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Monday 9th April 2018

 * Bayhurst Wood: 6 + Hawfinch at southern edge 09:50 (Richard Francis)
 * Bramblehall Wood: 3 Hawfinch early-am - big clear-out (Steve Gale tweet)
 * Brookmill Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
 * Crayford Marshes: 39 Common Scoter, 2 Goosander (Pair), 10 Kittiwake (Adults) (All on the Thames), Whitethroat, 3 Swallow, 18 Common Tern, 3 Common Sandpiper, 5 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Curlew, 3 Oystercatcher, 6 Cetti's Warbler. (Kev Jarvis)
 * London Wetland Centre: Disturbance to the grazing marsh and reservoir lagoon today due to contractors undertaking a full site water vole survey, apologies for any inconvenience this may cause (WWT website) Little Gull main lake (Simon Fogg).
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: Sandwich Tern 0715, 2 Arctic Skua briefly 0645 (Andy Tomczynski via Berks BN)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn & Pagoda Avenues. Parking charges apply Mon - Sat. Park only in visitors bays. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Staines Reservoir: 12 Common Scoter [10 s basin & 2 n basin] by 1005; 3+ Little Gull, Common Tern & Little Ringed Plover 0930 (Paul Ward tweets)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 2 Shelduck, 5 Snipe (J-P Elmes)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: pr Common Scoter still - now on Lockwood c0845 (David Bradshaw tweet)
 * Worcester Park: Little Egret 3 on horse field(Bob Smith)

Sunday 8th April 2018

 * Amwell NR: Common Tern in 0630, Little Gull in 0710, 2 Redshank in 0730 (William Bishop tweets); Arctic Skua [Ldn foy] SE 0900 (Barry Reed tweet); 2 Little Gull late-aft (Laurence Drummond per Amwell Birding tweet); 10+ House Martin (LD tweet)
 * Brent Reservoir: 11 Shoveler, 2 Green Sandpiper pm, 7 Common Snipe, 60+ Swallow, 3 House Martin, 6 Sand Martin, 3 Little Egret, 8 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, pair Reed Bunting (Brent Birders)
 * Brookmill Park: 2 Song Thrush, 2 singing Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bushy Park: Woodland Garden - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker m, 6 Redpoll (R Dunne)
 * Crayford Marshes: Swallow, 4 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 9 Cetti's Warbler, 29 Redshank, 4 Oystercatcher, 3 Meadow Pipit, 4 Skylark. (Kev Jarvis)
 * Dollis Brook, Holders Hill: Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail. (Samuel Levy)
 * Fairlop Waters: male Yellow Wagtail, 7 House Martins, 2 Sand Martins, 3 singing Willow Warblers (Alan Bell); also 8 Shelduck, 3 Shoveler, 12 Teal, 2 Snipe, Little Owl, 9 Swallow, 20 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap (Steve Bacon per ELBF FB)
 * Gallions Reach: 2 Curlew, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 20 Redshank, 5 Common Tern, Arctic Tern, 2 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap [Gary James via EBwS BN)
 * Hackney Marshes: 5 singing Blackcap (Alastair Dent)
 * Hampstead Heath: Willow Warbler singing from the Sanctuary Pond (Pete Mantle)
 * Haringey: Old fountain in front of Town Hall - 1 Grey Wagtail (Mavis Pilbeam)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: 9 Common Scoter - flock of 8 and the wintering bird, 1 Goldeneye, 1 singing Willow Warbler, c10 Swallow, 2 House Martin (Tony Blake)
 * Holmethorpe SPs: 4 Sandwich Tern Mercers L 0620 then SW, m Ring Ouzel briefly am The Moors TQ289513 (BirdGuides); pr Common Scoter Mercers L c4pm (Gordon Hay per Dave Harris tweet)
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: Sandwich Tern SE, 5 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 6 Blackcap (N P Senior)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: Swallow, 6 Willow Warbler, Wheatear (Paul Hawkins tweet)
 * Island Barn Reservoir: 2 Common Scoter, 2 Little Gull, 5 Swallow. (Chris Turner)
 * KGV Reservoir: 2 Common Scoter, Little Gull, Arctic Tern, Common Tern, Sandwich Tern 1030hrs, 2 Peregrine (copulating), 3 Common Buzzard, Dunlin, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Redshank, 2 Wheatear, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler, 5 Blackcap, 4 Reed Bunting (Neville Smith).
 * Ladywell Fields: Kingfisher, Song Thrush, Blackcap (Conrad Ellam & Anita Gwynn)
 * London Wetland Centre: Kittiwake (until c11am), Brambling, 2 Jack Snipe, Goldeneye, 4 Pintail, Sedge Warbler, 11 Swallow, 20 House Martin, 3 Dunlin (Simon Fogg, Oscar Dewhurst, Peter Gray); also Buzzard, Little Ringed Plover, 7 Snipe, 6 Redshank, 6 Willow Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler, 8 Blackcap, Yellow Wagtail (WWT website)
 * Nazeing GP: 5 Common Scoter, 2 Common Tern (Adam Wilson)
 * Orsett Fen: 2 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, Barn Owl, 2 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, Raven, 21 Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, Sedge Warbler, 6 Blackcap, m Ring Ouzel, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 16 Linnet, 17 Yellowhammer, 9 Reed Bunting (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Panshanger Park: Cuckoo calling in woods s of broadwater TL281128 (Christine von Hagen via Herts BC)
 * Priest Hill, Ewell: 2 singing Chiffchaff, 3 male Pheasant, 1 Sparrowhawk (Neil Batten)
 * Rainham RSPB: dark-phase Arctic Skua on Thames at Ferry Ln 1505 - appeared to fly off 1530 (Shaun Harvey/Jack Headley tweets); Great Egret still, Short-eared Owl flew toward Wennington, 10 Common Tern downriver, Wheatear pm (JH tweets); Iceland Gull still, 2 Arctic Skua [1 dark- & 1 intermediate-phase] on river (Howard Vaughan tweet); 4 Arctic Tern above Thames on Kent side nr R Darent barrier 1610 (JH tweet); Sandwich Tern (Chris Ruis tweet); 2 Kittiwake both 1w (Davey Leach per ELBF FB); also 6 Little Egret, 5 Marsh Harrier 3m2f, 2 Buzzard, Water Rail, 3 Curlew, 30 Common Tern, 20 Sand Martin, 7 Swallow, 2 House Martin, Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, Sedge Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 2 Wheatear (per ELBF FB/RSPB blog)
 * Raynes Park: Sparrowhawk m on garden fence 0900, Coal Tit (P. Redmond)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn & Pagoda Avenues. No parking charges on Sunday. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Roding Valley Meadows LNR: Red Kite (Andy Tweed per ELBF FB)
 * Ruislip Lido: 2 House Martin, 2 Swallow, Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Hawfinch (Nigel Dodd)
 * Ruislip Woods: 6 Hawfinch down from Wiltshire Lane entrance 09:30 (Richard Francis)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: fr draper hide - Shelduck, Little Grebe, Green Sandpiper, 3 Redshank; Little Ringed Plover fr gadwall_hide 1225 (Emily Leonard tweets); Yellow Wagtail (RSPB tweet)
 * Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve: pr Common Scoter east lake 1245 (Graham Saxby per Mathew Bournat); pr CS still roosting by spit 1445 & Green Sandpiper both fr tyler hide (Mathew Bournat tweets); 2 Egyptian Goose (and a gosling), 2 Common Scoter (Pair viewed from bench between Tyler and Sutton hides), 2 Little Ringed Plover (18:30 to 19:20) (Jack Headley tweet)
 * Staines Moor: m Ring Ouzel n end early-am (Dave Kenrick tweet); RO still 1000 but mobile betw the butts & bonehead ditch (Dave Carlsson tweet); RO still in scrub s of butts 1415, Wheatear am (Dom Pia tweets)
 * Staines Reservoir: 2 Arctic Terns, 2 Common Terns, 2 Little Gulls mid morning. (Roger Morton); also 2 Goldeneye, 4 Black-necked Grebe still, 3 Little Gull, AMERICAN HORNED LARK still (Jonathan Nasir tweet); 1 White Wagtail (Bob Warden et al); 3 Common Scoter s basin 1615, 3 Grey Plover NW 1440 (Ken Purdey per Dom Pia tweets); Little Ringed Plover (Tim Rymer); 3 Common Scoter (2 drakes & 1 fem) still present 1915hrs, also 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Little Gull, 2 Common Tern (DP tweet)
 * Stanstead Abbotts Lakes - N lake: 5 Common Scoter 3m 2f 0800, Kingfisher, 5 Sand Martin, 22+ Swallow, 2 House Martin, Sedge Warbler (Jane Free via Herts BC); 5 CS still 1100 (William Last tweet)
 * Stanstead Innings:4 Egyptian Goose: 4 Egyptian Goose 2pr, Oystercatcher display flight, Cetti's Warbler (Murray Orchard via Herts BC)
 * Stanwell Moor: 8 House Martin, Swallow, 7 Fieldfare, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Blackcap, Red Kite (Tim Rymer)
 * Totteridge Valley: 7 Hawfinch, 4 singing Blackcap, 10 singing Chiffchaff (Tony Clancy); Belmont Farm - 11 Canada Geese, Mandarin Duck, Red-legged Partridge, 4 Cormorant, Swallow, Nuthatch, singing Goldcrest, 2 singing Chiffchaff, singing Blackcap, 11 Starling, Pied Wagtail (Samuel Levy)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: m Common Scoter 0815 (Rick Flesher tweet); still 1025 (Rupert Evershed tweet); CS still 1215 at least, also 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 6+ Snipe, 2 Redshank, 7 Great Black-backed Gull [recent pr & 5 off NE by 0800], 6+ Redwing all on main gp, 22+ Swallow (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC); m SC main gp still 1745 (Simon West tweet)
 * Upshire: Copped Hall Estate: Red Kite, 22 Yellowhammer, 19 Linnet, 2 Bullfinch, 8 Skylark, 8 Red-legged Partridge (Chris Baldwin); CS still 1745-1815, 30+ Swallow, House Martin (Simon West via Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 2 Sand Martin over Leyton Marsh; 9 Linnet, 2 Egyptian Geese & 2 Stock Dove rear paddocks plus 2 Shelduck over N; 1 Meadow Pipit & 1 Reed Bunting (m) Bomb Crater Field (Alastair Dent)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 2 Common Scoter e warwick 1725, 2 Little Ringed Plover, White Wagtail (David Darrell-Lambert per ELBF FB / BirdGuides)
 * Wanstead Flats: 2m Ring Ouzel (Wanstead Birding tweets); Redwing, Swallow, 3 Linnet, Kestrel, 10+ Meadow Pipit, up to 6 singing Skylark, 7 Shoveler, 2 Pochard, pr of Little Grebe (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wimbledon Common: Cuckoo at Ladies Mile [presume same bird calling ~2pm in woodland north of the windmill car park (LE-H)], 2 Redpoll, 6 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, 29 Tufted Duck on Queensmere (Adrian Podmore)
 * Worcester Park: Garden KT4- 3 Swallow N (Isaiah Rowe)

Saturday 7th April 2018

 * Alexandra Park: 6m Blackcap, Tufted x Pochard drake Boating Lake (Bob Watts)
 * Amwell NR: 2ad Little Gull fr viewpt 0810 (Barry Reed tweet); still 1820 but not since 1900 when roosting gulls flushed (Ron Cousins tweets); 2 Little Gull still, 2 Sand Martin, Swallow, pr Raven (Laurence Drummond tweet)
 * Battersea Park: 5 singing Blackcap (1 with very varied call song/sub song could easily have been confused for other species but for fact clearly visible), Chaffinch, drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker, pr Mandarin, 4 Gadwall, Stock Dove at nest (Michael Mac) This park is becoming increasingly uniform and needs a bird area, the meadow that had brambles was cleared out and trees cut down, there has been general removal of dead trees, anyone interested in writing to the park authorities to have a specific dog free bird area created? The demand on this park for human use is set to increase 10 fold in the next few years with all the new flats being built around it. [suggest someone writes the EMAIL that can be circulated to many departments of the Council, then to get as many signatures on the email as possible, birders and wild flower people, butterfly people, etc. or people who love nature, who live in that Council Area, a lot of them.] It will then probably work, if enough signatures are obtained.
 * Brent Reservoir: singing Sedge Warbler (Brent foy), Little Ringed Plover, 3 Green Sandpiper, 8 Common Snipe, 8 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Cetti’s Warbler, f Reed Bunting, Water Rail; also Comma, Peacock, Brimstone (Brent Birders)
 * Brookmill Park: Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, singing Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bury Lake: Common Tern still 0730 (Gordon Cox via Herts BC)
 * Canons Farm: Ring Ouzel still (Roy Weller per KJM/CF tweets); Hobby drifting N catching insects 1615 (Steve Gale tweet)
 * Crayford Marshes: Brambling, Willow Warbler, Common Tern, 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret, 5 Cetti's Warbler, Oystercatcher, 32 Redshank. (Kev Jarvis)
 * Finchley: Garden N3 - m Sparrowhawk, Collared Dove, 5 Stock Dove (Samuel Levy)
 * Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: Little Grebe 2, Sand Martin 4, Blackcap 1, Chiffchaff 2 (Richard Green, John Bushall)
 * Kensal Green Cemetery and St Mary’s Cemetery: 5 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, pr Coal Tit, Green Woodpecker, 3 Stock Dove; 1 Brimstone Butterfly (Charlie Farrell)
 * KGV Reservoir: Scaup (drake), Goosander, 5 Common Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, 4 Kestrel, Arctic Tern, Common Tern, 2 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 10+ Sand Martin, Yellow Wagtail (south), 3 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Blackcap, Whitethroat, 3 Reed Bunting (Neville Smith).
 * Highgate: pair Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Goldcrest in Waterlow Park (Allan Stewart)
 * Hook nr Kingston: 2 Brent Goose W 1530 (Geoff Barter tweet)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: 3 Swallow, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler (Shaun Harvey tweet)
 * Lamorbey Park: 2 Egyptian Geese, 11 Tufted Duck, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 4 singing Coal Tit, 6+ singing Goldcrest, singing Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap 3 M 1 F seen, Jackdaw (Mike Amos).
 * London Wetland Centre: 4 Pintail, Goldeneye, 5 Redshank, 6 Snipe, 12+ Sand Martin, Sedge Warbler, 4 Blackcap (WWT website); 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Jack Snipe, 4 Common Snipe, Goldeneye, 2 Shelduck, 8 Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Linnet, also apparent 2cy Viking Gull again (Oscar Dewhurst, Simon Fogg); also 2 Norwegian-ringed Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Peter Gray).
 * Manor Park, Lewisham: Mandarin drake, Song Thrush (Tom Moulton)
 * Paddington: mainline stn - Grey Wagtail singing 0620 (Des McKenzie tweet)
 * Queen Mary Res: m Common Scoter, Swallow, Willow Warbler, 12 Blackcap am (Steve Chastell tweet)
 * Rainham RSPB: f Garganey & 2 Ruffs (flooded Ouzel_Field), adult Mediterranean Gull (calling overhead), Barn Owl, Swallow (Ian Bradshaw); also 7 Pintail, 4 Marsh Harrier 2m2f, 2 Buzzard, Great Egret still, 7 Little Egret, 2 Water Rail, 7 Curlew, 4 Ruff, 7 Snipe, ad Little Gull upriver, Iceland Gull juv, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 20 Common Tern, Barn Owl, 2 Bearded Tit, 6 Swallow, 5m Chiffchaff, 4m Blackcap, 4 Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, 5 Yellow Wagtail, Water Pipit (per ELBF FB); 3 Arctic Tern, Corn Bunting (Martin Jordan via ELBF FB); also Great Egret still on purfleet scrape fr VC, 3 Redshank, 2 Common Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, ad Iceland Gull flying close to bay at far end of river wall w/ Herring Gulls, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Kestrel, 10+ Skylark many singing, 2 Meadow Pipit, 6+ Cetti's Warbler singing, 5 Linnet (Ben Mapp via EBwS BN)
 * Richmond Park: Male Wheatear, 3 Swallow, House Martin, Male Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Skylark (last 3 species all singing), 6 Buzzard, 2 Red KIte (P Pentek)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: Marsh Harrier (RSPB tweet); 3 Shelduck, Oystercatcher, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Redshank (Graham Canny tweet)
 * Staines Moor: 1 Male Ring Ouzel, 1 male Wheatear (Luke Harrison, Gordon Shaw)
 * Staines Reservoir: 4 Black-necked Grebe, Avocet, Little Gull 1w, AMERICAN HORNED LARK causeway still [s basin midpoint], Yellow Wagtail (Dom Pia tweet); also 2 Little Ringed Plover, Mediterranean Gull, Common Tern (Dave Kenrick tweet); 4 Black-necked Grebe, Goldeneye, 2 Shelduck, Avocet (swimming with gulls on N basin), Dunlin, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Common Tern, Sparrowhawk, 2 Red Kite, Barn Swallow, Mistle Thrush, Horned Lark (foraging on causeway path towards east end) - 3pm (Tom Jordan)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 6 Pheasant (4 seen), 2 Buzzard together, m Kestrel, 2 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 15+ Stock Dove (11 together), 5+ Skylark (2-3 singing), c4 Redwing, 3 singing Chiffchaff, 2 singing Blackcap, 3m Reed Bunting (1 singing) (Neil Anderson) 12 Pheasant, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Fieldfare, 6 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle thrush, Cormorant over (Deiniol Owen)
 * Thorndon CP: n section - 7+ Nuthatch [6 territories - pr at nest hole plastering mud & 5+ males h singing], Treecreeper singing (Andrew Cox via EBwS BN)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 8 Canada Geese, 2 Egyptian Geese, f Garganey still, 8 Teal, Cormorant, 3 Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Buzzard, Coot, 2 Black-headed Gull, 12 Common Gull, 34 Stock Dove, Collared Dove, 22+ Rook, 3 Swallow, Coal Tit, 5 Nuthatch, 16 Singing Chiffchaff, 10 Singing Blackcap, 10 Redwing, 6 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 17 Starling, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, singing Reed Bunting, 13 Hawfinch, 2 Bullfinch, 8 Linnet, 3 Greenfinch; also Tortoiseshell, Peacock (Samuel Levy & Simon Worsfold)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery: Blackcap 1m singing, Chiffchaff 1m singing (Rhys Evans)
 * Trent Park: 5 Mandarin Duck 3m 2f, 2 Eurasian Teal m f upper lake, 2 Common Pochard m f lower lake, 5 Tufted Duck 3m 2f upper lake, 3 Common Buzzard, 3 singing m Blackcap, 6 singing Chiffchaff, 5 Nuthatch 3m 2f, 2 Treecreeper incl one nest building, 21 Common Toad spawning lower & upper lakes (Robert Callf)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: Great Egret SE over Plant'n Wd 0945; main gp - 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1+ Snipe, 4+ Tree Sparrow, Yellowhammer; also in area - 4+ Sand Martin, 6+ Swallow, Willow Warbler, 3+ Chiffchaff, Sedge Warbler, 3+ Blackcap, 22 Fieldfare (Tyttenhanger Birders via Herts BC/Twitter)
 * Verulamium Park: incl 4 Little Egret on heron_island, 3+ Red Kite, 5 Swallow (Dan Fletcher per Herts BC)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: 3 Sand Martin (Jon Agar)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: Hoopoe [1st seen y'day pm but local birders didn’t hear until this morning. Seen 3 times around south end of No 3 by old hide c9.45 but not since despite searches of all reservoirs] (Lol Cummings, Terry Rawlings, David Bradshaw, Lol Bodini); Swallow, 4 Sand Martins, 2 Green Sandpipers on No 1, Yellow Wagtail over, 4 Goldeneye on No 5 (Walthamstow Birders); 2 Goldeneye (Jon Agar); Cetti's Warbler showed well in vegetation adjacent to Coppermill stream at 15.30 approx (R. Moorhead) There are complaints that the new permits system, is not fair as rare birds are posted on here, people who don't have permits are being turned away! When few years ago there were no restrictions before it became 'The Wetlands!'  You still had to pay to get in before it was the Wetlands. Didn’t know you still had to pay. On my visits I simply walked in, round, and out again. I saw no signs inviting me to pay and noone questioned me. If payment is required (or permits to be shown), surely the actual entrance is the best place? Plus when I was there, a large amount of the general local population seemed also to be at the place, not many of them birders. Permits, payment?? To all intents and purposes, this is now as open a site as, say, Wanstead Flats. So yes, the old patch (which I DID pay for a day permit) was better . Re;permits, as a non permit holder I was advised to apply to Nathaniel Legall on niegall@wildlondon.org.uk, the closing date was 30/03/2018,I am waiting a reply to see if it has been accepted,the cost is £10 as I understand for a year. hope this helps. (G.Gram) some one told me they were not allowed to go to area of the Bluethroat because they didn't have a permit other people have also complained of this. It seems the local clique kept permits to themselves and I was told no more are being issued! I have paid £1 entry for over 10 years and people who have paid should have been notified of the permit system and the deadline, and given chance to apply (Michael Mac) Won’t be going there again then, what's the point of going if its all closed off and full of shoppers? It needs reorganising more like the wetland centre, with flat membership fee only for entry, no joggers or cyclists.
 * Wanstead Flats: 13 Swallow, 2 Sand Martin, Red Kite, 3-4 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, 4 Little Owl, Shelduck, 2 Gadwall, 5 Shoveler, 2 Pochard, 20 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 11 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Linnet, Reed Bunting, 3 singing Skylark, 7 Meadow Pipit 3 singing & 4 others (Wanstead Birders)
 * Waterworks NR: Reed Warbler singing [PW tweet] I think 1-2 have been there for a couple of days PW [updated - thx!], also a couple of Willow Warbler, a few Blackcap, Willow Warbler on paddocks north of Lea Bridge Rd and 2 Fieldfare (Paul Whiteman)
 * Winchmore Hill, N21: Large, pale, and cream-coloured gull flew briefly along the New River at Carpenter Gardens then flew roughly E at 18:15. Direct direction of flight not seen, viewed from the 329 bus and it had gone once I jumped off. Local large gulls are all adult LBB Gulls and Herring Gulls, hence why this one stood out. I will look again tomorrow and check the nearby local gull loafing spots at Clowes Sports Ground and Firs Farm Wetlands. (Katy McGilvray)
 * Worcester Park: Redwing (Bob Smith)
 * Yeading Brook meadows: 3 Pheasant heard, 2 sightings 1-2 Little Egret low in flight (possibly same bird), Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, singing Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 4 singing Chiffchaff (Neil Anderson)

Friday 6th April 2018

 * Alexandra Park: Linnet singing from small tree nr filter beds 1745 (Bob Watts)
 * Amwell NR: Sandwich Tern on post opp viewpt 0600-0625 then flew off (Barry Reed tweet)
 * Arnos Park: Cormorant flew over, 4+ Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, f Grey Wagtail nest building, 3 singing male Blackcap, Goldcrest nest building, 3 Long-tailed Tit nest building, 2m Nuthatch (Robert Callf)
 * Balham: hen Pheasant in my back garden 1.30 today - a first (Nick Moll)
 * Belhus Woods CP: 11 Egyptian Goose, 13 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 6 Teal, 4 Pochard, 42 Tufted Duck, 10 Little Grebe, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 9 Cormorant, Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, Water Rail, Barn Owl, Kingfisher, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Green Woodpecker, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 15 Chiffchaff, 16 Blackcap, Whitethroat [Ldn foy], Nuthatch, 32 Starling, 10 Blackbird, 3 Redwing, 11 Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 6 Siskin, 2 Reed Bunting (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Blackfriars Bridge: Yellow-legged Gull 3cy (N P Senior)
 * Bow Creek Ecology Park: incl 2-3 Cetti's Warbler (Charlie Farrell tweet)
 * Brent Reservoir: Hoopoe flew E past main hide at 14:25 in good sunshine, about 2 metres over the water, at distance of the furthest raft out, but still close to them. All features instantly ID'd it, as all 3 of us know the species, in fact it was Simon's trigger/Spark bird, having seen one at a young age in the Algarve years ago. There was no time to grab camera or scope, it flew, landed 2m off the ground in a bush, from main hide right of Willow Island, raised its crest, then flew behind Willow Island and past Heron Hide, off in direction of River Brent. A search failed to re-find it. Longest day of birding very unusual for us, with coverage from 07:20 to Sunset 19:42 - 12 hrs 22 mins. Best of other spp. seen - 2 Red Kites S together, pair of Peregrines N (only seen by rare visitor Eddie Wang), f Sparrowhawk, m Kestrel, 3 Little Ringed Plover most of day (pair & another male), Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Snipe, 6 Shoveler 3 pairs, 2 Water Rail, 7+ Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap 5m 1f (Magnus Andersson, Simon Worsfold, Andrew Verrall, then joined later in evening, by James ). Now for Spring.
 * Brookmill Park: 2 Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap m&f, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Broomfield Park: 2 Egyptian Goose pr, m Mandarin Duck, 8 Shoveler 4m 4f, 15 Tufted Duck 9m 6f, m Grey Wagtail, 2 Nuthatch pr copulating (Robert Callf)
 * Bury Lake: Common Tern (Charlie Ramsay via Herts BC)
 * Canons Farm: 1 Ring Ouzel (Steve Gale)
 * East India Dock Basin NR: Egyptian Goose, 6 Shelduck, 2 Gadwall, 16 Teal, 2 Oystercatcher flyover from Bow Creek Ecology Park, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Cetti's Warbler (Tom Speller tweet); also 13 Shelduck, 20 Teal, Cetti's Warbler (Charlie Farrell tweet)
 * Harefield: gravel pits Moorhall Rd entrance - 2 Kestrel, Buzzard circling high, Chiffchaff, pr Great Crested Grebe, pr Tufted Ducks, 3f Chaffinch, calling Green Woodpecker (Nigel Barratt)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: Red-crested Pochard, 4 Sparrowhawk displaying, Buzzard, Willow Warbler, 5 Blackcap, Hawfinch again, 2 Siskin (Dave Morrison tweet)
 * Kentish Town: pr Blackcaps at Gaisford St (Pete Mantle)
 * KGV Reservoir: 6 Sandwich Tern S 0840, Arctic Tern, 2 Common Tern, Swallow, 2 House Martin, 5 Blackcap (Neville Smith)
 * Kingston-upon-Thames: Swallow feeding low over riverside nr Canbury Gdns (Phil Davies)
 * Lamorbey Park: 2 Egyptian Geese, Little Grebe (breeding plumage), Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, male Blackcap hawking insects over lake, singing Chiffchaff, Song Thrush, Jackdaw, 2 Stock Dove, 4 Goldcrest, Coal Tit, 2 Herring Gull on school field. Cool breeze-no butterflies but abundant bees. (Eric Brown).
 * Lincoln's Inn Fields: 1 Goldcrest (A Casey)
 * London Wetland Centre: 4m Reed Bunting, 8 Blackcap 7m 1f, 3 singing Chiffchaff, probably 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Shelduck 1m 1f, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Sedge Warbler singing sporadically from the reed bed, 2 Mandarin mating 1m 1f, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Swallows, 1 Russian colour-ringed Great Black-backed Gull (Martin Honey & S. Fogg); also 3 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, f Goldeneye still, 7 Redshank, Kestrel, 10 Sand Martin wader scrape, 6 Chiffchaff, 9 Blackcap (WWT website)
 * Mill Hill: [NW7] singing Blackcap; Brimstone butterfly (both garden foy) (Andrew Haynes)
 * New Change: [EC2] 3 Common Buzzard NW (N P Senior)
 * Oxleas Wood:4Nuthatch,3Treecreeper,6Jackdaw,Sparrowhawke,5Greatspottedwoodpecker,Goldcrest 5Stockdove,5Blackcap(1fm),Chiffchaff,3Greenwoodpecker,2Kestrel,6Goldfinch,Chaffinch,Songthrush Mallard(pr),WillowWarbler.(Ron Turner)
 * Ponders End Lake: Little Gull ad wp, Glaucous Gull [or Viking Gull per ELBF FB] 2w (Neville Smith tweets)
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: 1 Willow Warbler singing, 1 Blackcap singing c13:00 (Toni Piccolo); Great Egret still, 2 Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, 2 Mediterranean Gull, Iceland Gull 2cy, Arctic Tern, Swallow (Dominic Mitchell tweet); also 5 Marsh Harrier, 4 Buzzard, Whimbrel, 9 Curlew, 8 Ruff, 8 Snipe, 5 Mediterranean Gull, 30 Common Tern, Peregrine, 4 Bearded Tit (per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn & Pagoda Avenues. Parking charges apply Mon-Sat. Park only in visitors bays. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Richmond Park: Yellow Wagtail NE, Swallow, 12 Fieldfare W (J.Wilczur); Little Egret, Peregrine, 14 Shoveler incl 11 high NE (P.Pentek); 7 Buzzard, 3+ Red Kite, 3m Blackcap, 20+ Lesser Redpoll (Friday Group et al)
 * Roding Valley Meadows LNR: 2 Buzzard, 60 Common Gull, Arctic Tern, 5 Chiffchaff, 10m Blackcap, 11 Pied Wagtail (Barry Jones per ELBF FB)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: 3 Shelduck, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Redshank (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
 * Sevenoaks WR: 0 Water Rail [survey], Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover fr tyler hide, 3 Siskin, Reed Bunting (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
 * Shrewsbury Park: 2 Redwing, Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Kestrel, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Song Thrush (Tim Rymer)
 * Staines Moor: 1 Swallow, 4+ Water Pipit swamp and Colne all in summer plumage, 2-3 Shelduck, 1 Water Rail Colne, 1 Tufted Duck Colne, 3 Red Kite, 2-4 Common Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 5 Reed Bunting, 1 Lapwing, 1 Little Egret (Lee Dingain); also Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap (Robert Martin tweet)
 * Staines Reservoirs: AMERICAN HORNED LARK still W end causeway early am, 1 Sandwich Tern, 1 Common Tern both through am, 4 Black-necked Grebe; S basin - 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Swallow (Bob Warden et al per FJM)
 * Stanwell Moor: 5 Gadwall, 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap (Robert Martin tweet)
 * Tooting Common: 4 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Redwing E (James Hudson)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 9 Canada Geese, 2 Egyptian Geese, Mandarin Duck, f Garganey still, 5 Teal, 3 Cormorant, Grey Heron, 3 Sparrowhawk, 5 Common Buzzard, Coot, Lapwing, 15 Stock Dove, Collared Dove, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, 22+ Rook, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, 4 Goldcrest, 13 singing Chiffchaff, 6 singing Blackcap, 14 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 83+ Starling, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, 5 Hawfinch, 6 Greenfinch (Samuel Levy)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Linnet W 0740, m Goldcrest, m Blackcap, m Chiffchaff (Bob Watts)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: 4 Egyptian Goose, 2 Oystercatcher 1 found dead, Little Ringed Plover, Redshank, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, Little Owl, Kingfisher, 4 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, House Martin, Fieldfare, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 12+ Redwing, 6+ Tree Sparrow, 4+ Redpoll, 6+ Siskin (TyttGP tweet)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 4 Sand Martins, Green Sandpiper - Lockwood 16.00 (Lol Bodini); Hoopoe seen c1545 by 'non-local' birder (per John Cantelo/Paul Whiteman tweets)
 * Wimbledon Common: Blackcap & Chiffchaff Thatched Cottage (Les Evans-Hill)
 * Wanstead Flats: BLACK KITE SE 15:50, probable Hobby, Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, Little Owl, Yellow Wagtail, 3 Redpoll, 2 Linnet, singing Reed Bunting, 2 Little Grebe, 7 Shoveler, Pochard (Nick Croft); 2 Redwing, 4 singing Skylark, 3 singing Meadow Pipit, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 singing Blackcap (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: 5 Buzzard, up to 5 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, Linnet, Fieldfare still in OSW, 16 singing Blackcap, 9 singing Chiffchaff, 19 Shoveler, 8 Teal, 3 Gadwall, 3 Little Grebe (Nick Croft/Mike Messenger); 2 Swallow over OSW (Rob Sheldon)
 * Watercress LNR: 3+ Chiffchaff, 2+ Blackcap, 15+ Lesser Redpoll, 5+ Siskin (Andrew Steele via Herts BC)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: Kestrel, pr Jackdaw, 2 Chiffchaff, Linnet (Charlie Farrell tweet)

Thursday 5th April 2018

 * Alexandra Park: 4 male Blackcap, 2 Aythya hybrid Boating Lake (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR: incl Redshank S, Peregrine, 3 Sand Martin, Swallow (William Bishop tweet)
 * Barn Elms Playing Fields: 10 Cormorant - migrants high E, Peregrine, 2 Kestrel, 3 Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 20 Buzzard, Grey Heron high E, 2 Meadow Pipit N, 2 Grey Wagtail SW, 10 Sand Martin, Linnet E (Rupert Kaye)
 * Barnes Thames Path: singing Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff; 2m Brimstone (Neil Anderson)
 * Beddington Farmlands: m Sedge Warbler am (BirdGuides) not Ldn foy as Walthamstow had 2 on Monday, just not on wiki MA - many thx for update, duly added below
 * Blackfriars: beach - 2 Great Black-backed Gulls, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 1 Herring Gull, 4 Common Gulls [all adults] (D Bates)
 * Brent Reservoir: Green Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Little Egret, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Common Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, 49 Common Gull, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, Grey Wagtail, Linnet N; also Comma, Small Tortoiseshell and 5 Brimstone (Andrew Haynes, Magnus Andersson)
 * Brockwell Park: singing Chiffchaffs, 5 Greenfinch, 2 Jackdaw, 1 Song Thrush (Charlie Kitchen & Paul Collins); Swallow, Blackcap, House Sparrows in walled garden (Michael Mac)
 * Brookmill Park: Sparrowhawk, Stock Dove, Kingfisher, Song Thrush, Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Buckland: Hobby [Ldn foy] through Park Pit 1210, also Common Sandpiper, Raven, 3 Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, Blackcap; 14 Buzzard over Box Hill ridge to north & east (Wes Attridge tweet)
 * Cassiobury Park: no sign of Mandarins, Treecreeper, 4-5 Chiffchaff around marsh, Blackcap, 2 Bullfinch (Ralph Darvill tweet)
 * Clerkenwell: 2 Buzzard over (Will Rose tweet)
 * Dartford Marshes: Water Pipit (BirdGuides)
 * Dollis Brook: BBS Square highlights incl 4 Meadow Pipit N 07:05, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Blackcap, singing Chiffchaff, 3 Coal Tit, Pied Wagtail, 10 Stock Dove; also 2 Brimstone (Samuel Levy & Joan Arnold)
 * Dulwich Park: singing Blackcap, 2 singing Chiffchaffs, 2 Jackdaw, 5 Shovelers 3m 2f; also Small Tortoiseshell butterfly (Paul Collins & Charlie Kitchen)
 * Finchley: gdn N3 - 4m Blackcap, 5 Stock Dove, f Peregrine circling 10:45-10:50 then E, f Sparrowhawk (Samuel Levy)
 * Finchley Central: 2 Redwing over Dollis Park Road 06:50 (Samuel Levy)
 * Foots Cray Meadows: f Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 4 Skylark (Donna Zimmer tweet)
 * Fortune Street Park: singing Chiffchaff (Tom Smith)
 * Frays Farm Meadows: Sparrowhawk, 5 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, Kestrel (Dilshan Muthalib tweet)
 * Gallions Reach: 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Curlew, 2 Redshank, 10+ Common Tern, 2 Arctic Tern, Chiffchaff am (Gary James via EBwS BN)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Egyptian Goose, pr Little Grebe, Buzzard S 1100, juv Iceland Gull high over [Twitter pic of SH's Beckton Creekside bird of 25 Mar w/ missing 7th primary on L wing], 3 Sand Martin, m Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap 2m f, 5 Linnet O2 (Richard Green tweets)
 * Hampstead Heath: Red Kite circling over Parliament Hill am, also Common Buzzard SW, now up to 4 singing Blackcaps around south Heath and 3 Chiffchaffs (Pete Mantle)
 * Hyde Park: Peregrine over serpentine diving SW 8.00am, Chiffchaff calling on serpentine island 7.00 onwards (Malachi Yarker)
 * Ingrebourne Valley: Buzzard, Water Rail, Willow Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, Redwing, Bullfinch (Martin Jordan per ELBF FB)
 * Kew Gardens: 2 Sparrowhawks, 1 Golden Pheasant 10:30-11:30 (Toni Piccolo)
 * KGV Reservoir: Arctic Tern, Swallow, 3 Blackcap (Neville Smith); still feeding on S Basin - 9 Goldeneye 3m, 3 Goosander m 2f, 2 Sand Martin, pr Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 singing Chiffchaff 1.15pm (Davey Leach)
 * KGVI Res: Osprey high N over KGV1/Staines Res 1020 fr Wraysbury GPs, 4 Red Kite, 16+ Buzzard (Roger Morton tweet)
 * Kingston: 2 Red Kite circling each other courting I guess over North Kingston heading towards Teddington Lock at 1815 (Mike Foster)
 * Lamorbey Park: 5 Tufted Duck, Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Stock Dove, 2-3 m Blackcap, 1 singing Chiffchaff, 3+ Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 2 Coal Tit, House Sparrow, Goldfinch (Mike Amos); no sign of Willow Warbler by 18.02 but Greylag Goose, Green Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, pair of Jackdaw on school fields (Mike Amos)
 * Leatherhead: Randalls Way - 6 Common Buzzard 2 circling very high to northeast & another 4 circling to northwest; 1 Brimstone butterfly on the wing (Neil Batten)
 * Little Woodcote: Black Redstart in paddock by no5 oaks track (Ian Jones tweet)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Jack Snipe, 6 Common Snipe, 17 Buzzard mostly N/NW, 2 Kestrel, 3 Sparrowhawk, 2 Swallow, 16 Sand Martin, 2 Blackcap, 3 Pintail (Oscar Dewhurst, Simon Fogg); 5m Blackcap southern route/sheltered lagoon; Red Kite NW am, 12 Chiffchaff, 9 Blackcap (WWT website); 1 Yellow-bellied Slider on wader scrape (Martin Honey); 4+ male Brimstone and 1 Small Tortoiseshell seen (all the above). Sand_Martin nest-bank now closed till 3 May (WWT Ldn tweet)
 * London Zoo: 1 Blackcap singing; also Brimstone, Comma and a Pipistrelle bat flying around Regents Canal in the sunshine (Sam Jones)
 * Orsett Fen: 3 Buzzard, Barn Owl 4 Kestrel, 16 Skylark, 2 House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, Redwing, 5 Fieldfare, 6 House Sparrow, 5 Reed Bunting, 19 Chaffinch, 15 Yellowhammer (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Oxleas Wood: 5 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3m Blackcap, 3 Green Woodpecker, 4 Jackdaw, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Stock Dove, 2 Kestrel f m, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Chiffchaff, Pied Wagtail, 2 Common Buzzard (pr), ???Garden Warbler??? Very Early?, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Chaffinch (Ron Turner)
 * Pinner: [HA5] f Sparrowhawk flying into bush after prey (Nigel Barratt)
 * Ponders End Lake: ad Kittiwake on lake 1230, plus 2 Common Tern (Neville Smith); Kw still 1630 (Connor Rand tweet)
 * Rainham RSPB: Great Egret still target pools am, Short-eared Owl fr serin_mound, Sedge Warbler am (BirdGuides); also 12 Common Tern, 2 Arctic Tern, m Corn Bunting (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB); 6 Little Egret, 7 Marsh Harrier 4f3m, 12 Buzzard, 7 Ruff, Spotted Redshank, 2 Short-eared Owl, 4 Mediterranean Gull 3 ad & 2s, 2m Blackcap (per ELBF FB)
 * Rammey Marsh: 4 Buzzards in a courtship display along trees and watercourse, 2 singing Blackcaps and 4+ Chiffchaffs (Brian Dawton)
 * Ravenor Park: displaying Sparrowhawk (Neil Anderson)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn & Pagoda Avenues. Parking charges apply Mon-Sat. Park only in visitors bays. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Richmond Park: 1 Black Redstart cattle enclosure, 1 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat (Hugh Bradshaw); 5 Sparrowhawk, 11 Red Kite mostly SE, 19+ Buzzard mostly NW incl 6 local birds, m Shoveler, 12 Pochard, 2 Red-crested Pochard pair, 3 Swallow, Sand Martin, 5 Stonechat (J.Wilczur, B.Marsh, P.Pentek, P.Redmond)
 * Ruislip Woods: 26+ Hawfinch 6+ in Fore St/Salisbury Rd area 07:30 & 20+ north of 'The Waters Meet' c/p 08:00 (Richard Francis)
 * St James's Park: Common Buzzard drifted N from c14:30, singing Blackcap; Brimstone (Frank Nugent)
 * Sevenoaks WR: 2 Little Ringed Plover fr tyler hide pm, also 2 Egyptian Goose, Treecreeper, 3 Chiffchaff, Blackcap (Jack Headley tweet)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: Osprey circled then N 0925 (Neville Smith)
 * Shrewsbury Park: 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Kestrel, 2 Jay, 2 Song Thrush, Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron W, Cormorant S, Tawny Owl h (Tim Rymer)
 * Springwell Lake: pr Goldeneye (Chris Sharp tweet)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Yellow Wagtail [Ldn foy] early am, no sign of Manx Shearwater early am (Bob Warden per FJM); also 2 Black-necked Grebe still, Little Ringed Plover, Curlew, AMERICAN HORNED LARK still (Dom Pia tweet)
 * Stocker's Lake: 10 Little Egret (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
 * Sutcliffe Park: Common Snipe, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: 17 Gadwall, 12 Shelduck, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Wheatear, 1 Reed Bunting, 8 Greylag Goose, 2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Buzzard, 1 Mediterranean Gull over, 1 Water Rail, 2 Kestrel, 3 Skylark, 9 Teal, 2 Canada Goose, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Oystercatcher, 12 Turnstone, 1 Common Sandpiper, 26 Redshank; 4 Brimstone, 1 Peacock & 1 Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly 9.00-12.30 (Roger Keith)
 * Sydenham Hill Wood: Willow Warbler (Dave Clark per SHW tweet)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Woodcock flushed from `owl'_field, Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 9 Teal, 2 Egyptian Goose, 8 Rook, 9 singing Chiffchaff, 1 singing Blackcap, Treecreeper singing, pair Bullfinch and still 5 Common Gull [usually gone by now]; also Weasel (John Colmans); also 1 Raven, 1 Garganey, 1 Wheatear, 1 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Eygptian Goose, 2 Common Buzzard mating in big Oak tree Folly Farm; 3 Comma, 1 Small Tortoiseshell (Tony Clancy)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: singing Blackcap and Chiffchaff; 4 Brimstone (Bob Watts)
 * Trent Park: 3 Mandarin Duck 2m f, 4 Eurasian Teal 2m 2f upper lake, 4 Tufted Duck 3m f, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 m Kestrel, 8 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 singing Blackcap, 9 singing Chiffchaff, 4 Coal Tit, 7 Nuthatch 5m 2f, Treecreeper singing; 2 Red Admiral, 3 Comma, Peacock, f Brimstone (Robert Callf)
 * Tufnell Park N7: 5 Jay and 3 Magpie chasing each other around on Huddleston Rd 9:00 (Reuben Braddock)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: 5+ Sand Martin main pit, 2 Swallow & Willow Warbler tytt fm, 3 Yellow Wagtail over willows fm (Rupert Evershed tweet); also Oystercatcher, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, Little Owl, 5+ Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, Redwing (TyttGP tweet)
 * Victoria Park: 2 singing Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff 2 singing, 2 m Blackcap, m Red-crested Pochard, 25+ Tufted Duck, 3 Gadwall, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Mistle Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest, Egyptian Goose pair w/ 5 goslings (Jan Dobbie)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: LITTLE BUNTING still, 2 Common Terns, House Martin, Goosander, Willow Warbler, 7 Blackcaps, Green Sandpiper, 8 Buzzards (Walthamstow Birders)
 * Wanstead Flats: Redstart sp [not a Ldn foy that's still up for grabs. Really couldn't say which species it was as I was distracted by a second bird that turned out to be nothing more exciting than a Dunnock - NC] flew from Long Wd to Brooms c1125 (Wanstead Birders tweet); 5 Snipe, Fieldfare, Redpoll, Linnet, Reed Bunting, 7 Blackcap 5m 2f, 5 Chiffchaff, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Sand Martin, 7 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, Pochard, Little Grebe, 6 Meadow Pipit, 5 Skylark (Wanstead Birders)
 * Waterworks NR: 1-2 Reed Warbler [Ldn foy] (per Paul Whiteman)
 * Wick Woodland: pm walk in rare sunshine no birds of note but 3 Comma, 2 Brimstone, 2 Peacock and 2 Small Tortoiseshell (Harry Harrison)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Shelduck, 2 Snipe, Peregrine, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 4 Reed Bunting (Chris Farthing)
 * Woodoaks Farm: m Wheatear still on rubble pile (Chris Sharp tweet)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: 1m Ring Ouzel in grasslands, pr Kestrel displaying, 1 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff (Charlie Farrell)

Wednesday 4th April 2018

 * Alexandra Park: m Blackcap, m Chiffchaff, Greylag, 3 Great Crested Grebe Wood Green Res 2 fighting (Bob Watts)
 * Amwell NR: Osprey w/ damaged primary on R wing fishing Great Hardmead L fr viewpt 1910-1925 then S (Phil Ball & Ron Cousins via Twitter)
 * Barn Elms Playing Fiels: pr Egyptian Goose with one downy young, Herring Gull x Lesser Black-backed Gull hybrid 4cy, m Wheatear (Rupert Kaye)
 * Beckton Sewage Works: 3 Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, Curlew, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern, Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff (Dave Morrison tweet)
 * Brent Reservoir: Little Egret, Grey Heron standing on a nest for an hour - strange - they have attempted but not bred yet, drake Shoveler, singles of Common Snipe, Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, m Kestrel, 3 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Nuthatch (Andrew Verrall)
 * Brookmill Park: Sparrowhawk, Song Thrush, Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
 * Dagenham Chase: Shelduck, Red Kite, 5 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 3 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing (DC website)
 * Finchley: gdn N3 - 2m Blackcap incl 1 singing, 5 Stock Dove (Samuel Levy)
 * Hampstead Heath: 4 Redpolls N then S 0900, Rook S, 2 Woodpigeons N, both Blackcap and Chiffchaff heard singing from Parliament Hill (Pete Mantle)
 * Heathrow: Willow Warbler (Adam Cheeseman); Little Owl back of Polar Park calling 2am (Wendy Marks)
 * Heston: area - Buzzard low over M4 betw Osterley & Heston (Neil Anderson)
 * Holyfield Hall Farm: 1 Pink-footed Goose in stubble field W of Farm, 4 Egyptian Geese, 2 Red-legged Partridge, Peregrine, Kestrel 5pm (Davey Leach)
 * Home Park: 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Little Owl, 1 Blackcap, 2 Shelduck sw, 3 Stock Dove (John Herbert) Where was the Little Owl, John? [Mat Hare] hi mat it was on the northern edge of the wall pond in an oak
 * Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: 2 Redwing, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 3 Treecreeper (N P Senior)
 * KGV Reservoir: Smew, Arctic Tern, House Martin, 5 Sand Martin, 2 Wheatear (Neville Smith)
 * Ladywell Fields: Mandarin, Stock Dove, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Little Britain Lake: 2 well-grown Grey Heron chicks in heronry, pair Mandarin, pair Grey Wagtail, 1 Common Tern, several Coot nests [1 young], 1 Great Crested Grebe (Roger Dewey)
 * London Wetland Centre: 4 Pintail, 3 Snipe, 5 Redshank, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 7 Sand Martin, Swallow (WWT website); 3 Blackcap 2m f, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Jack Snipe (Martin Honey et al.)
 * London Zoo: female Peregrine 1330 (Sam Jones)
 * Mayesbrook Park: Great Crested Grebe, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Blackcap (G. Harding)
 * Pinner (The Croft): Red Kite circling low over park and neighbouring gardens 1pm (Nigel Barratt)
 * Rainham RSPB: 24 Brent Goose flew downriver 08:30, 4 singing Chiffchaff, 111 Shelduck, 45 Teal, 20 Gadwall, 2 Oystercatcher, Avocet, 5 Marsh Harrier 3m 2f, 8 Cetti's Warbler, 27 Tufted Duck, 232 Wigeon, 10 Little Grebe, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Little Egret, 149 Shoveler, Great Egret still, 24+ Skylark, 3 Peregrine 2f m, 6 Common Tern, Sandwich Tern, 20 Pochard, 7 Pintail, Dunlin, Spotted Redshank, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Kestrel, 3 Pied Wagtail, Barn Owl, Whimbrel, singing Blackcap, 5 Common Snipe, 10 Stock Dove, 7 Jackdaw, 5 Rook (Samuel Levy et al)
 * Richmond Park: singing Chiffchaff and Skylark, Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 3 Buzzard, 4 Wigeon, 3 Shoveler, 20 Lesser Redpoll, 5 Greylag, 2 well-grown Grey Heron chicks old enough to be left in nest between parental feeding trips (P Pentek)
 * Ruxley: Honeydale Farm DQ14 - pair Red-legged Partridge, singing Skylark, 3 Buzzard (Ian Stewart)
 * Sevenoaks WR: 4 Little Ringed Plover, Common Tern (James King per Mathew Bournat); 4 Little ringed plover, Common Tern, Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 9 Redwing (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
 * Shrewsbury Park: 4 Chiffchaff, Kestrel, Nuthatch, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest, 2 Jay, 2 Song Thrush (Tim Rymer)
 * Shooters Hill: GC - Peregrine w/ Ring-necked Parakeet kill fr Shrewsbury Pk 06:30 (Tim Rymer)
 * Staines Reservoir: v distant MANX SHEARWATER on s basin till 1945 at least [found by Ken Purdey], 2 Sandwich Tern over n basin (Dom Pia tweet)
 * Swaines Green: Red Kite, Common Gull, 2 Skylark, Chiffchaff, 16 House Sparrow, Bullfinch, 2 Linnet (Roger Emmens via EBwS BN)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: 2 m Goldcrest, Chiffchaff (Bob Watts)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: tytt'r farm - Grey Partridge chasing Red-legged Partridge in bean field Coursers Rd side 0900, Willow Warbler (TyttGP tweets)
 * Vanbrugh Pits, Blackheath: singing Chiffchaff, Song Thrush (Mike Paice)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: LITTLE BUNTING still around seed tray am, 2 singing Blackcaps, 6 Red-crested Pochard on No1, Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, Sand Martin (Walthamstow Birders); single Swallow over Reservoir 4 at 13:20 (Callum Farrell-Morris)
 * Wanstead Flats: 3 Ring Ouzel c08:00 not afterwards, 8+ Meadow Pipit, 4 singing Skylark, 2 singing Blackcap, 3 singing Chiffchaff, 40+ Herring Gull, Common Gull, 2 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: 7+ singing Blackcap, 8 Chiffchaff, singing Goldcrest, 4 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 20+ Stock Dove, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 19 Shoveler, 17 Teal, 3 Gadwall, Pochard, 6 Little Grebe, 1-2 Fieldfare (Nick Croft)
 * West Finchley: Stn - 3 Cormorant over 07:05 (Samuel Levy)

Tuesday 3rd April 2018

 * Alexandra Park: Wheatear playing fields, 3m Chiffchaff, Litthe Grebe Wood Green Res (APOG Birders)
 * Amwell NR: 3 Red-breasted Merganser 2m f Gt Hardmead L fr viewpt briefly 0730-0740 (Barry Reed tweets); Osprey N 1820 (William Bishop tweet)
 * Boston Manor Park: Kingfisher at pond (Michael Robinson)
 * Brent Reservoir: fem Sparrowhawk, m Kestrel, 3 Little Ringed Plover flew in & fed on mud 13.17, 2 Black-headed Gull, Yellow-legged Gull 3cy, Great Black-backed Gull 2cy, Swallow N [Brent foy], 5 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 3 Cetti's Warbler, m Reed Bunting (Magnus Andersson, Andrew Verrall)
 * Brockley Nature Reserve: Chiffchaff singing (Keith Chambers)
 * Brookmill Park: 2 Kingfisher, singing Blackcap, singing Goldcrest; melanic Brown Rat (Mike Paice)
 * Canons Farm: 4 Red Kite, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Fieldfare, 2 Brambling, 80 Linnet, 8 Yellowhammer (Steve Gale tweet)
 * Dagenham Chase: 25 Wigeon, m Pochard, Water Rail, 2 Kestrel, Peregrine, 4 Jackdaw, 11 Sand Martin, Swallow, 4 Blackcap, House Sparrow, Bullfinch (DC website)
 * Finchley: gdn N3 - m Blackcap (Samuel Levy)
 * Gallions Reach: m Black Redstart (Kevin J McManus)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: 2 Sand Martin, singing Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Gunpowder Park: Raven 13:20 battling Common Buzzard above Avey Ln area (Neville Smith)
 * Highgate Woods: Hawfinch in group of 4 finch sp. in oak canopy 12.15 (Jo Edwards)
 * Hilly Fields: Singing Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
 * Island Barn Resevoir: 2 Wheatear and 2 Swallow (Chris Turner)
 * London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, 3 Jack Snipe, 7 Snipe, 5 Redshank, 6 Sand Martin, Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap (WWT website); 5 Chiffchaff, 9 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 'Commic' Tern [probably Common but very distant across main lake] (Martin Honey et al.)
 * Queen Mother Reservoir: Curlew on gravel works to east side 0630-0930 then N, also Oystercatcher over (Andy Tomczynski via Berks BN); ad Greenshank [Ldn fos] on north bank then SSE 0755 (Derek Barker via Berks BN)
 * Rainham RSPB: Great Egret still, Spotted Redshank, Sandwich Tern, 3 Common Tern, Arctic Tern [Ldn foy], 4 Sand Martin (Howard Vaughan tweets); 2 Wheatear, Swallow, 7 Ruff, 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzard (James Hudson)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn & Pagoda Avenues. Parking charges apply Mon-Sat. Park only in visitors bays. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Richmond Park: m Wheatear (M.Lewis)
 * Ruislip Woods: 5+ Hawfinch close to bridle path heading north from Fore St/Salisbury Rd entrance 10:00 (Richard Francis)
 * Rye Meads RSPB: fr gadwall_hide - 2 Shelduck, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper, Redshank; also Oystercatcher, 2 Snipe over, 2 Blackcap singing, f Wheatear on meadow 1000 (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
 * St James's Park: 2 singing Blackcap (Frank Nugent)
 * Sevenoaks WR: Common Tern east lake, Lesser Redpoll, Redwing, 20 Siskin (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
 * Seventy Acres Lake: 2 Egyptian Goose, 20+ Shoveler, 6+ Pochard, Peregrine Falcon, 1-2 Swallow, 4+ singing Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4+ Reed Bunting (Simon Papps)
 * Shrewsbury Park: Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, 2 Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Song Thrush (Tim Rymer)
 * South Lodge Farm: 111+ Woodpigeon, f Northern Wheatear (Robert Callf)
 * Stave Hill: 1 Willow Warbler (Richard Page-Jones)
 * Stocker's Lake: Osprey circling lake 1320 (Herts BN); later flew E along R Colne (Lee Evans tweet)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 Egyptian Geese, 3 Mandarin Duck, 12 Teal, 2 Pheasant, Sparrowhawk, 6 Common Buzzard, 28 Black-headed Gull, 18 Stock Dove, Kestrel, 22 Rook, House Martin hawking insects over Cricket Pavilion, 6 singing Chiffchaff, f Blackcap, 113 Starling, 4 Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, 9+ Hawfinch 4 Darlands & 5+ path to Laurel Pond, Bullfinch, Linnet (Samuel Levy)
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Blackcap male singing near entrance am, also Goldcrest singing Sanctuary Wd pm (Bob Watts)
 * Trent Park: Little Grebe lower lake, 2 Grey Heron incl leucistic bird, 5 Mandarin Duck 4m f, 2 Eurasian Teal m f upper lake, 8 Tufted Duck 5m 3f lower lake, Chiffchaff, 3m Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 6 Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
 * Troy Mill Lake: 2 Swallow straight through heading north this afternoon (John Edwards)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 5 Red-crested Pochard, Green Sandpiper, 6 Sand Martin, 2 Wheatear, LITTLE BUNTING still (David Bradshaw tweet); Lockwood pm - pr Goldeneye, 2 Swallow S 17.50 & 18.45 (Lol Bodini)
 * Wanstead Flats: f Ring Ouzel late am [2nd earliest record], Redwing, 7 Song Thrush, Swallow, 4-5 singing Chiffchaff, Siskin, 4 Linnet, 20+ Greenfinch, Reed Bunting, Peregrine Falcon, Kestrel, 2-3 Sparrowhawk, Little Owl, 10+ Meadow Pipit [up to 5 singing birds], 9 Skylark, 6 Shoveler, 2 Pochard, Little Grebe, 30 Herring Gull, 7 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Black-headed Gull, Common Gull all appearing to have moved on over the weekend (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: 5 singing Chiffchaff, singing Blackcap, 2 Coal Tit, Shoveler, Little Grebe, 2-3 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel (Nick Croft)
 * William Girling Reservoir: relief channel - Red-legged Partridge, 3 Pheasant, 4 Little Egret, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Greenfinch (Barry Jones per ELBF FB)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Water Rail, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 8 Shoveler, 3 Lesser Redpoll, Reed Bunting (Chris Farthing & Tony Butler)

Monday 2nd April 2018

 * Alexandra Park: Red Kite drifting E 17.15 (Brian Milligan)
 * Brent Reservoir: Egyptian Goose, 60+ Tufted Duck, 15 Pochard, 5 Common Snipe, Peregrine, Kingfisher, 3 Sand Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting m f (Roy Beddard); pr Coal Tits from garden conifers came to tree by muddy path to hide (A. Verrall)
 * Brookmill Park: singing Blackcap, singing Willow Warbler (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bushy Park: 4+ Chiffchaff, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, 4 Song Thrush (Ian R Watson)
 * Canons Farm: f Merlin (Roy Weller per KJM)
 * Coopers Green GPs: Stanborough GP - Little Ringed Plover, 5 Green Sandpiper, m Wheatear (Steven Pearce via Herts BC)
 * Crayford Marshes: Common Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Cetti's Warbler, Little Egret, 38 Redshank, 28 Wigeon, 40 Teal (Kev Jarvis)
 * Eltham Park North: singing Blackcap, Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker (Tim Rymer)
 * Ewell: 4 Swallow se over dw fitness 12.55, also 1 Common Buzzard (Neil Batten)
 * Finchley: gdn N3 - m Blackcap (Samuel Levy)
 * Greenford: [UB6] m Blackcap in front garden trying to get on feeders (Neil Anderson)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: Avocet in centre of res and still there at 15.45, m Commom Scoter 2cy still (Tony Blake); 1 Swallow, 13 Sand Martin (Lee Evans tweet) AV's post combined w/ TB's
 * Kentish Town: [NW5] Peregrine E 18:10 (Frank Nugent)
 * KGV Res: 3 Wheatear, 2 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 12 Sand Martin, 2 Green Sandpiper, m Smew, 7 Goosander, 10+ Goldeneye (Andrew Middleton)
 * Leyton: [E15] Hawfinch Drapers Field 0930 (Stephen Harris tweet)
 * London Wetland Centre: Little Ringed Plover, 5 Redshank, 3 Siskin, 3 Jack Snipe, 6 Snipe, 2 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, Swallow, Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap (WWT website); 6 Jack Snipe, 5 Sand Martin, f Goldeneye (Oscar Dewhurst)
 * Mad Bess Wood: 2 Hawfinch m f 13.00 feeding in leaf litter just north of Hillingdon Trail betew c/p & trail. Showed extremely well for 5 mins. (Matthew J. Bradbury)
 * Northaw Great Wood: 4 Marsh Tit, c6 Brambling, c7 Hawfinch (per Herts BC)
 * Oxleas Woods: Treecreeper, 3 Chiffchaff, 7 Goldcrest, Kestrel, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Stock Dove, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 7 Jay, Song Thrush, Cormorant S (Tim Rymer)
 * Rainham RSPB: Great White Egret, Ruff, Barn Owl (Bob Husband & NW London RSPB Grp); also 6 Little Egret, 4 Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, Avocet, 3 Curlew, 2 Grey Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 7 Ruff, 103 Black-tailed Godwit, Peregrine, Wheatear (Howard Vaughan, Andy Tweed, Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn & Pagoda Avenues. Parking charges apply Mon-Sat. Park only in visitors parking bays. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Sevenoaks WR: Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, Willow Warbler, 6 Lesser Redpoll, 12 Siskin (Barry Wright tweet); Egyptian Goose, Shelduck, Blackcap (Mathew Bournat tweet); also Shelduck, 10 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 8 Wigeon, 20 Teal, 11 Pochard, 4 Grey Heron [3 nests occupied], 16 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Sparrowhawk m f, 2 Buzzard, 9 Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Snipe, Redshank, 26 Common Gull, Coal Tit, 6 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 5 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 8 Redwing, Grey Wagtail (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: Curlew 10:00, Wheatear, Treecreeper singing 15:50, m Pintail 18:00 (Neville Smith)
 * Shrewsbury Park: Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, Kestrel, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Tim Rymer)
 * Staines Moor: Red Kite, Chiffchaff (Jon Agar)
 * Staines Reservoir: AMERICAN HORNED LARK, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Shelduck (Shailesh Patel); 2 Black-necked Grebe, 3 Little Ringed Plover, White Wagtail (Dom Pia tweet) Please note suspicious behaviour at Staines Res Sunday PM, I and another birder were approached by two fairly well dressed lads 15 to 17 years old who asked us to "tie their shoelaces for them, as they couldn't do it themselves". A little unnerving but not threatening, refused and they left. Not sure if it was an attempted mugging or a happy slapping type prank but be warned. [Gordon Shaw] Updated please contact Surrey Police and try to get a photo if you see them.
 * Stanstead Abbotts Lakes - N lake: 2 Swallow (Jane Free via Herts BC)
 * Tooting: 1 Swallow (D.Peers)
 * Totteridge Valley: 10 Hawfinch, 1 Lapwing, 4 Pheasant, 1 Chiffchaff. High water levels in Valley very muddy. (T.Clancy, B.Dawton, G. Crabtree)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: fishing lake - Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow; willows fm - Barnacle Goose, 5 Egyptian Goose (per Herts BN); [pm] main gp - Little Ringed Plover, 3+ Snipe, 10+ Sand Martin, Chiffchaff, 20+ Fieldfare; fishing lake - Oystercatcher (Rupert Evershed tweet)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: LITTLE BUNTING still, Osprey N then W c08.50, 4 Wheatear, Rock Pipit, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Green Sandpipers, 5 Red-crested Pochard 4m f (Paul Whiteman/Stuart Fisher/David Bradshaw); 2 Sedge Warbler [Ldn foy] (per Magnus Andersson)
 * Wandsworth Common: Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 2 singing Chiffchaff, 3 Siskin, Jackdaw, Greenfinch, 12 Shoveler (Nick Rutter)
 * Wanstead: m Blackcap singing in gdn Nightingale_Lane c7.59 (Geoff Gram)
 * Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Jack Snipe, Water Rail, 3 Lesser Redpoll (Tony Butler)

Sunday 1st April 2018

 * Addlestone: Osprey at quarry then N 0945 (BirdGuides)
 * Alexandra Park: 10 Linnet filter beds, pair Eurasian Teal Wood Green Res, m Blackcap, 2m Chiffchaff (APOG Birders)
 * Antill Road E3: female Sparrowhawk predates Starling in back gdn (Harry Harrison)
 * Beckton Creekside NR: 25 Redshank, singing Willow Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail (Shaun Harvey tweet)
 * Bramblehall Wood: 200 Hawfinch still (Steve Gale tweet)
 * Brent Reservoir: 8 Common Snipe, Red Kite, Peregrine, 4 Cetti's Warbler, pr Reed Bunting (Roy Beddard, Andrew Verrall, Magnus Andersson); 2m Nuthatch 1 in churchyard responding to 2nd bird further away (Francis O'Sullivan)
 * Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, singing Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Bushy Park: Chiffchaff, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker (Ian R Watson)
 * Canons Park: Firecrest 12.15 & 13.25 Canons Dr end of The Spinney, Treecreeper, Nuthatch pr building mud nest hole (Bob Husband & NW London RSPB Grp)
 * Collier Row: Green Woodpecker 'yaffling' from tree 8:30 (G J Francis)
 * Colney Heath: Yellowhammer in fields by Roestock (Steven Pearce via Herts BC) TL207060
 * Copped Hall: 2 Red Kite, 7 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 15 Skylark, 14 Linnet, 28 Yellowhammer, 5 Fieldfare, 2 Green Woodpecker; 5 Hares (Chris Baldwin)
 * Crayford Marshes: 2 Wheatear, Common Buzzard, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Curlew, 2 Oystercatcher, 5 Dunlin, Mediterranean Gull, 8 Skylark, 6 Meadow Pipit, 33 Wigeon, 6 Gadwall, 30 Teal (Kev Jarvis); Great to see you Kev. All I can add of note - 2 Snipe, Little Owl and m Reed Bunting (Ralph Todd)
 * Dagenham Chase: Green Sandpiper, Peregrine (DC website)
 * Fairlop Waters: south workings 1 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Common Snipe, 2 Lapwing, 1 Reed Bunting, 25 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, Little Grebe (Steve Bacon)
 * Finchley: gdn N3 - Tawny Owl calling 21:35 (Samuel Levy)
 * Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, Kestrel, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting (John Bushell, Conrad Ellam & Richard Green)
 * Hampstead Heath: Wheatear m on running track, 6 Siskins E (Pete Mantle)
 * Hilfield Park Reservoir: m Common Scoter 2cy still, Goldeneye, 2 Sand Martin (Tony Blake via Herts BC)
 * Holyfield Park Farm: Pink-footed Goose still in field east of farm (Lol Cumming tweet)
 * Isle of Dogs: Yellow-legged Gull 3cy Thames shore at Saunders Ness (Sean Huggins)
 * Juniper Bottom: 8 Hawfinch (Steve Gale tweet)
 * Lodge Hill: 17 Hawfinch (Steve Gale tweet)
 * London Wetland Centre: m Wheatear, 2 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, 3 Jack Snipe, 5 Snipe, 5 Redshank, 3 Chiffchaff, Water Pipit & Rock Pipit wader scrape, 3 Siskin (WWT website); 6 Jack Snipe, 7 Common Snipe, Willow Warbler, Meadow Pipit on marsh, 3 Blackcap (Oscar Dewhurst)
 * Mad Bess Wood: 20+ Hawfinch in middle of site 09:40 (Richard Francis)
 * Mardyke, Stifford-Aveley; incl f Red-crested Pochard, 40 Gadwall, 59 Teal, 2 Buzzard, Water Rail, 55 Black-headed Gull, Kingfisher, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Treecreeper, 55 Redwing, Grey Wagtail, 3 Lesser Redpoll, Siskin, Reed Bunting (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
 * Mickleham Downs: 1 Hawfinch (Steve Gale tweet)
 * Morden Hall Park: Kingfisher, 4 Grey Wagtail, Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk in display flight, Kestrel, Peregrine, 3+ Chiffchaff (MHP Nature Grp)
 * Newton Park West: Grey Wagtail, Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Tim Rymer)
 * Oxleas Wood:7Nuthatch,4Treecreeper,3Chiffchaff,5Stockdove,5Jackdaw,6Greatspottedwoodpecker 2CommonBuzzard(pr),7Goldcrest,2Kestrel(fm),Coaltit,2Greenwoodpecker,3Goldfinch,2Mallard(pr) Sparrowhawke(fm),(Ron Turner)
 * Oxleas Wood: 7 Nuthatch, 4 Treecreeper, 3 Chiffchaff, 5 Stock Dove, 5 Jackdaw, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Common Buzzard (pr), 7 Goldcrest, 2 Kestrel (from), Coal Tit, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Goldfinch, 2 Mallard (pr), Sparrowhawk (fm) (Ron Turner) Is this what you meant, Ron?
 * Pimlico Gardens: Caspian Gull 3cy late aft (N P Senior)
 * Priest Hill: singing Blackcap, 3 Meadow Pipit (Neil Batten)
 * Purfleet: 12 Shelduck, 18 Gadwall, 72 Wigeon, 23 Teal, ad m Marsh Harrier, Avocet, 6 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 42 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Snipe, ad Kittiwake, Yellow-legged Gull, 23 Fieldfare, Stonechat, m Wheatear (Fraser Simpson tweet)
 * Pymmes Park: 2 Nuthatch (Andrew Middleton)
 * Rainham RSPB: 400 Wigeon, 32 Pintail, Great Egret aveley marsh still, 6 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 6 Marsh Harrier 3m 3f, 2 Buzzard, m Wheatear, Avocet, 2 Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover, 6 Curlew, 50 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Ruff, Jack Snipe, 19 Snipe, 9 Dunlin, Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl, 2 Kestrel, f Peregrine, 6 Bearded Tit, 3m Chiffchaff, Water Pipit (per ELBF FB)
 * Raynes Park: gdn - Grey Heron E at 1515 - 3rd in 2 days quite unusual for Coombe Ln (Paula Redmond)
 * Richmond: Eastern race Lesser Whitethroat still in back gardens of Selwyn & Pagoda Avenues. No parking charges on bank holidays. (Franko J Maroevic)
 * Richmond Hill: 3 Red Kite and 1 Buzzard in thermals (Hugh Bradshaw)
 * Richmond Park: m Wheatear (H.Bradshaw); 2m Skylark, 17 Meadow Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 32 Redwing, no sign of yesterday's Redpoll flock - all Holly Lodge area (J.Wilczur); 12 Lesser Redpoll still in Hawthorn Valley late am (Franko J Maroevic); 2 Wheatear, 1 Snipe betw Spankers Hill Wood & White Lodge, 1 Red Kite (Peter Carlill)
 * River Brent, Greenford: 2 Teal, 2 Red Kites circling 11:05, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest. TQ1481 (Phil Belman)
 * Roxbourne Park: 2 Little Egret, Green Woodpecker, Song Thrush (Tim Rymer) [new site for LNHS gazetteer TQ121874]
 * Ruislip Woods: 33+ Hawfinch 25+ adj to car park north of 'The Waters Meet' 09:10 & 8+ betw Fore St & Wiltshire Ln 10:05 (Richard Francis) Is this The Waters Edge by the Lido please?
 * Sevenoaks WR: Black-tailed Godwit fr tyler hide still, 4 Chiffchaff, 30 Siskin (Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
 * Sewardstone Marsh: Blackcap, m Pintail on pattypool mead at 09:20 (Martin Shepherd)
 * Shrewsbury Park: 20+ Lesser Redpoll, singing Chiffchaff, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, 4 Jay, Goldcrest, 4 Song Thrush, Nuthatch (Tim Rymer)
 * Staines Reservoir: AMERICAN HORNED LARK causeway still [south basin eastern end] (Dom Pia tweet); also 2 Black-necked Grebe still, Wheatear (Dave Carlsson tweet); 7 Goldeneye, Little Ringed Plover, Common Tern [Ldn foy], Swallow (Jim Sweetland tweet)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: 3 Teal, 8 Pheasant, Buzzard, f Sparrowhawk, m Kestrel, 6 Snipe, 6 Stock Dove, 4 Skylark, 2 Wheatear pr, Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Bunting (Neil Anderson)
 * Thames Barrier Park: Curlew and 2 Oystercatcher feeding (Frank Nugent)
 * Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: f Garganey still at Darlands, 2 Hawfinch, 4 Lesser Redpoll on usual feeder, 5 singing Chiffchaff, 15 Rook, 9 Teal, Kestrel (John Colmans); Belmont Fm - 26 Canada Geese, 2 Mandarin Duck, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 4 Pheasant, 3 Cormorant, 2 Sparrowhawk, 11 Stock Dove, Nuthatch, Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush, 7 Starling, 3 Pied Wagtail (Samuel Levy)
 * Trent Park: 3 Mandarin Duck 2m f, 2 Eurasian Teal m f upper lake, m Common Pochard, 3 Tufted Duck 2m f, 3 singing Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, 2 Raven SE over Rough Lot calling and tussling - one returned NW calling having seen off the other 13:36 (Robert Callf)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: 2 Little Ringed Plover main gp (Alan Gardiner tweet); also 4 Buzzard, Willow Warbler tytt'r fm (Rick Flesher tweet)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: LITTLE BUNTING still, Willow Warbler, 3 Green Sandpipers, 7 Goldeneye (Walthamstow Birders)
 * Wood Farm, Stanmore: Raven W calling 10.05, 4 Linnet, Red Kite, Mandarin over (Tony Blake) TQ168934
 * Wormwood Scrubs: Woodcock flushed from grassland (Paul Thomas tweet)
 * Yeading Brook Meadows: 5 Pheasant, 3 Red Kite incl 2 together, f Kestrel, Little Owl, singing Skylark, 36+ Meadow Pipit, singing Chiffchaff, 8 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson)

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