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Sunday 1st September 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Pied Flycatcher  usual spot, Wheatear, Reed Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, several Blackcap, Commoner Whitethroat, possible Leaser Whitethroat, Treecreeper (APOG Birders)
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Little Egret, Lapwing, 7 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 6 Swift, 2 Spotted Flycatcher (Andrew Self)
 * Crossness: Peregrine, 2 Kestrel, 50 Lapwing, 2 Dunlin, 30 Redshank, 4 Common Sandpiper, 15 Black-tailed Godwit, Yellow-legged Gull, Common Tern, Barn Owl, Wheatear, Blackcap, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, Weasel (Conrad Ellam)
 * Fairlop Waters: Pied Flycatcher, Common Sandpiper, Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail. (Neil Twyford)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: Little Grebe, 4 Buzzard, 3+ Hobby, Whitethroat, Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, 2 Spotted Flycatcher (Ian Stewart)
 * Frogmore Lakes: incl 3 Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, House Martin, 14 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 4 Common Whitethroat, 4 Bullfinch, 4 Linnet (Alan Winn via BirdTrack)
 * Greenford "UB6": m Sparrowhawk flew out of back garden with small bird {Painted Lady, 2 Comma} (Neil Anderson)
 * Greville Place Nature Reserve "NW6": Pied Flycatcher seen twice in hour. Found by Francis O'Sullivan (Michael E Robinson)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 1 Wheatear (Tony Blake)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: incl Whimbrel over, Tawny Owl h, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 2+ Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat (Shaun Harvey tweet w/ Paul Hawkins)
 * Lake Farm CP, Hayes: 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 15 Willow Warblers, 10 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Blackcap (Dave Morris per FJM)
 * London Wetland Centre: Pied Flycatcher still by field lab in wildside (Shailesh Patel); Garganey still, 3 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 3 Common Snipe, Kingfisher, 2 Wigeon, Water Rail, 7+ Chiffchaff, 2 Swallow SW (WWT website)
 * Millfields "E5": 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush (Alastair Dent)
 * Molesey GP: no sign Great Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper, Greenshank 0815 (Dave Harris tweet)
 * Page's Farm, Elstree: 1 Redstart again. View into field from kissing gate by sign to footpaths 8 & 37 in Hogg Ln TQ161963 - bird was in hedge that runs through field 11.45 - 11.55, often attended by a Robin. 1 Lesser Whitethroat (Tony Blake)
 * Plumstead Common SE18 11:55 Honey Buzzard over SW pestered by crow. My first (Patrick English)
 * Queen’s Wood, N10: Common Buzzard 10.00 (Matt Evans)
 * Richmond Park: Great Egret, 2 Whinchat, Wheatear ( R.Dunne); Cuckoo juv (S.Woolfenden)
 * Rowley Farm: 4 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, Kingfisher,Heron, Goldcrest, Willow Warbler, 9 Long- tailed Tit, 5 House Martin, 3 Egyptian Goose ( Nigel Barratt)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 3 Black-necked Grebe 2 on N basin, 3 Common Sandpiper, 4 Wheatear SW corner of S basin mid am (Bob Warden, Franko J Maroevic)
 * Stoneleigh Broadway KT17: 1 Cormorant w a.m. (Neil Batten)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 3 Pheasant, vocal juv Common Buzzard sitting in oak, juv Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, Kestrel, 8 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Swallow, female-type Wheatear, 10 Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 9 Reed Bunting, 23 Linnet, {Brown Argus, 2 Small Heath, Red Admiral} (Neil Anderson)
 * Tooting Commons: Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff (Alan Wilkinson)
 * Totteridge Valley: Pied Flycatcher old gropper_field [burnt patch] nr folly brook 0940 (John Colmans) f/juv Common Redstart, 2 Swift (Samuel Levy) Spotted Flycatcher (Migrant Hedge), 10+ Blackcap, 4 Willow Warbler, Sparrowhawk, 30+ House Martin, 6 Common Buzzard, 2 Nuthatch, Bullfinch, 8 Chiffchaff, 15 Swallow, Kestrel, Rook. (Totteridge Valley Birders & NW London RSPB Group) {Weasel} (Simon Worsfold)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: Little Egret, Common Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Whinchat still as prev'y 0840 (Rick Flesher tweet); "main gp" Green Sandpiper, c6 Tree Sparrow by fdr am (Steven Brown via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 1 Whinchat, 2 Reed Bunting, f Kestrel bomb crater field [nw corner], 6 Pied Wagtail, 2 Linnet rear paddocks (Alastair Dent)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 20 Swifts, 2 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 5 Common Sandpipers, ad Common Tern being eaten by Peregrine (Walthamstow Birders)
 * Walton-on-Thames: ad Caspian Gull again on floodlight over Xcel football pitches 0940 (Dave Harris tweet)
 * Wanstead Flats "0615-1130": incl 6+ Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, f/imm Pied Flycatcher, 4 Common Redstart 1m 3f/imm), 3 Whinchat, Wheatear, 9 Yellow Wagtail over, 2 Tree Pipit (Tony Brown tweet)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Garganey, Pied Flycatcher, 2 Teal, 20 Shoveler, Common Sandpiper, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Swift, Sand Martin, 60 House Martin, also Kingfisher reported by fisherman (Chris Farthing & Tony Butler)
 * Woolwich Common: incl Kestrel, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Whitethroat, Whinchat, Linnet am (Tim Rymer tweet)
 * Yeading Brook meadows: Common Buzzard, probably 2 different Red Kite, Spotted Flycatcher  (Neil Anderson)

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