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Monday 2nd September 2019

 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
 * Greville Place LNR NW6: Pied Flycatcher still (Francis O'Sullivan)
 * Hampstead Heath: Yellow Wagtail N, Grey Wagtail W, Also 20 Meadow Pipits over, and a Reed Warbler at the bowling green (Pete Mantle)
 * London Wetland Centre: Pied Flycatcher still, Whinchat, Garganey still, 2 Wheatear, Stonechat, 25+ Chiffchaff, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Hobby, 2 Wigeon, 4 Swift, 15 House Martin, 6 Snipe, 4 Blackcap (WWT website)
 * Panshanger Park: Osprey still - caught lge trout in osprey_lake c1240 [last yr's ad f - visits mainly after 11am] (Simon Radcliffe tweet)
 * Primrose Hill: Meadow Pipit fos SW 0735 (Twitter)
 * Rainham Landfill: 1cy Caspian Gull, 16 Yellow-legged Gull on adjacent R Thames (Josh Jones)
 * Regent's Park: Reed Warbler, 3 Spotted Flycatcher area-28 plantings [se cnr] still 08:55, 3 Nuthatch a28&30&39 (Twitter)
 * Richmond Park: Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher, 5 Wheatear, Whinchat, Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, Water Rail, Great Crested Grebe - second pair nesting, Cuckoo, Meadow Pipit, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, Pied Wagtail (juv) (RPBG)
 * St James's Park: Kingfisher (Frank Nugent)
 * South Lodge Farm "private access": 2 Northern Wheatear m & f/imm (Robert Callf)
 * Stanwell Moor: Greenshank, 2 Cettis Wabler (C Lamsdell)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: Fishing Lake: 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, Hobby, Grey Wagtail, 6+Chiffchaff, c20 Swallow. Main Pit: 1 Whinchat, N of pit, Spotted Flycatcher on causeway, 2+Tree Sparrow, 2 Hobby, Little Egret, Kingfisher, 2 Little Grebe. Garden Wood: Raven. (Tyttenhanger Birders)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 1 Whinchat Leyton Marsh [nw corner] (Alastair Dent)
 * Wanstead Flats: 3 Redstart, 2 Wheatear, 4 Whinchat, Spotted Flycatcher, Tree Pipit, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Swallow, 2 Sand Martin, 10+ House Martin, 5 Willow Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler, f Mandarin Duck, 2 Kestrel, Skylark, 6 Mistle Thrush (Wanstead Birders et al) "SSSI" 2 Jay, f Blackcap, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Paul Francis)
 * Wandsworth Common: Spotted Flycatcher, Garden Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Meadow Pipit over (Nick Rutter)
 * Woodford Green: Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher and Tawny Owl, all through (and imaged) by 8.30am. (Ken Murray)

Sunday 1st September 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Pied Flycatcher  usual spot, Wheatear, Reed Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 4+ Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, possible Leaser Whitethroat, Treecreeper, 2 Swift (APOG Birders)
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Little Egret, Lapwing, 7 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 6 Swift, 2 Spotted Flycatcher (Andrew Self)
 * Crossness: Peregrine, 2 Kestrel, 50 Lapwing, 2 Dunlin, 30 Redshank, 4 Common Sandpiper, 15 Black-tailed Godwit, Yellow-legged Gull, Common Tern, Barn Owl, Wheatear, Blackcap, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, {Weasel} (Conrad Ellam)
 * Dagenham Chase: Spotted Flycatcher, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, Bullfinch heard (Andrew Gouldstone)
 * Danson Park: Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, 33 Egyptian Geese, Mallard, Female Teal, Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, Cormorant, Moorhen, Coot, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Ring-necked Parakeet, Magpie, Blue Tit, Starling and Pied Wagtail (Harry Halstead)
 * Fairlop Waters: Pied Flycatcher, Common Sandpiper, Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail (Neil Twyford)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: Little Grebe, 4 Common Buzzard, 3+ Hobby, Common Whitethroat, Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, 2 Spotted Flycatcher (Ian Stewart)
 * Frogmore Lakes: incl 3 Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, House Martin, 14 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 4 Common Whitethroat, 4 Bullfinch, 4 Linnet (Alan Winn via BirdTrack)
 * Greenford "UB6": m Sparrowhawk flew out of back garden with small bird, {Painted Lady, 2 Comma} (Neil Anderson)
 * Greville Place Nature Reserve "NW6": Pied Flycatcher seen twice in hour. Found by Francis O'Sullivan (Michael E Robinson)
 * Hampstead Heath: 2 Whinchats Parliament Hill, where 100 House Martins, 2 Sand Martins were feeding, 3 Gadwall back on Highgate No1 pond (Pete Mantle)
 * Hampton: Short-eared Owl hunting over St Clares Sainsbury - Pic on my instagram - Robswildlondon
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 1 Wheatear (Tony Blake)
 * Home Park: Greenshank doing chi-chi-chi call repeated about six times over a minute south of Long Water at 09.45 (Mike Foster)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: incl Whimbrel over, Tawny Owl h, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 2+ Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat (Shaun Harvey tweet w/ Paul Hawkins)
 * Kingston Bridge: 1 adult Great Black-backed Gull perched on roof of building, 1 Egyptian Goose 16:30 (Neil Batten)
 * Lake Farm CP, Hayes: 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 15 Willow Warblers, 10 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Blackcap (Dave Morris per FJM)
 * London Wetland Centre: Pied Flycatcher still by field lab in wildside (Shailesh Patel); Garganey still, Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 3 Common Snipe, Kingfisher, 2 Wigeon, Water Rail, 7+ Chiffchaff, 2 Swallow SW (WWT website)
 * Millfields "E5": 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush (Alastair Dent)
 * Molesey GP: no sign Great Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper, Greenshank 0815 (Dave Harris tweet)
 * Page's Farm, Elstree: 1 Common Redstart again. View into field from kissing gate by sign to footpaths 8 & 37 in Hogg Ln TQ161963 - bird was in hedge that runs through field 11.45-11.55 often attended by a Robin, 1 Lesser Whitethroat (Tony Blake)
 * North Finchley: Sparrowhawk over High Road c16.30hrs (John Colmans)
 * Plumstead Common "SE18 11:55": Honey Buzzard over SW pestered by crow. My first (Patrick English)
 * Queen’s Wood "N10": Common Buzzard 10.00 (Matt Evans)
 * Raynes Park: 3 Common Buzzard calling heading NNW (apologies to Alfred Hitchcock and Cary Grant) at 15.15 (Paula Redmond)
 * Richmond Park: Great Egret, 2 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear, Kingfisher (Rebecca Dunne); Cuckoo juv still (Steve Woolfenden)
 * Rowley Farm: 4 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, Kingfisher, Grey Heron, Goldcrest, Willow Warbler, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 5 House Martin, 3 Egyptian Goose (Nigel Barratt)
 * Staines Moor: Hobby, 4 Wheater, Whinchat and 16 Yellow Wagtails (CL)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 4 Black-necked Grebe 2 on N basin mid am, 3 Common Sandpiper, 4 Wheatear SW corner of S basin mid am (Bob Warden, Franko J Maroevic); 1 Dunlin, 1 Ringed Plover through in evng, 1 Wigeon (Dave Morris per FJM)
 * Stoneleigh Broadway "KT17": 1 Cormorant w a.m. (Neil Batten)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 3 Pheasant, vocal juv Common Buzzard sitting in oak, juv Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, Kestrel, 8 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Swallow, female-type Wheatear, 10 Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 9 Reed Bunting, 23 Linnet, {Brown Argus, 2 Small Heath, Red Admiral} (Neil Anderson)
 * Tooting Commons: Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff (Alan Wilkinson)
 * Totteridge Valley: Pied Flycatcher old gropper_field [burnt patch] nr folly brook 0940 (John Colmans per Simon Worsfold tweet/BirdGuides); f/juv Common Redstart, 2 Swift (Samuel Levy); Spotted Flycatcher migrant hedge, 10+ Blackcap, 4 Willow Warbler, Sparrowhawk, 30+ House Martin, 6 Common Buzzard, 2 Nuthatch, Bullfinch, 8 Chiffchaff, 15 Swallow, Kestrel, Rook (Totteridge Valley Birders & NW London RSPB Group); {Weasel} (Simon Worsfold)
 * Trent Park: Spotted Flycatcher 'Clump' 0945 (Robert Callf)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: Little Egret, Common Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Whinchat still as prev'y 0840 (Rick Flesher tweet); "main gp" Green Sandpiper, c6 Tree Sparrow by fdr am (Steven Brown via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 1 Whinchat, 2 Reed Bunting, f Kestrel bomb crater field [nw corner], 6 Pied Wagtail, 2 Linnet rear paddocks (Alastair Dent)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 20 Swifts, 2 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Willow Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 5 Common Sandpipers, ad Common Tern being eaten by Peregrine, 2 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Shoveler, 5 Gadwall, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Little Egret (Walthamstow Birders)
 * Walton-on-Thames: ad Caspian Gull again on floodlight over Xcel football pitches 0940 (Dave Harris tweet)
 * Wanstead Flats  6+ Willow Warbler, 20+ Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, f/imm Pied Flycatcher, 6 Common Redstart 1m 5f/imm, 3 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear, 11 Yellow Wagtail over, 2 Tree Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Skylark, 4 Mistle Thrush, 2 Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, 10+ House Martin, Teal, f Mandarin Duck, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 3 calling Little Owl (Wanstead Birders et al)
 * Wanstead Park: Spotted Flycatcher OSW, Wheatear flushed from golf course, Swift, 3 House Martin, 10+ Chiffchaff, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, 7 Mistle Thrush, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 28 Gadwall, 17 Shoveler, [Budgie]  (Nick Croft)
 * Wimbledon Common: Spotted Flycatcher (Sarah Morrison)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Garganey, Pied Flycatcher, 2 Teal, 20 Shoveler, Common Sandpiper, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Swift, Sand Martin, 60 House Martin, also Kingfisher reported by fisherman (Chris Farthing & Tony Butler)
 * Woolwich Common: incl Kestrel, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Whitethroat, Whinchat, Linnet am (Tim Rymer tweet)
 * Yeading Brook meadows: Common Buzzard, probably 2 different Red Kite, Spotted Flycatcher  (Neil Anderson)

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