May 2019

Bird of the Month: London’s first Great Reed Warbler
There is no doubt about the Bird of the Month for May: it has to be London’s first ever Great Reed Warbler, found singing at Crossness NR on the morning of Saturday 18th May and still there on the morning of the 20th. Its 48-hour weekend stopover allowed many birders to catch up with it, with good views sometimes available from the river wall.

London birders may remember a close call in May 2008 when a Great Reed Warbler sang for two days at Amwell NR, spending most of its time only about 50m outside the LNHR recording area and never once being seen or heard across the invisible boundary.

While Amwell’s 2008 GRW was so near and yet so far, another rarity reported this month could not have been closer to the centre of the London recording area, which is centred on the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral. It was within St Paul’s churchyard that a Blyth’s Reed Warbler was reported on the 9th and 11th. But although the finder produced a detailed description, with photographs, it seems that the jury is still out on whether the sighting can be accepted. (Incidentally, by the 11th the bird seems to have been sharing the churchyard with a Eurasian Reed Warbler, a Common Whitethroat and a Reed Bunting.)

A Marsh Warbler was reported singing in Wanstead Park on the 12th, although, as with the BRW, there seems to be some doubt about the record. Wood Warbler were heard singing at Romford (10th) and South Woodford (26th).

Pelecaniforms
A Cattle Egret was at Rainham Marshes for most of the month, with a second bird present on the 20th.

Five sightings of Great Egret included two differently plumaged birds seen at Rainham RSPB.

On the 15th, a Glossy Ibis circled over the Thames at Battersea before flying off downriver.

A White Stork flew high over Rainham RSPB on the 23rd. (This and other recent sightings could be connected to a reintroduction programme in West Sussex.)

Amwell NR’s late April Spoonbill reappeared on 9th and 10th May. Other sightings were at Rainham Marshes and Ingrebourne Valley.

Waders
Twenty-four species of wader were reported during May, including London’s first Curlew Sandpiper of the year on the 8th, when at least four were at Rainham Marshes. Among other noteworthy waders were Wood Sandpiper (Rainham 2nd & 20th, London Wetland Centre 12th/13th) and Temminck’s Stint (Staines Reservoir 5th, Rainham 12th)

Other non-passerines

 * London’s first Quail of 2019 was heard singing in fields at Vicarage Farm, Enfield, on 22nd and 23rd May, and two were flushed from a path at Bonnetts Wood, Havering, on the 27th.
 * The first Honey-buzzard of the year circled over Richmond Park on the 20th and another was seen over Tufnell Park on the 24th. There were five reports of Osprey crossing London during the month.
 * The year’s first record of Roseate Tern was a bird seen flying up the Thames at Purfleet on the 5th.

Passerines
(Contributed by Andrew Haynes, who accepts full responsibility for any errors. Historical information is mainly based on this wiki's archived records and ‘The Birds of London' by Andrew Self.)
 * Early on the 20th, a Golden Oriole was heard singing in Richmond Park.
 * None sang in Berkekey Square, but a Nightingale was heard just 4.5 miles away at London Wetland Centre (7th) and another 6 miles away at Brent Reservoir (12th).
 * The month’s only report of Black Redstart was a female at a former breeding site in central London on 29th May.
 * A Fieldfare over KGV Reservoir on the 1st was the latest record on this wiki since one on 7th May 2007 at Beddington.
 * The only Marsh Tit reported all month was at High Elms CP on the 27th.

Friday 31st May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Hobby, Little Egret, 4 Pochard (APOG Birders)
 * Barking "A13/Movers Ln jn": Cetti's Warbler in bush as I cycled past at 5.20am (Geoff Harding)
 * Brent Reservoir: 7 Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 4 Common Tern, 3 Egyptian Goose (Steve Blake)
 * Brookmill Park: Sparrowhawk, Stock Dove, Kingfisher, 3 Swift, 3 Song Thrush, 3 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
 * Deptford Creek: Little Egret (Ray Crouch)
 * Greenwich Park: 10 Swift (Ray Crouch)
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap both singing in bushes opp Maurer Crt am (Peter Andrews)
 * Harefield “Moorhalll Rd GP”: Common Tern, Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, 10+ Swift, House Martin, Cuckoo calling from railway embankment (Nigel Barratt)
 * Hilly Fields Park: Sparrowhawk ad m perched in canopy looking for prey, 2 Treecreeper ad & juv, {Beautiful Demoiselle} (Robert Callf)
 * Houses of Parliament: Little Egret E 08.00, {also, in case of interest, a Seal was in the River yesterday morning between Westminster and Lambeth Bridges} (Frank Nugent)
 * Kensal Green: 1 Swift (Charlie Farrell)
 * Kensington Gardens: 3 Swift, pr Mandarin Duck, 100 Mute Swan, pr Pochard, 3 Gadwall, pr Mistle Thrush (Charlie Farrell)
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Common Tern, Ringed Plover, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Redshank, Kestrel (WWT website)
 * Mile End "Antill Rd E3": Sparrowhawk, 8 Swifts over (Harry Harrison)
 * Newbury Park "Aldborough Rd S IG3": Common Buzzard over 08:44 (Toby Mylett)
 * Polhill: Little Owl on wires above A224, being continuously mobbed by Blackbirds, also singing Garden Warbler, 1-2 singing Common Whitethroat, 12 Chiffchaff, 11 Blackcap, 5+ Pied Wagtail incl juvs, 8+ Long-tailed Tit incl juvs, Mistle Thrush, Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Skylark, 2 Pheasant (Jack Headley)
 * Rainham RSPB: Cattle Egret still am, 3 Marsh Harrier (John & Janet Cadera); Mediterranean Gull 2cy (Dominic Mitchell); also 2 Avocet, 7 Sanderling, Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plover (Neville Smith per ELB FB); also incl Common Buzzard, Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Common Tern, Cuckoo, Barn Owl, Kestrel, Bearded Tit, Cetti's Warbler (Patrick Hart per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: 2 Common Tern unable to access the tern rafts because of B-h Gulls a pair have resorted to nesting on a small patch of bare earth on an island covered in trees and bushes, 18 Black-headed Gull 9 nesting pairs is an increase from the single pair of last year when they first bred, 4+ Swallow 2+pr at breeding locations, 48+ Sand Martin 24+pr appear to be nesting, Grey Wagtail (J.Wilczur); 17 Greylag over, Red Kite (Friday BG)
 * Southfields "Girdwood Rd SW18": 2 Swifts over gdn the first local birds for the year (Martin Honey)
 * Staines Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe still [s basin], Ringed Plover W early-am (Dom Pia tweet)
 * Stoke Newington: Sparrowhawk (Jon Agar)
 * Swanscombe Marsh “08.30-12.30”: 6+ Common Whitethroat, 8 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, 7 Cetti's Warbler h, 4 Jackdaw, 2 Little Egret, 1 Raven, 16+ Reed Warbler, 3 Reed Bunting 1f, 1+ Cuckoo, 3 Marsh Harrier 1m, 10 Tufted Duck 2f, 5 Bearded Tit, 6 Gadwall 4m, 2 Shoveler m f, 6 Shelduck, 9 Pochard 3m 1f 5yg, 1 Mute Swan, 9+ Sand Martin, 12+ Swift, 4+ House Martin, 1 Nightingale h, 1 Stonechat m, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Kestrel m, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Greylag Goose, 6 Grey Heron 2ad 4yg, {increased number of bumble bees Buff/White tails, Red Tails, Common Carder, Brown Banded Carder, Early Nesting, Speckled Yellow day-flying moth, Common Blue Butterfly} (Roger Keith/Paul Larkin)
 * Westbourne Park: 1 Swift (Charlie Farrell)

Thursday 30th May 2019

 * Brookmill Park: 2 Little Egret, 2 Swift, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
 * Canary Wharf: 2 Common Tern blackwall basin, 2 Peregrine, 3 Grey Wagtail incl juv (James Heal)
 * Edgware: "The Mill Field NW7" Kestrel, 5 Swift, "Milespit Hill Pond NW7" Swallow over 18:10 (Toby Mylett)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: 23+ Swift 20+W 08.45-09.00 & 3E 15.45, 7 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Common Whitethroat, 3 Song Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Tufted Duck pr & 4yg, Mute Swan, Egyptian Goose, Grey Heron, Little Egret (Bernie Weight)
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: 2 Reed Bunting pr, singing Cetti's Warbler, 3+ Common Terns, 2+ Reed Warblers, Swift, 4+ Sand Martins, {Green Hairstreak} (Joe Beale and John Bushell)
 * Hampstead Heath: Garden Warbler singing at hedge 3 + Chiffchaff, 10 Swift, 1 Swallow over model boating pond, 2 Greenfinch (Michael Mac)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 2 Little Egret, 6 Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Swallow, 12 House Martin, Cuckoo, 12 Swift, 5 Reed Warbler, 4 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting (Dave McGough per ELBF FB)
 * Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 1 Common Buzzard, 6 Common Swift, 1 House Martin, 1 Blackcap (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Little Ringed Plover, Redshank, Yellow Wagtail marsh (WWT website)
 * Mudchute Farm: Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, Blackcap (Sean Huggins)
 * Oakwood Park: 13 Tufted Duck 4m 2f & two broods of 5 and 2 yg conservation pond, singing Song Thrush, singing Chiffchaff, singing Goldcrest, 22+ Starling incl 7+juvs, {f Broad-bodied Chaser, Azure Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly} (Robert Callf)
 * Rainham RSPB: Cattle Egret still (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: m Cuckoo h [per D.Black], m Lesser Whitethroat [M.Lewis], 3 Red Kite incl one feeding on the remains of a parakeet while in flight, 2 Common Tern [presumed pr], {mobbing 2 Red Deer hinds} (J.Wilczur)
 * Peregrine Falcon (E Gray); Please do not post breeding locations of this Schedule One species unless already in the public domain such as at Charing Cross Hospital- see rubric above [JW]
 * Roderick Road (near Hampstead Heath): 6+ House Sparrow nests, 2 Swifts (Michael Mac, Liz Andrew)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: m Wigeon fr draper hide (Clifford Smout via Herts BC)
 * Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve: Oystercatcher, 3 Sand Martin, Little Ringed Plover, 2+ singing Reed Warbler, 2 singing Garden Warbler, pr Egyptian Goose & yg, 5+ Pied Wagtail, Shelduck (Jack Headley)
 * The City "behind Sky Gdn": 4 Greenfinch 3rd successive year (Andrea La Pietra)

Wednesday 29th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Little Egret SE, 50+ Swift, 2m Pochard boating lake (APOG Birders)
 * Chislehurst: pr Egyptian Goose & yg on Prickend Pond (Jack Headley)
 * Coppetts Wood NR, Friern Barnet: Great Spotted Woodpecker pr feeding chicks at nest hole. Different nest site to "Woodpecker Watch" run by NW Ldn RSPB Grp (Sue Widdowfield)
 * Hampstead Heath: Whinchat cricket pitch 08:30 (Allan Stewart)
 * Hendon "Brent St NW4": 6 Swift over 05:45-06:00, Grey Wagtail (Toby Mylett)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir "area": 300+ Swift (Jenny Sherwen via Herts BC)
 * Horsenden Hill: Red Kite over, 6 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Blue Tit, Green Woodpecker, Pied Wagtail (Eric Gray)
 * London Wetland Centre: 4 Shoveler, Teal, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank, Kestrel (WWT website)
 * Middlesex University Campus: Canada Goose NW 07:35, 2 Mallard W 06:36 [both unusual species for site], Little Owl, 5 Swift, 5 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler (Toby Mylett)
 * Navestock: Spotted Flycatcher (Barry Jones per ELBF FB)
 * Parkside Farm, Enfield: Swift over SW 16:20 (Toby Mylett)
 * Rainham RSPB: Cattle Egret still (Tom Bell per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: Red Kite, Pheasant h, 3 Common Tern, 120+ Swift, 35+ Sand Martin, flock of 120+ Starling (P.Pentek, J.Wilczur)
 * Stave Hill: 1 Reed Warbler am (John Cadera)
 * Stoneleigh Station "KT17": 10 Common Swift, 1 Swallow w, 2 Blackcap, 5 Herring Gull (Neil Batten)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: Egyptian Goose, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, Little Egret, Common Buzzard, 14 Ring-necked Parakeet, 9 Stock Dove, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Skylark, 38 Swift, 4 House Martin, 27 Sand Martin, Stonechat, 27 Blackcap, 11 Chiffchaff, 7 Common Whitethroat, 4 Garden Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, 8 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 3 Linnet, 2 Tree Sparrow (Toby Mylett)
 * Whitewebbs Park: 5 Mandarin, Common Buzzard, Blackcap (Toby Mylett)
 * W2: f Black Redstart at former breeding site (Des McKenzie tweet)

Tuesday 28th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Skylark [worn ad] lingering nr playing fields & periphery, Red Kite NE 0918, 2 Swallow N, 4 Pochard 3m f boating lake (APOG Birders)
 * Ashtead Common "TQ185599": Woodcock again over main track at rye brook 2115 (Rob McCaffrey via Surrey BN)
 * Battersea Park Lake: Reed Warbler still singing same area as 7 days ago at 16:40 then flew over path to small area of water (I've heard people call this Lady's Pond), 2 pr Mandarin incl female with 6 young, f Sparrowhawk, pr Egyptian Geese still with 2 young, pr Great-crested Grebe carrying young (Michael Mac)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Peregrine, Kingfisher, Song Thrush, Blackcap, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Charing Cross Hospital: Red Kite over 9:45am, mobbed by pr Peregrine Falcon (Nathalie Mahieu)
 * Crossness NR: Cuckoo, 2 Barn Owl, 2 Peregrine, Kestrel, 2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Skylark, 4 Lapwing, 7 Pochard & 4yg, 17 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 4 Gadwall, 13 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Bunting, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Linnet, Bearded Tit f, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush, 18 Reed Warbler h, 6 Common Whitethroat, "Thames and Foreshore" 16 Shelduck & 11yg, 33 Gadwall, Great Crested Grebe, 10 Common Tern, 9 Cormorant, c75 Black-headed Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Oystercatcher (Bernie Weight)
 * Forest Hill "Hurstbourne Rd": Osprey S 1230 (BirdGuides)
 * Hemans Estate Community Garden: 10+ House Sparrows including young that fledged yesterday (Michael Mac)
 * Kensington "Edwardes Sq": singing Blackcap (John Colmans)
 * Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 28 Common Swift mostly w, 1 House Martin w, 1 Blackcap, {Mayfly hatch taking place} (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: Shoveler, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Redshank, 2 Common Tern, 50+ Swift (WWT website)
 * Middlesex University Campus: Common Whitethroat (Toby Mylett)
 * Northaw Great Wood: Common Cuckoo singing m, 3 singing m Chiffchaff, 3 singing m Goldcrest, 4+ Nuthatch, 7 Treecreeper incl ad feeding juv & 4 singing m, {4+ Speckled Yellow, Yellow-barred Long-horn} (Robert Callf)
 * Pinner ”HA5": 12 Swift [the most seen together so far this year] (Nigel Barratt)
 * Rainham RSPB: Cattle Egret still, Avocet brood, 10 Ringed Plover (Tony Brown per ELBF FB)
 * St James's Park: Common Tern W (Frank Nugent); Common Sandpiper 09:40 (Peter Gray)
 * Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve: 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3+ Reed Warbler, 25+ Swift, m Reed Bunting, Shelduck, singing Garden Warbler, 4 Egyptian Goose pr & 2yg (Jack Headley)
 * Stoneleigh Station "KT17": 11 Common Swift, Blackcap pr carrying food (Neil Batten)
 * Swanscombe Marsh “08.15-13.45”: 43 Greylag Goose inc 23 yg, 6 Linnet, 2 Song Thrush, 9 Cetti's Warblers, 14 Common Whitethroat, 5 Chiffchaff, 3+ Cuckoo, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Jackdaw, 1 Jay, 6 Shelduck, 4 Blackcap, 3 Greenfinch, 17 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Kestrel incl m w/ prey, 2 Little Egret, 8 Grey Heron 5yg, 46 Starling 18yg, 2 Raven, 5 singing Reed Bunting, 1 Bearded Tit, 2 Mute Swan & 6yg, 28+ Sand Martin, 32+ Swift, 5 House Martin, 2 Gadwall pr, 8 Tufted Duck, 4 Pochard 3m 1f, 4 Swallow, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Skylark, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine Falcon (Roger Keith)
 * Teddington: Peregrine circling high over Broom Rd RG 13.15 (Mike Foster)
 * The Brook "BR5": Kestrel, Egyptian Goose, 2 Chiffchaff, 3+ singing Blackcap, Little Grebe (Jack Headley)
 * Tottenham: Red Kite WNW over Grove Park Rd 11:26 (Josh Jones)
 * Town Park, Enfield: Cormorant, 2 Tufted Duck pr, 2 Stock Dove pr, m Grey Wagtail, m Pied Wagtail, 2 Nuthatch ad feeding juv, {Green-veined White, 2 m Common Blue, Cinnabar} (Robert Callf)
 * Wanstead Flats: 5 House Martin, 2 Swallow, 30+ Swift, 2 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Little Owl, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Meadow Pipit, 4 Skylark, Linnet (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 2 Kingfisher, 5 m Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Garden Warbler, pr Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, 4 Stock Dove, 5 Gadwall, 2 House Martin, 5 Swift, Bullfinch (Nick Croft)
 * Westbourne Park, Grand Union Canal: Mute Swan & 9yg, pr Common Pochard (Francis O'Sullivan)

Monday 27th May 2019

 * Beckenham Place Park: 2 Egyptian Goose on new lake, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dave de Silva)
 * Bermondsey "St James Rd": 2 House Martin over am - the only ones that I have seen in the area, 1 Collared Dove (John Cadera)
 * Bonnett's Wood: 2 Quail flushed from path early-am, also incl Cuckoo, Barn Owl, Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler, 4 Common Whitethroat, 2 Reed Bunting (Alan Shearman via ELBF FB/BirdGuides)
 * Bromley "Whitefoot Ln, Downham BR1: 6 House Sparrow - slow recovery continues (Dave de Silva)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bromley: c4 Swift high over pavilion centre (Jack Headley)
 * Clapham Common: Reed Warbler singing aagle_pond 06:45 (Alex Bayley)
 * Forest Hill "Devonshire Road SE23": Goldcrest (Paul Francis)
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: Cetti's Warbler singing opp Maurer Crt 20.50h (Peter Andrews)
 * High Elms CP: Marsh Tit Chalk Meadow (Jack Headley)
 * Home Park: 1 Common Buzzard over 14.00 (Mike Foster)
 * Kensington "Green W8": 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Mistle Thrush 16:30 (John Watson)
 * London Wetland Centre: m Shoveler, Ringed Plover, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Redshank, Common Tern, 50 Swift, m Kestrel (WWT website)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: 2 Sanderling 1km west of clubhouse 0920 (Peter Newbound via Berks BN)
 * Rainham RSPB: Cattle Egret still (RSPB via ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: 3 Common Tern (Isaiah Rowe)
 * Staines Moor: 4 Lapwing, 4 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit song-flight TQ031731, 6 Linnet 2040 (Jeremy Soane via Surrey BN)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: 3m Cuckoo, Nightingale, Marsh Harrier, 15 Cetti's Warbler, Bearded Tit, Raven (Andrew Self)
 * The Brook "BR5": 5+ Swift, Egyptian Goose, 3 Grey Wagtail, 1-2 calling Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 2+ Song Thrush, 4+ Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Grebe (Jack Headley) Where exactly is this location please Jack
 * Totteridge Valley: 2 Firecrest, 4 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 50 Swift, 3 Lapwing, 20 Common Whitethroat, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Swallow (Tony Clancy)
 * Upper Edmonton, Argon Rd-Hawley Rd: Little Ringed Plover on brownfield site (Francis O'Sullivan)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: Lesser Whitethroat still rattling away at w end of boardwalk (Alastair Dent)
 * Wanstead Flats: 5 Skylark, 6 House Martin, 3 Black-headed Gull (James Heal); Peregrine over Alex, leucistic Herring Gull (Tony Brown)
 * Wanstead Park: 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Reed Warbler, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Little Egret, 2 Gadwall (James Heal)
 * Worcester Park: Reed Warbler still singing at Westmount Close pond - the Hamptons (Simon Osborn)

Sunday 26th May 2019

 * Bayhurst Wood area: Barn Owl harried across by Grey Heron 5.20am (Dan Pinkham)
 * Coppetts Wood NR, Friern Barnet ""Woodpecker Watch run by NW Ldn RSPB Grp": Great Spotted Woodpecker pr feeding yg at nest hole in Red Oak (Bob Husband, Fay Broom, Marian Rastelli, et al)
 * Crossness: Caspian Gull 1s off sewage outfall 1.30pm, Cuckoo singing in protected area (John Archer)
 * Gallions Reach: 2 Pochard, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, 3ad Kittiwake, Mediterranean Gull, 12 Swift (Gary James via Essex BwS)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Little Ringed Plover, Redshank, 13 Swift, Common Tern, Teal, Shoveler (WWT website)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir "permit only": Sanderling just s of pier 0830-0920 at least (Trevor Guyatt/per Peter Newbound via Berks BN)
 * Rainham RSPB: incl Cattle Egret still, 3 Marsh Harrier, 3 Oystercatcher, 5 Avocet, 13 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, Common Tern, Cuckoo, Kestrel, Hobby, Peregrine, Bearded Tit, Cetti's Warbler (Patrick Hart per ELBF FB)
 * Roxeth Recreation Ground: 2 juvenile Greenfinch being fed (Michael Robinson)
 * South Woodford: Wood Warbler singing from bushes along entrance road to Chigwell Rd Tip 1255 (BirdGuides)
 * Swanscombe Marsh “Botany Marsh”: 8 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Raven, 5 Common Whitethroat, 9 Greylag Goose, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Little Egret, 1 Reed Bunting, 4 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, {5 Speckled Wood, 1 Small Copper, 1 Brimstone, 2 Four Spotted Chaser, 8 Common Carder} (Roger Keith)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 6+ Pheasant 4m seen, 2 Red Kite, 2 Sparrowhawk together, m Kestrel, c10 Stock Dove, c10 Swift, 5 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 3 Grey Wagtail 1 flyover towards A40 & very close ad m along brook giving alarm calls as I passed over Golden Bridge where also newly fledged bird- first breeding record I'm aware of here, singing Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Rook with poss juv, 3 Reed Bunting incl m carrying food, 6 Linnet, {Small Heath, Silver-ground Carpet, Alabonia geoffrella} (Neil Anderson)
 * Thorndon CP "0800-1000": incl Common Buzzard, Skylark, pr Garden Warbler, m Common Whitethroat, pr Linnet, m Yellowhammer (Andrew Cox via Essex BwS)
 * Totteridge Valley: Firecrest still singing & briefly seen Oakfield Wd, also 8 Lapwing, 2 Common Buzzard, 6 Rook, 6 House Martin, 2 Swift, {Muntjac} (John Colmans)
 * Wanstead Flats: up to 8 House Martin, Swallow, 20+ Swift, 3 Meadow Pipit 2 singing, 2 Grey Wagtail, 5 Skylark 3 singing, Peregrine Falcon, 2 Shelduck, Stock Dove, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Black-headed Gull (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 5 Reed Warbler 4 singing, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Little Egret, pr Great Crested Grebe, 4 Gadwall, 10+ Swift, Coal Tit, 2 Grey Wagtail (Nick Croft)
 * Yeading Brook meadows: Pheasant h, 2 Red Kite, Common Buzzard mobbed by 4 Crows, 15+ Swift, singing Skylark, singing Cetti's Warbler, pr Linnet (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 25th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Red Kite N over Grove 1044 (APOG Birders)
 * Barking Outfall: 1s Yellow-legged Gull off outfall (Richard Bonser)
 * Brent Cross "Sturgess Park": Swift [first of year at site], 2 Blackcap (Toby Mylett)
 * Brent Park: Little Egret, 4 Swift, 8 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff (Toby Mylett)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Song Thrush, Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
 * Camley Street Natural Park “Kings Cross, 10.30”: 1 Cetti’s Warbler still, 1 Blackcap (Reuben Braddock)
 * City of London "One New Change": Red Kite drifted N from 13.20 (Frank Nugent)
 * Coppetts Wood NR, Friern Barnet: Sparrowhawk male 'yikkering' suggesting nest nearby, Great Spotted Woodpecker pr feeding chicks at nest hole in Red Oak, Goldcrest singing, 5 singing Blackcap, Nuthatch calling (Bob Husband, Fay Broom)
 * Erith Pier: 1s Caspian Gull early-aft (Richard Bonser, Jamie Partridge)
 * Eynsford: 2 Yellowhammer, Common Buzzard (Jon Agar)
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: Cetti's Warbler h am betw the two hides (John Bushall)
 * Gutteridge Wood: Common Buzzard, Bullfinch, Greenfinch, Moorhen with young (Nigel Dodd)
 * Harrow "Rayners Ln": Red Kite chased by Crows (Nigel Barratt)
 * Hendon "Church Rd NW4": 6 Swift NW 05:44 (Toby Mylett)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: Barn Owl 9.30pm (S Wise)
 * Limehouse "BBS": 2 Swift, 4 House Martin, 4 Grey Wagtails 2ad feeding 2juv, 4 Mistle Thrush, 36 House Sparrows [highest number for a few years] (Harry Harrison)
 * London Wetland Centre: Little Egret, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 3 Common Tern, 14 Swift, 3 Willow Warbler singing by overflow c/p early-am (WWT website); drake Mandarin wadersScrape, 9 singing Cetti's Warbler (Andrew Self)
 * Middlesex University Campus: 2 Blackcap (Toby Mylett)
 * Rainham RSPB: Cattle Egret still, Ringed Plover, Common Tern, Cuckoo ('Essex Birder' tweet); 2 Whimbrel (Fraser Simpson per ELBF FB)
 * Ruxley "area Sandy Ln DA14": 3 House Martin, 2-3 Blackcap, 2+ Common Whitethroat (Jack Headley)
 * Ruxley "Honeydale Farm": 10+ Pied Wagtail incl pr & 2juv, 5+ Swallow, 1-2 Skylark, singing Common Whitethroat (Jack Headley)
 * South Harrow "Eastcote Ave": 2juv House Sparrows being fed, 6juv Starling, 8 Swift, 1 Blackcap singing [since early April] (Michael Robinson)
 * South Norwood CP: Hobby N am (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
 * Staines Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe, Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover, Redshank, Little Gull early-am (Dom Pia tweet)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: Common Buzzard, 3 Red Kite, Peregrine perched then E circling over Greenford 09.20, 2 Grey Wagtail, 5 Skylark, Reed Bunting, 10 Stock Dove, Swallow (Nigel Dodd)
 * Trent Park: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, singing m Garden Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Nuthatch 3ad juv, 7+ Treecreeper 3ad 4+juv, {f Broad-bodied Chaser, Cinnabar} (Robert Callf)
 * Upper College Farm "DA5": 3 Red Kite, 10+ Common Whitethroat, Kestrel, singing Cetti's Warbler, singing Skylark, 7+ Swift (Jack Headley)
 * Yeading Brook Meadows: Red Kite, Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, 5 Swift (Nigel Dodd)

Friday 24th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Swallow SE, 2m Pochard Boating Lake, 15+ Swift (APOG Birders)
 * Ardleigh Green, Epping Forest: 3 Crossbill [Ldn foy] N (Paul Hawkins per ELBF FB)
 * Beckenham Cemetery: pr Pheasants among graves by border with South Norwood Country Park, 5 Swift (Michael Mac)
 * Brockwell Park: Reed Warbler singing on main pond evg (Stuart Hearne)
 * Buckhurst Hill: red-head Smew on small pond opp St John's Church evg. No rings but not exactly wary (Ian Lycett)
 * Crews Hill: 3 Red-legged Partridge (Jon Agar)
 * Downe "Activity Centre": 6+ Treecreeper (Jack Headley)
 * Finchley Lane "NW4": 6 Swift (Toby Mylett)
 * Gipsy Hill/Crystal Palace area: 15+ Swift - nest locally (Michael Mac)
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: 16 Common Tern, 4 Reed Warbler, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting (Richard Green, John Bushall)
 * Honor Oak Park "SE23": 4 Swift over then W 11am (Paul Francis)
 * Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 6 Common Swift, 1 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Blackcap, 9 Herring Gull, 1 large Falco sp. distantly [prob Peregrine] (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: Little Egret, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Redshank, pr Common Tern, Hobby, 2 Swallow (WWT website)
 * Millfields E5: Peregrine on substation pylon [my first sighting here since February] (Alastair Dent)
 * Muswell Hill: Cuckoo calling briefly in gdns 0600 (Gerry Rawcliffe per Bob Watts)
 * Oxleas Woods "SE9 1YG": Little Owl calling 3.40 am for c2min (John Reid)
 * Pinner ”HA5”: 7 Swift, 3 Coal Tit (Nigel Barratt)
 * Potters Crouch: m Yellowhammer TL112049 (Steve Pearce via Herts BC)
 * Rainham RSPB: Cattle Egret still (Michael Holt tweet); also incl 4+juv Great Crested Grebe, 3 Marsh Harrier, Water Rail, 4 Oystercatcher, 4 Avocet, 16 Ringed Plover, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, 2 Cuckoo, Kestrel, 2 Bearded Tit, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat (Patrick Hart per ELBF FB)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill "vismig 1315-1515": dull-coloured kite sp W 1400 [prob moulting Red Kite 2cy], Common Buzzard over 1320, Hobby [foy finally] high NW 1320, Swallow N 1330 (Twitter)
 * Richmond Park: Common Sandpiper (Arjun Duta)
 * Rushett Farm: Crossbill (Tony Quinn per Surrey BC)
 * South Norwood Lake: 6 Swifts, 5 House Sparrows - 4+ nests along streets, 2 Collared Dove, no sign of any Egyptian Geese-previously seen sitting on nest and fight with Canada Goose trying to brood - it's possible this was a Canada Goose nest taken over by Egyptian? No goslings of any species seen and nest empty suggest perhaps eggs removed by council to limit Canada goose numbers? But a mystery as to why these 2 species fighting over a nest that contained eggs on 23rd April (Michael Mac)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 7 Ringed Plover early am on s basin causeway bank but flushed by jogger, 1 Dunlin, 1 Redshank (Bob Warden per FJM); 2 Little Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Redshank pm (Dom Pia tweet)
 * Surrey Water: 1 Common Tern perching on tern_raft (Ian Young)
 * Totteridge Valley: 3 Ring-necked Pheasant, 10 Rook, 2 Swift, 3 Swallow, 7 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat (Toby Mylett)
 * Tufnell Park "N19": Honey Buzzard NW being mobbed by two crows - good views (Francis Tusa)
 * Westbourne Park, Grand Union Canal: 2 Peregrine Falcon (Francis O'Sullivan)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Cuckoo low N over reservoir then W calling several times 6.44am, Sedge Warbler, first day of the year with 100+ Swift (Chris Farthing & Tony Butler)
 * Worcester Park "Westmount Close, The Hamptons": 1 Reed Warbler singing in pond reeds 08.15 first time I've had one there (Simon Osborn) Hi Simon that's interesting. There are six or seven territories on the wetlands and I have on occasions heard them in the shrubs. Worth keeping an eye(ear) on-best wishes Bob Smith

Thursday 23rd May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: House Martin low over muddy filter bed [perhaps collecting mud], Greylag (APOG Birders)
 * Brixton: 10+ Swift incl 4+ pr Brockwell Pk [Dulwich Rd side - partial count only] & 4 Swift 2pr over Lambeth Town Hall/Brixton Hill & pr Swift courtship-flighting over Lambert Rd/Brixton Hill (Tony Stones)
 * Catford "Station/River Ravensbourne SE23": Little Egret, 4+ Song Thrush singing 1 seen, 3+ Wren singing 1 seen, Kingfisher (Paul Francis) thanks to Tom Moulton whose post persuaded me to re-try this most unlikely of habitats - haven't seen latter for 2 years [PF]
 * Cornmill Meadows: Gadwall, 11 Lapwing, 2 Little Egret, Red Kite, singing Cuckoo, 4 Swift, 3 House Martin, 4 singing Reed Warbler, 5 singing Sedge Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, 5+ Reed Bunting (Simon Papps)
 * Fryent Country Park: Willow Warbler singing (Francis O'Sullivan)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: 10 Common Tern, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 6 Reed Warbler, Chiffchaff (John Bushell)
 * Hampstead Heath: Kestrel over lowest hampstead pond, c5 Swift (John Colmans)
 * Hatfield Park: 2 Spotted Flycatcher west garden (per Herts BC)
 * KGV Res: Oystercatcher, 10 Common Tern, Sand Martin (Christopher Wright)
 * Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 17 Common Swift, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Blackcap, 5 Herring Gull sw (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: 4 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank, Hobby, 2 Chiffchaff (WWT website); m Shoveler wader scrape 1300 (D Panchaud via Surrey BN)
 * Middlesex University Campus: 5 Cormorant SW 06:24 [unusual for site but seen twice this month now], 2 Swift, 4 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, Linnet (Toby Mylett)
 * Morden Hall Park "area": Woodcock NW over Deer_Park Rd 4am (Chris White tweet)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: 2 Sanderling s bank nr white railings 1030 (per Peter Newbound via Berks BN)
 * Rainham RSPB: Cattle Egret still (Stan Brown per ELBF FB); White Stork high W 1300 (Simon Robbins, Pauline Fellows per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: Lapwing, Hobby, Pied Wagtail family, mixed feeding flock of c200 birds high over ponds incl Swift, Sand Martin, Jackdaw, Starling, Common Tern, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull catching large insects (P Pentek)
 * Shepherd's Bush "Uxbridge Rd": 10+ Swift screaming & flying at rooftop level. Presumably nesting close by. (James Hudson)
 * Southall: Red Kite 13:55, 20 Swift (Phil Belman)
 * Staines Reservoir: 4 Sanderling, Dunlin, 2 Common Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Redshank, Lapwing, 30 Common Tern [what time please Tom] (Thomas Gibson); 1 Black-necked Grebe still early pm on s basin (Dom Pia, Franko J Maroevic) late reply - I was there 15.30-16.30 most of the waders were moving about in one flock - hope you caught up with them [Thomas Gibson]
 * Trent Park; 10+ Blackcap, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Swift, Common Whitethroat, 2 Garden Warbler, Green Woodpecker, 3 Mandarin 2m f, 2 Song Thrush, Sparrowhawk, {Small Heath, Common Blue, 2 Comma, Small Copper} (Pete Lowman)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs "main gp": incl 2 Common Sandpiper (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
 * Vicarage Farm: Quail again singing in nearby fields (per BirdGuides); There is no public access to this site. [Andrew Self] Oops still singing at 17:00 (Nick Croft); oops still singing 20.00 (Brian Dawton) There is a public footpath that skirts the southern perimeter but you are unlikely to hear it from there. Birders who flushed this Schedule 1 calling male should know better as this could have been a potential breeding site. How do you know they flushed it
 * Walthamstow Marshes: "Paddocks" 41 Stock Dove, "Springfield Marina" Common Tern, "Filter Beds" 10 House Martin, 2 Gadwall, "Leyton Marsh" 7 Sand Martin (JW Davies)
 * Wanstead Flats: 5 Meadow Pipit [1 presumed young due to lack of tail], juv Grey Wagtail, 5 Skylark, Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, 2 House Martin, 10 Swift (Nick Croft)

Wednesday 22nd May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 2 Sand Martin S, Peregrine, {2 Brown Argus, 4 Common Blue, Small Copper} (APOG Birders)
 * Brent Park: 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Swift, 6 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler (Toby Mylett)
 * Brockwell Park: 2 Swifts over top pond (Michael Mac)
 * Brook Farm, Upminster: incl Sparrowhawk, 4 Red Kite N, 9 Common Buzzard N, Little Owl, 9 Swift, Kestrel, Hobby, 6 Swallow, 2 Yellowhammer (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Brookmill Park: Stock Dove, 4 Swift, 2 Blackcap, 2 Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
 * Cely Woods: incl 2 Cuckoo, 6 Willow Warbler, 4 Garden Warbler, 4 Common Whitethroat, 3 Treecreeper (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Charing Cross Hospital: 6 Peregrine Falcon [4 yg hatching for first time at this site - public site - observation by cctv] (Nathalie Mahieu)
 * Crayford Marshes: 4 Lapwing, 2 Redshank, 1 Little Egret, m Marsh Harrier S from Thames then N 9min later w/ prey towards Rainham, 1 Cuckoo h, 2 Skylark, 4 Blackcap, 9 Common Whitethroat, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Greenfinch, 3 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting all singing (Mike Paice)
 * Enfield Lock: ad sp Mediterranean Gull hawking insects, with 3 Black-headed Gulls c12pm (Simon Papps)
 * Greenwich Park: 3 Swift (Ray Crouch); 2 Red Kite E 9.55am, 6 Swift, 4 Blackcaps (Richard Green)
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: 12 Common Tern, 6 Sand Martin, 6 Reed Warbler, Blackcap m, 3 Reed Bunting 2m f (Richard Green, John Bushall)
 * Horsenden Hill: Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler (Martin Smith)
 * KGV Reservoir "6-7am": f Whinchat early-am by s basin, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 14+ Common Tern, 4 Little Egret, pr Shelduck, 20+ Sand Martin, 10+ Swallows (Davey Leach)
 * Ladywell Fields: 2 Kingfisher, 3 Mandarin 1f 2juv, 7 Blackcap, Song Thrush singing, Little Egret (Tom Moulton)
 * Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 1 Common Buzzard, 17 Common Swift, 1 Greenfinch (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: Dunlin s/p main lake, 2 Common Tern in from NW, Common Buzzard high W, mobbed by 2 Carrion Crow (Martin Honey); Hobby hunting over scrape & main lake & marsh, 4 Little Ringed Plover main lake & scrape, 2 Redshank scrape, 4juv Lapwing, Spotted Flycatcher wildside wet woodland bank west of 'Field Lab' gazebo (WWT website)
 * Middlesex University Campus: Blackcap m (Toby Mylett)
 * Pinner “HA5”: Red Kite, 4 Swift, House Martin, Green Woodpecker calling (Nigel Barratt)
 * Rainham RSPB: Cattle Egret still (Laura Wade, Sam West, Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB); Spoonbill [target pools early-pm per BirdGuides], 4 Avocet (Andy Tweed per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: 2 Shelduck pr grounded early-am (S.Read); Common Tern dead bird on raft probably killed by Black-headed Gulls nesting there (RPBG)
 * St James's Park: 2 Common Buzzard drifting W together from 14.15, Swift, 1 singing Willow Warbler am (Frank Nugent); singing Reed Warbler in reeds nearest Horseguards, Grey Wagtail (Jack Hill)
 * Sevenoaks WR: 2 Common Sandpiper fr tyler hide (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
 * Staines Moor: 8+ Lapwing, Redshank, 4 Common Tern, Little Owl bonehead, 3 Cetti's Warbler (Tony Sweetland tweet)
 * Stave Hill: Red Kite NW am (Kathy Morris, John Cadera)
 * Stocker's Lake: 1 Cuckoo (Michael Hammond)
 * Trent Park: 7 Blackcap, 4 Common Swift, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Goldfinch, Kestrel, 2 Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, {Small Heath, Common Blue, f Broad-bodied Chaser} (Pete Lowman)
 * Vicarage Farm, Enfield: Quail [Ldn foy] singing in nearby fields (BirdGuides) NB Regret this is a private site. [Roy Beddard]
 * Walthamstow Marshes: "Paddocks" 22 Stock Dove, Kestrel, "Cow field" 2 Sedge Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, House Martin, 10 Sand Martin, Common Tern (JW Davies)
 * Wandsworth "Alma Rd": Red Kite circling then NE 11.10am (Tess Hawes)
 * Wanstead Flats: Common Buzzard SE, harassed by 2 Carrion Crow (Paul Francis)
 * Woodford Green: Displaying female Sparrowhawk 8.40am, male Bullfinch over North (for the second day running),3 Common Buzzards wheeling North and high at 10.20am, Pied Wagtail over at 10.45am, plus male and female Peregrine high and North 10.49am, also 2 Common Buzzards high and East at 11.35am.(Ken Murray)

Tuesday 21st May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Greylag, Little Egret, 16+ Swift, 10 Stock Dove playing fields (APOG Birders)
 * Balham: Red Kite SW 12:35 (Nick Rutter)
 * Battersea Park Lakes: Reed Warbler singing, 3m Mandarin Duck (Nick Rutter); Reed Warbler visible still singing 5pm in reeds passed bridge then in bush, Water Rail calling briefly, pr Egyptian Geese 2 small young again first breeding I know of since 2011? 2 pr Gadwall. I stopped coming to this park regularly last few years as not much variation on previous record - Law of diminishing returns. (Michael Mac)
 * Black Park: 5 Raven in tree [presumed pr & 3 fledged yg] 0850 (G Ryder via Bucks BN)
 * Brent Reservoir: 3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 5 Common Tern, 2 Egyptian Goose (Steve Blake); 2 Swift, 6 Blackcap, 2 Reed Warbler (Toby Mylett)
 * Church Hill Gardens: 30+ House Sparrows - last year all nests in bush vanished for unknown reason? this year 8 have been re-built, 2+ in wall behind the pub (Michael Mac)
 * Grovelands Park: Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe pr incubating, 2 Cormorant, Mute Swan, 4 Greylag Goose 2prs, Egyptian Goose, m Mandarin Duck, 2 Tufted Duck pr, 5 Stock Dove, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker incl pr feeding yg in nest hole, singing m Mistle Thrush, 7 singing m Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 3 singing m Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch incl juv, singing m Treecreeper [despite what various 'reliable sources' state that it ceases singing in April I frequently hear them singing in May], 3 Jay incl pr, 3 House Sparrow f feeding 2juv, {7 Holly Blue, 3 Small Copper, Brown Argus, Red Admiral, Burnet Companion, Silver Y} (Robert Callf)
 * Hackney "Clapton Pond E5": pr Grey Wagtail feeding 1yg (Marcin Kempa)
 * Hampstead Heath: 2 Mandarin, 6 Swift, 37 Blackcap, 16 Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, 3 Chaffinch (Toby Mylett, MBS et al)
 * Harefield "off Springwell Ln": m Cuckoo h (Roger Dewey)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: incl 2 Shelduck, 4 Gadwall, 6 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 6 Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, 4 Cuckoo, 6 Swift, Kestrel, 2 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 8 Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler, 7 Reed Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Common Whitethroat, 3 Reed Bunting (Dave McGough per ELBF FB)
 * Kensal Green Cemetery and St Mary’s Cemetery: 2 Swift, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Green Woodpecker (Charlie Farrell)
 * Kentish Town "Islip Street": Red Kite quite low [c80ft] N c1500 (Pete Mantle)
 * Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 3 Common Buzzard, 3 Common Swift, 2 House Martin, 1 Blackcap (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: 4 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank, Greenshank, Common Tern, 15 Swift (WWT website)
 * Pinner “HA5”: Red Kite harried by Crows, 2 Swift (Nigel Barratt)
 * Pinner Park Farm: 1 Little Owl, 3 Song Thrush disturbed by the presence of the Owl, 2 Swallow, 1 Swift, {Red Fox} (Charlie Farrell)
 * Rainham RSPB: Cattle Egret [purfleet scrape still per BirdGuides], 3 Marsh Harrier, 4 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 4 Hobby (Andy Tweed, Tom Bell at el per ELBF FB)
 * South Ockendon: Great Egret NW thru Mardyke Valley 0730 (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB/BirdGuides)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: Little Owl, 2 Red Kite, Little Egret, Cormorant, 4 Blackcap, 2 Common Whitethroat, Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Skylark, Kestrel, 6 Swift, 5 Swallow, 5 Chiffchaff (Deiniol Owen)
 * Trent Park: 10 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, Common Buzzard, 2 Common Swift, Goldfinch, 9 Mandarin 5m 3f & 1yg, 3 Song Thrush, Swallow, {Brimstone, Common Blue, Orange Tip, Speckled Wood, Small White, Green-veined White} (Pete Lowman)
 * Tulse Hill: Red Kite W 7.00pm (Stuart Hearne)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs "main gp": incl Common Sandpiper (Steve Pearce via Herts BC)
 * Wanstead Flats: Kestrel, 2 singing Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Common Whitethroat, {dead Hedgehog on grass field on north side of Long Wood} (Harry Harrison); 3 singing Meadow Pipit, 3 singing Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, Hobby, Kestrel, 2 Common Buzzard, Red Kite, Little Owl, Swallow, Sand Martin, 4 House Martin, 20+ Swift (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 3 singing Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Garden Warbler, Hobby, 2 Kestrel, 4 House Martin, 10+ Swift, 2 Gadwall (Nick Croft)
 * Waterloo East train station: about 6 House Sparrows on roof of platforms and around (Michael Mac)
 * West Hendon "Broadway": many House Martin visiting nests [unable to count] (Steve Blake)
 * Woodford Green: Female Sparrowhawk carrying prey, Mistle Thrush, Little Egret, 2 Swallow North, 2 Collared Dove West, male Bullfinch North and Red Kite East by 11.48 am. (Ken Murray)

Monday 20th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Red Kite NE 1205, Common Tern, pr Pochard, pr Peregrine, {Brown Argus} (APOG Birders)
 * Belsize Park: Swallow over Howitt Rd [Swifts more common sight here for as long as I can remember] (Marion Hill)
 * Bookham Common: Osprey N early-pm (BirdGuides)
 * Brent Reservoir: Common Sandpiper, 7 Common Tern, 11 House Martin, 6 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler (Toby Mylett)
 * Brookmill Park: 2 Swift first of the year, 2 singing Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crossness NR: "07.00-09.00" Rook E, Cuckoo, Lesser Whitethroat [I didn't see/hear GRW during this time] (Reuben Braddock); GREAT REED WARBLER h 0945 - sang for c5min and was seen fr hide by another observer (John & Janet Cadera et al); no sign GRW 1315 (BirdGuides)
 * Fir & Pond Woods: Common Buzzard, 14+ Mandarin Duck m 2f & 2 broods of 6 and 5+ ducklings, 2 Tufted Duck pr, singing m Willow Warbler, Nuthatch, 5ad Treecreeper incl pr carrying food (Robert Callf)
 * Greenwich Park: 2 Coal Tit (Ray Crouch)
 * Hyde Park: 4 House Martin (Ray Crouch); 3 Swift round pond (Ian R Watson)
 * Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Mediterranean Gull 1s e, 1 Cormorant w, 1 Red Kite, 24 Common Swift mostly n in twos & threes (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank, Hobby, Common Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail (WWT website)
 * Lower Morden: Kingfisher on Pyl Brook (Bob Smith)
 * Oxleas Woods "Oxleas Cafe 'Raptor' watch point 13.30-17.00hrs": 3 Red Kites 2 distant and all heading W, 2 Common Buzzard both distant, 2 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Swallow, c30 Swifts (John Reid & Dave Strevens)
 * Ponders End Lake: 3 Little Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, 20+ Common Tern, pr little Grebe, singing Reed Warbler, 1 singing Garden Warbler, 3 singing Blackcap 6.20-6.50am (Davey Leach)
 * Rainham RSPB: 2m Garganey target pools pm, 2 Cattle Egret target pools [new fsp bird] & purfleet scrape [long-stayer] 1530 (BirdGuides); Wood Sandpiper at pools by vc 1545. Got a brief glimpse of its rump before it disappeared from view and it looked brown and barred - possible Solitary Sandpiper - worth checking to see if it's still there tomorrow (Rhys Evans); also 3 Teal 2m f, 7 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 6 Oystercatcher, 5 Avocet (Howard Vaughan, Eugene Dillon-Hooper via ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: GOLDEN ORIOLE h singing briefly early am only [no further sign by 11:45 per BirdGuides] nr Thatched House Lodge then seemed to move towards centre of Pk (S.Read per JW); Honey-buzzard pale morph circled over centre of Pk then NE 1130, 3 Common Buzzard high NW (J.Wilczur); 3 Sandwich Tern W over Pen Ponds (Nick Croft); Peregrine, Common Sandpiper (P.Davies); 2m Red-crested Pochard, 3+ Red Kite, Red-legged Partridge, 2 Pied Wagtail (P.Redmond)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: Kingfisher fledgling [foy] seen (RSPB tweet)
 * Sevenoaks WR: 15 Common Scoter fr sutton hide 1730 (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
 * Southall: Red Kite 16:10 (Phil Belman)
 * Staines Reservoir: Ringed Plover, Turnstone, Sanderling all on causeway bank [south basin side] aft (Allan Goddard tweet/per FJM); also 2 Dunlin, 1 Little Ringed Plover there (Peter Alfrey); 2 Ruddy Shelduck evg (Peter Alfrey per FJM & BirdGuides)
 * Stanwell Moor: Marsh Harrier f (Chris Lamsdell)
 * Stoneleigh "Station KT17": 1 singing Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 6 Common Swift am (Neil Batten)
 * Swanscombe Marsh "1830-2015": incl 4 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck, 8 Grey Heron, Kestrel, Whimbrel, Cuckoo, 7 Bearded Tit, Skylark, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 25 Reed Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, Nightingale, Stonechat, 2 Linnet (Barry Wright via Kent OS)
 * The Brook "BR5": Coal Tit, Egyptian Goose, singing Chiffchaff, 2 Swift, 4+ singing Blackcap (Jack Headley)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: incl 2 Common Sandpiper main gp & fishing lake (Steve Pearce via Herts BC)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull 1245-1251, 40+ Swift, 3 Sand Martin, 1 House Martin, 14 Reed Warbler 9 singing, 4 Cetti's Warbler singing, 4 Pochard, 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Jay, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Niall Keogh)
 * Woodford Green: up to 4 pairs of Swift am, Chiffchaff, female Sparrowhawk, Little Egret, 2 distant Hobbies over the Eastern escarpment Lee Valley at 11.50am + also a distant long-tailed Buteo again over Lee Valley at 11.45am heading N (Ken Murray)

Sunday 19th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Hobby W 1609 foy, pr Peregrine, Common Tern, 3 Swallow, 12+ Swift (APOG Birders)
 * Barkingside "/Aldeborough Hatch": 3 Backcap singing, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Swallow, 1 Meadow Pipit singing, 2 Skylark singing (Charlie Farrell)
 * Brent Park: Chiffchaff (Toby Mylett)
 * Brent Reservoir: 4 Common Tern, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Swift, House Martin, 3 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler (Brent Birders); Kingfisher, Common Sandpiper, 2 singing Cetti's Warbler, 2 singing Lesser Whitethroat (Bill Haines)
 * Coursers Rd GPs: Caspian Gull, 3 Yellow Wagtail (Andrew Steele via Herts BC)
 * Crossness NR: GREAT REED WARBLER singing still 0600 but not yet visible (Chris White tweet); GRW seen & heard 0850 (Tony Brown tweet); GRW showing and singing 13:45, also Common Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon, Cuckoo, 3 Bearded Tit (Des McKenzie tweet); GRW seen & heard at two different locations throughout the day, 2 Peregrine Falcon, Hobby, Common Buzzard, 35+ Shelduck, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Pheasant, 8+ Common Whitethroat, singing Lesser Whitethroat, 25+ Reed Warbler, 1-2 singing Sedge Warbler, 2 Oystercatcher, Hobby, Bearded Tit, 3 Swift, 3+ singing Skylark, 4+ Lapwing incl ad w/ 2juv, calling Cuckoo, 3 Little Egret (Jack Headley)
 * Eaton Park Rd N13: Hobby low E 09:20 (Katy McGilvray)
 * Fairlop Waters: 1 Lesser Whitethroat singing, 10 Common Whitethroat singing, 2 Chiffchaff singing, 3 Blackcap singing, 6 Swift, 12 House Martin, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Pied Wagtail incl 3juv, 1 Green Woodpecker, {2 Orange Tip, 2 Small Heath} (Charlie Farrell)
 * Finchley "gdn N3": 5 Swift, 4 Stock Dove, Goldcrest, Blackcap (Samuel Levy)
 * Frays Farm Meadows: Cuckoo, Mandarin Duck m, 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, {Muntjac} (Michael E Robinson)
 * Greenford "UB6": 24 newly-fledged Starling plus adults on lawn, also 12+ House Sparrow incl fledged yg being fed by adults, 2 Goldfinch (Martin Smith)
 * Greenwich Park "incl Blackheath": 2 Jay, 7 Stock Dove, 2 Mistle Thrush, 39 Starling, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 8 Swift, 25 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 12 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, Linnet, 21 House Sparrow, 6 Nuthatch, 5 Goldcrest (Toby Mylett, Joe Beale, LNHS Group et al)
 * Island Barn Reservoir: 2 Sandwich Tern E 0730 (Dave Harris per Surrey BC)
 * London Wetland Centre: Blue-headed Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Common Tern, 50 Swift, 2 Redshank, Little Egret W (WWT website, Oscar Dewhurst, Alex Parr)
 * Monken Hadley Common: 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Goldcrest 4m singing & pr w/ 4juvs, 3+ Nuthatch, 10+ Treecreeper 6ad 4+juvs incl 3 family parties, {4 Red-headed Cardinal Beetle} (Robert Callf)
 * Purfleet "R Thames": Little Egret, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Common Tern, Cuckoo, Short-eared Owl, 3 Hobby, Cetti's Warbler (Neville Smith tweet)
 * Rainham Marshes: m Garganey still, 3 Teal, Cattle Egret still, 3 Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, Water Rail, 2 Oystercatcher, 8 Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 2 Common Tern, 3 Cuckoo, 3 Hobby, Bearded Tit, 2 Sand Martin, Lesser Whitethroat, Corn Bunting (Tom Jordan); 2 Egyptian Goose, Gadwall brood, Great Crested Grebe 3 broods, 2 Little Egret, Grey Plover, 20 Ringed Plover, 20 Swift, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Swallow, Song Thrush (per ELBF FB)
 * Staines Reservoir "WeBS": 8 Shelduck, Shoveler, 17 Gadwall, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, 31 Common Tern (Allan Goddard tweet)
 * Stanborough Lakes "n lake": 2 Common Sandpiper 0830 (Barry Trevis via Herts BC)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 4 Pheasant 2m seen, 2 Grey Heron, Common Buzzard sitting in dead oak displaced by Peregrine which sat in tree for c20min before flying towards Gutteridge Wd, Hobby passed low over Swallow before unsuccessfully pursuing second bird, m Kestrel w/ vole, 6 Stock Dove, 6 Swift, 5 Skylark, 8 Swallow 6 feeding together, 17 Common Whitethroat, singing Lesser Whitethroat, singing Garden Warbler, 2m Reed Bunting, 4-6 Linnet 2-3pr, pr Bullfinch (Neil Anderson)
 * Wanstead Flats: 2 Hobby, Kestrel, 3 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 singing Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 4 Skylark, 2 House Martin, 4 Sand Martin, 5 Swallow, 30+ Swift, Cetti's Warbler appear to be nesting with the female doing all the work carrying food & faecal sacks while he just sings, Little Egret (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 5 Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, Swallow, 4 Stock Dove, Grey Wagtail, House Martin, Swallow, 10+ Swift, 2 Kestrel (Nick Croft)
 * Yeading Brook meadows: m Pheasant, 2 Red Kite, c25 Swift, Swallow, briefly singing Cetti's Warbler (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 18th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Barnacle Goose briefly over boating lake and on wood green res, 40 Swift, pr Peregrine (APOG Birders)
 * Auckland Hill - West Norwood: 3 pretty mundane Swifts-I think they nest along this road? (Michael Mac)
 * Bedfords Park: Honey-buzzard [Ldn foy] over (per Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
 * Belsize Park: 4 Swifts high over Howitt Rd 2 circling (Marion Hill)
 * Bowyer's Water: f Smew (Mike Oakland via Herts BC)
 * Brent Park: Kingfisher, 7 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler [patch first] (Toby Mylett)
 * Brent Reservoir: Common Tern, 25 House Martin, 7 Swift, 8 Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler (Toby Mylett)
 * Crossness NR: GREAT REED WARBLER [1st London record] singing nr pumping station in protected area 09.19 at least. Park at Travelodge by Morgan Pub in Norman Rd and walk through paddocks (Richard Bonser per FJM); also 4 Lapwing & 2yg, Redshank, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Hobby, singing Cuckoo, 1s Little Gull, Firecrest; GRW still singing & showing fr river wall 1pm, also Lesser Whitethroat (Andrew Self); GRW still singing and&showing well fr river wall 15:30 (Jake Klavins et al)
 * Finchley "gdn N3": 5 Swift, 4 Stock Dove (Samuel Levy)
 * Gallions Reach "0800-1100": Great Egret E 0905, Whimbrel, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 5 Arctic Tern, 12 Swift (Gary James via Essex BwS)
 * Glebelands LNR: 2 Garden Warbler fr allotment side (Twitter)
 * Greenwich "Station": 2 Swift (Ray Crouch)
 * London Wetland Centre: 4 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 7 Swift, Lesser Whitethroat (WWT website); 2 Oystercatcher reservoir lagoon fr wildside hide 1525 (Laurence Arnold tweet); Dunlin wader scrape 1100, Hobby hawking over main lake 1000 (E Garcia via Surrey BN)
 * Mitcham Common: ROSY STARLING belated report on 5 Jun (per Surrey BC)
 * Mudchute Park & Farm: Whinchat pm (John Booth tweet)
 * Norwood High Street: 3 House Sparrow nests in number 151 (Michael Mac)
 * Pinner “HA5”: 6 Swift, Coal Tit, Green Woodpecker, Red Kite drifting over high (Nigel Barratt)
 * Potters Bar Industrial Estate "EN6": Ring-necked Parakeet, Collared Dove, 6 Starling, Blackcap, Chaffinch, Greenfinch (Toby Mylett)
 * Purfleet "R Thames": incl 4 Shelduck 2pr, pr Oystercatcher, 22 Common Tern, 2 Arctic Tern, 19 Swift, 3 Hobby, Swallow (Fraser Simpson via eBird)
 * Purfleet "R Thames": incl Mediterranean Gull 1s (Neville Smith tweet)
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: Cattle Egret still, m Garganey, Grey Plover, Greenshank, 8 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Common Sandpipers, 10 Ringed Plovers, 3 Cuckoos, 2 Marsh Harriers, 8 Avocets, 3 Oystercatchers (Sean Huggins); drake Garganey, Pink-footed Goose still [last day], brood of Shoveler all on aveley pools (Andrew Self); Bearded Tit brood (Bill Moss per ELBF FB); also incl 14 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Hobby (Hugh Antram via eBird)
 * Roding Valley "Fishing Lakes": Cetti's Warbler, 4+ Reed Warbler, 4 Reed Bunting 2pr, Bullfinch, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk (Joe Dickens)
 * Ruxley GPs "permit only": 2 singing Cetti's Warbler, 3+ singing Reed Warbler, singing Reed Bunting in brief visit (Jack Headley)
 * Sevenoaks WR: Arctic Tern feeding over East Lake north side (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
 * Snaresbrook "Station": 15 Swift (Samuel Levy)
 * South Lodge Farm: 45+ Stock Dove 1530 (Robert Callf)
 * Thorndon CP "0815-1015": incl m Kestrel, 2 Swift, m Garden Warbler, m Lesser Whitethroat, 4m Common Whitethroat, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Yellowhammer 1 singing (Andrew Cox via Essex BwS)
 * Totteridge Valley "Frith Riding Stable": 8 Swallow, 8+ Swift, 8 House Martin (Samuel Levy); "Oakfields" 3 Blackcap, Treecreeper, Mistle Thrush, 2m Firecrest, {Muntjac} (Samuel Levy, Bob Husband et al); "Belmont Farm/Totteridge Fields" 22 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 7 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 12 Swallow, 2 Pied Wagtail, 10 Stock Dove, 7 Common Whitethroat, 8 Chiffchaff, 40+ Swift, 2 Red Kite, Lesser Whitethroat, singing Reed Bunting, 3 Lapwing N, Common Buzzard, m Mandarin Duck, Nuthatch, 4 House Martin NW, 2 Raven ad mobbing Red Kite & juv sitting on nearby building (Samuel Levy, John Colmans, Bob Husband, NW Ldn RSPB Grp et al)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs "main gp": incl Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 2 Yellow Wagtail (per Herts BC); Caspian Gull 1s again briefly pm (Rupert Evershed tweet)
 * West Finchley "Station": 5 Swift, Blackcap (Samuel Levy)
 * West Norwood Cemetery: 7 Swifts over the church (Michael Mac)

Friday 17th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Common Tern, 2 House Martin, 60+ Swift, 10 Swallow (APOG Birders)
 * Beckton "Barking Creek area": 2 Little Gull, 2 ad Mediterranean Gull, 40 Common Tern [locals], 2 Arctic Tern, Black Tern, 4 Whimbrel, Common Sandpiper, 60 Swift, {Harbour Seal} (Dave Morrison tweet)
 * Brent Reservoir: Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, 10 Common Sandpiper (Andrew Self)
 * East Acton: 7 Mistle Thrush incl yg in gdn nr 'The Green', 1 Collared Dove, 2 Blackcap singing, 40+ House Sparrow (Charlie Farrell)
 * Broadwater Lake: 2 Common Sandpiper (D Elliot per Surrey BN)
 * Fairlop Waters: incl 20 Swallow, 4 House Martin, m Garden Warbler, 2m Lesser Whitethroat, 10m Common Whitethroat (Steve Bacon per ELBF FB)
 * Foots Cray: 20 Common Swift (Patrick English)
 * Greensted "Church": 3 Spotted Flycatcher (Barry Jones per ELBF FB)
 * Lambeth Palace "Archbishop's Park": 2+ singing Blackcap (John Colmans)
 * London Wetland Centre: 4 Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 2 Common Tern, 40+ Swift, 3 House Martin (WWT website)
 * Maple Cross: unconfirmed Hoopoe reported Denham Way (BirdGuides)
 * Middlesex University Campus: 2 Blackcap (Toby Mylett)
 * North Acton Station: 1 Lesser Whitethroat singing on railway embankment (Charlie Farrell)
 * Panshanger Park: 2 Raven (Murray Brown via Herts BC)
 * Rainham RSPB: m Garganey mobile betw target pools & aveley pool, 2 Teal m f, 4 Marsh Harrier, 1 Common Buzzard light morph N, 7 Avocet, 2 Grey Plover, 43 Ringed Plover target pools, 3 Whimbrel, 13 Ruff target pools, 9 Sanderling river bank, 2 Dunlin, 12 Common Sandpiper river bank, Greenshank, 2 Oystercatcher, Little Tern on river off aveley bay 0840, c10 Arctic Tern, c15 Common Tern, 2m Cuckoo, 150 Swift, 20+ Cetti’s Warbler singing, 30+ Reed Warbler singing, 20+ Common Whitethroat singing, Yellow Wagtail W (Niall Keogh); Cattle Egret still (RSPB per ELBF FB); also Pochard 2 broods, Tufted Duck brood, 7 Great Crested Grebe river, 2 Common Buzzard, 6 Oystercatcher, 5 Grey Plover, 13 Common Sandpiper, 28 Common Tern, 28 Arctic Tern, 2imm Peregrine (Patrick Hart et al per ELBF FB); Spotted Flycatcher (Ken James per ELBF FB); also Dunlin, Kestrel (Andrew Cox via Essex BwS)
 * Richmond Park: Common Sandpiper (Friday Bird Group)
 * Staines Reservoir: 2 Little Ringed Plover, Black Tern s basin pm (Dom Pia tweet)
 * Stanford Rivers: Willow Warbler, Garden Warbler, 3 Common Whitethroat, Yellowhammer (Barry Jones per ELBF FB)
 * The Brook "BR5": 1-2 Stock Dove, 3+ singing Blackcap, 3 Mute Swan, 7+ Swift (Jack Headley)
 * Totteridge Valley: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker on Finchley Nurseries bird feeders (Samuel Levy)
 * Trent Park: 4 Black-headed Gull E 11:45 incl 1+ first-summer, 2 Common Tern lower lake, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, m Garden Warbler singing, 5m Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Nuthatch pr feeding yg in nest hole Rough Lot, Treecreeper, 5 singing m Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs "main gp": incl Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank N, 2 Yellow Wagtail (Tyttenhanger Birders via Herts BC)
 * Vault Hill Wood: m Common Cuckoo singing 1345 (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: Lesser Whitethroat singing n of boardwalk, 10 Stock Dove, 2 Linnet rear paddocks, 6 Swift, 8 Sand Martin over leyton marsh (Alastair Dent)
 * Westminster: 3 Common Sandpiper on one of the piers of Westminster Bridge 08.30 (Frank Nugent)

Thursday 16th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Greylag, pr Peregrine, Little Grebe tunnel fes, {f Common Blue foy, Brown Argus} (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR: Whimbrel over viewpt 0550 (Allan Meadows via Herts BC); Great Egret thru 0825 (Barry Reed tweet)
 * Arkley "South" Fields "Barnet Gate Lane EN5": Cuckoo reported calling 6.20am (Bob Husband)
 * Ashtead Common "TQ173602": Woodcock still seen roding twice 2100, 2 Common Whitethroat (Rob McCaffrey via Surrey BN)
 * Botany Marshes "0600-1400": 36 Greylag Goose & 21yg, 3 Gadwall 2m f, 2 Cuckoo together, 12 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Sedge Warbler, 21 Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat ((Tony Swandale via Kent OS)
 * Camley Street Natural Park: 1 Cetti's Warbler singing, 2 Shelduck SW (Louis Freeland-Haynes)
 * Cross Ness NR "protected area": Common Whitethroat parachuting, Willow Warbler calling & flycatching, Cuckoo (Paul Francis) third time lucky happy with the lifetime tick of latter having failed the previous two days
 * Dollis Valley "Denham Farm - Totteridge Fields": 26+ Swift, 6 Common Whitethroat, 3 Kestrel, 4 Chiffchaff, 7 Common Buzzard, 18 Blackcap, 2 Great Black-backed Gull circling towards Barnet Hospital, 21 Stock Dove, 7 Swallow, Bullfinch, Hobby totteridge fields, {plenty of Orange Tip, plenty of Small Copper, Small White, Large White, Speckled Wood, Comma, Peacock, Holly Blue, Broad-bodied Chaser} (Samuel Levy)
 * Finchley "gdn N3": Swift, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Blackcap, Goldcrest (Samuel Levy)
 * Forty Hall CP: m Mandarin Duck, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Treecreeper incl 4juv huddled together high in beech (Robert Callf)
 * Hilly Fields Park: 8 Goldcrest incl 6juv huddled together on branch (Robert Callf)
 * Hyde Park: 4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 House Martin, 2 Swallow, 25+ Swift round pond & surrounding treed areas (Ian R Watson)
 * Kings Wood: Swift, 2 Tawny Owl, 2+ Marsh Tit, Garden Warbler, 5+ m Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 5m Treecreeper (John Birkett & Simon Harris via Croydon Birders)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Turnstone main lake, 4 Little Ringed Plover, pr Shelduck, 2 Common Tern, 2 Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Hobby (Martin Honey)
 * Middlesex University Campus: Chiffchaff (Toby Mylett)
 * Parson Street "NW4": 10 Swift (Toby Mylett)
 * Pinner “HA5”: 4 Swift, Green Woodpecker calling (Nigel Barratt)
 * Purfleet "R Thames": Short-eared Owl, Barn Owl, 26 Arctic Tern (Fraser Simpson tweet)
 * Rainham RSPB: Cattle Egret still, 5 Common Tern, 38 Arctic Tern, Turnstone, 8 Knot, 2m Cuckoo, 5 Hobby (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB); Black Tern (Mike Limehouse per ELBF FB); 7 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Plover, 22 Ringed Plover, 3 Sanderling, 5 Dunlin (Andy Tweed per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: 8 Common Sandpiper (O.Dewhurst)
 * River Brent "Brent Cross": 3 Grey Wagtail, 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 4 Cetti's Warbler (Toby Mylett)
 * Roding Valley Meadows LNR: Common Buzzard, Common Tern, 40 Swift, 2 Kestrel, Hobby, 5 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 5m Reed Warbler, 12 Blackcap, 6 Common Whitethroat, 2m Reed Bunting (Barry Jones per ELBF FB)
 * Queen's Park: 2 Swift over Lonsdale Rd (Callum Farrell-Morris)
 * South Ruislip “Wickes Carpark”: Red Kite over low (Nigel Barratt)
 * Southall: Red Kite 11:30 (Phil Belman)
 * Staines Moor: Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard, Cuckoo, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Common Whitethroat am (Jim Sweetland tweet)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 7 Black Tern, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Black-necked Grebe early am (Bob Warden per FJM); also Mediterranean Gull 2cy (Dom Pia tweet)
 * Totteridge Valley: Raven S c11.15, 7 Lapwing, with gulls in the lapwing_field 15 Herring Gull, 13 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Black-headed Gull [unusual in May], 2 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, singing Lesser Whitethroat, singing Reed Bunting, 2 Swallow, 11 Rook, 15 Blackcap, 10 Chiffchaff, 16 Common Whitethroat, pr Tufted Duck long pond, {Muntjac} (John Colmans); 27 Blackcap, Coal Tit, 10 Swallow, 88+ Swift, 3 Goldcrest, 2 House Martin, 25 Common Whitethroat, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 13 Chiffchaff, 13 Common Buzzard inc 8 together over old gropper_field, 35 Stock Dove, 3 Bullfinch, 29 Rook, Treecreeper, Garden Warbler hawfinch_hill, Little Egret, 8 Lapwing, 2 Hobby together over darlands c1300, Red Kite, 3 Pied Wagtail, Little Owl, {Speckled Wood, Large White, Small White, Orange Tip, Holly Blue} (Samuel Levy)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs "willows fm lake": Yellow Wagtail nr silage pile (Steve Pearce via Herts BC)
 * Twickenham: m Teal on edge of usual crowd of waterbirds getting fed on The Embankment, c10 House Martins, c10 Swallows catching mayflies (Mike Foster)
 * Wanstead Flats: Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Red Kite, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark, 10+ Swift, 4 House Martin (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: Garden Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler nest building, Little Egret, Kestrel, Grey Wagtail, 20+ Swift, House Martin (Nick Croft)
 * Whitewebbs Park: 4 Treecreeper 2ad 2juv (Robert Callf)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: 3 Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 3 Stock Dove, Collared Dove (Francis O'Sullivan)

Wednesday 15th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 2 Common Sandpiper, Greylag, 2 Mute Swan pr & 6yg, 2 Common Buzzard, Peregrine, {Brown Argus} (APOG Birders)
 * Ashtead Common "TQ172601": Woodcock N at treetop level toward Malden Rushett Fm 2045 (Rob McCaffrey via Surrey BN)
 * Amwell NR: Spoonbill fsp still circled heronry isl 6 times before rossting 0820 (Murray Orchard tweet)
 * Barnet "Mays Ln EN5": Cuckoo calling from back gdns by Ln (Roy Beddard)
 * Battersea Reach "at Cremorne Gardens": Glossy Ibis [provisional 1st record for Inner London] circled over Thames then flew downriver 14:23, also Black-headed Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, singing Grey Wagtail, {Atlantic Grey Seal} (Des McKenzie tweets)
 * Brookmill Park: Stock Dove, Song Thrush, 4 Blackcap, 4 Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam) Still waiting for the first Swift
 * Canon's Farm/Banstead Woods: 4 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Hobby, 6 Skylark, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Common Whitethroat, 4 Yellowhammer (Geoff Barter tweet)
 * Clapham Old Town - Maritime House: 7+ Swifts around, Peregrine soaring above (Michael Mac)
 * Covent Garden "Acre Ln": Grey Wagtail on masonic temple (Andrea La Pietra)
 * Greenwich "Woodlands Pk Rd": 4 Swift over gdn (Richard Green)
 * Greenwich Park: Common Whitethroat (Ray Crouch)
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: 16 Common Tern, 2 Black-headed Gull 1s, 3 Swift, 10 Sand Martin, 5 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap pr, Common Whitethroat f, Reed Bunting m (Richard Green, John Bushall)
 * Hutchinson's Bank; Red Kite (Ernest Thomason)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 4 Cuckoo (Dave McGough per ELBF FB)
 * KGV Res: 2 Turnstone, 7 Common Sandpiper, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Wheatear, Grey Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, 13 Linnets (Sean Huggins)
 * Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 1 Common Buzzard, 4 Common Swift, 1 Blackcap (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: Ringed Plover, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, Hobby, 2 Kestrel, 2 Shelduck, Common Tern, 2 Redshank, 20 Swift (WWT website); Greenshank, 4 Shelduck (Oscar Dewhurst)
 * Middlesex University Campus: 15 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler [patch first] (Toby Mylett)
 * Pinner “HA5”: 2 Red Kite circling high, House Martin (Nigel Barratt)
 * Purfleet "Station": Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 12+ House Martin, 2 Swift (Samuel Levy)
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: 24 Blackcap, 83+ Common Whitethroat, 44 Cetti's Warbler, 81+ Reed Warbler, 4m Cuckoo, 31 Sedge Warbler, 7 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 4 Rook, 48 Swift, 57 Gadwall, 2 Stock Dove, 4 Swallow, 59 Tufted Duck, 5 Chiffchaff, 5 Kestrel, 74 Shelduck, 26 Common Tern, 2 Arctic Tern downriver, 9 Great Crested Grebe, 12 Pochard, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Hobby, 2 Common Buzzard, Cattle Egret still, 31 Shoveler, 6 Avocet, 2 Marsh Harrier (Samuel Levy); Black Tern (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB); 2 Turtle Dove [Ldn foy] seen briefly in bushes by R Mardyke then E from footpath - body less bland than Collared Dove & showing dark rump and white tail-band (Gareth Parkes via eBird/email)
 * Hainault Lodge NR "Redbridge Cycling Centre area": 2 Nightingale singing (Mathew Frith tweet)
 * Richmond Park: m Yellow Wagtail grounded briefly, Red Kite, 2 Garden Warbler, 5 Common Tern (Steve Woolfenden); 5 Great Crested Grebe pr & 3yg, Hobby, Common Sandpiper, m Grey Wagtail (J.Wilczur); 4 Common Buzzard E (D.Black)
 * Sevenoaks WR "incl monthly transect": incl 2 Shelduck, Oystercatcher, 6 Swift, 5 Treecreeper, 7 Reed Warbler, 33 Blackcap, 13 Garden Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat (Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
 * Sidcup: 2 Swifts over Old Farm Ave DA15 (Marion Hill)
 * Southall: 11 Swift playback in use to establish new colony (Phil Belman)
 * Staines Moor: 2 Hobby, Kestrel, Red Kite, 12 Blackcap, 10 Common Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 8 Reed Warbler all warblers_singing, 20 Linnet, 10 Skylark, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 12+ Lapwing, Redshank, Little Egret, Common Tern, 8 Pheasant, 2 Cormorant, Stock Dove (Nick Baker)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 3 Little Tern prior to 07.00, 8 Black Tern on S basin mid am (Bob Warden, Allan Goddard per FJM)
 * Sunny Hill Park "NW4": 9 Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Toby Mylett)
 * Totteridge "Horseshoe Lane footpath N20": Garden Warbler singing, 3 Blackcap singing, Lesser Whitethroat singing, 2 Common Whitethroats singing & scolding, Chiffchaff singing, 2 Bullfinch f in flight & presumed mate calling, {2 Muntjac Deer one seen another h barking} (Roy Beddard, Bob Husband, Sue Widdowfield)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: "main gp": incl Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, 2 Yellow Wagtail (Steve Blake/Tytt Birders via Herts BC)
 * Wanstead Flats: 4 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 10+ Swift, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Gadwall, singing Meadow Pipit, 4 Skylark (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan) Re Sunday's Marsh Warbler: I feel I must apologise to Bob, Jono and Marco dismissing their on site impressions of this bird.  After listening to the recording again through headphones,, there is something that could be a Marsh, though neary entirely drowned out by the Song Thrush.  Stuart Fisher thinks it sounds good, though to confirm anything we will need to see if audacity can clean the tape up.  Dave Darryl-Lambert has also volunteered to give it ago! Nick Croft
 * Wimbledon "Worple Rd": Red Kite 07.50 (Sarah Morrison)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: 1 Kestrel, 1 Swallow, 4 Linnet, 10 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 14 Common Whitethroat, 50 Starling incl many recently fledged, 20 House Sparrow with many more in nearby streets (Charlie Farrell)

Tuesday 14th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Little Egret SE, 20+ Swift, 3 Swallow N, Greylag, pr Gadwall, Peregrine, {Brown Argus foy} (APOG Birders)
 * Arkley "South" Fields "Barnet Gate Lane EN5": Cuckoo reported calling (Bob Husband)
 * Avenue Tennis Club "N3": 3 Swift, 2 Pied Wagtail, Cormorant E (Samuel Levy)
 * Bury Lake: 2 Black Tern often resting on yellow mooring buoys (Charlie Ramsay via Herts BC); still 1455 (Paul Ward tweet); still 1815 (Stephen Younger via Herts BC)
 * Crayford Marshes: 3 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 5 Gadwall, 2 Little Egret, 3 Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Lapwing, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Little Owl, 1 Short-eared Owl, 4 Swift, 1m Cuckoo, 2 Swallow, 1 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Common Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Greenfinch, 7 Linnet (Mike Paice)
 * Cross Ness NR "protected area": Cuckoo h, 2 Common Whitethroat pr nest hunting (Paul Francis)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 5 Common Tern, 2 Black Tern evg (Allan Stewart via Herts BC)
 * Kensal Green Cemetery and St Mary’s Cemetery: 2 Mistle Thrush carrying food for yg, 3 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Stock Dove {Brimstone, 3 Small White} (Charlie Farrell)
 * Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 1 Red Kite, 1 Common Buzzard, 12 Common Swift, 1 Swallow (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Whimbrel grazing marsh, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 2 Common Tern, 26 Swift, Wheatear (WWT website)
 * Lynsters Farm nr Maple Cross: 18 Hobby hawking insects above Farm & Lynsters Lake (Paul Lewis via Herts BC)
 * Meanwhile Gardens "Grand Union Canal": 4 Coot 2pr & yg, 2 Canada Geese with 11 chicks, 2 Great Tits & yg, 2 Blackcap (Charlie Farrell)
 * Mile End Park: Reed Warbler singing in reed bed at Ecology Centre (Harry Harrison)
 * Pinner "HA5": 3 Swift, House Martin, Green Woodpecker, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Coal Tit & 4 fledglings (Nigel Barratt)
 * Rainham RSPB: Cattle Egret still (RSPB via ELBF FB); Ringed Plover, Cuckoo, Stonechat (Mike Limehouse per ELBF FB); Short-eared Owl (Fraser Simpson per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: 1 fem Wheatear (Hugh Bradshaw); 2 Little Egret, Yellow Wagtail (O.Dewhurst)
 * St Paul’s Cathedral: no sign of Acrocephalus sp 0700-0800, Common Whitethroat subsinging still, pr House Sparrow in and out of hole in Cathedral wall (Reuben Braddock)
 * Sidcup: Swift over Halfway St 11.05am [first seen May 4] (Eric Brown)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Black Tern, 1 Black-necked Grebe late am (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Stanwell Moor: Cuckoo, Garden Warbler (Dom Pia tweet)
 * Stocker's Lake: Common Tern (Charlie Ramsay via Herts BC)
 * Trent Park: Lesser Whitethroat singing m 'New Fields' 1155, {3 Small Copper, Small Yellow Underwing} (Robert Callf)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs "main gp": incl Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, Caspian Gull 2cy, Cuckoo, Willow Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Yellow Wagtail (Tyttenhanger Birders via Herts BC/Rupert Evershed tweet)
 * Walthamstow Filter Beds: 4 Grey Wagtail 2pr breeding, fewer than 10 Swift - catastrophic decline matching decline in flying insects (Dan Barrett)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 1m Garganey, 1 Redshank (Ivor Hewstone, Tony Gorst)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Shelduck, Common Sandpiper, Sedge Warbler (Chris Farthing)

Monday 13th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Little Egret S, 40+ Swift, Swallow, Greylag, Peregrine (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR "Gt Hardmead Lake": Whimbrel 0800-0820 then S (Barry Reed/Allan Meadows tweets)
 * Brockwell Park: 2 Swift, House Sparrow feeding young in nest in walled garden - there is still one nest in this building though some have been blocked off by repair work. Steven Robinson I would be interested in finding out about putting up some nest boxes as an experiment, here and Norwood Lodge entrance (Michael Mac)
 * Claybury Park: 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler (Joe Dickens)
 * Clissold Park: Pochard brood of 3, Little Grebe brood of 3 (Chris Farthing)
 * Crouch End: 2 Common Buzzards SW, Red Kite NE over Gladwell Rd late-am (Pete Mantle)
 * East Barnet "Herts EN4": 2 Swift, Grey Wagtail male calling from roof of Methodist Church (Bob Husband)
 * Farthing Downs: Common Buzzard, 7 Swift, Kestrel, 3 Swallow, Chiffchaff, Sedge Warbler singing briefly in western hedge, 4+ Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat singing, 4+ Common Whitethroat, Yellowhammer singing (John Birkett via Croydon Birders)
 * Greenwich "Woodlands Park Road": Swift (Richard Green)
 * Grovelands Park: 1 Gadwall, 1 Pochard, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Swift, 1 Blackcap 19:30 (Paul Collins)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: 2 Common Sandpiper water colours lagoon (Gordon Hay per Surrey BC)
 * Hyde Park: House Martin, 24+ Swift round pond (Ian R Watson)
 * London Wetland Centre: Wood Sandpiper still, Black-tailed Godwit for 11th day, Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank, 3 Shelduck 2ad 1yg second site breeding record, Common Tern, 5 Lapwing chicks, 17 Swift (WWT website); 4 Little Ringed Plover grazing marsh & wader scrape, pr Sedge Warbler collecting nesting material main lake, juv Song Thrush, 3+ singing Reed Buntings, 1 Common Sandpiper main lake (Martin Honey); Hobby over 14:45 (James Hudson)
 * Maple Cross: 4 Yellowhammer 2pr in field west of housing estate (Chris Bessant via Herts BC)
 * Oak Hill Park: Common Buzzard (Clive Herbert)
 * Oxleas Wood "and Meadows": 2 Common Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Swallow, 3 Swift, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap (Richard Green)
 * Pinner "HA5": 4 Swift, House Martin, Green Woodpecker calling (Nigel Barratt)
 * Purfleet "R Thames": Grey Plover, 6 Ringed Plover, Turnstone, Sanderling, 4 Dunlin, 2 Cuckoo (Fraser Simpson tweet)
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: 6 Hobby over aveley marsh, 3 Cuckoo early-am nr vc, 2 Common Sandpiper purfleet scrape (Andrew Gouldstone)
 * Richmond Park: 8 Barnacle Goose E, 2 Red Kite, 5 Common Buzzard, Common Sandpiper, 16 Black-headed Gull 8pr incl 7 w/ nests, Common Gull 2cy NE, 2 ad Lesser Black-backed Gul one landed on pen pond, 4 Common Tern, 25+ Swift, m Pied Wagtail carrying food, 2m Garden Warbler (J.Wilczur, P.Pentek)
 * St Paul’s Cathedral: Acrocephalus sp brief views in bushes at S side of Cathedral at 12.20 looked pale but not refound, Common Whitethroat, 2 House Sparrow, Greenfinch (Reuben Braddock et al)
 * Stoneleigh "Station KT17": 3 Blackcap, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Swallow w (Neil Batten)
 * Trent Park: 10 Song Thrush incl 7 singing m, 2 singing m Garden Warbler, 6 singing m Chiffchaff, 3 singing m Goldcrest (Robert Callf); also 10 Blackcap, 2 Common Tern, Common Buzzard, 30+ Common Swift, Common Whitethroat, 4 m Mandarin, 2 Mistle Thrush (Pete Lowman)
 * Tufnell Park "N7": Common Buzzard over mobbed by two crows 11.45 (Neil Bowman)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: incl 2 Common Sandpiper fishing lake, f Wheatear willows fm lake in adj field TL185043 (Steve Blake via Herts BC)
 * Wanstead Flats: Spotted Flycatcher, Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, 4 House Martin, 6+ Swift, Kestrel, 3 Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: 3 Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, 2 Little Egret, 20+ Swift, House Martin, Sparrowhawk (Nick Croft/Simon Raper)
 * West Norwood: 2 Swift roof height near B and Q - very sparse this year=decreasing (Michael Mac)
 * West Norwood Cemetery: male Kestrel hovering in 3 positions high up then stooped into trees(Michael Mac)

Sunday 12th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: pr Gadwall, Greylag, Peregrine (APOG Birders)
 * Bayhurst Wood area: Short-eared Owl flew towards Park Lodge Farm 5.40am (Dan Pinkham)
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Hobby, 10 Common Tern (Andrew Self); 3 Common Sandpiper (Roy Beddard, Bob Husband); Nightingale h nr rifle range, Lesser Whitethroat in willows 'shrike_field' nearby, 2 Common Whitethroat pr carrying food to unseen nest (Bob Husband, Ken Brook, RSPB NW Ldn Grp birdwalk)
 * Dartford Marshes "0800-0900": Short-eared Owl, Cuckoo (Phillip Royston via Kent OS)
 * Gallions Reach "0800-1300": Common Buzzard, 4 Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, Cuckoo, Swallow, 3 House Martin, 2 Whinchat, Greenfinch foy (Gary James via Essex BwS)
 * Greenford "UB6": Red Kite over gdn pursued by Herring Gull (Neil Anderson)
 * Greenway: Swift, 8 Sand Martin, 3 singing Blackcap, 4 singing Common Whitethroat, m House Sparrow first I've seen here since 2002 (Harry Harrison)
 * Ickenham Marsh: Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2 Common Buzzard, Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, 5 Swift, Garden Warbler (Nigel Dodd)
 * Kentish Town "NW5": 2 Common Buzzard N 13.20 (Frank Nugent)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, Shelduck, 5 Lapwing chicks (WWT website); Wood Sandpiper (Shailesh Patel, Martin Parker and Alex Parr)
 * Pinner HA5: Red KIte drifting over, Green Woodpecker, Coal Tit (Nigel Barratt)
 * Potters Crouch Plantation: 2+ Yellowhammer fr Centurion GC f/p (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
 * Primrose Hill "vismig 0455-0655": 4 Swift [2N & 2 locals], 2 House Martin N [prob locals], Tree Pipit dropped in at dawn then E 0540 (Twitter)
 * Rainham Marsh: 2 Temminck‘s Stint outside vc 1028hrs then flew off and dropped down nr target pools (Neville Smith); Cattle Egret still, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 3m Cuckoo, 9 Hobby, Spotted Flycatcher (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB); Short-eared Owl (Mike Limehouse); Pink-footed Goose still, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit (Neville Smith per ELBF FB); 5 Common Buzzard, 4 Ringed Plover, 13 Dunlin (Martin Jordan per ELBF FB)
 * Regent's Park: 2 Sedge Warblers together at far end of rail ditch [area 2] for 2nd day - potentially the 1st breeding pr for Inner London, no sign of last week's Spotted Flycatcher in Q Mary's Gdns [a17] (Twitter); Cetti’s Warbler heard from the Boat House Cafe (Steve Blake) Sedge Warbler has previously bred in Inner London [Surrey Docks] thx for correction
 * Richmond Park: Lapwing over (H.Bradshaw)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: m Wigeon fr draper hide 0950 (Emily Leonard tweet)
 * Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve: 2 Little Ringed Plover, Shelduck, 4 Egyptian Goose incl pr w/ yg, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Common Sandpiper, Garden Warbler, 3+ Reed Warbler, 7 Sand Martin (Jack Headley)
 * South Norwood CP "dawn chorus walk": Starling, Carrion Crow, Ring-necked Parakeet, Canada Goose, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Blackbird, Wren, Blackcap, Robin, Common Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Kestrel (Paul Francis)
 * Staines Moor: 1 Greenshank, 2 Redshank, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler am (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Staines Reservoir: incl Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover, Turnstone, Dunlin (Dave Panchaud via eBird)
 * Stoneleigh "The Glade KT17": 1 Common Buzzard, 6 Common Swift, 1 singing Goldcrest (Neil Batten)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 6 Pheasant 5m h & f flushed, 2 Little Egret, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Red Kite pr, 3 Kestrel 2m 1f, 10 Stock Dove, 4 Swift, 4 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 3-4 Meadow Pipit 1 giving alarm while perched-possibly attempting to breed, 2 singing Garden Warbler 1 seen, briefly singing Lesser Whitethroat, 24 Common Whitethroat, Rook, 3 Reed Bunting 2m 1f, pr Linnet, pr Bullfinch (Neil Anderson); also Hobby over 10.15, distant calling Cuckoo (Nigel Dodd)
 * Tufnell Park “N7”: Swallow N 14.00, c20 Swift (Reuben Braddock)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Little Ringed Plover s end of east warwick, pr Sand Martins repeatedly carrying nesting material into clay drainage pipe on brick bank by coppermill tower, 4 Common Tern, Swifts, Grey Wagtails, Reed Warblers, Common Whitethroats, Reed Buntings (Shane Enright)
 * Wanstead Flats: Sedge Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 3 Swift, 2 Linnet, Meadow Pipit, 2 Skylark, Kestrel (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: MARSH WARBLER per RBA sang briefly this afternoon [tweeted as 'possible' by Matt Brierley at 16:10 incl loc'n-map], Reed Warbler, Kingfisher, 10 Swift (Wanstead Birders); 'probable' Marsh Warbler still singing on north side of Heronry Pond betw islands TQ412872 at 19:10 (BirdGuides) Unfortunately what the guys recorded was a spirited Song Thrush, though there was a Blackcap doing a very good acro impersonation nearby!  Matt can you drop us a line 'at'WansteadBirding to get an idea of what you heard, many thanks
 * Wimbledon Common: Wheatear f ladies mile, 4 Garden Warblers, Reed Bunting, Red Kite, Common Buzzard (Adrian Podmore)
 * Yeading Brook meadows: Pheasant h, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 2 separate Red Kite, up to 20 Swift, 7 Common Whitethroat, {6 Small Copper, m Common Blue} (Neil Anderson); also Sparrowhawk, Cetti's Warbler (Nigel Dodd)

Saturday 11th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 8 Swallow, pr Gadwall, Little Egret NW, {Small Heath} (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR: incl 12+ Common Tern, no sign of Arctic Tern (Murray Orchard via Herts BC)
 * Beckton STW "no access": 2 Egyptian Goose, 4 Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 30 Common Tern feeding together, 5 calling Lesser Whitethroat, 10 breeding Grey Wagtail 5pr (Dave Morrison tweet)
 * Broomfield Park: 4m Mandarin Duck, 12 Tufted Duck 7m 5f, 30+ Starling 9ad 21juv, singing m Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
 * Bushy Park: 2 Shelduck, 3 Swallow, 4 Swift (Ian R Watson)
 * Essendon: Yellowhammer, Cuckoo (David Carter via Herts BC)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: 12 Common Tern, 10 Sand Martin, 2 Blackcap, 4 Reed Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting m f, House Sparrow m patch year tick (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
 * London Wetland Centre: incl 4 Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit still, Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 15 Swift (WWT website)
 * Nonsuch Park "Cheam": Common Buzzard, Hobby (Francis O'Sullivan)
 * Rainham Marshes: Cattle Egret still, Pink-footed Goose still, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Whimbrel, 5 Ringed Plover, 14 Dunlin, 2 Cuckoo, Ring-necked Parakeet, Garden Warbler (Andrew Self); "0930-1400" also incl 6 Little Egret, 3 Common Buzzard, 4 Oystercatcher, 4 Avocet aveley bay, 10 Whimbrel aveley bay, 3 Common Tern river, Cuckoo, 100+ Swift, Kestrel, 10+ Cetti's Warbler, 8 Common Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail h (Ben Mapp via Essex BwS); also 7 Avocet, Grey Plover, 10 Whimbrel (Ben Rumsby, Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
 * Roxeth Recreation Ground, South Harrow: Reed Warbler [first one for me for local area], Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat (Michael Robinson)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 2 Dunlin s/p fr draper hide 0905 (Alan Harris per Jan Swan tweet)
 * Staines Reservoir: 3 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Little Ringed Plover early-am (Dom Pia tweet); also 6 Dunlin (Lee Ridley tweet)
 * St Paul's Cathedral "EC2": BLYTH'S REED WARBLER still present calling & doing sub-song in churchyard, also Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Reed Bunting (reported to Admin)
 * St Paul's Cray "BR5": c15 Swift over Pleasance Rd mid-aft (Jack Headley)
 * Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve: 3 Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Shelduck, 2 Pied Wagtail, 12+ Swift late pm (Jack Headley)
 * Stoneleigh "KT17": 5 Common Swift at last - 11 days late (Neil Batten)
 * Sydenham Hill Woods: Treecreeper nr railway trackbed (Tom Smith)
 * Trent Park: Common Buzzard, 2 Common Tern lower lake 1330, Cuckoo singing m Moat Wd 1245, 2 singing m Garden Warbler, 4 singing m Chiffchaff, {3 Mother Shipton} (Robert Callf); also 8 Blackcap, 4 Common Whitethroat, 3 m Mandarin, 3 Song Thrush, only a single Common Tern late pm (Pete Lowman)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: incl Wheatear willows fm lake in adj field, 3 Yellow Wagtail 2m f main gp (Tyttenhanger Birders/Steve Pearce via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: Linnet, Reed Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat (Parimal Makwana)

Friday 10th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: f Whinchat foy perimeter playing fields, 2 Swallow, 12+ Swift, 2 Gadwall m f (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR "Gt Hardmead L": ad Spoonbill arr'd from south to day-roost 0900, 4 Black-tailed Godwit for 30min early-am, 2 Dunlin, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper (Barry Reed tweet); also Arctic Tern still (Herts BN tweet)
 * Bentley Priory: Tawny Owl in conifer thicket at northern edge of site (Richard Francis)
 * Brockwell Park: Common Buzzard (1st I've seen here), 3 Swift, 3 singing Blackcap (Michael Mac)
 * Broomfield Park: Grey Heron, 3m Mandarin Duck, 10 Tufted Duck 5m 5f, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull 2ad imm, singing Collared Dove, Stock Dove, 7 Common Swift, Mistle Thrush, 2m Blackcap singing, 21+ Starling 8ad 13juvs, Chaffinch singing, 4 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Chiswick: Common Sandpiper on shoreline at Strand on the Green (Mike Foster)
 * Crossness: Knot (James Palmer)
 * Grand Union Canal Slough Arm, Langley: Red Kite circling 11:15 (Toby Mylett)
 * Greenford "UB6": Red Kite, 5 Swift over front gdn, second gdn record of Common Whitethroat hedge (Neil Anderson)
 * Greenwich Park: 22 Swift (Mike Paice)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper both at water colour lagoons (Gordon Hay per Surrey BC)
 * Hyde Park: 2 Gadwall, House Martin, 2 Pochard, 21 Swift (Round Pond) (Ian R Watson)
 * Limehouse "Royal Foundation of St Katherine nr DLR Station": 2 Grey Wagtails, Goldfinches, Blackbirds, Great Tit, Woodpigeons, Mistle Thrush, Starlings (Marion Hill); House Martin colony w/ c6 nests by Thames (James Palmer)
 * Lion Gorge: incl 3 Lesser Whitethroat (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * London Wetland Centre: Shelduck, Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, Common Tern, 24 Swift, Swallow, 3 Wheatear grazing marsh (WWT website); 4 Little Ringed Plover 2pr, still 4juv Lapwing on wader scrape, 1 Common Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Common Tern, 3 Wheatear 1m 2f, {1 Yellow-bellied Slider terrapin on main lake} (Martin Honey)
 * Mitcham Common: 2 Swift straight over Mill Hill, pr Little Grebe, singing Chiffchaff at 7 Island Pond, 40 House Sparrows at 3 Kings Pond and pr Mute Swans with 6 cygnets - 2nd year in 53 years bred here (Michael Mac)
 * Pinner Park Farm: Sedge Warbler (Richard Francis)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: 3 Common Sandpiper 1315 (Peter Newbound via Berks BN)
 * Rainham RSPB "Reserve": incl 7+ Hobby overhead, 2 Sedge Warbler m f, 2 Reed Bunting, Marsh Harrier, 2 Whimbrel, Cattle Egret still, Little Egret, Kestrel - 40+ species with big thanks to RSPB warden top man Howard Vaughan (Paul Francis); "Aveley Bay" Wheatear f, 2 Grey Plover, Knot, 5 Black-tailed Godwit (Paul Francis); also 3 Marsh Harrier 2m f, 4 Common Buzzard, 4 Oystercatcher, 5 Avocet, 6 Ringed Plover, 4 Whimbrel, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 13 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 2 Common Tern, Cuckoo, Short-eared Owl, 150 Swift, 9 Hobby, 50 Sand Martin, 10 Swallow, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail (Patrick Hart, Paul Francis, Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
 * Regent's Park: y'day's Spotted Flycatcher again mainly in corkscrew willow on QMG lake island but flew across Inner Circle 0950 (Des McKenzie tweet)
 * Richmond Park: 2 Common Sandpiper, 2f Wheatear (Paula Redmond)
 * Romford: Wood Warbler singing in sycamores by disabled c/p at Queen's Hospital 0555 (Shaun Harvey tweet)
 * Ruislip Lido/Woods: pr Greylag, pr Egyptian Geese, m Gadwall, 3 Little Grebe, juv Heron standing on nest, 5 Common Buzzard incl 2pr, 3 Red Kite, 2 Hobby aggressively mobbing soaring Common Buzzard for several minutes until it dropped into wood, 4 Common Tern 2pr on raft, pr Black-headed Gull building nest on same raft, also Moorhen nesting on it, 6 Swift, 10+ House Martin, 3 singing Common Whitethroat, singing Garden Warbler, {2 Small Copper, f Holly Blue, f Brimstone, 2 m Orange Tip} (Neil Anderson/K. Bull)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: incl 3 Black-tailed Godwit fr draper hide am, Cuckoo (Steve Hughes via Herts BC/RSPB tweet)
 * St James's Park: Little Egret E, Reed Warbler (Frank Nugent)
 * Staines Moor: 4 Garden Warbler nr Old Moor Ln (Lee Ridley tweet)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: incl 2 Common Gull [returnees - 1st since March], Cuckoo (TyttGP tweet)
 * The Brook "BR5": 2 Swift, 3-4 Blackcap, 1-2 Stock Dove, 3 Mute Swan, 2 Jay, Egyptian Goose, pr Greylag Goose & 5yg, pr Canada Goose & 4yg, Moorhen & juvs (Jack Headley)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 174 Tufted Duck, 40 Pochard, 35 Gadwall, 20 Egyptian Goose, 19 Mute Swan, 66 Canada Goose, 30 Greylag Goose, 8 Shelduck, 157 Coot, 10 Moorhen, 92 Mallard, 27 Cormorant, 2 Common Tern, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Grey Heron, 45 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Grebe, 97 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 45 Herring Gull, 1 Black-headed Gull (LWT Walthamstow)
 * Wanstead Flats: Garden Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, Swift [Jonathan Lethbridge], 3 Meadow Pipit, Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, 20+ Swift, 4+ Skylark, 5 House Martin, Sand Martin, 6 Swallow, Mistle Thrush, 1w Yellow-legged Gull, Kestrel (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Stock Dove, 30+ Swift, 2-3 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2 Hobby, Kingfisher (Nick Croft)
 * Warren Gorge: incl 26 Grey Heron, 21 Little Egret, 5 Cormorant, Cetti’s Warbler, Willow Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 6 Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * West Putney "SW15": 13 Common Buzzard over mainly NW & W, Peregrine (R.Kaye, J.Wilczur)
 * Wimbledon Common: Cuckoo calling (Angela Evans-Hill per Les Evans-Hill)
 * Winchmore Hill: 3 Swifts over stn 09:50 (Paul Collins)
 * Worcester Park: 5 Swifts over the Hamptons four days later than last year (Simon Osborn)

Thursday 9th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Yellow Wagtail N 0721, 10+ Swift, Little Grebe boating lake, 2 Black-headed Gull, Peregrine, 4 Jackdaw, Treecreeper (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR: ad Spoonbill again on mud fr viewpt 0725 then flew to favourite day-roosting site on right-hand side of heronry island [concealed in foliage & just outside Ldn Recording Area] (Barry Reed/Herts BN tweets); Arctic Tern still, Black Tern fed over lake briefly 0945 (Murray Orchard tweet); Yellow Wagtail below viewpt evg [3rd day] (William Bishop via Herts BC)
 * Arkley "South Fields, Barnet Gate Lane, EN5": Cuckoo reported calling (Bob Husband)
 * Barnehurst "DA7": 3 Swifts am (Harry Halstead)
 * Barnet "Playing Fields": 2 House Martin, 2 Blackcap, 3 Linnet (Toby Mylett)
 * Brent Reservoir: Avocet, Ringed Plover (Brent Birders)
 * Brook Farm Open Space "Wyatt's Farm EN5": 11 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff (Toby Mylett)
 * Brookmill Park: 3 Swift (Mike Paice)
 * Eastcote: Red Kite low over car park (Nigel Barratt)
 * Greenhill Gardens: Common Buzzard, Grey Wagtail, Swallow, 4 Blackcap, 2 Treecreeper (Toby Mylett)
 * Greenwich: 6 Swift (Ray Crouch)
 * Harrow "HA1": Peregrine Falcon (Shailesh Patel)
 * Highlands Gardens "EN5": 2 Blackcap (Toby Mylett)
 * Hilly Fields Lewisham: Linnet singing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap, Jay, m Great Spotted Woodpecker (Tom Moulton) Observed a pair of Ring-necked Parakeets trying to look into an active Blue Tit nest hole. Has anyone seen or heard of them taking eggs or nestlings? [TM] See this article regarding parakeets and their effect on native birds [JW]: InsideEcology Thanks! (TM)
 * Hyde Park: 4 House Martin (Ray Crouch)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: Shelduck, Cuckoo, 12 Swift, 8 Skylark, 8 Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Common Whitethroat, Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Linnet (Dave McGough per ELBF FB)
 * King George V Res: 1 Black Tern, 2 Arctic Tern, 60 Common Tern, 1 Dunlin, 6 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Ringed Plover 4.30-5.45 (Ian Lycett)
 * Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 19 Common Swift, 1 Blackcap (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: Shelduck, Ringed Plover, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, Common Snipe, 3 Redshank, 2 Common Tern, Wheatear (WWT website)
 * Middlesex University Campus: 2 Swift, 5 Blackcap (Toby Mylett)
 * Motspur Park: Peregrine on gas holders (Bob Smith)
 * Panshanger Park: incl Yellow Wagtail (Murray Brown via Herts BC)
 * Pinner "HA5": Red Kite chased by gulls (Nigel Barratt)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper 1225 (Peter Newbound via Berks BN)
 * Rainham RSPB: Pink-footed Goose still, Cattle Egret still, 4 Oystercatcher, 2 Ringed Plover, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, Knot, Greenshank, 3m Cuckoo, m Stonechat, Wheatear (Howard Vaughan, Russell Sherriff via ELBF FB); 3 Wigeon, 3 Marsh Harrier, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Water Rail, 2 Kestrel, 6 Avocet, 2 Grey Plover, 12 Whimbrel, Ruff, Mediterranean Gull, 3 Common Tern, 500 Swift, Raven, 40 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 20 House Martin, Lesser Whitethroat, Corn Bunting (Martin Jordan per ELBF FB); 22 Dunlin (Andy Tweed per ELBF FB); Common Snipe, Garden Warbler (Ian Lycett per ELBF FB)
 * Regent's Park: Spotted Flycatcher 13:15 from boardwalk Queen Mary's Gdns lake [area 17] (G J Francis)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: Grey Plover s/p still fr draper hide till 1130 at least (Allan Meadows tweets); m Wigeon still fr draper hide (Lee Evans via Herts BC)
 * St.Pauls Cathedral EC2: BLYTH'S REED WARBLER commuting between St.Pauls Churchyard and 25 Cannon Street Gardens, last seen at the latter (briefly) at 15.30, link of images to follow. (Ken Murray) images images Great sighting! But any reason for late posting? I would have been straight over there if this had been posted earlier, it’s just across the river from my work! RB The last time I put out via Birdguides an Inner London Rare no one turned up! A Yellow-browed Warbler behind Liverpool St. Station, September 2014. It seems you can't please everybody all of the time? KM. You can't of course, but here's an appeal to keep posting on here as early as possible from me at least. Thanks, RB [Flame deleted & post restored] NB some pics show flesh-coloured legs w/ supercilium not extending behind eye. Ken - what are the features that make you think this is a BRW rather than a Reed Warbler? Mike Earp. BRW a BB rare, 50+ people came for the Wanstead one and many more would have come if it had stayed, as for the YBW I heard a few people went but couldn't find it! Nick Croft. To answer the question....Short wings, emargination (where the leading edge of the wing appears to disappear upwards) in line within the last tertial (in Reed the emargination is further down the wing outside the tertial area), pp extending to circa 50% of overlying tertials (in Reed it's between 65 and 100%) movement much faster than Reed, at times almost Phyllosc.like. [KM] If it's singing and recorded a soundcloud analysis should nail it (NS). Why no images added to this wiki? (Andrew Haynes)
 * South Norwood CP: incl Common Sandpiper still, 2 Swift, 2 Lesser Whitethroat (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
 * Staines Reservoir: 4 Dunlin, Black Tern 0900 (Lee Ridley tweet); also 2 Little Egret, 3 Black-necked Grebe, Little Ringed Plover, 30+ Common Tern (Jim Sweetland tweet)
 * Stoneleigh "Station KT17": 3 Blackcap, 2 Stock Dove w, still 0 Swifts here - 9 days late (Neil Batten)
 * Ten Acre Woods area: Cuckoo, Cetti's Warbler (Jim Fell)
 * The Brook "BR5": 13 Swift, 3 Mute Swan, 3-4 Blackcap, 2 Stock Dove, Jay, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Song Thrush, Egyptian Goose, Moorhen & juvs (Jack Headley)
 * Totteridge Valley: Blackcap m singing (Toby Mylett)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs "main pit": 2 Shelduck, Redshank (Rick Flesher tweet)
 * Wanstead Flats: 20+ Swift, 9 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 2 Lesser Witethroat, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Meadow Pipit, 4 Skylark, 2 Gadwall, 3 Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck, 5 Stock Dove, 2 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel (Nick Croft)
 * Wembley "Central Station": 2 Swift (Charlie Farrell)
 * West Harrow: 5 Swift foy here - 2 days later than last year (Alex Massey)
 * Worcester Park: 2 Swifts over Station 11.35am - 3 days later than last year (Kath O’Halloran)

Wednesday 8th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Common Sandpiper, 10 Swallow, 15+ House Martin, 20 Swift, pr Gadwall, pr Pochard, Greylag (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR "Gt Hardmead Lake": Osprey over 0620 (Mike Ilett tweet); Ringed Plover, Knot 0820-0830, 3 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Yellow-legged Gull, Arctic Tern still (Barry Reed via Herts BC)/Twitter; Black Tern fr viewpt 1240-2020 at least (Mike Ilett/Ron Cousins/Murray Orchard tweets); Redshank, 35 Common Tern (Murray Orchard via Herts BC)
 * Berrylands Station Lake "KT5": Swift pm (Toby Mylett)
 * Black Park: incl pr Great Crested Grebe, Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, Raven, Common Whitethroat, 2 Barn Swallow (Paul Lewis tweet)
 * Brent Reservoir: pr Egyptian Geese with 7 goslings and an adopted Mallard duckling, Avocet north marsh (Andrew Self)
 * Clapham Old Town-Maritime House: 4 Swifts return to nest locations, 1 Swallow over (Michael Mac)
 * Clissold Park 20+ Swifts over large lake pm (Ernest Thomason)
 * Greenwich: Wheatear over Vanburgh Rd while I was cycling to work 9:30am (Gus Wilson)
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: 18 Common Tern, 5 Sand Martin, 2 Pied Wagtail pr, Grey Wagtail, 3 Reed Warbler, Blackcap m, 2 Reed Bunting pr (John Bushall)
 * Hampton Court Park: 3 Stock Dove, Collared Dove, Green Woodpecker, 8 Starling, 3 Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 8 Swift, Swallow, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, 2 House Sparrow (Toby Mylett)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 20+ Black Tern, 5+ Arctic Tern, 15+ Common Tern 20:00 (Allan Stewart)
 * Holmethorpe SPs "05.30": Ringed Plover, Dunlin both Mercers L pontoon, 3 Common Sandpiper Mercers L, 2+ Greenshank h leaving water colours lagoon (Gordon Hay via Surrey BN)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: Greenshank (Paul Hawkins per ELBF FB); Wheatear (Shaun Harvey per ELBF FB)
 * Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 8 Common Swift, 5 House Martin, 1 Blackcap, 2 Pied Wagtail (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: incl 2 Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 4 Redshank, Common Tern, Kestrel, Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Spotted Flycatcher wildside, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail (WWT website); Shelduck, 150 Swift, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Dunlin, Common Snipe, Common Gull, 4 Common Tern, Hobby, White Wagtail (Oscar Dewhurst)
 * Pimlico Gardens: 27 Black-headed Gull upriver, 4 Common Tern upriver, 2 Common Sandpiper (Nick Senior)
 * Pinner Park Farm: m Whinchat (Dan Pinkham)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: Turnstone, 2 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper 1700 (Marek Walford via Berks BN)
 * Rainham RSPB: "R Thames" Red-breasted Merganser, 3 Black Tern by late-am (BirdGuides); Cattle Egret still, Common Gull 1s (Howard Vaughan et al via ELBF FB); also Pink-footed Goose still, 4 Oystercatcher, 12 Avocet, 2 Grey Plover, 3 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 8 Whimbrel, Curlew, 16 Bar-tailed Godwit, 8 Knot, 2 Ruff, 40 Dunlin, Sanderling, 2 Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, 37 Common Tern, 24 Arctic Tern, 8 Black Tern, 100 Swift, 2 Hobby, 120 Sand Martin, 12 Swallow, 2 House Martin, f Wheatear (Andy Tweed, Sue Healey, Nick Croft et al per ELBF FB); 4+ Curlew Sandpiper [Ldn foy] (Nick Croft)
 * Richmond Park: 15 Greylag incl 2 broods totalling 4yg, 7 Pochard 3m 4f, 5 Cormorant pr & 3yg, 3 Common Sandpiper, 23 Black-headed Gull, 7 Common Tern, 20+ Swallow, m Pied Wagtail (J.Wilczur)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 3 Whimbrel E 0800 (Alan Harris via Herts BC); Grey Plover s/p fr draper hide 0855-1330 at least (Allan Meadows/Graham White tweets); GP still 1330 (Graham Knight tweet)
 * St James's Park: Grey Wagtail on island opposite cafe (Jack Hill)
 * Sevenoaks WR "1600-1700": Common Sandpiper, 20 Swift, 200+ Sand Martin, 30 House Martin (Mathew Bournat via Kent OS)
 * Seventy Acres Lake: Black Tern opp bittern_watchpt 1045 (Kevin Standbridge tweet); Whinchat TL374030 (BirdGuides)
 * South Norwood CP: Common Sandpiper (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 4 Grey Plover, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Dunlin, 2 Black Tern early am (Ken Purdey, Bob Warden per FJM); Little Ringed Plover, 22 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 3 Redshank, 23+ Black Tern, Hobby (Dom Pia tweet)
 * The Brook "BR5": 2 Swift foy, Egyptian Goose (Jack Headley)
 * Trent Park: Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, singing Lesser Whitethroat, singing Common Whitethroat, singing Garden Warbler, 10 Long-tailed Tit 3ad 7juv, Treecreeper carrying food Icehouse Wd (Robert Callf)
 * Troy Mill Lake nr Maple Cross: 3 Eurasian Wigeon, c200 Common Swift, 10 Barn Swallow, c50 House Martin, Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler pm (Paul Lewis tweet)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: f Wheatear willows fm (Steve Blake via Herts BC); Black Tern main gp briefly then high N 1815 (Rupert Evershed tweet); "main gp" 1+ Common Sandpiper, Redshank, 10+ Swift, 100= Sand Martin, 50+ Swallow, 10= House Martin (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Black Tern east warwick res, Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtail am (Eugene Dillon-Hooper tweet); Dunlin east warwick pm (Lol Cumming tweet); "3.30-4.30" 0 Black Terns, 1 Dunlin e warwick, 2 Common Sandpipers, Arctic Tern lockwood, 3 Common Terns, c200 Swifts, Peregrine, 2 Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher (Tom Jordan)

Tuesday 7th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Reed Warbler foy Balancing Pond, 2 Common Tern briefly foy, f Greenland Wheatear filter bed 4, Common Buzzard NW, Peregrine [also headless dove seen locally], pr Gadwall, m Pochard, 20+ Swift, 9 Swallow (APOG Birders)
 * Banbury Reservoir "no access": 5 Black Tern viewable at times fr Banbury Rd 'til 12.30 at least (Lol Bodini/Pete Lambert); 1+ Black Tern still 16:15 (Nick Croft)
 * Bankside “SE1”: Reed Warbler at east end of Tate Modern 12.30 (Reuben Braddock)
 * Beckenham Crematorium/Cemetery: Hobby high up with large prey seemed to be eating on the wing? Cock Pheasant came out of undergrowth called and for 45mins walking (had mild limp) around feeding among the grave stones and calling - showed no real fear of me, 1 Swift, no sign of Cuckoo (Michael Mac)
 * Beckenham Junction Train Station: House Sparrows a few chirping in the bushes (Michael Mac)
 * Belsize Park: 1 Common Swift low over - think I heard it calling briefly too (Kat)
 * Brent Reservoir: 3 Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Kestrel, 15 Swift, 8 House Martin, 3 Grey Wagtail, 4 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, Reed Bunting (Toby Mylett)
 * Brixton: 2 Common Swift over St Matthew's Church 08.15 (Matthew J. Bradbury)
 * Brockwell Park: f Whinchat in fenced off meadow area (another good reason to make this into a bird area, excluding dogs!) by BMX track, still present after 1 hour to 11:45 + pr House Sparrows (Michael Mac); Whinchat still present at 5:00pm (Steven Robinson)
 * Cornmill Meadows: 3 Hobby over 1100 (K Richardson via Lee Valley RP sightings blog)
 * Crossness "Foreshore & River": 39 Shelduck, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan, Black-tailed Godwit, Little Egret, 6 Cormorant, 5 Oystercatcher, 4 Reed Warbler, c50 Gadwall, 2 Herring Gull, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, c150 Black-headed Gull (Bernie Weight)
 * Crossness NR: 2 Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Redshank, 10 Cetti's Warbler, 21+ Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, 2 Wheatear m f, 2 Skylark, 5 Lapwing, 4 Reed Bunting, 4 Shelduck, 3 Little Grebe & 1yg, 2 Gadwall, 7 Pochard, 8+ Common Whitethroat, 4 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, Peregrine on Incinerator chimney, Marsh Harrier, {Green Hairstreak} (Bernie Weight)
 * Dungeon Hill: Hobby high S then E 1555 (Ian Ward per Duncan Jennings via DH blog)
 * Eltham: m Wheatear in front gdn then neighbour's front steps (P Kite)
 * Hampstead Heath “Parliament Hill 06.30-08.00”: 2 House Martin N, 1 Swallow N, 1 Swift distant over Kenwood then off, Lesser Whitethroat still, Common Whitethroat in song flight, Grey Wagtail model boating pond (Reuben Braddock)
 * Harold Wood Park: incl 3 Swift, m Lesser Whitethroat, 2m Common Whitethroat, Spotted Flycatcher (Colin Jupp per ELBF FB/AM)
 * Hounslow Heath "08.15-08.30": 1 m Whinchat, 1 Common Buzzard (Andy Roberts)
 * Hyde Park: 3 House Martin (Ray Crouch); 5 House Martin, 6 Swift round pond (Ian R Watson)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: Whinchat (Shaun Harvey per ELBF FB)
 * KGV Res "8.00-8.40pm": 4 Black Terns (Andrew Middleton)
 * Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 2 Common Swift, 2 House Martin, 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Stock Dove, 2 singing Blackcap, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: Little Egret, Ringed Plover, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Snipe, 4 Redshank, 4 Common Tern, 21 Swift, Hobby, Nightingale singing on main lake/reedbed border nr headley hide am, 4 Wheatear (WWT website); Common Buzzard, Yellow Wagtail, 3 Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat (Oscar Dewhurst); still 4 Lapwing chicks on wader scrape (Martin Honey); Chiffchaff singing nr entrance lake (Shailesh Patel); Whinchat grazing marsh pm (Sue Barry)
 * Mayflower Park: Hobby N, Red Kite S (Bob Smith)
 * Middlesex University Campus: Blackcap, Swift, Treecreeper (Toby Mylett)
 * Motspur Park: Peregrine (Bob Smith)
 * North Finchley: 3 Swift over house 18.00hrs same date as last year (John Colmans)
 * Pimlico Gardens: Common Sandpiper downriver, Yellow-legged Gull 2cy on moored barges (Nick Senior)
 * Queen's Park: 2 Blackcap m f in ne woodland 0900 (Callum Farrell-Morris)
 * Rainham RSPB: Cattle Egret still, 3 Marsh Harrier, 3 Common Buzzard, 12 Avocet, 8 Whimbrel, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, Greenshank, 12 Hobby, 2 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, White Wagtail (Howard Vaughan, Andy Tweed et al via ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: Common Redstart h singing in paddocks (M.Lewis); f Wheatear, 1 Whinchat, 1 Red-legged Partridge (Hugh Bradshaw); 2 Shelduck on ground early-am (S.Read)
 * Ruislip Lido: 3 Egyptian Geese, 8 Common Tern, c20 House Martin (Michael Hammond)
 * Ruislip Woods "Poor's Field": Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Common Whitethroat (Michael Hammond)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: m Garganey fr draper hide (Jeff Bailey via Herts BC)
 * St James's Park: Sedge Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat (Frank Nugent); singing Garden Warbler (Jack Hill)
 * South Norwood CP: Cuckoo called twice from cemetery border 0645 (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
 * Staines Moor: 2f Whinchat (Twitter)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 11 Black Tern, 1 Dunlin early pm (Dave Morris per FJM); also f Scaup, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 30+ Common Tern, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher (Robert Martin/Jim Seetland tweets)
 * Tooting Common: Common Whitethroat singing (Alan Wilkinson); 12 Swift over lake, Hobby high W 16:45 (James Hudson)
 * Totteridge Valley: 6 Lapwing, 3 singing Lesser Whitethroat, Sparrowhawk, 3 Swallow, 8 Chiffchaff, 12 Common Whitethroat, 14 Blackcap, 3 Rook (John Colmans)
 * Tufnell Park “N7”: 4 Swift local breeders back over Huddleston Rd 17.00 (Reuben Braddock)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: incl 5 Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, Yellow Wagtail am (TyttGP tweet); "main gp" Great Black-backed Gull ad, Caspian Gull 1s [arr'd from coursers rd gp 0945 per Andrew Steele tweet], Yellow-legged Gull 2s, f Whinchat in hedge dividing fields nr north bank (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Goldeneye, 3+ Black Tern [over Banbury as above but viewed from Lockwood reservoir], 3 Wheatear, 6 Common Sandpiper, Garden Warbler, Little Ringed Plover (Chris Farthing)
 * Wanstead Flats: Spotted Flycatcher west end of long wd 1025 (Wanstead Birding tweet); 3 Whinchat, Wheatear, Hobby, Sparrowhawk, 9 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 6 Swift, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, Linnet, 4 Meadow Pipit, 5 Skylark, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Gadwall, Mistle Thrush (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan/Simon Raper)
 * Waterworks NR: f Whinchat am (Chris Farthing tweet); 2 Garden Warbler pr nr wooden boat, 2 Yellow Wagtail pr at hide, Sedge Warbler h (Paul Francis)
 * Winchmore Hill: 1 Swift over station, 19:30pm (Paul Collins)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 23 Reed Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler all singing males (Chris Farthing)

Monday 6th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Common Sandpiper, Sand Martin, 6 Swallow, Greylag, 2 Peregrine, Little Egret, Treecreeper (APOG Birders)
 * Battersea Reach: {Atlantic Grey Seal off Cremorne Gardens 14:00-15:00} (Des McKenzie tweet)
 * Brent Park, Hendon: Kestrel [patch first], 3 Grey Wagtail, 5 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, Treecreeper (Toby Mylett)
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Common Tern, 16 Swift, Swallow, 50+ House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, singing Reed Bunting (Andrew Verrall); 2 Little Ringed Plover, singing Garden Warbler (Roy Beddard); Hobby low over Dump towards North Marsh 16:15 (Tim Rymer)
 * Chiswick Park "Station": 2 Hobby low W 14:44 (Nick Senior)
 * Clissold Park: 1 Sedge Warbler singing in reeds of large lake, 2m Red-crested Pochards, {Painted Lady} (Ernest Thomason)
 * Crofton Park "SE4": 3 Swift feeding early am, Red Kite W 5.00pm 2nd garden sighting (Phil Laurie)
 * Crossness: Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, 4 Lapwing, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Yellow-legged Gull 1s, 2 Common Gull, 10 Reed Warbler, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Swift, Yellow Wagtail paddocks, 2 Wheatear paddocks (Richard Bonser)
 * Dalston: 2 Swift (Jon Agar)
 * Dollis Valley: singing Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Buzzard (John Colmans)
 * Dungeon Hill: incl Cormorant NE 0950, Red Kite N 0915, 2 Common Buzzard, Peregrine S 0955, m Reed Warbler 0915-1220 at least, 5m Lesser Whitethroat still, 9 Common Whitethroat, f Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail [patch-1st] lower mead 1140, Bullfinch, 10 Linnet (Ian Ward per Duncan Jennings via DH blog)
 * Ellenbrook Fields: Cuckoo over, 2+ Grasshopper Warbler singing (P Carruthers via Herts BC)
 * Enfield "Ferny Hill/Hadley Rd": Lapwing, 4 Red-legged Partridge (Pete Lowman)
 * Fairlop Waters: Cuckoo, Shelduck, Little Owl (Neil Twyford); Whinchat, Sedge Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Swift, Swallow, House Martin (Alan Bell/Neil Twyford)
 * Fishers Green: 4 Nightingale singing, 2 Garden Warbler singing, Lesser Whitethroat singing, 4+ Common Whitethroat singing, 7+ Blackcap many singing, 2 Hobby, Cuckoo singing (Bob Husband, NW London RSPB Group)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Common Sandpiper (John Bushell)
 * Hainault Lodge: Nightingale (Alan Bell/Neil Twyford)
 * Hampstead Heath: 2 Lesser Whitethroats (Pete Mantle)
 * Kensington Gardens: 40 Swift, 8 House Martin, 3 Swallow, 1 Garden Warbler (Nick Senior)
 * London Wetland Centre: Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Redshank, Lapwing w/ 4 yg still, 1f Wheatear (Martin Honey); also Common Buzzard, 5 Little Ringed Plover, Lesser Whitethroat (WWT website)
 * Lombardy Retail Park, Hayes: Red Kite (Eric Gray)
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: 1 Lesser Whitethroat singing along Hackney Marshes border, 2 Grey Wagtail inc 1 juv below weir, 1 Reed Warbler (Alastair Dent)
 * Middlesex University Campus: Blackcap (Toby Mylett)
 * Molesey: Great Egret high E towards Hampton Crt 0645 (Dave Harris tweet)
 * Mudchute Farm: m Common Redstart aft (John Booth tweet)
 * Panshanger Park: Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Raven (Murray Brown via Herts BC)
 * Pinner Park Farm: Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Swallow, 2 Common Whitethroat (Tim Rymer)
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: 2 Stonechats, 2 Cuckoos, 9 Whimbrels, 2 Ruffs, 3 Bar-tailed Godwits, 8 Avocets, Greenshank, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Ringed Plovers, Grey Plover, Cattle Egret still, Spoonbill briefly, 2m Wigeon, Hobby, 3 Dunlins, Pink-footed Goose still, f Wheatear (Ian Bradshaw); also Great Egret [new orange-billed bird in winter plumage], 7 Little Egret, pr Bullfinch river wall, Corn Bunting, 4 Oystercatcher, 2 Greenshank, 3m Cuckoo, 300 Swift, 9 Whimbrel, pr Stonechat (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB); "0955-1310" also Barn Owl, 12 Cetti's Warbler, 21+ Sedge Warbler, 12+ Reed Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap 12 Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Reed Bunting (Simon Satchell via Essex BwS)
 * Riddlesdown: Sedge Warbler singing 0730 (John Gill per Croydon Birders); Kestrel, 12+ Skylark, c10 singing Common Whitethroat, pr Meadow Pipit, Bullfinch, pr Linnet (John Birkett via Croydon Birders)
 * Richmond Park: pr Egyptian Geese w/ 8 new yg, 15 Mandarin, Common Buzzard, Common Tern, 5+ Swift, 3 Skylark, 15+ House Martin, 7+ Swallow, 20+ Sand Martin, m Stonechat, 3 singing Common Whitethroat, 4 Reed Bunting (Neil Anderson/K. Bull); 2 Whinchat, 9 Wheatear (P.Pentek); 2 Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Treecreeper, Common Buzzard over (T Vine)
 * South Lodge Farm: Red-legged Partridge, 7 Stock Dove, Common Swift, 16 Barn Swallow (Robert Callf)
 * South Norwood Lake: Common Sandpiper (John Watson via Croydon Birders)
 * Staines Moor "07.15-09.00": 1 Little Owl, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 2 fem Wheatear, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Red Kite (Andy Roberts); also 2 Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 6+ Lapwing, 2 Redshank, Hobby, 7 Wheatear, 2 Whinchat [reported] (Robert Martin tweet)
 * Staines Reservoir "06.15-07.00": 1 m Scaup, 3 Common Sandpipers, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 20+ Common Tern, 40+ Swift (Andy Roberts); also 3 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Black Tern, 4 Yellow Wagtail evg (Dom Pia tweets)
 * Stoneleigh "Broadway KT17": 1 Common Buzzard w am, worrying absence of Swifts here. Now 7 days later than previous years. (Neil Batten)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: Marsh Harrier, Cuckoo, Bearded Tit, Rook, {family of Weasels} (Andrew Self); “Botany Marsh” 2 Jay, 2 Shelduck, 10+ Common Whitethroat, 4 Cetti's Warbler h, 6+ Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 8 Greylag Goose, 2 Canada Goose, Cuckoo h, 2 Sedge Warbler, 9+ Reed Warbler (Roger Keith)
 * Thamesmead: 15 Sand Martin southmere (Richard Bonser)
 * Trent Park: 8 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 2 Common Buzzard, 4 Common Whitethroat, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 m Mandarin, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Swallow, pr Tufted Duck (Pete Lowman)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs "main gp": 27+ Sand Martin over paddock, Yellow Wagtail nr high viewpt ((Steve Pearce via Herts BC)
 * Verulamium Park: 4+ Little Egret on heron_island incl 1 nest-building (RSPB Heronwatch via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Marshes "paddocks, boardwalk, Bomb Crater Field, Leyton Marsh": 3 Lesser Whitethroat singing, 4 Reed Bunting 3m f, 8 Common Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Stock Dove, 4 Linnet, 1 Pied Wagtail, 6 Sand Martin, 2 Swift, 2 Egyptian Geese (Alastair Dent)
 * Wanstead Flats: 2 singing Garden Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 5 House Martin, 6 Sand Martin, 11 Swallow, 22 Swift, 3 Stock Dove, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 5 Skylark, 7 Black-headed Gull, several hundred Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gull moving through, Yellow-legged Gull (Nick Croft/James Heal)
 * West Hyde: m Ring Ouzel on newly-tilled field by rbt midday-1645 at least (Herts BN/Stephen Middleton tweets)
 * Woolwich: ad Yellow-legged Gull King Henry's Wharf (Richard Bonser)

Sunday 5th May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Common Sandpiper, 2 Greylag, Common Buzzard, 2 Swallow, Peregrine, m Red-crested Pochard, Little Egret, Swift (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR: Osprey high S over viewpt 1045 (Ron Cousins tweet); Arctic Tern below viewpt (Dan Fletcher via Herts BC)
 * Barnet Environment Centre, Byng Road, EN5: Hobby flew through at start of Dawn Chorus birdwalk, distant Cuckoo calling, Common Whitethroat singing, Blackcap singing, Chiffchaff singing (Bob Husband, Fay Broom, Ken Brook et al)
 * Battersea Reach "Cremorne Gardens": Canada Goose x Greylag Goose hybrid (Tess Hawes)
 * Bowyers Water: red-head f Smew [poss Groveland Pk bird] (Ian Bradshaw)
 * Cornmill Meadows: 6-8 Lapwing 3-4pr incl 2 incubating pairs and a pair with 3 small young, displaying pair Redshanks, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, Common Snipe (Ian Bradshaw)
 * Coursers Rd GPs: Yellow Wagtail (Steve Pearce via Herts BC)
 * Crossness: Common Buzzard, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Whimbrel, Common Sandpiper, Peregrine, Kestrel, 2 Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, House Martin, Reed Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail (Donna Zimmer tweet)
 * Danson Park: Common Sandpiper, 6 Swallows (Harry Halstead)
 * Fishers Green: 3 Nightingales singing (Ian Bradshaw)
 * Hackney Marshes "Lea Filterbeds": 12 Swift (Jon Agar)
 * Hainault Lodge NR: Nightingale singing (Steve Bacon per ELBF FB)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: Yellow Wagtail (Richard Geary via Herts BC)
 * Hilly Fields Lewisham: Swift, Linnet singing, 3 Blackcap (Tom Moulton)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: Spoonbill W 0730 (Dave Morrison tweet)
 * Kingston Bridge: 6 Sand Martin, 5 Swallow, 2 Pied Wagtail carrying food, 1 Cormorant (Neil Batten)
 * Ladywell Fields: Kingfisher, 2 Mandarin drake, 4 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, Song Thrush (Tom Moulton)
 * London Wetland Centre: incl Shelduck, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Snipe, 4 Redshank, 12 Swift, Kestrel, Hobby, 4 House Martin, 2 Yellow Wagtail (WWT website)
 * Purfleet "R Thames": Little Egret, f Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, 2 Whimbrel, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, ad Mediterranean Gull, Roseate Tern [Ldn foy & personal patch tick] upriver 1425, Hobby, Wheatear (Fraser Simpson tweet)
 * Rainham Marshes: 31 Shelduck, 1 Wigeon, Pochard & 6yg, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Cattle Egret still, 8 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 8 Avocet, 7 Whimbrel, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Common Sandpiper, 4 Greenshank, c200 Swift, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, c50 Sand Martin, c20 Swallow, c30 House Martin, Lesser Whitethroat, Mistle Thrush, Wheatear (Teodor Yankov, Tom Jordan); also incl 3 Wigeon, 3 Marsh Harrier, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Water Rail, 2 Grey Plover, 12 Whimbrel, Mediterranean Gull, 3 Common Tern, 500 Swift, 2 Kestrel, Raven, Corn Bunting (Martin Jordan per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: Whimbrel briefly on grass by upper pen pond 05.15, 2 Shelduck over, Common Sandpiper, 8 Common Tern, 4 Swallow, 6 Sand Martin, 50 House Martin (Oscar Dewhurst); 4m Red-crested Pochard, Hobby, Peregrine, Red Kite, 12+ Swift, Pied Wagtail (P & S. Pentek, J.Wilczur)
 * Rickmansworth: 2 Ring Ouzel pair nr Maple Cross fisheries lake (Ben Norcott via Herts BC)
 * Ruxley GPs "permit only": incl 6 Reed Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Reed Bunting, 1-2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kingfisher (Jack Headley, Dartford RG et al)
 * South Lodge Farm: 3 Red-legged Partridge, 28 Stock Dove (Robert Callf)
 * Staines Moor "0615-0745": 2 Little Egret, Red Kite, 5+ Lapwing, Redshank, Cetti's Warbler, 3+ Sedge Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat (Tim Rymer tweet)
 * Staines Reservoir: Temminck's Stint s/p causeway n side briefly 1035 then flew towards KGVI Res, 4+ Arctic Tern (Roger Morton tweet); Scaup n basin, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Little Ringed Plover n basin, Yellow Wagtail causeway (Dom Pia tweet); also 2 Shelduck, Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, 100+ Common Tern, 50+ Swift. 2 Swallow, 10 House Martin (Lee Ridley tweet)
 * Stubbers OPC: Common Buzzard, 20 Swift, 20 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 2 Egyptian Goose brood, 3 Reed Warbler, 3 Yellow Wagtail (Richard Harrison per ELBF FB)
 * Ten Wood area: 6 Pheasant 1 seen, 2 Little Egret in flight together, Common Buzzard, Red Kite, m Kestrel, Swift, 2 Skylark, 2-4 Swallow [local breeders], 19 singing Blackcap, 25+ Common Whitethroat, 3 singing Garden Warbler [1 seen - record site count], 2 singing Lesser Whitethroat, 3 singing Chiffchaff, 5 Reed Bunting, 4 Linnet (Neil Anderson)
 * Tooting Common: Willow Warbler, 3 Swift, 15 Egyptian Geese (Peter White, Alan Wilkinson)
 * Tylers Hall Farm: Kestrel, 12 Swallow, 2 Mistle Thrush, Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, 10 Pied Wagtail, 2 Linnet (Colin Jupp et al per ELBF FB)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 11 Swift, Lesser Whitethroat (Jon Agar)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 100+ Swift, 3 Little Egret, 18 Sand Martin, 64 House Martin, 4 Cetti's Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 6 Reed Warbler, 8 Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, 2 Grey Wagtail (Alex Bailey); 2 Arctic Tern N over Lockwood 19.40 (Lol Bodini)
 * Wanstead Flats: Garden Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 12 Common Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Hobby, Kestrel, 2 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 3 Swallow, 2 House Martin, Swift, Meadow Pipit, 5 Skylark (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: Hobby, Kestrel, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, 8 m Common Whitethroat, Little Egret, 2 Gadwall (Nick Croft)
 * West Hyde: 2 Ring Ouzel reported (per Paul Lewis tweet)
 * West Norwood Cemetery: 1 Swift, 2 singing Blackcap, Peregrine, tame Red Fox, 15 adult Starling in grass no young (Michael Mac)
 * Yeading Brook meadows: Pheasant h, Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, Swift, 7 singing Blackcap, 10 Common Whitethroat, singing Lesser Whitethroat, singing Cetti's Warbler [my first record in this area], 2 singing Chiffchaff, {Small Copper} (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 4th May 2019

 * Aldenham Country Park: Muscovy Duck, Ring-necked Parakeet, 4 Stock Dove, Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 19 House Martin, Sand Martin, 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 5 Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Treecreeper, Goldcrest (Toby Mylett)
 * Alexandra Park: no sign of Red-throated Diver, Common Sandpiper Wood Green Res, 2 Little Egret, 6 Swallow, 4 Sand Martin, Swift, 2m Red-crested Pochard (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR "Gt Hardmead L": 2+ Arctic Tern 1 on deck below viewpt 3-4pm then N 1610 & 1+ feeding over lake till 1620 at least (Laurence Drummond via Herts BC/Twitter); incl 10 Swift, Sand Martin, 20 Swallow, 300 House Martin, White Wagtail below viewpt 1845 (Murray Orchard via Herts BC)
 * Battlers Green Farm "WD7": Red Kite over 17:16, 5 Starling (Toby Mylett)
 * Brent Reservoir: drake Mandarin, 7 Common Buzzard, 3 Red Kite, Hobby, 2 Peregrine, 2 Common Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 170+ Swift, 52 singing Blackcap (Brent Birders)
 * Brookside Park and Fields, South Mimms: Red Kite, Kestrel, 4 Collared Dove, Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, 13 Starling, 2 Skylark, Chiffchaff, 2 Common Whitethroat, 3 Chaffinch (Toby Mylett)
 * Canons Farm: Wheatear (David Campbell per Surrey BC)
 * Coursers Rd GPs: c3 Tree Sparrow, m Yellow Wagtail TL200035 (Steve Pearce via Herts BC)
 * Crossness: Common Sandpiper, 1s Caspian Gull betw GC & pier, Yellow Wagtail N over paddocks 0930, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Lesser Whitethroats (Richard Bonser)
 * Dyrham Park: Nuthatch calling 18:00 (Toby Mylett)
 * Enfield "Ferny Hill": 2 Lapwing, Ring-necked Pheasant, 3 Red-legged Partridge, Skylark (Toby Mylett)
 * Hampstead Heath "Parliament Hill": Lesser Whitethroat h but not seen, 2 Swallows N, House Martin N, Linnet SE (Pete Mantle)
 * Hemps Hill, Northaw: Red Kite, Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 6 Chaffinch, Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
 * Hornbeam Hills "EN4": 2 Red-legged Partridge (Toby Mylett)
 * KGV Res: 4 Gadwall, 2 Common Buzzard, 14 Common Tern, 2m Kestrel, 2 Hobby, 300 Swift, 150 Sand Martin, 100 Swallow, 150 House Martin, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, 3 Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 1m Reed Bunting (Jez Dagley per ELBF FB)
 * Letchmore Heath Ponds: Collared Dove, 11 House Martin, 3 Blackcap (Toby Mylett)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Redshank, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Swift, 6 House Martin, 1 Wheatear, 1 Kestrel, 1 Whimbrel E, 1 Lesser Whitethroat h (Martin Honey); Hobby, 6+ Swift, {Small Copper} (Neil Anderson)
 * North Mymms Wood "EN6": Stock Dove, Skylark, 3 Chaffinch (Toby Mylett)
 * Nye Park "EN6": Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Toby Mylett)
 * Purfleet "R Thames": Little Egret, Marsh Harrier ad m, Grey Plover, Whimbrel, 5 Bar-tailed Godwit, Hobby, 12 Swift (Fraser Simpson tweet)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: Great Northern Diver circled 0830 (Peter Newbound via Berks BC)
 * Rainham Marshes "80 species": incl 4 trilling Little Grebe, 5-6 Little Egret, Cattle Egret still, 2 Wigeon pr, 4 Marsh Harrier, 2 Hobby, 2 Oystercatcher, 6 Avocet, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Ringed Plover, 3 Grey Plover, 5 Common Snipe, 5 Whimbrel, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Greenshank, 2ad Mediterranean Gull upriver 09:30, 1-2 Common Tern, all three regular hirundines, 2 Yellow Wagtail h, 2f Northern Wheatear (Des McKenzie, Nick Tanner); also 5 Bar-tailed Godwit (Steve Bacon per ELBF FB); also incl 37 Shelduck, 8 Shoveler, 8 Pochard, 27 Tufted Duck, Common Buzzard, 9 Whimbrel, 6 Common Tern, Cuckoo, 112 Swift, 2 Kestrel, 5 Sand Martin, 5 Swallow, 2 House Martin (Brian Churches, Vic Wakerling et al per ELBF FB)
 * Rye Meads NR: 1m Garganey, Common Snipe, Wigeon, Garden Warbler, Swift (Eduardo López Salas)
 * Sevenoaks WR "1800-1940": incl 2 Shelduck, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher, 150 Sand Martin, 15 Swallow, 30 House Martin, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, f Yellow Wagtail on East L islands, Reed Bunting (James King via Kent OS)
 * Staines Reservoir: Scaup, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 2 Black-necked Grebe (Dom Pia tweet); Common Sandpiper s basin (Shaun Ferguson tweet)
 * The Brook "BR5": 4+ Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Cormorant, 3 Stock Dove, Egyptian Goose (Jack Headley)
 * Totteridge Valley: 3 Rook (Toby Mylett)
 * Trent Park: Ring-necked Pheasant, 3 Blackcap (Toby Mylett)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: incl Greenshank, Common Term, Little Owl, Yellow Wagtail (Rupert Evershed tweet)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: Wheatear, 5 Linnet, 2 Stock Dove rear paddocks, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Common Whitethroat, 3 Swift, 6 Sand Martin (Alastair Dent)
 * Wanstead Flats: Garden Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, Shelduck, Yellow Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, 4 Skylark, 3 Swift, 3 Swallow, Kestrel, Common Buzzard, Mistle Thrush (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: Reed Warbler (James Heal)
 * Wood Vale "N10": Lesser Whitethroat perimeter of Sports Ground (Trevor Wyatt)

Friday 3rd May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: imm Red-throated Diver found by Bruce Carson on Tunnel reservoir [the small body of water north of Wood Green Reservoir] 0820-1720 and also getting onto adjacent New River it forayed as far as pump house s of filter beds and then back to Tunnel Res then N along New River and circled landing on Wood Green Res where present until 2005 at least, also 15 Swallow, 20+ Swift, pr Gadwall, pr Peregrine, 2 Common Buzzard, Red Kite N, 2m Red-crested Pochard, ad Black-headed Gull, 1 House Martin, 2 Little Egret, Common Whitethroat, Treecreeper (APOG Birders)
 * Belhus Woods CP: Nightingale (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Brixton Town Hall: 2 Swifts high up (Michael Mac)
 * Cely Woods: incl Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Green Woodpecker, Skylark, 11 Chiffchaff, 5 Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler, 18 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Common Whitethroat, Corn Bunting, 2 Yellowhammer (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Clapham Common: Garden Warbler between Mount Pond and Bandstand) in full voice, Blackcap, 4 Stock Dove, friendly Gadwall on Long Pond (Mark H) no surname [in all 27 patch posts since 2011]
 * Crossness: Sparrowhawk, 2 Peregrine, 2 Lapwing, Dunlin, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 50+ Common Tern, 2 Swift, 4 Swallow, 24 Sand Martin, Skylark, 6 Blackcap, 16 Common Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 15 Reed Warbler, 8 Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting (Conrad Ellam)
 * Dungeon Hill: Grasshopper Warbler [site-1st] reeling 0830 (Graham Harris via DH Wildlife FB)
 * Ewell West Station: 1 singing Blackcap (Neil Batten)
 * Hampstead Heath: Common Whitethroat singing at Pryor's Field am (Pete Mantle)
 * Hemans Estate Community Garden: House Sparrow only just starting to re-build nest in roof hole used last year (Michael Mac)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 3m Cuckoo, Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, Yellow Wagtail (Paul Harvey per ELBF FB)
 * Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 1 House Martin w, 4 Swallow w, 1 Common Buzzard sw, 2 Blackcap (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: Shelduck, Teal, 40 Swift, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Snipe, Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, 4 Redshank, Red Kite NW, 3 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 12 Reed Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 7 Yellow Wagtail, incl 1 Blue-headed Wagtail (Oscar Dewhurst); 4 Little Ringed Plover, still 4 Lapwing chicks, 1 Wigeon, singing Reed Bunting (Martin Honey)
 * London Zoo: 2 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 3 Swift, 3 Blackcap (Sam Jones)
 * Margravine Cemetery: pr Nuthatch feeding yg (Nathalie Mahieu tweet)
 * Mayflower Park: Peregrine, m Reed Bunting, 5 Reed Warbler territories (Bob Smith)
 * Middlesex University Campus: Sparrowhawk, Swift [first of year at site], Blackcap (Toby Mylett)
 * Olympic Park: 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, Green Woodpecker, Jay, 10+ Sand Martin, Peregrine (Richard Harrison)
 * Rainham Marshes: Cattle Egret still purfleet marsh, Great White Egret high W over aveley pools, 4 Little Egret, Pink-footed Goose still on aveley pools, 5 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Whimbrel, Greenshank, 6 Avocet, Common Snipe, Ruff, 4 Dunlin, Grey Plover, 3 Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Barn Owl, Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 3 Hobby, Raven (Andrew Self/RSPB); also Water Rail, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Ruff (Patrick Hart, Nick Croft per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: Shelduck over, 3m Red-crested Pochard, Red-legged Partridge, Garden Warbler, Common Sandpiper (Friday BG); Yellow Wagtail over (Phil Davies, P. Redmond, S. Woolfenden)
 * South Lodge Farm: 2 Red-legged Partridge, 19 Stock Dove, 9 Barn Swallow, f Yellow Wagtail feeding amongst horses, 2 Common Whitethroat pr, 2 Long-tailed Tit pr, 14 Starling (Robert Callf)
 * Staines Moor: m Tufted Duck on R Colne [rare here], Little Egret, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 29 Lapwing, 2 Redshank, Cuckoo, Kingfisher, 4 Hobby hunting together over R Colne, 30+ Swift, 3 Sand Martin, 7 Swallow, Lesser Whitethroat, 2f Wheatear (Lee Dingain tweet)
 * Staines Reservoir: m Ruff w/ broken leg on s basin (Jim Sweetland per Dom Pia tweet)
 * The Brook "BR5": 4-5 Blackcap, 1-2 Chiffchaff, 4+ singing Song Thrush, 5 Herring Gull, 3+ Lesser Black-backed Gull, Linnet, calling Goldcrest (Jack Headley)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs "willows fm lake": 3+ Yellow Wagtail (per Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 6+ Common Whitethroat, 1+ Lesser Whitethroat path bets Lammas Meadow and Porter's Field, 2 Linnet thanks to Eugene for help in search for lifetime tick of LW (Paul Francis)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 8 Sand Martin 4pr nesting by Coppermill Tower (Ian Green, Charlie Owens)
 * Warren Farm, Norwood Green: f Kestrel, Little Owl on eggs, 4+ Skylark territories, 10 Swallow N, 2 Mistle Thrush, Blue Tit, Great Tit both nesting in abandoned buildings (Phil Belman)
 * Yeading "Jollys Ln": local Red Kite circling low in distance (Neil Anderson)

Thursday 2nd May 2019

 * Aldenham Country Park: 16 Swallow, Common Whitethroat, 3 Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, Blackcap, Treecreeper, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 23 Tufted Duck, 9 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Greylag, 6 Gadwall, Goldcrest (Samuel Levy)
 * Alexandra Park: m Greenland Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, 23 Swift, 3 Swallow, Peregrine, m Common Whitethroat, {Small Heath} (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR: 25 Swift, 50 Sand Martin, 100 Swallow, 20 House Martin (Murray Orchard via Herts BC)
 * Bankside “SE1”: Common Whitethroat singing at east end of Tate Modern 18.30 (Reuben Braddock)
 * Brookmill Park: Sparrowhawk, Stock Dove, Song Thrush, 2 singing Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crouch End: 8+ Swift circling, Swallow N over Park Rd 10am (Bob Watts)
 * Ealing "W13": 5 Swift 2N & 3 others milling around [poss local breeders] am (Bill Haines)
 * Ellenbrook Fields: Grasshopper Warbler in cnr by reeds & woodland, Cuckoo h (Dan Fletcher via Herts BC)
 * Elstree: Red Kite, 2 Swallow (Samuel Levy)
 * Finchley "gdn N3": Swift, 2 Swallow N, 4+ Stock Dove (Samuel Levy)
 * Gallions Reach: Osprey N 0850, Common Sandpiper, 3 Sand Martin, 34 Swallow NW, Skylark, Yellow Wagtail (Gary James via Essex BwS)
 * Golders Hill Park: 8 Herring Gull, w/ 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull remarkable nos. for site, 2 singing Blackcap, 5 newly-hatched Canada Goose yg (James Levy)
 * Gordon Square gardens: Firecrest singing m late pm (Sam Jones)
 * Greenwich: "Trafalgar Rd" 11 Swift NW, Peregrine, "Power Station" 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Swallow NW (Richard Green)
 * Greenwich Peninsula: 8 Swallow NW, Blackcap 1m, 2m Common Whitethroat (Richard Green)
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: 10 Common Tern, 10 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 3 Reed Warbler, Blackcap m, Reed Bunting m (Richard Green, John Bushall)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir "Hogg Ln viewing platform": 4 Red Kite, 200-300 Swift ridiculous amounts impossible to count fully, 30+ Swallow, 10 Common Buzzard, 3 Blackcap, Sparrowhawk, Chiffchaff, Bullfinch, 4 Sand Martin, Common Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warbler, Common Tern, Arctic Tern, 6 House Martin, 2 Reed Bunting, 8 Black-necked Grebe, 11 Gadwall, 22 Tufted Duck, Goldcrest, 2 Little Grebe, 16 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Cormorant, Skylark (Samuel Levy)
 * Holland Park: Common Buzzard low S mobbed by Crows (Chris Turner)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 2 Cuckoo, 11 Swift, 10 House Martin, 2 Sedge Warbler, f Wheatear evg (Shaun Harvey tweet); Lesser Whitethroat (Russell Sherriff per ELBF FB)
 * KGV Res: Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Common Sandpiper, 16 Common Tern, Kestrel, Hobby, 200 Swift, 26 Sand Martin, 5 House Martin, 22 Swallow, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 8 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 14 Common Whitethroat, 3f Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 5m Greenfinch, 4 Linnet (Jez Dagley per ELBF FB)
 * Lewisham: 4 Swift N 6.45 (Conrad Ellam)
 * London Wetland Centre: Shelduck, 3 Teal, 100 Swift mostly N, Water Rail, 24 Lapwing incl 4 chicks still, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Common Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 4 Redshank, Common Tern, 3 Red Kite NW, 8 Common Buzzard N/NW, Hobby, Peregrine, 12 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Sedge Warbler, 15 Reed Warbler, Stonechat, 4 Yellow Wagtail (Oscar Dewhurst, Simon Fogg)
 * Lower Morden: Lesser Whitethroat (Bob Smith)
 * Mardyke, Stifford-Aveley: incl Swift, 6 Swallow, m Whinchat (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Margravine Cemetery: Swallow, 10 Long-tailed Tit fledglings (Nathalie Mahieu)
 * Middlesex University Campus: Cormorant over [unusual for site] (Toby Mylett)
 * North Ockendon "Fair Play Farm": incl 2f Whinchat, 2 Yellow Wagtail (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Perivale Wood LNR: Common Buzzard over 11:55 (Phil Belman)
 * Rainham RSPB: 3 Whimbrel, Swift also noted going through (Andrew Gouldstone); also Pink-footed Goose w/ Greylags, Cattle Egret, Great Egret [black-billed bird in breeding plumage per RSPB blog], 4 Avocet 2pr, Grey Plover, Ruff, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank (Andy Tweed et al per ELBF FB)
 * Rainham Village: Common Buzzard, 2 Hobby, 4 Swift (Richard Harrison)
 * Richmond Park: 5 Red Kite incl 3SE, 8 Common Buzzard incl 3NW, Peregrine, 2 Common Tern prevented from landing on nesting rafts by gulls, 20 Swift mostly N, 25 Swallow mostly N, f Wheatear, 2 Whinchat, 100+ Starling (J.Wilczur); Common Sandpiper (S.Read)
 * Ruxley "Honeydale Farm": 1 Wheatear still late-pm (Jack Headley)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 2 Shelduck, m Garganey, Avocet 0940, 3 Common Snipe all fr draper hide (Allan Meadows/Herts BN tweet); m Wigeon fsp (Mike Harris via Herts BC)
 * St James's Park: Reed Warbler, 2 Swift (Frank Nugent)
 * South Lodge Farm: 23 Stock Dove feeding, 5 Barn Swallow, f Northern Wheatear, 40+ Starling (Robert Callf)
 * Sevenoaks WR "1100-1300": incl Shoveler, 6 Lapwing, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Common Sandpiper, 4 Swift, Kingfisher, 4 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 4 Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, Reed Bunting (Martin Garwood via Kent OS)
 * Staines Moor: Peregrine, 4 Cetti's Warbler, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Wheatear (Jim Sweetland tweet)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 3 Dunlin, 2 Oystercatchers, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Scaup am (Dave Morris per FJM)
 * Stanmore, Marsh Lane: Common Buzzard over (Samuel Levy)
 * Stoneleigh "Station KT17": 3 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest (Neil Batten)
 * Streatham Common: 1 Swallow, 2 Swifts 9.30am (Peter Newmark)
 * Surbiton: 2 Swift, Peregrine high (Phil Davies)
 * Totteridge Valley: 4 Swallow, 3 Common Buzzard, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 14 singing Chiffchaff, 22 singing Common Whitethroat, 29 singing Blackcap, 10 Rook (John Colmans); 7 Swallow, Grey Heron, 8 Lapwing, Little Owl, Treecreeper, {2 Muntjac} (Samuel Levy)
 * Trent Park: 4 Mistle Thrush 2ad 2juvs Shaws Wd (Robert Callf)
 * Tufnell Park: 2 Swallows NW, 6 Swifts betw Tufnell Park and Kentish Town tube stations (Francis Tusa)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: Wheatear f, 5 Linnet rear paddocks, 7 Sand Martin Leyton Marsh/canal, 3 Lesser Whitethroat singing e and w of rear paddocks and n of boardwalk, 3 Sedge Warbler, Reed Bunting singing n of boardwalk, Reed Warbler singing Bomb Crater Field ditch, 8 Common Whitethroat singing across patch (Alastair Dent)
 * Wanstead Flats: 10 Swift, 25 Swallow, 15 House Martin 12N & 3 resident, 3 Sand Martin, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 16+ Common Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Mistle Thrush, singing Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 5 Skylark, Stock Dove, 2 Linnet, Pochard, Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, 2 Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard, 3 Sparrowhawk, 19 Black-headed Gull (Nick Croft)

Wednesday 1st May 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Garden Warbler foy, 6 Swift foy, Wheatear, Little Grebe, pair Pochard Boating Lake, pair Gadwall Wood Green Res, Peregrine, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Greylag ,{Small Heath foy, 2 Orange Tip} (APOG Birders)
 * Battersea Reach "fr Cremorne Gardens": Egyptian Goose, Red Kite circled then W 14:48, vocal Oystercatcher downriver 14:20, 5 Black-headed Gull upriver (Des McKenzie tweets)
 * Beckenham Crematorium/Cemetery: 6 Swifts briefly (not local) headed North East 14:35 (Michael Mac)
 * Belhus Woods CP: incl 12 Pochard, 33 Tufted Duck, Water Rail, Cuckoo, Swallow, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler, 7 Reed Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 17 Common Whitethroat, Reed Bunting (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Cray Valley GC: 2 singing Common Whitethroat in brief visit (Jack Headley)
 * Dagenham Chase: Greenshank (Sam Porter tweet)
 * Forty Hall CP: 2 Kingfisher (Robert Callf)
 * Gipsy Hill/Crystal Palace: Starlings taking food to a few nests - this is Swift nesting area and none here as yet. I wonder what Swifts do when they return to find long used nest sites filled and no other available nest sites in the area? General concern about cavity nesting birds like Swifts and Starlings. (Michael Mac)
 * Greenford "UB6": 1st Swift of year over gdn (Neil Anderson)
 * Greenwich Peninsula: Common Whitethroat, 2 Linnet (Richard Green)
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: 10 Common Tern, 8 Sand Martin, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, pr Reed Bunting (Richard Green, John Bushall)
 * Ham Lands LNR: incl 2 Common Tern, Kingfisher (David Taylor tweet)
 * Hampstead Heath "Parliament Hill": Lesser Whitethroat showing well by gap in hedge 2, Common Whitethroat, m Blackcap, f Sparrowhawk with prey (Allan Stewart)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 80+ Swift (Richard Geary via Herts BC)
 * Hornsey N8: 15+ Swift (Mark Wardman)
 * Hyde Park: 30+ House Martin late pm scattering in all directions from what looked like a Peregrine rather than a Hobby (Samuel Levy)
 * Kensington Gardens: 2 Garden Warbler (Des McKenzie tweet)
 * KGV Res: 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow Wagtail over, 10 Swift, 1 Fieldfare west (LOW? FOM?) am (A.Middleton)
 * Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 1 Swallow sw, 1 singing Blackcap (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: Greenshank, Oystercatcher both grazing marsh, 4 Common Tern, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Common Snipe, 4 Redshank, 3 Shelduck, 21 Swift, Swallow, 4 Lapwing chicks (WWT website)
 * Lower Morden: Little Egret (Michelle Allan per Bob Smith)
 * Middlesex University Campus: 2 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff (Toby Mylett)
 * Pinner: Common Whitethroat on back lawn 07:35 (Richard Francis)
 * Rainham Village: Common Buzzard, 8 Swift (Richard Harrison)
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: Cattle Egret, Little Egret, 4 Avocet, Curlew, Hobby, Cuckoo m (Andrew Haynes); also pr Marsh Harrier, Whimbrel, f Kestrel, 25 Cetti’s Warbler, 10 Sedge Warbler, 30 Reed Warbler, 6 Common Whitethroat, 5 Reed Bunting ('SS' per ELBF FB); Red Kite (Paul Rigby per ELBF FB); 6 Whimbrel stone barges (Sam Porter tweet)
 * Ruxley "Honeydale Farm": 2+ Wheatear in horse fields mid-aft, 3 Swallow, 3+ Pied Wagtail, c2 singing Skylark, 3+ Linnet (Jack Headley)
 * South Norwood Country Park Lake: singing Reed Warbler, drinking Collared Dove, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel - no swifts! Mid-afternoon (Michael Mac)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 2 Dunlin, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Black-necked Grebe am (Bob Warden per FJM); "1500-1700" also Scaup, 2 Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, ad Little Gull, 14 Swift (Tony Sweetland tweet); "brief visit 1730" 20 Common Tern, 2 Oystercatcher, Black-necked Grebe, 3 Swift, 20 Swallow, House Martin, 3 Shelduck, Shoveler (Sam Jones); "afternoon" m Scaup still, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Sanderling, Hobby [evg] (Dom Pia tweets)
 * Stave Hill/Russia Dock Woodland: no sign of Garden Warbler am, 20+ House Martin over Shed for a few minutes then N, 1 Common Buzzard (John & Janet Cadera, Kathy Morris)
 * Sutcliffe Park: Little Egret, Little Grebe, Blackcap (Michael Edwards tweet)
 * Swanscombe Marsh “Black Duck Marsh” 10.45-11.45: 1 Hobby, 2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Common Buzzard, 2 Bearded Tit, 1 House Martin in nest, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Nightingale h, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, c10 Reed Warbler, 2 Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck, 5 Grey Heron, 6 Shelduck river, 2 Common Whitethroat (Roger Keith)
 * The Brook "BR5": pr Gadwall, 4+ singing Blackcap, singing Chiffchaff, 2 Egyptian Goose (Jack Headley)
 * Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: 38 Blackcap, 18 Swallow, 10 Starling, 17 Chiffchaff, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Little Owl, Pied Wagtail, 2 House Martin, 32+ Rook, 43 Stock Dove, 25 Common Whitethroat, 11 Lapwing, Tree Pipit dropped into old gropper_field but not relocated, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Swift high N foy, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Teal, 5 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Linnet, 6 Red Kite inc 3 drifting v high SE, 2 Grey Heron, Treecreeper, 4 Tufted Duck, {Muntjac, Orange Tip, Peacock, Speckled Wood, plenty of St Marks Flys} (Samuel Levy & Tony Clancy)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs "main gp": Common Snipe, 3 Greenshank circled then N, f Cuckoo, c20 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, House Martin, 4+ Reed Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler (TyttGP tweets)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 4 Common Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Redwing rear paddocks, Pied Wagtail, 2 Linnet (Jon Agar)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Common Tern (Jon Agar)
 * Wanstead Flats: Green Sandpiper (Sean Kerrigan); Willow Warbler, 10+ Common Whitethroat territories, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, singing Meadow Pipit, 11 House Martin, 3 Swallow, Sand Martin, 1 Swift, Common Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Hobby, 2 Gadwall, f Pochard, Linnet, 3 Mistle Thrush (Nick Croft/Sean Kerrigan)
 * Wanstead Park: Reed Warbler, 7 Common Whitethroat territories, 2 Little Egret, 4 Little Grebe, Pochard, Kestrel, Hobby, Red Kite, 5 Swift, Swallow, 2 singing Mistle Thrush (Nick Croft)
 * Westminster: 2 Common Sandpiper on foreshore next to Palace of Westminster 08:15 then W (Frank Nugent)
 * Wimbledon Common: Wheatear m, Reed Bunting singing on the Plain, 4 Common Buzzard, 4 Swift, 2 Egyptian Geese & 1yg Rushmere (Adrian Podmore)
 * Woodford Green: Little Egret over 08.25, 13 Swift 4 at 10.00 & 9 at 17.15, Swallow over 10.08, Grey Wagtail over at 10.30, 2 Common Buzzards, Red Kite and Goshawk all high and going East at 12.37, 12.39 and 12.41 respectively, + Sparrowhawk carrying prey item 13.00 and Hobby going West low at 13.19.(Ken Murray)