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Thursday 4th July 2019

 * Staines Reservoirs: 7 Black-tailed Godwit 06.00 but not later on W bank N basin. Escaped Zebra Finch type at W end of causeway for 2nd day. (Bob Warden per FJM)

Wednesday 3rd July 2019

 * Barnes "waterside": Tufted Duck with 1 small chick, {Hummingbird Hawkmoth, Painted Lady, Red Admiral} (Neil Anderson) NA - grateful for your posts but pls follow the standard format thx
 * Crossness NR: 16 Reed Warbler, 4 Sedge Warbler, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Reed Bunting, 2 Skylark, 2 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 4 Little Grebe & 2yg, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Bearded Tit, 2 Pochard, 5 Tufted Duck, 4 Shoveler, 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 2 Barn Owl, 2 Pheasant, 6 Common Whitethroat, 10 Linnet, Greenfinch, Song Thrush, "Thames and foreshore [low tide]" 3 Reed Warbler, Grey Wagtail, 9 Teal, c300 Black-headed Gull, 35 Shelduck & 11yg, 21 Gadwall, 21 Lapwing, 3 Common Tern, 2 Cormorant, 4 Herring Gull [type] (Bernie Weight) BW - grateful for your posts but pls follow the standard format thx
 * Forest Hill "Devonshire Rd SE23": 5 Swift over 15.10 most seen in the area for several years (Paul Francis)
 * Greenwich "Thames, slipway to West of pier": presumed Caspian Gull 2nd summer - please confirm whether correct from photo (Mike Paice) IMG 2253 possible Caspian Gull.JPG
 * Hampstead Heath: Reed Warbler at Highgate No1 Pond (Allan Stewart)
 * Holloway "Rd N7": 3 Peregrine (Allan Stewart)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Common Tern, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 8 Teal, Gadwall brood of 5, Pochard brood of 2, Tufted Duck broods of 11 and 2, 2 newly hatched Lapwing chicks (WWT website)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: Black-tailed Godwit fr draper hide 1135 (Laurence Sinden tweet)
 * St Paul's Cray "BR5": Kestrel on aerial above house along Kelsey Rd (Jack Headley)
 * Sevenoaks WR: incl 24 Lapwing 22ad 2juv & 7yg, 3 Bullfinch incl juv (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS); also incl 130 Jackdaw, 2 Swallow, Reed Bunting (per BirdTrack volunteer)
 * Stave Hill: 2 Swifts, 4 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff sang briefly this morning, 1 Common Tern on it's way to Surrey Water, Common Buzzard over S this afternoon, {1 Hummingbird Hawkmoth this morning} (John Cadera)
 * Thames Path Erith to Woolwich Arsenal: 8 Yellow-legged Gull inc London's first juv of the year, Mediterranean Gull adult (Dante Shepherd)
 * The Brook "BR5": 1 Swift hawking evng otherwise quiet (Jack Headley)
 * Trent Park: 2 Grey Heron inc leucistic bird, 9 Mandarin Duck 5 eclipse m & 2f & 2yng, f Kestrel (Robert Callf); also 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Common Buzzard, Common Whitethroat, 6 Swallow (Pete Lowman)
 * Whetstone "N20": Red Kite over Oakleigh Road North at 10.30 a.m. (David Roberts)

Tuesday 2nd July 2019

 * Beddington Farmlands "no public access": 8 Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper [Ldn fos], 2 Mediterranean Gull (BirdGuides)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Stock Dove, 4 Swift, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Enfield "Strayfield Rd EN2": 15+ Barn Swallow - two nests with 5 & 4 yng - employee states one brood already fledged (Robert Callf)
 * Fryent CP: 4 Red Kite over (Martin Francis tweet)
 * Hackney Marsh: 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher (Marcin Kempa)
 * Hilfield Park Res: 5 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail (Chris Lamsdell)
 * Ladywell Fields: Mandarin f, Little Egret, 2 Swift (Conrad Ellam)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Teal, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Common Snipe, Redshank, Common Tern, 30 Swift (WWT website); also Black-tailed Godwit am (Cheech Albanese via eBird); also Little Egret, 2 Common Tern (Dave Panchaud via eBird)
 * London Zoo: Common Buzzard over midday (Sam Jones via eBird)
 * Longfield: 4 Corn Bunting 2pr, 9 Skylark inc some juv’s, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, {3 Painted Lady, 1 Small Tortoiseshell butterflies} (Roger Keith)
 * Mile End "Antill Rd E3": 2 House Sparrow m f, {Large Skipper} gdn (Harry Harrison)
 * Moor Park: 3 Oystercatcher [poss juvs] (Steve Carter via Herts BC)
 * Rectory Farm: m Kestrel, 30+ Swift (Robert Callf)
 * Richmond Park: 5 Red-crested Pochard 3m2f, 3 juv Cormorant, Red Kite, Common Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern, 80+ Swift, 3 juv Swallow (Jan Wilczur)
 * Ruxley GPs "permit only": 9 Reed Warbler, 2-3 singing Cetti's Warbler, 2 singing Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 10+ Chiffchaff incl ad with 2 juvs, 3 Great Crested Grebe incl pr with juvs, 8+ Gadwall (Jack Headley)
 * St James's Park: Little Egret W (Frank Nugent)
 * Southall: 4 Swift 2pr in residence [new colony - playback in use] (Phil Belman)
 * Staines Moor: 2 Sedge Warbler (Richard Haydon via Surrey BN)
 * Stanwell Moor: 2 Black-tailed Godwit (Chris Lamsdell)
 * Trent Park: Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, Common Whitethroat, Kestrel, Little Egret, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Mandarin 2m 4f, Song Thrush, 4 Swallow, {Comma, 3 Large Skipper, c30 Meadow Brown, 8 Marbled White, c20 Ringlet, 2 Small Skipper, Broad-bodied Chaser, Black-tailed Skimmer} (Pete Lowman)
 * West Norwood Cemetery: Nuthatch (Michael Mac)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Red Kite circling then SW 1140 (Garry James tweet)

Monday 1st July 2019

 * Brockwell Park: pr Egyptian Geese (yesterday they had 4 goslings taken away by Swan Sanctuary because they were in the Lido - I take it they bred on the roof which is why they were there and were removed but they couldn't catch the adults - I think this is the first time they have bred in the park? (Michael Mac)
 * Brookmill Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
 * Hertford Heath "TL350106": Spotted Flycatcher (Simon West via Herts BC)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Hobby, 3 Common Tern, 4 Teal (WWT website)
 * Oakwood "Station": 4 Jay 2ad 2juvs begging (Robert Callf)
 * Pinner “HA5”: Red Kite circling low, 7 Swift (Nigel Barratt)
 * Rotherhithe "foreshore": Yellow-legged Gull 2s evg (Richard Bonser tweet)
 * St Paul's Cray "BR5": Hobby low over Normanhurst Rd c21:25 (Jack Headley)
 * South Norwood CP: incl Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe displaying, Black-headed Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Kestrel family, 13 Swift, 7 Reed Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Reed Bunting (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
 * Staines Moor: incl Common Buzzard, Common Tern, 2 Kestrel, 3 Skylark, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Meadow Pipit, 11 Linnet, Reed Bunting am (Dave Panchaud via eBird)
 * Staines Reservoir: incl 2 Little Ringed Plover, 11 Common Tern pm (Dave Panchaud via eBird)
 * The Brook "BR5": Hobby viewed from Normanhurst Rd flying over site, 4 Swift, Mistle Thrush (Jack Headley)
 * Trent Park: Little Egret, 3 eclipse m Mandarin Duck, ad Common Tern lower lake (Robert Callf); also 7 Chiffchaff juvs & 1ad, Kestrel, 3 Song Thrush, 7 Mandarin 2m 3f incl f & 2yg (Pete Lowman)
 * Tyttenhanger Farm: 3 Tree Sparrow (Steve Pearce via Herts BC)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs "main gp": 3 Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 3+ Tree Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail (per TyttGP tweet); Yellow-legged Gull 2cy again evg (Rupert Evershed tweet); "fishing lake" 2 Oystercatcher, 3+ Common Tern (Steve Blake via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 5 Common Sandpipers, 6 Little Egrets, Pochard & 2yg High Maynard, {4+ Painted Lady} (Quentin Given, Daniel Whitelegg).

Sunday 30th June 2019

 * Brent Cross: Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail on river by shopping centre (Allan Stewart)
 * Brent Reservoir: Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, ad s/p Mediterranean Gull n marsh (Roy Beddard, Peter Casselton)
 * Canons Farm: incl 2+ Swift, juv Tawny Owl, 7 Skylark, 4+ Common Whitethroat 2juv, 21 Starling 18juv, 35 House Sparrow, 4 Linnet 1 carrying food, 3 Yellowhammer 2 singing (Paul Goodman/David Campbell/Ian Magness via CFBW blog)
 * Clayhall "Hurstleigh Gardens Open Space": 1f Sparrowhawk (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * Crossness LNR: 500+ Black-headed Gull incl six 1cy, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Oystercatcher, 16 Teal, 150+ Shelduck incl prs w/ yg, 5-6 Common Tern, singing Sedge Warbler, singing Lesser Whitethroat (Jack Headley)
 * Farthing Downs: incl 2m Skylark, 4 Swallow, 2-3 Bullfinch, 1-2 Greenfinch, 2 Linnet, 2m Yellowhammer (David Hayes via Croydon Birders)
 * Greenwich Peninsula "O2 foreshore": Yellow-legged Gull 1s evg (Richard Bonser tweet)
 * Highams Park Lake: 2 Mute Swan, 6 Black-headed Gull, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Swift (Daniel Whitelegg
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 2 Goldeneye f/imm types in centre of reservoir (Tony Blake)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: Common Sandpiper railway pools (Gordon Hay per Surrey BC)
 * Iver Heath: 3 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Common Tern, 2 Grey Heron, Kingfisher, 2 Egyptian Geese & 1 juv, 5 Stock Dove, Song Thrush (Nigel Barratt)
 * KGV Reservoir: no sign Stone-curlew by 1135 (Neville Smith tweet)
 * Ladywell Fields: Kingfisher (Tom Moulton)
 * London Wetland Centre: 41 Black-tailed Godwit [2nd-highest Surrey count per Surrey BC] by WWF hide pm, 2 Common Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Teal, Shoveler, Kestrel (WWT website) One of the Black-tailed Godwit has a colour ring combination that matches an Icelandic project - details awaited. [Peter Gray]
 * Lynsters Lake: incl 2 Red Kite, 2 Common Tern (Paul Lewis via eBird)
 * Maple Lodge NR "members only": incl Common Tern, Treecreeper (Paul Lewis via eBird)
 * Mile End "Antill Rd E3": 3 Greenfinch 2m f on gdn fdr (Harry Harrison)
 * Muswell Hill "N10": young Grey Wagtail being fed by adult gdn am (Brian Price)
 * Panshanger Park: incl Common Buzzard, Common Tern (Marion Bertuzzo via eBird)
 * Rainham Marshes: Teal, 4 Marsh Harrier, 5 Avocet, 6 Little Ringed Plover, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank (Tom Jordan)
 * South Norwood Lake "0730-0930": incl Common Gull over, c30 Swift (John Watson via Croydon Birders)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Black-necked Grebe, 3 Mediterranean Gull two ad & one 2s on s basin then SE 17.31 (Dave Morris, Franko J Maroevic)
 * Swanscombe Marsh ”Botany Marsh”: 1 Marsh Harrier m, 1 Raven, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Bearded Tit, 2 Common Whitethroat w/ juv’s, 2 Reed Warbler w/ juv’s, 3 Blackcap (Roger Keith)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 4-5 Pheasant 2 seen, 2 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, m Sparrowhawk, c15 Stock Dove, 10+ Swift, 5 Skylark, 5 Swallow, 3 Reed Bunting, 8+ Linnet, {70 Meadow Brown, 24 Ringlet, 15 Marbled White, 2 Purple Hairstreak, 2 White-letter Hairstreak, 2 Painted Lady, 5 Red Admiral, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Comma, 7 Small Heath, 5 Small Skipper, 7 Large Skipper - 14 butterfly spp, also 2 Cinnabar, Brimstone Moth, emergence 8 Common Darter, m Banded Demoiselle} (Neil Anderson)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs "main gp": 4 Little Egret, Water Rail, Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern, Kingfisher (Craig Dunn via Herts BC)
 * Vanbrugh Pits, Blackheath: Garden Warbler (John Booth tweet)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 574 Canada Geese, 102 Greylag Geese, 2 Redshank, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 pr Shelduck & 7juv still, 1 Peregrine, 20 Linnet (Daniel Whitelegg); also single Black-tailed Godwit over (TR per LB) who is 'TR' pls, Lol
 * West Molesey: returning ad Caspian Gull downriver early-am [photographed] (Dave Harris via Surrey BC)
 * Woodford Green: 22 Canada Geese (Daniel Whitelegg)

Saturday 29th June 2019

 * Banstead Woods: incl 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Swift, 4 Common Whitethroat, 2+ Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, Linnet (David Campbell/Ian Magness/Paul Goodman via CFBW blog)
 * Coppetts Wood: Peregrine over, carrying Feral Pigeon (Tony Clancy)
 * Downe "area": Common Buzzard, Little Owl, 2 singing Yellowhammer (Des McKenzie tweet)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: Cuckoo S over reservoir 4pm (Tony Blake)
 * Homerton: Hobby over Kingsmead Estate, having a go at c15 Swifts (Eugene Dillon-Hooper)
 * Kentish Town: Hobby, Peregrine, Kestrel all hunting over Gaisford St evening (Pete Mantle)
 * KGV Reservoir "permit only": Stone-curlew n basin still e bank 2125 (BirdGuides)
 * Paddington "Westbourne Pk, Grand Union Canal": 2 Peregrine (Francis O'Sullivan)
 * Richmond Park: Little Grebe, House Sparrow (Phil Pentek)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: Spotted Redshank E calling 0745 (Sarah Harris via Herts BC)
 * Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve: 1 Canada Goose x Greylag Goose hybrid, 17 Lapwing incl 4 juvs, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Pochard, pr Teal, singing Garden Warbler, 4 Swift, 3 singing Coal Tit, 5+ Treecreeper h, 6 Reed Warbler, 7+ Pied Wagtail (Jack Headley)
 * Staines Reservoir: incl Black-necked Grebe still s basin, Caspian Gull 2s gantry am (Dave Carlsson tweet, Bob Warden finder)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs "main gp": 4+ Little Egret, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit 0825, Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Tern, 1+ Kingfisher, 3+ Grey Wagtail (Tyttenhanger Birders via Twitter/Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 3 Sand Martin, 6 Swift, 2 Greenfinch (Jon Agar)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 3 Peregrine, 1 Kestrel, 1 Lesser Whitethroat (Eugene Dillon-Hooper)
 * Woodoaks Farm, Maple Cross: incl 2 Red Kite, Kestrel, 3 Skylark, 2 Swallow, Linnet (Paul Lewis via eBird)
 * Woolwich "King Henry's Wharf": Yellow-legged Gull 1s (Richard Bonser tweet)

Friday 28th June 2019

 * Beckton: Lesser Whitethroat 1 singing, Common Whitethroat 2 singing, Dunnock 2 singing along southern section of Armada Way betw Atlantis Ave and Beckton DLR depot, 2 Sand Martin, 5 House Martin, 2 Swift at entrance to Beckton Gasworks on Armada Way (Tony Stones)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Stock Dove, Swift, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush (Conrad Ellam)
 * Canons Farm: Garden Warbler singing along slangs (Ian Magness via CFBW blog)
 * Dagenham Chase: incl 3 Bullfinch 2m f (Sam Porter tweet)
 * East Acton "Golf Links": 5 Swift, 2 Collared Dove (Charlie Farrell)
 * Enfield "EN2": f/imm Black Redstart at private site 1145 (Robert Callf)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: 5 Lapwing high N 09.00 (Bernie Weight)
 * KGV Reservoir "permit only": Stone-curlew north end nr pumping station am (Harry Lacey, Stuart Hamilton per ELBF FB); no sign by 15:00 when we engineered entry–apparently the birders lock has disappeared so no keys work (Nick Croft) NC - do we need new keys? Not that this seems to be important right now. [Paul Francis] Spoke to some of the fisheries guys and they said new access points were being considered for the future so don't hold your breath [NC]
 * Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 13 Swift, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull n, 1 Blackcap (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: 7 Teal, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Common Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, Kestrel, 60 Swift (WWT website)
 * Peckham Rye Park "SE22": 25+ Swift screaming around streets south of park 21.00-21.40 (Paul Francis)
 * Rainham RSPB: 7 Marsh Harrier 3m 2f 2juv, Common Buzzard, 8 Avocet 6ad 2juv, Little Ringed Plover 2 brood, Curlew, 3 limosa Black-tailed Godwit still, 7 Green Sandpiper, Greenshank [Ldn fos], ad Mediterranean Gull, 2 Common Tern, m Cuckoo, Hobby, juv Peregrine (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: Black-tailed Godwit NE, Green Sandpiper, 4 Red-crested Pochard, Kingfisher (Phil Davies, Paula Redmond)
 * Roding Valley Meadows LNR: Mediterranean Gull, Common Tern, 16 Swift, 2 Kestrel, 7 Reed Warbler (Barry Jones per ELBF FB)
 * Swanscombe Marsh “08.30-13.15”: 16 Common Whitethroat 14h, 8 Reed Warbler 6h, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Blackcap h, 8 Cetti's Warbler 7h, 2 Sedge Warbler, 3 Marsh Harrier 1m2f, 4 Kestrel 2 juvs, 1 Chiffchaff h, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker N across Thames at Broadness Pt, 2 Lesser Whitethroat 1h, 2 Oystercatcher river, 7 Cormorant river, 5 Great Black-backed Gull river, 5 Shelduck 1 river, 1 Hobby, 1 Common Buzzard, 18 Linnet inc some juvs, 4 Gadwall inc 2 juvs 2 Skylark, 5 Reed Bunting singing males, 12+ Sand Martin, 8+ House Martin, 5+ Swift, 2 Little Egret, 2 Mute Swan river, 2 Water Rail h, 3m Pochard, 2 Raven, 7 Greylag Goose, 1 Stonechat juv, {2 Comma, 2 Speckled Wood, 2 Large Skipper, 5 Little Skipper, 1 Ringlet, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Wall, 2 Red Admiral butterflies, many Pyramidal Orchids} (Roger Keith)
 * The Brook "BR5": 7 Swift, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 3-4 Grey Heron, 4 Song Thrush, Kingfisher, m Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 3 Herring Gull over, 2 Jay all late-pm (Jack Headley)
 * Totteridge Valley: 2 Red Kite, 2 Lapwing, 2 singing Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Swift, 2 Black-headed Gull, 3 Rook, Swallow, usual numbers of Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, {eight species of butterfly including Painted Lady, 15+ Marbled White} (John Colmans)
 * Tulse Hill: Peregrine after Parakeet which escaped twice (Michael Mac)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Nuthatch still woodland trail [east end] 1750 (Garry James tweet)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: 4 Swift, 3 Common Whitethroat, 6 Linnet, 2 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 12 Greenfinch (Charlie Farrell)

Thursday 27th June 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 28 Cormorant, 3 Common Tern, 2 Little Egret, 3 Black-headed Gull, {2+ White-letter Hairstreak, 3 Painted Lady} (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR: Osprey fishing Gt Hardmead L & Hollycross L unsuccessfully 1130-1145 then NW (Dick Parbles via Herts BC)
 * Dagnam Park LNR: Sparrowhawk, 2 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Green Sandpiper, Kestrel, Lesser Whitethroat, Grey Wagtail brood, Linnet (Colin Jupp per ELBF FB)
 * Fairlop Waters: pr Common Buzzard. Kestrel brood (Graham Wallis per ELBF FB)
 * Keston Common "TQ417644": 4 Blackcap, 2 Wood Warbler (Martin Draper) Woodies are now unlikely around Ldn in June - grateful for any ID details. Just back from mid Wales where we had been observing them. Recognised the call below an oak tree beside the Ravensbourne and heard a response call. Spotted small yellowish warbler flitting and calling with a bug in its beak above us. Checked the call with a phone recording made in Wales as the bird continued to call as we were very surprised. [MD] Many thx
 * Ladywell Fields "R Ravensbourne SE4": Kingfisher twice flew in opposite direction to the one I saw a couple of weeks ago so possibly 2 on the river (Paul Francis)
 * London Wetland Centre: 4 Little Egret, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, Common Tern all main lake, 45 Swift (WWT website); {m Scarce Chaser, 2m Norfolk Hawker both in channel approaching peacock_tower} (Penny Smallshire)
 * Muswell Hill: Siskin [Ldn fos] h over 0840 (Dominic Mitchell tweet)
 * Pratt's Bottom "Orpington area": 7+ House Martin, 1 Swallow both low over Church Rd (Jack Headley)
 * Rainham RSPB: 3 Marsh Harrier, 3 Avocet ad 2juv still, 3 limosa Black-tailed Godwit, Common Snipe, m Cuckoo, f Peregrine (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB); juv Peregrine (Tom Bell)
 * Raynes Park: House Sparrows 2nd brood cheeping from my chimney breast, 2 Swift, {Box Moth} (Paula Redmond)
 * Stoneleigh "Station KT17": 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 7 Swift (Neil Batten)
 * Totteridge Green: {Purple Emperor, White-letter Hairstreak} (Tony Clancy per Samuel Levy)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Nuthatch by woodland trail 1835 (Garry James tweet)

Wednesday 26th June 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 3 Little Egret, Common Tern, 15 Cormorant, Treecreeper, Peregrine, {5 Painted Lady, 2 White-letter Hairstreak} (APOG Birders)
 * Brookmill Park: Song Thrush, 3 Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Coursers Rd GPs "TL200042": 2m Common Scoter [Ldn fos] c1230 but distant. Best viewed fr public footpath / grass bank opp entrance to Lawsons Ltd on Coursers Rd. (Steve Pearce per Rupert Evershed tweet); both CS still 1500 (Andrew Steele tweet); still 1715 (Rupert Evershed tweet) presumed postbreeding dispersal west towards coastal moulting sites
 * Honor Oak "Devonshire Rd SE23": Swift exiting nest hole in house (Paul Francis)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: Common Buzzard, Marsh Harrier imm m, Cuckoo (Dave McGough per ELBF FB)
 * London Wetland Centre: Curlew E, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Tern, 5 Teal, Pochard brood of 2, 2 Lapwing yg (WWT website); {Norfolk Hawker still in channel by peacock_tower 15.30, Painted Lady} (Neil Anderson)
 * Monken Hadley Common: {Blackneck - a local moth species - my 1st record} (Robert Callf)
 * Pinner ”HA5”: 6 Swift, 8 Goldfinch, 100+ Starling flock (Nigel Barratt)
 * Pinner Park Farm: 1 Swift, 1 Little Owl, {2 Red Fox cubs} (Charlie Farrell)
 * Rainham RSPB: 4 Marsh Harrier still, 3 Avocet still, 8 limosa Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Cuckoo m f, 31 Swift, 2 Swallow (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
 * Sidcup "York Ave": 4 Common Swift together chasing low over rooftops (Patrick English)
 * South Norwood CP: 4 Black-tailed Godwit on island (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
 * Staines Moor: incl 27 Lapwing, 4 Common Tern, 2 Kestrel, 2 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Linnet (Thomas Gibson via eBird)
 * The Brook "BR5": 3 singing Blackcap, Kingfisher, calling Great Spotted Woodpecker (Jack Headley)
 * Totteridge Valley: 2m Firecrest still in Oakfields feeding/ with yg, also Hobby over folly fm, {Marbled White, Cinnabar, Large Skipper, Painted Lady, Ringlet} (Tony Clancy per Samuel Levy)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: 7 Shoveler, f Teal, f Tufted Duck & 4yg, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1+ Green Sandpiper, Common Tern early-am (Rupert Evershed tweet)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: Curlew again circled Lockwood 16.45 then high S (Lol Bodini)

Tuesday 25th June 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 3 Little Egret, Common Tern, Tawny Owl h 22:27, {4 Painted Lady, 2 Marbled White, 3+ prob White-letter Hairstreak} (APOG Birders)
 * Bow "Wick Ln/Greenway f/p jn E3": pr Stock Doves (Geoff Harding)
 * Brookmill Park: Stock Dove, Swift, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crayford Marshes: 20+ Reed Warbler, 9+ Common Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler showing well, 6 singing Cetti's Warbler, Common Sandpiper, 2-3 Swift, 1-2 Swallow, 3 singing Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, c7 Shelduck, m Reed Bunting, c25 Lapwing, Oystercatcher, 8+ Song Thrush, Green Sandpiper, Whimbrel [Ldn fos] on foreshore c21:00 then upriver, 80+ Black-headed Gull incl one 1cy (Jack Headley)
 * Hyde Park: 2 Great Crested Grebe, 7 House Martin, 3 Swift round pond (Ian R Watson)
 * Jermyn Street, SW1: Black Redstart singing from rooftop near east end of street 1025 (Simon Bradley)
 * Kensal Green Cemetery and St Mary’s Cemetery: 4 Swift, {20+ Meadow Brown, 2 Painted Lady, 1 Cinnabar Moth} (Charlie Farrell)
 * London Wetland Centre: incl 57 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Tern, 7 Swallow feeding over main lake am (WWT website)
 * Rainham RSPB: 4 Marsh Harrier still, 3 Avocet still, 5 Little Ringed Plover 3ad 2juv, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, m Cuckoo (David Smith per ELBF FB)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: Garganey still, Green Sandpiper, 2 Redshank all fr draper hide (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs "main gp": 5 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Tern, 1+ Tree Sparrow fledgling (Steve Blake via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: Curlew Lockwood n bank 16.00-17.30 (Lol Bodini)
 * Woodford Green: Tawny Owl calling from roost tree 8.30am, Little Egret over at 9.25am, also 6 Swift, female Sparrowhawk over at 2.20pm and my 1st Purple Hairstreak of the year.(Ken Murray)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: 6 Swift, 2 Common Whitethroat (Charlie Farrell)

Monday 24th June 2019

 * Alexandra Park: possible Bee-eater heard call once 0925 (Alan Gibson per Bob Watts); also Common Tern, 2 ad Black-headed Gull, 9 Cormorant, Peregrine, {Gatekeeper foy, 20+ Painted Lady, 3 Marbled White} (APOG Birders)
 * Blackfriars: 6 Swift fr Tate Modern are first I’ve seen in area this yr (Reuben Braddock)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker m & juv, 3 Swift, Song Thrush, 3 Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Hampstead Heath: 2 Reed Warbler hampstead no1 pond, (5 Painted Lady} (Dave Porritt)
 * Hook: Mediterranean Gull 1s NW (Geoff Barter per Surrey BC)
 * Kensington Gardens: 20 Swift, 9 Pochard incl f & 4yg, 4 Mandarin Duck incl eclipse m, 1 Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap (Charlie Farrell)
 * Lake Farm CP: {20 Painted Lady} (Dave Morris per FJM)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Tern, Green Sandpiper, 6 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 59 Gadwall, 2 Lapwing chicks, Pochard brood of 2 (WWT website)
 * Pinner "HA5": flock of 50+ Starlings circling (Nigel Barratt)
 * Pymmes Park: Little Grebe, Cormorant, 2 Mute Swan pr inc orange darvic-ringed 4BYF, Canada Goose w/ metal ring 5281111 - ringed Mitcham Common 2017, 8 Tufted Duck, singing m Stock Dove, singing m Collared Dove, {6+ Painted Lady inc one nectaring on thistles, 2 Comma, 5 Small Skipper, 5 Large Skipper, 2 m Common Blue, 65+ Seven-spot Ladybird} (Robert Callf)
 * Rainham RSPB: Spotted Redshank target pools am at least (BirdGuides); also 4 Marsh Harrier m f 2juv, 3 Avocet ad 2juv, 4 Little Ringed Plover 2ad 2juv, Green Sandpiper, m Cuckoo (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: 4 Red-crested Pochard, 2ad Common Tern, 3m Reed Bunting, 8 Sand Martin all at pen ponds, 1 Pheasant h, {1 Painted Lady, 4 Small Heath} (Keith Bates)
 * Stoneleigh "Station KT17": 1 Blackcap, {1 Painted Lady butterfly} am (Neil Batten)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs "main gp": ad Curlew Sandpiper fsp 1310 (Steve Pearce per Rupert Evershed tweet); CS still fr high viewpt till 1930 at least, 6 flyover Black-tailed Godwit 1525, Green Sandpiper, 7 Little Egret, Shelduck, Lesser Whitethroat (Steve Pearce, Andrew Steele et al); also Yellow-legged Gull 2cy pm (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
 * West Norwood St Lukes Church: 5 House Sparrow, 6 Swift, 6 Goldfinch (Michael Mac)

Sunday 23rd June 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 2 juv Kestrel fledged, {f Roesel's Bush Cricket, 3 Painted Lady, Marbled White, Small Skipper} (APOG Birders)
 * Beckton STW "private access": Shelduck brood of 10, 2 Common Buzzard, 30 Common Tern river, 40 Swift, 20 Sand Martin, 5 House Martin, 16 Grey Wagtail incl juvs (Dave Morrison tweet)
 * Bromley "BR2": 2 Stock Dove fr gdn (Martin Draper)
 * Coopers Green GPs "Stanborough GP": Little Egret over, 7+ Sand Martin, 3m Yellowhammer, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail (Steve Pearce via Herts BC)
 * Crossness LNR: 10+ Common Whitethroat, 2 Peregrine Falcon, 8 singing Cetti's Warbler, 3 Little Grebe incl 1 juv, 3 Kestrel incl 1-2 juvs, singing Sedge Warbler, 25+ Reed Warbler, 5 Pochard, 10+ Gadwall, 13 Teal, 7+ Linnet, 4 Lapwing, 12+ Reed Bunting, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Egret, 1+ calling Bearded Tit, 4 Swift, c8 Common Tern, Skylark, 6 Stock Dove, 2 Blackcap h, 300+ Black-headed Gull incl two 1cy at outfall (Jack Headley)
 * Erith Reach: Caspian Gull 3cy (Richard Bonser tweet)
 * Greenford "UB6": Red Kite fr gdn (Neil Anderson)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: 3 Common Tern, 2 Stock Dove, Sand Martin, Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, 10 Reed Warbler, Reed Bunting (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
 * Island Barn Reservoir: 4 Oystercatcher (Dave Harris per Surrey BC)
 * Iver Heath: Red Kite, Kingfisher, 4 Blackcap, 4 Grey Wagtail, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Swift, Grey Heron, Nuthatch (Nigel Barratt)
 * Leg O'Mutton LNR "SW13": 6 Gadwall, 8 Pochard m 2f & two broods of 2 fledged juvs and 3 new yg, Little Grebe, 3 juv Black-headed Gull just fledged, Stock Dove 'singing', 2 Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler singing, 7+ Reed Warbler singing (Jan Wilczur)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Teal, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Redshank (WWT website)
 * Osterley Park: Red Kite, m Kestrel, Pochard, 10 Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe, 40 Canada Geese, Egyptian Goose, Mute Swan pr & 5yg, 5 Mistle Thrush (Nigel Dodd/Osterley Birders)
 * Rainham RSPB: incl 2 limosa Black-tailed Godwit (Patrick Hart per ELBF FB)
 * Regent's Park: pr Sedge Warbler [f carrying food - 1st confirmed breeding record] (Twitter)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: Garganey briefly before flying off with a Gadwall, Peregrine took a Tufted Duck chick from the water in front of draper hide, 6 Kestrel chicks [soon to fledge) in c/p pylon nest-box, m Kingfisher bringing fish to nest site at kingfisher_hide (Fay Broom, Mike Cawthorne, Bob Husband)
 * Stanstead Abbotts: 3 Raven (Jane Free via Herts BC)
 * The Brook "BR5": Little Egret, 2 Swift, 6 singing Song Thrush, 2 Grey Heron late-pm (Jack Headley)
 * Tyttenhanger Farm: Cuckoo, 3+ Tree Sparrow (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: 3 Little Egret, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4+ Common Tern, m Lesser Whitethroat (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: Lesser Whitethroat singing energetically and prolongedly in large bushes at navigation end of boardwalk 12.00 (Jonathan Cooke)
 * Whitewebbs "Golf Course, Enfield": pr Red-legged Partridge 20.48 (Reuben Braddock)

Saturday 22nd June 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Litle Grebe, Common Tern, 2 Painted Lady, 2 Marbled White, Small Skipper foy (APOG Birders)
 * Banstead Woods: f Sparrowhawk, m Bullfinch piddly pond (Ian Ward via CFBW blog)
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Egyptian Goose, {3 White-letter Hairstreak, 2 Painted Lady, 40 Marbled White} (Andrew Self)
 * Broad Colney Lakes: incl 2 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 2 Common Whitethroat, Bullfinch, 3 Linnet (Andrew Steele via eBird)
 * Canons Farm: Lesser Whitethroat singing along slangs (Ian Ward via CFBW blog)
 * Chessington: 1 Red Kite circling over Barwell Ln 09:30 (Neil Batten)
 * Enfield "Enfield Rd EN2": 7 Goldcrest 2ad 5juvs (Robert Callf)
 * Hackney Marshes "River Lea": Cetti's Warbler, Common Tern (JW Davies)
 * Hammersmith Bridge: Peregrine circling over north side of bridge (Neil Anderson)
 * Helicon Lake: incl Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, Garden Warbler, Treecreeper (Paul Lewis via eBird)
 * Hutchinsons Bank: pr Common Buzzard in area (Des McKenzie tweet)
 * Leg O' Mutton LNR: Common Tern briefly - there had been 5 nesting pairs. A sad demise from the 20+ pairs that used to breed in this part of London but no longer do so, 10 Black-headed Gulls 5 nesting pairs remaining from the 33 pairs in mid-May. Most of the rafts the birds were breeding on have had the nests cleared away - does anyone know how or why this has happened (J.Wilczur) Hi Jan - it's owned and managed by Richmond-upon-Thames LBC via a management group [I used to be on it but that was some years ago] [Martin] Thanks [JW]
 * London Wetland Centre: incl Gadwall & 5yg, mating pr Little Ringed Plover, {Ringlet, Painted Lady, longhorn beetle Leptura quadrifasciata} (Neil Anderson); Pochard & 2yg, Tufted Duck & 3yg plus a pale one [not sure which species], Hobby hunting over wader scrape/sheltered lagoon, 2 Lapwing pr & 2yg still wader scrape, 1 Green Sandpiper (Martin Honey et al); also 2 Teal (WWT website)
 * New Addington: Red Kite (Des McKenzie tweet)
 * Primrose Hill: calling Lesser Redpoll S 0535 (Twitter)
 * Pynesfield GP: incl 3 Common Tern, Garden Warbler (Paul Lewis via eBird)
 * Rainham RSPB: 2juv Marsh Harrier (RSPB per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: Cuckoo singing (Steve Read)
 * Rye Meads NR: Garganey still, f Marsh Harrier again (Vicky Buckel via Herts BC)
 * Stocker's Lake: 5+ Little Egret, 2 Common Tern, Kingfisher (Axel Kirby via Herts BC)
 * Swanscombe Marsh “Botany Marsh 10.00-11.30”: juv Jay, 14 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Garden Warbler, 3 Cetti's Warbler 2h, 3 Common Whitethroat 1h, 3 Cuckoo 1 fem h, 2 Blackcap 1h, 5 Reed Warbler 2h, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Heron over, {other species as yesterday plus Red-tailed Bumblebee, 1 Comma, 2 Meadow Brown, 2 Six-spot Burnet, Volucella inflata not seen} (Roger Keith)
 * The Brook "BR5": Little Grebe on Syndicate (Jack Headley)
 * Trent Park: 4 Blackcap, Common Buzzard, Common Tern, 3 Common Whitethroat, Kestrel, Little Egret feeding on edge of lower lake, 5 Mandarin f & 4juv, 2 Song Thrush, {f Broad-bodied Chaser, Black-tailed Skimmer [common], 3 Ringlet, 3 Meadow Brown, Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Small Heath} (Pete Lowman)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: 3 Black-tailed Godwit, flushed by Red Kite 0845 (Andrew Steele/TyttGP tweets)

Friday 21st June 2019

 * Albany Park "DA14": Red Kite over gdn 13.25, Great Spotted Woodpecker in neighbours gdn (Bernie Weight)
 * Alexandra Park: Common Tern, {2 Marbled White, 2 Painted Lady, Ringlet} (APOG Birders)
 * Connaught Water: 1 Common Buzzard, 1 pr Chiffchaff feeding juvs, 2 Mute Swans, 1 pr Great Crested Grebe nesting, 1 pr Grey Heron nesting, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Black-headed Gull, 50 Canada Geese, 11 Greylag Geese inc 2 juvs, 14 Tufted Duck, 23 Mandarin Duck (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * Dungeon Hill: incl 8 Swift, 3 Kestrel f 2juv, Swallow, m Lesser Whitethroat 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Linnet (Graham Hill via DH blog)
 * Kentish Town: Red Kite over Gaisford St 0915 (Pete Mantle)
 * London Wetland Centre: incl 3 Teal 2m f, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Common Tern, 60+ Swift (WWT website)
 * Nutfield Marshes: Lesser Redpoll [Ldn fos - poss dispersing failed breeder] (per Surrey BC)
 * Rainham RSPB: incl 4 Marsh Harrier m f 2juv, Common Buzzard, 6 Avocet, Common Snipe, Common Tern, 2m Cuckoo, 3 Barn Owl, 21 Swift, Kestrel, Hobby, Swallow (Patrick Hart per ELBF FB); ['Ruddyish' Shelduck] (Tom Bell per ELBF FB)
 * Ruislip Lido "Poors Field": pr Greylag, 7 Egyptian Geese, 4 Gadwall, pr Little Grebe & 1 juv, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Red Kite, 8 ad Common Terns & 2 small yg, 45+ Swift, 2 Grey Wagtail, 15+ House Martin, 3 singing Garden Warbler 2 PF & 1 Lido edge, {8 spp butterfly, 7 spp Odonata, 3 Cinnabar Moth, 3 Six-spot Burnet Moth} (Neil Anderson)
 * Swanscombe Marsh “8.30-14.00”: 2 Jay 1 juv, 4 Blackcap h, 7 Reed Warbler 5h, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Cuckoo, 5 Cetti's Warbler 4h, 6 Common Whitethroat & family party 2h, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Kestrel 1 w/ prey, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Raven, 6 Gadwall, House Martin 5 nests, 2 Sand Martin, Ring-necked Parakeet h, 2 Little Egret, 1 Shelduck river, 2 Oystercatcher river, 1 Lapwing river, 2 Mute Swan river, 3 Tufted Duck & 7yg, 5 Pochard & 7yg, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Stock Dove, 9 Linnet family of 5, 2 Water Rail h, 1 Pied Wagtail over, Grey Heron on nest & 2yg, 3 Little Grebe, 5+ Bearded Tit 1 seen & 4+ h, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull unsuccessful lunge on Pochard chick, {3 Red Admiral, 3 Speckled Wood, 2 Painted Lady, 1 Large Skipper, 1 Small Skipper butterflies, 1 Four-spotted Chaser, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bumblebee, Brown-banded Bumblebee, Volucella inflata tbc, V. zonaria, V. pellucens hoverflies} (Roger Keith/Paul Larkin)
 * The Brook "BR5": 4 Swift, Egyptian Goose, 3-4 singing Blackcap, 7 Greylag Goose, Little Grebe, calling Grey Wagtail (Jack Headley)
 * Trent Park: 16+ Jackdaw inc 3+ juvs Triangular Wd, {Black-and-yellow Longhorn Beetle Rutpela maculata} (Robert Callf)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: incl Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern (per Herts BC)
 * Wandsworth: Common Gull nr Thames by Juniper Dr (Lev Parikian per Surrey BC)

Thursday 20th June 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Ringlet foy, 2 Painted Lady, Marbled White (APOG Birders)
 * Brockwell Park: Red Kite (Michael Mac)
 * Greenford "UB6": Peregrine over gdn 05.30 (Neil Anderson)
 * Iver Heath: 5 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, Hobby, Kingfisher, Common Tern, Grey Heron, 10+ Stock Dove, 3 Egyptian Goose (Nigel Barratt)
 * Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 10 Swift (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: incl 5 Teal, Common Buzzard over, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Tern, 25+ Swift (WWT website)
 * Pinner “HA5”: Red Kite drifting over (Nigel Barratt)
 * Rainham RSPB: m Spotted Redshank [Ldn fos] purfleet scrape (Alan Tanner, Jerry Hoare, Howard Vaughan per ELBF FB/BirdGuides); Little Ringed Plover, 3 Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, 2 Bearded Tit, 3 Cuckoo 2m & 1 singing, m Teal (Nick Croft); Green Sandpiper (Mike Hughes, George Fair per ELBF FB)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: Garganey eclipse m fr draper hide still 0920 (Allan Meadows tweet); 3 Wigeon 2m f fr gadwall_hide, f-type Marsh Harrier over HMWT meadow 1100 (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
 * St Luke's Church-West Norwood: 2 female House Sparrows in dustbin for scraps, Swift (Michael Mac)
 * Scadbury Park LNR: 9 Common Whitethroat, 5+ Chiffchaff h, 2-3 Greenfinch, 4 Swift, Swallow, Kestrel, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Garden Warbler singing briefly (Jack Headley)
 * Stanstead Innings "N Lake": Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper [fos] (Jane Free via Herts BC)
 * Stoneleigh "Station KT17": 1 Bullfinch, 5 Swift, 3 Blackcap, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Neil Batten)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 2 Reed Bunting, 1 Sedge Warbler singing nr boardwalk, 6 Sand Martin, 1 Reed Warbler (Alastair Dent)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: {Lesser Emperor dragonfly} (Chris Farthing & Tony Butler)
 * Woodford Green: juv Chiffchaff, juv Lesser Whitethroat, Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Buzzard, 6 Swift and Little Egret over (Ken Murray)

Wednesday 19th June 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Common Tern, {Marbled White foy} (APOG Birders)
 * Chingford "New Rd": 4+ Swift 2+ pr's nesting in houses (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * East Wickham: Hobby low over houses (Patrick English)
 * Golders Hill Park: 4 Stock Dove on central slope (James Levy)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: incl Sparrowhawk, 38 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Sand mMrtin, 2 Swallows, 5 House Martin, f Blue-headed Wagtail (Dave McGough per ELBF FB)
 * Ladywell Fields: Peregrine, 15 Swift, 10 Blackcap, 3 Mandarin juv, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Little Egret, Song Thrush, Goldcrest, Grey Wagtail (Tom Moulton/Sue Gore/Judith Watling)
 * Lamorbey Park: 2 Peregrines (Patrick English)
 * London Wetland Centre: incl 3 Teal, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Tern (WWT website)
 * Potters Fields Park: m Reed Warbler 0820-1315 at least (Mark Reynolds tweets)
 * Pymmes Park: 2 Little Grebe pr incubating, 2 Mute Swan inc orange darvic-ringed 4BYF, 10 Tufted Duck 8m 2f, 2 Collared Dove pr, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest, {Adonis' Ladybird} (Robert Callf)
 * Rainham RSPB: 3 Ringed Plover [Ldn fos], Hobby (Andy Tweed per ELBF FB)
 * St James's Park: Cuckoo S, mobbed by Starlings (Frank Nugent)
 * Sevenoaks WR: 2 Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 2 Swift (Mathew Bournat tweet)
 * Stave Hill "Russia Dock Woodland": 4 Swifts over am, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Goldcrest (John Cadera)
 * The Commons LNR: Marsh Tit, Grey Wagtail (Keith Smith via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: f Wigeon still (David Bradshaw)
 * West Norwood Cemetery: 12 Swifts, 1 f House Sparrow on entrance sign, Stock Dove (Michael Mac)
 * William Girling Reservoir: 1 pr Egyptian Geese & 5juv in adj flood-relief channel (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Common Tern, Peregrine, 3 Coal Tit, Chiffchaff, Sand Martin (Chris Farthing)

Tuesday 18th June 2019

 * Brookmill Park: 2 Stock Dove, Swift, Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Broomfield Park: 3 Tufted Duck 2m f, 2 Collared Dove pr, Swift, 2 Mistle Thrush pr carrying food, 3 Goldcrest ad 2juvs, 72 Starling (Robert Callf)
 * Crossness NR: 2 Barn Owl, 9 Cetti's Warbler, 17+ Reed Warbler, 4 Reed Bunting, 4 Sedge Warbler, 2 Skylark, 2 Little Egret, 5 Pochard, 8 Lapwing & 4yg, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrel, pr Peregrine on incinerator chimney, 3 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, Jay, 6 Pied Wagtail, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Linnet, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Tufted Duck, 4 Swift W, "Thames and Foreshore low tide" 110 Gadwall, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 13 Shelduck, c100 Black-headed Gull, 4 Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Teal, 4 Common Tern, 2 Cormorant (Bernie Weight)
 * Erith Pier: Caspian Gull 2cy, 3 Yellow-legged Gull 3cy & two 2cy am (Josh Jones via eBird)
 * Forest Hill "Devonshire Rd SE23": pr Swift feeding yg in nest, 2 House Sparrows mating, Dunnock calling for lost fledgling (Paul Francis)
 * Hyde Park: 7 Swift round pond (Ian R Watson)
 * London Wetland Centre: 7 Lapwing pr w/ 2 small yg on wader scrape & 5 fledged juvs on grazing marsh, 2 Green Sandpiper wader scrape, pr Sedge Warbler wader scrape (Martin Honey); also incl 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Tern, Peregrine over, Nuthatch maintenance yd (WWT website)
 * Pinner “HA5”: 8 Swift, Nuthatch (Nigel Barratt)
 * Rainham RSPB: incl 3 Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, Curlew, Cuckoo am (A Fadzrun via eBird)
 * Richmond Park: 2 Shelduck NE, 5 Cormorant pr & 3 fledglings, Peregrine, 47+ Black-headed Gull 10pr & 13yg so far and another 7pr settled on vacant heron_nests, 3 Common Tern incl displaying pr but nowhere for them to nest (Jan Wilczur)
 * Richmond Riverside: 2 Ruddy Shelduck [presumed feral] evg (Nick Tsinonis per Surrey BC)
 * Sevenoaks WR "monthly transect": incl Common Buzzard, 5 Kingfisher, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 3 Jackdaw, 10 Reed Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Nuthatch, 5 Treecreeper, Grey Wagtail (Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
 * The Brook "BR5": Little Grebe, Little Egret first in a while on site, singing Goldcrest, 3+ Blackcap, 2 Jay, 1-2 singing Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, Common Whitethroat (Jack Headley)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 1f Wigeon, pr Gadwall & 3yg, pr Shelduck still & 7juv, 3 Peregrine, 1 Garden Warbler, 140 Sand Martin [day-roosting during rain-showers in reedbeds] (Daniel Whitelegg)

Monday 17th June 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Common Tern, 2 House Martin, Treecreeper, m Peregrine, {Painted Lady} (APOG Birders)
 * Beech Hill Lake "Jack's Lake": 2 Cormorant, 6 Mandarin Duck f yg, 4 Tufted Duck 2m 2f, Common Tern (Robert Callf)
 * Brookmill Park: Sparrowhawk, Stock Dove, Swift, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blackcap, 3 juv Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Cornmill Gardens: 2 Little Egret (Tom Moulton)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: Kingfisher, 3 Grey Wagtail, 4 Song Thrush, Little Egret, Swallow, 3 Swift, 9 Tufted Duck, 5 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Mute Swan & 4yg (Bernie Weight)
 * Hemans Estate Community Garden: male House Sparrow chirping every day now have 2nd clutch (Michael Mac)
 * Holloway "Caledonian Rd/Stock Orchard Cresc jn N7": ad m Peregrine circled low 2030 (Shane Enright)
 * Kempton Park NR: 1 Cuckoo calling nr S hide early am (Justin Quail per FJM)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 5 fledged Lapwing & 2yg, Mediterranean Gull high E, Shoveler, Gadwall brood of 7, {m Norfolk Hawker still} (WWT website)
 * Polhill: 7+ Common Whitethroat, 4-5 singing Blackcap, 2+ singing Chiffchaff, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, c10 Long-tailed Tit, Pheasant, Pied Wagtail, Swallow (Jack Headley)
 * Primrose Hill: 14 House Martin in colony on Regents Park Rd at Chalk Farm end (Reuben Braddock)
 * Regent's Park: Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Little Grebe, {Broad-bodied Chaser} (Eric Brown)
 * Ruislip Lido: Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 10-12 Common Tern, 70+ Canada Geese & 3-4 juv, Mute Swan & 3yg, Sand Martin, Reed Warbler (Martin Smith)
 * St James's Park: 2 Little Egret into Pk from N spent 10min on Duck_Is then E, 6 House Martin, 4 Swift, 4 Reed Warbler (Frank Nugent)
 * Sewardstone: {Slow Worm first i've seen in years) (J-P Elmes)
 * Teddington: 1 Common Tern at Tamesis YC 18.45. Had two or three most days in this stretch in the last few weeks (Mike Foster)
 * Thames Ditton: Common Tern outside Kingston Grammar School Boathouse, Common Buzzard, 2 Pied Wagtail, 7 Mallard m & 6yg (Paula Redmond)
 * Twickenham: 3 Common Tern by Radnor Gdns 16.00 (Mike Foster)
 * Walthamstow "Chaucer Rd": 1 Coal Tit, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Daniel Whitelegg); "Pennant Terrace" 16 Swift 8pr [occupied nests], 6 House Sparrow 3pr [occupied nests] (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 503 Canada Geese, 37 Mute Swan, 130 Greylag Geese, 8 Shelduck & 7 well-developed juvs, 47 Pochard 44m 3f, 13 Gadwall, 6 Common Tern, 1 Kestrel, 1 Common Buzzard N, Peregrine, 1pr Sand Martin feeding yg nr coppermill tower, 9 Linnet, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 2+ House Martins (Daniel Whitelegg, David Bradshaw)
 * West Norwood Cemetery: 10 Swift, Green Woodpecker + juvenile, Peregrine (Michael Mac)

Sunday 16th June 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Reed Warbler singing from willow Boating L, Common Tern, 2 Black-headed Gull, 3 Pochard, Little Egret (APOG Birders)
 * Banstead Woods: Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 60 Swift S (Ian Ward via CFBW blog)
 * Belhus Woods CP: incl 3 Shoveler, 3 Gadwall, 17 Pochard, 15 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Water Rail, 2 Lapwing, 4 Black-headed Gull, 3 Common Tern, 2 Cuckoo, 4 Swift, Kingfisher, Kestrel, Skylark, 4 Swallow, 16 Sand Martin, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 10 Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 12 Common Whitethroat, Bullfinch, 4 Linnet (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Brent Reservoir: Greylag Goose, Little Ringed Plover (Brent Birders)
 * East India Dock Basin NR: incl 4 Shelduck, 3 Tufted Duck, Little Egret, 2 Black-headed Gull, pr Common Term nesting, Reed Warbler (Stephen Harris via eBird)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: 2 Stock Dove, 8 Sand Martin, Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, 10 Reed Warbler, 2 juv Reed Bunting (John Bushell, Conrad Ellam & Richard Green)
 * Iver Heath: 3 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Swallow, Common Tern, 12+ Swift, (2 Muntjac) (Nigel Barratt)
 * Kensington Gardens: 100+ Swift many low over long water feeding (Des McKenzie tweet)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Little Ringed Plover & 3yg, 2 Green Sandpiper, 30+ Swift, 49 Gadwall and brood of 7, 5 fledged Lapwing & 1yg (WWT website)
 * Sevenoaks WR "WeBS count": 146 Canada Goose, 156 Greylag Goose, 7 Mute Swan, 5 Egyptian Goose & 5yg, 25 Mallard, m Teal, 28 Tufted Duck & 6yg, 16 Great Crested Grebe 15ad 1juv, 3 Grey Heron & 2yg, 5 Cormorant, 2 Sparrowhawk m f, 13 Moorhen, 48 Coot, 11 Lapwing 10ad 1juv & brood of 4, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 5 Black-headed Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 2 Kingfisher, also 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, 70 Swift, 2 Jay, 3 Rook 2ad juv sheep field, Coal Tit, 8 Sand Martin, 4 House Martin, 7 Chiffchaff, 8 Reed Warbler, 17 Blackcap, 7 Garden Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, 45 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 11 Starling, 6 Song Thrush (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: 2 Marsh Harrier, 5+ singing Reed Warbler, 3 singing Cetti's Warbler, 30+ Sand Martin, 20+ House Martin, 2 Swift, 20+ Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 1-2 Reed Bunting, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Egret, 3 Shelduck, 7 Linnet, 1+ calling Bearded Tit, singing Skylark (Jack Headley)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 7 Pheasant 2 seen, Common Buzzard, vocal Cuckoo, 6 Stock Dove, c25 Swift, 7 Skylark, Grey Wagtail, 4 Swallow, 16 singing Blackcap, 16+ Common Whitethroat, 6 singing Chiffchaff, m Reed Bunting, 6 Linnet, {Fox, 3 Meadow Brown, Burnet Companion} (Neil Anderson)
 * The Brook "BR5": singing Common Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Little Grebe, 2 Cormorant (Jack Headley)
 * Wanstead Flats: Cetti's Warbler, 4 Skylark, singing Meadow Pipit, Gadwall, 2 House Martin, 10+ Swift, Kestrel (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 3 Reed Warbler by Roding, Kestrel, Little Egret, Great Crested Grebe on nest, 6 House Martin, 20+ Swift (Nick Croft)
 * Weald CP: incl Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 8+ Nuthatch, Treecreeper, m Reed Bunting (Andrew Cox via Essex BwS)
 * Whitewebbs Park "Golf Course": 2 juv Pied Wagtail (Robert Callf)
 * Yeading Brook Meadows: Little Owl, 10+ Swift, {Meadow Brown} (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 15th June 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 7+ Jackdaw, {3-4 Painted Lady} (APOG Birders)
 * Brent Reservoir: Shelduck, Little Ringed Plover (Brent Birders)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap, 2 juv Goldcrest, 2 juv Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crossness: Yellow-legged Gull 1s aft (Richard Bonser tweet)
 * Dollis Valley "Denham Farm to Totteridge Fields": 15 Swift, 5 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 8 Common Whitethroat, Kestrel, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Collared Dove, 13 Stock Dove, Grey Heron, 2 Linnet, 3 Common Buzzard, Red Kite, 4 Swallow, 6 Mistle Thrush, 2 singing Skylark, {5 Small Copper, Chimney Sweep, 40+ Meadow Brown, Tortoiseshell, 2 Common Blue} (Samuel Levy)
 * Finchley "gdn N3": 4 Stock Dove, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Coal Tit, 16 Swift (Samuel Levy)
 * London Wetland Centre: incl 2 Shoveler, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Tern, Kestrel s route, Hobby (WWT website); {m Norfolk Hawker} (Francis O'Sullivan)
 * Oakwood "Bramley Rd N14": 3 Goldcrest 2ad juv (Robert Callf)
 * Polhill: Kestrel hovering low beside A224 (Jack Headley)
 * Rainham RSPB: Mediterranean Gull 1s on Thames briefly nr VC then downriver am (Jonathan Wasse tweet); also incl 12 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, Oystercatcher, 5 Avocet 3ad 2juv, 3 Dunlin, 74 Redshank, Cuckoo, 4 Sand Martin (Jonathan Wasse et al per ELBF FB)
 * Regent's Park: incl 1st returning Black-headed Gull (Jeannene Przyblyski via eBird)
 * Richmond Park: Mediterranean Gull 2cy Upper Pen Pond then flew off, 3 juv Cormorant, 5 Common Tern (Jan Wilczur)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: Garganey still (per Herts BN tweet)
 * Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve: 2 Little Ringed Plover, 30+ Sand Martin, 7 Swift, 3 Stock Dove, 3 Common Buzzard, m Teal, 6 Pied Wagtail 2ad & 4juv, 2 Garden Warbler, 1-2 singing Reed Warbler, 3 Egyptian Goose incl pr & 5yg, 6 Lapwings incl 2juv (Jack Headley)
 * Seventy Acres Lake: m RING-NECKED DUCK still (Brenda Chanter via Lee Valley RP sightings blog)
 * South Norwood CP: 3 Shoveler, pr Kestrel & 5-6 yg, Willow Warbler, 6 Reed Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 36 Common Whitethroat (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
 * Southgate "Chase Rd N14": f/imm Sparrowhawk over 1430 (Robert Callf)
 * Staines Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe [s basin] still, Red Kite, Peregrine, 80+ Swift am (Jim Sweetland tweet)
 * Stanborough Lakes: 2 Common Tern fishing lake (John Coleman via Herts BC)
 * Swanscombe Marsh ”Botany Marsh 10-11.30”: 2 Cuckoo, 5 Common Whitethroat, 3 Cetti's Warbler h, 4 Blackcap h, 2 Song Thrush h, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Lapwing feeding on Botany Meadow pool, 3 Chiffchaff h, 2 Reed Warbler h, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Kestrel, 1 Marsh Harrier m, 1 Peregrine Falcon over, 1 Little Egret (Roger Keith)
 * The Brook "BR5": 3 Swift, Little Grebe, Chiffchaff, 3 Jay, singing Blackcap, Egyptian Goose (Jack Headley)
 * Thorndon CP "0800-1030": incl 2 Common Buzzard, f Kestrel, 2m Skylark, 5+ Swallow, m Garden Warbler, m Goldcrest, 8+ Nuthatch, pr Linnet, m Yellowhammer (Andrew Cox via Essex BwS)
 * Totteridge Valley: 3m Firecrest [usual 2 still w/ yg in Oakfield's & 3rd betw Laurel Pond & Hawfinch Hill] (Tony Clancy per Samuel Levy); 15 House Martin, 49 Swift, 16 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, 9 Swallow, 17 Chiffchaff, 10+ Coal Tit, 2 Little Owl, Willow Warbler subsong old gropper_field, 17 Common Whitethroat, 2 Bullfinch, 60+ Stock Dove, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 6 Common Buzzard, m Kestrel, 2 Red Kite, 7 Lapwing, 6 Rook, f Mandarin & 3yg long pond, (2 Large Skipper, Holly Blue, 2 Speckled Wood, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Red Admiral} (Samuel Levy); "Belmont Farm" Blackcap, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Swallow, 2 Rook, Swift, Sparrowhawk carrying Moorhen chick, 2 Goldcrest, {65+ Meadow Brown, Large Skipper} (Samuel Levy)
 * Trent Park: 10 Mandarin Duck 6m 2f yg, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, {Red Admiral, Common Carpet} (Robert Callf); also 2 Blackcap, 3 Common Whitethroat pr & 1juv, Common Tern, Chiffchaff, 3 Grey Wagtail pr & 1yg, Hobby, 2 Song Thrush (Pete Lowman)
 * West Norwood Cemetery: pr House Sparrows taking something from under a dead bush - possibly some kind of caterpillar or grub as some green or nest material? Came back over 3 times. 1 Swift (Michael Mac)
 * Wimbledon Common: incl Hobby, Garden Warbler, 7 Common Whitethroat, Meadow Pipit (Hugh Nicholson tweet)

Friday 14th June 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 2 Swallow, House Martin, 20+ Swift, Common Tern, ad Black-headed Gull (APOG Birders)
 * Anerley "Stn SE20": 2 Swift SW 09.00 (Paul Francis)
 * Claygate: Raven 0710 (P Bouvreuil via Surrey BN)
 * Foots Cray: 25+ Swift, 3 Pied Wagtail, Tufted Duck over, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Jack Headley)
 * Honor Oak Park "gdn SE23": 3 Starling ad 2juv on fdrs (Paul Francis)
 * London Wetland Centre: incl 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Tern, 50+ Swift (WWT website)
 * Morden Hall Park: Lesser Whitethroat [patch tick] sang twice c1230 after shower, 7 Common Whitethroat 3pr & 1 singing m, 4 Reed Warblers, Blackcap family, Chiffchaff family, Peregrine, 2+ Reed Buntings, 3 Greenfinch, Treecreeper, Kingfisher, 12 Swifts (Arjun Dutta)
 * Ponders End: Red Kite, mobbed by Lesser Black-backed Gull 7pm (Brian Dawton)
 * Rainham RSPB: incl 4 Avocet (Patrick Hart per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: Little Gull ad over (Paula Redmond)
 * Ruxley "Honeydale Fm": 3 Swallow, 3 Swift, 2 Skylark, 7+ Pied Wagtail, Kestrel, 2 Skylark, 3+ Linnet (Jack Headley)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: Little Egret, 3 Shelduck pr & 1yg, m Wigeon, 3 m Eurasian Teal draper hide, 2 m Northern Shoveler, Red Kite over 1317, Water Rail calling warbler_hide, 2 Swift, 2 House Martin, {Red Admiral} (Robert Callf); Cuckoo h, Grasshopper Warbler h fen (Jenny Sherwen tweet)
 * Sevenoaks WR: Little Ringed Plover, 4 Raven sheep field again (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
 * Stanstead Innings "N Lake": Green Sandpiper, 3 Raven (Barry Reed via Herts BC); Oystercatcher, 3+ Kingfisher pr & 1+ fledgling (Jane Free via Herts BC)
 * Stanwell Moor: incl 4 Tufted Duck, Collared Dove, Cuckoo, Black-headed Gull, Kestrel, Skylark, 6 Swallow, House Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 7 House Sparrow, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat (A Emmerson via eBird)
 * The Brook "BR5": Little Grebe (Jack Headley)
 * Totteridge Valley: 2m Firecrest at Oakfields still w/ fledged yg calling from trees (Samuel Levy)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs "main gp": incl Green Sandpiper (Tyttenhanger Birders via Herts BC)

Thursday 13th June 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 6 Swallow, 2 House Martin, Common Tern, 2 Black-headed Gull (APOG Birders)
 * Battersea Reach: imm Shag flew upriver toward Fulham Reach 1420 (Des McKenzie tweet)
 * Brixton "Atlantic Rd/Brixton Stn area": 3 Swift (Tony Stones)
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Swift, Song Thrush, 3 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
 * Charing Cross Hospital: 6 Peregrine Falcon 4yg ringed & 3m 1f (Nathalie Mahieu)
 * Cornmill Meadows: Little Egret in nearby ditch, 11 Lapwing 10ad overhead & 1yg, pr Little Ringed Plover on scrape fr wake hide 1100 (Dawn Richardson via Lee Valley RP sightings blog)
 * Honor Oak Park "gdn SE23": Ring-necked Parakeet eating roses in my gdn - first time I have seen them doing this although I know they eat dandelions (Paul Francis)
 * Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 130+ Swift SE am (Neil Batten)
 * Limehouse: 1 Peregrine (Dave de Silva)
 * London Wetland Centre: 30+ Swift, 3 House Martin, Common Tern, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 5 fledged Lapwing, Shoveler (WWT website)
 * Lower Morden: Little Egret on pyle brook (Bob Smith)
 * Ponders End Lake: incl 4 Gadwall, 22 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, pr Oystercatcher & 1yg, Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, 140 Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 10 Common Tern, 210 Swift, Sand Martin, 3 Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat (Dominic Mitchell via Twitter/eBird)
 * Rainham RSPB: Red Kite (Linda & Peter Vaughan per ELBF FB)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: pr Shelduck & 1yg, 2 Garganey still, Little Ringed Plover, Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Redshank am (Allan Meadows tweets)
 * South Norwood CP: Nuthatch (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
 * Town Park: Grey Heron, 4 Stock Dove 2prs, 50 Woodpigeon inc juvs, singing m Goldcrest, 22 Starling inc juvs being fed, 6 Magpie 4ad 2juvs, ad Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting all singing nr boardwalk, 3 Stock Dove, 4 Sand Martin, 4 Linnet, 2 Swift (Alastair Dent)
 * Wanstead Flats: Hobby, Kestrel, 30+ Swift, 4 Meadow Pipit, 5 Skylark, 15 Gadwall, Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, Black-headed Gull (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 4 singing Reed Warbler, 2 Little Egret, 10 House Martin, 20+ Swift, pr Great Crested Grebe (Nick Croft)
 * West Norwood Cemetery: 2 Swift, 1 House Sparrow, 1 Blackcap - otherwise dead as a Dodo (Michael Mac)

Wednesday 12th June 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Common Tern, pr Pochard, ad Black-headed Gull, Swallow, Treecreeper, Common Whitethroat, 10+ Swift (APOG Birders)
 * Brent Reservoir: Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, 6+ House Martin, 4 Common Tern, 22 Pochard, 3 Shoveler, 3 Reed Warbler, Cetti’s Warbler, Blackcap (Steve Blake)
 * Broomfield Park: 10 Tufted Duck 8m 2f, ad Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Swift, singing m Dunnock, 109 Starling playing field, singing m Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
 * Catford: Red Kite over Catford CC (Keith Chambers)
 * Dungeon Hill: m Willow Warbler, 15 Linnet am (Graham Hill via DH blog)
 * Golders Hill Park: Lesser Black-backed Gull nibbling at feral pigeon it had reportedly killed earlier on Lily Pond (James Levy)
 * Hyde Park: 2 House Martin, 12+ Swift low over round pond & area (Ian R Watson)
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Mediterranean Gull SW, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Shoveler, 2 Shelduck, Teal, Red-crested Pochard, Grey Wagtail (WWT website)
 * Pimlico Gardens: Common Gull 2cy, Yellow-legged Gull 2cy (Nick Senior)
 * Rainham RSPB: 4 Avocet & 2juv, 20 Redshank, 2 Common Tern, Cuckoo, m Peregrine, 2 Lesser Whitethroat (Steve Bacon per ELBF FB)
 * Rainham Village: incl f Cuckoo, Cetti’s Warbler, Reed Warbler (Richard Harrison per ELBF FB)
 * Rammey Marsh: Osprey S 1030 (BirdGuides)
 * Sevenoaks WR: Tufted Duck & 6+ yg fr willow hide, 8 Raven sheep field (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
 * Seventy Acres Lake: m RING-NECKED DUCK still (BirdGuides)
 * Stave Hill: 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Tufted Duck, 5 Blackcap, 4 House Martin (John Cadera)
 * Trent Park: Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, 3 Grey Wagtail pr & 1yg, 2 Mandarin pr & 4yg, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pete Lowman)

Tuesday 11th June 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Common Tern, ad Black-headed Gull, 30+ Swift, Peregrine, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Pochard, 2 Swallow, Treecreeper, {Small Tortoiseshell} (APOG Birders)
 * Ashtead Common: m Garden Warbler nr main ride 1 (Richard Nunns via Surrey BN)
 * Brentford Lock: 2 Common Tern (Michael E Robinson)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, 2 Stock Dove, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thush, 3 Blackcap m 2juv (Conrad Ellam)
 * Chigwell: 2 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Hobby, 7 Skylark, Lesser Whitethroat (Barry Jones per ELBF FB)
 * Hampstead Heath: 120+ Swifts above radio mast midday (Dave Porritt with MBS)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: incl 5 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Tern, Cuckoo, 15 Swift, Kestrel, 7 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 9 Cetti's Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 7 Reed Warbler, 3 Reed Bunting (Dave McGough per ELBF FB)
 * London Wetland Centre: Shoveler, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 5 fledged Lapwing, Common Snipe, 50+ Swift (WWT website); {2 m Norfolk Hawker} (Penny Smallshire); also incl Green Sandpiper am (Ken Noble via eBird)
 * Longfield: 4 Corn Bunting 2 singing m, 2 Nuthatch ad feeding yg in gdn, 8 Skylark (Roger Keith)
 * Maple Lodge NR "members only": f Goldeneye regularly at clubhouse (Phill Luckhurst via Herts BC)
 * Pinner “HA5”: Red Kite, Great Black-backed Gull (Nigel Barratt)
 * River Pool Linear Park "SE6": 4 Blackcap singing, 2 Chiffchaff singing, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Kingfisher, 4 Grey Wagtail, Little Egret, Grey Heron, 3 Greenfinch, 10+ House Sparrow, 14 Swift (John Reid)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 2 Shelduck & 2yg, m Wigeon, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper (Clifford Smout via Herts BC); also 2 Garganey, 4 Teal, House Martins over draper pool (E Sapatsch); also 2 Wigeon, 2 Cuckoo (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
 * Seventy Acres Lake: m RING-NECKED DUCK, 17+ Pochard 14+ad 3yg, 2 Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, singing Cuckoo, singing Nightingale, 2 singing Cetti's Warbler (Simon Papps); RND betw islands but elusive (Brian Dawton)
 * Sleapshyde nr Colney Heath: m Linnet, m Yellowhammer (Steve Pearce via Herts BC)
 * Southfields "Girdwood Rd SW18": calling Nuthatch in back gdns a gdn-1st (Martin Honey)
 * Stocker's Lake: Kittiwake mobbed by BHGs on small island for 10min then flew to middle of lake where lost to view (Anna Marett via Herts BC)
 * Stoneleigh "Station": 6 Blackcap pr & 4 fledged yg am (Neil Batten)
 * The Brook "BR5": Little Grebe, 2 singing Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Grey Heron, Swift (Jack Headley)
 * Trent Park: 4 Grey Heron imm & 3juv lower lake, 10 Mandarin Duck 6m 4f, Common Buzzard, 2 Swift, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 singing m Song Thrush, 4 singing m Chiffchaff, 4+ Goldcrest ad & 3+juvs nr shaws wd, 2 Jay (Robert Callf); also Blackcap, 2 Common Buzzard, Common Tern, 10 Common Swift, 2 Common Whitethroat, Grey Wagtail, 3 Stock Dove, Sparrowhawk (Pete Lowman)
 * Wanstead Flats: Hobby chasing Swift then carrying and plucking small prey on the wing, Kestrel, Common Buzzard, 5 Black-headed Gull, 5 Gadwall, 3 singing Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 4 Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat & yg, 30+ Swift, 7 House Martin (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 4 Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Kingfisher, 4 Bullfinch [breeding locally again], 6 House Martin, 20+ Swift, 8 Gadwall, 2 f Pochard, pr Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, {20 Cinnabar Moth, first Meadow Brown} (Nick Croft)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: Firecrest, Common Tern, Coal Tit, juv Black-headed Gull (Chris Farthing & Tony Butler)

Monday 10th June 2019

 * Brent Reservoir: Common Sandpiper, Egyptian Goose, c100 Swift, 4+ House Martin, 4 Common Tern, 2 Reed Warbler, Cetti’s Warbler, 17+ Pochard, m Teal (Steve Blake)
 * Coopers Green GPs: "Stanborough GP" 10+ Sand Martin incl 7 new nest-holes TL211107, 3m Yellowhammer, "Sutton Farm GP" m Yellowhammer (Steve Pearce via Herts BC)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Snipe, Redshank, 4 fledged Lapwing, 30+ Swift (WWT website)
 * Panshanger Park: incl Green Sandpiper still (Maydencroft Birders via Herts BC)
 * Rainham RSPB: Cattle Egret purfleet scrape still (Alan Reynolds blog); incl 3 Little Egret, 5 Avocet, 8 Swift (John Hurrell via eBird)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 2 m Wigeon, f Gadwall & 7yg, m Northern Shoveler draper hide, m Cuckoo singing, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker ad & juv, 12+ Swift, 2 Barn Swallow, 2+ House Martin, 4 Garden Warbler inc 1 fledgling, {Muntjac} (Robert Callf)

Sunday 9th June 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Common Tern, Treecreeper, Little Grebe, 3 Pochard, Peregrine (APOG Birders)
 * Beckton: ad Kittiwake (Dave Morrison tweet)
 * Gutteridge Wood: Barn Owl flying midday, distant calling Cuckoo (Nigel Dodd)
 * Hampstead Heath: Swallow feeding at men's pond midday, with 50 Swifts (Pete Mantle)
 * Hilly Fields Lewisham: 6 Swift, 6 Blackcap 3m 1f 2juv (Tom Moulton)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Shoveler, 4 fledged Lapwing, Common Tern (WWT website)
 * Mayflower Park: Common Tern (Bob Smith)
 * Panshanger Park: incl Little Egret over, Green Sandpiper [Ldn fos] (Murray Brown via Herts BC)
 * Rainham RSPB: incl 2 Dunlin (Cheech Albanese & Saad Towheed via eBird); also incl 3 Dunlin, Yellow-legged Gull (Patrick Hart per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: Pied Wagtail, predated by Kestrel (Paula Redmond)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 2 Wigeon, Black-tailed Godwit [Ldn fos] fr draper hide 1010, Kestrel (Emily Leonard tweets)
 * St Paul's Cray "Pleasance Rd BR5": pr Blackbird & c4juv at nest, 2 Swift late-pm (Jack Headley)
 * Sevenoaks WR: Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, Raven, 2 Coal Tit, Bullfinch (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
 * Seventy Acres Lake: m RING-NECKED DUCK still 0645 (BirdGuides)
 * Staines Reservoir: 4 Shelduck, Teal, Black-necked Grebe, Dunlin early-am (Dave Carlsson tweet)
 * Stoneleigh "The Glade KT17": 143+ Swift n, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 6 Herring Gull, 1 singing Goldcrest (Neil Batten)
 * Swanscombe Marsh ”18.30-20.45”: 12 Common Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat h, 7 Chiffchaff 4h, 5 Cetti's Warbler 4h, 17 Reed Warbler 12h, 2 Song Thrush h, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier 2f [f caught prey], 1 Oystercatcher, 64 Starling, 6 Greylag Goose 6ad & yg, 2 Raven, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Stonechat pr feeding unseen yg, 4 Linnet, 1 Kestrel caught prey, 1 Shelduck, 2 Blackcap h, 1 Cuckoo h, 2 Skylark (Roger Keith)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, Pheasant, 2 Rook, 10 Stock Dove, 30 Swift, Skylark, Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Linnet, Reed Bunting (Nigel Dodd)
 * The Brook "BR5": Egyptian Goose, 3 Swift, Grey Wagtail, 2 Song Thrush, Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap (Jack Headley)
 * Thorndon CP "0800-1000": incl 2 Kestrel, 2 Swallow, 6+ Nuthatch, m Treecreeper, m Lesser Whitethroat, pr Linnet, m Yellowhammer (Andrew Cox via Essex BwS)
 * Tooting Common: Reed Warbler singing, {White-letter Hairstreak} (Alan Wilkinson)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: 2 m Common Pochard, Hobby, 8 Kestrel pr & 3juv seen [6juv reported], pr Oystercatcher, 3 singing Garden Warbler, 5 singing Blackcap, 3 Tree Sparrow, m Bullfinch, 2 Linnet (Steve Blake, Bob Husband, NW Ldn RSPB Grp birdwalk)
 * Wanstead Flats: 3 Common Buzzard, 30+ Swift, 3 House Martin, Cetti's Warbler, 4 Meadow Pipit 2 singing & 2 carrying food, 3 singing Skylark (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 2 Common Buzzard, Kingfisher, Little Egret, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat 1 carrying food, 10+ Swift, House Martin, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe (Nick Croft/Marco Johnson)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: singing Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler (David Jeffreys)
 * Yeading Brook Meadows: feeding flock of 60 Starling mainly juvs, Cetti's Warbler still, pr Common Buzzard, 4 Greenfinch (Nigel Dodd)

Saturday 8th June 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Common Tern, 2 Swallow, House Martin, Peregrine (APOG Birders)
 * Battersea Park Lake: 3 f Mandarin with young 5 3 2 all different ages - highest breeding to date, 10 Gadwall, Egyptian Geese still 2 young, pr Mute Swan with 5 cygnets (Michael Mac)
 * Crewdson Road, SW9 in Inner London: 1 Swift in nest used last year, also used earlier this year by Starling, 5 House Sparrows (Michael Mac) suggests a shortage of suitable holes down here
 * Crossness: Mediterranean Gull 1s, 2 Little Egret, 6 Lapwing (Richard Bonser)
 * Erith Reach: 2 Yellow-legged Gulls 2s 1s off Erith Pier (Richard Bonser)
 * Foots Cray: 10+ Swift late pm (Jack Headley)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Little Ringed Plover, Kestrel, Hobby, 25+ Swift (WWT website)
 * Pymmes Park "Pymmes Brook": f Mandarin & 3yg on nest (James Palmer)
 * Rainham RSPB: imm Spoonbill still (Rod Standing, Dick Jeffree, Simren Soor per ELBF FB); "0950-1330" 20+ Pochard incl many yg, 5 Little Grebe incl 3yg, Great Crested Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, 8 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 5 Avocet 1 purfleet scrape & pr w/ with 2yg butts scrape, Oystercatcher river, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 50+ Sand Martin, 6+ Cetti's Warbler, 3 Sedge Warbler, 4+ Blackcap, 5+ Common Whitethroat, Linnet (Ben Mapp via Essex BwS)
 * Regent's Park: Cetti's Warbler still singing across from café aft (John & Janet Cadera)
 * Ruislip Lido: 60+ Swift, 20+ House Martin, Swallow, 8 Common Tern, 2 Greylag Goose, 4 Egyptian Goose, juv Grey Heron, 40+ Canada Goose & 5juv (Martin Smith)
 * Seventy Acres Lake: m RING-NECKED DUCK betw bridge & bittern_watchpt still 1535 (Nick Tanner tweet)
 * Staines Moor: incl Tufted Duck, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Lapwing, Common Tern, 16 Swift, Kestrel, Hobby, 2 Skylark, 6 Sand Martin, Cetti's Warbler, Garden Warbler, 4 Common Whitethroat, 2 House Sparrow, 2 Meadow Pipit, 14 Linnet, Reed Bunting (Suren Akkaraju via eBird)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Mediterranean Gull ad mid-pm, 300 Swift (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Stanstead Innings "N Lake": incl 2 Ringed Plover, Greenshank, 2 Common Tern (Jane Free via Herts BC/Twitter)
 * The Brook "BR5": Egyptian Goose, singing Chiffchaff, calling Great Spotted Woodpecker (Jack Headley)
 * Trent Park: 3 Blackcap, Common Buzzard, Common Tern, Common Whitethroat, Grey Wagtail, 4m Mandarin, Moorhen & 3yg, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pete Lowman)
 * Wormley: m Yellowhammer (Stephen Dunstan via eBird)

Friday 7th June 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Common Tern, 2 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 2 Peregrine, 2 Pochard (APOG Birders)
 * Bounds Green: Little Egret NW over Herbert Rd 1500 (Pete Mantle)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
 * Grovelands Park: 3 Great Crested Grebe incl pr, 4 Cormorant, ad m Mute Swan w/ orange darvic ring 4EIT, 9 Egyptian Goose 2m f 6yg, 7 m Mandarin Duck, m Common Pochard, 3 Tufted Duck 2m f, 6+ Stock Dove, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, m Goldcrest singing, 2 Coal Tit ad feeding juv, 8+ Nuthatch incl 4+ juv, ad Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Little Ringed Plover, Redshank, Common Tern, 70+ Swift (WWT website)
 * Mardyke, Stifford-Aveley: 2 Common Buzzard, Kingfisher, 12 Swallow, 4 Cetti's Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 9 Reed Warbler, 23 Common Whitethroat, Treecreeper, Yellow Wagtail, Reed Bunting (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Olympic Park: incl Tufted Duck brood, Little Grebe, Kingfisher, 2 Sand Martin, 3m Reed Warbler, m Reed Bunting (Richard Harrison per ELBF FB)
 * Rainham RSPB: imm Spoonbill, 7 Little Egret, m Marsh Harrier (RSPB via ELBF FB); Kingfisher (Bernard Bradshaw, Tony O’Brien per ELBF FB); 20+ Bearded Tit 10pr along circular trail with 1st broods now fledged (Howard Vaughan via RSPB blog)
 * Richmond Park; Peregrine took a Ring-necked Parakeet (Steve Read)
 * Ruxley GPs "permit only": 50+ Swift, 3 House Martin, c15 Reed Warbler, 2 singing Cetti's Warbler, 2 Great Crested Grebe, m Reed Bunting, 24 Gadwall, pr Mute Swan & 1yg, 5 Song Thrush, Kingfisher (Jack Headley)
 * Seventy Acres Lake: m RING-NECKED DUCK still, f Pochard & 8yg, Oystercatcher low E, 100+ Swift low in rain c1.30pm, 15+ Swallow (Simon Papps); RND still betw bridge & bittern_hide 15.50 (Edwin Sapatsch)
 * Staines Moor: incl 2 Shelduck over, Shoveler over, Little Egret, 12 Lapwing, 6 Black-headed Gull, 25 Swift, Kestrel, 8 Skylark, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 4 Meadow Pipit, 4 Linnet, 3 Reed Bunting (Thomas Gibson via eBird)
 * The Brook "BR5": 4 Grey Heron a site record count for me (Jack Headley)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: Barnacle Goose, Little Ringed Plover, pr Shoveler on E Warwick (Walthamstow Birders)

Thursday 6th June 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Common Tern, 2 House Martin, 5 Black-headed Gull (APOG Birders)
 * Brentford Lock: Red-crested Pochard m, Pochard m (Michael Robinson)
 * Dartford Marshes: Hobby, 6 Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher, Redshank, Cuckoo, 30 Swift, 10 House Martin, Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Common Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 3 Reed Bunting (Conrad Ellam)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Common Tern wildside, 2 Little Ringed Plover wader scrape, 1 Kestrel south route, 4 fledged Lapwing juvs wader scrape & grazing marsh, Pochard brood of 4 wildside, 20+ Swift main lake & grazing marsh, 1 House Martin grazing marsh (WWT website); pr Reed Bunting feeding yg in nest, hybrid Pochard x Tufted Duck main lake, {female Yellow-barred Longhorn moth Adela degeerella south route} (Martin Honey)
 * Mayflower Park "The Hamptons, Worcester Park": Common Tern again, 4 Grey Wagtails (Bill Reid per Bob Smith)
 * Pinner ”HA5”: Red Kite, Mistle Thrush, juv Goldcrest, Ring-necked Parakeet (Nigel Barratt)
 * Priory Gardens: juv Great Spotted Woodpecker still at nest hole, pr Nuthatch & juv, pr Egyptian Goose & 6yg, pr Mute Swan & 1yg, also multiple prs Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Coot & juvs, Moorhen & juvs (Jack Headley)
 * Rainham RSPB: 8 Little Egret, 30 Sand Martin (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: Common Sandpiper (Oscar Dewhurst)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 2 m Wigeon, m Garganey, 35 Common Pochard 19m 7f & two broods of 6 & 3 yg draper hide, Hobby, 4 Little Ringed Plover draper hide, House Martin, f Bullfinch (Robert Callf)
 * Seventy Acres Lake: no sign of Ring-necked Duck 11.30-2.30, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker & chick acc to board in bittern_hide - sadly no location given as I would have loved to see (Paul Francis); m RING-NECKED DUCK still (Andy Tweed per ELBF FB)
 * The Brook "BR5": 2 singing Blackcap otherwise quiet (Jack Headley)
 * Totteridge Valley: 5 Lapwing, Little Egret, Common Buzzard, 4 Swallow, 2 Swift, usual numbers of Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat (John Colmans)
 * Trent Park: 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 5 Common Whitethroat pr & 3yg, Common Tern, Grey Wagtail, Lapwing, 2 f Mandarin, Song Thrush, Stock Dove, Swallow, f Tufted Duck, {Cinnabar Moth, Small Heath} (Pete Lowman)
 * Twickenham: Sparrowhawk hunting over Strawberry Hill GC and north of Stanley Rd 15.30 (Mike Foster)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 1 Little Ringed Plover, 7 Linnets inc 3 juvs, 2 Common Tern, 4 Shelduck 2pr w/ 7 & 11 yg, 1 Green Woodpecker, 25 Mute Swan (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, {Common Lizard} (Francis O'Sullivan)

Wednesday 5th June 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Common Tern, House Martin, 6 Pochard, Peregrine, {Large Skipper, Meadow Brown both foy} (APOG Birders)
 * Bankside “SE1”: Reed Warbler singing in tate community gdn 13.00 - surprisingly late (Reuben Braddock)
 * Crossness NR: 2 Peregrine, Cuckoo, Barn Owl, 2 Skylark, Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron [3w], 13 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Kestrel, 3 Reed Bunting, 8 Lapwing, Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Common Whitethroat, 6 Gadwall, 2 Song Thrush, 10 Tufted Duck, 8 Pochard, 9 Swift W, Swallow, "Thames & foreshore" 27 Shelduck & 11yg, c70 Gadwall, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Mute Swan, 9 Lapwing, 14 Common Tern, 2 Reed Warbler, Greenfinch, Oystercatcher, Lesser Black-backed Gull, c70 Black-headed Gull, 6 Cormorant (Bernie Weight)
 * Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 4 Common Buzzard, 7 Common Swift, 1 ad Black-headed Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: incl Pochard 5yg, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Redshank, 2 Common Tern (WWT website)
 * Oakwood "Station": {m Lime Hawk-moth} (Robert Callf)
 * Pinner "Lloyd Crt": small flock of Starling on lawn incl 2ad w/ rings & 1juv. Any ideas who is ringing these birds (Richard Francis)
 * Rainham RSPB: m Garganey still, ad Mediterranean Gull (Denis Tuck, Peter Collins per ELBF FB); Hobby (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
 * Sevenoaks WR: 2 Red Kite, 15+ ad Lapwing, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker h nr nina's pond, Coal Tit, 6 Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 2 Nuthatch ad & yg (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
 * Seventy Acres Lake: RING-NECKED DUCK still 11am around islands betw bittern_hide & footbridge (Jim Fell); RND still 14:45, also Little Owl at sailing club (James Palmer)
 * Staines Moor: m Cuckoo calling, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, 8 Blackcap, 5 Common Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 2 Redshank, 6 Lapwing, 4 Red Kite, 4 Kestrel, 30+ Swift, 10 House Martin, 8 Reed Bunting, 20 Linnet, 2+ Meadow Pipits, Skylark, Stonechat, Stock Dove, 4 Common Tern (Nick Baker)
 * Stoneleigh "The Glade KT17": 15 Common Swift circling low 19:30 (Neil Batten)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: 1f Wigeon No1, 9 Shelduck plus 2 broods of 11 & 7 yg, 3 Linnets inc 2 fresh juvs, 6 Gadwall, 3 Stock Dove, 84 Canada Goose No4 & No5 only, 13 Mute Swan & 5yg, Common Whitethroat (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * Wanstead Flats: 2 Hobby one looking rather rotund–presumably female, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 11 House Martin, Swallow, 30+ Swift, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, first fledged family of Common Whitethroat (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: 5 Reed Warbler 4m f incl pr on Roding which could be the first nesting birds here, 5 Swift, 6 House Martin, Coal Tit, Great Crested Grebe on 3 eggs, 2 Little Grebe, 12 Gadwall [not good news with returning failed breeders], {8 Bee Orchid plants though only 3 with flowers the others appear scorched} (Nick Croft)

Tuesday 4th June 2019

 * Alexandra Park: 50+ Swift, Peregrine, pr Pochard (APOG Birders)
 * Brookmill Park: 2 Little Egret, Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Swift, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
 * Cassiobury Park: f Mandarin & 8yg (per Herts BC)
 * City of London "Basinghall St EC2": 2 Peregrine (George Kalli)
 * Dagenham Chase: Mediterranean Gull 1s over slack briefly (Vincenzo Halley-Frame tweet)
 * Farlows Lake: 3 Red Kite (Toby Mylett)
 * Hampstead Heath: pr Common Whitethroat, m Kestrel, 8 Pied Wagtail on cricket pitch incl juvs (Reuben Braddock)
 * Hornhill Road "WD3": Common Buzzard 12:10 (Toby Mylett)
 * Hyde Park: 3 House Martin, 16+ Swift round pond (Ian R Watson)
 * Lavender Hill Cemetery: m Kestrel, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, 4 Coal Tit ad 3juvs (Robert Callf)
 * Leatherhead "Randalls Way": poss ad Yellow-legged Gull w/ missing left foot roosting on chimney of former food research bldg 12:50 [difficult views due to tree cover & light & distance] (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Tern, Hobby sheltered lagoon, 25+ Swift (WWT website)
 * Rainham RSPB: 2 Marsh Harrier, 200 Swift, Kingfisher brood, Hobby (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: f Garganey fr draper hide, 2 Cuckoo (per Herts BC)
 * St Paul's Cray "BR5": Sparrowhawk low over Kelsey Rd, Common Swift hawking evg (Jack Headley)
 * Seventy Acres Lake: m RING-NECKED DUCK still 0745 1330 1715 (BirdGuides)
 * Stoneleigh "Station KT17": 11 Common Swift am (Neil Batten)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs "main gp": Yellow-legged Gull 1s early-pm, 100+ Swift (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Wetlands: pr Shelduck & 7 two-week-old yg, 1 Common Sandpiper, 250+ Swifts, 1 Little Ringed Plover (Daniel Whitelegg); m Scaup still (Jamie Partridge)

Monday 3rd June 2019

 * Brent Park: Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 6 Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler [patch first], 2 Treecreeper (Toby Mylett)
 * Brookmill Park: 3 Little Egret, Kingfisher, 3 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
 * Dyrham Park: Jay, Chiffchaff (Toby Mylett)
 * Grimsdyke Crescent Field "EN5": Ring-necked Pheasant, 3 Rook, 8 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat (Toby Mylett)
 * Hackney Wick: Common Buzzard and Carrion Crow at height having a 'joust' (Geoff Harding)
 * London Wetland Centre: Hobby, Kestrel, 2 Common Tern nesting, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 well-grown Lapwing juvs now starting to fly, 2 Shelduck, 15 Swift, 2 Grey Wagtail (WWT website)
 * Maple Lodge NR "members only": Garganey m eclipse [2nd day] (Paul Lewis tweet)
 * Mayflower Park: Common Tern for 15min patch tick (Bob Smith)
 * Oakwood "Bramley Parade": {Buff-tip moth} (Robert Callf)
 * Rainham RSPB: Cattle Egret still (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB); m Garganey, m Teal (David Smith per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond Park: Rook N, c66 Sand Martin 33 nest holes in use (Phil Pentek, Steve Read)
 * Seventy Acres Lake "Fishers Green": m RING-NECKED DUCK still showing well nr bridge fr east side of lake (Chris Baldwin)
 * South Ruislip: Red Kite circling low (Nigel Barratt)
 * Highams park lake : a female smew is there since at least saturday.. Very friendly, not shy she's coming very close
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: f Wigeon No1 (James Palmer); m Scaup east warwick (David Bradshaw)

Sunday 2nd June 2019

 * Alexandra Park: Commn Tern, 3 ad Black-headed Gull (APOG BIrders)
 * Beckton STW "private access": incl 8 Great Crested Grebe, pr Common Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Mediterranean Gull am (Dave Morrison tweet)
 * Brent Reservoir: 5 Common Tern, 4 House Martin, 9 Blackcap, Reed Warbler (Toby Mylett)
 * Brook Farm, Upminster: incl Great Egret W 1615, 2 Common Buzzard, 21 Swift, Kingfisher, 2 Kestrel, Hobby, 6 Swallow, Yellow Wagtail, 3 Yellowhammer (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Bushy Park: Cetti's Warbler singing on banks of Longford R by gate to Duke's Head Passage 09.30 (Mike Foster)
 * Cely Woods: incl Treecreeper, 2 Willow Warbler, Garden Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Clapham "Narbonne Ave": 6 Swift 3pr (Tony Stones)
 * Clapham Common "Eagle Pond": Reed Warbler singing (Tony Stones)
 * Holloway “Morrisons c/p N7”: 2 Little Egret SW 16.23 (Reuben Braddock)
 * Home Park: 20 House Martin hunting over rick pond, Skylark singing just to west 10.00 (Mike Foster)
 * Iver Heath: 4 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Swallow (Nigel Barratt)
 * Lamorbey Park: 4+ Swift, Swallow, c30 Stock Dove on school fields evg, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 singing Blackcap, Goldcrest, 3 Greenfinch (Mike Amos)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Mediterranean Gull W, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Little Egret, 30 Swift, Redshank, Hobby (WWT website)
 * Maple Lodge NR "members only": Garganey m eclipse (Paul Lewis tweet)
 * Middlesex University Campus: Blackcap m (Toby Mylett)
 * Olympic Park: Sparrowhawk over, 5 House Martin, 5 Sand Martin, 3 singing Common Whitethroat, 2 singing Blackcap (Harry Harrison)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir "private access": 4 Sanderling, Dunlin on n bank at 1600m marker 0850 (Peter Newbound via Berks BN)
 * Rainham RSPB: incl Cattle Egret still, Curlew [Ldn fos], Stonechat am (Alastair Newton via eBird)
 * Seventy Acres Lake "Fishers Green": m RING-NECKED DUCK seen distantly fr bittern_watchpoint 10:20-10:30 and photographed though often hidden from view behind islands (Dominic Mitchell) contra BirdGuides report RND apparently not seen here previously but an unconfirmed report from Holyfield L on 11th May. Seen well subsequently from bridge over Seventy Acres Lake and still present at 17:00 (Nick Croft/James Heal); also 7+ singing Garden Warbler, Cuckoo, interesting Chiffchaff with elements of Iberian just north of overflow c/p on east side of Seventy Acres Lake (Nick Croft)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Black-necked Grebe on S basin, 1 Mediterranean Gull 1s then S 12.15 (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Swanscombe Marsh "0600-0930": incl 4 Shoveler, 8 Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck, 12 Grey Heron & 5juv in 2 nests, 2 Water Rail, 3 Mediterranean Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Cuckoo, 4 Bearded Tit incl juvs, 7 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Stonechat (Barry Wright via Kent OS)
 * The Brook "BR5": Chiffchaff, Little Grebe, 2-3 Egyptian Goose, 3+ singing Blackcap (Jack Headley)
 * Thorndon CP "0800-1000": incl Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel m & fledgling, Skylark, 7 House Martin, m Willow Warbler, m Yellowhammer (Andrew Cox via Essex BwS)
 * Woodside nr Hatfield: 3+ Linnet, Yellowhammer TL252064 (Steve Pearce via Herts BC)
 * Wanstead Flats: Lesser Whitethroat, 2 singing Meadow Pipit (Nick Croft)

Saturday 1st June 2019

 * Brent Reservoir: Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Common Tern, 3 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler (Toby Mylett)
 * Brixton: 1-2 Grey Wagtail [1 Brixton Water Ln & same or 2nd bird over St. Saviour's Rd c5min later] (Tony Stones)
 * Copped Hall: 3 Red Kite, Kestrel, 9 Common Buzzard, 7 Yellowhammer 5 singing, 6 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting, 5 Skylark, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Mistle Thrush, 2 Red-legged Partridge, {Hare} (Chris Baldwin)
 * Cornmill Meadows: 1 large Lapwing chick, Hobby (Ian Bradshaw)
 * Hampstead Heath: Reed Warbler singing briefly by sanctuary pond 12.15 (Reuben Braddock)
 * Hunsdon Mead NR: Grasshopper Warbler h reeling [w end] (Jon Agar)
 * Lamorbey Park: Cormorant, 3 Egyptian Goose, pr Tufted Duck, 4 Stock Dove, 6 Swift, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush 1 singing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 5 singing Blackcap, singing Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Jay, 3 Jackdaw, Greenfinch (Mike Amos); also 2 Grey Heron, Wren, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, 2 Peregrine (Eric Brown)
 * London Wetland Centre: Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover, Lapwings and juveniles, White Wagtail, Hobby, Shelduck, Common Tern, Blackcap, Reed Warblers, Cetti's Warblers abundant, {Marsh Orchids abundant, first Bee Orchids in flower, and good day for butterflies (8 species), and dragon/damsel flies [6 species]] (Angus Innes, Martin Honey et al)
 * Morden Hall Park "42 species": incl Spotted Flycatcher briefly then h later, singing Common Whitethroat, pr Reed Bunting, 2+ squealing Water Rails, 4 Reed Warblers, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Chiffchaff, plenty of Blackcap, plenty of Song Thrush, 2+ Swifts, 2 Stock Dove (Arjun Dutta & MHP NG)
 * Pinner “HA5”: Red Kite, 7 Swift, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Nigel Barratt)
 * Priory Gardens: Great Spotted Woodpecker & juvs in nest hole, pr Egyptian Goose & 4yg, Grey Wagtail, calling Nuthatch (Jack Headley)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: 17 Sanderling 1120 (per Peter Newbound via Berks BN)
 * Rainham Marshes: 2 Sanderling, 4 Avocet & 3yg, 3 Oystercatcher, Cattle Egret still, 2 Little Egret, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Marsh Harrier, Hobby, {Wall butterfly} (Andrew Self); Cuckoo, 4 Bearded Tit, Kingfisher, 10+ Common Tern, {Scarce Chaser} (Nick Croft, RSPB); 2 Little Ringed Plovers, Ringed Plover, 6 broods of Shovelers, Pochard 2 broods (Ian Bradshaw)
 * Roydon: 4 Lapwing, Common Tern (Jon Agar)
 * Staines Reservoir: Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper causeway [n bank] late-aft (Dom Pia tweet)
 * Stanwell Moor: 2 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Cetti's Warbler (Thomas Gibson via eBird)
 * Sturgess Park, Brent Cross: Blackcap, Garden Warbler [site foy] (Toby Mylett)
 * The Brook "BR5": 2 singing Blackcap, singing Chiffchaff, Little Grebe, Egyptian Goose (Jack Headley)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: "main gp" Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, 4+ Common Buzzard, Great Black-backed Gull, Cuckoo, Tree Sparrow, "fishing lake" 2 Oystercatcher, Willow Warbler (TyttGP tweet)
 * Upper College Farm "DA5": Hobby, 12+ Common Whitethroat, Sparrowhawk, c6 Linnet, singing Cetti's Warbler, Skylark, 15+ Swift (Jack Headley)
 * Warren Gorge: incl 6 Tufted Duck, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 11 Grey Heron, 52 Little Egret 16ad 36juv, Common Buzzard, 21 Swift, 5 Kingfisher 2ad 3juv, 36 House Martin, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)

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