July 2014

Thursday 31st July 2014[]

Alexandra Park: 5 House Martins Wood Green Res 1730 (Bob Watts)
Beddington SF: Glossy Ibis 12:21 (Birdguides)
Brent Reservoir: 1 juv Little Ringed Plover, 4 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, Mute Swan with orange ring 783 on left leg (reported to BTO) ringed at Apsley on September 10 2012 by the East Anglia Swan Study Group & has subsequently been reported six times mainly in the Lea Valley (Andrew Haynes); 4 Green Sandpipers in evening (Andrew Self).
Brickendon: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker private woodland (Allan Meadows per Herts BC)
Ham (KT2): Common Buzzard flying S/SE. (Phil Davies)
Hammersmith Bridge: House Martin feeding young at nest, 2 Swift (6pm) (Nathalie Mahieu).
Hampstead Heath: Willow Warbler, Hobby and c30 Swifts early afternoon. Also a Brown Argus near Ken' House (Pete Mantle)
Heathrow Airport: House Sparrows inside Terminal 2 building this morning. (John Birkett)
Hilly Fields Park, Lewisham: Female Kestrel over rough meadow adj. Adelaide Ave for about 40 mins, soaring, perching on trees, occasional swooping (Tom Moulton, Sue Gore)
Lee Valley/ Cornmill Meadows: Avocet (juv) still around, 7 Gadwall, 30+ Lapwing, 1 Whitethroat (juv), Sedge Warbler, Cettis Warbler. (Daniel Whitelegg)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Ruddy Duck, 15 Teal, Kingfisher, Common Sandpiper, Chiffchaff (WWT website)
Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: 2 Swift, 3 Willow Warbler, Whitethroat (RPBirders)
Richmond Park: juv male Peregrine chasing Stock Dove (J.Wilczur)
Rye Meads RSPB: by 11am no sign of y'day's Spotted Crake but Reserve will stay open till 8:30 tonight (per RSPB blog)
Walthamstow Reservoirs:Lockwood 16 Common Sandpiper, 6 Sand Martin, 1 possible Dunlin, Common Tern inc 20 juv & chicks on raft, 6 Little Egret, 7 Great Crested Grebe, Tufted Duck (hundreds moulting) (Daniel Whitelegg)
Wanstead: f/juv Pied Flycatcher (Birdguides) Anyone have more info? Mid Long Wood (Twitter). Treecreeper (first record for the flats), Willow Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Sparrowhawk (Dan Hennessy)

Wednesday 30th July 2014[]

Bankside: juv Yellow-Legged Gull (I think ... v. long winged, paleish head with eye-patch & heavy black bill. Behaves thuggishly towards BH Gulls & adult Lesser-Black Backs. Comes to bread ... but would welcome a 2nd opinion) (Charlie Farrell)
Brayside Farm, Enfield: Garden Warbler feeding on blackberries (Robert Callf)
Dagenham Chase: Wood Sandpiper reported 1615 (BirdGuides)
East India Dock Basin: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Clouded Yellow (John Archer & Jo Dowle)
Leyton Flat/Snaresbrook: Treecreeper just west of Crown Court, Kestrel alarm calling, juv Willow Warbler, 5 Great Crested Grebe (incl pair with 2 chicks on Eagle Pond) (Stuart Fisher)
London Wetland Centre: at least 5 Little Ringed Plover including 3 chicks, 1 Common Sandpiper, several adult Common Tern plus 1 fledged & 1 almost fledged juveniles, Sparrowhawk, Willow Warbler and several calling Chiffchaff, Reed Warblers and Sedge Warblers by Headley hide, 2 male Ruddy Duck (photo), female Peregrine on Ch. X. Hospital (Martin Honey)
Oak Hill Woods NR, East Barnet, Herts. EN4: Female Sparrowhawk perched - juveniles calling nearby, Male Sparrowhawk in flight, Juvenile Common Buzzard overhead, Immature Kestrel in adjacent field. (Bob Husband)
Pinner (HA5) : Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Green Woodpecker (Jon Ridge).
Regent's Park: 11 Swift, 3 Willow Warbler, Garden Warbler a20 (RPBirders)
Richmond Park: 7 Sparrowhawk- at 5 locations (B.Marsh & M.Lewis per JW)
Rye Meads RSPB: Spotted Crake Draper hide 1745 found earlier in aft by Drew Lyness (RSPB blog, Herts BC & BirdGuides)
Strayfield Road, EN2: 22 Swallow incl five recently fledged juveniles & a nest with three chicks - second broods (Robert Callf)
Vicarage Farm, Enfield: 6 Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Reservoirs: Dunlin, 7 Common Sandpipers, Peregrine on Lockwood, Cetti's Warbler singing by the weir to the South of Lockwood, 1 Common Sandpiper on West Warwick. (Paul Whiteman, Terry Rawling)
Wanstead Flats: Yellow Wagtail east, Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark, 7 House Martin, 3 Swift, 25+ Chiffchaff, 15 Common Whitethroat, singing Willow Warbler, 12+ Blackcap, 40+ Long-tailed Tit, 30+ Blue Tit, 1-2 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 6 Little Grebe, 20+ Goldfinch (Nick Croft)

Tuesday 29th July 2014[]

Brent Reservoir: Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 4 Lapwing (Andrew Self); this afternoon 5 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Common Snipe, 4 Lapwing (Roy Beddard). Any white-letter hairsteaks about?[Conrad Ellam] None in past two weeks
Brookmill Park: 2 Kingfisher, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Blackcap, 4 House Sparrow (Conrad Ellam)
Chiswick Mall: c25 House Martins by nesting area on building a Ring-necked Parakeet perched on one of the nests + aggressive as martin came near but flew off after a couple of minutes (Neil Anderson)
East India Dock Basin: 20+ Common Terns including 13+ adults 2 juvs (9 now fledged this year) 5 chicks, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Sand martin, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap singing, 1 Jersey Tiger (John Archer)
King George V Res: 20+ Common Sandpiper, 100+ Cormorant, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 12 little Egret, 100s of moulting Tufted Ducks, 3 Kestrel ( 1 juv. being fed rodent by adult), Small Copper, Brown Argos, Small Tortoiseshell (Tony Clancy)
Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: 2 Treecreeper (two different areas), 2 Stock Dove, Painted Lady, Jersey Tiger (Stuart Fisher)
London Wetland Centre: 3 Black-tailed Godwit over early and 5 Common Snipe disturbed from grazing marsh. 30+ Swift, 6 Little Ringed Plover (ad & juv on mail lake ad & 3 chicks on wader scrape), 2 Peregrine on Charing Cross Hospital, 2 male Ruddy Duck, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Kingfisher (1 on wader scrape 1 in Wildside both juv), adult & immature male Kestrel, imm. male Sparrowhawk, at least 4 adult Common Tern plus 1 fledged juv & 1 almost fledged chick (reservoir lagoon), Reed warblers and Sedge warblers showing well beside Headley hide, Clouded Yellow butterflies seen in front of Headley hide in Wildside & on the grazing marsh, plus 1 Painted Lady butterfly wildside (Martin Honey)
Mayflower Park: Kingfisher (Bob Smith)
Motspur Park: 2 Peregrine Falcons on gas holders (Bob Smith)
Oak Hill Woods NR / Oak Hill Park, East Barnet, Herts. EN4: 6 post breeding Black-headed Gulls, a Common Gull, Adult & 2 Juvenile Little Owls (Bob Husband)
Pinner Park Farm: Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Rook, 238 Jackdaw, 2 Green Woodpecker, migrant Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, 2 Swift (Jon Ridge).
Rainham RSPB: 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Avocet, 3 Green Sandpiper, 7 Redshank, 5 Greenshank, 3 Common Sandpiper, 4 Oystercatcher, 4 Whimbrel, Ruff, 5 Snipe, juv Wheatear (RSPB blog)
Ravenscourt Park, W6: juv Sparrowhawks heard calling + 2 briefly seen in flight harassed by Magpies (Neil Anderson)
Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: juv Yellow-legged Gull with narrow jet-black tail band & indistinct inner-primary windows flushed 0520 fr canal bank onto Cumberland Basin area 27 - promptly dive-bombed by local pr Herring_Gull fr roof of floating chinese restaurant, f Green Peafowl 0550 Primrose Hill Bridge a46 - presumed escape fr nearby Snowdon Aviary, 4+ Willow Warbler small influx (RPBirders)
Richmond Park: juv Peregrine hunting Sheen Cross area, 2cy Hobby hunting low Lower Pen Pond area (J.Wilczur)
Roxbourne Park (Yeading Brook): breeding Sparrowhawk, 2 Green Woodpecker, Blackcap, Jay & 4 Long-tailed Tit (Jon Ridge).
Staines Reservoir: Common Scoter 0610 (BirdGuides)
Totteridge Valley: Little Owl, 1 Willow Warbler, Buzzard, 2 Bullfinch, 5 House Martin, 3 Swallow, 2 Swift (John Colmans). This evening: Little Owl, 3 Grey Heron, Swift (Ian Ellis).
Trent Park: 4 Spotted Flycatcher ( see below Vic Farm-edge of park),12 Goldfinch ,4 Blackcap , Garden Warbler, 4 Swallow , 2 Mandarin . ( Pete Lowman).
Vicarage Farm, Enfield: 5 Spotted Flycatcher at least, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler (Robert Callf)
Wanstead Flats (Long Wood/SSSI): 22 House Martin, 1 juv Swallow, 3 Swift, 15+ Chiffchaff, 3 Lesser Whitethroat (Long Wood), 20+ Common Whitethroat, juv Willow Warbler, 10+ Blackcap, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Stock Dove, Pied Wagtail (Nick Croft)

Monday 28th July 2014[]

Beckton: 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Grey Wagtail in creek, Kestrel perched on lamp post on Jenkin's Lane at 5pm (Peter Beckenham)
Blackheath: Red Kite s low overhead 17:25. (Patrick English)
Brent Reservoir: Wood Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, Common Snipe, 3 Lapwing (Andrew Haynes/Steve Blake); 2 Dunlin after AH left (SB).
Broomfield Park, Palmers Green, N13: 7 Little Grebe pr & five young at least two weeks old - good photo opportunity for someone with camera (Robert Callf)
Dagenham Chase: Wood Sandpiper 1455 & again eve (BirdGuides)
Fulham Palace Meadows: 3 Sparrowhawk (Nathalie Mahieu).
Lee Valley: Avocet (juv) still on Cornmill meadows. Also 2 Green Sandpipers feeding in flooded cattle field, plus Barn Owl hunting in the area (J.murray).
London Wetland Centre: 1 Dunlin, 3+ Little Ringed Plover +juvs, 5 Common Tern +3 juvs, 1 Peregrine, 1 Kingfisher (Adam Salmon).
Limehouse E14: Oystercatcher circling & calling. Flew high over Canary Wharf at 16.50 (Paul Hyland).
Mayflower Park: Kingfisher, Willow Warbler(Bob Smith).
Motspur Park: 2 Peregrine Falcon on gas holders (Bob Smith).
Regent's Park: Garden Warbler wildlife gdn area 20 still, Whitethroat OGS pen a39 season-1st (RPBirders).
Richmond Park, Pen Ponds: juv Peregrine low over, 2 Common Sandpiper (R.Herbert, B.Marsh, J.Wilczur).
Roxbourne Park (Yeading Brook): breeding Sparrowhawk, 2 Green Woodpecker & 9 Goldfinch (Jon Ridge).
Sewardstone Marsh: Jersey Tiger (Andy Reid)
Stocker's Farm: Red Kite (Geoff Young per Herts BC)
Stocker's Lake: 2 Oystercatcher tern_hide (Geoff Young per Herts BC)
Stoke Newington Res: 1 Little Ringed Plover, at least 3 Common Sandpipers, Siskin over S (Jamie Partridge).
Vicarage Farm, Enfield: 6 Spotted Flycatcher 2 adults 4 juveniles (Robert Callf).
Wandsworth Common area: 2 Jersey Tiger in gardens of nursing home. Third year seen here (Neil Anderson).
Wanstead Flats: Lesser Whitethroat (pub scrub), 10+ Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 2 eclipse Gadwall, Great Black-backed Gull, Kestrel, 15+ House Martin, 2 Swallow east, 2 Swift, 400 + Starling, 3 Skylark (Nick Croft).

Sunday 27th July 2014[]

Bishops Park: 3 Moorhen (1 juvenile), very young Mallard brood, Mandarin. (Matt Reed).p
Brent Reservoir: Wood Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 11 Common Sandpiper, 5 Lapwing & Redshank, Water Rail, Kingfisher (Brent Birders)
Brookmill Park: 2 Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Swift, 4 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 50 House Sparrow (Conrad Ellam)
Chelsea Harbour: Coot on nest. (Matt Reed)
Cornmill Meadows: 1 immature Avocet, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper (Neville Smith).
Crossness: Garden Warbler in protected area scrub, 2 Clouded Yellow (James Hudson)
Dagenham Chase:Wood Sandpiper,Black tailed Godwit,3 Green Sandpiper,7 Egyptian Goose on slack 8pm (Steve Bacon)
Gallions Reach: 2 Peregrine, Hobby, Little Egret, 13 Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 30+ Jersey Tiger moth. (Gary A James & Paul Davis).
Hampstead Heath: 3+ Reed Warbler at Highgate 1 Pond. 3 Little Grebe at Kenwood Wood pond. Common Tern, 6+ Nuthatch, 5+ Green Woodpecker, 7 Swifts (Chris Bird).
Hyde Park: Common Sandpiper Long Water (HP&KG blog)
London Wetland Centre: Snipe, 6 Little Ringed Plover- 3 ads + brood of 3, male Ruddy Duck, juv Willow Warbler, juv Whitethroat (J.Wilczur)
KGV Reservoir: South Basin-2 Sanderling- 08:00-08:24 flew of high South, Adult Peregrine, 1 Smew, 1 LRP, 1 Redshank, 21 Common Sandpiper (Neville Smith).
Mayflower Park: Cuckoo(Bob Smith)
Motspur Park: 2 Peregrine Falcons on gas holders.(Bob Smith)
Natural History Museum: 3 Moorhen (2 adults, 1 juvenile) in Wildlife Garden. (Matt Reed)
Pinner: Common Buzzard being assulted by gulls. To think that even a Sparrowhawk (which I ticked in 1973) was once a mega London raptor(Richard Francis).
Rainham Marshes RSPB: 6 Green Sandpiper, 2 Whimbrel, Curlew, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Greenshank, 4 Redshank, 50+ Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Snipe, family of Bearded Tit, 6 Hobby, f/j type Marsh Harrier, 3 Corn Bunting, Egyptian Goose, Wigeon, 30 + Swift, Swallow, Sand Martin, Grasshopper Warbler, dozens of Reed Warbler & young, Sedge Warbler, 2 singing Cetti's, Meadow Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Clouded Yellow (Nick Croft/Tony Brown/RSPB)
Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: Garden Warbler and Reed Warbler with tit flock Longbridge area 33 (RPBirders)
Roehampton University: Two broods of Tufted Duck, two broods of Moorhen and Coot brood. (Matt Reed).
Ten Acre Wood area: m Pheasant + 5 juvs, 9 Heron, 3 Red Kite present when I arrived 7.30, hunting low, 1 mobbed by Kestrels, 1 landed in newly cut field; 2 eventually left together at 8.45 heading high towards Ruislip + third bird remained on site, pr Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 5 Kestrel (family of 4), 4 Lapwing, 4 Little Ringed Plover (3 ad, 1 fully grown juv- 1st successful breeding for 2 years), Green Sandpiper, c10 Swallow, 2 Reed Bunting, 15 Linnet, 3 Clouded Yellow (Neil Anderson/G. Westley)
Tottenham Marshes: Jersey Tiger on patch between allotments & Pymmes Brook. (Quentin Given)
Walthamstow Marshes: Yellow Wagtail on the paddocks c10.30am (Stuart Fisher)
Walthamstow Res: Lockwood: Oystercatcher, 7+ Common Sandpiper, 2 Peregrine, adult & begging juv., 23 young Common Tern on raft. High Maynard, 4 roosting Little Egret on island, Kingfisher. East Warwick, 3 Common Sandpiper. No.4 1 Common Sandpiper. (Paul Whiteman) No.4 3 Black-tailed Godwit flew North towards Lockwood at 16:45 PW per Pete Lambert)
Waterworks NR: Sparrowhawk calling in tree on boardwalk, kestrel hovering over meadow, many reed warblers, Cetti's seen on wall between bed 15 & 16, buzzard over, many gatekeepers, 2 ringlets, common blues, 1 Clouded yellow, 1 Red Admiral, many emperor dragonflies and broad bodied chasers. (Susan Huckle)

Kingfishers LWC 26.vii — Kingfishers, LWC

Saturday 26th July 2014[]

Alexandra Park: 2 Ringlet Lower Slopes, 2 House Martin, 2 Swift, 2 singing Common Whitethroat (Bob Watts, Henry Wyn-Jones)
Barbican: Two just hatched Moorhen broods. (Matt Reed).
Bexleyheath: 500-600 Black-headed gulls feeding high over Horsham Road - 4.30pm (Ralph Todd)
Brent Reservoir: Wood Sandpiper in afternoon, Redshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 18 Common Sandpiper, 5 Lapwing & 3 Swallows over (Brent Birders)
Hammersmith Bridge: 5 House Martin (1pr feeding at nest) (Nathalie Mahieu).
Little Venice: Mute Swan pair with cygnets. (Matt Reed).
London Wetland Centre : 2 Kingfisher showing well on wader scrape (photo added), 3 adult Little Ringed Plover & 3 chicks, 3 Common Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper main lake, imm. male Sparrowhawk & a female later, Peregrine on Ch. X. Hospital, adult Hedgehog seen, Following a call from Richmond Park about a high flying juv. Marsh Harrier heading to Barnes - managed to pick it up over the overflow car park before it stooped & landed on the grazing marsh near Peacock hide (Martin Honey).- Did the MarshHarrier leave E towards Fulham around 3pm? Nathalie Mahieu. Hi Natalie, apparently not as it was still there being mobbed or feeding at 5pm [Martin]. Thanks Martin, after discussion on twitter appears we saw a different one by CXH [NM].
Margravine Cemetery: Marsh Harrier over at 3pm (picked up soaring South then flew NE), 7 House Martin (Nathalie Mahieu).
Moor Park nr Rickmansworth: Turtle Dove h - no public access (Steve Carter per Herts BC)
Oak Hill Woods, NR / Oak Hill Park, East Barnet, EN4: 2 Red Kites high over valley, female Sparrowhawk in flight, Juvenile Sparrowhawk near nest site calling, 20 post breeding Black-headed Gulls in the Park, noisey family of Nuthatches, Blackcap singing (Bob Husband & Fay Broom)
Regent's Park: Tufted Duck 3f & 21 new yg, Garden Warbler autumn-1st wildlife gdn area 20 (RPBirders)
Richmond Park, Pen Ponds: juv Marsh Harrier low over at 14.00 then gained height & glided NE towards LWC & after a quick phone call...(see above), Buzzard in heavy moult, Hobby with Swift prey, male Kestrel in a box- a rescued bird, Sparrowhawk male, 3 Little Owls called at 15.00, 5 Greylag flew SW, Tufted Duck brood of 7, 8 Great Crested Grebes- 6 ads + 2 juvs, Grey Heron- 4 pairs fledged 10 young, Water Rail heard, Common Tern- 3 pairs fledged 5 young, 22 Black-headed Gull flew SW early a.m., 100 Swift, 5 Swallows included juvs, juv Grey Wagtail, 2 juv Stonechat still, c400 Starling, 15 Reed Bunting included juvs (J.Wilczur)
Ruislip Lido area: 11 Gadwall, Green Sandpiper in far end marsh, Kingfisher (LNR), 11 flying Common Terns (adults+ juvs) + 1 fairly downy young on raft, 4 Swallow, c30 House Martin, Painted Lady (Neil Anderson/K. Bull) Singing Sedge Warbler and Little Grebe (Martin Smith)
Staines Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe, Common Sandpiper and Dunlin (Jim Sweetland)
Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Sparrowhawk, 11 Common Sandpiper, c20 Swift, 2 singing Reed Warbler (TeRNS)
Ten Acre Wood area: 3 Little Ringed Plover ( 2 adults 1 juv ) 10 Lapwings. ( G Westley )
Trent Park Equestrian Centre: 24 Swallow incl at least eight juvs on shed roof & overhead wire at 15:10 hrs (Robert Callf).

Friday 25th July 2014[]

Brent Reservoir: 3 Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpiper, Ruff, Common Gull, Kingfisher (Andrew Haynes). 2 Wood Sandpipers feeding from Main Hide (Steve Leeke) until 4.00 at least
Broadwater GP: Little Egret (at nest) (C Lamsdell)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Swift, 3 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
East India Dock Basin: c30 Common Tern (6+ chicks in 4 broods on raft, 2 juvs of 7 which have fledged so far, c20 adults), c50 Swift south at 13:05, 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Sand Martin, Reed Warbler singing (John Archer).
Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: 3 Mandarin (includes 2 well grown juveniles with adult), Two Moorhen broods, Mallard brood, Two Coot broods, well grown Egyptian Goose brood, two Greylag Goose broods (Matt Reed).
Knightsbridge: 12 House Martin, including 2-3 visiting nests at Kuwaiti Embassy, Swift (Matt Reed).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover brood + adults, 1 Hobby, 2 Whitethroat, 20 House Martin (Adam Salmon).
Olympic Park (River Lee Navigation): female type Black Redstart (James Palmer)
Motspur Park: 2 Peregrine Falcons on gas holders(Bob Smith)
Lakeside, EN2: 3 Tufted Duck female & two ducklings, 3 Goldcrest pr feeding at least one juv,1 Coal Tit, 1 Treecreeper (Robert Callf).
Ruislip Lido/ Poor's Field: pair of Egyptian Goose, 15 Tufted Duck, drake Pochard, 15 Common Tern (including juveniles), 21 House Martin, 2 Swallow, Swift, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Willow Warbler, several Chiffchaff & Blackcap, Whitethroat & Grey Wagtail (Jon Ridge).
Rye Meads RSPB: 2 Garganey, juv Black-necked Grebe, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Green Sandpiper, Greenshank (Herts BC)
Snaresbrook/Leyton Flats: Treecreeper in oak behind court, 5 Great crested Grebe including new brood of 2 chicks on Eagle Pond, Coal Tit, 11 Mistle Thrush, 11 Tufted Duck (Stuart Fisher)
St James's Park: 2 Sparrowhawk, Peregrine just before it started raining (13:30) (James Hudson)
Trent Park Equestrian Centre : 19 Swallow on shed roof incl juveniles probably not fledged here - no nests found with young (Robert Callf).
Tyttenhanger GPs: Black-necked Grebe reported 0925 (BirdGuides)
Wanstead Flats: Long Wood/SSSI - 10+ Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 20+ Common Whitethroat, singing Meadow Pipit, 4 SKylark, Stock Dove, c.10 Swift, House Martin, Kestrel (Nick Croft).

Thursday 24th July 2014[]

Brent Reservoir: 2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Little Egret, 4 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper (Roy Beddard, Andrew Haynes).
Ewell Village: 1 Kingfisher, 1 Greylag, 67 Black-headed Gulls (Neil Batten).
Fulham Riverside: 6 House Sparrow (5 fledglings + m) (Nathalie Mahieu).
Hackney 15+ Swifts swooping & calling over Ridley Rd Market 11:00 (Sue Barry)
London Wetland Centre: 2 drake Ruddy Duck, Pair of Little Ringed Plover still with 4 chicks, Yellow Wagtail, Painted Lady, Yellowbelly Turtle (R.Kaye)
Motspur Park: 2 Peregrine Falcons on gas holder (Bob Smith).
Northbrook Park SE12: 11 Common Swift, several fluttering up under a building's roof eaves (Patrick English).
North Finchley: c15 Swift above house this am (John Colmans).
Paddington Basin: Three broods of Tufted Duck in close proximity at Eastern end. (Matt Reed).
Pinner Park Farm: Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Little Owl, 2 Rook, 278 Jackdaw (a record count), Jay, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 13 Stock Dove, 16 Swift, 10 Goldfinch & 2 Grey Heron (Jon Ridge).
Stanwell Moor: Hobby, Sandwich Tern and Yellow Wagtail (C Lamsdell)
Trent Park: Garden Warbler, Common Swift(s), Goldfinch 10, ChiffChaffs, Mandarin 3 eclipse m, G V White,Purple Hairstreak, Common Blue, Lge White, Small White,meadow Browns, Gatekeepers, Dark Green Fritillary. (Pete Lowman).
Wormwood Scrubs: Male Whinchat in grassland though elusive (Birdguides).
Wanstead Flats: SSSI & Long Wood: 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 20+ Common Whitethroat, 15+ Chiffchaff, singing Willow Warbler, Yellow Wagtail over, 2 Meadow Pipit, 4 Skylark, Sparrowhawk with food, 5+ Swift, 6+ House Martin, 4 Stock Dove, family of 5 Mistle Thrush and a family of 6 Goldfinch (Nick Croft);Hi Nick, do you have any advice on locating the Lesser Whitethroats? Thanks. There are pairs in the SSSI (north part), either end of Long Wood, 2 pair east of the Alex they aren't singing currently but can be picked up by their alarm calls see map on blog . Hope this helps, NC. Much obliged Nick.
Wapping: several House Martins at Hermitage Basin, clearly nesting close by (heard also on opposite bank at Rotherhithe), Grey Wagtail at St Saviour's Dock (John Colmans).

Wednesday 23rd July 2014[]

Bow Creek Ecology Park: 3 Common Sandpiper (Charlie Farrell)
East India Dock Basin NR: 5 Sand Martin, c15 Common Tern inc 4 chicks (Charlie Farrell)
London Wetland Centre: pair Little Ringed Plover plus 4 chicks, pair Peregrine on Charing Cross Hospital, male Sparrowhawk in Alder in reedbed, juvenile Grey Wagtail on island in entrance lake, brood of 6 Shoveler (plus adopted Tufted duckling), 2 Painted Lady butterflies, one Kingfisher seen (Martin Honey)
Mayflower Park: 2 Peregrine Falcon, Cuckoo flew west (Bob Smith)
Oak Hill Woods NR, East Barnet, Herts. EN4: Juvenile Sparrowhawk calling near nest site, adult Sparrowhawk flew off hunting, adult Common Buzzard, Kestrel & Swifts overhead, Nuthatch & Chiffchaff calling (Bob Husband)
Stoke Newington Reservoirs: fem Red-crested Pochard, Tufted Duck brood of 3, Common Sandpiper, m Reed Bunting (TeRNS)
Vicarage Farm, Enfield: 6 Spotted Flycatcher pair still feeding young at 21:05 hrs (Robert Callf/Robin White)
Wanstead Flats: 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 7+ Chiffchaff, 5 Little Grebe, 2 Common Gull, 5 Skylark, 1-2 Meadow Pipit, 10+ Swift, 6+ House Martin (Nick Croft/Marco Johnson), Northern Wheatear earliest return record (Gary Hewett)
Wanstead Park: Little Egret, 2 Grey Wagtail, Peregrine Falcon carrying food, Reed Warbler, 2 Common Tern, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Little Grebe, Gadwall, Swift, House Martin (Nick Croft/Marco Johnson)

Tuesday 22nd July 2014[]

Barbican: Grey Wagtail calling. Nest seen on Friday is now vacant (Charlie Farrell)
Belmont Open Space SINC, East Barnet, Herts. EN4: Brimstone Butterfly (Bob Husband)
Brookmill Park: Peregrine, Kingfisher, 4 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
Clapham Common: Reed Warbler hammering away in the now substantial reedbed at Mount Pond (Mark H)
London Wetland Centre: On 20th July Chalkhill Blue on Entrance Paddock,first site record.(R.Kaye)
Lonsdale Road Reservoir: approx 100 Black-headed Gulls (site record for me), 2 Common Tern (1 juv, I guess from Barnes WWT), 1 Song Thrush, 3 Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 5 Swift, 6 House Martin (Rich Petley)
Mile End: 10+ House Sparrows flying to Rhondda Grove gardens first double figure count in past decade (Bob Watts).
Oak Hill Woods NR, East Barnet, Herts. EN4: Juvenile Sparrowhawk calling near nest site, Kestrel (two reported recently after an apparent absence all spring) over adjacent fields (Bob Husband)
Pinner Park Farm: 3 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, male Kestrel, Little Owl, 99 Jackdaw, 11 Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, 12 Swift (Jon Ridge).
Richmond Park: Wheatear- north end Pen Pond causeway (S.Read per JW); Meadow Pipit collecting food (J.Wilczur)
Roxbourne Park (Yeading Brook): Kingfisher along the brook (Jon Ridge).
Southall: 5 Clouded Yellow on industrial site (Neil Anderson)
St Paul's/Ludgate Hill: Black Redstart still singing around St Paul's (Ian Bradshaw).
Vicarage Farm, Enfield: 5 Spotted Flycatcher incl three juveniles on wooden fencing - it would appear that these have bred nearby but gone undetected until fledging (Robin White per R Callf).
Victoria Tower Gardens, Westminster: Common Sandpiper E along Thames at 0835 (Frank Nugent).
Whitewebbs Park: 2 Bullfinch pair, incl female carrying nesting material (Robert Callf)
Wanstead Flats: 2 Common Gull, 40+ Black-headed Gull, 6 House Martin, Swift, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 4 Little Grebe (Nick Croft/Marco Johnson) Common Sandpiper (Gary Hewett)
Wanstead Park: 2 Reed Warbler, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Little Grebe, f Pochard, Swift, House Martin, Sparrowhawk (Nick Croft/Marco Johnson)
Wormwood Scrubs: 2 male Whinchat - possibly our earliest autumn returners. Plus 1 Common Tern - 1st for 2-3 years, 4 Swallow north, 1 Garden Warbler, c40 Whitethroat, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Collared Dove, c10 Meadow Pipit, c110 Goldfinch, c4 Linnet, 1 female Reed Bunting. (Paul Thomas, David Lindo & Vanesa Palacios)

Monday 21st July 2014[]

Brookmill Park: 2 Kingfisher, 4 Blackcap, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
Enfield Town: Sparrowhawk carrying prey over town centre (Bob Husband)
Mudchute Park: Woodcock flew low over copse on east side near farm at 12.25 (Stuart Fisher)
Olympic Park: 2 Reed Buntings, 4 Reed Warblers, Kingfisher, 16 Mistle Thrush, 50+ Goldfinches, 20+ House Martin, 2 Grey Wagtail, Little Ringed Plover, Shelduck over (JW Davies)
Park Farm, Enfield: Grey Wagtail 1st-winter (Robert Callf/Robin White)
Richmond Park: Lapwing Pen Ponds early a.m., flew off east at 07.20 then back over at 08.00 (Tony Duckett, S. Read, J.Wilczur & B.Marsh).
Hampton: 3 yellow wags N over my garden (Gordon Shaw)
Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: Teal m nr-eclipse autumn-1st Heron_Is E side area 8 (RPBirders)
Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Nuthatch (scarce locally) (TeRNS)
Sutcliffe Park: Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, 3 Reed Warbler, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
Tufnell Park: Hobby over the tube station chasing Swifts this morning (Francis Tusa)
Worcester Park: Peregrine on pylon(Bob Smith)

Sunday 20th July 2014[]

Alexandra Park: 70+ Swift in tight bunches preparing to migrate, highest site count for year, 49 Black-headed Gulls Wood Green Res inc 2 juvs, Purple Hairstreak Race track, no Great Crested Grebes Wood Green Res perhaps abandoned site to nest elsewhere? (bob Watts).
Brent Reservoir: 6 Green Sandpiper, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Lapwing & 3 Common Sandpiper (Andrew Self & Roy Beddard)
Broadwater GP: Oystercatcher, Goldeneye (female), Tufted Duck (3 broods min), Little Egret (1 nest - 3 birds present) (C Lamsdell)
Crossness: 3 Yellow-legged Gulls (2 adults & 1st-summer), 5 Teal and Common Sandpiper (Richard Bonser & Ian Millar)
Greenway adjacent Olympic Stadium: Little ringed Plover present for 3rd consecutive month, 2 Reed Warblers, 7 Sand Martins and Swift (Harry Harrison)
Hampstead Heath: Shoveler at Highgate 1 Pond (Frank Nugent).
London Wetland Centre: 4 Black-tailed Godwit flew over SW 0640hrs, 1 Hobby, 2 Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover chicks, 2 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff (Adam Salmon). Also 27 Teal, Shoveler brood of 6 still, Gadwall brood of one still, 2 male Ruddy Duck, Black-tailed Godwit on the main lake flew off east at 09.40, 6 Little Ringed Plover- 3 adults & brood of 3, Common Sandpiper, 45 Lapwing including 2 full grown young, 2 Kingfisher, 2 juv Cetti's Warbler (J.Wilczur, WWT website)
Lower Chingford (off Russell Lane): 4 Greenshank, Green Sandpiper (James Palmer)
Oak Hill Woods NR, East Barnet, Herts. EN4: Adult Sparrowhawk 'Yikkering' near nest site & last chick (of six) now fledged, Nuthatch calling, Blackcap, Stock Doves, Great Spotted Woodpecker, juv. Green Woodpeckers, Bullfinch calling, Swifts overhead (Bob Husband)
Rainham Marshes RSPB: Short-toed Lark (possibly 2 birds) (RSPB/ELBF)
Rotherhithe: juvenile Mediterranean Gull off Greenland Pier 6.55pm & coming to bread; also 2 juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls (regular bird on Greenland Dock & new bird on groynes by Greenland Pier), also 6 Common Terns (3 juvs) Greenland Dock (Richard Bonser)
Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 ad + juv Green Woodpecker, 4 Grey Wagtail; c30 Gatekeeper (TeRNS)
Sutcliffe Park: Kingfisher, 4 Reed Warblers, Green Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 60+ Swift. (P Kite)
Tottenham Marsh: 2 Peregrine (James Palmer)

Saturday 19th July 2014[]

Alexandra Park: Spotted Flycatcher in field behind Grove.11.00 (Peter Corley)
Brent Reservoir: Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, 6 Lapwing, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, Wigeon (Andrew Self)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 3 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
Crossness: juvenile Mediterranean Gull off the golf centre, also 3 juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls, 2 1st-summer Common Gulls, Redshank, 4 Common Sandpipers, 30 Swifts and a Harbour Seal in Barking Bay (Richard Bonser)
London Wetland Centre: pair Little Ringed Plover with three newly hatched chicks (possibly still incubating 4th egg), a third adult LRP, 2 Green Sandpipers (wader scrape), 1 Common Sandpiper and 2 male Ruddy Duck (main lake), Whitethroat, Kingfisher seen several times catching fish (sheltered lagoon), Shoveler brood of 6 ducklings - plus 1 adopted Tufted duckling, large numbers of Black-headed Gull feeding on emerging flying ants (Martin Honey)
Rainham Marshes: 2 Yellow-legged Gulls by stone barges (Richard Bonser)
Rotherhithe: juvenile Yellow-legged Gull showing well on Greenland Dock by watersports centre and juvenile Common Gull (very early) off Greenland Pier (Richard Bonser)
The Slade, Plumstead Common SE18: 20 Common Swft in a bunch over ahead of pouring rain 08.00am. (Patrick English).
Trent Park: possible juv Med Gull seen at distance thro' bins on ploughed field south of Ride Wood with mixed flock of Black-headed Herring & Lesser Black-backed - flew off before confirmatory views were obtained (Robert Callf).
Vicarage Farm: 4 Spotted Flycatcher pr feeding two juvs - possibly a migrating family party as there was no sign here earlier in the year? A nice record anyway! (Robert Callf).
Walthamstow Reservoirs, Lockwood: 11 Common Sandpipers, 1 adult summer Greeshank. Green Sandpiper in channel to the North. 2 vigorously singing(!) Reed Warblers in channel to the West. (Paul Whiteman)

Friday 18th July 2014[]

Alexandra Park: Hobby over Lower Slopes 1325, Common Tern 1730 (Henry Wyn-jones BobWatts).
Barbican (Tube station): adult Grey Wagtail feeding 3 chicks at nest above disused platform (Charlie Farrell)
Brent Reservoir: 6 Green Sandpiper, 5 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper & Little Egret (Andrew Self), Oystercatcher through at 1900, Little Egret into roost at 2100 (Frank Nugent).
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 3 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
Ewell Village: 10 Common Swift, 2 singing Blackcap, 1 Grey Heron, 41 Black Headed Gulls (Neil Batten).
Kennington SE11: Hobby (Steven Robinson)
London Wetland Centre: Garganey, Black-tailed Godwit, Little Ringed Plover (WWT website); Garganey appears to be a male. Showing well from WWF hide 1250 - photo added (C.Beazley)
Oakwood Park: 12 Swift, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Treecreeper (James Palmer)
Parkside Farm: 41 Mistle Thrush at Cuckold's Hill 20:35 hrs, 4 adult Red-legged Partridge (Robert Callf/Robin White).
Rainham RSPB: a very hot walk produced Bearded Tit in flight calling, distant Marsh Harrier and Kestrel as highlights (Martin Honey)
Regent's Park: Common Sandpiper Heron_Is area 8 SE shore 0720 (RPBirders)
Richmond Park: juv male Peregrine perched by Upper Pen pond- unringed (J.Wilczur).
Rotherhithe: 3 juvenile Common Terns Greenland Dock 7am, also first juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull of the year (Richard Bonser).
Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Common Sandpiper, m Reed Bunting; Lime Hawkmoth caterpillar (TeRNS)
The Royal Standard, Blackheath, SE3: 16 squealing Common Swifts careering overhead together, 08.30am. (Patrick English).
Vicarage Farm: 1 Spotted Flycatcher adult - early autumn migrant? (Robert Callf/Robin White).

Thursday 17th July 2014[]

Brent Reservoir: Ruff (still present for 6th day), 6 Lapwings, 3 Little Ringed Plovers (Roy Beddard).
Cockfosters / East Barnet, Herts. EN4: 5 Swifts (some calling) in assumed family party (Bob Husband).
East India Dock Basin: 1 Teal (first of autumn), c20 Common Tern including 4 fledged juveniles (making 6 fledged so far) & 3 unfledged young still on the raft, 23+ Tufted Duck, Reed Warbler singing, Pied Wagtail juv, Grey Wagtail (John Archer).
Gallions Reach: 6 Oystercatcher,8 Common Sandpiper (KJMcmanus).
London Wetland Centre: 1 Yellow Wagtail over W, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Ringed Plover imm., 1 Nuthatch (Barnes Common/Beverley Brook), 3 Kingfisher (Beverley Brook) then later 2 birds seen at WWT, 1 Swallow (Adam Salmon).
Mill Hill NW7: noisy juv Grey Wagtail in service road behind Mill Hill Broadway shops (Andrew Haynes).
Redbridge Lakes: at least 5 Reed Warblers (Alan Hobson).
Regent's Canal, E8: Three House Martin nests occupied in block set for demolition, hopefully after the birds have left (Michael Rank).
Richmond Park: Purple Emperor- a tatty individual, perhaps female, at boundary of Ham Cross Plantation & Pond Slade (J.Wilczur).
Trent Park: 2 Kingfisher together lower lake (Robert Callf).
Wanstead Park: Nuthatch calling in Bush Wood (Bob Vaughan).

Wednesday 16th July 2014[]

Brent Reservoir: Ruff (5th day), Redshank, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 7 Lapwing, 7+ Common Tern chicks, fem Teal. (Steve Blake, Nick Haslett); Ruff & Redshank still at 4pm (Andrew Haynes).
Highbury Fields N5: Coal Tit calling by public baths (Ian Bradshaw)
Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Treecreeper, Peregrine soaring over lunchtime (Stuart Fisher)
London Wetland Centre: 1 Shoveler brood (6 ducklings), 26 Teal, 2 Little Ringed Plover (WWT website). Still 3 Little Ringed Plover (nesting pair plus a juvenile), Peregrine circling over Hammersmith, Sparrowhawk with prey, Kingfisher across main lake despite island maintenance, Brown Hawker dragonfly on approach to feeders (Martin Honey)
Oak Hill Woods NR, East Barnet, Herts. EN4: Sparrowhawk nest - Female still feeding remaining chicks in nest. More advanced juvs branching & returning to nest to peck at prey items. (Bob Husband & David Hills).
St James's Park: Drake Ruddy duck still present (James Hudson)
Stoke Newington Abney Cemetery - Sparrowhawks successfully fledged 4 chicks. (ADH)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 1 Mandarin fem with 7 young, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Kestrel, Bullfinch, 17 Swift, 4 Swallow, 4 House Martin, Mallard with 4 young on Totteridge Green Pond, usual warblers (John Colmans)
Trent Park: 2 Common Sandpiper lower lake - settling on willow branches, adult Common Tern, 67 Black-headed Gull incl 5 juvs on ploughed field, Kingfisher (Robin White, Robert Callf, Pete Lowman).
Wormwood Scrubs: 2 Swift, singing Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Linnet and Meadow Pipit, 4+ Whitethroat, 1 Southern Hawker (Charlie Farrell)

Tuesday 15th July 2014[]

Brent Reservoir: Ruff (4th day), 5 Little Ringed Plover, 5 Lapwing, Common Sandpiper (Roy Beddard, Andrew Haynes).
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Swift, Song Thrush (Conrad Ellam)
Clissold Park: Common Tern fishing in smaller of 2 lakes 4:00 (Sue Barry)
Greenwich Park: Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Song Thrush, 2 Nuthatches in Deer Enclosure; also many Small Tortoiseshell larvae, Comma larvae, a Brown Argus butterfly was a surprise. Also Common Sandpiper heard going overhead (23:50) (Joe Beale).
Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Treecreeper (heard), Common Tern, 4 Great crested Grebe (incl 2 juvs), Sparrowhawk, 6 Black-headed Gull, 2 Stock Dove, Coal Tit, Goldcrest, 12 Tufted Duck, 20 Mallard (Stuart Fisher)
London Wetland Centre: Garganey, 5 Black-tailed Godwit flew E 08.30hrs, Yellow Wagtail (WWT website).
Pinner Park Farm: 2 Red Kite, Rook, 193 Jackdaw, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Stock Dove, 11 Swift & 3 Grey Heron (Jon Ridge).
Roding Valley Park and Redbridge Lakes: 2 Reed Warblers, 2 Stock Doves, around a dozen Swifts (Alan Hobson).
Swanley Park : 50+ Black-headed Gull feasting on flying ants, 52 Mallard, 47 Canada Geese in moult, 1 Moorhen chick still surviving, 2 Heron, Cormorant, 10 Swift, 2 Nuthatch, Coal Tit,(Andy Meaton)
Trent Park: Kingfisher (Robert Callf).
Ten Acre Wood, Hayes: 3 juv. Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Swift, adult & juvenile Swallow. Only a short visit. (Roger Dewey)
Walthamstow Marshes: 3 Sparrowhawk inc 2 juveniles, 1 Willow Warbler, loads of Chiffchaff and Blackcap (Daniel Whitelegg).
Wanstead Flats: 30+ Black-headed Gull, 6 Common Gull, Kestrel, 4-5 Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, 40+ Swift, 300+ Starling, House Martin, singing Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 30+ Greylag Goose, 3 Little Grebe chicks, 3 singing Skylark, singing Stock Dove; Purple Hairstreak (Nick Croft).

Monday 14th July 2014[]

Brent Reservoir: Ruff (3rd day), 4 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Lapwing, c.50 Swift, 2 singing Garden Warbler (Andrew Haynes); (late afternoon) 2 Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk, 2 Little Grebe, Greylag Goose & 5 House Martin (Jon Ridge). Andrew, is there a particularly reliable area at the Brent for White-letter Hairstreak? Will be up there this week and be grateful for any info. With many thanks, Mark. — Hi Mark. Look in the tops of the trees by the main path just north of the Bomb Crater Pond on the reservoir’s north bank see "P" on map here — Andrew. Thank you Andrew, this is very kind and helpful, I'm enormously grateful, Mark.
Brookmill Park: Song Thrush, Goldcrest, 3 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam).
Bushy Park: Common Buzzard juvenile, 26 Swallows, 6 Reed Warblers, 6 Chiffchaffs, 9 Common Whitethroats (Tony Duckett).
North Finchley: Painted Lady and Red Admiral on garden buddleia (John Colmans).
Harefield: 1 Red Kite, Northwood Road (Roger Dewey).
Broomfield Park, Palmers Green N13: 7 Little Grebe pr with five chicks, pr Egyptian Goose, 6 Tufted Duck, 15 Black-headed Gull incl one juv, 5 Goldcrest pr with three juvs - 2nd brood here this year, 1 Jay (Robert Callf)
London Wetland Centre: Yellow Wagtail over heading East at 17:40 (Catherine Beazley); Painted Lady, also Marbled White on Barnes Common (R.Kaye).
Orchard Estate SE13: Silver-washed Fritillary (Conrad Ellam).
Hillingdon House Farm, Uxbridge: 1 Common Buzzard over (Roger Dewey).
Oak Hill Woods NR, East Barnet, Herts. EN4: Sparrowhawk nest - 3 chicks appear to have fledged with 3 still in the nest (Bob Husband)
Rainham Marshes RSPB: Wood Sandpiper still present 10am (Birdguides).
Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: 6 Little Grebe 3pr & 2 single yg (RPBirders)
Richmond Park: Common Sandpiper 5.40am, Hobby, 5 Common Tern juveniles (Tony Duckett).
Rotherhithe (Greenland Dock): juv Yellow-Legged Gull, 2+ House Martin, 3 Common Tern. Coot, Great Crested Grebe and Mute Swan with young (Charlie Farrell)

Sunday 13th July 2014[]

Brent Reservoir: Ruff, 7 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 7 Lapwing, 35 ad Common Terns (8+ chicks), 6 Egyptian Goose, Greylag Goose, brief view of Peregrine, singing Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Chiffchaff (Brent Birders and NW London RSPB Group).
East Barnet EN4: Three Lesser Black-backed Gulls on green along West Walk (continuation of Oak Hill Park) (S.Javes)
East Dulwich SE22: Curlew SW (flew calling over my garden) (Steven Robinson)
Fairlop & Bretts GP : 3 Green Sandpiper,3 Common Sandpiper,3 LRP 2 adults + 1 juv, 3 Little Egret, 2 Egyptian Geese,1 Sparrowhawk (Steve Bacon)
Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: Kingfisher, Reed Warblers, Common Terns including three nearly-fledged young; other young apparently left nests in the past week. Also Odonata including Brown Hawker and Emperor (Joe Beale).
Ladywell Fields: Little egret (Alwyne Kennedy)
London Wetland Centre: 31 Teal, 5 Shoveler, 2 Ruddy Duck, 2 Mandarin, 8 Little Grebe, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 127 Black-headed Gull, Kingfisher, Yellow Wagtail, singing Whitethroat, singing Chiffchaff (WWT website) Marbled White (Peter Gray). Gadwall- new brood of 3, Pochard- new brood of 5, 33 Lapwing including a new chick & an old one, Common Tern two broods of four young still on rafts, juv Sedge Warbler (J.Wilczur)
Rainham Marshes RSPB: 2 Wood Sandpipers on Purfleet Scrape, Garganey on Aveley Flood, Redshank chick still on Wennington, Marsh Harrier and Buzzard over old silt lagoons, recently fledged Bearded Tits on dragonfly pools, Willow Warbler in Cordite scrub, 4 Shelducks still on stone barges (Ian Bradshaw)
Richmond Park: Hobby over Lower Pen Pond then sitting in tree on edge of Saw-Pit Plantation eating large dragonfly and scanning area north of ponds at 3:15-3:25pm. Also usual Green and Greater-Spotted Woodpecker and female Kestrel. (TWHV); 2 Little Owl in trees just before Pen Pond car park café 11am (Steve Woolfenden)
Rotherhithe: juvenile Yellow-legged Gull still showing well on Greenland Dock in evening (Richard Bonser)
Ten Acre Wood area: Little Egret, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrel, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, up to 5 Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 8+ Swallow, 2 Reed Bunting, 18 Linnet, Marbled White (my first here), Blood-vein (Neil Anderson). 3 LRP present in the evening, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 13 Stock Dove, 16 Swift. Also a Comma Butterfly (Jon Ridge).

Saturday 12th July 2014[]

Battersea Park Lakes: Kingfisher, Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe (1 adult, 1 advanced juvenile), 35 Gadwall, 10 Pochard, 9 Mute Swans (2 adults + 7 cygnets) (Nick Rutter)
Brent Reservoir: Ruff, 8 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 6 Lapwing (Roy Beddard, Andrew Verrall).
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Swift, Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
Clapton: 10 Swift screaming over Atherden Road/Lower Clapton Rd. (Matt Reed)
Clapton Common: Two Moorhen broods, Mute Swan, Egyptian Goose (Matt Reed)
Hampstead Heath: Red Kite over at 1110, Hobby over at 1700, Purple Hairstreaks and 1 Marbled White (Frank Nugent).
Holland Park: Moorhen brood on Wildlife Pond, with another on nest at Lord Holland's pond. (Matt Reed)
London Wetland Centre: male Ruddy Duck, new brood of 3 Little Grebe, pair Little Ringed Plover still on nest plus one juvenile, male Kestrel, Common Sandpiper (Martin Honey)
New River Walk, Canonbury: 13 Moorhen (three broods & one adult on nest), 6 Mallard (one brood, with young diving very proficiently). (Matt Reed).
Osterley Park: Female Blackcap, Common Tern, Cormorant, Egyptian Goose, 6 Great Crested Grebe (2 chicks), Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, 22+ Jackdaw, Jay, 2 Kingfisher flying along east side of middle lake, 13 Mandarin, 4 Mistle Thrush, 3+ Ring-necked Parakeet, 3 Swift (Richard Woolley).
Paddington: ad Peregrine (Charlie Farrell)
Springfield Park: Moorhen brood. (Matt Reed)
Wanstead Flats: 5 Common Gull, 40+ kettling Black-headed Gull feeding on flying ants, 3 Skylark, 40+ Swift, 6 House Martin, Lesser Whitethroat (Nick Croft)
Wanstead Park: 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Little Egret, 3 Little Grebe, 4 Great-crested Grebe, 10+ Black-headed Gull (+ 1 juvenile), 2 Common Tern, f Shoveler, Kingfisher, 30+ Swift, House Martin (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan/Jono Lethbridge)
Wormwood Scrubs: c12 Swift, singing Chiffchaff, Blackcap and Whitethroat. c6 Meadow Pipit (Charlie Farrell)

Friday 11th July 2014[]

Beddington Farmlands: Common Snipe, juv Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 4+ Green Sandpipers (David Campbell/Ian Jones).
Brent Reservoir: 3 Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 7+ Common Tern chicks, 6 Lapwing (3 E Marsh 3 N Marsh), Family groups of Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Garden Warbler and Goldfinch around "dump" area (Steve Blake/Richard Coombes)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 15 Swift, 3 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
Enfield EN2: 3 Tawny Owl adult and two juveniles (one juv with prey) being mobbed by Great Spotted Woodpecker and Mistle Thrushes at 11:15 (Robert Callf).
Gutteridge Wood: Common Buzzard perched (Jon Ridge).
Hampstead Garden Suburb: Tawny Owl calling vigorously in Little Wood during performance at open-air theatre (John Colmans)
Ickenham Marsh: Common Buzzard over, Jay, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Jon Ridge).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Black-tailed Godwit (WWT web site); Ruddy duck again - main lake (Catherine Beazley)
Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Oystercatcher East at 10:10 (presumed to be same bird as one seen over Blackhorse Road at 6:10am), 2 Common Tern, Sand Martin, Whitethroat singing, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Black-headed Gulls (Stuart Fisher)
Oak Hill Woods NR, East Barnet, Herts. EN4: Sparrowhawk nest - 6 chicks - 3 well advanced "branching" & 3 downy white in nest. Male called and delivered prey to Female who fed chicks. Female then perched nearby (Bob Husband & David Hills).
South Ruislip (Prior's Farm): 14 Rook, 18 Jackdaw (Jon Ridge).
Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, juv Whitethroat, Nuthatch (scarce here) (TeRNS)
Ten Acre Wood area: 2 Little Ringed Plover, Common Buzzard, 4 Kestrel, 28 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting, 3 Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 16 Stock Dove, Bullfinch, several Long-tailed Tit & Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Swallow, 5 Swift & Whitethroat (Jon Ridge).
Trent Park: Kingfisher, 12 Mandarin Duck, 33 Mallard, 1 Tufted Duck (Robert Callf)

Thursday 10th July 2014[]

Alexandra Park: 28 Black-headed Gulls all adults bar 1 juvenile 0700 cricket pitch (Bob Watts).
Barnes: Little Egret on Thames foreshore in front of Harrods buildings (M Ruscoe).
Beddington Farmlands: Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, 3+ Green Sandpipers, Common Sandpiper, Little Egret (David Campbell).
Brent Reservoir: 6 Lapwing, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Green Sandpiper, 100+ Swifts, singing Garden Warbler (Roy Beddard).
Lee Valley, Cornmill Meadows: 9 Lapwing, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Greenshank, 6 Green Sandpiper, Dunlin (Simon Papps)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper (WWT web-site) Peregrine Falcon on Charing Cross Hospital, male & juvenile Kestrel, Kingfisher, nesting Little Ringed Plover, 2 new Common Tern chicks (Res. Lag.) (Martin Honey)
Maida Vale: Swift screaming over The Warrington Hotel at 2100 (Matt Reed).
Marylebone: 2 Swift over Shroton Stree (Matt Reed)
Meath Gardens E2: 14 House Martins (Harry Harrison).
Rotherhithe: juvenile Yellow-legged Gull still on Greenland Dock from the Watersports Centre mid evening (Richard Bonser)
Roxbourne Park (Yeading Brook): Bullfinch, 5 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Coal Tit, 4 Long- tailed Tit, Jay & 4 Swift (Jon Ridge).

Wednesday 9th July 2014[]

Brent Reservoir: (pm) 3 Wigeon (feeding between rafts & mudbanks), 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Lapwing, 1 ad Common Gull (Andrew Haynes).
Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens: 1 fem Mandarin, 1 Little Owl, 9 Red-crested Pochard, c12 Swift - Kensington Gardens only, pm visit (Charlie Farrell)
Lewisham, Vicars Hill, SE13: Probable Red Kite mobbed by several Carrion Crows, flying NW at treetop height across Hilly Fields. Viewed 12.00 very briefly from my office 500m away without bins, but appearance & flight seemed right (Patrick English)
Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Common Tern on Hollow Pond, 3 Great Crested Grebe (1 juv Hollow Pond, pr, female on nest at Eagle (Stuart Fisher)
London Wetland Centre: Ruff flew off west (WWT web-site)
Oak Hill Woods NR, East Barnet, Herts. EN4: Female Sparrowhawk fed 5 half grown downy chicks in Oak tree nest, juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker & singing Blackcap (Bob Husband)
Roding Valley Park: Kingfisher, Swift (Alan Hobson).
Rotherhithe: juvenile Yellow-legged Gull still porning it on Greenland Dock this evening (Richard Bonser).
Stratford: Black Redstart (Paul Whiteman)
Trent Park: Kingfisher (Robert Callf)
Valentines Park Ilford: 9 Egyptian Geese, includes the 5 youngsters from this year's brood who all survived amazingly. (Barbara Miller)

Tuesday 8th July 2014[]

Alexandra Park: Common Tern, 30+ adult Black-headed Gulls Wood Green Res 1730 (Bob Watts).
Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher, Swift, Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
Chiswick House Park: Common Tern (Ralph Todd)
Lee Valley, Cornmill Meadows: 8 Shoveler, 3 Gadwall, 4 Teal, Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 3 Grey Heron, 10 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher, 100+ Swift, 2 Swallow, 20+ House Martin, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, 10+ Sedge Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Linnet, 10+ Reed Bunting (Simon Papps)
Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Little Egret west, 2 Great Crested Grebe (one with possible nest site on Eagle Pond), 7 Tufted Duck, 2 Black-headed Gull, Coal Tit, c5 Swift (Stuart Fisher)
London Wetland Centre: 4 Spoonbill flew north at 12.00 (WWT)
Mile End Ecology Park: Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat (both singing), 2 Tufted Duck 1f 1 juv (D Bates)
Pinner (HA5): 1 Red Kite (Shailesh Patel)
Rotherhithe: lovebird sp. flew upriver along River Thames 19:30 near The Angel pub (Richard Bonser)
Tyttenhanger GPs: Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, Red Kite, 3+ Tree Sparrow, (Steve Blake/David Booth)

Monday 7th July 2014[]

Brookmill Park: 4 Blackcap 2m 2f, 1 Chiffchaff, Jersy Tiger Moth (Conrad Ellam)
Crystal Palace Bus Station: 8 Swifts low flying round house suggest nest site (Michael Mac).
Crystal Palace Park Lake: f Kestrel on ground, 2 Swifts, calling Chiffchaff, Great crested Grebe on 2nd brood - 1st young fed by other adult (Michael Mac).
Lewisham, Algernon Road: 10 Swifts. (Phil Laurie)
Leyton, Jubilee Park: Little Egret, seen distantly, flying South this morning. Most of the Walthamstow colony tend to feed to the North up the Lea or occasionally East to the Roding. (Paul Whiteman)
London Wetland Centre: juv Little Egret, Red Kite, Little Ringed Plover pair still incubating,150 Swift (R.Kaye)
Richmond Park: Little Owl hooting at 07.15, another out in the open at 09.30. Pen Ponds: 11 Common Terns- 3 pairs with 5 young, 5 young Grey Heron in 4th & 5th nests, Tufted Duck brood of 2 young, 6 Great Crested Grebe- 2 pairs & a brood of two, 5 juv Kestrel from two broods, Sand Martin, 2 juv Stonechat nearby (J.Wilczur)
Redbridge Lakes and Roding Valley Park: 2 Reed Warblers (one a juvenile), Blackcap, 2 Swifts (Alan Hobson).
Rotherhithe: juvenile Yellow-legged Gull showing well & coming to bread on Greenland Dock mid evening; also leucistic Black-headed Gull off Greenland Pier (Richard Bonser)
Sutcliffe Park: Little Grebe with 3 chicks, 2 Stock Dove, Swift, 6 Reed Warbler, Chiffchaff, 20+House Sparrow, Hummingbird Hawk Moth (Conrad Ellam)
Trent Park: 4 Treecreeper 2 adults 2 juveniles - 5th family party here so far this year (Robert Callf/Robin White).
Wanstead Flats: 2 Garden Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Kestrel, f Pochard, 10+ House Martin, 30+ Swift (Nick Croft/Marco Johnson)
Wanstead Park: 2 Kingfisher, 3 Little Egret, Reed Warbler, House Martin, 10+ Swift, 13 Black-headed Gull, 4 Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Grey Wagtail (Nick Croft/Marco Johnson)

Sunday 6th July 2014[]

Brent Reservoir: 5 Lapwing, 8 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Redshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 50+ Swift (Roy Beddard)
Barnet, Dollis Valley meadows:- Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap and Chiffchaff still all singing this morning.(Geoff Crabtree).
Colindale: Little Egret in the Silk Stream, north of Colindeep Lane. (Deb Jackson)
Crossness: adult summer Mediterranean Gull at the outfall in evening, 18 Black-tailed Godwits (including orange flag ringed French bird), 7 Lapwings, 2 Ruddy Shelduck x Shelduck hybrids and 2 Egyptian Geese on the foreshore (Richard Bonser)
Gallions Reach: 10 Black-Tailed Godwits, 6 Lapwing, 6 Common Sandpipers, 4 Oystercatcher, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull. (Gary A James & Paul Davis)
Hampstead Heath: Red Kite low over NW at 1100 and some Ringlets on slope opp running track (Frank Nugent).
KGV reservoir: 3 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Oystercatcher, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 1 immature Peregrine, 2 Kingfisher, 5+ Little Egret, 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, 4 House Martin (amongst 300+ swifts & hirundines). 2-3 Reed Warbler, 4 Sedge Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Linnet, 2 m Reed Bunting (Neville Smith).
Muswell Hill N10: Red Kite low over 10.15 mobbed by Peregrine. Headed north towards Alexandra Park (Tony Jakeman)
Oak Hill Woods NR, East Barnet, Herts, EN4: NW London RSPB Group Sparrowhawk Watch Report - 14.45: Female fed 3 (or 4?) downy white chicks in Oak tree nest (Bob Husband).
Rotherhithe: pair of Common Terns & fledged young still on Surrey Water (Richard Bonser)
Staines Reservoir: 18 Canada Goose, 1 Cormorant, 298 Tufted Duck and 24 Great-crested Grebe (Kevin Duncan)

Saturday 5th July 2014[]

Brent Reservoir: 5 Lapwing, 6 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Green Sandpiper, 6 Common Tern chicks on rafts, 250+ Swift (Roy Beddard)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Stock Dove, Swift, Song Thush, 2 Blackcap, 2 House Sparrow (Conrad Ellam)
Crossness: juvenile Mediterranean Gull (by golf centre then by the outfall), 2 Ruddy Shelduck x Shelduck hybrids (in Barking Bay then by the outfall), 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (2nd-summer & 1st-summer), 150 Shelducks (Richard Bonser and Mike Robinson)
Deptford: pair of Herring Gulls & chick on wooden structures east of Deptford Creek (Richard Bonser)
Greenwich: 3 singing Reed Warblers and 25 Cormorants by the O2 (Richard Bonser)
Grovelands Park: 6 Mistle Thrush 2 adults 4 juveniles - recently fledged (Robert Callf).
Kilburn: 10 Swift around Fordwych Rd. (Matt Reed).
Isle of Dogs: Mediterranean Gull (adult summer) on Thames shore at Saunders Ness, 3 Common Gulls (Sean Huggins)
London Wetland centre: Red Kite at 11.45am,- Sparrow Hawk and Kestrel [Les McCallum], nesting Little Ringed Plover a second adult & a juvenile, 2 almost fledged Lapwing chicks plus a new brood of 2 Lapwing (Martin Honey)
Mayflower Park wetland, Worcester Park: Kingfisher at 16.25 (Simon Osborn)
Mudchute Farm: 4 Linnets (Sean Huggins)
Osterley Park: Common Tern, Common Whitethroat, 2 Cormorant, 6 Egyptian Goose, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Grey Heron, Greylag Goose associating with 20+ Canada Goose, Herring Gull, 14+ Jackdaw, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 12 Mandarin, Mistle Thrush, 6+ Ring-necked Parakeet, 7 Swift (Richard Woolley).
Regent's Park: Quick trip produced Pochard (two broods), very brown juv Black Headed Gull, Moorhen (one brood & one on nest), Magpie family group, just fledged Canada Goose gosling (at least the second brood of the year) (Matt Reed).
Rotherhithe: pair of Common Terns & fledged young on Surrey Water (Richard Bonser)
Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Little Ringed Plover, 3 Black-tailed Godwit (rare here), 2 Grey Wagtail, singing Reed Bunting. Also 2 Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown (TeRNS)
Ten Acre Wood area(pm visit): record site count 11 Heron (all juvs, 5 on ground + rest over low in loose flock), Buzzard, family 4 Kestrel, 8 Lapwing, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, c25 Stock Dove, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Nuthatch, c30 Linnet, 2 Purple Hairstreak (Neil Anderson)
The Water Gardens W2: Two Moorhen broods (probably to same adult pair & possibly a new Inner London breeding location) (Matt Reed).
Wanstead Flats: 3-4 Lesser Whitethroat, singing Garden Warbler, 12 House Martin, 40+ Swift, 2 Egyptian Goose, 6 Little Grebe (Nick Croft)
Wanstead Park: 2 Reed Warbler (Tony Brown), 2 Little Egret, Little Grebe with chick, Grey Wagtail, calling Goldcrest, 2 fledged Mistle Thrush (Nick Croft)
Wormwood Scrubs: c12 Swift, 4+ Meadow Pipit (Charlie Farrell)

Friday 4th July 2014[]

Alexandra Park: 7 adult Black-headed Gulls 0700, Common Tern Wood Green Res 1730 (Bob Watts).
Bankside: 2 Peregrines at 9:15 (Charlie Farrell)
Bow Creek: Garden Warbler (James Palmer)
Brent Reservoir: 4 Little Egrets flew over, also 7 Little Ringed Plover & 5 Lapwing (Andrew Self); add - 4 Green Sandpiper, 10+ Swift, 4 House Martin, 3 Common Tern chicks. From Hides only. (Steve Blake)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Stock Dove, Swift, Song Thrush, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 6 House Sparrow (Conrad Ellam)
East India Dock Basin: Kestrel, 3 Sand Martin (James Palmer)
Ewell (Hogsmill Open Space): 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Common Whitethroat, 1 Common Swift, 1 Banded Demoiselle, 1 Beautiful Demoiselle (Neil Batten).
Gallions Reach: 2 Ruddy Shelduck (James Palmer) could these be the two hybrids seen at Crossness on Saturday? Yes, could well be - they were somewhat distant (James Palmer)
Hampstead Heath: 1 Kingfisher and 1 Common Tern (Frank Nugent).
Kingston Bridge:Peregrine soaring over Holme park & Kingston bridge 12pm (Les McCallum)
Ladywell Fields, Lewisham: House Sparrows, Coal Tit family (just outside park), Blackcap, Chaffinch, Song Thrush, several m+f Banded Demoiselles, Red Admiral (Joe Beale and Yu-Hsuan Lin).
Little Wormwood Scrubs: 4 Swift, 2+ calling Goldcrest, 2 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Southern Hawker, numerous Meadow Brown and Large Skipper butterflies (Charlie Farrell)
London Wetland Centre: Spotted Flycatcher - on willow opposite Dulverton hide (Catherine Beazley) Hobby, Lesser Whitethroat, 15 species of common butterfly,including 7 Gatekeeper first of year seen yesterday and single Ringlet.(R.Kaye). Peregrine over, nesting Little Ringed Plover (Martin Honey)
Mayflower Park: first juvenile Swallows-at least 2(Bob Smith)
Mile End: Reed Warbler singing from reed bed adjacent to canal Ecology Pavilion, Sand Martin over Arts Pavilion lake (Bob Watts).
Olympic Park, Greenway: 2 Little Ringed Plover (JW Davies)
Richmond Park: Hobby over Lower Pen Ponds at 6:30pm, catching dragonfly eating them on the wing - then hunting acrobatically low over the bracken north of the ponds (TWHV)
Rotherhithe: Yellow-legged Gull 3rd-summer on River Thames east of Greenland Pier late a'noon; also Sand Martin visiting nest hole by River Thames adjacent to Convoys Wharf, 100+ Herring Gulls, 15 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Common Tern Greenland Dock (Richard Bonser)
Uxbridge (over Uxbridge High School) 2 Red Kites (Alex Randall)

Thursday 3rd July 2014[]

Alexandra Park: 1 Hobby (male - looking), W to E along Palace S. Slopes, 18.15 hrs (Jonathan Cooke).
Bankside: 2 juv Peregrine on Tate Modern chimney (Charlie Farrell)
Brent Reservoir: adult Mediterranean Gull on Northern Marsh until 1300 then flew, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Lapwing, 1 Greylag Goose. Marbled Whites & Ringlets (Frank Nugent).
Clapham High Street: Red Kite being mobbed by crow over rail station (J. Limb)
East India Dock Basin: 1 Little Ringed Plover, Little Grebe juv, 4+ Common Tern chicks on raft +c16 adults, 1 Shelduck, 30+ Tufted Duck, singing Reed Warbler, singing Blackcap, c4 Sand Martin, Grey Wagtail (Charlie Farrell)
Ingrebourne Valley, Hornchurch Country Park and Ingrebourne Hill: 40 species located. Some 100 Common Swift and 80 House Martin over the parklands. f. Hobby actively stooping at Common Swifts over the hay cutting at Albyns Farm. Swifts cluster up in defence & none caught, . 1 m Kestrel perched watching for prey in the cut hay, 1 Cetti's Warbler, widespread Reed Warblers and 4 singing Reed Buntings in Ingrebourne Marshes, 18 Lapwings and family groups of Mallard Duck, Coot and Moorhen throughout marshes, 30 Canada Geese, 10 Greylag Geese and a pair of ad. Mute Swans with 7 well grown cygnets (from one brood?) at Albyns Farm Lake, A pair of GC Grebes displaying, a Little Grebe calling and 12 Tufted Ducks on Stillness Lake, Whitethroats and Blackcaps and 1 Garden Warbler sing in the treeplantations, m Pheasant Low Field Wood, 3 Skylarks singing Ingrebourne Hill, 2 Weasels.. (Patrick English).
London Wetland Centre: (pm visit): Stock Dove, sub-adult Great Creasted Grebe, pair of Little Grebe with 2 chicks, pair nesting LRP plus one additional adult, one of two large Lapwing chicks, numerous fledged Black-headed Gulls, several pairs Common Tern with young and sitting, singing Cetti's, Chiffchaff and Garden Warblers, numerous family groups of Reed Warbler. Comma, Red Admiral, Brimstone, Small and Essex Skippers, Meadow Brown butterflies (Martin Honey), adult Mediterranean Gull (WWT website).
Middlesex Filter Beds: 2 Cetti's Warblers, 1 adult 2 juvenile Willow Warblers (Sue Barry)
Park Farm, Enfield: 4 Treecreeper, adult & three juveniles - recently fledged (Robert Callf).
Richmond Park: Little Owl in northern edge of Duchess Wood, showed well at 20:45-21:00 (TWHV)
Stoneleigh KT17: 38 Common Swift sw and 1 Herring Gull e. over The Glade 18:30 -19:00 (Neil Batten)
Trent Park: 5 Treecreeper two adults & three juveniles - recently fledged (Robert Callf). and Kingfisher lower lake (Robin White).
Wanstead Flats: 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, singing Garden Warbler, 50+ Swift, 8+ House Martin, 4 Stock Dove, 3 singing Skylark, singing Meadow Pipit (Nick Croft)
Wanstead Park: Little Egret, adult & 3 Great Crested Grebe chicks, 3 adult Little Grebe, Swift, House Martin, Little Egret, Grey WAgtail (Nick Croft)

Wednesday 2nd July 2014[]

Alexandra Park: 4 adult Black-headed Gulls cricket pitch 0630 (Bob Watts).
Brookmill Park: am Kingfisher, 2 Swift, 2 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, Coal Tit, 9 House Sparrow pm; Common Buzzard w (patch tick), Sparrowhawk, 2 Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Chelsea Bridge Wharf (Battersea): Peregrine with prey, Grey Wagtail with juv- locally bred (Neil Anderson)
East India Dock Basin: Little Grebe juv (first record this year), Little Egret, 9+ Common Tern chicks on raft, Swift, 2 Shelduck, 21+ Tufted Duck, singing Reed Warbler, singing Blackcap, Sand Martin, Grey Wagtail, Brown-banded Carder Bee (John Archer & Jo Dowle).
Folly Lane: Green Sandpiper, 5-6 Grey Wagtail (James Palmer)
Highgate School: 2 Common Buzzards(Henry Wyn-Jones).
Lower Chingford: Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper (James Palmer)
Mile End: Sand Martin, 5+ Swift, Common Whitethroat (Bob Watts).
Rotherhithe: 1st-summer Common Gull and 150+ Black-headed Gulls (moving upriver, including 1st juvenile of year here) (Richard Bonser)
Ruislip Lido: Red Kite, pair of Egyptian Goose, 6 Great Crested Grebe, drake Pochard, 8 Tufted Duck, Gadwall, 2 Common Tern, Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, several Blackcap & Chiffchaff, 15 Swift, 7 House Martin, Long-tailed Tit & Nuthatch (Jon Ridge).
St James's Park: 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 House Martin, 2 Swift, drake Ruddy Duck, 2 Kestrel together high over east end of Park, 1 Peregrine over Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre just outside Park (Frank Nugent).
Totteridge Valley: 3 Common Buzzard, pair Kestrel, c8 House Martin, 2 Swallow, 9 Swift, Grey Wagtail on Dollis Brook (John Colmans)
Tyttenhanger GPs: Redstart (male still at 09.15), Yellow-Legged Gull adult (Steve Blake/David Booth)
Victoria Park: West Lake - Pochards broods of 1 & 7, Mallard broods of 2 8 9 2 fem, 2 juv Red crested Pochard, 10+ Swifts (Bob Watts).
Wanstead Flats: 2 singing Lesser Whitethroat, singing Garden Warbler, Sand Martin, 6+ House Martin, 30+ Swift, 5 Black-headed Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Kestrel, 3 singing Skylark, 2 Stock Dove (Nick Croft)
Wanstead Park: 4 Little Egret at the west end of Heronry (Dan Hennessy). Hobby (Jono Lethbridge)
3 Mills E3: Reed Warbler, 4 Sand Martins, Black Redstart (Neil Preston)

Tuesday 1st July 2014[]

Alexandra Park: Adult Black-headed Gull 0700 (Bob Watts).
Arnos Park: 2 juvenile Goldcrest (no sign of any adults) (James Palmer)
Bentley Priory: there has been a second brood of Mandarins at Summer House Lake in Bentley Priory. No sign of them on the ponds in Little Common Stanmore. (Margaret Huitson per DT)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Swift, Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 3 House Sparrow, A pair of Tufted Duck drifted in with the tide 5 pm something of a rarity in the park.(Conrad Ellam)
Chiswick Mall: Hobby circling over small House Martin colony on houses; 10 of latter above Hobby; Hobby went into dive but missed; also juv Grey Wagtail (Neil Anderson)
London Wetland Centre: juv Little Egret, 2 male Ruddy Duck, female Mandarin, one young Pochard, 1st- summer Hobby with missing inner primaries in left wing hunting low over marsh, juv Kestrel, juv male Sparrowhawk hunting Starlings, 3 Little Ringed Plover- nesting pair & a juv, 30 Lapwing including 2 juvs & 2 young, Common Tern 5 broods of 8 young & a sitting pair, 147 Black-headed Gull 115 adults + 32 juvs, 2 male Kingfisher together, 3 Pied Wagtail ad + 2 juvs- 2nd brood (J.Wilczur)
Pinner Park Farm: 5 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, Hobby, 3 Rook, 195 Jackdaw, 9 Stock Dove, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 28 Swift, Mistle Thrush, Jay, Black-headed Gull (Jon Ridge).
Swanley Park : 2 newborn Moorhen chicks appeared from same tree nest 2nd brood,, 1 week after previous 2 were predated, female continued incubating whilst male fed first 2 chicks until killed (Andy Meaton)
Thorney CP: Buzzard over, 2 Kestrels, Green Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Pochards, 3 Jays, 14 Common Terns with at least 8 juvs, 2 Great Crested Grebes & juvs, Common Whitethroat, 3 Stock Doves, Grey Heron (Sue Giddens)
Tyttenhanger GPs: Redstart male seen briefly at 09.30 & again at 11.45 TL200 056, Little Owl, Red Kite, Buzzard. (Steve Blake)
Westminster: Peregrine flying over the Thames by the Houses of Parliament 15.50 (Alex Randall)
Woolwich: Queen Elizabeth Hospital: Pied Wagtail f & fledged juv (Joe Beale).