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Tuesday 8th January 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Peregrine male & female 1530 near top of transmitter, drake Shoveler Boating Lake, 3 ringed Black-headed Gulls (Swedish bird first seen in 2001, German & UK birds with metal rings), 10+ Redwing (APOG Birders). Also Black Redstart flycatching from brickwork of main arch, S. face of palace, during antics of peregrines above (Jonathan Cooke).
 * Denham Quarry Lakes: Red-breasted Merganser back along with 2 Goosander (1m1f). Currently on the lake 2nd up on the map, very close to the footpath that dissects that lake and the lake furthest south (Adam Bolton)
 * Erith (Thames foreshore off Corinthian Manorway): incl 500+ Black-tailed Godwit, a Curlew, 22 Dunlin, 140+ Redshank, 2 Shelduck and 42 Teal: also c.10 Redwing in the Grounds of the nearby Church of St John the Baptist (Mike Robinson)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - m Blackcap, 3 Stock Dove (Samuel Levy)
 * Finchley: Church End N3 - Grey Wagtail, feeding on roof tops. 5 Redwing. (Bill Rutherford)
 * Foots Cray Meadows : Kingfisher, 2 Little Egret, 4 Gadwall, 8 Little Grebe, 15 Tufted Duck, 2 Egyption Goose, Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush, Great-spotted Wooodpecker, Green Woodpecker.(Bernie Weight)
 * Kensington Gardens: 1 Little Owl in usual tree hole near Queen Caroline's Temple, 2 Stock Dove (1 singing) (Reuben Braddock)
 * London Wetland Centre: 5 Jack Snipe (scrape and main lake), Bittern, 2 House Sparrow, 2 Water Pipit, 5 Snipe (WWT website)
 * North Cray: Peregrine (Patrick English)
 * Richmond: 2 Peregrine male & female on spire of St Matthias Church, Church Road,9 am. (Mike Lewis per FJM)
 * South Lodge Farm: 47 Canada Goose, Greylag x Canada Goose hybrid, 28+ Redwing (Robert Callf)
 * Stoneleigh Station KT17: 23 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (N.B. Herring Gull numbers heading ne are appreciably down on previous years - 7 this morning compared to 130-140 plus this time last year. A reflection of a decline in numbers at Beddington? (Neil Batten)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 30 Fieldfare, 11 Redwing, 3 Rook, Greenfinch, Reed Bunting, Little Egret, 4 Teal, 2 Coot (John Colmans)
 * Trent Park: Little Grebe, m Eurasian Teal, f Common Pochard, 2f Tufted Duck, ad m Sparrowhawk perched in birch Williams Wood, Green Woodpecker, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest, Firecrest foraging in laurel SW edge of Rough Lot 12:34 - 12:40 hrs, 3 Nuthatch, 4 Treecreeper incl one singing (Robert Callf)
 * Tyttenhanger G.P. : 1 Chiffchaff, 7 Meadow Pipit, 3-4 Tree Sparrow, 75 Lapwing, 300 Jackdaw.
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Great Black-backed Gull, Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, Snipe, Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 3 Teal, Chiffchaff (Chris Farthing)

Monday 7th January 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 56+ Common Gull including Norwegian bird ring JJ558, Black-headed Gull ringed in North Thames 2RKC both Boating Lake, 28+ Redwing, Kingfisher (APOG Birders)
 * Algernon Road, Lewisham: Blackcap m in private garden (Conrad Ellam)
 * Brockwell Park: Blackcap (male, Brixton Water Lane entrance), at least 11 House Sparrow (6+ Water Lane; 5+ Brockwell Hall), Grey Heron, 18 Starling, 47 Black-headed Gull (Tony Stones)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
 * Cheshunt GP: Bittern, Brambling (Adam Wilson)
 * Deptford; Sue Godfrey park: 3 Redwing (Mike Paice)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - 2 Goldcrest, 3 Stock Dove (Samuel Levy)
 * Finsbury Park: f. Sparrowhawk bathing in lake, Little Grebe, Shoveler (Chris Farthing)
 * Grays Riverside: 5 Turnstone, 150+ Black-tailed Godwit, 50+ Redshank, 30+ Dunlin, Sparrowhawk (Nick Croft)
 * Lee Valley, Horsemill Stream (adjacent to Hall Marsh): 6 Goosander (3m, 3f), 14 Tufted Duck, 6 Gadwall, Peregrine Falcon north, 21 Rook, 100+ Siskin. Also 3 Fallow Deer, 1 Muntjac (Simon Papps)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern, 1-2 Jack Snipe, Common Snipe, Water Pipit, Meadow Pipit, 2 Pintail (Peter Charles / Keith Cutting)
 * Mansion House: Peregrine flying towards Thames at 12:45 (Dan Fletcher)
 * Oxleas Wood: Firecrest, Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, 5 Coal Tit, 5 Nuthatch (John Bushell & Ron Turner)
 * Pymmes Park: 7 Mute Swan 4 adult 3 first-winter [adult male with orange darvic ring 4BDQ], 3 Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 4 Northern Shoveler 3m f, 58 Tufted Duck 34m 24f - high count for site, no sign of Med Gull, 14 Common Gull, 3 Stock Dove incl pr, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 9 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, singing m Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch pr, 5 House Sparrow, 2 Greenfinch pr, 8 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Rainham RSPB: 2 Green Sandpiper (RSPB); Avocet, 7 Curlew, Golden Plover, 4 Dunlin, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, Water Pipit, Rock Pipit (Nick Croft)
 * St James's Park: 2 Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * The Brook BR5: Little Grebe, Little Egret, 4 Redwing (Jack Headley)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands. 1 m, 2 f Goldeneye High Maynard pm (Loraine Meadows, Paul Lister, Sue Barry)
 * Waltham Abbey town centre (Cornmill): male Blackcap, 2 Mistle Thrush (Simon Papps)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, Snipe, Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 3 Teal, Chiffchaff, 3 singing Song Thrush (Chris Farthing)
 * Woodside Park Station: fem Sparrowhawk circling c9.15 (John Colmans)

Sunday 6th January 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 3 Egyptian Goose Boating Lake, 6 Pochard, Kingfisher, Fieldfare, 33+ Redwing, 39 Common Gull (APOG Birders)
 * Bayhurst Wood, Harefield: 3 Short-eared Owl hunting over the rough ground to the west of the wood from around 3pm (Martin Musselwhite)
 * Broomfield Park: 5 Northern Shoveler 2m 3f, 5 Tufted Duck 3m 2f, 9 Moorhen, Black-headed Gull - yellow darvic ringed 2BKT [summers Czech Republic] and red P.1 [The Netherlands ringed], 3 Common Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 25+ Starling (Robert Callf)
 * Canary Wharf: 1 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Mediterranean Gull (Tim Bray)
 * Cheshunt: Smew (drake, NW Bowyers Water), 10 Pochard, Shoveler, Chiffchaff (Jon Agar)
 * Crayford Viridor: juvenile Glaucous Gull (Dante Shepherd, Jamie Partridge); 6 Caspian Gull 5 1w including P895, 3w G0UT (Dante Shepherd, Jamie Partridge, Andrew Lawson, Jack Headley)
 * Crossness: 26 Linnet, 26 Goldfinch, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Avocet, 50 Shoveler, 40 Wigeon, 30 Shelduck, 70 Teal, 15 Cormorant (Patrick English)
 * Danson Park: Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Greylag Geese, Canada x Greylag Goose, Canada Geese, Egyptian Geese, Mallard, Coot, Moorhen, Herring Gull, Black-headed Gulls, Lesser Black backed Gull, Common Gull, Ring-necked Parakeet, Green Woodpecker, Song thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Magpie, Carrion Crow Goldfinch (Harry Halstead)
 * Denham Gravel Pits: No sign of Red-breasted Merganser by night fall, 2 m Goosander (Nick Croft)
 * Hackney Marshes: 2 Little Egret (Old R Lea), 2 Chiffchaff, 2+ Goldcrest (Alastair Dent)
 * Home Park, Hampton Court Palace: 9 Skylark on golf course, 43 Pied Wagtails in one flock in horse paddocks (Hugh Bradshaw)
 * Horton Country Park: 100+ Redwing, Fieldfare, Coal Tit (Julie Drewett)
 * Lamorbey Park: Little Grebe, Little Egret, 2 Egyptian Goose, 4 Cormorant, 2 Peregrine, 6 Teal, Stock Dove , Nuthatch (Mike Amos).
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern, 2 Water Pipit, 2 Jack Snipe, Kingfisher, 3 Pintail, 5 Snipe, Kestrel, Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk (WWT website). 3cy Yellow-legged Gull, 2cy Herring x Caspian Gull hybrid (Josh Jones)
 * Margravine Cemetery: 60+ Redwing, 51+ Goldfinch (Nathalie Mahieu, John Boorman).
 * Morden Hall Park: 2 Common Snipe, Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Siskin, 3 Redwing, Kingfisher, Little Egret, 2 Kestrel, 8 Teal (MHP Nature Group)
 * St James's Park: 2 Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * Stocker's Lake: 7 Goldeneye, m Red-crested Pochard, 10 + Wigeon, 3 Siskin (Nick Croft)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: min 11 Teal, 3 Pheasant, f Kestrel, Water Rail, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Skylark, 15 Redwing,flock of c35 Linnet, m Bullfinch, f Roe Deer (Neil Anderson)
 * Totteridge Valley: Red-legged Partridge (Substation), 230 Redwing, 4 Rook, Pied Wagtail, 17 Stock Dove, 10 Goldcrest, 61 Common Gull, 13 Black-headed Gull, 15 Fieldfare, 5 Bullfinch, Mistle Thrush, 2 Grey Heron, 10 Teal, Reed Bunting (Owl Field), 7 Nuthatch, 50 Starling, 5 Meadow Pipit, Sparrowhawk, 3 Greylag & Farmyard, 2 Common Buzzard, 51 Canada Geese, 2 Coal Tit, Kestrel, 2 Coot (Long Pond) (Samuel Levy & Simon Worsfold)
 * Trent Park: 25 Black-headed Gull, Kestrel, Kingfisher, Little Grebe, m Mandarin, 6 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 f Tufted Duck (Pete Lowman)
 * Wanstead Park: 18 Teal, 8 Gadwall, 2 Song Thrush, Goldcrest, 10 Siskin (Harry Harrison)
 * Yeading Brook meadows: 2 Teal, Red Kite, 6 Pied Wagtail, Redwing, 2 Bullfinch (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 5th January 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 3 Egyptian Goose Wood Green Res, 36 Common Gull, adult argentatus Herring Gull,6 Pochard, 49 Tufted Duck, Kingfisher, 3 Redwing E, Treecreeper (APOG Birders)
 * Boxer's Lake: 4 Northern Shoveler 2m 2f, m Common Pochard, 5 Tufted Duck m 4f, 7 Moorhen (Robert Callf)
 * Brent Reservoir: Jack Snipe, Woodcock, 13 Common Snipe, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk (Magnus Andersson, Eddie Wang, Andrew Haynes)
 * Brookmill Park: 2 Kingfisher, 2 Redwing, singing Song Thrush (Conrad Ellam)
 * Cheshunt: 2 Smew (Bowyers Lake), 3-6 Goosander, 11 Wigeon, 15 Lapwing, 2 Snipe, Rook, Peregrine Falcon, 2 -3 Buzzard, 3 Chiffchaff, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Treecreeper, 36 Siskin, 40+ Linnet, Reed Bunting, 8 Fieldfare, Redwing, m Stonechat, Water Rail, Little Egret (Nick Croft)
 * Crossness: 1 Goosander drake flew upriver @ 13:15, 2 Avocet off former Golf Centre (John Archer)
 * Dollis Brook: Finchley Central - Winter Bird Survey Highlights - Little Egret, m Blackcap, 3 Redwing, 3 Stock Dove, 5 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Common Gull, 2 Coal Tit. (Samuel Levy and Joan Arnold)
 * East India Dock Basin: 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Yellow-legged gull (Tim and Kevin Bray)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - Tawny Owl calling 06:45 (Samuel Levy)
 * Hall Place: Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Egyptian Goose, Mallard, Moorhen, Black-headed Gull, Feral Pigeon, Woodpigeon, Ring-necked Parakeet, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Wren, Blackbird, Mistle Thrush, Robin, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Goldfinch (Harry Halstead)
 * Highgate Woods: Pr Treecreeper feeding together, 6+ Nuthatch, 6-8 Golcrest, Kestrel in middle of woods, Peregrine overhead (Francis Tusa).
 * Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens: Serpentine/Long Water waterbird census - 1 Bar-headed Goose, 90 Greylag Goose incl 1 domestic, 135 Canada Goose, 74 Mute Swan, 55 Egyptian Goose, 11 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, 72 Mallard incl 5 domestic, 58 Pochard, 123 Tufted Duck, 1 Pochard x Tufted Duck hybrid, 2 Little Grebe, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 54 Moorhen, 228 Coot, 430 Black-headed Gull, 8 Common Gull, 26 Herring Gull, 8 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 13 Cormorant and 11 Grey Heron early-am, also 1 Little Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Redwing, 16 Long-tailed Tit and 2 Goldcrest the only other birds of note in Hyde Park (Niall T. Keogh)
 * Lamorbey Park : Little Grebe, 4+ Cormorant, 2 Egyptian Goose, 6 Teal c12 Tufted Duck, 3 Common Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay , Jackdaw (Mike Amos).
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern main lake (North shore), 7 Pintail main lake, 1 Shelduck main lake, 71 Lapwing main lake, 4 Snipe wader scrape, 17 Redwing flew over heading SW, 1 Water Pipit wader scrape, 1 Meadow Pipit sheltered lagoon, 1 Coal Tit South route feeders (WWT website). 2 Jack Snipe wader scrape, 1m Pintail sheltered lagoon (Martin Honey et al.)
 * Trent Park: Little Grebe, 2 Eurasian Teal pr, 3 Common Pochard 2f m, f Tufted Duck, 2 Goldcrest, 18+ Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit (Robert Callf) ; also 2 Little Grebe late afternoon. ( Pete Lowman )
 * Millfields E5: 2 Peregrine (m&f) on substation pylon, c100 Common Gull nr Millfields Rd (Alastair Dent)
 * Nazeing GP: first-winter Mediterranean Gull in the roost (Adam Wilson)
 * Pinner HA5: Red KIte, 8+ Redwing (Nigel Barratt)
 * Rainham RSPB: 20+ Pintail, 2 Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 6 Curlew, 34 Avocet (Aveley Bay), Black-tailed Godwit, c20 Dunlin, 15+ Snipe, Barn Owl, 2 Rock Pipit (sea wall), 3 Stonechat, c30 Redwing, m Blackcap (Neil Anderson/Bill Swinglehurst et al)
 * Richmond Park: c20 Siskin, Snipe, Sparrowhawk (Steve Woolfenden)
 * Thamesmere West Lake: 1 Common Buzzard perched in a tree, 1 Water Rail (John Archer)
 * The Brook BR5: 2 Little Grebe, 2 Greylag Goose, 3 Herring Gull, Little Egret, Grey Wagtail (Jack Headley)
 * Trinity Buoy Wharf: 1 Glaucous Gull, 1 Caspian Gull (Tim Bray) What ages and any pics? (Dante Shepherd)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 1 Stonechat (m) and 1 Kestrel (m) Bomb Crater Field (Alastair Dent)
 * Wanstead Flats: 1w Caspian Gull on Jub (Tony Brown)
 * Wanstead Park: c.10 Great Spotted Woodpecker, one Green Woodpecker, 5 Siskin, Sparrowhawk, 5+ Goldcrest, Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch, 11 Redwing (HarringayBirder)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Snipe, 6 Teal, 2 Chiffchaff, Peregrine, Coal Tit (Chris Farthing) Cettis Warbler, Reed Bunting, 3 Teal, Snipe, 2 Chiffchaff, 244 Coot (all late PM. Sam Jones)

Friday 4th January 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 3 Egyptian Goose Boating Lake, 7 Pochard, Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing, 40 Common Gull, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Green Woodpecker (APOG Birders)
 * Bayhurst Wood, Harefield: 2 Short-eared Owl hunting over the rough ground to the west of the wood from around 3pm (Martin Musselwhite)
 * Boxer's Lake: Grey Heron standing on nest, 5 Egyptian Goose incl two prs, 2 Northern Shoveler, 3 Tufted Duck m 2f, 67+ Black-headed Gull incl yellow darvic ringed T8UC [Polish ringed bird], 3 ad Common Gull (Robert Callf)
 * Brent Reservoir: Jack Snipe, Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 3 Greylag Geese (Andrew Self)
 * Brockwell Park: 2 Grey Heron, 14 Tufted Duck, 22 Mallard, 6 Coot, 12 Moorhen, 1 Herring Gull (over), 11 Black-headed Gull, Goldcrest, Long-tailed Tit, c. 300+ Ring-necked Parakeets in roost tree - difficult to count ! (Tony Stones)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, singing Song Thrush, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
 * The Brook BR5: 2 Little Grebe, Redwing (Jack Headley)
 * Chingford Plain: Song Thrush, Fieldfare (Harry Harrison)
 * Danson Park: 3 Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 11 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 7 Greylag Geese, 156 Canada Geese, 12 Egyptian Geese, 5 Tufted Duck, 51 Mallard, 84 Coot, 21 Moorhen, Water Rail, 17 Common Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 11 Herring Gull, 83 Black-headed Gulls, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Redwing, Song Thrush, Greenfinch, 2 pair Stock Doves (Ralph Todd)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Jack Snipe, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Teal 1m 2f, Kingfisher, Reed Bunting pair & 2 Shelduck on the Thames foreshore (John Bushell)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: Woodcock, 8 Red-legged Partridge, 11 Grey Partridge, 30+ Skylark,, 11 Redpoll, 40+ Chaffinch going to roost, 60+ Linnet, 4 Stock Dove, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Snipe, 4 Water Rail, Chiffchaff, Stonechat, Fieldfare, 10+ Redwing (Nick Croft)
 * Kingston KT2: Peregrine hunting around St Mark's church then perched on spire (P Pentek)
 * Kensington Gardens: Little Owl sitting inside a tree west side of park. (J Murray)
 * Lamorbey Park: Peregrine Falcon, 2 Mistle Thrush, c11 Teal, 5-6 Goldcrest, c7 Goldfinch, c8 Long-tailed Tit, Little Egret, 2 Egyptian Goose (Jack Headley)
 * Lee Valley: 1m and 1f Smew on Bowyers Water, 2pair Goosander on nearby flood relief channel (Andrew Gouldstone)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern, 1 Jack Snipe (possibly 2), 4 Common Snipe, 1 Water Pipit, 2 Cetti's Warbler calling, 1m Pintail (4 reported am) (Iain Darbyshire)
 * Margravine Cemetery: 2 Nuthatch, 35+ Redwing (estimated ca 50) (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Nonsuch Park: 3 Teal 2m f, patch first (Isaiah Rowe)
 * Pinner HA5 : 2 Red KIte, Goldcrest, Redwing (Nigel Barratt)
 * Richmond Park: 2 Dartford Warbler 9.00 (R Dunne) Red-legged Partridge (Holly Lodge), Greylag, 8 Shoveler, pr Teal, 33 Pochard, Little Grebe, Common Buzzard, Common Snipe, 5 Stonechat, Dartford Warbler (Neil Anderson + thanks to RP Bird Group for tip-off about DW); Raven (P Pentek)
 * RSPB Rainham Marshes: 1 Jack Snipe, 3 Snipe, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Pink-footed Goose (Tim Bray); 2 Caspian Gull ad, 1w (D man); 5 Little Egret, 29 Avocet, 25 Pintail, 41 Common Snipe, 5+ Water Pipit, 5 Stonechat, 12 Rock Pipit, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Marsh Harrier, 60 Dunlin, 49 Jackdaw, 3 Fieldfare, 30+ Redwing, Kestrel, 2 Peregrine m+f, 2 Common Buzzard, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 42 Rook, 2 Sparrowhawk, 37 Stock Dove, Barn Owl, Water Rail, Ruff (Samuel Levy, Dante Shepherd, Arjun Dutta, Calum Mckellar, Kabir Kaul, Alex Liddle, Ben Rumsby)
 * St James's Park: 2 Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * Staines Reservoir: The Great Northern Diver still present on south basin until 11.30 when it flew off south towards Queen Mary Reservoir. 2 Black-necked Grebe also on south basin but no sign of the Common Scoters from yesterday (John Edwards )
 * Trent Park: Little Grebe, 3 Pochard m 2f, 3 Teal 2m f, 2 f Tufted Duck (Pete Lowman)
 * Wanstead Park - Bush Wood: Blue Tit, Great Tit, Blackbird, Magpie, Long-tailed Tit, Wren, m Great Spotted Woodpecker (Paul Francis, who missed the Treecreeper seen today by JH)
 * Wanstead Park incl Chalet Wood: Blue Tit. Great Tit. Long-tailed Tit, Wood Pigeon, 2 Rose-ringed Parakeet, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Jay, Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan, Mallard, Feral Pigeon, Teal, Coot, Lesser Black-backed Gull, m & f Gadwall, 5 Redwing, Goldcrest (Paul Francis; sadly no LSW or Firecrest seen here or on the Flats)
 * Wanstead Flats: Blue Tit. Great Tit. Wood Pigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie, 2 Stonechat, Common Gull, Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan, Mallard, Feral Pigeon, Coot, Moorhen, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Tufted Duck (Paul Francis - who, at the top of the football pitches on the way to the Alex, found a Carrion Crow interested in a very old plastic beer mug, which I picked up as I was heading for Manor Park station and home. After the Alex I found a coffee cup, which was useful for putting the beer mug in, then the paper wrap for the coffee cup, a bread bag which these went in with some tissues, crisp bag, several beer cans and some small bits is clear plastic. Then a large clear plastic bag (bigger than a bag for life, which everything went in) and then a large cardboard toy box plus the large clear plastic tray and more beer cans. Most of this in the space between the path from the Alex across the scrub to the road leading to the station. I clearly should have asked for a litter picking stick from Santa. Hope you don't mind me sharing this; no replies needed.) Yup I was collecting several such bags a day during the warmer weather NC. Collection welcome from Totteridge (AM)

Thursday 3rd January 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Greylag Goose, Grey Wagtail, 85 Carrion Crow, Goldcrest (Sam Jones)
 * Bayhurst Wood, Harefield: 1 Short-eared Owl hunting briefly over rough ground (Nigel Barratt)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Chingford- Lower Hall Bridge over Outflow S. of William Girling Res.: 1 Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Egret & Pr. Grey Wagtail all in Channel - 1.15pm (Davey Leach).
 * Crayford: 2 1w Caspian Gull (Josh Jones, D man)
 * Connaught Water: 5 Goosander (3m), drake Mandarin, 2 Nuthatch, 20 + Redwing, 3 Fieldfare (Nick Croft)
 * Crossness NR/Foreshore: 85 Shoveler, 12 Redshank, 68 Gadwall, 28 Wigeon, 32 Lapwing, Heron, c250 Dunlin, 5 Cetti`s Warbler, 16 Shelduck, Grey Wagtail, c350 Teal, Kestrel, 5 Pochard, 2 Little Grebe, Stonechat (m) 2 Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull. (Bernie Weight)
 * Denham Gravel Pits: ( Last lake before Frays River pit4) Red-breasted Merganser rejoined Goosanders after spending time alone on next door lake. Began displaying to a Goosander female in group (Nigel Barratt)
 * Ealing W13: 2 female Blackcap in garden this morning (Bill Haines)
 * Erith: 2 1w Yellow-legged Gull (Josh Jones, D man)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: 3 Water Rail at dusk, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Mute Swan, Kingfisher, 4 Siskin, 4 Gadwall, 8 Little Grebe, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, c15 Long-tailed Tit, 2-3 Little Egret, 4 Goldcrest, Firecrest at far east end near public footbridge coming out at Riverside Rd, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, calling Bullfinch, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, c230 Jackdaw going to roost (Jack Headley)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - f Blackcap, 3 Stock Dove (Samuel Levy)
 * Guy Lodge Farm: 19 Common Gull including eight first-winter and one juvenile [unusual plumage at this time of year?] (Robert Callf)
 * Isle of Dogs: Yellow-legged Gull ad at Saunders Ness, 300 Common Gulls, Teal m (Sean Huggins)
 * Lee Valley, Bowyers Water: red-head Smew, 40+ Tufted Duck, 50+ Gadwall, Common Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, female Bullfinch (Simon Papps)
 * Lee Valley, Horsemill Stream (adjacent to Hall Marsh): 3 Goosander (1m, 2f), 120+ Siskin (Simon Papps)
 * RSPB Rainham: 1w Caspian Gull (on the river at 16:15), Barnacle Goose, 66 Shelduck, 37 Pochard, 17 Tufted Duck, 95 Stock Dove, 1 Water Rail, 34 Avocet, 2 Golden Plover, 64 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff, 210 Dunlin, 40 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 7 Yellow-legged Gull, 6 Marsh Harrier, 3 Buzzard, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Bearded Reedling, 12 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Stonechat, 10 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 40 Meadow Pipit, 4 Water Pipit, 3 Rock Pipit (Niall T. Keogh)
 * St James's Park: 2 Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * Springfield Park E5: drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker (Quentin Given)
 * Snaresbrook, Eagle Pond: 4w Caspian Gull (Josh Jones, D man)
 * Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver on N (and the South) Basin 10.00- 11.00), 2 Common Scoter (m & f), Black-necked Grebe on South Basin. (Simon Fogg)
 * Stoneleigh Station KT17: Green Woodpecker drumming (Neil Batten)
 * Sutcliffe Park: Little Egret, Song Thrush, 10 Redwing (John Bushell)
 * Thamesmead: 1w Yellow-legged Gull (Josh Jones, D man)
 * Totteridge Fields / Dollis Brook: 2 Raven, 5 Bullfinch (A.Middleton)
 * Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: 3 Coal Tit, 20 Black-headed Gull, 9 Herring Gull, 207 Redwing, 450+ Jackdaw (into roost), 50 Common Gull, f Peregrine, 85 Starling, 4 Stock Dove, f Sparrowhawk, 14 Bullfinch, 46 Fieldfare, 9 Teal, pair Mandarin Duck, Mistle Thrush, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 37 Rook, 5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Little Owl, 32 Canada Geese, Common Buzzard, 2 Coot (Samuel Levy)
 * Twickenham: 25 Mandarin Duck on River Crane at Kneller Gardens. (Tony Leppard)
 * Walthamstow Marsh: M Stonechat by boardwalk (Quentin Given)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 2 Green Sandpipers in  overflow, 2 Goosander (1m 1f), 1 Water Rail (No1), 1 Peregrine. (Daniel Whitelegg, Charlie Owens) Scaup, 3 Goldeneye, Goldcrest, Shelduck, 2 Grey Wagtail (Nick Croft)
 * William Girling Reservoir: 4 Black-necked Grebe (Nick Croft)

Wednesday 2nd January 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Drake Shoveler Boating Lake, 36 Common Gull, 48 Tufted Duck, 6 Pochard, 15+ Redwing (APOG Birders)
 * Bayhurst Wood (Harefield): Still 3 Short-eared Owl hunting over fields to the west of Bayhurst Wood from mid-afternoon. Access through woods - car park closes at 16:00 (Bill Haines).
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 2 Song Thrush (Conrad Ellam)
 * Broomfield Park: Greylag Goose, 4 Northern Shoveler 2m 2f, 10 Tufted Duck 6m 4f (Robert Callf) Where did you see the tufted duck? Would be a lifer for me (Greg) Tufted Duck are on just about every lake in the London area- shouldn't be difficult to see!!
 * Chistlehurst Common: Firecrest in thick Holly area along Ashfield Ln (Jack Headley)
 * Croydon: 60 Redpolls. (Croydon Birders)
 * Denham Quarry: m Red-breasted Merganser still present on the pit south of the railway (John Edwards), 6m and 4f Goosander with the Red-breasted Merganser. (Roger Dewey)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - 2 Blackcap m & f, 2 Stock Dove (Samuel Levy)
 * Foots Cray Meadows : 3 Grey Wagtail, Little Egret, 4 Song Thrush (3 singing),Great Spotted Woodpecker, Water Rail, 8 Little Grebe, 4 Gadwall, 15 Tufted Duck, 2 Egyptian Goose (Bernie Weight)
 * Grays Riverside: 172 Black-tailed Godwit, 60 Lapwing, 100+ Dunlin, 40 + Redshank (Nick Croft)
 * Greenwich Park: Redwing in deer enclosure (John Bushell)
 * Hackney E8: 2Goldcrest, 1 Greater Spotted Woodpecker on railway embankment 10:30 (Sue Barry)
 * Isleworth: 62 Egyptian Goose along the River Thames (roost flock at 16:20) (Niall T. Keogh)
 * Lee Valley: drake Smew on Friday Lake (Ian Bradshaw)
 * The Brook BR5: Water Rail, 2 Redwing, 14 Fieldfare, Little Egret, Grey Wagtail (Jack Headley)
 * Purfleet: 1 Pink-footed Goose, 26 Avocet, ad Kittiwake, 3 Little Egret, 15 Redwing, 120 Fieldfare. (Fraser Simpson)
 * Pymmes Park: ad Mediterranean Gull on Playing Field, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 pairs Shoveler 1.30 pm(Davey Leach)
 * Rainham RSPB: 24 Avocet, 40 Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, 40+ Dunlin, Snipe, 2 Curlew, 30+ Redshank, Short-eared Owl, Barn Owl, 3 Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, Bearded Tit, 4 Stonechat, Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, 14 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 40+ Meadow Pipit, 5 Skylark (Nick Croft) Brent Goose (RSPB) Merlin m, Caspian Gull 1w, 27 Avocet, 2 Water Pipits (Sean Huggins)
 * Richmond: 3 Egyptian Goose, 2 Mandarin Duck, 1 Common Sandpiper, 37 Cormorant, 2 Redwing along the River Thames near Corporation Island (Niall T. Keogh)
 * Richmond Park: 1 Canada Goose, 4 Mute Swan, 8 Egyptian Goose, 6 Mandarin Duck, 11 Shoveler, 65 Mallard, 36 Pochard, 21 Tufted Duck, 7 Moorhen, 21 Coot, 3 Cormorant, 6 Grey Heron, 115 Black-headed Gull, 49 Common Gull, 6 Herring Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull (flyover), 7 Stock Dove (1 singing), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 100+ Ring-necked Parakeet, 6 Jay, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 4 Treecreeper, 4 Goldcrest, 11 Redwing, 5 Meadow Pipit (Niall T. Keogh)
 * St James's Park: 2 Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * Thames foreshore by 02 Arena: Adult Yellow-legged Gull (John Bushell)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Chiffchaff, 21 Redwing, 17 Fieldfare, pair Bullfinch, Mistle Thrush, 4 Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, 8 Teal, Kestrel (John Colmans) 33 Black-headed Gull, 10 Goldcrest, 59 Common Gull, 26 Blackbird, 256 Redwing (into roost), 300+ Jackdaw (into roost), 7 Herring Gull, 7 Stock Dove, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 42 Fieldfare (into roost), 71 Ring-necked Parakeet (into roost), 15 Bullfinch (into roost - a new valley record), Greenfinch, 11 Teal, pair Mandarin Duck, 48 Starling, 2 Grey Heron, 15 Rook, Little Egret, 7 Meadow Pipit (into roost), Chiffchaff (calling Southern edge of Owl field), 23 Canada Geese, Little Owl, Tawny Owl, Woodcock (Cow Field), Coot (Long Pond). (Samuel Levy)
 * Trent Park: 3 Cormorant, m Goosander, 2 Little Grebe, 10 Mandarin 8m 2f, Nuthatch, m Pochard, Treecreeper, 2 f Tufted Duck (Pete Lowman)
 * Vineyard Passage Burial Grounds, Richmond: 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Jay (Niall T. Keogh)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands (N side 10.30-12): Peregrine, 3 Goldeneye (2m,1f), 5 Green Sandpipers in relief channel (Lol Bodini). 3 Goldeneye (m, 1cyf, f), Kingfisher (with a fish), m Sparrowhawk (Rhys Evans)
 * Wanstead Flats: 9 Skylark, 2 Kestrel, Little Owl nest prospecting (Rob Sheldon)
 * Wanstead Park: Firecrest, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Little Egret, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Grebe, 31 Teal (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wandsworth Common: Peregrine, Chiffchaff, 2 Redwing (Nick Rutter)
 * West Thurrock marshes: 200+ Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Curlew, 200+ Redshank, 200+ Dunlin, 2 Rock Pipit. 2 Shelduck (Nick Croft)
 * Wimbledon Common: Firecrest in holly near Putney Vale Cemetery (Peter Carlill)

Tuesday 1st January 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Little Egret briefly Wood Green Res, Peregrine, 2 Fieldfare, 30+ Redwing, 6 Pochard (APOG Birders)
 * Brent Reservoir: 14 Common Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 740+ Black-headed Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 male Reed Bunting (Roy Beddard, Peter Casselton)
 * Danson Park: Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Greylag Geese, Canada x Greylag Goose, Canada Geese, Egyptian Geese, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Coot, Moorhen, Herring Gull, Black-headed Gulls, Ring-necked Parakeet, Magpie, Carrion Crow (Harry Halstead)
 * Denham Quarry: Red-breasted Merganser (male) and single female Goosander still on pit nearest canal this morning (Roger Morton)
 * Duke's River Walk (Kneller Road Whitton to Old Isleworth): 2 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3m Blackcap, 1 Little Grebe (Iain Darbyshire)
 * E3 Antill Road: f Blackcap in garden (Harry Harrison)
 * Grosvenor playing fields, Hayes: Mediterranean Gull (Jim Fell)
 * Friern Barnet (North Circular, Friern Bridge Retail Park): 2 Peregrine (James Palmer)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: 3 Water Rail at dusk, Grey Wagtail, 2 Mute Swan, Chiffchaff, 2 Egyptian Goose, 6 Little Grebe, 4 Gadwall, c230 Jackdaw going to roost (Jack Headley) 2 Little Egrets in the Afternoon (Harry Halstead)
 * Hampstead Heath: 10 Redwing Cricket Pitch, 1 male Teal Sanctuary Pond. (BirdsMBS). 7 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Geese, 4 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 25 Mallard, 51 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 10 Moorhen, 43 Coot, 115 Black-headed Gull, 4 Common Gull, 5 Herring Gull, 6 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Stock Dove, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 25+ Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Jay, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Mistle Thrush (singing) (Niall T. Keogh). Treecreeper ,Goldcrest, 10 Long -Taied Tit ,5 Song Thrush ( singing) (Allan Stewart)
 * Hornsey: male Blackcap on feeder in garden (James Palmer)
 * Isle of Dogs: Mediterranean Gull adult on Thames shore at Saunders Ness (Sean Huggins)
 * King George VI Reservoir: 4 Red-legged Partridge on W concrete lip viewed from Staines Moor early pm. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Newton Park West, Rayner's Lane: 2 Teal, 2 Egyptian Geese - both new species for me in this park (Michael Robinson)
 * Purfleet: 1 Brent Goose, 20 Avocet, 1 Golden Plover, 489 Lapwing, 10 Curlew, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1st-w Caspian Gull, 2 Little Egret, juv + ad m Marsh Harrier, juv f Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 110 Fieldfare, 1 Rock Pipit (Fraser Simpson)
 * Rainham Marshes: 4 Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 20 Avocet, 7 Golden Plover, 136 Redshank, Barn Owl, 5 Water Pipit, Rock Pipit, 3 Stonechat, 13 Cetti's Warbler (Andrew Self, John & Janet Cadera)
 * Ravenor Park (Greenford): pr Egyptian Geese low through, c15 Redwing, singing Mistle Thrush (Neil Anderson/K. Bull)
 * Richmond Park: Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, 22 Pochard, 5 Teal, 10 Shoveler, 6 Mandarin, Stonechat, Great Black-backed Gull (P and S Pentek); 4 Tawny Owl (1 seen roosting, 3 heard), 3 Goldcrest, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Woodcock (P. Redmond)
 * Ruislip Lido/Woods: 65+ Shoveler, 2 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 3 Short-eared Owl (outside Bayhurst Wood in rough grassland, seen with Dick Middleton et al; showing well from 14.30), 7 Great Spotted Woodpecker (3 drumming), 20+ Redwing, 5 Nuthatch, c30 Lesser Redpoll in tall birches in Copse Wood (Neil Anderson/.K. Bull). Where is the best place to see the owls from (Grid ref)? I tried from Harvell Road but there doesn't seem to be any way to get through. Thanks, Bill Haines We just walked through Bayhurst Wood + entered grassland through broken down gate + would have been visible from there NA. Thanks, Neil. BH.
 * St James's Park: 2 Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
 * Staines Moor: 1 Little Egret, 11 Teal, 1 Common Snipe, 4 Kestrel,2 Stock Dove, 2 Stonechat, 25 Fieldfare, 14 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Meadow Pipit, 25 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff near burnt car on approach track from N end (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver on N Basin 1400- 1430 (Gordon Shaw)
 * Tottenham Marsh: F Stonechat just N of allotment. 3 Chiffchaffs on towpath by Reedham Crescent (Quentin Given)
 * Trent Park: 2 Coal Tit, Cormorant, 2 Egyptian Goose, 4 Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Pochard m f, 2m Shoveler, 2 Treecreeper, 2 f Tufted Duck (Pete Lowman), also Woodcock flushed Rough Lot (Robert Callf)
 * Tufnell Park N7: 1m Sparrowhawk, 11 Redwing, 1 Fieldfare on Huddleston Road (Reuben Braddock)
 * Twickenham Stadium: Common Buzzard, passed the north stand heading west over Hounslow (Tony Leppard)
 * Wanstead Flats: 3 Little Owl, 7 Skylark, 3 + Meadow Pipit, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Stonechat, Fieldfare, 4 Mistle Thrush (3 singing), 4 Linnet, 5 Chaffinch, Reed Bunting, Coal Tit, 2 Pochard, 10 Shoveler, 18 Gadwall, 2 Stock Dove (1 singing), 30 + Great Black-backed Gull (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest, Treecreeper, 3 Nuthatch, Kingfisher, 7 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Pochard, 18 Shoveler, 5 Gadwall, 37 Teal, 3 Water Rail, 21 Siskin, 3 Redwing, 4 Mistle Thrush (2 singing), Coal Tit, Grey Wagtail, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard (Wanstead Birders) (Hi, just wondered where on the flats I might best start searching for the LSW? - a life-time tick for me. TIA, Paul Francis) Ssorry Francis that should have said Wanstead Park.  I've had good views in Chalet Wood check the website for a map
 * West Harrow: Red Kite over pursued by half-a-dozen Carrion Crows plus male Blackcap in the garden - I haven't seen one here in months and this one turns up today for the new year-list. It's almost as if it knew! (Alex Massey)

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