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Monday 8th September 2014

 * Broomfield Park, Palmers Green, N13: 5 juv Little Grebe - now two months old and fully independent, Swift, 3 Meadow Pipit over (Robert Callf)
 * East India Dock Basin: ommon Sandpiper, Chiffchaff, 15 Teal, 2 Brown-banded Carder Bee (John Archer)
 * St James's Park: 3 Common Buzzard together drifted lazily S from 1400 (Frank Nugent).
 * Swanley Park : 100 Canada Geese, 3 Greylag, Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 6 Swallows, 20 House Martin (Andy Meaton)
 * Thorney C P: 2 Red Kites, Buzzard, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff.(Sue Giddens)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs: Stonechat (male), Kingfisher, Wigeon, 3 Buzzard. (Steve Blake)
 * Wanstead Flats: 2-4 Whinchat, Northern Wheatear, 2 Swallow, 10 + House Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, 10 + Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 5-6 Common Whitethroat, 6 Blackcap, Goldcrest,  Reed Bunting, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 40 + Meadow Pipit, 2 Skylark, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 6 Gadwall, Teal, 3 Pochard (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: Common Sandpiper, 27 Pochard, 5 Egyptian Goose, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail (Dan Hennessy)
 * Worcester Park: Whinchat, 20 Pied Wagtails (Bob Smith)

Sunday 7th September 2014

 * Alexandra Park: 3 Yellow Wagtail, 37 Meadow Pipit in two flocks, 1cy Great Crested Grebe Wood Green Res (1st sighting of this species since early July when pair abandoned site), 8 Swallow (APOG)
 * Barnes Common: 1 Tree Pipit near Mill Hill. (Adrian Podmore)
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Wigeon, 143 Gadwall, 162 Teal, 91 Shoveler, 81 Tufted Duck, 9 Pochard, 27 Great Crested Grebe, Ruff, 2 Snipe, 4 Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpiper, 2 Lapwing (all counts from WeBS), Yellow Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher, Common Tern, 4 Meadow Pipits & 6 Swallow over (Brent Birders)
 * Canons Farm: 1 Merlin (imm/fem low SE at 09.40), 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Wheatear, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Sedge Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff (Steve Gale)
 * Cornmill Gardens: Kingfisher (John Archer)
 * Cranford C P: 3 Whinchats for a 4th day, 4 Buzzards over, 2 Hobbys, Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Blackcaps, 1 Red Kite, Goldcrest, 2 Jays, 8 Linnets.10+ Mistle Thrush.(Sue Giddens, Wendy Marks).
 * Crossness: Yellow Wagtail, Sedge Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 26 Redshank, 3 Lapwing, Little Egret, Kingfisher, 2 Jackdaw east, 2 Hybrid Shelduck, 510 Teal (John Archer)
 * Gunpowder Park: 6 Whinchat (Neville Smith).
 * Hampstead Heath: 4 Common Buzzard SE 1220-1330, Wheatear on the benches on Parliament Hill, 3 Yellow and a Grey Wagtail over, c40 Meadow Pipit including 8 on the deck (at Cohen's Field, Pryors Field and opp running track), c60 Swallow and House Martin, 4 Gadwall (Frank Nugent).
 * Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens: 1 Spotted Flycatcher (leafyard), Nuthatch, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Shoveler, c12 Pochard, 3+ Goldcrest (Charlie Farrell)
 * King George V Reservoir: 2 early red-headed Goosanders on flood relief, 5 Wheatear, 4 Common Sandpiper, 70 Sandmartins, 6 House Martins, 6 Swallows, 6 C Terns, no sign of 10+ Yellow Wagtails reported by other observers at NE corner by 11.15. (Quentin Given)
 * Leyton Flats: male Redstart (P Betts).
 * London Wetland Centre: 91 Gadwall, 69 Shoveler, 50 Teal, 7 Wigeon, 6 Mandarin, 2 Ruddy Duck, Water Rail, Hobby (W), 5 Snipe, 2 Kingfisher, c. 20 Meadow Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear (WWT website); Also 1 Common Sandpiper pm (Oscar Dewhurst).
 * Lonsdale road. 1 sedge warbler, 1 reed bunting (john gordon)
 * Motspur Park: Peregrine on gas holders(Bob Smith)
 * Pinner: Little Egret, a chance viewing of a bird from my front window (Richard Francis). pictures.
 * Netherhouse Farm E4: 6 Buzzards over, another hunting low, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Whinchats, 2 Whitethroats, 6 Swallows heading NW ,4 House Martins and a Coal Tit (Harry Harrison)
 * Rammey Marsh: 1 Whinchat (Neville Smith).
 * South Norwood Country Park: Peregrine falcon over lake ( L Leadbeater)
 * Town Park, Enfield: Kingfisher female Carr's Basin, juv Grey Wagtail, 2 Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, 7+ Goldfinch feeding in horse chestnut trees (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: flycatcher sp. near Riding centre seen in flight presumed to be Pied but not re-located, 9 Yellow Wagtail in paddocks, 1 Whinchat in bomb crater field, 10+ Blackcap, Little Egret, 2 Shoveler south, 20+ Meadow Pipit N (Stuart Fisher)
 * Wanstead Flats: 6 Whinchat, 2 Northern Wheatear, 10 + Yellow Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 24 Meadow Pipit,  42 Swallow, 18 House Martin, 4 Willow Warbler, 20 + Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Goldcrest, 7 Linnet, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel (Wanstead Birders)
 * Wanstead Park: Buzzard sp (Bob Vaughan), Tawny Owl, 16 Mute Swan, 6 Egyptian Goose, 28 Gadwall, 58 Mallard, 7 Shoveler, 47 Common Pochard, 28 Tufted Duck, 10 Little Grebe, 1 ad and 3 juv Great Crested Grebe on Basin, 99 Coot, 22 Moorhen, 2 Grey Wagtail (Tim Harris)
 * Woodlands Farm: Hobby, 7 Swallows, 6 Blackcap, 8 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: c18 Meadow Pipit, 1 Yellow Wagtail (over), 3+ Jackdaw, c3 Chiffchaff, 3+ Blackcap, 1 x fem Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker, 2+ GS Woodpecker (Charlie Farrell)

Saturday 6th September 2014

 * Alexandra Park: Female Common Redstart Lower Slopes 1600, 5 Whinchat (4 cricket scrub w perimeter, 1 filter beds), 8 Spotted Flycatcher (5 Lower slopes 1 Grove 1 Golf Course 1 Platform 1), 2 Willow Warbler, 15+ Swallow, 5 House Martin south, 5 Meadow Pipit (Gareth Richards, Bob Watts).
 * Bexley DA5 (Upper College Farm): Common Buzzard over Bexley CC, Whitethroat, Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Coal Tit (Ian Stewart)
 * Brent Reservoir: Sandwich Tern, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Spotted Flycatcher, Garganey in North Marsh, Yellow Wagtail, 13 Meadow Pipits, 70+ Swallows, 2 Swifts, Wheatear (Brent Birders). Autumn Bird Count Day - 79 species at 16.00  - brilliant stuff - posts like these just make me want to chuck my bins into Ruislip Lido & give up birding forever [JR]. [That's the price you pay for living in Pinner instead of Brent]
 * Cornmill Gardens: Kingfisher (Tom Moulton)
 * Chingford Plain/Warren Hill: 15 Com. Buzzards 3 North 12 South after grouping, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Spottted.Flycatchers, 2 Redstart (adult male & Imm/Fem), 1 Whinchat. (Ken Murray)
 * Cranford Park: 3 Whinchats, Kestrel, 3 Buzzards, Common Whitethroat.(Sue Giddens). (hi Sue I was there this morning no sign of Whinchats ? possible to give some idea whereabouts in park I should be looking ?) 8.00am - 11.00am 1 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Kingfisher, Blackcap, 2 Spotted Flycatcher -(photos on Flickr).(Kish Woolmore )
 * Crayford Marshes: Curlew Sandpiper on shore east of Crayford Ness, Avocet in Aveley bay, Grasshopper Warbler still in bushes opposite saltings, 3 Whinchat on landfill, 4 Teal on Kent side of river with lots on Essex side, 3 Little Egret, Kestrel, Peregrine, Golden Plover heard calling, 12 Lapwing, 15 Ringed Plover, 8 Dunlin, 5 Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Greenshank, c20 Yellow Legged Gulls, Kingfisher, 4+ Swallow, 2+ House Martin, Grey Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, Blackcap, 2+ Cetti's Warbler, 5+ Chiffchaff, Jay (Ian Stewart)
 * Fairlop Waters: 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wheatear, 1 Whinchat (Neil Twyford)
 * Greenwich Pennisula: 4 Blackcap, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff in Ecology Park. Pied Flycatcher Sainsburys Ecology Park, Whinchat nursery meadow. (Conrad Ellam)
 * Greenwich Park: 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Willow Warbler, Meadow Pipit over (Joe Beale)
 * Hampstead Heath: Common Redstart, Spotted Flycatcher and 2 Lesser Whitethroat in hedge on Parliament Hill, 4 Swallow and 2 Sand Martin over, 50+ House Martin in the rain (Frank Nugent). Spagnum Bog Area. p.m. 2 Whitethroats and volatile tit flock including 3 or 4 phylloscs.(observer ?)
 * Kensal Green Cemetery and St Mary’s Cemetery: 1 Spotted flycatcher, 1+ Goldcrest, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Coal Tit (Charlie Farrell)
 * Lea Valley, Goosefield: Honey Buzzard over N.E. 16.15 (Barry Jones)
 * Lea Valley - Netherhall/Glen Faba: 1 f Wigeon, 4 Gadwall, 3 Egyptian Goose, 29 G C Grebe, c 5 singing Cettis Warbler (Nigel May).
 * Leyton, Jubilee Park/Orient Way: Whinchat, 2 Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting, 365+ Ring necked Parakeet leaving roost, 8 Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 2 Reed Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff (Stuart Fisher)
 * London Wetland Centre: 1 Ruddy duck - reservoir lagoon, 3 Spotted Flycatcher - wildside area (Catherine Beazley); Whinchat (pr) - Grazing Marsh, 7 C Snipe, Swallow, 6 Chiffchaff , Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Cetti's, small group Song Thrush, Kingfisher (Angus Innes).
 * Petersham Meadows: late afternoon 2 Whinchat and 1 Buzzard over Ham House (Hugh Bradshaw)
 * Richmond Park: Tree Pipit by hawthorns 250m NW of Ladderstile Gate, 5 Whinchat - 2 Lawn Field & 3 Pond Slade, 3 Stonechat, 12 Reed Bunting - Lawn Field, 2 male Gadwall, 2 Kingfisher- Pen Ponds (J.Wilczur)
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Swallow S, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Jackdaw SE, Kestrel high S (Ian Stewart)
 * Southall, Warren Farm: 14 Rook, 50+ Jackdaw, 6+ Pied Wagtail (Rob Mills)
 * Ten Acre Wood area: Hobby, Sparrowhawk, min 3 Green Sandpiper (3 flew by wood together + later 2 by pools), Snipe, 11 Lapwing, c10 Stock Dove, Skylark, c5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Grey Wagtail, Wheatear, 7 Swallow, 7 Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, 3 Blackcap, 4 Jay over high, Bullfinch heard, c60 Linnet (Neil Anderson/G. Westley)
 * Totteridge, Folly Farm: 12 Mistle Thrush, 2 Little Owl (Tony Clancy) Redstart, 30+ House Martin (11.30, paddock near Partingdale Lane (Andrew Bailey)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: Whinchat, Wheatear, Redstart, 1stw male, Red Kite. (S Blake, R Flesher, Steven Pierce)
 * Victoria Park: 2 Spotted Flycatchers, 2 Blackcaps a party of Warblers mixed Chiffchaff and Willow. Richard Drew and Jan Dobbie with Bird Barmy Army saw juvenile Cuckoo and counted a mixed Tit flock with minimum 170 birds (Harry Harrison)
 * Ingrebourne Valley : Redstart 1w female type, 18 Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, 2 Yellow Wagtail (Shaun Harvey)
 * Walthamstow Marsh: 6 Yellow Wagtail in paddocks, 2 Meadow Pipit (Stuart Fisher)
 * Walthamstow Reservoirs: 2 Whinchat, 5 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Cetti's Warblers singing (one on Lea halfway up Lockwood other at the usual place by bridge), 1 Lesser Whitethroat, (David Bradshaw)
 * Wanstead Flats: 5 Whinchat, 2 f Common Redstart, m 1st winter Northern Wheatear, 2 Tree Pipit, 36 + Meadow Pipit, 16 + Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 5-6 Spotted Flycatcher, 6 + Willow Warbler, 20 + Chiffchaff, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Common Whitethroat, 20 + Blackcap, Reed Warbler, Goldcrest, 18 + House Martin, Swallow, 3 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Shoveler, Teal, 4 Pochard, 3 Gadwall, 2 Egytian Goose, 200 + Ring-necked Parakeet going west to roost (Wanstead Birding)
 * Wanstead Park: An amazing spectacle of 24 buzzard moving through north-west en masse over Heronry c.16:35 2, at least, looking good for Honey Buzzard (didn't anyone else in London see this?) (NC/Kathy Hartnett/Jonathan Lethbridge/TimHarris). Hobby, Kestrel, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, Goldcrest, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, 6 + Willow Warbler, 10 + Chiffchaff, 50 + Pochard, f Teal, 23 Gadwall, Little Egret, 6 + Little Egret, Bullfinch (Nick Croft)
 * Worcester Park: 380 Jackdaw feeding in paddocks and school playing fields at the top of Green Lane at 18.30 (Simon Osborn)

Friday 5th September 2014

 * Alexandra Park: 2 Whinchats 1730 cricket scrub to western perimeter (Bob Watts)
 * Arkley Fields/Whitings Hill: 2 Common Buzzards, 100+Swallows (Roy Beddard)
 * Brookmill Park: 2 Stock Dove, Kingfisher, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam).
 * Cranford CP: 3 Hobby, 2 Red Kites, 1 Whinchat, 2 large hirundine flocks (50 plus birds), 1 Kestrel, 1 Kingfisher (T James).1 Wheatear (Sue Giddens)
 * Crayford Marshes: Spotted Redshank on saltings, Grasshopper Warbler by Thames path opposite saltings, Spotted Flycatcher in scrub just north of path junction, 3 Whinchat on landfill along Darent, 10 Teal, 4 Little Egrets, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Peregrine, 10 Lapwing, 4 Common Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, 5 Redshank, 64+ Yellow Legged Gull mainly adults but 2 1st winters, Kingfisher, 10+ Swallow, 10+ House Martin, Yellow Wagtail, Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, 3+ Cetti's Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaff 1 singing, Jay (Ian Stewart)
 * East India Dock Basin: Sparrowhawk juv male, 22 Teal (John Archer)
 * King George V Reservoir: 1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 redhead Smew ( been here a while), 6 Grey Wagtail, 20 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 200+ Cormorants, 6 Common Sandpiper, large flocks of Swallows and House Martin East, 1 Small Heath (Tony Clancy)
 * London Wetland Centre: Hobby,Sparrowhawk 3,Common Snipe (Les McCallum)
 * Margravine Cemetery: Goldcrest, Chiffchaff (Nathalie Mahieu)
 * Oakwood Park, N14: Green Woodpecker juv/1st-winter male, 4 Chiffchaff, 15 Magpie, 3 Greenfinch female feeding two juveniles (Robert Callf)
 * Osterley Park: 1 Hobby, 1 Pheasant, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Skylark (K.Fisher).
 * Pinner Park Farm: 2 Whinchat (almost certainly yesterday's birds), 2 Wheatear (male & first-winter), 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Little Owl, Kestrel, 25 Jackdaw, 5 Jay, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Chiffchaff, male Whitethroat, Goldcrest, 4 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Grey Heron (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: 2 Redstart (playground), Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Yellow-Legged Gull (juveniles) (Aveley Bay), Spotted Redshank, Avocet, Garden Warbler, 2 Pintail (ELBF via Twitter); 4 Whinchat (Twitter); Caspian Gull (Birdguides).
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: 3 Jackdaw SW, 5 Swallow, House Martin, 13 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, Garden Warbler, Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Treecreeper again in tit flock Leaf Yard Wd edge nr rugby pitch area 41, 5 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 juv Grey Wagtail Hanover Is water-cascade a1, Meadow Pipit SE (RPBirders)
 * River Roding, South Woodford, and nearby scrubland: Grey Wagtail, Little Egret, Blackcap (Alan Hobson).
 * St James's Park: Kingfisher at 1440 (Frank Nugent).
 * South Lodge Farm, Enfield: 3 Yellow Wagtail, 9 alba Wagtail, included a possible White Wagtail feeding amongst horses (Robert Callf).
 * Sutcliffe Park: not bird record but six mid instar Southern Green Shieldbugs, Rufescent Scentless Plant Bug.(P Kite)
 * Swanscombe Marsh: Little Egret, 3 Snipe, 6 Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, 5 Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat & 120 Swallows through (Andrew Self).
 * Totteridge Valley: Redstart, Little Owl, Blackcap, Treecreeper (Deb Jackson). Where exactly was the Redstart please? Seen from footpath north of Folly Farm.
 * Trent Park Equestrian Centre: 23 Barn Swallow on overhead wires 13:10 (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: Spotted Flycatcher, Common Swift, Common Buzzard, 13 Swallow, 3 Little Egret (Jonathan Nasir)
 * Wanstead Flats: Pied Flycatcher (enclosure), 2 Common Redstart (pub scrub), 3 Whinchat, Northern Wheatear, 7 Yellow Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 7 Meadow Pipit, Skylark, 13+ Swallow, 8 House Martin, 3 Willow Warbler, 15+ Chiffchaff, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Common Whitethroat, 8 Blackcap, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrel, 4 Teal, 5 Pochard, 4 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall (Nick Croft).
 * Wanstead Park: 60 Pochard (Tim Harris/DanHennessy)
 * Waterworks NR: 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 6 Willow Warbler (Jonathan Nasir)
 * West Ham Park: Pied Flycatcher ornamental gardens at 1330 (Birdguides/Marco Johnson)
 * Worcester Park: 1 Whinchat on bramble bush in paddocks next to fence with school playing fields top of Green Lane 18.35, and hundreds of Jackdaws (Simon Osborn)
 * Wraysbury GP: Yellow Wagtail, Redstart, Spotted Flycatcher and 2 Buzzard (C Lamsdell)

Thursday 4th September 2014

 * Alexandra Park:  Hobby (female) hawking dragonflies over S. Slopes 16.40  (Jonathan Cooke). Kingfisher fishing at Wood Green Res until 0745 at least (site year 1st), also Willow Warbler with 4+ Chiffchaffs 1830 adjacent to reservoir (Bob Watts).
 * Blackheath: 1 Whinchat briefly (Joe Beale)
 * Brent Reservoir: Little Egret, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, Snipe & Sedge Warbler (Andrew Self)
 * Cranford Park: 3 Whinchats, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrels. (Sue Giddens)
 * Crossness: 3 Yellow Wagtail (2 north, 1SW), 4 Swallow NE, 4 Sand Martin north, 2 Yellow-legged Gull (ad + juv), 2 Green Sandpiper, 3+ Common Sandpiper, 3+ Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Redshank, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Snipe, c30 Lapwing, 9 Common Tern, 2 Little Egret, 2 Gadwall, 2 hybrid Shelduck, Canada x Greylag Goose hybrid, 2 Egyptian Goose, 4 Chiffchaff, 50+ Goldfinch, 25 Linnet, Grey Seal (John Archer)
 * Finsbury Park: 3 Spoonbill south over railway 1915 (RBA)
 * Hampstead Heath: 1 male Common Redstart in Hawthorn on Parliament Hill, 1 Whinchat opp running track, 3 Yellow Wagtail & 1 Meadow Pipit over (Frank Nugent).
 * Hyde Park: 2 Hobby (D.Jordan)
 * Lea Valley: (Near Chingford by A406) River Channel S of William Girling reservoir: 3 Common Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, 1 Peregrine flew over, 5+Swallows, 3+ Sand Martins, 2 House Martins. (Davey Leach)
 * Leyton Flats: 8 ChiffCHaff, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Jay, 7 Pochard, Great Crested Grebe (Roger Orwin)
 * Margravine Cemetery: Spotted Flycatcher, 2 House Martin (Nathalie Mahieu)
 * Mayesbrook Park: Pied Flycatcher in sallows west of end of lake by railway with tit flock reported 0730 (BirdGuides)
 * Oylers farm: ,new river 2 spotted flycatchers in dead tree (Brian Dawton)
 * Petts Wood: Kestrel, Blackcap, 5+ Chiffchaff, 4+ Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, male Bullfinch (Ian Stewart)
 * Pinner Park Farm: first-winter Pied Flycatcher (first record for fourteen years), Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail over, 2 Little Owl, 2 Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaff, 55 Jackdaw, 9 Jay, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Goldfinch, Long-tailed Tit, 14 Stock Dove & 3 Grey Heron (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham RSPB: Redstart (playground still), Curlew Sandpiper (Aveley Bay), Whinchat, Hobby (ELBF via Twitter)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: 5 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, 3 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 11 Chiffchaff, 4 Spotted Flycatcher, Meadow Pipit over (RPBirders)
 * Richmond Park: Spotted Flycatcher in limes by entrance to Holly Lodge (F.J.Maroevic) 2 Whinchat at the Bog/Holly Lodge (Hugh Bradshaw) also Whinchat, 4 Stonechat, Whitethroat, 23 Reed Bunting- all Lawn Field (J.Wilczur)
 * Scadbury Park: 2 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 6+ Blackcap, juv Whitethroat, 10+ Chiffchaff 1 singing, 4+ Goldcrest 2 juv, 3+ Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 2 Bullfinch (Ian Stewart)
 * Sidcup DA15 (Lamorbey Park): Little Grebe, 3 Egyptian Geese, 9 Tufted Duck 6 juv, Peregrine (Ian Stewart)
 * Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): 2 Grey Wagtails, Black Headed Gull over calling 00.20, Peregrine, Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Ian Stewart)
 * Sutcliffe Park: Little Grebe, Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler (Conrad Ellam)
 * Trent Park: Kingfisher (Robert Callf)
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: Spotted Flycatcher, Willow Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaff, 75+ Swallow, 2 Sand Martin, c100 Goldfinch, c40 Linnet, Bullfinch, Little Grebe, drake Wigeon, Red Kite. (Steve Blake)
 * Vicarage Farm, Enfield: Little Egret, Yellow Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher, 50+ Linnet (Robert Callf)
 * Wanstead Flats: 5 Whinchat, Common Redstart (1st winter m), Tree Pipit, Meadow Pipit, 3 Yellow Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 7 Swallow, Sand Martin, 10 + House Martin, 15+ Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat, 6 + Blackcap, Sparrowhwak, 3 Kestrel, 5 Common Pochard, 6 Gadwall (Nick Croft)
 * Wanstead Park: Wigeon, 63 Common Pochard (Dan Hennessy), 2 Teal, 7 Gadwall, 2 Swallow, House Martin, 5 Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Kingfisher, 2 Meadow Pipit (Nick Croft)

Wednesday 3rd September 2014

 * Alexandra Park: no sign Wryneck, but Tree Pipit west side early evening (RBA)
 * Bow Creek: 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Teal, 1 Chiffchaff singing (John Archer).
 * Brent Reservoir: 1 Little Egret, 2 Lapwing, 4 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, 13 House Martin, juv Sedge Warbler, Chiffchaff (Andrew Haynes).
 * Brookmill Park: Song Thrush, 4 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam).
 * Crayford Marshes: Whinchat in grassland about 60M south of industrial estate, 4 Little Egret, 3 Common Buzzard 12.40 14.00 + 14.10, Sparrowhawk, 5 Kestrels, 2 Ringed Plover, 18 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper, 5-6 Green Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, 20+ Yellow-legged Gull, 2+ Common Tern, Kingfisher, few Swallows + House Martins, Yellow Wagtail, Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, 6+ Chiffchaff, 2 Rook, 2 seals off Darent (Ian Stewart)
 * Crossness: Greenshank, 4 Redshank, 5 Common Sandpiper, adult Yellow-legged Gull, 150 Teal (Conrad Ellam).
 * East India Dock Basin: Yellow Wagtail circled then flew south at 09:45, Ring-necked Parakeet NW (scarce here), Reed Warbler, Chiffchaff, 8 Teal, Grey Wagtail (John Archer).
 * Leyton Flats: 3 Green Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Great Crested Grebe (Roger Orwin).
 * Little Britain Iver/Cowley: 3 Hobby's, Kingfisher, 2 Egyptian Geese, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Wigeon: (Sue Giddens)
 * London Wetland Centre: 3 Wigeon, 2 Ruddy Duck, Marsh Harrier at 10:15 a.m., Hobby, 8 Snipe (WWT website).
 * Pinner (Cannon Lane): Grey Wagtail along the River Pinn (Jon Ridge).
 * Pinner Park Farm: 2 Common Redstart (adult male & yesterday's female), Yellow Wagtail over, Little Owl, Kestrel, 3 Chiffchaff, 22 Jackdaw, Jay, 8 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker & a Grey Heron (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: Redstart (playground) (ELBF via Twitter).
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: 6 Spotted Flycatchers (Rose Garden) at 1315 (Ian Grant & Barry Chambers); ad m Hobby hunting over chat bush area 34, juv Cuckoo Wildlife Gdn a20 at 1015, 10 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 2 Spotted Flycatcher OGS Pen a39 & Leaf Yard Wd a41, 2 Whinchat chat bush, 4 Grey Wagtail holding pond a1, f Bullfinch (rare here) QM Gdns a17 in Rose-Wheel holly 1040 & h on nearby hill 1210 (RPBirders & RP Birds blog)
 * St James's Park: Kingfisher again at 1440, 4 House Martin and a Sparrowhawk (Frank Nugent).
 * St John's Gardens (Farringdon): Chiffchaff singing 08:30 am (observer?).
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Spotted Flycatcher (Bob Watts per JA).
 * Town Park, Enfield: Kingfisher Carr's Basin, male Pochard (Robert Callf)
 * Trent Park: Spotted Flycatcher, Willow Warbler (Robert Callf); also Hobby, Common Buzzard, Lesser Whitethroat, Spotted Flycatcher ( Ride Wood), Goldfinch, Northern Wheatear, 4 Chiffchaff, 5 Swallow, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Mandarin (f,mm). ( Pete Lowman, Bob Husband).
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: Spotted Flycatcher, Wheatear. (Richard Coombes/Steve Blake
 * Vicarage Farm: 4 Whinchat Hog Hill (one at 09:40 had increased to four by 12:50), 2 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 3 Nuthatch, juv Bullfinch, 4 Yellowhammer, 2 f/imm Reed Bunting, Painted Lady (Robert Callf)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: Common Redstart, 2 Whinchat (both Bombcrater field - thanks to Jonathan Nasir - got the Whinchats eventually), 2 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail on rear paddocks. Also Buzzard over Waterworks NR & Grey Wagtail on Coppermill Lane (Adam Winstanley).
 * Wandsworth: 1 Swift drifting south over Burntwood Lane SW17 (Nick Moll)
 * Wanstead Flats: 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Willow Warbler, 15+ Chiffchaff, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Common Whitethroat, 10+ Blackcap, 5+ Swallow, House Martin, 6 Shoeler, 9 Gadwall, 6+ Little Grebe, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk (Nick Croft).
 * Wanstead Park: juv male Red-crested Pochard (Dan Hennessy), 53 Common Pochard, 7 Gadwall, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Little Egret, Kingfisher, 2 Common Whitethroat, 5+ Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk (Dan Hennessy/Jonhathan Lethbridge/Nick Croft).
 * Wormwood Scrubs: 2 Whinchat, 4 Blackcap, 7 Yellow Wagtail, Whitethroat, Little Egret, 4 Meadow Pipit (Twitter).

Tuesday 2nd September 2014

 * Alexandra Park: 5 Whinchats Cricket Scrub, Hobby, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk 13.00-13.30 (Mike Benyon); Wryneck again cricket scrub 1715 but not since also 2 Spotted Flycatchers deer enclosures (Henry Wyn-Jones), Yellow Wagtail NE 0700 (Bob Watts)
 * Beddington SF: 1 Dunlin, 1 Ringed Plover, 6 Common Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, 10 Common Buzzard, 2 Greenshank, 15 Lapwing, 35 Shoveler, 22 Gadwall, 40 Teal, 30 Mallard, 25 Linnet, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 6 House Martin, 50 Swallow, 2 Pochard (BFBG website)
 * Brent Reservoir: 5 Lapwing, 3 Green Sandpiper & 2 Common Sandpiper (Andrew Self)
 * Hampstead Heath: 3 Spotted Flycatcher near feeders Bird Pond plus 1 by Highgate No 1 Pond 08:00 (Allan Stewart) plus one at top of Pryor's Field (MBS)
 * Chingford Plain, 3 spotted flycatchers, 3 whinchat, juvenile hobby
 * Hanwell W7, Grand Union Canal: Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler (Rob Mills)
 * Fairlop: 1 C.Buzzard been chased by fem kestrel(Steve Bacon)
 * Leyton Flats: 3 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 5 ChiffChaff (Roger Orwin)
 * Hyde Park, 3 (vocal)Hobbies high over Nursery at 8.30am.(D.Jordan)
 * Parkside Farm, Enfield: Whinchat perched on maize crop (Robert Callf)
 * Pinner Park Farm: female Common Redstart (not as colourful as yesterday's bird), Yellow Wagtail & Grey Wagtail over, late Swift, 2 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Little Owl, 7 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 6 Stock Dove, 40 Jackdaw, 6 Jay, 5 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Goldfinch & 2 Grey Heron (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham Marshes RSPB: Spotted Crake, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (ELBF via Twitter); Avocet, Marsh Harrier, Grey Plover, Ruff, Whinchat (RSPB Rainham via Twitter).
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: 6 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 9 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, Garden Warbler, 4 Spotted Flycatcher, Yellow Wagtail over (RPBirders).
 * Richmond Park: Osprey over at 07.30 (M.Lewis) 430 Swallow over mainly SW- passage all morning including 390 counted 10.30-11.30 when passage ceased, 2 Buzzard, 2 Hobby, male Wigeon, Pochard duckling with Tufted Duck "mother", Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 10 Reed Bunting- Lawn Field (J.Wilczur) 4 Stonechat, Meadow Pipit- Lawn Field, Kingfisher (J.Few) Whinchat- 16 acre (M. Lewis) Spotted Flycatcher (S.Read).
 * Russia Dock Woodland: Kingfisher, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
 * Sidcup: 3 Spoonbill flew SE over York Avenue at 07:55 (ian Stewart per JA).
 * Tooting Common: Chiffchaff singing, 2 Blackcap (James Hudson).
 * tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: juv Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaffs, 3 Blackcap, fem/juv Common Whitethroat (Bob Watts)
 * Trent Park: Spotted Flycatcher ( water garden). Common Whitethroat ,3 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Tawny Owl, 20 Goldfinch,3 Mandarin , Green Woodpecker, 3 Ring Necked Parakeet.(Pete Lowman).
 * Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: Whinchat, Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Hobby, 4 Tree Sparrow, Little Owl. (A Gardiner, R Coombes, S Blake)
 * Walthamstow Marshes: Common Redstart, Spotted Flycatcher, Swift, Yellow Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 50+ Swallow (Jonathan Nasir); Common Redstart still in the rear paddocks at 4pm, then in a nearby horse chestnut (Adam Winstanley)
 * Wanstead Flats: 3 Whinchat, 2-3 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, 40 + Swallow, Sand Martin, 10 + House Martin, 10 + Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 15+ Blackcap, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Common Whitethroat, 6 Shoveler, f Pochard, f Teal, 3 Gadwall, plenty of Dunnock though! (Nick Croft) Nuthatch over Bush Wood Road (Richard Rae)
 * Waterworks NR: 13 Common Buzzard over 11.45 - 12.45, 2 Whinchat on Pitch n Putt, Cetti's Warbler (Jonathan Nasir).
 * Wormwood Scrubs: Wryneck still 1304. Plus c7 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, c6 Whitethroat & 5 Buzzard east. (Roy Nuttall & David Lindo).

Monday 1st September 2014

 * Alexandra Park: Wryneck still 1830 when flew to Cricket Scrub (APOG), 1:30 in the lone willow south perimeter of cricket pitch, then flew back towards the west clump of trees (Dawn Painter); Common Tern over boating lake 18:10 (P.Angus); 2 Hobbies over woods to north of Cricket Pitch 1600 (Francis Tusa). Also Tree Pipit over Boating Lake 730am (Henry Wyn-Jones) another Tree Pipit heard 0800 over cricket scrub (Gareth Richards, Dominic Mitchell)
 * Brent Reservoir: 2 Egyptian Goose (East Marsh), 1 Spotted Flycatcher (flycatching from dead tree on north bank), 2 Swift (Ed Wang).
 * Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam).
 * Highgate, Waterlow Park: 1 Spotted Flycatcher ,2 Chiffchaff (Paul Angus)
 * Leyton Flats: 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 6 Cormorant flying over, 6 Mistle Thrush, 2 Jay (Roger Orwin)
 * London Wetland Centre: 5 Snipe, 35 Lapwing, male Ruddy Duck, 2 Swift, 25 House Martin, 3 Sand Martin, 4 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 47 Greenfinch (J.Wilczur); Merlin late morning (via twitter)
 * Park Farm, Enfield: Whinchat, Spotted Flycatcher, Willow Warbler (Robert Callf)
 * Parkside Farm, Enfield: 47 Barn Swallow on overhead wires 08:30 (Robert Callf)
 * Pinner Park Farm: female Common Redstart with really bright orange flanks - (never seen that before & perhaps I should add that I double checked that this bird was not a first-winter male in transitional plumage - chats can appear in all sorts of plumages with a plethora of ambiguities & unexpected colourations - I have even found a Wheatear with a full "black" rump!), first-winter Whinchat, 2 Little Owl, Common Buzzard, Whitethroat, 3 Chiffchaff, Swallow through, 4 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Stock Dove, 37 Jackdaw, 2 Jay & 3 Grey Heron (Jon Ridge).
 * Rainham RSPB: Curlew Sandpiper (Birdguides)
 * Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: c25 House Martin, c3 Chiffchaff, Spotted Flycatcher - quick visit after big clear-through & clearout y'day (RPBirders).
 * Richmond Park: 14 Whinchat - still 5 at Lawn Field/Pen Ponds 15.00 (Peter Hart) 5 at Pond Slade/16 Acre Field (M.Lewis) one at Sawyer's Hill (M.Delpy) & 3 at The Bog (J.Wilczur); Redshank- Upper Pen Pond- early a.m. (S.Read per JW) 2 Stonechat- Lawn Field (MD)
 * St James's Park: Kingfisher (Frank Nugent).
 * Sidcup: Tree Pipit over York Avenue at 07:14 (Ian Stewart per JA)
 * Staines Reservoirs: 1 Whinchat still at 0730, at west end of the causeway. Also one Black-necked Grebe distantly on South Basin (Alastair Dent with Bob Warden).
 * Trent Park: 3 Spotted Flycatcher (2 Old Golf Course 1 Water Garden) (Robert Callf); also Kestrel, Hobby, . 3 Spotted Flycatcher ( water garden), 5 Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, Tawny Owl (h), Blackcap, 24 Swallow, Goldfinch.(Pete Lowman, Bob Husband).
 * Tyttenhanger GP: Spotted Flycatcher, Yellow Wagtail, Common Snipe, c6 Tree Sparrow, 23 Mistle Thrush, c50 Swallow, c50 House Martin (Steve Blake)
 * Vicarage Farm: Little Egret flew NE 07:25, Whinchat, 2 Yellowhammer, 1 f/imm Reed Bunting (Robert Callf)
 * Wanstead Flats: (big clearance) Cuckoo, 2-3 Whinchat, Common Redstart, Wheatear, 4 Spotted Flycatcher, 1-2 Tree Pipit, 5 Meadow Pipit, 3 Yellow Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, 15 Mistle Thrush, Hobby, 3 Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrel, 2 Skylark, 3 Pochard, 2 Teal, Gadwall, 5 Swallow, Sand Martin, 22 House Martin, 3 Willow Warbler, 20+ Chiffchaff, 10+ Common Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 10+ Blackcap, Goldcrest (Richard Rae/Dan Hennessy/John Weil/Nick Croft)
 * Wormwood Scrubs: 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Common Redstart, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Yellow Wagtail, c3 Whinchat, c18 Blackcap, c10 Whitethroat, c3 Willow Warbler & c10 Meadow Pipit (David Lindo & Roy Nuttall).

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