Balham "Calbourne Rd": 12 Waxwing still (Peter Newmark)
Brent Reservoir: 2 Little Grebe, 5 Little Egret, 34 Grey Heron, 10+ Eurasian Teal, 3 Water Rail, 20 Common Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper [Water level very low. Path to Main Hide & Heron Hide muddy & water logged] (Bob Husband/Hayden Coe/Nicholas Barnett)
Edmonton "Church Street Recreation Ground": 26 Common Gull (Robert Callf)
Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, 3 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
Hilfield Park Reservoir: f Goosander, m Goldeneye (Tony Blake)
KGV Res: 11 Little Grebe, SlavonianGrebe, 8 Goldeneye, Goosander, Red Kite, 40 Goldfinch (A Middleton)
London Wetland Centre; Shelduck, 3 Northern Pintail [m 2 f], f Goldeneye (Shailesh Patel)
Pymmes Park, Edmonton: Mute Swan, 3 Canada Goose w/ metal ring nos - 5281396, 5281488 & 5281773, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 3 Common Pochard [2 m f], 16 Tufted Duck [7 m 9 f], m Hooded Merganser [returning bird of unknown origin], 10 Common Gull inc one first-winter, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Stock Dove, Collared Dove, 3 Great Tit, Jay, 3 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Balham "Calbourne Road": 13 Waxwing continuing at 1122 (Caroline Quinn)
Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret together, 2 Mandarin Duck pr, Common Buzzard, f Kestrel, Woodcock, 7 Common Gull inc one first-winter, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, c20 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 3+ Redwing, 4 Chaffinch, 8 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Shrewsbury Park, SE18: Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest (Tim Rymer)
South Lodge Farm: Little Egret, 2 Egyptian Goose pr (Robert Callf)
Southgate Chase Allotmemts: Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit together, m Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
Trent Park: Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron inc one leucistic individual, 5 Tufted Duck [3 m 2 f], Woodcock [same bird as above], 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 40+ Redwing, Mistle Thrush, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 9 Great Tit, 3 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Lesser Redpoll (Robert Callf)
Tufnell Park "Corinne Rd": 40+ Waxwing at 1230 (Conrad Ellam); 61 this afternoon (Hayden Coe per Bob Husband)
Friday 29th December[]
Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: Little Grebe, Grey Heron, 7 Mute Swan pr w/ five first-winter, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 3 Northern Shoveler [2 m f], 19 Tufted Duck [9 m 10 f], 83 Black-headed Gull inc adult w/ coloured ring [Dark Blue T4EE] from Poland & adult w/ metal ring from The Netherlands, 18 Greenfinch pre-roost gathering after 1515 (Robert Callf)
Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: Little Grebe, Grey Heron, 7 Mute Swan pr w/ five first-winter, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 2 Northern Shoveler pr, 16 Tufted Duck [7 m 9 f], 64+ Black-headed Gull inc metal-ringed [3726.091] from The Netherlands & colour-ringed [Dark Blue T4EE] from Poland, 2 Common Gull, 2 Blackbird, Nuthatch, 3 Greenfinch, Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Ealing, W13: f Blackcap in garden [1st one this winter] (Bill Haines)
Hilfield Park Reservoir: 2 MediterraneanGull [adults in roost], Great Black-backed Gull [adult in roost], 4 Siskin (Tony Blake)
London Wetland Centre: Bittern dropped into reeds on Reservoir Lagoon viewed from Peacock Tower (Tim Rymer)
Sewardstone Marsh: Chiffchaff, Jack Snipe & Common Snipe flew from marsh footpath, 2 Stonechat, 3 Water Rail heard, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Goosander (A Middleton)
Tufnell Park “Corinne Road, N19”: 18 Waxwing still (Reuben Braddock & many others!)
Monday 25th December[]
Barnet Gate: 2 Lapwing in field, 2 Red Kite, 5 Pied Wagtail, 10 Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush, 5 Ring-necked Parakeet, 50+ House Sparrow (Allan Stewart)
Bromley "Baths Road, BR2": m Blackcap (Martin Draper)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Conrad Ellam)
Oakwood Park: 2 Stock Dove pr, Song Thrush singing, Nuthatch (Robert Callf)
Perivale Park: Red Kite, Sparrowhawk being mobbed by Carrion Crow, Song Thrush, c12 Goldfinch (Andrew Peel/Toni Menezes)
Southgate "Dalrymple Cose, N14": c30 House Sparrow (Robert Callf)
Tufnell Park “Corinne Road, N19”: 11 Waxwing (Reuben Braddock et al)
Sunday 24th December[]
Balham "Calbourne Rd": 12 Waxwing at 1200 (Matt Bradbury)
Danson Park, Welling; 4 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Little Egret, Jay, Jackdaw, Common Pochard, Tufted Duck, Common Gull, Grey Heron, Cormorant (George Kalli)
East Barnet "Avondale Avenue": 13 Waxwing briefly on berries 1124 back garden 15 Avondale Avenue (Bob Husband/Hayden Coe et al)
Edmonton "Church St Recreation Ground": 34 Common Gull (Robert Callf)
Hilfield Park Reservoir: Goldeneye (Tony Blake)
Pymmes Park: 2 Mute Swan pr, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 5 Canada Goose w/ metal ring nos - 5281396, 5281416, 5281431, 5286208 & 5286514, 3 Common Pochard [2 m f], 31 Tufted Duck [12 m 19 f], 15 Common Gull, juv/first-winter Lesser Black-backed Gull w/ red coloured-ring w/ white lettering [ABC.D] - ringed as a pullus at Orford Beach, Orfordness, Suffolk on 07/07/23 [Thanks, Mike Marsh for details], 2 Redwing, Jay, 8 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Southgate "Grovebury Crt, N14": m Blackcap (Robert Callf)
Southgate "Nursery Rd, N14": 2 m Blackcap (Eugene Dillon-Hooper per RM Callf)
Ten Acre Wood area: 3 m Pheasant, 4 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, f Kestrel, 6 Stock Dove, 4 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 11 Pied Wagtail, f Stonechat, 18 Redwing, Reed Bunting (Neil Anderson)
Tufnell Park "Lupton St": 20+ Waxwing favouring alder at bottom of Lupton St, but mobile (F Tusa); 17 Waxwing feeding on berries on Corinne Road pm (Twitter)
Wood Farm, Stanmore: c30 Redpoll (Tony Blake)
Yeading Brook meadows: 2 Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, m Sparrowhawk just missed Redwing, c245 Common Gull, 5 Stock Dove, c30 Redwing (Neil Anderson)
Saturday 23rd December[]
Abney Park Cemetery: Firecrest (G James)
Balham: Waxwings still am on Calbourne Road, perched in poplar & flying down to feed on Sorbus berries (D McKenzie); 13 still at 1510 (Nick Tanner)
Brent Res [East Marsh]: 3 Little Grebe, 41 Cormorant, 2 Egyptian Goose, 62 Eurasian Teal, 2 Water Rail, 14 Common Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Water Rail, 5 Pied Wagtail (S Blake)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Conrad Ellam)
East Barnet: 15 Waxwing still present at Avondale Avenue as per yesterday & showing well at 1000 (John Colmans); up to 13 Waxwing still showing & feeding, in the back garden of number 15 Avondale Avenue, until at least 1230 (Bob Husband/David Hills et al)
Enfield area "private site": 9 Mandarin Duck [7 m 2 f], 10 Eurasian Teal [7 m 3 f], 3 Northern Shoveler [2 m f] (Robert Callf)
Enfield Town "Church St, EN2": 13 Ring-necked Parakeet, 10 Greenfinch went to roost after 1500 (Robert Callf)
Ewell, Banstead Road: Common Buzzard, f Kestrel, 7 Redwing, 2 Meadow Pipit in grounds of Everlast Fitness pm (Neil Batten)
Forty Hall CP: 6 Mandarin Duck [4 m 2 f], Kingfisher, 2 Redwing, 2 m Mistle Thrush singing, Goldcrest (Robert Callf)
Gough Park, Forty Hill: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest (Robert Callf)
North Enfield "private access": 2 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Barn Owl flew into derelict barn at 1034, 31 Red-legged Partridge, c20 Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 9 Pied Wagtail, 2 Stonechat pr, 27 Fieldfare, f Chaffinch, m Greenfinch {2 m Fallow Deer} (Robert Callf)
Ruislip Lido/Woods: 76 Gadwall, 3 Eurasian Wigeon [m 2 f], 5 Northern Shoveler, 4 Common Pochard [3 m f], Little Egret, Common Buzzard, Peregrine (seen by M Tester), ad Mediterranean Gull, 10+ Redwing, 5 Lesser Redpoll {m Mottled Umber, 5 m Winter Moth} (Neil Anderson)
Whitewebbs Park: Cormorant, 4 Mandarin Duck [2 m 2 f], 2 Tufted Duck pr, 7 Moorhen [2 ad 5 juvs], Coal Tit, 5 Great Tit, Nuthatch (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 2 m Goldeneye, 539 Coot, 461 Tufted Duck, 84 Moorhen, 44 Gadwall, 26 Eurasian Teal, 24 Northern Shoveler, 18 Common Pochard, 48 Little Grebe, 2 Water Rail, 3 Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Shelduck, 3 Redwing, Green Woodpecker (Walthamstow Birders)
Friday 22nd December[]
Balham, "Calbourne Road, SW12": 12 Waxwing reported perched in tree at 1115 [flying down to light pink berry bush, very nice views!] (Mark H)
Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
East Barnet "Avondale Avenue, EN4": 12 Waxwing at No. 15 at 1045 [lady there says they have been around for 3 weeks!] (Bob & Anna Husband); 14 present & mobile between No. 15 & edge of Oak Hill Park between 1245 & 1345 (Davey Leach); 14 still present until 1517, when flew off towards Oak Hill Park (Simon West)
Enfield "Cotswold Way, EN2": Red Kite over (Robert Callf)
Enfield "field NE of Boxer's Lake": m Sparrowhawk, Redwing, 5 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 3 House Sparrow, 4 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Ravenor Park, Greenford: 2 Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, 7 Redwing low N (Neil Anderson)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": possible Goshawk distantly NW over North Leatherhead 1232, Red Kite, 5 Redwing (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: f Goldeneye, 2 Shelduck pr, Kestrel (Shailesh Patel)
RSPB Rainham Marshes: 3 Egyptian Goose, 194 Northern Shoveler, 105 Gadwall, 259 Eurasian Wigeon, 43 Northern Pintail, 471 Eurasian Teal, 51 Common Pochard, 21 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 102 Coot, 4 Avocet, 324 Northern Lapwing, 3 Eurasian Curlew, 13 Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Common Snipe, 14 Common Redshank, 1000+ Dunlin [Coldharbour Point], 52 Common Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, 7 Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, 2 Barn Owl, 20 Cetti's Warbler, Firecrest, 44 Redwing, 62 Fieldfare, 5 Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, 7 Water Pipit [together], Rock Pipit, Greenfinch (Samuel Levy)
Trent Park: Cormorant, Grey Heron, 2 m Common Pochard, 8 Tufted Duck [6 m 2 f], Great Spotted Woodpecker, 25+ Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush inc singing male, 4 f/imm Lesser Redpoll feeding in birch, Nature Trail area (Robert Callf); Woodcock, Firecrest (Eugene Dillon-Hooper per RM Callf)
Wanstead Flats: Firecrest in Bushwood (Andrew Self)
Tuesday 19th December[]
Boxer's Lake, Enfield: 2 Little Egret roosting after 1600, 2 ad Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan pr, Greylag Goose, 42 Canada Goose, 2 m Northern Shoveler, 24 Tufted Duck [17 m 7 f], Lesser Black-backed Gull, Grey Wagtail, Goldcrest, 5 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Brentford "Kew Bridge": Peregrine (Neil Anderson)
Enfield "field NE of Boxer's Lake": Wren, 2 Redwing, 7 Blue Tit, Great Tit, 3 House Sparrow, f Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch feeding on rose hips (Robert Callf)
Kew Gardens: 28 Greylag Goose, c50 Redwing {Muntjac Deer} (Neil Anderson et al)
Oakwood "Lakenheath, N14": 2 m Blackcap together 1419 & Goldcrest in front garden hedgerow (Robert Callf)
Gillespie Park: Moorhen [my first at this site] (James Palmer)
Grovelands Park: Great Crested Grebe, 30 Cormorant roosting in trees on island [my highest count for this site], Grey Heron, 5 Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 10 Mandarin Duck [6 m 4 f], m Northern Shoveler, 12 Tufted Duck [8 m 4 f], 6 Common Gull [5 adults, inc one w/ white coloured ring, first-winter], 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker went to roost at 1555, m Blackbird, 15 Starling, 2 Jay (Robert Callf)
Hutchinson Bank New Addington, Croydon: 150+ Redwing, 2 Red Kite, and a large movement of woodpigeons (Ernest Thomason)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": f Sparrowhawk, 30 Redwing [25 W 0855, 5 S 1300] (Neil Batten)
Lonsdale Rd Res [part of WeBS]: 2 Shelduck pr, 35 Eurasian Teal, 17 Northern Shoveler (Neil Anderson)
Brent Reservoir: 11 Egyptian Goose, 26 Gadwall, 11 Eurasian Teal, 4 Common Pochard, 29 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 31 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Water Rail, Northern Lapwing, 2 Common Snipe, 5 Green Sandpiper, 4 Little Egret, 19 Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, Cetti's Warbler (Samuel Levy et al); 31 Common Snipe at East Marsh 1530 (Barry Wilson)
Enfield Town "Church St, EN2": 11 Greenfinch went to roost 1501 (Robert Callf)
Enfield Town "River View, EN2": f Blackcap feeding on block of fat in usual garden 1422 (Robert Callf)
Nonsuch Park: c50 Fieldfare SE, 7 Redwing, 2 Grey Heron, f Kestrel, Goldcrest (Neil Batten)
Richmond Park: 2-3 Firecrest at Pembroke Lodge (Stivi Musievski/Oliver Metcalf)
Staines Moor: Water Pipit (Oliver Metcalf)
Staines Reservoirs: Black-throatedDiver, GreatNorthernDiver, 2 Black-necked Grebe all on N basin (Tim Rymer)
Ten Acre Wood area: 6 Eurasian Teal, 6+ Red Kite, 1-2 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 4 Skylark, 7 Meadow Pipit, c110 Fieldfare low S [flock c80 followed 15 minutes later by c30, also one in hedge w/ Blackbird], 9 Redwing, Reed Bunting (Neil Anderson)
Town Park, Enfield: 4 Mute Swan [2 prs], 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 9 Northern Shoveler [6 m 3 f], 15 Tufted Duck [10 m 5 f], 30 Moorhen, 5 Common Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 11 Starling, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit (Robert Callf)
Saturday 16th December[]
Brent Reservoir [East Marsh]: 5 Green Sandpiper, 2 Water Rail, Little Egret, 3 Little Grebe, m Blackcap (Steve Blake)
Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: Little Grebe, Grey Heron, 8 Mute Swan pr w/ six first-winter, 2 Canada Goose w/ metal ring nos - 5281968 & 5286355, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 11 Tufted Duck [4 m 7 f], 12 Moorhen, 59+ Black-headed Gull inc adult w/ blue coloured ring [T4EE] from Poland & metal-ringed adult [3726.091] from The Netherlands, Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 3 Stock Dove, Grey Wagtail, Wren, Blackbird, Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, Nuthatch, 18 Greenfinch pre-roost gathering at 1530, 10 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Conrad Ellam)
Chiswick: 2 Waxwing briefly on Bond Street [W4 1RS] at 1300 (Oscar Dewhurst)
Nonsuch Park: Fieldfare, Song Thrush, 9 Redwing (Neil Batten)
Perivale Wood: Firecrest (Phil Belman)
Richmond Park: 8 Waxwing briefly by Pen Ponds at 0800 (D Brasier per JW); 20+ Waxwing feeding in trees in Dann's Valley from 1220 to 1305 when they flew off towards Kingston Hill (P Davies, D Brasier per JW); adult Mediterranean Gull Upper Pen Pond briefly (P Pentek, DB)
West Hampstead: Peregrine perching on crane (J Carter)
Friday 15th December[]
Aldenham CP: 6 Mandarin Duck, 84 Northern Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 42 Common Pochard, 17 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, 25 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Common Gull, 5 Grey Heron, Red Kite, 4 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 2 Redwing, 18 Fieldfare, Grey Wagtail (Samuel Levy)
Ashtead: 2 Greylag Goose SE over A24 0825 (Neil Batten)
Brent Reservoir: Peregrine, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Little Egret, Lapwing, 4 Little Grebe, Northern Shoveler (Barry Wilson)
Enfield area "private access": 16 Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 8 Fieldfare, m Song Thrush singing, 7 Redwing {m Muntjac Deer} (Robert Callf)
Staines reservoirs: 2 Black-throated Diver N edge of N basin, Great Northern Diver N basin, Black-necked Grebe & Goldeneye (Fred Matthews)
Trent Park: Grey Heron, m Common Pochard, f Kestrel, Kingfisher, f Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Wren, Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, 2 Treecreeper together, 12 Siskin & 5 Lesser Redpoll feeding in birches by lower lake (Robert Callf)
Monday 11th December[]
Boxer's Lake, Enfield: m Northern Shoveler, 19 Tufted Duck [11 m 8 f], 2 ad Lesser Black-backed Gull [m & f] (Robert Callf)
Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Conrad Ellam)
East India Dock Basin: 7 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 8 Canada Goose, 10 Shelduck, 30 Eurasian Teal, Rook, c50 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull (Tim Bray)
Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, juv Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 4 Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 23 Pied Wagtail, 6 Fieldfare, m Song Thrush singing, m Mistle Thrush singing, 6 Redwing, 4 Chaffinch, 8 Goldfinch, 6 Siskin (Robert Callf)
Heathrow: 2 m Smew, Goldeneye, Water Rail, 3 Kingfisher (Adam Cheeseman)
Lincoln’s Inn, New Square, WC1: BlackRedstart 135O (Ken Murray)
Staines Res: 2 Great Northern Diver [1 each basin], 2 Black-throated Diver [1 on N Basin, often w/ GND; second bird had been feeding N basin & flew over me on causeway & continued S], Black-necked Grebe, 9 Goldeneye, 36 Common Pochard, 12 Eurasian Wigeon, 2 Linnet (Neil Anderson)
Trent Park: 2 Cormorant, 2 Northern Shoveler pr, m Common Pochard, f Kestrel, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Fieldfare, 7+ Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Goldcrest, 10+ Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 4 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Ewell, Banstead Road: Common Buzzard & Kestrel over Everlast Gym pm, 10-20 Redwing in car park & a distant but interesting unidentified finch flock between Banstead Road & Howell Hill (Neil Batten)
Newton Farm Ecology Park, HA2: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Greenfinch, Chaffinch (Tim Rymer)
Newton Park West, HA2: Grey Wagtail, Green Woodpecker, 2 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 16 Common Gull, 90 Black-headed Gull, 14 Moorhen, Coot, 5 Mallard (Tim Rymer)
Ten Acre Wood area: Little Egret, c6 Red Kite, m Sparrowhawk, 14 Skylark, 13 Meadow Pipit, 9 Fieldfare, 33+ Redwing, Song Thrush singing (Neil Anderson)
Saturday 9th December[]
Boxer's Lake, Enfield: Little Egret flew in to roost 1612, Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan pr [4EIT & 4EVW], Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 2 m Northern Shoveler, 21 Tufted Duck [13 m 8 f], 59 Black-headed Gull, 6 Common Gull, ad Lesser Black-backed Gull, Collared Dove (Robert Callf)
Enfield "wooded area & field NE of Boxer's Lake": m Blackbird, Redwing, m Goldcrest singing, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Blue Tit, Great Tit, 2 m Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Hilfield Park Res: 3+ MediterraneanGull [ad winters in roost], Woodcock (Tony Blake)
Oakwood Park: Grey Heron, f Kestrel (Robert Callf)
Perivale Park: Red Kite, m Kestrel, Kingfisher (Neil Anderson & 5 Ealing Wildlife Group members)
Rainham Marshes: Barn Owl, Buzzard, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, all by Serin mound,(J-P Elmes)
Richmond Park: Raven (P Davies)
Woodford Green: 4 Redpoll in grdn sallow at 0845, 3 Redwing, Chaffinch, 7 Redpoll & Little Egret over, between 1535 & 1545 - c500+ Ring-necked Parakeet NE to SW in varying group sizes 60+ & downwards, Tawny Owl calling at 1600 (Ken Murray)
Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: 9 Mute Swan pr & seven first-winter, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 9 Tufted Duck [2 m 7 f], f Kingfisher perched 'wetland area' 1040 [my first record at this site for many years] (Robert Callf)
Crossness: Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 60+ Lapwing, 1000+ Dunlin, 50+ Common Redshank, 20+ Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Eurasian Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Stonechat, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
London Wetland Centre: Bittern N shore mail lake, m Bearded Tit reedbed channel nearest Wildside hide, m Kestrel hunting southern route, Reed Bunting Wildside centre channel, Kingfisher flew E across reservoir lagoon (Martin Honey)
Newton Park West: Little Grebe, Song Thrush singing, 20 Redwing (Michael Robinson)
Barking Riverside: c350 Dunlin, 2 Eurasian Curlew, c50 Common Redshank, 4 Skylark, Rock Pipit, Grey Wagtail, Stonechat (James Palmer)
Boxer's Lake, Enfield: 2 Mute Swan pr, Egyptian Goose, 2 m Northern Shoveler, 16 Tufted Duck [9 m 7 f], 55 Black-headed Gull, Wren (Robert Callf)
Brent Reservoir: 2 Peregrine [m & f] on St Andrews church spire, Tawny Owl, Cetti's Warbler, 5 Little Egret N marsh (Francis O'Sullivan)
Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 3 Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, 8 Blackbird, Fieldfare, Song Thrush, Redwing, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch pr, 3 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Epping Forest "Chingford Plain": 30 Fieldfare, 25 Redwing, Kestrel, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Jay (RSa)
Trent Park: Grey Heron, m Common Pochard, f Tufted Duck, Common Buzzard [pale individual], 2 Kingfisher [m & f] seen perched, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Treecreeper, Jay (Robert Callf)
Tuesday 5th December[]
Abney Park Cemetery: Firecrest (Chris Farthing)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, 3 Red Kite, f Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, 7 Red-legged Partridge, 12 Common Gull, Skylark, 6 Meadow Pipit, 22 Pied Wagtail, 7 Blackbird, Song Thrush, 4 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Red Kite (Neil Batten)
Orpington "Priory Gardens": Red Kite low over Carlton Parade 1321, Gadwall, 3 Little Grebe (Jack Headley)
Orpington: Chiffchaff by River Cray SE of Orpington Boating Pond (Jack Headley)
Southgate "Chase Rd, N14": 11 Collared Dove in usual garden (Robert Callf)
Trent Park: 2 f Tufted Duck, f Kestrel, Woodcock, 7 Blackbird, Nuthatch (Robert Callf)
Staines Reservoirs: juv Black-throated Diver & juv Great Northern Diver showing very well side by side, very close to N causeway bank between 1200 & 1300 (Stivi Musievski)
Town Park, Enfield: 11 Northern Shoveler [7 m 4 f], 3 Tufted Duck, Common Gull (Robert Callf)
Queen Mother Reservoir [permit only]: RuddyTurnstone foraging on NE bank & rafts near sailing club, 135 Northern Lapwing on adjacent gravel pits (Stivi Musievski & FJM)
Yeading Brook meadows: 2 Egyptian Goose pr [my first on deck here], 7 Eurasian Teal, 80 Common Gull, 7 Redwing (Neil Anderson)
Saturday 2nd December[]
Brent Reservoir [North Marsh]: 3 Common Snipe, Cetti’s Warbler; [East Marsh]: 9 Common Snipe, 2 Northern Lapwing (Steve Blake et al)
East India Dock Basin: c40 Eurasian Teal, c30 Shelduck, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Canada Goose, 2 Cormorant, c40 Black-headed Gull (Tim Bray)
Grovelands Park: Great Crested Grebe, 24 Cormorant roosting in trees on island, 5 Greylag Goose, 7 Egyptian Goose, 9 Mandarin Duck [5 m 4 f], m Northern Shoveler, 9 Common Gull inc adult w/ white ring [JJ358] from Norway - returning for 4th winter here, Lesser Black-backed Gull, imm Herring Gull, Blackbird, Redwing, Goldcrest, Firecrest, 10 Long-tailed Tit (Robert Callf)
Hilfield Park Reservoir: MediterraneanGull [adult, just visible in roost through the fog] (Tony Blake)
London Wetland Centre: Goldeneye, Jack Snipe (Shailesh Patel)
Southgate "Chase Rd, N14": 12 Collared Dove in usual garden (Robert Callf)
Swanscombe Marshes: Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 3 Lapwing, 50+ Dunlin, 50+ Common Redshank, Common Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Woodcock, Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, 2 Stonechat, 30+ Redwing, 50+ Fieldfare, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 10 Reed Bunting (John Bushell/Conrad Ellam)
Friday 1st December[]
Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: Little Grebe, Grey Heron, 8 Mute Swan pr w/ six first-winter, 2 Canada Goose w/ metal rings nos - 5281968 & 5286204, 5 f Tufted Duck, ad Black-headed Gull w/ dark blue ring [T4EE] from Poland, Dunnock, m Blackbird, 12 Greenfinch pre-roost gathering at 1539, 3 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
East Finchley, N2: 2 Blackcap [m & f] in gardens (Samuel Levy)
