Bird News August 2025[]

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Sunday 31st August[]

Brent Reservoir: 2 Common Tern, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Teal, Shoveler, Gadwall, Mallard, f Tufted Duck w/ 5 ducklings, 3 Pochard, 2 Little Grebe [ad w/ juv], Cetti's Warbler singing, Chiffchaff singing, 2 Red Kite [adult & juv], Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Swift, Swallow, c12 House Martin, dead Mute Swan & dead Lesser Black-backed Gull from main hide (Bob Husband/Steve Leeke & HC)
Epping Forest "Chingford Plain": Wryneck [SE Corner 09.00], 3 Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Kestrel, 5 Swallow (RSa)
Greenwich Ecology Park: Wryneck, walk in meadow though elusive, only showed twice in 6 hours (Conrad Ellam & Richard Green); 5 Little Grebe, Peregrine, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Cetti’s Warbler, 4+ Chiffchaff (Ian Stewart)
Hampstead Heath: 2 m Redstart, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 5 Blackcap, 20 House Martin, Swift, 100 Woodpigeon feeding on the cricket pitch (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Richmond Park: 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Whinchat, Redstart, Wheatear (D Brasier)
Sidcup: Osprey SE over King George’s Park 17.00 (Ian Stewart)
Ten Acre Wood area: Pheasant, 5+ Red Kite, Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, Hobby, 9 Swallow, Sedge Warbler, 6 Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, 7 Linnet (Neil Anderson)
Thames Road Wetland, Crayford, Barnes Cray: Cetti's Warbler, Water Rail, at least 6 Long-tailed Tit (Chris Rose)
Upper Cray Valley: 3 Gadwall, Little Egret, Red Kite, 2 Swift, 3 Kingfisher, 3+ Swallow, c10 House Martin, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4+ Blackcap, 6+ Chiffchaff (Ian Stewart)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Black Tern, Garganey, Greenshank, Hobby, Yellow Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher, 7 Reed Warbler, 4 Willow Warbler, 4 Cetti's Warbler (Sam O'Donnell, Walthamstow Wetlands Ringing Group)
Wanstead Flats: Pied Flycatcher, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Whinchat, Wheateear, Common Sandpiper (Wanstead Birders)

Saturday 30th August[]

Belmont Open Space, Cockfosters / East Barnet: Red Kite & 2 (possibly juvs) Sparrowhawk all flying overhead (Bob Husband)
Hampstead Heath: Wheatear, 4 Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Swallow W (Hampstead Heath Birders); 30 House Martin Highgate No 1 pond (Allan Stewart)
Rainham Marshes: Roseate Tern upriver 14.18 then again at about 15.15, 2 Sandwich Tern downriver, 4 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Tree Pipit, 2 Ruff, Whinchat, 35 Yellow Wagtail, Barn Owl (F Matthews/D Brasier/B Rumsby/S O’Donnell/R Grewal)
Shrewsbury Park, SE18: 2 Firecrest, 3 Stock Dove, 3 Chiffchaff, Buzzard (Tim Rymer)
Walthamstow Wetlands "Lockwood Res": Black Tern, Greenshank, Yellow-legged Gull, Wheatear, Common Sandpiper (L Bodini/G James)
Wanstead Flats: Tree Pipit, 2 Whinchat, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, 5 Skylark, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Swallow, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk (Richard Beesly); 2 Pied Flycatcher, 6 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Wheatear, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Teal, 4 Gadwall, 5 Shoveler, 8-10 Skylark [in Autumn walk through survey, which could mean an increase of 2 over last year coinciding with the 2 young we thought from 5 nest attempts] (Wanstead Birders)
Woodford Green: Hobby over house E at 06.52, Little Egret over N at 06.58, Willow Warbler in hedge then N 07.04, Spotted Flycatcher in same hawthorn hedge as the last one on the 19th at 13.50 [2nd FOY] (Ken Murray)

Friday 29th August[]

Hainault CP: Spotted Flycatcher, Hobby, juv Great Crested Grebe, 2 Red Kite [one w/ no fork] and 5 over Golf course with a Buzzard, Gadwall, Whitethroat (Michael Mac)
Newton Farm Ecology Park: Spotted Flycatcher (Michael Robinson)
Perivale Park: 2 Red Kite, Kingfisher, Spotted Flycatcher, Whitethroat (Neil Anderson)
Rainham Marshes: 4 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 4 Great Egret (Andrew Self)
St Anne's Churchyard, Limehouse: Peregrine again early this morning (Tim Bray)
Woodford Green: Whitethroat, Chiffchaff & Hobby through grdn by 11.50, Yellow-browed Warbler at eye level in my small sycamore at 4m 16.57 (Ken Murray)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Ruff, 3 Black Tern, Garganey, Greenshank, Wheatear, 9 Common Sandpiper, Hobby, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Yellow Wagtail (Sam O'Donnell)
Wanstead Flats: Pied Flycatcher, 5 Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, 2 Kestrel (Wanstead Birders)

Thursday 28th August[]

Bankside: Whitethroat, Reed Warbler (Reuben Braddock)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Stock Dove, Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
Hampstead Heath: 2 Whinchat, Meadow Pipit, Whitethroat, Cetti’s Warbler, 20 House Martin, 5 Swift (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Kelsey Park: Ruddy Shelduck [unringed but of dubious origin] (Jack Headley)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Peregrine SW, f Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 40+ Herring Gull on warehouse roof, Swift low SW 17.41 (Neil Batten)
Oxleas Wood: 2 Nuthatch, Blackcap, Kestrel, Jackdaw, 4 Firecrest, Song Thrush, Stock Dove, 2 Chiffchaff (Ron Turner)
Richmond Park: Redshank, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 8 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Raven (D Brasier); Whinchat, Wheatear (Hugh Bradshaw)
Ruislip Lido: 24 Gadwall, Pochard, 2 Little Egret, 300+ Coot, 10 Swallow, 8 House Martin (Neil Anderson)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Garganey, 6 Common Sandpiper, 2 Lesser Whitethroat (Sam O'Donnell)
Walthamstow Marshes: Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, Kestrel, 13 Blackcap, 5 Willow Warbler, 3 Sedge Warbler (Sam O'Donnell/Walthamstow Wetlands Ringing Group)
Wanstead Flats: Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 2+ Willow Warbler, 2 Kestrel, Yellow Wagtail (Nick Croft/Marco Johnson/Bob Vaughan)

Wednesday 27th August[]

Barking Riverside: 14 Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Kestrel, 3 Pied Wagtail (Tim Bray)
Bow Creek: 2 Common Sandpiper (Tim Bray)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
East India Dock Basin: 3 Little Egret, 5 Teal (Tim Bray)
Hackney Marshes: Little Owl (Marcin Kempa)
Hampstead Heath: Whinchat (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Oxleas Wood: 2 Stock Dove, 3 Firecrest (Ron Turner)
Rainham Marshes: 2 Whinchat, 6 Spotted Flycatcher, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 6 Wood Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2 Ruff, 30+ Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Curlew, 2 Whimbrel, 2 Snipe, 20+ Lapwing, Hobby, Red Kite, Wigeon, 3 Swift, 2 Great Egret, Yellow-legged Gull, Caspian Gull (RSPB)
Richmond Park: Grasshopper Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, 4 Yellow Wagtail (D Brasier/P Pentek); ad f Cuckoo (P Davies)
Shrewsbury Park, SE18: Tawny Owl calling (Tim Rymer)
Tylers Common: Red-backed Shrike [not seen after 11.20] (via Birdguides)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Garganey, Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, 8 Common Sandpiper, Spotted Flycatcher, Yellow-legged Gull, Caspian Gull (Sam O'Donnell)
Warren Farm: Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, Whinchat, 4 Rook (Neil Anderson)

Tuesday 26th August[]

Bankside: Reed Warbler, Firecrest (Reuben Braddock)
Brookmill Park: Stock Dove, Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
Blackfriars: Kestrel flying between lampposts on NW side of Blackfriars bridge (Cal Farrell-Morris)
Epping Forrest "Chingford Plain": Wryneck at 17.30, 2 Hobby, Swift, 3 Swallow, 3 Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 24 Mandarin Duck [Connaught Water], Red Kite (Richard Beesly)
Hampstead Heath: 3 Whinchat (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Oxleas Wood: Buzzard, Nuthatch, Coal Tit (Ron Turner)
Rainham Marshes: 3 Great Egret, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 4 Spotted Flycatcher (Andrew Self)
Richmond Park: Great White Egret E, Cuckoo, 6 Yellow Wagtail (D Brasier)
St Anne's Churchyard, Limehouse: Peregrine present for most of the day & calling (Tim Braly)
Thames, Lonsdale Road Res to Putney Bridge: 09.00 to 10.45 no sign of reported Guillemot (R Kaye)
Thames Road Wetland, Crayford, Barnes Cray: Cetti's Warbler, Water Rail (Chris Rose)
Wanstead Flats: Pied Flyatcher, 2 Whinchat (Nick Croft)

Monday 25th August[]

Brookmill Park: Stock Dove, Kingfisher, Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
Bushy Park: Raven (Mark Wardman)
Epping Forest "Chingford Plain": Wryneck, Whinchat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Hobby, Kestrel, Buzzard, House Martins heard (RSa)
Hampstead Heath: 2 Redstart, Whinchat, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Sand Martin, Buzzard, 2 Hobby, Peregrine (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Buzzard, 2 Hobby, Coal Tit, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 9 Firecrest (Ron Turner)
Pinner, HA5: Tawny Owl, calling & shrieking early morning (Nigel Barratt)
Richmond Park: 6 Whinchat, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Tree Pipit SW, Greenshank, Snipe, Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear, 2 Raven (D Brasier/F Matthews/P Pentek/H Bradshaw)
Staines Moor: 3 Whinchat, 4 Stonechat, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Green Sandpiper, 5 Lesser Whitethroat [several more heard], 25+ Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, 30+ Chiffchaff, 10+ Sedge Warbler, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, Blackcap, Hobby, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel (Iain Darbyshire)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Garganey, Greenshank, Dunlin, 11 Common Sandpiper, 28 Blackcap, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Reed Warbler, 5 Willow Warbler (Walthamstow birders)
Wanstead Flats: 2 Whinchat, Spotted Flycatcher, Sedge Warbler, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 8 Swallow, 2 Swift (Wanstead Birders)

Sunday 24th August[]

Bury Farm, Edgwarebury: 2 Buzzard, Red Kite, 4 Kestrel, 26 Swallow, 11 House Sparrow, 22 Goldfinch, 2 Collared Dove pair (Bob Husband & Sue Widdowfield)
KGV Reservoir [permit only]: f Garganey, 4 juv Little Gull, 10 Common Sandpiper, Hobby, 40+ Swallow, 2 Sand Martin, 2 f/imm Wheatear, Raven (Jez Dagley)
Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Stock Dove, Kingfisher, 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
Dagenham Chase: 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 8 Swallow (Andrew Self)
Hampstead Heath: 2 Redstart, 2 Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, 3 Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, c20 Swift, 8 Buzzard, Red Kite, 2 Hobby, Peregrine, 8 Stock Dove N, Kingfisher, Collared Dove (Hampstead Heath Birders)
High Elms, Orpington: 2 Hobby [adult, juv] actively hunting near Cudham Lane 16.45 (Stuart Williams)
Oxleas Wood: Nuthatch, Chiffchaff, Hobby, 2 Stock Dove, 4 Firecrest (Ron Turner)
Priest Hill: Yellow Wagtail W calling 07.55, ad Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Swallow, 10 Chiffchaff, 5 Whitethroat, f Sparrowhawk (Neil Batten)
Richmond Park: Pied Flycatcher, Grasshopper Warbler, 4 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Lapwing, Yellow Wagtail SW (D Brasier/P Pentek/H Bradshaw)
Stoneleigh, KT17: 3 Buzzard calling, ad Lesser Black-backed Gull & Chiffchaff in The Glade (Neil Batten)
Ten Acre Wood area: 3 m Pheasant, c9 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Swift, 2 Swallow, Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 9 Whitethroat, Nuthatch, Coal Tit (Neil Anderson)
Victoria Park "West Lake": 5 Gadwall [3 f 2 m], Kingfisher, Tufted Duck, 2 Pochard (Brodie Adu-Yeboah)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Yellow-legged Gull, Hobby, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Common Tern, 2 Teal, 2 Little Egret, Kestrel, 2 Cetti’s Warbler (Richard Beesly)
Wanstead Flats: 2 Whinchat, 3 Redstart, Wheatear, Hobby, Redshank, 5 Swift, Swallow, 2 Willow Warbler (Wanstead Birders)

Saturday 23rd August[]

Dagenham Chase: Tree Pipit, Willow Warbler, 18 Chiffchaff, 9 Blackcap, 4 Whitethroat (Andrew Self)
Greenford "UB6": Hobby circling over garden late afternoon (Neil Anderson)
Hampstead Heath: 3 Redstart, 3 Whinchat, Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat, 20 Swift, Swallow (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Island Barn Reservoir: Lesser Whitethroat, Wheatear, Hobby, 2 Common Sandpiper (Jon Reeves)
Oxleas Wood: Treecreeper, 2 Firecrest, Stock Dove, 2 Nuthatch, Hobby, 2 Chiffchaff (Ron Turner)
Rainham Marshes: Wood Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2 Ruff, 4 Hobby, Marsh Harrier, Buzzard (Tim Rymer), Wood Sandpiper, 3 Hobby, Marsh Harrier, 2 Green Sandpiper, 30 Black-tailed Godwit, 40 Avocet, 100 Goldfinch, 30 Linnet, 2 Reed Warbler, 5 Curlew (Ari Weiler-Ofek)
Richmond Park: Ringed Plover heard, 3 Whinchat, 3 Yellow Wagtail SW, Wheatear, 6 Common Sandpiper (D Brasier)
Wanstead Flats: 3 Whinchat, 3 Redstart, 5 Yellow Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher (Wanstead Birders)
Woolwich Common: 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, 4 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Linnet, Greenfinch (Tim Rymer)

Friday 22nd August[]

Clam Field Recreation Ground: Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, Blackcap, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Chiffchaff (Tim Rymer)
Greenford to Hanwell Viaduct "Brent corridor": 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard pr, 4 Hobby - 2 ad, 2 juv [adults flying with Buzzards], 7 Stock Dove, 1-2 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail {f Brown Hairstreak} (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Hampstead Heath: 3 Redstart, 2 Whinchat, Willow Warbler, 2 Buzzard (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Oxleas Wood: 2 Geat Spotted Woodpecker, Firecrest, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Hobby, 2 Stock Dove (Ron Turner)
Rainham Marshes: 4 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, 7 Avocet, 100 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 2 Buzzard, Peregrine, Hobby (Andrew Self), 12 Goosander flew N towards Dartford crossing [I have a picture you can view it via my twitter BSbirding], Greenshank (Brodie Adu Yeboah)
Richmond Park: 2 Redstart [Holly Lodge Paddocks], 2 Whinchat, Wheatear, Hobby (Hugh Bradshaw)
Holyfield Farm: Song Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Swallow, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff (John Emerson)
Wanstead Flats: 4 Whinchat, Wheatear, Redstart, Spotted Flycatcher, Willow Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Stock Dove, 4 Swift, 5 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, Teal, Kestrel (Wanstead Birders & esteemed visitors)

Thursday 21st August[]

Brookmill Park: Little Egret, 2 Stock Dove, Kingfisher, 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
Canary Wharf: m Black Redstart on 'living roof' of 8 story building (Sally Middleton)
Epping Forest "Chingford Plain": Hobby, Little Egret, Buzzard, 4 Green Woodpecker, 30 Goldfinch (RSa)
Hampstead Heath Birders: 2 Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Hyde Park: 4 House Martin E end of Serpentine (Tony Stones)
Rainham Marshes: Swift (Richard Harrison)
Staines Moor: 4 Wheatear, 4 Yellow Wagtail, Stonechat, Snipe (Iain Darbyshire)
Thames Road Wetland, Crayford, Barnes Cray: Cetti's Warbler, Water Rail (Chris Rose)
Woolwich Common: Tree Pipit, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Jay (Tim Rymer)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Redshank, 14 Barnacle Goose, 5 Common Sandpiper, 3 Peregrine (Sam O'Donnell)
Wanstead Flats: Whinchat, Tree Pipit, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Hobby, 2 Kestrel, m Sparrowhawk (Wanstead Birders)

Wednesday 20th August[]

Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 3 Stock Dove (Conrad Ellam)
Elephant and Castle: 2 Peregrine engaged in aerial activities around Building 421, Keyworth Street (Tony Stones)
Hampstead Heath: 2 Whinchat, 3 Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 170+ Herring Gull on warehouse rooftop pm (Neil Batten)
Lee Valley, Holyfield Hall Farm: 12 Barnacle Goose, 2 Red-legged Partridge, f Yellowhammer feeding juv, 3 Lesser Whitethroat (Mike Oakland)
Rainham Marshes: Ruff, 4 Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpier, Green Sandpiper, Ruff, Greenshank, 20+ Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Snipe, 100-200 Swift, 30+ Swallow, 40+ Sand Martin, 30+ House Martin, Hobby, Peregrine, 3 Kestrel, 3 Kite, Buzzard, Bearded Tit, 2 Garden Warbler, 15 Linnet (Wanstead Birders Away Team & RSPB and others)
Richmond Park: 4 Redstart (D Brasier/F Matthews), also Little Egret, Hobby, Wheatear (Neil Anderson)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Curlew, 2 Common Sandpiper, Red Kite, Wheatear, 14 Barnacle Goose (Sam O'Donnell)
Wanstead Flats: 2 Whinchat, Lesser Whitethroat, Skylark, Stock Dove (Nick Croft)

Tuesday 19th August[]

Alexandra Park "Cricket Scrub": Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, 4 Blackcap, Nuthatch [07.45 - 08.45] (Davey Leach)
Bankside: 3 Reed Warbler in community garden, imm Greenfinch (Reuben Braddock)
Bow Creek: 4 Teal (Tim Bray)
Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher, Stock Dove (Conrad Ellam)
Bushy Park: Raven, many Swallow (Phil Davies)
East India Dock Basin: 3 Little Egret (Tim Bray)
Epping Forest "Dannet's Hill/Chingford Plain": Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Whinchat, Firecrest, Willow Warbler (RSa)
Ickenham Marsh: Hobby [drifting S - probably a different bird to the one seen earlier at Ten Acre], Buzzard, 2 Red Kite, 2 Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch (Nigel Dodd)
London Wetland Centre: Little Egret, 3 Snipe, Green Sandpiper (Neil Anderson)
Rainham Marshes: White Stork [circled low then N], 3 Wood Sandpiper, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 6 Avocet, 4 Curlew, 54 Black-tailed Godwit, Hobby, 14 Yellow Wagtail, Tree Pipit (Andrew Self)
Richmond Park: 2 Redstart, Wheatear, Tree Pipit, 3 Yellow Wagtail E, Snipe E (D Brasier/F Matthews)
Ten Acre Wood: Hobby, 2 Buzzard, 3 Red Kite, 2 Grey Heron, Treecreeper, Nuthatch (Nigel Dodd)
Woodford Green: Spotted Flycatcher in garden briefly at 07.20 [FOY] - 12 days earlier than last (Ken Murray)
Yeading Brook Meadows: 2 Red Kite, Redstart, 4 Swallow, Grey Wagtail, 7 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 4 Whitethroat, Willow Warbler (Nigel Dodd)
Walthamstow Wetlands: juv Little Stint in NW corner of Lockwood reservoir from midday until about 13.50, Curlew NW, Yellow Wagtail SE, Wheatear, 4 Common Sandpiper, Little Owl, Hobby (Sam O'Donnell)

Monday 18th August[]

Beam Parklands: Redpoll over (Andrew Self)
Bow Creek: 5 Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher 2 Little Egret, Kingfisher (Tim Bray)
Brookmill Park: 2 Stock Dove, Kingfisher, 2 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
East India Dock Basin: 4 Teal, 2 Reed Warbler (Tim Bray)
Denham Lock Wood LWT: incl Spotted Flycatcher, Bullfinch (Dan Pinkham)
Ladywell Fields: 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Stock Dove, Coal Tit, Goldcrest, Grey Wagtail, Mandarin Duck (Tom Moulton/David G Davies)
Pinner, HA5: juv Tawny Owl on the kerb & then up again by 'The Case is Altered' 04.30 (Dan Pinkham)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Yellow Wagtail W, 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Willow Warbler (Sam O'Donnell); Yellow-legged Gull still on warehouses, Greenshank (Paul Gerard)
Wanstead Flats: 2 Wheatear, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 10 Stock Dove, 2 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Little Owl (Nick Croft)

Sunday 17th August[]

Brent Reservoir "from Main Hide only": Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Common Tern chicks. Black-headed Gull chicks [belived first time recorded breeding here], Little Egret. Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, House Martin, Sand Martin, Great Cormorant with pure white underparts - (Bob Husband/Simon Worsfold/HC & Magnus)
KGV Reservoir: Great White Egret, 10 Little Egret, juv Dunlin, 13 Common Sandpiper, 3 Oystercatcher, f Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard [over Lea Valley and Forest], Kingfisher, 3 Kestrel, Sand Martin, 15 Swallow, Whinchat [other records on eBird] (Jez Dagley)
Epping Forest "Chingford Plain/Dannet's Hill": Whinchat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 7 Swallow (RSa)
Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, 2 Reed Warbler, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler (John Bushell/Conrad Ellam/Richard Green)
Hampstead Heath: 2 Hobby, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Garden Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat, 3 Willow Warbler, 6 Swift (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Lonsdale Road Reservoir: 7 Little Egret, 2 Teal (John Gordon)
Mill Hill Old Railway Line, Copthall Playing Fields, NW7: 2 juv Sparrowhawk calling (Sue Widdowfield)
Oxleas Wood: 2 Hobby, Coal Tit, Firecrest (Ron Turner)
Queen Mary Reservoir: Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper, 3 Kestrel, Yellow Wagtail [Permit only] (Franko J Maroevic)
Richmond Park: 4 Redstart, Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 3 Tree Pipit SW, Hobby (D Brasier/H Bradshaw)
Rowley Farm, Iver Heath: 4 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, Kestrel, Kingfisher, Willow Warbler, juv Blackcap, Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, Treecreeper, Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron , 15+ Swallow, 2 Grey Wagtail (Nigel Barratt)
Ten Acre Wood area: m Pheasant, 4 Red Kite, juv Sparrowhawk calling, Kestrel, 3 Tree Pipit [incl 2 perched together & heard calling], Sedge Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 12 Whitethroat (Neil Anderson)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 5 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe [incl 2 juvs], Coot, 3 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 21 House Martin, 18 Swallow, Grey Wagtail, Wheatear, Whitethroat, 7 Blackcap, 15 Chiffchaff, 3 Rook, 2 Greenfinch (John Colmans)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 10+ Willow Warbler, 1+ Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Common Sandpiper, Kestrel, Peregrine (Sam O'Donnell)
Walthamstow Marshes: Hobby, 3 Willow Warbler (Sam O'Donnell)
Wanstead Flats: 2 Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Little Owl (Wanstead Birders)

Saturday 16th August[]

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Hobby, Garden Warbler, Yellow Wagtail (eBird)
Brent Reservoir: juv Mediterranean Gull, Snipe, 6 House Martin (eBird)
KGV Reservoir: Barnacle Goose, Teal, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 9 Common Sandpiper, Redshank, 2 Dunlin, 3 Black Tern, 29 Arctic Tern, 2 Common Tern, 2 Hobby, Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail (eBird)
Mayflower Park: Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler (Bob Smith)
Perivale Park: Red Kite, Common Gull, Kingfisher, Whitethroat (Neil Anderson)
Priest Hill: 5 Chiffchaff (Neil Batten)
Rainham Marshes: Sandwich Tern, Wood Sandpiper (BR via WhatsApp); 3 Spoonbill over Wennington Marshes, Corn Bunting (eBird)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Ringed Plover, Yellow-legged Gull, Wheatear, Common Sandpiper (Sam O'Donnell)
Wanstead Flats: Whinchat (eBird)

Friday 15th August[]

Alexandra Park "Cricket Scrub": f/imm Redstart, Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, 6 Greenfinch 07.30 - 08.15 (Davey Leach)
Epping Forest "Dannet's Hill/Chingford Plain": Whinchat, Willow Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Greenfinch, Kestrel (RSa); 2 Spotted Flycatcher early evening (I Lycett)
Finsbury Park, N4: Spotted Flycatcher in woodchip yard 08.30 (Paul Gerard)
Rainham Marshes: Ringed Plover, 55 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, Marsh Harrier, 2 Hobby {2 Clouded Yellow} (Andrew Self)
Thames Road Wetland, Crayford, Barnes Cray: 1 or 2 Water Rail (Chris Rose)
Woodberry Wetlands: Red-crested Pochard [since 21/7/25], 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler (Richard Beesly)
Woodford Green: 2-3 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk, 2 Reed Warbler through grdn by 17.30 (Ken Murray)
Worcester Park: Buzzard mobbed by 2 Peregrine (Bob Smith)

Thursday 14th August[]

Bankside: Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Kestrel (Reuben Braddock)
Beam Parklands: 3 Willow Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat (Andrew Self)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Finchley: Common Buzzard mobbed by crows over Dollis Valley Greenwalk (Rich Townsend)
Finsbury Park: Pied Flycatcher at rear of woodchip yard 10.00 (Paul Gerard)
Motspur Park: 2 Peregrine, 2 Raven on gasholders (Bob Smith)
Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Stock Dove, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Firecrest, 3 Hobby, 2 Willow Warbler (Ron Turner)
Richmond Park; 2 Wheatear, Whinchat, Lesser Whitethroat (Hugh Bradshaw)
Wanstead Flats: Wood Warbler, Whinchat (Marco Johnson); Redstart, Wheatear, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Willow Warbler (Wanstead Birders)

Wednesday 13th August[]

Barking Riverside: Ringed Plover, 6 Common Tern, 2 Yellow Wagtail (Andrew Self)
Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Stock Dove, Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
Bury Farm, Edgwarebury: 3 adult Buzzard, 4 [inc 2 juvs] Kestrel, 2 [inc moulting adult] Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, 2 Hobby causing alarm amongst Swallows, Little Owl calling, 2 Collared Dove pr, 6 Stock Dove, House Sparrow colony at farm, c30 Swallow [at least 6 nests in part of the farm, many double brooded], 63 Starling {European Hornet, Jersey Tiger, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper} (Bob Husband/Tony Clancy)
Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Centre: Little Grebe (Cris Freddi)
Hampstead Heath: 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler, 7 Swift (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Ruislip Lido/Poor's Field: 16 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe w/ 2 juv, Hobby, Kingfisher, 8+ House Martin, 2 Swallow, c20 Chiffchaff (Neil Anderson)
Wanstead Flats: Whinchat in small burnt area [take your pick we have now about 10], 5 Willow Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Skylark, Buzzard, Kestrel (Nick Croft)
Woodford Green: 5 Willow Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat through by 09.42, 3 House Martin S at 15.07, Hobby E over house at 13.48 & again N at 20.50 (Ken Murray)

Tuesday 12th August[]

Epping Forest "Chingford Plain": Whinchat, Greenfinch, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaff (RSa)
Fairlop Water CP: Wood Warbler [briefly seen with tit flock - pure white, yellow and very bright green plumage], 3 Chiffchaff, Hobby, Mandarin Duck, Bar-headed Goose, 4 Little Egret, 6 Swallow (Michael Mac)
Motspur Park: 2 Raven on gasholders flew W (Bob Smith)
Wanstead Flats: Whinchat, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail (Wanstead Birders)
Wimbledon Common: 2 Firecrest (Jon Reeves)

Monday 11th August[]

Battersea Park: 2 Firecrest (James Palmer)
Epping Forest "Chingford Plain/Dannet's Hill": 2 Tree Pipit, Willow Warbler, 5 Whitethroat, 3 Lesser Whitethroat (RSa)
Hampstead Heath: Whinchat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Sand Martin, c30 Swift (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Rainham Marshes: Cattle Egret, 2 Great Egret, Ruff, Whinchat, 10 Yellow Wagtail over (Andrew Self)
Richmond Park: Tree Pipit, Wheatear, Green Sandpiper, Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Raven (D Brasier)

Sunday 10th August[]

Brent Reservoir: 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, Red Kite, Common Kestrel, juv Grey Wagtail, 3 juv Pied Wagtail, 40 Cormorant, 10 [7 adults & 3 juv] Common Tern, Willow Warbler singing, 472 Black-headed Gull, Pochard, Little Egret, Cetti’s Warbler calling, Great Crested Grebe juvs, Little Grebe juvs - 44 species recorded (Bob Husband/John Colmans/Marian Rastelli/Shailesh Patel et al, NW London RSPB Group monthly Birdwalk); also, Little Owl (Shailesh Patel); also reported Whitethroat & Lesser Whitethroat (Neil Woodford)
Dagenham Chase: Yellow Wagtail, Willow Warbler (Andrew Self)
Canons Farm: Grasshopper Warbler, Reed Warbler, Tree Pipit (Paul Goodman)
Epping Forest "Chingford Plain/Dannet's Hill": f/imm Pied Flycatcher, 2 Spotted Flycatcher (RSa)
Hampstead Heath: Spotted Flycatcher [FOY], 30 Swift, 10 Willow Warbler, Red Kite, 2 Collared Dove, Swallow (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Hanwell, W7: Oystercatcher over calling at 03.20 (D Brasier)
Horton CP: Marsh Tit [seen briefly in Pond Wood] (Bob Smith)
Oxleas Wood: 3 Hobby, 3 Firecrest, 2 Treeceeper (Ron Turner)
Queen Mary Reservoir: ad Yellow-legged Gull on pier, 3 Common Sandpiper, {Hummingbird Hawk-moth} [Permit only] (Franko J Maroevic)
Richmond Park: Spotted Flycatcher, Wheatear, 4 Raven (D Brasier)
Sewardstone Marsh: 2 Spotted Flycatcher (N Smith/Stuart Hamilton)
Stoneleigh, KT17: Peregrine circling high mobbed by Herring Gull late am {Jersey Tiger} (Neil Batten)
Ten Acre Wood area: 11 Red Kite perched [incl. one pr w/ 3 juv], Buzzard, Kestrel, 9 Swallow, 9 Pied Wagtail, 12 Whitethroat, 7 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson)
Wanstead Flats: Spotted Flycatcher, Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler, Wheatear (Andy Gibbons)

Saturday 9th August[]

Hampstead Heath: Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 120 Long-tailed Tit, 40 Coal Tit, 120 Blue Tit, 40 Great Tit, 2 Firecrest, 20 Willow Warbler, 60 Chiffchaff, 20 Blackcap, Swift (Hampstead Heath Birders); 5 [2 ad, imm, 2 juv] Little Grebe still, Wood Pond (James Levy)
South Harrow: 36 House Sparrow in garden (Michael Robinson)
Warren Farm: 4 Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat (D Brasier)
Woodford Green "06.00-10.48": 4 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2 Whitethroat (Ken Murray)
Woolwich Common: 2 Swift, 3 Chiffchaff (Tim Rymer)

Friday 8th August[]

Beckenham: Red Kite over 12.00 (Conrad Ellam)
Brookmill Park: Stock Dove, Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
Enfield Playing Fields: Willow Warbler singing briefly (Phil Rhodes)
Greenford- Hanwell Viaduct "Brent Valley corridor": 2 juv Hobby, Kestrel, 1st-winter Willow Warbler (Neil Anderson)
Rainham Marshes: Ruddy Shelduck, 15+ Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, juv Cuckoo [reported on woodland path still], 2 Great Egret, Raven, Hobby [very mobile, hunting hirundines], 4 Kestrel, 2 Buzzard, 3 Marsh Harrier (J Eccles)
Richmond Park: Common Tern, Hobby, juv Cuckoo, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Wheatear (Friday Bird Group)
Thames Road Wetland, Crayford, Barnes Cray: 1 or 2 Water Rail (Chris Rose)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Wheatear, 3 Sedge Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 15+ Whitethroat, 6+ Willow Warbler, 5 Common Sandpiper, 2 Sparrowhawk (Sam O'Donnell)

Thursday 7th August[]

Bankside: 3 Willow Warbler (Reuben Braddock)
Brookmill Park: 2 Little Egret, 3 Stock Dove, Kingfisher, Song Thrush, Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
Bury Farm, Edgwarebury: 4 [inc 2 adults & juv calling & perched feeding on dead Woodpigeon] Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 3 [adults & juv] Kestrel, 2 Collared Dove pr, 6 Goldfinch, Green Woodpecker calling, Great Spotted Woodpecker calling, Nuthatch calling, 99 [inc many juvs] Starling, 9 House Sparrow, 4 Stock Dove, 13 Swallow, Swift, Gatekeeper (Bob Husband/Fay Broom/Marian Rastell & KJ); Partridge sp [Red-legged?] w/ 4 young (Sue Widdowfield & Liz Lynch)
Lower Sydenham: Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler [in garden on Stanton Way, both garden firsts] (Paul Moss)
Motspur Park: 4 Peregrine (Bob Smith)
NPL Teddington: Tree Pipit flew over calling at 07.48, heading SSW (S Musievski)
Oxleas Wood: Hobby, Sparrowhawk (Mike Edwards)
Richmond Park: Spotted Flycatcher (Roy Pattison)
Rowley Farm, Iver Heath: 4 Red Kite, Hobby, Sparrowhawk, 5 Swallow, 2 Kingfisher, Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail (Nigel Barratt)

Wednesday 6th August[]

Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Gunnersbury Park: Reed Warbler, 6 Swift (F Matthews)
Rainham Marshes: 2 Whimbrel, 4 Curlew, 10+ Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, 3 Avocet, juv Cuckoo [3 reported], Bearded Tit, 4 Great Egret, Wigeon, 2 Raven, Yellow-legged Gull (RSPB/Nick Croft/Mark Thomas)
Thames at Kew: Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Teal, Common Sandpiper, Common Gull (F Matthews)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 8 Common Sandpiper, Sedge Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 3 Willow Warbler, Peregrine, 3 Green Woodpecker, 14 Barnacle Goose (Sam O'Donnell)
Wanstead Flats: 4 Kestrel [2 fledged young], 13 Swift, Skylark, Stock Dove (Nick Croft)

Tuesday 5th August[]

Bankside: Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler {Hummingbird Hawk-moth} (Reuben Braddock)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Stock Dove, Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
Bury Farm, Edgwarebury: 2 Buzzard, 3 [adult & 2 juvs] Kestrel, 2 Red Kite, Hobby in hunting mode, Cormorant in flight, 2 [adult & juv] Whitethroat, 7 House Sparrow, 6 Goldfinch, Green Woodpecker calling, 2 Stock Dove, c20 Starling inc juvs, 12 Swallow (Bob Husband/Fay Broom/Marian Rastelli)
Greenford B'dway: 2 Grey Wagtail [heard one calling above me in pollarded London Plane & it was behaving almost tit-like pecking at undersides of leaves before flying out & onto adjacent flat roof where it was joined by second bird flying across road. Never seen a wagtail behaving like this before] (Neil Anderson)
Oxleas Wood: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 2 Hobby, 2 Stock Dove, Common Buzzard ( Ron Turner)
Thames at Kew: 2 Common Sandpiper, Great Black-backed Gull (F Matthews)
Wanstead Flats: f/imm Wheatear, 3 Skylark [presumed two fledglings], 4 Swift (Nick Croft)
Wanstead Park: Cetti's Warbler, 4 Little Grebe [2 young], Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Tawny Owl, Swift, 7 Greenfinch (Nick Croft)
Woodford Green: 6+ Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff between 07.00 to 10.00 through grdn (Ken Murray)

Monday 4th August[]

Enfield Chase "London Loop path": Hobby dive-bombing Red Kite, 2 Yellowhammer (James Palmer)
Motspur Park: 4 Peregrine (Charlie Alpera/Mark Bravery/Bob Smith)
Yeading Brook Meadows: 2 Red Kite, 6 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Swift, Swallow, 4 Greenfinch (Nigel Dodd)
Woodford Green: Chiffchaff through at 06.45, Hobby low & S 16.07, Reed Warbler [FOY] in grdn, splash pool [imaged] at 16.30 (Ken Murray)

Sunday 3rd August[]

Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, 2 Sand Martin, 5+ Reed Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff (John Bushell/Conrad Ellam/Richard Green)
Hampstead Heath: Tree Pipit flushed, Yellow Wagtail NW, later 6 House Martin through (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Mayflower Park: Hobby (Steve Shimwell per Bob Smith)
Oxleas Wood: 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Hobby, Kestrel, 2 Stock Dove, 4 Goldcrest , 2 Swift (Ron Turner)
Richmond Park: 5 juv Goosander, present at Pen Ponds since 22nd July (Nigel Jackman); 4+ juv Goosander on Pen Ponds, Little Egret & Sand Martins in flight (Cris Freddi)
Ten Acre Wood area: 6 Teal circling [earliest returning birds], 8+ Red Kite [5 in one small tree], 2 Kestrel, 6 Stock Dove, 9 Swallow, 3 Linnet (Neil Anderson)
Woodford Green: 3 Willow Warbler & 2 Chiffchaff through grdn by 10.30, Lesser Whitethroat imaged at 17.00 (Ken Murray)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Dunlin, Hobby, Peregrine, Red Kite, 11 Common Sandpiper, 5 Barnacle Goose, Little Owl, Willow Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat (Sam O'Donnell)

Saturday 2nd August[]

Epping Forest "Chingford Plain/Dannet's Hill": juv Tawny Owl , 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Blackcap, Kestrel, 4 Whitethroat, 5 House Martin, 3 Swallow (RSa)
Harrow, HA7: m Firecrest still in wooded area on Jesmond Way TQ183924 (Dan Pinkham)
Oxleas Wood: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 5 Goldcrest, 6 Firecrest, Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Coal Tit, 3 Stock Dove, 4 Nuthatch, Treecreeper (Ron Turner)
Queen Mary Reservoir: 3 Sanderling, 4 Common Sandpiper, 9 juv Shelduck, 3 Common Tern [Permit only] (Franko J Maroevic)
Woodford Green: 4 Swift low & E, Sparrowhawk flew S carrying prey (Ken Murray)
North Chingford, E4: 2 Swift low over garden and flying westwards - but behaved like the resident pair along my road - flying around the rooftops before heading off W (Jez Dagley)

Friday 1st August[]

Holyfield Farm: Green Woodpecker, Whitethroat, Yellowhammer, 4 Rook, 10+ Swallow (John Emerson)
London Wetland Centre: Swift, Sand Martin, Green Sandpiper, Common Tern (Shailesh Patel)
Osterley Park: 3 Little Owl, Common Sandpiper, 4 Red Kite, 3 Kestrel, Peregrine, Kingfisher, Ruddy Shelduck (Francis O'Sullivan et al)
Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 2 Stock Dove, Nuthatch, Kestrel, Hobby, 10 Firecrest (Ron Turner)
Rainham Marshes: 3 Avocet, 31 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 3 Great, 2 Yellow Wagtail (Andrew Self)
Richmond Park: Cuckoo (Mick Hallam); 5 Goosander, Wheatear, 8 Common Crossbill (Friday Bird Group)
Thames Road Wetland, Crayford, Barnes Cray: Little Egret (over), Cetti's Warbler (Chris Rose)
Woodford Green: Whitethroat through grdn at 09.03 [FOY] (Ken Murray)
Whitehall Plain, Epping Forest: 2 Swallow feeding around feet of grazing Longhorn cattle (Jez Dagley)
Warren Wood Slope, Epping Forest: 2 Swallow - feeding higher over Poplars along Cuckoo Brook (Jez Dagley)