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Bird News December 2024[]

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Tuesday 31st December[]

  • Brookmill Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
  • Hilly Fields, Lewisham: Sparrowhawk, Song Thrush singing, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Tom Moulton et al)
  • Kingston upon Thames: 3 Yellow-legged Gull [adult & 2 2/3CY] (Thomas Inns)
  • Northolt & Greenford CP: 2 Red Kite, Grey Wagtail (Kathryn Bull)
  • Swakeleys Park, Ickenham: 3 Mandarin Duck [2m f], m Shoveler (Steve & Julie Dungey)
  • Millfields Park: m Kestrel hunting worms (Marcin Kempa)
  • Oxleas Wood: Treecreeper, 5 Firecrest, Redwing, 4 Goldcrest (Ron Turner)
  • Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Redpoll feeding in Birch next to main entrance, present for over 2 weeks now (Chris Farthing)
  • Woodford Green: Chaffinch, Kestrel & 2 Redwing over by 10.00 then 1-2 Treecreeper, Firecrest, Goldcrest, Grey Wagtail by 11.30, Little Egret over, Tawny Owl calling (Ken Murray)
  • Worcester Park: 300+ Jackdaw at pre-roost gathering (Charlie Alpera per Bob Smith)

Monday 30th December[]

  • Beddington Farmlands: 3 Shelduck, 4 Wigeon, 8 Pochard, Water Rail, Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Bearded Tit, 2 Firecrest, 3 Water Pipit, Redpoll (Ian Jones via eBird)
  • Brentford Ait: 63 Teal, 5 Gadwall, 2 Great Black-backed Gull pr (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
  • Burnt Oak Station: Tawny Owl calling from trees on the track embankment (Deb Jackson)
  • Bushy Park: 3 Dartford Warbler, 7 Stonechat, 24 Meadow Pipit, Mediterranean Gull, Shoveler (John Strachan)
  • Crystal Palace Park: 19 Shoveler, Buzzard, Peregrine (Jack Headley)
  • Greenwich: Blackcap, 3 Redwing (Ray Crouch)
  • Hampstead Heath: Dartford Warbler (James Palmer)
  • Kew Gardens: 3 Shoveler, 2m Gadwall, m Mandarin Duck, 2 Little Grebe, m Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 12 Stock Dove, 30+ Redwing, 6 Chaffinch feeding at Phlomis seedheads (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
  • Kelsey Park: 12 Mandarin Duck, 8 Little Egret, Firecrest (Jack Headley)
  • Kingston upon Thames: 2 1st-winter Caspian Gull, 4 Yellow-legged Gull [2 adults & 2 2/3CY] (Thomas Inns)
  • Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 2 Red Kite (Neil Batten)
  • London Wetland Centre: 4 Redwing, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 64 Lapwing (WWT)
  • Mayflower Park: 2 Chiffchaff (C & L Van Groeningen per Bob Smith)
  • Orchard Estate, SE13: Black Redstart (Conrad Ellam)
  • Oxleas Wood: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, 7 Goldcrest, 9 Redwing, 2 Firecrest (Ron Turner)
  • Rainham Marshes: Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Marsh Harrier (Joseph Cortvriend via eBird)
  • Richmond Park: Marsh Harrier drifted NE 10.30, 3 Dartford Warbler, 3 Firecrest (D Brasier)
  • Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 Egyptian Goose, 75 Common Gull, Sparrowhawk, 12 Rook, 2 Coal Tit, 9 Goldcrest, 5 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 34 Redwing, Fieldfare, 6 Bullfinch, 2 Lesser Redpoll (Samuel Levy)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: 15 Barnacle Goose, 5 Goldeneye, 2 Water Rail, Common Sandpiper, Little Gull, 2 Little Egret (Sam O'Donnell via eBird)
  • Wanstead Flats: Barn Owl, Woodcock (Andy Gibbons); 40+ Tufted Duck, 2 Pochard, 7 Shoveler, Gadwall, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Stock Dove, 150+ Common Gull, Kestrel (Nick Croft)
  • Wanstead Park: Tawny Owl, Water Rail, 7 Little Egret, 15 Pochard, 17 Tufted Duck, 36 Shoveler, 73 Gadwall, 2 Common Gull, 2 Redpoll, 11 Redwing, 7 Song Thrush inc six singing, 3 Blackbird, 4 Little Grebe, Cetti's Warbler, Kestrel, Buzzard (Nick Croft/Mark Thomas)
  • Waterlow Park: Chiffchaff (Reuben Braddock)
  • Worcester Park: 20 Chaffinch, 115 Carrion Crow [patch maximum], Red Kite (Bob Smith)
  • Wormwood Scrubs: Chiffchaff (Francis O'Sullivan)

Sunday 29th December[]

  • Battersea Park: Firecrest, Coal Tit, Tawny Owl, Water Rail, Grey Heron looking like it just fledged? 17 Mandarin Duck, 3 Pochard (Michael Mac)
  • Beddington Farmlands: 2 Shelduck, 70 Teal, 7 Pochard, 3 Water Rail, 2 Jack Snipe, 25 Snipe, 4 Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, Bearded Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Firecrest, Stonechat, 3 Water Pipit, 4 Reed Bunting (eBird)
  • Bostall Heath: 2 Firecrest (Tim Rymer)
  • Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Song Thrush singing (Conrad Ellam)
  • Horton CP: f Shoveler on Meadow Pond (Bob Smith)
  • KGV Reservoir: m Greater Scaup on E side of N Basin, 6 Pochard, 9 Goldeneye, Oystercatcher, 3 Black-necked Grebe, Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Diver, Mistle Thrush, 15 Meadow Pipit (Gareth Richards via eBird)
  • London Wetland Centre: Bearded Tit, Stonechat, 6 Siskin, 66 Lapwing, 54 Wigeon (WWT)
  • Oxleas Wood: 5 Goldcrest, 2 Firecrest, Green Woodpecker, Coal Tit (Ron Turner)
  • Priest Hill: 130 Common Gull [probable record count here], 8 Redwing (Neil Batten)
  • Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler (D Brasier)
  • Ten Acre Wood area: 3 m Pheasant, 2 Red Kite, Kestrel, Snipe, 2 Stock Dove pr, 23 Skylark feeding w/ 8 Pied Wagtail, 21 Redwing (Neil Anderson)
  • Tottenham Marshes: Dartford Warbler in brambles in middle of Wild Marsh West, found mid-morning by JH. Bird photographed by me (Paul Gerard)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: 15 Barnacle Goose, Wigeon, Shelduck, 3 Goldeneye, Water Rail, Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Little Gull on West Warwick, Little Egret, Kingfisher (Sam O'Donnell via eBird)
  • Woodford Green: 9 Chaffinch, Buzzard over, Mistle Thrush singing [my first at year end] (Ken Murray)
  • Yeading Brook meadows: 2 Red Kite, Kestrel, Snipe, 74 Common Gull, Kingfisher, 2 Redwing (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 28th December[]

  • Bow Creek: 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 7 Shelduck, 18 Teal, Common Gull (Tim Bray)
  • Brent Reservoir: 13 Snipe, 3+ Water Rail (Steve Blake)
  • East India Dock Basin: 4 Shelduck, Teal, 4 Greylag Goose, 2 Mute Swan (Tim Bray)
  • Fairlop Waters: 27 Golden Plover & 39 Lapwing in ploughed field, Firecrest, Goldcrest, Chiffchaff calling by anglers' lake, c20 Linnet, c15 Fieldfare, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Water Rail, m Kestrel [53 sp in total] (Paul Gerard)
  • Hampstead Heath: Dartford Warbler still, Firecrest at Vale of Health, 50 Redwing, Great Crested Grebe Boating Lake (Hampstead Heath Birders)
  • Jack Wood, Oxleas Woods: 3 Firecrest, Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch (Tim Rymer)
  • Oxleas Wood: Song Thrush, 2 Firecrest, Goldcrest, Nuthatch (Ron Turner)
  • Priest Hill: 56 Common Gull, 6 Meadow Pipit, Redwing, Buzzard, f Kestrel, 3 Egyptian Goose NW (Neil Batten)
  • RSPB Rainham Marshes: 50 Pintail, 42 Avocet, 10 Golden Plover, 6 Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 26 Snipe, 500 Dunlin, 6 Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher, 8 Bearded Tit, Chiffchaff, Firecrest, Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 5 Stonechat, Water Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit (Samuel Levy et al)
  • Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 4 Egyptian Goose, 2 m Teal, 2 Grey Heron, Woodcock, c240 Common Gull, c35 Redwing, 7 Rook, Greenfinch (John Colmans ); mixed flock of Fieldfare & Redwing flew into trees at Cow Field 15.00 (Tony Clancy)
  • Woodford Green: Tawny Owl calling at 05.10, 6 Chaffinch perched atop oak at 11.15, 8 Redwing S at 11.55 (Ken Murray)

Friday 27th December[]

  • Beddington Farmlands: 2 Water Pipit, Pochard, Water Rail, 17 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 4 Green Sandpiper (Glenn Jones via eBird)
  • Borough High Street: 4 Fieldfare flew down at roof height - fog fairly low, no view of the sky! (Michael Mac)
  • Ealing Golf Club: {White-cheeked Pintail on the River Brent} (Neil Jordan)
  • Ealing: Song Thrush singing at 22.40 (Michael Robinson)
  • London Wetland Centre: Yellow-legged Gull, Kestrel, Water Rail, 50+ Lapwing, 2 Siskin, 30+ Redwing, 25+ Goldfinch, 10+ Greenfinch, 60+ Wigeon (WWT)
  • Tooting Common: Ferruginous Duck still (Birdguides)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: 1st-winter Little Gull on West Warwick Res [permit only], Goosander, 3 Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper, f Pheasant, 3+ Shelduck, 15 Barnacle Goose, 3 Stonechat (Walthamstow birders)
  • Warren Farm/Long Wood: 2 Kestrel, 20 Common Gull, 23 Redwing, Mistle Thrush, 2-3 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, Coal Tit [unusual here] (Neil Anderson)

Thursday 26th December[]

  • Enfield area "private access": 3 Little Grebe, m Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Skylark, Grey Wagtail, 31 Pied Wagtail, 60+ Redwing, 2 Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
  • Greenford to Hanwell Viaduct "Brent Valley corridor": 5 Teal, 11 Mandarin Duck, 2 Peregrine pr, Grey Wagtail, 11 Song Thrush inc seven singing males, Redwing, Goldcrest, 2 f Chaffinch (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
  • Liverpool St "St Botolphs": m Blackbird singing a short fluted snatch of song this pm, believed to be my earliest to date (Ken Murray)
  • London Wetland Centre: 3 Redwing, Goldcrest, Kestrel, 10 Goldfinch, 65 Lapwing, 70+ Wigeon (WWT)
  • Mayflower Park: Chiffchaff (Charlie Alpera per Bob Smith)
  • Oxleas Wood: 2 Goldcrest, 6 Firecrest, 2 Jackdaw (Ron Turner)
  • Priest Hill: 39 Common Gull, 2 Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, f Kestrel, 11 Linnet in one flock (Neil Batten)
  • Saffron Green: Treecreeper (Francis O'Sullivan)
  • Trent Park: Grey Heron, 2 m Pochard, 3 f Tufted Duck, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Nuthatch, Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
  • Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 Egyptian Goose, 4 Teal, Water Rail [Owl Field - 1st on site since 2021], Coot, 101 Common Gull, 12 Rook, 8 Goldcrest, 4 Nuthatch, Mistle Thrush, 64 Redwing, Fieldfare, 3 Grey Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Bullfinch, Lesser Redpoll, 40 Siskin (Samuel Levy)

Wednesday 25th December[]

  • Greenhill Gardens, Barnet: 4 Shoveler, 2 Egyptian Goose, Tufted Duck, Grey Heron, Coal Tit, 2 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Redwing (Samuel Levy)
  • Horton CP: 150 Redwing (Bob Smith)
  • Mayflower Park: Cetti's Warbler (Charlie Alpera per Bob Smith)
  • Motspur Park: Firecrest (Charlie Alpera per Bob Smith)
  • Northolt & Greenford CP: m Shoveler, m Sparrowhawk, f Kestrel, Snipe, 71 Common Gull, several hundred Ring-necked Parakeet leaving roost, Grey Wagtail, 6 Redwing, 17 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson)
  • Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Buzzard, Firecrest, Goldcrest, Treecreeper, 5 Jackdaw (Ron Turner)
  • Maple Cross: ad Yellow-legged Gull, flushed from grass verge at the northern end of Old Uxbridge Road/North Orbital junction [Found on the way back from a 50 mile bike ride into the Chilterns] (Richard Francis)
  • Wanstead Flats: Barn Owl, Woodcock (Nick Croft)

Tuesday 24th December[]

  • Brent Reservoir: 5 Shoveler, 11 Gadwall, 13 Teal, 49 Pochard, 100 Tufted Duck, 3 Water Rail, 173 Coot, 11 Snipe, 140 Common Gull, 6 Little Grebe, 6 Great Crested Grebe, Kingfisher, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Redwing, Reed Bunting (Samuel Levy)
  • Greenford "UB6": Chiffchaff feeding in back garden (Neil Anderson)
  • Enfield area "private access": 3 Little Grebe, 4 Egyptian Goose [2 prs], Buzzard, 6 Red-legged Partridge, 6 Green Woodpecker, Skylark, 16 Meadow Pipit, 29 Pied Wagtail, 50+ Redwing, 6 Greenfinch, m Bullfinch [my 1st record in the Enfield area for nearly 4 yrs, last one seen on 12th Jan 2021] (Robert Callf)
  • Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 2 Red Kite interacting, 70+ Herring Gull, Pied Wagtail (Neil Batten)
  • Leg O Mutton: 2 Shelduck, Mandarin Ducks, Herring Gull, Pied Wagtail, Blackcap, Starling, Chaffinch (Haeun Sun)
  • Oxleas Wood: Treecreeper, 9 Goldcrest (Ron Turner)
  • Perivale Park: Little Grebe, Red Kite, 10 Stock Dove, 3 Song Thrush singing, 15 House Sparrow, 2 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
  • Trent Park: Grey Heron, m Mandarin Duck, 2 m Pochard, 2 f Tufted Duck, Red Kite, 8 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 m Mistle Thrush singing, Goldcrest, 3 Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit, 8 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 3 Jay, Raven, 18 Siskin (Robert Callf)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: Little Gull, 3 Goldeneye, 3 Stonechat, Pheasant, Common Sandpiper, 2 Shelduck (Walthamstow birders)

Monday 23rd December[]

  • Battersea Park: 2 Tawny Owl pr, 16 Mandarin Duck, 78 Cormorant, 18 Shoveler, 3 Gadwall, 2 Song Thrush singing (Michael Mac)
  • Enfield area "private access": 3 Little Grebe, m Kestrel, 12 Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Meadow Pipit, 65+ Pied Wagtail [feeding flock], 6 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 56 Redwing, 5 Dunnock, 17 Chaffinch [one flock] (Robert Callf)
  • Greenford: Kingfisher on canal (Kathryn Bull)
  • Harefield GPs: Red Kite, Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Kingfisher, Treecreeper, 20+ Siskin, 30+ Tufted Duck, Cetti's Warbler calling, Green Woodpecker, Lapwing (Nigel Barratt)
  • Holyfield Farm: Stonechat, Reed Bunting, 2 Chaffinch [worst winter for ‘small’ bird numbers EVER, happy Xmas] (John Emerson)
  • King George V Reservoir: Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Diver, 3 Black-necked Grebe, m Scaup, 20+ Goldeneye, m Goosander (Simon Papps)
  • Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 2 Red Kite, 3 Pied Wagtail (Neil Batten)
  • Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Coal Tit, 13 Goldcrest, 11 Firecrest (Ron Turner)
  • Parsloes Park: Stonechat (Andrew Self)
  • RSPB Rainham Marshes: 113 Shoveler, 100 Gadwall, 473 Wigeon, 56 Pintail, 70 Teal, 47 Pochard, 5 Tufted Duck, 3 Water Rail, 35 Avocet, 500 Lapwing, 2 Curlew, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 36 Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 450 Dunlin, 22 Common Gull, 5 Little Grebe, 3 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 6 Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Buzzard, Kingfisher, 10 Bearded Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, Dartford Warbler, Fieldfare, 4 Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, 2 Water Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit (Samuel Levy/Mya Bambrick)
  • Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 Egyptian Goose, Red Kite, Coot, Grey Wagtail, 4 Redwing, 7 Rook, c15 Siskin (John Colmans)
  • Trent Park: Grey Heron, m Pochard, 2 f Tufted Duck, f Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Blackbird, Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Coal Tit, Nuthatch (Robert Callf)

Sunday 22nd December[]

  • Bostall Heath: Firecrest (Tim Rymer)
  • Clam Field Recreation Ground: Meadow Pipit (Tim Rymer)
  • Enfield Town "River View, EN2": Chaffinch, 7 Goldfinch feeding on sunflower hearts in garden (Robert Callf)
  • Epping Forest: 14 Mandarin Duck [on two ponds], Goosander, Shelduck, 6 Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper, 2 Jay (Jon Agar)
  • Hainhault Farm: 21 Golden Plover, Great Black-backed Gull, 18, Egyptian Goose, 32 Greylag Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 14 Fieldfare, 2 Blackbird (Michael Mac)
  • King George V Reservoir: Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Little Gull, 2 Black-necked Grebe (Adam Winstanley)
  • Leavesden CP: Red Kite low W 15.09 (G James)
  • Oakwood Park: Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker pr, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Nuthatch singing (Robert Callf)
  • Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Firecrest, 15+ Redwing (Ron Turner}
  • Ten Acre Wood area: m Pheasant, Little Egret, c6 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, c40 Common Gull, Grey Wagtail, Mistle Thrush, Reed Bunting (Neil Anderson)
  • Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 Teal, Coot, 44 Common Gull, 2 Red Kite, Kestrel, 12 Rook, 4 Goldcrest, Firecrest, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 54 Redwing, 5 Fieldfare, Hawfinch, 20 Siskin (Samuel Levy)
  • Town Park, Enfield: 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 3 Gadwall [2m f], 7 Shoveler [5m 2f], 11 Tufted Duck [5m 6f], 9 Long-tailed Tit (Robert Callf)
  • Woodlands Farm: Firecrest w/ tit flock in Clothworkers Wood (Conrad Ellam)
  • Yeading Brook meadows: 2 Little Egret, 4 Red Kite, Buzzard, 210+ Common Gull, 2 ad Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Stock Dove, Redwing (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 21st December[]

  • Brent Reservoir: 23 Snipe, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, Water Rail (Steve Blake)
  • Lesnes Abbey Woods: 3 Firecrest, 20+ Redwing, Nuthatch, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, 2 Jay (Tim Rymer)
  • Northolt & Greenford CP: 3 Red Kite, Kestrel, 2 Snipe, 7 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson)
  • Oxleas Wood: Treecreeper, 40+ Redwing, Song Thrush, 6 Goldcrest, 13 Firecrest (Ron Turner)
  • Richmond Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Dartford Warbler, 2 Brambling, Mediterranean Gull, 4 Woodcock (D Brasier)
  • South Harrow: m Blackcap in garden (Michael Robinson)
  • Southgate Chase Allotments: 2 m Chaffinch together (Robert Callf)
  • Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Redpoll, 11 Teal, 2 Shoveler, Jackdaw (Chris Farthing)

Friday 20th December[]

  • Bow Creek: Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 64 Teal, Chiffchaff, 2 Shelduck (Tim Bray)
  • Brookmill Park: Peregrine, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
  • East India Dock Basin: 14 Shelduck, 6 Teal, 51 Greylag Goose, 2 Canada Goose, Grey Heron, Blackcap, Song Thrush, 2 Mute Swan, Pied Wagtail (Tim Bray)
  • Hampstead Heath: 14 Mandarin Duck, Shoveler, Gadwall, f Pochard, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 2 kestrel, Dartford Warbler, Stonechat, 8 Redwing, 6 Siskin (Samuel Levy)
  • Pymmes Park, Edmonton: 2 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan pr, 4 Greylag Goose, 3 Canada Goose w/ metal rings, nos - 5281416, 5286514 & 5286740, 4 Egyptian Goose [2 prs], 4 Shoveler [2 prs], 24 Tufted Duck [10m 14f], 11 Common Gull, Collared Dove, Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Blackbird, 5 Redwing, Goldcrest, 4 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, Nuthatch, 25 Magpie in pre-roost gathering from 15.15, 7 House Sparrow [5m 2f], 3 f Chaffinch together, 5+ Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
  • Rainham Marshes: Great White Egret, Dartford Warbler (Andrew Self)
  • Regents Park: 3 Mandarin Duck, 8 Shoveler, Red-crested Pochard, 3 Pochard, 36 Tufted Duck, Water Rail, 4 Common Gull, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe (Samuel Levy)
  • Ruislip Lido/Woods: 183 Gadwall, 18 Wigeon, 2 m Shoveler, 6 Little Grebe, 4 Little Egret, Red Kite, 10+ Redwing, Nuthatch, 2 Lesser Redpoll pr (Neil Anderson)
  • Wanstead Flats: Mediterranean Gull (James Heal); Woodcock, Redpoll, 7 Redwing (Nick Croft)
  • Wimbledon Common: 10 Firecrest (Jon Reeves)

Thursday 19th December[]

  • Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: Little Grebe, Grey Heron, 6 Mute Swan [2 adults & 4 first-winter], 2 Egyptian Goose, 5 Shoveler [2m 3f], 20 Tufted Duck [14m 6f], 127+ Black-headed Gull inc three colour-ringed birds [white AB058] from Belarus, [white JO373] from Norway, [dark blue T4EE] from Poland & metal ringed from Lithuania, 5 ad Common Gull, ad Lesser Black-backed Gull, m Kingfisher perched 'wetland area', Jay, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
  • Dagenham Chase: m Red-crested Pochard [on Bardag], Red Kite over (Andrew Self)
  • Horton CP: 2 Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler [Meadow Pond], Redwing, Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Gull (Michael Mac)
  • London Wetland Centre: Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 10 Redwing, 2 Chaffinch, 56 Lapwing (WWT); 2 Bearded Tit, 4 Lesser Redpoll (Jon Reeves)
  • King George V Reservoir [permit only]: Black-throated Diver, Little Gull, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Raven, 14 Goldeneye, 30+ Pochard , 2 Red Kite, 3 Little Egret, 15 Common Gull, Great Black Backed Gull, 4 Grey Wagtail, 20 Meadow Pipit, 5 Chiffchaff, Mistle Thrush (Richard Beesly)
  • Oxleas Wood: 23 Redwing, Woodcock, 7 Goldcrest, 12 Firecrest (Ron Turner)
  • Rainham Marshes: Great Egret, Rock Pipit, 200+ Black-tailed Godwit, 100+ Dunlin, 9 Curlew, 10+ Redshank, 30+ Snipe, 2 Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Bearded Tit, Water Rail, Fieldfare, 5 Redwing, 20+ Pintail, 200+ Wigeon, 2 Chiffchaff, Kingfisher, 40+ Linnet, 5 Chaffinch (Nick Croft/Mark Thomas/RSPB et al)
  • Swanscombe Marshes: Red Kite, Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 12 Lapwing, 12 Snipe, 50 Redshank, Curlew, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 2 Redwing (John Bushell/Conrad Ellam)
  • Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 Teal, 44 Stock Dove, 105 Common Gull, Red Kite, 12 Rook, 2 Coal Tit, Skylark, 5 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 50 Redwing, Hawfinch, Bullfinch, 4 Greenfinch, Siskin (Samuel Levy)

Wednesday 18th December[]

  • Grovelands Park: Great Crested Grebe, 16 Cormorant roosting, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 32 Mandarin Duck [20m 12f], 9 Shoveler [5m 4f], 8 Tufted Duck [5m 3f], 3 ad Common Gull inc one w/ coloured ring [white JJ358] from Norway [returning bird from previous winters], imm Herring Gull, 4 Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing, Firecrest, 5 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
  • Hampstead Heath: Dartford Warbler, Stonechat, 6 Shoveler (Hampstead Heath Birders)
  • London Wetland Centre: f Pintail, Blackcap, 6 Siskin, 10+ Goldfinch, 3 Kestrel, 50+ Lapwing (WWT)
  • Motspur Park: 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in Joseph Hood Park woodland (C & L Van Groeningen per Bob Smith)
  • Oxleas Wood: 2 Woodcock, 4 Redwing, 4 Goldcrest, 3 Firecrest (Ron Turner)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: Shelduck, 5 Shoveler, 4 Wigeon, 4 Teal, 5 Pochard, Goldeneye, 2 Little Egret, Peregrine, Song Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch (eBird)

Tuesday 17th December[]

  • Boxer's Lake, Enfield: 6 Little Egret went to roost after 16.03, 3 ad Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan pr, Greylag Goose, m Shoveler, 11 Tufted Duck [8m 3f], 42 Black-headed Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Grey Wagtail, Goldcrest (Robert Callf)
  • Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, Buzzard, 6 Red-legged Partridge, 19+ Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 3 Skylark, 5 Meadow Pipit, 11 Fieldfare, 7 Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Long-tailed Tit, Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
  • Gunnersbury Park: 9 Gadwall, Little Grebe (F Matthews)
  • Hampstead Heath: 50 Siskin, 30 Redwing, Dartford Warbler, Stonechat, 5 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Chaffinch, Greenfinch (MBS Walk and later Francis O'Sullivan)
  • Ladywell Fields: Kingfisher, Little Egret, 8 Mandarin Duck, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail (Tom Moulton et al)
  • London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern, 2 Bearded Tit, Redpoll, 4 Chiffchaff, 5 Siskin, 30 Goldfinch, Kestrel, 58 Lapwing (WWT)
  • Oxleas Wood: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper, 3 Goldcrest, Firecrest, Song Thrush (Ron Turner) hi Ron, if you're happy to do so I'd greatly appreciate any location tips for findings crests as I've never visited the woods. Many thanks, Toni Piccolo
  • Richmond Park: 24 Mandarin Duck, 3 Pochard, 2 Red Kite together, 5 Kestrel, 84 Common Gull, 6 Redwing, 2 Stonechat pr, 2 Dartford Warbler (Neil Anderson)
  • Tooting Bec Common: Ferruginous Duck continues (F Matthews)
  • Trent Park: Grey Heron, 2 m Pochard, 5 Tufted Duck [m 4f], 11 Moorhen, f Kestrel, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, Goldcrest (Robert Callf)

Monday 16th December[]

  • Brookmill Park: Red Kite, 2 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
  • Capel Manor: m Firecrest approx 50 metres North of House feeding in tall Holly trees (Neville Smith)
  • Connaught Water: 2 Goosander pr, Kingfisher, Little Egret {Ringed Teal} (John & Janet Cadera)
  • Enfield "The Ridgeway, EN2": 2 Goldcrest together (Robert Callf)
  • Fulham Reach [part of WeBS]: yesterday's Caspian Gull still present (Neil Anderson)
  • Gunnersbury Park, Ealing: 11 Gadwall [build on 10 yesterday and 9 on Saturday] (F Matthews)
  • London Wetland Centre: Blackcap, 2+ Siskin, 10 Goldfinch, 65 Lapwing (WWT)
  • Oakmere Park, Potters Bar: Cormorant, 3 imm Mute Swan, 3 Tufted Duck [m 2f], 30 Black-headed Gull, 3 Blue Tit, Nuthatch, 2 Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
  • Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, 8 Goldcrest, 5 Firecrest, 4 Redwing (Ron Turner)
  • Staines Moor: Dartford Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 13 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 3 Meadow Pipit, Water Pipit, 3 Little Grebe, 3 Little Egret, 4 Pheasant, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 4+ Red Kite (Nick Baker)
  • Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver N basin, 4+ Black-necked Grebe S basin, 4 Little Grebe N basin, 3+ Egyptian Goose, 22 Shoveler, c50 Wigeon, 4 Gadwall, c10 Goldeneye, Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Linnet (William Atkinson)
  • Waterlow Park, Highgate: 9 Siskin by upper pond, 2 Mandarin Duck pr on middle pond (G James)

Sunday 15th December[]

  • Berrylands: small flock of Crossbill over late morning on call only, four or five birds (Nick Tanner)
  • Fulham, River Thames by The Crabtree pub: 4cy Caspian Gull, 1cy Yellow-legged Gull (J Wilczur/S Woolfenden)
  • Greenwich Ecology Park: 2 Little Grebe, Water Rail, Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff (John Bushell/Conrad Ellam/Richard Green)
  • Gunnersbury Park: 10 Gadwall [potentially first ever here, build on 9 yesterday], Little Grebe (F Matthews)
  • King George V Res: Black-throated Diver, 1cy Caspian Gull [found by Dominic Mitchell] (Jeremy Hurley)
  • London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Pintail, Water Pipit, 3 Redpoll, 4 Chiffchaff, 17 Redwing, Goldcrest, Kestrel, 58 Lapwing (WWT)
  • Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, 2 Goldcrest, 7 Firecrest, Green Woodpecker, Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch, 8 Jackdaw (Ron Turner)
  • Ponders End Park: 90 Common Gull (Robert Callf)
  • Priest Hill: 35 Common Gull, 2 Redwing, 5 Meadow Pipit, Buzzard, f Kestrel (Neil Batten)
  • Richmond Park: Water Rail, Peregrine, 2 Dartford Warbler, Shoveler, 4 Gadwall (F Matthews)
  • Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver [N basin, E side], 5 Black-necked Grebe, 10 Goldeneye (Peter Scudamore/Reading RSPB Local Group Bird Walk)
  • Ten Acre Wood area: 4 Pheasant [m 3f], 2 Little Egret, 4 Red Kite, 21 Common Gull, 30 Redwing, Goldcrest, f Bullfinch [my 1st in over 2 years of a former regular species here] (Neil Anderson)
  • Totteridge Valley: 3 Teal, c250 Common Gull, c40 Redwing, Grey Wagtail, Mistle Thrush singing (John Colmans)
  • Woodford Green: Song Thrush, Blackcap, Chaffinch, m Brambling by 11.15, Redwing flew over at 12.15, Tawny Owl calling & attempting to land atop grdn conifer at 16.45 (Ken Murray)
  • Wraysbury GPs "Heron Lake": 2 Green Sandpiper Disabled Ski Pit, low water level (Franko J Maroevic)
  • Yeading Brook meadows: Little Egret, Buzzard, 3 Red Kite, 5 Snipe, 64 Common Gull, Redwing (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 14th December[]

  • Abney Park Cemetery: Firecrest (Robert Callf)
  • Amwell NR: f Smew, m Red-crested Pochard, 2 Goldeneye pr (Andrew Self)
  • Brent Reservoir: 3 Snipe, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, Water Rail, Little Egret (Steve Blake)
  • East India Dock Basin: 7 Shoveler (Emma Webb)
  • Ewell, Ruxley Lane: Red Kite (Bob Smith)
  • Greenwich Ecology Park: 2 Little Grebe, Little Egret, Peregrine, Water Rail, Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
  • Horton CP: 4 Mistle Thrush, Red Kite, 100 Redwing (Bob Smith)
  • KGV Res: Black-throated Diver, Little Gull, 3 Chiffchaff (A Middleton)
  • London Wetland Centre: Brent Goose, Bearded Tit, Bittern, 10 Siskin, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, Snipe, 2 Little Grebe (WWT)
  • Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Jackdaw, 8 Goldcrest, 5 Firecrest, 2 Buzzard, 3 Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch (Ron Turner)
  • Peckham Rye Park: Grey Wagtail [rare here], Common Gull (Fernley Symons)
  • Ponders End: m Blackcap in my holly bush (A Middleton)
  • Russell Square, WC1, 4-6 Greenfinch at about 15.00 (Ken Murray)
  • Staines Reservoirs: m Smew (Birdguides)
  • Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Marsh Harrier N, 2 Teal, Collared Dove, 22 Black-headed Gull, 139 Common Gull, Sparrowhawk, 2 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 12 Rook, Skylark, 6 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 89 Redwing, Grey Wagtail, 2 Greenfinch, 14 Siskin (Samuel Levy)
  • Wanstead Flats: Buzzard W 13.40, Kestrel (G James); m Wigeon, 9 Gadwall, 8 Shoveler, 3 Little Grebe, Woodcock, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush (Wanstead Birders)

Friday 13th December[]

  • Brookmill Park: Redwing, Blackcap, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
  • Fairlop Waters: Little Egret, 2 Gadwall, 15 Shoveler, 4 Pochard, Water Rail, 82 Lapwing, Kingfisher, f Stonechat (Michael Mac)
  • Lamorbey Park: Firecrest, Treecreeper (Ian Stewart)
  • Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Grey Wagtail (Neil Batten)
  • London Wetland Centre: 2 Bearded Tit, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, 2 Shelduck, Peregrine, 50 Wigeon, 50 Lapwing (WWT)
  • Pymmes Park, Edmonton: 2 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan pr, 4 Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 4 Shoveler [3m f], 27 Tufted Duck [12m 15f], 10 Common Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Blackbird [2f m], 2 Song Thrush, 4 Redwing, 3 Goldcrest, f Nuthatch, 2 Jay, 24 Magpie pre-roost gathering at 15.55, 2 House Sparrow pr (Robert Callf)
  • RSPB Rainham Marshes: 149 Shoveler, 130 Gadwall, 223 Wigeon, 37 Pintail, 226 Teal, 33 Pochard, 12 Tufted Duck, 2 Water Rail, 54 Avocet, 2 Grey Plover, Golden Plover, 7 Curlew, 210 Black-tailed Godwit, Jack Snipe, 49 Snipe, 110 Redshank, 150+ Dunlin, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, 2 Chiffchaff, 39 Cetti's Warbler, Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, 3 Stonechat, 2 Water Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit (Samuel Levy)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: 16 Barnacle Goose, Shelduck, 12 Wigeon, Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper, Barn Owl (Walthamstow birders)
  • Worcester Park: Brambling (Charlie Alpera per Bob Smith)

Thursday 12th December[]

  • Belmont Open Space, Cockfosters/East Barnet: m Blackcap on my garden feeders & Song Thrush singing (Bob & Anna Husband)
  • Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Tom Moulton/Geoff Torry)
  • Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: Little Grebe, Cormorant flew over, 2 ad Grey Heron, 6 Mute Swan [2 adults & 4 first-winter], 2 Canada Goose w/ metal rings nos [5286492 & 5286807], 2 Egyptian Goose pr, m Mandarin Duck, 5 Shoveler [2m 3f/imm], 12 Tufted Duck [8m 4f], ad m Sparrowhawk, 20 Moorhen, 108 Black-headed Gull inc three w/ rings - white coloured-ring [AB058] from Belarus, blue coloured-ring [T4EE] from Poland & metal ringed from Lithuania, 4 ad Common Gull, imm Herring Gull, m Kingfisher at 'wetland area', Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, 2 Wren, Dunnock, 5 Robin, 2 Blackbird [m f], Redwing, Goldcrest, 8 Long-tailed Tit preening, then went to roost, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 23 Starling, 2 Chaffinch pr, 5 Greenfinch (Robert Callf)
  • Kensington Gardens: 3 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, f Wigeon, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Redwing (Samuel Levy et al)
  • London Wetland Centre: 2 Little Grebe, Little Egret, 60 Lapwing, 6 Redwing, 20 Goldfinch (WWT)
  • Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park: Cetti's Warbler(Allan Stewart)
  • Oxleas Wood: Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 11 Redwing, 3 Goldcrest, 4 Firecrest (Ron Turner)
  • Woodford Green: m Sparrowhawk, Goldcrest, Firecrest at about 11.00, several Chaffinch, 4 Redpoll over calling (Ken Murray)

Wednesday 11th December[]

  • Barnet Playing Fields: 2 Red Kite (Samuel Levy)
  • Brookmill Park: 2 Song Thrush, Redwing, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
  • Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, Skylark, Song Thrush, 60+ Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush, Goldcrest, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Raven (Robert Callf)
  • Horton CP: Water Rail (Bob Smith)
  • Kew Gardens: 9 Shoveler, Little Grebe, 3 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron [one w/ large Rudd], Kestrel, Woodcock flew out of woods, 10 Stock Dove, 2 Firecrest, c15 Redwing feeding on Diospyros fruits {Red Fox} (Neil Anderson)
  • Leatherhead "Randalls Way": adult Great Black-backed Gull NW, Grey Heron W, Redwing, Grey Wagtail (Neil Batten)
  • London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 60+ Wigeon, 2 Kestrel, 50+ Lapwing, 2 Stonechat, Redpoll (WWT)
  • Malden Rushett: 20 Redwing N am (Neil Batten)
  • Millwall Park: f Kestrel w/ Black-headed Gull mobbing it, 7 Ring-necked Parakeet (Brodie A.Y)
  • Muswell Hill: 5 Redwing at bottom of M & S car park (Anne Oakes)
  • Swanscombe station: 2 Firecrest, Sparrowhawk (Ian Stewart)
  • Trent Park: m Teal, 2 Shoveler [imm m & f], 2 m Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck [2m 2f], f Kestrel, 33 Black-headed Gull, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Blackbird, Song Thrush, Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Goldcrest, 10 Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit, f Nuthatch, 3 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
  • Woodford Green: 6 Fieldfare low & N at 11.55, 3 Chaffinch outback, 3 Cormorant over (Ken Murray)

Tuesday 10th December[]

  • Brookmill Park: Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
  • Bushy Park: Mediterranean Gull at Heron Pond (R Dunne)
  • Dagenham Chase: m Red-crested Pochard on Bardag (Andrew Self)
  • Dartford Marshes: c15 Gadwall, 30+ Wigeon, 50+ Teal, 10+ Dunlin, c30 Redshank, 1+ Redwing, 3+ Cetti’s Warbler, 1+ Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
  • Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, Little Egret, Red Kite, 11 Common Gull, 2 Red-legged Partridge, Green Woodpecker, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, Meadow Pipit, 2 Fieldfare, 58 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Jay, Raven, f Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
  • King George V Reservoir [permit only]: Great Northern Diver, Little Gull, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 4 Goldeneye, Teal, 3 Meadow Pipit, Peregrine, Red Kite, 2 Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Gadwall, Pochard, 4 Meadow Pipit, Little Grebe, Chaffinch flocks, Goldfinch flocks, 4 Egyptian Goose [over] (Nicholas Barnett)
  • Littlebrook Lakes: 16 Shoveler, m Pochard, c30 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 4+ Common Gull, 150+ Herring Gull, 2 Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Cetti’s Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
  • London Wetland Centre: 8 Siskin, 14 Redpoll, 2 Shelduck, 2 Little Grebe, 60 Lapwing, 60+ Wigeon (WWT)
  • Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Hawfinch, 2 Egyptian Goose, 5 Teal, 88 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, 78 Black-headed Gull, 106 Common Gull, Red Kite, 12 Rook, 4 Coal Tit, 5 Goldcrest, 4 Firecrest, 4 Nuthatch, 34 Redwing, Fieldfare, 3 Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch (Samuel Levy)
  • Trent Park: Grey Heron, 5 Tufted Duck [2m 3f], f Kestrel, Woodcock, 25 Black-headed Gull, m Stock Dove singing, Green Woodpecker, 4 Long-tailed Tit, Raven (Robert Callf)
  • Wandsworth Common: Ferruginous Duck [back from its sojourn on Tooting Commons] (Nick Rutter)
  • Walthamstow Marshes: Fieldfare, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Meadow Pipit, Kestrel, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Teal, Shoveler, Pochard, Little Egret (Richard Beesly)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: Goldeneye, 7 Wigeon, Shelduck, Peregrine, 14 Shoveler, Teal, Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 9 Common Gull (Richard Beesly)

Monday 9th December[]

  • Brent Cross: 5 Little Egret on River Brent opposite bus terminal (Allan Stewart)
  • Broadwater Lake: 4 Wigeon, 6 Shoveler, m Goldeneye, 3 Pochard, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff (William Atkinson)
  • Crossness LNR & Sewage Works: 1st-winter Little Gull loafing on foreshore by sewage outfall with Black-headed Gull flock at low tide (Caroline Quinn)
  • Dartford “Brooklands Lakes”: 2 m Pochard, Little Grebe, 4 Great Crested Grebe, Little Egret, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 6 Redwing, Mistle Thrush singing, 1-2 Cetti’s Warbler, 4+ Chiffchaff, 1+ Firecrest; “Central Park”: Buzzard [different bird to Brooklands], f Kestrel, 3+ Redwing, Firecrest by council yard, Coal Tit, 2 Jay (Ian Stewart)
  • Dartford Marshes: 10+ Gadwall, c25 Shoveler, c20 Teal, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, m Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, Water Rail, 2+ Redshank, Meadow Pipit, 5 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff (Ian Stewart)
  • Denham Quarry Lake: c6 Shoveler, Buzzard, Peregrine (William Atkinson)
  • Enfield Town "New River at Southbury Rd, EN1": Little Egret (Robert Callf)
  • King George V Reservoir [permit only]: Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Little Gull, 3 Black-necked Grebe, Lapwing, 2 Wigeon, 12 Goldeneye, 2 Teal, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Raven, Peregrine, 2 Buzzard, Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, 8 Redwing, 2 Little Egret, Chiffchaff, 1000 Starling (Richard Beesly)
  • London Wetland Centre: 7 Siskin, 6 Redpoll, 6-7 Chiffchaff, 20 Goldfinch, Water Pipit, Kestrel, 50 Lapwing, 2 Little Grebe (WWT)
  • Northolt & Greenford CP: m Shoveler, 3-4 Red Kite, m Sparrowhawk, 20 Common Gull (Neil Anderson)
  • Old Park Wood, Harefield: Firecrest (William Atkinson)
  • Ponders End Park: 63 Common Gull, 43 Starling (Robert Callf)
  • Town Park, Enfield: 2 Mute Swan pr, 5 Gadwall [3m 2f], 8 Shoveler [5m 3f], 13 Tufted Duck [5m 8f], Red Kite, 43 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 2 m Blackbird, 3 Long-tailed Tit, Nuthatch, 9 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)

Sunday 8th December[]

  • Greenford "UB6": Red Kite circling low over garden, 1st-winter m Sparrowhawk flew out from patio pots on to fence (Neil Anderson)
  • London Wetland Centre: Stonechat, 20 Goldfinch, Peregrine, Kestrel (WWT)
  • RSPB Rainham Marshes: 1st-winter Little Gull, 17 Kittiwake upriver, 154 Shoveler, 185 Gadwall, 113 Wigeon, 33 Pintail, 157 Teal, 31 Pochard, 2 Tufted Duck, 54 Avocet, Curlew, 21 Black-tailed Godwit, 100 Dunlin, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Little Egret, 6 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Bearded Tit, 2 Fieldfare, 6 Water Pipit, 3 Rock Pipit (Samuel Levy et al)
  • Town Park, Enfield: 2 Mute Swan pr, 2 Gadwall pr, 6 Shoveler [3m 3f], 8 Tufted Duck, Red Kite, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest (Robert Callf)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: Great Northern Diver on East Warwick until 11.45, Goldeneye, Dunlin, Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 16 Barnacle Goose, Shelduck (Walthamstow birders)
  • Wanstead Flats: Barn Owl, Woodcock (Nick Croft/Sean Kerrigan)

Saturday 7th December[]

  • Brent Res: 2 Egyptian Goose, 29 Shoveler, 16 Gadwall, 23 Teal, 64 Pochard, 171 Tufted Duck, 369 Coot, 4 Snipe, 4 Little Grebe, 9 Great Crested Grebe, Chiffchaff (Samuel Levy)
  • Epping Forest "Connaught Water": 2 Little Egret, 4 Wigeon [2m 2f], 6 Goosander [3m 3f], f Kingfisher, Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper {5 Ringed Teal 3m 2f} (RSa)
  • London Wetland Centre: Kestrel, Peregrine (WWT)

Friday 6th December[]

  • Chislehurst “Kemnal Woods”: c30 Common Gull, Collared Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Pied Wagtail, c20 Redwing, Chiffchaff, 10+ Goldcrest, 3+ Firecrest, 4+ Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 2+ Jay, c20 Jackdaw, Greenfinch, Siskin (Ian Stewart)
  • Hainault Road: Barn Owl flew low over road after dark (Michael Mac)
  • Hampstead Heath: Dartford Warbler, Stonechat, Redpoll, 2 Firecrest, Treecreeper, 5 Redwing, Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, 3 Shoveler, Pochard (Hampstead Heath Birders)
  • Lamorbey Park: 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Teal, m Tufted Duck, 100+ Black-headed Gull, Grey Wagtail, Redwing, 5+ Goldcrest, 1+ Firecrest, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Treecreeper showed well at The Dell (Ian Stewart)
  • London Wetland Centre: f Pintail, c25 Siskin (Jon Reeves); 2 Water Pipit, 2 Stonechat, Redpoll, 4 Chiffchaff, Kestrel, 2 Little Grebe, 40 Lapwing, 45+ Wigeon (WWT)
  • Pymmes Park, Edmonton: Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 3 Greylag Goose, 4 Egyptian Goose [2 prs], 5 Shoveler [3m 2f], 26 Tufted Duck [12m 14f], Red Kite, 12 Common Gull, Collared Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Blackbird [m 2f], Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, Goldcrest, 2 Long-tailed Tit, Nuthatch, 2 f Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
  • Russia Dock Woodland/Greenland Dock: Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Egyptian Goose, Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Magpie, Blackbird, Dunnock, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Coot, Moorhen, Ring-necked Parakeet, Chaffinch, Carrion Crow, Wren, Woodpigeon (George Kalli)
  • Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Egyptian Goose, 2 Teal, 20 Black-headed Gull, 67 Common Gull, 3 Cormorant, 3 Sparrowhawk, 6 Rook, 3 Coal Tit, 13 Goldcrest, 6+ Firecrest, 4 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 36 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, Grey Wagtail, Bullfinch, Lesser Redpoll, 4 Greenfinch, Skylark, 7 Siskin (Samuel Levy)
  • Town Park, Enfield: 2 Mute Swan pr, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 9 Gadwall [5m 4f], 9 Shoveler, 13 Tufted Duck [8m 5f], 53 Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, 6 Stock Dove, f Blackbird, 2 Goldcrest, Nuthatch (Robert Callf)
  • Warren Farm: Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, Little Owl, 5 Meadow Pipit, 6 Redwing, Rook (Neil Anderson)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Shelduck, Gadwall, Teal, Shoveler, Goldeneye, Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Phil Rhodes)
  • Yeading meadows: Raven (Jim Fell)

Thursday 5th December[]

  • Brookmill Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
  • Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: Little Grebe, 6 Mute Swan [2 adults & 4 first-winter], 2 Canada Goose w/ metal rings [5286204 & 5286355] 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 12 Shoveler [5m 7f], 14 Tufted Duck [10m 4f], 74 Black-headed Gull inc one w/ coloured ring [White w/ black code AB058 - from Belarus, I await ringing details & history], 2 Common Gull, Pied Wagtail, Jay, 40 Starling, 5 Greenfinch (Robert Callf)
  • Clapham Common: Cetti's Warbler - showing but not singing, 35 Common Gull, f Great Spotted Woodpecker (Michael Mac)
  • Crossness foreshore "10.30 to 15.00": 2 Fieldfare [over], Common Sandpiper, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Shelduck, Shoveler, Curlew, Redshank, Linnet, Pied Wagtail, Cetti Warbler, Teal, Gadwall, Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, f Chaffinch, Wigeon, 2 Avocet, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 50 Lapwing [over] (Nicholas Barnett); Grey Wagtail (Francis O'Sullivan)
  • Crystal Palace Park: 2 Shoveler, c30 Tufted Duck, Cormorant, Redwing, Chiffchaff, 4+ Goldcrest, 3+ Firecrest, Nuthatch (Ian Stewart)
  • Hounslow Heath: 4 Redpoll (Andy Roberts)
  • KGV Reservoir: Black-throated Diver [still present on S basin], Great Northern Diver [still present on S basin] (Jeremy Hurley)
  • London Wetland Centre: Little Grebe, 40+ Lapwing, 50+ Wigeon, 150+ Black-headed Gull, 6 Chiffchaff (WWT)
  • Sidcup Place: Peregrine, c20 Common Gull, Pied Wagtail, 8+ Redwing, 8+ Goldcrest, 16+ Jackdaw, 1+ Greenfinch, 2+ Siskin (Ian Stewart et al)

Wednesday 4th December[]

  • Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
  • Clapham Common: Cetti's Warbler [at Mount Pond] (Alex Bayley)
  • Dagenham Chase: Short-eared Owl flew W, 2 Green Sandpiper (Andrew Self)
  • Green Street Green: 100+ Ring-necked Parakeet in roost tree by Royal Oak pub (Ian Stewart)
  • Hampton Court: Skylark, c20 Meadow Pipit, Little Egret, 5+ Stonechat, c12 Redwing, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Kestrel, Green Woodpecker (Ken Murray)
  • Hither Green Station: 4+ Chiffchaff in remaining trees of recently destroyed nature reserve (Ian Stewart)
  • Ingrebourne Valley: Firecrest, 4 Chiffchaff, 15+ Cetti's Warbler, 40+ Redpoll, 50+ Linnet, 7 Reed Bunting, m Goosander, 30+ Redwing, 11 Fieldfare, 2 Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Kestrel, 3 Water Rail, 100+ Stock Dove (Nick Croft/Mark Thomas)
  • KGV Res: Great Northern Diver, Black-throated Diver, 3 Black-necked Grebe, Scaup, Peregrine, 20 Meadow Pipit, Black Redstart (several observers)
  • Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 80+ Herring Gull, Grey Wagtail (Neil Batten)
  • London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit, 6 Siskin, 2 Redpoll (WWT); f Pintail, 2 Bittern (Jon Reeves)
  • Minet CP: Little Egret, 3 Red Kite, 2 Kestrel pr, 3 Redwing, 4 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson)
  • Motspur Park: 2 Firecrest (Charlie Alpera per Bob Smith)
  • Pratts Bottom: 10+ Pheasant, Red Kite, 4 Buzzard, 2+ Skylark, 5 Meadow Pipit, 10+ Fieldfare, 50+ Redwing, c20 Goldcrest, 7 Firecrest, Marsh Tit, 2+ Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 5 Raven, 12+ Linnet, Redpoll, 16+ Bullfinch inc 12+ at old Broke Hill GC (Ian Stewart)
  • Sidcup: ad Mediterranean Gull on field at King George’s Park (Ian Stewart)
  • Trent Park: 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 2 m Pochard, 3 Tufted Duck [2m f], Kestrel, Water Rail heard calling [pond near Icehouse Wd], Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, 6 Long-tailed Tit, Nuthatch (Robert Callf)
  • Walthamstow Marshes: Peregrine, 5 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 2 Mistle Thrush, 11 Redwing, 8 Teal, 2 Shoveler, Little Egret (Richard Beesly)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: Goldeneye, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 5 Shoveler, 3 Teal, Little Egret, Cetti’s Warbler, 7 Common Gull (Richard Beesly)
  • West Putney, SW15: 2 Firecrest in front garden (R Kaye/J Wilczur)

Tuesday 3rd December[]

  • Amwell GP NR: f/imm Smew [Redhead from Gladwin Hide], Goosander, 2 Red-crested Pochard, Goldeneye, 4 Lesser Redpoll, 14 Siskin, Nuthatch, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 25+ Snipe, 75+ Lapwing, 25 Shoveler, 9 Teal, 4 Reed Bunting, Cetti’s Warbler, 18 Redwing, 5 Mistle Thrush, 2 Red Kite, Kestrel, 2 Pheasant, Little Egret (Richard Beesly)
  • Barking Riverside "10.30 to 13.30": Sparrowhawk f, Kestrel, Stonechat f, Linnet, 4 Gadwall, Avocet, Curlew, Redshank, Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cetti's Warbler, Great Crested Grebe, Long-tailed Tit, Teal, Shelduck, Dunlin (Nicholas Barnett)
  • Bloomsbury "Mecklenburgh Sqaure, WC1N": Dunlin sound recorded in flight (Tom Stewart)
  • Chelsfield: 2+ Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Redwing, Yellowhammer (Ian Stewart)
  • Cheshunt: Great White Egret flew over A10 low at 13.30 (Richard Beesly)
  • Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, f Tufted Duck, 2 Red Kite, f Sparrowhawk, Snipe, 4 Common Gull, 3 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Song Thrush, 30+ Redwing, 2 f Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
  • London Wetland Centre: 9 Snipe, Water Pipit, Fieldfare, 26 Redwing, 3 Siskin, Chiffchaff, Kestrel, 40 Lapwing (WWT)
  • Old Park Wood, Harefield: Firecrest (William Atkinson)
  • Orpington, BR6: Great White Egret flew S over Gorse Road & Skeet Hill 14.56, 3 Buzzard, f Kestrel, 7 Moorhen at Watts Farms, Skylark, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 25+ Pied Wagtail, Firecrest (Ian Stewart)
  • Trent Park: Grey Heron, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 2 m Pochard, 5 Tufted Duck [2m 3f], Red Kite, Kestrel, Woodcock, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Firecrest at Moat Wd, 5 Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit (Robert Callf)
  • Windsor OS, Finchley: Common Gull, 2 Firecrest, Chiffchaff, Little Egret, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Redwing, 3 Nuthatch (Samuel Levy)

Monday 2nd December[]

  • Bushy Park: Raven, 3 Dartford Warbler, 9 Stonechat [5m 4f], 28 Meadow Pipit, 15 Redwing (John Strachan)
  • Clapham Common: Cetti's Warbler [at Mount Pond] (Alex Bayley)
  • Enfield Town "Church Street, EN2": 13+ Greenfinch went to roost (Robert Callf)
  • Hampstead Heath: Dartford Warbler, Stonechat, Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, 7 Shoveler (Hampstead Heath Birders)
  • KGV Reservoir: Black-throated Diver S Basin (via WhatsApp); Great Northern Diver still [south basin]; m Scaup [north basin], m Black Redstart, Peregrine, Red Kite, Buzzard, Kestrel, Raven, 11 Goldeneye (Paul Gerard)
  • London Wetland Centre: 7 Snipe, Water Pipit, 2 Redpoll, 20 Goldfinch, Little Grebe, 40 Lapwing (WWT)
  • Ponders End Park: Red Kite, 86 Common Gull, 2 Pied Wagtail (Robert Callf)
  • Pynesfield South Lake: m Ferruginous Duck (William Atkinson)
  • Totteridge Valley: 2 Egyptian Goose, c185 Common Gull, Grey Wagtail, 3 Fieldfare, Redwing, Linnet (John Colmans)
  • Town Park, Enfield: 2 Mute Swan pr, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 8 Gadwall [5m 3f], 8 Shoveler, 17 Tufted Duck [9m 8f], Green Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Long-tailed Tit (Robert Callf)

Sunday 1st December[]

  • Brent Res: 25 Shoveler, 30 Gadwall, 42 Teal, 52 Pochard, 155 Tufted Duck, 3 Collared Dove, Water Rail, 293 Coot, 11 Snipe, 31 Common Gull, 12 Little Grebe, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 43 Cormorant, Little Egret, Kingfisher, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Redwing (Samuel Levy)
  • Enfield Town "Chase Green Grdns": 17 Redwing (Robert Callf)
  • Hampstead Heath: Dartford Warbler, Stonechat, 7 Redwing, Wigeon, Gadwall, Pochard (Hampstead Heath Birders)
  • Harefield GPs: 80+ mixed flock of Siskin and Goldfinch (Nigel Barratt)
  • KGV Reservoir: Black-throated Diver S Basin 08.00 to 10.45 at least (Neville Smith et al); Still present at 13.45, Great Northern Diver until at least 13.15 when it got flushed by windsurfer and circled then flew N but may have landed, 3 Black-necked Grebe (Sam O'Donnell)
  • London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Yellow-legged Gull, 6 Siskin, 7 Chiffchaff, 3 Redwing, 30 Goldfinch, Little Grebe, 50 Lapwing (WWT)
  • Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 11 Redwing, 5 Goldcrest, 4 Firecrest, Treecreeper (Ron Turner)
  • Pinner Park Farm: 3 Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, 36 Greylag Goose, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Greenfinch (Tim Rymer)
  • Ten Acre Wood area: 5 Pheasant [2m 3f], Little Egret, 4 Red Kite, Buzzard, Snipe, 6 Skylark, f Reed Bunting (Neil Anderson)
  • Town Park, Enfield: 2 Mute Swan pr, 7 Gadwall [4m 3f], 6+ Shoveler, 14 Tufted Duck [7m 7f], 37 Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, Dunnock (Robert Callf)
  • Yeading Brook meadows: Little Egret, Red Kite, Kestrel, 3 Snipe (Neil Anderson)
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