting material (Charlie Farrell)
 * Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross: Little Owl, 45 Fieldfare (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)

Thursday 14th December 2017

 * Alexandra Lake, Thurrock: 2 Kingfisher, 2 Goldcrest (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 15 Redwing (Conrad Ellam); 1 Little Grebe adult, 3 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 21 Redwing, 2 Goldcrest (Mike Paice)
 * Clerkenwell, Spa Fields: 17 Redwing (Francis O'Sullivan)
 * Clissold Park: 2 Male Gadwall on small lake (Ernest Thomason)
 * Crossness: 118 Shoveler, 68 Gadwall, 20 Wigeon, 353 Teal, 2 Peregrine Falcon, Water Rail, 7 Avocet, 120 Lapwing, Curlew, 30 Black-tailed Godwit, 420 Dunlin, 75 Redshank, 4 Great Black-backed Gull (Steve Carter - Twitter)
 * Dulwich Park: 1 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk f, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Common Gull, 1 Grey Heron (Paul Collins)
 * Fairlop Waters: Great White Egret still, 2 Little Egret, 2 Golden Plover (Steve Bacon per ELBF FB)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: 3 Teal, Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, Pheasant, Kingfisher, Siskin, 70 Goldfinch (John Bushell)
 * Heathrow: fem Smew (Michael Shacksahft per Adam Cheeseman)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: f Common Scoter fr viewing platform off Hogg Ln (BirdGuides)
 * Holly Oak Wood Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming in alder wood am (Chris Gibbard via Twitter)
 * Iver Heath: Blackcap female (Chris Lamsdell)
 * Kensal Green: m Sparrowhawk chased off by Crows (Charlie Farrell)
 * Ladywell Fields: Black-necked Grebe (Keith Chambers)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Caspian Gull 3rd w on Eagle_Pond presumed returning bird, 2 Nuthatch, 40+ Redwing, 15 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Coal Tit (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 7 Mandarin, 2 Bittern, 5 Water Rail, 23 Redwing, Stonechat, Water Pipit (WWT website)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: Firecrest (James Palmer)
 * Rainham Marshes: Bittern in flight Aveley Marsh 1125 (Howard Vaughan-Twitter); 2 Grey Plover, 2 Water Pipit (BirdGuides); 17 Pochard, 9 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Little Egret, 6 Marsh Harrier 4f 2m, pr Peregrine, 11 Avocet, 2 Ruff, 35 Black-tailed Godwit, 500 Lapwing, 500 Dunlin, 6 Curlew, 7 Snipe, 2 Bearded Tit, 50 Fieldfare, 14 Redwing, 5 Song Thrush, 6 Stonechat (per ELBF FB)
 * Stanstead Abbotts Lakes - N lake: Goldeneye, Bittern still, Raven, Chiffchaff (Barry Reed via Herts BC)
 * The Ridgeway, Mill Hill: Red Kite drifting NW 11:12 then u-turned and headed E. (Samuel Levy)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: 12 Redwing, Goldcrest (Paul Barham, Bob Watts)
 * Town Park, Enfield: 2 Cormorant, 6 Mandarin Duck 3m 3f Carr's Basin, f Shoveler, 11 Tufted Duck 8m 3f, 2 adult Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, imm Herring Gull, 2 Wren, Greenfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Tufnell Park N7: 40+ Redwing around Huddleston Road area (Reuben Braddock)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: Firecrest still Garden Wd in holly by main path pm, 3 Hawfinch Coppice Wd north end early-pm - mobile but vocal (Connor Rand via Twitter)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: m Scaup, 9 Goldeneye 2m 7f, m Peregrine, Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher, 2 Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Goldcrest (David Morrison & Tamzin Davis via Twitter)
 * Woodford Green: 5 flyover Goosander WNW at 4.05 pm (Ken Murray)

Wednesday 13th December 2017

 * Beckton SW: Buzzard, Curlew, 47 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 76 Redshank, Kingfisher, 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Goldcrest, Rock Pipit (Dave Morrison via Twitter)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Tom Moulton)
 * Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: Egyptian Goose, 2 Shoveler m f, 2 male Tufted Duck, 14 Moorhen, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Redwing, 27 Greenfinch pre-roost gathering in trees 15:05, 2 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - Tawny Owl calling 06:54 (Samuel Levy)
 * Finsbury Park: 100+ Redwings at 10:00, 20+ more in gardens in Cavendish Road N4 (Simon Bradley)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: 3 Teal, Pheasant, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Goldcrest (John Bushell)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: Firecrest railway pools (per Surrey BC)
 * Horsenden Hill: Flock of around 150 Redwing and Fieldfare plus 30 Starling on playing fields (Martin Smith)
 * Hyde Park: Black Redstart seen at 8.30am by the lookout. Initially flushed by a dog from nearby grass. When approached it stayed at roughly 5metres away feeding on insects on the other side of the gate. Appeared to be a dull male (Malachi)
 * Iver Heath: Blackcap male (Chris Lamsdell)
 * KGV Reservoir: Great Northern Diver at north end of south basin, male Scaup on north basin, 11 Goosander, 1st winter Yellow-legged Gull (Roy Woodward)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Bittern main lake N shore, 3 Pintail 2m f, 2 Stonechat m f, 3f Reed Bunting, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Snipe, 114 Wigeon (Martin Honey)
 * Palmers Green: 20+ Redwings in the general area of Eaton Park Road flying around gardens and street trees (Katy McGilvray)
 * Panshanger Park: Water Rail h TL300122, Cetti's Warbler TL298123 (Murray Brown via Herts BC)
 * Rainham RSPB: Red Kite 2cy (Louise Moss, Howard Vaughan et al via ELBF FB)
 * Rye Meads NR: Water Rail & 7 Snipe fr Draper hide, Woodcock HMWT section 16:25 (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail (Frank Nugent).
 * Southwark Park: 13 Redwing, fm Sparrowhawk, 7 Shoveler 3m 2fm, 4 Tufted Duck 2pr (John Cadera)
 * Stanstead Abbotts Lakes - N lake: Goldeneye, Bittern still, Water Rail (Jane Free via Herts BC)
 * Stoneleigh Station KT17: 9 Redwing w, 234 Herring Gull NE a.m. (Neil Batten)
 * Sutcliffe Park: 3 Mute Swan, 6 Tufted Duck, Common Snipe, Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Totteridge Valley: 200+ Redwing flying out of every bush, c20 Fieldfare, Bullfinch - visit curtailed by persistent rain (John Colmans)
 * Tufnell Park N19: 4 Redwing on cotoneaster in my garden (Francis Tusa)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 1m Scaup No4, 7 Goldeneye 4f No4 | 1m&1f No5 | 1m East Warwick, 2 Shelduck, 1 Common Sandpiper No5, 1 Snipe No1, 7 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting. (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * Westcombe Park Road SE3: 2 Firecrests feeding in evergreen shrub in a garden (Joe Beale)
 * William Girling Reservoir: female Smew on flood relief channel, 5 Black-necked Grebes, 7 Goosander, 1 Redshank (Roy Woodward & David Hutley)
 * Winchmore Hill N21: 30+ Redwing in back garden feeding on the lawn and in trees, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Coal Tit, Ring-necked Parakeet on feeder (Frances Shipp)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Water Rail, Sparrowhawk, Teal, 2 Shoveler (Chris Farthing)

Tuesday 12th December 2017

 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Common Snipe, Skylark, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Fieldfare (Simon Worsfold)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 15 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
 * Canons Farm: Snipe W (Steve Gale via Twitter); 24 Lapwing N (Geoff Barter per CFBW BG twitter)
 * Dagenham Chase LNR: 4 Wigeon, 13 Teal, 4 Pochard, Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, 33 Lapwing, Snipe, 2 Common Gull, 2 Jackdaw, 2 Rook, 3 Skylark over, 2+ Chiffchaff, 4+ Goldcrest, Fieldfare, 2+ Redwing, f Reed Bunting (Vincenzo Halley-Frame via Twitter)
 * Enfield (The Ridgeway): Coal Tit singing (Robert Callf)
 * Epping Forest: Highams Park/Woodford Green - 15+ Long-tailed Tit, 12+ Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Firecrest, 15+ Redwing, 2 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 5 Magpie (Mike Smith)
 * Fairlop Waters CP: Great White Egret still (Dan Barrett per ELBF FB)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - Tawny Owl calling 06:53 (Samuel Levy)
 * Gobions Wood nr Brookmans Park: 2 Hawfinch (per Herts BC)
 * Hampstead Heath: 4 Hawfinches flew W over Parliament Hill at 0820, also 50 Fieldfare, 100+ Redwing, 5 Redpolls and a Skylark over (Pete Mantle)
 * Kensal Green: 8 Redwing over (Charlie Farrell)
 * Lamorbey Park, Sidcup: [lake partly frozen] Mute Swan, 7 Tufted Ducks, Little Grebe, Grey Heron, Nuthatch, Peregrine (Eric Brown)
 * Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 12 very hungry Redwing feeding on the berry bushes around The Square (Neil Batten)
 * Lee Valley, Cornmill Meadows: Jack Snipe, 20+ Common Snipe, 2 Lapwing, 4 Water Rail, 2 Common Buzzard, 10+ Meadow Pipit, Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, 30+ Siskin, 3 Reed Bunting (Simon Papps) Was the J.Snipe on the scrape Simon North end of south meadow. First I've seen there since the 1990s, but must surely be more regular as habitat looks ideal [SP]
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Bittern, 16 Snipe, 2m Stonechat, 50+ Redwing, c20 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Wood Mouse feeding out in the open (M. Honey et al.); 2 Skylark overhead west, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Water Rail, 4 Siskin (Nick Moll)
 * Nore Hill: House Martin (per Surrey BC) - poss joint latest in London ever [JR]
 * North Met Pit: 1+ Bittern (BirdGuides) TL369033
 * Panshanger: m Yellowhammer, w/ 8 Greenfinch by Moneyhole Park allotments (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
 * Pinner (HA5): 23 Redwing, Fieldfare, Kestrel south-east, Grey Heron west, Green Woodpecker, Jay, Jackdaw, Coal Tit, 7 Long-tailed Tit & 3 Goldfinch (Jon Ridge)
 * Purfleet: 22 Wigeon, f Pintail, 35 Teal, ad m Marsh Harrier, 2 Grey Plover, 155 Lapwing, Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, 799 Dunlin, Snipe, 14 Redshank, 2 Jackdaw, 12 Rook, 50 Fieldfare, 55 Linnet (Fraser Simpson via Twitter)
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: 202 Lapwing, 67 Goldfinch, 7 Cetti's Warbler, 31 Redwing, 18 Stock Dove, Mistle Thrush, 16 Skylark, 45 Linnet, 4 Marsh Harrier, 24 Reed Bunting, 31 Fieldfare, 13 Shoveler, 43 Coot, 17 Meadow Pipit, 5 Greenfinch, 24 Common Snipe, 4 Stonechat, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Kestrel, 2 Raven, f Peregrine, 113 Greylag, 3 Song Thrush, 135 Dunlin, 16 Avocet, 13 Shelduck, 33 Teal, 221 Wigeon, 405 Canada Geese, Curlew, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, f Bullfinch, Barn Owl, 3 Pintail, 16 Pochard, 3 Ruff, 2 Bearded Tit, Green Sandpiper. (Samuel Levy); Bittern (Alan Reynolds per ELBF FB); Firecrest cordite store (Geoff Hunt per ELBF FB)
 * Regent's Park: Golden Plover north at 7.50am, 125 Redwings, 2 Fieldfares (Tony Duckett).
 * Roding Valley Meadows LNR: Red-necked Grebe still (Barry Jones per ELBF FB)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail (Frank Nugent).
 * Sidcup: 7 Redwings on berries in gardens at Maple Leaf Drive, also eight Blackbirds, Song Thrush (Eric Brown)
 * South Kensington: single Rook south-east Queen's Gate SW7 a.m. (D. McKenzie).
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Chiffchaff, 2+ Goldcrest, Redwing (heard only) (Charlie Farrell)
 * Waddon Ponds: Caspian Gull 2w am (John Birkett via Twitter)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Scaup and pair of Goosander on No 4, Redshank and 6 Skylarks on Lockwood, 16 Lapwing and 8 Fieldfare over, 7 Goldeneye (David Bradshaw, Mike Messenger); 2 Common Sandpiper [HM & No5], 30 Linnet, 2 Shelduck (Chris Farthing)
 * Wandle Park: 2 Snipe, Skylark (John Birkett via Twitter)
 * West Thurrock Marshes: 3 Grey Plover, Caspian Gull 1w, Water Pipit pm (BirdGuides)
 * Westbourne Park: Peregrine, 8 Redwing over (Charlie Farrell)
 * Whitewebbs Park: Woodcock, 5 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Snipe, Yellow-legged Gull, Sparrowhawk, Teal, 2 Shoveler, Reed Bunting, Fieldfare, 30 Redwing (Chris Farthing) Chris I've looked for YLG here without success. Does it have a preferred hang-out [Quentin Given] If it isn't on the 'gull pipes' at Woodberry then it will often be on the wooden pontoons at the south end of the West Reservoir [CF]
 * Woodford Green: Siskin and 4 Redwing in the garden and c20 Redwing over North. 08.15 (Ken Murray)

Monday 11th December 2017

 * Barnehurst Station: Red Kite being mobbed by a Crow 2.45pm (Harry Halstead)
 * Bedfont Lakes CP: juv Gannet SE 12:50 (Paul Bright-Thomas via Twitter)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Song Thrush, 15 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
 * Cassiobury Park: Yellowhammer still 08:25 at bottom end of Park beside large oak. Flighty but calling. (Ralph Darvill via Twitter)
 * Clissold Park: 5 Gadwall 2f 3m, c50 Starlings (Ernest Thomason)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - 9 Starling, 4 Stock Dove, 30+ Redwing, Mistle Thrush (Samuel Levy)
 * Lee Valley, Friday Lake: red-head Smew still, male Goosander south, 19 Egyptian Goose west, 80+ Fieldfare east, Cetti's Warbler, 50+ Siskin, 4 Bullfinch (Simon Papps)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, Goldeneye, 2 Bittern, 77 Lapwing, Chiffchaff, 27 Fieldfare, 50 Redwing, Water Pipit (WWT website)
 * Pinner (HA5): 40 Redwing & 4 Fieldfare back & forth throughout the day, Goldfinch & 2 Coal Tit on the feeders (Jon Ridge)
 * Rainham RSPB: 7 Kittiwake, 3 Little Gull (per ELBF FB)
 * Shepperton, 'waste ground' immediately south of M3: 8 Snipe, 1 Woodcock, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff (R Kaye)
 * Trent Park: 7 Mandarin Duck 4m 3f, Teal flew over, f/imm Goosander, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 3 male Siskin, Goldfinch (Robert Callf)

Sunday 10th December 2017

 * Barnehurst DA7: 20+ Starlings and 10+ House Sparrows in my garden in the snow (Harry Halstead)
 * Brent Reservoir: 3 Little Egret, 11 Snipe, 2 Skylark over in snow (Andrew Self)
 * Bricket Wood: 2 Raven flying together (Tony Bates via Herts BC)
 * Brook Farm, Upminster: Barn Owl, Kingfisher, 6 Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, Firecrest, 42 Fieldfare, 27 Redwing, 4 Goldcrest, 57 House Sparrow, 32 Pied Wagtail, 15 Meadow Pipit, 12 Chaffinch, Brambling, 25 Greenfinch, 2 Yellowhammer (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Cassiobury Park: m Yellowhammer feeding at base of trees nr Langley Way entrance at dusk (Stephen Middleton via Twitter)
 * Denham: Grey Wagtail around Deep Lock, Little Egret, Redwing and Fieldfare along bushes, Kingfisher, Bullfinch 7.50am 'sunday drivers plus conditions - glad to be an early goer' (Dan Pinkham)
 * Fairlop Waters: 1 Tawny Owl over, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egrets, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 6 Fieldfare, 1 Pochard, 1 Gadwall, 1 Little Grebe (Charlie Farrell)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - m Blackcap, 50+ Redwing, Mistle Thrush, 2 Stock Dove. (Samuel Levy)
 * Grovelands Park: 86 Mandarin Duck 54m 32f, male Pochard, 29 Tufted Duck 15m 14f (Robert Callf); 13 Shoveler reported earlier (Stephen Witherford per RM Callf)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 32 Wigeon, 7 Red-legged Partridge, Buzzard (Dave Morrison per ELBF FB)
 * Kentish Town NW5: Common Buzzard over low S being harangued by Crows at 14:55 over Murphy's Yard just after snow had stopped, Blackcap in garden at dusk (Frank Nugent).
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Bittern, 3 Water Pipit, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Pintail, 2 Shelduck, 2 Stonechat, 1 Chiffchaff, 15 Redwing (WWT website)
 * Maple Cross: 18 Golden Plover NW 1pm (Chris Bessant via Herts BC) TQ024924
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 1 Firecrest m again, in shrubs inside the towpath wall 50m south of the northern entrance at 10:30 (Alastair Dent)
 * Pinner (HA5): 7 Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay & Goldfinch (Jon Ridge)
 * Purfleet: 2 Brent Goose, 2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Grey Plover, 144 Golden Plover, 491 Lapwing, 7 Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 611 Dunlin, 17 Redshank, 109 Common Gull, 19 Great Black-backed Gull, 50 Fieldfare, Rock Pipit (Fraser Simpson via Twitter)
 * Rainham RSPB: Bittern (Jerry Hoare per ELBF FB); pr Bullfinch cordite wood (Barry Jackson, Nick Smith per ELBF FB); 8 Pintail, 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 2 Avocet, 2 Ruff, 22 Snipe, Stock Dove, 8 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, 6 Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, Water Pipit, 6 Rock Pipit (per ELBF FB)
 * Raynes Park: garden - 25 Redwing, Song Thrush, 20+ Goldfinch, Collared Dove calling, 4 House Sparrows 1m 3f, 40-50 Starlings over [twice - not sure if same flock], Coal Tit, numerous Great Tits & Blue Tits, Dunnock - snowing heavily now (P. Redmond)
 * Richmond Park: 31 Gadwall, 16 Shoveler, 12 Wigeon, 16 Pochard, Little Grebe (J.Wilczur); 4 Stonechat 2m 2f, 3 Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, Treecreeper (P. Redmond); 1 Red Kite (Hugh Bradshaw)
 * Roding Valley Meadows LNR: Red-necked Grebe still (Andy Tweed per ELBF FB)
 * Shrewsbury Park, SE18: Sparrowhawk chasing Woodpigeon through trees, Green Woodpecker (Tim Rymer).
 * Sidcup: 2+ Redwings in gardens at Maple Leaf Drive among flock including several Blackbirds and Song Thrush all frantically disputing rights to berries in the snow (Eric Brown)
 * Tottenham Marsh: Hawfinch showed again 11.30 in snow in trees 50m west of river viewed from path about 100m N of Stonebridge Cafe (Quentin Given).
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Red Kite over low westbound at 15:00, Yellow-legged Gull (Chris Farthing)
 * Woodford Green: 'Strooth the white Stuff' 3 Siskin on feeders and Little Egret over & Tawny Owl flew out of roost tree at 11.20am as it 'cracked' and keeled over. (Ken Murray) Not sure what you mean by 'cracked' and keeled over - did it have a nervous breakdown and then die - R Callf  I think he means the tree - S Huggins

Saturday 9th December 2017

 * Alexandra Park: 16 Redwing, 8 Fieldfare, 10 Pochard, 3 Shoveler (APOG Birders); Lesser Spotted Woodpecker very visible in trees around bunker in NE area of park. 13.00-13.10. No sign of it on Sunday or Monday (Greg Smith)
 * Bayhurst Wood: nr Ruislip - 3 Hawfinch nr dried-up pond am (Chris Sharp via Twitter)
 * Bencroft Wood: 4 Hawfinch betw east & west car parks 11:30 (Roland Power via Herts BC)
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 drake Goosander briefly at 08:00 (Andrew Self); Little Egret, 7 Snipe, 2 Water Rail, 21 Redwing, Cetti's Warbler, Coal Tit (Brent Birders)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 3 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
 * Canon's Farm/Banstead Wood: Red Kite, 5 Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Common Gull, 5 Rook, 49 Skylark, 23 Fieldfare, 62 Redwing, Meadow Pipit, 3 Linnet, 2 Yellowhammer (Geoff Barter, David Campbell, Paul Goodman et al via CFBW BG blog)
 * Dollis Brook: Barnet Lane - Totteridge Station - 85 Redwing, Nuthatch. (Samuel Levy)
 * Fairlop Waters: incl surrounding fields - 2 Long-eared Owls, 1 Great White Egret, Hawfinch, 3 Little Egrets, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Little Owl, Reed Bunting, Treecreeper, Kingfisher, Redwing, Fieldfare, Stock Dove, Linnet. (Neil Twyford/Alan Thomas/Steve Bacon/Alan Bell)
 * Finchley: garden N3 - 28 Redwing, 12 Fieldfare mainly S 09:10, Stock Dove, Mistle Thrush, 2 Collared Dove (Samuel Levy)
 * Garden Wood: Firecrest in holly bushes am TL192049 (Rick Flesher / Tyttenhanger Birders via Twitter); still 1515 fr bend in path nr pylon cnr (Graham Knight via Twitter)
 * Highams Park: Firecrest, Siskin, c50 Redwing, 8+ Shoveler, 20+ Pochard, 3 Gadwall, 6+ Great Spotted Woodpecker. (Joe Dickens)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: ad Yellow-legged Gull in roost (Tony Blake via Herts BC)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 14 Wigeon, 60 Golden Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper, 7 Fieldfare (Dave Morrison per ELBF FB)
 * KGV Reservoir: Scaup, 8 Goosander, 15 Goldeneye, Green Sandpiper, 2 first-w Caspian Gull, Tawny Owl calling at 1650hrs, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 3 Fieldfare, 10+ Redwing, Mistle Thrush, 3 Stonechat 1m, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Goldcrest, 25+ Linnet, Siskin (Neville Smith).
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern N shore main lake, 2 Shelduck wader scrape, 4 Pintail grazing marsh/main lake, 20+ Redwing entrance lake, 8 Fieldfare flyovers and feeding on site, 2 Stonechat m f grazing marsh, 2 Reed Bunting by Dulverton, Peregrine on Ch. X., Goldeneye reported by another (Martin Honey)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 1 Firecrest mobile in evergreen oaks along river and in bed near northern entrance, also 1 Goldcrest, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher 13:30-14:00 (Alastair Dent)
 * Nonsuch Park: 1 Treecreeper with mixed flock, 4+ Redwings, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker and possible Bullfinch heard (Isaiah Rowe)
 * North Finchley, Hutton Grove: 5 Redwing, 9 Fieldfare SE 09:15-09:30 (Samuel Levy)
 * Pinner (HA5): 14 Redwing, Fieldfare, Goldfinch & Coal Tit (Jon Ridge)
 * Rainham RSPB: 2 Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 10 Avocet, Grey Plover, 2 Ruff, 17 Curlew, 13 Black-tailed Godwit, 180 Dunlin, 53 Redshank, Firecrest, Chiffchaff, 46 Fieldfare, 12 Redwing, 4 Stonechat, 4 Rock Pipit (per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: Jack Snipe, 2 Common Snipe, 12 Wigeon, m Peregrine, 2 Buzzard, c50 Fieldfare over, 3 Dartford Warbler, 13 Siskin, 3 Reed Bunting (J.Wilczur, S.Woolfenden, C.Williams); 4 Redwing, 2 Stonechat m&f, 3 Kestrel, 3 Woodcock, Little Owl, Tawny Owl (P. Davies, P. Redmond)
 * Roding Valley Meadows LNR: Red-necked Grebe (Andy Tweed per ELBF FB)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail (Frank Nugent).
 * Shepperton: 'waste ground' immediately south of M3 - Buzzard perched, Red Kite, 10 Common Snipe, 3 Stonechat, 6 Bullfinch, 3 Siskin, Lesser Redpoll (R.Kaye)
 * Shrewsbury Park, SE18: 13 Redwing, 4 Nuthatch, 3 Greenfinch, Song Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Tim Rymer).
 * Staines Reservoir: 8 Shelduck, 37 Shoveler, 121 Wigeon, 4 Pintail, 204 Teal, 242 Pochard, 16 Goldeneye, Black-necked Grebe, Red Kite (Allan Goddard via Twitter)
 * Stanborough Lakes: 378 Ring-necked Parakeets in roost betw A6129 and A1[M] opp South Lakes car park. Birds gather in poplars in car park then fly across A6129 to roost. All arrived 15:50-16:10. (David Booth via Twitter)
 * Stanstead Abbotts Lakes - N lake: Bittern, 7 Siskin (Jane Free via Herts BC)
 * Stocker's Lake: Great White Egret fr heron_watchpoint 10:25 but mobile (BirdGuides)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: Little Owl, 2 Lesser Redpoll, Peregrine, 2 Snipe, Buzzard, Little Egret, 11 Skylark, 6 Linnet, 2 Rook (G Westley)
 * Thorndon CP: 4+ Hawfinch, 2 Bullfinch (Andrew Cox via EBwS BN); pr Mandarin, 25+ Hawfinch pm (Paul Hawkins via Twitter)
 * Tottenham Marshes: 10 Redwing south, fem. Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler briefly in song, Song Thrush, pair Jay, pair Greenfinch, male Hawfinch showing intermittently in tall trees in Stonebridge Wood (Harringay Birder)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 280+ Redwing, Grey Wagtail, 72 Fieldfare, 3 Siskin, Kestrel, 8 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 5 Mandarin Duck 3m 2f, 4 Common Gull, 2m Teal, Lesser Redpoll, 2 Bullfinch, 18 Starling, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Greylag & the 3 white ones, 62 Canada Geese, 43 Rook, 27 Mallard. (Samuel Levy & Simon Worsfold); also Little Owl and Tawny Owl heard (Simon Worsfold)
 * Trent Park: 2 Grey Heron incl leucistic individual, 5 Mandarin Duck 3m 2f, 2 f/imm Goosander lower lake after 13:00, male Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Kingfisher, Song Thrush, 5 Redwing, 2 Nuthatch, 5 Siskin feeding in alders by lower lake, 4 Goldfinch, f Bullfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Tyttenhanger: Great White Egret still on Main Pit 0900 (Twitter) TL195052
 * Uxbridge: 1 Kingfisher along River Frays by Cowley Road [A408] (Roger Dewey)
 * Verulamium Park: 2 Little Egret roosting on heron_island (Andrew Steele via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 3 Linnet, 2 Stonechat (Jon Agar)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: f Goldeneye Lockwood, Common Sandpiper High Maynard, 3 Green Sandpiper on overflow (David Bradshaw via Twitter)
 * Wanstead Flats: Hawfinch, 5–10 Linnet, Reed Bunting, 25 Fieldfare, 7 Redwing, 5 Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, 2 Meadow Pipit, Goldcrest, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 37 Shoveler, 26 Gadwall, 2 Teal, f Pochard, 14 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, Little Egret, 10+ Siskin, Goldcrest, 20+ Redwing, 9 Fieldfare, Water Rail (Nick Croft)
 * Wimbledon Common: Hawfinch [finally] flew over The Causeway towards the village (Les Evans-Hill)
 * Woodford Green: 2 Hawfinch South low over canopy at 09.54, Little Egret, 4 Siskin, 2 Chaffinch, c12 Fieldfare North, and a female Sparrowhawk also Common Buzzard over at 12.40pm (Ken Murray)
 * Worcester Park: garden KT4 - 1 Sparrowhawk flew in, 3 Greenfinch & 1 Chaffinch NE, 25+ Redwing moving through and landing near house (Isaiah Rowe)

Friday 8th December 2017

 * Alexandra Park: Chaffinch, 2 Fieldfare, 20+ Goldfinch, 2 Hawfinch flew into trees lining Lower Rd adjacent to Butterfly Meadow, Kingfisher, 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Pied Wagtail, 30 Redwing (Bruce Carson) Where is Lower Road and where is the butterfly meadow, please Thank-you [Harringay Birder]. Cross the perimeter ditch by west side cricket scrub. Walk 30m NW, pass under a line of trees onto tarmacked Lower Rd. Butterfly Meadow is adjacent space on north side of this road - Bruce. Bruce - many thanks [Harringay Birder]
 * Boxer's Lake, Enfield: Mute Swan, 5 Mandarin Duck 3m 2f, 3 Shoveler 2m 1f, 11 Tufted Duck 8m 3f, 6 Common Gull 4 adults 1 second-winter 1 first-winter, Grey Wagtail, Nuthatch (Robert Callf)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 12 Redwing, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Broxbourne Woods: Danemead Wood - 20+ Hawfinch 2-3pm flying into trees TL346079 (Roger Buxton via Herts BC); 31 Hawfinch into roost (Connor Rand via Twitter)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - 39 Redwing into roost 16:00. (Samuel Levy)
 * Gobions Wood nr Brookmans Park: Hawfinch w/ Redwings in Leach's Fields hedgerow (BirdGuides)
 * Hyde Park: Black Redstart usual location at 13.50hrs 5th day (Dave Jordan)
 * Little Britain, Cowley, Uxbridge: 1 Common Buzzard perched in tree - Huntsmoor Island, River Colne. (Roger Dewey)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Bittern main lake N side 10.40 (Simon Osborn)
 * Margravine Cemetery: 3 Redwing, pr Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Peregrine Falcon 1 over at 11:40 warned off by resident pair on Hospital, Sparrowhawk (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * North Finchley: 6 Fieldfare E at c9.20 (John Colmans)
 * Oakwood Park, Southgate: 80+ Redwing forming an open loose flock between Gardens/Tube line/Tea rooms where they are congregating & feeding on a Holly bush. (E.Sapatsch)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail (Frank Nugent).
 * Stocker's Lake: 6 Goldeneye 3m 3f (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * Stockwell: in a community garden - 9 House Sparrows (Michael Mac)
 * Tate Modern: again 2 Peregrine on chimney (John Colmans)
 * The Ridgeway, Mill Hill: 165 Redwing, 3 Common Gull, 25 Fieldfare, Pied Wagtail, 5 Mistle Thrush, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, 2 Canada Geese. (Samuel Levy)
 * Tottenham Marsh: Hawfinch on West Marsh 300 yards north of Stonebridge Lock (Paul Whiteman, David Bradshaw, Terry Rawlings)
 * Trent Park: 23 Goosander 5m 18f/imm, Little Grebe, 3 Mandarin 2m f, 2 Siskin, Redwing, Green Woodpecker, 25 Black-headed Gull (Pete Lowman)
 * Turnford Marsh GPs: 5 Goosander 4m f Ashley Pit late-am (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
 * Tyttenhanger: main GP - Great White Egret still lagoon fr causeway TL196049; Garden Wd - Firecrest w/ tit flock fr path behind hide am (Rupert Evershed via Twitter)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 1m Scaup, 5 Goldeneye 1m 4f, 1m Sparrowhawk. (Daniel Whitelegg, David Bradshaw); pr Goosander on High Maynard but spooked by helicopter at 3pm - looked to put down on Lockwood, 2 Green Sandpiper in relief channel (Chris Farthing); Red-breasted Merganser (per ELBF FB)
 * Wandsworth Common: Hawfinch showing at top of tree behind café fr bowling green c0945 (Peter White via Twitter)
 * Warren Plantation: 2 Raven N toward Copt Hall (Alan Harris via EBwS BN) TL434006
 * West Norwood Cemetery: Jackdaw over calling, 10 Redwing, Nuthatch, 40 Starling over (Michael Mac)

Thursday 7th December 2017

 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, 2 Redwing, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Buckhurst Hill: Hawfinch (per HawfinchesUK twitter)
 * City: dead Woodcock on Bishopsgate (Tom Smith)
 * Hyde Park: Black Redstart still this morning active in trees by Gates 8 and 9 then into event site. (Vince Kinsler); again at 14.55hrs. (D.Jordan)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern N. shore main lake with a possible 3rd seen nearby but in a different area just minutes before, 2 Shelduck, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Stonechat m f, 8 Snipe, 9 Fieldfare, 200+ Starling flew over just before dusk heading towards Fulham (Martin Honey)
 * Maple Lodge NR: Great White Egret, 3 Green Sandpiper - members only (Phill Luckhurst via Herts BC)
 * Oxleas Woods: Hawfinch in garden SE9 1YG by pond and seen via CCTV only at 11.55. (John Reid)
 * Queen Mary Reservoir: Great Northern Diver (Twitter)
 * Rainham RSPB: 2ad Yellow-legged Gull, 21 Great Black-backed Gull, 86 Fieldfare (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: 15 Woodcock (Richmond Park Bird Group); male Peregrine at dusk, 2 Buzzard (J.Wilczur)
 * Stanborough Lakes: c250 Ring-necked Parakeet roosting in trees between A1M and A6129 at 4pm viewed fr far end of Stanborough L south car park (Graham Knight via Herts BC) TL226109
 * Stoneleigh Station KT17: 18 Redwing N, 12 Ring-necked Parakeet (Neil Batten)
 * The Ridgeway, Mill Hill: 13 Redwing, Fieldfare, Pied Wagtail. (Samuel Levy)
 * Town Park, Enfield: 3 Cormorant, Grey Heron, 3 Mute Swan m f juv, 3 Shoveler 2m 1f, 3 male Pochard, 27 Tufted Duck 16m 11f Carr's Basin, Sparrowhawk, Common Gull, 3 Stock Dove, 9+ Redwing, Mistle Thrush, 2 Goldcrest, 3 f Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Trent Park: 16 Goosander 10f/imm 6m, m Tufted Duck, 4 Mandarin 3m f, 11 Siskin, 3 Goldfinch (Pete Lowman, David Hills)
 * Tyttenhanger: main GP - Great White Egret scrape still 0815 (Twitter)

Wednesday 6th December 2017

 * Banbury Reservoir: f Red-breasted Merganser again at 10.30 am viewable through fence at top of Banbury Road E17 (Lol Bodini).
 * Brixton: 7 House Sparrow on feeders on Glanville Road in Blenheim Gardens Estate (Tony Stones)
 * Connaught Water Epping forest: male Goosander and male Pintail, no sign of Smew (J-P Elmes)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - 12 Redwing (Samuel Levy)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Mute Swan juv, Tufted Duck m, Little Grebe, Pheasant m, Goldcrest (John Bushell)
 * Grovelands Park: 12 Cormorant roosting on island, 2 imm Grey Heron, 5 Mute Swan m f 3 1st-winter, 2 Egyptian Goose m f, 87 Mandarin Duck 55m 32f at 16:10, f Shoveler, m Pochard, 21 Tufted Duck 12m 9f, 6 Common Gull 5 adults 1 first-winter, 9+ Stock Dove, c250 Ring-necked Parakeet, Tawny Owl emerged from daytime roost seen hooting on branch 16:17, Grey Wagtail, 8 Redwing (Robert Callf)
 * Hackney E9: Kestrel f perched on rooftop in Albert Close 9.40 (Jan Dobbie)
 * Highfield Farm: Hawfinch (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC) TL186058
 * Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens: Black Redstart found by Dave Jordan on Monday still in same location (Frank Nugent) Nice to meet you this morning Frank. NB any birders planning on visiting, do not be afraid to get close to security gate 8 as event control room has been briefed and there shouldn't be any issues [DJ]
 * Mardyke, Stifford-Aveley: Firecrest (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Oxleas Wood: Green Woodpecker, Jackdaw, 2 Goldcrest, 25+ Redwing, Kestrel [fm], Sparrowhawk (Ron Turner)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail (Frank Nugent).
 * Staines Moor: Little Egret, Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Water Pipit, 2 Stonechat (Robert Martin via Twitter)
 * Stoneleigh Station KT17: 237 Herring Gull NE, 14 Redwing, 13 Ring-necked Parakeet, 3 Pied Wagtail (Neil Batten)
 * Tate Modern: 2 Peregrine on the chimney (John Colmans)
 * The Ridgeway, Mill Hill: 33 Redwing, 7 Fieldfare, Siskin. (Samuel Levy)
 * Tottenham Marsh: Hawfinch seen three times [E and W side] 10.30-12pm; also m Sparrowhawk & Kestrel, m Reed Bunting, f Stonechat, flock of c20 Redwing (Lol Bodini, Terry Rawlings).
 * Trent Park: 17 Goosander 10 f/imm 7 m (only 11 by the time I left with 6 birds being spooked off by walkers getting too close), 2 Pochard m f, 3 Tufted Duck m 2f, 6 Mandarin 5m f, 23 Siskin most feeding in trees on S side of upper [western] lake, 3 Bullfinch, 2 Redwing, Kestrel, Green Woodpecker. (Pete Lowman). Do the Goosander generally stay until about 2:00 pm when they fly off E to roost in the Lee Valley - R Callf. Hi Robert. This is generally the case but today there were 17 at 11:00 am and by Noon 6 had been spooked off [Pete]
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: main GP - Great White Egret flew N fr scrape 11:15, 2 Kingfisher (Alan Gardiner via Herts BC); 11 Tree Sparrow Tyttenhanger Fm (Steve Blake via Herts BC)
 * Uxbridge: 2 Little Egret wading in R. Frays, also 1 Goldcrest by Cowley Road. (Roger Dewey)
 * West End nr Essendon: 6 Hawfinch Sawmill Ln fr Hatfield Pk, c130 Linnet (per Herts BC)

Tuesday 5th December 2017

 * Bentley Priory: Hawfinch heard but not seen, 1m Goosander on Summerhouse Lake (Andrew Haynes).
 * Brent Reservoir: 11 Common Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, Kingfisher (Simon Worsfold)
 * Brookmans Park: Hawfinch south of Hawkshead Ln bridge at Mimmshall Brook (BirdGuides)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 7 Redwing, 2 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Ewell, Hogsmill Open Space: 1 Little Egret perched in trees above river Hogsmill 08.30 (Neil Batten)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - Tawny Owl calling 05:20; also 2 Mistle Thrush, 22 Redwing, 11 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, Sparrowhawk (Samuel Levy)
 * Grovelands Park: 51 Mandarin 43m 8f (James Palmer) Advice for potential Mandarin Duck counters - stay until dusk when most of the birds emerge from hiding and gather on the water before they venture off into the woods to feed - R Callf
 * Hampstead Heath: c5 Redpoll with Goldfinches, c25 Greenfinch, Water Rail, Kingfisher, Little Grebe on Sanctuary pond, c15 Redwing, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker and Green Woodpecker (Dave Porritt with MBS)
 * Hyde Park: male Black Redstart at 09.10 same location as yesterday inside and outside of event site between gates 8 and 9 (Dave Jordan); Black Redstart still present 13:15 same location mainly in trees but occasionally on ground (Quentin Given).
 * Lewisham High Street: Little Egret flying east early afternoon (Conrad Ellam)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Bittern N shore main lake, 3 Pintail 2m f grazing marsh (Martin Honey); Caspian Gull 3cy/4th winter - possibly a hybrid, Yellow-legged Gull 1cy (J.Wilczur)
 * Lonsdale Road Reservoir: 6 Goldcrest in tit flock (Rich Petley)
 * Oxleas Wood: 2 Kestrel f m, 25+ Redwing, 2 Jackdaw, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper, 5 Goldcrest, 3 Firecrest, Mistle Thrush, Stock Dove (Ron Turner); also Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Sparrowhawk (Pete Coates)
 * Stocker's Lake: 10 Red-crested Pochard 8m 2f, 7 Goldeneye 5m 2f (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC); 2 Little Egret, 3 Kingfisher, 12 Fieldfare, c6 Redwing (Steve Carter via Herts BC)
 * Stockwell: a community garden - 4 House Sparrows on feeder (Michael Mac)
 * The Ridgeway, Mill Hill: 45 Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, Pied Wagtail (Samuel Levy)
 * Tottenham Marsh: Hawfinch (per Pete Lambert)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: c105 Redwing, c75 Fieldfare inc 33W, c20 Siskin, 15 Rook, c115 Common Gull, m Sparrowhawk, 6 Teal, 63 Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Goose plus 3 'farmyard' geese (John Colmans)
 * Trent Park: 12 Goosander 10f/imm 2m These birds are easily spooked so please take care how you approach the lake. Many thanks, 8 Mandarin 5m 3f, 2 Pochard m f, 2f Tufted Duck, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 5 Redwing (Pete Lowman)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: main GP - Great White Egret 1050 & 11 Little Egret scrape area TL196049, Water Rail, 3 Snipe; Fishing L - 3 Green Sandpiper (Steve Blake/David Booth via Herts BC); Willows Fm - f Stonechat nr dung heap (Geoff Young vie Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: drake Scaup still on No 4, 6 Goldeneye including drakes on No 4 & 5 (David Bradshaw)
 * Waterworks NR: 1+ Firecrest still (David Bradshaw, Susan Huckle)
 * Wembley Park: Tawny Owl hooting in gardens 04:00-06:20 (Joe Taylor)
 * Whitewebbs Park: 10 Mandarin Duck 6m 4f, Hawfinch flew over (Robert Callf)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Wigeon, Yellow-legged Gull, Kingfisher, Peregrine (Chris Farthing)
 * Woodford Green: 13 Siskin 12.15 increased from 6 earlier and 2 Goldcrest, then 5 Hawfinch and c12 Redwings N over canopy at 8.45am, also 3 Egyptian Geese low S over canopy at 9am, then c50 Redwing low S at 9.03am & Buzzard over at 11am and a 1st for me - a Fox breaking cover in the garden went for a lope over the first 2 metres then covered the last 4 metres at breathtaking speed to grab a Squirrel beneath bird feeders (Ken Murray)
 * Wraysbury GP: 1 Little Egret, 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Buzzard, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest (Chris Lamsdell)

Monday 4th December 2017

 * Biggin Hill: Hawfinch over West Kent GC (BirdGuides)
 * Black Park: 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Mandarin Duck, 60 Siskin (Chris Lamsdell)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
 * Camley Street LNR: 5 Siskin 2m 3f, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Cetti's Warbler ringed, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Goldfinch. (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * Dagenham Chase LNR: 19 Wigeon, 12 Pochard, Water Rail h, 105 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 10 Common Gull, 8 Jackdaw, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 11 Fieldfare, 10 Linnet, m Bullfinch (Vincenzo Halley-Frame via Twitter)
 * Epping Forest Connaught Water: male Smew, 2m Goosander, Pintail, 24 Mandarin, 3 Wigeon, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker. (Chris Baldwin)
 * Erith (Thames Foreshore): incl. 300+ Black-tailed Godwit, 100+ Dunlin, 140+ Redshank and a Rock Pipit (Mike Robinson)
 * Headley Heath: 12 Hawfinch, 80 Linnet (Steve Gale via Twitter)
 * Highfield Farm: Hawfinch at edge of Highfield Pk w/ Redwing flock (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC) TL180063
 * Hyde Park: male Black Redstart feeding in oak canopies around gate 9 of Winter Wonderland event site at 11am but mobile. Still flitting between trees at 15.20hrs (Dave Jordan)
 * London Wetland Centre: 12 Redwing by entrance, 1 Bittern N shore main lake (seen from Dulverton & WWF & Peacock hides), 1 Chiffchaff and 2 Goldcrest one ringed Explore feeders, 2 Shelduck wader scrape (Martin Honey); 2 Caspian Gull both 1cy, 2 Yellow-legged Gull both 3cy (J.Wilczur, S.Woolfenden)
 * Lord's Cricket Ground: Peregrine over, plus 2 Mistle Thrush (John Colmans)
 * Northaw Great Wood: Marsh Tit, 10+ Hawfinch blue trail south of picnic area (per Herts BC)
 * Queen Mary Reservoir: 1 Great Northern Diver juv still present, 20 Meadow Pipits on W side, no sign of Horned Lark (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: Avocet roosting w/ gulls on north bank 12:50 - present till dusk at least - permit holders only (Peter Newbound / Andy Tomczynski via Berks BN)
 * St Albans: 3 Hawfinch SE over Jerome Dr 10:45 (Matt Moreton via Twitter)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail (Frank Nugent).
 * Staines Moor: Red Kite, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Water Pipits, Little Egret, 6 Stonechat, 6 Shoveler over, Jackdaw, Meadow Pipits and Skylarks and Linnet, Cetti's Warbler, 20 Redwing, 10 Fieldfare (Nick Baker).
 * Stockwell: a community garden - 1 female House Sparrow again round feeders - few years ago there were about 30 coming here - few weeks ago about 9 and now 1 (Michael Mac).
 * Stoneleigh Station KT17: 18 Redwing SW a.m. (Neil Batten)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: Botany Marsh & Broadness - Marsh Harrier m, 17 Gadwall, 8 Teal, 18 Lapwing, 22 Meadow Pipit, 30 Mallard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Plover, 1 Dunlin, 2 Stonechat, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Curlew, 7 Redshank - 07.30-10.00 (Roger Keith)
 * The Ridgeway, Mill Hill: 49 Redwing, 4 Goldcrest, Grey Heron, 3 Pied Wagtail. (Samuel Levy)
 * Town Park, Enfield: 6 Mandarin Duck 3m 3f Carr's Basin, 3 Shoveler 2m 1f, male Pochard, 26 Tufted Duck 14m 12f, Tawny Owl in flight being mobbed by Carrion Crows 16:19 (Robert Callf)
 * Trent Park: 2 Common Pochard m f, f Tufted Duck, 19 Goosander 7 adult male and 12 f/imm lower lake, Kingfisher (Robert Callf); only 11 Goosander at 14:00 hours 8rh 3m, also Kestrel, 20 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, Common Buzzard, 2f Tufted Duck, 2 Mandarin m f (Pete Lowman)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: main GP - Great White Egret flew in to sand spit TL194054 10:30, 2+ Little Egret; Fishing L - 4 Green Sandpiper; Willows Fm - Little Owl TL192042 (Steve Blake & Terry Smith per Herts BC)
 * Victoria Park: 4 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Shoveler, 1 Red-crested Pochard (JW Davies)
 * Walthamstow Reservoir: m Scaup still on No 4, m Goldeneye (John & Janet Cadera)
 * Waterworks NR: 4 Firecrests (Susan Huckle)
 * West Dulwich: gdn - up to 70 Redwing and 25 Goldfinch (Paul Collins)

Sunday 3rd December 2017

 * Alexandra Palace: Kingfisher tunnel reservoir, Kestrel having lunch in the 'Kestrel_tree' adjacent to reservoir, Great Spotted Woodpecker nearby 11.30 & 12.15 (Greg Smith)
 * Banbury Reservoir: female Red-breasted Merganser (Pete Lambert, Paul Whiteman, David Bradshaw, Geoff Gram)
 * Bayhurst Wood area: Tawny Owl past 7.30am, dozens of Redwing impossible to number from pre-dawn, 7 Fieldfare, 9+ Siskin, 2 Brambling, 3 Bullfinch, Green Woodpecker, Kestrel (Dan Pinkham)
 * Beddington Farm: Twite again on landfill (Twitter)
 * Bentley Priory: 6 Hawfinch - seen in tree top towards top end of Spring Meadow viewing from TQ152930 and looking southwest, 6 Lesser Redpoll, c50 Siskin, 2 Bullfinch, c20 Fieldfare, c40 Redwing, 1m Goosander (Tony Blake).
 * Brent Reservoir: female Goldeneye briefly - returned later flew off water, 25 Snipe, 3 Water Rail, Kingfisher, 2+ Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 20 Redwing, Little Egret and also Ivy Bee (Brent Birders)
 * Broadfields Farm: m Sparrowhawk, 3 Green Woodpecker, Fieldfare, 45+ Redwing, 3 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch, 2+ Siskin, 4-6 Bullfinch (Andrew Cox via Essex BwS News)
 * Brookmans Park: Brambling gdn (BirdGuides)
 * Canons Park, Edgware, Middx, HA8: 56 Redwing & a Fieldfare feeding on red berries, Treecreeper, Nuthatch trilling, Song Thrush singing, Mistle Thrush singing; Seven Acre Lake [private access] - 10 Shoveler 5pr, pair Gadwall, Little Grebe, 3 Little Egret, 4 Cormorant, 50 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, one near adult Herring Gull (Bob Husband, NW London RSPB Group) regular Birdwalk Next RSPB Birdwalk Sunday 14 January 2018
 * Dagenham Chase LNR: 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Snipe, ad Great Black-backed Gull, 6 Stock Dove, f Kestrel, 3+ Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, Treecreeper, Grey Wagtail (Vincenzo Halley-Frame via Twitter)
 * Fairlop Waters: Great White Egret still, 2 Little Egret, 40 Lapwing, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing (Dan Barrett per ELBF FB)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: 3 Teal, Little Grebe, Water Rail, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 2 Siskin (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
 * Grovelands Park: 13 Cormorant roosting on island, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Mute Swan m f 3 1st-winter, 2 Egyptian Goose m f, 106 Mandarin Duck 67m 39f at 16:10, 86 Mallard 61m 25f, f Shoveler, male Pochard, 30 Tufted Duck 17m 13f, 12+ Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 14+ Redwing, singing male Mistle Thrush, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch - 14.00-16:15 (Robert Callf)
 * Heathrow, Polar Park: 5 Siskins and 4 Goldfinch (Wendy Marks)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: 2 Jack Snipe & 18 Snipe railway pools (Mark Davis via Twitter)
 * Horniman Museum: 5+ Goldcrest, 40 Redwing (Paul Collins)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 13 Yellowhammer (Dave McGough per ELBF FB)
 * Kentish Town: female Blackcap feeding in garden (Frank Nugent)
 * KGV Reservoir: drake Scaup, 15+ Goldeneye, 9 Goosander, 3 Sparrowhawk, Water Rail, Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 40+ Meadow Pipit, 50+ Redwing 20+ on the deck, 2 Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush, 3 Stonechat, Coal Tit [2nd ever], 2 Chiffchaff, 5 Goldcrest, 30+ Linnet, Reed Bunting (Neville Smith).
 * Lee Valley, Cornmill Meadows and Claygate Lane: 40+ Gadwall, 35 Lapwing, 20+ Red-legged Partridge, Water Rail, Tawny Owl, female Blackcap, 30+ Fieldfare, 40+ Redwing, 30+ Siskin, 4 Bullfinch (Simon Papps)
 * Lee Valley, Friday Lake: red-head Smew, male Peregrine (Simon Papps)
 * Lee Valley, Seventy Acres Lake: 40+ Shoveler, 24 Egyptian Goose, Bittern, Firecrest, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Simon Papps); 2 Water Rail, 3 Reed Bunting, Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk (Chris Baldwin)
 * Morden Hall Park: Firecrest, Water Rail, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Teal, Chiffchaff, Cetti’s Warbler, Grey Wagtail (Morden Hall Park Nature Group)
 * Purfleet: Buzzard, Avocet, Grey Plover, 145 Golden Plover, 322 Lapwing, 13 Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, 242 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 24 Redshank, Barn Owl, Rock Pipit (Fraser Simpson blog)
 * Queen Mary Reservoir: 1 Great Northern Diver (Dave Kenrick per FJM)
 * Rainham RSPB: Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Avocet, Grey Plover, 145 Golden Plover, 322 Lapwing, 13 Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 242 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 24 Redshank, Barn Owl, Green Woodpecker, Firecrest, pr Bearded Tit, Rock Pipit, f Bullfinch (per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: 3 Dartford Warbler, 4 Stonechat (S Woolfenden)
 * Saunders Ness, Isle of Dogs: 3 Yellow-legged Gulls all 2w (Sean Huggins)
 * Sevenoaks WR: 9 Bewick's Swan 6ad 3juv East Lake nr clay spit 08:05-08:15 (per Kent OS)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: Water Rail showing well on the river, many Redwings (J-P Elmes)
 * Stockwell: a community garden - 1 female House Sparrow according to Breeding Bird Survey 2016 sparrows in London declined again by 73% (Michael Mac)
 * Totteridge Valley, Belmont Farm: 45 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, 3 Collared Dove, Chiffchaff, 6 Goldcrest, 2 Grey Wagtail, Treecreeper, 2 Pied Wagtail, Stock Dove, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Rook, 24 Common Gull, 49 Black-headed Gull, 3 Teal, also presumed f Goosander flew in the direction of Darlands Lake/ Long Pond 15:36 (Samuel Levy)
 * Trent Park: 14  Goosander 4m 10f/imm, 4 Mandarin 2m 2f, 8 or Parakeets (T. Wood)
 * Turnford Marsh GPs: 13 Goosander Ashley Pit (Chris Baldwin)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: main GP - 2 Wigeon, Water Rail, 3 Green Sandpiper, 5+ Snipe, Great Black-backed Gull, Chiffchaff, 10+ Lesser Redpoll (Rupert Evershed via Twitter); Hawfinch over Coppice Wd am (Andrew Steele via Twitter); Willows Fm L - Barnacle Goose departed w/ Greylags 08:10, 6 Green Sandpiper, 2 Lesser Redpoll (Andrew Steele via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: drake Scaup on nw corner of No 4, Woodcock over East Warwick, 7 Goldeneye with one drake on No 4, Green Sandpiper in overflow channel, Stonechat West Warwick (David Bradshaw, Geoff Gram)
 * Waterworks NR: 3+ Firecrest (Jamie Partridge via Twitter)
 * Wick Wood: male Sparrowhawk, Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 8 Redwing (Harry Harrison)
 * Willows Farm Lake: 1+ Hawfinch (Andrew Steele via Herts BC)

Saturday 2nd December 2017

 * Bentley Priory: 9 Hawfinch together in tree top 11:45 for 15 minutes following several sightings of one's and two's from 11:00. Easily scoped. Favoured area is middle of Spring Meadow. Just stand and wait (Richard Francis). Spring Meadow is on the west side of the Bentley Priory Open Space at approximately TQ153928 [Andrew Haynes]
 * Black Park: 3 Hawfinch over trees calling 13:00 (Paul Watts via Bucks BN)
 * Bow Creek: 12 Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff (Frank Nugent).
 * Brayside Farm, Enfield: 40 Redwing incl one partially leucistic bird (Robert Callf)
 * Brent Reservoir: 16 Common Snipe, Wigeon m, Kingfisher, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Leo Batten, Pete Lowman, Simon Worsfold)
 * Broxbourne Woods: 10+ Brambling 6 & 4, 40+ Hawfinch 19 & 15 perched & others entering roost (Laurence Drummond via Herts BC); Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Danemead Wood at entrance to meadow 3pm TL348078 (Alison Monckton via Herts BC)
 * Canons Farm: Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2 Skylark, 3 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 3 Greenfinch, 30 Linnet, 15 Yellowhammer (Paul Goodman via CFBW BG blog)
 * Dollis Brook: Barnet Lane - Totteridge station - 18 Redwing, 40+ Starling, Nuthatch (Samuel Levy)
 * East India Dock: Water Rail, Kingfisher, 2 Reed Bunting, 5 Shelduck, 2 Goldcrest, 137 Teal (Frank Nugent).
 * Ewell, Banstead Road: Common Buzzard perched in tree in grounds of DW Fitness early afternoon (Neil Batten)
 * Fairlop Waters: Great White Egret in field east of seven kings water, 2 fem Goldeneye main lake 9.30am but mobile, 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 60 Lapwing, 1 Snipe, 20 Fieldfare, 1 Chiffchaff (Steve Bacon)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - 20 Redwing, 7 Greenfinch, Collared Dove, 2 Starling (Samuel Levy)
 * Forty Hall CP: adult Black-headed Gull with white darvic ring E4UN on left leg - returning bird (Robert Callf)
 * Heathrow: c100 Golden Plover in field opposite Compass Ctr, 3 Grey Wagtail, 6 Pied Wagtail, Red Kite at Polar Park (Wendy Marks)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 54 Gadwall, 38 Wigeon, 11 Pochard, 34 Lapwing, Chiffchaff (Dave McGough per ELBF FB); Buzzard, Green Sandpiper (Shaun Harvey per ELBF FB)
 * Lamorbey Park: 2 Little Grebe, 13 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Canada Goose over, Egyptian Goose, 5 Tufted Duck, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 2 Redwing, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Jay, 2 Jackdaw, no sign of Firecrest 10-12 pm (Mike Amos)
 * Muswell Hill: Wood Vale - 105+ Redwing W 11:35-11:50; 8 Redwing in garden. (Matt Evans)
 * Purfleet: Little Egret, 17 Avocet, Grey Plover, 125 Golden Plover, 274 Lapwing, 10 Curlew, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 483 Dunlin, 23 Redshank, Yellow-legged Gull, Barn Owl, Water Pipit, Rock Pipit (Fraser Simpson blog)
 * Rainham RSPB: Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, m Sparrowhawk, 17 Avocet, Grey Plover, 125 Golden Plover, 274 Lapwing, 10 Curlew, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 483 Dunlin, 23 Redshank, Yellow-legged Gull, Barn Owl, Rock Pipit, Water Pipit (per ELBF FB)
 * Raynes Park: garden - Great Spotted Woodpecker f, 5 Redwing, 70+ Starlings over, 3 Collared Dove, Song Thrush, mixed flocks inc Chaffinch f, Greenfinch f, Goldfinches, Coal Tit, 5 House Sparrows 2m 3f, with Great Tit & Blue Tit mixed flocks (P. Redmond)
 * Richmond Park: 2 Dartford Warbler, 286 Redwing mostly S, 2 Stock Dove, 4 Stonechat, 5 Lesser Redpoll, Little Grebe, Buzzard, 3 Meadow Pipit, 1 Reed Bunting (S Woolfenden)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail (Frank Nugent).
 * South Ruislip: Peregrine low over Sainsbury’s car park 10:40 (Alex Massey)
 * Staines Reservoir: 5 Pintail, Black-necked Grebe, Golden Plover, Water Pipit (Dominic Pia via Twitter)
 * Stanwell Moor: 1 Little Egret, 1 Woodcock, 2 Grey Wagtail, 5 Chiffchaff (Chris Lamsdell)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: Marsh Harrier, 8 Avocet, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 41 Lapwing, 2 Water Pipit, Stonechat, 40 Redwing, 10 Cetti's Warbler, 18 Bearded Tit, Hawfinch, 2 Raven (Andrew Self)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: Sparrowhawk, Snipe, Jack Snipe, 5 Stock Dove, flock 19 Skylark, 7 Meadow Pipits, c200 Redwing everywhere in trees scrub & in grass, c150 Fieldfare many feeding in short turf, 2 Goldcrest, Reed Bunting, 7 Lesser Redpoll feeding on willowherb seeds by hedge (Neil Anderson)
 * Thorndon CP: N section - 3 Egyptian Goose, Buzzard, Kestrel, 45 Lapwing NNE, 3 Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Song Thrush, 10+ Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 10+ Long-tailed Tit, 3 Coal Tit, 8+ Nuthatch, Greenfinch, 11 Goldfinch, 20+ Siskin Childerditch Wd, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 7 Bullfinch 5 [3m 2f] Old Pk nr golf course & 2h Childerditch Wd, 12+ Hawfinch possibly 23+ - 12 in Old Pk (Woodland Trust) nr golf course & 11 in Childerditch Wd could have been same flock; S section - Kestrel, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush 1 singing briefly, 12+ Long-tailed Tit, Nuthatch, 4 Treecreeper (Andrew Cox via Essex BwS News)
 * Trent Park: lower lake - m Lesser Spotted Woodpecker wood behind caf, fm Goosander, 3 Kingfisher, pr. Mandarin (Francis O'Sullivan)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: main GP - 10 Wigeon, Kingfisher; Fishing L - Water Rail R Colne, 2 Green Sandpiper, Great Black-backed Gull (Steve Blake via Herts BC); 4+ Tree Sparrow Tyttenhanger Fm (Alan Gardiner via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 6 Goldeneye, 2 Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, 7 Shelduck & 2 Egret sp W at 10:20am which were seen by 20 of us none of whom thought they were Little Egret but no-one quite felt 100 per cent they could call them GWE (members of LNHS); afternoon 80 Redwing NW over West Warwick, m Goosander N over Lockwood, 3 Green Sandpiper & 3 Meadow Pipit in Lockwood relief channel, 3 Fieldfare between Maynards (stragglers from LNHS walk)
 * Wimbledon Common: Firecrest in holly adjacent to Putney Vale Cemetery c10am (Les Evans-Hill) thrilled that you found it Les and great to know it's still there! Paula Many thanks Paula, found after a 30 minute search in the general area. Just the one but plenty of Goldcrest around as well making it challenging! Les
 * Worcester Park: garden KT4 - roosting birds on trees nearby house, Redwings and one large flock, 31 Starlings, 15+ Goldfinch, gulls past- 50+ Herring Gull, Common Gull and Black-headed Gull - 14:55-15:25, also Goldcrests and a Green Woodpecker earlier (Isaiah Rowe)

Friday 1st December 2017

 * Banbury Reservoir: Whooper Swan 7:45-9:40 when it flew north, 14 Wigeon (Pete Lambert, finder; Lol Bodini, David Bradshaw, Paul Whiteman)
 * Banstead Woods: 6 Fieldfare, 25 Redwing, 2 Hawfinch feeding at west end of Harholt Plantation TQ266575, 8 Bullfinch, 12 Redpoll (Paul Goodman via CFBW BG blog)
 * Belvedere (Thames Foreshore): incl. 24 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Lapwing, 10 Redshank, 19 Ringed Plover and 27 Teal (MIke Robinson)
 * Bentley Priory: 3 Hawfinch in the upper Spring Meadow area 12:15, 2m Goosander on lake (Richard Francis)
 * Brookmans Park: 24 Hawfinch in Bradmore Way 1330 (BirdGuides)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Song Thrush, Firecrest, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Fairlop Waters: incl surrounding fields - Great White Egret seen at 13.35 in field West of Lake and Marshlands, Meadow Pipit, Chiffchaff, 11 Lapwing (Simon Worsfold); 4 Little Egret, 38 Cormorant, 30 Lapwing (Steve Bacon per ELBF forum))
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 5 Shoveler, 2 Wigeon, 55 Teal, m Marsh Harrier, 12 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, 250 Chaffinch, 4 Yellowhammer 3m f, 12 Reed Bunting (per ELBF FB)
 * Iver Heath: 55 Red Kite afternoon gathering - being fed locally (Chris Lamsdell)
 * KGV Reservoir: 4 Hawfinch flew low NE over Sailing Club towards Epping Forest 13.40, m Scaup on N Basin, 1 Rock Pipit, 7 Goosander 4m 3rh mostly on N Basin, 5 Goldeneye 1m 4f/1st-w on both sides, Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker, large increase in Pochard numbers (Davey Leach)
 * Lamorbey Park, Sidcup: Firecrest in holly bush by wooden telegraph pole along mud path opposite old toilet block. Stayed in same holly bush 20 minutes but very mobile and elusive, also 2 Mute Swan, 14 Mallard, 3 Tufted Duck 2m 1f, 2 Little Grebe, 12 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Moorhen, 2 Coot, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Collared Dove, 11 Ring-necked Parakeet, Magpie, Jay, Jackdaw, 35 Black-headed Gulls, 2 Common Gulls, 2 Song Thrush, Redwing [my first here this winter], 4 Blackbird, 7 Starling, Nuthatch, 3 Great Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Coal Tit, Robin, Wren, 2 Goldcrest. No Geese. Total 30 species. (Eric Brown)
 * Leyton Flats: 5 Wigeon, 3 Teal, 3 Shoveler, 10 Fieldfare, 12 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Little Egret 3E & 1 on Hollow pond (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Pintail 2m 1f, 1 Water Rail (Shailesh Patel); Bittern main lake north shore, 2 Peregrine CX Hospital (Mike Wheeler)
 * Purfleet: 12 Avocet, 2 Grey Plover, 92 Golden Plover, 433 Lapwing, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Curlew, 624 Dunlin (Fraser Simpson blog)
 * Rainham RSPB: m Goldeneye, 8 Mute Swan, 4 Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 11 Avocet, 500 Lapwing, Grey Plover, 86 Golden Plover, 10 Curlew, 29 Black-tailed Godwit, 600 Dunlin, 45 Redshank, 9 Snipe, 12 Great Black-backed Gull, Kingfisher, 2 Raven, Goldcrest, Firecrest, 4 Rock Pipit, 2 Water Pipit, m Bullfinch (per East London Birders' Forum facebook)
 * Richmond Park: Peregrine hunting, 2 Buzzard, 20+ Fieldfare, 2 Dartford Warbler (Friday Group); 15 Teal, 5 Wigeon, 7 Shoveler (J.Wilczur); 16 Siskin (Nigel Jackman)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: Water Rail fr Ashby hide, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * Staines Moor: Little Egret, Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, Snipe, 2 Water Pipit (Robert Martin via Twitter)
 * Staines Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe, Little Egret, Water Pipit (Dominic Pia via Twitter)
 * Stanwell Moor: f Bullfinch (Robert Martin via Twitter)
 * Swanley Park: 5 Teal 3m 2f (Andy Meaton)
 * Thamesmead: female Goldeneye swimming in the Thames (Mike Robinson)
 * The Ridgway, Mill Hill: 12 Redwing, 7 Fieldfare, 3 Pied Wagtail, 3 Skylark, 3 Siskin. (Samuel Levy)
 * Totteridge Valley: c55 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, Kestrel, c50 Rook pre-roost, 54 Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, 13 Mandarin 10 drakes, 13 Teal, also Muntjac (John Colmans)
 * Trent Park: 19 Goosander 6m 13f/imm, m Wigeon, m Pochard, Common Gull, c30 Black-headed Gull, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 3 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Song Thrush, 9 Fieldfare, 2 Goldfinch, 13 Greenfinch, Goldcrest, Stock Dove S (Pete Lowman)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: c90 Lapwing NW, 33 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, 1m Wigeon, 4 Goldeneye, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Peregrine, 3 Kingfisher, 2 Shelduck, 1 Water Rail (Walthamstow Birders)
 * Wildhill: Hawfinch behind woodman pub (per Herts BC)
 * Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross: 2 Stonechat pair along main track by path jn (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * Woodside nr Hatfield: Raven (per Herts BC)
 * Worcester Park: two male Blackcaps in observers garden (Bob Smith)

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