February 2016

Monday 29th February 2016
* Alexandra Park: Kingfisher heard Wood Green Res 0650 (Bob Watts)

* Brookmill Park: Mandarin, Kingfisher, Song Thrush (Conrad Ellam, Dusty Gedge & Anita Gwynn)

* Dollis Brook (Woodside Park to Brent Park): 5 Grey Wagtail, 7 Redwing, 3 Stock Dove, Mistle Thrush (John Colmans)

* Eastcote (Abbotsbury Gardens): 19 Goldfinch & 2 Coal Tit (Jon Ridge).

* Eastcote (Field End Road): Red Kite over east at 15:19 & Grey Wagtail (Jon Ridge).

* Home Park: Short-eared Owl caught small rodent at 11:45, Kingfisher, 5 Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, 3 Fieldfare, c.40 Redwing, many subsinging (Nick Tanner).

* Isle of Dogs: 60+ Siskins and 5 Lesser Redpolls along Millharbour feeding in Alders & Birches (N Senior)

* Leatherhead: 4 Common Buzzard circling distantly to the north east (viewed from Randalls Way area) (Neil Batten).

* Leg o' Mutton Nature reserve: 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Shoveler, lots of Tufted Duck and Teal, 2 Pochard, Great Tit, Blue Tit and Long-tailed Tits, 4 Cormorant over, 2 Great Black-backed Gulls, 6 Egyptian Geese, 2 Song Thrush, lots of Herons plus all the usuals. (Eugene Dillon-Hooper).

* London Wetland Centre: Bittern reported from N shore main lake, one seen on W end of reservoir lagoon and a glimpse of another about mid-way along, Chiffchaff (sheltered lagoon walk), Tufted x Pochard hybrid still, small groups of Siskin, 1m Stonechat, several Cetti's Warblers singing and showing well, Water Rail seen by others near Peacock tower, plus one calling in reedbed (Martin Honey, B. Page) One annoying helicopter hovering over site (a no-go area) several times during the afternoon, possibly doing sight-seeing rides.

* Mayflower Park: Chiffchaff (Bob Smith)

* Morden Cemetery: Little Owl (Bob Smith)

* Motspur Park: Peregrine on gas holders (Bob Smith)

* Oxleas Woods: Male Blackcap (John Reid)

* Pinner (HA5): 54 Redwing, Coal Tit, singing Goldcrest & Grey Heron over (Jon Ridge).

* Rainham Marshes: Avocet in Aveley Bay, Short-eared Owl at Serin Mound, Marsh Harrier at Rainham West (Fraser Simpson)

* Richmond Park: Red Kite low over 13.05, 11+ Buzzard, Peregrine, fem Goldeneye still (J.Wilczur).

* Thorney C P: 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 2 Gadwall, 3 Goldcrests, Siskin, 2 Ring-necked Parakeets, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Redwing, 3 Greenfinch, Wren, Little Egret between the two bridges (Sue Giddens)

* Tooting Bec Common: 11.15 Firecrest still same area (Steve Woolfenden & Alan Wilkinson)

*Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Male Firecrest still Ash Wood 25 yards south of High Glade singing (Bob Watts)

* Walthamstow Marshes: Rear Paddock: 16.15-17.00 c.20 -25 Chaffinch, no Brambling, 1 Chiffchaff singing, 1 Kestrel, 17.00-17.20 Bomb crater 2 Stonechat, c.17-19 Meadow Pipits in 3 flocks - one flock of 3 landed north of broad walk, two flocks of 5 and c.12 landed south from broadwalk (Marcin Kempa).

* Wanstead Flats: 4-5 Skylark, Meadow Pipit (h), Sparrowhawk, 6 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 5 Tufted Duck, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Little Grebe (Nick Croft/Peter Brinton)

* Wanstead Park: 30 Shoveler, 9 Gadwall, 18 Teal, 14 Tufted Duck, 6 Pochard, 2 Egyptian Goose, Water Rail in flight between reed beds (Shoulder of Mutton), Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Wagtail (male singing), 8 Redwing (some subsong), 2 Goldcrest, 2 Siskin, 8 Stock Dove, Sparrowhawk (Nick Croft)

* Wembley: Red Kite flew over going SW at 12:20 (J Taylor)

* West Putney: Buzzard flew SW - probably same seen over Richmond Park 5 minutes later (R.Kaye per JW).

* Wimbledon Common: Jack Snipe, Common Snipe, Stonechat (D Wills).

* Worcester Park: Little Egret (Bob Smith)

==Sunday 28th February 2016==

* Barnes Common: Firecrest again near Station Road loop (Frank Nugent).

*Brent Reservoir : 14 Snipe, 2 Egyptian Geese, 35 Redwing & 3 Siskin (Andrew Self)

* Burnt Oak: 1 Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail pair, seen along Burnt Oak Brook c.15:00 (Deb Jackson).

*Canons Farm: first-winter Iceland Gull (found by Ian Magness) in the Tart's Field area on recently ploughed fields (Steve Gale)

* Eastcote (Field End Road): a charm of 26 Goldfinch behind the thoroughfare still (Jon Ridge).

* Foots Cray: Little Egret flew over Crittal's Corner roundabout (presumably from roost at Ruxley GPs) and over Sidcup Place where it became my first site record c06.35 (Ian Stewart)

* Greenwich: Female Pheasant is now wandering around a housing estate on Tuskar Street and seems very tame. photo posted on twitter (Richard Green). There was one wandering about in my garden in Croydon for weeks 2 months ago. It was then seen in Merton. Is it likely to be the same one? (Arjun Dutta)

*Greenwich Ecology Park : Tufted Duck pair, Little Grebe, Peregrine, 3 Siskin (John Bushell, Conrad Ellam & Richard Green)

*Holmethorpe SP: 1 Little Egret, 1 female Scaup, 7 Jack Snipe, 160 Linnet (Steve Gale)

*Ickenham Marsh : Grey Wagtail, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Teal, m Kestrel, Red Kite, 120+ Redwing, 30 Fieldfare (Nigel Dodd)

* Lamorbey Park: Pair Mute Swan, 10+ Canada Geese, pair Egyptian Geese (sadly it looks like one of the Egyptian Geese was dead and its partner was trying to coax some life out of it without success, a rather depressing sight- Ian Stewart); c 20 Mallard, 5 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, 8+ Moorhen, 4 Coot, c60 Black headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull, Stock Dove, 40+ Wood Pigeon, pair Mistle Thrush, Jackdaw, Goldfinch (Mike Amos)

*Lee Valley:  Bittern, 2 Water Rail, pair of Goosander, Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, Redwing, Fieldfare (RSPB NW London Local Group)

* Leyton Flats: c. 90 Tufted Duck, 38 Shoveler (Eagle and Hollow Ponds), Siskin over, singing Coal Tit, 1-2 Grey Wagtail, 200+ Black-headed Gull, 40+ Common Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Redwing (Nick Croft)

* Margravine Cemetery: 21 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 15 Starling (Nathalie Mahieu).

* Olympic Park Stratford;1 Little Egret(F.O'Sullivan)

* Pinner (HA5): 30 Redwing & 2 Coal Tit (Jon Ridge).

*Purfleet: ad winter-plumage Kittiwake downriver 1512 (Fraser Simpson)

*Rainham Marshes RSPB: Dartford Warbler (north side of route), Water Pipit (Shooting Butts hide), 4 Marsh Harriers, 2 Short-eared Owls seen by others (Ian Bradshaw)

*Stoke Newington Reservoirs : Pair of Great Crested Grebes in courtship display, 2 Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting (Chris Farthing)

* Stratford Olympic Park: Water Rail, 25+ Siskin, 2 Reed Bunting, Cetti's Warbler, 12 Meadow Pipit (Stuart Fisher)

*Ten Acre Wood area : m Pheasant, Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, f Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, Green Sandpiper, 3 Snipe, Lapwing, 4 Skylark, c25 Meadow Pipit, 2 Grey Wagtail, 14 Pied Wagtail (11 paddock), 4 Redwing, Fieldfare, 5 Reed Bunting (1 singing), c40 Linnet (Neil Anderson/G. Westley); 12 Teal, 2 Little Egret (Nigel Dodd)

* Trent Park: male Teal, fem Pochard, 2 Goosander pr lower lake, Red Kite, Woodcock, Firecrest NE edge of Rough Lot, 24 Siskin Camlet Hill (Robert Callf)

*Walthamstow Marshes: f Brambling, 52 Chaffinch, 32 Linnet, Common Snipe, 18+ Siskin, singing Reed Bunting (Stuart Fisher)

*Wanstead Flats : Little Owl last thing (possibly 2 birds), male Stonechat (first spring migrant here), 5-6 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Goldcrest, 25+ House Sparrow, 14 Egyptian Goose, 17 Tufted Duck, 9 Pochard, 11 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 10+ Herring Gull, Little Grebe, Kestrel, Redwing (James Heal/Nick Croft/Tim Harris)

*Wanstead Park : 16 Gadwall, 50 Shoveler, 18 Teal, 21 Tufted Duck, 4 Pochard, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, 10+ Siskin, Sparrowhawk, 2 Goldcrest, singing Coal Tit (James Heal); 7 Siskin, 5+ Goldcrest, Kestrel (Bush Wood) (Nick Croft)

*Yeading Brook Meadows : Little Egret, 3 Rook, 2 Reed Bunting, Treecreeper (Nigel Dodd)

== Saturday 27th February 2016 ==

*Barnes Common: 9am Firecrest NW of station in hollies, first located by another birder; also 2 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 18 Redwing, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Martin Honey)

*Brent Reservoir : Cetti's Warbler seen twice main hide, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Water Rail calling, 34 Pochard (Brent Birders); 2 Little Egrets flew in 17:30 (Andrew Self)

*Brookmill Park : Common Buzzard, Mandarin, Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam & Friends of Brookmill Park)

* Charing Cross Hospital (public site): pr Peregrine Falcon mated 5 times on the nest ledge (Nathalie Mahieu).

* Colliers Wood: 8am 1 Little Egret in small park near Merton Bus Garage in willow next to river Wandle (D Benton)

* Cricklewood (Dicey Avenue): two Siskins at the feeder — first for the garden (Nigel Biggs).

* Epping (M25/M11 junction): Midday, Red Kite mobbed by Crows, also Common Buzzard being harassed in adjacent field to motorway (G.Gram).

* Epping Forest: Treecreeper, Nuthatch, 4 Mandarin, 40 Redwing, Fieldfare (Jon Agar)

* Fulham Reach: 48 House Sparrow (seen, more heard, among 3 colonies), 45 Teal, 186 Black-headed Gull, 9 Gadwall, 5 Tufted Duck (Nathalie Mahieu)

* Greenwich: Female Pheasant seen on roof of Neighbours house in Woodlands Park Road, another bird was seen a few years back on a roof two doors down. (Richard Green)

* Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: 7 Siskin, 2 first winter Redpoll, Tufted Duck pair, Little Grebe (John Bushell)

* Lee Valley Navigation: Male Pintail which appeared unhinged and fully winged but consorting with Mallards and very approachable opposite north end King George VI Res(Bob Watts)

*London Wetland Centre: Bittern showing well most of the day at eastern end of Reservoir lagoon, Pochard x Tufted duck hybrid on Sheltered lagoon, c. 20 Siskin, 1f Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Redwing, 1 Shelduck, 1m Reed Bunting, 1m Stonechat, 2m 1f Pintail, 1m 1f Peregrine on Ch. X. Hospital (Martin Honey, B. Page)

* Lonsdale Road Reservoir Barnes; pr Egyptian geese with 4 goslings (John Gordon).

* Margravine Cemetery: 14 Redwing, Green Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush (Nathalie Mahieu).

* Muswell Hill: Male Siskin in sub song - first for the garden (Brian Milligan).

* Oxleas Woods: Green Woodpecker probing for ants on lawn, also Coal Tit in spruce (John Reid)

* Pinner (HA5): 27 Redwing, Sparrowhawk, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, singing Goldcrest & 3 Goldfinch (Jon Ridge).

*Purfleet: 1st-w Iceland Gull (Rainham bird), 1st-w + 2nd-w Caspian Gull, ad summer-plumage Mediterranean Gull upriver 12:41 (Fraser Simpson)

*Rainham Marshes: 1w Iceland Gull, 3 Avocet, Water Pipit (Twitter); Coldharbour Point: 52 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Water Pipit (Fraser Simpson)

* Rayners Lane (Village Way): female Sparrowhawk low between adjacent houses (Jon Ridge).

* Sidcup: Peregrine 1 seen from A2 Just before Sidcup Junction (Richard Green)

*Swanscombe Marsh: 1st-winter Caspian Gull at Broadness Point on low tide, 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Marsh Harriers, 4 Avocet, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Snipe, 35 Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 4 Curlew, 10 Turnstone, 1500 Black-headed Gull, Red-legged Partridge & 6 singing Cetti's Warbler (Andrew Self)

*Walthamstow Marshes: 10:00 - 11:00: 1 Stonechat (Bomb Crater Field), 5 Redwing (front paddocks), 4 Mistle Thrush, 3 Stock Dove (rear paddocks), 1 Little Egret (flying S down flood relief channel) (Alastair Dent) 15:00 - 16:00 Common Snipe (nr Railway Bridge) 1 Brambling with Chaffinch, Linnet & Goldfinch flock (rear paddocks) (Gavin Whyte); Peregrine grabbed a Parakeet literally above my head. A drunk Eastern European young man was acting strange by the field with the Brambling in, he said he sleeps rough there, I left but he followed me for a while shouting. Probably harmless but be careful. (Marcus Mitchell )

* Walthamstow Reservoirs: (south side, 1245-1330) 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine with prey over, 1 Siskin, 1 Water Rail, 40+ Pochard res 1-3 (P Beckenham)

*Wanstead Flats : 6 Skylark (Tony Brown)

*Wanstead Park : 3 Water Rail (SoM + 2 on Roding), 26 Teal (Heronry + 1 on Roding), 2 Great Crested Grebe (Basin), Sparrowhawk, Grey Wagtail, 5 Siskin (Tony Brown)

*West Thurrock : 37 Avocet (Andrew Self),

* Wraysbury: 2 Goosander, Little Egret, Jay, 9 Shoveler, 42 Gadwall, 5 Goldeneye, Goldcrest, 15+ Pochard, Wren.(Sue Giddens)

== Friday 26th February 2016 ==

*Alexandra Park : Common Buzzard soaring over deer enclosures then NNE 1330, also pair Shoveler, 11 Pochard Boating Lake (Bob Watts)

* Amwell GP : Goldeneye, redhead Smew, Common Sandpiper, Marsh Tit, Mandarin, Red Kite, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (flying) (Gary Southam)?

* Barnet: 3-4 Common Buzzard from M1 between J4-5 (Bob Watts)

*Beddington Farmlands: 1st w Iceland Gull on South Lake (Paul Sell)

* Bow Creek: 2 Shelduck, 22 Teal, 23 Redshank at roost, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Siskin (N Senior)

*Brookmill Park : Mandarin, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)

* Danson Park: 3 Kingfisher 2m 1f, 9 Siskin, 2 Greenfinch, Goldcrest, Green Woodpecker, 2 Egyptian Geese with chicks (Donna Zimmer)

*East India Dock Basin : 6 Shelduck, 311 Teal, 1 presumed hybrid near adult CaspianxHerring Gull perched on moored barge, 3 Siskins, 4 Greenfinches (N Senior)

* High Elms CP: Common Buzzard, Pheasant, 5+ Skylark, Meadow Pipit, several Redwing, 10+ Goldcrest, 2+ Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, Siskin (Ian Stewart)

* Leatherhead, Common Meadow: 3 Goosander (1f 2m) 1 Kingfisher, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Bullfinch (Neil Batten)

* Mudchute: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Siskin (Conrad Ellam)

* Orpington: Little Egret in river Cray by A224 near timber yard (Ian Stewart)

* Oxleas Wood: 2x Firecrest, Goldcrest, Coal tit,Kestrel, Sparrow HAwk, Spotted Woodpecker (Ron Turner esq.)

* Pinner (HA5): 76 Redwing, Green Woodpecker, Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit & singing Goldcrest (Jon Ridge).

*Sewardstone, Netherhouse Farm: Woodcock in flight at 18:10 (Neville Smith, Martin Shepherd)

* Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): c10 Siskin in birches briefly then more in small alder- first here this year, 2 Peregrines, singing Song Thrush, Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)

*Thorney CP : Little Egret, Goldcrest, Red Kite over, Common Gull, 2 Great Crested Grebes, 5 Redwings. (Sue Giddens).

*Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Firecrest in Monument Glade at 12:30, Chiffchaff, 4 Jay and a pair of Sparrowhawks displaying (Derek Polley - via Bill Haines).

*Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake : 6 Fieldfare, 22 Redwing (one or two producing subdued song), 2 Bullfinch, c200 Common Gull, 15 Teal, 3 Mandarin, Cormorant over (John Colmans)

*Trent Park: male Firecrest in hollies midway along the north east track of Rough Lot (he was skulky, mind), many Goldcrests, 2 Buzzard, male Kestrel, 6 Redwing flushed in Rough Lot, 3+ Nuthatch and 3+ Treecreeper, 1f Pochard but no sign of Goosander on lower lake (M Kirkland); 5 Common Buzzard over Camlet Hill 14:15 (Robert Callf)

*Wanstead Flats: Firecrest behind bus stop opposite Windsor Road, 4 Goldcrest, 10 Linnet, 15+ Greenfinch, 20+ House Sparrow, Redwing, 3 Skylark (2 singing), 2 Kestrel, tiny male Sparrowhawk, 22 Shoveler, 2 Teal, 4 Gadwall, 14 Tufted Duck, 6 Pochard, 13 Egyptian Goose, 2 pair of Stock Dove (Nick Croft)

* Wraysbury: At least 7 Goldeneye and 5 Goosander but no sign of Smew reported yesterday, also 250+ Tufted Duck and small numbers of other common ducks, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20 Redwing, 15 Fieldfare, 1 Buzzard; also parties of small birds. (Nick S, M Lewis) (Hi Nick, the smew can be found on the lake NW of Douglas lane, especially in the NE corner near the little headland, they have been present almost all winter and don't seem to move to the other lakes, but are very skittish and quick to fly off if you get within a few hundred meters of them, Tom Gibson)(Thanks - Nick S)

== Thursday 25th February 2016 ==

*Beddington Farmlands: imm Iceland Gull flew to S lake 15.12, Firecrest near Hangmans bridge in brambles, Common Buzzard, singing Cetti's Warbler, 2+ Tree Sparrow (Ian Stewart)

* Beddington Park: 2+ Goldcrest, Siskin (Ian Stewart)

* Brixton: Blenheim Gardens, House Sparrows at 13, 15 and 17 (at least 6 birds in total) (Tony Stones)

* Brookmill Park: Mandarin, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)

*Bury Farm, Edgwarebury, Middx. HA8: Great Grey Shrike viewable from Flood Relief Mound. Pedestrian access only from A41 along Environment Agency track - Please do not trespass on the Farm or disturb horses or riders (Fay Broom, Bob Husband)

* Clissold Park: Singing Song Thrush: Male Great Spotted Woodpecker. (Gary Southam)

* Danson Park: Kingfisher, 7 Siskin, 8 Goldcrest, 4 Redwing, Green Woodpecker (Donna Zimmer)

* Downham Playing Fields, Lewisham: Little Egret (Tom Moulton)

* Enfield Town (River View, EN2): fem Blackcap (Robert Callf)

* Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, 2 Tufted Duck, Kingfisher, 10 Siskin (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)

* Harrow Lodge Park, Hornchurch: small flock Redwing, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Grebe, Tufted Duck, Song Thrush singing at dusk (K Midgley)

* London Wetland Centre: Pair of Long-tailed tits nest building - looking good already! (Catherine Beazley)

* Millwall Outer Dock: 2 Egyptian Geese, 16 Mute Swans, 1 1w/2cy Mediterranean Gull then flew off East, 1 Polish colour ringed Black-headed Gull (present for most of the winter), 1 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtails, 1 Meadow Pipit over, 4 Siskins; (also 6 Siskins Mudchute) (N Senior)

* Pinner (Deane Croft Road): 11 Goldfinch, Coal Tit & 3 Jackdaw (Jon Ridge).

* Pinner (HA5): 42 Redwing, 2 Pied Wagtail, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Goldfinch & Jackdaw (Jon Ridge).

* Sewardstone Marsh: Firecrest 1730hrs feeding along path at the end of Godwin Close in brambles by pick-nic benches (Neville Smith).

* Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): 2 Canada Geese NE, 3 Cormorant NE, 2 Grey Heron over together at first then 1N 1SE, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, singing Song Thrush, male Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)

*Staines Moor: 1 Jack Snipe (Colne), 3+ Water Pipit, Woodcock, 2 Shelduck, 1 Water Rail (south end of the Colne by the Reedmace), 3+ Common Snipe, 1+ Little Egret, 2 Stonechat (1m, 1f), 2 Little Grebe (Colne), 1 Red-legged Partridge (Lee Dingain - Jack Snipe pic)

* Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 3 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Grey Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting (Chris Farthing)

* Stoneleigh KT17: 10 Siskin coming to bird feeders in The Glade a.m. (Neil Batten)

*Tooting Common: Male Firecrest in full song and showing superbly well down to a couple of metres. Location as Monday. (James Hudson)

*Trent Park: male Teal, 2 Goosander pr lower lake, 2 Woodcock, Firecrest NE edge of Rough Lot (Robert Callf)

*Walthamstow Marshes: 09:30 - 10:00: 1 Stonechat in Bomb Crater Field, Cetti's Warbler and Water Rail heard in reedbed just the other side of the railway line, 3 Siskin in alders on west bank near the black bridge at Leyton Marsh (Alastair Dent), Female Brambling still in first rear paddocks (Rev I. M. Jolly)

* Wanstead Flats: 9 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 8 Tufted Duck, 8 Pochard, 8 + Egyptian Goose, singing Skylark, Redwing, 10 + Greenfinch, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Kestrel, Goldcrest (Peter Brinton/Nick Croft)

* Wanstead Park: 2-3 Water Rail (Shoulder of Mutton),14 Teal, 18 Shoveler, 11 Tufted Duck, 6 Pochard, Gadwall, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Siskin, 20 + Goldfinch, 10 + Greenfinch, Redwing, Chiffchaff, Kestrel, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Stock Dove (Nick Croft)

* Wraysbury Gps: 2 Smew (1m1f), 300 Tufted Duck, 12 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, 3 Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Red kite, 11 Goldcrest, 1 Bullfinch, 35 Goldfinch 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Thomas Gibson)

== Wednesday 24th February 2016 ==

* Battersea Park (Boating Lake): 16 Tufted Duck, 17 Gadwall, 8 Shoveler, 1m Red-crested Pochard, 2 Greylag Goose flying SW over the lake at 7:45 (Charlie Schouten)

*Brent Reservoir : Little Egret flew in from west at 16:30 (Andrew Self)

* Canning Town: 18 Teal and a pair of Shoveler on Bow Creek behind Electra Business Park 13:30 (Jo East)

* Enfield Lock: singing Chiffchaff at 09:40 east of Mollison Avenue (Martin Shepherd)

* Foots Cray Meadows: Pair Mute Swan speccing out nest site, 2 Canada Geese over, pair Egyptian Geese, pair Gadwall, 18 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Kestrel, Water Rail, Kingfisher, 2 Redwing, 3+ Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)

* Greenwich Park: Egyptian Goose with 2 newly-hatched young (3rd breeding record), also Redwing flock, House Sparrow (northern boundary), Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Nuthatches vocal (Joe Beale)

* Isle of Dogs: c.23 Siskins, 7 lesser Redpolls with Goldfinches in Alders adjacent to Ability Place (N Senior)

*Lloyd Park, Croydon: Male Firecrest (11:45-12:00) in trees & bushes around small pond & stream close to Ranmore Avenue entrance. Also male Bullfinch, pair of Great Spotted Woodpecker (male chasing female & then drumming), 4 Redwing, 4+ Stock Dove, 2 Mistle Thrush (Graeme Spinks).

*London Wetland Cente: Sparrowhawk high over main lake, 3 Bittern two on reservoir lagoon plus a 3rd seen in reedbed before one flew into reedbed from eastern end of reservoir lagoon, 3 Common Snipe, 3m 1f Pintail, small groups of Siskin, Peregrine on Charing X Hospital (Martin Honey, B. Page)

* Pinner (HA5): female Blackcap, 5 Goldfinch, singing Goldcrest & Coal Tit (Jon Ridge); later, 53 Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker & Long-tailed Tit (JR).

* Sewardstone Marsh: singing Chiffchaff at 09:15 (Martin Shepherd)

* Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): 7 Common Buzzards over 3 (1 light morph) north joined by 2 which soared and went NW at noon and 2 soaring to N 12.27, 2 Peregrines, 2 Sparrowhawk, Grey Heron low E, 4 Stock Dove over, Green Woodpecker, singing Song Thrush, male Blackcap, 2 Jackdaw S, Rook N 14.35. 32 species 11.30 - 16.20 (Ian Stewart)

* Streatham: at least 8 House Sparrow (78 Woodbourne Ave), 2 Starling (entering roof space 75 Woodbourne Ave), plus 2 singing Dunnock (Tony Stones).

* Sutcliffe Park: Drake Teal, Little Egret, Green Sandpiper (Conrad Ellam)

* Tooting Bec Common: no sign of Firecrest (08.15-09.30), Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming), Sparrowhawk, 2 Goldcrest (Tony Stones); Firecrest 16.00 same area (Steve Woolfenden)

*Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Male Firecrest still Ash Wood near Poplar Wood & Monument Glade 25 yards south of High Glade pond more arboreal than of late feeder high in bare trees 1245 at least (Bob Watts)

* Trent Park, Cockfosters, MIddx: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - heard tapping (not drumming), then seen briefly in low flight (Bob Husband)

* Wanstead Flats: singing sub-adult Reed Bunting, 7 Greenfinch, 3 Siskin, 3-4 Skylark, 8 Shoveler, 3 Gadwall, 11 Tufted Duck, 4 Pochard, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk (Peter Brinton/Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan)

* Wanstead Park: Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 10+ Redwing, 7+ Stock Dove, Grey Wagtail, 2 Siskin, Coal Tit, 16 Teal, 36 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 2 Egyptian Goose, 23 Tufted Duck, 7 Pochard, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan) Tawny Owl calling at 22:30 in Bush Wood (Bob Vaughan)

== Tuesday 23rd February 2016 ==

* Alexandra Park: Tawny Owl heard, near car parks at west end of cycle path. 18.20ish (Greg Smith)

* Bentley Priory: m & f Goosander on lake (Richard Francis).

* Brent Reservoir (East Marsh): Water Rail seen from path near Heron Hide, fem Sparrowhawk over, 6+ Goldcrest & pr Great Spotted Woodpecker in Wooded area - 13.50 - 14.10 (Davey Leach)

*Erith, Corinthian Manorway: No sign of Black Redstart, otherwise small numbers of Chiffchaff, Curlew, 5 Dunlin, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher, several Redshank, Rock Pipit on Thames foreshore (Nick S)

* Leatherhead, Common Meadow: 2 male Goosander fishing on R. Mole, also a pair of Teal, 1 Drake Mandarin, 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Bullfinch, 35 Redwing, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Goldcrest (Neil Batten)

* Leg o'Mutton (Lonsdale Road) Nature Reserve: 2 Water Rail, 2 Egyptian Goose, small flock of Redwing, 30+ Teal, 1 (F)Chaffinch, 5 Pochard (Eugene Dillon-Hooper)

* London Wetland Centre: Bittern showing very clearly near Wildside Hide, 2:30-3:00 (S.Barry)

* North Sheen Rec: Firecrest - a first! (Peter Hart)

* Pinner Park Farm: 2 Common Buzzard, Little Owl, 265 Redwing, 54 Fieldfare, 2 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, Siskin over north-east, Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 15 Jackdaw & 2 Grey Heron (Jon Ridge).

* Rainham RSPB: At least 3 Short-eared Owls, Barn Owl, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Kingfisher, Dunlin, Curlew, Golden Plover, Redshank, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, Redwing, Reed Bunting, Skylark, Rook, Pintail etc (Ben Epstein)

* Roding Valley Park (northern section, beyond Woodford Bridge): Little Egret, flock of 12 Linnets, Little Grebe, Ring-necked Parakeet, 3 Goldfinches, 2 Herring Gulls, Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull (Alan Hobson).

* Sewardstone Marsh: singing Chiffchaff 10am( Brian Dawton)

*Shepperton: Raven flew N over M3 @ 07:55 toward Queen Mary Res (Tony Sweetland)

* Staines Reservoir: 4 Black-necked Grebe, Scaup, Pintail, Redshank, Red Kite (Jim Sweetland)

*Tooting Bec Common: (09:30) Firecrest, male still present in Bedford Woods (per Peter White) & 16.00 (Steve Woolfenden)

* Wanstead, Nightingale Lane: M Blackcap in garden, a first for us. (G. Gram).

* Wanstead Flats: 5 Skylark (2 singing), Stonechat, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Goldcrest, 12 Greenfinch, 10+ Goldfinch, 2 singing Chaffinch, 15 Tufted Duck, 1 Pochard, 8 Shoveler, Gadwall, 2 Egyptian Goose, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, Kestrel, 1-2 Sparrowhawk (Nick Croft/Peter Brinton)

* Wanstead Park: Tawny Owl in Bush Wood (Tim Harris)

== Monday 22nd February 2016 ==

* Barnes Common: (8-8.10am): Firecrest 1 seen SW of station on track (kered1)

* Boston Manor Park: 3 Mandarin Duck (Eugene Dillon-Hooper)

* Brookmill Park: Mandarin, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush (Conrad Ellam)

* Canning Town: 5 House Sparrows, Beaconsfield Road (Tony Stones).

* Winchmore Hill (Church Hill, N21): Treecreeper, 3 Siskin, Song Thrush (Fran Shipp)

* Lamorbey Park: Pair Mute Swan, 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Egyptian Geese, Canada Goose, Little Grebe, 10 +Mallard, 6 Jackdaw, 40 Carrion Crow, 8 Coot, 4 Moorhen, 8 Stock Dove, drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, 2 Pied Wagtail, Siskin (Mike Amos)

*Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: 1st w Caspian Gull associating with Black-headed Gull on Eagle Pond at around 2pm, Nuthatch, 24 Shoveler (20 on Eagle Pond) (Stuart Fisher)

* Nine Elms, Thames foreshore: 2 Egyptian Geese at low tide (Robin Johnson)

* Swanscombe Marsh (16.30 -17.30, Black Duck Marsh only): 2 Mute Swan (flew off river), 4 Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 7 Grey Heron (some nest building taking place), 3 Marsh Harrier, 16 Coot, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Cetti's Warbler (Peter Beckenham)

*Tooting Bec Common: (13:50) Firecrest, male still present around clump of ivy clad trees 50m into Bedford woods along path signposted Tooting Woodlands (per Alan Wilkinson); m Firecrest still present same spot, showing well, singing, 16:30 (Steve Woolfenden, John Millett, Rodger Evans, Nick Granger-Taylor); c14 Redwing, f Great Spotted Woodpecker, N of Bedford Wood (Nick Granger-Taylor).

*Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Woodcock flushed from `owl' field, 2 Common Buzzard, Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 12 Teal (John Colmans)

* Town Park, Enfield: 9 Stock Dove roosting Carr's Basin 17:10, 2 Grey Wagtail roosting Carr's Basin 17:20 (Robert Callf)

*Trent Park: Firecrest male feeding in holly & laurel NE edge of Rough Lot, 2 Bullfinch pr feeding on blackthorn buds along bridle-path near Shaws Wood (Robert Callf)

== Sunday 21st February 2016 ==

* Alexandra Park: WEBS- Male Kingfisher Wood Green Res, m Pochard, Tufted Duck, 19 Canada Geese, 14 Coot, 9 Moorhen, 19 Mallard, 4 Cormorant, 2 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Mute Swan, 325 Black-headed Gull, 20 Common Gull, 15 Herring Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Bob Watts)

* Arnos Park: 2 Grey Wagtail pr along Pymmes Brook, 6 Redwing, 2 Nuthatch pr (Robert Callf)

*Barnes Common: Firecrest showing well by station (2nd bird seen by others earlier), 20+ Redwing (Neil Anderson et al) 2 Firecrest sw of station nr ponds (Steve Woolfenden)

* Barnes Pond: pr Greylag, pr Egyptian Geese with 9 goslings (probably at least week old), pr Shoveler, m Mandarin, 64 Tufted Duck (Neil Anderson)

*Brent Reservoir : Green Sandpiper, 33 Snipe (Brent Birders).

* Bushy Park: c50 Siskin, Stonechat (Mat Hare)

* Crossness: Peregrine, Kestrel, Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk, 8 Linnet (Donna Zimmer) Please see Bexley Wildlife on Facebook or website to see how you help us save our Skylarks and protect our amazing Nature Reserve, thank you!

* Dollis Brook, Finchley N3: Little Egret fishing in the brook between Hendon Lane weir and Windsor Open Space (Ben Epstein)

*Grovelands Park: Firecrest at 13:30 usual spot by Rangers' hut (Frank Nugent).

*Home/Hampton Court Park: 2 Short-eared Owl [hunting over rough grass nr Long Water 17:15 - BirdGuides], 100+ Coot in 2 grazing flocks, 1000s Black-headed Gull in several large flocks, c20 Egyptian Goose, Skylark, m Pheasant, 2m 1f Wigeon, Kingfisher (Mat Hare)

* Lonsdale Rd Res: 30 Teal, 18 Shoveler, 6 Pochard, 2 Fieldfare, c50 Redwing low through (few dropping down) (Neil Anderson) 2 Little Grebe, 2 Chiffchaff (John Gordon).

* Pinner (HA5): 83 Redwing, Fieldfare, Coal Tit & 2 Goldfinch (Jon Ridge).

* Richmond Park: 2 Dartford Warbler, Jack Snipe, 5 Stonechat (Steve Woolfenden).

*Tooting Bec Common: Firecrest, male in Bedford Hill Woods, 70m north of Bedford Hill rail bridge, 51°26'07.3"N 0°08'25.6"W (Balham Birder)

* Wanstead Flats: WeBS 1200 Common Gull, 380 Black-headed Gull, 13 Herring Gull, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, 92 Coot, 36 Moorhen, 179 Canada Goose, 46 Greylag Goose, 20 Tufted Duck, 7 Pochard, 86 Mallard, 8 Shoveler, 4-6 Gadwall, 22 Mute Swan, Little Grebe, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Stock Dove, 100 Starling, singing Chaffinch, Goldcrest, 4-5 Skylark (up to 3 singing birds), pair of Mistle Thrush (Nick Croft)

* Wanstead Park: WeBS sharming Water Rail, 22 Teal (Wren Group)

* Whitings Hill / Arkley South fields:- 2 Buzzards, Sparrowhawk, Meadow Pipit, Green Woodpecker, 12 Lapwings, c30 Common Gulls, several Fieldfares and Song Thrush singing. (Geoff Crabtree).

* Wick Wood E9: flock 40+ Siskin, Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, 3 Song Thrush (Harry Harrison); flock of Siskin still present at 14.30 (JW Davies).

== Saturday 20th February 2016 ==

* Alexandra Park: Male Kingfisher Wood Green Res then Conservation pond, 40+ Redwing south end Pitch n Putt, Aythya hybrid, 3 Shoveler, 11 Pochard Boating Lake (Bob Watts)

* Barnes Common: 3 Firecrest, male still, from the Vine Road & Priory Lane junction, take footpath through common towards the train station, at cross roads, take dirt path off to the left & view holly bushes. Pair by Barnes train station, in holly in between station road loop. Also coal tit, nuthatch, treecreeper & small flock of redwing (J.murray & J.murray Snr)

* Bow Creek: 22 Redshank, 38 Teal and 1 Common Sandpiper in the high tide roost (Frank Nugent)

*Brent Reservoir : adult Yellow-legged Gull still north res, 23 Snipe, Water Rail calling, 26 Pochard, 190 Tufted Duck, Reed Bunting (Roy Beddard, Andrew Verrall)

* Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: 2 Mute Swan, 3 Egyptian Goose, 10 Shoveler 7m 3f, 32 Tufted Duck 22m 10f, Redwing, singing male Goldcrest, 60+ Starling, 9 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)

* Charlton Rail Station: Peregrine circling overhead (Dan Stephens)

* Dukes Meadows Chiswick: 6 Redpoll in ash tree by river, 5 Redwing near Chiswick school (Colin Aldridge)

*East India Dock : 142 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck and 1 Grey Wagtail on a raft (Frank Nugent).

* Greenwich: Male Blackcap in my back garden in Woodlands Park Road SE10 (Richard Green)

* Grovelands Park: 1 Firecrest behind Rangers' Hut 10.30; also drumming GS Woodpeckers, and two females interacting; Mandarins on lake.(Quentin Given)

* Harrow Lodge Park, Hornchurch: 1 Redwing, 2 Little Grebe, large group of Tufted Duck (K Midgley)

* Hogsmill Water Treatment Works: pr Shelduck, 33 Teal, 8 Gadwall, pr Wigeon, 9 Shoveler, 1 Pochard, 5 Grey Heron (2 displaying on nest), 3500 Black-headed Gull (2800 E), 226 Herring Gull (220 E), 32 Common Gull (31 E), 16 Collared Dove, 146 Woodpigeon, 9 Grey Wagtail, 200 Jackdaw, 81 Carrion Crow, 11 Song Thrush, 330 Starling, 28 Chaffinch, 16 Greenfinch, 4 Linnet over, 1 Siskin over (Andrew Skotnicki).

* King George V Res: Great Northern Diver, Scaup, Common Scoter (N.Smith, A.Middleton)

* London Wetland Centre: 1f Great Spotted Woodpecker at sunflower feeder, 1 Chiffchaff E. bund, 2m Pintail and 1m Stonechat grazing marsh, small groups of Siskin (Martin Honey, B. Page), 2 Bittern and 6 Common Snipe reported.

* Lonsdale Road Reservoir (St Paul's playing fields): c. 30 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, pair Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, 10 Blackbird (full house thrushes) + Goldcrest entrance woodland (David Jeffreys)

* Millwall Outer Dock: 7 Shelduck over East, 2 Egyptian Geese, 16 Tufted, 2 Little Grebes, female Peregrine, 2 Grey Wagtails, 3 Siskins in Alders at East end; late afternoon 1w/2cy Yellow-legged Gull (N Senior)

* Rainham Marshes: Chiffchaff, 4 Skylark singing, 5 Stonechat, 4 Water Pipit, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, Lapwing in large numbers, 50+ Dunlin at Stone Barges (G.Gram).

*Richmond Park; Dartford Warbler, 8 Stonechat, Little Egret, c50 Redwing (Steve Woolfenden); male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (P.Cox, S.Jones, W.Marks)

* Roxbourne Park, Rayners Lane: 60+ Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Common Gull (Tim Rymer)

* Totteridge Valley: Little Egret, Kingfisher along Folly Brook at Woodside Park, 5 Fieldfare (Ian Ellis)

== Friday 19th February 2016 ==

*Barnes: 2 Firecrest SW of station towards ponds, Goldcrest, Treecreeper, 2+ Coal Tit (Charlie Farrell) 2 Firecrest at 4pm in same spot as note above (Tim Vine)

* Boxer's Lake, Enfield: male Siskin sub-singing (Robert Callf)

*Crayford Marshes: Spotted Redshank feeding along Darent creek, near ad Caspian Gull at Darent mouth, 12 Mute Swan, 10+ Gadwall, c50 Teal, 30 Wigeon, Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk or 2, Kestrel, c50 Redshank, c50 Dunlin, 5 Curlew, 2+ Yellow-legged Gull, singing Skylark, 10+ Pied Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, Goldcrest, Jay, Rook, 4+ Reed Bunting (Ian Stewart)

* Ealing (W13): 2 male Blackcap in garden this morning (Bill Haines).

*Erith: Black Redstart on rooftop near Corinthian Manorway 15.20. Chiffchaff & Goldcrest in tit flock nearby, Curlew, 6 Dunlin, 10+Black-tailed Godwit, 20+Redshank on Thames foreshore (Conrad Ellam & Anita Gwynn)

* Forty Hill: 60 Redwing (James Palmer)

* Friday Lake and Horsemill Stream: Smew (red-head), 3 Goosander, Common Buzzard, drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3+ singing Song Thrush, 80+ Siskin, 8 Lesser Redpoll (Simon Papps)

* Leatherhead: At least 7 Common Buzzards circling distantly to the north east of Randalls Way area in two groups at 13:00 approx. (Neil Batten)

* Pinner (HA5): 46 Redwing, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit & Jackdaw (Jon Ridge).

* Rye Meads. Common Snipe (2+), 3 Green Sandpipers, Buzzard. Two male Cetti's warblers displaying to each other while calling. (Quentin Given)

*Sewardstone Marsh: Firecrest at 10:00 in north east corner feeding in tangled thicket adjacent to horse field. Also male Bullfinch and Common Buzzard low over tree-line (Martin Shepherd)

* Staines Moor: 1 Red kite, 2 Moorhen, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 3+ Skylark (display flights), 2 Stonechat, 35 Fieldfare, 4 linnet, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 9 Goldfinch (Thomas Gibson). 1m House Sparrow (mega), 1 Jack Snipe, 2+ Water Pipit (Colne), 12 Stonechat (7m, 5f), 2 Common Buzzard, 1-2 Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, 1m Reed Bunting (singing in NW corner), 7+ Skylark (some singing), c5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Coot (Colne), 1 Little Grebe (Colne) (Lee Dingain)

* Stoneleigh KT17: At least 5 Siskins in The Glade, associating with local Goldfinches (Neil Batten).

* Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 2 Little Egret, 1 Mike Dilger, 3 Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler (Chris Farthing)

* Streatham Hill, SW2 (Telford Avenue, nr Tooting Commons): 2 Redwing (Nick Granger-Taylor).

* Tooting Bec Common: Firecrest heard from path on Bedford Hill road at 8.30am while passing Bedford Woods (Will Rose)

*Tower Hamlets cemetery park: 1 Firecrest in Round glade aound 2pm (Jim Fell). No sign at this site earlier but 5+ Siskin including singing male in blossom around High Glade until 1310 when flew NW, possibly 3 different birds or part of flock also (Bob Watts)

* Wanstead Flats: 5 Shoveler, 5 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 7 Tufted Duck, 3 Egyptian Goose, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, singing Greenfinch, Great Black-backed Gull (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan)

* Wanstead Park: 16 Teal, 30 Shoveler, 20 Tufted Duck, 6 Pochard, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Water Rail, Redpoll, Siskin, Coal Tit, 4 Stock Dove (2 singing), 2 Goldcrest, Sparrowhawk (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan)

* Wallington Town Area: 2 Sparrowhawk-one calling. 3 Goldcrest, 5 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 10+ Long-Tailed Tits (Arjun Dutta)

== Thursday 18th February 2016 ==

* Alexandra Park: Male Peregrine, Siskin, Aythya hybrid Boating Lake, Kingfisher (Dominic Mitchell per Bob Watts). Tawny Owl, south slope, heard from cycle path, 18.20 (Greg Smith)

* Barnes, Lonsdale Road Reservoir   : minimum of 10 active Heron nests, including 2 on rafts, 2 Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler (R.Kaye)

* Brookmill Park: 2 Mute Swan, Mandarin, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush, Blackcap m (Conrad Ellam)

*Crayford Marshes: Raven south over landfill 16.00, pair Mute Swan, pair Gadwall, 40+ Teal, 2 Wigeon, Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Kestrel, Green Sandpiper, 3 Redshank, 4 Curlew, ad Mediterranean Gull flew to Dartford side (below), 2+ ad Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Little Owls, 3 Cetti's Warbler singing, Goldcrest, 8+ Jackdaw (Ian Stewart)

*Dartford Marshes: Glaucous Gull reported on twitter but not seen by me, 2+ Caspian Gull 3w and 1+ 1w by farm lake, ad Mediterranean Gull down to farm lake from Crayford Marshes, 4+ Shoveler, 20+ Teal (Ian Stewart)

* East India Dock Basin: 1 Siskin, 1 Kingfisher, 140 Teal, 8 Tufted Duck (John Archer)

*Erith: Thames (off Corinthian Manorway): Black Redstart still (11.20) on house roofs fronting the Thames (Nick S, Mike Lewis)

*Grovelands Park: 2 Great Crested Grebe pr, 19 Mandarin Duck 12m 7f, 38 Shoveler 22m 16f, 2 Pochard m f, 13 Tufted Duck 5m 8f, Peregrine flew N 15:46hrs, 8 Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Grey Wagtail at roost 17:25 hrs, 5+ Goldcrest, Firecrest, 3 Nuthatch, Treecreeper (Robert Callf)

* Holborn Viaduct: Sparrowhawk calling, landed on St Sepulchre's Church 12:45, possibly same bird from Bank yesterday(?) (Kieron Palmer)

* Snaresbrook, Gilberts Slade: Tawny Owl heard 06.15 (Stuart Fisher)

* Newton Park West, South Harrow: mixed flock of Fieldfare and Redwing, 3 Moorhen. (Tim Rymer)

* Pinner Park Farm: Red Kite over, 5 Snipe, 229 Redwing, just 6 Fieldfare, 6 Meadow Pipit, 4 Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker & 26 Jackdaw (Jon Ridge).

* Pinner Village Gardens: 37 Redwing, 3 Goldfinch & a singing Goldcrest (Jon Ridge).

* Regent's Park: 'Intermediate' Long-tailed Tit at north-west end of lake this morning (Joe Taylor)

* Isle of Dogs: 2 Egyptian Geese Millwall Outer Dock (Sean Huggins)

*London Wetland Centre: pm 1 Bittern N shore reservoir lagoon, 3m 1f Pintai main lake, Chiffchaff wildside, 2 Goldcrest, c.20 Siskin in several smaller flocks (Martin Honey)

* Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Snipe, 6 Lesser Redpoll, Cetti's Warbler, Kingfisher (Chris Farthing)

* Southwark Park: pair Egyptian Goose with 6 recently hatched young (John Cadera)

*Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Male Firecrest still Round Glade 1325 at least (Bob Watts)

* Trent Park: Firecrest, 4 Goldcrest, Stock Dove, 5 Mandarin ( 4m,f), pair of Tufted Duck, drake Shoveller, drake Pochard. (Pete Lowman).

* Walthamstow Marshes: 1 F Stonechat, 1 Meadow Pipit on bomb-crater field, 20 Linnets in rear paddocks. No sign of Jack Snipe or Brambling.(Quentin Given)

* Wanstead Flats: 1w m Stonechat, 2 Redwing, 2 Skylark, 6 Pied Wagtail, 7 Linnet, 23 + Greenfinch, 3 Stock Dove, Little Grebe, 21 Tufted Duck, 7 Pochard, 7 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 3 Egyptian Goose, 3 unidentified small geese NW, Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrel, 5 Goldcrest (Nick Croft)

* West Harrow: 2 Siskin on feeder in the garden this morning - feeder tick! (Alex Massey)

== Wednesday 17th February 2016 ==

* Battersea Park (Boating Lake): 20+ Tufted Duck, 12+ Gadwall, 12+ Shoveler, 20+ Cormorant, 1m Great Crested Grebe (Charlie Schouten)

* Bank Junction: Calling Sparrowhawk over Bank at 08:15 (Kieron Palmer)

*Brent Reservoir : Green Sandpiper, Yellow-legged Gull, 17 Common Snipe (M. Kirkland).

* Bow Creek: 4 Shelduck, 37 Teal, 11 Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper (N Senior)

* Cheshunt: ♂ Goosander on the New River at Church Lane ( TL35363 02926 ) by island at 8.35am (Simon West)

* East India Dock Basin: 341 Teal, 1 Redwing, 3 Goldcrests (N Senior)

* Ladywell Fields: Kingfisher, Little Egret, 2 singing Song Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chaffinch singing (Tom Moulton/Sue Gore/Judith Simmons)

* Lamorbey Park: Pair Mute Swan, Greylag, pair Shoveler lower lake, 5 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Little Egret lower lake, 2 Peregrines, Grey Wagtail, female Siskin (Ian Stewart)

*Leyton Flats: Firecrest in hollies South of Gilberts Slade c2pm, Treecreeper, Nuthatch (Stuart Fisher)

* Rainham Marshes: Female Merlin in hunting flight across Wennington Marsh, crossing into RSPB reserve 15.10hrs. + 4 short-eared Owls at least (Jonathan Cooke)

* South Park Lake, Ilford: Grey Wagtail, 4 Egyptian Geese, Teal, 2 pairs of Shoveler, 3 Little Grebes, 3 Pochards (inc. female), pair of Gadwall, Mistle Thrush, 2 Ring-necked Parakeets, Long-tailed Tit, Lesser Black-backed Gull, around 20 Common Gulls among hundreds of Black-headed Gulls (Alan Hobson).

*Sutcliffe Park: Jack Snipe, 2 Common Snipe, Little Egret, Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)

* Thames Barrier Park: 72 Shelduck, 98 Teal, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (1w/2cy, 2w/3cy), 20 House Sparrows (N Senior)

*Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Male Firecrest showing very well Round Glade until 1305 when it flew south towards Hurricane Woods, also silent Chifffchaff, Coal Tit heard (Bob Watts)

* Trafalgar Square: Common Shelduck going high W over The Mall in with a flock of Gulls at 08:25 (Frank Nugent).

* Wanstead Flats: singing Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 2 Kestrel, 4 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, f Tufted Duck, 3 Egyptian Goose, 1-2 Little Grebe (nick Croft)

* Wanstead Park: Great Crested Grebe, 12 Teal, 17 Tufted Duck, 5 Pochard, 22 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 3 Egyptian Goose, 1-2 Sparrowhawk, Nuthatch, Goldcrest, 5 Stock Dove, 3 Redpoll, 18 + Siskin, Little Egret (Nick Croft)

*Walthamstow Reservoirs: Probable Caspian x Herring Gull Hybrid amongst gulls on East Warwick Island, beware of this individual. many pro casp features, white-headed, bill good, ventral buldge, looks good (through bins) in flight but wing coverts wrong etc, can't rule out herring influence (Jamie Partridge) email me if you're interested in photos of the bird emailpartridge@gmail.com

== Tuesday 16th February 2016 ==

* Bookham Common: No sign of Hawfinch 13.00 - 15.20, 2 Teal, 5+ Buzzard, 2+ Marsh Tit, Redpoll sp, 5+ Siskin, 4+ Bullfinch (Ian Stewart)

*Bow Creek  : 4 Redshank, 60 Teal (Conrad Ellam)

* Broadwater Lake, Harefield. 2 Drake Scaup, both adults, on the water near the west bank at mid day. A total of 41 Chiffchaff counted along the R. Colne here, my highest count in any year of these overwintering birds. Quite staggering. Also along the River Colne, 4 Goosander ( 2 Drakes), 5 Cetti's Warbler,3 Reed Bunting, 7 Goldcrest and 50 Fieldfare on nearby Black Jack's Lane. ( John Edwards)

* Brookmill Park: Mandarin, Kingfisher (first sighting since the Hither Green diesel spillage) Song Thrush, 3 Siskin (Conrad Ellam)

* Eastcote (Field End Road): Grey Wagtail over (Jon Ridge).

* East India Dock: 5 Tufted Duck, 30 Teal, 2 Redwing, Kingfisher (Mark Wardman)

* Erith: Thames (off Corinthian Manorway): Black Redstart, 30+ Black-tailed Godwit, Chiffchaff, Curlew, 2 Gadwall, Grey Wagtail, Rock Pipit &c. (Mike Robinson)

*Grovelands Park : 2 Firecrest ( in thicket adjacent to Rangers Hut), 1 Goldcrest, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush (Ted Shipp)

* Leatherhead: 4 Common Buzzard circling over M25/Ashtead Common Area (Neil Batten)

*London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern reported, one showing well on reservoir lagoon then flew to SE corner of main lake, 3 Common Snipe, 3 Shelduck, 1m 1f Pintail, 1m Stonechat and 2 Water Rail reported, two small flocks of Siskin (c. 20 birds) (Martin Honey, B. Page) 1 Jack Snipe, Res Lagoon showing clearly 15:00 (S.Barry) (Hi, could you say where exactly. Thnx Martin)

*Purfleet: 1 Grey Plover, 72 Golden Plover, 13 Shelduck (Fraser Simpson)

* Rainham RSPB: female Brambling with finches and Reed Buntings by visitor centre feeding station, Dartford Warbler in brambles by Ken Barrett Hide, Short-eared Owl, Barn Owl, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, Water Pipit with Skylark and Linnet flock, Golden Plover 100+, Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, Dunlin flock on Thames, Fieldfare, Redwing, Pintail, Stonechat, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, Shelduck, 3 Rook overhead (Ben Epstein).

*St James's Park : Common Buzzard low and leisurely over from 14:00 then mobbed by a Peregrine at 14:20, also Red Admiral (Frank Nugent).

* Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Peregrine, Water Rail, 2 Little Egret, Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Bunting [total 45 spp.] (Chris Farthing)

*Trent Park: 2 Firecrest (one seen briefly in willow near entrance to Water Grdn, another feeding in bare branches above head height NE edge of Rough Lot (Robert Callf)

*Wanstead Flats: Firecrest (Still west end Long Wood), 2 Goldcrest, Meadow Pipit, singing Skylark, Stonechat, 8 Shoveler, 4 Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck, 3 Egyptian Goose, Little Grebe, Grey Heron (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan)

* Wanstead Park: 5 Teal, 26 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, 4 Pochard, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Coal Tit, Redpoll, Siskin, Nuthatch (Bob Vaughan)

* Waterloo: Sparrowhawk over 12.04 (Ian Stewart)

== Monday 15th February 2016 ==

* Brockley & Ladywell Cemetery: Female Blackcap, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Goldcrest, 4 Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam & Anita Gwynn)

* City of London, EC2: male Black Redstart feeding in private courtyard (D Bradnum)

*Erith: Thames (off Corinthian Manorway): Black Redstart, 2 Chiffchaffs, 48 Teal, 9 Shelducks, over 50 Redshank, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Long-tailed Tit (Alan Hobson).

* Heathrow Airport: Pair of Kestrel hunting near northern runway (Charlie Farrell)

* Leatherhead, Common Meadow: 2 Goosander (both male), pair of Teal, Red Kite, 7 Redwing, 4 Pied Wagtail (Neil Batten).

*Purfleet: 1 Grey Plover, m Pintail upriver, 46 Wigeon upriver, 1 Great Crested Grebe upriver (Fraser Simpson).

* Tooting Commons: 12+ Redwing groundfeeding nr Fontenoy Road entrance (Nick Granger-Taylor).

*Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Male Firecrest still Poplar Wood/Monument Glade 1250 (Bob Watts)

* Town Park, Enfield: male Pochard, 12 Tufted Duck 8m 4f, Sparrowhawk, 7 Stock Dove roosting Carr's Basin 16:50, 2 Grey Wagtail roosting Carr's Basin 17:15, 23 Redwing, 4 Mistle Thrush, 8 Long-tailed Tit (Robert Callf)

*Walthamstow Marshes: Brambling 14.10 in rear paddock. (Marcus Mitchell).

== Sunday 14th February 2016 ==

* Hall Place Gardens: Buzzard, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 2 Greenfinch, 6 Siskin (Donna Zimmer)

* Barnes Common: 2 Firecrest - N & SW of station in hollies (S.Fogg, J.Wilczur, Martin P.) "singing" Stock Dove, 14 Redwing (JW).

* Beddington Park Lake: Mallards, Moorhens, Coots, Rock Doves, Mute Swans and Little Egrets.

* Beddington Farm pools: Yellow-legged gull on end of spit of pebbly ground in pool to the right of the path just before the fork that goes to the railway bridge that crosses to Mitcham Common and The Goat pub. 11:30 a.m., but on my return at 12 noon, four Canada geese had usurped that spot. Also on the tree-lined path to that spot: four Redpoll (Terence Baker).

* Belvedere: Thames (off Crabtree Manorway North): 16 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 7 Ringed Plover, Rock Pipit &c (Mike Robinson ~ seen between 13.30 and 14.00 or thereabouts).

* Crossness: Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, c300 Lapwing, c500 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, Kingfisher, 46 Wigeon, 55+ Gadwall, 8+ Shoveler, Common Seal (John Archer).

* Erith: Thames (off Corinthian Manorway): Black Redstart, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Gadwall, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Linnet, 26 Redshank, 4 (at least) Rock Pipit, 9 Shelduck, 2 Siskin (feeding in lone Alder), 48 Teal &c. (Mike Robinson ~ seen between 09.00 and 10.45 or thereabouts) plus Goldcrest and 3 Greenfinch in the grounds of the nearby Church of St John the Baptist.

* Foots Cray Meadows: Pair Mute Swan, 4 Gadwall, 12+ Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Grey Wagtail, 10+ Song Thrush at least 6 singing, 2 Chiffchaff, 2+ Goldcrest, 3+ Jay. Also 2 Little Egrets flying SW over Foots Cray High Street 07.10 (Ian Stewart).

* Ickenham Marsh: Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Buzzard, Red Kite, Grey Wagtail, Grey Heron, 3 Rook, 100+ Redwing, 40+ Fieldfare, Lesser Redpoll (Nigel Dodd).

*Kensal Green Cemetery and St Mary’s Cemetery : 6 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, 2 Meadow Pipit, 8 Linnet (Charlie Farrell)

* Lamorbey Park: Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Shoveler, Tufted Duck 5, Cormorant 2, pair Mute Swan, Egyptian Goose, a mixed flock of Goldfinches and Siskin 5+ of latter (by old toilet block), Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Mike Amos).

* Lonsdale Drive, EN2: 2 Collared Dove pr, Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff (Robert Callf)

* Millwall Outer Dock: adult Mediterranean Gull in roost; 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (ad, 1w/2cy), 2 Little Grebes (N Senior).

* Mudchute Park: imm female Peregrine, 1 Redwing, 2 Siskins, 25 Monk Parakeets (N Senior).

* Ponders End Lake: Smew, 5 prs Little Grebe. Ponders End South Marsh channel: 3 Green Sandpipers (A. Middleton).

* Rainham Marshes: f Brambling at visitor centre feeding station (Fraser Simpson)

* Seventy Acres Lake: 3 Goosander, Water Rail, Bittern (west side of lake at 17.10), 60+ Lapwing, Treecreeper, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Siskin, Lesser Redpoll (Simon Papps). Also, Caspian Gull (2nd Winter) near the Bittern Hide for approx. 45mins feeding on Crayfish before flying off (Charles Fentiman).

* South Norwood CP: Cetti's Warbler showing well putting me on 68 for the year (Roy Weller).

* South Norwood CP: Mallards, Moorhens, Tufted Ducks, Canada Geese, Rock Doves, Coots, Mute Swans, Magpies, Carrion crows, 2 Pheasants, Rock Doves,1 Robin, Blue tits,1 Great tit, 1 Meadow Pipit, Female Kestrel and 1 Blackbird. (Isaac Omonya)

* Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Mediterranean Gull, Water Rail, 2 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, 5 Grey Wagtail, 4 Goldcrest, Lesser Redpoll, Cetti's Warbler, total 44 spp (Chris Farthing). Also 2 Teal, Snipe, 2 Reed Bunting (TeRNS)

* Ten Acre Wood area: Pr Buzzard, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine flying low heading east at 10:15, 9 Teal, c50 Lapwing flew in from the west, Little Egret, 6 Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 3 Reed Bunting, Linnet, 3 Lesser Redpoll (Nigel Dodd) pair of Mandarin on Yeading Brook. (Jim Fell)

* Totteridge Valley: Common Buzzard, Mistle Thrush, 8 Fieldfare (Ian Ellis).

* Trent Park: 4 Common Buzzard, Red Kite, Grey Wagtail, 7 Tufted Duck (6m,f), 2 Pochard (mf).( Pete Lowman).

* Waddon Ponds: Ring-necked parakeets, Mallards, Moorhens, Tufted Ducks, Canada Geese, Rock Doves, Coots, Mute Swans. (Isaac Omonya)

* Walthamstow Marshes: rear paddocks - Brambling, Redwing, 4 Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush (JW Davies) bomb crater field Jack Snipe (Mike Messenger/ Gavin Whyte)

* Wanstead Flats: Stonechat, Gadwall, 4 Pochard, * Egyptian Goose, 5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Skylark (Bob Vaughan)

* Wanstead Park: 8-12 Redwing, 24 Shoveler, 6 Teal (Bob Vaughan)

* Whitings Hill/Arkley South Fields   : 4 Common Buzzard, 4 Mistle Thrush and solitary Skylark (David Martens/ Alex Coltman)

*Wormwood Scrubs : 1 male Stonechat, 3 Linnet (Charlie Farrell)

==Saturday 13th February 2016==

* Alexandra Park: Kingfisher heard 0845near conservation Pond (Bob Watts)

* Barrowell Green, N21: Male Goosander on inaccessible side of New River just beyond the flats at 16:20 (Katy McGilvray)

* Brent Reservoir: Little Egret, 23 Common Snipe, 4 Water Rail 2 seen, 2 calling, adult Yellow-legged Gull north res, 3 Goldcrest (Brent Birders)

* Brockley and Ladywell Cemetery SE4: Fieldfare, Redwing, Green Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Ring Necked Parakeet, Sparrowhawk (Phil Laurie)

* Kingston: fem Peregrine attacked a Jackdaw but dropped it when perched on a ledge (J.McCormick per J.Wilczur)

* Lamorbey Park: Pair Mute Swan on golf course pond, 2 Egyptian Geese, 6 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Little Egret in River Shuttle, Kingfisher along Shuttle, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker inc drumming, 2+ Goldcrest, 2 Jackdaw, c10 Siskin (Ian Stewart) plus pair Shoveler on Golf Course pond this morning (Mike Amos)

*London Wetland Centre: 2w Iceland Gull first thing then flew towards Putney at c.11.15 (thanks again to Simon Fogg), 2 Bittern (reservoir lagoon and main lake), 2m 1f Pintail, 12 Mandarin, Peregrine on Ch. X hospital all day, 1m Stonechat, 20+ Siskin, several singing Cetti's warbler and calling Water Rail (Martin Honey).

* Olympic Park: Water Rail, singing Cetti's Warbler, 2+ Chiffchaff, 2 Little Egret (Stuart Fisher)

* Purfleet: Fulmar drifting upriver on rising tide 1520, 1 Grey Plover, 92 Golden Plover, 538 Dunlin, 356 Lapwing, 19 Redshank, 14 Shelduck, 92 Wigeon downriver, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard (Fraser Simpson)

* Rainham Marshes: Fulmar drifting up river at 15.37, 1st seen at Purfleet (Twitter)

* Regent's Park: Egyptian Goose pair with 7 just-hatched goslings (Matt Reed).

* Richmond Park: 2 Stonechat, 5 Reed Bunting, Snipe, Kingfisher, f Goldeneye, 3 Redwing (Steve Woolfenden)

* Sewardstone Marsh: 2 Egyptian Goose, 3 Lapwing, Stonechat. 3 Bullfinch, Siskin (Neville Smith).

* Walthamstow Marshes: Brambling again in paddocks near riding school with 30+ Chaffinch, 35 Linnet etc, 3 Stonechat on fence by bomb crater field (Stuart Fisher)

* Wandsworth Park: 115 Cormorant, 1st winter Yellow-legged Gull (R.Kaye)

==Friday 12th February 2016==

*Abney Park Cemetery, N16: 2 Coal Tit, 1 Goldcrest (Michael Rank)

*Brent Reservoir: Jack Snipe (video), Water Rail, Cetti's warbler. (M. Kirkland)

*Beddington Farmlands: Marsh Harrier cream cap north (Twitter)

* Eastcote (Field End Road): a charm of 22 Goldfinch behind the thoroughfare (Jon Ridge).

* Erith: Thames (off Corinthian Manorway): Black Redstart (lodgings taken here for at least two months now), Grey Wagtail, Rock Pipit &c. (Mike Robinson) and 4 Greenfinch in the grounds of the nearby Church of St John the Baptist

*Foots Cray Meadows: Pair Mute Swan, pair Egyptian Geese, pair Gadwall, 24 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, 3 Cormorant over, 2 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Water Rail, Grey Wagtail showing to under 2M, Redwing, Chiffchaff, 10+ Goldcrest, 25+ Siskin (Ian Stewart): Hi Ian, 2 pairs of Rose-ringed Parakeets gnawing away to make nesting holes in a couple of Scots Pines on "Burning Path' near Cray Woods. I thought they just took over natural cracks and woodpecker's? (Patrick English). Evolution in action I guess (IS)

* Hampton Court Park: Shorteared Owl 4pm onwards, over pond near cottages in the golf course. (Paul Bursche)

* Leatherhead, Common Meadow: Pair of Goosander fishing in river Mole. Also 9 Redwing & three Ring-necked Parakeet (Neil Batten)

*London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern – res lagoon, 2 Pintail, 15 Fieldfare, 7 Siskin (Twitter)

* Mayflower Park: Chiffchaff (Bob Smith)

* Oxleas Woods: Common Buzzard, circling high over woods being harassed by 2 crows (John Reid)

* Pinner (HA5): male Sparrowhawk low through garden & a single Goldcrest (Jon Ridge).

* Rainham: 8+ Fieldfare with Starlings and Goldfinches, Skylark, 1 Chiffchaff at Rainham Creek, 50+ Black Tail Godwit up river, Peregrine (John Cadera)

*Snaresbrook: Caspian Gull on Eagle Pond (possibly same bird as Wanstead Flats) (Stephen Harris)

* Sutcliffe Park: Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Snipe, Little Egret, 2 Little Grebe, Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff, m Blackcap, Kingfisher (P Kite)

* Tooting Commons: c40 Redwing in Triangle Wood (east end of Triangle Field, north end of the common) (Nick Granger-Taylor)

* Trent Park: Firecrest NE edge of Rough Lot, 2 Goosander (m,f) Lower Lake, 3 Common Buzzard together, Kestrel, Redwing, Grey Wagtail, Song Thrush, Nuthatch, 2 f Pochard. ( Pete Lowman ).

*Walthamstow Marsh: Jack Snipe flushed in reedbed north of railway line, Cetti's Warbler, Water Rail. 3 Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit in bomb crater field. (Paul Whiteman)

*Wanstead Flats: Caspian Gull (Jamie Partridge)

* Whetstone Stray: 1 Little Egret in Dollis brook near Totteridge and Whetstone Underground station. (Dianne Murphy)

* Worcester Park: Little Egret Green Lane (Bob Smith)

==Thursday 11th February 2016==

* Crossness: adult Mediterranean gull off the golf course, male Marsh Harrier heading north across the river, 120 Dunlin, 3 Common Seal (Gus Wilson)

*Erith (Thames off Corinthian Manorway): Black Redstart, Rock Pipit, Curlew (Nick S)

* Foots Cray Meadows: Pair Mute Swan, pair Egyptian Geese, pair Gadwall, c15 Tufted Duck, 5 Little Grebe, Little Egret, Water Rail squealing, pair Green Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Fieldfare, 10+ Goldcrest, 20+ Siskin, pair Bullfinch (Ian Stewart)

* Greenwich Ecology Paek: Little Grebe, 2 Tufted Duck, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Goldcrest, 30+Siskin, (John Bushell per Conrad Ellam)

* KGV Reservoir: 2 female Smew, Green Sandpiper, (Martin Shepherd)

* Leatherhead: 1 Common Buzzard circling distantly over Ashtead Common area (Neil Batten)

*Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: 2 Firecrest (including a singing male, 100m north of car park along path to Gilberts Slade, in Hollies), Nuthatch, 2-3 Coal Tit, 18 Redwing, 2 Egyptian Goose, 20 Shoveler, Gadwall, pr Great crested Grebe, Siskin, Lesser Redpoll (Stuart Fisher)

*London Wetland Centre: 1 Bittern N shore reservoir lagoon., 126 Cormorant main lake, 2m 1f Pintail main lake, 1 Common Snipe wader scrape, 1m Stonechat grazing marsh (Martin Honey)

* Maida Vale Station: 5 Siskin in trees at 07:50 (John Cadera)

* Pinner (HA5): Little Owl calling at 21:25 (Jon Ridge).

*Richmond Park: 2 Wigeon - pr, 2 Gadwall - pr, 4 Shoveler - 2 prs, fem Goldeneye, 2 Snipe, 20 Meadow Pipit, 4 Stonechat, male Dartford Warbler, Society Finch - domesticated form of White-rumped Munia (J.Wilczur)

* Sewardstone Marsh: Firecrest by Godwin Close entrance as previously, 7 Common Buzzards up over north London/M25 wide area (A.Middleton)

* Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Peregrine, Song Thrush, male Blackcap feeding on ivy berries, Chiffchaff briefly in garden, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Jay, 2 Jackdaw (Ian Stewart)

* Sidcup (Lamorbey Park): 2 Mute Swan, 2 Cormorant, Egyptian Goose, 4 Gt Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Siskin, 3 Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Peregrine over. Green Woodpecker my garden Maple Leaf Drive. (Eric Brown

* Staines Reservoir   : 6 Black-Necked Grebe, 3 Scaup (2 m), Pintail, 20+ Goldeneye. ( Jim Sweetland)

*Northaw Great Wood: 3 Marsh Tit pr and a single (Robert Callf)

*Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Male Firecrest still Monument glade 1255 showing very well (Bob Watts)

* Trent Park: 2 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 4 Mandarin, female Pochard, 2 Song Thrush, Grn Woodpecker, 10 Ring necked Parakeet. ( Pete Lowman).

* Walthamstow Marshes: All 3 wintering Stonechat still present at ~10:30 - typical female and typical summer plumage male, plus a very dark little female-type bird. All just north of the boardwalk enjoying the newly-cleared area. Also 2 Meadow Pipit and 2 Reed Bunting nearby, both pairs involved in courtship chases (Alastair Dent)

==Wednesday 10th February 2016==

*Brent Reservoir : 40 Shoveler, 110 Teal, 30 Gadwall, 220+ Tufted Duck, 30+ Pochard, 29 Snipe, 3 Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler seen and heard softly calling in front of main hide (Roy Beddard, Raymond Newman).

* Barker Drive, Camden: 15 Siskins feeding in the alders at the Garden Centre today (Pete Mantle)

*Grovelands ParkGrovelands Park: 2 Great Crested Grebe pr, 10 Mandarin Duck 5m 5f, 38 Shoveler 22m 16f, 2 Pochard m f, 9 Tufted Duck 4m 5f, male Sparrowhawk, 11 Common Gull, Tawny Owl hooting 14:40, fem Kingfisher battering and swallowing fish, 5 Grey Wagtail at roost 17:10, 5 Song Thrush incl three singing males, 8 Redwing, 4 Goldcrest incl one singing male, Firecrest feeding in holly near Rangers Hut, 1+ Treecreeper, fem Siskin, male Bullfinch (Robert Callf)

* Harrow Recreation Ground (HA1): 5 Redwing (Shailesh Patel)

* Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, Teal, 5 Gadwall, 2 Tuftd Duck, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Goldcrest, 10 Siskin (John Bushell per Conrad Ellam)

* Leatherhead: at least 3 Common Buzzard circling over M25 at lunchtime. also 2 Common Gull (Neil Batten)

* London Wetland Centre: Bittern from Dulverton and Headley hides, Pintail, Wigeon, Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, Siskin, Cetti's Warbler

*Petts Wood: 4 Firecrests in area between Riverwood Lane and Manor Park footpaths in hollies, Peregrine, 3 Green Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 8+ Redwing, 6+ Goldcrest, 4 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, c150 Jackdaw, Rook, Siskin (Ian Stewart)

* Pinner (HA5): 47 Redwing south, Coal Tit & 4 Goldfinch (Jon Ridge).

* Purfleet: 1 Rock Pipit, 7 Shelduck, 166 Lapwing, 1 Curlew, 5 Wigeon upriver (Fraser Simpson)

*Rainham Marshes: 2 Short-eared Owls (Coldharbour Lane), Peregrine Falcon (Juvenile), 60 Golden-Plover, 50 Dunlin, 5 Stonechat. ''At coldharbour lane whilst looking for the short-eared owls, there was a bunting in spotted in a gorse bush. It had a chestnut head with very faint segregated stripes and black line behind eye, very different to any female reed bunting I've ever seen as it had a very dark back. Suspected Female Lapland Bunting, but not confirmed as it was not patient enough to hang around. ''(Luca Robinson)

*Richmond Park: Sparrowhawk hunting beside Upper Pen Pond, 1f Goldeneye on Upper Pen Pond, Kestrel on opposite side, 4 Stonechat, Song Thrush Pembroke Lodge, 1 Dartford Warbler (Martin Honey & B. Page)

*St James's Park  : Common Buzzard circling over the Park at 14:45 (Frank Nugent). Egyptian Goose pair with 10 just-hatched goslings. (Matt Reed).

* Scadbury Park: Grey Heron, 2 Tawny Owls calling 13.28, 3+ Redwing, 4 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, Siskin, pair Bullfinch (Ian Stewart)

* Sidcup DA15: Peregrine over Appledore Cresent/Main Road area causing flush of 16+ Collared Doves- most I've seen locally for a while (Ian Stewart)

* South Norwood CP: Little Egret, 2 Snipe (Roy Weller).

* Sutcliffe Park: Little Grebe, Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, 2 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)

* Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 3 Treecreeper (pair plus a single), 15 Fieldfare, 65 Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Common Buzzard, 11 Teal (John Colmans)

* Uxbridge: 1 Common Buzzard over Park Road @14.30. (Roger Dewey)

*Wanstead Flats: Firecrest (still Long Wood), Goldcrest, 3 Skylark (one singing bird), Meadow Pipit, 20 + Goldfinsh, 4 Linnet, 6 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 2 Egyptian Goose, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 f Pochard, Little Grebe, 2 Stock Dove,  Kestrel (Nick Croft/James Heal)

* Wnstead Park: 2 Nuthatch, 13 + Siskin, 10 + singing Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush (one singing), 6 Redwing,  5 Stock Dove, 39 Shoveler, 8 Pochard, 11 Teal, 4 Gadwall, 15 Tufted Duck, 2 Egytian Goose, Water Rail, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 3 Goldcrest (Nick Croft)

* Woodford Green: Kestrel, Sparrow Hawks displaying, Tree Creeper, Firecrest, 2 Little Egret, 6 Siskin, Grey Wagtail (Ken Murray)

* Laleham: 2 Buzzard (David Combes)

==Tuesday 9th February 2016==

*Brent Reservoir : Male Kingfisher, adult Yellow-legged Gull, both north side. Snipe from main hide. (Ben Epstein)

* Brookmill Park: Mandarin, 2 Song Thrush, Goldcrest, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)

* Brayside Farm, Enfield: 11 Eurasian Teal, 4 Shoveler 2m 2f (Robert Callf)

*Edgware: Great Grey Shrike again briefly this afternoon in bushes behind the reedbed at TQ187936 (Bill Haines). NB: Pedestrian access along EA track to Flood Relief Mound only from the A41 Spur Road Junction - very busy, parking difficult. Please do not trespass on the farm fields or disturb horses or riders (Fay Broom, Bob Husband)

* Erith: Thames (off Corinthian Manorway): incl. a Black Redstart, 23 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Collared Dove, Curlew, 200+ Dunlin, 2 Goldfinch, Grey Wagtail, 30+ Linnet, 100+ Redshank, 4 Shelduck, 45 Teal (Mike Robinson)

* KGV res: 2 Smew (redheads), 15 Goosander (7 males), 1 Common Scoter (female), 24 Goldeneye, 3 Shelduck (Barry Reed)

* Horton country park; 1 Firecrest, pond wood. 2 little owl [john gordon]

* Leatherhead Crematorium: 13 Redwing, 1 Greylag, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet (Neil Batten)

* Purfleet: 1 Oystercatcher downriver 0828, 51 Golden Plover, 376 Lapwing, 2 Curlew (Fraser Simpson)

*Regents Park  : Water rail showing well (Jim Fell).

*St James's Park : redhead Blackcap (Frank Nugent).

* Town Park, Enfield: Cormorant, 5 Shoveler 3m 2f, 4 male Common Pochard, 12 Tufted Duck 8m 4f, 2 Stock Dove, 39+ Redwing, 5 Mistle Thrush (Robert Callf)

* Wandsworth Park: 114 Cormorant roosting, 1st winter Yellow-legged Gull, 149 Crow (R.Kaye)

* Wanstead Flats: Stonechat, 2 Mistle Thrush, 6 singing Song Thrush, 4 Kestrel, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 pairs of Stock Dove, 20 Tufted Duck, 7 Pochard, 9 Shoveler, 6 Teal (3 displaying males to one female), 7 Gadwall, 6 Egyptian Goose, Little Grebe, 12 Linnet (Nick Croft/Peter Brinton)

* Wanstead Park: Water Rail sharming, Grey Wagtail, Redpoll, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Tufted Duck, Pochard, 8 Shoveler (Bob Vaughan)

* William Girling res.: 9 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Slavonian Grebe, 4 Goldeneye (Barry Reed)

*Woldingham: Red Kite, 4+ Buzzards, Kestrel, Raven. (John Birkett)

==Monday 8th February 2016==

*Bedfont Lakes: drake Smew on South Lake this morning. (Bill Haines).

* Charing Cross Hospital: pr Peregrine Falcon mating (public site) (Nathalie Mahieu).

* Cranham Marsh: 7 Skylark, 3 Meadow pipit, 19 Redwing, 6 Fieldfare, 35 Goldfinch, 5 Siskin (Ben Green)

* Erith (Thames off Corinthian Manorway): incl. a Black Redstart, Curlew and Grey Wagtail (Mike Robinson ~ early-morning before the wind got up)

* Hackney Marshes: at 17.00 2-3 Goldcrest in small yew tree close to gate to Middlesex Filter Beds (Marcin K).

*Millwall Outer Dock: adult Mediterranean Gull on yacht club rafts at west end 4.30 (N Senior)

* St Mary's Cemetery;16 Meadowpipit,4 Fieldfare (F.O'Sullivan)

* Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Chiffchaff heard, also Coal Tit, 5 Goldcrest (Bob Watts)

*Woodlands Farm: Firecrest & Goldcrest in Clothworkers Woods, at leat 2 Siskin by the pond (Conrad Ellam et al)

==Sunday 7th February 2016==

*Brent Reservoir : Snipe, Kingfisher, Little Egret (RSPB NW London Local Group and Brent Birders)

* Clissold Park, N16: 11 Pochard (4f), Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Redwing (TeRNS)

* Erith (Thames off Corinthian Manorway): incl. a Black Redstart, 37 Black-tailed Godwit, Collared Dove, 4 Common Gull, Curlew, 60+ Dunlin, 12 Goldfinch, 30+ Linnet, 140+ Redshank, 2 Shelduck and 48 Teal (Mike Robinson ~ seen between 08.45 and 11.00 or thereabouts and a Grey Wagtail and the Black Redstart (again) at around 14.00)

* Greville Place LNR NW6;Redwing,f.Sparrowhawk,Goldcrest,6 Blackbirds on ivy plus first frogspawn(First Sunday of the month open day F.O'Sullivan)

* Ravenor Park (Greenford): 12 Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush, Goldcrest, 2 Jackdaw (K. Bull)

* Ten Acre Wood area: 2 Pheasant, 4 Little Egret (1 paddock by wood, 3 feeding around ponies Sharvel Lane entrance), 2 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Lapwing, c10 Stock Dove, 8 Pied Wagtail (SL), 10 Fieldfare, 3 Stonechat (pr marsh, f SL), 5 Reed Bunting, 2 Rook, c20 Jackdaw, 7 Linnet, 4 Lesser Redpoll, f Bullfinch (Neil Anderson/G. Westley/K. Bull)

*Rainham Marshes: Dartford Warbler, Fieldfare, Black-tailed Godwit, Golden Plover, Short-eared Owl, (G.Gram); Target Pools: Water Pipit, 1300 Lapwing, 44 Golden Plover, 381 Wigeon, 195 Teal, 42 Shelduck, 22 Shoveler, 12 Pintail, 2 Marsh Harrier (Fraser Simpson).

*Richmond Park: 2 Dartford Warbler, 6 Stonechat, Green Woodpecker (Mark Wardman)

* Staines Moor: 3 Water Pipit (Colne), 1 Little Egret, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Common Snipe, 8 (3m, 5f) Stonechat, 15 Fieldfare, 4 Goldcrest, 7 Skylark, 4+ Meadow Pipit, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1+ Kestrel, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite E and 1 Sparrowhawk NE (Lee Dingain - Water Pipit pics ).

* Totteridge Valley: Woodcock (owl field, per C Weaver), Common Buzzard, Fieldfare, c10 Redwing (Ian Ellis)

*Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Firecrest at High Glade pondlet c. midday; also seen: 2 Goldcrests, 1 Redwing, 1 singing male Siskin (Nick Moll)

* Turnford & Cheshunt Pits, Lee Valley CP: 5 Goosanders (3m, 2f), nearby Common Buzzard, 2 Egptian Goose (Bob Watts)

* Wanstead Flats:  2 Skylark (Rose Stephens), Stonechat, Peregrine Falcon f, 2 Kestrel, 19 Tufted Duck, 3 Pochard,  3 Shoveler, 2 Egyptian Goose (Jubilee pond), 2 Goldcrest (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan)

* Wanstead Park: 16 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 15 Tufted Duck, 4 Pochard, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Stock Dove, 4 Redpoll, 4 Goldcrest, Little Egret (Nick Croft/James Heal)

*Leytonstone garden: 2 Goldcrest (observer?)

==Saturday 6th February 2016==

* Alexandra Park: Female Kingfisher, Water Rail conservation Pond, 12+ Common Gull among c300 gulls Wood Green Res (Greg Smith, Bob Watts)

* Erith (Thames off Corinthian Manorway): incl. a Black Redstart, 23 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Collared Dove, Common Gull, Curlew, Grey Wagtail, 80+ Redshank, 2 Rock Pipit, 2 Shelduck and 67 Teal (Mike Robinson ~ seen between 09.45 and 11.15 or thereabouts) and a Green Woodpecker in the grounds of the nearby Church of St John the Baptist

* Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: Little Grebe, 3 Tufted Duck, at least 15 Siskin (Conrad Ellam)

* KGV Reservoir: Common Scoter (Neville Smith/Andrew Middleton)

* Lamorbey Park: Pair Mute Swan, Egyptian Goose, 8 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, Kingfisher, 4+ Goldcrest and obviously, judging by the chaos among medium-sized birds, a Peregrine on the hunt although unseen (Ian Stewart)

*London Wetland Centre: 2w Iceland gull on grazing marsh at 10.35-ish, flew south at 10.50 (S. Fogg pers. comm.), 7 Common Snipe, 1m Stonechat, 1m 1f Peregrine hunting over site, 2 Jack Snipe wader scrape, 1 Redshank main lake, 10 Mandarin, 1 Bittern opposite summer route late pm (Martin Honey)

*Purfleet: 1st-w Caspian Gull, Spotted Redshank, Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 456 Lapwing, 181 Dunlin, 124 Golden Plover, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 4-5 Yellow-legged Gull, 19 Shelduck, 90 Wigeon, 15 Teal, 2 Little Egret, 291 Common Gull, 23 Great Black-backed Gull, 2000+ Black-headed Gull, all on river between Purfleet and River Darent/Dartford Creek mouth (Fraser Simpson)

*Rainham Marshes: Brent Goose, 3 Peregrine, 2 Marsh Harrier, Raven (Twitter)

* Richmond Park: 3 Stonechat, f Goldeneye, c50 Siskin, Water Rail, 4 Redwing (Steve Woolfenden)

* Staines Reservoir: 4 Black Necked Grebe (Paul Goodman)

* Stoneleigh KT17: small flock of 20 Siskin again present in The Glade late afternoon, coming to bird feeders in back gardens. Also 3-4 Pied Wagtails in The Broadway. (Neil Batten)

* Wanstead Flats: Stonechat, 12 Linnet, 2 Redpoll, 4 Gadwall, 5 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Meadow Pipit, Fieldfare (Tony Brown/James Heal/Anita McCullough)

==Friday 5th February 2016==

* Bexley DA5 (Coldblow field): 60 Linnet, 50+ Stock Dove (Ian Stewart)

*Brent Reservoir : 1 Lapwing, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Snipe, Coal Tit, Green Woodpecker, Goldcrest (Francis O'Sullivan/Stephen Bramley); 3pm 28 Snipe, 200+ Tufted Duck, 30+ Pochard, 2 Greylag (Roy Beddard, Andrew Haynes, Islington U3A).

* Erith (Thames off Corinthian Manorway): incl. a Black Redstart, 17 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Collared Dove, 50+ Dunlin, Goldcrest, Grey Wagtail, 180+ Redshank, 2 Shelduck and 61 Teal (Mike Robinson ~ seen between 10.45 and 13.00 or thereabouts); also 8 Greenfinch and a Green Woodpecker in the grounds of the nearby Church of St John the Baptist

* Foots Cray Meadows: Pair Mute Swan, 10+ Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Chiffchaff, Siskin (Ian Stewart)

*Greenhithe station: Firecrest behind up platform, 2 Sparrowhawks 1 flew in with kill 1 chasing roosting Blackbirds, 2 Song Thrush (Ian Stewart)

* Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Little Grebe, 2 Tufted Duck, Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, 15 Siskins (John Bushell)

* Lakeside, EN2: male Blackcap preening after bathing (Robert Callf)

*London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern reservoir lagoon, 2 Jack Snipe wader scrape, 1 Redshank wader scrape then grazing marsh, 1m 1f Pintail main lake (Martin Honey)

* Perivale: Common Buzzard flew low S over A40 along River Brent between Hangar Lane and Perivale junctions being mobbed by crow. Possible same bird seen by Paul Ward yesterday? (Bill Haines)

*Rainham Marshes: Short-eared Owl at landfill from Serin Mound (Fraser Simpson)

* Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Snipe, Sparrowhawk, Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, 7 Shoveler (Chris Farthing)

*Swanscombe Marshes: 2+ Bearded Tit Black Duck marsh, 3+ Turnstone, 3+ Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, Kestrel, Water Rail, Lapwing, 8+ Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Rock Pipit, pair Stonechat, Redwing, Chiffchaff, 5+ Cetti's Warbler, 3+ Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)

*Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Male Firecrest Ash Wood then flew to Monument glade 1245, also Coal Tit, 5+ Goldcrest (John Archer, Bob Watts)

*Trent Park: male Teal lower lake, 3 Common Pochard 1m 2f, Common Buzzard, Grey Wagtail, Firecrest still at least one feeding in holly & laurel NE edge of Rough Lot (Robert Callf); 2 Firecrest present at 14;45 pm also 7 Redwing, 3 Mandarin 2mf, Green Woodpecker. ( Pete Lowman)

* Victoria Tower Gardens, Westminster: Two Egyptian Geese feeding on grass (John Colmans)

* Wanstead Flats: 10 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 4 Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck, 8 Egyptian Goose, Little Grebe, Goldcrest, Kestrel, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 6+ Great Spotted Woodpecker (Nick Croft/John Whele)

* Wanstead Park: Nuthatch (Bob Vaughan).

* Woodford Bridge: Sparrowhawk being fiercely mobbed by Crow, seen from my flat by Roding Valley Park (Alan Hobson).

==Thursday 4th February 2016==

* Alexandra Park: Grey Wagtail, 2 Shoveler (Boating Lake), Goldcrest (Wood Green Reservoir), 40+ Redwing (by Pitch and Putt) (Mike Benyon)

* Bexley DA5 (Coldblow field): 20+ Stock Dove, Goldcrest, 10+ Rook, 30+ Chaffinch, 15+ Linnet, Lesser Redpoll (Ian Stewart)

* Brookmill Park: Mandarin, Great Spotted Woodpecker, singing Song Thrush, 2 Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam & Anita Gwynn)

*Crayford Marshes: 2+ Bearded Tit in reedbed near Viridor recycling centre, 7 Gadwall, 8 Shoveler, 30+ Teal, Kestrel, Green Sandpiper, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Little Egret flying W possibly to roost on Stanham Marshes (Ian Stewart)

* Dartford fresh marsh: 6+ Gadwall, 4+ Shoveler, 20+ Teal, 3 Pochard, Pheasant, c10 Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, Green Sandpiper, ad Yellow-legged Gull, poss first-winter Caspian Gull, Kingfisher, 3+ Cetti's Warbler (Ian Stewart)

*Erith (Thames off Corinthian Manorway): Black Redstart still, on roofs of nearby houses mainly (Nick S et al)

* Ealing (W13): pair of Stock dove in garden (Bill Haines)

* Foots Cray Meadows: Pair Mute Swan, 10+ Tufted Duck, 2+ Little Grebe, Little Egret, Kestrel, Grey Wagtail, 3+ Redwing, Chiffchaff, 5+ Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 8 Jay, 10+ Siskin (Ian Stewart)

*Grovelands Park: 2 Great Crested Grebe pr nest building, 21 Mandarin Duck 11m 10f, 29 Shoveler 17m 12f, 4 Common Pochard 2m 2f, 15 Tufted Duck 10m 5f, Kingfisher, 6 Grey Wagtail at roost by 17:00 hrs, 2 singing Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Goldcrest, 5 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 6 Siskin (Robert Callf)

* Hangar Lane Gyratory: Common buzzard flew past my office window @10.15 with c. 10 crows and the local gulls in hot pursuit (Paul Ward)

*Middlesex Filter Beds : Here and in nearby areas of the marshes and Millfields Park, 10:00 - 11:00 - 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, 1 singing Greenfinch, 2 Kestrel displaying and yickering (Alastair Dent)

* Olympic Park, Tennis Courts: Yellow-Legged Gull, 2 Jackdaw (JW Davies)

* Sidcup, Hollyoak Wood Park: Little Egret, Redwing, Wren, Jay (Eric Brown)

* Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Canada Goose SW then presumably same bird NE, Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing, Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)

* Sidcup, Lamorbey Park: 2 Mute Swan. Egyptian Goose, 20 Canada Geese, 4 Cormorant, Little Grebe, Tufted Duck(pair), Gt Spotted Woodpecker(female drumming), 2 Mistle Thrush, Nuthatch, 3 Siskin, Goldfinch, Peregrine over. (Eric Brown)

* Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk, male Blackcap still, c35 Redwing, 2 Teal, pair Mandarin, c500 Common Gull, also Chaffinch, Blackbird and Song Thrush in song (John Colmans)

*Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Male Firecrest displaying to female Goldcrest Monument glade 1315 also Coal Tit (Bob Watts)

*Trent Park; 2 Firecrest N E edge of Rough Lot ( on the ride up to obelisk by small wooden bridge in laurel and holly, can be elusive), 4 Goldcrest, 2 drake Pochard, 3 drake Tufted Duck, Green Woodpecker, Song Thrush.( Pete Lowman.)

* Upminster, All Saints Church: 42 Redpoll, 1 Buzzard (Ben Green)

* Upminster, The Thatched House: 1 Bullfinch in scrubland (Ben Green)

* Wanstead Flats: 6 Linnet, 4 Siskin, Redpoll, 5 Meadow Pipit, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Kestrel, Fieldfare, 8-10 singing Song Thrush, Stonechat, 14 Shoveler, 8 Gadwall, 4 Pochard, 22 Tufted Duck, 18 Egyptian Goose, 2 Goldcrest (Nick Croft/Peter Brinton)

==Wednesday 3rd February 2016==

* Erith, Corinthian Manorway: Black Redstart female or 1st Winter male, 4 Ringed Plover, 200 Dunlin, 2 Grey Wagtail, 30 Linnet, Rock Pipit. (Donna Zimmer, Steve Carter & Mike Robinson)

* Barnes, Waterside Pond: Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Siskin, Lesser Redpoll. (R.Kaye)

* Blackfen DA16: Common Buzzard flying southward over Westwood Lane 08:15. (Patrick English)

* Bow, Three Mills: 4 Redshank, Great Crested Grebe, 5 Great Black-Backed Gull, 10 Teal, 11 Gadwall, Grey Wagtail (JW Davies)

* Brent Reservoir: adult Yellow-legged Gull (M. Kirkland). .

* Canary Wharf: Peregrine Falcon pair in courtship flight (Mark Wardman)

* Foots Cray DA14: m Peregrine Falcon over River Cray 08:45. (Patrick English)

* Lamorbey Park: Pair Mute Swan, Egyptian Goose, 4 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Redwings, 3+ Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)

* Leatherhead, Common Meadow: 1 male Kestrel, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Siskin, 6 Redwing, 7 Ring-necked Parakeet (Neil Batten)

* Lee Valley Park, Hooks Marsh: 1 Redhead Smew, 1 Red Kite. Hall Marsh: 2 Little Egrets, 25 Siskin, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Common Snipe. Holyfield farm: 300 Fieldfare, 80 redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Chiffchaff (Mark Braun)

* Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: 3 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Siskin, 2 Coal Tit, Nuthatch, singing Treecreeper, 14 Shoveler, 3 Gadwall, 63 Tufed Duck (Stuart Fisher)

*London Wetland Centre: 1 Bittern, 1 Common Snipe, 1 Goldcrest, a couple of Siskin, 2 Redwing, 1 Skylark over NNW, 1m 1f Pintail, 1f Sparrowhawk (Martin Honey)

*Rainham Marshes: Short-eared Owl along Coldharbour Lane (Fraser Simpson)

* Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Cormorant SW, Sparrowhawk, singing Song Thrush, Redwing, Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)

* Walthamstow Reservoirs: 8 Goosander (4 prs) flew S from Banbury res at 17.00 (Lol Bodini).

* Wanstead Flats: 6 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, 3 Pochard, 2 Tufted Duck, 7 Egyptian Goose, Little Grebe, Reed Bunting, Linnet, Stonechat, Goldcrest (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan) Report of Yellowhammer singing in SSSI from last week in December

* Wanstead Park: Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 6 Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, 10 + Siskin, 5 + Redpoll, 20 + Goldfinch, 29 Shoveler, 9 Gadwall, 11 Tufted Duck, 6 Pochard, 4 Teal, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe (Nick Croft)

*Wimbledon Common: Firecrest (East of Putney Vale Cemetery), Grey Wagtail (Beverley Brook). (Peter Carlill)

==Tuesday 2nd February 2016==

* Ditton Field, Thames: male Goosander (Spencer Neal)

* East India Dock Basin: 12+ Siskin, 1 Goldcrest, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Teal (John Archer)

* Erith, Thames (off Corinthian Manorway): incl. a Black Redstart (Mike Robinson and Barry Chambers)

* Lamorbey Park: 2 Mute Swan, Egyptian Goose, 4 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Little Egret by lower lake, Mistle Thrush, 3+ Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)

* Larkhall Park - Stockwell: 5 Mistle Thrush (Michael Mac)

*London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 2 Peregrine, 2 Pintail 2 Water Rail (Twitter)

*Mudchute Park: male Kestrel, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, 1 m Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 1 m Firecrest (near transmitter) 2 Siskin (N Senior)

*Rainham Marshes: 2 Yellowhammer in scrub/landfill grassland on south side of stone/concrete barges bay (Fraser Simpson)

* Staines Reservoir: 2 Black-necked Grebe, 3 Scaup 2 male, 31 Goldeneye (Jim Sweetland)

* Stoneleigh Station KT17: 1 Grey Wagtail over, 2 Pied Wagtail, 5 Collared Dove, 15 Ring-necked Parakeet (Neil Batten)

* Sutcliffe Park: 2 Little Egret, 3 Stock Doves, Little Grebe, Cormorant, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Chiffchaff, Kingfisher: (P Kite)

* Swanscombe Marsh: 2 Common Snipe, 3 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 34 Gadwall, 38Teal, 23 Redshank, 26 Lapwing, 9 Grey Heron, 2 Cetti's Warbler ( heard only ), 5 Shoveler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Wigeon. (Roger Keith)

* Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: male Blackcap, 5 Fieldfare, 11 Redwing, male Bullfinch, 4 Teal and 3 Heron at Darlands (John Colmans)

*Tower Hamlets Cemetary: Male Firecrest very closely associating with a female Goldcrest in NE corner of Linden Graves mid morning. (Roger Morton). Later in Monument Glade 1330 at least though silent also 4+ Goldcrest, Coal Tit (Bob Watts et al)

*Wanstead Flats: Caspian Gull briefly on Alex, Fieldfare, Redwing Siskin, Kestrel, 11 Shoveler, 5 Pochard, 6 Gadwall, 3 Tufted Duck, 10 Egyptian Goose (Nick Croft/Peter Brinton)

*Whitings Hill/Arkley South Fields:16.10 this afternoon Male Peregrine flew in sitting on ground in agricultural field for about 10 mins, having previously caused gull flock to scatter.Then flew south. (David Martens)

==Monday 1st February 2016==

*Abney Park Cemetery: Firecrest still around New Ride. Also Coal Tit, 3 Lesser Redpoll (TeRNS)

* Alexandra Park: 19 Ring-necked Parakeet (James Palmer)

* Barnes, Thames tow path: 2 Ist winter Yellow-legged Gull, Chiffchaff and an intersex Mallard...well it was a slow day...that's a female that looks much more like a male, with apologies to Lou Reed.(R.Kaye)

* Bushey: 2 Red Kites over J4/5 M1 at 12pm (Ben Epstein)

* Hampton Court Park: 16.10-16.30 Short Eared Owl female (R.Dunne)

* Lamorbey Park: 2 Mute Swan, 2 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Kestrel, 4+ Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)

*Middlesex Filter Beds : at 15.20 - 15.50, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Chiffchaff, 5 Collared Dove, 1 fm. Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel ( Marcin Kempa).

* Sutcliffe Park: 2 Little Egret (Conrad Ellam)

* Sydenham Hill Wood: 2 Firecrest, Common Buzzard (Steven Robinson)

*Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Male Firecrest calling and some sub singing from holly in NE corner of Ash Wood close to confluence of paths and 20 yards SW of High Glade pond 1335 at least Bob Watts)

* Town Park, Enfield: 15 Common Gull incl seven first-winter at 16:10 (Robert Callf)

* Walpole Park W5: 45 Redwings (a regular late winter gathering/staging site), 2 Fieldfares, 6 singing Coal Tits, 8 Goldcrests, 4 Siskins, 2 Lesser Redpolls (N Senior)

*Wanstead Flats: Firecrest, Stonechat, 11 Linnet, 2 Skylark, 24 Tufted Duck, 4 Pochard, 15 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, 15 Egyptian Goose (Nick Croft).

* Worcester Park: Little Egret and Grey Wagtail on Beverley Brook (Bob Smith)

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