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Sunday 2nd December 2012

 * Alexandra Park: 4 Fieldfare NE, 5 Shoveler Wood Green Res inc 3 drakes (Bob Watts).
 * Brent Reservoir: male Bearded Tit seen again from Heron Hide, at 08.41, also 22 Snipe & 4 Wigeon (Brent Birders)
 * Hampstead Heath: drake Goosander bird sanctuary pond till 09:40 then flew off (per Olly Sims)
 * Island Barn Reservoir: two female Velvet Scoter still; also Brent Goose (Birdguides)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Bitterns (Birdguides)
 * Lower Chingford (off Russell Lane): 2 male Blackcap, 1 Green Sandpiper (despite the high water level), 1-2 Little Egret, 30-40 Linnet, 1 Greylag Goose, 5 Goosander (2 male + 3 fem), 3 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing (James Palmer).
 * Muswell Hill: 3 Waxwings Cranbourne Road near junction with Rosebery Road 10:20-11:00 at least; also Fieldfare and two Lesser Redpolls (Dominic Mitchell, Bob Watts, Gareth Richards et al).
 * Totteridge Valley: Firecrest on the Mill Hill side at Oakfields wood, frequenting both sides of the public footpath along the first 50 metres from the entrance at the junction of Partingdale Lane and Ridgeway. (Ian Ellis)
 * Trent Park: 1 Firecrest, feeding in Rhododendrons, edge of Moat Wood, 12:15 hrs (Robert Callf & Robin White).

Saturday 1st December 2012

 * Alexandra Park: Fem Bullfinch Cricket Scrub 9am calling then flew east, 4+ Lesser Redpoll, 2 Fieldfare west, 2 Redwing Top Field, 17 Shoveler (13 Wood Green Res inc 7 drakes, 2 pairs Boating Lake), 5 Pochard (3 WGR, 2 BL).
 * Beddington SF: Jack Snipe (BirdGuides), 1 f Goldeneye, 2 Snipe, 1 Shelduck, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Peregrine, 1 Stonechat (observer?)
 * Bentley Priory: 1m Goosander on lake (Richard Francis).
 * Blackheath: 2 Egyptian Geese, also 3 Siskin feeding on alder seeds with Goldfinches, Folly Pond; Robin singing on parked tractor in the middle of Circus Field on the heath, never seen one in this wide open space before, but due to ploughing and re-greening for Olympic reinstatement works (Joe Beale).
 * Brent Reservoir: male Bearded Tit at Heron Hide at 08.40 only, and 16 Snipe (Andrew Self & Andrew Verrall); also drake Pintail & 4 Wigeon (Brent Birders).
 * Bromley:  20 Waxwing flew south over Keston Ponds at 11.00 (Birdguides).
 * Brookmans Park, Herts: 24 Waxwings in Bradmore Way mid-afternoon (Birdguides)
 * Bushy Park: Little Owl (Ian R Watson).
 * Cheshunt (Hertford Road): 1 Waxwing in car park opposite Co-op till 0800hrs at least. Also 640 Golden Plover in field south of Lieutenent Ellis Way off A10.(Neville Smith).
 * Cowley, Uxbridge: 1 m Blackcap feeding on sunflower hearts in my garden (Roger Dewey).
 * Croydon: 34 Waxwings at junction of Broom Road and Myrtle Road, Shirley (Birdguides), plus c10 more over, calling; also in the Rowan was a Fieldfare and Redwing. Hardly any berries left so likely to be the last day on this tree (Steven Robinson).
 * Dagenham Chase LNR Woodcock flew along main bridleway at 4:33pm (V.Halley-Frame).
 * Ealing (W13): 6 Waxwing around Rosemount Road/Charles Road this morning (09:30) but then flew off west (Bill Haines).
 * Fulham Reach: (Thames, 8am) 1 Shelduck, 66 Teal, 4 Gadwall, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, ca 400 Black-headed Gull (a record or close) - (Frank Banfield Park) 16 House Sparrow, 1 Greenfinch (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: 3 Little Grebe, at least 1 Water Rail, Common Snipe, Great Spotted Woodpecker (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam).
 * Hampstead Heath: Water Rail at Sanctuary Pond; 41 Gadwall; 2 pair Wigeon & Little Grebe at Highgate No 1 Pond; c30 Siskin ,Alders by Stock Pond & with Lesser Redpoll at Hedge 3 Parliament Hill Fields (Frank Nugent).
 * Hertford: 2 Waxwing still at 2 Tanners Crescent at 09.00 (Birdguides).
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: Common Scoter (birdingetc tweet).
 * Island Barn Reservoir: 2 fem Velvet Scoter still (Birdguides).
 * Lewisham (Ladywell Cemetery SE13): m Kestrel, Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, Green Woodpecker (T.Wilson).
 * Leyton: 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull, 20 Waxwing Marsh Lane flew North @ 13:42 (Paul Whiteman).
 * London Wetland Centre: 3m,1f Pintail, 1 Shelduck, 1m,1f Sparrowhawk (male with passerine prey, probably Robin), c.40 Siskin, 4 Common Snipe, 2 Water Rail (Martin Honey).
 * Muswell Hill: Waxwing heard over Rosebery Road N10 at 16:00 (Dominic Mitchell).
 * Northolt and Greenford CP: m Kestrel, Grey Wagtail, Fieldfare, 7 Redwings, c45 Goldfinch (Neil Anderson)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: Long-tailed Duck & Red-necked Grebe (birdingetc tweet).
 * Rainham Marshes: c66 species 08:45-14:35, including 491 Eurasian Wigeon, 169 Northern Shoveler, 146 Eurasian Teal, 34 Mallard, 33 Gadwall, 8 Northern Pintail, 31 Common Shelduck, 22 Tufted Duck, 22 Common Pochard (one with green nasal saddle), Great Crested Grebe on river, 1+ Sparrowhawk, Peregrine Falcon, 12 Ringed Plover, 21 European Golden Plover, c2,500 Dunlin, 204 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Eurasian Curlew, 115+ Common Redshank, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Rock Pipit, European Stonechat, c10 Redwing, 6 Fieldfare, Cetti's Warbler, Brambling on sea wall near visitor centre at 08:45 (Dominic Mitchell); also 3 Caspian Gull, Water Pipit and Waxwing in stone barges area (Kev Jarvis, Paul Hawkins).
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: 41 Shoveler, 4 Teal, 11 Mute Swan, 10 Common Gull (all 'grounded' season-highs), 2 Little Grebe, 1 Great Crested Grebe (both season-lows), 3 Gadwall, 1 Stock Dove (first I've seen this autumn), 1f Sparrowhawk. The variety of bright berries - and the birds that eat them - significantly reduced from a week ago (birdman_euston).
 * Shepperton (Upper Halliford area): 7 Waxwings over behind The Bugle pub at 0945 (W.Marks).
 * South Norwood CP: c10 Redpoll, 5 Pochard, 2 Goldcrest and a Blackbird narrowly avoiding predation by a Sparrowhawk (Steven Robinson).
 * Staines Moor: Fieldfare, Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, 3 Little Egret, c15 Meadow Pipit, Stonechat (V Williamson, R Woolley); 4 Short-eared Owl east side early evening (BirdGuides).
 * Staines Reservoir: 2 Scaup (1m,1f) (N. basin), 22+ Goldeneye (S. basin) (Simon Cumming).
 * Thurrock (Chafford Hundred): Waxwing along cycle track off Saffron Road early morning (Birdguides)
 * Tottenham Marshes: 4 Goosander (2m,2f) on Flood Relief Channel at N end of marshes viewable from footbridge across Lea; also a few Redwing around. (Quentin Given)
 * Totteridge Valley: (Darlands Lake area) Goldcrest, Treecreeper (Xav).
 * Trent Park: 1 Woodcock, flushed, Seedfield Spinney, 14:13 hrs; 1 Firecrest, feeding in Rhododendrons & Laurel, Rough Lot, 15:18 - 15:30 hrs; 11 Goldcrest; 4(2m,2f) Shoveler, Lower Lake (Robert Callf).
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 3f Goldeneye, 3 Goosander (2m 1f), f Pheasant & Fieldfare all at N end of Lockwood Res today (Lol Bodini).
 * Wandsworth (Nine Elms Sainsbury's Car Park): 1 2nd-winter Common Gull with Black-headed Gulls (Michael Mac).
 * Wanstead Flats: Woodcock, 14 Lesser Redpoll, Linnet, 6 Meadow Pipit, 10 Goldcrest, 10 Song Thrush, 1 Fieldfare, 3 Reed Bunting, Kestrel, 3 Shoveler south (Tim Harris/Nick Croft/Steve Thorpe).
 * Wanstead Park: Firecrest Bush Wood (TH), 20 + Goldcrest, Coal Tit, 75 Tufted Duck, 56 Gadwall, 31 Common Pochard, 4 Teal, 27 Shoveler, Little Grebe, 10+ Siskin, 5 Lesser Redpoll, 300+ Carrion Crow in roost on golf course north of Heronry, 40+ Magpies (Tim Harris/Nick Croft/Jonathan Lethbridge).
 * Welwyn Garden City: 12 Waxwings in Pondcroft (BirdGuides). Just north of LNHS Recording Area.
 * Woodside Park: male Blackcap, Nuthatch, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Chaffinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Ring-necked Parakeet all among birds on garden feeders this morning (Ian Ellis).
 * Worcester Park: 2 Peregrine low over garden heading SW 10am (Adam F).

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