March 2015

Tuesday 31st March 2015

 * Alexandra Park: 2 Swallows, 2 Sand Martin over reservoir 18.30 (Brian Milligan)
 * Allen Gardens, Spitalfields: 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Pied Wagtails mobbing sprawk (John Archer).
 * Amwell GP: 2 Swallow N (Ron Cousins tweet); 3 Common Snipe flushed fr southeast cnr of Gt Hardmead Lk (Darren Bast via Herts BC)
 * Banstead Woods: m Firecrest singing in yews at west end of Fames Rough ploughed trip (Steve Gale via CFBW tweet)
 * Barnes: Harrods Village- Peregrine low over pond causing panic amongst Moorhens & then into dive towards allotments, singing Cetti's Warbler in am (Neil Anderson)
 * Beddington SF: 4ad Mediterranean Gull, Sand Martin (BFBG via Twitter)
 * Brent Reservoir: 8 singing Chiffchaff, 5 Meadow Pipits and a Green Sandpiper flying north (Andrew Self)
 * Brookmill Park: 2 singing Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Broomfield Park: 2 Little Grebe pr, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 10 Shoveler 6m 4f, 12 Tufted Duck 7m 5f, 1 male Pied Wagtail, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, 1 singing Chiffchaff (Robert Callf)
 * Canons Farm: 340+ Stock Dove on newly-raked fields (Steve Gale tweet)
 * Ewell Village: 1 Red Kite low NW and 1 Kestrel high E over Beggars Hill at 18:15 (Neil Batten).
 * Hampstead Heath: Blackcap singing at entrance to Ladies' Pond 13.30 (Liz Valentine)
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: m Scaup & Cetti's Warbler still (Des McKenzie tweet); f Goldeneye still (Ralph Hancock blog)
 * Minet CP: 2 singing Chiffchaff, 2 Little Egret, 2 Little Owl, 3 Teal, 10 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Bullfinch, 4 Linnet, 15 Goldfinch (Dave Bookless)
 * Oldings Corner Retail Park: f/imm Bullfinch (Stuart Fisher)
 * Orpington: 2 Little Egret next to Cray Avenue boating pond (Ray Tuck)
 * Pinner Park Farm: 4 Snipe, Sparrowhawk, Meadow Pipit, Green Woodpecker, 3 Stock Dove & 80 Jackdaw (Jon Ridge).
 * Russia Dock Woodland: Blackcap singing, 1pr Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Chaffinch singing, Wren (John Cadera)
 * Seventy Acres Lake: incl Holyfield Weir- 2 Goosander (pair by weir), Little Ringed Plover (from Bittern Info Point), singing Blackcap, 6+ singing Chiffchaff, Bullfinch (Simon Papps)
 * Southwark Park: 1pr Egyptian Geese, imm Grey Heron, Mistle Thrush, 80+ Carrion Crow on the playing fields (John Cadera)
 * Stanstead Abbotts: Green Sandpiper and 2 Redshank on Marsh Ln floods (Ron Cousins tweet)
 * Wanstead Flats: Sand Martin, 7 Shoveler, 6 Little Grebe, singing Meadow Pipit, 4 Skylark, 4 Chiffchaff, Kestrel, 2 Reed Bunting (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 6 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, 10 Chiffchaff, 5 Stock Dove (Nick Croft)
 * Watercress LNR nr St Albans: 2 Water Rail, 5+ Lesser Redpoll (Andrew Steele via Herts BC)
 * Wimbledon Park: lake- 64 Mute Swan, 10 Great Crested Grebe, wood & perimeter- 3 singing Chiffchaff, 1f Blackcap feeding on ivy berries (Martin Honey)

Monday 30th March 2015

 * Amwell GP: no sign K'wake at dawn (Ron Cousins tweet); 3 Sand Martin over viewpt (Ade Hall tweet)
 * Antill Road E3: Blackcap and Chiffchaff singing simultaneously in back garden (Harry Harrison)
 * Bexleyheath: Red Kite 15.30 (Richard Jones).
 * Bushy Park: Buzzard & Kingfisher at Dukes Head Passage (Martin Twycross)
 * Cranford CP: Little Egret, 10+ Meadow Pipits, 2 Skylarks, 3 Chiffchaff. (Sue Giddens).
 * Dagenham Chase: Skylark yr-1st (Vince Halley-Frame tweet)
 * East India Dock Basin: 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Shelduck, Kingfisher (Paul Hyland)
 * Ewell Village: adult male Pheasant at the Lower Mill (Neil Batten).
 * Gallions Reach: adult Kittiwake, Common Tern (KJMcmanus)
 * Grovelands Park: Firecrest singing male holly nr rangers hut until 10:30 at least (Robert Callf)
 * Harold Wood SW: 6 Shoveler, Buzzard, Cetti's Warbler singing (Colin Jupp via Essex BwS)
 * Hyde Park: f Goldeneye and m Scaup still (Joe Beale)
 * Kensington Gardens: Cetti's Warbler sang two or three times mid afternoon (Joe Beale)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Treecreeper, singing Nuthatch, singing Chiffchaff, 4+ Shoveler, pr Gadwall, 3 Pochard, 6 Song Thrush, Redwing (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2m Red-crested Pochard, 6 Redshank, 8 Common Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 singing Chiffchaff (Sheltered Lagoon), 6 singing Cetti's Warbler, 1f Reed Bunting (Martin Honey)
 * Panshanger Park: 1-2 Water Rail h in reedbed by Osprey_Lk (Pk tweet); 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff (Allan Burrows via Herts BC)
 * Pinner Park Farm: 2 Little Owl, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 5 Snipe, 7 Fieldfare, Redwing, 4 Mistle Thrush, Green Woodpecker, 5 Stock Dove, 6 Canada Goose & 83 Jackdaw (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham RSPB: 2 Swallow (RSPB blog)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: 30+ Shoveler still, 2 Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Redwing (RPBirders)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: Shelduck, 3 Redshank, 6m Cetti's Warbler, 3m Chiffchaff (Alan Meadows via Herts BC)
 * St James's Park: Reed Bunting (my first Park record) flew onto the Willow next to the reedbed by Cafe at c08:55, Blackcap in the shrubbery opp, 3 Chiffchaff, imm Great Black-backed Gull on the Pelican Rocks, drake Ruddy Duck, Pied Wagtail am, Grey Wagtail on West Island pm (Frank Nugent). 10 Coot nests now, and 4 Egyptian Goose goslings from two broods on site. (Matt Reed).
 * South Norwood Lake 1 singing Blackcap, 6 singing Chiffchaff (John Watson)
 * Staines Reservoir: 5 Black-necked Grebe, Buzzard, Great Northern Diver, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatcher (Jim Sweetland); Curlew, Redshank (Dave Carlsson tweet)
 * Wanstead Flats: 10 Shoveler, 4 Little Grebe, 2 singing Blackcap, 4 singing Chiffchaff, 2 Redwing, 6 Meadow Pipit, 4 singing Skylark, Reed Bunting, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 12 singing Chiffchaff, 3 singing Blackcap, 7 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, Kingfisher, Little Egret, Peregrine Falcon, 3-4 Sparrowhawk, pr Great Crested Grebe, 2 Coal Tit, Nuthatch, 2 Bullfinch, Meadow Pipit (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan)
 * West Hyde: 10 Skylark, Yellowhammer, 2 Corn Bunting singing (Anna Marett/Joan Thompson via Herts BC)
 * Wimbledon Common: Stonechat f Ladies' Mile (David Wills).
 * Woldingham: 3 Red Kite feeding on fox, 2 Raven, 9 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Egyptian Goose, 5 Lapwing. (J.Barnes)
 * Woodlands Farm: Bullfinch pair, 3 singing Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: Peregrine, Woodcock, 3 Chiffchaff singing, 3 Meadow Pipit displaying (Roy Nuttall per WS tweet)

Sunday 29th March 2015

 * Amwell GP: ad Kittiwake Gt Hardmead Lk fr viewpoint evg (BirdGuides); still 1920 so may roost, also 2 Sand Martin N (Laurence Drummond via Herts BC)
 * Brent Reservoir: Green Sandpiper, 4+ Snipe, Chiffchaff singing near Bridge carpark (Leo Batten, Roy Beddard, Andrew Verrall, Michael Robinson)
 * Brookmill Park: 2 Song Thrush, 3 singing Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Finsbury Park: 1 singing Chiffchaff in N4 gardens (George Sawtell)
 * Harrow School Fields: 9 Fieldfare, 5 Stock Dove (Michael Robinson)
 * Hyde Park: m Scaup, f Goldeneye both still on Serpentine (Ralph Hancock's blog)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 adult Kittiwake until c11.15, 4 Redshank, 3 Snipe (WWT website); 2+ Jack Snipe (wader scrape & grazing marsh), fem Pintail (Ian Bradshaw)
 * Marble Arch: 1 Ring-necked Parakeet flew into trees on Marble Arch traffic island from Oxford Street north side c14:30 (Neil Batten).
 * Osterley Park: Coal Tit, Cormorant, 3 Egyptian Goose, 2 Gadwall, Goldcrest, 2 Great Crested Grebe at nest, Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron, 4 Herring Gull, 102+ Jackdaw, Kingfisher, Little Owl, 3 Mandarin, Mistle Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail, 7+ Ring-necked Parakeet, 6 Shoveler (Richard Woolley).
 * Panshanger Park: Water Rail and Cetti's Warbler calling fr reedbed by Dragonfly & Duck Trail (Jennifer Gilbert via Herts BC)
 * Pinner Park Farm: Little Owl, 2 Kestrel, 10 Fieldfare, Redwing, 48 Jackdaw, Jay, 10 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Herring Gull, Grey Heron & 4 Stock Dove (Jon Ridge).
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: c20 Lesser Black-backed Gull yr-high and c80 Herring Gull waited out main rainstorm on lake then left NE 1530 just before last storm arrived, also 2 Black-headed Gull 1w, 2 Chiffchaff (RPBirders)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: pr Teal, Little Egret, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff (Malcolm Hibberd)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Great Northern Diver, 5+ Black-necked Grebe on S basin, 1 Scandinavian Rock Pipit near tower at W end of N basin, 1 Peregrine hunting over N end 10.36 (Franko J Maroevic); Little Ringed Plover, Curlew (Twitter)
 * Tottenham Lock: 4 Red-cresteed Pochard 3m f on river just south of Ferry Lane briefly c18.00 (Quentin Given).
 * Wanstead Flats: Reed Bunting, 4 Chiffchaff (Dan Hennessy/Bob Vaughan)
 * Wanstead Park: 10 Chiffchaff, pr Teal, 19 Shoveler, pr Great Crested Grebe (Dan Hennessy)

Saturday 28th March 2015

 * Beddington: 1 female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker edge of Hundred Acre Wood before 8 am (Jason Simpson)
 * Brent Reservoir: Little Egret, 2 displaying Lapwings, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, Chiffchaff singing Dump (Andrew Verrall).
 * Brookmill Park: 2 singing Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Croxley Common Moor: Little Egret, pr Grey Wagtail at nest site (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * Dagenham Chase: Mediterranean Gull 1st winter with Hungarian ? ring on right leg on slack 1:50pm-c2:45pm. (Vince Halley-Frame).
 * Dartford Marshes: Green Sandpiper, Corn Bunting (Andrew Lawson via Kent OS)
 * Highgate: Lesser Whitethroat [overwintered?] showed well in gdn briefly 1110 (BirdGuides) This was my report to BirdGuides. We had excellent but brief views of the bird just a few feet from our kitchen window. Presumably it has overwintered somewhere in the country, since this seems very early for a migrant. It was generally quite washed out in appearance. I have no idea if it might have been from the east, but cameras are now at the ready if it returns. It was associating with the 3 blackcaps which have been with us since January, so our eyes are peeled. (Matt Evans)
 * Kensington Gardens/Hyde Park: Red Kite SE at 12:10 (John & Janet Cadera); m Scaup, f Goldeneye & Cetti's Warbler still (Des McKenzie tweets); f Goldeneye still east Serpentine (Ralph Hancock's blog incl photo of Red Kite)
 * Kensington Green: pair Grey Wagtail, 1 Cormorant S/SW (John Watson)
 * Littleton North Lake: ad Mediterranean Gull fsp (Mark Elsoffer tweet) TQ055675
 * London Wetland Centre: 1f Pintail, 6 Redshank, 6 Common Snipe, 1m Sparrowhawk, 3 Reed Bunting 2m f (Martin Honey); 5 Meadow Pipit NW (WWT website)
 * Pinner Park Farm: Red Kite over, Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 4 Snipe, 9 Meadow Pipit, 13 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Stock Dove, 122 Jackdaw & 30 Black-headed Gull west (Jon Ridge)
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: 2 Oystercatchers, Curlew (Aveley Bay), fem Marsh Harrier (Silt Lagoons), Little Ringed Plover (MDZ), 6+ Black-tailed Godwits (Target Range flood) (Ian Bradshaw)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: wintering Black-headed Gull 1w still, Jackdaw, Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, Chaffinch nest-bldg (RPBirders)
 * Richmond Park: 5 Reed Bunting, f Stonechat, Little Egret - all around Pen Ponds (Steve Woolfenden)
 * St Margarets TW1 (River Crane): 1 pair Red-crested Pochard (Prue Bell)
 * Southall: Red Kite over central Southall TQ1280 moving NW (P J Belman)
 * Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver, 9 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank, littoralis Rock Pipit (Dominic Pia tweet); 4 Oystercatcher (David Darrell-Lambert tweet)
 * Stocker's Lake: f Goldeneye still, 9 Little Egret (Herts BN tweet)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 2 Scaup m f still on Lockwood also a female Goosander, Red Kite low W over Lockwood at 1020 (David Bradshaw)
 * Walton Res: Bessborough and Knight Reservoirs- 3 Goosander, 2 Oystercatcher mid am. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Wanstead Flats: 3-4 Reed Bunting, Redwing, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Shoveler, Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 4 singing Chiffchaff (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: Water Rail, 8 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, pr Great Crested Grebe, Kingfisher, singing Blackcap, 8 singing Chiffchaff, 4 Redwing, 10 Lesser Black-backed Gull over (Nick Croft/Tim Harris)
 * Wimbledon Common: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker pair on north side of Lady's Mile 8:30am, also Marsh Tit, 4+ singing Chiffchaff (Balham Birder) [Are you sure it was a Marsh_Tit?] Sorry only just seen this - yes very sure it was a Marsh Tit, it didn't call, but the white mark on the upper mandible would rule out (the far more unlikely) Willow_Tit. Told a local birder I bumped into, and he said there was often one in the area, which did surprise me, but as this isn't my local patch didn't think too much of it [BB]
 * Woldingham: 5 Red-legged Partridge, Grey Partridge, 3 Lapwing TQ3860158128 (Mark Elsoffer tweet)

Friday 27th March 2015

 * Brent Reservoir: Green Sandpiper, 4 Snipe, Chiffchaff singing N.Marsh (Bob Husband, Andrew Verrall).
 * Bromley: Red Kite over St Paul's Cray 9am (Mark Crook)
 * Brookmill Park: Mute Swan, Mandarin, Song Thrush, 2 singing Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Green Park: Stock Dove (Matt Reed).
 * Hampstead Heath: Woodcock low NW over Parliament Hill at c10:45, 3 Common Buzzard first drifted slowly W from 11:20 then two together NE from c13:00, 3 Linnet -2 perched briefly in a tree on Parliament Hill at 11:30 a quick burst of song then NW & 1 flyover NW later, 7 Chiffchaff incl 3 at Sanctuary Pond where also 1m Blackcap, 18 Meadow Pipit NW nearly all pm, 4 Shoveler, 12 Redwing, Kingfisher over Parliament Hill Fields (Frank Nugent).
 * Horsenden Hill: Woodcock flushed Horsenden Wood early pm, also Redwing, Blackcap and 7+ Chiffchaff (Andy Culshaw).
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: m Scaup, f Goldeneye & Cetti's Warbler still, 2 Meadow Pipit over (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * KGV Res: 1 Swallow, 1 White Wagtail male, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 13 Goldeneye, 11 Goosander, 15 Meadow Pipit (Tony Clancy)
 * London Wetland Centre: Common Buzzard SE at c13:30 (Catherine Beazley); 1+ Jack Snipe grazing marsh, 6 Redshank (Martin Honey)
 * Mayesbrook Park: Mediterranean Gull (Paul Hawkins tweet)
 * Notting Hill: Ladbroke Square Gardens from Kensington Park Road- Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming for 10 minutes in tall Beech Tree from 6am. (Angus Innes)
 * Pinner Park Farm: 3 Little Owl, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 7 Snipe, 21 Redwing, 11 Fieldfare, 4 Mistle Thrush, Meadow Pipit, 11 Stock Dove, 12 Jackdaw, 3 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Nuthatch & 5 Long-tailed Tit (Jon Ridge).
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: c8 Little Grebe -much trilling & chasing, 4 Great Crested Grebe 2pr, 2 Black-headed Gull -nearly all gone, 1 Common Gull -ditto, 7 Chiffchaff, Tree Pipit [Ldn yr-1st] flew low up Hill calling & perched briefly in favoured grove south of viewpt area 50 (NB diagnostic wagging -cf flicking- of its tail -more slowly & rhythmically than a mipit) then cont'd NW 1250 (the only pipit obs'r saw all day -no dawn vismig-watch due to disturbance on Hill), 2 Redwing, Reed Bunting still singing a32 at 0730 (RPBirders)
 * Richmond Park: Little Egret (Surrey BC)
 * Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver, 8 Black-necked Grebe, Oystercatcher, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Curlew, Dunlin, 3 Redshank (Dominic Pia tweet)
 * Stanstead Abbotts: 2 Oystercatcher in flooded field of Cappell Ln (Maureen Lead via Herts BC)
 * Stocker's Lake: Osprey [Ldn yr-1st] swooped briefly fr on high then E up Colne Valley 1200 (David Neal via Herts BC); also 3 Red-crested Pochard 2m, 7 Little Egret, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Chiffchaff (Anna Marrett/Joan Thompson via Herts BC)
 * The Commons LNR (Welwyn Garden City): 20+ Linnet (Keith Smith via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 2 Scaup Lockwood still, Lapwing E (David Bradshaw tweet)
 * Wanstead Flats: 5 territorial Skylark, 12 Meadow Pipit 2 singing & 10 N, singing Stock Dove, Sparrowhawk f, 2 Kestrel, 4 Shoveler, 1m Gadwall, 1m Pochard, 4 Little Grebe, 7 Chiffchaff, singing Blackcap (Nick Croft/Tim Harris)
 * Wanstead Park: Water Rail, 11 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, f Teal, pr of Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk m, 9 singing Chiffchaff (Nick Croft)
 * Wimbledon Common: 2 Firecrest m&f hollies adjacent to Putney Vale Cemetery (Peter Carlill/Neil Bostock)
 * Wood Green: Common Buzzard low over Birdwatch office then E at 12.20 (David Callahan, Ian Lycett, Rebecca Armstrong).
 * Woolwich Common: 2 Chiffchaffs singing, 2+ Redwings, 3 Long-tailed Tits, 1 Kestrel, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipits over, also 1 male Brimstone Butterfly (Joe Beale)

Thursday 26th March 2015

 * Belmont Open Space Cockfosters: Tawny Owl regularly hooting (Bob Husband)
 * Brookmill Park: Sparrowhawk, singing Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Cleveland Park, Ealing: singing Chiffchaff - not a species usually recorded here (Bill Haines)
 * Cornmill Gardens: Kingfisher (Tom Moulton)
 * East India Dock Basin: 1 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Shelduck, 17 Tufted Duck, 32 Teal (John Archer)
 * Ewell Village: 3 Grey Wagtail, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Goldcrest, pair of Sparrowhawk displaying above Bourne Hall (Neil Batten).
 * Foots Cray Meadows: Siberian Chiffchaff still on islands in lake (Ian Stewart per JA)
 * Greenwich Peninsula: 2 Oystercatcher on mud by O2 (John Archer)
 * Grovelands Park: m Firecrest singing 13.45-14.15 in holly by rangers hut. (Simon West)
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: m Scaup, f Goldeneye & Cetti's Warbler still (Des McKenzie tweets)
 * London Wetland Centre: 4 Redshank, 10 Snipe, 8 Cetti's Warbler singing, 5 Chiffchaff, 15 Meadow Pipit NW (WWT website)
 * Margravine Cemetery: 4 House Sparrow, 50+ Woodpigeon eating tree buds, 2 Mistle Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Pinner Park Farm: Common Buzzard, Little Owl, Kestrel, 7 Snipe, 21 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush, 3 Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, 4 Stock Dove, 85 Jackdaw & 2 Grey Heron (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham RSPB: 22 Pintail, 10 Little Egrets, pr Marsh Harrier, 6 Golden Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Curlew, 17 Snipe, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Chiffchaffs (per ELBF)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: m Shelduck -f now incubating, 3 Chiffchaff, Blackcap -pm visit (RPBirders)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: pr Kingfisher incubating (RSPB tweet)
 * St James's Park: Peregrine & Sparrowhawk both soaring over the Park this pm (Frank Nugent).
 * Staines Reservoir: 3 Redshank, Water Pipit fsp (Dominic Pia tweet)
 * Stanstead Abbotts: Green Sandpiper Cappell Ln nr Medivets (Jane Free via Herts BC)
 * Trent Park: 4 Mandarin Duck 3m 1f upper lake, 2 Grey Wagtail water-outlet lower lake (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 3 Scaup, 2 Green Sandpiper, 6+ Sand Martin, Wheatear on Lockwood (Paul Whiteman tweet)
 * Wanstead Flats: 3 Redwing, Fieldfare, Reed Bunting, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 singing Skylark, 6 Chiffchaff, Kestrel, 3 Shoveler, 4 Little Grebe (Bob Vaughan/Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: Bullfinch, Water Rail, Kingfisher, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 14 Gadwall, 6 Shoveler, 3 Redwing, 5 singing Chiffchaff, 2 Meadow Pipit (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan)
 * Watford: Peregrine W over town centre 1350 (Martin Searle via Herts BC)
 * Wimbledon Common: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, cock Pheasant, Common Snipe, first singing Blackcap. (David Wills).

Wednesday 25th March 2015

 * Alexandra Park: 10 Shoveler (2 Boating Pond & 8 Wood Green Reservoir), Pochard hybrid (Boating Pond), Little Grebe (Boating Pond), Great Crested Grebe (Wood Green Reservoir), singing male Blackcap (just N of Conservation Pond), 3+ Chiffchaffs (Conservation Wood/W boundary of reservoir), 4 Redwings (W Deer Enclosure) (Dominic Mitchell)
 * Bayford: 2 Barn Owl (Keith Smith via Herts BC)
 * Brookmill Park: Mute Swan, Mandarin, Sparrowhawk, 2 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bushy Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker calling from Round Plantation, 9 Skylark, Cetti's Warbler h Duke's Head Passage viewpt, 3 Chiffchaff, Wheatear, 4 Meadow Pipit (Regents Park Birds)
 * Chessington: Red Kite over gdns 1345 then drifting SW (Geoff Barter tweet)
 * Crossness: 2 Green Sandpiper (Steve Carter via Birding London facebook)
 * Dagenham Chase: Red Kite NW 1640 (Vince Halley-Frame tweet)
 * Frogmore Lakes nr Radlett: Raven over calling (Alan Winn via Herts BC)
 * Greenwich Park: 1 Little Grebe, 4+ Redwings, Meadow Pipit over (Joe Beale)
 * Grovelands Park: 14 Shoveler, 3 Tawny Owl 2 hooting & 1 calling 05:05-05:20, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker seen in flight 06:10 and heard singing 06:25, 2 Redwing, Chiffchaff singing, 2 Firecrest pr displaying incl male singing 06:50-07:10, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 2 singing m Greenfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Hampstead Heath: 2 Kingfisher pr at Sanctuary Pond late pm (Frank Nugent).
 * Herne Hill: Red Kite flying southwest c17.30 (Peter Flockhart)
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: m Scaup, f Goldeneye & Cetti's Warbler still, 2 Chiffchaff singing, 5 Redwing, 3 Meadow Pipit over (Des McKenzie tweets)
 * Ladywell Fields: 6 Stock Dove, Nuthatch, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Grey Wagtail (C White tweet)
 * Leyton Flats/Snarebrook: Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch, 4 Redwing, Coal Tit, 10 Shoveler, Little Egret E (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: 11 Common Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe (near sluice close to Wildside hide), 2 singing Reed Bunting, 5 singing Chiffchaff, 3 Redshank (Martin Honey); Little Egret grazing marsh, Nuthatch entrance area (WWT website)
 * Lower Morden: Little Egret on Pyl Brook (Bob Smith)
 * Maple Cross: Yellowhammer singing (Chris Bessant via Herts BC)
 * Morden Cemetery: Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Little Owl (Bob Smith)
 * Panshanger Park: Woodcock (Tim Hill/Jennifer Gilbert via Herts BC)
 * Pinner (Cannon Lane): Grey Wagtail over (Jon Ridge).
 * Pinner Park Farm: Common Buzzard, Little Owl, 3 Snipe, 28 Meadow Pipit (grounded), 19 Fieldfare, 9 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 46 Jackdaw, 13 Stock Dove, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch & 10 Goldfinch (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham RSPB: 3 Buzzard, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Raven, pr Bearded Tit, 2 Sand Martin, 6 Chiffchaff, 2m Blackcap (per ELBF); 3 Buzzard, 4 Little Ringed Plover (RSPB sightings log)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: 14 Black-headed Gull E, 19 Woodpigeon N, 31 Meadow Pipit N/NW, Chaffinch NE, Greenfinch W - Hill vismig 05:50-07:50, also 5 Kestrel 2pr & f interloper, Redwing, Reed Bunting singing Wetland Pen area 32 (RPBirders); 8 Stock Dove 6 on playing fields & 2 at Pen, also Green Woodpecker, fm Kestrel (John Cadera)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: pr Teal, Little Egret, f Sparrowhawk, c30 Woodpigeon (gathering late afternoon then flying E in two flocks), Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, Long-tailed Tit (Malcolm Hibberd)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: Shelduck, 2 Redshank, 5 Common Snipe, Peregrine over, 4+ Cetti's Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff (Drew Lyness via Herts BC)
 * Staines Reservoir: 7 Black-necked Grebe, Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Redshank (Dominic Pia tweet); Great Northern Diver (Surrey BC)
 * Stanstead Abbotts: Barnacle Goose in Cappell Ln goose field by Medivet (Darren Bast tweets); 169 Golden Plover in field by Hunsdon Rd (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
 * Stocker's Lake: pr Red-crested Pochard, 3 Goldeneye, 8 Little Egret, 3 Oystercatcher (Anna Marett per Herts BC)
 * Sutcliffe Park: Little Egret, Little Grebe, Mute Swan, Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Conrad Ellam)
 * The Commons LNR (Welwyn Garden City): 2 Red Kite, 20+ Linnet -first decent flock this winter, 2 Yellowhammer (Keith Smith/Keith Dean via Hert BC)
 * Totteridge Valley: incl Folly Farm/Darlands Lake- 4 Buzzard, Blackcap singing, 4 Lapwing, 8 Teal, Bullfinch male, large flocks of Common Gull on fields (Tony Clancy)
 * Town Park, Enfield: 1m Pochard, 2m Tufted Duck, 2 Grey Wagtail pr, 1f Blackcap, Chiffchaff singing (Robert Callf)
 * Wanstead Flats: 30+ Meadow Pipit (3 singing males), Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 4 singing Skylark, 6 Chiffchaff (4 singing), Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 1-2 Reed Bunting, 10 Shoveler, 3 Pochard, 6 Little Grebe, 7 Redwing (Nick Croft/Tim Harris/Dan Hennessy)
 * Wanstead Park: Water Rail (Shoulder of Mutton), 17 Shoveler (Ornamental Waters) (Tony Brown)
 * Whippendell Wood: Woodcock flushed fr Strawberry Fields area (Ian Bennell via Herts BC)
 * Whitings Hill/Arkley Fields South: 15 Meadow Pipit, pair Buzzard over, male Blackcap singing and seen, Sparrowhawk through, Skylark singing over farmers fields (David Martens)

Tuesday 24th March 2015

 * Abbey Road NW8: Sparrowhawk preening in cherry blossomed tree (B Ross)
 * Alexandra Park: Blackcap heard north of Conservation Pond 1730 (Bob Watts)
 * Barnes: Harrod's village- freshly-dead Woodcock on lawn by large pond (small wound & few plucked body feathers), singing Cetti's Warbler (Neil Anderson)
 * Beddington SF: Willow Warbler singing c10:12am (per BFBG tweet)
 * Brent Reservoir: Neasden Rec (Brent Res S Bank)- Red Kite drifting N 14.20, 1 Sand Martin, 1 Little Grebe, pr Shoveler (Davey Leach); 3 Curlew flew in to feed on mud, 10 Common Snipe, 1 Water Rail, Great Black-backed Gull 2w (Roy Beddard, Bob Husband)
 * Brickendon: 10+ Lesser Redpoll private wood (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
 * Brookmill Park: Common Buzzard, Mute Swan, Mandarin, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Brixton: Saltoun Rd- 1 (presumably very lost) gray wagtail. (R Bell)
 * Cranford CP: 25+ Meadow Pipits, pr displaying Skylark, 3 singing Chiffchaff, 6 Stock Dove, 1 Curlew over heading towards Heathrow at 10.30am, 8 singing Goldcrest, pr Mistle Thrush (Wendy Marks)
 * Crayford Marshes: incl Thames & foreshore- 5 Common Scoter (4m1f), 40 Teal, 2 Gadwall, 7pr Wigeon, f Marsh Harrier NE, Curlew, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 89 Redshank, Spotted Redshank, 3 Common Gull, Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, 20 Linnet, Reed Bunting, Howbury Farm/Landfill- 4 Little Egret, 18 Teal, Pheasant, 5 Stock Dove, 150+ Woodpigeon, 8 Fieldfare, Song Thrush, Cetti's Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, 160+ Starlings, 10 Greenfinch (Ralph Todd)
 * East India Dock Basin: 1 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Kestrel pr displaying then S, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Shelduck, 24 Tufted Duck, c150 Teal, Pied Wagtail (John Archer).
 * Feltham: Hounslow Rd- Sparrowhawk flying across the road at a very low level struggling to carry Woodpigeon prey (Rob Mills)
 * Green Park: pair of Mistle Thrush. (Matt Reed).
 * Grovelands Park: 14 Shoveler, 2 Chiffchaff incl 1 singing, m Firecrest singing until at least 18:00 (Robert Callf)
 * Headstone Moat: singing Chiffchaff, Blackcap tuning up, singing Goldcrest, drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Jackdaw & 2 Long-tailed Tit (Jon Ridge).
 * Hither Green: 4 Red Kites circling and drifting SW 15.30pm (Dave Burt)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: Little Ringed Plover WC2 lagoon island (Matt Farmer via HSP blog); 2 Little Ringed Plover (Surrey BC)
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: m Scaup, f Goldeneye & Cetti's Warbler still, 2 singing Chiffchaff, 7 Redwing, 4 Meadow Pipit over, c40 Goldfinch (Des McKenzie tweets); Willow Warbler [Ldn yr-1st] singing very quietly nr Cetti's_Warbler 9.55am (Tony Duckett); Great Black-backed Gull 2w Long Water (Ralph Hancock blog)
 * Island Barn Reservoir: ad Kittiwake -perh Regent's Park bird- 14:45-14:55 then NW (Dave Harris tweet, BirdGuides) photos fr both sites show primary patterns on underwings are identical (P5 on L underwing has tiny black spot -not duplicated on R underwing) so must be the same bird
 * KGV Reservoir: 6 Black-necked Grebe (BirdGuides)
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Mandarin, Red Kite, Buzzard, 4 Jack Snipe, normal islandica Black-tailed Godwit, 139 Cormorant, 2 Water Rail, 11 Chiffchaff, 2 Continental Coal Tit. (R.Kaye)
 * Mardyke Valley: M25 south to Thurrock Hotel- 44 Teal, 8 Little Egret, Snipe, 2m Cetti's Warbler, m Chiffchaff, 2m Song Thrush, 11 Redwing (Howard Vaughan per ELBF)
 * Margravine Cemetery: 3 House Sparrow, pr Coal Tit, Green Woodpecker (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Oxted SP: Little Ringed Plover, 4 Sand Martin (Surrey BC) TQ371522
 * Pinner Park Farm: Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, Little Owl, 3 Snipe, 14 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, 32 Jackdaw, 7 Stock Dove & 5 Grey Heron (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham RSPB: 5 Common Scoter 4m f mid-river 1345 -also seen fr Crayford Marshes (per ELBF, BirdGuides); 3 Marsh Harrier 2f m, f Sparrowhawk, Little Ringed Plover, 20 Curlew, 14 Black-tailed Godwit, Spotted Redshank, 7m Chiffchaff (per ELBF)
 * Regent's Park: ad Kittiwake [Ldn yr-1st] boating lake c11:00-13:00 then W (Tony Duckett et al)
 * Richmond Park: Short-eared Owl north 07.20 - seen first by a pair of Canada Geese, Woodcock, Snipe, 3 Buzzard - one flew off NW, Grey Heron - 2 nests with young & 4th nest occupied, 2 Water Rail heard, Stonechat female, 35 Redwing, 5 Chiffchaff (J.Wilczur); Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (S.Read per JW)
 * Russia Dock Woodland: pair Song Thrush, 1 Chiffchaff singing, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackcap singing, Great Spotted Woodpecker (John Cadera)
 * St James's Park: 2 Peregrine, the falcon circling and soaring over the Park from 08:15, joined shortly after by the tiercel, lots of aerial antics ensuing. Both birds still at it at 14:00, putting on quite a display (Frank Nugent); Chiffchaff singing on island Buckingham palace end 9am (Will Rose); second Egyptian Goose brood of the year -two just-hatched goslings with adult and two older goslings elsewhere surviving from first brood. (Matt Reed).
 * Sevenoaks WR: Swallow flew over Willow Hide at 3.10pm and headed north in heavy shower, American White Ibis [esc] in field 10 yds from path, 2 Grey Wagtails on island in front of main glass-fronted hide. (Eric Brown, Phil Cliffe, Peter Graham, Anthony Dunstan, David Thompson).
 * Sidcup: DA14- Kestrel over Tesco Edgington Way 07.00, Redwing heard 03.00, Wren and Robins singing through the night; Lamorbey Pk- 2 Mute Swan, 9 Tufted Duck 6m 3f, Kingfisher, 2-3 male Blackcap 1 or 2 singing, Chiffchaff singing, Goldcrest, Jackdaw; York Ave- Grey Heron low NE c9am, male Blackcap (Ian Stewart)
 * Staines Moor: Buzzard, Water Pipit, Cetti's Warbler (Martin Twycross)
 * Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver, 4 Black-necked Grebe, Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 4 Redshank (Dominic Pia tweet); Buzzard, Red Kite, Little Ringed Plover, Wheatear, Rock Pipit (Martin Twycross); 9 Black-necked Grebe (BirdGuides); 2ad Mediterranean Gull (Surrey BC)
 * Stanstead Abbotts: 150+ Golden Plover Hunsdon Rd (Jane Free via Herts BC)
 * Stocker's Lake: 10 Little Egret, 3 Red Kite nr M25, 2 Chiffchaff singing (Joan Thompson via Herts BC)
 * Tylers Common: Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Meadow Pipit NE, 2 Linnet, Bullfinch (Colin Jupp via Essex BwS)
 * Wanstead Flats: 36 Meadow Pipit (30 through north & 2 singing birds & 4 others on deck), 4 singing Skylark, Linnet, Reed Bunting, 10 Shoveler, 20+ Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Stok Dove, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 5 singing Chiffchaff (Nick Croft); 1 Northern Wheatear (Tony Brown)
 * Wanstead Park: 6 Meadow Pipit N, 3 Redwing, 8 singing Chiffchaff, Little Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 14 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, Water Rail, Kestrel (Nick Croft)
 * Wimbledon Common: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker singing north side Tibbetts Corner 0710 (Twitter); also a pair of Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers male drumming and calling in the Ladies Mile area, Kingfisher at Bluegate GP and Common Snipe flushed at Ladies Mile (David Wills).
 * Woldingham: Grey Partridge, Red Kite, 4 Buzzard, 6 Lapwing, Tawny Owl at roost (Jack Barnes tweet); also Little Ringed Plover (per JB)
 * Woodford Green: Lesser Redpoll intermittently at feeder, Kestrel over am, 4 Common Buzzard and a Red Kite together 12.45-1pm, also Little Egret over. (Ken Murray)

Monday 23rd March 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Red Kite drifted SE at 1125 - perhaps same as at Brent Res 25 mins earlier (Ian Lycett, David Callahan, Dominic Mitchell)
 * Beckenham Crematorium and Cemetery: 40+ Redwing, Kestrel (L Leadbeater)
 * Brent Reservoir: Red Kite circled SE 10:55-11:00, 35 Meadow Pipit N, Chiffchaff singing Dump (Andrew Verrall)
 * Brookmill Park: Mandarin, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Canons Farm: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker h Lunch Wood am (Geoff Barter via CFBW twitter)
 * Dagenham Chase: 2 Pochard, Woodcock, Great Black-backed Gull, 14 Fieldfare, 25 Linnet, 6 Pied Wagtail, 12 Meadow Pipit (DC blog)
 * East India Dock Basin: Little Ringed Plover, 4 Shelduck (Paul Hyland)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: 2 Mute Swan, 2 Greylags SW, Canada Goose SW, 10+ Tufted Duck, Litle Grebe, Kestrel, Water Rail, 3 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 2 Mistle Thrush, 9+ Chiffchaff 7 singing, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper inc 1 singing, 4 Jay (Ian Stewart)
 * Greenwich Park: 1 Rook circling E, 1 Common Buzzard NW, Sparrowhawk, 30+ Meadow Pipits N inc flock of 10, also 2 Commas around midday (Joe Beale)
 * Grovelands Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming near boardwalk at W end of Park Woodland, Woodcock flushed nearby, pr Treecreeper and 16+ Redwing in same area 7-7.45am (Davey Leach)
 * Hampstead Heath: Woodcock flushed from hedge 3, silent Chiffchaff by Mens Pool, 5 Meadow Pipits over, Mute Swans building nest with one of last years offspring sitting on it (GreenGrandad)
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: m Scaup, f Goldeneye & Cetti's Warbler still, 12 Redwing, 8 Meadow Pipit over (Des McKenzie tweets)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Treecreeper, 1-2 Nuthatch singing, 3 singing Chiffchaff, 12+ Meadow Pipit N, 5 Song Thrush, 7 Redwing, Sparrowhawk, Grey Wagtail, 2 Linnet SW, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Shoveler (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Pintail, 30 Wigeon, mating pair Gadwall, 3 Redshank, 6 Snipe, c130 Cormorant (WWT website); Red Kite, 123 Meadow Pipit N/NW, Rock/Water Pipit N with 2 Meadow Pipits, 2 Grey Wagtail (R.Kaye); also 4 other Red Kite W, 2 Buzzard W, 1 Jack Snipe (O.Dewhurst); 10 Common Snipe, 6 Redshank, 2 Redwing (E bund), 6 singing Chiffchaff (southern route), Little Egret over main lake (Martin Honey)
 * Lord's Cricket Ground: Sparrowhawk over late morning (John Colmans)
 * Mardyke Valley, Stifford-Aveley: pr Shelduck, 80 Teal, 4 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, 7 Little Egret, Great White Egret again S down valley 0610, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Water Rail, Snipe, 3 Kingfisher, Skylark, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 12 House Sparrow, 4 Reed Bunting (Ruth Barnes per ELBF)
 * Margravine Cemetery: 5 House Sparrow (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Mayflower Park: Chiffchaff, Water Rail (W and J Reid per Bob Smith)
 * Mill Hill NW7: Sparrowhawk circling over The Broadway 8:45 (Andrew Haynes)
 * Morden Cemetery: Little Owl, 2 Redwing (Bob Smith)
 * Rainham RSPB: Whimbrel [Ldn yr-1st] foreshore am & again nr centre evg (Howard Vaughan via Birding London facebook); Spotted Redshank foreshore (BirdGuides)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: 2 Buzzard NW singly, 5-7 Jackdaw -more stopover commuters, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 4 Meadow Pipit W/NW, Blackbird nest-bldg, 7 Redwing, 16 Chaffinch N, Linnet yr-1st N, m Reed Bunting Old Boathouse reedbed area 2 (RPBirders)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: pr Teal, Kestrel, Chiffchaff (Malcolm Hibberd)
 * St James's Park: Peregrine 8:30-08:50, Grey Wagtail over N, Kestrel over pm (Frank Nugent).
 * South Norwood CP: Common Buzzard, 4 Meadow Pipit NW, 4 Fieldfare, 4 Chiffchaff (Steven Robinson)
 * Staines Moor: 3 Buzzard, Cetti's Warbler, Kingfisher, 2 Water Pipit. (Jim Sweetland)
 * Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver, 8 Black-necked Grebe, Little Ringed Plover, Ruff, Dunlin, Redshank (Dominic Pia tweet); 9 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Redshank (C Lamsdell)
 * Stanwell Moor: 3 singing Chiffchaff, 50+ Fieldfare, Little Owl. (Jim Sweetland)
 * Stratford: Sand Martin over Stratford High St by R Lea. (Paul Whiteman)
 * Streatham Common: year's first Chiffchaff (Peter Newmark).
 * Tower Bridge: 2 Little Egrets low ESE over bridge at c.08:20 (Paul Whiteman)
 * Town Park: 1m Shoveler, 2m Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Grey Wagtail pr (Robert Callf)
 * Trent Park: Kingfisher perched upper lake, 4 Chiffchaff singing (Robert Callf/Robin White)
 * Walthamstow Res: Lockwood (from window)- 6 Sand Martin N, f Goosander roosting on N bank (Stuart Fisher); Lockwood- 3 Scaup, Red Kite high over E Warwick, 2-3 Buzzard, m Wheatear, 100+ Meadow Pipit N (Jonathan Nasir via WR blog); Barn Owl seen hunting over West Marsh from window 18:25 (Stuart Fisher)
 * Wanstead Flats: 20 Meadow Pipit through (Jonathan Lethbridge); 60+ Meadow Pipit N (over a wide front so the total could have been considerably more), 2 Pied Wagtail, 6 Skylark, Linnet, 8 Chaffinch N, Reed Bunting, Peregrine Falcon, Common Buzzard, 2-3 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Shoveler, 5 Little Grebe, 4-5 Chiffchaff (Nick Croft/Barry Bishop)
 * Wanstead Park: 11 Meadow Pipit over incl 10 over Wanstead HS, singing Coal Tit, Chiffchaff (Dan Hennessy)
 * Watford: Kingfisher Riverside Pk (Joan Thomspon via Herts BC)
 * Woldingham: Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, pr Raven, Treecreeper, 65 Fieldfare, 27 Linnet (Jack Barnes tweet)
 * Woodford Bridge: poss escaped blue Ring-necked Parakeet with 16+ green Ring-necked Parakeets in garden - no obvious rings. (Charlie Musker)
 * Woodlands Farm: Tawny Owl hooting in golf course 11 am, Sparrowhawk pair displaying, Kestrel f, 6 Redwing, singing Chiffchaff, Small Tortoiseshell (Conrad Ellam)
 * Woodoaks Farm: via Herts BC- 4 Red Kite, 17 Skylark (Geoff Lapworth); 22 Fieldfare, m Wheatear (Lee Evans)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: m Peregrine, c5 Jackdaw, Skylark, 2 Redwing, c12 Meadow Pipit incl c4 singers, c5 Linnet (WS tweet)

Sunday 22nd March 2015

 * Alexandra Park: 6 Shoveler 3m 3f, 3 Grey Wagtail Wood Green Res, 5 singing Chiffchaff (Bob Watts)
 * Amwell GP: Gt Hardmead Lk am- 400 Golden Plover [exact loc'n not given], 6 Sand Martin (Simon Knott via Herts BC)
 * Broxbourne Station: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker at 16.45 in trees opp platform 4 (Chris Wright)
 * Bury Lake: 2 Sand Martin (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * Coursers Farm: Green Sandpiper (per Herts BC)
 * Dartford Marshes: Marsh Harrier, 5 Ruff, 1200 Black-headed Gull, 32 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 40 Herring Gull, 4 Skylark, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 20 Pied Wagtail (Andrew Lawson via Kent OS)
 * East Sheen Common: Woodcock (J.Wilczur)
 * Ewell: 2 Red Kite 1 low E & 1 N, Buzzard high E (Steve Thomas tweets)
 * Great Amwell: Woodcock flushed fr riverbank toward viewpt (Roland Power via Herts BC)
 * Grovelands Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker by Seaforth Gardens entrance, 2 Firecrest by entrance to rangers hut (Neville Smith).
 * Hampstead Heath: Woodcock flushed from South Meadow by a pack of dogs at 10:00 then flew towards Kenwood, 6 Fieldfare NW over Parliament Hill at 07:30, 11 Meadow Pipit NW, 5 Shoveler, 2 Chiffchaff, 12 Mandarin at the Viaduct Pond, 1 Lesser Redpoll with the Goldfinches in third hedge Parliament Hill Fields, Common Buzzard drifted slowly NE from 16:00 (Frank Nugent).
 * Holmethorpe SPs: 2 Sand Martin over lagoons (Kevin Guest tweet); Little Egret, 3 Sand Martin WC2 lagoon (Ian Kehl via HSP blog)
 * Howe Green: Kingfisher R Lea (Steven Pearce via Herts BC)
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: m Scaup Serpentine Is, f Goldeneye Fisherman's Keep and Cetti's Warbler still, 5 Meadow Pipit and Linnet over (Des McKenzie tweets)
 * Island Barn Reservoir: Caspian Gull 1w (BirdGuides)
 * Kingston Bridge: 1 Common Gull coming to bread with Herring and Black-headed Gulls (Neil Batten).
 * KGVI Res: Goosander over -seen fr Staines Res (Dominic Pia tweet)
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Buzzard, 2 Continental Coal Tit also seen before Christmas so presumably wintered - seen point-blank in small hawthorn in the Sheep Paddock (R.Kaye); 9 Chiffchaff, 3 Meadow Pipit W (WWT website)
 * Lonsdale Road Res: 2 displaying Great Crested Grebe (unusual here and not bred for 5+ yrs if ever) They used to breed c30 years ago at least [JW]; up to at least 1994 acc to London 'atlas' [MRH], 1 Goldcrest, 1 Chiffchaff (Rich Petley tweet) - thanks everyone for the info (RP)
 * Osterley Park: Chiffchaff singing, Common Buzzard over W, 4 Common Gull, 5 Egyptian Goose, 2 Gadwall, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Great Crested Grebe (1 on nest), Green Woodpecker, 6 Grey Heron, 4 Herring Gull, 96+ Jackdaw, 4 Little Grebe, Little Owl, 2 Mandarin, 5 Mistle Thrush, Nuthatch, 4 Redwing, 11+ Ring-necked Parakeet, 3 Shoveler, 215+ Woodpigeon (Richard Woolley).
 * Panshanger Park: Water Rail, 5 Chiffchaff (Allan Burrows via Herts BC)
 * Pinner Park Farm: Little Owl, 3 Snipe, 7 Meadow Pipit, 27 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 4 Mistle Thrush, 9 Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch & 3 Grey Heron (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham RSPB: Spotted Redshank Aveley Bay (Paul Hawkins tweet); still 1255 with 4 Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, also elusive Water Pipit butts hide, Little Ringed Plover (Jonathan Wasse tweet); stone barges- 2 Oystercatcher, Dunlin, 13 Redshank (Shaun Harvey tweet); 2f Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, m Peregrine, 23 Curlew, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Dunlin, 50 Redshank, 19 Snipe, Sand Martin, 5 Chiffchaff, f Blackcap, f Wheatear, m Corn Bunting (per ELBF)
 * Richmond Park: Red Kite N at 13.50, 2+ Buzzard, 10 Skylark - a flock away from breeding area (J.Wilczur)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 4 Shelduck, 60 Golden Plover over, Jack Snipe, 8 Chiffchaff, Stonechat (Graham White tweet); 2 Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Snipe, 2 Cetti's Warbler, a pair of Kingfisher (Shailesh Patel, Bob Husband and RSPB NW London Local Group)
 * Shafford Farm nr St Albans: 250+ Fieldfare, 25+ Redwing (John Pritchard via Herts BC)
 * Sidcup DA15 (Lamorbey Park): 2 Mute Swan, 7 Tufted Duck 4m 3f, 2 Little Grebe, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush, 6+ Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
 * South Mimms: 302 Golden Plover north of services (per Herts BC)
 * Staines Moor: Wheatear (Tim Rymer tweet)
 * Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver, 6 Black-necked Grebe, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 2 Redshank, 2 Rock Pipit (Dominic Pia tweet); Water Pipit (BirdGuides); Goshawk c12.30 flushed wildfowl on N Basin then circled away over T5 (Gordon Shaw); pm- Peregrine plucking/eating prey on bank of south basin, Wheatear on bank of north basin (Iain Darbyshire); 8 Black-necked Grebe (Paul Frost blog)
 * Stanford Rivers: 5 Buzzard, 3 Skylark, Yellowhammer (per ELBF)
 * Stocker's Lake: via Herts BC- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker seen drumming (Joan Thompson); also m Red-crested Pochard, 7 Goldeneye, 2 Oystercatcher (Geoff Lapworth)
 * Stoneleigh KT17: Singing Blackcap again - The Glade (Neil Batten).
 * Swanley Park: Greylag, Coot, Pheasant f (2nd site record), Green Woodpecker (very scarce this year) (Andy Meaton)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 4 Teal 2pr, probably 2 different Red Kite (1st circling over wood 7.45 & drifting low to shooting club other 30 mins later on N side of wood dropping into field before heading towards Gutteridge Wood), pr Buzzard, f Sparrowhawk, m Kestrel, 6 Lapwing, 16 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, pr Little Ringed Plover, 4 Green Woodpecker, 9 Stock Dove, 3 Skylark, singing Chiffchaff, Redwing, 2 Rook, male Reed Bunting, 16 Linnet (Neil Anderson); also Meadow Pipit, 5 Fieldfare, Pheasant, pr Bullfinch (Nigel Dodd)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: 3 Redshank (per Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Lockwood - 4 Scaup 1055, Woodcock over, Wheatear, 5 Goldeneye (Pete Lambert, David Bradshaw); 2 Green Sandpiper on ramp north of Lockwood, Buzzard NE, 6 Sand Martin High Maynard (Paul Whiteman, David Bradshaw)
 * Wanstead Flats: Northern Wheatear still, Woodcock, 3 Lapwing, 30+ Meadow Pipit north (3 birds singing on territory), 4 Pied Wagtail, 4 singing Skylark, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, Redwing, 2 Linnet, 20+ Goldfinch, 8 Chaffinch through, 6 Pochard, 4 Shoveler, 4 Little Grebe 2pr, 3 singing Chiffchaff (Wanstead Birders) Woodcock again in the evening (Bob Vaughan)
 * Wanstead Park: (Bush Wood breeding birds survey) 2 Coal Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Chiffchaff, 6 Song Thrush, 2 Blackbird, 19 Wren (James Heal)
 * Weald CP: Buzzard, Kestrel, Kingfisher, 10 Nuthatch 5pr, Reed Bunting (per ELBF)
 * Wintry Wood: 5 Brambling at 0845 incl fsp male, Common Buzzard (Martin Shepherd)
 * Woldingham: 2 Grey Partridge, 5 Lapwing back on territory, 7 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 9 Skylark (Jack Barnes tweet)
 * Yeading Brook meadows: Little Egret, Red Kite high E 9.30, f Kestrel, 9 Snipe, 55 Common Gull, 3 Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Redwing (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 21st March 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Snipe rear of Conservation Pond, 4 singing Chiffchaff, m Shoveler Wood Green Res, 6 Redwing, Meadow Pipit (Bob Watts)
 * Bencroft Wood: 2 Hawfinch am (Graham White tweet)
 * Brookmill Park: 2 Stock Dove, Song Thrush, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Canons Farm: Great Black-backed Gull over, 175 Fieldfare, 200 Redwing (Steve Gale tweet)
 * Crossness: 22 Wigeon, Marsh Harrier, 2 Curlew, 19 Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper (Richard Bonser tweet); Peregrine on chimney, 2 Snipe, 1 Lapwing, Cetti's Warbler h, Gadwall, Teal (MBS).
 * Gallions Reach: Sand Martin (KJMcmanus)
 * Grovelands Park: Firecrest f in Hollies near Rangers Hut with 2 others calling nearby 11.00-11.45, also Chiffchaff, Treecreeper, Grey Wagtail and 4 Redwing. (D.Jordan)
 * Hanworth Park: Spoonbill S over gdn toward Kempton NR 0940 (BirdGuides)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: 2 Little Egret, Little Ringed Plover (WC2 island), 2 Sand Martin (Neil Randon via HSP blog)
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: m Scaup, f Goldeneye and Cetti's Warbler still, 3 Chiffchaff (Des McKenzie tweets)
 * Kew Green: 1 White Wagtail feeding with 3 Pied Wagtail (Hugh Bradshaw).
 * KGV Reservoir: 4 Sand Martin, f Northern Wheatear (Neville Smith).
 * Kingston: 1 Sand Martin over Thames (Hugh Bradshaw).
 * Lewisham: Peregrine on Citibank Tower (Tom Moulton via Sue Gore)
 * Leyton, Jubilee Park: Common Snipe, 13+ migrant Chaffinch SE before cloud came in c6.45-7am (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 ad Mediterranean Gull (different bird to that on 17.3 -conf'd by R. Kaye) briefly am, 11 Common Snipe, 3 singing Chiffchaff (Southern Route), 6 Redshank, 4 Stock Dove, 32 Wigeon, singing Reed Buntings and Cetti's Warblers (Martin Honey, Angus Innes)
 * Maylands GC: 3 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, 4 Skylark, 5 Redwing, 6 Meadow Pipit (per ELBF)
 * Pinner Park Farm: 13 Fieldfare, 11 Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, 7 Stock Dove & 23 Jackdaw (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham RSPB: 3 Marsh Harrier 2f m, 2 Buzzard, pr Peregrine, 4 Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover, 7 Curlew, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 2m Ruff, 15 Dunlin, 50 Redshank, 19 Snipe, 4 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Sand Martin, m Wheatear, Water Pipit (per ELBF)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: 35 Woodpigeon N, 103 Starling E, 34 Redwing E/N, 3 Pied Wagtail over, 11 Meadow Pipit NNW, 95 Chaffinch E, 7 Greenfinch N, Goldfinch N -Hill vismig 05:35-07:35 (peak 0555), also Blackcap singing (RPBirders); a scarce visitor to Inner London a Collared Dove [yr-1st] was in my garden am (Tony Duckett).
 * Richmond Park: 2 Little Egret - Brook, Collared Dove flew S - scarce in Park, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Fieldfare, 5 Meadow Pipit - including 3 singing, 17 Skylark incl 6 singing & a flock of 8, c500 Starling - feeding flock (J.Wilczur)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: 4 Teal 2 pr, Chiffchaff, 2 Long-tailed Tit (Malcolm Hibberd)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 3 Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher and Redshank fr draper hide, Red Kite over, pr Kingfisher mating, pr Bullfinch (Simon Hummerstone tweets)
 * Sidcup: Lamorbey Pk- 2 Mute Swan, Egyptian Goose, 8 Tufted Duck 5m 3f, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Ian Stewart); York Ave- Meadow Pipit over 13.00 year-1st, male Blackcap, Sparrowhawk, 3+ Stock Dove NW (Ian Stewart)
 * Staines Moor: 6 Water Pipit (C Lamsdell)
 * Staines Res: Great Northern Diver, 5 Black-necked Grebe, 14 Shelduck, Redshank, 2 Scandinivan Rock Pipit (C Lamsdell); 8 Black-necked Grebe, Little Ringed Plover, Ruff, 2 Redshank, Wheatear (Dominic Pia tweet); 2 Little Ringed Plover (Dave Carlsson tweet)
 * Stocker's Farm: Little Ringed Plover on flooded field (Paul Lewis via Herts BC); Grey Wagtail, Water Pipit (Chris Sharp tweet)
 * Stratford, Olympic Park: Cetti's Warbler showing in newly-created marsh next to reed bed (possibly 2 birds), 2 Sand Martin, Snipe, 12 Fieldfare, 6 Meadow Pipit over, 3+ Reed Bunting, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Chiffchaff, Peregrine, Kestrel, flock of Redwing E (Stuart Fisher)
 * Swanley Park: Tawny Owl 1am, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Andy Meaton)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Common Buzzard, 11 Teal, drake Mandarin, Lapwing, 3 Chiffchaff (1 in brief song), Meadow Pipit, male Bullfinch (John Colmans)
 * Trent Park: 2 Woodcock (one live and cluster of feathers from victim), 2 Grey Wagtail m&f water outlet (Robert Callf)
 * Trent Park: 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Common Buzzard, 5 Stock Dove, 2 Grey Wagtail pr (David Lowman tweet)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: 3 Little Egret (Steven Pearce via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: pr Scaup still Lockwood west side, 4 Goldeneye, 3 Sand Martin N; No 1- pr Goldeneye (David Bradshaw)
 * Wanstead Flats: Northern Wheatear still, Woodcock, Common Snipe, 2 Peregrine Falcon, 2-3 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 50+ Chaffinch through, 4 Linnet, Lesser Redpoll, Redwing, 6 Mistle Thrush, 5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Pied Wagtail, 4+ Skylark, 4 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2 Gadwall, f Pochard, 2 Shoveler, 5 Little Grebe (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: 21 Chaffinch, 3 Bullfinch, 25 Redwing, 5 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Goldcrest, 2 Little Egret, 17 Stock Dove, pr of Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, 13 Gadwall, 10 Shoveler (Nick Croft/Dan Hennessy)
 * Wimbledon Common: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker seen and heard drumming in woods to west of Windmill car park 08.15 (Andrew Harding)

Friday 20th March 2015

 * Barbican: City wall south of School- Grey Wagtail (Peter Charles)
 * Cornmill Meadows: Shelduck, 2 Wigeon, 20+ Teal, Little Egret, Buzzard, 6 Lapwing, Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, Kingfisher, Skylark, 3 Treecreeper, 4-5 singing Song Thrush, 8+ Reed Bunting (Simon Papps)
 * Ewell (Hogsmill Open Space): 1 singing Chiffchaff, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Goldcrest (Neil Batten).
 * Grovelands Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker heard calling near Seaforth Gardens entrance at approximately 16:40 -heard drumming later further right of the entrance (Katy McGilvray)
 * Hampstead Heath: Common Buzzard drifted slowly S and low over Parliament Hill from 11:10, Peregrine straight over S just before noon, 3 Chiffchaff, c20 Redwing (Frank Nugent).
 * Hyde Park: m Scaup nr island, f Goldeneye (Fisherman's Keep), c40 Redwing, Reed Bunting (Des McKenzie tweet)
 * Kensington Gardens: Cetti's Warbler still, 3 Chiffchaff singing (Des McKenzie tweet)
 * KGV Reservoir: f Common Scoter N basin mid-am (BirdGuides)
 * Ladywell Fields: 2 Song Thrush 1 singing, singing Mistle Thrush, Mandarin, 2 Grey Wagtail (Tom Moulton)
 * London Wetland Centre: Peacock_Tower to visitor centre walk this morning produced 7 Chiffchaff - must be several more onsite (Catherine Beazley)
 * Mayflower Park: 2 Chiffchaffs (Bob Smith)
 * Panshanger Park: 3 Red Kite, 4 Snipe on lake island, singing Chiffchaff (Martin Ketcher/Jennifer Gilbert via Herts BC)
 * Rainham RSPB: 2f Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 5 Curlew, 7 Snipe, 60 Redshank, 3 Sand Martin, Cetti's Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff (Alan Shearman, Howard Vaughan per ELBF); Peregrine, 37 Golden Plover, Raven, 2m Wheatear (Bill Stallard, David Keane & Stan Brown per ELBF); Rock Pipit, Water Pipit (per ELBF)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: Woodcock S toward Outer Circle as eclipse neared peak 0925 (Twitter); pm- m Peregrine over, 3 Common Gull high E/NE, Woodcock, 5 Jackdaw over, Rook NW 1350 low enough to be briefly chivvied by local crows, 3 Chiffchaff singing, 7 Chaffinch E/NE (RPBirders)
 * Richmond Park: 3+ Woodcock at dawn at edge of a plantation, Little Egret Pond Slade, 4 Fieldfare over (J.Mccormick per JW)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: pr Teal, Little Egret, 2 Long-tailed Tit (Malcolm Hibberd)
 * South Mimms: 60+ Golden Plover Swanlands Rd circling field 400yds south of Lantern Recovery 0815 (per Herts BC)
 * Southwark Park: 2 Egyptian Geese, 3 Long-tailed Tit, Goldcrest, Chiffchaff singing (John Cadera)
 * Spitalfields: Woodcock over Woodseer Ln 1755 (Richard Rae tweet)
 * Staines Moor: 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Water Pipit, 2+ Redshank, 9+ Lapwing, 1f Goosander, 1m Wigeon, 1 Woodcock, 1 Jack Snipe, 10 Common Snipe, 1 Little Egret, 7 Chiffchaff, 6 Reed Bunting, 36 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 2 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Goldcrest, 1+ Kingfisher, 28 Meadow Pipit, 7 Skylark, 5+ Linnet, 2 Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose (Lee Dingain) pics here
 * Staines Reservoir: 7 Black-necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Peregrine, 2 Rock Pipit, Water Pipit (Jim Sweetland); 4 Oystercatcher, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 5 Redshank, f Wheatear causeway S bank, 4 Rock Pipit (Dominic Pia tweets)
 * Stocker's Lake: Oystercatcher, c4 Chiffchaff (Gordon Cox via Herts BC)
 * Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest, Cetti's Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, m Blackcap, 14 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting (TeRNS)
 * Stoneleigh: 1 singing Blackcap again The Glade (Neil Batten).
 * Sutcliffe Park: 4 Redwing, f Wheatear briefly, Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, 2 Little Grebe. (P Kite)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Lockwood- pr Scaup still, m Goldeneye, Little Egret, Mistle Thrush, singing Chiffchaff (Dan Barrett tweet)
 * Wanstead Flats: m Wheatear still at Alex, 40+ Chaffinch N, 10+ Goldfinch, 2-4 Linnet, f Reed Bunting, 4 Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail, 4 Skylark, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Gadwall, pr Little Grebe, 3 singing Chiffchaff (Nick Croft); 4 Shoveler, 4 Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk , Kestrel, Chiffchaff singing at Alex but no sign of Wheatear c15.00 (Ian Stewart)
 * Wanstead Park: Little Egret, 16 Gadwall, 10 Shoveler, pr of Teal, 7 Stock Dove, pr Great Crested Grebe, pr of Little Grebe, Kestrel, 4 singing Chiffchaff (Nick Croft)
 * Worcester Park: Wheatear, 8 Redwings (Bob Smith)

Thursday 19th March 2015

 * Alexandra Park: 25 Redwing E (Bob Watts)
 * Amwell GP: 7 Sand Martin over Gt Hardmead Lk 1100 (Amwell Birding twitter)
 * Balls Wood: Woodcock, Chiffchaff, 10 Fieldfare, 60 Redwing (Chris Dee via Herts BC)
 * Beddington SF: Wheatear (BFBG via Twitter)
 * Brent Reservoir: East Marsh- 11 Snipe, Dump area- Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Bullfinch, Green Woodpecker, pied male Blackbird. (Steve Blake) There is tree cutting right beside the main hide. This will last for eight days. Very noisy
 * Cassiobury Park: Little Egret, Chiffchaff (Ralph Darvill tweet)
 * Coopers Green Lane nr St Albans: 2 Oystercatcher flew fr Sutton Farm GP (David Wheatcroft via Herts BC)
 * Croxley Common Moor: m Stonechat (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * Danson Park: 2 Mute Swan, c20 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Little Grebe, pair Great Crested Grebe f on nest, Water Rail showed well from 'bridge', 1+ Coot on nest, c150 Black-headed Gull, c30 Common Gull, 7+ Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff singing, Jay (Ian Stewart)
 * Forest Gate: 13 Redwing N (Nick Croft)
 * Grovelands Park: 2 Firecrest in conifers between Ranger's Hut and boating lake, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker calling and very good views from boardwalk at Seaforth Gardens entrance to park 13.30 -thanks for info (Ben E) surname pls Ben?
 * Gunpowder Park: 2 Teal, 7 Gadwall, Sparrowhawk, Water Rail, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Green Woodpecker, 10+ Skylark incl 4+ singing, 100+ Fieldfare, 10+ Redwing, 300+ Starling, 2 Meadow Pipit, 20+ House Sparrow, Reed Bunting (Simon Papps)
 * Hyde Park: m Scaup nr north shore betw boathouses, f Goldeneye betw gift shop & Fisherman's Keep both on Serpentine am, c50 Redwing, c35 Goldfinch (Des McKenzie tweet)
 * Kensington Gardens: Cetti's Warbler still (Des McKenzie tweet)
 * Langley Park: 4 Red Kite, Lapwing, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, f Wheatear on maize stubble below pond (Paul Lewis blog)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Wheatear - scrape bank, 1 Rock Pipit - grazing marsh, 6 Redshank - scrape, 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon (via website); no sign of Wheatear or Rock Pipit, singing Chiffchaffs, Cetti's Warblers and Reed Buntings, increased numbers of Chaffinch on site, 6 Common Snipe, Peregrine on Charing Cross Hospital, Snipe-hunting Sparrowhawk, 27 Wigeon, Fox on E bund (Martin Honey); Curlew SW over entrance area calling c16.10 (Mike Caiden and Jake Klavins).
 * Mill End: 4 Red Kite, 10 Skylark Herongate fields betw Shepards Ln & Long Ln, 30 Fieldfare, 100 Redwing (Chris Bessant via Herts BC)
 * Morden Cemetery: Little Owl, 8 Redwing (Bob Smith)
 * Panshanger Park: 2 Common Snipe on lake island (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
 * QEII Res: m Red-breasted Merganser late-pm - permit only (BirdGuides)
 * Rainham RSPB: Great White Egret W fr Mardyke Valley appeared to land on Reserve 0630 (ELBF tweet); 70 Golden Plover, Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Spotted Redshank, 3 Rock Pipit (Dave Morrison tweet); no sign GWE, Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 67 Golden Plover new in, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 7 Curlew, 131 Common Gull, 2 Sand Martin, 3 Chiffchaff singing, m Wheatear foreshore, Water Pipit (RSPB blog)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: 4 Teal 2 pr, Long-tailed Tit (Malcolm Hibberd)
 * St James's Park: 5 Redwing am (Frank Nugent).
 * Sevenoaks WR: 6 Sand Martin, 2 Chiffchaff (Russell Brockett via Kent OS)
 * Sidcup (York Avenue): 3 Mallard N year-1st, Blackcap, Redwing heard 00.01, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Ian Stewart)
 * Staines Reservoir: m Common Scoter S basin early-am (Ken Purdey per Dave Harris tweet); C_Scoter still present pm, also Great Northern Diver, 9 Black-necked Grebe, 3 Oystercatcher, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin, Redshank, 2 Rock Pipit, Water Pipit (Dominic Pia tweets); 2 Pintail, 2 Redshank (Mark Elsoffer tweet)
 * Stanstead Abbotts: 2 Redshank Marsh Ln (Jane Free via Herts BC)
 * Stoneleigh: 1 singing Blackcap, 1 Green Woodpecker The Glade am (Neil Batten).
 * Trent Park: f Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming, f Stonechat (Robert Callf/Robin White)
 * Wanstead Flats: 1-2 m Northern Wheatear, 5+ Meadow Pipit, 4 Pied Wagtail, 4 Skylark, 3 singing Chiffchaff, pr Reed Bunting, 2 Linnet, 7 Chaffinch through, Kestrel, 6 Little Grebe, 2 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 4 Fieldfare N (Nick Croft/Eve Wie); Red Kite (Marco Johnson)
 * Wanstead Park: 3 singing Chiffchaff, singing Blackcap, pr Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, Water Rail, Little Egret, 16 Gadwall, 9 Shoveler, pr Little Grebe, pr Great Crested Grebe, Redwing (Nick Croft)
 * West Hyde: 4 Red Kite, 20 Skylark, 2 Corn Bunting (Chris Bessant via Herts BC)
 * Woodoaks Farm: 8 Red Kite, 22 Yellowhammer (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)

Wednesday 18th March 2015

 * Beddington SF: Wheatear (male), Peregrine, 5 Common Buzzard, Caspian Gull 1w (BFBG website)
 * Brent Reservoir: 3 Snipe, 2 Water Rail, 5 Shoveler (Andrew Verrall)
 * Churchfield Wood (Bexley): singing Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Stock Dove, Kestrel across A2 at Braeburn Park and a Pheasant heard from Crayford Rough (Ian Stewart)
 * Crayford: singing Chiffchaff along byway 105 R Cray path (Ian Stewart)
 * Crayford Marshes: 6 Shelduck, 2 Gadwall, 3 Wigeon, 50+ Teal, Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Kestrel, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 30+ Redshank, Spotted Redshank still in winter plumage, 2 Ruff, Yellow-legged Gull 2w, 2 singing Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 4 Cetti's Warbler singing, 33+ Linnet, male Reed Bunting (Ian Stewart)
 * Green Park: 11 Magpie, 3 Great Tit (Matt Reed).
 * Grovelands Park: Woodcock, m Firecrest singing holly nr ranger's hut 17:00-17:20 (Robert Callf)
 * Hall Marsh: Horsemil Stream- 4 Goosander 2pr, Red Kite NE at 1.45pm, Grey Wagtail (Simon Papps)
 * High Elms CP: 2 Buzzard pr displaying, 2 Mandarin Duck pr mating (first in 4yrs) (Ray Tuck)
 * Hunton Bridge: 2 Grey Wagtail (Tim Brooks via Herts BC)
 * Hyde Park: m Scaup still Serpentine nr bridge, Chiffchaff singing, c20 Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail and 5 Meadow Pipit over, Rock Pipit foraging among moored boats Serpentine north side 08:05-08:50 at least (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: pr Gadwall, 20 Teal, pr Pochard, pr Goldcrest, 4 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush, pr Bullfinch (ELBF)
 * Kensington Gardens: Cetti's Warbler still, 3 Chiffchaff singing, 2 Meadow Pipit flushed Buck Hill (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * KGV Res: 2 Wheatear, 1 Fieldfare, 30 Meadow Pipit, 12 Goldeneye, 6 Goosander (Tony Clancy)
 * KGVI Res: Black Redstart still (BirdGuides)
 * Ladywell Fields: 2 Chiffchaff, male Mandarin, 25 Chaffinch & 15 Goldfinch E, 2 drumming Great Spotted Woodpeckers (C White)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Redshank, 1 Shelduck, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Peregrine caught Teal over the scrape (Adam Salmon); 241 Cormorant, 116 Chaffinch NE (R.Kaye); Buzzard over to northeast at 10.00, 7 Snipe, 7 Redshank, 3 Pintail 1m 2f (Martin Honey); 1 Sand Martin (Catherine Beazley)
 * Mile End Park: 2 Kingfishers in front of Ecology Centre (Harry Harrison)
 * Oakhill Park, East Barnet: 1 Red Kite NW 11:35am (D Bates)
 * Orsett Fen: Grey Partridge, 2 Buzzard, f Kestrel, 2 Lapwing, 20 Golden Plover, 4 Stock Dove, 7 Collared Dove, Little Owl, 26 Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff, 16 Fieldfare, 7 Song Thrush, 3 Redwing, Mistle Thrush, 23 House Sparrow, 3 Meadow Pipit, 5 Linnet, 8 Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting (ELBF)
 * Rainham RSPB: 2f Marsh Harrier, Avocet, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Sand Martin, 3 Rock Pipit, Water Pipit (ELBF Twitter); also 12 Mute Swan, 340 Wigeon, 27 Pintail, 3 Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Curlew, 22 Dunlin, Spotted Redshank, 70 Redshank, 14 Snipe, 500 Black-headed Gull, 67 Common Gull, 3ad Yellow-legged Gull, pr Stock Dove, pr Kingfisher, 2 Bearded Tits, 5m Chiffchaff, m Mistle Thrush, m Stonechat, 13 Pied Wagtail (per Howard Vaughan via Birding Lnd facebook)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: 2 Chiffchaff, 2m Blackcap 1 singing, 7 Redwing, c100 Chaffinch low E/NE over Hill 11:35-12:05 (RPBirders)
 * Richmond Park: 2 Brambling NE (M.Lewis per JW); Wheatear male Lawn Field, 111 Chaffinch NE 12.00-13.30 most of these probably seen at LWC, Stonechat female, Peregrine over (J.Wilczur); 2 Wheatear (per Surrey BC)
 * Roding Valley Meadows NR: 3 Buzzard, Kingfisher, 30 Meadow Pipit (ELBF)
 * Rotherhithe: Woodcock found dead on Rotherhithe St (Gemma Hooper per Richard Bonser).
 * St James's Park: 1 Jackdaw in the Park this morning (only a Jackdaw but only my second Park record the other being last month 18th February), also 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Wagtail, drake Ruddy Duck and a Sparrowhawk over pm (Frank Nugent).
 * Sidcup D(York Avenue): Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, Pied Wagtail, 2 Long-tailed Tits (Ian Stewart)
 * South Harrow: Meadow Pipit at Roxeth Recreation Ground (Michael Robinson)
 * Staines Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe, 2 Dunlin, Great Northern Diver, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Pintail, 3 Redshank, Ringed Plover, Water Pipit, White Wagtail (Jim Sweetland); 9 Black-necked Grebe, 3 Water Pipit (BirdGuides)
 * Stocker's Lake: 3 Sand Martin from causeway (Paul Lewis - Herts website)
 * Trent Park: Woodcock, Chiffchaff (Robin White per RM Callf)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: Oystercatcher, 4+ Skylark, 3 Sand Martin, 4 Goldcrest, 3 Chiffchaff, 16 Pied Wagtail, c30 Meadow Pipit, Red Kite (TGP twitter); Willows Farm- 3 Sand Martin, 19 Pied Wagtail, 16+ Linnet (Steve Blake via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Marsh: 2 Sand Martin (James Palmer)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Lockwood- pr Scaup, 2 Green Sandpiper on ramp above relief channel north of Lockwood, 3 Sand Martin N, Chiffchaff but no Wheatear (Stuart Fisher)
 * Wanstead Flats: 1 Common Snipe (over brooms), 5-6 singing Skylarks, 3 singing Meadow Pipits, 1 singing Northern Wheatear (on fairground), male Stonechat, Chiffchaff (Tim Harris, Bob Vaughan); Wheatear still at 16:00, singing Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail (Forest Gate), Skylark, Kestrel, Common Snipe (Nick Croft/Tony Brown)
 * Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross: 25 Golden Plover, Skylark, 8 Yellowhammer (N Haslett via Herts BC)
 * Woodford Green: flyover Little Egret, Hawfinch at 7.35 am (Ken Murray) where please Ken? [D Barrett] Over the house then SW over the wood before disappearing from view towards Hatch Wood behind 'The Pines' Whitehall Road.

Tuesday 17th March 2015

 * Amwell GP: Sand Martin over viewpt (Darren Bast & Jane Free)
 * Bedfont Lakes CP: Bittern over (BirdGuides)
 * Brookmans Park: Peregrine SW 1340 (Herts BC)
 * Cannon Street: 3 Peregrines circling over station when sun came out, also one Grey Wagtail (John Colmans)
 * East India Dock Basin/Bow Creek: Chiffchaff, 11 Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper (Paul Hyland)
 * Friday Lake: female Smew, Sparrowhawk, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff (Simon Papps)
 * Grovelands Park: 2 Firecrest feeding in holly near Rangers' Hut (James Palmer)
 * Hainault Forest CP: Buzzard, 2 Skylark, 48 Meadow Pipit (ELBF)
 * Hall Marsh: male Goosander on adjacent Horsemill Stream, Little Egret, Snipe (Simon Papps)
 * Hunton Bridge nr Watford: no sign y'day's unconfirmed Glossy Ibis (fide Herts BN twitter)
 * Hyde Park: m Scaup still (Ralph Hancock blog)
 * Kennington: juvenile Robin being fed by adult in garden of Old Red Lion Pub on Kennington Park Road. (Matt Reed).
 * KGVI Res: 2 Black-necked Grebe on S basin pm (BirdGuides); f Black Redstart 13.00 seen well for 5min (Jon Reveley)
 * Ladywell Fields: f Peregrine S (C White via Twitter)
 * LeytonFlats/Snaresbrook: singing male Reed Bunting (Leyton Flats), 2 Treecreeper (one in the court grounds), Nuthatch, Common Buzzard N, pr Egyptian Geese with 3 chicks on Hollow, Common Snipe (Leyton Flats), 12 Shoveler, pr Gadwall, 1-2 singing Chiffchaff, singing Blackcap in court grounds, 2 Coal Tit, pr Grey Wagtail but no sign of Firecrest today (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: 5 Redshank, 6 Chiffchaff (cf 1 y'day), Meadow Pipit SW (WWT website); 2 Pintail, 4 Mandarin, Buzzard, limosa Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Redshank, Mediterranean Gull 2s, 17 Meadow Pipit N, 8 Cetti's Warbler singing, 2 Linnet, 6 Common Snipe (R.Kaye, M.Honey, J.Wilczur)
 * Rainham RSPB: Red Kite, 4 Marsh Harrier 3f m, 6 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 3 Curlew, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 19 Dunlin, Spotted Redshank, Water Pipit (ELBF)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: Red Kite yr-1st drifting N over Hill 1310, Moorhen mating, Chiffchaff singing Clarence Br area 11, m Stonechat bramble brush-pile on east side of Wetland Pen a32 at 1230, 2 Meadow Pipit NE, m Reed Bunting yr-1st a2/a5 reedbeds early-am (RPBirders)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: early am- pr Teal, 2 Little Egret (Malcolm Hibberd)
 * Staines Moor: 10 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Reed Bunting, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Water Pipit, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Common Buzzard, Lapwing, Kestrel, Stonechat, Little Egret, Kingfisher, Pheasant, Great Spotted Woodpecker, c150 Starlings, 4 Greylag Geese over and down onto KGVI res (Keith Kerr).
 * Staines Reservoir: 7 Black-necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Pintail, 2 White Wagtail (Jim Sweetland)
 * Thorney CP: 2 Kingfishers by wooden bridge, Sparrowhawk over, 2 Greenfinch, Song Thrush (Sue Giddens)
 * Town Park, Enfield: Peregrine prob male N at 14:10 (Robert Callf)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: Oystercatcher, Little Egret, 2 Little Owl. (Steve Blake)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs/Tottenham Marsh: Barn Owl hunting over East Marsh again evg - seen from Billet Road E17 (Lol Bodini)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: White Wagtail (BirdGuides)
 * Wanstead Flats: 6 Linnet, 2-3 Reed Bunting, 7+ Meadow Pipit, 3 Pied Wagtail, 4 Skylark, 3 singing Chiffchaff, 9 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, m Pochard, 4 Little Grebe (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: Nuthatch, singing Chiffchaff both Bush Wood (Jono Lethbridge/Bob Vaughan)
 * West Hyde: 15 Skylark 12 singing, 15 Yellowhammer, 3 singing Corn Bunting (Lee Evans via Herts BC)
 * Withey Beds LNR: 4 Common Snipe (John Edwards via Herts BC)

Monday 16th March 2015

 * Beckton Sewage Treatment Works: 70+ Stock Dove feeding in weedy field on west side, also 3 Green Sandpiper, Chiffchaff, Kestrel (Peter Beckenham)
 * Black Park: 2+ Raven including a displaying bird. (Roger Morton)
 * Dagenham Chase: 2m Reed Bunting (per DC blog)
 * Grovelands Park: f Lesser Spotted Woodpecker singing 10:58-11:13, 2 Firecrest pr feeding in holly nr Ranger's Hut 09:35-09:47, 8 Shoveler 5m 3f (Robert Callf)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 17 Black-necked Grebe (per Lee Evans via Twitter)
 * Hunton Bridge nr Watford: [unconfirmed] Glossy Ibis fr canal towpath 50m south of M25 road bridge by sluice (Fraser Ansell via Herts BC)
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: f Goldeneye on Serpentine but mobile, Cetti's Warbler close to road bridge, 3 Chiffchaffs (Tony Duckett); m Scaup Serpentine nr bridge still (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * KGVI Res: Black Redstart still at 0800 feeding among the sheep (Alastair Dent); on east bank 1100 (Dominic Pia via Twitter)
 * Lynsters Farm nr Maple Cross: Green Sandpiper (Paul Lewis via Herts BC)
 * Margravine Cemetery: 5 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush 1 juv (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Panshanger Park: 4 Red Kite, Woodcock, Cetti's Warbler Osprey_Lake, 120+ Redwing (Allan Burrows via Herts BC)
 * Rainham RSPB: Little Ringed Plover, Ruff (ELBF)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: 4 Teal 2pr, Little Egret, 3 Long-tailed Tit (Malcolm Hibberd)
 * St James's Park: Chiffchaff singing on S side (Matt Reed).
 * Ruislip Lido: 9 Little Egret (most this winter), 2 singing Chiffchaff. (Martin Smith)
 * Scotsbridge Mill Watercress Beds nr Rickmansworth: 2 Little Egret, Green Sandpiper (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 10 Black-necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver, 4 Oystercatcher, 3 Dunlin, Water Pipit, Rock Pipit (Bob Warden, Roger Morton); 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank (Dominic Pia via Twitter)
 * Stanwell Moor: 5 Bullfinch 2m 3f (Dominic Pia via Twitter)
 * Stocker's Lake: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker still drumming 07:00-09:00 (Lee Evans via Twitter)
 * Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 2 Teal, Little Egret, Cetti’s Warbler singing frequently, Chiffchaff singing, 2 Grey Wagtail (TeRNS)
 * Stoneleigh: singing Blackcap am The Glade, 2 Stock Dove (Neil Batten).
 * Thorney CP: 4 Bullfinch 2f 2m. (Sue Giddens)
 * Tyttenhanger GP: Oystercatcher, Redshank, 3 Little Egret, Kingfisher, 6 Tree Sparrow, 4 Skylark, 2 Buzzard. (Steve Blake)
 * Verulamium Park: Little Egret again in heronry (Ernest Leahy via Herts BC)
 * Wanstead Flats: 8 Linnet, singing Reed Bunting, 5+ Meadow Pipit 1 displaying, 2 singing Skylark, 6 Shoveler, 3 Pochard, 5+ Little Grebe, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 3 singing Chiffchaff (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan/John Weil)
 * Wanstead Park: Grey Wagtail (Bob Vaughan)
 * Warren Gorge: f Mandarin, 7 Teal, 22 Shoveler, 36 Little Egret, Water Rail, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Kingfisher, Cetti`s Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush (Ruth Barnes per ELBF)
 * Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross: 29 Golden Plover (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * Wormley Wood: flock of 110 Redwing (Ken & Linda Smith)

Sunday 15th March 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Great Black-backed Gull 2w or 3w briefly on Filter Bed roof (less than annual here), also Water Rail still Conservation Pond, singing Chiffchaff (Bob Watts); Great Black-backed Gull also seen on far bank of reservoir at 11.50hrs, 1f Blackcap singing in garden just north of Park (Greg Smith)
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 male Reed Bunting North Marsh, 1 male Bullfinch and Water Rail (Shailesh Patel, Bob Husband, Andrew Peel and LNHS members)
 * Brentford Ait: 3 Teal, Kingfisher, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 6+ Grey Heron nests occupied in the Heronry, with one Egyptian Goose also occupying a nest there (Matt Reed)
 * Bricket Wood: nr-certain Lesser Spotted Woodpecker h calling fr bridleway TL131008 (Alan Gardiner via Twitter)
 * Brixton: 6 House Sparrows 3m 3f Dalyell Rd gdn on fdrs) (Matthew J. Bradbury)
 * Connaught Water: 2 Goosander m f, 2 Mandarin Duck m f (Aaron Clements-Partridge)
 * Epping Forest: c25 Redwing, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Kestrel (Aaron Clements-Partridge)
 * Grovelands Park: Woodcock flushed from base of holly 11:04, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker singing 11:30, 2 Firecest pr feeding in holly nr Ranger's Hut (Robert Callf)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: 2 Little Egret, Mediterranean Gull, Sand Martin (Surrey BC)
 * Hyde Park: m Scaup Serpentine nr Lido, f Goldeneye Serpentine nr gift shop then flew toward Long Water early-am, c30 Redwing (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * Kensington Gardens: Cetti's Warbler still, singing Chiffchaff (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * Kew Pond: Coot on nest. (Matt Reed)
 * KGVI Res: Black Redstart still (Twitter)
 * London Wetland Centre: 5 Redshank, 30 Lapwing 13pr & 4m, 2 Snipe, 2 Pintail pr, 32 Wigeon, 80 Cormorant, Chiffchaff (J.Wilczur); Pheasant still (WWT website)
 * Margravine Cemetery: 2 Mistle Thrush (including one very white looking juvenile), Great Spotted Woodpecker (Matt Reed); 2 Goldcrest (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Jackdaw, 2 Jay, 2 Collared Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 3 Grey Wagtail, 5 Pochard (JW Davies, Mike Messenger); 1 singing Goldcrest in evergreen oak near the river, 1 Redwing near the stones both c0800 (Alastair Dent)
 * Olympic Park: Kestrel, 2 Linnet, 15+ Pied Wagtail, Reed Bunting, Waterden Road Pond- Little Egret, Greenway- 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 9 Lesser Black-backed Gull (JW Davies)
 * Osterley Park: 6 Egyptian Goose 3pr, 8+ Coot, 3 Moorhen, 4+ Mallard, 20+ Black-headed Gull, Robin, 6+ Blackbird, 6 Shoveler, 4+ Tufted Duck, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Goldcrest, Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4+ Woodpigeon, 4+ Ring-necked Parakeet, 4+ Magpie, Fieldfare, Redwing, 6+ Canada Goose, 30+ Starling, 6+ Carrion Crow, 6+ Jackdaw, 2 Mandarin Duck pr c25ft up in tree well away from ponds, 2 Skylark - at time thought maybe Meadow Pipit but checking guides at home convinced they were Skylark (Kish Woolmore); Coal Tit, Cormorant, 3 Gadwall, 2 Great Crested Grebe (1 on nest), 2 Grey Heron, 2 Herring Gull, Jay, Little Owl, 11 Shoveler, Teal (Richard Woolley) Oops I forgot to mention 3 GC Grebe and nest [KW].
 * Pinner Park Farm: Common Buzzard - (very long winged) flew north at 14:25 - mobbed by Jackdaws, Kestrel, 5 Snipe, 22 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, Grey Wagtail, Nuthatch & Green Woodpecker (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham RSPB: 55 Shelduck, 73 Shoveler, 17 Pochard, 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Knot, 15 Dunlin, Coal Tit, 8 Cetti's Warbler, Scandinavian Rock Pipit (ELBF)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: 4 Teal 2pr, Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 3 Long-tailed Tit (Malcolm Hibberd)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 2 Oystercatcher fr draper hide, Lapwing displaying (RSPB twitter)
 * Staines Reservoir: Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, White Wagtail [Ldn yr-1st], Rock Pipit on north bank of S basin (Dominic Pia via Twitter); Great Northern Diver, 7 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Redshank (Twitter)
 * Thorney CP: 4 Bullfinch 2m 2f, Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron, 3 Wrens, Pochard, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 14 Common Gulls, Greenfinch, Dunnock, 6 Great Crested Grebes, 100+ Black-headed Gulls (Sue Giddens)
 * Tottenham Marshes: Barn Owl c17:45 (Debbie Burkett with Friends of Tottenham Marshes) video footage here
 * Walthamstow Marshes: front paddocks- 10 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, rear paddocks- 16 Linnet, 30+ Pied Wagtail, Kestrel, Reed Bunting (JW Davies)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Lockwood- drake Scaup, 2 intermedius-type Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 1-2 Kingfisher, 40+ Teal, No4- Common Sandpiper, East Warwick- 2 Sand Martin (Stuart Fisher); Scaup in NW cnr of Lockwood, with 4+ Goldeneye, 2 Green Sandpiper on overflow channel north of Lockwood (David Bradshaw via Twitter); also 2 drake Goosander high S over High Maynard, Common Sandpiper on High Maynard, Cetti's Warbler singing in bushes c100m past the old toilet block, Water Rail, pr Reed Bunting on East Warwick, as well as the 2 Sand Martin (Adam Winstanley)
 * Wanstead Flats: Redwing, Fieldfare, 5 Mistle Thrush, Meadow Pipit, 3 singing Skylark, Kestrel, 2 Gadwall, 2-3 Chiffchaff (Dan Hennessy/Bob Vaughan/Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: Water Rail, Kingfisher, Little Egret, 6 Teal, 20 Gadwall, 17 Shoveler, 30+ Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, pr Great Crested Grebe, Sparrowhawk, 2 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 15+ Redwing (Dan Hennessy/Nick Croft)
 * Waterworks Nature Reserve: Cetti's Warbler viewed for 3 minutes in bed 13 (JW Davies, Mike Messenger)

Saturday 14th March 2015

 * Alexandra Park: 2 singing Chiffchaff (Bob Watts)
 * Battersea Park Lakes: Little Egret over, Pheasant, Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 33 Shoveler, 5 Pochard, 24 Gadwall, 40 Tufted Duck, 19 Grey Heron, 22 Cormorant, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Nick Rutter)
 * Battersea Park Road: f Sparrowhawk mobbed by crow (Michael Mac)
 * Bletchingley: 2 Marsh Tit (C Lamsdell)
 * Bookham Common: 2 Swallow [Ldn yr-1st] W am (Bill Dykes via Twitter)
 * Brent Reservoir: 5 Water Rail, 8 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Kingfisher (Roy Beddard, Leo Batten et al); 1 Red Kite, 1 Peregrine Falcon (Phil Stevens per Roy Beddard)
 * Cole Green area: 10+ Skylark, 10 Linnet, 6 Yellowhammer (Keith Smith via Herts BC)
 * Crossness: Marsh Harrier f, Yellow-legged Gull 2w, 21 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Curlew, 1 Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 40 Wigeon, 1 Sparrowhawk (John Archer)
 * Croxley Common Moor: Little Egret (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * Grovelands Park: 1 Firecrest (seen only occasionally) and 1 female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker both near rangers hut (Bob Husband, Phil Rhodes, et al).
 * Hampstead Heath: 2 Common Snipe SE over Parliament Hill Fields at 06:55, 2m Blackcap both singing - 1 in the hedge from Lido to Bandstand & 1 at Highgate 1 Pond, 2 Meadow Pipit 1 N & 1 flushed in Cohen's Field, Water Rail showing well at Bird Bridge 10:40-11:30, c60 Redwing in enclosure N of Bridge, 3 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, 4 Collared Dove 2pr (Frank Nugent).
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: no sign f Goldeneye am, m Scaup Serpentine nr Diana Memorial reedbed still, 10 Goldcrest singing, Cetti's Warbler still -singing intermittently (Des McKenzie via Twitter); Scaup coming to bread, f Goldeneye off Serpentine Café pm (Twitter); 17 Magpie in pre-roost flock. (Matt Reed).
 * KGVI Res: Black Redstart fem still on bank near gantry steps. (Dave Carlsson via Twitter)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Kingfisher, 2 Pintail m f, 1m Sparrowhawk, pr Long-tailed Tit gathering feathers to line nest, 14 Common Snipe, 3 singing Reed Bunting, 22 Wigeon, 3 Redshank, 4+ singing Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff (Martin Honey)
 * Merry Hill nr Bushey: Barn Owl again hunting over rough grassland 0610 (Andy Jardine via Herts BC)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 2 f/imm Reed Bunting near corrugated iron 'bridge' that carries power cables over the river, 1 singing Chiffchaff, 1 Kingfisher below weir (Alastair Dent)
 * Olympic Park: 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Little Egret (Marcus Mitchell); 13 Fieldfare, 4 Grey Wagtail 2pr, Water Rail h, Great Black-backed Gull thru, 3 Meadow Pipit over, 3 Reed Bunting (Stuart Fisher)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: Great White Egret E 0800 appeared to land at Staines Moor [see update below] (BirdGuides)
 * Rainham RSPB: Little Ringed Plover Butts Scrape 11:15-c14:00 at least (Howard Vaughan via RSPB blog, ELBF twitter); also 3 Little Egret, 4 Marsh Harrier 3f m, 75 Shelduck, 340 Wigeon, 117 Teal, 26 Pintail, 88 Shoveler, 26 Pochard, 2 Oystercatcher, 12 Dunlin, 9 Redshank, 3 Snipe, Kingfisher, 12 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Meadow Pipit, 4 Scandinavian Rock Pipit, 5 Reed Bunting (ELBF)
 * Richmond Park: Pheasant male, Snipe, Water Rail heard, Grey Heron pair with 3+ young, 6 singing Reed Bunting - all Pen Ponds area (J.Wilczur); Buzzard, Stonechat fem (S.Read); 2 singing Chiffchaff, c20 Redwing in Prince Charles Spinney (Steve Woolfenden)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: 4 Teal 2pr, 2 Little Egret, Kestrel, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 12 Jackdaw flying upriver (Malcolm Hibberd)
 * Staines Moor: 6 Fieldfare NE, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 singing Cetti's Warbler (C.Beazley & S.Nicholls); Great White Egret c1600, Red Kite, Knot -2nd record fide Lee Dingain, c15 Redwing (Deacon Frost via Surrey BC twitter)
 * Staines Reservoir: 1 Great Northern Diver, 3+ Black-necked Grebe, 2 Little Ringed Plover W bank, 3 Oystercatcher S basin, 2 Red Kite over N basin mid-am (FJM), 1 Water Pipit (Bob Warden et al.); 4 Redshank (Dominic Pia via Twitter); 2 Pintail on south basin (Jim Sweetland); 1 Dunlin (C.Beazley & S.Nicholls); 6 Black-necked Grebe (BirdGuides)
 * Stanstead Abbotts Lakes: Shelduck fr sandpiper_hide, Oystercatcher sailing-club lawn, Green Sandpiper on Marsh Ln flood, singing Chiffchaff (Ron Cousins via Twitter)
 * Stocker's Farm: 3 Red Kite (Joan Thompson via Herts BC), 3 Common Snipe at flooded field, 100+ Fieldfare (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * Stocker's Lake: via Herts BC- 3 Egyptian Goose over, m Red-crested Pochard, 2 Oystercatcher (Joan Thompson); 9 Goldeneye (Geoff Lapworth); Water Rail ran across causeway 1650 (Andrew Moon); Kingfisher (Lee Batten); m Lesser Spotted Woodpecker still drumming frequently (Lee Batten via Twitter, Lee Evans/B Hartmann/C Hodge); 2 Grey Wagtail (Lee Evans) [LSW loc'n details here]
 * Swanscombe Marshes: 8 Shelduck (Botany Marsh), 35 Mallard, 6 Shoveler (Black Duck Marsh), 4 Little Grebe (Black Duck Marsh), 1 Little Egret (later flew across river), 1 Great Crested Grebe (river), 2m Marsh Harrier, 1 Water Rail h, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing pr (Botany Marsh), 10 Turnstone, 1 Dunlin, 23+ Redshank, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet over, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven W c1530, 4+ Bearded Tit (2 showing well & others calling), 1 Skylark singing, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail, 9 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 26 Reed Bunting inc flock of 21 (Peter Beckenham) Please check out Save Swanscombe Marshes for more details - thank you.
 * Tottenham Marshes: Barn Owl again 1800 (Twitter)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 Chiffchaff, c35 Redwing, 6 Fieldfare N, 6 Lapwing, Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 9 Teal, c175 Common Gull, fem Bullfinch (John Colmans)
 * Trent Park: Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, 8 Mandarin, 5 Tufted Duck, Ring-necked Parakeet, Green Woodpecker. (Pete Lowman).
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: pr Scaup still Lockwood northwest end 0815 (David Bradshaw via Twitter); Cetti's Warbler heard from my living room on bank of Lea adjacent East Warwick -another flat tick. (Quentin Given); Lockwood- 5 Goldeneye, Peregrine (David Bradshaw); 2 Sand Martin north end of Lockwood c15:15 (Stuart Fisher)
 * Wanstead Flats: 2 Rook, Woodcock, Common Snipe, 2 unidentified small waders N, Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 10+ Meadow Pipit, 5+ Skylark, 3+ Chiffchaff, pr of Reed Bunting, Linnet, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 10 Shoveler, pr of Teal, 5+ Little Grebe (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: Sand Martin (Josh Selfe), 20+ Gadwall, 5-7 Teal, 4 Shoveler, pr Great Crested Grebe, 4 Little Grebe, Linnet, 3-4 Chiffchaff, 2 Sparrowhawk (Wanstead Birders)
 * Warlingham: 10 Red-legged Partridge, Red Kite, 12 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Tawny Owl, Bullfinch (Mark Elsoffer via Twitter)
 * Watercress LNR nr St Albans: Chiffchaff singing, f Blackcap, 6 Fieldfare, 2 Lesser Redpoll (Dan Fletcher via Herts BC)
 * Withey Beds LNR: 2 Common Snipe, 10 Fieldfare (Joan Thompson via Herts BC)
 * Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross: 4 Red Kite, 15 Golden Plover (Stephen Middleton via Herts BC); 9 Yellowhammer in bush behind machinery store (Gordon Cox via Herts BC)

Friday 13th March 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Greylag with Canada Geese Wood Green Res, also singing Chiffchaff (Bob Watts)
 * Brookmill Park: Mute Swan, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush (Conrad Ellam)
 * Cely Woods: 3 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, 4 Yellowhammer 2pr (Howard Vaughan per ELBF)
 * Chingford Green: 8 Redwing in tree on the green (Chris Wright)
 * Greenwich Park: Little Egret high E - surprisingly the first Park record as far as I know (Joe Beale)
 * Grovelands Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker heard seven bursts of song but only seen briefly twice - probably a female 10:57-11:25 (my first record at this site for 7 years), Firecrest singing male feeding in holly near Ranger's Hut 11:45-12:30 (Robert Callf)
 * Hampstead Heath: 2 Greylag Geese (very infrequent here) on Hampstead No2 pond 1400 (S Tusa)
 * Hyde Park: m Scaup 1w Serpentine off The Lido, f Goldeneye Serpentine betw gift shop & restaurant, c80 Redwing am (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * Kensington Gardens: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming in Lombardy Poplar nr Cetti's site am (Paul Hyland per DM via Twitter); Cetti's Warbler singing fr usual spot c80m north of bridge on west side of Long Water (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * KGV Reservoir: 5 Black-necked Grebe (BirdGuides)
 * KGVI Res: f Black Redstart still (BirdGuides)
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Pintail, 4 Redshank (WWT website)
 * Mayflower Park: 3 Chiffchaffs (Bob Smith)
 * Osterley Park: Jersey Rd/Windmill Ln jn- 2 Common Buzzards circling over 12pm (Tony Nayager)
 * Pinner Park Farm: 45 Redwing, 6 Fieldfare, 5 Mistle Thrush, 4 Stock Dove & 3 Green Woodpecker (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham RSPB: 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, Water Rail, Golden Plover, Lapwing, Curlew, Redshank, 8 Snipe, Kingfisher, Kestrel, Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Stonechat (Alan Shearman)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: f Wigeon yr-1st aborted landing on main lake then SW am (RPBirders)
 * Richmond Park: 1 singing Chiffchaff (Cambrian Gate), 2 Stonechat & 1 Skylark (the Bog), 7 Meadow Pipit (Paddock, Holly Lodge), 8+ Song Thrush (Hugh Bradshaw); 1-2 Little Egret, 5+ singing Skylark - Crown Field (A.Buxton per JW)
 * St James's Park: Great Black-backed Gull, drake Ruddy Duck (Jo Lawrence); Grey Wagtail at W end, 3 Egyptian Goose goslings surviving from original brood of 4. (Matt Reed)
 * Staines Moor: 6 Water Pipit (C Lamsdell)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Avocet, 3 Curlew N basin early am. (Bob Warden, Dave Kenrick per FJM); Avocet still present 1315, also 3 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Redshank, Water Pipit (Dominic Pia via Twitter); Slavonian Grebe S basin 1520, 8 Black-necked Grebe 1645 (BirdGuides); Little Ringed Plover (per Surrey BC)
 * Stocker's Lake: m Lesser Spotted Woodpecker still (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * Tottenham Marshes: West Marsh and Wild marsh east- Barn Owl, f Goosander S, 2 Pheasant (Stuart Fisher/Adam Winstanley/Lol Bodini)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 8 Teal, 2 Herons together, Ring-necked Parakeets, 4 Lapwings 2pr, c100 Common Gulls, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Nuthatch, Little Owl heard. (Geoff Crabtree).
 * Trent Park: Chiffchaff, 2 Sparrowhawk, 4 Mandarin, Green Woodpecker. (Pete Lowman).
 * Tyttenhanger GP: 2 Redshank, Oystercatcher, Snipe, 2 Kingfisher, 11+ Tree Sparrow reported, Chiffchaff. (S Blake/RCoombes)
 * Vauxhall Bridge: Caspian_Gull 3w at low tide -poss'y same bird as 24 Feb (Lars Akesson via Twitter) Reidentified as Herring Gull from photos (RBA)
 * Walthamstow Res: Lockwood- pair of Scaup on West side. (Paul Whiteman)
 * Walton Downs: 2 Red-legged Partridge, 10 Common Buzzard, 3 Lapwing (Steve Gale via Twitter)
 * Wanstead Flats: Short-eared Owl looking to roost & landed twice, 3-4 singing Skylark, 7+ Meadow Pipit, singing Reed Bunting, 4 Pochard, 2 Shoveler, 3 Egyptian Goose, 3+ Little Grebe, 2 Kestrel, 3 Chiffchaff (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan) S-eOwl pics here
 * Wanstead Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher, 2 Coal Tit, 4+ Chiffchaff, singing Blackcap, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, Goldcrest (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan/Dan Hennessy)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: 2 Redwing over, 2 Meadow Pipit displaying, 7 Linnet 1st of spring (WS twitter)

Thursday 12th March 2015

 * Alexandra Park: singing Chiffchaff at E Deer Enclosure - no winterers (Dominic Mitchell)
 * Banstead: 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in Warren Road is only the second record there in 28 years (Steve Gale) Was it in Round Wood, Steve? No, it was present in back gardens further down the road towards the Drift Bridge.
 * Beddington SF: Red Kite W 0954, Redshank (BFBG via Twitter)
 * Bow Creek: 2 Shelduck, lots of Teal, Redshank, Common Sandpiper; also a seal (Common Seal?) on the Thames foreshore in front of the Dome seen from East India Dock (Alex Massey)
 * Brent Reservoir: adult Mediterranean Gull North Marsh 08.55am (John Gravatt per Roy Beddard);  Neasden Rec lunchtime- f Stonechat, pr Goldcrest, pr Teal & 3 Little Grebe (Davey Leach)
 * Brookmill Park: Mute Swan, Mandarin (Conrad Ellam)
 * Broxbourne Woods-Danemead Wood: 3 Lesser Redpoll (Jenny Sherwen via Herts BC)
 * Bushy Park: Red Kite over at 13.30, 2 Common Buzzards, singing Chiffchaff. (Roger Unite)
 * Canons Farm & Banstead Woods: 2 Lapwing SW am, Chiffchaff lunch wood, Stonechat reads bottom (CFBW twitter)
 * Cornmill Gardens: Kingfisher (Shirley Abranches via Tom Moulton)
 * Ewell Village: 6 Grey Wagtail, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Stock Dove, 2 singing Goldcrest (Neil Batten)
 * Fishers Green: Bittern showing well (Gideon Knight via Twitter)
 * Friday Lake: f Smew, 2 f Goldeneye, 30+ Tufted Duck, 2 Teal, 5 Greylag Goose incl gosling c2wks old), 2 Great Crested Grebe displaying, 2 Chiffchaff 1 singing, Treecreeper (Simon Papps)
 * Gallions Reach: Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard (KJMcmanus)
 * Grovelands Park: Southgate- 2 Firecrest m singing & territorial by Park-rangers House & f nearby, pr Treecreeper by Adventure Playground, Nuthatches singing, singing Blackcap nearby, 6 Goldcrests, Green Woodpeckers and Great Spotted Woodpeckers drumming, f Smew of dubious origin on Lake, 3 Mandarin 2m f, pr Shoveler and pr Egyptian Geese on Lake 6.30-7.45am (Davey Leach)
 * Hall Marsh: 6 Goosander 3pr on adj Horsemill Stream, 5 Wigeon, 4 Teal, 25+ Shoveler, 20+ Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, Treecreeper, singing Chiffchaff, singing Blackcap, Reed Bunting, Red Admiral (Simon Papps)
 * Hyde Park: m Scaup & f Goldeneye nr Diana Memorial reedbed, Meadow Pipit over, 80-100 Redwing still (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * Kensington Gardens: Cetti's Warbler singing fr usual spot am, singing Chiffchaff on east side of Long Water -no winterers (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * KGVI Res: f Black Redstart still at west end am (BirdGuides); 2 Red Kites at south end c14:00, single Fieldfare on east side c200m south of gantry (Toni Piccolo)
 * London Fields: 2 Mistle Thrush and a Kestrel (Mark Wardman)
 * London Wetland Centre: drake Garganey grazing marsh, 12 Common Snipe, 128 Cormorant, 5 Egyptian Geese, 10 Stock Dove, Red-eared and Yellow-bellied Sliders (Martin Honey); Garg'y present 1430, Common Tern [UK yr-1st] over Wildside, m Wheatear main marsh (BirdGuides)
 * Mardyke, Stifford-Aveley: pr Shelduck, 12 Gadwall, 117 Teal, pr Shoveler, 5 Little Egret, Great White Egret [Ldn yr-1st] S 0620, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Kestrel, Water Rail, 9 Collared Dove, Kingfisher, 27 Jackdaw, Skylark, 7 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 3 Fieldfare, 14 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 12 House Sparrow, Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting, Corn Bunting (ELBF)
 * North Sheen Rec: Blackcap singing (a week later than last year's sighting) 0720 (Peter Hart)
 * Hounslow East: Red Kite seen from my kitchen window low over Hounslow East tube station towards Isleworth 13.38 (K.Fisher)
 * Pinner Park Farm: Little Owl, 21 Fieldfare, 7 Redwing, 6 Mistle Thrush, 12 Jackdaw, 4 Stock Dove & 4 Grey Heron (Jon Ridge).
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: m Ring Ouzel [Ldn yr-1st] by perimeter wall nr chainage marker '1300' but mobile W -last seen 1415hr (R Stansfield via Berks BN)
 * Rainham RSPB: pr Great Crested Grebe, 2f Marsh Harrier, f Sparrowhawk, 2 Oystercatcher, Ruff, 2 Curlew, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Dunlin, 60 Redshank, 23 Snipe, Kingfisher, 26m Skylark, 2m Chiffchaff, f Blackcap, 6m Song Thrush, 22 Pied Wagtail, 6m Meadow Pipit, m Bullfinch, pr Corn Bunting (Howard Vaughan per ELBF)
 * Regent's Park: no sign 'wild' Smew early-am, Kingfisher yr-1st Wetland Pen area 32 pm (other obs'r), 3 Redwing, m Stonechat (once rare now merely scarce) chat bush a34 08:35-14:30 at least, 8 Meadow Pipit NE 0710 (RPBirders)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: 4 Teal 2pr, Little Egret, m Sparrowhawk, 2 Long-tailed Tit (Malcolm Hibberd)
 * Sidcup: DA14- Tawny Owl calling The Drive/Selbourne Rd/Highview Rd area c02.10 (Ian Stewart); Lamorbey Pk- 2 Mute Swan, 8 Tufted Duck 4m 4f, Little Grebe, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, 3+ Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, 10+ Redwing, Goldcrest, Jay (Ian Stewart); York Ave- Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, m Blackcap, 2 Stock Dove W, 2 Jackdaw N, 10 Greenfinch in gdn (Ian Stewart)
 * Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver, 6 Black-necked Grebe, Water Pipit (BirdGuides); 4 Oystercatcher (per Surrey BC)
 * Stocker's Lake: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker as prev'y (John Fordham, David Neal et al); 8 Little Egret incl 3+ pr nesting, Chiffchaff singing (Lee Evans via Herts BC)
 * Stoke Newington Reservoirs: wintering Cetti's Warbler singing regularly (TeRNS)
 * Sutcliffe Park: Little Grebe trilling, Little Egret, 3+ Common Snipe, 2 Redwing, 4 Song Thrush (Conrad Ellam)
 * Snaresbrook, Gilberts Slade: singing male Treecreeper, Fieldfare E, 5 Redwing E, 14 Chaffinch 13 in one flock E & 1 SE c0625. (Stuart Fisher)
 * Swanley Park: Greylag, 2 Gadwall, Sparrowhawk, Blackcap (Andy Meaton)
 * Trent Park: 3 Common Buzzard, Goldfinch, Kestrel, 2 Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, 3 Mandarin, 2 Tufted Duck. (Pete Lowman).
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: pr Scaup on Lockwood res 10am (Lol Bodini); Wild Marsh East (north of Lockwood res)- Barn Owl hunting briefly evg (Paul Whiteman et al) blog post here
 * Wanstead Flats: f Stonechat (pub scrub), singing Reed Bunting, m Bullfinch, 3-4 Chiffchaff 3 singers, 5+ Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit 1 displaying, Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Shoveler, 2f Pochard, leucistic Greylag being chased by local Mute Swans, 5 Little Grebe, 2 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel (Nick Croft)
 * Watford: Peregrine Falcon over Vicarage Rd Cemetery toward town centre 1450 (Ian Bennell via Herts BC)
 * Woldingham: 2 Red Kite, 1 fem Sparrowhawk, 8 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 2 Raven, 4 Yellowhammer (Jack Barnes)
 * Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross: m Wheatear (Chris Sharp via Twitter)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: m Yellowhammer -3rd in 24yrs (Paul Thomas via WS twitter)

Wednesday 11th March 2015

 * Bow Creek: 12 Redshank (James Palmer)
 * Brookmill Park: Mute Swan, Kingfisher, Song Thrush (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crayford Marshes: 4 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, 6 Wigeon, 50+ Teal, 5 Little Egret, f Marsh Harrier E across Darent Creek, 2 Kestrel, 2 Oystercatcher, 8 Lapwing S, 1-3 Green Sandpiper, 101 Redshank, Little Owl, Green Woodpecker, 3 singing Skylark, 4+ Meadow Pipit 2 singing, 2 Grey Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, Weasel (Ian Stewart)
 * Dagenham Chase: Buzzard over 1755 (Vince Halley-Frame via Twitter)
 * Finsbury Park: Blackcap singing in gardens of Wilberforce Road at 7.00am (Ian Bradshaw)
 * Gallions Reach: Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 13 Stock Dove, 12 Meadow Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting (James Palmer)
 * Greenwich Park: 1 Yellowhammer over calling mid-morning - 1st since 1968 I believe. (Joe Beale)
 * Grovelands Park: 2 Firecrest pr incl singing male in rhododendrons & holly beside path to ranger's hut (Matt Kirkland)
 * Headstone: Harrow RG- 1 female Blackcap, Goldcrest (Shailesh Patel)
 * Herne Hill: Dog Kennel Hill- Shelduck E (Steven Robinson)
 * Hyde Park: Scaup still, 85-100 Redwing many singing (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 3 White-fronted Goose, 4 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Buzzard, 50 Fieldfare, 3 Yellowhammer (David Morrison via Twitter)
 * Kensington Gardens: Cetti's Warbler still (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * King George VI Reservoir: 1 Black Redstart fem still near gantry steps opposite W end of Staines Reservoirs causeway. (Bob Warden)
 * Lee Valley, Cornmill Meadows: 30+ Teal, 3 Wigeon, 3 Lapwing, Redshank, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, Kingfisher, 4 Coal Tit (Simon Papps)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Pintail, Redshank, Stonechat (WWT website)
 * Margravine Cemetery: 4 Mistle Thrush ad & 3yg, 2 Redwing, m Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Pinner Park Farm: 2 Little Owl, 7 Snipe, 27 Meadow Pipit, Cormorant E, 45 Redwing, 12 Fieldfare, 4 Mistle Thrush, 3 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 72 Jackdaw, 6 Stock Dove & 2 Long-tailed Tit (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham RSPB: Red-legged Partridge, 2 Marsh Harrier 2m2f, Peregrine, 2 Curlew, 2 Kingfisher, 50 Fieldfare, 3 Chiffchaff (ELBF); c9 Curlew still (Ralph Vaughan via RSPB blog)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: m Smew 1600 [NB reported fr Pk on BirdGuides 11pm but loc'n ambiguous & sp is in Pk coll'n - more details anyone?]; also ad Jackdaw (bird visiting daily since last Sep) commuting fr dir'n of Heath over Hill to Reg's Pk (& prob'y Hyde Park) 1115, prob_Rook high NW 1220 (RPBirders)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: pair Teal, Little Egret, 4 Long-tailed Tit (Malcolm Hibberd)
 * Sidcup (York Avenue): 2 Red Kites high SW 11.58 -year 1st, Peregrine, 5 Stock Dove SE, Mistle Thrush low NW -year 1st, male Blackcap, 2 single Rooks S 11.15 & 17.52 (Ian Stewart)
 * Staines Moor: Short-eared Owl (Surrey BC)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Little Ringed Plover [Ldn yr-1st] E bank of S basin early am, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Great Northern Diver S basin, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Dunlin, 4 Redshank, 2 Pintail pair still on N basin, 1 Water Pipit (Bob Warden per FJM); 6 Black-necked Grebe on south basin (Jim Sweetland)
 * Stocker's Farm: 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Snipe flooded field, 6 Redwing, 100+ Fieldfare (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * Stocker's Lake: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker fr causeway still (Herts BN twitter); 4 Red-crested Pochard, 7 Goldeneye, 3 Little Egret (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Peregrine, 5 Goldeneye Lockwood, ad near-fsp Mediterranean Gull W Warwick (Paul Whiteman via site blog); flew toward Coppermill Ln filter beds late-pm (Jonathan Nasir via Twitter); Lockwood- Scaup pr still drifting with 5 tufties on west side around 14:00 (Debbie Burkett)
 * Wanstead Flats: 2 Kestrel, 3-4 singing Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail, singing m Reed Bunting, singing Chiffchaff, 10 Little Grebe, f Pochard (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 12 Stock Dove, 2 Little Grebe, 11 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall (ornamentals), 2 Teal, Kingfisher, 15+ Redwing incl singers, calling Nuthatch, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk (Nick Croft)
 * Wimbledon: 2200 Jackdaw N over stn 06:05-06:20 (Nick Tanner via Twitter)
 * Woodoaks Farm nr Maple Cross: 38 Golden Plover among winter wheat (Paul Lewis via Herts BC)
 * Woodford Green: male Siskin and 2 Lesser Redpolls intermittently on feeder am, plus displaying Common Buzzard. (Ken Murray)

Tuesday 10th March 2015

 * Barnes: Harrods Village- Cetti's Warbler singing by pond, f Reed Bunting in garden shrubs (Neil Anderson)
 * Brookmill Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Chingford: Marsh Harrier (presumed male) seen soaring then heading SW fairly high up c09:20 (Stuart Fisher)
 * Crossness: Greenshank, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 50 Redshank, 300 Dunlin, 250 Teal, 20 Wigeon, 30 Gadwall, Reed Bunting; Green Sandpiper on Southern Marsh (Conrad Ellam)
 * Denham: A40- Water Rail, Grey Wagtail, 2 Little Egret, 2-3 Kingfisher, 3 Tufted Duck, Green Woodpecker (Dan Pinkham)
 * Epsom Downs: Barn Owl south of rubbing house pub 1725 (Steve Gale via Twitter)
 * Hackney Marshes: 3 Song Thrush, 4 Mistle Thrush, 2 Redwing, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 4 Jay, Kestrel, 2 Chiffchaff, 50+ Teal, Grey Heron, 5 Gadwall, 3 Shoveler, 2 Kingfisher (JW Davies)
 * Hampstead Heath: Stonechat 10.45am 'Meg's Pond' opp Sanctuary Pond fdrs (MBS), Water Rail at Bird Bridge 11.30am (MH from MBS); Peregrine Falcon being mobbed by Rooks over Parlt Hill, Kestrel, Green Woodpecker and 10 Magpies together - all on my run (Nick Kaufmann) Are you sure they weren't Crows? Rooks are uncommon over the Heath as in London generally...
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: Scaup & Cetti's Warbler still (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Pintail, 7 Mandarin, 4 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 3 Peregrine the resident pair plus a huge intruder f seen off by the m, 3 Buzzard S, Heron very high NW, f Pheasant, Meadow Pipit NE, 5 Fieldfare SE, 3 Chiffchaff (R.Kaye); 1 Redshank, 13 Snipe, 1 Reed Bunting singing, 1f Stonechat, 4 Stock Dove, 1 Red Admiral butterfly flying N, 1 Yellow-bellied Slider and 1 Red-eared Slider (terrapins) (Martin Honey)
 * Margravine Cemetery: 4 Mistle Thrush ad & 3yg, Coal Tit, Redwing, Red Admiral (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Mill Hill Park: Green Woodpecker (Xav)
 * Oxford Street: 1 Long-tailed Tit singing in tree by Selfridges 08.45 (Matthew J. Bradbury)
 * Pinner Park Farm: Little Owl, 10 Snipe, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 24 Fieldfare, Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Green Woodpecker, drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch (presumed pair), 42 Jackdaw, singing Goldcrest & Long-tailed Tit (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham RSPB: Woodcock (RSPB sightings log); c60 Golden Plover, 4 Ruff, 3+ Dunlin (Ralph Vaughan via RSPB blog); m Bullfinch (Annie Jackson); 10 Little Egret, 4 Marsh Harrier 2f2m, 6 Curlew, 70 Redshank, 9 Snipe, pr Raven, 2m Chiffchaff, f Blackcap, 12 Greenfinch (ELBF)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: 6 Stock Dove over, Meadow Pipit NE 07:15-08:30, also Woodcock OGS Pen area 39, 3 Redwing; Red Admiral (RPBirders)
 * Roding Valley Park at Woodford Bridge: 2 Kingfishers (the first time I've seen more than one on this stretch of river for three years), 2 Little Egrets (ditto for two years), Kestrel, 2 Long-tailed Tits (Alan Hobson).
 * St James's Park: pair of Grey Wagtail to and fro Duck Island this morning and drake Ruddy Duck (Frank Nugent); 5 Redwing 08.30 (Jo Lawrence)
 * Staines Moor: Little Egret, 3 Water Pipit, Buzzard, 2 Redshank, Cetti's Warber (new territory- south end) (C Lamsdell); 3 Jack Snipe (BirdGuides)
 * Staines Res: Great Northern Diver, 3 Black-necked Gebes, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, Redshank, 13 Shelduck, Rock Pipit, Water Pipit (C Lamsdell); 17 Lapwing, 6 Redshank, Water Pipit (Dominic Pia via Twitter); 2 Pintail, 4 Black-necked Grebe, 3 Oystercatcher, 3 Dunlin (Mark Elsoffer via Twitter)
 * Stanstead Abbotts Lakes: 2 Bittern (Jane Free via Herts BC)
 * Stocker's Lake: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker h drumming 7am (Anna Marett/Lee Evans via Herts BC); 7 Little Egret (Joan Thompson via Herts BC)
 * Sutcliffe Park: pr Linnet, 6 Stock Dove, 3 Little Grebe (P Kite)
 * Sydenham Hill Wood: Blackcap singing am (Peter Beckenham per Dave Clark)
 * Tooting Commons: north end- Stock Dove, 2 Redwing, Little Owl heard (Nick Granger-Taylor)
 * Thorpe Water Park: ad fsp Mediterranean Gull SW low over Fleet Lake 0700, Sand Martin over Manor Lake 0850 (David Darrell-Lambert via Twitter)
 * Tottenham Marsh: m Stonechat South Marsh (Stuart Fisher)
 * Verulamium Park: 2 Little Egret, Kingfisher, Fieldfare (Andrew Steele via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Res: Lockwood- pr Scaup about half way up on west side of reservoir at 14.30 (Stuart Fisher)
 * Walton Downs: 2 Red Kite circling W 1515 (Steve Gale via Twitter)
 * Wanstead Flats: 3-4 singing Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 2 Shoveler, 4 Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, pair of Kestrel (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: Lesser Redpoll, Skylark N, 5 Gadwall, 6 Shoveler, pair of Teal, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Grebe (Nick Croft); Bush Wood South- 4 Stock Dove, 14 Wren territories, 5 Song Thrush territories, 2 Goldcrests including singing male (T Harris)
 * West Harrow: ringed male Blackcap in garden this morning - silver metal ring on left leg (Alex Massey)
 * Wimbledon Common: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (David Wills).
 * Woldingham: 2 Red Kite feeding on road kill, 30+ Buzzard, pr Raven, Marsh Tit all west of village (Jack Barnes via Twitter)

Monday 9th March 2015

 * Alexandra Park: pair Shoveler Wood Green Res, singing Chiffchaff mid platform (Bob Watts)
 * Brookmill Park: Mute Swan, Mandarin, Kingfisher, 2 Song Thrush, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bushy Park: 1 Skylark, 1 Song Thrush (Rob Bell)
 * Crayford Marshes: Spotted Redshank, 30 Redshank, Curlew, Dunlin, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, 50 Teal, 2 Fieldfare, Reed Bunting (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
 * Denham: A40- Water Rail, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dan Pinkham)
 * East India Dock Basin: Reed Bunting, 4 Shelduck, 19+ Tufted Duck, 8 Teal (John Archer)
 * Epsom Racecourse: Barn Owl at start of course 1720 (Ian Jones via Twitter)
 * Golders Hill Park: pr Egyptian Geese displaying over Swan Pond - patch tick (James Levy)
 * Grovelands Park: 2 Firecrest pr incl singing male in rhododendrons & holly between NE corner of lake & ranger's hut 12:58-13:50 (Robert Callf)
 * Hampstead Heath: pair of Peregrines over Parliament Hill at 1030, also 8 Redwings and 2 Stock Doves NE (Pete Mantle)
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: Scaup & Cetti's Warbler still (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * KGVI Res: Black Redstart again briefly opp Staines Res entrance (Ken Purdey per Dominic Pia via Twitter)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: drake Mandarin on tiny pool nr Gilberts Slade early am flew off S, Red Kite SE 12:55, singing male Firecrest, 1-2 Treecreeper, 2 singing Nuthatch, singing m Blackcap mid-am in court, 16 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, singing Grey Wagtail, c70 Redwing thru, Siskin thru, 5-6 Song Thrush, 2 singing Goldcrest, Coal Tit (Stuart Fisher)
 * Lloyd Park: 1 Water Rail, 4 Egyptian Geese, 1m Tufted Duck, 1 Common Gull, 50+ Starling. (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Redshank, 6 Common Snipe, 2 singing Reed Bunting, 1m Sparrowhawk, 4+ singing Cetti's Warbler, Peregrine on Charing Cross Hospital (Martin Honey)
 * Lonsdale Road Reservoir: 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Black-headed Gull 1x with black colour ring. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Paddington: pr Grey Wagtail m singing St Michael's St W2 (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * Pinner Park Farm: 6 Snipe, 87 Redwing, 54 Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush, Meadow Pipit, 3 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 35 Jackdaw & 4 Long-tailed Tit (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham RSPB: 3f Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, Peregrine, 7 Curlew, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, Spotted Redshank, 62 Redshank, 3 Dunlin, 2 Oystercatcher, Kingfisher (ELBF)
 * Redbridge Lakes: 2 Snipe, 2 Reed Buntings, 2 Herring Gulls, Pied Wagtail (Alan Hobson).
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: Woodcock -1st since 7 Jan, 2 Redwing, Siskin over yr-1st (RPBirders)
 * Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver still, 6 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, Dunlin (BirdGuides); Ringed Plover (R Dunne)
 * Stocker's Lake: m Lesser Spotted Woodpecker still drumming nr causeway (Gordon Cox via Herts BC)
 * Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Cetti's Warbler singing am East basin (DM per TeRNS)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Red Kite W c11am, 12 Teal, Sparrowhawk, Grey Wagtail, Kestrel, 2 Redwing (John Colmans)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 2 Scaup m&f No4 Res (BirdGuides)
 * Woodford Green: 3 Lesser Redpoll, f Siskin (1st this winter), Red Kite SSW over Nightingale Stables adj to Whitehall Plain. (Ken Murray)

Sunday 8th March 2015

 * Alexandra Park: 2 male Stonechat perimeter, singing Chiffchaff Nursery, Snipe & Water Rail Conservation Pond, Skylark, pair Shoveler Wood Green Res (Bob Watts)
 * Banstead Woods: 4 Buzzard over Valley Meadows am (Ian Ward via Twitter)
 * Brent Reservoir: 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe (North Marsh), 1 Fieldfare, 1 male Blackcap (Shailesh Patel); 2 Snipe (East Marsh), 2 Goldcrest, Stock Dove (F O'Sullivan)
 * Brixton: overgrd stn- Grey Wagtail singing (Matthew J. Bradbury).
 * Brookmill Park: Mute Swan, Mandarin, Redwing, singing Song Thrush, singing Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Canons Farm: Firecrest in Pages Acre at 11:37 then flew to Ruffett Wood (David Campbell)
 * Cranford CP: pair of Kingfishers, Chiffchaff (not singing), 14 Meadow Pipit, pair of displaying Skylark, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard (S.Giddens, J.Giddens, W.Marks)
 * Crossness: Greenshank, 1+ Green Sandpiper, 13 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Curlew, 350+ Dunlin, 5 Oystercatcher, Chiffchaff singing, 14 Wigeon, 25 Shoveler, 3 Rook NW - scarce here, 2 Jay (John Archer)
 * Darlands Lake: pr Grey Heron over, 1 Kestrel, 2 Long-tailed Tits gathering nesting material, 5 Teal 3m 2f (Xav)
 * Enfield Playing Fields: 1 Yellow-legged Gull among commoner gull species (Phil Rhodes)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: Siberian Chiffchaff mobile around lake and boggy area at SW end of it, 4 Mute Swan, Greylag Goose and 5 Canada Goose over NW, c20 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Water Rail, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Grey Wagtail, singing Song Thrush, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 3 Jays (Ian Stewart)
 * Gunpowder Park: 1 Brent Goose over N/E, 1 Yellowhammer (Neville Smith).
 * Hampstead Heath: Stonechat on brambles at 2nd hedge Parliament Hill Fields, 2 Red Kite over Field -1 drifted slowly NW 12:15 & 1 very low W 13:00 (Frank Nugent).
 * Harrow: town centre- 1 Peacock Butterfly (Shailesh Patel)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: 4 Little Egret, Chiffchaff (Surrey BC); 2 Shelduck pr Spynes, 5 Little Egret 2&3 Moors (Ian Kehl & Gordon Hay via HSP blog)
 * Hyde Park: Scaup between Lido and bridge at 10am (Dawn Painter and Steff Turton)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 60 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 20 Snipe, Stonechat, 4 Red-crested Pochard, 25 Skylark, 12 Meadow Pipits, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Bullfinch, Sparrowhawk, 2 Little Egret, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 15 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Bunting (per ELBF)
 * Kensington Gardens: Cetti's Warbler still (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * King George VI Reservoir: 1 Northern Wheatear, 1 fem Black Redstart, 1 male Stonechat nr gantry steps till 12.57 at least opp west end of Staines Reservoirs causeway (Andrew Moon, Sean Foot, Franko J Maroevic); 4 Stonechat (per Lee Evans via Twitter)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Redshank pr, 74 Shoveler, 1 Chiffchaff singing, 1 Kingfisher, 7 Reed Bunting (Adam Salmon); 2 Pintail, 30 Wigeon, 4 Mandarin, 7 Snipe, 176 Cormorant, Buzzard, 2 Meadow Pipit NW, Stonechat SE, alba Wagtail NW, 2 Chiffchaff, 11 Greenfinch W/NW (R.Kaye); 2 Peregrine on hospital (WWT website)
 * Margravine Cemetery: 5 Mistle Thrush (2 ad still with 3 fledged young), 3 Redwing, Green Woodpecker (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Mill Hill NW7: 2 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit & wintering female Blackcap in garden. (Steve Blake)
 * Pinner Park Farm: 8 Snipe, Common Buzzard over, 34 Meadow Pipit, 54 Redwing, 26 Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush, 58 Jackdaw, 5 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest & Long-tailed Tit (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham Marshes: Sand Martin [Ldn yr-1st] W 1050 (Jonathan Wasse via Twitter); 2 Sand Martin W pm (BirdGuides); 4 Ruff (RSPB blog); 2 Bearded Tit (Oliver Simms via Twitter); Rock Pipit (RSPB sightings log); 6 Oystercatcher, 9 Golden Plover, 15 Curlew, 50 Dunlin, 21 Redshank (ELBF) To (first-time poster) 95.147.121.208- Pls don't summarily delete 'yr-1st' label to deny finder the credit unless you also share yr knowledge of earlier record incl accurate time-stamp & observer name(s)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: 3 Jackdaw NE, imm Rook NE yr-1st and 5 Meadow Pipit high NE yr-1st all at 0750 (RPBirders)
 * Richmond Park: Little Egret Upper Pen Pond, Buzzard S, Fieldfare N, 1+ Bullfinch h nr Oak Lodge (R.Herbert per JW)
 * Sidcup: Edginton Way- Bullfinch flew past Klinger building calling 07.05 (Ian Stewart)
 * Sidcup (York Avenue): male Blackcap, Coal Tit (Ian Stewart)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Great Northern Diver, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Water Pipit near tower S basin, 2 Pintail, 3 Redshank, 1 Red Kite over before 10.35 N basin, 1 Northern Wheatear [Ldn yr-1st] and fem Stonechat at E end of causeway early am per FJM - possibly same W'ear late am on King George VI Reservoir (Bob Warden et al); also Slavonian Grebe, 4 Black-necked Grebe, Ringed Plover (Mark Elsoffer via Twitter) To 95.147.121.208- See comment under Rainham above
 * Stanstead Abbotts Lakes: Yellow-legged Gull 2w north lake (Barry Reed via Herts BC)
 * Stocker's Lake: m Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming on & off 07:30-09:00 in lge oak on island & showed on causeway briefly (Ian Williams via Herts BC)
 * Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 3 Teal, 13 Shoveler, Water Rail showing well (ADH per TeRNS)
 * Swanley Park: Greylag, Coot, Green Woodpecker, Jay, Redwing (Andy Meaton)
 * Swanley Village: 30+ Fieldfare, 10+ singing Skylark (Andy Meaton)
 * Thames (Putney-Barnes Bridges): WeBS- Maned Goose (first record) with pr Egyptian Geese, 4 Greylag 2pr, 159 Mallard, 238 Teal, 18 Gadwall, 127 Herring Gull, 3 Grey Wagtail (Neil Anderson)
 * The Commons LNR (Welwyn Garden City): 2 Red Kite, 2 Yellowhammer (Keith Smith via Herts BC) TL259110
 * Thurrock Lakeside: 2 Sand Martin through am (ELBF twitter) TQ584788
 * Tottenham Marshes: pr Stonechats still on south end near allotments (been here since November at least) (Quentin Given)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: ad Mediterranean Gull main pit 1100 (TGP twitter)
 * Valentines Park: Kingfisher, Redwing (Barbara Miller)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Upper Maynard- Diver sp took off and flew south towards Warwick Res at c13.15, Lockwood- m Stonechat in SW corner, 6+ Goldeneyes (Quentin Given)
 * Wanstead Flats: m Stonechat, Fieldfare, 7+ Skylark, 4 Meadow Pipit, Linnet, Reed Bunting, 4 Stock Dove, Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: Water Rail, 2 Little Egret, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, 2 Egyptian Goose, 32 Gadwall, 11 Pochard, 9 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Cressted Grebe, 3 Little Grebe Basin (Bob Vaughan/James Heal)
 * Woodford Green: 2 Kestrel, imm f Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard 1 & 3, a single Redwing and 4 Lesser Redpolls (Ken Murray)

Saturday 7th March 2015

 * Alexandra Park: Snipe flushed to rear and 2 Water Rail Conservation Pond, also pair Great Crested Grebe Wood Green Res, Meadow Pipit - first of year, Brimstone (Bob Watts)
 * Black Park: 20 Mandarin 12m, 2 Raven (C Lamsdell)
 * Brent Reservoir: Shelduck, Lapwing, 9 Snipe, 21 Great Crested Grebes (Roy Beddard, John Gravatt, Andrew Verrall)
 * Canon's Farm: 3 Stonechat (Paul Goodman via CFBW blog)
 * Chalk Wood (Sidcup): Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker, 6+ Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush, 40+ Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing, Goldcrests, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 3 Jays, 2 Jackdaw (Ian Stewart and Barry Wright)
 * Charing Cross Hospital: Peregrine Falcon 1st egg for 2015 laid this morning (public site) (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Cornmill Gardens: Kingfisher (Shirley Abranches via Tom Moulton)
 * Crayford Marshes: 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Little Egret, 4 Dunlin, Redshank, 6 Wigeon, Teal, 1 Cetti's Warbler (Ian Strickland)
 * Denham: A40- 25+ Redwing, male Pheasant, 1 Red Kite, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Canada Goose, 12 Jackdaw around molehills (Dan Pinkham)
 * Ewell: 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 2 Brimstone Butterflies -London Rd, 1 female Kestrel -Banstead Rd (Neil Batten)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: Siberian Chiffchaff still present but very elusive, 4 Mute Swan one imm gone missing, 20+ Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Kestrel, Water Rail, 2 Common Chiffchaff, 2+ Goldcrest (Ian Stewart and Barry Wright)
 * Hampstead Heath: Common Buzzard SE at c13:00, Water Rail showing very well at Bird Bridge 15:00-15:30, Kingfisher at Sanctuary Pond (Frank Nugent).
 * Hyde Park: m Scaup 1w still, c30 Redwing but no sign LS_Woodpecker (Des McKanzie via Twitter)
 * Kensington Gardens: Cetti's Warbler still but no sign of S'chat (Des McKanzie via Twitter)
 * Leyton, Jubilee Park: Stonechat (JW Davies)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 6 Mandarin, 198 Cormorant, Redshank, Stonechat, Chiffchaff our first spring bird, Red Admiral, 2 Brimstone. (R.Kaye); 4 Common Snipe, 2 Peregrine m f, 29 Wigeon, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Yellow-bellied Slider (terrapin) on grazing marsh (Martin Honey)
 * Lord's Cricket Ground: Brimstone (John Colmans)
 * Merry Hill nr Bushey: Barn Owl hunting 0700 (Andy Jardine via Herts BC)
 * Netherhall/Glen Faba: 1 Kingfisher, 2 Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, 2 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, 13 Great Crested Grebe (Nigel May).
 * Olympic Park: Cetti's Warbler riverside reeds (Twitter)
 * Pinner Park Farm: just one Stonechat remained from yesterday, 8 Snipe, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 112 Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 Meadow Pipit over, Grey Wagtail, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, 35 Jackdaw, Jay, 8 Stock Dove & 5 Long-tailed Tit (Jon Ridge).
 * Pinner (The Croft): Red Kite over at 13:03 (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham: 30+ Fieldfares in fields (John Cadera)
 * Rainham RSPB: Yellow-legged Gull 2w and Caspian Gull 1w briefly, Water Pipit stone barges am (David Darrell-Lambert via Twitter); Bittern, 2 Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, Barn Owl showing very well, Chiffchaff singing, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Brimstone (John Cadera)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: no sign S'chats area 34 at dawn but Water Rail southeast end of Old Boathouse reedbed a2 at 0645 -scarce here last 2yrs, Redwing; Brimstone (RPBirders)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 2 Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher, Goldcrest all nr draper hide (Andy Hawksworth via Twitter)
 * Sidcup: Edginton Way- Little Egret on flooded field by R Cray (Ian Stewart)
 * Staines Moor: 3 Red Kite S together midday, 3 Cetti's Warbler h, Chiffchaff h (Lee Dingain via blog)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 6 Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 5 Redshank (Dominic Pia via Twitter); Great Northern Diver and 3 Black-necked Grebe still on S basin (Jim and Tony Sweetland); Peregrine, Ringed Plover, 7 Ruff (Mark Elsoffer via Twitter)
 * Stocker's Lake: 14 Goldeneye, 3 Little Egret, 2 Oystercatcher (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC); pr Lesser Spotted Woodpecker still -by Stocker's Hse entrance (Lee Evans via Twitter)
 * Stoke Newington Reservoirs: fem Stonechat -scarce here (TeRNS)
 * Swanley Park: Greylag, Coal Tit, Stock Dove, Blackcap, Grest Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Brimstone, Red Admiral & Small Tortoiseshell bflys (Andy Meaton)
 * Trent Park: Red Kite 11:55 (Robert Callf/Robin White)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: Fishing Lk- Oystercatcher, 2 Kingfisher, Main Pit- Wigeon, Little Egret, 2 Grey Wagtail (TGP twitter)
 * Walthamstow Res: 2 Scaup adult drake & female on East Warwick southwest corner with Pochard flock (J.Murray).
 * Wanstead Flats: Stonechat (Dan Hennessy), 7+ Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail, Linnet, 2 Shoveler, 2 Stock Dove, Kestrel, 1-2 Sparrowhawk (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: singing Chiffchaff briefly, 3 Goldcrest 2 singing, Nuthatch, 2-3 Kingfisher, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 32 Gadwall, 26 Shoveler, 4 Teal, 20+ Tufted Duck, 2 Egyptian Goose, Sparrowhawk (Nick Croft/BobVaughan)
 * Wimbledon Common: 1 Woodcock, 1 Common Snipe, 1 Little Grebe (David Wills).
 * Woodford Green: incl A104 nr Robin Hood Pub- 2 Nuthatches, 2 Treecreepers, 20+ Redwings, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tits, 3 Long-tailed Tits, Jay, Goldcrest; also Kestrel at Woodford Bridge (Alan Hobson).

Friday 6th March 2015

 * Alexandra Park: 3 Greylags 0700 Wood Green res then flew towards Boating Lake (Bob Watts)
 * Avery Hill Park: 20+ Redwing including several singing birds, Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Conrad Ellam)
 * Amwell GP: Barn Owl nr viewpt, m Stonechat in brambles to L of viewpt (Ade Hall via Herts BC)
 * Banstead: 2 Bullfinch over gdn - 4th record this century (Steve Gale per CFBW blog)
 * Banstead Woods: Siskin and 10 Redpoll nr Reads Rest Ln (Ian Ward via Twitter), 2 Siskin and Yellowhammer over The Scrub (CFBW BG)
 * Brookmill Park: Mute Swan, Common Gull, Redwing, Song Thrush (Conrad Ellam)
 * Canons Farm: 13 Stonechat -site record (CFBW BG)
 * Claybury Park: 3 Redpolls (first time I've seen them here or indeed anywhere so far this year) (Alan Hobson).
 * Covert Way LNR: Woodcock flushed 14:17 hrs (Robert Callf)
 * Crayford Marshes: 2 Ravens Old Ammo Works again 14.30-15.00 at least, 4 Gadwall, 16 Wigeon, c100 Teal, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Kestrel, 2 Oystercatcher, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, c30 Redshank, 7 Curlew, Yellow-legged Gull 3w, Little Owl, Kingfisher, 3+ Skylark, Rock Pipit, 4 Stonechat [all present a while but showing well in good conditions], Redwing, Cetti's Warbler, 4 Reed Bunting (Ian Stewart)
 * Ewell Village: singing Blackcap Kingston Rd (Neil Batten)
 * Gallions Reach: 2 Oystercatcher, 6 Redshank, 8 Linnet (Kevin McManus via Twitter)
 * Harrow Weald Old Cemetery: 16 Redwing (Mike Johnson)
 * Holden Woods, Brentwood: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Lee Brown via Twitter) TQ593912
 * Holmethorpe SPs: 4 Little Egret, 6 Jack Snipe (Surrey BC)
 * Hyde Park: m Scaup 1w Serpentine nr bridge, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drummed & called twice nr Hudson Memorial am - observer's 2nd site record in 13 yrs, 41 Redwing, Meadow Pipit over (Des McKenzie via Twitter); m Stonechat 12.30-1pm on fence & bushes in Princess Diana Memorial area nearest Lido toilet block but flighty to & from nearby reed bed. (Chris Holtby)
 * Kensington Gardens: Cetti's Warbler still but rarely singing (Des McKenzie); 2 Stonechat Buck Hill (Ralph Hancock blog with pics).
 * KGV Reservoir: Slavonian Grebe and 5 Black-necked Grebe on S basin (BirdGuides)
 * London Wetland Centre: 9+ Stonechat on grazing marsh (Catherine Beazley); 9 Stonechat still showing around the grazing marsh late pm, 2 Pintail 1m 1f, 3 Common Snipe, 1 Redshank, 1 Little Egret landed briefly but chased off by crows, 20 Wigeon, 1m Reed Bunting, 4+ singing Cetti's Warbler (Martin Honey); Bittern still (WWT website)
 * Margravine Cemetery: 5 Mistle Thrush 2ad & 3yg (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Monken Hadley Common: Firecrest feeding in holly nr Games Rd entrance 13:26-13:29 hrs (Robert Callf)
 * Pinner Park Farm: 6 Stonechat, 10 Snipe, 29 Meadow Pipit, Kestrel, 7 Fieldfare & just 2 Redwing (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham RSPB: 4 Avocet feeding in Aveley Bay 0910, Iceland Gull 3w Norwegian-ringed bird (last seen here 16 January) nr green factory by jetty east of stone barges (& initially visible from riverside path), Caspian Gull 1w nearby 10:05-11:45 and 2 Yellow-legged Gulls 1w 2s (Dominic Mitchell via BirdGuides); 9 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Oystercatcher, 64 Golden Plover, 6 Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Dunlin, 60 Redshank, Chiffchaff, f Blackcap, pr Stonechat, Water Pipit, Rock Pipit (per ELBF)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: 2 Stonechat (site's 1st-ever pr) chat bush area 34 at c1700 & not before 1530 at least (RPBirders)
 * Richmond Park: 33 Stonechat - one was attacked by a Sparrowhawk (outcome unknown), Lesser Spotted Woodpecker heard, Little Egret, Buzzard, Kingfisher, 5 singing Skylark (J.Wilczur, M.Lewis, M. Delpy, A. Buxton, J. Mccormick et al)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: 2 Little Egret, pr Teal, Kestrel, 2 Long-tailed Tit (Malcolm Hibberd).
 * Southgate: Dalrymple Close- 8 Greenfinch incl singing male (Robert Callf)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 21 Ruff on N basin c1400, also 2 Pintail, Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe, Oystercatcher, 2 Dunlin, Redshank, Water Pipit (Dominic Pia via Twitter); 1 Great Northern Diver on S basin, 1 Black-necked/Slavonian Grebe in distant water on N Basin, also 5 Lapwings, many Goldeneye, Wigeon, Teal, Shelduck, Shovelers (Quentin Given); Ringed Plover, 7 Black-tailed Godwit (per Surrey BC)
 * Stocker's Farm: 2 Stonechat (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * Stocker's Lake: 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker together at sailing-club end of causeway (Gordon Cox via Herts BC)
 * Sutcliffe Park: Kingfisher, Stock Dove (Conrad Ellam); 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap in song, 3 Redwing, Reed Bunting m, 2 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel over (P Kite)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Firecrest male -last sighting of wintering bird present from Sep 26th, also Song Thrush, 2 Brimstone first of year (Bob Watts)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: Raven mobbed by Crow over Garden Wood 1250, 2 Red Kite, 2+ Buzzard, Kestrel, Stonechat m, 6 Tree Sparrow, Yellowhammer, 3 Reed Bunting, 4+ Skylark, Little Egret, Snipe, 5+ Herring Gull. (S Blake/R Coombes)
 * Wimbledon Common: 1 Common Snipe, 3 Stonechat, 14 Long-tailed Tits 7prs noted nest building (David Wills).

Thursday 5th March 2015

 * Beddington SF: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker female in trees along northern boundary drumming & closely associating with GSWs 07:30-08:00 (James Hudson)
 * Brookmill Park: Mute Swan, 2 Canada Goose, Mandarin, Peregrine, Mistle Thrush, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Chingford: where Epping Forest starts below Royal Oak pub- 5 Green Woodpeckers, 1 Fieldfare 4:30pm (Sue Barry)
 * Crayford Marshes: Red Kite W over Moat Lane 15.55, Spotted Redshank at saltings c16.55, 2 Ravens flew in from Dartford Marshes to Old Ammuntion Works where they still were c17.00, 2 Gadwall, 6 Wigeon, 100+ Teal, Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 3 Oystercatcher, 3 Lapwing, c30 Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 100+ Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 1-2 Little Owls, 2 Grey Wagtail, male Stonechat, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 24+ Linnet (Ian Stewart)
 * Darlands Lake: 1 Little Egret, 4+ Teal m&f (Xav)
 * Ewell Village: 2 Kingfisher, 4 Grey Wagtail, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Coal Tit (Neil Batten).
 * Foots Cray Meadows: Siberian Chiffchaff SW corner of lake 12.45, 17 Tufted Duck 9m 8f, pr Mute Swan still with 3 young, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Water Rail, 3 Little Grebe, Grey Wagtail, female Stonechat, 2 Common Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, 2 Linnet (Ralph Todd, Clive Thomson and Ian Stewart)
 * Greenwich Peninsula: Kingfisher in Ecology Park, 2 Oystercatcher on nearby jetty, Green Woodpecker, 4 Linnet in Southern Park, 10 Meadow Pipit, 4 Song Thrush in Meantime Nursery Meadow (Conrad Ellam)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 13 Black-necked Grebe (Derek Turner via Herts BC)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: Shelduck, Little Egret (Surrey BC)
 * Hyde Park: m Scaup 1w Serpentine nr Lido am (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 3 White-fronted Goose, 4 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Common Buzzard, 50 Fieldfare, 3 Yellowhammer (David Morrison via Twitter)
 * Kensington Gardens: Cetti's Warbler as prev'y c80m north of bridge on west side of Long Water (Des Mckenzie via Twitter)
 * Kilburn: Common Buzzard chased by crows/gulls SW south of Mill Lane bridge garden (Andrew Verrall)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern, 4 singing Cetti's Warbler, 4 Common Snipe, 4 Reed Bunting 2pr (males singing), 1 Redshank, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Stonechat m f, 1 Water Rail, 1 Pheasant seen by others (Martin Honey); Skylark and 4 Redwing NW (WWT website)
 * Margravine Cemetery: Redwing, m Blackcap, 3 Mistle Thrush (1 or more may have been young ones after seeing pr with 3 young next day in same place), f Great Spotted Woodpecker (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Navestock: Bittern Prince's Rd (Liz Bailey per ELBF)
 * Paddington Green: Grey Wagtail singing briefly (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * Pinner Memorial Park: Water Rail late afternoon briefly, Grey Wagtail & drake Tufted Duck (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham RSPB: 3 Ruff, 2 Bearded Tit, 2 Marsh Harrier and Chiffchaff (Alan Shearman); 20 Pintail, 10 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, Peregrine, 54 Golden Plover, 9 Curlew, 18 Redshank, 9 Snipe, Barn Owl, f Blackcap (ELBF)
 * Redbridge: Grey Wagtail in alleyway close to tube station (Malcolm Hibberd).
 * Regent's Park: 2 Goldcrest, m Blackcap -1st since 7 Jan, c5 Redwing (RPBirders)
 * Richmond Park: Peregrine over, 5 Buzzard over (J.Wilczur)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: Little Egret, Song Thrush singing (Malcolm Hibberd).
 * Sidcup (York Avenue): male Blackcap, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing (Ian Stewart)
 * Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe, 3 Black-necked Grebe, Oystercatcher, 2 Dunlin, Water Pipit (Dominic Pia via Twitter)
 * Swanley Park: 37 Canada, 1 Greylag, Coot, 70+ Black-headed Gull, Brimstone b'fly (Andy Meaton)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Territorial behaviour from Firecrest- adult male with brilliant vermillion erect crown flicking wings body arched displaying or proclaiming territory to much duller second bird - now published as have moved on (Bob Watts & several other obervers)
 * Trent Park: Water Rail still present NW end of lower lake, 9 Mandarin, Tufted Duck, Ring-necked Parakeet. (Pete Lowman)
 * Wanstead Flats: 2 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 4-5 Skylark, 3 Linnet, 5 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 4-5 Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk (Nick Croft)
 * West Putney: male Kestrel - unusual (J.Wilczur)
 * Whitewebbs Wood: 24 Mandarin Duck 14m 10f ornamental lake, 2 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Treecreeper incl one singing (Robert Callf)
 * Wimbledon Common: 150+ Redwing at various locations across common. (James Dee)

Wednesday 4th March 2015

 * Amwell GP: m Goldeneye fr gladwin hide (Rob Stubbs via Herts BC)
 * Black Park: 11 Mandarin all males, 2 Raven (C Lamsdell)
 * Braeburn Park, Crayford: Little Egret over playing fields, Goldcrest, 3 Redwing (Peter Beckenham)
 * East India Dock Basin: c80 Teal, 15 Tufted Duck, 2 Cormorant (Mark Wardman)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: Siberian Chiffchaff around SW end of lake 16.45, 5 Mute Swan, c20 Tufted Duck, 2+ Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, 3 Water Rails all showing well, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 2+ Redwing, 2 Common Chiffchaff, 10+ Goldcrest, Treecreeper, 2 Jays (Ian Stewart)
 * Hampstead Heath: Bird Bridge- Water Rail seen at 13:25 and 14:15 (Michael Mac)
 * Harlow: Barn Owl seen well in flight from the Stansted Express at 5pm (Matthew J. Bradbury).
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: Scaup and Cetti's Warbler still (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: m Firecrest singing fr laurel hedge in court grounds, singing Treecreeper (Gilberts Slade), Nuthatch (Court), 6 Song Thrush, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, 10 Shoveler, Sparrowhawk (Stuart Fisher)
 * Little Britain Lake: Heronry- Grey Heron 3yg & 2yg in 2 nests -other nests had sitting adults, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, no Gadwall. (Roger Dewey)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Pintail, Redshank, 8 Snipe (WWT website)
 * Morden Hall Park: 2 Egyptian Goose, Little Egret, Kingfisher, Goldcrest (MHP NG twitter)
 * Rainham RSPB: ad Mediterranean Gull (RSPB blog)
 * Richmond Park: Red Kite perched briefly (J. Mccormick per JW)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: 2 Little Egret, pr Teal (Malcolm Hibberd).
 * Roding Valley Park at Woodford Bridge: Little Egret, Kestrel, 3 Long-tailed Tits, also Sparrowhawk over nearby Claybury Park am viewed from my flat, and 3 Stock Doves there ystdy (Alan Hobson).
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 2 Smew (RSPB sightings log)
 * Sidcup (York Avenue): Coot heard over 19.35, male Blackcap, Stock Dove in garden, Redwing, 2 Long-tailed Tit (Ian Stewart)
 * Staines Reservoir: 2 Pintail, Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Oystercatcher, 3 Redshank - N basin now drained (Dominic Pia via Twitter); 78 Goldeneye, 6 Black-necked Grebe (Surrey BC)
 * Stocker's Farm: 2 Oystercatcher at flooded field, f Stonechat (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * Stocker's Lake: 3 Red-crested Pochard 2m, 2 Little Egret (C Lamsdell)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: Marsh Harrier, 2 Oystercatcher, Bearded Tit heard late-aft (Peter Beckenham via Kent OS)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Firecrest still singing in Sanctuary Wood am (Bob Watts)
 * Trent Park: 10 Mandarin Duck 6m 4f lower lake, Common Buzzard, m Kestrel, Grey Wagtail, 4 Bullfinch 1m 3f Long Garden (Robert Callf)
 * Wanstead Flats: Reed Bunting f, 3 Linnet, 5 Little Grebe, 4 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, 10+ Tufted Duck, 4-6 Skylark, Grey Wagtail, Sparrowhawk (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 24 Gadwall, 5 Shoveler, 20+ Tufted Duck, 4 Teal, 4 Little Grebe, 2 adult Great Crested Grebe, 8+ Redwing some singing (Nick Croft)
 * Watford: Crossbill calling over Vicarage Rd Cemetery 1405 (Ian Bennell via Twitter)
 * West Thurrock Marshes: 71 Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit but no Jack_Snipe (David Darrell-Lambert via Twitter)
 * Woodford Green: male Sparrowhawk roller-coasting display flight, Common Buzzard mewing, 4 Lesser Redpoll, 3-4 Treecreepers, Firecrest, Goldcrest, Mistle Thrush, and chorus of c12 Redwings sub-singing. (Ken Murray)
 * Wormley Wood: Woodcock (Ken & Linda Smith via Herts BC)

Tuesday 3rd March 2015

 * Brookmill Park: Mandarin, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crayford: Howbury Farm/Meadows & Landfill- 30+ Teal, Green Sandpiper, 8 Common Gull, 96 Woodpigeon (one group), 9 Collared Dove (one group), 3 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Skylark, pr Stonechat, 19 Meadow Pipit, 44 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 60+ Starling, 2 Linnet (Ralph Todd)
 * Crayford Marshes: incl Thames- 28 Teal, 16 Wigeon 8pr, 6 Gadwall, 21 Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, Dunlin, Rock Pipit, Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat f (Ralph Todd)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: Siberian Chiffchaff still (BirdGuides)
 * Grovelands Park: Great Crested Grebe pr on nest, 2 Egyptian Goose, 10 Mandarin Duck, m Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck, 5 Stock Dove incl two pairs, Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker one entered roost hole 16:35 hrs (Robert Callf)
 * Harringay N4: Red Kite N 1145 (Tony Jakeman)
 * Hertingfordbury: Barn Owl hunting nr St Mary's Ln/Lower Hatfield Rd jn 4.30pm (Graham Knight per Herts BC)
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: Scaup and Cetti's Warbler still in situ (BirdGuides); Water Rail Long Water at SW cnr of bridge (Ralph Hancock's blog)
 * London Wetland Centre: Bittern still (WWT website)
 * Maple Cross: Blackcap singing fr field hedgerow (Dave Bessant via Herts BC)
 * Mardyke, Stifford-Aveley: Shelduck, 20 Gadwall, 97 Teal, pr Pintail, 9 Shoveler, f Sparrowhawk, Water Rail, 2 Little Egret, 8 Stock Dove, 3 Kingfisher, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2m Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting, 15 Mistle Thrush, Pheasant, 3 Green Woodpecker, 14 House Sparrow (Ruth Barnes per ELBF)
 * Oakwood Station N14: Red Kite over platform 16:25 hrs (Robert Callf)
 * Regent's Park: Grey Heron nest with calling yg on Heron_Is area 8 (RP Birds blog)
 * Richmond Park: Red Kite perched briefly (J.McCormack per JW)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 3 Shelduck, 53 Shoveler, 2 Green Sandpiper, pr Kingfisher, Bullfinch (RSPB twitter); 3 Cetti's Warbler h (RSPB sightings log)
 * Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe, 2 Black-necked Grebe (BirdGuides); also 2 Pintail, Oystercatcher, 3 Redshank (Dominic Pia via Twitter); 5 Dunlin (Surrey BC)
 * Stocker's Lake: 4 Little Egret at last yr's nest site (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * Sutcliffe Park: Cormorant, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Mute Swan (nest building 1st time ever), 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Canada Goose, 3 Greylag Goose, 2 Sparrowhawk (P Kite).
 * Tottenham Marsh: 2 Stonechat, singing Chiffchaff, Little Egret, 2 Egyptian Geese (Stuart Fisher)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: male Fîrecrest Sanctuary Wood am (RBA)
 * Trent Park: 2 Bullfinch pr feeding on buds near Long Garden (Robert Callf)
 * Uxbridge: 1 Little Egret by R Frays at Cowley Road. (Roger Dewey)
 * Wanstead Flats: 28 Tufted Duck, 5 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 5 Little Grebe, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2-3 singing Skylark, 3 Linnet, singing Goldcrest, a number of dead frogs and one dollop of frog's spawn Cat & Dog (Nick Croft)
 * Woodford Green: fem Bullfinch, 5 Lesser Redpoll, c12 Redwing, Common Buzzard, Grey Wagtail and a flyover Lesser Spotted Woodpecker at 16.45pm. (Ken Murray)

Monday 2nd March 2015

 * Belmont: 2 Common Buzzards low over Downs Road at 10:30 (David Campbell)
 * Broadwater: Siberian Chiffchaff still on R Colne behind sailing club 0900, also 3+ 'normal' Chiffchaff, female Goldeneye & Grey Wagtail on the river (Bill Haines)
 * Canons Farm: 3 Siskins over (David Campbell)
 * Cassiobury Park: Little Egret (Joan Thompson via Herts BC)
 * Dagnam Park: 2 Buzzard (ELBF)
 * East India Dock Basin: 245 Teal, 15 Tufted Duck (John Archer)
 * Ewell (Hogsmill Open Space): Little Egret 0815 (Lee Dingain via Twitter)
 * Hatter's Wood: Red Kite, m Peregrine, Coal Tit, Chiffchaff (ELBF)
 * Hornchurch Country Park: Green Woodpecker photographed flying with weasel predator on its back (Martin Le-May, via BirdGuides and other internet sources).
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: Scaup and Cetti's Warbler still (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Treecreeper and Nuthatch (Gilberts Slade), 15 Linnet SW, singing Goldcrest, 13 Shoveler on Eagle Pond, no sign of Firecrest since Weds (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Peregrine, Redshank, 2 Stonechat (WWT website)
 * Maple Cross: 20 Yellowhammer still in fallow field south of Chalfont Rd (Chris Bessant via Herts BC)
 * Minet CP: Kingfisher, Common Buzzard, 3 Redwing, 2 Teal, 3 LIttle Egret, Kestrel (Dave Bookless)
 * Rainham RSPB: Bittern still (ELBF twitter)
 * Richmond Park: 2 Skylark (Lawn Field), Kingfisher, Water Rail UPP, 4 Redwing, Stonechat (Steve Woolfenden)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: pr Kingfisher investigating nest bank (RSPB twitter)
 * Shabden Park, Surrey: Red Kite W over Kingswood GC 1025 (Ian Ward via Twitter)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Slavonian Grebe north end N basin, 10 Dunlin, 2 Pintail, 1 Mediterranean Gull adult flew off W late pm, 1 Great Northern Diver, 4 Black-necked Grebe on S basin (Ken Purdey, Franko J Maroevic); Caspian Gull 1w still on N basin 1430 (Dominic Pia via Twitter)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: male Firecrest in Sanctuary Wood 1320 at least (Nick Tanner, Bob Watts et al); singing & showing well mid-aft (Nick Tanner via Twitter)
 * Town Park, Enfield: 5 Stock Dove Carr's Basin 16:50 hrs (Robert Callf)
 * Trent Park: 3 Lesser Redpoll 1m 2f feeding in birch (Robert Callf)
 * Wanstead Flats: 6 Little Grebe, Shoveler, Skylark (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 10 Gadwall, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Little Grebe, Kingfisher, Kestrel (Nick Croft)

Sunday 1st March 2015

 * Alexandra Park: 2 Water Rails Conservation Pond, 8 Shoveler Boating Lake,3+ Redwings (Henry Wyn-Jones, Bob Watts)
 * Botany Bay, Enfield: Red Kite low over road c16:45 (Phil Rhodes)
 * Brent Reservoir 3 Snipe, Shelduck -north marsh (F O'Sullivan)
 * Brookmill Park: Mandarin, Blackcap m (Conrad Ellam)
 * Canons Farm: Red Kite S over Quail_Field 1055 (Ian Ward via Twitter)
 * Cowley, Uxbridge: Red Kite over garden 12.05, also Goldcrest singing. (Alex Randall)
 * Cranford CP: 2 Buzzards, pair of displaying Skylark, 2 Stonechats m & f, 5 Goldcrest, 1 Meadow Pipit, and 1 female Reed Bunting which is a patch rarity (Wendy Marks)
 * Dartford Marshes: Red Kite W c1000, 1000 Black-headed Gull, 30 Common Gull, 15 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Andrew Lawson via Kent OS)
 * Enfield: female Black Redstart EN3 area (Neville Smith).
 * Greenhithe: 2 Yellow-legged Gull (Andrew Lawson via Kent OS)
 * Hampstead Heath: Bullfinch showing well in Springett's Wood, Snipe NW over Parliament Hill at c07:30, Water Rail showing well at Bird Bridge and f Pochard (uncommon visitor) at Hampstead 1 Pond (Frank Nugent).
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: Scaup and Cetti's Warbler as recently, 24 Redwing, Grey Wagtail (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * KGV Reservoir: 2 Black-necked Grebe am (Neville Smith).
 * Lion Gorge: Chiffchaff, 15 House Sparrow, Bullfinch (ELBF)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Pintail, 10 Mandarin, 114 Cormorant, 10 Snipe, 2 Stonechat, 5 Cetti's Warbler, Red Admiral. (R.Kaye)
 * Lonsdale Road Reservoir: St Paul's Playing Fields- c30 Fieldfare, 15 Redwing (David Jeffreys)
 * Margravine Cemetery: 5 Redwing, Green Woodpecker, pr Great Spotted Woodpecker (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Mudchute Farm: Kestrel (Harry Harrison)
 * Nags Head Lane Fishery: 3 Snipe, Meadow Pipit, m Bullfinch (ELBF)
 * Northolt & Greenford CP: pair of Shoveler on shallow pool, Kestrel, Goldcrest, Green Woodpecker, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Egyptian Geese, Pied Wagtail & Common Gull (Andy Cameron).
 * Olympic Park: singing Cetti's Warbler, 2 calling Water Rail, Linnet, 18+ Goldfinch, 3 Egyptian Goose, 4 Grey Wagtail 2pr, Fieldfare, 2 Peregrine, Kestrel, 2 Reed Bunting, 5+ Little Grebe, Kingfisher (Stuart Fisher)
 * Osterley Park: Coal Tit, 3 Common Gull, 3 Cormorant, 8 Fieldfare, 2 Gadwall, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron, 31+ Jackdaw, Kingfisher, 2 Little Grebe, Little Owl, 3 Mandarin, 3 Mistle Thrush, 6 Pied Wagtail, 85+ Redwing, 9+ Ring-necked Parakeet, 6 Shoveler, 2 Teal (Richard Woolley).
 * Paddington Green: m Peregrine on Hilton Metropole with kill 0655 (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
 * Panshanger Park: Cetti's Warbler 'calling' fr Osprey_Lk reedbed (Jennifer Gilbert via Herts BC)
 * Priest Hill: 5 Stonechat, c12 Skylark (Steve Thomas via Twitter)
 * Purfleet: Red Kite S (Ray Burnip via ELBF)
 * Rainham RSPB: Water Pipit (RSPB sightings log)
 * Richmond Park: 3 Stonechat, 15 Redwing (Steve Woolfenden); Dartford Warbler (per Surrey BC)
 * Roding Valley Park at Redbridge: very little to report other than a male Chaffinch calling -quite unusual along the river (Malcolm Hibberd).
 * Staines Reservoir: no sign Caspian_Gull am but Yellow-legged Gull, Scaup, Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Redshank (Dominic Pia via Twitter); Caspian Gull 1w reported 1610 (BirdGuides); also 5 Dunlin, Red Kite (Mark Elsoffer via Twitter) NB N basin now draining rapidly
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 2 Pheasant, 2 Teal, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, f Kestrel, 17 Snipe, 2 Jack Snipe, 44 Lapwing (flock of 42 & pr on territory), Green Sandpiper, Barn Owl, 7 Stock Dove, Grey Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 5 Skylark 2 briefly singing, 6 Redwing, Fieldfare, m Stonechat, 2 singing Reed Bunting (Neil Anderson/G. Westley)
 * Tooting Bec Common: Red Kite N 10:25 (obs'r?)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Firecrest still Sanctuary Wood mid-am (Nick Tanner via Twitter); Firecrest loosely associating with Long-tailed Tit flock & showing well (Mark Wardman)
 * Town Park, Enfield: 2 Long-tailed Tit pr carrying nesting material (Robert Callf)
 * Tylers Common: f Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, Redwing (ELBF)
 * Tyttenhanger GP: Barn Owl quartering top grass field N of Main Pit 5.35-5.55 (Steve Blake)
 * Valentines Park: Boating Lake- 10 Pochards mainly males, 1 Little Grebe, 4 Mute Swans ad male driving off two juveniles, 1 Kingfisher on the Cran Brook, 5 Redwings on parkland, pair of Mistle Thrush, 2 Goldfinch, Ornamental Fish Pond- Egyptian Goose family still with 9 ducklings, 1 Grey Heron, pair Shoveler, 3 Long-tailed Tits, pair of Coal Tit, Ring-necked Parakeet over, Jackdaws h, pair of Greylag Geese on Long Water. (Mick Charles)
 * Victoria Park: 6 Greylag Geese, 20 Pochard, c30 Tufted, 2 Shovelers, 15 Cormorants, a Canada-Greylag cross (Mark Wardman)
 * Warren Gorge: 6 Teal, 9 Shoveler, 10 Little Egret, Water Rail (ELBF)
 * Watercress LNR nr St Albans: Water Rail, Kingfisher, 2+ Siskin, 10+ Lesser Redpoll (Dan Fletcher via Herts BC)
 * Yeading Brook Meadows: m Kestrel, 80+ Common Gull, 13 Snipe, 2 Meadow Pipit, 70+ Common Frog calling/mating in pool in swamp (Neil Anderson)