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Tuesday 12th April 2016

 * Alexandra Park: 6 Little Egret north 0655 record flock for site also Swallow north, 2 Willow Warbler (Bob Watts)
 * Bexley: Lesser Whitethroat singing in Thistlefield Cl. (Patrick English)
 * Brent Reservoir: Yellow-browed Warbler in sallows by builder's car park 07.26 (10th day), Wheatear on mud from hide, Peregrine, 7 Snipe, 2 Sand Martin, 20 Blackcap, 13 Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warblers (Brent Birders)
 * Broadwater Lake, Harefield. A 1st S. Little Gull this morning plus 1 Common Tern, 3 Mandarin Duck ( on R. Colne ), 4 Red crested Pochard and, on the adjacent on Moorhall Lake a singing Reed Warbler ( the first one in London so far this spring ?? ). (John Edwards) No. Reed Warbler already reported from Waterworks NR on 6th April and Rainham Marshes 3rd April. 
 * Bushy Park: 2 Gadwall, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Reed Bunting (pair), 2 Shelduck, 2 Skylark, Treecreeper, Wheatear (In bracken area south of the Boating Pool). (Ian R Watson)
 * Canons Farm: 1 Goshawk (female flew low north, then independently photographed in nearby wood), 5 Swallow, 2-3 Common Redstart (1-2m, 1f), 5 Northern Wheatear, 1 Willow Warbler (Steve Gale, Geoff Barter, Duncan Jennings)
 * Carlisle Park Hampton: Willow Warbler singing (J.Wilczur)
 * Colliers Wood, River Wandle: 2 male Willow Warbler (stopped breeding annually here in the 1990s), 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Cormorant in the river (Keith Bates)
 * Crayford Marshes: 4 Little Egret, 2 Common Scoter, 2 Oystercatcher, 27 Redshank, Lapwing, Whimbrel, 21 Common Tern, 4 Stock Dove, 254 Woodpigeon, 12 Skylark, 2 Sand Martin, female Stonechat, 4 Northern Wheatear, 3 Fieldfare, male Ring Ouzel, 4 Meadow Pipit, 4 Blackcap, 4 Common Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 9 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Corn Bunting (Ralph Todd)
 * Gallions Reach: 2 Buzzard, Arctic Tern upriver. Very slow because of SW wind direction. (KJMcmanus)
 * KGV Reservoir: (drake) Scaup, Common Tern, Oystercatcher, LRP, 9 Northern Wheatear, (m) Ring Ouzel, 2 White Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler (Neville Smith). RO Still present at 1430hrs (Neville) from the north basin in the paddock with small red brick building (NS).
 * Leyton, Jubliee Park: Wheatear (JW Davies)
 * Motspur Park: Common Buzzard flying north(Bob Smith)
 * Oak Avenue NR, Hampton: Willow Warbler singing, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Linnet (J.Wilczur)
 * Rainham Marshes: Stone Curlew on Ouzel field, Sandwich Tern, Grasshopper Warbler (ELBF)
 * Richmond Park: 1 Redstart male briefly 100 m W of Holly Lodge 10.30 and a Wheatear flew over earlier. Tree Sparrow reported there 10.00 (Clive Ward per Franko J Maroevic); 3 more Wheatear, 7 singing Willow Warbler (M.Lewis, S.Read); female Goldeneye, Red Kite, 7 Buzzard, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 8 more Wheatear - total 12, 8 Meadow Pipit north, light hirundine passage (J.Wilczur)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: Cetti's Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat (Neville Smith).
 * St James's Park: Common Whitethroat (uncommon here, just one bird for one day last year) in the shrubs and a tree between the Cafe and Horse Guards Parade at 08:15, Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Peregrine over and a ridiculously tame Fox walking uninhibitedly among commuters (Frank Nugent). Brimstone on the wing at lunchtime (James Hudson); plus Peacock, Comma and Small White (FN).
 * Upper College Farm, Bexley: Whinchat, Northern Wheatear. (Jim Butler)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: rear paddocks - 6 Wheatear, Buzzard, Little Egret (JW Davies)
 * Wanstead Flats: 4 Common Redstart (3m/1f), 7 Northern Wheatear (5m/2f), Yellow Wagtail, Willow Warbler singing, House Martin, Red Kite, 6 Meadow Pipit, 7 Skylark, 10 + Chiffchaff, 10 + Blackcap, 2 Pochard, 10 + Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 3 Kestrel, 2 Redpoll (Nick Croft/Jon Lethbridge/Peter Brinton)
 * Waterworks NR: Reed Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler. field - Pheasant, Redwing. pitch'n'putt - Wheatear (JW Davies)
 * Worcester Park: Northern Wheatear (Bob Smith)

Monday 11th April 2016

 * Alexandra Park: Little Egret SE 0645 (Bob Watts)
 * Beddington Farm: 8 Little Gull east (Twitter)
 * Bloomsbury (University College London): Kestrel. First bird of prey I've seen on site (Jon Agar). (In the 1980s and 90s a pair regularly nested on a windowsill of the Waterhouse building in Grafton Way. On one occasion I picked up a fallen chick from the pavement (rather gingerly) (Jo Edwards).
 * Brent Reservoir: Yellow-browed Warbler for 9th day in usual place 09:45-10:00 (Andrew Haynes, Daniella Litterpicker [organiser of monthly litterpick 10am-noon at the reservoir]); plus 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Snipe (and 1 Brimstone) (AH); YBW still knocking about usual Sallows at 13:00-14:00hrs (observer?); North Arm / Marsh: 1 Green Sandpiper (2 have been around for a few days), 1 Common Buzzard over straight through low N at 12:44, 1 singing male Reed Bunting, 1 Water Rail heard calling (Bill Haines). Afternoon visit: Yellow-browed Warbler watched for 10 mins 12:30-40 with Roger Morton and NM of Balham (who had seen another Common Buzzard at 11.30 playing fields and a res yr 1st Reed Warbler singing Heron Hide), the 2 Green Sands flew back in after rain started 2.25, 3 Snipe came out to feed (Andrew Verrall)
 * Brookmill Park: m & f Blackcap, singing Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Claybury Park, Woodford Bridge: 5 m Blackcaps (all seen as well as heard!), Redpoll, 4 Chiffchaffs, 3 Stock Doves, Bullfinch, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 1-2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 2 Jays, Ring-necked Parakeet, Grey Heron, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Long-tailed Tits (Alan Hobson).
 * Cornmill Meadows: Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 2 Red-legged Partridge, Sedge Warbler, Cetti's Warbler (Martin Shepherd)
 * Enfield Island Village: Common Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk (Martin Shepherd)
 * Fairlop Waters: Lesser Whitethroat singing eve'g (BirdGuides)
 * Finsbury Park: Little Egret SE, Green Woodpecker and 3 singing Blackcaps (Ian Bradshaw)
 * Foots Cray: Hobby over Ruxley Corner, 3 Northern Wheatear Honeydale Fm (Patrick English)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: pair Mute Swan, 10 Tufted Duck, Kingfisher, 3+ Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Skylark heard singing from Upper College Farm, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, 5+ Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, 10+ Linnet (Ian Stewart)(Hi Ian where do you see Linnets here anywhere ? (Mike Amos)
 * Gallions Reach: Osprey, Ringed Plover (KJMcmanus)
 * Greenwich Peninsula: 2 Oystercatcher (Mark Wardman)
 * Gunpowder Park: 3 Willow Warbler singing, 2 Skylark singing (Neville Smith).
 * Hampstead Heath: Red Kite soaring over Parliament Hill at midday (Pete Mantle)
 * Hampton Court Park: 3 Wheatear together, 2 Shelduck, 2 Red-crested Pochard, Kestrel, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpeckers, Meadow Pipit, 4+ Skylark, with 9 Sand Martin over the adjacent Thames (Spencer Neal)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 4 Little Gull am (BirdGuides)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1m 1f Wheatear, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Common Snipe, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Whimbrel briefly on grazing marsh before departing NE, 4m 3f Blackcap, 3 singing Chiffchaff, 2 singing Willow Warbler, 1m White Wagtail, at least 2 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Redshank, 2 Swallows NE, 1m Pochard x Tufted hybrid, (Martin Honey); Iceland Gull (BirdGuides)
 * Lloyd Park, Croydon: 3 Ring Ouzel 2m f (Croydon Birders)
 * Mudchute: 2 Swallows E, 3 Chiffchaffs, 1 Blackcap (Nick Senior)
 * Muswell Hill: late Siskin over N (Dominic Mitchell-Twitter)
 * Oxleas Wood: pair of Firecrest, Goldcrest, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, male & female Blackcap, Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Stock Dove, Sparrowhawk, Jackdaw (Ron Turner)
 * Pinner (HA5): Coal Tit, singing Goldcrest, 4 Goldfinch, resident Starling with ring on right leg & nest building Song Thrush (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham Marshes: Ring Ouzel by visitor centre on foreshore 10.00, also 6 Common Scoter settled on the river briefly (Jo Edwards).


 * Richmond Park: Osprey - mobbed by Red Kite then high NE over Pen Ponds 11.45, 2 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, male Peregrine, female Goldeneye still, 13 Meadow Pipit - flock, 2 Stonechat - pair (J.Wilczur); 2 Ring Ouzel - Sidmouth Slope 08.20 (M.Lewis); male Ring Ouzel - Lawn Field briefly 09.45 (J.Few); 3 Wheatear - Bog (N.Jackman); Wheatear - 16 acre (S.Read); Lesser Whitethroat (F.Maroevic, M.Delpy)
 * St James's Park: 2 singing Willow Warbler, 2 singing Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Swallow N (Frank Nugent); Sedge Warbler singing on western point of duck island at lunch time (Andrew Self)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: Yellow Wagtail in paddocks, 3 Lesser Whitethroat singing, Sedge Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler, Wheatear and second Yellow Wagtail on the KGV Res, Common Snipe on Pattypool Mead (Martin Shepherd & Neville Smith)
 * Tyttenhanger GP: Little Gull, Ring Ouzel, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Little Egret, 8 Lesser Redpoll. (Steve Blake/Graham Knight/ Brendon Fagen)
 * Walthamstow marshes: Osprey over NE 19.00, also had Red Kite south an hour or so earlier over Lockwood Reservoir, Wheatear in paddocks, 10+ Sand Martins (Jamie Partridge)
 * Wanstead Flats: Ring Ouzel (Twitter), 2 m Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 10+ Chiffchaff, 10+ Blackcap, singing Willow Warbler, 4 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Pochard, 3 Little Grebe, 6 Skylark, 4 Meadow Pipit, 5+ Linnet (Bob Vaughan/Nick Croft/Marco Johnson)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: 3 Wheatear (2m & 1f), c3 singing Chiffchaff, c2 singing Blackcap, 1pr Linnet & c3 displaying Meadow Pipit (David Lindo & Vanesa Palacios)

Sunday 10th April 2016
[This day in 1773: A pair of Dartford Warbler shot at Bexley Heath near Dartford - the specimens that gave the species its name.] [Twitter - will delete later, but so interesting] - ''In terms of classification, does anyone know what Dartford Warblers were identified as before this date? ''(JR). The Bexley Heath birds were the first ever to be described (by Thomas Pennant) and so the species was unknown before this date (Lee Dingain). [''Hi Lee, I've put my bit back as it refers to the formal description and is perhaps relevant/interesting] Not sure but the species, Sylvia undata was not described by Boddaert until 1783 (as Motacilla undata) and subspecies Sylvia undata subsp.dartfordiensis was described by Latham in 1787, some years later (Martin Honey) - thanks all, but what then were they known as on the continent, where they are more widespread before they colonised here? - no need to answer in French : ) (JR). Boddaert assigned the name Motacilla undata to an earlier illustration by Buffon, who used the vernacular "Le ''Pitte-chou de Provence" (MRH)


 * Barn Elms, SW13: 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 2 Stock Dove (J.Wilczur)
 * Brent Reservoir: Yellow-browed Warbler showing on and off to at least 12:00 20m south of Cool Oak Lane in sallows opposite builder's yard then 14:00 to 14.15, Common Buzzard over at 11:50, 5 Swallows, 6 Willow Warbler, 11 Chiffchaff, 17 Blackcap, Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 4 Snipe, Redwing & Siskin over, 3 Brimstone, (Brent Birders+visitors)
 * Cranford CP: pair Common Buzzards, male Sparrowhawk, 5 Stock Doves, Mistle Thrush with nesting material, 2m & 1f Blackcap, Pheasant heard, 3 Green Woodpecker calling, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 singing Chiffchaff, 4 Jay, several Goldcrests (Wendy Marks)
 * Crossness: Ring Ouzel female in Paddocks, Yellow Wagtail east, c30 Sand Martin, Willow Warbler singing, 3 Blackcap singing, 3 Chiffchaff singing, 2 Common Buzzard, Peregrine, Sparrowhawk male, Little Egret, Little Ringed Plover, Lapwing, 15 Redshank, 3+ Oystercatcher, 2 Shoveler, 70 Gadwall (John Archer & Richard Bonser)
 * Danson Park: Mute Swan, 4 Egyptian Geese, Canada Geese, Coot, Moorhen, Male Blackcap 2+ Chiffchaff, 2 Jay, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, pair Stock Dove, c10 Herring Gulls (Mike Amos).
 * Epping Forest: Theydon Bois, Probable Rough-legged Buzzard flew low North at 12:30 after briefly associating with 8 local Common Buzzards (broad white rump, whitish head and longer wings and tail all seen well but didn't really get a good view of underside of tail), also Green Sandpiper, 4 Yellowhammer 2pr, 4 Lapwing, 10+ Skylark 5+ pr, pr Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Snipe, c40 Stock dove, 4 Swallow, 2 Linnet, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Muntjac (Joe Dickens)
 * Gallions Reach: Great White Egret (P Davies & KJMcmanus)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, House Martin, Chiffchaff (John Bushell, Conrad Ellam & Richard Green); probable Siberian Chiffchaff seen around 8.30am bird may have seen later in the day By CE and JB have posted photo's on FB and Twitter. (Richard Green)
 * Greenwich Peninsula: 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Linnet (Richard Green)
 * Hampstead Heath: Rook [making a total of 4 seen since 25th March] North at 07:05 (Frank Nugent).
 * Hither Green: Kestrel and at least 9 fledgling herons in Manor Park Gardens (Simon Robinson)
 * Hogsmill Water Treatment Works: 2 Shelduck W, pair Gadwall, 6 Teal, 65 Mallard, 1 Little Egret, 6 Grey Heron, 1 Green Sandpiper, 205 Herring Gull (mostly E), 20 Collared Dove, 180 Woodpigeon, 10 Grey Wagtail, 1 Sand Martin E, 5 Swallow N, 5 Blackcap, 13 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 150 Carrion Crow, 27 Greenfinch, 4 Linnet (Andrew Skotnicki)
 * KGV Reservoir: (drake) Scaup, Little Ringed Plover, Cetti's Warbler (Neville Smith); 1 male White Wagtail, 24 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 1 Buzzard, 1 Common Sandpiper (Tony Clancy)
 * Kingston upon Thames: 1 Red-crested Pochard at Raven's AIT, 5 Great Crested Grebe above Kingston Bridge, 4 Sand Martin below Kingston Bridge (Nigel Jackman). Pair of Mandarin asleep on boat gangway immediately below bridge on Hampton bank at 16:50 (Neil Batten)
 * Ladywell Fields: 2 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff (David Capper)
 * Lamorbey Park: Pair Mute Swan, 8 Tufted Duck, c30 Herring Gull on school fields with a possible 3CY Yellow-legged Gull and 1S Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming softly, 4+ Blackcap, Willow Warbler singing in private grounds, 10 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 2 Jackdaw (Ian Stewart)
 * Lewisham Park: 2 Stock Dove, Goldcrest, House Sparrow (David Capper)
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Shelduck, 2 Pintail - pair, m Tufted Duck hybrid thing, Buzzard over 11.25, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Snipe, 6 Redshank, Common Gull 1cy, Yellow-legged Gull 2cy, 130 Herring Gull, 2 Kingfisher, House Martin, m White Wagtail, Meadow Pipit - marsh, 2 Willow Warbler - lagoon (J.Wilczur, O.Dewhurst); 1 pair Shoveler, Chifchaff, 4+ Blackcap, 2 Reed Bunting, 2p Teal, 2 Wren, 1 Green Woodpecker, male chaffinch, 2 Jay (BirdermanKish)
 * Margravine Cemetery: Willow Warbler (sang briefly), Coal Tit, Goldcrest, Sparrowhawk N at 10:45 (Nathalie Mahieu, Ruth Savery).
 * Middlesex Filter beds. Swallow flying towards Walthamstow 14:00, Kingfisher flying down River Lea towards Lea Bridge Rd (S.Barry)
 * Mud chute: 3 Common Buzzards W/SW, 2 Collared Doves, 1 male White Wagtail briefly on the Paddocks then N, 3 alba Wagtails NE, 2 Willow Warblers, 4 Chiffchaffs, 4 Blackcaps, 5 Greenfinches, male Orange Tip; evening - male Common Redstart SW corner and 3 continental Song Thrushes on Paddocks (Nick Senior)
 * Osterley Park: Chiffchaff singing, 4 Egyptian Goose, 2 Gadwall, 3 Great Crested Grebe (1 on nest), Greenfinch, 3 Grey Heron (1 on nest), 56+ Jackdaw, 2 Jay, Kingfisher on Garden lake, Little Owl, 4 Mandarin, 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail, 4 Pochard, 6+ Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Shoveler, 8 Stock Dove (Richard Woolley).
 * Pinner (HA5): 2 Mistle Thrush, 5 Goldfinch, singing Goldcrest, Pied Wagtail, Coal Tit & 2 Long-tailed Tit (Jon Ridge).
 * Pymmes Park: Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler (James Palmer)
 * Rain ham Marshes RSPB: Razorbill still from Ken Barrett Hide early a'noon (Richard Bonser); also reported a Hobby (Twitter), Jack Snipe, 3 Common Snipe, Greenshank, 2 Oystercatcher, Curlew, Whimbrel, 7 Pintail, 8 Wigeon, Water Pipit, 2 Short-eared Owl, 2 Marsh Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, 3 Wheatear, Corn Bunting, Swallow (RSPB); Also 10+ Common Tern, Arctic Tern, Common Whitethroat, several Sedge Warbler & Reed Warbler (Bob Watts)
 * Richmond Park: m Redstart still hawthorns north of road on Sawyer's Hill, also 2-3 Buzzard and a pair of Stonechat (Hugh Bradshaw); 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Red Kite (S Woolfenden)
 * Seventy acres Lake: Sedge Warbler singing in n/w corner, Treecreeper (Neville Smith).
 * Southwark Park: female Common Scoter still on lake and 2 Grey Wagtails, 2 Little Grebes (Richard Bonser)
 * Staines Reservoirs: Sandwich Tern c.08.20, 2 Common Terns. Little Gull (Surrey website)
 * Staines / Stanwell Moor: Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Shelduck, 2 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Redshank, 2 Little Egret, lots of Skylark and Meadow Pipit, 5 Reed Bunting, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Lapwing, Linnets, 5 Mute Swan, 2 Canada Goose 06:00-09:00 (T James)
 * Stoke Newington Reservoirs: f. Pied Flycatcher in Oaks on South bank of East Res at 8:30am - this area not fully accessible until May 1st, Willow Warblers, Chiffchaffs, Cetti's Warblers and a single Blackcap singing (Chris Farthing)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: Common Redstart, Chiffchaff (Botany Marsh), 2 Greylag Geese with 8 young, 5 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 2 Kestrel (Botany Meadow). (Roger Keith)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 5 Pheasant (3 together), Buzzard, m Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 6 Lapwing, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Snipe, 12 Stock Dove, min 2 Kingfisher (1 flew over scrub + later 2 chasing along brook), 6 Skylark, c12 Meadow Pipit, Swallow, 8 singing Chiffchaff, singing Willow Warbler, 8 Blackcap (6 singing), 5 Rook, Lesser Redpoll, Bullfinch (probably 2), 25 Linnet, Peacock (Neil Anderson/G. Westley/ K. Bull)
 * Totteridge Valley: Grasshopper Warbler and Whitethroat (owl field) and a Hobby N over Folly Farm at 09:58, also Willow Warbler, Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 2 Egyptian Goose, 9 Teal, 3 Coot (all Darlands area), 6 Tufted Duck (Long Pond, a record count), 2 Linnet, Meadow Pipit, Lapwing, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 4 Common Buzzard, 3 Kestrel (Ian Ellis)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: early am Siberian Chiffchaff calling frequently and seen in hedgerow near paddocks, singing Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, 4 singing Cetti's Warbler, calling Water Rail, 4 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting, Shelduck (Stuart Fisher)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: White Wagtail, 2 m wheatear, Meadow Pipit north, 2 swallows, sand martins back on territory, 3 buzzards all over sw, sedge warbler, intermedium Lesser Black-backed Gull (Jamie Partridge)
 * Wandsworth Common: Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Grey Wagtail (pair), Siskin, 2 Pochard, 4 Shoveler, 4 Mute Swan (Nick Rutter)
 * Wanstead Flats: 2 male Common Redstart, m Wheatear, Rook, 2 House Martin, 3 Swallow, 4 Sand Martin, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, 4 Kestrel, 5 + Linnet (Wanstead Birders)
 * Yeading Brook meadows: Little Egret, Kingfisher, singing Skylark, 2 singing Chiffchaff, Small Tortoiseshell (Neil Anderson/K. Bull)

Saturday 9th April 2016

 * Alexandra Park: 3+ Willow Warblers, 7m Chiffchaff, 6m Blackcap, Red Kite reported last week (Bob Watts & Alan Gibson)
 * Amwell: Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Redshank, Snipe, 3 Red Kite, 8+ Common Buzzard. Also 2 Marsh Tit and a Sedge Warbler beyond the 20-mile boundary (members of LNHS)
 * Brent Reservoir: Yellow-browed Warbler 10.20 in Woolmead Avenue (Roy Beddard) and then in usual Sallow (Bob Husband, Conrad Ellam, Pete Lowman) again at 12.45 and 13.45 in Sallow by site storage car park (near bridge Cool Oak Lane), Jack Snipe, 6 Common Snipe, 3 Little Ringed Plover (2m, 1f), 2 Green Sandpiper, Water Rail (from hides), also 12 Chiffchaff, 11 Blackcap, 2 Swallow (Oliver Simms), 2 Sand Martin (Brent Birders plus visitors, 14+ birders saw Y-bW today), Willow Warbler (Conrad Ellam); Red Kite over east when I was watching the YBW at 14:30. Not sure if this is a notable bird for the site ? (John Edwards)
 * Brookmill Park: Singing Blackcap & Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam).
 * Canons Farm: Hawfinch  (by Canons Farmhouse at about 12.30ish), 6 Yellowhammer, 2 Siskin, Nuthatch, Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Long-tailed Tit, Jay, Chiffchaff. (Phil Laurie)
 * Clapham Common: Red Kite circling over at 12.30 p.m. (Nick Rutter)
 * Claybury Park, Woodford Bridge: 2 Chiffchaffs, Ring-necked Parakeet, male Sparrowhawk (Alan Hobson).
 * Cranford CP: Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Linnet, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Kingfisher heard calling (Wendy Marks)
 * Ewell, DW Fitness, Banstead Road: 1 singing Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Pheasant, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 10 Stock Dove (Neil Batten)
 * Fairlop Waters: Male Redstart (Neil Twyford/Alan Thomas)
 * Finsbury Park: one Red-Legged Partridge merrily marching its way down Regina Road (Rob Reddy)
 * Foots Cray: Little Egret on Hales Field by Edgington Way, Grey Wagtail (Ian Stewart)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: Pair Mute Swan, c10 Tufted Duck, 3+ Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Swallow low SW during rain, 2+ Blackcap, c10 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler singing north of Five Arches, Coal Tit (Ian Stewart)
 * Gallions Reach: 3 male Common Redstart, Curlew, 2 Common Tern, 2 Sand Martin, Swallow, 3 Wheatear. (Gary A James & Paul Davis).
 * Harmondsworth Village: 3 House Martins (Sue Giddens)
 * Harlesden: Great Black-backed Gull flying around the clock tower this afternoon (Mike Amos).
 * KGV Res: am 2 Wheatear, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Goosander (A.Middleton)
 * Lamorbey Park: Swallow briefly, 2+ Blackcaps, 3+ Chiffchaff, Pair Mute Swan, 2 Cormorant, 10+ Tufted Duck, c10 Canada Geese, Mallard, 4+ Coot, 4+ Moorhen, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker plus 1 drumming, Jackdaw, pair Starling, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Long-tailed Tit (No sign of any Willow Warblers today) (Mike Amos); White Wagtail just inside gate on private fishing bank c16.40, Nuthatch, Greylag Goose (Ian Stewart)
 * London Wetland Centre: Hoopoe (Peter White via Twitter, B.Kilby); 1m Wheatear grazing marsh, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Shelduck, 1 Common Snipe, 1 House Martin, 6 Redshank (Martin Honey and others); male White Wagtail (J.Wilczur, S.Woolfenden)
 * Mudchute: 1 Little Egret E, 1 m Peregrine, 1 m Sparrowhawk, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Yellow Wagtails NW, 4 Blackcaps (1 female), 1 Whitethroat, 11 Chiffchaffs including 5 in one tree, 5 Greenfinches, 2 Linnets, 1 male Reed Bunting, 8 Monk Parakeets (Nick Senior)
 * Oxleas Wood: Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Jackdaw, Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Stock Dove (Ron Turner)
 * Pinner (HA5): Little Egret over north-west at 17:10, Common Buzzard over north at 17:07, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldfinch, singing Goldcrest, 3 Pied Wagtail, Jackdaw & Collared Dove (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: RAZORBILL 16:15 Aveley Pool on path beyond perimeter fence (Jonathan Nasir via Twitter), flew onto water visible from Ken Barrett Hide 18:15 (BirdGuides); f Serin 08:00 - seen again at rear of car park 15:40 (BirdGuides)
 * Richmond Park: 1 Blackcap m, 2-3 male Wheatear, pair Reed Bunting, 5+ Chiffchaff singing, surprisingly no gulls on Pen Ponds (Mat Hare); male Redstart - Sawyer's Hill hawthorns (H.Bradshaw)
 * Ruislip Lido/Poors Field: pr Greylag over (rare here), 12 Shoveler, 3 Buzzard (pr PF + third seen from garden centre over Mad Bess Wood), displaying m Sparrowhawk high over, Buzzard pair, 8 Black-headed Gull (potential breeding behaviour from pr), 7 Chiffchaff (6 singing), 2 singing Willow Warbler, 3 singing Blackcap, young Muntjac swimming in Lido (probably escaping dogs + followed by pr Coot + flock of 10 BH/Herring Gulls circling low over it) (Neil Anderson)
 * Sidcup Place: Common Buzzard, Pied Wagtail, Willow Warbler singing in field south of Cray Wanderers FC, Chiffchaff, c20 Jackdaw, c20 House Sparrow at Cray Road end (Ian Stewart)
 * Staines Reservoir: 2 Black-necked Grebe, 5 Little Ringed Plover, drake Scaup, 5 Swallow, Yellow Wagtail (Jim Sweetland)
 * Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Pied Flycatcher by East Reservoir 16:15-16:40 (BirdGuides) showing well 17:35-17:45 in SE oaks (TeRNS via Twitter)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: Red Kite over at 11:55 mobbed by Raven, 30 Redshank, Curlew, Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, 13 Turnstone, 3 Swallow, 2 Stonechat, 22 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 9 Chiffchaff & 2 Willow Warbler (Andrew Self); m Common Redstart showing well in the Botany/KWT reserve from 1600 by bench and cinder path nearest marsh, also Meadow Pipit (singing), Sparrowhawk and Yellow Wagtail over (Peter Beckenham)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: Sparrowhawk, pr Kestrel, 3 Buzzard, Red Kite, 3 Lapwing, 3 Little Ringed Plover, m Wheatear, 30 Linnet, 25 Meadow Pipit, 5 Reed Bunting, pr Bullfinch, 8 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap (Nigel Dodd)
 * Totteridge Valley: Fieldfare, Linnet, 4 Bullfinch, 2 Swallow, 4 Tufted Duck at Long Pond, 2 Coot, 5 Teal (2m, 3f) at Darlands Lake (Ian Ellis)
 * Tyttenhanger GP: 2 Redshank, Little Egret, 3 Yellow Wagtail (males), Wheatear (male), 2 Tree Sparrow, Willow Warbler, c30 Swallow, 4+ Sand Martin, 5 Blackcap, 8 Chiffchaff, 2 Redpoll, 7 Buzzard, 3 Red Kite. (Steve Blake, Richard Coombes, Steve Pearce)
 * Wanstead Flats: Redstart still in SSSI, Sand Martin (Tony Brown), Swallow (James Heal) Lesser Redpoll (Stuart Fisher) 4 other Common Redstart (4m 1f all told), Yellow Wagtail, 3 Swallow, 10 + Chiffchaff, 5 + Blackcap, singing Willow Warbler, 5 Meadow Pipit, 5 Skylark, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrel, 2 Shoveler, 5 Little Grebe, Goldcrest, Greet Black-backed Gull (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: 3 m Common Redstart, 10+ Chiffchaff, 10+ Blackcap, 3 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 9 Shoveler, 2 Teal, 2 Pochard, 4 Little Grebe, pr of Great Crested Grebe, Nuthatch (Nick Croft)
 * Waterworks NR: m Common Redstart, Reed Warbler, 3 singing Cetti's Warbler, Reed Bunting, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Shelduck (Stuart Fisher); Siberian Chiffchaff singing near entrance (Jamie partridge)

Friday 8th April 2016

 * Alexandra Park: Common Buzzard drifting W. across Conservation Area and Palace 16.45 hrs (Jonathan Cooke).
 * Amwell: Osprey N over viewpoint (BirdGuides)
 * Beddington Farmlands: Siberian Chiffchaff, Long-eared Owl (not viewable from public path) (Twitter)
 * Bow Creek Ecology Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, 1m Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler singing, Greenfinch, Song Thrush, 2 Linnet (Mark Wardman)
 * Brent Reservoir: 3 Lapwing, 8 Common Snipe, Jack Snipe 12.30, Water Rail heard, Cetti's Warbler heard (All Main Hide), Green Sandpiper (Heron Hide), Yellow-browed Warbler seen several times 11.00- 12.45 usual Sallow by car park 30m from Cool Oak Lane, 3 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, m Brimstone, Fox out on mud (Roy Beddard, Steve Blake, Andrew Verrall & others);17.00 on 2 Green Sandpiper,2 Lapwing,Little Ringed Plover,Snipe,Little Egret, Kingfisher(F.O'Sullivan)
 * Dulwich Park: 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler (Martin Stevens).
 * Finsbury Park: 3 singing Willow Warblers, 2 singing Blackcaps, 3 Little Grebes and pair of Shovelers (Ian Bradshaw)
 * Gallions Reach: 4 Common Tern, Snipe, Buzzard (KJMcmanus); 2 Whimbrel, Curlew, 6 Oystercatcher, Redshank, Yellow Wagtail (Gary A James).
 * Greenford UB6: female Siskin on my feeders- 1st garden record. (Neil Anderson)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler (John Bushell per Conrad Ellam)
 * Hampstead Heath: Morning ramble - 8 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaffs and 3 Willow Warblers, Kingfisher posing on post Sanctuary Pond. Chilly. (Greengrandad e
 * KGV Reservoir: White Wagtail, m. Wheatear, Meadow Pipit, Siskin, Common Buzzard (Martin Shepherd)
 * Lamorbey Park: Pair Mute Swan, 2 Greylag Geese, 3+ Egyptian Geese, 10+ Tufted Duck, Little Egret over, Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 4+ Blackcap, 3 Willow Warbler, 6+ Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 2 Jackdaw, Siskin (Ian Stewart, Steve Carter, Donna Zimmer)
 * Leg o' Mutton Nature reserve: 2 Cetti's Warbler (1 heard, 1 seen), 2 Blackcap M (1 singing), c.5 Willow Warbler, lots of chiffchaff, 1 Cormorant over, 2 Egyptian geese, 2 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, 4 Teal, 4 Song Thrush, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 3 Terrapin sunning next to a nesting Canada goose. (Eugene Dillon-Hooper)
 * London Wetland Centre: Garden Warbler (BirdGuides), also Firecrest around Sheltered Lagoon (Charles Dewhurst), 3 Little Ringed Plover 2m f (males display flight) but only 2m located pm, 2 Pintail m f wader scrape, 2 Common Snipe, Firecrest showing well mid and late afternoon (Martin Honey)
 * Margravine Cemetery: Willow Warbler (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Mudchute: 2 House Martins, male Wheatear, 3 Willow Warblers, 2 Chiffchaffs, 7 singing male Blackcaps, 2 Redpoll sp over NE (Nick Senior)
 * Petts Wood: 4 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4+ Chiffchaff, Nuthatch (Ian Stewart)
 * Pinner (HA5): singing Nuthatch, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, singing Goldcrest, 3 Goldfinch, pair of Pied Wagtail & a single Jackdaw (Jon Ridge).
 * Redbridge Lakes, Woodford Bridge: Willow Warbler (first one I've seen locally for several years) - sang occasionally, and intermittent very good views, also 2 Chiffchaffs, Green Woodpecker, Long-tailed Tit, Song Thrush (Alan Hobson).
 * Richmond Park: pm visit only, mainly Pen Ponds area - 3 Red Kite, 6 Common Buzzard (4 together plus 2 lingerers), 6 Reed Bunting, 2 Stonechat, 3 Meadow Pipit, 3 Swallow, female Goldeneye still, Kingfisher (Frank Nugent).
 * Rotherhithe: male Redstart still Russia Dock Woodland in cairn meadow below Stave Hill, also singing Willow Warbler, 5 singing Chiffchaff and 6 Blackcaps (Richard Bonser)
 * Rye Meads: Lesser Whitethroat, Grasshopper Warbler (Herts website)
 * Scadbury Park: Pheasant calling, 3+ Green Woodpecker, 2+ Great Spotted Woodpecker, singing Mistle Thrush, Blackcap, 8+ Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 4 Bullfinch (Ian Stewart)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: (m) Common Redstart in same area as Tuesday 0950 hrs (Neville Smith via Harry Lacey).
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Common Buzzard high E, Sparrowhawk (Ian Stewart)
 * Snaresbrook/Leyton Flats: Swallow NW, 9 Linnet N, f Reed Bunting, 2 Willow Warbler (one on territory in birches), 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, Sparrowhawk (Stuart Fisher)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 2 Black-necked Grebe, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 White Wagtail, 3 Redshank, 2 Shoveler, 10 billion flies (Nick S, M Lewis); also Little Gull seen by M Lewis
 * Sutcliffe Park: Mute Swan pair rebuilding last years nest, trilling Little Grebe, Chiffchaff, 6 Willow Warbler (Conrad Ellam)
 * Swanscombe Marshes: 1m Ring Ouzel briefly in scrub near old Sewage Works at 1525, viewed from footpath by Botany Marsh, 1 Wheatear (P Beckenham, R Keith)
 * Trent Park: 4 Bullfinch 2m 2f together near Oakwood entrance (Robert Callf)
 * Teddington: Red Kite, 2 Blackcaps, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Kestrel (Simon Worsfold)
 * Vanbrugh Park SE3: 2 Common Buzzards over late afternoon, 3 Sparrowhawks (2m competing for a displaying female), Blackcap, also Willow Warbler (Joe Beale)
 * Victoria Park: 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 4 Little Grebe, pair Great Crested Grebe West Lake (Bob Watts)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 11:00- 5 Sand Martin Leyton Marsh/R. Lea, Willow Warbler still singing along Flood Relief Channel, Cetti's Warbler still N of boardwalk, 2 Egyptian Geese on the riverside path at Middlesex Wharf (Alastair Dent)
 * Wanstead Flats: male Common Redstart still (relocated to cleared area in birches SSSI), singing Firecrest, singing Willow Warbler, 10 + Chiffchaff, 9 Blackcap, Swallow, 3 unidentified hirundine west, 6 Meadow Pipit, 5 Skylark, 2 Shoveler, Little Grebe, Redpoll, 5 + Linnet, 2 Kestrel (Wansted Birders); Common Redstart still approx 3.45-4.00 but now in two small hawthorn near brooms path. (G. Gram).
 * Waterworks NR: Siberian Chiffchaff singing for at least its 18th day from Willows just SE of entrance bridge (Paul Whitman); also 2 Willow Warblers (Richard Bonser).
 * West Dulwich: Unidentified medium-sized raptor flying high northwest at 1310. No visible plumage variation. Powerful wingbeats and direct flight. Heading in direction of Battersea. (one for Vague Bird News, I think)
 * Worcester Park: Northern Wheatear (Bill Reid)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: Common Redstart (BirdGuides)

Thursday 7th April 2016

 * Alexandra Park: Willow Warbler still Conservation Pond 0700 (Bob Watts)
 * Battersea Park: 2m 2f Pochard, 20+ Tufted Duck, 2m 2f Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, Sparrohawk, Mistle Thrush, 2 Egyptian Goose, Great Crested Grebe on nest (Charlie Schouten)
 * Brent Reservoir: Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper both pm Main Hide, 5 Snipe, Mistle Thrush feeding north bank, absent last year, 9 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 House Sparrows path to hide for 2 days now, not there last year (Andrew Verrall, John Gravatt, Stephen Branley), Yellow-browed Warbler 15.00hrs usual sallow (Steve Leeke)
 * Broadwater Lake, Harefield: 200 Sand Martin, 6 Willow Warbler, 4 Blackcap and 5 Chiffchaff this morning (John Edwards).
 * Danson Park: Pair Mute Swan at nest, pair Egyptian Geese + 6 juvs, male Tufted Duck, 3+ Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, ad Great Black-backed Gull over, Kingfisher heard, 2 Swallow briefly during shower, 6+ Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 2+ Blackcap, Willow Warbler singing, Chiffchaff (odd singing individual near playground), Coal Tit, 2 Jay, Jackdaw (Ian Stewart)
 * Fairlop Waters:Oystercatcher near lagoon on 9 hole golf course.(Alan Bell)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, Peregrine circling, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff (John Bushell per Conrad Ellam),
 * Lamorbey Park: Firecrest singing at east end of main lake in ivy covered trees then seemed to head into golf course, Willow Warbler showing well, pair Mute Swan, 15 Tufted Duck, 2 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 2 Jay (Ian Stewart)
 * Leg o' Mutton Nature Reserve: c.10 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 6 Shoveler, lots of Tufted Duck and Pochard, 1 Greylag Goose, 3 Egyptian Geese, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldfinches, 1 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, a lot of Grey Heron and Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Teal, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, pair Mute Swan, and plenty of the usuals (Eugene Dillon-Hooper).
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Shelduck, 1m 1f Pintail, 2 Stock Dove, several singing Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler, 2m 2f Blackcap, 1f Kingfisher, singing Song Thrush, 3 singing Reed Bunting, more local Sand Martin (c.18) plus groups lingering to feed and flying through (c.24), 1 House Martin (Martin Honey)
 * Mudchute: 1 Redwing, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaffs, 1 Blackcap (Nick Senior)
 * Lower Morden: Little Egret and Willow Warbler on Pyl Brook (Bob Smith).
 * Millfields (E5) 18:45: 8 Stock Dove feeding on the grass by the tree circle, most I've seen here for a while (Alastair Dent)
 * Pinner (HA5): Nuthatch, pair of Pied Wagtail, Coal Tit & 2 Goldfinch (Jon Ridge).
 * Rammey Marsh: Kestrel, Sparrowhawk flying over, singing Willow Warbler near car park, Song Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming. (G. Gram).
 * Roding Valley Park, Woodford Bridge: Little Egret, Kingfisher, flock of 6 Goldfinches (Alan Hobson).
 * Rotherhithe: male Redstart still in cairn meadow at Russia Dock Woodland below Stave Hill (Richard Bonser)
 * Sidcup DA15 (Marlborough Park): Little Egret in tree by river Shuttle (Ian Stewart)
 * South Chingford (E4 9BB): 13:10: Red Kite half-heartedly mobbed by crow and seagull (Richard Ashen)
 * Southwark Park: Common Scoter, 17 Tufted Duck only 3 females, 3 Little Grebe pr Mute Swan, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, pr Lesser Black-backed Gull, 7 Herring Gull, male Blackbird with white cheeks and forehead around the play area (John Cadera)
 * Staines Moor: 3 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Lapwing, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 16 Linnet, 2 Little Egret, 2 Heron, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 alba Wagtail, 6+ Skylark, 2 Kestrel, 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 3 Blackcap (Thomas Gibson)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: Common Redstart (male) ( Roger Keith )
 * Tottenham Hale — The Paddocks NR: 12pm-1pm. 1 Sedge Warbler in sub-song by River behind the Pub, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 6 Singing Blackcaps (2 females seen), 5 Singing Chiffchaffs, 1 Singing Willow Warbler, 3 Goldcrests, 1 Little Egret & pair Teal on River, 12 Sand Martins seen over nearby Lockwood Reservoir (Davey Leach)
 * Totteridge Valley: Linnet, 2 Lapwing (Frith Manor), 2 Red-legged Partridge, Swallow, Buzzard (Folly Farm) (Ian Ellis); singing Willow Warbler (Darlands), 14 singing Chiffchaff, 4 singing Blackcap, Swallow, Skylark N, pair Bullfinch, Mistle Thrush, 5 Teal (Darlands) (John Colmans).
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Coal Tit pair still (Bob Watts)
 * Town Park, Enfield: sub-singing Willow Warbler Carr's Basin (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: ~08:30 singing Blackcap Leyton Marsh, 3 Sand Martin R. Lea nearby, singing Willow Warbler along the Flood Relief Channel, singing Cetti's Warbler N of the boardwalk (Alastair Dent)
 * Wanstead Flats: m Common Redstart showing well on south side of Long Wood (Deiniol Owen); 3 singing Chiffchaff, singing Willow Warbler, Blackcap, 4 Meadow Pipit, 4 Skylark, 6 Shoveler, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Kestrel (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan)
 * Wanstead Park: 26 Chiffchaff (mostly singers), 20 Blackcap, 3 Willow Warbler, singing Goldcrest (+ 2 other birds), 20+ Jay, 2 Grey Wagtail, 15+ Stock Dove, pr of Little Grebe, pr of Great Crested Grebe, 3 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 32 Shoveler, 13 Tufted Duck, 2 Teal, 2 singing Mistle Thrush, Sparrowhawk, Siskin (Nick Croft)
 * Worcester Park: Northern Wheatear, Common Redstart on horse fields (Bob Smith)

Wednesday 6th April 2016

 * Barnet: Red Kite flying low west towards Whitings Hill at 12.25 (Roy Beddard)
 * Beddington Farm: Iceland Gull, Water Pipit (BirdGuides)
 * Bow Creek: 4 Shelduck, 17 Teal, 2 Common Sandpipers, 1 Willow Warbler singing in the Ecology Park (Nick Senior)
 * Brent Reservoir: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER - 9-10am - location as yesterday(S Woolfenden, Den); also seen by 2 other birders up to 10.30, Y-bW heard singing only 3 times in succession followed by normal calls yesterday 9am, fairly quiet so maybe sub-song? (Andrew Verrall); male Wheatear on fields pm, 3 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 5 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpipers (Andrew Verrall and Deiniol Owen)
 * Brixton Hill: Kestrel over Lyham Road near Brixton Windmill; 8 House Sparrows by allotments gate in Loats Road (Tony Stones)
 * Brookmill Park: 2 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bushy Park: 2 Black-headed Gull (usually around 200), Chiffchaff (calling), Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, Song Thrush, 2 Swallow (flying south near Diana Fountain) (Ian R Watson)
 * East India Dock Basin: 2 Shelduck, 21 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chiffchaffs, 4 Linnets, 2 Greenfinches (Nick Senior)
 * Enfield Chase: Stoat - my first record in the area in 35 years of experience (seen many Weasels over the years, but never a Stoat, until today!) (Robert Callf)
 * Eynsford: 2+ Sand Martin, 15+ Swallow, Common Buzzard, 3+ Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2+ Chiffchaff near railway viaduct; Willow Warbler singing near Lullingstone Park visitor centre + 3 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, m Kingfisher, 4 more Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper in pond area (Ian Stewart)
 * Finsbury Park: 7 Red Crested Pochards, Little Grebe, Willow Warbler
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Common Tern, Little Grebe, Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff (John Bushell per Conrad Ellam)
 * Hyde Park: No sign of the Brambling this morning, Willow Warbler singing nearby and a few Chiffchaffs & Blackcaps about (Conrad Ellam)
 * London Wetland Centre: Curlew on grazing marsh, 6 Redshank, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Snipe, 7 local Sand Martin plus one group of 12 and several 2s and 3s heading N, 1 Swallow heading N, 1m 1f Kingfisher, singing Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler and Willow Warbler (Martin Honey, B. Page)
 * Margravine Cemetery: Willow Warbler (Nathalie Mahieu).
 * Middlesex Filter Beds: ~08:00 2 singing Blackcap (Alastair Dent)
 * Otford: Red Kite c4pm, male Mandarin on fields opp VW garage, Common Buzzard along Pilgrims Way (Ian Stewart)
 * St James's Park: male House Sparrow in weeping willow near Horseguards Parade at 12:40, my first park record this century! (Andrew Self)
 * Sevenoaks KWT: Pair Garganey viewed from Tyler hide, Sedge Warbler from Slingsby hide, 2 Shelduck, Egyptian Goose, pale Common Buzzard, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper, 10+ Sand Martin, 30+ Swallow, 1+ House Martin, 7 Pied Wagtail, 6 Blackcap inc 1 with very fast song, no pauses, just like a Garden Warbler but not, 5+ Chiffchaff, c70 Jackdaw to roost areas (Ian Stewart)
 * Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Yellow-legged Gull, Redwing, Sparrowhawk, Cetti's Warblers and Willow Warblers outnumbering Chiffchaffs, House Sparrows absent after their favourite building was demolished yesterday (Chris Farthing)
 * Tottenham Hale: (The Paddocks NR): 12pm - 1pm: Black Redstart Fem near Picnic Area, 6 Blackcaps singing (Plus 3 Females), 5 Singing Chiffchaffs, 1 Singing Willow Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, Pr. Grey Wagtail on River Lea and 8 Sand Martins over River. (Davey Leach)
 * Tooting Common 3 Blackcap (2m, 1f), 6 Chiffchaff, Greylag Goose (fly-over), Grey Heron, Cormorant (fly-over), 3 Mistle Thrush, 5 Song Thrush, Jackdaw, Nuthatch (James Hudson)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Lockwood 5 Jackdaw, 6 Meadow Pipit, 12 Linnet over. 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, few Sand Martins, Swallow, Willow Warbler, No.4 1cy Yellow-legged Gull, No. 5 2 Common Sandpiper, East Warwick m Mandarin, West Warwick 20-30 Sand Martin, at least 1 House Martin, a few Blackcaps around, m Peregrine seen doing food pass to f then both sat on pylon whilst she ate it (Racing Pigeon with red metal ring), Skylark seen by others on Lockwood earlier. (Paul Whiteman, Jamie Partridge)
 * Wanstead Flats: m Common Redstart still near Long Wood, singing Willow Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaff, 3 singing Blackcap, 6 Meadow Pipit, 4 Skylark, 20+ Tufted Duck, 2 Pochard, 12 Shoveler, 5 Little Grebe, 2 Kestrel (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan)
 * Wanstead Park: 14 Shoveler, 2 singing Blackcap (Bob Vaughan)
 * Waterworks NR: Reed Warbler (London 1st for year?) singing bed 15, Willow Warbler by entrance pylon, 2-3 Cetti's Warblers. (Paul Whiteman) (Reed Warbler reported by David Callahan at Rainham Marshes on Sunday. Sean H)
 * West Drayton: 1 Swallow outside station (Tony Stones)
 * Wraysbury Gps: 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker (Thomas Gibson)

Tuesday 5th April 2016

 * Alexandra Park: Common Buzzard drifting high SE crossing reservoir area at 16.30 (Jonathan Cooke).
 * Beddington Farm: Curlew over, 8 Buzzards through, Red Kite over (Twitter)
 * Bermondsey: 2 Swallows NW 18.00pm on Pages Walk; House Sparrows present in at least 2 locations along Pages Walk (Tony Stones)
 * Brixton Hill: Male Northern Wheatear briefly on roof of residential building on New Park Road opp Richard Atkins Primary School at 13.45 (Tony Stones)
 * Brent Reservoir: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER in sallows by path to hide by builder's car park (30m from road) all morning but disappears for 20-30 mins (on a circuit?), Jack Snipe all morning (seen again 1330), 8 Common Snipe, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 2 Kingfishers chasing, one landed in tree heron hide, Sedge Warbler main hide, 4 singing Willow Warblers, 14 Chiffchaff & 8 Blackcaps, 3 females seen pm, 2 Swallows N, Holly Blue, Brimstone, 2 Commas (Brent Birders)
 * Canons Farm: male Ring Ouzel pm, female earlier, 1 Red Kite, 26 Common Buzzard (of which 18 were overflying migrants), 1 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Swallow, 2 Redwing (Steve Gale)
 * Crossness/Thamesmead: 50+ Shelduck, Teals, Shovelers, Gadwalls, Little Egret, Pheasant, 2 Willow Warbler, several Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaffs, Linnets, 6 Oystercatchers, Redshanks (Simon Worsfold)
 * Dagenham, Lodge Avenue: Willow Warbler in Garden (G.Harding)
 * East India Dock Basin 7-9am: 1 Little Grebe, 2 Egyptian Geese, 31 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 2cy Yellow-legged Gull upriver, 1 alba Wagtail N, 2 Grey Wagtails, 1 m Wheatear, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Greenfinches, 2 Linnets (Nick Senior)
 * Elstree: 10.30am Red Kite low over Elstree Studios and Elstree Way (Ben Epstein)
 * Foots Cray: Little Egret in flooded field by Edgington Way, Great Black-backed Gull in noisy row with Herring Gulls over industrial estate, Grey Wagtail Tesco car park, 2 singing Chiffchaff (Ian Stewart)
 * Gants Hill: Red Kite drifting SW 18:00 (Neil Twyford)
 * Greenwich Park: Osprey over at 08:00 (Twitter)
 * Hampstead Heath: Red Kite drifting SE at 10:00, Common Buzzard NW, 2 Rook SE over Parliament Hill at 08:00, 2 House Martin NW, 3 Linnet NW, 2 Meadow Pipit NW, 7 Blackcap, 8 Chiffchaff, 1 Redwing,  2 Kingfisher (Frank Nugent).
 * Harlington Corner: 3 Chiffchaff feeding low in public manicured green space opposite Sheraton Skyline (Wendy Marks)
 * Harvington Woods, Beckenham: Red Kite drifting slowly W towards South Norwood Country Park at 14.45 (David Mercer)
 * Hyde Park: male Brambling showing very well still at Ranger's Lodge front garden at 11:40  (Frank Nugent, Ray Teale). it was still feeding at 16:50 (Michael Mac).
 * Lamorbey Park: Willow Warbler singing by lake 10.20, pair Mute Swan f on nest, 11 Tufted Duck, 2 Peregrines over, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Mistle Thrush singing, 3 Blackcap singing, 4 Chiffchaff singing, 2+ Goldcrest, poss Firecrest heard but mobile and not relocated (song certainly rising quickly in pitch at the end), 2 Nuthatch on deck, also 3 Sparrowhawks, Chiffchaff singing and 2 male Blackcaps fighting at The Hollies (Ian Stewart). (Hi Ian this lot had come in today as I heard nothing on Monday pm probably due to the weather ) (Mike Amos). Firecrest confirmed Thursday 7th (Ian Stewart
 * London Wetland Centre: at least 7 singing Cetti's Warbler, 3 singing Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler singing near NW corner Sheltered Lagoon, first mentioned on website and seen and heard 14:00 by myself and another birder (Sue Barry); 2 Kingfisher, Kestrel over main lake, 2 Common Snipe grazing Marsh, 3 Wigeon, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Redshank, Willow Warbler singing near wader scrape hide plus 1m Blackcap, Reed Bunting singing near WWF hide, 7 Sand Martin over wader scrape plus others drifting N. 1 Yellow-bellied Slider (terrapin) (Martin Honey); Jack Snipe Grazing Marsh 16:45 nr main lake sluice (Sue Barry)
 * Pinner (HA5): Nuthatch, Coal Tit & 2 Goldfinch (Jon Ridge).
 * Rammey Marsh: Buzzard, Willow Warbler (James Palmer)
 * Richmond Park: 1 Wheatear (cattle enclosure), 1 (m) Stonechat (gorse enclosures) (Hugh Bradshaw)
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): 5 Canada Geese low SW, Cormorant high SE, Grey Heron low S, 6 Common Buzzard (1NE 2S 2N 1SE), 2-4 Sparrowhawk (displaying for much of the day), Kestrel, Peregrine, 3+ Stock Dove W, 10+ Woodpigeon high N, 15+ Meadow Pipit N, singing Goldcrest, Jay N, Jackdaw, also 2 Greylag Geese SE over Harland Ave 19.10 (Ian Stewart)
 * Southwark: Common Scoter still present Southwark Park Pond 19.00 pm (Tony Stones)
 * Sutcliffe Park: 2 pr Little Grebe, pr Mute Swan, 4 pr Tufted Duck, Reed Bunting, calling Blackcap, Grey Wagtail (P Kite)
 * Swanley Park: Common Redstart (male) (Andy Meaton)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: 1900hrs - 2 House Martin with 15+ Sand Martin over N/E corner of KGV Reservoir, (m) Common Redstart in large Hawthorn N/W corner of marsh, Cetti's Warbler singing in relief channel, Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap (Neville Smith); 2 Yellow Wagtail in field just NE of marsh around noon (James Palmer)
 * Tufnell Park (Breakneck Rd close to Tube): Willow Warbler in gardens, 1-2 Chiffchaff (Francis Tusa)
 * Vauxhall, nr Black Dog pub: Willow Warbler singing from trees by playground (9am). Near my workplace of 2 years, only the second time I've seen one here (Andrew McCafferty)
 * Wanstead Flats: male Common Redstart (Long Wood area), Northern Wheatear still south of Alex in the Ditch of Despair, 6 Swallow, 5 Linnet, 6 Meadow Pipit, 3 singing Skylark, Peregrine Falcon, 3 Kestrel, 20 + Tufted Duck, 10 + Chiffchaff (Tim Harris/Bob Vaughan/Nick Croft)
 * Wood Green N22: 2 Swallows flew N past the Birdwatch/BirdGuides office window in Clarendon Road at 14:24 (Dominic Mitchell via @birdingetc)

Monday 4th April 2016

 * Alexandra Park: Willow Warbler singing near Conservation Pond 0700 (Bob Watts)
 * Amwell: 3 Greenshank on the deck (Twitter); Sandwich Tern (BirdGuides)
 * Beddington Farm: 4 Water Pipit, 4 Swallow and a Sand Martin (Twitter)
 * Brent Reservoir: no sign of Yellow-browed Warbler, 10+ Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Water Rail seen by reeds, 8 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap (Andrew Verrall + 6 more birders)
 * Brookmill Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Blackcap 1m & 2f, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bury Farm, Edgware: Male & female Wheatear, pair Grey Wagtails at (Lower Flood Relief Scheme and nest building near Edgwarebury Park), 4 Lapwing, 12 Linnet in flight (Bob Husband, Fay Broom per Roy Beddard)
 * East India Dock Basin: Little Ringed Plover, 44 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, Kestrel north at 13:10, Grey Wagtail (Mark Wardman & John Archer)
 * Enfield: female Brambling with flock of 5 - 6 Chaffinch - at site with no public access (Robert Callf)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: Pair Mute Swan, 3 Greylags Loring Hall field, up to 9 Canada Geese over, 8 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 39 Herring Gull Loring Hall, Kingfisher, 4+ Green Woodpecker, 3 Blackcap singing, 9+ Chiffchaff singing, 2+ Goldcrest, 2+ Linnet (Ian Stewart)
 * Greenwich Peninsula: Redstart m in Central Park (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam), 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull by the O2 (Richard Bonser)
 * Harlington Corner: first Blackbird fledgling of the year (Wendy Marks)
 * Hampstead Heath: Swallow W and 4 Shoveler at High No.1 (Pete Mantle)
 * Hyde Park: no sign of Brambling this morning, but male House Sparrow seen and heard calling loudly at 11.40 in Rangers Lodge and Rangers Cottage front gardens, the first House Sparrow I have ever seen in the park over the past 8 years (Dave Jordan); Brambling showed briefly at 12:00, got chased off by a Robin and returned about 10 minutes later showing very well (John Cadera)
 * Isle of Dogs: Saunders Ness - 2cy Yellow-legged Gull (Nick Senior)
 * Leyton, Jubilee Park: 2 Wheatear (JW Davies)
 * Little Britain Iver/ Cowley: 10 Greylags, Nuthatch, 2 Blackcaps, 4 Chiffchaffs, Kingfisher along river, Jay, Mistle Thrush, 3 Egyptian Geese, 2 Gadwalls, Little Egret, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtails, 3 Greenfinch, Chaffinch, 4 Wrens, Kestrel calling (Sue Middens)
 * London Wetland Centre: 6 singing Chiffchaff, 9 singing Cetti's Warbler, 5 singing Willow Warbler, 2 Kingfisher, 1m Blackcap, 1 Shelduck, 5 Wigeon, 6 Redshank, 1m 1f Pintail, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Swallow, 2m Reed Bunting, 2 Mandarin, at least 7 local Sand Martin plus several small groups passing through, 2 Jackdaw collecting nesting material (Martin Honey)
 * Mudchute: 1 Greenshank over East, 4+ Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Siskins (Nick Senior)
 * Orpington: Swallow flew past my bedroom window 14:20 (Jo East)
 * Southwark Park: Common Scoter female on lake still; also 3 Chiffchaff, Mistle Thrush and singing Blackcap (Richard Bonser)
 * Staines Reservoir: 4 Little Gull 4ad S basin 13:30, drake Scaup, 2 Red Kite, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 5 Redshank (Rob Martin: eBird); also 4 summer-plumaged Black-necked Grebes on S basin (Simon Osborn), 4 Common Shelduck, 30+ Pied Wagtail, 4 Linnet, 1 Dunlin, 2 Swallow, 22 Shoveler (roosting on the far southern bank) (Thomas Gibson)
 * Tooting Common: Swallow, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Jackdaw, 2 Egyptian Goose (James Hudson)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: c15 singing Chiffchaff, 1 singing Blackcap, 2 Swallow, 2 Fieldfare, 3 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 6 Teal, 2 Cormorant over (uncommon here) (John Colmans)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Blackcap singing, also 2 singing Chiffchaff (Bob Watts)
 * Trent Park: Bullfinch pair wrecking blossom by lower lake (Robert Callf)
 * Twickenham: Near bridge to Eel Pie Island, two Wigeon and a leucistic duck of unknown species (Gareth Simkins)
 * Victoria Park: 20+ Sand Martin over West Lake 1330 (Bob Watts)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: (Warwicks and No1,No3) 6 Shelduck, 1 Little Egret, 3m Blackcap, 8 Egyptian Geese, 2 Teal, 2 Shoveler (Daniel Whitelegg)
 * Wanstead Flats: 3 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 10+ Chiffchaff, 2 singing Blackcap, Willow Warbler, 6 Meadow Pipit, 8+ Skylark, 20+ Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, 3 Kestrel, m Sparrowhawk, 2-3 Linnet (Nick Croft)
 * Wimbledon Common: Marsh Tit, superb view, in tangled woodland, east end of Kingsmere pond (David Wills).

Sunday 3rd April 2016

 * Alexandra Park: Wheatear 08:20-08:28 Golf course landed in tree then flew north, also Willow Warbler singing near conservation Pond, pair Shoveler Wood Green Res 1730 (Bob Watts)
 * Bow Creek: 4 shelduck, 18 Teal, 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 Chiffchaffs (Nick Senior) Ecology Park: Cetti's Warbler (JW Davies)
 * Brent Reservoir: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER seen well and calling at 12.40 but not seen at 15.00 (if same bird then not seen since 1st Jan) along path to hides in large sallow by corner of builder's car park found by Roy Beddard, male Common Redstart & male Wheatear on playing fields pm, Little Ringed Plover, 11 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, Lapwing, 3 singing Willow Warbler plus 1 later, 14 singing Chiffchaff, 7 singing Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler seen & Peregrine (Brent Birders); Sedge Warbler (briefly singing by main hide mid-afternoon though not seen), 7 Pochard (5M, 2F) North Marsh (Bill Haines); Yellow-browed Warbler still in same area, showing well 17:45 (Steve & Kate Blake)
 * Canons Park (HA8): Red Kite (RSPB NW London Local Group)
 * East India Dock Basin: 98 Teal, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 1 chiffchaff, 5 Greenfinches (Nick Senior)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: Pair Mute Swan, pair Egyptian Geese, 16 Tufted Duck, Kestrel, Kingfisher, 4+ Blackcap, 10+ Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Siskin (Ian Stewart)
 * Gallions Reach: 6 Oystercatcher, Curlew, 2 Common Tern, Swallow, Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Common Redstart, 7 Wheatear (Gary A James).
 * Greenford UB6: Red Kite circling high over my garden c13.50 with 2 Herring Gulls circling in thermal above it (Neil Anderson)
 * Greenwich Peninsula: Meadow Pipit, Willow Warbler, Goldcrest Ecology Park, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting (F) (Richard Green) Iceland Gull juvenile on mud by the O2 3.30pm to 6pm, 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull and 2 Oystercatchers (Richard Bonser, Stephen Harris, John Archer, Richard Page-Jones)
 * Greville Place LWT LNR NW6: Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Sparrowhawk plus Flowerbee Anthophora Plumipes 2 female 3 male (F.O'Sullivan)
 * Hampstead Heath: 3 Willow Warblers, 1 singing, 6 singing Chiffchaffs, 2 singing Blackcaps on Parliament Hill, m.Peregrine over at 1100, Collared Dove W, Stock Dove N (Pete Mantle); 4 Wheatear, 2 m 2f on the excavated field opp Boating Pond at 17:45 (Frank Nugent).
 * Hampton Court Park: Wheatear (Spencer Neal); 2 Short-eared Owls still present 3 - 4 PM, at least 6 Willow Warblers in the paddocks area (G Shaw)
 * Hemans Estate-Stockwell: Red Kite high north-east at 11:15am, first I've seen in Central London, mobbing gulls calling got my attention as I put out some laundry (Michael Mac)
 * High Elms CP: 4 Buzzards, 6 Chiffchaffs, 1pr Marsh Tit (Ray Tuck)
 * Hyde Park: Brambling again in Rangers Lodge front garden, viewable from front gates (D.Jordan)
 * Island Barn Reservoir: 1 ad Mediterranean Gull, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 1 White Wagtail, 2 Willow Warblers and many singing Chiffchaffs (Chris Turner)
 * Kingston: 4 Sand Martins over Thames by John Lewis (Mike Foster)
 * Leyton Jubilee Park: 3 Wheatear, Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap (Stuart Fisher)
 * Lower Chingford (off Russell Road): 12 Sand Martin, Wheatear (James Palmer)
 * Mayflower Park: Willow Warbler (Bob Smith)
 * Motspur Park: Red Kite flew south east (Bob Smith)
 * Mudchute: Common Buzzard W, pair of Peregrines displaying, m Sparrowhawk, 3 Swallows W, 4 alba Wagtails N, m Redstart (early am only NW corner of allotments), 2 Wheatears Paddocks, 1 Fieldfare, 2 m Blackcaps, 2 Willow Warblers, 6 Chiffchaffs, 4 Goldcrests, 12 House Sparrows, 1 Linnet E, 5 Greenfinches, 2 Siskins (Nick Senior)
 * Northolt & Greenford CP: Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch (Andy Cameron)
 * Nutfield, Surrey: m Redstart Nutfield Ridge am (BirdGuides)
 * Oxleas Wood: 2 Firecrest (fighting over territory), Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Stock Dove, Jackdaw. Chiffchaff, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Buzzard (Ron Turner) Best not report breeding behaviour for RBBP birds. (Anon)
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: Yellow Wagtail over stone barges 1345, 12+ Common Tern mid river, Whimbrel foreshore, Greenshank reserve, Marsh Harrier silt lagoons (Bob Watts); 9 Wheatears (West Rainham Marsh), 5 Little Ringed Plovers (3 Target Pool 2 Butts Hide scrape) (ian bradshaw/sean Huggins) 1 Avocet, 5 Buzzard, Sedge Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, at least 3 Marsh Harrier, 3 House Martin (Fernley Symons/Linturn Hopkins)
 * Regent's Park: 3 Willow Warbler, 12 Wheatear (Twitter)
 * Richmond Park: 2 male Ring Ouzel - briefly west of Holly Lodge but flew off NE (H.Bradshaw per JW) 3 Wheatear 1m2f, 4 Lesser Redpoll, Little Owl, 7 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 5 Reed Bunting, 3 Meadow Pipit (S Woolfenden); Red Kite high NW (P.Burrows-Smith); Buzzard (Phil Davies)
 * Rotherhithe - Stave Hill: Little Egret flew West at 10.00am, pr Sparrowhawk, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing, 4 Chiffchaff, Jay (Richard Page-Jones)
 * Roxbourne Park, Rayners Lane: 2 Red Kite, 4-5 singing Chiffchaffs (Tim Rymer)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: 4 Swallow, 20+ Sand Martin, House Martin over n/e corner of KGV Res, 3 Mistle Thrush, Redwing, Willow Warbler, 5 Blackcap (Neville Smith)
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Swallow low N pm (Ian Stewart)
 * South Norwood Lake: 2 Redwing, 1 singing Blackcap, 3 singing Chiffchaff, 2 singing Willow Warbler (John Watson)
 * Southwark Park: Common Scoter, 20 Tufted Duck, 2 Shoveler, 4 Little Grebe – I have been looking for the 4th bird for ages!, pr Mute Swan, Stock Dove, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Green Woodpecker called somewhere at the Jamaica Rd end of the park (John Cadera); pr Collared Dove, pr Grey Wagtail pm (Richard Page-Jones)
 * Staines/Stanwell Moor: 2 Wheatear, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Swallow, many singing Blackcap and Chiffchaff, 3 Bullfinch, 4 Song Thrush. (G Shaw) Hobby over, 2 swallows, 4 house martins, 1 stonechat, 2 wheatear -- 49 species in total. (Tony Clancy, Geoff Crabtree and Brian Dawton). For recording purposes, please would you be able to divide these sightings into either Staines Moor or Stanwell Moor? Many thanks, Lee Dingain
 * Staines Moor: 3 Swallows, House Martin, 2 Kestrels, Little Egret 15.30-17.00 (Tim Rymer). 5 (3m, 2f) Wheatear (NW corner), 1 Water Pipit in almost full summer plumage (along Colne near northern footbridge at dusk), 4 Shelduck, 3 Blackcap, 4 Sand Martin, shed loads of Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper (by the feeders), 3 Redshank, 6 Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2+ Little Egret, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Stonechat (1m, 1f) (Lee Dingain).
 * Stanwell Moor: Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, 3 Blackcap, Swallow, Chiffchaff 15.30-17.00 (Tim Rymer).
 * Stratford, Olympic Park: 4 Wheatear, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Willow Warbler, Cetti's Warbler (Stuart Fisher)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: 1 Wigeon, 10 Gadwall, 7 Teal, 2 Tufted Duck (pair), 1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing (pair on Botany), 3 Snipe, 21 Redshank, 6 Turnstone, 2 Great Black-backed Gull (ads), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Skylark, 2 Pied Wagtail (pair), 4 Stonechat, 8 Wheatear, 12+ Cetti's Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Firecrest (singing in trees near substation), 5 Jackdaw, 4 Reed Bunting (Peter Beckenham)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 2 Pheasant heard, pr Teal, Little Egret, probably 4 Buzzard (3 seen together), Kestrel, 6 Lapwing, 6 Snipe, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 7 Skylark (3 singing), 17 Meadow Pipit, m Wheatear (3 seen by GW yesterday), 5 Chiffchaff (3 singing), Rook, 5 Reed Bunting, 8 Linnet (Neil Anderson/G. Westley)
 * Thames Barrier Park: early evening - 34 Shelduck, c.50 Teal, juv/2cy Iceland Gull (presumably the same as at Blackwall Beach earlier), 1 adult Mediterranean Gull, 3 Common Terns East, 2 Chiffchaffs, 1 Willow Warbler, 25 House Sparrows (Nick Senior) 2 Great Crested Grebe on Thames, nr Anchor & Hope Lane (Matthew Clarke)
 * Totteridge Valley: m Common Redstart at Highwood Hill till at least 11:00 (being harassed by 2 Robins) with Yellow Wagtail over, 9 Wheatear (5m, 4f) Folly Farm, Fieldfare, 2 Linnet, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Meadow Pipit, 10 Pheasant, Red Kite, 6+ Common Buzzard, 6 Teal, Greylag Goose over, and 3 local Swallows back at Frith Manor stables (Ian Ellis).
 * Trent Park: Treecreeper nest building in dead beech tree (Robert Callf)
 * Tufnell Park N19: Around tube 13:00-14:30 1 Peregrine soaring to the N, 2 Buzzards N/NW, 1 male and 1 female Sparrowhawk (Francis Tusa)
 * Vanbrugh Park area SE3: Sand Martin over, 7+ Meadow Pipits high N, Peregrine S, Common Buzzard N, Blackcap and Chiffchaff singing, f Sparrowhawk (Joe Beale)
 * Walthamstow (near Crooked Billet): Wheatear (James Palmer)
 * Walthamstow, field next to A406 near Crooked Billet Roundabout (opposite Sainsbury's): 1 male Kestrel hunting at 14:53, 2 Willow Warbler singing and calling at 16:10 (Katy McGilvray)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: ~10:00 1 Wheatear on rear paddocks, 1 singing m + 1f Blackcap and 1 singing m Willow Warbler in shrubs along Flood Relief Channel, 1 m Reed Bunting calling atop the reeds on Bomb Crater Pond, at least 5 Sand Martin along the river at Leyton Marsh prospecting nest sites (Alastair Dent) 2 Common Buzzard N c.13.20, 4 Reed Bunting by paddocks, Cetti's Warbler (Stuart Fisher)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 0700 to 1000 - 3 Wheatears, Willow Warbler, Common Sandpiper, 2 Meadow Pipits, 2 Sand Martins & a Swallow, 3 Blackcaps singing (Paul Whitman, David Bradshaw)
 * Wanstead Flats: Osprey c15:00, 6 Common Buzzard, 2 Red Kite, Peregrine Falcon, 4 Kestrel, 3 Sparrowhawk, Common Redstart, Wheatear, House Martin, 3 Swallow, 2 Willow Warbler, 6 singing Chiffchaff, singing Blackcap, 3 Linnet, Siskin, 10+ Meadow Pipit, 6 Skylark, 5 Pochard, 10 + Tufted Duck, Teal, 5 Little Grebe (Wanstead Birders)
 * Waterworks NR: 2 Common Buzzard W, 2 Peregrine W, 3 Sparrowhawk displaying, 2 Sand Martin, Cetti's Warbler singing, 2 Shoveler, 2 Pochard, singing Willow Warbler, Common Snipe (Mike Messenger/Stuart Fisher)
 * Whitton, TW2: Blackcap singing, gardens opposite Kneller Hall, Kneller Road (Iain Darbyshire).

Saturday 2nd April 2016

 * Alexandra Park: 2 Willow Warbler, 5+ Chiffchaff, Blackcap (Bob Watts)
 * Beddington Farm: Avocet, Little Ringed Plover (BirdGuides)
 * Bentley Priory: 2 Raven, 4 Common Buzzard and a Tawny Owl calling at 13:20 (Richard Francis).
 * Blackwall Beach: late aft 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (ad & 2cy the latter colour ringed in Spain & of the West Iberian race lusitanius according to Euring), 1 Norwegian colour ringed Great Black-backed Gull, 3 NTGG ringed Herring Gulls, Sandwich Tern in from West during light rain then off high East (Nick Senior)
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Little Egret in reeds N.Marsh +1 high W over Dump, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 12 Snipe, 2 Common Buzzard E over Dump 12.00, a 3rd (left wing feather missing) W 12.15, close perched view female Sparrowhawk, Egyptian Goose, Water Rail, 7+ singing Chiffchaff, Swallow N, singing Reed Bunting (Brent Birders).
 * Brookmill Park: Blackcap, Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Claybury Park, Woodford Bridge: Possible Black Kite gliding in thermals over the park, c.3.25–3.30pm. Kite-like but smaller than Red Kite (but larger than female Sparrowhawk), with angled, arched wings, tail less forked than RK, pale head, pale panel on inner primaries (but light grey/light brown panel rather than RK’s white), wide wing width (but smaller wing-span than RK), underwing colouring/marking very Black Kite-like, i.e. dark brown (with the paler panels) but no rufous; also Chiffchaff, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Alan Hobson).
 * East India Dock Basin: 68 Teal, 2 Oystercatcher east, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 m Blackcap, 2 Goldcrests, 5 Greenfinches (Nick Senior)
 * Enfield Road, EN2: Red Kite low over 11:20 seen from 121 bus (Robert Callf)
 * Fairlop Waters: Yellow Wagtail, 2 singing Blackcaps, 4 singing Willow Warblers, 2 Buzzards (Alan Bell).
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, Chiffchaff, Redpoll, Siskin (John Bushell per Conrad Ellam)
 * Greenwich Peninsula: Wheatear (f) Meantime Nursery (Richard Green, John Bushell)
 * Hampstead Heath: Yellow-legged Gull on Kenwood House lake (Alastair Rae)
 * Harrow Cemetery (HA1):  Wheatear  (m) (Shailesh Patel)
 * Hyde Park: Brambling (m) again this morning at Rangers Lodge as per yesterday's details- viewable from inside/outside main gate, low quality photo in 'Images' section. (D.Jordan)
 * KGV Res: Scaup (drake), 6 Sandwich Tern 0814, Oystercatcher, Dunlin, White Wagtail, 3 Wheatear, 4 Sand Martin, Blackcap (Neville Smith & et al).
 * Lake Farm CP, Hayes, Middx: at least 10 calling Chiffchaff, Red Kite, pair Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 2 Skylark singing, 1 m Reed Bunting (Wendy Marks) - blog post from today here.
 * Leyton, Jubilee Park: 2 Wheatear, singing Willow Warbler, singing Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Shelduck (Stuart Fisher)
 * Leyton Flats: singing Firecrest (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Little Egret, 7 Redshank, 2 Wheatear (3 Wheatear website), 1m 1f Kingfisher, 6 Sand Martin visiting nesting bank, 5 Chiffchaff south route, 4 Willow Warbler south route, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 5 Common Snipe, 3m Blackcap, 5 Cetti’s Warbler south route, 1m 1f Green Woodpecker, drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2pr Long-tailed Tit (one pair collecting feathers), 6 Wigeon (Martin Honey, B. Page. A. Innes, E. Garcia)
 * Lonsdale Road Barnes: 1 Redwing, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Teal (John Gordon).
 * Otford: WESTERN ORIENTAL TURTLE DOVE 1w from 18 Feb until last week in garden with no access (RBA)
 * Petts Wood: Pair Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 5+ Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, Siskin (Ian Stewart)
 * Rainham Marshes: 2 Sedge Warbler (BirdGuides); 8 Common Tern, 4 Avocet, Marsh Harrier, Barn Owl, 8 Cetti's Warbler (Twitter); 2 pr Pintail, 2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Buzzard, Red Kite, Curlew, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 24 singing Cetti's Warbler, singing Willow Warbler, 2 singing Blackcap (Neil Anderson)
 * Richmond Park: Short-eared Owl photographed (anon per JW) female Goldeneye, Little Grebe, 11 Great Crested Grebe, 3+ Red Kite, 5+ Buzzard, 6 Sand Martin, Swallow, 14+ Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 4 Wheatear, 2 Stonechat, 2 Redwing, plus Brimstone & Peacock (J.Wilczur, S.Woolfenden); 12+ Wheatear - the Bog so possibly 16 in total, 2 Stonechat - gorse, Willow Warbler - ladderstile (H.Bradshaw); Willow Warbler singing (S.Read)
 * Scadbury Park: 2 Common Buzzard, pair Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, Blackcap, 6+ Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, Bullfinch (Ian Stewart)
 * Southwark Park: Common Scoter, 24 Tufted Duck, 2 Shoveler, 3 Little Grebe, pr Mute Swan, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Sparrowhawk (John Cadera)
 * Staines Reservoir: 5 Black-necked Grebe, Scaup(m), 2 Wheatear (m- bank of KGVI), 2 Black-tailed Godwit (through at 16:15), Oystercatcher, 7 Little Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 5 Redshank, 2 Swallow, 7 Sand Martin, 5 House Martin, 2 Red Kite, Buzzard, 10 Goldeneye (Jim and Tony Sweetland)
 * Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Avocet heading NE at 8.02am, singing Willow Warbler, f Wheatear, Reed Buntings, Cetti's Warblers (Chris Farthing)
 * Stratford, Olympic Park: 4 Wheatear, 22 Sand Martin, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Redwing, 3 Chiffchaff, singing Cetti's Warbler, 2 Shelduck, 4 Reed Bunting (Stuart Fisher). Hi Stuart - can you let us know where the Wheatears were? (James Palmer) Hi James - Wheatears are on the grass at the NW corner of park, look for the bare area on the west of path and look around there, still there 3/4 (SF)
 * Surbiton Fishponds: at least 3m Blackcap, Chiffchaff singing, pair Stock Dove (Mat Hare)
 * Tooting Common: Red Kite low over houses Balham side on Huron road and then over common, Willow Warbler singing by lake, plenty of Chiffchaffs (Will Rose); Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, Comma, pm (Alan Wilkinson) Common Buzzard high SW over lake 2pm, 2+ Willow Warbler in trees north of lake (James Hudson)
 * Totteridge Valley: f Wheatear, Redwing, 2 Rook, Buzzard at Folly Farm 07:45 (Ian Ellis)
 * Trafalgar Square: male Kestrel (Malcolm Hibberd)
 * Wanstead Flats: 2 Fieldfare, 2 Swallow, 6+ Chiffchaff, singing Blackcap, 6+ Meadow Pipit, 6+ Skylark, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Sparrowhawk, 4 Kestrel, 5 Little Grebe, Linnet, Siskin, m Reed Bunting (Tony Brown/Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan/Wanstead Womble)
 * Wanstead Park: 1-2 Buzzard, 3 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Swallow, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 singing Coal Tit, singing Goldcrest, 10 Shoveler, 10+ Tufted Duck, pr Great Crested Grebe, 4 Little Grebe, Linnet, Siskin, 6 singing Blackcap, 10+ Chiffchaff (Nick Croft)
 * Whitewebbs Park: Red Kite over 12:50, 2 fem Siskin (Robert Callf)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: 2 Kestrel,8 Chiffchaff, Green Woodpecker, 3 Meadow Pipit -one display flying (F.O'Sullivan)

Friday 1st April 2016

 * Barnes Cray (Thames Road wetland): Cetti's Warbler seen in the open doing Wren impression with at least 3 singing, 2+ Chiffchaff singing (Ian Stewart)
 * Battersea Park (Boating Lake): 20 Tufted Duck, 4 Shoveler, 7 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, 1m 1f Teal, 2 Great Crested Grebe. Interestingly no gulls at all on the lake - usually 60+ Black-headed gulls throughout the day but none seen (Charlie Schouten)
 * Bexley A2 Red Kite seen flying low alongside A2 and towards Dartford Heath direction (Donna Zimmer)
 * Brent Reservoir: pair of Little Ringed Plover from 9.00 with some display/calling, Green Sandpiper, 9 Common Snipe, Kingfisher flypast, 2 Common Buzzard over Woodfield Park gliding S 1.15 circled higher, lower for 15 mins then high off, 3+ Chiffchaff singing (Andrew Verrall, John Gravatt, Stephen, Michael)
 * Brimsdown: 3 Reed Bunting, Siskin, 4 Lesser Redpoll in reedmace/drinking at water's edge, 4 Linnet (Martin Shepherd)
 * Bushy Park: Skylark singing high up, by Hampton Wick, 10:30 (Mike Foster)
 * Crayford Marshes: Male Marsh Harrier, 2 Little Ringed Plover Bob Dunn Way field, 13 Mute Swan, 5 Shelduck, 8 Gadwall, 2 Wigeon, 30+ Teal, 4 Little Egret, Kestrel, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 8 Redshank, 2 Curlew, 2+ 1W Common Gull, 6+ Skylark, 5+ Meadow Pipit, 10+ Pied Wagtail, 4 Cetti's Warbler, singing Chiffchaff, Jackdaw (Ian Stewart)
 * Enfield Freezywadter Elliotts field allotments: red kite over ( Brian Dawton )
 * Fairlop Waters: 3 Swallow (Barry Jones)
 * Foots Cray: Little Egret in flooded field by Edgington Way, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail (Ian Stewart)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: Pair Mute Swan, Canada Goose (rare on deck here), 10+ Tufted Duck, Kestrel, Skylark (heard singing from Upper College Farm and seen as distant dot), Meadow Pipit over, Grey Wagtail, 6+ Chiffchaff (no sign of Wednesday's odd looking bird), Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
 * Golders Green: Pair of Siskin using garden feeder through morning (Jo Edwards)
 * Horsenden Hill, UB6: Singing Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff near the brook. (David Pierrepont)
 * Hyde Park: (M) Brambling Rangers Lodge front garden beneath peanut feeder, no public access, photos to follow. (D.Jordan, M.Blackburn) Can it be seen from path or field?Front vehicle gates should be open around 9.30am to 3pm tomorrow (Sat 2nd) if you view from this location you should be ok -peanut feeder is about 20-25m across to the right.Good luck
 * King George V res: 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Swallow, 12 Sand Martin, 2 Common Buzzard (Tony Clancy)
 * Lamorbey Park: Pair Mute Swan (f on nest), pair Egyptian Geese, 15 Tufted Duck, 2 Cormorant, Kestrel, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, 4+ Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch (pair, another heard nearby at The Hollies), Jay, Jackdaw, Linnet low over (rare here), 4+ Siskin inc 1 singing. Also pair Sparrowhawks displaying over The Hollies (Ian Stewart)
 * Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 5 Common Buzzard circling over M25 at approx. 13:30 (Neil Batten)
 * London Wetland Centre: Very active 1m 1f Kingfisher, at least 3m 1f Blackcap sheltered lagoon/east bund, 3 singing Chiffchaff, 2 singing Willow Warbler, 8 singing Cetti’s warbler, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Common Snipe, 2 Little Egret, 1 Shelduck, 6 Redshank, 1 Water Pipit, 1 Linnet, 1f Reed Bunting, 4 Greylag geese, 4 Sand Martin using nest bank plus 3 over (Martin Honey & others) 16.30 3 Little Ringed Plover (R Dunne) f Pintail still (Matt Palmer)
 * Mudchute: 1 Grey Heron high E, 3 Meadow Pipits NW, 1 Coal Tit (probably of the form ater), 3 Chiffchaffs, 1 Willow Warbler, 14 Siskins W (Nick Senior)
 * Olympic Park (Greenway): 2 Little Ringed Plover (James Palmer)
 * Oxleas Wood: Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, Jackdaw, Green Woodpecker, Sparrowhawk, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Stock Dove, Goldfinch, Kestrel (Ron Turner)
 * Richmond Park: 2 Red Kite over, Skylark lawn field briefly (J.Few); 1st-winter female Goldeneye still, male Gadwall, 4 Greylag Goose, 14+ Grey Heron - 3 nesting pairs and 8+ young, 3 Buzzard, 2 Water Rail heard, Sand Martin (J.Wilczur); Willow Warbler (Friday Group) Woodcock, 2 Fieldfare (S.Read)
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): 2 Grey Heron 1S 1W, Sparrowhawk, pair Kestrels, pair Peregrines, Great Black-backed Gull E, 2 Stock Dove N, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Long-tailed Tit (1 without tail), Jay, Jackdaw N (Ian Stewart)
 * St James's Park: Common Buzzard drifted slowly S from 14:00 (Frank Nugent).
 * Sewardstone Marsh: House Martin at 08:40 over relief channel, several Sand Martin visiting drainage holes, 13 Swallow, 3 Reed Bunting (Martin Shepherd)
 * Staines Reservoir: 3 Black-necked Grebe, 4 Redshank, at least 6 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Goldeneye m, pristine White Wagtail, winter ducks still (Nick S, Mike Lewis) 5 Black-necked Grebe, drake Scaup all on south basin (Jim Sweetland) Also 12+ Goldeneye, 2 Swallows over NE (Matt Palmer)
 * Stoke Newington Reservoirs (New River): Kingfisher (James Palmer)
 * Teddington: Swallow over Thames by Stevens Ait, 18:00 (Mike Foster)
 * Walthamstow Marsh (Lee Valley Riding Centre): Pied Wagtail successfully escaped from a Sparrowhawk, 2 Fieldfare (James Palmer)
 * Wanstead Flats: Large raptor to north being bothered by crows, possibly a second bird going south distantly over western flats, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 2 Redpoll, 6 singing Chiffchaff, Blackcap singing briefly, 6 Meadow Pipit through north, 3 Pied Wagtail, 8+ Skylark, 20 + Tufted Duck, 8 Shoveler, m Pochard, 5 Little Grebe (Nick Croft/Marco Johnson/Bob Vaughan)

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