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Monday 3rd March 2014

 * Brookmill Park: 2 Kingfisher, Stock Dove, Song Thrush, 10 Redwing, Goldcrest, House Sparrow (Conrad Ellam).
 * City of London: Grey Wagtail, Magpie with nesting material. (Alan Lewis)
 * Crayford Marshes: Spotted Redshank, 3 Corn Bunting, 4 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 2 Rock Pipit, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 52 Fieldfare, 70 Redshank, c 250 Dunlin (Kev Jarvis).
 * Ealing (W13): Blackcap singing in neighbours garden this morning - also heard briefly yesterday. (Bill Haines).
 * Grovelands Park: female Smew - very approachable, of suspect origin, 12 Mandarin Duck 7m 5f, 20 Tufted Duck 14m 6f, 3 Pochard 2m 1f, pr Great Crested Grebe displaying and nest-building (Robert Callf). Also coming to bread! as per the Alexandra Palace bird. (observer?).
 * High Barnet: Red Kite, circling to gain height then gliding off high SW at 12.15 (Roy Beddard)
 * Horton (Berks): 6 Little Egret (observer?).
 * London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 230 Black-headed Gull (WWT website). 4 Snipe - island on main lake from Observatory (Catherine Beazley)
 * Wandsworth Common station: Redwing singing at 7am in poplar; in nearby garden singing Blackcap, pr Goldcrest (Neil Anderson)
 * Wanstead Flats: 10 Linnet, 6 Lesser Redpoll, 15 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting, 8 Skylark, 6 Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail, 3 Sparrowhawk, 4 Stock Dove, 30 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, 3 Heron west (Nick Croft).
 * Worcester Park - Mayflower Park wetlands, The Hamptons: Pair Reed Bunting, Water Rail (heard), Kingfisher (4 pm yesterday) (Simon Osborn).

Sunday 2nd March 2014

 * Alexandra Park: Blackcap male singing in gardens from The Grove, also 2 Mute Swan including new 1st summer with adult, 17 Shoveler (Bob Watts).
 * Brent Reservoir: c180 Tufted Duck, 10 Pochard, Lapwing, 16 Common Snipe, 2 Water Rail (Roy Beddard).
 * Brookmill Park: Mandarin, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crayford Marshes: Spotted Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Corn Bunting, 2 Curlew, 4 Oystercatcher, 2 Rock Pipit, 4 Cetti's Warbler, Green Sandpiper.(Kev Jarvis)
 * Crews Hill: 2 Yellowhammer in field next to station, c20 Redwing, 6 Fieldfare (Frank Nugent).
 * Crossness: adult and 3cy Yellow-legged Gull, 15 Wigeon, 200+ Teal, Chiffchaff (Richard Bonser)
 * Grovelands Park : female Smew (maybe the one that was in Alexandra Park last month?) (James Palmer)
 * London Wetland Centre: Shelduck, 2 Pintail, 3 Mandarin, Bittern, 2 pairs of Peregrine - local pr plus pr circling to NW - all in air together - no aggression. Redshank, 5 Snipe, 2 Caspian Gull both 1st winter, Great Black-backed Gull the local pair display flying very high over the site, Blackcap the wintering bird, 4 Lesser Redpoll, Brambling (R. Kaye).
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: Firecrest near River Lea in wooded bed c50 yds downriver of end of cross-path at 13.30 (Alastair Dent).
 * Oakwood Park: Nuthatch, 4 Siskin (James Palmer).
 * Stanwell Moor: 3 Jack Snipe, 2 Shelduck (C. Lamsdell).
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 4 Pheasant, 2 Little Egret (1 feeding in horse field), 3 Buzzard, pr Kestrel (male doing active aerial displays before joining female where he entered tree cavity), 5 Sparrowhawk (female appeared low over edge Gutteridge Wood then 2 males came low from behind me towards her quickly followed by another 2 in her direction), 22 Lapwing (flock 10 + 12), Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 7 Stock Dove, Kingfisher, 2 singing Skylark, f Stonechat, c55 Redwing, c25 Fieldfare, 2 Rook, 4 Reed Bunting (2 singing), 2 m Bullfinch, 25+ Linnet (flock 5 by wood / 20+ horse field) (Neil Anderson/G. Westley).
 * Tooting Common: 27 Redwing, 3 Jackdaw, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Shoveler, pr Egyptian Goose with goslings (Nick Rutter).
 * Victoria Park, New Barnet (pm): ad Mediterranean Gull (in almost full breeding plumage but with white forehead), 28 Black-headed Gull, 1 Common Gull (Bob Husband).
 * Wanstead Flats: pr Peregrine Falcon, f Kestrel, 5 Linnet, Reed Bunting, 5+ Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Pied Wagtail, 4 Redwing, 8 Shoveler, m Teal, Little Grebe, 100+ Starling (on police scrape) (Nick Croft).
 * Wanstead Park: 2 Goldcrest, Grey Wagtail, 6 Gadwall, Shoveler, 20+ Tufted Duck, Kingfisher, Siskin, 2 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel (Nick Croft).
 * Wraysbury GPs: 2 Goosander, 1 Woodcock, 5 Shoveler, 5 Common Snipe, 11 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Buzzard, 5 Heron (2 on nest), 45+ Fieldfare, 9 Redwing, Kestrel (Thomas Gibson).

Saturday 1st March 2014

 * Alexandra Park: Female Common Teal Wood Green Res (Bob Watts).
 * Black Park: Brambling, Redpoll, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite and Buzzard over, Mistle Thrush, Goldcrest, Nuthatches, Great Crested Grebe, 3 Chaffinches (Sue Giddens)
 * Brent Reservoir: 16 Snipe, Water Rail seen, Kingfisher, later 17 Redwing flew to treetop Cycle Track (Brent Birders).
 * Brookmill Park: Peregrine, 6 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crayford Marshes: 2nd-winter Yellow-legged Gull, Spotted Redshank, 6 Corn Bunting, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 4 Oystercatcher, 3 Curlew, Rock Pipit, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Stonechat (Kev Jarvis)
 * Cricklewood NW2 (Cricklewood Broadway): Grey Wagtail male flying around Beacon Bingo rooftop (Andrew Verrall).
 * Hampstead Heath: 3 Siskin and 3 Lesser Redpoll feeding in alders at Sanctuary Pond am, c30 Redwing, Tawny Owl calling at 10:30am near 'Bird Bridge' (Frank Nugent)
 * High Barnet: Tawny Owl calling at midnight near Barnet Hospital bus stop (Geoff Crabtree)
 * Leyton, Jubilee Park: (prob m) Black Redstart on top of tallest tree on east side of park at 1715 - patch year tick but more importantly a house tick:-) (Paul Whiteman)
 * London Wetland Centre: 4 Cetti's Warbler, Bittern N shore main lake, 2 Pintail m f, Redshank, 6 Common Snipe, 3 Buzzard circling c2pm NE of site somewhere over Ch X Hospital (see below), 6 Redpoll, Brambling, Peregrine (Martin Honey)
 * Margravine Cemetery: Buzzard c2pm, chased off N by m Peregrine (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: f Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon, 3 Kestrel, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 30 Pintail, 100 Golden Plover, 4 Ringed Plover, 100+ Dunlin, 4 Oystercatcher, 100+ Redshank, 14 Curlew, 10+ Little Egret, 4 sharming Water Rail, 2 Chiffchaff, 10+ singing Cetti's Warbler, 6 Rock Pipit, Water Pipit, Kingfisher (RSPB). F Bearded Tit from the boardwalk, M Stonechat (Neville Smith).
 * Regent's Park: juv Peregrine low S hunting over lake 0815, Woodcock, 9 Redwing, 27 Goldfinch (birdman_euston)
 * Richmond Park: 2 singing Skylark on Bog (H.Bradshaw); Skylark singing Lawn Field (P.Burrowes-Smith); 18 Meadow Pipit on Lawn Field, Little Owl hooting near Pen Ponds (J.Wilczur); Kingfisher on brook, 6 Redwing Holly Lodge (Neil Anderson/K. Bull);  Buzzard low over Isabella plantation 10.30am - heavily mobbed, 2 Stonechat north of Lower Pen Pond (Steve Woolfenden)
 * Staines Moor: Short-eared Owl, 3 Little Egret, 4+ Water Pipit - 1pm (Catherine Beazley & Simon Nicholls)
 * Staines Reservoir: Scaup, Slavonian Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver, 2 Golden Plover, 2 Redshank, 3 Lapwing, 2 Shelduck - 4pm (Catherine Beazley & Simon Nicholls with help from other birder; thank you!)
 * Stockers Lake: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker heard drumming and then seen n/e corner 5.30pm (Tina Stafford).
 * Streatham Hill: High Rd Grey Wagtail on a flat roof of a block of flat roof (A La Pietra, typo yellow for grey)
 * Swanley Park: Cormorant, Coot, 25 Redwing, 4 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 3 Stock Dove (Andy Meaton)
 * Trent Park: Firecrest in holly on ride to obelisk, 5 Treecreeper, 4 Nuthatch, 3 Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Sparrowhawk flew over (Stephen Witherford)
 * Uxbridge UB8 (Trumpers Way): Sparrowhawk soaring over (Roger Dewey)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Lockwood - 7 Goldeneye (2 drakes- ad & imm), 2 Teal pr, m Green Woodpecker; High Maynard- 4 Goosander (3 drakes courting f), 4 Shelduck, c10 Teal (Lol Bodini); South of Ferry Lane: Cetti's warbler, 2 Chiffchaffs, Water rail, 9 Goldeneye, 2 Little Egret, Kingsfisher. (Joe Dickens).
 * Wanstead Flats: 10 Skylark, 4 Meadow Pipit, 20 Linnet (Tim Harris, Kathy Hartnett)

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