Bird News February 2023[]

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Tuesday 28th February[]

Blenheim Gardens Estate, Brixton: 12 Redwing (Tony Stones)
Boxer's Lake: 2 Little Egret roosting [one flew in at 1739 & another flew in at 1743], 9+ adult Grey Heron & yng calling from nest [NY], 2 Mute Swan pr - male w/ orange ring 4EIT & female w/ orange ring 4EVW [both had previously lost their mates to avian-flu], 2 Greylag Goose, 3 ad Egyptian Goose & one dead gosling found, 2 Northern Shoveler pr, 14 Tufted Duck [8 m 6 f] (Robert Callf)
Brockley & Ladywell Cemetery: m Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
Brookmill Park: Peregrine, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
Crayford/River Cray: Grey Wagtail, Song Thrush, Dunnock (George Kalli)
Enfield area "private access": Red-legged Partridge, Green Woodpecker, 5 Skylark, 40 Meadow Pipit, 16+ Fieldfare, Song Thrush, 40+ Redwing (Robert Callf)
Kentish Town: m Blackcap singing at Gaisford Street (Pete Mantle)
Kingston: Kingfisher flew between two bridges (Mike Foster)
Ladywell Fields: 13 Mandarin Duck [9 m 4 f], 10+ Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
Lower Morden: Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Snipe on Pyl Brook (Chris Northwood per Bob Smith)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Red Kite, f Sparrowhawk (Neil Batten)
M25, J9: Common Buzzard perched in tree by exit ramp 0850 (Neil Batten)
Millfield Park: f/imm Black Redstart present 1340 - 1410, on the roof of larger building by the wall, on east-facing power station wall & also feeding on grass in front of that wall (Tim Blackburn)
Oxleas Wood: 7 Jackdaw, 4 Stock Dove, 50+ Redwing, 8 Goldcrest, 4 Firecrest (Ron Turner)
Putney Heath: 22+ Firecrest found over the last three days in a survey of the Heath, south of the A3 – combined with the survey of the Heath north of the A3 gives a total of 41+ birds (J Wilczur/R Kaye)
Totteridge Valley: 4 Lapwing, 2 Skylark, c40 Fieldfare, c75 Redwing, c100 Starling, 2 Mistle Thrush (John Colmans)
Trent Park: Egyptian Goose, 4 Tufted Duck [2 m 2 f], 8 Black-headed Gull, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10+ Redwing, Mistle Thrush singing, 7+ Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, 2 Siskin pr feeding on alder cones near Water Grdn (Robert Callf)
Welling: 4 Blackcap (Ron Turner)
Worcester Park: m Blackcap, 20 Linnet (Bob Smith)

Monday 27th February[]

Biggin Hill Airport: Red Kite (Jon Mills)
Blenheim Gardens Estate, Brixton: 13 Redwing (Tony Stones)
Golders Hill Park: small mixed thrush flock [8-10] below Zoo with at least one Fieldfare call (Jo Edwards)
Brayside Farm, Enfield: 7 Stock Dove, 2 Mistle Thrush pr (Robert Callf)
Enfield "Flash Lane, EN2": 33 Redwing, Mistle Thrush (Robert Callf)
Enfield "Strayfield Road, EN2": 2 f Blackbird, m Song Thrush singing, 4 Redwing, Jay, 4 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Orpington "Gorse Road/Skeet Hill Lane": incl 2 Stonechat, Raven, 15-20 Yellowhammer (Jack Headley)
Oxleas Wood: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 11 Goldcrest, 9 Firecrest, 4 Stock Dove, Peregrine, 7 Redwing, Coal Tit (Ron Turner)
Heathrow, Polar Park: Song Thrush fledgling (Wendy Marks)
Holyfield Farm: Stonechat, Reed Bunting (John Emerson)
King George V Reservoir [permit only]: 8 Goosander [4 f 4 m], 20+ Goldeneye, Slavonian Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 25 Meadow Pipit etc (Quentin Given)
Ladywell Fields: 13 Mandarin Duck [9 m 4 f], 10+ Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Common Buzzard, Cormorant NW, 50+ Herring Gull (Neil Batten)
Margravine Cemetery: Red Kite over E 1230, 20+ Redwing (Nathalie Mahieu)
Millfield Park: Black Redstart still present on power station wall (Conrad Ellam); wasn't there in the afternoon, but appeared on the roof of larger building by the wall at 1715, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker pr displaying & Sparrowhawk over (Michael Mac)
Rectory Farm: Red Kite, 2 Dunnock pr, m Stonechat, 63 Redwing, 2 m Yellowhammer (Robert Callf)
Richmond Park: Red Kite by Pembroke Lodge (Mike Foster)
Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve: 14 Snipe, Oystercatcher, Little Egret, Gret Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Gadwall, Pochard (Jon Mills)
Teddington: Sparrowhawk over Broom Road (Mike Foster)
Totteridge Valley: Red Kite, 2 Lapwing, Raven (Andrew Self)
Warren Farm: Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 7+ Skylark, 6 Meadow Pipit, 7 Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush, 15+ Redwing, 4 Rook (Neil Anderson)
Welling: 4 Blackcap (Ron Turner)
West Drayton "private garden": Kingfisher, Little Egret, Common Buzzard, Red Kite (Wendy Marks)
Wormwood Scrubs: f Stonechat, Red Kite, Kestrel, 7 Redwing (Francis O'Sullivan)
W10, Grand Union Canal: 2 Grey Wagtail (Francis O'Sullivan)

Sunday 26th February[]

Brent Reservoir: Oystercatcher on rafts, 2 Common Snipe, Linnet over (Andrew Self)
Brookmill Park: Stock Dove, 2 Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Burgess Park: m Stonechat in bramble by mound, c15 Redwing (Steven Robinson)
Enfield area "private access": imm Red Kite, f Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Buzzard, f Kestrel, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Skylark singing, 27 Redwing, Goldcrest singing, 3 Jay (Robert Callf)
Forest Hill SE23: Raven calling from block of flats then flew S towards Sydenham - Photos taken (Ernest Thomason)
Millfields Park: Black Redstart still present E side of power station (Tom Stuart)
Ruislip Gardens, Stafford Road Open Space: Little Egret, Red Kite, Kestrel, 2 Redwing, Jay, Lesser Black-backed Gull (Tim Rymer)
Oxleas Wood: Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Kestrel, 8 Goldcrest, Firecrest, 13 Redwing, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Jackdaw (Ron Turner)
Sutton: Red Kite N over West Sutton at 1230 (John Boorman)
Ten Acre Wood area: m Pheasant, 1-2 Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, 5 Skylark [one displaying], 6 Meadow Pipit, 35+ Fieldfare feeding with Starlings, 6 Redwing, Reed Bunting singing (Neil Anderson)
Yeading Brook meadows: 2+ Red Kite, c95 Common Gull, 3 Common Snipe, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Redwing (Neil Anderson)
Welling: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldfinch [red ring on left leg], Coal Tit, 5 Blackcap [incl 3 f] (Ron Turner)

Saturday 25th February[]

Battersea Park: 230 Cormorant roost at dusk [highest count to date], 2 Teal pr, 12 Gadwall, 13 Shoveler, Tawny Owl, 2 Great Crested Grebe - pair preparing to breed (Michael Mac)
Crossness: Dartford Warbler still in West Paddock, 11 Stonechat (John Archer)
Grovelands Park: 2 Great Crested Grebe pr displaying [any breeding attempt is doomed to failure, due to lack of small prey items, caused by pollution], 16 Cormorant roosting in trees on island, 4 Greylag Goose, 18 Canada Goose inc metal-ringed no 5281962, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 15 Mandarin Duck [9 m 6 f], 21 Tufted Duck [11 m 10 f], 7 Common Gull [3 adults, 2nd-winter & 3 first-winter], Lesser Black-backed Gull, 12 Stock Dove roosting in trees on island, Tawny Owl hooting 1755, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, m Blackbird singing, m Song Thrush singing, 10 Redwing feeding on ivy berries, 3 Goldcrest inc singing male, Firecrest, 6+ Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit (Robert Callf)
Holland Park: Red kite over N entrance to Holland Park at 1330 (Callum Farrell-Morris)
Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: [Black Swan], 3 Shoveler, 109 Herring Gull, 29 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2cy Great Black-backed Gull, Cetti's Warbler (D McKenzie)
Horton Country Park: Red Kite, Water Rail (Bob Smith)
Isleworth "Thames foreshore": 2 Common Sandpiper together; one flying onto Surrey side (Neil Anderson & 8 Ealing Wildlife Group members)
Kensington "Stanhope Gardens": Great Spotted Woodpecker (Nathalie Mahieu)
Kew "Thames path": Red Kite, Peregrine opposite side of river, 2 Grey Wagtail pr (Neil Anderson et al)
Margravine Cemetery: 33 Redwing, 2 Peregrine Falcon pr mating on hospital and cranes (Nathalie Mahieu)
Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 17 Redwing, 5 Firecrest, 7 Goldcrest, 2 Common Buzzard, Treecreeper, 2 Jackdaw (Ron Turner)
Rainham Marshes: 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk. Kestrel, Peregrine, 400 Lapwing, 40 Avocet, 70 Dunlin, 50 Redshank, Curlew, 10 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, 3 Stonechat, Redwing, 10 Fieldfare, 20 Linnet, Reed Bunting (Conrad Ellam)
Richmond Park: 8 Stonechat (Hugh Bradshaw)
Millfields Park: f Black Redstart along wall of Power Station facing the River Lea (Sam O'Donnell)
Teddington: Red Kite circling garden at treetop height near Broom Road rec (Mike Foster)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Little Egret, 3 Common Buzzard, Kestrel m, 3 Fieldfare, 30 Redwing, 4 Rook, 3 Teal, 2 Coot, c75 Common Gull, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 House Sparrow (John Colmans)
Welling: 5 Blackcap [incl 4 f] (Ron Turner)

Friday 24th February[]

Battersea Park: 219 Cormorant - roost, 2 Tawny Owl active [this time last year 4 owlets had left the nest, but I've no idea of the exact nest site just the approx area], 4 Common Pochard, 6 Gadwall (Michael Mac)
Hampstead Heath: m Stonechat, Firecrest (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Sidcup DA14 “Chalk Wood”: Marsh Tit (Ian Stewart)
Warren Farm: 2 Red Kite, 2 Kestrel pr, Little Owl, 6 Skylark, Grey Wagtail, 4 Stonechat [m 3 f], 4 Fieldfare, 9 Redwing, Rook (Neil Anderson)
Hilly Fields, Lewisham: 5 Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Goldcrest, Chaffinch (Tom Moulton et al)
Oxleas Wood: 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Firecrest, 7 Goldcrest, 4 Stock Dove, Treecreeper, 3 Jackdaw, 6 Redwing, Coal Tit, Common Buzzard (Ron Turner)
Pymmes Park: 6 Greylag Goose, 2 Common Pochard [m f], 17 Tufted Duck [11 m 6 f], 5 Common Gull [3 adults, 2nd-winter & 1st-winter], 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull [2 adults & imm], imm Herring Gull, 3 Collared Dove, Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker [m f], 6 Redwing, 2 Long-tailed Tit pr (Robert Callf)
Uxbridge "Brunel University": Peregrine perched on boiler house chimney, Common Buzzard, Song Thrush (Roger Dewey)
Welling: 3 Blackcap (Ron Turner)

Thursday 23rd February[]

Brent Reservoir: 2 Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff (Tim Rymer)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Conrad Ellam)
Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe pr, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Red-legged Partridge, Common Gull flew over, 2 Green Woodpecker, Skylark singing, 26 Fieldfare, Song Thrush, 8 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Jay (Robert Callf)
Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper, 4 Firecrest, 9 Goldcrest, 3 Stock Dove, 34 Redwing, 2 Coal Tit (Ron Turner)
Ponders End: Red Kite regularly scouring the streets & parks for our abundant supply of garbage - good returns (A Middleton)
Regents Park: Water Rail, Kestrel, Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Crested Grebe displaying (Francis O'Sullivan)
Ruislip Lido: m Red-breasted Merganser, 31 Gadwall, 2 m Shoveler, Little Egret, 5 Great Crested Grebe, Red Kite (Neil Anderson); still there at 1715, 5 Song Thrush - 2 singing & 3 alarm calling at 2 Tawny Owl, Buzzard over at dusk, 2 Pied Wagtail (Michael Mac)
Stocker's Lake: Smew, 5 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Goldeneye, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler (Tim Rymer)
Stoneleigh Broadway KT17: Grey Wagtail S, Redwing E (Neil Batten)
Trent Park: Cormorant, 7 Tufted Duck [3 m 4 f], Common Buzzard, 20 Black-headed Gull, first-winter Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Coal Tit, Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
Welling: 3 Blackcap (Ron Turner)
Woodoaks Farm, Maple Cross: 3 Stonechat (Tim Rymer)

Wednesday 22nd February[]

Brent Reservoir: Jack Snipe from main hide (Andrew Self); East Marsh: 2 Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper; No sign of Jack Snipe at 1145 (Steve Blake et al)
Boxer's Lake, Enfield: 3 Little Egret roosting [2 at 1720 & another by 1723], 6 ad Grey Heron, f Mute Swan, Egyptian Goose, 2 Northern Shoveler pr, 15 Tufted Duck [9 m 6 f], 2 Wren singing (Robert Callf)
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital: m Kestrel in area during afternoon (D McKenzie)
Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, m Gadwall, f Tufted Duck, 11 Stock Dove, 3 Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 8 Stonechat [3 m 5 f], 17 Fieldfare, 4 Song Thrush inc two singing, c30 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush singing, 2 Chaffinch, f Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch, 8+ Linnet (Robert Callf)
Enfield Playing Fields: 3 Lesser Redpoll, 8 Redwing, Mistle Thrush (Phil Rhodes)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Egyptian Goose low SW 1320 (Neil Batten)
Lynsters Lake: Great White Egret flew over S (William Atkinson)
Oxleas Wood: Sparrowhawk, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Firecrest, 11 Goldcrest, 3 Treecreeper, 4 Common Redpoll, 14 Redwing (Ron Turner)
Paradise Fields, Greenford: Cetti's Warbler singing (Neil Anderson)
Petts Wood: 3-5 Firecrest (Jack Headley)
Ruislip Lido: m Red-breasted Merganser present this morning favouring the southern dam wall showing to within 10 metres (John Edwards et al)
Shrewsbury Park, SE18: Firecrest, 26 Redwing, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Greenfinch, 4 Chaffinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Tim Rymer)
Trent Park: Cormorant, 9 Tufted Duck [6 m 3 f], 20 Black-headed Gull, Grey Wagtail, 6 Blackbird, Song Thrush singing, 2 Goldcrest, Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
Welling: 3 Blackcap (Ron Turner)
Woodford Green: Redwing, Mistle Thrush over, 12 Goldfinch, 4 Chaffinch, Firecrest in grdn (Ken Murray)

Tuesday 21st February[]

Bankside: 2cy Yellow-legged Gull (Reuben Braddock)
Boxer's Lake, Enfield: 3 Little Egret roosting in trees on island [one at 1653 & another two flew in at 1724], 9+ ad Grey Heron & yng calling from nest [NY], 17 Tufted Duck [11 m 6 f], Grey Wagtail, Wren singing (Robert Callf)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, 2 Tufted Duck pr, f Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, 2 f Kestrel, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Skylark, Grey Wagtail, 7 Stonechat [3 m 4 f] at 1255, but only one fem at 1555 - an unprecedented number for the time of year at this site, 17 Fieldfare, 3 Song Thrush, 57+ Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, Goldcrest, 7+ Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Feltham: 7 Goldfinch, Peregrine over low, crows harassing Red Kite (Nigel Barratt)
Hampstead Heath: Stonechat [reeds of Boating Pond], Kingfisher [Sanctuary pond], Siskin flock (BirdsMBS)
King George V Reservoir [permit only]: Slavonian Grebe [N Basin, W side], 2 m Goosander [N Basin, S end], 14+ Goldeneye (Quentin Given)
Ladywell Fields: m Mandarin Duck (Conrad Ellam)
Larkswood E4: Firecrest, Treecreeper (James Palmer)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 2 Redwing, 32 Herring Gull [incl an adult bird with noticeable darkish grey leading edges to the wings, a hybrid?; the colour tone is darker than the usual grey mantle of Herring Gull] (Neil Batten)
Mayflower Park: Cetti's Warbler, Red Kite over (Bob Smith)
Richmond Park: Red Kite circling high over Pond Slade (Mike Foster)
St Mary Cray: Red Kite SE/E, Blackcap (Jack Headley)
Staines Reservoirs: 3 Black-necked Grebe, Water Pipit, f Goosander, Little Grebe, Goldeneye (Tim Rymer)
Trent Park: Cormorant, 8 Tufted Duck [5 m 3 f], 4 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Redwing, Mistle Thrush singing, 4 Long-tailed Tit [2 prs], 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
Tufnell Park "Huddleston Road, N7": Fieldfare feeding on berries in neighbours front garden [first non-flyover for some years] (Reuben Braddock)
Upper Cray Valley: Incl Treecreeper (Jack Headley)

Monday 20th February 2023[]

Battersea Park: Tawny Owl calling, 150 Cormorant roost, 8 Mandarin Duck, 19 Shoveler (Michael Mac)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, 2 Tufted Duck pr, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Red-legged Partridge, 4 Green Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 4 f Stonechat, 6 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush singing, 110+ Redwing, Long-tailed Tit, 35 Magpie pre-roost gathering after 1715, 3 Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
Highbury Fields "Ronald's Road, N5": Red-legged Partridge (Paula Redmond via member of public)
Ladywell Fields: 20 Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Mandarin Duck pr, Song Thrush (Tom Moulton/Sue Gore/Emily Millhouse)
Lonsdale Rd Res [part of WeBS]: m Pintail [my first here], 53 Teal, 6 Gadwall, 3 Shoveler, 5 Pochard, Cetti's Warbler singing (Neil Anderson)
Pinner Park Farm: 5 Redwing, 2 Stock Dove (Tim Rymer)
Trent Park: 12 Mandarin Duck [7 m 5 f], 14 Tufted Duck [9 m 5 f], 11 Black-headed Gull, 2 Stock Dove singing, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Song Thrush, Goldcrest, 7 Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit singing, Jay (Robert Callf)
Worcester Park, Waitrose: Red Kite circling overhead 1236, Redwing (Neil Batten)

Sunday 19th February 2023[]

Berrylands Station: 3 Red Kite circling S together at 1245 (Nick Tanner)
Crane Park, Twickenham: Kingfisher along River Crane, Red Kite over Kneller Gardens (Iain Darbyshire)
Enfield area "private access": Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 3 f Stonechat, 6 Linnet (Robert Callf)
Enfield Town "River View, EN2": f Blackcap feeding on block of fat 1315 to 1317 (Robert Callf)
Ewell, London Road: Common Buzzard circling low above Nonsuch Park gates am (Neil Batten)
Fryent CP: Red Kite, Fieldfare, Redwing, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker (J Carter)
Hampstead Heath: Common Buzzard mobbed by Carrion Crows, 3 Siskin feeding at the Viaduct Pond, Kingfisher at the Sanctuary, Great Crested Grebe still, Magpie nest building outside Kenwood cafe (Hampstead Heath Birders & LNHS walk)
Highbury Fields "Highbury Fields School, N5": Red-legged Partridge (Paula Redmond via member of public)
KGV Reservoir: m Smew, 4 Goosander, m Scaup, m Common Pochard x Tufted Duck [hybrid], Slavonian Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Raven - all on N basin (Stivi Musievski)
London WWT: f Brambling, m Siskin at feeders in afternoon, 2 Shelduck pr, Common Snipe (Matt Bradbury)
Mayflower Park: Cetti's Warbler (Chris Northwood per Bob Smith)
Millfields Park: Black Redstart on power station 1445 (James Blake)
Motspur Park: Firecrest (Mark Bravery per Bob Smith)
Paddington Green: Common Buzzard pursued N by Herring Gull 1546 (D McKenzie)
Petts Wood: incl 2 Firecrest (Jack Headley)
Priest Hill: Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, f Kestrel, 25 Redwing (Neil Batten)
Shrewsbury Park, SE18: Firecrest, m Blackcap singing, Goldcrest, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Stock Dove, Song Thrush, Jay (Tim Rymer)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 3 Little Owl, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Coot pr, 2 Skylark, 19 Fieldfare, 9 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Greenfinch (John Colmans)
Town Park, Enfield: 21 Tufted Duck [12 m 9 f] Carr's Basin, Nuthatch (Robert Callf)
Trent Park: 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush singing, 2 Goldcrest, Coal Tit singing (Robert Callf)

Saturday 18th February 2023[]

Epping Forest "Highams Park Lake area to Woodford Rugby Club": Firecrest, 5 Goldcrest, 3 Treecreeper, Kestrel, Stock Dove, 5 Common Pochard, 15 Tufted Duck, Shoveler (Joe Dickens)
Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe, 2 Common Buzzard, f Kestrel, 5 Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, 3 Skylark, 7 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 19 Pied Wagtail, 2 f Stonechat, 2 Fieldfare, 7 Redwing, 41+ Magpie pre-roost gathering after 1715 {Muntjac Deer} (Robert Callf)
Lee Valley "Fishers Green to Holyfield Lake": c30 Redwing, 2 Goldeneye pr, 2 Goosander pr, 4 Eurasian Teal [2 prs], Kingfisher, Goldcrest, c80 Jackdaw (Andrew Peel, Central London RSPB birdwalk)
Putney Heath: 2 Firecrest including one singing in area N of A3 (Ian Strickland)
South Lodge Farm: 10 Stock Dove (Robert Callf)
Totteridge: 2 Egyptian Goose on pond (Allan Stewart)
Trent Park: 4 Tufted Duck [2 m 2 f], 2 Green Woodpecker, f Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Blackbird, Mistle Thrush singing, 4 Long-tailed Tit [2 prs], Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
Shrewsbury Park, SE18: Firecrest, 2 Bullfinch, 5 Redwing, 3 Stock Dove, Goldcrest, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Tim Rymer)
Upper Cray Valley: "abietinus" type Chiffchaff near Willow Bridge (Jack Headley)

Friday 17th February 2023[]

Holyfield Lake: 11 Goosander [5 m 6 f] (Ben Green)
Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan pr, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 2 Northern Shoveler pr, 23 Tufted Duck [13 m 10 f], Sparrowhawk flew over 1650, 78+ Black-headed Gull [inc one w/ dark blue coloured-ring T4EE from Poland & one w/ white coloured-ring L-Y from The Netherlands], 2 ad Common Gull, 3 Dunnock, m Blackbird, 13 Redwing, m Great Tit singing, Jay, m Chaffinch, 25 Greenfinch pre-roost gathering at about 1630, 5 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Millfields Park, E5: Black Redstart showed 1534 to 1537 (Thanks AD for the info G James)
Rainham Marshes: 1st-winter Caspian Gull (Andrew Self)
Richmond Park: Shelduck, 2 Red Kite, Buzzard (RPFBG)
St Paul's Cray Common: 2-3 Firecrest (Jack Headley)

Thursday 16th February 2023[]

Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 2 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
Grovelands Park: Great Crested Grebe, 13 Cormorant roosting in trees on island, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan pr inc male w/ orange coloured-ring 4EIT, 4 Greylag Goose, 23 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 13 Mandarin Duck [10 m 3 f], 13 Tufted Duck [8 m 5 f], 4 Common Gull [2 adults & 2 first-winter], imm Lesser Black-backed Gull, ad Herring Gull, 10 Stock Dove roosting in trees on island, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Blackbird [3 m f] inc singing male, 3 m Song Thrush singing, c20 Redwing, m Mistle Thrush singing, 2 Goldcrest inc singing male, 5 Long-tailed Tit inc one carrying nesting material [B], m Coal Tit singing (Robert Callf)
Hatton Farm Fields: 2 Ruddy Shelduck (Adam Cheeseman via member of public)
Holyfield Farm: Peregrine on top of pylon, 50 Redwing, 4 Fieldfare (John Emerson)
Holyfield Lake: 3 Goosander, 2 Siskin (John Emerson)
London Wetland Centre: f Goldeneye, Oystercatcher, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Siskin, Common Snipe, Water Pipit, 4 Stonechat (Martin Honey)
Pinner, River Pinn: Grey Wagtail (Nigel Barratt)
Southwark Park: Firecrest (John Cadera)
Sutcliffe Park: Little Egret, 15+ Redwing (Conrad Ellam)

Wednesday 15th February 2023[]

Bankside: 26 Mute Swan, 34+ Cormorant, Kestrel (James Palmer)
Boxer's Lake: Little Egret flew in to roost 1711, 7 ad Grey Heron inc leucistic individual & yng calling loudly from nest, f Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, 2 Northern Shoveler pr, 6 Tufted Duck [3 m 3 f] - major clear-out, Grey Wagtail, Wren, Dunnock singing (Robert Callf)
Cray Valley GC: incl Red Kite, c10 Common Buzzard, 2 Bullfinch (Jack Headley)
Enfield area "private access": f Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, 3 Skylark (Robert Callf)
Fulham Palace: Nuthatch (Andrew Self)
Fulham Road SW10: ad Great Black-backed Gull over 1155 (D McKenzie)
Holly Hill Farm: m Kestrel, 2 Skylark inc one singing (Robert Callf)
London Wetland Centre: f Sparrowhawk, 2 Redwing, 5 Common Snipe, Jack Snipe grazing marsh first channel east from sluice bridge, 3 m Stonechat, Water Pipit. 7 Reed Bunting together feeding on Phragmites seeds left of Observatory {Red Admiral} (Martin Honey)
Putney Heath: 4 Firecrest S side of A3 (R Kaye); 2 Firecrest N of A3 (Andrew Self); 8 Redwing near N end of Ladies Mile (Martin Honey); 9+ Firecrest N of A3 in different locations to yesterday's birds - complete survey of Heath N of A3 produced 19+ Firecrest (J Wilczur)
Richmond Park: m Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 5 Mandarin Duck, 2 Common Buzzard, 8 Grey Heron [4 on nests], 2 Sparrowhawk [one displaying], 2 Stonechat pr, 21 Redwing, 3 m Reed Bunting together feeding on Phragmites seeds, 6 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson)
Trent Park: 2 Mandarin Duck pr, 3 Tufted Duck [2 m f], Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush singing Icehouse Wd, Nuthatch (Robert Callf)

Tuesday 14th February 2023[]

Battersea Park: Song Thrush singing, 2 Blackbird alarm calling in owl area [no Tawny Owl seen in the last 4 dusk visits] (Michael Mac)
Boxer's Lake: 7 adult Grey Heron & yng calling from nest [NY], f Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, 3 Northern Shoveler [adult male, imm male & female], 17 Tufted Duck [10 m 7 f], 68 Black-headed Gull, 5 Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, 2 Stock Dove displaying [D], Wren singing, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit (Robert Callf)
Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Stock Dove (Conrad Ellam)
Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe, 4 Tufted Duck [2 m 2 f], Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, 2 Skylark inc singing male, 12 Pied Wagtail, Fieldfare, 16 Redwing, Mistle Thrush, 3 Long-tailed Tit {m Muntjac Deer} (Robert Callf)
Grovelands Park: 2 Firecrest near Rangers Hut, m Blackcap singing near Rangers Hut (Paul Collins)
Hackney Marshes: Little Egret, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker (Alastair Dent); 2 Cetti's Warblers visible near red bridge (J-P Elmes)
Hampstead Heath: 20 Shoveler on Hampstead Ponds (Hampstead Birders)
King George V Reservoir: 8 Goldeneye, 4 Goosander, m Smew, m Black Redstart (James Palmer)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 2 Common Buzzard (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: Bittern showing well in sun at WWF hide, 2 Common Snipe, 60 Lapwing, Water Pipit, Kestrel, Lesser Redpoll (Michael Mac)
Millfields Park, E5: Black Redstart back again in same spot as last week and last year (J-P Elmes)
Petts Wood: incl Red Kite, Firecrest (Jack Headley)
Putney Heath: 5+ Firecrest N of A3 - in different parts of the Heath to those seen on the 10th Feb so probably different birds (J Wilczur)
Trent Park: 2 Cormorant, 12 Canada Goose, 7 Tufted Duck [4 m 3 f], 4 Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Dunnock singing, 2 Song Thrush inc singing male, Mistle Thrush singing, 2 Long-tailed Tit pr (Robert Callf)
Victoria Park: f Sparrowhawk, 40+ Redwing, Goldcrest singing (John Archer)

Monday 13th February 2023[]

Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Little Egret, 2 Redwing (Conrad Ellam); Kingfisher (Tom Moulton)
Boxer's Lake: 5 adult Grey Heron inc two occupied nests [ON], f Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, Egyptian Goose, 18 Tufted Duck [11 m 7 f], 45 Black-headed Gull, 3 Common Gull [2 adults & second-winter], 2 ad Lesser Black-backed Gull, Stock Dove (Robert Callf)
Enfield area "private access": Common Buzzard, Skylark singing, 2 Meadow Pipit, f Stonechat [FOY] (Robert Callf)
Ewell: Common Buzzard SSW over Ewell bypass 1555 harrassed by Corvids (Neil Batten)
Hackney Marshes: Goldcrest, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Little Grebe (Alastair Dent)
Hampstead Heath: Red Kite, Common Buzzard over Kenwood, 17 Shoveler on Hampstead ponds, 3 Little Grebe on Highgate 1, Kingfishers at the Sanctuary Pond & Stock Pond, 10 Common Gull & 5 Herring Gull on Men's Pond, 2 House Sparrow in hedge 2 (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: [Black Swan], 12 Gadwall, 23 Pochard, ad Black-headed Gull [yellow ring on left 2F12], 42 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 16 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Dunnock singing (D McKenzie)
Morden: Common Buzzard S over town centre at 1530 (John Boorman)
Oakwood "Glenbrook wetlands": 4 Blackbird [2 m 2 f] giving alarm calls near Tawny Owl roost site [Tawny Owl not seen] (Robert Callf)
Putney Heath: 4 Firecrest (Jon Reeves)
Seventy Acres Lake: m Smew, f Goosander (John Emerson)
South Lodge Farm: 2 Fieldfare, Redwing (Robert Callf)
St Paul's Cray: 5 Common Buzzard [3 circling Cray Valley Golf Course & 2 circling over Kemnal Technology College] (Jack Headley)
Stocker's Lake: m Smew, 7 Goldeneye incl 2 ad m, 13 Wigeon, Little Egret, c8 Red Kite [6 visible at same time], Common Buzzard, c24 Lapwing, Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff, 3 Nuthatch, c20 Redwing (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Waterworks NR: f Peregrine demolishing prey on pylon on old pitch & putt (Alastair Dent)
Wandle Meadow Nature Park "Colliers Wood": Grey Wagtail, 4 Stock Dove, Collared Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Keith Bates)
Wandle Park, Colliers Wood: Little Egret (Keith Bates)

Sunday 12th February 2023[]

Brent Reservoir: 11 Snipe, Lapwing (Andrew Self)
Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Stock Dove, Kingfisher, 2 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
Church Street Recreation Ground, Edmonton: 16 Common Gull inc one first-winter (Robert Callf)
Crossness: 2 Stonechat pr, 5 Cetti's Warbler, Kestrel (Tim Rymer)
Ewell, Banstead Road: 100+ Redwing feeding in horse field next to Everlast Gym pm (Neil Batten)
Hampstead Heath: Great Crested Grebe & m Common Pochard [both new for the year], 50 Siskin at the Sanctuary Pond, 200 Redwing at Springett's Wood, Firecrest (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Hilfield Park Reservoir: Peregrine, 125 Shoveler, 2 Goldeneye [m f], 18 Fieldfare, 6 Egyptian Goose (Tony Blake)
Osterley Park: 3 Teal, 8 Mandarin Duck, 8 Shoveler, c30 Tufted Duck, 2 Cormorant, 10 Mute Swan, c200 Black-headed Gull, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, c50 Stock Dove, Greenfinch, 23 Redwing, Kestrel, Red Kite (Nigel Dodd/Osterley Birders)
Pinner Park Farm: Fieldfare, Green Woodpecker, 35+ Redwing (Tim Rymer)
Pymmes Park: 4 Greylag Goose [2 prs], 3 Egyptian Goose [2 m f], 2 Common Pochard pr, 22 Tufted Duck [14 m 8 f], 100+ Black-headed Gull, 5 Common Gull [2 adults, second-winter, 2 first-winter], 23+ Ring-necked Parakeet, Collared Dove, Stock Dove, 2 f Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Song Thrush singing, 8+ Redwing, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Chaffinch [m 2 f], 9 Greenfinch, Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Rainham Marsh: Dartford Warbler, Water Pipit (Steve Bacon)
Rotherhithe "Greenland Dock entrance": Little Egret (Richard Corlett)
Shrewsbury Park, SE18: Firecrest, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Goldcrest, 11 Redwing, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, Jay (Tim Rymer)
Ten Acre Wood area: 6 Teal, Little Egret, 3 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 5 Stock Dove, 8 Skylark, 17 Meadow Pipit, 25 Pied Wagtail, 17 Fieldfare, 11 Redwing, 3 Goldcrest, 4 Lesser Redpoll (Neil Anderson)
Thamesmere West Lake, Thamesmead: 1w Caspian Gull (Tim Rymer)
Wood Farm, Stanmore: Stonechat, Egyptian Goose flew SW (Tony Blake)
Yeading Brook meadows: 3 Teal, 3 Red Kite, c75 Common Gull, 3 Common Snipe, 2 Redwing, 5 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 11th February 2023[]

Copped Hall: two kettles totalling 20+ Red Kite, Marsh Harrier S, 30 Redwing (A Middleton/Tony Clancy)
Enfield Town: Little Egret & Little Grebe on New River adjacent to Southbury Road (Phil Rhodes)
Fairlop Waters: 23 Golden Plover, 61 Lapwing, 19 Shoveler, 12 Teal, 28 Gadwall, 5 Common Pochard, 53 Tufted Duck (Steve Bacon)
Grovelands Park: Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 10 Cormorant roosting in trees on island, 5 Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 29 Mandarin Duck [20 m 9 f] at 1726, 20 Tufted Duck [12 m 8 f], Water Rail foraging in NE corner of lake 1451 to 1710 - showing very well, ad Black-headed Gull [w/ white 'darvic-ring' EE7E from The Netherlands - ringed on the small uninhabited island of Griend, Wadden Sea per Frank Majoor], 6 Common Gull [3 adults, 2nd-winter, 2 first-winter], 8+ Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, 4 Redwing, m Firecrest singing near Rangers Hut 1503 to 1506, Wren singing, Dunnock, 3 Nuthatch inc two singing, 2 Jay (Robert Callf)
Hainault CP: m Goosander, m Mandarin Duck, 4 Shoveler, Grey Wagtail (Steve Bacon)
Hilfield Park Reservoir: m Goldeneye, 208 Lesser Black-backed Gull [counted in roost at 1700] (Tony Blake)
Shrewsbury Park, SE18: Firecrest, Nuthatch, 2 Goldcrest, 6 Redwing, 4 Stock Dove, Song Thrush, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Coal Tit (Tim Rymer)
Stoneleigh KT17: Blackcap singing in The Glade am (Neil Batten)
Swanscombe Marshes: Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Peregrine, 2 Avocet, 10+ Dunlin, 20+ Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 3 Meadow Pipit, 3 Stonechat, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Little Owl, Kestrel, 3 Fieldfare, 19 Redwing, 2 Teal, c175 Common Gull (John Colmans)
Warren Farm: 2 Red Kite, Kestrel, Little Owl, 4 Skylark, 15 Fieldfare, 25 Redwing, 2 Rook, 2 Linnet (Neil Anderson)
Welling: 4 Blackcap [inc 2 f] (Ron Turner)

Friday 10th February 2023[]

Boles Meadow, Hanwell: 3 Teal, Red Kite nearby, Water Rail, 2 Stock Dove pr, 30+ Redwing (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Chislehurst Common: m Mandarin Duck still on Rush Pond (Jack Headley)
Grovelands Park: Water Rail still at NE corner of lake (Greg Smith)
Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe pr, Common Buzzard, 2 Common Snipe, 5 Green Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 30 Meadow Pipit, Fieldfare, 52 Redwing, Raven, Chaffinch {m Muntjac Deer} (Robert Callf)
Holyfield Lake: 5m 4f Goosander (Ben Green)
London Wetland Centre: m Stonechat, Dartford Warbler & f Sparrowhawk on wader scrape (Michael Mac); 4 Common Snipe grazing marsh (Martin Honey & B Page); Jack Snipe flew from marsh to scrape (Jon Reeves)
Oxleas Wood: 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Firecrest, 9 Goldcrest, 6 Jackdaw, 5 Redwing, 2 Stock Dove, Song Thrush, Coal Tit (Ron Turner)
Pinner, HA5: Greenfinch (first sighting in two years) (Nigel Barratt)
Putney Heath: 5 Firecrest N of A3 (J Wilczur)
Rainham Marshes: 57 Avocet, Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, 2 Stonechat (Andrew Self)
Shrewsbury Park, SE18: Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Redwing, Greenfinch, Jay, Song Thrush, Coal Tit (Tim Rymer)
Trent Park: Cormorant, Grey Heron, 2 Tufted Duck pr, Mistle Thrush singing, Goldcrest, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Coal Tit inc one singing, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 2 Jay (Robert Callf)
Trent Park Golf Course: Little Egret near Merryhills Brook (Robert Callf)
Wandle Park, Colliers Wood: Little Egret, Stock Dove (Keith Bates)
Welling: 4 Blackcap [inc 2 f] (Ron Turner)
Woodberry Wetlands: Little Egret, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Redwing, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Woodberry birders)

Thursday 9th February 2023[]

Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Broomfield Park, Palmers Green, N13: Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan pr, 17 Canada Goose inc three w/ metal rings nos - 5281686, 5281968 & 5286204, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 2 Northern Shoveler pr, 23 Tufted Duck [11 m 12 f], Black-headed Gull inc metal-ringed HA24.238 from Lithuania at 1640, Common Gull, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush inc singing male, Redwing, 2 Long-tailed Tit pr, 8 Blue Tit, m Great Tit singing, 9 House Sparrow [4 m 5 f], 19 Greenfinch pre-roost gathering 1625, 5 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Bushy Park: Dartford Warbler in bracken around house N of Diana Fountain car park (Adam Cheeseman)
Oxleas Wood: 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Goldcrest, Firecrest, 4 Jackdaw, 2 Redwing, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Song Thrush (Ron Turner)
Stockers Lake: m Smew, 11 Red-crested Pochard, 5 Goldeneye, 90 Siskin (Andrew Self)
Upper Cray Valley: incl Water Rail, c10 Linnet (Jack Headley)
Welling: 4 Blackcap [inc 2 f] (Ron Turner)
Woodford Green: m Siskin [FOY] on feeder briefly at 0910, Red Kite & Sparrowhawk over, Little Egret w/ white & yellow plastic rings (Ken Murray)

Wednesday 8th February 2023[]

Brookmill park: Little Grebe, Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Bushy Park: 2 Mediterranean Gull (John Strachan/Phil Davies/Barry Chambers)
Feltham, St Giles Hotel: 2 Peregrine pr perched on rail just below roof, above hotel entrance at 1545 (Andy Roberts)
Grovelands Park: Water Rail [NE corner again], 4 Common Gull (Marcus Hunt); Great Crested Grebe, 13 Cormorant roosting in trees on island, Grey Heron flew over, 4 Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 19 Mandarin Duck [12 m 7 f], 29 Tufted Duck [18 m 11 f], 6 Common Gull [4 adults inc Norwegian darvic-ringed bird, 2nd-winter & 1st-winter], 4 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Redwing, Goldcrest, Firecrest foraging in holly near Rangers Hut (Robert Callf)
Holyfield Hall Farm: 14 Barnacle Goose (Andrew Self/John & Janet Cadera)
Orpington "Gorse Road/Skeet Hill Lane area": incl 2 Lapwing W, 30-40 Yellowhammer (Jack Headley)
Oxleas Wood: 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Goldcrest, 2 Firecrest, Chiffchaff, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Mistle Thrush pr (Ron Turner)
Richmond Park, Isabella Plantation: Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Coal Tit at feeders plus a male Sparrowhawk hunting at the bird feeders [without success] (Martin Honey, B Page)
Shrewsbury Park, SE18: Firecrest, Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush (Tim Rymer)
Rainham RSPB: c40 Pintail, Little Egret, 2-3 Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, presumed escape white phase Gyr Falcon on bank near Butts Hide [no obvious sign of jesses], Curlew, 4+ Common Snipe, 3 Rock Pipit, Fieldfare, 6 Rook low over (Neil Anderson w/ John Wells wildlife group)
Welling: 3 Blackcap [inc 2 f] (Ron Turner)
Woodberry Wetlands LWT: Red-crested Pochard (Coal House Cafe Staff)

Tuesday 7th February 2023[]

Brent Reservoir: Lapwing, 20 Snipe (Andrew Self)
Brixton: Song Thrush singing, Rush Common, 9 Redwing, Blenheim Gardens Estate (Tony Stones)
Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
Lambeth: solitary Redwing feeding on ground on small green space opposite MI6 building (John Colmans)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 2 Red Kite, Common Buzzard (Neil Batten)
Oxleas Wood: 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Jackdaw, 12 Redwing, 11 Goldcrest, Song Thrush, Firecrest (Ron Turner)
Richmond Park: 5 Red Kite visible in sky at same time (RP Bird Group)
Scadbury Park: incl Firecrest, Bullfinch (Jack Headley)
St Paul's Cray: Blackcap sub singing in Croxley Green garden (Jack Headley)
Stocker's Lake: m Smew, Barnacle Goose [presumed not wild] (Roger Dewey)
Trent Park: Raven calling over Hadley Rd car-park, 2 Firecrest Moat Wd, 2 Nuthatch, 15 Redwing, Tawny Owl heard Williams Wood at dusk (Michael Mac); 2 Northern Shoveler pr, 8 Tufted Duck [3 m 5 f], Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel pr in display flight near Triangular Wd, 5 Green Woodpecker, 4+ Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail Camlet Moat, 2 Song Thrush singing, 2 Redwing, 7 Goldcrest, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Coal Tit inc three singing males, 16+ Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 6 Nuthatch inc two singing, Treecreeper (Robert Callf/Eugene Dillon-Hooper)
Wandsworth Common: Little Owl (Nick Rutter)
Welling: 3 Blackcap [inc 2 f], Coal Tit (Ron Turner)
Wimbledon Common: 2 Firecrest (Jon Reeves)

Monday 6th February 2023[]

Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
Boxer's Lake: 4 Grey Heron inc one sitting on nest [ON], f Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, 2 Northern Shoveler pr, 16 Tufted Duck [11 m 5 f], 4 Common Gull (Robert Callf)
Crossness: Oystercatcher, 900 Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper (Andrew Self) escaped_ f Gyrfalcon duelling w/ Peregrine 1430 (Justin Sneddon per John Archer)
Dagenham Chase: Jack Snipe, 5 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 66 Lapwing, Shelduck, 48 Wigeon, Buzzard, Grey Wagtail, Skylark (Steve Bacon)
Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe, f Kestrel, 3 Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 20 Pied Wagtail, 12+ Fieldfare, 7+ Redwing, 6 Long-tailed Tit, f Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch pr, 7 Goldfinch (Robert Callf); Red Kite, 5 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Snipe (Eugene Dillon-Hooper per RM Callf)
Heathrow: m Smew still, Water Rail & Little Egret (Adam Cheeseman)
Hoblingwell Wood: Firecrest (Jack Headley)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 2 Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard, 50+ Herring Gull near to Tesco superstore, 17 Stock Dove SE (Neil Batten)
Lee Valley, Holyfield Lake: 4 Goosander, Oystercatcher, Common Buzzard (Francis O'Sullivan)
Oakwood Station: several Redwing feeding on red berries beside N bound platform (Bob Husband); 4 Redwing flew off about 1500 (Robert Callf)
Oxleas Wood: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 5 Stock Dove, Common Buzzard, 4 Firecrest, 9 Goldcrest, 4 Redwing, Tawny Owl, 3 Jackdaw (Ron Turner)
Petts Wood: 6 Firecrest incl four singing (Jack Headley)
Shrewsbury Park, SE18: Firecrest, 3 Redwing, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush (Tim Rymer)
Stocker's Lake: m Smew, 5 Goldeneye, 75+ Shoveler, 9 Wigeon, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 36 Lapwing, Water Rail, Kingfisher, Rook over (Neil Anderson)
Trent Park: 2 Tufted Duck pr, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Blackbird, 4 Redwing, 2 m Mistle Thrush singing, Goldcrest, Long-tailed Tit, 15 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, f Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 3 Chaffinch [m 2 f], 16 Siskin feeding on alders, Water Grdn [FOY] (Robert Callf); 3 Firecrest [2 Moat Wd, 1 Rough Lot] (Eugene Dillon-Hooper per RM Callf)
Wandle Park, Colliers Wood: Little Egret, Stock Dove (Keith Bates)
Welling: 2 Blackcap pr (Ron Turner)

Sunday 5th February 2023[]

Beckenham Place Park: 6 Little Grebe, 2 Egyptian Goose (Jon Mills)
Bury Farm, Edgwarebury "New Golf Development": one possibly two pairs Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Red Kite, 6 Chaffinch, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Skylark singing {Red Fox} (Marian Rastelli/Haydn Coe/Bob Husband)
Greenwich Peninsula: Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler, f Siskin in the Ecology Park, Chiffchaff in Central Park (John Bushell, Conrad Ellam & Richard Green)
Hampstead Heath: Linnet over Sphagnum Bog [FOY], c30 Siskin at Sanctuary Pond, m Teal at Stock Pond, Treecreeper singing in Kenwood, 2 Kestrel pr (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Millfields Park, E5: Black Redstart, behind power station (J-P Elmes)
Southgate Chase Allotments: f Sparrowhawk, 11 Redwing, 7 Starling, Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Ten Acre Wood area: Pheasant head calling, Little Egret, 4 Red Kite, Kestrel, Stock Dove, 9 Skylark flock, Grey Wagtail, 7 Meadow Pipit, m Stonechat, c20 Redwing, 11 Fieldfare, f Reed Bunting (Neil Anderson)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake; 2 Little Owl, Kingfisher, Red Kite, 2 Teal, Coot, 6 Fieldfare, 33 Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Rook, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Greenfinch (John Colmans)
Upper Cray Valley: Water Rail, Blackcap (Jack Headley)
Yeading Brook meadows: Little Egret, 3 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, Common Snipe, c80 Common Gull (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 4th February 2023[]

Hilfield Park Reservoir: 1+ ad Mediterranean Gull [in roost] (Tony Blake)
Enfield area "private access": 3 Little Grebe, f Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Skylark, 23 Meadow Pipit, 3 Song Thrush singing, 50+ Redwing, 56 Magpie pre-roost gathering 1700, 2 Raven pr flew NW calling towards Williams Wd 1706 (Robert Callf)
Osterley Park: 14 Shoveler, 4 Common Pochard, 6 Mandarin Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 40+ Stock Dove, 55+ Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, 20+ Chaffinch (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Rainham Marshes: Raven, Oystercatcher, 3 Water Pipit (Andrew Self, John & Janet Cadera)
South Lodge Farm: 4 Stock Dove, 10+ Fieldfare, 25+ Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, 2 Jay, 6 Jackdaw (Robert Callf)
Trent Park: 10 Mandarin Duck [7 m 3 f], Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Song Thrush inc two singing males, 14 Redwing Water Grdn, Goldcrest, 20 Long-tailed Tit [4+11+5], 2 Coal Tit (Robert Callf)
Upper Cray Valley: Red Kite W, "abietinus" type Chiffchaff in vegetation by bench near Willow Bridge S of Main Road 1010 (Jack Headley)
Warren Farm: Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, 4 Skylark, 21 Meadow Pipit flock, c20 Redwing, 11 Rook, c15 Linnet (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Woodford Green: m Goosander over NE at 0920, Blackcap in hedge, Mistle Thrush N at 1400 {Pipistrelle sp past the window at 1713} (Ken Murray)

Friday 3rd February 2023[]

Chislehurst Common: m Mandarin Duck on Rush Pond still, 3 Firecrest (Eric Brown)
Belsize Park, NW3: Tawny Owl heard repeatedly calling in evening (Callum Farrell-Morris)
Chalk Farm, NW3: Common Buzzard soaring low above Haverstock School being mobbed by Ring-necked Parakeets at 0915 (Paul White)
Crayford Marshes: 60+ Lapwing, 20+ Dunlin, 40+ Redshank, 3 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, Stonechat, 50+ Redwing, 5 Fieldfare, 20+ Linnet, Greenfinch (Conrad Ellam)
Fryent CP: 3 Lesser Redpoll, m Blackcap singing (Andrew Self)
Fulham Palace gardens: 5 Redwing, 2 Nuthatch pr feeding in crevices of wall (Neil Anderson)
Grovelands Park: Great Crested Grebe, 19 Cormorant roosting in trees on island, Mute Swan, 4 Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 16 Mandarin Duck [10 m 6 f], 2 f Common Pochard, 21 Tufted Duck [13 m 8 f], 4 Common Gull [2 adults, 2nd-winter & 1st-winter, inc adult w/ white darvic-ring JJ358 from Norway], Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker [m f], 3 m Song Thrush singing, 6 Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, 4+ Long-tailed Tit, 3 Nuthatch, Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Scadbury Park: Firecrest (Jack Headley)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Great White Egret, Scaup, 6 Goldeneye, 14 Barnacle Goose (Walthamstow birders)

Thursday 2nd February 2023[]

Barn Elms Playing Fields: 21 Moorhen feeding in middle of running track, Kestrel, 2 Redwing (Michael Mac)
Boxer's Lake: Little Egret flew in to roost on island 1642, 6 ad Grey Heron inc leucistic individual & one sitting [ON], f Mute Swan, 2 Mandarin Duck pr, 5 Northern Shoveler [3 m 2 f], 23 Tufted Duck [14 m 9 f], 2 Grey Wagtail, Robin singing w/ a few white feathers on rump, f Blackbird [perched close by for lengthy period of time] (Robert Callf)
Brent Reservoir: 2 Lapwing, 5 Common Snipe, Blackcap (Andrew Self)
Grovelands Park: Water Rail still at NE corner of lake at 0920 (Davey Leach)
Holyfield Farm: 200+ mixed flock of Fieldfare & Redwing in 1st field from car park (John Emerson)
Holyfield Lake: 2 Goosander pr, Goldcrest, Sparrowhawk (John Emerson)
Kew Gardens: 22 Greylag Goose, 4 Shoveler [3 m f], m Pochard, m Mandarin Duck, c50 Redwing (Neil Anderson)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Red Kite, 9 Redwing NW (Neil Batten)
Perivale Park: 2 Common Buzzard flew low into park [seen from bus] (Neil Anderson)
Richmond Park "Upper Pen Pond": ad "heinei" Common Gull (R Kaye)
Southgate N14: 2 Raven pr flew SE 0940, m Blackcap in tree (Eugene Dillon-Hooper)
Woodford Green: Teal, Redwing, Blackcap, Song Thrush & Firecrest (Ken Murray)

Wednesday 1st February 2023[]

Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Stock Dove, Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Chistlehurst Common: Mandarin Duck still on Rush Pond (Conrad Ellam)
Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 4 Common Snipe, 2 Skylark, 24 Meadow Pipit, 3 Fieldfare, Song Thrush singing, 89 Redwing flock, 3 Jay, 39 Magpie pre-roost gathering 1655, 34 Goldfinch flock, 7 Linnet {m Muntjac Deer} (Robert Callf)
Hampstead Heath: Woodcock, flushed from Ken Wood area at around 1230 (Tim Blackburn)
Lamorbey Park, Sidcup: Little Grebe, 4 Egyptian Goose, Stock Dove, 2 Jay, Pied Wagtail (Mike Amos)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 2 Red Kite, 7 Stock Dove S, Common Gull, Redwing (Neil Batten)
Orpington "Gorse Road/Skeet Hill Lane": incl Common Buzzard, c40 Meadow Pipit, 60-80 Fieldfare, c140 Stock Dove, c20 Linnet, c40 Yellowhammer (Jack Headley)
Peckham Rye Park: Cormorant [rare here], ad-winter Mediterranean Gull (Fernley Symons)
Priory Gardens: 1-2 Little Grebe (Jack Headley)
Rayners Lane, HA2: Green Woodpecker, garden, Red Kite over (Tim Rymer)
Trent Park: 3 Cormorant, 7 Mandarin Duck [4 m 3 f], Red Kite, Common Buzzard, c25 Redwing, 3 Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Raven (Robert Callf)
Wormwood Scrubs: Meadow Pipit, 8 Redwing, 80+ Carrion Crow, f Reed Bunting, 5 Greenfinch, 3 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson)