Bird News December 2025[]

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Wednesday 31st December[]

Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
Chelsea & Lambeth Reservoirs, Walton: Raven S 13.38, 67 Lapwing, Snipe, Great Crested Grebe, 18 Teal, m Wigeon, 9 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, 5 Mallard, 2 Goldeneye pr, Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, 9 Long-tailed Tit, Meadow Pipit, Greenfinch (Franko J Maroevic)
Epping Forest: 35 Redwing [5 Loughton side, 30 in mixed flock Chingford side], mixed flock incl 2 Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Goldcrest, 6 Mandarin Duck, Ringed Teal on Connaught Water (Jon Agar)
Harefield: Barn Owl scrubland above Broadwater Lake TQ047899 at 07.00 (Dan Pinkham)
Minet CP: 8 Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, Buzzard, 5 Stock Dove, 15+ Redwing (Neil Anderson)
Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Redwing, 5 Goldcrest, Coal Tit (Ron Turner)
Pynesfield Lake North: m Ferruginous Duck (Michael Robinson)
Rainham Marshes: 3 White-fronted Goose on Wennington Marsh, Goosander (via WhatsApp); 3 Dark-bellied Brent Goose flew around the site, but moved on, Chiffchaff, 15+ Pintail, Stonechat, Curlew, Red Kite, Marsh Harrier (Shailesh Patel)
Woodberry Wetlands: 2 m Red-crested Pochard, Water Rail [yesterday], 8 Teal, 6 Shoveler, 9 Common Gull, Sparrowhawk, 3 Chiffchaff, Cetti’s Warbler (Richard Beesly)

Tuesday 30th December[]

Abney Park Cemetery: Firecrest, Peregrine, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest (Richard Beesly)
Holyfield Farm: 42 White-fronted Goose, Barnacle Goose, Red Kite, f Yellowhammer (Neil Anderson)
Brent Reservoir: 7 White-fronted Goose still (via WhatsApp)
Hampstead Heath: 2 Water Rail today at the Highgate Ponds ( Hampstead Heath Birders)
KGV Reservoir: 2 White-fronted Goose over (BirdGuides); 2 Common Scoter, 2 m Black Redstart, Goosander, m Wigeon, 12 Goldeneye (Michael Mac)
London Wetland Centre: Bittern still on Main Lake (BirdGuides)
Rainham Marshes: 3 White-fronted Goose on Wennington Marsh, Spoonbill on Purfleet Scrape (BirdGuides)
Staines Reservoir: m Lesser Scaup, m Greater Scaup, 6 Black-necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver (BirdGuides)
Swanscombe Marshes: Kestrel, Oystercatcher, 20 Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2 Curlew, Snipe, 4 Stonechat, 30 Redwing, 20 Fieldfare, 3 Reed Bunting (observer?)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 White-fronted Goose S, 2 Wigeon, Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper, 14 Barnacle Goose (Sam O'Donnell)
William Girling Reservoir: 3 Common Scoter (BirdGuides)

Monday 29th December[]

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit still (BirdGuides)
Brent Reservoir: 7 White-fronted Goose still at Silver Jubilee Park (Dan Pinkham); later on West Hendon Playing Fields (Bob Husband)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
Fishers Green: 2 Raven (James Palmer)
Heathrow: Great White Egret, 5 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, Kestrel (Richard Beesly)
Hilly Fields, Lewisham: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit, Song Thrush (Tom Moulton et al)
Holyfield Farm: c40 White-fronted Goose (James Palmer)
KGV Reservoir: m Greater Scaup, 2 Common Scoter, 2 m Black Redstart (BirdGuides)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 80+ Herring Gull at daytime roost (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Reservoir Lagoon (BirdGuides)
Mitcham, Poulter Park: Siberian Chiffchaff (BirdGuides)
Pynesfield North Lake: m Ferruginous Duck (William Atkinson)
Rainham Marshes: 3 White-fronted Goose from Serin Mound, 2 Marsh Harrier (Andrew Self); Water Pipit, Siberian Chiffchaff at north end of woodland boardwalk (BirdGuides)
Staines Reservoirs: m Lesser Scaup, f Black Redstart, 2 Great Northern Diver, m Greater Scaup, 6 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Goldeneye, 50+ Wigeon, 2 Red Kite, 16 Meadow Pipit, 12 Linnet (Richard Beesly); 13 Goldeneye, 73 Wigeon, c60 Pochard, Sparrowhawk, 18 Linnet (Neil Anderson)
Westminster, SW1: Mistle Thrush calling (Tim Rymer)

Sunday 28th December[]

Beddington Farmlands: Whooper Swan over (BirdGuides)
Brent Reservoir: 7 White-fronted Goose, 23 Snipe, Water Rail (Barry Wilson/Haydn Coe)
Deptford Creek: Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, Peregrine, Grey Wagtail (Creekside Discovery Centre)
Holyfield Hall Farm: 42 Russian White-fronted Goose [E of the farm buildings], Barnacle Goose, Wigeon, Fieldfare, Redwing, Chaffinch (Phil Rhodes)
Ingrebourne Valley: 3 Russian White-fronted Goose (BirdGuides)
London Wetland Centre: Bittern still on Main Lake (BirdGuides)
KGV Reservoir: juv Great Northern Diver, m Greater Scaup, 2 Common Scoter, 2 Black Redstart (BirdGuides)
Rainham Marshes: 14 Russian White-fronted Goose on Wennington Marsh, 2 Jack Snipe on Butts Scape, Siberian Chiffchaff at north end of woodland boardwalk (BirdGuides)
Richmond Park: 124 Redwing into roost at Hawthorn Valley, Song Thrush, 2 Blackbird, m Kestrel nearby (Franko J Maroevic)
Staines Reservoir: m Lesser Scaup, 2 Greater Scaup, juv Great Northern Diver, Black Redstart, 10 Black-necked Grebe (BirdGuides)
Ten Acre Wood area: 4 Teal, 4+ Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, 2 Snipe, Barn Owl, Grey Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, c130 Redwing incl flushed flock of c75 (Neil Anderson)
Wanstead Flats: Caspian Gull (BirdGuides)
Woodford Green: Tawny Owl hooting, 2 Song Thrush, 6 Redwing, Blackcap, Grey Wagtail over E, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk W, Chaffinch, Little Egret outback (Ken Murray)

Saturday 27th December[]

Crossness: Buzzard, 2 Peregrine, Water Rail, 100+ Lapwing, 50+ Dunlin, 30+ Redshank, 60+ Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 2 Stonechat, 20+ Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
Glade Lane Canalside Park, Southall: 2 Red Kite, m Sparrowhawk, 16 Skylark, 18+ Linnet, 9 Goldfinch, 5 Greenfinch, 8 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Holyfield Hall Farm: 42 Russian White-fronted Goose [in field E of green barn], 90 Lapwing, 2+ Fieldfare, 8+ Redwing, 2 Yellowhammer (Simon Papps)
Joyden's Wood: c15 Crossbill (Tim Rymer)
Oxleas Wood: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Redwing, 4 Goldcrest, 3 Firecrest (Ron Turner)
Rainham Marshes: 96 Avocet in Aveley Bay, 2 Red Kite, Peregrine, Yellowhammer over Serin Mound (Andrew Self)
Victoria Park: Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, 2 Goldcrest, 6 Pochard, 6 Gadwall (Tim Bray)

Friday 26th December[]

Brent Cross: 2 Little Egret, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff (Allan Stewart)
Brent Reservoir: 11 Snipe, 5 Siskin, 3 Chiffchaff, Water Rail, m Kestrel, Lapwing, 2 Grey Wagtail (Francis O'Sullivan et al)
Brookmill Park: Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
Chelsea & Lambeth Reservoir, Walton: 2 ad Whooper Swan [till 15.00 when flew off, while I filled feeders in reeds, so unknown direction], m Goldeneye, 19 Teal, 6 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 8 Pochard, 156 Tufted Duck. 61 Lapwing (Franko J Maroevic)
Hampstead Heath: Woodcock, Red Kite, 10 Redwing N, 30 Stock Dove N, Mistle Thrush over (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Northolt & Greenford CP: 2 Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 14 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 4 Redwing (Neil Anderson)
Ravenor Park, Greenford: Red Kite, 2 m Blackcap fighting in ivy, Mistle Thrush singing (Neil Anderson)
Ravenscourt Park, W6: c12 Siskin in gardens behind the Astro pitch 15.00 (Thomas Donegan)
Walthamstow Marshes: 2 Stonechat, Peregrine, Kestrel, 50+ Chaffinch, 200+ Ring-necked Parakeet [roost], Chiffchaff, 2 Little Grebe, 12+ Pied Wagtail (Richard Beesly)
Wanstead Flats: juv White-fronted Goose, Water Rail, 8 Gadwall, Stonechat, 2 Greenfinch, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 3 Stock Dove (Nick Croft/Andy Gibbons)

Thursday 25th December[]

Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Goldcrest, Firecrest (Conrad Ellam)
Mayflower Park: Chiffchaff, Lapwing (Bob Smith)
Oxleas Wood: Buzzard, 2 Firecrest, 4 Goldcrest (Ron Turner)
Ravenor Park, Greenford: Red Kite, m Blackcap (Kathryn Bull)
Connaught Waters: Kingfisher, Great White Egret over E [imaged], Scoter sp presumed Common [imaged] (Ken Murray)

Wednesday 24th December[]

Beddington Farmlands: 7 Tundra Bean Goose (via WhatsApp)
Brookmill Park: Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Rainham Marshes: White-fronted Goose (BR via WhatsApp)
Rammey Marsh: 21 White-fronted Goose flew over E around 09.00 (Neville Smith)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Bewick's Swan, adult Little Gull, 14+ Lapwing, 2 Raven (Sam O'Donnell)

Tuesday 23rd December[]

Barking Riverside: Water Pipit, 4 Meadow Pipit, Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Sandpiper, Curlew, Lapwing, 29+ Teal, 5 Gadwall, 20+ Shelduck, 11 Greylag Goose, Great Black-backed Gull, 6 Linnet, Kestrel, no sign of Dartford Warblers & Stonechats reported to me yesterday, not surprising it was cold (Nick Croft)
Bow Creek: 3 Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 2 Mute Swan, 4 Teal (Tim Bray)
Dollis Valley Greenwalk, nr Hendon Avenue: Kingfisher (Rich Townsend)
East India Dock Basin: 21 Shelduck, 10 Teal (Tim Bray)
Ruislip Lido/Poor's Field: 4 Shoveler [2 prs], m Gadwall, 8 Pochard, 3 Little Grebe, Red Kite, c15 Redwing, c60 Redpoll (Neil Anderson)

Monday 22nd December[]

Brookmill Park: Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
Bush Hill Park: 4 Egyptian Goose, Sparrowhawk, 3 Jackdaw, 2 Pied Wagtail (Andrew Peel)
Chelsea & Lambeth Reservoir, Walton: f-type Garganey, 45 Teal, 6 Gadwall, 8 Mallard, 166 Tufted Duck, 10 Pochard, 48+ Barnacle Goose flew over at dusk, possibly roosted on adjacent Bessborough Reservoir, Cetti's Warbler heard, Goldcrest (Franko J Maroevic)
Harrow Lodge Park: 2 Mistle Thrush (Andrew Self)
Lamorbey Park: Cormorant , Little Egret, Grey Heron, 6+ Egyptian Goose, 3 Teal, Common Gull, 3 Stock Dove, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, 2+ Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, Mistle Thrush, 2+ Goldcrest, 2 Jay, 4 Jackdaw, c20 Siskin (Mike Amos)
Lea Valley, Cornmill Meadows: 2 Wigeon, 25 Teal, 17 Lapwing (Mike Oakland)
Lea Valley, Hall Marsh: Peregrine, 4 Little Egret, c10 Wigeon, m Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler [Water levels up & lagoons flooded] (Mike Oakland)
Lea Valley, Police Pit: c200 Shoveler, c12 Song Thrush singing, heard throughout the day (Mike Oakland)
Little Britain Lake, Cowley, Uxbridge: Buzzard, 2 Song Thrush singing, c30 Tufted Duck, Grey Heron, c12 Cormorant, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Great Crested Grebe (Roger Dewey)
Northolt & Greenford CP: 2 Red Kite pr, 3 Meadow Pipit, 9 Redwing (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Oxleas Wood: Sparrowhawk, Firecrest, Jackdaw, 7 Goldcrest, 5 Redwing (Ron Turner)
Staines Reservoirs: Lesser Scaup, 2 Greater Scaup, 5 Brent Goose, 2 Great Northern Diver, Black Redstart, 8+ Black-necked Grebe (F Matthews)
Woodberry Wetlands: 2 m Red-crested Pochard, Little Egret, 4 Teal, 9 Shoveler, 12 Common Gull, Cetti’s Warbler (Richard Beesly)

Sunday 21st December[]

Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
Harefield GPs: 30+ Siskin, Buzzard (Nigel Barratt)
Springfield Park, Clapton: Firecrest by Upper Clapton entrance (Richard Beesly)
Staines Moor: Water Pipit, 4 Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Egyptian Goose (Iain Darbyshire)
Ten Acre Wood area: 2 Teal pr, f Pheasant, Little Egret, 5 Red Kite, Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Snipe, 2 Skylark, 2 Stonechat pr, c80 Redwing, Fieldfare (Neil Anderson)
Yeading Brook meadows: 5 Teal, Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, m Stonechat, c30 Redwing, 6 Siskin (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 20th December[]

Castle Farm, Lullingstone: 2+ Brambling in Finch flock feeding on Sunflowers (Conrad Ellam)
Danson Park: Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Water Rail, 2+ Redwing, Cetti’s Warbler, 2+ Firecrest, 1+ Treecreeper, 3 Greenfinch (Ian Stewart)
Battersea Park: Firecrest, Cetti’s Warbler, m Sparrowhawk (Ollie Stone-Lee)
Glade Lane Canalside Park, Southall: Green Woodpecker, 10 Skylark, 12+ Redwing, m Blackcap (Neil Anderson)
Greenwich Park: 2 Firecrest, Little Grebe, 4+ Redwing (Tom Moulton/Geoff Torry)
Sidcup “Burnt Oak Lane”: 3 Woodcock seen in flight in area of River Shuttle/Sidcup GC 16.38, Mediterranean Gull flying w/ Black-headed Gull flock about 14.35, Sparrowhawk (Ian Stewart)
Springwell Lake: f Hooded Merganser (Michael Robinson)
Woodford Green/Chingford borders: 7 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Little Egret, Blackcap, Grey Wagtail, 3 Chaffinch, 20 Redpoll, Buzzard, Tawny Owl by 16.55 (Ken Murray)

Friday 19th December[]

Beam Parklands: Red Kite (Andrew Self)
Chislehurst Common: m Mandarin, 10+ Redwing, 4 Firecrest (Ian Stewart)
Chislehurst “Kemnal Woods”: 2+ Redwing, 2 Firecrest (Ian Stewart)
Connaught Water: Goosander, Shoveler, Teal, Mandarin Duck, f Kingfisher (Andrew Peel/Toni Menezes)

Thursday 18th December[]

Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Orpington “Priory Gardens”: 2 Pied Wagtail, m Blackcap (Ian Stewart)
Paradise Fields, Greenford: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 30+ Redwing, 5 Song Thrush singing, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson)
Upper Cray Valley: 2 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, c10 Redwing, 6+ Blackcap, Cetti’s Warbler, 10+ Goldcrest, 3+ Siskin (Ian Stewart)
Woodford Green: 2 Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, Siskin on feeder, 3 Teal flew over (Ken Murray)

Wednesday 17th December[]

Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Redwing, Song Thrush, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
Crossness: 5 Avocet on foreshore (Sam Reason); 5 Wigeon, Great Crested Grebe, Buzzard, Peregrine, 50+ Lapwing, 25+ Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 200+ Redshank, 120+ Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Curlew, Ruff, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, Rock Pipit, 3 Grey Wagtail, 2 Stonechat, c10 Redwing, 3+ Chiffchaff, 4 Goldcrest, 4+ Linnet (Ian Stewart/Bernie Weight)
Dartford: Great White Egret flew E over railway towards Burnham Road 11.35 (Ian Stewart)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Raven briefly on pylon before flying NE pm (Neil Batten)
Oxleas Wood: 3 Goldcrest, 3 Firecrest, Buzzard (Ron Turner)
Rainham RSPB: Jack Snipe, 8 Snipe, 200+ Dunlin, 8+ Curlew, 40+ Avocet, Grey Plover, 500+ Lapwing, Water Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, 10 Fieldfare, 600+ Teal, 400+ Wigeon, 40 Pintail, 3 Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Peregrine, Raven, 3 Water Rail, 2 Stonechat, Chiffchaff, Bearded Tit (RSPB et al)

Tuesday 16th December[]

Eagle Pond, Snaresbrook: Caspian Gull showing well, Firecrest w/ Tit flock W of the pond (Conrad Ellam)
Littlebrook Lakes: 9 Shoveler, 6 Pochard, 4+ Great Crested Grebe, 4 Water Rail, 2-4 Kingfisher, Water/Rock Pipit over, Grey Wagtail, 20+ Redwing, Blackcap sub-singing, 4+ Cetti’s Warbler, 20+ Chiffchaff, 2+ Goldcrest, 2 Reed Bunting (Ian Stewart)
Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing, 6 Goldcrest, 2 Firecrest Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch (Ron Turner)
Pinner "The Croft": Fieldfare (Nigel Barratt)
Sidcup, DA15: Red Kite, Blackcap (Ian Stewart)
Woodford Green: Blackcap, c6 Redwing, 4 Song Thrush, Goldcrest, Grey Wagtail, Blackbird singing 🎶 (Ken Murray)

Monday 15th December[]

Abney Park Cemetery: 2 Firecrest, Jay, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Goldcrest (Richard Beesly)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Firecrest, 3 Goldcrest, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
Connaught Water: 2 Wigeon, 3 Ringed Teal, Goosander, Little Egret (James Palmer)
Eagle Pond, Snaresbrook: ad Caspian Gull still present (William Atkinson)
Ickenham Marsh: Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Grey Wagtail, 12 Redwing, Green Woodpecker, 12 Redpoll, 3 Greenfinch (Nigel Dodd)
Ladywell Fields: 5 Goldcrest, 3 Redwing, 2 Mandarin Duck, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Little Egret (Tom Moulton et al)
Ponders End: 2 Red Kite scavenging from the streets (A Middleton)
Willow Tree Park, Hillingdon: 2 Red Kite, Green Woodpecker, 8 Redpoll (Neil Anderson)
Yeading Brook Meadows: c75 Common Gull, 3 Grey Heron, Cormorant, Kestrel, 3 Red Kite, 22 Redwing, Fieldfare, 2 Greenfinch (Nigel Dodd)

Sunday 14th December[]

Cheshunt Lakes: m Smew [Friday Lake], 150+ Shoveler [Police Pit], Wigeon, 15 Barnacle Goose, 5 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 3 Siskin, 10+ Chaffinch, Kingfisher, 10 Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler (Nick Croft/Mark Thomas)
Eagle Pond, Snaresbrook: ad Caspian Gull at 13.09 (Ken Murray)
Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, Kestrel, Song Thrush, 5+ Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Siskin (John Bushell/ConradEllam/Richard Green)
Hackney Marshes: Stonechat in conservation area near Friends Bridge (James Blake)
Harefield GPs: 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, Kestrel, Peregrine swooping and chasing off Buzzard, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 15+ Siskin, Little Egret (Nigel Barratt)
Oxleas Wood: Buzzard, 18 Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Raven, Green Woodpecker, Firecrest (Ron Turner)
Richmond Park: 3 Raven over Pembroke Lodge late am incl pr chasing each other & another flew low W (Franko J Maroevic)
Ten Acre Wood area: m Pheasant, Little Egret, 5+ [4 perched together] Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 3 Snipe, 10 Common Gull, c15 Redwing (Neil Anderson)
Woodford Green: 25 Redwing, Goldcrest, Red Kite, Green Woodpecker, Sprarrowhawk by noon (Ken Murray)
Yeading Brook meadows: Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, 30 Common Gull, 4 Redwing (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 13th December[]

Eagle Pond, Snaresbrook: Caspian Gull (Tim Rymer)
Ewell, Hogsmill OS: 9 Siskin, 2 Redwing (Neil Batten)
Farnborough: 2 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 5+ Redwing, 2 Firecrest, Nuthatch (Ian Stewart)
Glade Lane Canalside Park, Southall: 7 Skylark, 10+ Meadow Pipit, m Blackcap, 7 Redwing, 14 Linnet (Neil Anderson)
Oxleas Wood: 3 Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Redwing, 6 Firecrest, 13 Goldcrest (Ron Turner)
Priest Hill: 3 Stonechat [m 2 f], 12 Redwing, f Kestrel, Meadow Pipit (Neil Batten)
Sidcup, DA15: 2 Blackcap pr in garden, Redwing heard late pm (Ian Stewart)
Swanscombe Marshes: Little Egret, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 3 Dunlin, 20 Redshank, Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Stonechat, 20+ Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing, Chiffchaff, 4 Reed Bunting (Conrad Ellam)
Warren Farm: Kestrel, 4 Skylark, f Stonechat, c15 Redwing (Neil Anderson)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Whitethroat w/ Chiffchaff flock just N of Dragonfly Pond (Sam O'Donnell)

Friday 12th December[]

Bow Creek: Common Sandpiper, also a seal in the River Lea, about 500m from the Thames (James Palmer)
Brookmill Park: 2 Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
London Wetland Centre: c20 Redpoll in birch by entrance path (Ian Stewart)
Oxleas Wood: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 5 Goldcrest, 3 Firecrest, Sparrowhawk, 6 Jackdaw (Ron Turner)
Pinner: Sparrowhawk low over busy road (Nigel Barratt)
Woodford Green: 2 Blackcap [m f], Goldcrest, 3 Redwing, Cormorant & Great Black-backed Gull flew over, Song Thrush singing 🎶 (Ken Murray)

Thursday 11th December[]

Cornmill Gardens: Kingfisher (Tom Moulton)
Foots Cray Meadows: pair Stonechat at Riverside Road fields, Redwing, 2 Linnet (Ian Stewart)
Joydens Wood: Kestrel, Redwing, 1+ Firecrest, Nuthatch, Redpoll, c10 Siskin (Ian Stewart)
Lea Valley "Holyfield Lake": 2 Goldeneye [m f], 2 Raven, Great White Egret flew over (Francis O'Sullivan)
Richmond Park: 112 Greylag Goose [roosting], 3 Pochard, 2 Red Kite pr, Peregrine, 2 Stonechat pr, Dartford Warbler, 3 Redwing, 2 Raven pr (Neil Anderson)
Sidcup DA15: m Blackcap in garden (Ian Stewart)
Staines Reservoir: m Lesser Scaup [South Basin NW Corner], Great Northern Diver [North Basin], Black-necked Grebe, 2 Red Kite, Buzzard, Meadow Pipit (Richard Beesly)
Upper College Farm: 3 Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, Stonechat, Fieldfare, 10+ Redwing, 2+ Linnet, Siskin (Ian Stewart)
Worcester Park: 200 Jackdaw to roost (Bob Smith)

Wednesday 10th December[]

Brookmill Park: Sparrowhawk, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
Bush Hill Park area: 2 Raven over (A Middleton)
Ealing "Haven Green": m Blackcap in garden off the green (Neil Anderson)
Epping Forest "Connaught Water": Marsh Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 5 Goldcrest, Redwing, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, 3 Wigeon, 19 Shoveler (RSa)
Grovelands Park: 30 Siskin by top end of lake, Stock Dove, Nuthatch, 2 Goldcrest, Grey Heron (Paul Collins)
Ingrebourne Valley: 13 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Buzzard, Yellowhammer (Andrew Self)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Red Kite W, 40+ Herring Gull (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: Peregrine flew S, 4 Siskin, Greenfinch (Roger Dewey)

Tuesday 9th December[]

Clissold Park, Stoke Newington: Peregrine on St Mary’s Church spire (Richard Beesly)
Inner Temple Gardens, EC4: 2 Goldcrest, Jay (Hugh Bradshaw)

Monday 8th December[]

Barnes Cray “Byway 105”: 2 Redwing, Cetti’s Warbler, 4+ Chiffchaff, 4+ Goldcrest, 2 Rook (Ian Stewart)
Brookmill Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush singing, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
Bush Hill Park: 2-3 Red Kite, Buzzard, Song Thrush singing (Andrew Peel)
Crayford Marshes: c200 Teal, Red Kite, c20 Lapwing, Redshank, Water Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 4+ Fieldfare, 1+ Redwing, Cetti’s Warbler (Ian Stewart)
Dartford Marshes: 4 Shoveler, 62+ Teal, Pheasant, Little Grebe, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 2+ Water Rail, 90+ Moorhen, 15+ Lapwing, m Stonechat, Fieldfare, Redwing, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
Hounslow Heath: 13 Redpoll, 6+ Redwing, Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush (Andy Roberts)
Kew Gdns: 17 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, 8 Mandarin Duck, 3 Little Grebe, c40 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, 2 Siskin pr, 3 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson)
Lea Valley "Bowyers Water": m Smew, m Goldeneye (Mike Oakland)
Lea Valley, Cheshunt "Police Pit": c80 Shoveler, 4 Chiffchaff (Mike Oakland)
West Heath, DA7: m Blackcap, 3 Chaffinch in garden (Tim Rymer)

Sunday 7th December[]

Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, Kingfisher, Song Thrush, Cetti's Warbler, 5+ Chiffchaff (John Bushell/Conrad Ellam/Richard Green)
Lea Valley "Netherhall/Glen Faba": Great White Egret at N end of Glen Faba, 2 Chiffchaff, 60+ Redwing (Nigel May)
Seven Sisters Station: Grey Heron, Grey Wagtail (Andrew Peel)
Woodford Green: c30 Redwing [20 then 10 over S at 11.38] (Ken Murray)
Springfield Park, Clapton: Woodcock [into central wooded area], Firecrest [Upper Clapton entrance holly], Mistle Thrush (Richard Beesly)
Ten Acre Wood area: 5 Pheasant [m 4 f], Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, Kestrel, 2 Snipe, 5 Redwing, 7 Song Thrush singing (Neil Anderson)
Waterworks NR: Firecrest in scrub by woodland boardwalk (Richard Beesly)

Saturday 6th December[]

Canons Farm: 2 Brambling, 150 Chaffinch (Paul Goodman)
Cheshunt: m Goldeneye, 7 Siskin, 30 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 25 Goldfinch, Water Rail, Kingfisher, 2 Peregrine, Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Raven, Black Swan (Francis O'Sullivan et al LBC Walk)
Dagenham Chase: Woodcock, Snipe, Green Sandpiper (Andrew Self)
Hampstead Heath: Red-throated Diver flew high S over Boating Pond, Highgate Ponds 13.00 (Allan Stewart)

Friday 5th December[]

Abney Park Cemetery: 2 Firecrest, Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Goldcrest (Richard Beesly)
Bromley: 2 Red Kite over North station, Grey Wagtail High Street, 2 Firecrest Church House Gardens (Ian Stewart)
Brookmill Park: Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
Hanwell Station: Red Kite (Francis O'Sullivan)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 3 Red Kite, 30+ Herring Gull (Neil Batten)
Lonsdale Rd Res "part of WeBS": 2 Shelduck pr, 7 Shoveler, 4 Teal, Little Egret (Neil Anderson)
Roding Valley Lake: 2 Wigeon, possible m Canvasback, Kingfisher (James Palmer)
Woodford Green: Little Egret over 09.05, Red Kite E w/ parakeet escort at 09.23, Blackcap through grdn 09.45, Chaffinch in hedge 10.00, Buzzard w/ escort S at 10.45, Redwing into roost hedge at 16.05, m Sparrowhawk through (Ken Murray)

Thursday 4th December[]

Lamorbey Park: Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 2 Redwing, 16+ Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Red Kite, 40+ Herring Gull, Pied Wagtail (Neil Batten)
Sidcup, DA15: 2+ Tawny Owl hooting 03.00 - 04.00 (Ian Stewart)
Woodford Green: Grey Wagtail over, 5 Redwing, Red Kite E at 11.36, Chaffinch by 12.00 (Ken Murray)

Wednesday 3rd December[]

Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
Foots Cray Meadows: 3 Gadwall, 4+ Little Grebe, Water Rail, 2 Kingfisher perched on edge of Five Arches, Grey Wagtail, 11+ Redwing, Cetti’s Warbler showing well at “flood”, Firecrest (Ian Stewart)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 3 Red Kite (Neil Batten)
Mayflower Park: Chiffchaff, 2 Green Sandpiper (Charlie Alpera/Bob Smith)
Northolt & Greenford CP: Red Kite, Grey Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler (Neil Anderson)
Perivale Wood: Tawny Owl calling before dawn (Neil Anderson)
Sidcup “River Shuttle”: 2 Egyptian Goose [Parish Wood Park], Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Firecrest [Hollyoak Wood Park], 1+ Siskin (Ian Stewart/Nicky Wilson)
Selwyn Avenue, Richmond: 2 m Blackcap in garden early am (Franko J Maroevic)

Tuesday 2nd December[]

Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 2 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
Chelsea & Lambeth Reservoirs, Walton: 2 Green Sandpiper, 33 Lapwing, Chiffchaff, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 8 Teal, 5 Gadwall, 3 Shoveler [Private site] (Franko J Maroevic)
Foots Cray Meadows; Gadwall, Pheasant, 6+ Little Grebe, 3 Little Egret, Water Rail, Kingfisher, f Blackcap, Cetti’s Warbler, 3+ Chiffchaff, Firecrest, 3+ Siskin (Ian Stewart)
Holborn: f/imm Black Redstart (Chris Legge)
Hounslow Heath: 15 Redpoll, 6 Redwing, Goldcrest (Andy Roberts)
Lamorbey Park: Little Grebe, Peregrine, Kingfisher, Redwing, Firecrest (Ian Stewart)
Motspur Park: Firecrest (Bob Smith)
Snaresbrook: ad Caspian Gull showing very well on Eagle Pond at lunchtime (Simon Osborn)
Worcester Park: 100 Stock Dove (Bob Smith)

Monday 1st December[]

Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
Lamorbey Park: 2 Little Grebe, Peregrine, 5+ Redwing (Ian Stewart)

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