Bird News December 2022[]

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Saturday 31st December 2022[]

Lincoln's Inn Fields: 4 Redwing (James Palmer)
Russell Square: 6 Redwing (James Palmer)
Pinner: Tawny Owl calling 0545 [my first bird of the year & still indoors] (Richard Francis)
Shrewsbury Park, SE18: Firecrest [here for at least 86 days now], 3 Goldcrest (Tim Rymer)
Southgate Chase Allotments: 14 Redwing (Robert Callf)

Friday 30th December 2022[]

Greenford "UB6": m Blackcap feeding in back garden (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Boxer's Lake, Enfield: 3 adult Grey Heron at nests, f Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 2 Mandarin Duck pr, 19 Tufted Duck [13 m 6 f], Sparrowhawk, 110+ Black-headed Gull inc adult w/ yellow darvic ring T8UC from Poland [returning bird from previous years], 4 Common Gull [2 adults & 2 first-winter], 2 adult Lesser Black-backed Gull, Grey Wagtail, Wren, Blackbird, 4 Redwing, Goldcrest (Robert Callf)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Red Kite, 4 Redwing, Common Gull, 20+ Herring Gull at daytime rooftop roost (Neil Batten)
Minet CP: 4 Teal over w/ 19 Mallard, 2 Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, Kestrel, Grey Wagtail, 17 Redwing, 2 Greenfinch {Muntjac Deer, Red Fox} (Neil Anderson)
Oxleas Wood: 2 Firecrest at Jackwood (Matt Bradbury)
Oxleas Wood: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Redwing, 14 Jackdaw, Common Buzzard, 3 Firecrest, Goldcrest (Ron Turner)
South Harrow "HA2": m Blackcap in garden, m Sparrowhawk (Michael Robinson)
Upper Cray Valley: incl Firecrest near southern end of Sandy Lane (Jack Headley)
Welling "Kent": m Blackcap (Ron Turner)

Thursday 29th December 2022[]

Crossness: 2 Caspian Gull [ad & 1w], Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 60+ Black-tailed Godwit, 170+ Dunlin, 75+ Lapwing, 50+ Redshank, 7+ Wigeon, 130+ Shoveler, c500 Teal, 10 Fieldfare, c40 Redwing, 3 Common Buzzard (John Archer & Daniel Nikolov)
Enfield "Gough Park, Forty Hill": 7 Long-tailed Tit, Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
Forty Hall CP, Enfield: first-winter Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 2 Mandarin Duck pr, m Northern Shoveler, 2 Tufted Duck pr, 89 Black-headed Gull inc one w/ white darvic E4UN from The Netherlands & metal-ringed Russian bird, Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull, m Green Woodpecker, 4 Jay (Robert Callf)
Holyfield Farm: Grey Wagtail, 4 Common Gull, Song Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker (John Emerson)
Leatherhead: 2 Goosander pr on R Mole by Town Bridge (D Kiddell)
Motspur Park: Firecrest [at least one every day last five days] (Charlie Alpera per Bob Smith)
Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jackdaw, 3 Firecrest, Goldcrest, Redwing (Ron Turner)
Paddington Green: 2 Peregrine Falcon am inc one w/ a pigeon kill (D McKenzie)
Rainham Marshes RSPB: 51 Avocet on Aveley Bay at dusk (Ian Bradshaw)
Ruislip Lido: 26 Gadwall, 2 m Shoveler, 2 Teal pr [LNR], 2 Red Kite nearby, 4 Fieldfare over (Neil Anderson)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 Kestrel, 5 Mandarin Duck, 4 Teal, 10 Redwing, c80 Common Gull, c80 Black-headed Gull, Bullfinch (John Colmans); late pm: 14 Mandarin Duck, 6 m Teal, Collared Dove, Woodcock, Common Snipe, 32 Common Gull, Cormorant, Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Buzzard, 5 Little Owl, Tawny Owl, Kestrel, 86 Rook [into Roost], 2 Coal Tit, 97 Redwing, 7 Fieldfare, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Bullfinch (Samuel Levy)

Wednesday 28th December 2022[]

Belmont Open Space, Cockfosters /East Barnet: Goldcrest hovering for insects in garden, flock of Goldfinch, 6+ Redwing feeding on Ivy berries, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming (Anna & Bob Husband)
Broadwater Lake: m Smew viewed from the Grand Union towpath opposite Mayling Transport, Goldeneye, Chiffchaff, Grey Heron, Red Kite, 10+ Redwing (Tim Rymer)
Bushy Park: Little Egret (Mike Foster)
Erith "Thames' Foreshore beside Erith Pier": 11 Avocet, 100+ Dunlin & 50+ Redshank (Mike Robinson)
Hilfield Park Reservoir: ad Mediterranean Gull in roost, 10 Fieldfare E at dusk (Tony Blake)
Hounslow Heath: Peregrine SW over Edgar Rd [on Southern border of Heath] at 1600 (Andy Roberts)

Tuesday 27th December 2022[]

Paddington Green: 70+ Carrion Crow in one loose flock through 1315-1317 briefly stopping on top of a tower block [unusually high number for the area], 40+ Goldfinch (D McKenzie)
Enfield area "private access": m Kestrel, Common Snipe, 2 Redwing (Robert Callf)
Erith "Thames' Foreshore off Corinthian Manorway": incl 5 Avocet, 350+ Black-tailed Godwit, Rock Pipit (Mike Robinson)
Hackney Downs 55+ Common Gull 0845 (Sue Barry)
Oxleas Wood: 2 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 4 Firecrest, 6 Goldcrest (Ron Turner)
Ruislip Gardens, Stafford Road Open Space: Kestrel, 40+ Redwing, 2 Greenfinch, Jay, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Herring Gull (Tim Rymer)
Trent Park: m Common Pochard, 2 Tufted Duck pr, 2 Green Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, Goldcrest (Robert Callf)
Warren Farm: 2 Egyptian Goose pr, Common Buzzard, Red Kite nearby, Kestrel, Peregrine nearby, Skylark, 8 Fieldfare, 24 Redwing, 16 Rook, 6 Linnet, 6 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson)
Woodford Green: 2 Sparrowhawk pr displaying at 0915 (Ken Murray)

Monday 26th December 2022[]

Isle of Dogs: f/imm m Black Redstart on Thames river wall a few hundred yards downstream of Newcastle Draw Dock (Sean Huggins)
Islington: m Blackcap New River Walk (Allan Stewart)
Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Common Snipe, 11 Common Gull, 2 Skylark, Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, Fieldfare, 32+ Redwing, 6 Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Pinner Park Farm: Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, Sparrowhawk, 25+ Redwing, 5 Stock Dove (Tim Rymer)
Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, 6 Firecrest, 5 Goldcrest, 4 Jackdaw, 3 Stock Dove, Common Buzzard (Ron Turner)
Rectory Farm, Enfield: 2 f/imm Kestrel together, 40+ Collared Dove, m Stonechat, Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Ten Acre Wood area: 9 Teal, 3 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard sharing kill at dawn, 2 Sparrowhawk together, 23 Skylark [17 & 6], 7 Meadow Pipit, c45 Redwing, Fieldfare, 2 Reed Bunting, 35 Linnet, 12 Lesser Redpoll [inc 11 feeding on willowherb seeds] (Neil Anderson)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: m Shoveler [Long Pond] (Simon Worsfold); 14 Mandarin Duck, 4 m Teal, 86 Common Gull, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Little Owl, 8 Rook, Skylark [Cow Field], 4 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Mistle Thrush, 96 Redwing, 13 Fieldfare, 5 Meadow Pipit, 25 Chaffinch, Bullfinch, 6 Greenfinch, Linnet [John's Field], Siskin (Samuel Levy)
Yeading Brook meadows: 2 Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 43 Common Gull, 10+ Redwing (Neil Anderson)

Sunday 25th December 2022[]

Oxleas Wood: 9 Stock Dove, 5 Jackdaw, Common Buzzard, 19 Goldcrest, Peregrine, 3 Firecrest, Song Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Ron Turner)
Shrewsbury Park, SE18: Woodcock flushed, Firecrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Tim Rymer)
Southgate Chase Allotments: 30+ Redwing, 6 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, Jay, 29 Starling (Robert Callf)
Sunbury: 2 Red Kite (Mike Foster)
Upper Cray Valley: Kingfisher, Tawny Owl heard 2101 (Jack Headley)

Saturday 24th December 2022[]

Brent Reservoir: 21 Snipe, Skylark (Andrew Self)
Broadwater Lake: Siberian Chiffchaff on the Colne, Goosander, 8 Chiffchaff (Dan Pinkham)
Eastcote, Field End Rec: 2 Green Woodpecker, Sparrowhawk, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Red Kite, 3 Redwing, Goldcrest, 25 Common Gull, Jay, 3 Black-headed Gull, 3 Pied Wagtail (Tim Rymer)
Eastcote, Roxbourne Park: Little Egret, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Goldcrest, Red Kite, 2 Greenfinch, 5+ Redwing, Black-headed Gull (Tim Rymer)
Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, Common Buzzard, 14 Common Gull, 8 Pied Wagtail, 20+ Fieldfare, Song Thrush, 20+ Redwing, m Mistle Thrush singing, 2 Treecreeper, 5 Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
Hounslow "garden": 2 m Blackcap (Andy Roberts)
Hounslow Heath: 25+ Redwing, Red Kite, Goldcrest, first one I've seen on the Heath (Andy Roberts)
Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Buzzard, 6 Goldcrest, Sparrowhawk, 3 Stock Dove (Ron Turner)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: m Shoveler [uncommon here], 7 Mandarin Duck, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 2 Skylark, Siskin, 6 Fieldfare, c90 Redwing, 5 Greenfinch, c55 Common Gull (John Colmans); m Shoveler, 14 Mandarin Duck, Collared Dove, 20 Black-headed Gull, 72 Common Gull, 3 Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Little Owl, 3 Rook, 4 Coal Tit, 2 Skylark, 9 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 69 Starling, 2 Mistle Thrush, 140 Redwing, 16 Fieldfare, Grey Wagtail, 12 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 31 Chaffinch, 15 Greenfinch, 2 Siskin (Samuel Levy)
Trent Park: Grey Heron, 2 Northern Shoveler pr, m Tufted Duck, 8 Blackbird, 4 Redwing (Robert Callf)
Upper Cray Valley: 2 Raven NW/W 1142 (Jack Headley)

Friday 23rd December 2022[]

Cray: 2 Ring-necked Parakeet in my garden (James Palmer)
Boxer's Lake, Enfield: Grey Heron, f Mute Swan, 15 Tufted Duck [9 m 6 f], 3 Common Gull [2 adults & 1st-winter] (Robert Callf)
Oxleas Wood: 6 Jackdaw, Kestrel, 5 Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Firecrest, 3 Goldcrest (Ron Turner)
Perivale Park: 2 Red Kite together, Sparrowhawk, f Stonechat, 7 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush singing, 21 Linnet, 2 Greenfinch pr feeding on London Plane seeds (Neil Anderson)
Southgate "Dalrymple Close, N14": {Mottled Umber - FOY?} (Robert Callf)

Thursday 22nd December 2022[]

Brent Reservoir: Lapwing, 26 Snipe (Andrew Self)
Enfield area "private access": Common Snipe, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Skylark, 10 Meadow Pipit, Fieldfare, 10+ Redwing, Raven, 9 Linnet (Robert Callf)
Feltham: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Buzzard harassed by crows (Nigel Barratt)
Hayes: Kestrel (Nigel Barratt)
Lamorbey Park: At least 6 dead Canada Geese and 3+ more with symptoms of avian flu. Defra have been notified (Ian Stewart)
London Wetland Centre: f Goldeneye, 2 Stonechat pr, Red Kite (Shailesh Patel)
Oxleas Wood: Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Firecrest, 9 Goldcrest, 6 Redwing, 2 Jackdaw (Ron Turner)
Scadbury Park: 2 Firecrest (Jack Headley)
Trent Park: Cormorant, Grey Heron, 6 Egyptian Goose flew over, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Blackbird (Robert Callf)
Upper Cray Valley: incl Chiffchaff, Raven W (Jack Headley)
Warren Farm: 2 Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, 16 Meadow Pipit, 14+ Pied Wagtail, 3 Fieldfare, 9 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, 13 Rook (Neil Anderson)

Wednesday 21st December 2022[]

Broomfield Park, Palmers Green, N13: imm Grey Heron, 5 Mute Swan pr w/ three 1st-winter, 8 Northern Shoveler [5 m 3 f], 11 Tufted Duck [5 m 6 f], Black-headed Gull w/ dark blue darvic ring T4EE from Poland, Common Gull, m Blackbird, 7+ Redwing, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, 26 Greenfinch pre-roost gathering 1528 (Robert Callf)
Barnet, Greenhill Gardens: 4 Shoveler, 2 Tufted Duck, Grey Wagtail, Sparrowhawk (Samuel Levy)
Frays Farm Meadows LWT: Woodcock, 1+ Common Snipe {Bat sp} (Dan Pinkham)
Finchley "garden N3": f Blackcap (Samuel Levy)
Hersham Gravel Pits: 1+ Golden Plover still present [5 present yesterday], Mediterranean Gull w/ an orange darvic ring on right leg & metal ring on left leg, 87 Lapwing. View fields from public footpath to the South [51.3807550, -0.3850330] (Stivi Musievski)
Ladywell Fields: Firecrest northern end by river bridge to St.Mary's Church (Keith Chambers)
London Wetland Centre: Goldeneye, Water Rail, Redwing (Shailesh Patel); 3 Water Rail, 2 Bittern, 3 Stonechat, Dartford Warbler, Water Pipit, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 12 Common Snipe (Martin Honey, B Page)
Minet CP: 4 Little Egret, 6 Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, Grey Wagtail, 11 Meadow Pipit, 12+ Redwing (Neil Anderson)
Oxleas Wood: 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Jackdaw, 2 Firecrest, 3 Goldcrest, Woodcock, 5 Redwing (Ron Turner)
Totteridge: Red Kite low over Longland Drive 1145 (Samuel Levy)

Tuesday 20th December 2022[]

Chelsea: Sparrowhawk & 30 Redwing over Royal Marsden am (D McKenzie)
Ealing "Argylle Rd": Buzzard circling low over copse, 10+ Redwing (Neil Anderson)
East Dulwich: 8 Redwing, 2 Blackcap in garden (Dave Clark)
Enfield area "private access": 3 Little Grebe, m Tufted Duck, Common Snipe, Skylark, 8+ Fieldfare, Song Thrush, 26+ Redwing, 16 Magpie, 2 Raven pr, Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
Euston: Peregrine Falcon over 1408 (D McKenzie)
Heathrow: 2 m Smew still (E Shaw per Adam Cheeseman)
Kew Gdns: 4 Shoveler, 4 Mandarin Duck, Little Grebe, Kingfisher [on river, Syon side], 8 Redwing {Red Admiral} (Neil Anderson)
King George V Reservoir: m Goosander flew over, 5 Goldeneye, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe [both grebes north end of N basin], 300+ Starling (James Palmer)
Little Britain Lake, Cowley, Uxbridge: Little Grebe, Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, m Common Pochard, Gadwall, 5 Shoveler, Nuthatch, Stock Dove (Roger Dewey)
Margravine Cemetery: Green Woodpecker, c30 Redwing, 2 Peregrine (Nathalie Mahieu)
Orpington "Gorse Road/Skeet Hill Lane: incl Red Kite, c50 Fieldfare, Reed Bunting, c40 Yellowhammer (Jack Headley)
Oxleas Wood: 2 Stock Dove, Little Egret, Common Buzzard, 3 Firecrest, Green Woodpecker, 3 Goldcrest, 6 Redwing (Ron Turner)
Ten Acre Wood area "shooting buck field": Barn Owl (Jim Fell)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 15 Mandarin Duck, m Teal, Coot 1640 calling, Snipe [Cow Field], 31 Black-headed Gull, 106 Common Gull, Little Egret, 2 Common Buzzard, 8 Little Owl, 2 Tawny Owl, Merlin quickly through Cow Field at Dusk towards Darlands Lake, Peregrine, 34 Rook, Skylark W over substation, 3 Mistle Thrush, 220 Redwing, 58 Fieldfare, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Greenfinch (Samuel Levy & Keir Chauhan)
Woodford Green: Common Snipe heard calling from stream at 1650 {Pipistrelle sp hawking over gardens also a larger bat flying through at 1705 (Ken Murray)

Monday 19th December 2022[]

Brent Reservoir: 3 Lapwing, 24 Snipe (Andrew Self)
Boxer's Lake, Enfield: Little Egret flew in to roost 1538, f Mute Swan w/ orange darvic 4EVW, Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 65 Mallard, 3 Northern Shoveler [2 m f], 4 Tufted Duck [m 3 f], 73 Black-headed Gull, adult Common Gull, Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Blackbird (Robert Callf)
Hainault: Black Redstart in garden this morning (Alan Bell)
Oakwood Park: 15+ Redwing (Robert Callf)

Sunday 18th December 2022[]

Brent Reservoir: Pintail, 2 Lapwing, 5 Snipe (Andrew Self)
Broadwater Lake, Harefield: ad m Smew, 4 Red-crested Pochard. 4 Goosander on R. Colne by new HS2 bridge (Bill Haines)
Brompton Cemetery: 15-20 Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4-5 Goldfinch (David Jeffreys)
Enfield Town "River View, EN2": f Blackbird, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, Great Tit, 7 House Sparrow [5 m 2 f], 4 Chaffinch [3 m f] (Robert Callf)
Enfield Town "Silver St, EN2": 6 Redwing (Robert Callf)
Finchley "garden N3": Common Snipe N 1111, 2 Stock Dove, 6 Greenfinch, 10 Redwing, Fieldfare (Samuel Levy)
Hackney Marshes: 2 Peregrine pr on pylon, 40 Lapwing high N in the late afternoon (Marcin Kempa)
Hilfield Park Reservoir: 30 Lapwing [flew over west], f Goldeneye, 76 Wigeon, 2 Water Rail (Tony Blake)
Lee Valley "70 Acres Lake": 2 Water Rail, f Smew, Bittern, 2 Goosander over, Kingfisher, Red Kite, Buzzard (Nigel Dodd)
Margravine Cemetery: c30 Redwing (David Jeffreys)
Motspur Park: 2 Firecrest (Charlie Alpera per Bob Smith)
Northolt & Greenford CP: 2 Red Kite, Lapwing over, c1,000 Ring-necked Parakeet at/leaving roost, c150 Redwing (Neil Anderson)
Raynes Park: Lapwing W over private gardens, c50 Redwing (P Redmond)
Richmond Park: c80 Lapwing flew W at 1025 (S Woolfenden, J Wilczur)
Staines Moor: m Goosander [over west], 3 Common Snipe, 2 Water Pipit, 2m Stonechat, Common Chiffchaff, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, Little Grebe, f Eurasian Teal, 2 Kestrel, f Sparrowhawk (Iain Darbyshire)
St Paul's Cray: c30 Lapwing S/SW over Normanhurst Road 0915 (Jack Headley)
Stoneleigh KT17: m Blackcap still coming to bird feeders in The Glade (Neil Batten)
Town Park, Enfield: 2 Mute Swan pr inc male w/ orange darvic 4DOU, m Northern Shoveler, Common Buzzard flew over mobbed by Carrion Crows, 15 Moorhen, 31 Coot, Stock Dove, m Blackbird, Song Thrush, Redwing, Nuthatch (Robert Callf)

Saturday 17th December 2022[]

Brent Reservoir: Pintail, 4 Snipe (Andrew Self)
Bromley "Cowper Road": 3 Lapwing over W 1240 (Martin Draper)
Finchley "garden N3": 40 Redwing, 6 Common Gull, Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk, 6 Greenfinch (Samuel Levy)
Frays Farm Meadows LWT: unidentified Owl sp active in Horse Field predawn, Kingfisher, Siskin (Dan Pinkham)
Fulham "St Dunstans Rd": Woodcock low across to Charing Cross Hospital 0830 (Nathalie Mahieu)
Ham Lands: Kingfisher by Eel Pie Island, Sparrowhawk (Mike Foster)
Pinner Park Farm: Snipe over, 30+ Fieldfare, 15+ Redwing, Nuthatch (Tim Rymer)
Richmond Park: 7 Lapwing over SW (Paula Redmond)
Southgate Chase Allotments: 5 Redwing, f Blackcap, Goldcrest foraging in sallow (Robert Callf)
Southwark Park: Firecrest, Chiffchaff, Common Gull, 4 Shoveler, 150+ Redwing, mostly heading through S (John & Janet Cadera)
Ten Acre Woods area "Shooting buck field": Barn Owl, Stonechat, Skylark, flock of c50 goose sp flew over flew S [Too distant to identify] (Jim Fell)
Trellick Tower W10: 2 Peregrine (Francis O'Sullivan)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 26 Stock Dove, 50 Lapwing N/W, 6 Common Gull, Grey Heron, 2 Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, 4 Little Owl, 25 Rook, Coal Tit, 5 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Mistle Thrush, 90 Redwing, 10 Fieldfare, 20 Meadow Pipit, 3 Greenfinch, 2 Siskin (Samuel Levy)
Wandle Meadow Nature Park "Colliers Wood": 4 Fieldfare, Peregrine [on pylon marginally outside the Park, thanks to 2 passing birders], 2 Chaffinch [my 1st in Colliers Wood for 2 or 3 years], 17 Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Keith Bates)
Wandle Park, Colliers Wood: Kingfisher [reported here by a dogwalker at Wandle Meadow Nature Park]; also Common Snipe and 2 regular Kingfisher reported here recently by the 2 abovementioned passing birders at WMNP, the Kingfishers they may have told me were also there today (Keith Bates)
Woodford Green: 2 Egyptian Goose over NE at 0919, Kestrel over at 0935, Northern Lapwing over high WNW at 1012, 2 Egret sp S at 1025 & 4 Cormorant over SE at 1025 (Ken Murray)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2+ Jack Snipe still, Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper, 4+ Common Snipe, Kingfisher, 2 Caspian Gull (Adult & 1st-winter), Yellow-legged Gull, Skylark, 8+ Lapwing, Great White Egret, m Goosander, 4+ Goldeneye (Walthamstow birders)

Friday 16th December 2022[]

Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Song Thrush, 12 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
Boxer's Lake, Enfield: 13 Moorhen, 5 Common Gull [3 adults, 2nd-winter & 1st-winter], Pied Wagtail (Robert Callf)
Ladywell, Gordonbrock Road: 2 Blackcap pr, 24+ Redwing, f Sparrowhawk, Dunnock, c12 Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Starling, Collared Dove, 7 Ring-necked Parakeet [Very quiet in the cemetery today, all birds feeding in gardens on berries and feeders] (Steve Bean)
Heathrow: 2 m Smew, 6 Water Rail, 2 Snipe, 4 Wigeon (Adam Cheeseman)
Holyfield Farm: Snipe, 6 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 6 Reed Bunting, 4 Greenfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Linnet, 4 Skylark, 3 Red-legged Partridge, Chiffchaff (John Emerson)
Kew Gardens: 3m Shoveler, 2 Little Grebe, 20 Stock Dove [18 under woodland feeders], Nuthatch, 17 Jay, c35 Redwing (Neil Anderson)
Ladywell Fields: 12 Redwing, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Tom Moulton/Sue Gore/Emily Millhouse)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 2 Common Gull, 2 Redwing, Pied Wagtail (Neil Batten)
Oakwood "Glenbrook wetlands": m Tawny Owl hooting 1410 (Robert Callf)
Oxleas Wood: kestrel, Firecrest, Nuthatch, 7 Goldcrest (Ron Turner)
Richmond, Selwyn Avenue: 22 Fieldfare flew SW 0942, f Blackcap in garden (Franko J Maroevic)
Richmond Park: Lapwing SW, Firecrest, 5 Woodcock at dusk (Paula Redmond)
Sidcup: Grey Heron on chimney pot of house in Willersley Avenue 0915, Sparrowhawk on roof of house in Hollies, 20+ Redwing in Hollies gardens including mine where resident Blackbird fighting to retain ownership of holly bush with berries (Eric Brown)
Sudbury, HA1: 23 Fieldfare & Redwing towards John Lyon fields (Dan Pinkham)
Upper Cray Valley: incl 3 Little Egret, Kingfisher (Jack Headley)
Walthamstow Wetlands [Lockwood]: Great White Egret [over S 1502], Golden Plover, 3 Lapwing, 2 Jack Snipe, 5+ Common Snipe, Meadow Pipit, Fieldfare (G James)
Wimbledon Park Lake: 4 Little Egret, Common Snipe, 2 Kingfisher pr, 2 Water Rail [heard not seen] (Kevin Allen)

Thursday 15th December 2022[]

Brent Cross: 2 Common Snipe, Little Egret, 2 Grey Wagtail on River Brent (Allan Stewart)
Brimsdown: Jack Snipe, 4 Common Snipe in the navigation relief channel, 40 Redwing, 5 Fieldfare, Kingfisher (A Middleton)
Brookmill Park: Little Egret, f Blackcap, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
Bushy Park: 7 Lapwing tried to land before flying W (Dan Hollands)
Hampstead Heath: 23 Lapwing NW at 0957, 390 Redwing, 104 Fieldfare, Linnet, Common Buzzard (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Kentish Town, "Gaisford Street": m Blackcap in rear garden w/ 6 Redwing (Pete Mantle)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Cormorant low NE, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, 2 adult Common Gull, adult Lesser Black-backed Gull (Neil Batten)
Lee Valley,70 Acres Lake: f Smew, Bittern, 3 Water Rail, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Great Black-backed Gull (Francis O'Sullivan)
Lewisham: 5 Redwing in trees by Morden Hill (Conrad Ellam)
North Mymms Woods: Buzzard, Nuthatch, Redwing, Raven (Mark Mulrooney)
Northolt & Greenford CP: 2-3 Red Kite, Kestrel, Golden Plover [site first, flew up from side of hill as I walked past], Common Snipe at hedge base, Lapwing over, 3 Meadow Pipit, c30 Redwing (Neil Anderson)
Paddington: Red Kite mobbed S by Herring Gulls over St Mary's Hospital about 1055 (D McKenzie)
Paddington Green: c20 Redwing in St Mary's Churchyard about 0800 (D McKenzie)
Richmond, River Thames: 29 Eurasian Wigeon flew along River from Mid Surrey Golf Course 1558 (Franko J Maroevic)
Sidcup, Lamorbey, DA15: c20 Redwing in and around my garden feeding on leaf litter (Mike Amos)
Totteridge Valley: 5 Lapwing N, Cormorant N, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff [Owl Field], 13 Redwing, Fieldfare, Grey Wagtail, Rook, 3 Greenfinch (John Colmans)
Upper Cray Valley: incl Water Rail (Jack Headley)
Victoria Park, Hackney "E9": Woodcock flew E from near Bonner Gate over small road that bisects the West Park towards the Sunken Garden, Teal on West Lake, 22 Redwing (A Winstanley) - Apologies to everyone - I got my days mixed up when adding an entry earlier (Adam)
Woodford Green: Skylark high & E at 0920 [2nd FOY), m Blackcap, Little Egret by 1030, also a hard weather movement of Kingfisher [FOY] through the grdns at 1420 with both lakes & ponds N & S…solid, now followed by Common Snipe out of the only running water locally at 1555, the first for many, many years (Ken Murray)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2+ Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Golden Plover, 4+ Lapwing, Great White Egret [25th Day on Site], 8+ Common Snipe, m Goosander, 4+ Goldeneye, 2 Siskin, Sparrowhawk (Walthamstow birders)

Wednesday 14th December 2022[]

Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 10+ Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
Bushy Park: 2 f Goosander [on Longford River, from Duke's Head Passage] (Dan Hollands)
Ealing Central Sports Ground: c12 Skylark feeding on ground 0900, then flew off (Andrew Peel)
Ham/Richmond, Nr Sea Scouts, River Thames: single Sandpiper feeding on river edge (John & Mary Penberthy)
Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: Red Kite (Francis O'Sullivan); Skylark near Henry Moore sculpture (Ahmet Amerikali); 2 Little Grebe (Ralph Hancock)
Orchard Estate, SE13: 20+ Redwing W 0830 (Conrad Ellam)
Richmond Park: 43 Shoveler, m Pochard, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, 14 Fieldfare, c30 Redwing, Goldcrest, 4 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson)
Southgate "ASDA": {m December Moth - first for site} (Robert Callf)
Stoneleigh KT17: m Blackcap again in The Glade, 2 Pied Wagtail pr on The Broadway (Neil Batten)
Upper Cray Valley: incl 6 Gadwall, 5 Little Grebe, 5 Siskin (Jack Headley)
Wandle Park, Colliers Wood: Little Egret (Keith Bates)
Wandsworth Common: Golden Plover, 42 Redwing, 14 Siskin, 8 Shoveler, Sparrowhawk (Nick Rutter)
Worcester Park: Little Bunting Hamptons Estate (Charlie Alpera/Danny Ramsay/Bob Smith)

Tuesday 13th December 2022[]

Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
Bushy Park: Lapwing flew over, 2 Dartford Warbler (R Dunne); Common Snipe (Dan Hollands)
Globe Pond/Russia Dock Woodland: Water Rail, Kingfisher, 40+ Redwing, Fieldfare, Common Gull (Rotherhithe Birders)
Grovelands Park: 30+ Siskin, 8 Stock Dove, 2 Shoveler, possible Waxwing calling by lakeside 1430 [Annoyingly I wasn't paying enough attention as I was doing photography, but it was loud & clear and very similar to calls I've heard on Youtube, and only in hindsight did this cross my mind. Hopefully someone can take a look tomorrow] (Paul Collins)
Hampstead Heath: 75 Lapwing W at 0920, 2 Skylark N, Meadow Pipit N, 26 Fieldfare, 210 Redwing mostly N, 200 Woodpigeon and 25 Stock Dove N, 6 Common Gull, 175 Black headed Gull (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: 7 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, 42 Pochard, Little Grebe diving close to south side of Serpentine, Meadow Pipit over. No sign of yesterday's Goosander (D McKenzie)
Isle of Dogs: 2 f/imm m Common Scoter on the Thames at Saunders Ness late am (Sean Huggins)
KGV Res: Sanderling, Red-necked Grebe (A Middleton); 3 Common Snipe, 5 Redpoll, Skylark (Mike Messenger)
Mill Hill NW7: 10+ Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker (Steve Blake)
Minet CP: 9 Little Egret, 3 Red Kite, 2 Kestrel pr, Common Snipe, 2 Lapwing attempting to land but harassed by pr Jackdaw, 10 Skylark, Grey Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 23 Redwing incl 15 high W (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Oxleas Wood: Treecreeper, 5 Firecrest, Sparrowhawk, 30 Redwing, 7 Goldcrest (Ron Turner)
Stoneleigh KT17: m Blackcap & Coal Tit coming to bird feeders in The Glade (Neil Batten)
St Paul's Cray: Common Snipe W over Homebase Car Park about 1300 (Jack Headley)
Upper Cray Valley: incl 11 Lapwing N 1236 (Jack Headley)
Wandle Meadow Nature Park "Colliers Wood": 35 Redwing briefly, Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail nearby (Keith Bates)
Wimbledon Common: Dartford Warbler, Ladies Mile (Adrian Podmore)
Woodford Green: 2 flocks of Lapwing 31 & 42 respectively [FOY] flew W five minutes apart at 0920, 6 Fieldfare E at 0925, another 10 Lapwing NWW at 1005, 2 Common Buzzard over the wood low (Ken Murray)
Worcester Park: Little Bunting in Hamptons Estate (Chris Northwood, Simon Osborne per Bob Smith)

Monday 12th December 2022[]

Brookmill Park: 2 Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Boxer's Lake, Enfield: Little Egret flew in to roost 1602, but was disturbed by a loud noise & flew off 1608, 2 Grey Heron, f Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 4 Tufted Duck [m 3 f], 12 Common Gull standing on ice [5 adults & 7 first-winter] - a good count for this site (Robert Callf)
Canada Water: 75 Tufted Duck (John Cadera)
Chelsea: Woodcock W over Hollywood Road [seen from 5th floor of Chelsea & Westminster Hospital] around 1135, flew toward Brompton Cemetery (D McKenzie)
Chelsea: May have heard a single [or two] Pink-footed Goose passing over World's End 2112, but not well enough for a firm claim.Thought it worth a mention nonetheless (D McKenzie)
Enfield "Enfield Rd, EN2": 14 Redwing flew over (Robert Callf)
Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe, 5 Eurasian Teal [4 m f], Sparrowhawk, f Kestrel, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Pied Wagtail, 32 Fieldfare, 10+ Redwing, Goldcrest, Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Fairlop Waters: 28 Golden Plover [usual place at 1430 - ], Fieldfare, 4 Little Egret - flew in/over, 300 Jackdaw, 2 Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, 10 Greenfinch (Michael Mac)
Fairlop Waters: 20 Golden Plover usual place at 1300, Woodcock, Common Snipe, 2 Wigeon, 4 Common Pochard, 25 Tufted Duck, 16 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, 2 Little Egret, 74 Cormorant, 400+ Redwing, 200+ Fieldfare, Grey Wagtail (Steve Bacon)
Globe Pond, Russia Dock Woodland: Water Rail, 2 Kingfisher (Rotherhithe Birders)
Grovelands Park: 30+ Siskin around lake, 3 Northern Shoveler, Great Crested Grebe (Paul Collins)
Hampstead Heath: m Goosander on model boating pond [first here since 2016], c500 Woodpigeon, many going N, 75 Stock Dove N, Collared Dove N, 5 Lapwing over, 20 Skylark over, Little Egret over, 25 Redwing and 5 Song Thrush over. (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Hyde Park : m Goosander am (Dave Jordan)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Common Buzzard NW, 14 Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Gull (Neil Batten)
Motspur Park: 2 Firecrest (Charlie Alpera per Bob Smith)
North Finchley: 10 Redwing over (John Colmans)
Putney to Barnes Bridges "WeBS count": 31 Mute Swan, 372 Mallard, pr Shoveler, 191 Teal, 17 Gadwall, 79 Tufted Duck, Little Egret [Beverley Brook outflow], 12 Grey Heron, 28 Cormorant, 2 Lapwing (Neil Anderson)
Richmond Park: 36 Shoveler, 103 Mallard, Red Kite, Peregrine chasing a Snipe species, 15+ Siskin (J Wilczur, P Pentek); Stonechat taken by a Kestrel (reported by a photographer)
Ruxley GPs: c10 Gadwall, 6 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe on Klinger Pit seen from Edgington Way (Ian Stewart)
Sidcup DA15 “York Avenue”:, 2 Golden Plover E 0807, 2 Egyptian Goose low NW, Grey Heron low S then NE, Peregrine, Pied Wagtail low NW, 10+ Redwing (Ian Stewart)
Southwark Park: 2 Teal [pr], 5 Shoveler (John Cadera)
Upper Cray Valley: 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Gadwall, 2 Tufted Duck, 6 Little Grebe, 3 Little Egret, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 1-2 Kingfisher, 10+ Redwing, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
Wandle Meadow Nature Park "Colliers Wood": 3 Redwing, m Sparrowhawk, Grey Wagtail (Keith Bates); a little unusually, not found Snipe along the Wandle in Colliers Wood this hard spell (Keith Bates)
Woodford Green: c15 Golden Plover flew S at 1110 - clearly a hard weather movement, only my 4th record in 39 years, 2 Common Buzzard over, Sparrowhawk (Ken Murray)
Worcester Park: Little Bunting on Hamptons Estate (Michael Leonard/Danny Ramsay per Bob Smith)

Sunday 11th December 2022[]

Brent Reservoir: Woodcock, Pintail (Andrew Self)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 5 Redwing, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
Chislehurst “Kemnal Woods”: 2 Green Woodpecker, Redwings, Goldcrest, 4 Firecrest, Nuthatch (Ian Stewart)
Dagenham Chase: 2 Lesser Redpoll, Woodcock, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 3 Water Rail, 3 Shoveler, 2 Teal, 51 Lapwing, f Sparrowhawk, 100+ Redwing (Steve Bacon/Sam Porter/Vince Halleyframe)
Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, 2 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
Hampstead Heath: Most ponds were iced over but the Boating Lake was only part frozen & held 49 Tufted Duck (Hampstead Heath Birders
Horsenden Hill: 7 Northern Lapwing, c30 Redwing, Kestrel, Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay (Andrew Peel/Toni Menezes/Graeme & Angie)
Lamorbey Park: 10+ Egyptian Goose, 2 Little Grebe, several Redwing, Nuthatch (Ian Stewart)
London Wetland Centre Barnes: m Pintail, f Goldeneye, 4 Mandarin Duck, 3 Bittern, 6 Common Snipe, 2 Jack Snipe, 12 Meadow Pipit, 2 Water Pipit, 2 Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 3 Dartford Warbler, 10 Siskin (Barnes Birders)
Orpington "Gorse Road/Skeet Hill Lane area": incl 2 Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting, 40-60 Yellowhammer (Jack Headley)
Ruislip Gardens, Stafford Road Open Space: Kestrel, 10+ Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Tim Rymer)
Sidcup, Hurst Rd Station Road: Red Kite flew E mobbed by starlings & crows 1445 (David Lindo)
Sidcup “River Shuttle”: Little Egret showing very close by Willersley Ave bridge, 2 Kingfisher one showing very well either side of Willersley Ave, 20+ Redwing, m Blackcap Marlborough Park (Ian Stewart)
Southgate Chase Allotments: Dunnock, Song Thrush, 6 Redwing, 6 Starling, 2 Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Great White Egret, 10+ Common Snipe, Jack Snipe, Goldeneye, Fieldfare, Stonechat. (Walthamstow Birders); Peregrine, 7 Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher, 4 Meadow Pipit, 3 Grey Wagtail, Northern Lapwing (Barry Wilson with RSPB R&T)
Wandle Meadow Nature Park "Colliers Wood": 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Gull on the last bit of unfrozen water at the Pumping Station (Keith Bates)

Saturday 10th December 2022[]

Chalk Wood: Woodcock, 20+ Redwing, Treecreeper (Conrad Ellam)
Creekmouth: 2 1w Caspian Gull, 3 1w Yellow-legged Gull, 15+ Chiffchaff (Dante Shepherd)
Beech Hill Lake "Jack's Lake": Cormorant, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 12 Mandarin Duck [8 m 4 f], 15 Moorhen, 2 Long-tailed Tit (Robert Callf)
Colliers Wood "River Wandle along Mead Path": Chiffchaff, 2 Little Grebe [very unusual], Goldcrest, 2 Redwing nearby (Keith Bates)
Enfield area "private access": Meadow Pipit, Fieldfare (Robert Callf)
Foots Cray Meadows: Kestrel, Water Rail, Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing, Firecrest (Conrad Ellam); 2 Mute Swan, 2 Greylag Goose, 6 Egyptian Goose, m Gadwall, 4+ Teal E, 18+ Tufted Duck, 6+ Little Grebe, Peregrine, 6+ Water Rail, Common Snipe flushed from river, Woodcock seen in flight 1620, 2 Kingfisher, 20+ Redwing, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Firecrest, Coal Tit, 3+ Jay, Siskin, 4+ Greenfinch (Ian Stewart)
Joydens Meadows: 4 Lapwing, Green Woodpecker, Meadow Pipit (Conrad Ellam)
Monken Hadley Common: f Kestrel, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 12+ Redwing, 3 Goldcrest, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Nuthatch (Robert Callf)
Motspur Park: Firecrest (Charlie Alpera per Bob Smith)
Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Firecrest, 6 Goldcrest, 60+ Redwing, 2 Jackdaw (Ron Turner)
Rainham Marshes: Brent Goose, Cattle Egret, 21 Avocet, Curlew, Ruff, 2 Water Rail, 2 Marsh Harrier, Bearded Tit, 3 Stonechat, 2 Rock Pipit (Andrew Self)
St Paul's Cray: 18 Lapwing W over southern end of Ruxley Gravel Pits 1211 (Jack Headley)
Thamesmead: 2w Caspian Gull, 6 Yellow-legged Gull (3 1w, 2 2w, 4w), 20+ Lesser Black-backed Gull, 11 Great Crested Grebe, Goosander (Dante Shepherd)
Trent Park: 3 Eurasian Teal [2 m f], Kingfisher, Nuthatch (Robert Callf)
Upper College Farm: Peregrine, 2 Stonechat (Conrad Ellam)
Warren Farm: 3 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Peregrine nearby, 7 Lapwing over [site tick], Stonechat, 60+ Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Rook, 8 Linnet (Neil Anderson w/ 19 WF group members)
Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Common Snipe, Kingfisher, Kestrel, 14 Redwing W (Chris Farthing)

Friday 9th December 2022[]

Brent Reservoir: Northern Pintail (Andrew Self)
Brockley & Ladywell Cemetery: Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20+ Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: 5 Mute Swan pr w/ three first-winter, 6 Northern Shoveler [3 m 3 f], f Tufted Duck, 52+ Black-headed Gull inc dark blue darvic-ringed T4EE from Poland, adult Common Gull, adult Lesser Black-backed Gull, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, f Blackbird, m Blackcap went to roost 1527, 3 Blue Tit, Jay, 59 Greenfinch pre-roost gathering 1530, 2 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Colney Heath Football Club: 6 Redwing, m Blackcap (Chris Wright)
Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, Water Rail, Kingfisher (John Bushell)
Hainault CP: 11 Shoveler, 36 Mallard, m Mandarin Duck, Little Egret, 2 Egyptian Goose (Steve Bacon)
Lamorbey Park: 2 Greylag Goose, 10+ Egyptian Goose, 5 Teal, 3 Little Grebe, Little Egret, Pied Wagtail, 10+ Redwing, Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
Orchard Estate SE13: Red Kite W 1420 (Conrad Ellam)
Orpington "Derry Downs": Stonechat (Jack Headley)
Orpington "Gorse Road/Skeet Hill Lane area": incl 2 Common Buzzard, Reed Bunting, c60 Yellowhammer (Jack Headley)
Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Fieldfare, Song Thrush, 2 Firecrest, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Chaffinch, 30+ Redwing (Ron Turner)
Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler, Firecrest, 6 Lapwing over, 20 Siskin (Friday Bird Group); Water Rail (Mike Foster)
Upper College Farm DA5: 2 Egyptian Goose, m Gadwall [FOY], m Pochard, 15+ Tufted Duck, Pheasant, Little Grebe, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, Meadow Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 6+ Redwing, 2-3 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Firecrest by river [FOY], 3+ Jay, 20+ Linnet for roost, Siskin, 3 Bullfinch (Ian Stewart)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Great White Egret still, Goosander, 5 Goldeneye, Green Sandpiper, Common Snipe, 20 Northern Lapwing over, Wigeon, 4 Shelduck, 2 Barnacle Goose (Walthamstow birders)
Waterlow Park, Highgate: Green Woodpecker & Grey Wagtail (J Eccles)
Wimbledon Common: 7 Egyptian Goose in flight over the Plain (Martin Honey/B Page)
Wormwood Scrubs: Kestrel, Grey Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, 7 Fieldfare, c15 Redwing (Neil Anderson)

Thursday 8th December 2022[]

Bushy Park: 2 f Goosander (Dan Hollands)
Dartford Marshes: Little Egret, 2 Kestrel, 40+ Avocet, 200+ Lapwing, Grey Plover, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 40+ Redshank, 2 Curlew, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Snipe, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Water Pipit, 5 Meadow Pipit, Stonechat, 3 Song Thrush, 50+ Redwing, 200+ Fieldfare, 100+ Chaffinch, 5 Reed Bunting (Conrad Ellam)
Boxer's Lake, Enfield: 2 Little Egret roosting [1 flew in 1546 & another at 1611], 5 adult Grey Heron inc leucistic individual, f Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 21 Tufted Duck [12 m 9 f], 63 Black-headed Gull standing on ice, inc one metal-ringed bird, 6 adult Common Gull, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker [m f], Grey Wagtail, Song Thrush, 16+ Redwing, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Coal Tit inc two counter-singing males, 2 Raven flew over, m Chaffinch, 8 Goldfinch, 4 m Siskin feeding in alder (Robert Callf)
Enfield area "private access": f Sparrowhawk, f Kestrel, Little Owl, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Fieldfare, 7 Redwing, 3 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Greenwich Ecology Park: 9 m Mallard, Little Grebe, Kestrel, Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler (John Bushell)
Lamorbey Park: 3 Greylag Goose, 40+ Egyptian Goose, 4 Teal, Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, 2 Mistle Thrush, 10+ Redwing, Goldcrest, Nuthatch (Ian Stewart)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 8+ Redwing (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre Barnes: m Pintail, f Goleneye, 5 Mandarin Duck, 2 Bittern, 5 Little Egret W, 52 Lapwing, 15 Common Snipe, Jack Snipe, 2 Stonechat, 4 Fieldfare N, 54 Redwing, 8 Meadow Pipit, Water Pipit, 2 Dartford Warbler, 15 Siskin, 2 Lesser Redpoll (Barnes Birders)
Mill Hill NW7: c25 mixed flock Redwing & Fieldfare flew over garden (Steve Blake)
Oxleas Wood: 40+ Redwing, Kestrel, Nuthatch, 5 Goldcrest, 2 Firecrest, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Ron Turner)
Richmond Park: 4 Woodcock (Paula Redmond); 2 Raven (J Wilczur)
Sidcup DA15 “York Avenue”: Peregrine, 2 Blackcap in garden [always with the first white frost of winter], 1+ Fieldfare, 10+ Redwing (Ian Stewart)
Sidcup “River Shuttle”: m Teal Parish Wood pond, Little Egret Willersley Park, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 50+ Redwing Parish Wood, 2+ Goldcrest, Jay, 10+ Jackdaw roost at Parish Wood, 2+ Siskin Marlborough Park (Ian Stewart)
Stockers Lake: m Smew (Brian Hunter per Bob Husband)
Trent Park: 5 Eurasian Teal [3 m 2 f], 2 f Tufted Duck, Song Thrush, c10 Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, Firecrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 3 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Wetlands: m Goosander, Great White Egret, 7 Little Egret, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 2 Linnet (Neil Anderson w/ John Wells et al)
Wandle Park, Colliers Wood: Little Egret (Keith Bates)
Woodford Green: 3 Whooper Swans South at 9.40am. (Ken Murray)
Worcester Park: Little Bunting still at Lower Morden stables, showing well on ground at 1230, Common Buzzard over (Simon Osborn et al)

Wednesday 7th December 2022[]

Brent Reservoir: Pintail, 15 Common Snipe (Andrew Self)
Boxer's Lake, Enfield: 3 Little Egret roosting [2 by 1604 & another flew in 1607], 3 adult Grey Heron inc leucistic individual, f Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 18 Tufted Duck [9 m 9 f], 38 Black-headed Gull, 2 adult Common Gull, Grey Wagtail (Robert Callf)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush (Conrad Ellam)
Crayford Marshes: 5+ Shelduck, 6+ Gadwall, 6+ Shoveler, 200+ Wigeon, 100+ Teal, 3 Pheasant, 3+ Little Grebe, Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 10+ Avocet, Grey Plover, 100+ Lapwing, 2 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 30+ Redshank, Curlew, Yellow-legged Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6+ Meadow Pipit, 100+ Fieldfare, 100+ Redwing, 7+ Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, Jay, 5+ Linnet, Reed Bunting (Ian Stewart)
Crystal Palace Park; 2 Peregrine on TV transmitter one with prey, 45 Redwing, 22 Egyptian Goose (Michael Mac)
Enfield area "private access": f Kestrel, 2 Red-legged Partridge, Green Woodpecker, 26 Meadow Pipit, 2 Song Thrush, 19+ Redwing, Goldcrest, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Linnet (Robert Callf)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern main lake [a third also seen], Dartford Warbler, 2 Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting on wader scrape, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, f Goldeneye, 3 Common Snipe (Martin Honey, B Page et al)
Northolt & Greenford CP: 4 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 11 Meadow Pipit, 4 Fieldfare, 15+ Redwing (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Oxleas Wood: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 2 Firecrest, 2 Jackdaw, 4 Goldcrest, Sparrowhawk, 100+ Redwing (Ron Turner)
Petts Wood: 1-2 Firecrest (Jack Headley)
Trent Park: 3 Kingfisher, 2 Goldcrest, 6 Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Jay, 2 Raven pr Nrth Lawn (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Great White Egret, 3 Goldeneye, Wigeon, Shelduck, 2 Stonechat (Walthamstow birders)
Worcester Park: Little Bunting pm (Chris Northwood per Bob Smith)

Tuesday 6th December 2022[]

Battersea Park: Tawny Owl, 2 Song Thrush singing - one in same tree as Friday the 2nd about 3 times distance away, 10 Shoveler, mini Mallard a dwarf breed with 2 dark sheen types always together, obviously dumped pets (Michael Mac)
Bromley “Churchill Gardens”: 2 Egyptian Goose, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Goldcrest, Firecrest (Ian Stewart)
Boxer's Lake, Enfield: Little Egret flew in to roost 1549, 3 Grey Heron, f Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, m Northern Shoveler, 8 Tufted Duck [4 m 4 f], 58 Black-headed Gull, 44+ Ring-necked Parakeet (Robert Callf)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
Chislehurst “Holbrook Lane”: 30+ Redwing (Ian Stewart)
Enfield area "private access": Kestrel, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Fieldfare, 3 Song Thrush, 26+ Redwing, m Mistle Thrush singing, 2 Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
Oxleas Wood: 2 Stock Dove, 3 Firecrest, 2 Jackdaw, 4 Goldcrest, Common Buzzard, 16 Redwing, Tawny Owl (Ron Turner)
Petts Wood: Common Buzzard, 30+ Redwing, 2 Firecrest, Nuthatch (Ian Stewart)
Sidcup DA15 “York Avenue”: Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Peregrine, 10+ Redwing (Ian Stewart)
Stockers Lake: m Smew, 2 Goldeneye (Herts Bird Club website)
Trent Park: Cormorant, Grey Heron, 3 Eurasian Teal [2 m f], m Northern Shoveler, 3 Tufted Duck [m 2 f], Woodcock flushed, Williams Wd, 2 Kingfisher, 6+ Redwing, Goldcrest, 4 Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Treecreeper, Jay (Robert Callf)
Vanbrugh Park, Greenwich: Firecrest in gardens at east end of street (Joe Beale)
Woodberry Wetlands: 5 Snipe, 4 Teal, 2+ Water Rail, Great Black-backed Gull, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk (Chris Farthing)
Worcester Park: Little Bunting at Equestrian Centre (Chris Northwood et al)

Monday 5th December 2022[]

Brookmill Park: Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Crystal Palace Park: Raven seeing off Peregrine [!] 0805 (Nigel G Harris)
Forty Hall CP, Enfield: Cormorant, 2 Mandarin Duck pr, 2 f Tufted Duck, 93 Black-headed Gull inc white darvic-ringed E4UN from The Netherlands & metal-ringed Russian bird, m Mistle Thrush singing, m Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Guy Lodge Farm, Enfield: imm Red Kite, Fieldfare, 2 m Greenfinch, 2 Linnet (Robert Callf)
KGV Res: Scaup, 2 Goldeneye (A Middleton)
Lamorbey Park: 2 Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, 10+ Egyptian Goose, 4 Teal, Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 30+ Redwing, 2-3 Firecrest, Coal Tit, Jay, Greenfinch (Ian Stewart)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Red Kite drifted SW, 7+ Redwing (Neil Batten)
St Paul's Cray: Peregrine Falcon low E over Kelsey Road 1110 (Jack Headley)
Stockers Lake: m Smew, 3 m Red-crested Pochard, 3+ Goldeneye, Cetti’s Warbler, Kingfisher (Steve Blake)
Thames River, at Hammersmith bridge: {Grey Seal along way up river} (Thomas Donegan)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Northern Wheatear, Great White Egret, 2 Goldeneye, Shelduck (Walthamstow birders)
Woodford Green & borders: 2 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Little Egret, 2 Nuthatch, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 8 Goldfinch, f Peregrine & 3 Red Kite over, also 2 Redpoll (images now taken point to Common Redpoll) at Warren Pond (Ken Murray)
Worcester Park: Little Bunting on field near Equestrian Centre up to midday (Chris Northwood et al)

Sunday 4th December 2022[]

Brent Reservoir: Pintail, 17 Common Snipe (Andrew Self)
Burgess Park: 9 House Sparrow, Shoveler, 18 Egyptian Goose - the idiocy continues as the council/park authorities have cut down all the reeds, so nowhere for the Water Rail and others to hide (Michael Mac)
Crayford Marshes: Little Egret, 2 Kestrel, 40+ Avocet, 300+ Lapwing, 1000+ Dunlin, 50+ Redshank, 4 Curlew, 4 Common Snipe, 50+ Redwing, 5 Fieldfare, Reed Bunting (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
Enfield area "private access": Great White Egret [FOY & only my second record for the Enfield area & 110 species for the year], Common Buzzard, Common Snipe, 9 Stock Dove, 16 Fieldfare, 3 Song Thrush, 18 Redwing, Jay (Robert Callf)
Erith "Thames Foreshore off Corinthian Manorway": c500 Black-tailed Godwit, Rock Pipit (Mike Robinson)
Frays Farm Meadows LWT: Woodcock, 2 Common Snipe predawn (Dan Pinkham)
Hampstead Heath: Great White Egret flew N over the Wood Pond at 1015 [first for Hampstead Heath], 200 Woodpigeon & 3 Stock Dove N, 15 Fieldfare W, and 10 Redwing E (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Hilfield Park Reservoir: f Goosander (Tony Blake)
Lamorbey Park: 20+ Egyptian Goose, Little Grebe, Kingfisher, Mistle Thrush, 20+ Redwing, Goldcrest, Firecrest [no vocals at all], 2+ Jay (Ian Stewart)
Oxleas Wood: 20+ Redwing, Firecrest (Ron Turner)
Rainham "Aveley Bay" 0745 to 0830: 335 Black-tailed Godwit, 38 Avocet, 20 Dunlin,48 Redshank, Grey Plover, Curlew, 280 Wigeon, Water Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit (Steve Bacon)
Stockers Lake: m Smew, 3 Goldeneye [m, 2 f], Kingfisher, Red-crested Pochard, 50 Siskin, Fieldfare, 50 Redwing (Michael Robinson)
Ten Acre Wood area: Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Jack Snipe flushed from feet [1st for 2 winters here], 10 Skylark, 7 Meadow Pipit, 10 Pied Wagtail, 50+ Redwing, 4 Fieldfare, 30+ Linnet (Neil Anderson)
Trent Park: Grey Heron, 7 Mandarin Duck [4 m 3 f], m Eurasian Teal, m Northern Shoveler, 2 m Common Pochard, 2 f Tufted Duck (Robert Callf)
Wood Farm, Stanmore: Firecrest [in holly in Pear Wood, TQ171935], Redpoll (Tony Blake)
Worcester Park: Little Bunting showed briefly two or three times, but only viewable with difficulty, to numerous observers between 1045 and 1100 in horse paddock with many puddles in it, 6+ Pied Wagtail, Redwing, probable Peregrine Falcon on Gasholders, male Kestrel (Neil Batten)
Yeading Brook meadows: Little Egret, 4 Red Kite, Kestrel, Common Snipe, 40 Common Gull, 50+ Redwing, 2 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 3rd December 2022[]

Brent Reservoir: Pintail, Northern Lapwing, 20 Common Snipe (Andrew Self)
Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: 2 Cormorant flew over, 5 Mute Swan pr w/ three first-winter, 3 Northern Shoveler [2 m f], 4 Tufted Duck [m 3 f], 16 Moorhen, 2cy Black-headed Gull w/ dark blue darvic ring T4EE from Poland, Common Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull flew over, Song Thrush, Redwing, 2 Jay, 14 Starling, 6 House Sparrow [m 5 f], 60+ Greenfinch pre-roost gathering at 1520, 9 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Dagenham Chase: Woodcock, 60 Wigeon, 58 Lapwing, Water Rail, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel (Vince Halleyframe)
Eastcote, Roxbourne Park: Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail, Green Woodpecker, 10+ Redwing, 2 Red Kite, 3 Moorhen, Greenfinch, Jay (Tim Rymer)
Fairlop Waters: 29 Golden Plover, 2 Lapwing, Red Kite, Little Owl, 2 Little Egret, 60+ Redwing, 40+ Fieldfare (Neil Twyford)
Lamorbey Park: 20+ Egyptian Goose, 3 Teal, 3 m Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, 40+ Stock Dove, Pied Wagtail, 20+ Redwing, 6+ Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
Rainham Marshes: Slavonian Grebe on river, Brent Goose, Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kestrel, 30+ Avocet, 500+ Lapwing, 500+ Dunlin, 40+ Redshank, 30+ Black-tailed Godwit, 10+ Curlew 18 Common Snipe, Kingfisher, 3 Rock Pipit, 50+ Redwing, 50+ Fieldfare, Chiffchaff, Raven, 2 Reed Bunting (John Bushell/Conrad Ellam)
Ruislip Lido/Woods: 18 Gadwall, 3 Shoveler, 2 Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, c40 Redwing, 11 Lesser Redpoll feeding in birch (Neil Anderson/Dick Middleton & 2 other LNHS members)
Stoneleigh KT17: 12 Redwing in Sparrow Farm Road (Neil Batten)
Worcester Park: Little Bunting feeding with finch flock in large paddock with puddles opposite riding school until 1330 at least (Nick Tanner et al)

Friday 2nd December 2022[]

Barking Riverside “Thames Foreshore”: Dartford Warbler, 5 Meadow Pipit, Chiffchaff, Kestrel, 2 Curlew, c15 Redshank, c6 Dunlin, 2 Shelduck {2 Common Seal} (Caroline Nash) (Caroline - great record. Is this Barking Bay or Creekmouth? - cheers Howard Vaughan.) (Howard - not sure what the site is usually called on here, it’s the river path by Barking Riverside project office. The Dartford was in bracken and scrub directly south of the shipping container offices - was at an event there yesterday and heard it again! Cheers Caroline) cheers - yep that is Barking Bay as was!
Battersea Park: 2 Song Thrush singing about 60 metres apart which not seen before (Michael Mac)
Boxer's Lake: Little Egret roosting by 1534, Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, 13 Tufted Duck [7 m 6 f], Redwing (Robert Callf)
Brent Reservoir: Pintail, 29 Snipe (Andrew Self)
Crayford Marshes: 10+ Shelduck, 2 Egyptian Goose, 8+ Gadwall, 2+ Shoveler, many Wigeon on Thames, 200+ Teal, Little Egret, Common Buzzard, 1-2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, Water Rail, 10+ Avocet, 150+ Lapwing, c200 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, c30 Redshank, 1w Caspian Gull at Jolly Farmers, 3+ Yellow-legged Gull, Skylark, 8+ Meadow Pipit, Stonechat, 50+ Fieldfare, 80+ Redwing, 3+ Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Jay (Ian Stewart); Marsh Harrier, Black-tailed Godwit, Rock Pipit (Conrad Ellam)
Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe, 2 Kestrel, 6 Common Gull, 3 Stock Dove, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Meadow Pipit, 8 Pied Wagtail, 34 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 25+ Redwing, 3 Jay, 3 f Chaffinch, Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, Water Rail, Kingfisher (John Bushell)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Red Kite, 6 Redwing on cotoneaster bushes (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: f Goldeneye, 20+ Redwing (Shailesh Patel)
Oxleas Wood: Sparrowhawk, Firecrest, Common Buzzard, 5 Goldcrest, 50+ Redwing (Ron Turner)
Trent Park: 2 Cormorant, 3 m Northern Shoveler, 2 m Common Pochard, 2 f Tufted Duck, 3 Redwing, Treecreeper, 14 Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Teal pr, f Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 2 Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail (G James)
Woodford Green: Raven over NW at 0920 [FOY] (Ken Murray)
Worcester Park: Common Buzzard, Chiffchaff, Little Bunting showing well at 1115, 50 Redwing (Simon Osborn/Bob Smith & others)

Thursday 1st December 2022[]

Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Boxer's Lake: Grey Heron, Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 9 Tufted Duck [5 m 4 f], 35 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 11+ Long-tailed Tit, Goldfinch, 7 Siskin feeding in alder near play area (Robert Callf)
Crayford Marshes: 15+ Shelduck, 2 Egyptian Goose, 10+ Gadwall, 3 Shoveler, many Wigeon & Teal on Thames, 3 Pheasant, 2 Little Grebe, 1-2 m Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, Water Rail, 15+ Avocet, 200+ Lapwing, 1000+ Dunlin, 4+ Common Sandpiper, 40+ Redshank, 2 Curlew, 2+ Snipe, 3+ Yellow-legged Gull, Rock Pipit, c10 Meadow Pipit, 2+ Stonechat, 50+ Fieldfare, 50+ Redwing, 5+ Cetti’s Warbler (Ian Stewart)
Dagenham Chase: 42 Wigeon, 28 Gadwall, 20 Shoveler, 56 Lapwing, Common Snipe, 12 Redwing, 2 Skylark (Steve Bacon)
Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Little Owl mobbed by 2 Jay, sought shelter in hole in tree 1105, Green Woodpecker, 9 Meadow Pipit, 11 Pied Wagtail, Fieldfare, Song Thrush, 12+ Redwing, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, m Yellowhammer (Robert Callf)
Horton Country Park: 150 Redwing (Bob Smith)
Kew Gardens: 2 Shoveler pr, m Gadwall x Mallard hybrid, 2 Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, 13 Stock Dove under feeders, c20 Redwing, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, 2 Goldcrest pr (Neil Anderson)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 14 Redwing feeding on Rowan & Cotoneaster berries in The Square (Neil Batten)
Oxleas Wood: Coal Tit, 3 Firecrest, 2 Nuthatch, 5 Goldcrest 50+ Redwing (Ron Turner)
Rainham Marshes: 2 Cattle Egret, 17 Pintail, 14 Pheasant, 30 Avocet, Grey Plover, 1700 Dunlin, 2 Curlew, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzard, 4 Stonechat, Water Pipit, Rock Pipit (Andrew Self)
Rayners Lane, HA2: 2 Siskin over (Tim Rymer)
St Paul's Cray "area": incl Chiffchaff (Jack Headley)
Trent Park: 2 Cormorant, 2 Gadwall pr, 3 m Northern Shoveler, 2 m Common Pochard, 3 Tufted Duck [m 2 f], Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, 3 Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
Worcester Park: Little Bunting briefly at 1030 (Chris Northwood per Bob Smith)