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Monday 1st April 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Skylark north, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Linnet, Peregrine, 8 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Pochard, Little Grebe Boating Lake, 2 male & female Gadwall, Little Egret, Speckled Wood, Holly Blue etc (APOG Birders) Is that 3 Gadwall - 2m f or a pair? - R Callf
 * Brookmill Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 singing Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crossness/Erith Marshes: 9 Shelduck, c50 Wigeon, good number of Gadwall, good number of Teal, 16 Shoveler, 3 Pochard, Pheasant, 2 Kestrel,  Peregrine, Little Grebe, 3 Oystercatcher, Dunlin, 4 Lapwing (1 displaying), c35 Redshank, c60 Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, c15 Stock Dove, 3 Green Woodpecker, Skylark, 9 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 5 Linnet, {10 Brimstone, 13 Small White, c35 Peacock Butterfly, 5 Small Tortoiseshell} (Des McKenzie tweet)
 * Eaton Parks Road, N13: Red Kite low N at 15:14 (Katy McGilvray)
 * Esher: Red Kite drifting low N/NE over Sandown Park (Mat Hare)
 * Fir & Pond Woods NR: Common Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, 3+ Chiffchaff, 2 m Nuthatch, 4+ Treecreeper, Red Admiral, 3+ Peacock (Robert Callf)
 * Hackney Marshes: 1 Common Buzzard circling high overhead this evening, 1 Stock Dove on one of the cricket squares (Alastair Dent)
 * Hampstead Heath: Swallow N over mixed bathing pond at 14.19, m Kestrel, 9 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Mandarin on Sanctuary pond (Reuben Braddock) plus C. Buzzard W over Parliament Hill, and 3 Linnets NW, both am (Pete Mantle)
 * KGV Res: 5 Little Gulls (4 ads and 1w on south basin 1pm), Black-necked Grebe north basin, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatchers, 2 Goosanders, 2 Grey Wagtails, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff (Sean Huggins)
 * Oakmere Park: m Mandarin Duck, 3 Collared Dove incl two singing m, 4 Blackbird 2m 2f, Coal Tit singing, m Nuthatch singing, 3 m Chaffinch singing (Robert Callf)
 * Pinner HA5: 2 Red KIte circling low together ( Nigel Barratt)
 * Richmond Park: 2 Red Kite, 10 Sand Martin, f Wheatear, f Linnet, (P Pentek); 2 Buzzard - one 'hovering' over Robin Hood gate, one over Pen Ponds (Martin Honey); Pheasant heard (N.Jackman)
 * Ruxley GP's (Permit only): 4 Egyptian Goose, pr Teal, 2-3 Blackcap, 6+ singing Chiffchaff, c2 Cetti's Warbler, Sparrowhawk, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Grebe, 15+ Gadwall, 4 Grey Heron, 4 Herring Gull, singing Reed Bunting, 6+ singing Song Thrush (Jack Headley)
 * Sanderstead: Raven heard cronking in the distance from Briton Hill Road. (John Birkett)
 * Southall: 2 Red Kite circling 14:35, f Kestrel (Phil Belman)
 * Stave Hill: pair Tufted Duck, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Willow Warbler this morning, 3 Small White (John Cadera)
 * Stoneleigh Station KT17: 1 singing Blackcap (Neil Batten)
 * Stratford: Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron (wetlands area); no sign of Whitethroat or Little Plover (Paul Francis)
 * Swanley Recreation Ground: Willow Warbler (James King)
 * The Brook BR5: 11 Tufted Duck, calling Kingfisher & Chiffchaff (Jack Headley)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: drake Scaup still on No 4, Redshank, 3 Sand Martins, 4 Goldeneye (Walthamstow Birders)
 * Wantstead Flats: Little Owl (no sign of the Garganey; Paul Francis) 4 Little Owl, 4 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Rook, Swallow, 4 Meadow Pipit, 5 Linnet, 3 Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Stocl Dove, 2 Mistle Thrush (Wanstead Birders)


 * Worcester Park: Willow Warbler (Bob Smith)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: 5 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 1 Meadow Pipit, 3 Redwing (Charlie Farrell)

Sunday 31st March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Avocet swimming on Wood Green Reservoir 0915 (BirdGuides - finder Sam Jones); still present mainly on east bank until dusk, also 15 Sand Martin, 3 Red-crested Pochard, pair Gadwall, Peregrine, 3 Greylag N, 2 Egyptian Goose, 3 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, Little Grebe, Aythya hybrid Boating Lake (APOG birders)
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Little Ringed Plover flew through, 39 Sand Martin, 5 Egyptian Geese, Greylag Goose, 11 Snipe, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 13 Blackcap, 10 Chiffchaff (Andrew Self); further 8 Sand Martin 11.00, Jack Snipe (Roy Beddard)
 * Brockley Nature Reserve: singing Chiffchaff (Keith Chambers)
 * Bury Lake: c100 Sand Martin (Michael Robinson via Herts BC)
 * Drovers Hill (SINC) Mill Hill 1 singing Chiffchaff, 1 Common Buzzard (Bill Rutherford)
 * Erith Reach: Caspian Gull 1w at pier late-am (Rich Bonser tweet)
 * Finchley Lane NW4: Red Kite over N 1353 (Toby Mylett)
 * Ganwick Corner EN5: Common Buzzard over Wagon Road, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Nuthatch at Wyevale Garden Centre (Toby Mylett)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: 2 Swallow, singing Blackcap, 2 Reed Bunting m & f (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
 * Hampstead Heath: Swallow over Highgate No. 1 pond at 08.20, Redwing over tennis courts (Reuben Braddock)
 * Hornbeam Hills EN4: 5 Ring-necked Pheasant, Red Kite, Ring-necked Parakeet, Chiffchaff, Greenfinch, Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: no sign of Green-winged Teal all day, 5 Green Sandpiper, pr Shelduck, c2 Lapwing, 12+ Linnet, 18+ singing Blackcap, 11+ singing Chiffchaff, 4 Little Grebe, 3 Pochard, c25 Teal, Common Buzzard, 5+ singing Cetti's Warbler, Reed Bunting, 2 calling Water Rail (Jack Headley et al)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: Osprey N 0930 (Ian Bennell tweet); 6 Brambling, 20 Sand Martin (Tony Blakse)
 * Island Barn Reservoir: 9 Shelduck, c60 Sand Martin north in single flock, 1 Wheatear (Chris Turner)
 * KGV Res: Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Oystercatcher, Black-necked Grebe, drake Smew, with 6 Goldeneye, 6 Wheatear, 5 Common Buzzard, 2 Little Gull, Goosander, 0 Meadow Pipits was noteworthy (A.Middleton)
 * Lake Farm Country Park, Hayes: 2 Wheatear fem, 2 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Bullfinch (Dave Morris per FJM)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 3 Sparrowhawk S, 6 Common Snipe, 2 Redshank, Iceland Gull 2cy, Rook S, 28 Sand Martin, Swallow, Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, Wheatear, Water Pipit (WWT website)
 * Lynsters Lake: 4 Swallow (Paul Lewis via Herts BC)
 * Moor Lane: 3 Swallow (Anna Marett via Herts BC)
 * Mudchute Farm: Willow Warbler, Blackcap (Sean Huggins)
 * Mutchetts Wood WD25: 2 Buzzard together low then W 14.02 (G James)
 * Osterley Park: Pr Buzzard, Red Kite, Kestrel, 25 Tufted Duck, 4 Heron 2 r on nests with young, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, 10 Shoveler, 15 Mandarin, 20 Egyptian Goose, 7 singing Blackcap, 3 Sand Martin (Nigel Dodd/ Osterley Birders)
 * Oxleas Woods (SE9 1YG): Tawny Owl competing with traditional dawn chorus 06.10-06.20 (John Reid)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: 9 Sand Martin, Wheatear 0900 (Peter Newbound via Berks BN)
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: Jack Snipe, 4 Ruffs (Ian Bradshaw)
 * Richmond Park: 1 Fieldfare, 1 Red Kite (Hugh Bradshaw)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 2 Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher, Black-tailed Godwit (Stuart Fox via Herts BC)
 * Spoilbank Wood EN4: 2 Common Buzzard, Jay, 3 Starling, Chiffchaff, Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
 * St James's Park: 3 Sand Martin until midday, Water Rail, 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Peregrine (Frank Nugent)
 * Staines Moor: 2 Little Egret, 2 Teal, 6 Gadwall, 1 Common Snipe on wetland area by lake along approach track from Stanwell Moor, 20 Lapwing mobbing Peregrine early pm, 2 Red Kite, 2 Kestrel pair mating, 1 Sparrowhawk, 25 Sand Martin flew N early pm, 2 Wheatear males at NW end (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Staines Reservoir: 4 Black-necked Grebe still, 2 Little Gull s basin aft (Tony Sweetland tweet)
 * Staines Reservoir: 1 Dunlin, 1 Redshank, 7 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit (ne corner of south basin). (Bill Rutherford)
 * Stratford (Olympic Park): Pair of Gadwall, fem Sparrowhawk, trilling Little Grebe, Little Egret (wetland area), 2 Meadow Pipit, singing Cetti's Warbler, male Common Whitethroat in wetland area scrub 10:25 (not singing), 2 Chiffchaff (1 singing), Reed Bunting (Des McKenzie tweet), Willow Warbler, 7+ Sand Martin, Little Ringed Plover on aggregate site (Nick Croft) (Nick - probably a silly question, but I wondered where the aggregate site is; can't see it on the map. Thanks, Paul Francis. West of the Greenway (sewer) and WHU stadium - NC)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 7 Pheasant, Little Egret, Red Kite, Kestrel, 7 Lapwing, 8 Stock Dove, 6+ Skylark, 35-40 Meadow Pipit, 6 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 17+ Linnet (Neil Anderson)
 * The Brook BR5: 1-2 singing Blackcap, singing Chiffchaff, Pied Wagtail, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2+ singing Song Thrush (Jack Headley)
 * Thorpe Park: incl 27 Cormorant, 4 Lapwing (Kevin Duncan via Surrey BN)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: Osprey N 0950 [seen 20min earlier at Hilfield Park Reservoir] (Rick Flesher tweet)
 * Verulamium Park: 4+ Little Egret, Kingfisher, 2 Swallow (Dan Fletcher via Herts BC)
 * Wandsworth Common: Wheatear, Shelduck over, female Kestrel, 2 Redwing (Nick Rutter)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: Grey Wagtail (front paddocks), 2 Pied Wagtail, 9 Linnet (Jon Agar); 3 Wheatear (1m 2f) rear paddocks, 4 Sand Martin Leyton Marsh/canal, Kestrel (f) over Bomb Crater Field (Alastair Dent)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: drake Scaup still on No 4, Black-tailed Godwit on East Warwick island, 6 Goldeneye (Walthamstow Birders); small passage of 4+ Little Gull (likely at least 4 birds, probably more amongst some 40 Black-headed Gulls) hawking over West Warwick Reservoir distantly fr Coppermill Tower c1.30pm (Martin Birch)
 * Wanstead Flats: m Garganey jubilee pond am (Rob Sheldon per James Heal tweet); 2 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Sand Martin, Cetti's Warbler, 5 Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark, Linnet, Mistle Thrush, Fieldfare, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Buzzard, Kestrel, Coal Tit (Nick Croft); Garganey still at 17:00 (Bob Vaughan tweet)
 * Wanstead Park: 10 Teal, 14 Shoveler, 7 Gadwall, 4 Little Grebe, 3 Stock Dove, Nuthatch, Red Kite, Buzzard (Nick Croft)

Saturday 30th March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Sparrowhawk, 2 Pochard, Peregrine first on the antenna, later carrying a pigeon in its talons, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Gadwall (Eduardo López Salas). 3 Sparrowhawks soaring high across area W to E 13.45. (Jonathan Cooke). Male Wheatear FB2, 2 drake 1 female Gadwall Wood Green Res, Meadow Pipit, 3 Brimstone, Small Tortoiseshell, Small White (APOG Birders)
 * Bow Creek Ecology Park: 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Cetti's Warbler (Charlie Farrell)
 * Brent Reservoir: 12 Common Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Sparrowhawk displaying, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Reed Bunting (Roy Beddard)
 * Coldfall Woods: Mediterranean Gull heard calling repeatedly overhead, probably moving E or SE, also Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch (including nest hole on south side), drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Stock Dove, 2 singing Blackcap, 1 singing Chiffchaff, 6 Song Thrush, 3 House Sparrow (Dominic Mitchell)
 * Downham, Whitefoot Lane BR1: 6 House Sparrow (first time this species recorded here for a few years, and 1-2 males proclaiming territories/"singing"), Starling 2 (a pair - first breeding evidence for this species here for some time). (Dave de Silva)
 * Epping Forest, Larks Wood (Chingford): male Marsh Harrier north-east at 12.45pm, 2 Common Buzzard north, Sparrowhawk, 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, 8 Jackdaw, Coal Tit, Grey Wagtail, Linnet north (Simon Papps)
 * Dollis Valley, Denham Farm: 4 Chiffchaff, Red Kite, Kestrel, 5 Blackcap, Meadow Pipit, 10 Common Buzzard. Also Muntjac, and plenty of Peacock Butterfly. (Samuel, Edward & Toby Levy)
 * Ewell: 3 Common Buzzard circling low over BP garage, London Road 11:40 (Neil Batten)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - 4 Stock Dove, 2 Goldcrest, Green Woodpecker, 4 Common Buzzard N/E, 39 Stock Dove N, 2 Swallow N/NE (12:27 and 17:26), Red Kite NE, Black-headed Gull E, Little Egret E 16:09. Also Holly Blue, Small White (Samuel Levy)
 * Hampstead Heath: m. Wheatear on the cricket pitch. Brambling, Chaffinch and 3 Linnets N over Parliament Hill, 4 singing Blackcaps and 4 Chiffchaffs ( Pete Mantle)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 17 Black-necked Grebe - all in one group from viewing platform at dusk (Allan Stewart)
 * Kew Gardens: 1m Brambling (Twitter)
 * KGV Res: Pair Common Scoter, drake Smew, 1 Rock Pipit, Goosander, 20 Sand Martin south basin. (I Lycett)
 * Kingston bridge: 6 Sand Martin 18:00 (Neil Batten)
 * Lamorbey Park: Cormorant, 13 Tufted Duck, Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker ( drumming ), Song Thrush, 3 singing Blackcap, 1 singing Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, 4 Jackdaw (Mike Amos)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, Red Kite E, Common Buzzard W, 2 Jack Snipe, 5 Common Snipe, 4 Redshank, Kingfisher, Peregrine N, 11 Sand Martin, Swallow, 2 Blackcap, 3 Wheatear, 2 Water Pipit (WWT website)
 * Pinner HA5: Red KIte low over being harassed by a Crow. Noticed Starlings have taken up residence in box that was initially put up for Swifts ( Nigel Barratt)
 * Rainham Marshes: Swallow, 2 Sedge Warbler, 25 Cetti's Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Egyptian Geese down river, 4 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Little Egret, Avocet, Curlew, 2 Ruff, 20 Snipe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Water Pipit (Andrew Self, John & Janet Cadera)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: 1 Cetti's Warbler by cafe, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Jackdaw, 3 Mandarin (Paul Collins); "vismig" 6 Swallow [1st March record here] over Hill [2 N 1635 & 4 high NW 1725], also 4 Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard, 14 Meadow Pipit, 3 Linnet (Twitter)
 * Richmond Park: Male Ring Ouzel (west of Conduit Wood), 2 Wheatears (m & f) (the Bog) (Hugh Bradshaw)
 * River Brent (Greenford Bridge to Ealing Hospital): 5 Teal, Kestrel, Little Owl, 3 pr Stock Dove, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 3 Brimstone, m Orange-tip, Speckled Wood, 7 Small White (Neil Anderson)
 * St James's Park: Common Buzzard N, Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: Hobby, my earliest Spring record, low west at 09:22 (Martin Shepherd)
 * Staines Moor: 1 Raven flew E over N end then appeared to drop onto W bank of King George VI Res 11.39 but not relocated. 6 Common Buzzard, 2 Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Little Egret, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 12 Meadow Pipit flew NW (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Stanstead Innings: 100+ Fieldfare (Jane Free via Herts BC)
 * Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve: Little Ringed Plover, 11+ singing Chiffchaff, 6+ singing Blackcap, c11 Teal, 7 Gadwall, 3 Treecreeper, Kingfisher, Little Grebe (Jack Headley)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Scaup drake still, 2 Water Pipit early am. 1 Redshank. (Bob Warden per FJM); 2 Scaup (m/f), 3+ Black-necked Grebe, Peregrine, 46+ Pied Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail, 65 Sand Martin, Swallow, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Redshank, Lapwing, 12+ Goldeneye and probable Merlin - all late PM (Sam Jones)
 * Stocker's Lake: Mediterranean Gull still, 2 Kingfisher (Richard Ness via Herts BC)
 * Stoneleigh KT17: 1 Common Buzzard low e over The Glade 10:40 (Neil Batten)
 * Stratford, Olympic Park and Westfield: singing m Black Redstart, Little Ringed Plover flying around Greenway and over Stadium, singing Blackcap, 2 Sand Martin, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Bunting, 14 Tufted Duck, 6 Teal (Stuart Fisher)
 * Swanscombe Marsh “Botany Marsh/Meadow 10.30-13.00”: 1 Hen Harrier (ringtail North), 5 Blackcap (singing), 4 Cettis Warbler h, 6 Chiffchaff (singing), 1 Raven, 1 Buzzard, 8 Greylag Goose, 2 Canada Goose (Roger Keith)
 * The Brook BR5: singing Blackcap (Jack Headley)
 * Totteridge Valley: Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 7 Lapwing, 2 Meadow Pipit, Red Kite, 2 Coot, Linnet over. Also Plenty of Peacock and Small Tortoiseshell. (Samuel, Edward & Toby Levy)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 2 Redwing front paddocks, 2 Reed Bunting (m) squabbling on Bomb Crater Field (Alastair Dent)
 * Wanstead Flats:  Swallow, Brambling, Lesser Redpoll, 2 Siskin, 5 Linnet, f Wheatear, 28 Meadow Pipit, 6 Skylark, Little Owl, 4 Teal, 2 Pochard, 26 Tufted Duck, 5 Little Grebe, 8 Common Gull, 3 Buzzard, Red Kite, 4 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 5 singing Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler still (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: Buzzard, 5 Teal, 10 Shoveler (Jonathan Lethbridge/Tony Brown)
 * Warren Farm, Ealing: low Red Kite wheeling around by woods behind, 2 m Brimstone (Neil Anderson)
 * Watford: Swallow (Keith Richards via Herts BC)
 * West Norwood Cemetery: Red Kite low down at 13:55 (Michael Mac)
 * Woodford Golf Course: Swallow, 5 Common Buzzard, Blackcap, Chiffchaff. (Joe Dickens, Laura White)
 * Worcester Park: Wheatear on horse fields (Bob Smith)
 * Wormley Wood: Marsh Tit TL327062 (Oliver Marshall via Herts BC)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: 5 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, (Charlie Farrell)

Friday 29th March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Buzzard, 2 Linnet, Sparrowhawk, pair Gadwall Wood Green Res, 6 Greylag, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, Small White, Brimstone, Peacock (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR: White Stork circled 0910-0920 then SE (Barry Reed via Herts BC)
 * Bexley - Upper College Farm - Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 5 Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler 3 Small tortoiseshell, 2 Brimstone, 7 Peacock, 1 Orange-tip butterflies.(Ralph and Brenda Todd) Pheasant, 2-3 Blackcap, 3+ Bullfinch (Ian Stewart)
 * Biggin Wood-Norbury: male Kestrel, 2 pr Great-spotted Woodpecker, 2 male Blackcap, Green Woodpecker (Michael Mac)
 * Crossness: 3 Little Grebe, 16 Shoveller, 20 Teal, 9 Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Gadwall, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Snipe, 1 Sand Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting (Mike Paice)
 * Crossness, Thames foreshore: 20 Wigeon, 50 Gadwall, 200 Teal, 15 Shelduck, 4 Redshank, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Snipe (Mike Paice)
 * Dulwich Park: 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Blackcap singing, 2 Chiffchaff singing, 3 Grey Heron (Paul Collins)
 * Finchley: Nether Street N3 - Blackcap early am, Chiffchaff late pm. (Samuel Levy)
 * Greenford UB6: 3 Small White, m Orange-tip, Holly Blue, Peacock in garden (Neil Anderson/K. Bull)
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: No Sign of the Bearded Tits today. 1 Meadow Pipit (John Bushall)
 * Greenwich Peninsula: 2 Shelduck by the 02, Linnet 4 (Richard Green)
 * Greenwich Thames Path: Gadwall 6, Peregrine Enderby Wharf (Richard Green)
 * Hampstead Heath: Brambling feeding in trees with 5 Chaffinches near Stone of Free Speech this morning (Pete Mantle)
 * Hayes Farm, Bromley,: 4 Linnet, 5+ Coal Tit, 2 Egyptian Goose, Common Buzzard, Pheasant (Jack Headley)
 * Hilfield Park Res: Black-necked Grebe, Red Kite low E 15.26 (G James)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: m GREEN-WINGED TEAL fr viewing area TQ536844 at 13:05 (Paul Hawkins via BirdGuides); still 6pm (Shaun Harvey tweet) Also 17 Chiffchaff, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 10m,1f Blackcap, Kestrel, 6 Common Buzzard, 7 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Snipe, Firecrest still, 2 Red-legged Partridge. (Samuel Levy & Simon Worsfold et al). 4 Grey Partridge, 5 Meadow Pipit, Water Rail, Redshank south (19:00) (Nick Croft)
 * KGV Reservoir: Drake Smew, 1 summer plumage Black-necked Grebe, 8 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 1 Caspian Gull 2cy (I am posting photo on Images site, as I'd really like corroboration of ID) (Nick Moll)
 * Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 1 Common Buzzard s. 1 Chiffchaff (Neil Batten)
 * Lee Valley, Hooks Marsh: At least 5 Brambling still in north-west corner, just west of iron bridge (Simon Papps)
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Common Redshank, 1 Jack Snipe, Little Ringed Plover, Red Kite west, 8 Sand Martin, Sparrowhawk, also 2 Brimstone, 1 Small White (Shailesh Patel) Pair Pintail, 8 Common Snipe, pair Shelduck, 4 Redshank, drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Water Pipit, 1m Reed Bunting on wader scrape, 16 Sand Martin, 1m Orange-tip butterfly (Martin Honey) Common Buzzard over and high Red Kite over mobbed by Crow, 5 Brimstone (1 female), Small Tortoiseshell (Neil Anderson/K. Bull)
 * Mayflower Park: Common Buzzard, Red Kite south (Bob Smith)
 * Middlesex University Campus: 2 Common Gull, 3 Linnet [patch 1st] (Toby Mylett)
 * Monken Hadley Common: 2 Mandarin Duck pr Jack's Lake, m Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, f Kestrel, m Grey Wagtail Jack's Lake, 5 Long-tailed Tit incl pr nest building, Chiffchaff, 6 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper incl two together, Jay, 5 Comma, 4 Peacock, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, several m Brimstone (Robert Callf)
 * Mudchute: 4 Monk Parakeet, 4 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff also 10 Brimstone, Peacock, Comma, Small White. (Eric Brown and Jim Butler)
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: 74 singing Cetti's Warbler, 15 Singing Chiffchaff, 314 Shoveler, 13 Mute Swan, 7 Singing Blackcap, 45 Tufted Duck, 8 Little Grebe, 62 Shelduck, 101 Gadwall, 113 Teal, 266 Wigeon, Water Pipit, 3 Little Egret, 2m,3f Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, 18 Buzzard thru, Avocet, 2 Curlew, 2 Ringed Plover, 18 Snipe, 6 Pintail, 3f Sparrowhawk, Rook, Sedge Warbler, f Peregrine, 32 Pochard, 4 Great Crested Grebe, Water Rail, 3 Bearded Tit, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Ruff (Samuel Levy); Short-eared Owl, c50 Black-tailed Godwits (Tom Jordan)
 * Richmond Park: 2 Red Kite, 4+ Buzzard (Friday Bird Group)
 * Rye Meads NR: f-type Marsh Harrier circled HMWT meadows 1025 (Toby Spall via Herts BC)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * Staines Moor: Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 6 Lapwing, Kingfisher, 2 Pheasant, 4 Cettis Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 6 Stock Dove, 8 Reed Bunting, 30+ Linnet, Water Pipit, 20 Meadow Pipit and 6 Skylark (Nick Baker)
 * Staines Reservoir: 2 Water Pipit incl 1 fsp on s basin [sw cnr] 0700 (Paul Watts tweet)
 * Stoneleigh Station KT17: Singing Blackcap (Neil Batten)
 * Totteridge Valley: 14 singing Chiffchaff, 3 singing Blackcap,4 Rook, 3 Buzzard, 3 Lapwing, 2 Egyptian Goose, Coot (Long Pond), also 3 Comma, Brimstone fem, Peacock (John Colmans)
 * The Brook BR5: 2 Chiffchaff, singing Blackcap & Kingfisher (Jack Headley)
 * Trent Park: 3 Stock Dove, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing, m Mistle Thrush singing, m Blackcap singing, 4 Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, Sloe Bug, 5 Peacock, Comma (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Little Ringed Plover. (Lol Bodini)
 * Wanstead Flats: Hobby north, Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 6 Stock Dove, 16 Greenfinch (3 displaying), 8 Chaffinch (6 east), 2 Linnet, 2 Skylark, 4 Meadow Pipit, 4 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, 6 Song Thrush, Little Owl, 3 Little Grebe (Nick Croft)

Thursday 28th March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Swift  presumed Common c5pm, pair Peregrines, 2 Sparrowhawk, pair Gadwall Wood Green Res, 3 Chiffchaff, several Brimstone & Comma, 2 Small White, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR: 10 Golden Plover N, 2 ad Kittiwake fr viewpt 0725-0810 (Barry Reed via Herts BC)
 * Brent Park, Hendon: 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap (Toby Mylett)
 * Brent Reservoir: 9 Common Buzzard, Red Kite, Peregrine, 2 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Jack Snipe, 18 Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Water Rail, 8 Blackcap, 15 Chiffchaff, Meadow Pipit over. Also Peacock, Brimstone, Orange-tip, Small Tortoiseshell, Small White and Holly Blue plus a Bee-fly (Magnus Andersson, Roy Beddard, Andrew Self)
 * Brookmill Park: Song Thrush, singing Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
 * Chelsea: no sign of Waxwings at Paulton Sq by 0820 (Des McKenzie tweet); Waxwings reported on Rare Bird Alert at 10:10; no sign 10:50-12:20, {1 Brimstone} (Charlie Farrell); 1 Waxwing at 14:50 (Tom Jordan); 8 birds present at 9.15 - 9.30am (Martin Birch)
 * Copped Hall area: no sign of the ringtail Hen Harrier today, but I've now seen photographs that show it to be Hen (Adam Wilson)
 * Croxley Common Moor: incl Water Rail river (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * Ealing (W13): 16 Redwing flew low N over house at 06:20 (Bill Haines)
 * Fairlop Waters: m Garganey main lake [e end] evg (Alan Ball per ELBF FB/BirdGuides)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - 4 Stock Dove, Little Egret low E 18:02 (a garden tick). (Samuel Levy)
 * Foots Cray: Single Common Buzzard over (Jack Headley)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: 2 Bearded Tit pair 1450-1600 (John Bushall et al per Richard Green tweet)
 * Hampstead Heath: Woodcock flying east at 7am, Red Kite drifted north 8am (Dave Porritt)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 2 Common Scoter fr Hogg Ln viewing platform 1315 (Herts BN tweet)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: pr Common Scoter Mercers L pm till 1735 at least (Des Ball per Gordon Hay via Surrey BN)
 * Hyde Park: Monk Parakeet w/ Ring-necked Parakeets nr rangers' lodge am (Des McKenzie tweet)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: m Firecrest 2cy nr playgrd am till 1635 at least (Shaun Harvey tweet)
 * Kensington Gardens: Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, Little Owl (Tom Jordan)
 * KGV Reservoir: 3 Little Gull south basin, 7 Goosander, 5 Goldeneye, 3 Meadow Pipit, 7 Linnet (Martin Shepherd)
 * Lamorbey Park: Cormorant, 8 Tufted Duck, Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming), 2 Stock Dove, Nuthatch (seen bringing food to nest in Owl box in large pine), singing Chiffchaff, singing Blackcap, no sign of the two drake Mandarin 07.45-08.45 a.m (Mike Amos)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Garganey pair showing very well from Dulverton hide, Green Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 2 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, 6 Snipe, Water Pipit, 9 Sand Martin (WWT website/WWT Twitter); 4 Redshank wader scrape, 1 Jack Snipe wader scrape, 1 Iceland Gull main lake, 1 Green Sandpiper main lake, 1 Tufted x Pochard hybrid sheltered lagoon and 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming (Martin Honey). Also 7 Jack Snipe late afternoon (Oscar Dewhurst)
 * Morden Hall Park: Green Sandpiper (Arjun Dutta per Nick Rutter via Surrey BN)
 * Mudchute Farm: 1 Redwing, 3 Chiffchaff two singing, 1 Blackcap singing (Mike Paice)
 * North Finchley: Hobby [Ldn foy] soaring over my back garden N12 then North (Tony Clancy, Brian Dawton)
 * Northaw Great Wood: Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 m Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 2 prs Long-tailed Tit, no sign of Marsh Tit in usual areas pm, 7+ Coal Tit, 11 Nuthatch, 6 Treecreeper incl three together, 2 Jay, 6 Chaffinch, 2 Orange/Light Orange Underwing, 3 Peacock, Comma (Robert Callf)
 * Panshanger Park: incl Little Egret, Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler singing dragonfly_trail (Murray Brown via Herts BC)
 * Priest Hill NR: 2 Common Buzzard, 3+ Skylark 2 singing, 2 Chiffchaff singing, Meadow Pipit, Linnet singing (Isaiah Rowe)
 * Richmond Bridge: displaying Grey Wagtail (Neil Anderson)
 * Richmond Park: 4 Common Buzzard inc displaying, pr Pied Wagtail, Red Kite, singing Cetti's Warbler (Paula Redmond)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * Southfields, SW18 (Granville Road): Female Tawny Owl calling from back garden (Martin Honey)
 * Staines Moor: Cetti's Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, Water Pipit (Jim Sweetland tweet)
 * Swanscombe Marshes: 2 male Garganey, 4+ Shelduck, 10+ Gadwall, 4+ Shoveler, 10+ Teal, m Pochard, 10+ Little Grebe, Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzard, 5+ Water Rail, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Turnstone, Green Sandpiper, 10+ Redshank, Curlew, 2+ Common Gull, 2 ad Mediterranean Gull, Blackcap, 6+ Cetti’s Warbler, 3+ Chiffchaff, Bearded Tits (Ian Stewart)
 * The Brook BR5: 3+ Stock Dove, Little Grebe, Chiffchaff, pr Egyptian Goose, 1-2 calling Goldcrest (Jack Headley)
 * Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: 90+ Stock Dove, 2 Nuthatch, Meadow Pipit N, 26 singing Chiffchaff, 32 Rook, 4 Goldcrest, 9 Common Buzzard, 5 singing Blackcap, 5 Herring Gull, 7 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Pied Wagtail, 2f Sparrowhawk, 6 Teal, Treecreeper, 4 Bullfinch, m Reed Bunting, 2 Red Kite, 2 Little Owl, Drake Mandarin Duck, 7 Lapwing, Grey Heron, 2 Coot, 2 Egyptian Geese, {also plenty of Bee-fly, a Green Veined White, 3 Comma, 5 Peacock, 2 Painted Lady, 4 Small Tortoiseshell} (Samuel Levy) Also 10 Nuthatch, 3 Egyptian Geese, 2 Little Owl (different to SL's), 2 Mistle Thrush, Sparrowhawk, 8 Buzzard. (Tony Clancy)
 * Trafalgar Square: Kestrel on Nelson's Column! (Dave de Silva)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: incl c50 Common Snipe flushed by paraglider (Steve Blake via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: (Lockwood 11-12.30) Common Buzzard, Green Sandpiper, Meadow Pipit (Lol Bodini); drake Scaup still on No 4, 8 Goldeneye, Lapwing (Walthamstow Birders)
 * Wanstead Flats: pr of displaying Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 4 Skylark, 7 Meadow Pipit (1 singing), 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler singing, Little Owl, Stock Dove, 2 Teal, m Pochard, only 3 Common Gull remaining, 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull 3pr, 6 Greenfinch (Nick Croft)
 * Watford: Yellow Wagtail NE over Vicarage Rd Cemetery 1030 (Ian Bennell tweet)
 * West Dulwich: 2 Peregrines flying high overhead towards Rosendale Road, 18:15 (Paul Collins)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: 1 Sparrowhawk female, 5 Chiffchaff singing, 4 Linnet (Charlie Farrell)

Wednesday 27th March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Pair Gadwall Wood Green Res, 3 Pochard Boating Lake, 3 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff (APOG)
 * Amwell NR "Gt Hardmead L": Goosander, Cattle Egret briefly then S 0725, Yellow-legged Gull (Barry Reed tweet)
 * Arkley Lane Fields: Red Kite, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet (Toby Mylett)
 * Barkingside; White Kestrel (albino??) flying over Station Rd towards Fairlop Nature reserve 10;15 (Tony Leaderman, Sue Barry)
 * Bentley Heath Pools EN5: Red Kite, Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
 * Biggin Wood-Norbury: 1 Blackcap, 3 Nuthatch, Song Thrush, Sparrowhawk - House Sparrows at nearest houses (Michael Mac)
 * Boxer's Lake: Cormorant, Mute Swan, 2 Greylag Goose, ad Egyptian Goose & 6 goslings, 13 Tufted Duck 8m 5f, m Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 2 Grey Wagtail pr, 2 Nuthatch pr, f Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
 * Brent Reservoir: Shelduck, 4 Egyptian Geese, 15 Snipe, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap (Andrew Self), Common Buzzard 11.00 (Roy Beddard)
 * Bromley: My first Willow Warbler of year singing briefly at Layhams Farm. (John Birkett)
 * Brook Farm, Upminster: Common Whitethroat [Ldn foy] St Mary's Ln 1240 (Alan Shearman via BirdGuides)
 * Brooklands Gardens EN6: 2 Starling (Toby Mylett)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Song Thrush singing, Blackcap singing (Mike Paice)
 * Chelsea: 7 Waxwing still at Paultons Square. Seen at mid-day and still present at 2.00pm (Nigel Jackman)
 * Copped Hall area: ringtail Hen Harrier, Wheatear (Adam Wilson)
 * Fairlop Waters: 3 Barnacle Goose (Steve Bacon per ELBF FB)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - 4 Stock Dove (Samuel Levy)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: 4 Egyptian Geese 2 (of 12) juvs, 4 Gadwall 2m 2f, 3 Shoveler 2m 1f, 14 Tufted Duck, m Pheasant, Common Buzzard, 4 Little Egret, 4 Black-headed Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 4+ Green Woodpecker, 5+ Great Spotted Woodpecker, Swallow briefly over lake, 3 Grey Wagtail, 8+ Song Thrush, 2+ Mistle Thrush, 2 Redwing, 4+ Blackcap, Cetti’s Warbler, c10 singing Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 5 Jay, 2 Greenfinch, 4 Bullfinch (Bernie Weight, Jack Headley, Ian Stewart)
 * Grays: 2 Curlew, 2 Oystercatcher, Yellow-legged Gull (Nick Croft)
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: Little grebe, Teal 2, Pied wagtail 4. John Bushall
 * Grovelands Park: 5 Stock Dove, 3 Treecreeper, 2 Great-Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 9 Mandarin Duck, 4 Shoveler, 2 Great-Crested Grebe, 1 Egyptian Goose (Paul Collins)
 * Hampstead Heath: 4 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 22 Redwing, Fieldfare (Allan Stewart)
 * Hornbeam Hills EN6: 2 Ring-necked Pheasant, 28 Jackdaw, Jay, 6 Ring-necked Parakeet, Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
 * Hornchurch CP: Firecrest nr visitor centre 1125 (BirdGuides)
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: 3 Meadow Pipit over, Rock/Water Pipit over 06:15, c70 Redwing north 06:05, w/ single Fieldfare, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Des McKenzie tweet)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: Firecrest (Mike Limehouse per ELBF FB); 6 Green Sandpiper (tom Bell per ELBF FB)
 * Lamorbey Park: 2 drake Mandarins (on bank at west end of lake), 7 Tufted Duck, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Song Thrush singing, Chiffchaff singing, Goldcrest (Eric Brown); Mandarins still present 12.45 in Oak at W end of lake, 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff (Ian Stewart)
 * Leatherhead, Randalls Way: Dark phase Common Buzzard engaged in flight display 13:25 (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: Goldeneye, Oystercatcher, Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Shailesh Patel), Curlew, 2 Mediterranean Gull (WWT Website). Also 4 Pintail, 13 Jack Snipe, 30 Snipe, 12 Sand Martin, Water Pipit (Oscar Dewhurst).
 * Lower Morden: 2 Blackcap, 5 Redwing (Bob Smith)
 * Middlesex University Campus: Common Gull (Toby Mylett)
 * Motspur Park: Blackcap male (Bob Smith)
 * Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich (TQ385778): Egyptian Goose (Clive Herbert)
 * Oxleas Woods (SE9 1YG): Wheatear bathing in birdbath 08.21 then flew west (John Reid)
 * Pinner HA5: Green Woodpecker, Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch, Coal Tit, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet 3 Jay (Nigel Barratt)
 * Potters Bar: Sand Martin SE muttons ln 1420 (Toby Mylett tweet)
 * Potters Bar Industrial Estate EN6: 2 Ring-necked Pheasant, Stock Dove, Collared Dove, 3 Greenfinch, Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: Common Scoter m, Glaucous Gull 1w still 0905 (Derek Barker per Marek Walford via Berks BN)
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: m Corn Bunting, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 40 Shelduck, 8 Pintail, 4 Marsh Harrier, 5 Buzzard, Oystercatcher, Ruff, 28 Common Snipe, 35 Black-tailed Godwits, Curlew, Yellow-legged Gull 2ad, Glaucous Gull 2juv, Scandinavian Rock Pipit, 2 Stonechat, Song Thrush, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 8 Rook, 7 Ring-necked Parakeet (Howard Vaughan, Annie Jackson via ELBF FB); 2 Little Ringed Plover (Barry Bishop); Sedge Warbler, Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl, Water Pipit (Nick Croft); m Corn Bunting, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 40 Shelduck, 8 Pintails, 4 Marsh Harriers, 5 Buzzards, Oystercatcher, Ruff, 28 Snipe, 35 Black-tailed Godwits, Curlew, 2ad Yellow-legged Gull, 2juv Glaucous Gull, Scandinavian Rock Pipit, 2 Stonechats, Song Thrush, 5 Chiffchaffs, 3 Blackcaps, 8 Rooks (Martin Jordan per ELBF FB); 2 Little Ringed Plover (Barry Bishop per ELBF FB); Water Pipit, Sedge Warbler, Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl (Nick Croft per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Bridge: 2m Red-crested Pochard flying low over the water (Neil Anderson)
 * Riddlesdown Quarry: Black Redstart nearby on picnic bench 1215 (Nicola Hunt per Croydon Birders)
 * Roding Valley Meadows LNR: Kestrel, 2 Chiffchaff, 44 Pied Wagtail, 3 Reed Bunting (Barry Jones per ELBF FB)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: ad Kittiwake briefly fr draper hide then N 0850 (Alan Harris via Herts BC)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * Sevenoaks WR: 2 Shelduck, Little Ringed Plover fr tyler hide (Mathew Bournat via Kent OS)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: Willow Warbler singing near Patty Pool Mead at 08:35, 9 Redwing, Water Rail on the relief channel, 3 Goosander (Martin Shepherd)
 * Spoilbank Wood EN4: Canada Goose over, 20 Jackdaw, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Nuthatch, Treecreeper (Toby Mylett)
 * Staines Reservoir: Scaup, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 2 ad Little Gull on s basin, 2 Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover on n basin evg (Tony Sweetland tweet); also Redshank causeway (Paul Watts tweet)
 * Stocker's Lake: Mediterranean Gull still fr tern_hide 0915 (Steve Carter via Herts BC); 5 Goldeneye still, 15 Little Egret, Mediterranean Gull still 1515 (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * The Mill Field NW7: 3 Mallard over, 2 Mandarin [patch 1st], 38 Jackdaw, Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
 * Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: 11 Goldcrest, 83+ Stock Dove, 4 Treecreeper, 21 Singing Chiffchaff, 15 Meadow Pipit N, 3 Pied Wagtail, Little Owl, 7 Singing Blackcap, 32+ Rook, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Coal Tit, Mistle Thrush, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Teal, 11 Canada Geese, m Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Buzzard, 7 Lapwing, Red Kite, 2 Coot, Common Gull. (Samuel Levy)
 * Trent Park: 5 Mandarin Duck 4m f upper lake, Common Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3+ Chiffchaff, 2 Long-tailed Tit - nest almost complete, 4 Nuthatch 3m f, m Chaffinch singing (Robert Callf)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: incl 2 Yellow-legged Gull main gp evg (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
 * Waggon Road EN4: Red Kite, Jackdaw, Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff (Toby Mylett)
 * Watford: Osprey over Watford Jn stn (Kevin McCarthy via Herts BC)
 * Wimbledon Common: Jack Snipe on the Plain, 2 Lesser Redpoll over windmill (Adrian Podmore)
 * Worcester Park: Red Kite south over horse fields (Bob Smith)
 * Wrotham Park: Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)

Tuesday 26th March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 2 House Martin NE 0930 p, pair Gadwall Wood Green Reservoir, Little Grebe Boating Lake, Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, Treecreeper (APOG birders)
 * Arnos Park: Green Woodpecker, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, Coal Tit singing, 3 Nuthatch 2m f (Robert Callf)
 * Brent Reservoir: Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 8 Common Snipe, Water Rail, Reed Bunting, 2 Common Gull, 2 Pochard, 2 Common Buzzard, 5 Blackcap, 11 Chiffchaff, 3 Meadow Pipit over NW (Magnus Andersson)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, singing Song Thrush, singing Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Broomfield Park: 4 Greylag Goose, 12 Tufted Duck 7m 5f, 6 Black-headed Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, m Greenfinch singing (Robert Callf)
 * Chelsea: 7 Waxwing same location as yesterday between 3-4pm, Buzzard soaring over also (Andrew Peel and Graeme Hutchinson)
 * Copped Hall area: the ringtail Harrier [now ID'd as Hen Harrier] was seen today over farmland N of the Hall. Montagu's and Pallid could be ruled out. The bird appeared to have unstreaked pale orange underparts and the upperparts were very dark brown bringing to mind the possibility of Northern Harrier. It didn't look 'hooded' in the brief view that I had but ... it's an interesting bird worthy of a little effort if you get the chance (Adam Wilson); also 3 Sparrowhawk, 15 Red Kite, 22 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 4 Yellowhammer (Steve Connor, Andy Tweed, Patrick Hart per ELBF FB)
 * Crayford Marshes: 23 Teal, 6 Gadwall, 5 Wigeon, 2 Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Skylark, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Greenfinch all of the passerines were singing (Mike Paice)
 * Crossness Foreshore: 49 Shelduck, 3 Redshank, Curlew, 80 Black-tailed Godwit, c300 Teal, 24 Wigeon, 76 Gadwall, 6 Cormorant, 7 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, c70 Black-headed Gull, Chaffinch, 2 Linnet, 2 Oystercatcher (Bernie Weight)
 * Crossness NR: 8 Cetti's Warbler heard, 3 Bearded Tit, 4 Chiffchaff heard, Blackcap m, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Little Grebe, Kestrel, 2 Skylark, 5 Reed Bunting, 2 Linnet, Wheatear (brief distant sighting), 16 Pochard, 15 Shoveler, 16 Teal, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Common Gull, Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed, Gull, 2 Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, 3 Lapwing, Buzzard, Greenfinch, 10 Canada Goose, 19 Greylag Goose, Little Egret, 2 Peregrine very active all morning between chimneys of Sewage Works and Incinerator Works (Bernie Weight)
 * East India Dock NR: 4 Gadwall 2pr, 2 Egyptian Geese, 40 Teal (Paul Hyland) - amended thanks
 * Finsbury Park: pair of Nuthatches nest building ( my first breeding record here), Chiffchaff and Blackcap singing, pair of Egyptian Geese with 5 goslings, Little Grebe (Ian Bradshaw)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: male Mandarin my first record here (fifth site record, first since 2006) but unwelcomed by all other wildfowl on the lake and very flighty (Ian Stewart)
 * Golders Hill Park: 5 Egyptian Geese 2pr, 1 young left to resident pair (James Levy); 4 Mandarin, 9 Jackdaw, Chiffchaff, 2 Siskin, 5 Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
 * Hampstead Heath: c12 Meadow Pipit N, c10 Redwing on Parliament Hill, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap (Reuben Braddock and others); 4 Jackdaw, 2 Nuthatch at West Heath (Toby Mylett)
 * Hooks Marsh: 3 Goosander m 2f flood relief channel below David Stoker sluices on Walton's Walk 1230 (Andy Holmes via Lee Valley sightings blog)
 * Hornchurch: Firecrest St Andrews churchyd
 * Hyde Park: House Martin Round Pond 13.10 (Ian R Watson)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: incl 5 Green Sandpiper, 18 Fieldfare, 2 Bullfinch (Dave Morrison tweet); also incl 2 Shelduck, 4 Gadwall, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Grey Partridge, 3 Common Buzzard, Common Snipe, 7 Skylark, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 3 Reed Bunting (Dave McGough, Steve Smith per ELBF FB)
 * KGV Res: Little Ringed Plover E side of S basin, Black Redstart W side S basin, Black-necked Grebe N basin, Sand Martin, 6 Goosander, 15 Goldeneye, 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Grey Wagtails, 7 Pied Wagtails, 2 Chiffchaffs, 16 Linnets, 8 Meadow Pipits, Cetti's Warbler (Sean Huggins)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Water Pipit, 2 Pintail, 2 Shelduck, 6 Common Snipe, House Sparrow, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Sand Martin, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (WWT website); 1 Jack Snipe wader scrape, 1m Mandarin W over main lake, Common Buzzard over Sheltered Lagoon at 12.00 (Martin Honey)
 * Maple Cross: 25+ Linnet, 4 Yellowhammer on headland/set-a-side south of Hornhill Rd and field hedge west of housing estate (Chris Bessant tweet)
 * Maple Lodge NR: 2 Raven over 0620 (Paul Lewis tweet)
 * Middlesex University Campus: Common Gull (Toby Mylett)
 * Primrose Hill "vismig 0530-0730": 3 Collared Dove 2E & 1NNE, Tawny Owl [personal site tick] belting low E over viewpt chased by Goldfinch 0610, 21 Meadow Pipit NW, Linnet NW (Twitter)
 * St Albans: Firecrest singing London Rd gdn (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * Southfields, SW18 (Granville Road): Goldcrest collecting nesting material from back garden (Martin Honey)
 * Southwark Park: Short-eared Owl flew in low from direction of Canada Water followed by Carrion Crows then high over the lake before heading N, also Stock Dove calling, 1 Blackcap, Peregrine (John Cadera)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 2 Water Pipit on W bank of S basin early am, 2 Redshank, Scaup drake still (Bob Warden per FJM)
 * Stocker's Lake: 3 f Goldeneye, 20 Little Egret, Mediterranean Gull still fr tern_hide 1320 (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC_
 * Stoneleigh Station KT17: 1 Blackcap, 2 Coal Tit (Neil Batten)
 * Swanscombe Marsh "Black Duck Marsh only": Garganey (drake), Mute Swan, Teal, 5 Pochard, Shoveler, Shelduck, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Grey Heron, Cetti's Warbler (Eric Brown & Jim Butler) 2 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 2 Stock Dove, 8 Greylag Goose, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Cettis Warbler h, 2 Skylark, 8 Jackdaw, 16 Teal (river), 6 Turnstone (river), 8 Gadwall (river), 40 Redshank (river), 1 Mute Swan (river), 2 Curlew (river), 2 Shelduck, Green Woodpecker h (Roger Keith)
 * Telegraph Hill SE14: 1 Red Kite 14.10 (Graeme Wright)
 * Tufnell Park (by the tube, 0750): "viz mig by accident" - flock of 30-40 thrushes NE over - at least 10 Fieldfare in flock (Francis Tusa).
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: drake Scaup on No 4, Brambling behind anglers' hut, 4 Red - Crested Pochard, 4 Goldeneye (Walthamstow Birders)
 * Waterfall Walk, New Southgate: 2 Stock Dove pr, m Blackcap singing, Chiffchaff singing, 2 Nuthatch pr (Robert Callf)
 * Wanstead Flats: 1cy White-fronted Goose east over Alex at 17:40, m Pochard, 2 Teal, 2 Gadwall, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Little Owl, up to 8 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine Falcon, Kestrel, 41 Meadow Pipit, 5 Skylark, 7 Linnet, 10+ Greenfinch, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Stock Dove (Nick Croft/Louise McCartney)
 * Wanstead Park: 5 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 6 Stock Dove, 10+ singing Song Thrush, Redwing, 5 Siskin, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 4 Buzzard, 8 Teal, 4 Gadwall, 11 Shoveler, 3 Little Grebe (Nick Croft/Louise McCartney)
 * Warren Gorge: incl 2 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 2 Pochard, 13 Tufted Duck, 40 Grey Heron 13ad 27juv, 6 Little Egret, Water Rail, 4 Kingfisher, Cetti’s Warbler, Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Redwing, Water Pipit NW, 4 Great crested Grebe, 2 Little Grebe (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * West Harrow: Blackcap singing in the garden this morning (Alex Massey)
 * West Heath Avenue NW11: Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)

Monday 25th March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: male Wheatear, 3 Gadwall 2m+f, singing Blackcap, 4 singing Chiffchaff, pr Mute Swan, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 male Pochard, Drake Aythya hybrid Boating lake (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell: WHITE-TAILED EAGLE ad/subad N thru Great Hardmead Lake 0845 then circled Easneye Wd & NE 0850 (Barry Reed via Herts BC)
 * Baker Street: Common Buzzard overhead at 06:45 (Alastair Dent)
 * Bedfords Park: Little Grebe, Kestrel, 5 Green Woodpecker, 5 Jay, 3m Coal Tit, m Blackcap, 8m Chiffchaff, 2 Nuthatch, Mistle Thrush (Colin Jupp per ELBF FB)
 * Black Park: incl 4 Tufted Duck, pr Raven, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Nuthatch (David Cleal via Bucks BN)
 * Bowyer's Water; rh Smew still, {Grass Snake} (Graham Canny tweet)
 * Brixton: Grey Wagtail, Pulross Road at 18.00 (Matthew J Bradbury)
 * Copped Hall, SW of Epping Green: ringtail Harrier sp re-identified as not Pallid [since ID'd as ringtail Hen Harrier per ELBF FB] again over farmland N of Hall mid am (Steve Connor, Paul Whiteman per FJM); not seen in area later also 2 Raven, 12 Common Buzzard, 5 Red Kite, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 2 Red-legged Partridge (Franko J Maroevic, Dave Morris, Dominic Mitchell, Andy Tweed, Adam Wilson et al); 4 Kestrel, f Merlin, Swallow, 25 Fieldfare (Andy Tweed per ELBF FB)
 * Chelsea: 5 Waxwing in plane tree at Paultons Square / Kings Road jn 1025 - still present 11:05 feeding on rosehips near large Magnolia on west side of square (Des McKenzie tweets); still 12.30pm 7+ birds [thanks to DM], Red Kite floating over (Nick Baker); 4+ still present 17:15 (Aravind Ramesh tweet)
 * Clapham: Drumming great spotted woodpecker near south end of The Chase (Ollie Stone-Lee)
 * Clissold Park: 1 pair of Gadwall on large lake (Ernie Thomason)
 * Croxley Hall GPs: Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff (Steve Carter via Herts BC)
 * Hall Marsh Scrape: 2 Cattle Egret still (Graham Canny tweet)
 * Hampstead Heath: Fieldfare feeding by Sanctuary Pond also m Blackcap (Allan Stewart) 2 Red Kite heading NE at 8:20, Wheatear, Chiffchaff, 3 Greylag, 5 Meadow Pipit (Dave Porritt and Green Grandad)
 * Hyde Park: 3 Meadow Pipit over early morning, Common Buzzard north at 11am. (Dave Jordan)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: incl Shelduck, 49 Teal, 5 Green Sandpiper, 5 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit (Shaun Harvey, Dave McGough per ELBF FB); incl Little Egret (Tom Bell via ELBF FB)
 * Islington N1: Vincent Terrace 1 Blackcap singing (Alastair Rae)
 * KGV Reservoir: 2 Black Redstart north basin west side flycatching along fence-line at 12:45 (Martin Shepherd)
 * Kingston: m. Pheasant in residential garden by the Thames, KT2 5SS area (Karen Smith)
 * Langley Park: incl m Gadwall, 6 Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Chiffchaff (David Cleal via Bucks BN)
 * Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 1 Chiffchaff (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: Wheatear, 8 Snipe, 5 Sand Martin, singing Blackcap, 2 Redshank, Water Pipit, 2 Shelduck (WWT website) 2 Garganey pm (per RBA/Surrey BN)
 * Maple Cross: 2 Yellowhammer in field hedge west of estate (Geoff Young via Herts BC)
 * Mayflower Park: 2 Red Kite south (Bob Smith)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 1 Red Kite over (Eugene Dillon-Hooper)
 * Mitcham Common: male Pheasant with 4 females on golf course, Chiffchaff, Kestrel (Michael Mac)
 * Middlesex University Campus: Common Gull (Toby Mylett)
 * Morden Hall Park: Green Sandpiper along river (thanks to Derek Coleman for tip off), Kingfisher, Little Egret, pr Reed Bunting, singing Chiffchaff, calling Water Rail (Michael Mac)
 * Oak Hill Park (TQ277950): Red Kite (Clive Herbert)
 * Paddington: Red Kite low west over Edgware Road pursued by Herring Gulls 13:35 (Des McKenzie tweet)
 * Panshanger Park: Barn Owl at dusk (Richard Marlow via Herts BC)
 * Primrose Hill "vismig 0540-0740": Common Buzzard S 0640, Collared Dove E 0700, 8 Meadow Pipit NW, 2 Linnet NNW, also 17 Redwing still (Twitter)
 * Richmond Park: 1f +1m Wheatear in Holly Lodge paddocks (Nigel Jackman)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail, 2 singing Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Frank Nugent)
 * Staines Reservoir: Scaup, 30 Goldeneye, 6 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Redshank (Jim Sweetland tweet)
 * Stoneleigh Station KT17: 2 singing Blackcap - both new arrivals (Neil Batten)
 * The Mill Field NW7: Mallard over [patch 1st], 4 Common Gull, 36 Jackdaw, 3 Nuthatch, Treecreeper (Toby Mylett)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 4 Lapwing, 3 Blackcap (2 singing), 11 Chiffchaff, 2 Redwing, 4 Rook, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Teal - also Comma, plus the Snake's Head Fritillaries are out at Darlands (John Colmans)
 * The Brook BR5: Water Rail showing very well in usual area, singing Chiffchaff, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail (Jack Headley)
 * Trent Park: 8 Mandarin Duck 5m 3f, m Blackcap sub-song, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, m Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch, {Comma, 2 Peacock} (Robert Callf); "also pm" 2 Chiffchaff, Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 14 Mandarin 10m 4f (Pete Lowman)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 1m Scaup, {1fm Brimstone, 1 Peacock} (John & Janet Cadera)
 * Wanstead Flats: Cetti's Warbler still near Alex (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 3 Buzzard, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, 6 Stock Dove, 10 singing Chiffchaff, 6 singing Blackcap, 4 singing Coal Tit, 6 Little Grebe, Little Egret, 5 Gadwall, 17 Shoveler, 3 Teal, 10 Tufted Duck (Nick Croft)
 * Waterworks NR: 1 Snipe, 1 Peregrine, 1 Red Kite, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, 2+ Chiffchaffs singing (Eugene Dillon-Hooper)
 * West Hyde: Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, Stonechat, 2+ Skylark, 5 Yellowhammer, 3 Reed Bunting, (Colne Valley Birding tweet)
 * Wimbledon Common: 10+ Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, f Stonechat still (Hugh Nicholson tweet)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: 2000+ Ring-necked Parakeets at roost, 5 Song Thrush singing (Charlie Farrell)

Sunday 24th March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Drake Aythya hybrid Boating Lake, Peregrine on transmitter mid morning, pair Gadwall Wood Green reservoir, Treecreeper Conservation Area (APOG).
 * Amwell: Smew, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 2 Goldeneye (RSPB NW London Group); Blackcap singing m (Simon Bradley); 2 Oystercatcher TL376128 (William Bishop via Herts BC)
 * Ardleigh Green: 12 Buzzard (Paul Hawkins per ELBF FB)
 * Beddington Farmlands: 1 Green Sandpiper from permissive footpath, 8 Shelduck too (Keith Bates)
 * Brent Park, Hendon: Yellow-legged Gull over, Kingfisher, Jackdaw, 2 Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Redpoll, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper (Toby Mylett)
 * Brent Reservoir: 4 Common Buzzard, 2 Red Kite, Peregrine, 6 Wigeon, Jack Snipe, 17 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 17 Meadow Pipit, 8 singing Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Cetti's Warbler (Brent Birders)
 * Brockwell Park: Green Woodpecker, feeding in fenced off new wildflower meadow, Nuthatch by cafe, Blackap (Matthew J. Bradbury)
 * Brook Farm: Sparrowhawk, 9 Common Buzzard incl 5N 1405, Kingfisher, Kestrel, 2 Skylark, Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 43 House Sparrow, 9 Greenfinch, 2 Yellowhammer (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Bushy Park: 4 Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 6 Meadow Pipit, 2 Redwing, Reed Bunting, 2 Skylark (Ian R Watson)
 * Cassiobury Park: m Wheatear central fenced area 0950 (Mark Sutton tweet)
 * Colney Heath: incl 4 Yellowhammer 2pr (Dan Fletcher via Herts BC)
 * Dagnam Park: incl Red Kite, 2 Coal Tit, 5m Chiffchaff, 5m Nuthatch, 3 Redwing, Bullfinch, Lesser Redpoll (Colin Jupp per ELBF FB)
 * Dartmouth Park (NW5): Red Kite over high up heading east at 1055, also Blackcap singing (Tim Blackburn)
 * Ellenbrook Fields: f Black Redstart mounds 0815 (per Herts BC)
 * Fairlop Waters: incl Barnacle Goose, 2 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 7 Gadwall, 8 Teal, Pochard, 3 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Common Buzzard, 3 Common Snipe, 2 Kestrel, 6 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 3 Reed Bunting (Steve Bacon per ELBF FB)
 * Gallions Reach: Hoopoe [Ldn foy], 3 Common Buzzard (Kevin McManus); 5 Common Buzzard, 2 Curlew, Merlin, 2 Peregrine, 3 Rook 0800-1300 (Gary James via Essex BwS)
 * Glebe Crescent NW4: Tawny Owl male (Toby Mylett)
 * Hampstead Heath: f Marsh Harrier NE over the bowling green 0915, 25 Redwings N, 1st winter Common Gull over, but no Black-headed Gulls (Pete Mantle); Blackcap singing near Leg of Mutton Pond (James Levy)
 * Hilly Fields Lewisham: Chiffchaff singing (Tom Moulton)
 * Hogsmill STW: Shelduck (per Surrey BN)
 * Ladywell Fields: Mandarin pair, Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
 * Joseph Road allotments E3: {Brimstone} (Harry Harrison)
 * KGV Reservoir: Sedge Warbler, Yellow Wagtail [UK & Ldn foy], 3 Blackcap (Neville Smith per ELBF FB)
 * Ladbroke Square Gardens (W11) - [access restricted to residents in local catchment, but birds often visible and within hearing of three of the four surrounding streets] - 1st Chiff Chaff of year - and singing (Angus Innes)
 * London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Little Egret, Jack Snipe still, 13 Common Snipe, Goldeneye, 2 Redshank, Water Pipit still, 4 Pintail, 2 Shelduck, 5 Sand Martin, Kestrel, Peregrine, 5 Common Buzzard 3 North 2 West (WWT website); also Red Kite NW, 3 Buzzard NW, Peregrine, 2 Sparrowhawk, Little Egret, 2 Meadow Pipit N (Oscar Dewhurst)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: Singing Blackcap, 2 singing Chiffchaff, 1 yaffling Green Woodpecker (Alastair Dent) 2 Buzzard, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Teal (Eugene Dillon-Hooper)
 * Mitcham Common: 1 Blackcap in song (Keith Bates)
 * Monkhams Hill/Hooks Marsh. 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Red Kite, 1 Rough-legged Buzzard [One here for several weeks last year] (E.Sapatsch)
 * Orpington Boating Pond: The regular pair of Egyptian Goose (Jack Headley)
 * Panshanger Park: Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper (Tim Hill via Herts BC)
 * Primrose Hill "vismig 0545-0745": incl Collared Dove E 0730, 37 Meadow Pipit NW 0555-0725, also f Marsh Harrier foy circling N 0910 [seen again 5min later over Heath], Red Kite W 1240, 2 Common Buzzard N 1130 & 1140, m Linnet site-foy N (Twitter)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: Common Scoter still by white railings 0900, Glaucous Gull 1w again on pontoon 0800 then flew off (Peter Newbound via Berks BN)
 * Rainham RSPB: Short-eared Owl, Sand Martin (Fraser Simpson per ELBF FB); Sparrowhawk, 5 Marsh Harrier, 10 Common Buzzard, Little Ringed Plover, 16 Curlew, Kingfisher, Sedge Warbler (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
 * Romford: Cattle Egret N (Martin Jordan per ELBF FB)
 * Rye Meads RDPB: 2 Kingfisher, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Redshank (RSPB NW London Group); Green Sandpiper (Gill Price per ELBF FB)
 * Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve "Webs Count by MC & CS with added on Sightings by JH": 1 Mute Swan, 35 Greylag Goose, 119 Canada Goose, singing Skylark, m Blackcap, 3 Egyptian Goose, 2+ Common Buzzard, 1 Little Grebe, 21 Great Crested Grebe, 55 Coot, 15 Moorhen, 4 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 6 Grey Heron, 17 Teal, 7 Gadwall, 46 Mallard, 6 Shoveler, 2 Shelduck, 74 Tufted Duck, 2 Oystercatcher, 10 Lapwing, 53 Black-headed Gull, 51 Herring Gull, 6 Common Gull, 1 Lesser black-backed Gull, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush, 6 Song Thrush, 52 Wren, 9 Chiffchaff, 2 Jay, 2 Reed Bunting, 1+ Stock Dove (Jack Headley, Clifford Seabrook, Martin Coath et al)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: 2 Raven 0950hrs distant N/E towards Upshire (Neville Smith)
 * South Norwood CP: Water Rail wetlands stream, Common Snipe, Kingfisher (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
 * South Woodford: Sedge Warbler R Roding singing from reeds 1300 (BirdGuides)
 * Springwell Lake: 6 Goldeneye (Paul Lewis tweet)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 4 Redshank, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Scaup drake, 4 Black-necked Grebe. (Dave Morris per FJM)
 * Stoneleigh KT17: 1 singing blackcap in The Glade am (Neil Batten)
 * Southwark Park: 2 Shoveler, Peregrine (John Cadera)
 * Staines Reservoir "WeBS": 17 Shelduck, 159 Shoveler, 23 Gadwall, 102 Wigeon, 164 Tufted Duck, m Scaup, 37 Goldeneye, 9 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Redshank, 2100+ Black-headed Gull (Allan Goddard tweet)
 * Swanscombe Marsh 2 Garganey, Pochard, 6 Teal, Curlew, 6 Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 2 Water Rail, Herons on nest, 20 Gadwall, 8 Shelduck, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 4 Cetti's Warbler, Raven, Green Woodpecker, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Water Rail, Red-legged Partridge, 4 Little Grebe, Peregrine, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Marsh Harrier, Stonechat, Bearded Tit, Linnet, 4 Swallow N, {4+ Brimstone, 3+ Large Tortoiseshell, 2 Large White Butterflies} (Ernie Thomason, Frank Manias and Dave Clark); also 2 Bearded Tit, m Wheatear seawall pm (James King tweet)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 6 Teal, 9 Pheasant, Little Egret, Common Buzzard, f Kestrel, 4 Lapwing 2pr, 8 Stock Dove, 5+ Skylark, c20 Meadow Pipit, 4 singing Chiffchaff, 2 singing Blackcap, Rook, 4 Reed Bunting, 9 Linnet (Neil Anderson)
 * The Brook BR5: 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Egyptian Goose, Little Egret (Jack Headley)
 * Thorndon CP: "South" incl Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Skylark singing, 3 Linnet, 2 Yellowhammer singing am, "North" incl Lesser Spotted Woodpecker calling nr childerditch wd, Coal Tit, 7+ Nuthatch, 1+ Lesser Redpoll (Andrew Cox via Essex BwS)
 * Thorpe Water Park: incl 2 Little Grebe, 44 Great Crested Grebe, Red Kite, 2 Oystercatcher, 5 Lapwing, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Kingfisher, Kestrel, pr Reed Bunting (Kevin Duncan via Surrey BN)
 * Trent Park: 4 Mandarin Duck 2m 2f, m Gadwall lower lake, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Long-tailed Tit nest-building - almost complete, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper carrying nesting material, m Brimstone, Peacock, 2 Comma (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 1 Meadow Pipit over the boardwalk, 2 Kestrel (pr) together on Bomb Crater Field (Alastair Dent); Red Kite, Jackdaw (Lol Bodini); 2 Sand Martin between Leyton Marsh and River Lea (JW Davies)
 * Wanstead Flats: 5 Fieldfare, 4 Buzzard, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2 singing Chiffchaff, 2 singing Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, 12 Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark, 2 Linnet, 3 Little Grebe, Little Owl (Nick Croft/Marco Johnson)
 * Waterworks NR: 4+ Chiffchaffs, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Red Kite, 1 Blackcap, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Reed Bunting (Eugene Dillon-Hooper)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: 2 Water Rail, Oystercatcher, Great Black-backed Gull, Kingfisher, 2 Lesser Redpoll (TyttGP tweet)
 * West Hyde: Stonechat reported, 4+ Yellowhammer (Paul Lewis tweets)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 5 Red-crested Pochard, Kingfisher (Chris Farthing)
 * Yeading Brook Meadows: 2 Pheasant, Little Egret, 4 Red Kite 2pr, 3 vocal circling Common Buzzard, Little Owl, displaying Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 3 Blackcap (1 singing), 4 singing Chiffchaff, m Reed Bunting. Also m Brimstone butterfly (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 23rd March 2019

 * Amwell NR: rh Smew still 1020 (William Last tweet)
 * Ardleigh Green: 8 Red Kite thru, 25 Common Buzzard thru 1310-1355 (Paul Hawkins tweet / Dave Morrison, Lee Brown per ELBF FB)
 * Beddington Farmlands: ad Iceland Gull over, 2 Wheatear, 1 Jack Snipe, 18 Sand Martin, 1 Redshank, 6 Water Pipit (Peter Alfrey, BFBG) pics here
 * Brent Reservoir: 16 Common Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Roy Beddard)
 * Bushy Park: 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, 3 Mistle Thrush, Reed Bunting, 2 Song Thrush, 6 Stock Dove, Treecreeper (Ian R Watson)
 * Enfield: Hadley Rd first lay-by 2 Lapwing (Pete Lowman)
 * Erith Pier: 1st-winter Caspian Gull mid afternoon (Richard Bonser)
 * Evelyn Gardens SW7: female Kestrel perched in London Plane am (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * Fairlop Waters: 2 Red-crested Pochard pr, Red Kite, 7 Sand Martin, 5 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Common Snipe, Little Owl (Neil Twyford)
 * Gallions Reach: 2 Common Tern tweeted 1010 - UK & Ldn foy (Kevin McManus); Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Curlew, 14 Redshank, 5 Redwing, 2 Chiffchaff 0815-1215 (Gary James via Essex BwS)
 * Hampstead Heath: Woodcock flew east 3pm (Dave Porritt)
 * Harold Park: Kingfisher (Colin Jupp per ELBF FB)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 6 Black-necked Grebe fr Hogg Ln viewing platform still (Graham Higgins via Herts BC)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: Little Ringed Plover wc1 lagoon, Cetti's Warbler spynes mere 1520 (Gordon Hay via Surrey BN)
 * Island Barn Reservoir: Red-throated Diver [Ldn foy] circled high over 0700-0730 then SE (Dave Harris tweet); Curlew circled and then low NW, 1 Sand Martin, Wheatear (Chris Turner)
 * Kensington Gardens: Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * Kentish Town: Woodcock flew E over Gaisford Street at 0940 (Pete Mantle)
 * Kew Gardens: 2 Common Gull, Jay, Stock Dove, Mistle Thrush, 5 Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Starling, Bullfinch, Cetti's Warbler, 4 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 5 Goldcrest (Toby Mylett)
 * Kew Green: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Bullfinch, 2 House Sparrow, Coal Tit, 2 Goldcrest (Toby Mylett)
 * Lamorbey Park: 2 Cormorant, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Tufted Duck, 2-4 Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, singing Chiffchaff, Nuthatch (Mike Amos)
 * Lee Valley, Hooks Marsh: 3 Lesser Redpoll nw cnr, 7 Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Reed Bunting, Cetti's Warbler (Mark Wardman)
 * Lichfield Road TW9: Greenfinch (Toby Mylett)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, Goldeneye f, Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Jack Snipe, 3 Redshank, 2 Red Kite, Peregrine, 4 Sand Martin, 4 Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, 2 Meadow Pipit N, Water Pipit (Oscar Dewhurst); 2 Jack Snipe (grazing marsh and wader scrape), Iceland Gull imm again, 3 Sparrowhawk 2f m over heading N (Martin Honey); also Red Kite S, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 17 Common Snipe, Swallow, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Water Pipit still (WWT website); also Red Kite, 9 Sand Martin (Jonathan Nasir tweet)
 * Olympic Park: m Ring Ouzel [Ldn foy] on grassy area opp Here East 1020 (Marco Johnson/BirdGuides)
 * Ongar Park Wood "TL498025": incl Buzzard, Nuthatch, 15 Brambling under hornbeams nr c/p mid-aft, w/ 60 Chaffinch (Andrew Stroud via Essex BwS)
 * Otho Court TW8: 4 Green Woodpecker, Starling, Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
 * Paddington: Woodcock flew along Bathurst Street & Westbourne Street toward Sussex Gardens 06:31 (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * Pinner HA5: 2 Nuthatch singing and building - nice new local birds (Dan Pinkham)
 * Princes Road TW9: Blackcap, Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: m Common Scoter pier 0950 (Derek Barker per Marek Walford via Berks BN)
 * Rainham Marshes: 4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 15 Golden Plover, c60 Black-tailed Godwit, Barn Owl by serin_mound 4.45pm, Bearded Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap singing, Black Redstart (on roofs by Coldharbour Point), Wheatear (Tom Jordan); also incl 66 Shelduck, 158 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, 443 Wigeon, 12 Pintail 6pr, 137 Teal, 20+ Pochard, 35 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 5 Little Egret, f Sparrowhawk, 8 Marsh Harrier 3m 5f, 16 Common Buzzard, 2 Water Rail, Oystercatcher, 22 Golden Plover target pools, Curlew, 2 Ruff, 70 Black-tailed Godwit, 33 Common Snipe, 35 Redshank, 2 Common Gull, Kestrel, f Peregrine, 2 Bearded Tit, 20+ Cetti's Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, f Black Redstart on posts just past Ken Barrett hide toward woods in field in front of barn_owl box, pr Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Water Pipit 1 fr butts hide coming into summer plumage & 1 at stone barges, 2 Linnet butts hide, 10+ Reed Bunting (Andrew Allen, Tom Jordan, Ben Mapp et al via Essex BwS); Sedge Warbler [first heard y'day], 4 Sand Martin, 18 Redwing (Howard Vaughan et al via ELBF FB); 2 Wheatear (Tom Bell et al per ELBF FB); Fieldfare (Ian Plume per ELBF FB)
 * Regent's Park: Woodcock foy by leaf-yard wood [area 40] 0545, Cetti's Warbler singing from 'oxbow' reedbed at deadman's cnr [a34] 0625 but mobile, Blackcap subsinging briefly (Twitter)
 * Richmond Park: Cetti's Warbler singing, 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 3 Little Owl, 2 Tawny Owl, 2 Redwing (Paula Redmond)
 * Ruislip Lido/Poors Field: pr Egyptian Geese, pr Gadwall, pr Little Grebe, pr Grey Heron at nest, Little Egret, 4 Common Buzzard, Grey Wagtail, 6 singing Chiffchaff, 6 Nuthatch (Neil Anderson/K. Bull)
 * Rye Meads NR: COMMON CRANE N toward Amwell NR 1425, Mediterranean Gull yellow c/r fr gadwall_hide (Jan Swan & David Spensley tweets)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail, 2 Chiffchaff (Frank Nugent)
 * Scadbury Park LNR: White Wagtail in horse fields (Jack Headley)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: Lapwing, 4 Sand Martin, 5 Chiffchaff singing, Blackcap singing close to campsite (Neville Smith)
 * Staines Moor: 3 Water Pipit still (BirdGuides)
 * Staines Reservoir: Scaup s basin still, 3 Black-necked Grebe still (BirdGuides); also White Wagtail, Redshank (Michael Robinson)
 * Stanstead Innings: Bittern, Green Sandpiper am (Jane Free tweet)
 * Stocker's Lake: incl ad Mediterranean Gull (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * Swanscombe Marsh “Black Duck Marsh 7.30-9.00”: 4 Garganey (3m 1f), 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Shelduck (4 river), 3 Cetti's Warbler h, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Gadwall, 4 Pochard (3m 1f), 8 Tufted Duck, 2 Oystercatcher (river), 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Canada Goose, 6 Greylag Goose, 1 Green Woodpecker h, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker h, 4 Water Rail h, 1 Redhead-type Aythya hybrid, 1 Song Thrush h, Bearded Tit (1 seen), 8 Grey Heron (at least 3 nests with young) (Roger Keith); 4 Garganey still, 3+ Bearded Tit, Wheatear, 15 singing Cetti's Warbler, 7 singing Chiffchaff, singing Blackcap, Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, Water Pipit, pair Stonechat, Raven (Andrew Self); 4 Garganey still 1700 at back of lake fr seawall just past end of Tiltman Rd, m Marsh Harrier over 1600 (Gary Howard tweet)
 * Teddington: Red Kite, flying west towards NPL / Busy Park (Ian R Watson)
 * The Commons LNR: 2 Red Kite, 9 Buzzard, 2 Peregrine, Raven all overhead 1020, Marsh Tit, 3 Chiffchaff (Keith Smith via Herts BC)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 m Wheatear on Folly Farm, 4 Common Buzzard, Red Kite, 4 Teal, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Chiffchaff, Linnnet, 8 Meadow Pipit, 3 Lapwing (Simon Worsfold & Tony Clancy)
 * Trent Park: 9 Mandarin Duck 6m 3f, 4 Common Buzzard calling & displaying over Camlet Hill, 2 Green Woodpecker, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 9 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch, f Siskin, 2 male Lesser Redpoll (Robert Callf); also 2 Teal m f upper lake (Pete Lowman)
 * Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits: Pair of Red-crested Pochard on fishing lake, 2+ Chiffchaff singing, Blackcap singing, 5 Red Kite, 3 Sand Martin, Oystercatcher on main pit, 2 Reed Bunting atypical female with male near feeders (Jo Edwards) fem RB is similar to that shown here
 * Wanstead Flats: House Martin, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Wheatear, 3 Mistle Thrush, Woodcock, Little Owl, Red Kite, 5 Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk,  Peregrine Falcon, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, Linnet, 30+ Meadow Pipit, 7 Skylark, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Little Grebe, 6 Gadwall, leucistic Herring Gull (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: Common Snipe, 4 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Shoveler, 3 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 5 Fieldfare north (Nick Croft)
 * Watford "Nascot Grange TQ102978": Blackcap, 1-2 Firecrest nr Church Rd entrance (Stephen Middleton via Herts BC)
 * Willows Farm: Brambling fdr briefly pm (InFocus Optics tweet)

Friday 22nd March 2019

 * Amwell NR: 6 Goldeneye 2m 4f, rh Smew still, 2 Sand Martin dusk (William Bishop tweet)
 * Bedfont Lakes CP: 2 Ruddy Shelduck n lake 1515 (Paul Bright-Thomas tweet)
 * Camberwell Old Cemetery SE22 "and then One Tree Hill, Honor Oak Park, SE23": Nuthatch in hole in tree at edge of cemetery, pair Mistle Thrush, Green Woodpecker - closest Yaffle ever seen to home heard-only in the woods on One Tree Hill (Paul Francis)
 * Cely Woods: incl Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Buzzard, f Lesser Spotted Woodpecker still, 10 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Treecreeper, 22 Fieldfare (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Cray Valley Golf Course: 10+ calling Chiffchaff, c4 Linnet, calling Coal Tit (Jack Headley)
 * Ellenbrook Fields: 67 Fieldfare nr cow pens (Trevor Chapman via Herts BC)
 * Fairlop Waters: 8 Sand Martin, 2 Shelduck, 5 Chiffchaff, Common Snipe, Reed Bunting, Common Buzzard, Little Owl (Alan Thomas/Neil Twyford)
 * Greenwich Park: Sparrowhawk, Kestrel (Ray Crouch)
 * Hainault Forest: 2 Common Buzzard, 3m Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Grey Wagtail (Steve Bacon per ELBF FB)
 * Hyde Park: Coal Tit (Toby Mylett)
 * Kensington Gardens: 6 Common Gull, 2 Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
 * KGV Reservoir: 5 Sand Martin (Harry Lacey, Stuart Hamilton per ELBF FB); 6 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander (Dominic Mitchell per ELBF FB)
 * Lee Valley, Hall Marsh: Little Egret, Red Kite, 2 Goosander (on adjacent Horsemill Stream), Cetti's Warbler, no Cattle Egret today (Simon Papps)
 * Lee Valley, Holyfield Hall Farm: 3 Barnacle Goose (first I've seen here for a long time), 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Common Buzzard, singing Blackcap, 10+ Linnet (Simon Papps)
 * Lee Valley, Hooks Marsh "north-west edge where it borders Seventy Acres Lake and Police Pit": 30+ Brambling incl several males in breeding plumage, 15+ Chaffinch, 4 Lesser Redpoll [my first in the valley since New Year], 5+ Siskin, Reed Bunting, Cetti's Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Kingfisher, Red Kite (Simon Papps)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Redshank, m Blackcap singing, 2 Pintail, 2 Shelduck, 2 Water Pipit still, 6 Common Snipe, 4 singing Chiffchaff, 4+ singing Cetti's Warblers, drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jack Snipe, 1m Tufted x Pochard hybrid, 4 Mandarin 3m f flew into Wildside, Little Ringed Plover seen later in the day (Martin Honey); also 13 Common Snipe, 2 Sand Martin (WWT website)
 * Lonsdale Rd Reservoir: 13 Pochard, 7 Stock Dove, singing Cetti's Warbler, singing Chiffchaff (Neil Anderson)
 * Marylebone: Peregrine over the station this evening (John Cadera)
 * Orpington Boating Pond: 2 Egyptian Goose (Jack Headley)
 * Oxleas Wood: f Lesser Spotted Woodpecker by memorial car park midday (Adam Commons tweet)
 * Pinner HA5: Common Buzzard drifting over, 3 Greenfinch, Coal Tit, Green Woodpecker (Nigel Barratt)
 * Ponders End Lake: Little Ringed Plover (Adam Wilson per ELBF FB); 2 Oystercatcher (Dominic Mitchell per ELBF FB)
 * Putney Bridge to Barnes Bridge "WeBS": 3 Greylag, 5 Egyptian Geese (& small brood of 6), 5 Mute Swan, 128 Mallard, 172 Teal, 41 Gadwall, 31 Tufted Duck, 13 Cormorant (Neil Anderson)
 * Rainham Marshes: Sand Martin, 3 Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, 3 Avocet, Oystercatcher, 4 Ringed Plover, 4 Curlew, 2 Ruff, Barn Owl, Water Pipit, 39 singing Cetti's Warbler, 13 Chiffchaff [12 singing] (Andrew Self); 2 Little Ringed Plover (David Smith, Andy Tweed, Patrick Hart et al per ELBF FB); 2 Great Crested Grebe, 17 Cormorant, 4 Marsh Harrier, 3 Avocet, 16 Curlew, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 48 Common Snipe, Barn Owl, 2 Kestrel, 2 Bearded Tit, 2 Water Pipit (Patrick Hart, Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB); m Stonechat (Andy Tweed per ELBF FB); Sedge Warbler [Ldn foy] h (belated confirm'n per ELBF FB)
 * Redhill Common: 4 Red Kite E 1510 (Gordon Hay via Surrey BN)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail, 1 singing Blackcap, 2 singing Chiffchaff (Frank Nugent)
 * Sevenoaks WR: Oystercatcher, 2 Little Gull in gull roost then E 1700, Lesser Redpoll (Mathew Bournat tweet)
 * Staines Reservoir: Redshank s basin causeway (Lee Ridley tweet)
 * Swanscombe Marsh “9.30-13.15 incoming tide”: 2 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 3 Chiffchaff, 13 Greylag Goose, 14 Canada Goose (river), 2 Shoveler, 2 Linnet, 6 Shelduck (3 river), 2 Mute Swan (river), 3 Garganey [Ldn foy] 2m f (Black_Duck Marsh), 11 Tufted Duck, 5 Water Rail h, 5 Cetti's Warbler 4h, 8 Little Grebe, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming), 7 Pochard, 8 Turnstone (river), 5 Teal (river), 18 Gadwall (river), 4 Redshank (river), 1 Dunlin (river), 1 Curlew (river), 4 Oystercatcher (river), 1 Marsh Harrier m, Red-legged Partridge, Redhead-type Aythya hybrid (Roger Keith / Paul Larkin)
 * Sydenham Woods SE26: 4+ Great Spotted Woodpeckers drumming (incl at least 1 female), 2 Wren (seen plus many others singing), Nuthatch, Song Thrush singing (heard only), 2 Mistle Thrush 1 gathering a beak-full of dry leaves and moss (Paul Francis)
 * The Brook BR5: 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Goldcrest, 11 Tufted Duck, Water Rail showing extremely well, Kingfisher, Little Grebe (Jack Headley)
 * Totteridge Valley: Raven, fighting with 2 Red Kites, and then 2 Common Buzzard near Long Pond, Jackdaws then joined in, 2 singing Chiffchaff, 4 Lapwing, 50 Stock Dove (Tony Clancy)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs "main gp": incl 3 Water Rail h, 7+ Sand Martin, f Stonechat top grass field fence (Tytt Birders via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: Rook rear paddocks (Walthamstow Birders)
 * Wanstead Flats: m Wheatear, 4 singing Chiffchaff, 2 singing Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, 12 Meadow Pipit 1 singing, 4 Skylark, 2 Reed Bunting, 4 Little Grebe, 9 Gadwall, 10 Tufted Duck, leucistic Herring Gull, less than one hundred Common Gull left, very few Black-headed Gull left, 2 Little Owl (Nick Croft)
 * Worcester Park: m Blackcap (Bill and Janis Reid per Bob Smith)

Thursday 21st March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 1w Black Redstart still base of antenna palace, Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, Peregrine, Jackdaw, displaying Sparrowhawk, Meadow Pipit NE, 3 Gadwall 2m f, Little Grebe Boating Lake, Peacock (APOG Birders)
 * Beech Farm GP: m White Wagtail (Rupert Evershed tweet)
 * Bexley Upper College Farm: Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, 6 Chiffchaff h, 6 Skylark, Pheasant, 4 Song Thrush singing, 3 Linnet, 3 Meadow Pipit, Grey Heron over (Bernie Weight) BW - many thx for sightings but NB don't press 'Return' while posting or you'll start a new post/bullet-pt
 * Black Park: Raven (G Ryder via Bucks BN)
 * Bowyer's Water: rh Smew still (Adam Wilson via Herts BD)
 * Brent Park, Hendon: 2 Little Egret, Blackcap, 3 Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
 * Brockley & Ladywell Cemetery: singing Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush (Conrad Ellam)
 * Canons Farm: 3 Wheatear by reeds rest barn 1420 (Steve Gale tweet)
 * Chislehurst Common: Firecrest (Ian Stewart)
 * Crossness LNR: 120+ Black-tailed Godwit, 20+ Linnet, 14+ calling Cetti's Warbler, 40+ Wigeon, 50+ Teal, 12+ Chiffchaff, 8+ Reed Bunting, 8+ singing Skylark, c5 Lapwing, 3 Pochard, 4+ Little Grebe, Little Egret, 20+ Gadwall, 1-2 Bearded Tit (Jack Headley, Patrick English et al)
 * Danson Park: 25 Egyptian Geese 23 north side 2 south side (Harry Halstead)
 * Dulwich Park: Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 6 Shoveler (Dave Clark)
 * Ellenbrook Fields: 3+ Red Kite, 2+ Chiffchaff, 30+ Fieldfare, 3+ Redwing, m Wheatear central mounds, 3+ Meadow Pipit, Lesser Redpoll, Yellowhammer midday (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
 * Enfield Island Village: 3 Common Buzzard (Martin Shepherd)
 * Erith Thames Riverfront: 150 Black-tailed Godwit mostly nr yacht club, 11 Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Shelduck, 10 Teal, 1 Linnet (Patrick English)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Chiffchaff h, 4 Song Thrush singing, 6 Siskin, 13 Tufted Duck, 2 Egyptian Goose & 4 young, 3 Little Grebe 1 on nest, Little Egret, 2 Mute Swan, 10 Black-headed Gull (Bernie Weight); 2 Gadwall, 15 Mallard, 4 Moorhen, 10 Coot, 2 Woodpigeon, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, Jackdaw, Wren, Blackbird, Dunnock, 1 Mute Swan on nest pm (Harry Halstead)
 * Gallions Reach: 2 Little Ringed Plover (Kevin McManus)
 * Grovelands Park: 1f Pochard, 1 Shoveler, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Egyptian Goose, no sign of Mandarin Ducks perhaps nesting (Paul Collins)
 * Hooks Marsh: Treecreeper, Brambling (K Chaplin per Lee Valley Sightings blog)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 9 m Chiffchaff (Shaun Harvey per ELBF FB)
 * King George V Res: f Wheatear, 3 Peregrine, 7 Common Buzzard, 6 Goosander, 4 Goldeneye, 1 Cetti's Warbler, singing Chiffchaff, 1 Redshank, 2 Egyptian Goose, 12 Pied Wagtail, 7 Linnet, 20 Gadwall, 12 Teal, 1 hybrid m possibly Tufted x Pochard (Tony Clancy, Geoff Crabtree); m Smew still s basin 1000, 6 Black-necked Grebe n basin 1105 ('birdernick1' tweet)
 * Lee Valley, Hall Marsh: Cattle Egret, Red Kite, Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler (Simon Papps)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Black-tailed Godwit briefly on grazing marsh then off N, Redshank, m Blackcap singing, 2 Pintail, 2 Shelduck, 2 Water Pipit still, 8 Common Snipe, 3 Chiffchaff, drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker (WWT website); 1 Jack Snipe still, 1m Tufted x Pochard hybrid, 1f Goldeneye, 1m Mandarin sheltered lagoon, 3 Sand Martin (Martin Honey); Wheatear am (BirdGuides)
 * Mardyke, Stifford-Aveley; incl 2 Shelduck, 24 Gadwall, 39 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, Little Egret, Common Buzzard, 22 Black-headed Gull, 4 Common Gull, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 15 Chiffchaff, Treecreeper, 7 Redwing, Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Morden Cemetery: 2 Chiffchaff (Bob Smith)
 * Panshanger Park: incl Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, juv Peregrine, Raven, Redpoll (Murray Brown via Herts BC)
 * Petts Wood: 1+ Firecrest (Ian Stewart)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: 1w Glaucous Gull on raft nr sailing-club c/p but left 0945 (Jerry O'Brien via Berks BN)
 * Rainham RSPB: 3 Wheatear m 2f (Stan Brown et al per ELBF FB); incl 6 Common Buzzard, 5 March Harrier, 2 Oystercatcher, 16 Curlew, Ruff, Jack Snipe, 21 Common Snipe, 9 Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Water Pipit, Scandinavian Rock Pipit (Howard Vaughan, Andy Reid, Tom Bell et al via ELBF FB)
 * Regent's Park: m Wheatear on open spaces nr triangular pen 0555 (Twitter)
 * Richmond Park: 2 m Wheatears north of Holly Lodge, 2 Stonechat, 1 Meadow Pipit (Hugh Bradshaw)
 * St James's Park: 3-4 singing Chiffchaff, Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: 15 Common Buzzard including a group of 10 heading north west at height, 3 Sand Martin, 2 Sparrowhawk displaying, 3 Kestrel (Martin Shepherd)
 * South Norwood CP: Short-eared Owl low over 06:45 (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
 * Staines Moor: 2 Little Egret, Kingfisher, 2 Chiffchaff (Allan Goddard tweet)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 2 Little Ringed Plover, m Scaup still, 4 Black-necked Grebe (Dave Morris per FJM); also Redshank causeway pm (Paul Watts tweet); 34 Goldeneye (Richard Haydon via Surrey BN)
 * Stanwell Moor: 5 Chiffchaff (Allan Goddard tweet)
 * Stoneleigh Station KT17: 1 Blackcap [possibly the overwintering bird still], Great Spotted Woodpecker pr, 1 Sparrowhawk (Neil Batten)
 * Streatham Common: 2 singing Chiffchaffs (Peter Newmark)
 * The Brook BR5: 2 Egyptian Goose, Little Grebe, Water Rail, Grey Wagtail (Jack Headley); also Kingfisher c18.15 (Ian Stewart)
 * Tooting Common: Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff (James Hudson)
 * Tottenham Cemetery: Woodcock flushed from patch of knotweed east of memorial gdn 13:45 (Jeremy Richardson)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 2 Sand Martin over the canal by Leyton Marsh, 3 singing Chiffchaff LM/paddocks/flood relief channel, 1 Little Egret FRC, 2 Kestrel LM [f] and Bomb Crater Field [m] (Alastair Dent); 4 Linnet, 2 Greenfinch, House Sparrow (Jon Agar); rear paddock - Jackdaw (JW Davies)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Scaup still (Jon Agar); m Brambling, 4 Reed Bunting 2m 2f, Chiffchaff in bushes by pylon between Reservoirs 2 & 3 (Jan Dobbie)
 * Worcester Park: m Wheatear on horse fields (Bob Smith)

Wednesday 20th March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 1w Black Redstart still base of palace antenna, 2 Chiffchaff, m Gadwall Wood Green Res, Meadow Pipit, 4 Mute Swan 2pr, 5 Pied Wagtail, m Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, pr Gadwall, Little Grebe both on Boating Lake (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR "Gt Hardmead L": Shelduck briefly then S, rh Smew still, Oystercatcher evg (William Bishop via Herts BC)
 * Bankside SE1: Little Egret flying downriver 17.00 (Reuben Braddock)
 * Barnes Waterside: singing Cetti's Warbler, singing Blackcap (Neil Anderson)
 * Barnet Playing Fields: Little Egret, 7 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
 * Beddington Farmlands: 2 Sand Martin, 65 Meadow Pipit mainly moving northwest, 1 Curlew, 1 Little Ringed Plover sound recorded at night (Peter Alfrey and BFBG) pics/recordings here
 * Bexley DA5 (Upper College Farm): Kestrel, 2 Skylark singing, 2+ Meadow Pipit, Chiffchaff singing, 5 Lesser Redpoll on border of Foots Cray Meadows, Bullfinch (Ian Stewart)
 * Brent Reservoir: Red Kite over N.Marsh 11.28 (Andrew Verrall); Little Egret behind dam (Andrew Self)
 * Brook Farm/Wyatt's Farm Open Space EN5: Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 4 Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 3 Song Thrush incl nest-building pr (Conrad Ellam)
 * Canons Farm: m Wheatear (Ian Magness per CFBW BG)
 * Crayford Marshes: 2 Spoonbill [Ldn foy] S 17.51, Red-legged Partridge along Thames Path, 2 Wheatear on landfill, 8+ Shelduck, 14 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, 40+ Wigeon, 20+ Teal, Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Little Egret, f Marsh Harrier, 3 Oystercatcher, 4 Lapwing, c30 Redshank, 2 Curlew, odd-looking adult winter Black-headed Gull with no grey but standard black back-edge to wings, 4+ Yellow-legged Gull, 6+ singing Skylark, Water Pipit, 15+ Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, c50 Fieldfare, 8 Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, 3+ Reed Bunting (Ian Stewart)
 * Dulwich Park: 3 Chiffchaff, 10 Shoveler (Dave Clark)
 * East India Dock Basin NR: Little Ringed Plover arr'd 1230 (Tom Speller tweet)
 * Enfield Road - Jolly Farmers PH: m Grey Wagtail singing on roof (Robert Callf)
 * Enfield Lock: Peregrine W 13:00 (Martin Shepherd)
 * Farthing Downs: 2 Little Owls, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 6 Linnets, 2 Yellowhammers (John & Carol Birkett)
 * Gallions Reach: Wheatear, Reed Bunting (Kevin McManus)
 * Greenhill Gardens, Barnet: 2 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, 2 Teal, Willow Warbler (John Bushell)
 * Hampstead: Chiffchaff in song on Flask Walk 0800 (S. Tusa)
 * High Barnet Station: 2 Jackdaw, Blackcap (Toby Mylett)
 * Honeydale Farm, Ruxley: 2+ singing Skylark, 15+ Meadow Pipit, 30+ Pied Wagtail, 2 Mistle Thrush, 8+ Linnet (Jack Headley)
 * Lamorbey, Sidcup: Egyptian Goose flew over my garden 08.20 (Mike Amos)
 * Lee Valley Riding Centre: f Wheatear in back paddocks (Chris Farthing)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1m Wheatear, m Blackcap, 2 Shelduck, 7 Common Snipe, 2 Redshank, 3 Sand Martin high over scrape, 6 Meadow Pipit, Water Pipit still, 5 Chiffchaff, Blackcap (WWT website); plus 1 Jack Snipe still, 1 Water Pipit, 1m Tufted x Pochard hybrid, 1 drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Sand Martin low over artificial nest bank (Martin Honey)
 * Mayflower Park: Chiffchaff (Bill and Janis Reid per Bob Smith)
 * Middlesex University Campus: 2 Mute Swan over, Cormorant over [both patch firsts], Common Gull, 3 Siskin (Toby Mylett)
 * Morden Cemetery: Chiffchaff (Bill and Janis Reid per Bob Smith)
 * Muswell Hill: 2 Little Egret low (Henry Wynn-Jones per Bob Watts)
 * Park Road NW4: 4 Mute Swan over [unusual for site], 10 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
 * Pinner HA5: 3 Jay, Ring-necked Parakeet, 14 Goldfinch (Nigel Barratt)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: Glaucous Gull 1w still, Wheatear, Brambling 1215 (Derek Barker via Berks BN)
 * Rainham RSPB: 2 Spoonbill, Little Ringed Plover (RSPB via ELBF FB); 4 Wheatear, Water Pipit still (Andy Tweed); Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: 1 Wheatear (Mike Foster)
 * River Brent, Greenford "TQ1481 (ringing visit)": f Sparrowhawk, f Kingfisher, 2 Chiffchaff (Phil Belman)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: Green Sandpiper, 2 Redshank fr draper hide (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail, Chiffchaff (Frank Nugent)
 * South Norwood CP: 4 Common Snipe, Reed Bunting (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
 * South Norwood Lake: incl Swallow till 0915 at least, 3m Chiffchaff (John Watson via Croydon Birders)
 * Staines Moor: 3 Common Buzzards incl two v pale low-flying immatures, Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, Pheasant, 10 Lapwing, Little Egret, 6 Reed Bunting, 6+ Chiffchaff, 3 Cetti's Warblers, Linnet, Meadow Pipit, Skylark, 20+ Redwing, Goldeneye over (Nick Baker); 6 Water Pipit coming into summer plumage (Thomas Gibson)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Redshank, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Wheatear causeway bank of S basin, 4+ Sand Martins through, 1 Scaup m still SW corner S basin early am (Bob Warden per FJM); 2 Scaup m f, 6 Black-necked Grebe still s basin, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 60+ Pied Wagtail causeway evg (Tony Sweetland tweet)
 * Stanstead Innings: Bittern 0550, Raven over 0630 (Cath Patrick tweet)
 * Stave Hill: 2 Stock Dove, 2 Tufted Duck on Globe Pond, 1 Chiffchaff singing, Song Thrush, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker (John Cadera)
 * Stoneleigh Station KT17: Great Spotted Woodpecker pr, 1 Pied Wagtail, no sign of overwintering Blackcap since Friday (Neil Batten)
 * Tooting Common: Blackcap singing, 4 Chiffchaff singing, 1 Meadow Pipit (Alan Wilkinson)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 7 Lapwing, 3 singing Chiffchaff, Bullfinch, 6 Rook, Common Buzzard, 2 Egyptian Goose, 4 Teal, c40 Common Gull (John Colmans)
 * Trent Park: 7 Mandarin Duck 5m 2f, Common Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Song Thrush incl two singing m, Mistle Thrush, Chiffchaff, 5 Goldcrest incl singing m, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, m Chaffinch singing (Robert Callf)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: incl c100 Meadow Pipit thru (Steve Blake via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Filter Beds: m Wheatear, 5 Fieldfares (Dan Barrett)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands "Lockwood 8.45-10am": 2 Green Sandpipers in relief channel, pr Teal, 2 Wheatears m & new f, 2 Meadow Pipits W, 2 singing Chiffchaff (Lol Bodini); f Wheatear on East Warwick, 15 Shelduck, 8 Goldeneye, Scaup, 3 Sand Martin, 30 Fieldfare (Chris Farthing)
 * Wanstead Flats: m Wheatear, Cetti's Warbler again alex scrub, 3 singing Chiffchaff, 2 singing Blackcap, 4 Skylark. 42 Meadow Pipit, 5 Pied Wagtail, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, leucistic Herring Gull, Linnet, 2 Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck, 6 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 3 Little Grebe (Nick Croft/Rob Sheldon)
 * Wanstead Park: Firecrest (Rob Sheldon)
 * Wimbledon Common: Blackcap singing edge of Plain, Chiffchaff, 3 Redwing both Memorial Ride (Les Evans-Hill) LE-H - commas edited for CSV data format purposes

Tuesday 19th March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 3 Gadwall Wood Green Res m & a pr that flew to Boating Lake, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 m hybrid Tufted x Pochard, Little Grebe Boating Lake, {Brimstone} (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR: rh Smew still fr gladwin hide 1630, 3 Red Kite 1700-1730 (Ray Facer via Herts BC); Yellow-legged Gull ad (William Bishop via Herts BC)
 * Barnes Waterside: displaying pr Sparrowhawk (Neil Anderson)
 * Brampton Grove NW4: 2 Treecreeper (Toby Mylett)
 * Brent Park, Hendon: Blackcap m (Toby Mylett)
 * Brent Reservoir: Meadow Pipit over Dump (Brent foy), 3 Cetti’s Warbler, m Reed Bunting, 15 Common Snipe, m Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, 3 Chiffchaff, 70+ Common Gull, Egyptian Goose, {Small Tortoiseshell} (Magnus Andersson)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
 * Colney Heath: Water Rail in reeds at Pk Cnr ponds (Rupert Evershed tweet)
 * Crossness "Foreshore": 19 Redshank, c70 Gadwall, 19 Black-tailed Godwit, 13 Cormorant, 2 Lapwing, 56 Shelduck, Curlew, Grey Heron, Cetti's Warbler, c300 Teal, c150 Black-headed Gull (Bernie Weight)
 * Crossness NR: 12 Cetti's Warbler, Green Sandpiper, 18 Wigeon, 2 Teal, 16 Shoveler, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Kestrel, Common Buzzard, 2 Peregrine, 10 Little Grebe, 3 Little Egret, 2 Bearded Tit, 5+ Reed Bunting, Skylark, Water Rail, Song Thrush, 3 Lapwing, 3 Pochard, 5 Gadwall, Pied Wagtail, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, c120 Black-headed Gull (Bernie Weight)
 * Crystal Palace Park: 2+ Chiffchaff singing (James Hudson)
 * Danson Park: 21 Egyptian Geese - maybe a record count here (Chris Rose)
 * East India Dock NR: 2 Gadwall, Chiffchaff, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Cetti's Warbler, Redwing in copse (Paul Hyland)
 * Guy Lodge Farm: m Kestrel, Meadow Pipit, 2 Grey Wagtail pr on stable roof, 18 Fieldfare, Redwing, 31+ Starling, 30+ Jackdaw (Robert Callf)
 * Hall Marsh Scrape: Cattle Egret still (BirdGuides)
 * Hampstead Heath: 2 Common Buzzards drifted W over bowling green just after midday, 10 Meadow Pipits N, 2 alba Wagtails N (Pete Mantle)
 * Honor Oak Park SE23: pr Dunnock a garden first (Paul Francis)
 * Lamorbey, Sidcup: 2 Egyptian Goose over houses (Mike Amos)
 * London Wetland Centre: Redshank, 10 Common Snipe, 4 Pintail, 2 Shelduck, 2 Chiffchaff, Water Pipit (WWT website); Cetti's Warbler (Dave Clark)
 * Morden Hall Park "area": Water Rail on R Wandle 0645 (Shaun Ferguson tweet)
 * Pinner HA5: Green Woodpecker, 7 Goldfinch, Jackdaw [an increasingly common sight in the last couple of years] (Nigel Barratt)
 * Priest Hill NR: incl 7 Common Buzzard circling then 6SW, 4 Skylark 2 singing, f Stonechat, 29 Meadow Pipit, {Brimstone} (Isaiah Rowe tweet); "Also 10:00 to 11:00" 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 m Pheasant, 23 Common Gull on sports fields (Neil Batten)
 * Rainham RSPB: 3 Water Pipit, 2 Common Buzzard, 5 Marsh Harriers skydancing and displaying together, Bearded Tit h, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Chiffchaff singing, Barn Owl, 3 Skylark singing and parachuting, Cetti's Warbler 2 seen 18 h, 2 Ruff, 30 Common Snipe, {10 Common Lizards sunbathing on a single piece of wood near Target Pool} (Eric Brown, Jim Butler); 5 Ruff, 6m Chiffchaff (David Smith per ELBF FB); 2 Sparrowhawk, 6 Marsh Harrier, 8 Common Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Bearded Tit (Howard Vaughan, Andy Tweed et al via ELBF FB)
 * Regent's Park: f Stonechat in triangular pen [nr area 36] 0640 (Twitter)
 * Richmond Park: 2 m Wheatears Bog north of Holly Lodge (Hugh Bradshaw)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail, Chiffchaff (Frank Nugent)
 * Southfields, SW18: Blackcap singing in back garden again and yesterday, 1 Goldfinch a garden first (Martin Honey)
 * Staines Reservoir: f White Wagtail (Lee Ridley tweet)
 * Stanborough Lakes: Swallow, Grey Wagtail (John Coleman via Herts BC)
 * Stocker's Lake: 7 Goldeneye still, 6 Little Egret, 5m Chiffchaff (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC); incl Water Rail, 2 Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler (Steve Carter via Herts BC)
 * Swanscombe Marsh “12.00-15.30 outgoing tide”: 5 Cetti's Warbler 4h, 1 Green Woodpecker h, 1 Raven, 1 Kestrel, 1 Marsh Harrier m, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Stonechat m, 1 Red-legged Partridge, 42 Gadwall river, 2 Shelduck river, 18 Teal river, 28 Redshank river, 6 Turnstone river, 1 Curlew river, 1 Oystercatcher river, {8 Brimstone} (Roger Keith)
 * The Brook BR5: 2 Egyptian Goose, Grey Wagtail (Jack Headley)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: Yellow-legged Gull main gp still pm (Rupert Evershed tweet)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: Little Ringed Plover, Wheatear, Scaup still on No 4, Common Buzzard, pr Sparrowhawk, pr Peregrine displaying, c10 Fieldfare along Coppermill Ln, 22 Little Egrets into roost (Terry Rawlins, David Bradshaw, Lol Bodini, Charlie Owens) As someone who has failed to get a permit, I would find it helpful to know whether sightings reported here are inside protected areas or not, if possible. Thanks, Paul Francis All of these birds were accessible without a permit, you might miss a few Goldeneye on West Warwick but that's about it. Getting there early helps. Thanks. PF
 * Wanstead Flats: 4 singing Blackcap, 4 singing Chiffchaff, no sign of Cetti's Warbler, 3 singing Skylark, 16 Meadow Pipit mostly N, 17 Greenfinch, 2 singing Song Thrush, 2 Little Owl, 3 Common Buzzard, 2-3 Sparrowhawk, 4 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, some movement of Black-headed Gull E (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 3 Chiffchaff 2 singing, 2 Meadow Pipit, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 20 Shoveler, 5 Teal, 3 Gadwall, 3 Tufted Duck, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Little Grebe, 7 Greenfinch, {small bat feeding in OSW} (Nick Croft)
 * Willows Farm: m Wheatear behind fishing lake on pig-field fenceposts TL186045 at 10:50 then dung heap 16:30 (Pete Waldron via Herts BC)
 * Woodford Green: m Blackcap, Tawny Owl calling 11.57am, 3 Starling high E [irregular here], m Sparrowhawk, also 2 Peregrine m f first sighting this year for me, f Goshawk, 4 Common Buzzards all raptors high and drifting W 11.35-12.53pm (Ken Murray)
 * Worcester Park: m Wheatear on horse fields (Bob Smith)

Monday 18th March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: m Gadwall [WGR], singing Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, 4+ Greenfinch, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine Falcon, 5 Pochard 3m 2f on Boating lake, 1w Black Redstart eastern end of Palace (Bruce Carson)
 * Amwell NR: rh Smew Gt Hardmead L still (BirdGuides)
 * Banstead, Surrey: 8 Common Buzzard over gdn 1340 incl 6NW (Steve Gale tweet)
 * Belhus Woods CP: incl 20 Shoveler, 26 Gadwall, 8 Teal, 9 Pochard, 49 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Egret, Water Rail, Kingfisher, Cetti’s Warbler, 13 Chiffchaff, 19 Redwing, 27 Fieldfare, Bullfinch (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Peregrine, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, 2 Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
 * Covent Garden: Woodcock stranded on roof (Jodie Lewis tweet)
 * Crayford Marshes: Iceland Gull juv Serco evg (BirdGuides)
 * Dulwich: 2 Jackdaws on playing field by toll gate (William Marshall)
 * Elliot Road NW4: 2 Canada Goose over [unusual for site], 19 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
 * Epping Long Green "TL437057": 6 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 10 Red-legged Partridge, 5 Skylark, 15+ Yellowhammer, {Hare} (Chris Baldwin)
 * Fairlop: Little Owl (James Palmer)
 * Firs Farm Wetlands: Red Kite circled then high S 11:02 (Katy McGilvray)
 * Greenhill Gardens: Red Kite drifting S (Clive Herbert)
 * Gunnersbury Triangle NR: Woodcock early-am (per Ldn WT tweet)
 * Hall Marsh Scrape: 1 Cattle Egret until flew low N towards Hooks Marsh at 5.45pm, 1 Little Egret, pr Little Grebe, 4 Teal, pr Shoveler (Davey Leach)
 * Kentish Town: Common Buzzard circling over KT train stn 1130 (Pete Mantle)
 * KGV Reservoir: m Wheatear still (Neville Smith tweet)
 * Lamorbey Park: no sign of m Mandarin 08.00-08-22, 4 Cormorant, 7 Tufted Duck, Green Woodpecker h, Nuthatch h (Mike Amos)
 * London Wetland Centre: Jack Snipe still, Common Sandpiper, 3 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, 7 Common Snipe, 4 singing Chiffchaff (WWT website); Sand Martin, 6+ Chiffchaff (James Hudson)
 * Merton: no sign y'day's Yellow-browed Warbler 1210-1630 (per Surrey BN)
 * Morden Hall Park: Chiffchaff singing, Little Egret flew in at 2pm in trees till 3pm over river, pr Greenfinch, pr Egyptian Geese & 7 young, pr Kestrel mating, male House Sparrow near Deen City Farm (Michael Mac)
 * Oak Hill Woods NR: Chiffchaff singing 1st of year for site (Clive Herbert)
 * Panshanger Park: incl 1+ Little Egret, 20+ Common Snipe, 10+ Linnet, 3 Yellowhammer (Murray Brown via Herts BC)
 * Pinner HA5: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit, Grey Heron scouting gardens for ponds (Nigel Barratt)
 * Rainham RSPB: 22 Golden Plover (Andy Tweed per ELBF FB); 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Oystercatcher, Mediterranean Gull, Chiffchaff (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
 * Raynes Park: Little Egret S over Coombe Ln 1330 (Paula Redmond)
 * Ruislip Lido: 3-4 singing Chiffchaff, 3 Egyptian Goose m 2f, ground-nesting Grey Heron, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Little Grebe pr & 1 calling, Common Buzzard, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, pr Black-headed Gulls displaying on tern_raft (Martin Smith)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: incl 6 Shelduck fr gadwall_hide, Redshank fr draper hide, 5m Chiffchaff (Allan Meadows via Herts BC); pr Bullfinch nr water_vole cnr 1110 (Emily Leonard tweet); also incl 2 Common Buzzard, Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher (Mike Dent per ELBF FB)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * St Mary Cray BR5: 1-2 Common Buzzard circling over Chipperfield Rd c8:00 (Jack Headley)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: 2 Goosander relief channel 1130 (Maureen Lead per Lee Valley sightings blog)
 * Tooting Common: 1 Chiffchaff singing, 1 Sparrowhawk (Alan Wilkinson)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: 2 Green Sandpiper fishing lake & north pit (Steven Pearce via Herts BC); White Wagtail in field by willows fm lake, c100 Linnet willows fm (Steve Blake via Herts BC); Yellow-legged Gull 2w main gp pm (Rupert Evershed tweet)
 * Walthamstow FB: m Wheatear 0830 (Dan Barrett tweet)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: m Wheatear, Stock Dove on Lockwood 1020 (Quentin Given); Peregrine, 8 Meadow Pipit W, Scaup still on No 4, 9 Goldeneye across Reservoirs (Walthamstow Birders)
 * Wanstead Flats: 30 Meadow Pipit mostly NW 2 singing birds on territory, 5 Pied Wagtail, 5 Skylark 3 singing, 18+ Greenfinch 4 display-flighting, 2 Reed Bunting, Cetti's Warbler again Alex scrub, Chiffchaff, singing Blackcap possibly our first returning bird, 3 Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, singing Stock Dove, 1c Great Black-backed Gull, 7 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 3 Little Grebe, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, m Kestrel, Little Owl (Nick Croft)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Red-crested Pochard, Water Rail, Common Snipe, 7 Teal, Reed Bunting, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap (Chris Farthing)

Sunday 17th March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: singing Blackcap FOY (Bruce Carson); Common Buzzard slowly W fighting wind and intense crow-mob 09.30 (Jonathan Cooke); 2 Chiffchaff, 8 Pied Wagtail, Kingfisher (Sam Jones)
 * Amwell NR: Swallow thru early-am (Ron Cousins tweet)
 * Brent Reservoir: Jack Snipe from main hide still, 16 Common Snipe, 3 Greylag Geese, Little Egret, 2 Common Buzzard, Peregrine, Kestrel, 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull, 66 Common Gull, Reed Bunting, 2 Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler (Brent Birders)
 * Brookmill Park: Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Cely Woods: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Steve Bacon per ELBF FB)
 * Clapham Junction (round back houses near Lidl): 15 House Sparrows (Michael Mac)
 * Coombe/Beverley Mead: Woodcock in flight (Les Evans-Hill)
 * Crossness NR: m Wheatear lagoon field 1020 at least (Chris White & Michael Edwards tweets)
 * Crouch End: Blackcap singing at N8 (Sam Jones)
 * Dungeon Hill: Skylark singing, Yellowhammer singing (Graham Harris via DH Wildlife blog)
 * Hall Marsh Scrape: 2 Cattle Egret still 1030 (BirdGuides)
 * Harefield Broadwater Lake: 2 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Cetti’s Warbler calling, 200+ Tufted Duck, 8 Goldeneye, 4 Gadwall, 60+ Wigeon, 40+ Pochard, 20+ Shoveler, colony of breeding Cormorants, nesting pr of Grey Herons, 6 Great Crested Grebe (Nigel Barratt)
 * Hyde Park: Grey Heron feeding 3 nearly full-grown chicks on nest (Ralph Hancock's blog)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 3 Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Peregrine, 3 Chiffchaff am (Shaun Harvey tweet); also incl 6 Lapwing, Kestrel, 3 Skylark, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 25 Linnet, 6 Reed Bunting (Paul Hawkins, Dave McGough et al per ELBF FB)
 * KGV Reservoir: ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD low W toward Enfield/Trent Park 1110. 'Distinctly lighter plumage overall w/ dark carpals & tail band and white in mid-tail. Gliding on flattish wings.', m Wheatear 0850 (Neville Smith tweets)
 * Lamorbey Park: m Mandarin lower lake 2nd or 3rd site record (Ian Stewart)
 * London Wetland Centre: Swallow wader scrape 1030, 2 Jack Snipe still, 7 Sand Martin, 4 Common Snipe, 2 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, Water Pipit still, Redwing, 3 singing Chiffchaff (WWT website)
 * Maple Lodge NR: Water Rail, Oystercatcher, Common Snipe (Alex Liddle tweet)
 * Margravine Cemetery: Red Kite from E turned S at 09:52, Chiffchaff, Redwing, pr Nuthatch nest building (Nathalie Mahieu, Ruth Savery, John Boorman, Sarah Taylor, Will Hurt)
 * Merton: Yellow-browed Warbler by Windsor Ave at entrance to Deen City Farm in scrub by R Wandle till 0930 at least (BirdGuides)
 * Morden Hall Park: Grey Plover high NW calling 0640, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Brambling (Steven Patmore [AD - thx for correction] via Surrey BN); also incl 4 Teal, 3 Common Snipe, displaying Kestrel, 2m Chiffchaff (Arjun Dutta tweet)
 * Navestock Heath: Barn Owl hunting 5pm [personal patch tick] (Andrew Stroud via Essex BwS)
 * Pimlico (Inner London): 60 House Sparrows in same area, but all external nests in small pyracantha hedge have now gone reason? - 2 in/at nest box in a tree (Michael Mac)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: 1w Glaucous Gull again north bank 400m west of c/p 0810, Wheatear 0820 (Peter Newbound via Berks BN)
 * Rainham RSPB: Red Kite W over landfill 0920 (Jonathan Wasse tweet); Spotted Redshank [Ldn foy] purfleet scrape 1245 (Patrick Hart et al per ELBF FB/BirdGuides); m Wheatear on path to landfill viewpoint 1330 (Ian Bradshaw/BirdGuides); also incl 52 Shelduck, 168 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, 446 Wigeon, 18 Pintail, 13 Pochard, 21 Tufted Duck, Sparrowhawk, 5 Marsh Harrier 3m 2f, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Avocet, 43 Lapwing, 13 Curlew, 2 Ruff, 48 Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 24 Redshank, adult Mediterranean Gull, Barn Owl, 2 Kingfisher, Peregrine, 3 Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail (Alan Shearman, Jonathan Wasse per ELBF FB)
 * Regent's Park: m Wheatear football pitches early-am (BirdGuides)
 * Richmond Park: Red Kite (J.Wilczur); Redwing in bush next to Kingston Gate c/p (P Davies)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve: 8+ Common Snipe, Common Buzzard, 6+ Lapwing (Jack Headley)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: Raven high SE 09:42 rolled and called twice, 3 Common Buzzard, Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff (Martin Shepherd)
 * Staines Reservoir: Scaup m still s basin [sw cnr], 5 Black-necked Grebe still, Little Ringed Plover, 2+ Sand Martin am (Dave Carlsson tweet)
 * Stapleford Tawney "Tawney Ln": Tawny Owl, pr Little Owl 6pm (Andrew Stroud via Essex BwS)
 * Stocker's Lake: 1 Mediterranean Gull 2cy, 2 Chiffchaff singing, 1 Red-crested Pochard, 3+ Goldeneye (Michael Robinson); pr Goosander briefly 1730 (David Hubbard via Herts BC)
 * Sturgess Park, Brent Cross: Common Gull, 3 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
 * Swanscombe Marsh “Botany Marsh 9.30-11.00”: 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Raven, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier, 4 Cetti's Warbler h, 1 Kestrel, 9 Greylag Goose (Roger Keith)
 * The Brook BR5: 2 Little Grebe, 1+ Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff, Little Egret (Jack Headley)
 * Thorndon CP "North": incl 2 Common Buzzard, 100 Jackdaw, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Bullfinch am (Andrew Stroud via EBwS BN)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: Redshank main gp 1310 (Rupert Evershed tweet); Sand Martin fishing lake (per Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Sand Martin (Barry Jones per ELBF FB)
 * Wanstead Flats: Cetti's Warbler h in brambles east of Alex c8am (Marco Johnson); m Wheatear 0845 (Tony Brown per WB/James Heal tweets); 3 singing Chiffchaff, 10+ Meadow Pipit w, 4 Skylark, 10 Gadwall, Pochard, 2 Little Grebe, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: 3 singing Chiffchaff, 5 Chaffinch, 10 Teal, 20+ Shoveler, 3 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, Kestrel (Nick Croft)

Saturday 16th March 2019

 * Amwell NR: rh Smew Gt Hardmead L still (William Bishop via Herts BC)
 * Beckton STW: Common Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, Curlew, 3 Green Sandpiper, pr Kestrel, 2 Chiffchaff, Black Redstart on private section, 7 Grey Wagtail, 14 Linnet am (Dave Morrison tweet)
 * Brent Reservoir: Jack Snipe from main hide 08:40, 15 Common Snipe, Little Egret behind dam, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting (Andrew Self)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bushy Park: Chiffchaff, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 3 Mistle Thrush, 10+ Redwing, Reed Bunting, 2 Skylark (Ian R Watson)
 * Capel Manor Gardens EN1: Common Gull, 3 Ring-necked Pheasant, 64 Jackdaw, 2 Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
 * Chislehurst: m Mandarin still, 2 Grey Wagtail (Jack Headley)
 * Galley Lane EN5: 6 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
 * Golders Hill Park: 16+ Redwing (James Levy)
 * Hall Marsh Scrape: Cattle Egret still (BirdGuides)
 * Hampstead Heath: 3 Meadow Pipit 2N 0630 & 1 briefly on the ground on Parliament Hill (Matt Evans)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 4 Pintail [pr seen mating], 1f Goldeneye sheltered lagoon, Bittern still reservoir lagoon [w corner], 2 Chiffchaff (WWT website); 7 Common Snipe and 1 Jack Snipe still wader scrape, 1m hybrid Tufted x Pochard, 1 Water Pipit, 1 Redshank (Martin Honey et al.); also ad Mediterranean Gull briefly am (Oscar Dewhurst)
 * Olympic Park: 10 Gadwall, 1 Cettis Warbler h (Roger Keith)
 * Penn Road Gardens Islington N7: pr Mistle Thrushes over calling 1430 very rare in Holloway (Shane Enright)
 * Poor's Field, Ruislip: c30 Redpoll, 4 Redwing, 4 singing Chiffchaff (Michael Robinson)
 * Rainham Marshes: 15+ Pintail, 30+ Common Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, 1-2 Curlew, 2+ Marsh Harrier, 3 Peregrine Falcon, Barn Owl, 3 Water Pipit, m Stonechat, m Northern Wheatear [Ldn foy] (Simon Papps & Simon Satchell)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 4 Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
 * South Norwood CP: Kingfisher (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
 * Staines Moor: 2 Redshank east pool still 1005 (Lee Ridley tweet)
 * Totteridge Valley: 200 Common Gull, 1 Red Kite, 6 Rook, 50 Jackdaw, 20 Stock Dove, 2 Lapwing (Tony Clancy)
 * Trent Park: 2 Jackdaw, Siskin (Toby Mylett)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 1 Redwing front paddock (Jon Agar)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: Scaup still on No 4 still, 5 Goldeneye 2 on High Maynard & 3 on No5 (David Bradshaw)
 * Wanstead Flats: Fieldfare, Skylark, 5 Tufted Duck, 6 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe (Nick Croft)
 * Whitewebbs Park: 3 Mandarin, 2 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)

Friday 15th March 2019

 * Amwell NR: rh Smew Gt Hardmead L still (BirdGuides); also 3 Goldeneye m 2f [GH Lake] (Stuart Fox via Herts BC)
 * Belmont Open Space, Cockfosters, EN4: Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming (Bob Husband)
 * Bushy Park: Chiffchaff (Ian R Watson)
 * Connaught Water: Tawny Owl calling 10am just north of lake (J-P Elmes)
 * Crossness NR: m Penduline Tit still on reed mace to R of viewing screen 1520 (BirdGuides)
 * Ewell, Hogsmill Open Space: 1 Little Egret again on the ground by river bank 08:42 (Neil Batten)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: Kingfisher, 10 Pied Wagtail, 4 Song Thrush, Green Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Gadwall 1m 2f, 2 Little Grebe, 10 Tufted Duck, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Jay, 2 Egyptian Goose & 4 yg, 2 Mute Swan (Bernie Weight)
 * Golders Hill Park: pr Egyptian Goose w/ 5yg which reportedly emerged yesterday this being second year they have hatched young here (James Levy)
 * Haddon Grove, Sidcup: 2 Grey Wagtail (Eric Brown)
 * Lee Valley, Cornmill Meadows: Cattle Egret [my first at this site], 3 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 20+ Wigeon, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Redwing (Simon Papps)
 * Lee Valley, Hall Marsh: Cattle Egret, Little Egret, 3 Goosander [red-heads on adjacent Horsemill Stream], Kingfisher, singing Chiffchaff, 2 Redwing, 2 Siskin (Simon Papps)
 * London Wetland Centre: 4 Shelduck, Jack Snipe scrape still, 820 Black-headed Gull, 240 Herring Gull incl 2 argentatus, 56 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Chiffchaff (WWT website)
 * Orpington Boating Pond: pr Egyptian Goose, 2 Greylag Goose (Jack Headley)
 * Pinner HA5: Redwing, Mistle Thrush, 8 Goldfinch (Nigel Barratt)
 * Rainham RSPB: 5 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 7 Curlew, Ruff, 28 Common Snipe, 2m Chiffchaff, Water Pipit still, pr Greenfinch (Patrick Hart, Russell Sherriff, Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
 * Ravenor Park, Greenford: pr Stock Dove [1st record of more than 1] feeding with Woodpigeons, 13 Redwing, 5 Mistle Thrush, 2 pr Jackdaw [recent colonist here 1 collecting twigs], 9 Greenfinch [highest total for couple of years] (Neil Anderson/K. Bull)
 * Richmond Park: 8 Cormorant incl three birds at two nests which would be the first breeding record for the Park, 120+ Common Gull, 270+ Black-headed Gull (J.Wilczur); Sand Martin, Redpoll, Pied Wagtail, pr Grey Wagtail (P.Redmond); Peregrine (C.Williams)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail, Jackdaw [an uncommon visitor here but up to two birds have been in the Park this month], 4 Redwing briefly, Blackcap singing at Spencer House in nearby Green Park (Frank Nugent)
 * Sidcup: Peregrine (Patrick English)
 * Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve: no sign 1w Caspian Gull, but roost incl 300+ Black-headed Gull, 200+ Herring Gull, 3+ Lesser Black-backed Gull, also 500+ Jackdaw, 2+ Egyptian Goose, Little Grebe c18:00 (Jack Headley)
 * South Lodge Farm: 16 Pied Wagtail, 4 m Chaffinch, 12 Goldfinch, m Lesser Redpoll (Robert Callf)
 * Stoneleigh Station KT17: overwintering Blackcap still (Neil Batten)
 * Swanscombe Marsh "9.30-12.30 outgoing tide": 1 Raven, 2 Marsh Harrier, 18 Greylag Goose, 4 Canada Goose, 5 Water Rail h, 2 Mute Swan, 5 Cetti's Warbler h, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker h, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Grey Heron 1 pr on nest w/ yg, 5 Little Grebe, 9 Coot, 1 Pochard m, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet h, 3 Tufted Duck 3m 1f, ad Yellow-legged Gull river, 18 Gadwall river, 3 Teal river, 2 Oystercatcher, {1 Common Carder Bumble Bee} (Roger Keith)
 * The Brook BR5: 2 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, c2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1+ Kingfisher, Water Rail, Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, Song Thrush, 1+ Redwing, 7+ Tufted Duck (Jack Headley)
 * Thorndon CP "North": incl Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Andrew Cox via EBwS BN)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 Lapwing, 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Chiffchaff two in song, singing Reed Bunting, 8 Rook, c60 Starling, c170 Jackdaw, 10 Teal, 2 Coot (John Colmans)
 * Trent Park: 11 Mandarin Duck 7m 4f, 2 Common Pochard m f, 2 Tufted Duck m f, Common Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff singing m, 4 Goldcrest incl three singing m, 4 Coal Tit incl two singing m, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper incl one singing m, 14+ Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Scaup still no4 res 1145 (BirdGuides)

Thursday 14th March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 1st yr Black Redstart around S.face brickwork/parapets of palace still 16.45hrs [Adrian Mole)
 * Barnet Road EN5: Rook (Toby Mylett)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
 * Common Lane WD7: 2 Stock Dove (Toby Mylett)
 * Elstree Aerodrome: 6 Ring-necked Parakeet, Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
 * Godstone SPs: 174 Common Gull in nearby sheep field 1030 (Gordon Hay via Surrey BN)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, Pied Wagtail, Chiffchaff (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
 * Halfpenny Bridge, Grand Union Canal: 1 Red-crested Pochard m (Charlie Farrell)
 * Hall Marsh Scrape: 2 Cattle Egret fr snipe_hide 1010 (Andy Holmes via Lee Valley sightings blog)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 2 Black-necked Grebe still from Hogg Lane viewpoint, Great Black-backed Gull, 2+ Ring-necked Parakeet, Mistle Thrush, Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
 * Letchmore Heath Ponds: Common Buzzard, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, Stock Dove, Meadow Pipit nearby (Toby Mylett)
 * London Wetland Centre: Iceland Gull 2cy new bird grazing-marsh 0900, Bittern still, Goldeneye, 2 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, Jack Snipe still, 4 Common Snipe, singing Chiffchaff (WWT website); 2 Jack Snipe, 4 Pintail, 3 singing Chiffchaff around sheltered lagoon, pr Mandarin by Explore feeders (Martin Honey)
 * Pinner HA5: Red Kite, Green Woodpecker, Redwing, Coal Tit, Pied Wagtail, Chaffinch, 5 Goldfinch (Nigel Barratt)
 * Rainham RSPB: 6 Little Egret (RSPB via ELBF FB)
 * Sevenoaks WR: Mediterranean Gull s/p fr tyler hide 1700 (Mathew Bournat via Twitter/Kent OS)
 * Southfields, SW15 (Granville Road): f Blackcap at feeder - the first this winter (Martin Honey)
 * Staines Moor: Water Pipit still 1530 (BirdGuides)
 * Stirling Way WD6: Stock Dove (Toby Mylett)
 * The Brook BR5: 2 Little Grebe, c2 Lesser Black-backed Gull over, calling Chiffchaff, calling Goldcrest (Jack Headley)
 * Town Park, Enfield: 6 Northern Shoveler 3m 3f Carr's Basin, 3 Tufted Duck m 2f, 25 Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Stock Dove, Grey Wagtail, 2 Mistle Thrush pr (Robert Callf)
 * Trent Park: 9 Mandarin Duck 6m 3f, 2 Eurasian Teal pr upper lake, 2 Common Pochard m f, 2 Tufted Duck m f, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff singing m nr Ride Wood, 2 Coal Tit Water Grdn on feeders, 5+ Nuthatch incl pr (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: m Scaup still on No 4, 4 Goldeneye, 1 Red Kite W (Walthamstow Birders)
 * Westbourne Park, Grand Union Canal: Grey Wagtail (Francis O'Sullivan)
 * Woodford Green: 4+ singing Blackcap, Grey Wagtail over, Little Egret over, 2m Brambling, several sightings of 2+ f Sparrowhawk (Ken Murray)

Wednesday 13th March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Linnet, m Gadwall, Little Grebe, 5 Pochard, 6 Greenfinch, Redwing (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR "Gt Hardmead L": Water Rail, Sand Martin fr viewpt (Jenny Sherwen tweet); m Goldeneye, Raven (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
 * Brent Park, Hendon: 2 Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler (Toby Mylett)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Conrad Ellam)
 * Church Terrace NW4: Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
 * Clapham Manor Street: Peregrine SSW 1730 (Ollie Stone-Lee)
 * Connaught Water: 2 Brambling (Rob Sheldon)
 * Ewell, Hogsmill Open Space: 1 Little Egret on ground next to river bank 08:45 (Neil Batten)
 * Feltham: Peregrine circling and gliding a hundred metres over Lidl 1530 (Mike Foster)
 * Greenford UB6: f Peregrine with struggling Feral Pigeon in its talons that wriggled free & dropped like a stone into allotments below 06.45 (Neil Anderson)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk m, Pied Wagtail patch year tick, Reed Bunting m (John Bushell)
 * Grovelands Park: Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe pr displaying, Cormorant, 2 Mute Swan pr, 2 Greylag Goose pr, m Egyptian Goose, 6 Mandarin Duck 4m 2f, m Northern Shoveler, f Common Pochard, 16 Tufted Duck 8m 8f, f Smew of doubtful origin, 23 Coot, 6 Common Gull 5 ad & 1 first-winter with white darvic ring, 12 Stock Dove incl displaying birds, m Pied Wagtail, m Nuthatch, Jay, 13 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Hampstead Heath: singing Chiffchaff at Hedge 2 am (Pete Mantle)
 * Hayes Hill Farm: 3 White-fronted Goose still w/ Greylags in field east of Fm 1300 (Andrew Jewels via Lee Valley sightings blog)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Firecrest, 2 Nuthatch, 5 Shoveler, 2 singing Chiffchaff (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: Bittern still lagoon [w shore], Dunlin marsh [e side], 14 Fieldfare W, Water Pipit still marsh/main lake [fenceline] (WWT website)
 * Mayflower Park: Red Kite SW 1420 (Danny Ramsay per Bob Smith)
 * Pinner HA5: Red Kite, 7 Redwing, 2 Pied Wagtail, Coal Tit, 5 Goldfinch, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, 20 Black-headed Gull (Nigel Barratt)
 * Rye Meads NR "HMWT reedbed": Bittern over to roost in front of viewpt 1750, Woodcock over at dusk, Peregrine over, 4+ Cetti's Warbler singing, Chiffchaff (Allan Meadows/Herts BN tweets)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * Sanderstead: Brambling calling from Briton Hill Rd gdn (John Birkett via Croydon Birders)
 * Staines Moor: 2 Redshank east pool 0910 (Lee Ridley tweet)
 * Staines Reservoir: Scaup still, 3+ Black-necked Grebe s basin [sw cnr] (Paul Watts tweet)
 * Stave Hill: 1 Chiffchaff singing pm (John Cadera)
 * UB5: 7 Greenfinch on garden feeder.First greenfinch sightings for a year plus. (Waspurs)
 * Wanstead Flats: Red Kite W, Sparrowhawk, 6 Skylark 4 singing, Meadow Pipit, 5 Pied Wagtail, 3 Reed Bunting, Chiffchaff, 12 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, singing Stock Dove (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 2 singing Chiffchaff, 30 Shoveler, 12 Teal, 3 Gadwall, Little Grebe (Nick Croft)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Water Rail, Common Snipe, Teal, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk (Chris Farthing)
 * Woodford Green: Eighth Red Kite over this year at 8.09am (Ken Murray)

Tuesday 12th March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Meadow Pipit, m Gadwall Wood Green Res, 4+ Redwing, Kingfisher (APOG Birders)
 * Blackfriars Pier: 1 Grey Heron c1620 sitting on top of pier (Manuel Lovell)
 * Brooklands Lakes Dartford: 3 Great Crested Grebe, Kingfisher, 2 Sand Martin, 4 Grey Wagtail 2pr, pr Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Chiffchaff (Patrick English)
 * Brookmill Park: 2 Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
 * Broomfield Park: 2 Cormorant, 10+ Canada Goose incl one with metal ring no 5281342, 3 Mandarin Duck 2m f, 14 Tufted Duck 8m 6f, 15 Coot, 25 Ring-necked Parakeet 17:45 hrs, m Pied Wagtail, Dunnock singing, Song Thrush singing, 3 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, f Chaffinch, Greenfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Crossness "Thames Foreshore": 67 Shelduck, c135 Black-tailed Godwit, 14 Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, c110 Gadwall, Little Egret, Grey Heron, 35 Cormorant, 6 Wigeon, 11 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 2 Common Gull, c50 Dunlin, Cetti's Warbler, c400 Teal, c300 Black-headed Gull (Bernie Weight)
 * Crossness NR: 36 Wigeon, 18 Gadwall, 2 Kestrel, 6 Shoveler, 7 Lapwing, 10 Fieldfare, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Pheasant, Reed Bunting, Skylark, 12 Pochard, Grey Heron, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Pied Wagtail, 19 Shelduck, 8 Greylag Goose, 4 Canada Goose, 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull, c150 Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, c100 Starling (Bernie Weight)
 * Deptford Creek, Laban Centre: 2 Shelduck (Mike Paice)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Treecreeper, 3 Nuthatch, 4 Gadwall (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, Goldeneye, Bittern, 4 Common Snipe, Kestrel s route, Water Pipit (WWT website)
 * Mill Hill East Station: 2 Common Gull, 3 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
 * Panshanger Park: Osprey carrying fish caught in R Mimram into Pk c4pm (Sarajane Marchant tweet)
 * Rainham RSPB: 73 Black-tailed Godwit late-pm (per Howard Vaughan via RSPB blog)
 * Rammey Marsh "no lake access": Yellow-browed Warbler by fishing lake pm (BirdGuides)
 * Richmond Park: Meadow Pipit, 2 Red-crested Pochard pr, 3 Woodcock (P. Redmond); Woodcock 6:30pm (P Davies)
 * Roding Valley Meadows LNR: Goosander, Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, Chiffchaff, 11 Pied Wagtail (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * Sevenoaks WR: Caspian Gull 1w in roost fr tyler hide 1700 (Mathew Bournat via Twitter/Herts BC)
 * Silvermeade, Broxbourne: Water Rail in ditch along towpath 1410 (Andy Holmes via Lee Valley sightings blog)
 * Stanstead Abbotts Lakes - N lake: 2 Sand Martin, Chiffchaff (Jane Free via Herts BC)
 * Stoneleigh Station KT17: overwintering singing Blackcap still (Neil Batten)
 * Totteridge Valley: 2 Common Gull, Treecreeper (Toby Mylett)
 * Verulamium Park: 3 Little Egret, pr Grey Wagtail (Lee Evans via Herts BC)
 * Watford: calling Waxwing NE over Riverside RG TQ110952 toward town centre 1030, Chiffchaff, Meadow Pipit over am (Ian Bennell via Twitter/BirdGuides)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Sand Martin, 2 Water Rail, 3 Common Snipe, 2 Teal, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Chiffchaff (Chris Farthing & Tony Butler)

Monday 11th March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 1w Black Redstart southern terrace palace building, m Gadwall Wood Green Res, 6+ Redwing, 3 Pochard, Chiffchaff (APOG Birders)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crossness NR: Penduline Tit still channel reeds fr screen TQ491801 14:55 (BirdGuides)
 * Darlands Nature Reserve: Barn Owl flying over meadow and into woodlands near Folly Brook 17.15 (Dianne Murphy)
 * Enfield Lawn Tennis Club: 2 Nuthatch calling in trees close to main road 15:30, 4 Coal Tit calling from various gardens close-by (Martin Shepherd)
 * Forty Hall CP: 2 Mute Swan pr, 2 Greylag Goose pr, 59 Black-headed Gull, Green Woodpecker, Coal Tit singing, 3 Nuthatch 2m f, Treecreeper singing, 2 Jay, 8 Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
 * Greenhill Gardens, Barnet, EN5: 30 Black-headed Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull regular pair & interloper, 5 Tufted Duck 3m 2f, {Frogs spawning, Red-eared Terrapin} (Bob Husband)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 1+ Black-necked Grebe still fr Hogg Ln viewing platform [restricted view] (Simon West via Herts BC)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: 3 Nuthatch, 2 singing Chiffchaff, Treecreeper, pair of very tame Egyptian Geese (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: Bittern still, Jack Snipe still, 5 Common Snipe, 2 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, Water Pipit still, Goldeneye, 3 Chiffchaff (WWT website)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 3 singing Greenfinch, 1 calling Green Woodpecker, 4 Stock Dove flew into trees (Alastair Dent)
 * Middlesex University Campus: Yellow-legged Gull, Peregrine, Treecreeper, 4 Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
 * Pinner HA5: Red Kite, Coal Tit, Redwing, 4 Ring-necked Parakeet (Nigel Barratt)
 * Rainham RSPB: 1 Sand Martin over 08:15, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Common Buzzard, Barn Owl, 1 Ruff, 1 Chiffchaff singing, 2 Little Egret, 2 Curlew, 6 Redwing (John & Janet Cadera); 4 Marsh Harrier, Ruff (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: m Pied Wagtail (P. Redmond)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: pr Shelduck fr draper hide, Green Sandpiper fr gadwall_hide, Chiffchaff (Allan Meadow via Herts BC)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * South Norwood (Kings Road): 2 Mistle Thrush (JW)
 * Staines Moor: Water Pipit still (BirdGuides)
 * Staines Reservoir: 8 Black-necked Grebe s basin w edge late-aft (Paul Watts tweet); Scaup still s basin sw cnr (BirdGuides)
 * Stoneleigh Station KT17: 1 Blackcap still (Neil Batten)
 * The Brook BR5: 2+ Little Grebe, Grey Wagtail (Jack Headley)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: incl c100 Linnet field nr fishing lake (Steve Blake via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: m Scaup still, 4 Goldeneye on No 5 (David Bradshaw, Paul Whiteman)
 * West Ham Station: ad Caspian Gull landed 1 metre from us on platform 8 and tucked into a scrap of chicken bone 08:35 (John & Janet Cadera)
 * Woodford Green: f Brambling (imaged) 8am, Redwing, Red Kite over 9.29am my 6th this year (normally 2-3 sightings per annum), Sparrowhawk over 9.59am, m Blackcap 10.23am (Ken Murray)

Sunday 10th March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 1w Black Redstart still at east end of southern terrace, m Gadwall Wood Green Res, 20+ Redwing (APOG Birders); 2 Common Gull, Little Grebe, small flock of Greenfinch Boating Lake (Eduardo López Salas)
 * Amwell NR: 4 Goldeneye, Smew red-head Great Hardmead Lake south end by island still, Raven S early-am (William Bishop via Herts BC/Twitter)
 * Beddington Farmlands: 2 ad Mediterranean Gulls, 1 Jack Snipe, 8 Water Pipit (Peter Alfrey) pics here
 * Bowyer's Water: 1 Kingfisher, 1 Chiffchaff singing, 6 Great Crested Grebe incl displaying pr, 2 Pochard, {2 Chinese Muntjac} (Charlie Farrell)
 * Brent Reservoir: 15 Common Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Bunting, Green Sandpiper (Simon Worsfold & Andrew Self)
 * Broomfield Park: Mute Swan, 5 Egyptian Goose, 3 Northern Shoveler 2m f, 3 Red-crested Pochard 2m f [Site tick and my first in the Enfield area for 25 yrs], 15 Tufted Duck 7m 8f, 59 Black-headed Gull, Coal Tit singing, singing Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Bushy Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, Little Egret, 7 Meadow Pipit, Mistle Thrush (Ian R Watson)
 * Chislehurst: m Mandarin Prickend Pond (Richard Bonser)
 * Coldfall Wood: 50 Chaffinch in single species flock (Francis O'Sullivan)
 * Erith Pier: 1w Yellow-legged Gull (Richard Bonser)
 * Hall Marsh Scrape: 2 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard displaying, 2 Common Snipe, 1 Cetti's Warbler singing, 4 Little Grebe, {1 Red Fox failing to kill a Canada Goose that it caught, 4 Chinese Muntjac} (Charlie Farrell); Cattle Egret still 1.30pm (Simon Bradley)
 * Holland Park: Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: no sign Black-throated Diver 1450 after 35-day stay (Gordon Hay via Surrey BN)
 * Holyfield Hall Farm: 3 White-fronted Goose still (Lol Cumming tweet)
 * Hyde Park: Stonechat at last. Thank you so much Dave Jordan for immaculate directions. Excellent views. My pleasure David. Glad you managed to locate it. [DJ] (David Jeffreys); 6 Common Gull, Common Buzzard, 2 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
 * Island Barn Reservoir: Kittiwake ad am (Dave Harris per Surrey BN); also Little Gull (Chris Turner tweet)
 * Kensington Gardens: 4 Mandarin Duck, 5 Gadwall, Cetti's Warbler singing, Chiffchaff singing briefly (Des McKenzie tweet); Bar-headed Goose (full-winged escapee from St James's Park), 2 Shoveler, 5 Common Gull (Toby Mylett)
 * KGV Res: 4 Black-necked Grebes, 2 Shelduck (A.Middleton)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, 3 Jack Snipe, 8 Common Snipe, 2 Chiffchaff, Water Pipit, Fieldfare, 8 Redwing, Common Buzzard in Wildside then E pm (WWT website)
 * Pinner, Lloyd Court: Tawny Owls still sorting their differences. The noise! (Richard Francis) wonderful DP
 * Richmond Park: Red Kite (Steve Woolfenden)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Teal, 3 Pheasant, 3 Skylark, Meadow Pipit (Nigel Dodd)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: m Scaup still, pr Goosander, 4 Shelduck (Allan Stewart)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: Common Gull, Chiffchaff, f Stonechat grassland, f Reed Bunting (Paul Thomas tweet)
 * Yeading Brook Meadows: Little Egret, Grey Heron, singing Chiffchaff, 4 Greenfinch, 30 Common Gull, 30 Fieldfare (Nigel Dodd)

Saturday 9th March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Red Kite, Linnet, Chiffchaff, Peregrine, m Aythya hybrid, Little Grebe Boating Lake (APOG Birders); midday Black Redstart still at base of antenna and on Palace building (Andrew Peel)
 * Amwell GP: 1 Sand Martin, 1 Yellow-legged Gull 3cy (Adam Wilson); Smew rh Gt Hardmead L still (Barry Reed via Herts BC)
 * Beckton STW "no public access": 56 Gadwall, 400+ Teal, Common Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 37 Redshank, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Grey Wagtail (Dave Morrison tweet)
 * Bowyer's Water: Smew rh still (per Herts BN tweet)
 * Boxer's Lake: 6 Grey Heron - 5 occupied nests and 4 birds sitting, ad Egyptian Goose & 8 goslings, 3 Mandarin Duck 2m f, 8 Tufted Duck 5m 3f, 100+ Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Herring Gull (Robert Callf)
 * Brent Reservoir: Peregrine, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 25 Common Snipe, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, Little Egret (Magnus Andersson, Roy Beddard)
 * Cheshunt: 3 Brambling, f Blackcap (Adam Wilson)
 * Copped Hall: f Pallid/Montagu's Harrier seen briefly very orange with ring tail (J-P Elmes)
 * Crossness NR: Penduline Tit called via the reserve and flew over to the left side of the shield into the reeds 09.40, also Peregrine, Curlew, c40 Dunlin (Simon Worsfold)
 * Eaton Park Road, N13: Red Kite blown N 11:20am (Katy McGilvray)
 * Finchley Lane NW4: Tawny Owl (Toby Mylett)
 * Hall Marsh Scrape: 2 Cattle Egret still, Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 3 Chiffchaff (Mark Gregory via Essex BwS)
 * Hogsmill Open Space: Little Egret, Cormorant, Little Grebe, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail (Isaiah Rowe tweet)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: juv Black-throated Diver still, Little Egret, 8 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 10 Bullfinch (Gordon Hay via Surrey BN)
 * Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens: Stonechat still at the meadow, Cetti's Warbler (Frank Nugent)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, Goldeneye, Bittern, 4 Common Snipe, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Water Pipit (WWT website); also 2 Jack Snipe, Sand Martin (per Surrey BN)
 * Middlesex University Campus: Meadow Pipit (Toby Mylett)
 * Oakwood Park: 10+ Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, {Orange/Light Orange Underwing} (Robert Callf)
 * Pinner HA5: 7 Redwing, 2 Coal Tit, Goldcrest (Nigel Barratt)
 * Rainham RSPB: Glaucous Gull juv still landfill fr riverside path 1120 (Jonathan Wasse tweet); 43 Shelduck, 120 Shoveler, 18 Gadwall, 353 Wigeon, 24 Pintail, 293 Teal, 14 Pochard, 16 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 3 Marsh Harrier, Water Rail, 2 Oystercatcher, 223 Lapwing, 4 Curlew, 2 Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 24 Common Snipe, 43 Redshank, 2 Kestrel, 7 Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, Redwing (Alan Shearman et al per ELBF FB)
 * Ravenor Park, Greenford: Sparrowhawk, c30 Redwing (Neil Anderson)
 * Richmond Park: Red Kite (S.Woolfenden); 129 Common Gull, Pied Wagtail (N.Anderson)
 * St James's Park: dead Tawny Owl chick (Please delete if not appropriate for here) (Mark Fairless); Tawny Owl f & remaining chick still c1pm (Twitter); Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * Thamesmead: Yellow-legged Gull 3w off Princess Alice Way (Richard Bonser)
 * Tottenham Court Road: Peregrine Falcon, near Warren Street tube, flying south, 17:45
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: pr Goosander, m Scaup, 3 Sand Martins (Lol Bodini, Terry Rawlins)
 * Wimbledon: 3000+ Jackdaw SE, 230+ Crow SE (Hugh Nicholson tweet)
 * Winchmore Hill: {Camberwell Beauty rail stn 1205} (BirdGuides)

Friday 8th March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 1w Black Redstart still base of antenna palace building, f Stonechat perimeter cricket pitches (3rd for year), m Aythya hybrid, Little Grebe, 10 Pochard, 6 Common Gull Boating Lake, 10+ Redwing, Fieldfare, Chiffchaff, Jackdaw (APOG Birders)
 * Belhus Woods CP: incl 38 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, 12 Teal, 11 Pochard, 85 Tufted Duck, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Water Rail, Tawny Owl, 3 Kingfisher, Cetti’s Warbler, Willow Warbler [Ldn foy] singing, 12 Chiffchaff, Firecrest, 6 Goldcrest, 10 Fieldfare, 37 Redwing, 5 Linnet, 8 Siskin, 2 Reed Bunting (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Brent Reservoir: Redshank (Brent FOY), 25 Common Snipe, 3m Cetti’s Warbler singing, Peregrine W 09:21, Redwing, Mistle Thrush (possibly Brent FOY too), Chiffchaff singing (Magnus Andersson)
 * Brentford, Upper Butts: Kingfisher flew in and perched on twig extending above garden wall by road (Michael Robinson)
 * Essendon: Sand Martin, Chiffchaff, c110 Fieldfare, Lesser Redpoll (per Herts BC)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: Kingfisher (Eric Brown)
 * Greenhill Gardens, Barnet, EN5: 51 Black-headed Gull, pr Lesser Black-backed Gull, Stock Dove singing. No sign of Med Gull up to 13.30 (Bob Husband)
 * Grovelands Park: Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe incl pr displaying, 2 Cormorant, Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan pr, 2 Greylag Goose pr, m Egyptian Goose, 16 Mandarin Duck 11m 5f, f Common Pochard, f Smew of doubtful origin, 38 Black-headed Gull, 5 Common Gull 3 ad 2 second-winter, 5+ Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, m Grey Wagtail, Redwing, 3 Goldcrest incl singing m, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 13 Starling, 21 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Hall Marsh Scrape: 2 Cattle Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Common Buzzard, Red Kite, Cetti's Warbler (Simon Papps)
 * Hampstead Heath: Water Rail feeding behind reeds Stock Pond 17:00-1730 (Allan Stewart); 5 Redwing S Boundary of Kenwood (James Levy)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 1w Little Gull fr Hogg Ln viewing platform pm (BirdGuides); 2 Black-necked Grebe fr platform (Geoff Young via Herts BC)
 * Hyde Park: Stonechat still present in meadow (Neil Anderson/Dave Jordan)
 * Kensington Gardens: singing Cetti's Warbler (Neil Anderson)
 * Kings Wood: Marsh Tit (John Kirby per Croydon Birders)
 * London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Peregrine, 4 Common Snipe, Water Pipit, 12 Redwing, 20 Fieldfare, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Bunting (Debbie Baker & Conrad Ellam); also 2 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, Goldeneye, 3 Bittern, 2 Water Rail, 3 Jack Snipe, 8 Common Snipe, 2 Chiffchaff (WWT)
 * Panshanger Park: Peregrine, 2 Raven (Murray Brown via Herts BC)
 * Pinner HA5: 8 Redwing, 2 Pied Wagtail, 5 Goldfinch, Ring-necked Parakeet, Green Woodpecker, 20+ Black-headed Gull (Nigel Barratt)
 * Primrose Hill "vismig 0600-0800": incl 10 Black-headed Gull NE, f Stonechat site-foy WNW 0640, 2 Pied Wagtail WNW/W, Meadow Pipit NW, later Common Buzzard foy SSW 1055, Kestrel WNW, 2 Meadow Pipit NW/W, 2 Siskin S (Twitter)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: Mediterranean Gull s/p 0905, Glaucous Gull 1w still on pontoon 0850-1055 at least (Derek Barker via Berks BC)
 * Rainham RSPB: incl 30 Pintail, 2 Sparrowhawk, 4 Marsh Harrier, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 6 Avocet, 13 Curlew, 7 Dunlin, 20 Common Snipe (RSPB via ELBF FB)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail, 2 Jackdaw (Frank Nugent)
 * Staines Moor: 3 Water Pipit still, f Stonechat, Peregrine, Kestrel, Common Buzzard, 3 Red Kite, singing Chiffchaff, 5+ singing Skylark, Redshank, pr Little Grebe - 48 species recorded (Alex Massey)
 * Staines Reservoir: m Scaup still s basin sw cnr, 9 Black-necked Grebe (most now in summer plumage), 12+ Goldeneye, 3 Shelduck (Alex Massey)
 * Stanstead Abbotts: Raven (Jane Free via Herts BC)
 * Stocker's Lake: incl 2 Little Egret, 2 Red Kite (Steve Carter via Herts BC)
 * Stoneleigh Station KT17: 1 Blackcap still (Neil Batten)
 * Swanscombe Marsh "09.30-13.30": 22 Greylag Goose, 2 Canada Goose, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Reed Bunting m, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Raven, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Common Buzzard, 4 Cetti's Warbler 3h, 10 Stonechat 2m, 2 Shelduck river, 5 Teal river, 14 Gadwall river, 61 Redshank river, 5 Turnstone, 1 Dunlin river (Roger Keith)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 15 Lapwing, singing Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting, 8 Rook, Bullfinch, 6 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, c300 Common Gull, c100 Black-headed Gull, 5 Teal (John Colmans)
 * Upper College Farm, Sidcup: Song Thrush, Common Buzzard, Chiffchaff, Linnet (Eric Brown)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Cattle Egret flew N over Banbury Res c7am, pr Goosander in relief channel, 2 singing Chiffchaff (Stuart Fisher); Common Buzzard N over Lockwood 10.30, pr Goldeneye High Maynard (Lol Bodini) Scaup on No 4, Oystercatcher on East Warwick (David Bradshaw, Jamie Partridge)
 * Wandsworth Common: Marsh Tit am (Peter White tweet)

Thursday 7th March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Chiffchaff, 8 Pochard, 20+ Redwing, Kingfisher (APOG Birders)
 * Arrandene Open Space NW7: 2 Common Gull, 6 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
 * Barnet Playing Fields, EN5: 38 Black-headed Gull, 7 Common Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 40 Jackdaw. No sign of Med Gull up to 10.30 (Bob Husband)
 * Brent Park, Hendon: Little Egret, Lesser Redpoll (Toby Mylett)
 * Brent Reservoir: 25 Common Snipe, Water Rail, Cetti’s Warbler (Steve Blake)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
 * E17, Lloyd Park: m Red-crested Pochard (Stuart Fisher)
 * Greenhill Gardens, Barnet, EN5: 14 Tufted Duck 7pr, 54 Black-headed Gull, pr Lesser Black-backed Gull, Stock Dove singing, Siskin singing. No sign of Med Gull up to 11.00. (Bob Husband)
 * Grovelands Park: the f Smew 'of questionable origin' showing well on lakeside, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Egyptian Goose, 14 Mandarin (Paul Collins)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: juv Black-throated Diver still (Gordon Hay via Surrey BN)
 * Hyde Park: Stonechat still (Des McKenzie tweet)
 * King George V Res: ad sum Black-necked Grebe (til 11.30 then flew across to Girling res), m Smew still, 7 Goldeneye on south basin (I Lycett)
 * Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 1 Common Buzzard ne (Neil Batten)
 * Lee Valley, Bowyer's Water: red-head Smew, 6 Pochard, 50+ Tufted Duck, Little Egret, 3 Chiffchaff (Simon Papps)
 * Lee Valley, Hall Marsh: 2 Cattle Egret midday, 12+ Teal, 4 Goosander (on adjacent Horsemill Stream), Common Snipe, 3 Red Kite, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush (Simon Papps) for CE pic see www.facebook.com/reednewholland/
 * London Wetland Centre: 5 Pintail, 11 Common Snipe, 7 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Water Pipit (WWT website); Jack Snipe still wader scrape 1515 (Martin Wright via Surrey BN)
 * Milespit Hill Pond NW7: Common Buzzard (Toby Mylett)
 * Pinner HA5: Green Woodpecker, Pied Wagtail, 4 Redwing, 4 Goldfinch (Nigel Barratt)
 * Priest Hill NR: Common Buzzard W, 2 Kestrel, 3 Skylark (Isaiah Rowe tweet)
 * Pymmes Park: 3 Little Grebe incl pr, 2 Greylag Goose, 2 Gadwall pr, 23 Tufted Duck 14m 9f, 11+ Coot, 11 Common Gull, Grey Wagtail, Coal Tit singing (Robert Callf)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * Stoneleigh Station KT17: 1 singing Blackcap (Neil Batten)
 * Sturgess Park, Brent Cross: Common Gull, Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
 * Totteridge Valley: 2 Common Gull, Common Buzzard, Rook (Toby Mylett)
 * Tufnell Park N19: 4 Chaffinch 'flock' in my garden (Francis Tusa) I've only ever seen singles round here, and even those are infrequent, so that's amazing! [Reuben Braddock]
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: m Scaup still on No 4, 5 Goldeneye (David Bradshaw)
 * Woodford Green: 2 Siskin m f, Little Egret over 9.24am, 2 Sparrowhawks in tandem going North 10.21, a flock of c15 Golden Plover high and going East 10.40am only the 4th sighting of this species locally in 36 years. (Ken Murray) KM - grateful for data but several edits were necessary so pls save us time by following the simple standard format thx Simply too quick over the roof for me to count! Ken, there's no call for the wind-up. As stated above an estimate would do - anyway pls check the site history & learn from all the corrections made to your post so there's no repetition - we'd rather be birding. Thx. wind up I don't understand? That was no wind up, It was a statement of fact! could have been 10, could have been 20. This communication is a bit one-sided, who am I addressing?
 * Wormwood Scrubs: 1 Chiffchaff singing, 4 Meadow Pipit (Charlie Farrell)

Wednesday 6th March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Peregrine pr hunting over playing fields and Wood Green Res, Chiffchaff, Meadow Pipit NE (FOY), 25 Common Gull, Little Grebe, 4 Pochard Boating Lake, 4+ Grey Wagtail (APOG Birders)
 * Boxer's Lake: 9+ Grey Heron incl three nests with birds sitting and two nests under construction & leucistic bird, ad Egyptian Goose & 8 goslings, 2 Mandarin Duck pr, 3 Common Pochard 2m f, 7 Tufted Duck 4m 3f, 41+ Black-headed Gull (Robert Callf)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
 * Clissold Park; 4 Gadwall 2pr one on New River and one on large lake (Ernest Thomason)
 * Greenhill Gardens, Barnet, EN5: Mediterranean Gull ad with Polish red darvic ‘PTJ9' present 10.00, pr Grey Wagtail (Bob Husband)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, Kingfisher (John Bushell)
 * Hartham: 3 Kingfisher R Lee TL327130 [1] & TL329132 [pr] (Ian Edwards via Herts BC)
 * Holyfield lake, Lee Valley: sizable group of Siskins, c20 Cormorants already on nests (J-P Elmes)
 * Hyde Park: Stonechat in rough grassland just south of Albion Gate to 08:55 at least (Des McKenzie tweet)
 * Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 1 Mute Swan low w am (Neil Batten)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: singing Blackcap nr Gilberts Slade still, singing Treecreeper, 15 Shoveler, small passage of Common Gull throughout the last couple of days (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: 5 Pintail, Goldeneye, Bittern, Jack Snipe, Redshank foy marsh, Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Chiffchaff, 32 Fieldfare, 27 Redwing, 2 Water Pipit (WWT website)
 * Mill Hill NW7: 2 Red Kite over A41/Mill Hill Circus (Steve Blake)
 * Panshanger Park: Green Sandpiper (Murray Brown via Herts BC)
 * Pinner HA5: Red KIte, 2 Coal Tit, 5 Goldfinch, 2 Jay (Nigel Barratt)
 * Rainham Marshes: juvenile Glaucous Gull 10.30am by Concrete Barges, Oystercatcher on Aveley Bay, 2 Marsh Harrier 1m 1f, 20+ Black-tailed Godwit on Target Pools (Eduardo López Salas); 500 Lapwing, 6 Curlew, 2 Ruff, 30 Common Snipe, 30 Redshank (RSPB per ELBF FB)
 * Raynes Park "garden": 3 Redwing & 1 Song Thrush 1205 harassed by resident Blackbird, Sparrowhawk 1211 (P. Redmond)
 * St James's Park: Jackdaw in a plane tree [an uncommon visitor here], Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * Sevenoaks WR: Black-tailed Godwit [6th day] (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
 * Stocker's Lake: 5 Goldeneye, 2 Oystercatcher over n end, Chiffchaff (Steve Carter via Herts BC)
 * Stoneleigh Station KT17: 2 singing Blackcaps am (Neil Batten)
 * Studio Mews NW4: Siskin (Toby Mylett)
 * The Brook BR5: Little Egret, 2+ Song Thrush, 1+ Grey Wagtail, Water Rail (Jack Headley)
 * Trent Park: 8 Mandarin Duck 6m 2f upper lake, 6 Eurasian Teal 5m f lower lake, f Common Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck 3m 3f, Kestrel, 18 Common Gull flew over, 2 Stock Dove, Coal Tit (Robert Callf)
 * Woodford Green: Sparrowhawk over 8.56am, Tawny Owl 11.07am, Song Thrush, c12 Redwing over, c12 Goldfinch, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Wren, 3 displaying Stock Dove (Ken Murray)

Tuesday 5th March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 1w Black Redstart still at base of antenna east end of south terrace, 2 Chiffchaff, Little Grebe Boating Lake, 6+ Redwing, Black-headed Gull of Danish origin still (APOG Birders)
 * Beverley Brook: 2 Tawny Owl m&f (P. Redmond)
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap (Toby Mylett)
 * Cassiobury Park: incl Little Egret, Kingfisher (Lee Evans via Herts BC)
 * Coldfall Wood, Creighton Avenue, N10: m Sparrowhawk in flight over wood, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 2 Nuthatch trilling & calling, lots of mainly m Chaffinch some singing quietly (Tony Clancy & Bob Husband)
 * Coursers Road: Red Kite, 5 Fieldfare, 12 Tree Sparrow, 9 Yellowhammer (Lee Evans via Herts BC)
 * Crayford Marsh: Corn Bunting, 2 Reed Bunting, Golden Plover, 3 Curlew, 2 Common Sandpiper, 11 Avocet, 10+ Redshank, 30+ Wigeon, 10 Shelduck, Marsh Harrier f, 2 Kestrel, 5 Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 30+ Fieldfare, 2 Redwing (Nick Croft)
 * Crossness NR: PENDULINE TIT in bushes on footpath west of usual viewing screen 11.45-12.15 seen and heard [found by Peter Rees and Clare Cronin]; Barn Owl, 8 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Bearded Tit, 6+ Reed Bunting, 2 Kestrel, 28 Wigeon, 4 Gadwall, 8 Little Grebe, 8 Pochard, 3 Lapwing, Grey Heron, Grey Wagtail over, 7 Pied Wagtail, 2 Skylark, Song Thrush, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Tufted Duck, Thames Foreshore Curlew, 73 Shelduck, c50 Black-tailed Godwit, c55 Redshank, 8 Shoveler, c60 Gadwall, c60 Dunlin, 24 Cormorant, 10 Lapwing, 6 Wigeon, Common Gull, c400 Black-headed Gull, Cetti's Warbler (Bernie Weight)
 * Ewell, Hogsmill Open Space: 1 Little Egret perched in trees 08:45 (Neil Batten)
 * Forty Hall CP: Cormorant, 2 Mute Swan pr incl darvic-ringed m 4AHL, 2 Northern Shoveler m f, f Tufted Duck, 36 Black-headed Gull, ad Herring Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 5 Siskin feeding in alder along Turkey Brook (Robert Callf)
 * Hall Marsh Scrape: 2 Cattle Egret, 10+ Shoveler, 3 Goosander (on adjacent Horsemill Stream), Red Kite, 2 Siskin {Also Comma.} (Simon Papps); also Teal, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler h (per Lee Valley sightings blog); 2 Cattle Egret departed W/NW toward Bowyers Water/Cheshunt 1345 (A Holmes via LV blog)
 * Hampstead Heath: Water Rail showing well Stock Pond behind reeds 17:30 (Allan Stewart)
 * Hyde Park: Stonechat for 5th day at least directions as per yesterday's log (Dave Jordan)
 * Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 2 Common Buzzard low e, 2 Grey Heron low nw pm (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, Goldeneye, Common Buzzard SW 1450, 1 Bittern reservoir lagoon N shore, Black-tailed Godwit main lake 1430, 2 Jack Snipe, 12 Common Snipe marsh(5) scrape(4) main lake(3), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - drumming sheltered lagoon, Skylark W, 1 Sand Martin main lake, 3 Chiffchaff - south route and sheltered lagoon, 1 Water Pipit marsh (WWT website); 2 Shelduck main lake, pr Long-tailed Tit nest building (Martin Honey); 3-4 Greenfinch, Green Woodpecker near Tower Hide, Jack Snipe, m Pintail wader scrape, Great Crested Grebe main lake, Little Grebe, f Goldeneye reservoir lagoon, dipped on Sand Martin 1pm-3.30pm (Paul Francis); Skylark NW 10.00 (Simon Fogg)
 * Panshanger Park: 22+ Common Snipe, Raven (Murray Brown per Herts BC)
 * Pinner HA5: Red Kite, 5 Redwing, Pied Wagtail (Nigel Barratt)
 * Priest Hill NR: incl Kestrel, Stonechat (Isaiah Rowe tweet)
 * Richmond Bridge: 4 Mandarin 2pr, pr Grey Wagtail (Neil Anderson)
 * Richmond Park: 3 Egyptian Geese 1pr & 1 gosling (lost another gosling since Sunday), c150 Redwing moving E through treetops, 2 Tawny Owl (P. Redmond); Cetti's Warbler (M.Lewis)
 * St James's Park: Tawny Owl (James Hudson); Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * The Brook BR5: Little Egret (Jack Headley)
 * Totteridge Valley: Red Kite, Rook (Toby Mylett)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: incl Oystercatcher, c80 Linnet willows fm lake (Steve Blake via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: m Scaup back on No 4, 2 Goosander on Lockwood, 25 Fieldfare, 2 Peregrine (Walthamstow Birders)
 * Watford: 2 Kingfisher [R Colne Hatters Ln Croxley Bus Pk] (David Denham via Herts BC)
 * West Norwood Cemetery: Common Buzzard over west (Michael Mac)

Monday 4th March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Pied Wagtail 2pr, 9 Common Gull, 2ad Mute Swan Wood Green Res (Bob Watts)
 * Brookmill Park: Sparrowhawk, 2 Stock Dove, Kingfisher, Song Thrush, Blackcap f (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crayford Marshes: 2 Bearded Tit, 5 Avocet, Corn Bunting, Common Buzzard, Common Sandpiper, Curlew, Oystercatcher, 26 Redshank, m Stonechat (Kev Jarvis)
 * Enfield Road, EN2: 2 Grey Wagtail pr in field opposite Jolly Farmers PH (Robert Callf)
 * Finsbury Park: 2 Egyptian Goose, 14 Pochard, 61 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Kingfisher (perched on north side of pond island), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 6 Mistle Thrush, 3 Redwing (Niall T. Keogh)
 * Greenhill Gardens, Barnet, EN5: Mediterranean Gull ad with Polish red darvic ‘PTJ9' present 09.50, 28 Black-headed Gull, 6 Tufted Duck 3pr. {8+ Common Frogs spawning} (Bob Husband)
 * Hall Marsh Scrape: 4 Cattle Egret 1040 (per Cath Patrick/Herts BN tweets)
 * Hampstead Heath: Leg of Mutton Pond 4 Shoveler 2m 2f, Grey Heron eating large frog/toad (James Levy)
 * Hayes Hill Farm: 3 Red Kite 0855 (K Chaplin via Lee Valley sightings blog)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: juv Black-throated Diver Mercers Lake TQ292515 still 13:20 (Gordon Hay via Surrey BN)
 * Hyde Park: Stonechat usual area (Dave Jordan) can Dave Jordan give an idea where in Meadow, had a good look this morning, no luck [David Jeffreys] David, bird is frequenting tall grasses, circa 200m west of the Freeman drinking fountain (check on a park map) and c75m south of North Carriage Drive.Good luck!
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: 3 singing Nuthatch, 18 Shoveler on Eagle Pond, Meadow Pipit (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, Goldeneye, Jack Snipe still, 6 Common Snipe, 2 Sand Martin, Water Pipit still (WWT website)
 * Lower Clapton E5: Common Buzzard gliding low over Powercroft Rd towards Hackney Marshes 16:30 (Sue Barry)
 * Middlesex University Campus: 2 Canada Goose over, Grey Heron over (both unusual for site), 2 Jackdaw, Redwing, Siskin, Stonechat (Toby Mylett)
 * Morden Hall Park: Little Egret (not on marsh but front of house on lawn), Grey Wagtail, Kestrel - does anyone know what happened to Malcolm Riddler? He used to post from here in 2010 but not since and made comments about National Trust causing loss of breeding Kingfisher at this park? (Michael Mac)
 * Pinner HA5: Redwing, Green Woodpecker, 6 Goldfinch (Nigel Barratt)
 * Rainham RSPB: juv Glaucous Gull still (Russell Sherriff per ELBF FB); 5 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 32 Redshank (RSPB per ELBF FB)
 * Regent's Park: Coal Tit (Area 17) and Little Grebe (Area 13 and 17) (G J Francis); Water Rail in rail ditch (Charlie Farrell)
 * Ruislip Lido: pr Egyptian Goose, pr Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Grey Heron apparently nesting at ground level (Martin Smith)
 * St James's Park: Tawny Owl (Paul Francis); Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * Staines Reservoirs: m Scaup still s basin sw cnr am with Tufted Duck (Bill Haines)
 * The Commons LNR: Marsh Tit still (Keith Smith via Herts BC)
 * Trent Park: 8 Mandarin Duck 5m 3f, 5 Eurasian Teal 4m f lower lake, 2 Common Pochard m f, 4 Tufted Duck 2m 2f, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel m f, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, 2 Goldcrest, 7 Coal Tit incl six together in larches Williams Wood, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 4 Goldfinch, 16 Siskin feeding in alders along Leeging Beech Gutter near Water Grdn, f Lesser Redpoll in larches Williams Wood (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow: Peregrine over towards reservoirs during the heavy shower c2pm (Stuart Fisher)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: Scaup, 2 Goosander, 4 Goldeneye on No 5, 30 Fieldfare, 2 Common Buzzards, Common Snipe (David Bradshaw, Lol Bodini); Grey Wagtail in tree by No 5 13:20 (Sue Barry)
 * Wanstead Flats: 2 Redwing, 3 Skylark, Pochard, 2 Teal, 3 Shoveler (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 14 Redwing, 11 Teal, 6 Shoveler (Nick Croft)
 * West Norwood Cemetery: Pied Wagtail (over), 14 Redwing (Michael Mac)
 * Wimbledon Town - 4 Kings Road: 1 House Sparrow (Michael Mac)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 3 Egyptian Goose, 6 Gadwall, 7 Pochard, 4 Little Grebe, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 13 Herring Gull, 12 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Peregrine, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Bunting (Niall T. Keogh)
 * Woodford Green: Tawny Owl calling (very early am), Kestrel over 8.07am (only 2nd this year), m Blackcap 8.24am, 2 Siskin m f 1pm, 3 Common Buzzards over 10.20am and again 4pm (Ken Murray)

Sunday 3rd March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 200+ Black-headed Gull, 12 Common Gull, Chiffchaff, 25+ Redwing (APOG Birders)
 * Beckton SW: incl 2 Oystercatcher, Curlew, 37 Redshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 25 Fieldfare, 6 Grey Wagtail (David Morrison tweet)
 * Brent Reservoir: 11 Common Snipe, 2 Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler (Andrew Self)
 * Brookmill Park: Song Thrush, Blackcap f, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bushy Park: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Mistle Thrush, 50+ Redwing, Treecreeper (Ian R Watson)
 * Canons Park & Seven Acre Lake, Edgware, Middx: 3 Redwing, Nuthatch calling, Ring-necked Parakeets chasing & calling & pairs at nest holes, Seven Acre Lake (Private access) f/1w Goosander, Great Crested Grebe, 3 Little Egret, Grey Heron, 4 Cormorant, 8 Shoveler 4pr, 2 Common Pochard, 7 Tufted Duck 3pr f (Bob Husband, NW London RSPB Group) next Birdwalk Sunday 7 April 2019
 * Crossness NR: 2 Bearded Tit, no sign of Penduline Tit today (Simon Worsfold et al); 50 Black-tailed Godwit by outfall at high tide (Jon Agar)
 * Erith, Thames: 60 Black-tailed Godwit (Jon Agar)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 5 Black-necked Grebe fr Hogg Ln viewing platform (BirdGuides)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: juv Black-throated Diver Mercers L still, Little Egret, 4 Chiffchaff 0925 (Gordon Hay via Surrey BN)
 * Hyde Park: Stonechat same location as yesterday (Dave Jordan)
 * KGV Res: m Smew, c55 Goldeneye, 9 Goosander, 2+ Scaup m&f & poss immature, 3 Black-necked Grebes, Peregrine on Alma flats, 2 Meadow Pipits (A.Middleton)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Sand Martin, Bittern still, Water Pipit still, 3 Jack Snipe still, 8 Common Snipe, 46 Fieldfare, 7 Redwing, 2 Pintail, 2 Shelduck, Goldeneye, Peregrine, 3 Siskin (WWT); 84 Fieldfare (R Dunne)
 * Parson Street NW4: Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: 150+ Wigeon, 20+ Pintail, 8 Curlew, 35+ Shelduck, 60+ Shoveler, 5+ singing Skylark, c15 Dunlin, 4 Marsh Harrier, c15 Common Snipe, Water Pipit still, Rock Pipit (Jack Headley)
 * Raleigh Gardens NW4: Siskin (Toby Mylett)
 * Regent's Canal, De Beauvoir Town N1: 2 Blackcap (Toby Mylett)
 * Richmond Park: 2 Sand Martin, 2 Siskin (Steve Woolfenden)
 * St James's Park: Water Rail, Chiffchaff (Frank Nugent)
 * Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve: Black-tailed Godwit still (Jack Headley)
 * Sheen Common "East": 1 Woodcock (Hugh Bradshaw)
 * Town Park, Enfield: 2 Mute Swan pr, m Northern Shoveler, 11 Tufted Duck 5m 6f, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Robert Callf)
 * Vauxhall Park: 2 Jay (Niall T. Keogh)
 * Verulamium Park: Little Egret (Bill Free via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 3 Stock Dove, c25 Chaffinch, c30 Starling, 12 Pied Wagtail, 9 Linnet rear paddocks (Alastair Dent)
 * Wanstead Flats: 4 Skylark, Rook, 14 Gadwall, 4 Little Grebe, 8 Tufted Duck, Pochard (Nick Croft/Tony Brown)
 * Wanstead Park: 22 Teal, 1 Gadwall, 9 Shoveler, 6 Redwing, Kestrel, Chiffchaff (Nick Croft)

Saturday 2nd March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 2 Greylag, Chiffchaff, 30+ Redwing, Kingfisher, Little Grebe, 7 Pochard (APOG Birders)
 * Brookmill Park: Stock Dove over, 2 Kingfisher, Blackcap f (Conrad Ellam)
 * Boxer's Lake: 8 Grey Heron incl three occupied nests with birds sitting and one leucistic bird, ad Egyptian Goose & 8 goslings, 13 Tufted Duck 10m 3f, 53+ Black-headed Gull, 2 ad Common Gull (Robert Callf)
 * Bushy Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Mandarin Duck, 40+ Redwing (Ian R Watson)
 * Canons Farm: Sparrowhawk, 4 Kestrel 2pr courting (Ian Magness per CFBW BG)
 * Crossness NR: Penduline Tit showed well by screen 10:10-10:30, Little Egret, Bearded Tit, 8 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff (Andrew Self); 3 Egyptian Goose, 13 Shelduck, 33 Shoveler, 90 Gadwall, 60 Wigeon, 190 Teal, 2 Pochard, 2 Tufted Duck, 10 Stock Dove, 1 Water Rail, 20 Lapwing, 95 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Little Egret, 2 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 1 Skylark, m Penduline Tit north of screen 10:10-10:40, 2 Bearded Reedling m f, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 6 Reed Bunting (Niall T. Keogh)
 * Greenford (Ravenor Park): 31+ Redwing (Neil Anderson)
 * Greenhill Gardens, Barnet, EN5: Mediterranean Gull adult with Polish red darvic ‘PTJ9' present 12.20, pr Shoveler, 2 Tufted Duck m f, Redwing, Stock Dove singing (Bob Husband)
 * Hall Marsh Scrape: 2 Cattle Egret, 2 f/juv Goosander on river (CLG RSPB Walk)
 * Headley Heath: Chiffchaff singing, Marsh Tit, Stonechat, Treecreeper (Paul Goodman)
 * Heathrow Airport: Red Kite circling at the end of runway 28L between departure flights (John Edwards)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: juv Black-throated Diver Mercers Lake still, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Chiffchaff singing, m Yellowhammer, 4 Common Buzzard incl 1 chasing a Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 30 Linnet, 3 Wigeon, 40 Shoveler, 500+ Starling, 500+ Jackdaw at dusk (Charlie Farrell)
 * Holyfield Area (Lee Valley): 3 White-fronted Goose with Greylags, 14 Reed Bunting, 4 Yellowhammer, 16 Skylark, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Red Kite, 6 Common Buzzard (A.Middleton)
 * Holyfield Lake: 3 Goldeneye 2f m (CLG RSPB Walk)
 * Holyfield Marsh: 2 Cattle Egret 1505 (B McMurray per Lee Valley sightings blog)
 * Hyde Park: Stonechat at NE corner of Meadow am (Dave Jordan)
 * Iceland_Gull._-_Copy.jpgn Wetland Centre: 1 Iceland Gull, Bittern still, 2 Shelduck, 2 Sand Martin, Chiffchaff, 2 Peregrine Falcon (Shailesh Patel); 3 Bittern, 1 Water Pipit, 30 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, 10 Common Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe still, drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker (Martin Honey et al.) This is probably the same Iceland Gull I saw on Friday see photo [Mike Paice]
 * Maple Cross: 6 Yellowhammer by Hornhill Rd west of housing estate in field hedge (Chris Bessant via Herts BC)
 * Oakwood Park: f Great Spotted Woodpecker, 9 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, Nuthatch singing, m Greenfinch, m Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
 * Rainham RSPB: Common Sandpiper (Shaun Harvey per ELBF FB); juv Glaucous Gull (Steve Bacon per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: 4 Woodcock (P. Redmond); Red Kite (R Dunne)
 * St James's Park: 4 Coal Tit, 2 Siskin, 2 Treecreeper (Toby Mylett); 1 singing Chiffchaff, Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve: 1st w Caspian Gull am (John Tilbrook et al); Mediterranean Gull (Martin Coath et al);  Black-tailed Godwit fr Tyler Hide, 2 Egyptian Goose, 22 Wigeon, Common Snipe, 3 Common Buzzard, 29 Lapwing (Jack Headley)
 * Staines Res: m Scaup s basin sw cnr, 4 Black-necked Grebe going into summer plumage (Jim Fell); also 42 Goldeneye on south basin, 3 Shelduck on north basin (John Edwards)
 * The Brook BR5: 2 Egyptian Goose, 1-2 Grey Wagtail, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1-2 calling Goldcrest (Jack Headley)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 11 Teal, 45 Canada Geese, Common Buzzard (Simon Worsfold)
 * Trent Park: 5 Mandarin Duck 4m f, 5 Eurasian Teal 4m f, f Common Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck 4m 2f (Robert Callf); also Cormorant, 14 Mandarin 10m 4f, only 3 Teal m 2f, 7 Tufted Duck 4m 3f (Pete Lowman)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: incl 68+ Common Snipe main gp (per Herts BC)
 * Victoria Park E3: Sparrowhawk pr displaying overhead during the Barmy Army Dawn Chorus led by the always excellent David Darrell-Lambert (Paul Francis)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 2 Redwing (front paddocks), 7 Pied Wagtail, 6 House Sparrow (Jon Agar)
 * Wimbledon: South Park Gardens SW19 6 Waxwings present from 16:20 to 16:45, when a Sparrowhawk scared them away causing them to head northeast, also c20 Redwing (Kabir Kaul, Arjun Dutta and Alex Liddle)

Friday 1st March 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Little Grebe, f Gadwall, f Tufted x Pochard hybrid Boating Lake, c20 Redwing, 14 Common Gull, 2 Chiffchaff, Treecreeper, pr Linnet filter beds (FOY) (APOG Birders)
 * Barnet Playing Fields, EN5: 32 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, no sign of Med Gull 13.00 (Bob Husband)
 * Beverley Brook "Junction of Coombe Lane and Kingston Bypass/Robin Hood Lane": Grey Heron (P. Redmond)
 * Bow Creek Ecology Park: 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Great Black-backed Gull (Charlie Farrell)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, 5 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
 * Broomfield Park: 4 Egyptian Goose, 6 Northern Shoveler 5m f, 18 Tufted Duck 11m 7f, 67+ Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, m Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Pied Wagtail, 5 Dunnock, 5 Robin, 2 Song Thrush incl singing m, Redwing, 2 Long-tailed Tit pr collecting lichen, 39 Starling, 3 Greenfinch 2m f, 3 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Canon's Drive Basin HA8: 47 Jackdaw, 2 Siskin, 2 Blackcap, Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
 * Canons Farm: incl 3 Sand Martin (Paul Goodman per CFBW BG); Short-eared Owl over Tart's Field pm (Peter Tatchley per Steve Gale tweet)
 * Church Road NW4: Common Gull, Little Owl, Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
 * Crossness NR: Penduline Tit still (Mark Bravery tweet); Penduline Tit on Island Field until about 14.15 then moved elsewhere, Chiffchaff and 1+ Cetti's Warbler also there (Cetti's a lifetime tick and heard in the protected area), with 2 Reed Bunting m f, Bearded Tit h, Marsh Harrier over main scrub, 2 Oystercatcher, Linnet and the usual Thames shore birds, Dunnock singing from a tree in the protected area (Paul Francis)
 * East India Dock Basin NR: 2 Shelduck, 80 Teal (Charlie Farrell)
 * Edgware Brook, Burnt Oak Broadway HA8: Cormorant over (unusual for site), 11 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
 * Garden Wood: m Tawny Owl calling 0610, 5 Lesser Redpoll (Rupert Evershed tweet)
 * Greenhill Gardens, Barnet, EN5: Nuthatch calling, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull assumed pr, no sign of Med Gull or Shoveler 12.45 (Bob Husband)
 * IMG 9218 3rd winter Iceland Gull 3.JPGwich Peninsula O2: Iceland Gull probably 3w m see photo (Mike Paice)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: juv Black-throated Diver Mercers L still (BirdGuides)
 * Hyde Park: Stonechat on Parade Ground fencing early-am (Dave Jordan)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: 2 singing Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch, singing Grey Wagtail, 2 Redwing in the Court one in almost full song, 22 Shoveler, 3 Great Crested Grebe (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Water Pipit still, 20 Fieldfare, 8 Redwing, 1 Jack Snipe still, 4 Pintail (Shailesh Patel); also 2 Shelduck, 6 Pintail, Goldeneye, 2 Bittern still, 9 Common Snipe, 25 Fieldfare, 15 Redwing (WWT website)
 * Middlesex University Campus: Siskin, Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
 * Palmers Green: New River behind mosque 4 Red-crested Pochard 3m 1f (Noel Hall)
 * Pinner HA5: Red Kite circling (Nigel Barratt)
 * Rainham RSPB: juv Glaucous Gull (Andy Tweed per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: 16 Greylag, 6 Teal, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 50+ Common Gull, 2+ Sand Martin, 2+ Swallow (Friday Bird Group); Common Snipe (P. Redmond)
 * Ruislip Lido/Woods: 5 Gadwall, 12 Shoveler, 3 Teal (LNR), 5 Pochard, Little Egret, Grey Heron on nest with partner adding twigs (first nesting attempt at this site), Common Buzzard, 5 Stock Dove, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker (4 drumming), 5 Nuthatch, 20+ Redwing, Lesser Redpoll feeding in birch with Goldfinch, flock 40+ Chaffinch feeding by path Poors Field (Neil Anderson/K. Bull); singing Chiffchaff (Dick Middleton)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: Black-tailed Godwit w/ Lapwings fr draper & gadwall_hides (RSPB tweet); 2 Sand Martin arr'd at dusk to roost in draper hide reedbed (Alan Harris via Herts BC)
 * St James's Park & Green Park: 2 Tawny Owl calling evg (Charlie Farrell); Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * Sevenoaks WR: Black-tailed Godwit fr tyler hide (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
 * South Norwood: (Kings Road) 1 singing Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff (John Watson)
 * Swanscombe Marsh "9.00-13.00 outgoing tide": 35 Greylag Goose, 12 Lapwing 7 river 5 Botany Marsh, 2 Green Woodpecker h, 5 Cetti's Warbler h, 2 Song Thrush h, 1 Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Water Rail h, 23 Teal river, 18 Gadwall river, 1 Curlew river, 2 Shelduck river, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Wigeon river, 8 Turnstone river, 1 Common Sandpiper river, 10 Reed Bunting, 4 Tufted Duck 1m 3f, 3 Pochard 1m 2f, 4 Canada Goose, 2+ Bearded Tit multiples h, 23 Dunlin river, 38 Redshank river, 28 Teal river, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Coot, 5 Common Gull river (Roger Keith)
 * Thames path Enderby Wharf: 6 Gadwall on river edge (Mike Paice)
 * The Brook BR5: 2+ Gadwall, c2 Song Thrush, Water Rail, Little Egret, Grey Wagtail (Jack Headley)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Chiffchaff singing briefly near Long Pond, 10 Fieldfare, c30 Redwing, Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 14 Rook, c100 Common Gull, 8 Teal, Coot (John Colmans)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: 8+ Tree Sparrow tytt fm, Oystercatcher, 2+ Kingfisher, 2 Chiffchaff singing, 2+ Siskin fishing lake (Tyttenhanger Birders via Herts BC); 2+ Little Egret, 4 Red Kite, 2+ Water Rail, 47+ Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Great Black-backed Gull, Yellowhammer main gp (Tytt Birders via HBC); Barn Owl 0640, Little Owl 0600, Grey Wagtail willows fm (Rupert Evershed via HBC)
 * Waltham Abbey: Raven over crooked mile midday (Brian Dawton)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: m Scaup still on No 4, 2 Goosander, 4 Goldeneye and 50 Fieldfare on No 5, 2 Goosander around Lockwood (Dave Callahan, David Bradshaw)
 * Wanstead Flats: 6 Skylark (3 singing), 4 Meadow Pipit, 8 Pied Wagtail, 13 Greenfinch, 5 Chaffinch, 3 Reed Bunting, Kestrel, 3 Little Grebe, 13 Gadwall, 100+ Black-headed Gull, 400+ Common Gull, Mistle Thrush, 2 Stock Dove (1 singing), Little Owl (Nick Croft)
 * Waterworks NR: pr Raven low over calling c1525 (Eugene Dillon-Hooper tweet)
 * Wimbledon: 6 Waxwing in South Park Gardens 16:30 before flying off then returning c17:00, also c20 Redwing (John Birkett and Simon Harris)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Water Rail pr, Common Snipe, 2 Teal, 3 Shoveler, Shelduck, 2 Little Egret (Chris Farthing)
 * Woodford Green: Tawny Owl, m Blackcap, 8 Goldfinch, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Long-Tailed Tit, with flyover Little Egret, Red Kite and c70+ Chaffinch going to roost (Ken Murray)
 * Wormley Wood: 1+ Marsh Tit TL325058 (Oliver Marshall via Herts BC)
 * Wykeham Road NW4: Siskin (Toby Mylett)
 * Yeading, Jollys Lane: local Red Kite around superstore car park (Neil Anderson)

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