July 2024

Bird News July 2024

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Wednesday 31st July 2024

• Bury Farm, Edgwarebury: Little Owl observed & calling, Chiffchaff calling, Common Buzzard, 4 [2 pr] Red Kite, 4 [inc adult male & 2 juvs] Kestrel, c30 Barn Swallow [breeding colony], 6 Common Swift, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker calling, juv Collared Dove, 60 Starling (Bob Husband & Sue Widdowfield); juvs Sparrowhawk calling in Edgwarebury Park (Marian Rastelli)
• Brookmill Park: Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
• Cudham: Eastern Olivaceous Warbler reported but not confirmed (BirdGuides)
• Kingston-upon-Thames: juv Caspain Gull at Recycling Centre (BirdGuides)
• Shrewsbury Park, SE18: 2 Sparrowhawk, Nuthatch, Blackcap, 3 Stock Dove, Jay (Tim Rymer)

Tuesday 30th July 2024

• Bankside: Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff (Reuben Braddock)
• Barnes Common SW13: 3+ Sparrowhawk [f & 2+ juvs] (J Wilczur)
• Belmont Open Space, Cockfosters/East Barnet: 2 Green Woodpecker [adult & juv] (Bob & Anna Husband)
• Brookmill Park: Stock Dove, Song Thrush, Reed Warbler, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
• Bushy Park: Whinchat (P Davies)
• Queen Mother Reservoir: Ruddy Shelduck (BirdGuides)
• Shrewsbury Park, SE18: 2 Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker, Blackcap, Nuthatch (Tim Rymer)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Mandarin Duck, Collared Dove, 9 Swift, Coot, Black-headed Gull, 7 Red Kite, 4 Common Buzzard, 4 Kestrel, Hobby, 9 Rook, 11 Coal Tit, Sand Martin, 65 Barn Swallow, 60 House Martin, 3 Willow Warbler [FL], 26 Chiffchaff, 11 Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, 11 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper, 40 Starling, House Sparrow, 5 Greenfinch (Samuel Levy)

Monday 29th July 2024

• Bankside: 2 Oystercatcher upriver then back again a few minutes later, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff (Reuben Braddock)
• Brookmill Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Song Thrush singing male & juv, 2 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
• Hilly Fields Lewisham: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Blackcap, 2 Coal Tit possibly with fledglings nearby (Tom Moulton/Daniel Johnson)
• Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Hobby, Common Buzzard, Coal Tit, 5 Jackdaw, Goldfinch, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Stock Dove 2 Mistle Thrush (Ron Turner)
• Perivale Park: Little Egret, 2 Stock Dove, 10+ Swift, 2 juv Grey Wagtail [along Brent] (Neil Anderson)
• Shrewsbury Park, SE18: 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Blackcap, Green Woodpecker, 2 Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Tim Rymer)
• Vicarage Farm, Enfield [under threat of development]: 2 Common Buzzard, 4 [inc juvs] Common Kestrel, 3 Red Kite, Chiffchaff calling, Common Whitethroat, Song Thrush, Green Woodpecker calling (Bob Husband & David Hills)
• Wick Woodland: 4 Sparrrowhawk [2 adults & 2 juvs] (Marcin Kempa)

Sunday 28th July 2024

• Abney Cemetery Park: 3 Sparrowhawk adult & 2 juv (Marcin Kempa)
• Brent Reservoir: 2 Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, Common Buzzard, 9 Common Tern incl 4 juvs, Tufted Duck w/ 5 ducklings (Bob Husband & Haydn Coe) 60 Swift, 3 Common Sandpiper, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Kingfisher, 85 House Martin, Willow Warbler, Grey Wagtail {7+ Lesser Emperor probably many more} (Samuel Levy et al)
• Bury Farm, Edgwarebury: Red Kite, Little Owl calling, Barn Swallow colony, House Sparrow colony (Bob Husband)
• Crossness: 2 Green Sandpiper on southern marsh (Conrad Ellam)
• Greenwich Park: Red Kite, 2 Peregrine, 40 Swift (Ray Crouch)
• London Wetland Centre: Hobby, 3 Common Tern, 2 Green Sandpiper, Willow Warbler {Lesser Emperor, 2 Norfolk Hawker} (Michael Robinson)
• Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 2 Hobby, Chiffchaff, Song Thrush, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Goldfinch 2 Jackdaw (Ron Turner)
• Rainham Marshes: 2 Great White Egret, 4 Spoonbill, Marsh Harrier, 8 Black-tailed Godwit [mostly in breeding plumage], 2 House Martin, Lesser Whitethroat, f Bearded Tit (James Palmer)
• Shrewsbury Park, SE18: Sparrowhawk, Treecreeper, Green Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, Blackcap, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Swift, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Jay, Stock Dove (Tim Rymer)
• Ten Acre Wood area: m Pheasant, 3 Red Kite, juv Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 3 Stock Dove, Skylark, 3 Swallow, 7 Common Whitethroat, 11 Greenfinch {Brown Hairstreak, Purple Hairstreak} (Neil Anderson)
• Woodford Green: Hobby over at 0900 & [Non Marsh] Harrier sp high & W at 1045 (Ken Murray)
• Yeading Brook meadows: Pheasant, 4 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 10+ Swift, 5 Common Whitethroat {Brown Hairstreak, Small Heath} (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 27th July 2024

• Brent Reservoir: Great White Egret, 0730 to 0805, 4 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 9+ Common Tern incl 3+ juvs, c100 Swift, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 14 Egyptian Goose (Steve Blake); Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, 100 House Martin, Grey Wagtail {Lesser Emperor} (Samuel Levy et al)
• Dagenham Chase: Green Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret (Andrew Self)
• Genesta Road, SE18: c40 Swift over (Tim Rymer)
• Greenwich: 30 Swift (Ray Crouch)
• Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, 3 Sand Martin, 5 Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Common Tern on Thames (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
• Knatchbulll Road, Brixton: Swift came out of a nest (Michael Mac)
• Northolt & Greenford CP: 4 Red Kite, c10 Swift {m Lesser Emperor - probable first sighting in Ealing} (Neil Anderson)
• RSPB Rainham Marshes: Spoonbill, Great White Egret (Haeun Sun)
• Shrewsbury Park, SE18: 3 Sparrowhawk, Treecreeper, Blackcap, Nuthatch, Chiffchaff, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Stock Dove, Jay, Coal Tit (Tim Rymer)

Friday 26th July 2024

• Brookmill Park: Peregrine, Stock Dove, 5 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
• Epping Forest "Chingford Plain": juv Goshawk, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Kestrel (RSa)
• Ladywell Fields: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull on the bowling green (Tom Moulton, Emily Millhouse)
• Mayflower Park: 2 Kestrel, 3 Sand Martin S, 10 Swift (Bob Smith)
• Rainham Marshes: Great White Egret, 2 Spoonbill, 3 Curlew, 3 Snipe, Yellow Wagtail {Norfolk Hawker} (Andrew Self)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 16 Swift, Coot, Sparrowhawk, 4 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 4 Little Owl, 2 Kestrel, 2 Hobby, 6 Coal Tit, 2 Sand Martin NE, 25 Barn Swallow, 25 House Martin, 21 Chiffchaff, 14 Blackcap, 2 Commnon Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, Firecrest, Nuthatch, 5 Treecreeper, 3 Bullfinch, 9 Greenfinch. (Samuel Levy)
• Wimbledon Park: Swift (Tony Stones)
• Wormwood Scrubs: Peregrine, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Common Whitethroat (Francis O'Sullivan et al)

Thursday 25th July 2024

• Bury Farm, Edgwarebury: 3 Common Buzzard, ad Red Kite, 2 Kestrel [m & juv], Linnet, c18 Barn Swallow [breeding colony], 3 Collared Dove {2 ad & juv], 35 House Sparrow [breeding colony], 50 Starling, Swift (Bob Husband/Sue Widdowfield/Marian Rastelli/Fay Broom)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 3 Mandarin Duck, Swift, Coot, 2 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Hobby, 15 Rook, 30 Barn Swallow, 20 House Martin, 22 Chiffchaff, 15 Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat, 13 Goldcrest, 4 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 3 Mistle Thrush, 5 Greenfinch (Samuel Levy)

Wednesday 24th July 2024

• Bedfords Park: Nuthatch {Lesser Emperor} (Andrew Self)
• Belmont Open Space, Cockfosters /East Barnet: 2 [f & juv] Great Spotted Woodpecker feeding on ants post breeding (Bob & Anna Husband)
• Canary Wharf: 2 Peregrine (RSa)
• London Wetland Centre: Hobby, m Kestrel, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Tern, Kingfisher {Lesser Emperor, 4+ Norfolk Hawker} (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
• Railway Fields N4: 21 Swift (James Palmer)

Tuesday 23rd July 2024

• Bankside: f Sparrowhawk [FOY] (Reuben Braddock)
• Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Swift, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, 5 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
• Dagenham Chase: 3 Green Sandpiper, Hobby (Andrew Self)
• Rainham "concrete barges - Aveley Bay": 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, 3 Oystercatcher, 6 Little Egret, 14 Northern Lapwing over, 3 Common Tern, Buzzard, Kestrel, 18 Shelduck, 2 Grey Heron (Tim Bray)
• Rainham Marshes: 3 Bearded Tit [f & 2 juv], 2 Great White Egret, 16 Little Egret, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Curlew, 11 Black-tailed Godwit, 24 Common Tern, Redshank, 2 Marsh Harrier, 5 Grey Heron, 2 House Martin, Reed Warbler, c600 Starling (Tim Bray); 8 Egyptian Goose, 43 Shelduck, 18 Northern Shoveler, 58 Gadwall, 27 Eurasian Teal, 30 Swift, Water Rail, 2 Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 6 Little Ringed Plover, Whimbrel, 3 Curlew, 17 Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 4 Redshank, 2 Dunlin, juv Mediterranean Gull, juv Common Gull, 3 Yellow-legged Gull [2 ad & juv], 30+ Common Tern, Sandwich Tern downriver 1005, 29 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 4 Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, 4 Common Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Peregrine, Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 10+ Bearded Tit, 25 Sand Martin, 4 House Martin, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Grey Wagtail, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Greenfinch {plenty of Norfolk Hawker & Lesser Emperor, 2 Leopard Moth, Brown Hairstreak} (Samuel Levy & Ben Rumsby)

Monday 22nd July 2024

• Barking Riverside: Oystercatcher over, 5 Kestrel, c100 Starling (Tim Bray)
• Belmont Open Space, Cockfosters/East Barnet: 2 [m & juv] Blackcap feeding on elderberries, juv Great Spotted Woodpecker (Bob & Anna Husband)
• Bow Creek: Sedge Warbler, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Grey Heron, Little Egret (RSa)
• Brixton: Hobby in unsuccessful pursuit of Swift over St Matthew’s Church, 0835, joined by a Peregrine circling low over the clock tower [Incredible to see the two together] (Matt Bradbury); Sparrowhawk carrying prey item, Blenheim Gardens Estate (Tony Stones)
• Brookmill Park: Peregrine, Song Thrush, 6 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
• Oxleas Wood: Common Buzzard, Hobby, Chiffchaff, Blackcap,5 Swift, 2 Goldfinch (Ron Turner)
• Plumstead Common: f Sparrowhawk low through garden (Patrick English)
• Worcester Park: 2 Peregrine, 10 Swift (Bob Smith)

Sunday 21st July 2024

• Barking Riverside: 3 Oystercatcher, ad Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Raven {Painted Lady} (Andrew Self)
• Darlands Lake: 3 [inc 2 juvs] Mandarin Duck, juv Coot, 8 Moorhen inc 4 small juvs & 2 larger juvs, Grey Heron {Black-tailed Skimmer, Marbled White, Peacock, Meadow Brown} (Bob Husband/Tony Clancy)
• London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern, 17 Mandarin Duck, 14 Northern Shoveler, 6 Eurasian Teal, 27 Pied Wagtail, 100+ Starling, lots of Sedge Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, Blackcap and Chiffchaff (WWT); 10 Black-tailed Godwit on Main lake at 1500 (Ian Bradshaw)
• Richmond Park: Whimbrel flew E, Yellow Wagtail, Willow Warbler, Common Sandpiper, Lesser Whitethroat, Water Rail, Common Tern, Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Little Owl, Tawny Owl, 2 Hobby, Raven, 8 Skylark, 3 Reed Warbler, 23 Sand Martin, 10 Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, 16 Blackcap, 30 Common Whitethroat, 14 Stonechat, 14 Reed Bunting (D Brasier); Whinchat (R Dunne)
• Thamesmead: 1st summer Caspian Gull (BirdGuides)
• Totteridge Valley: f Mandarin Duck, Grey Heron, 2 Common Buzzard, 24 Barn Swallow, 34 House Martin, Common Whitethroat, 6 Blackcap, 10 Chiffchaff, 4 Greenfinch, 2 Bullfinch (John Colmans); 2 Hobby, distant Peregrine, 6 Red Kite, 5 Common Buzzard inc juv, 2 Kestrel (Bob Husband/Tony Clancy)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: Garganey (BirdGuides)
• Woodford Green: {A large “gliding” butterfly onward coming NW-SE from the forest at 1210 over gardens perhaps in view for 200m,only once flapped its wings c40-50’ up, have never seen a large Butterfly almost sailing so slowly before - led me to believe that it was a probable f Purple Emperor} (Ken Murray)

Saturday 20th July 2024

• Broadwater GP: 2 Ruddy Shelduck in SW corner (BirdGudies)
• Dagenham Chase: 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Little Egret (Andrew Self)
• London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Little Grebe, 4 Common Tern, Kestrel (WWT)
• Staines Reservoir: f Common Scoter on North Basin (BirdGuides)

Friday 19th July 2024

• Epping Forest "Chingford Plain": Sedge Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Common Whitethroat, 3 Green Woodpecker, Common Buzzard, Greenfinch (RSa)
• Oxleas Wood: Chiffchaff, 3 Song Thrush, Kestrel, Honey-buzzard, 2 Hobby, 2 Swift, 4 Jackdaw, 2 Stock Dove (Ron Turner)
• London Wetland Centre: 5 Common Tern, Little Egret, 5+ Swift (WWT)
• Raynes Park SW20: 14 Swift (P. Redmond)
• Richmond Park: 4 Avocet [only second ever Park sighting, both this year] at Upper Pen Pond (Friday Bird Group)
• Staines Reservoir: 3 Black-necked Grebe, f Common Scoter on North Basin (BirdGuides)
• Stoneleigh KT17: 20+ Swift, Grey Heron SW (Neil Batten)

Thursday 18th July 2024

• Bow Creek: flock of c300 Starling, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan (Tim Bray)
• Brookmill Park: 2 Blackcap, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
• Dagenham Chase: Raven, Green Sandpiper, 4 Little Egret (Andrew Self)
• East India Dock Basin: 7 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 2 Common Tern, 4 Reed Warbler, 2 Mute Swan, Cormorant, c140 Black-headed Gull (Tim Bray)
• Island Barn Reservoir: 1st-summer Franklin's Gull [site was QE2 Res], 2 Black-necked Grebe (BirdGudies)
• Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 8 Swift (Ron Turner)
• Richmond Park: 2 Hobby, 2 Red Kite, Common Tern, 2 Raven (J Wilczur)
• Woodford Green: {7 Butterfly species through grdn today to include a first, Marbled White} (Ken Murray)

Wednesday 17th July 2024

• Crossness: Franklin's Gull at outflow (per Birdguides)
• London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 6 Common Tern, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, Peregrine, 4 Swift, Kestrel (WWT)
• Orsett Fen: 3 Red Kite, 6 m Yellowhammer singing (Andrew Self)

Tuesday 16th July 2024

• Bankside: Common Sandpiper [my first here], Reed Warbler, Chiffchaff (Reuben Braddock)
• Brent Res: 15 Eurasian Teal, Little Grebe, 200 Swift, 2 Common Sandpiper, 10 Common Sandpiper, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, Coal Tit, 85 House Martin, Grey Wagtail (Samuel Levy)
• Crossness: Franklin's Gull at outflow (per Birdguides)
• Glebelands LNR, Finchley, N12: 2 Sparrowhawk pr defending nest site from Carrion Crow & f Kestrel, Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, Song Thrush singing, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Greenfinch trilling (Bob Husband/Tony Clancy)
• Gloucester Rd: 2 Peregrine (Neil Anderson)
• London Wetland Centre: 18 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Bittern, 4 Common Tern, 2 Kestrel (WWT)
• Oakleigh Road North: 2 Swift pr (David Roberts)
• Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, 2 Hobby, 4 Swift (Ron Turner)
• Rainham Marshes: m Quail singing behind Serin Mount (BirdGuides)
• Upper Cray Valley: Little Egret (Jack Headley)
• West Putney, SW15: 2 Hobby, 15 Swift flew SW (R Kaye/J Wilczur)

Monday 15th July 2024

• Crossness: Franklin's Gull at outflow [viewable distantly from Rainham Three Crowns] (Andrew Self); Common Sandpiper (Freddie Matthews); about 1300 Franklin's Gull flew in from E and fed at outfall w/ many Black-headed Gulls, 8 Little Egret, 8 Eurasian Teal etc (Bob Husband/Tony Clancy)
• Oxleas Wood: Chiffchaff, Firecrest, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Swift, 2 Hobby, Nuthatch, Kestrel (Ron Turner)
• RSPB Rainham Marshes: 21 Shoveler, Pintail, 19 Gadwall, 8 Eurasian Teal, 25 Swift, 2 Avocet, 6 Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, 5 Lapwing, Whimbrel, 5 Curlew, 10+ Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 3 Mediterranean Gull [2 ad & juv], 2 Common Gull, 4 Yellow-legged Gull, 14 Common Tern, 32 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Spoonbill, Sparrowhawk, 4 Marsh Harrier, 3 Kingfisher, 3 Kestrel, Hobby, Peregrine, 6 Bearded Tit, 50 Sand Martin, Lesser Whitethroat, Goldcrest, Yellow Wagtail (Samuel Levy)

Sunday 14th July 2024

• Barking Riverside: 2 Pintail, 2 Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper {Jersey Tiger} (Andrew Self)
• Battersea Park: Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, 31 Gadwall, 12 Mandarin Duck, 5 Common Pochard, Chiffchaff (Michael Mac)
• Brent Reservoir: 6 [3 x 2] Common Tern chicks, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Great Crested Grebe chicks on female's back, f Tufted Duck w/ 7 ducklings, Eurasian Teal, 26 Gadwall, 11 Northern Shoveler, 3 Little Egret, 2 Grey Wagtail, 30 House Martin, RedKite (Bob Husband/John Colmans et al NW London RSPB Group)
• Crossness; Franklin's Gull still on Pier W of outfall 0715 (Jack Headley et al); Common Sandpiper, 5 Lapwing, 2 Yellow-legged Gull [2nd-summer & juv] (John Archer)
• London Wetland Centre: 2 Green Sandpiper [main lake and wader scrape], Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Common Tern [2 chicks], 11 Lapwing, 30 Sand Martin, Mandarin Duck, 2 Northern Shoveler (Shaan Purohit)
• Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Hobby, 19 Swift, 3 Jackdaw, 5 Stock Dove (Ron Turner)

Saturday 13th July 2024

• Alexandra Park: Whinchat (APOG)
• Brent Reservoir: 250-300 Swift, 15+ House Martin, 2 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 6 Common Tern chicks, 7 Northern Shoveler, 3 Eurasian Teal, 3 Common Pochard, 2 Little Egret, 4 Cetti’s Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, Peregrine Falcon (Steve Blake)
• Brixton Hill: 16 Swift [20-25, 2 weeks ago], almost a colony on Horsford Road, with birds going in at 37, 45, 53, 59, 61 [2 pairs?], and adjacent 54B & 54C, Trent Road, with local also reporting a pair at 37, Torrens Road. I'll keep an eye on it (Tony Stones)
• Crossness: 2nd-summer Franklin's Gull on outfall till 1940 at least, 1st-summer Mediterranean Gull upriver (Conrad Ellam et al)
• Winns Common. Plumstead: 7 Swift (George Kalli)
• Dagenham Chase: Marsh Harrier over, 4 Little Egret (Andrew Self)
• Plumstead Station: 6 Swift, Sparrowhawk (George Kalli)
• Orpington: Hobby over garden (Stuart Williams)

Friday 12th July 2024

• Brent Reservoir: 20 Egyptian Goose, 30 Gadwall, 3 Eurasian Teal, 7 Common Pochard, 23 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 24 Great Crested Grebe, Collared Dove, 120 Swift, Common Sandpiper, 9 Common Tern, 5 Little Egret, 3 Coal Tit, 13 Reed Warbler, 10 Sand Martin, 2 Barn Swallow, 80 House Martin, 9 Chiffchaff, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 13 Blackcap, 5 Common Whitethroat, 6 Goldcrest, Grey Wagtail, Greenfinch, Reed Bunting (Samuel Levy)
• Hanwell "canal": 2 juv Grey Wagtail (Neil Anderson)
• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 11 Swift, ad Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Sparrowhawk (Neil Batten)
• Rainham Marshes: 2 Garganey, 2 Great Egret, 2 Spoonbill (Andrew Self)
• Richmond Park: 5 Little Egret, Common Sandpiper (Friday Bird Group)
• St Paul's Cray: Red Kite drifting low W viewed from Pleasance Road (Jack Headley)

Thursday 11th July 2024

• Bromley “Chatterton Road”: Red Kite, 2 House Martin, 8 Swift (Jon Mills)
• Rainham Marshes: 2 Spoonbill on Target Pools (BirdGuides)
• Stoneleigh KT17: 12+ Swift over The Glade am (Neil Batten)
• Sydenham Woods: Firecrest, Chiffchaff, Stock Dove, Blackcap, Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch (Geoff Torry/Tom Moulton)
• Tooting: c6 Swift high over St George's Hospital - from my bedroom window (Martin Honey)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 3 Mandarin Duck, 33 Stock Dove, 30 Swift, 2 Coot, 4 Red Kite, 5 Common Buzzard, 4 Kestrel, Hobby, 4 Rook, 3 Coal Tit, 40 Barn Swallow, 30 House Martin, 9 Chiffchaff, 16 Blackcap, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Common Whitethroat, 11 Goldcrest, 8 Nuthatch, 5 Treecreeper, Grey Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch, 9 Greenfinch (Samuel Levy)
• Woodford Green: ad Goshawk W then SE at 1058, 3-4 Swift (Ken Murray)

Wednesday 10th July 2024

• Belmont Open Space, Cockfosters /East Barnet: Great Spotted Woodpecker juv with wings held open confronting adult male Green Woodpecker on lawn, m Sparrowhawk plucking prey (Bob & Anna Husband)
• London Wetland Centre: 2 Common Tern, 4 Swift (WWT)
• Oxford St/Tottenham Court Rd: 2 m Black Redstart singing from rooftops around 300m apart at about 1930 (S Tusa)
• Rainham Marshes: 2 Spoonbill flew off (Birdguides); 11 Wood Sandpiper at Butts Scrape, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 2 Great White Egret (Andrew Self)

Tuesday 9th July 2024

• Dagenham Chase: 7 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Hobby (Andrew Self)
• Danson Park: 10+ Swift feeding over lake (Conrad Ellam)
• Elthorne Park: 30 Swift, Goldcrest, 3 Common Whitethroat, Peregrine, 2 Stock Dove (D Brasier)
• Greenwich Station: 20 Swift (Ray Crouch)
• KGV Reservoir: Barnacle Goose, 2 Northern Shoveler, juv Cuckoo, Oystercatcher, 8 Common Sandpiper, 4 Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Jay, 3 Raven, 5 Barn Swallow, Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Nuthatch, Mistle Thrush, juv Northern Wheatear, Reed Bunting (Eugene Dillon-Hooper via eBird)
• London Wetland Centre: Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 3 Common Tern, Little Egret, Kestrel, Chiffchaff, 2 Swift (WWT)
• Rainham Marshes: 3 Wood Sandpiper at Target Pools, 2 Spoonbill on Winter Pool (BirdGuides)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 30 Swift, 2 Coot, 2 Black-headed Gull, 7 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 30 Rook, 2 Coal Tit, 35 Barn Swallow, 20 House Martin, 14 Chiffchaff, 15 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 11 Common Whitethroat, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Firecrest, 2 Nuthatch, 7 Treecreeper, Grey Wagtail, 12 Pied Wagtail, 6 Bullfinch, 8 Greenfinch, 2 Linnet (Samuel Levy)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Common Sandpiper, 5 Ruff, 4 Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher (Sam O'Donnell via eBird)

Monday 8th July 2024

• Brookmill Park: 2 Stock Dove, 2 Swift, 2 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
• Crewdson Road, Stockwell: 2 Swift high over - but suspect shrinking breeding in this Inner London area!!! (Michael Mac)
• Dagenham Chase: 3 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4 Northern Lapwing, 2 Gadwall, Northern Shoveler, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, 3 Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 40+ Sand Martin, 30+ House Martin 20+ Barn Swallow, 40+ Swift, 6 Little Egret, 10+ Linnet, 5 Great Crested Grebe [on weed supressed: i.e blue lakes] (Nick Croft/Mark Thomas)
• Greenwich Park: Grey Wagtail (Ray Crouch)
• Grovelands Park: 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Kestrel, 50 Canada Goose, 38 Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Common Pochard, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Treecreeper, Greenfinch (Marcus Hunt)
• Holyfield Farm: 30 Swift, 10 Rook, 2 Common Whitethroat, Hobby, 3 Greenfinch, 2 Linnet, f Reed Bunting, Blackcap (John Emerson)
• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 150+ Herring Gull in the vicinity of Tesco's supermarket pm [put to flight by a passing helicopter] (Neil Batten)
• London Wetland Centre: Little Egret, 7 Northern Shoveler, Peregrine (WWT)
• Oxleas Wood: Chiffchaff, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Stock Dove, 3 Firecrest, 4 Jackdaw, Blackcap (Ron Turner)
• Warren Farm: 2 Red Kite, Buzzard, Peregrine, 2 Little Owl, 4 Stock Dove, 10+ Skylark (Neil Anderson)
• Woodford Green: {Increase in Purple Hairstreaks early this am}, flyover Little Egret, Sparrowhawk & Common Buzzard soaring w/ Hobby all before 1130 (Ken Murray)

Sunday 7th July 2024

• Barking Riverside: f Cape Shelduck [escape], Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper (Andrew Self)
• East India Dock Basin: 2 Shelduck, 2 Gadwall, 5 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Egret, Grey Heron, 2 Sand Martin, 3 Barn Swallow, Blackcap, Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch (Seyin Mustafa via eBird)
• Horsenden Hill: 5 juv Kestrel fledged (Martin Smith et al)
• London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper appeared on Wader Scrape following the thunderstorm at about 1430 (Terence Baker)
• Rowley Farm, Iver Heath: Kingfisher, Grey Heron, 3 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 30+ House Martin, Swift, 3 Swallow, Song Thrush (Nigel Barratt)
• Stoneleigh KT17: 2 Buzzard W together 1725, 2 Swift, Pied Wagtail pr nesting on Stoneleigh Broadway (Neil Batten)
• Ten Acre Wood area: 4-5 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, m Sparrowhawk, 15 Stock Dove, 2 Barn Swallow, m Reed Bunting, 4 Linnet, 12 Greenfinch incl 2+ juv (Neil Anderson)
• Thamesmead: juv Yellow-legged Gull off Greenhaven Drive (BirdGuides)
• Warren Farm: Green Sandpiper flew N, 16 Skylark, Peregrine, Hobby, 75 Swift, 10 Linnet, 7 Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Cetti's Warbler (D Brasier)
• Yeading Brook meadows: 3 Red Kite, 40+ Swift (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 6th July 2024

• Brent Reservoir [East Marsh]: 2 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 250-300 Swift, 6 Common Tern chicks [2 on raft 12, 2 on raft 11, 2 on raft 9], 4+ Cetti’s Warbler, 14 Egyptian Goose (Steve Blake et al)
• London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Tern, Northern Shoveler, 7 Common Pochard, 47 Sand Martin, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, Little Egret (D Brasier)
• Richmond Park: juv Water Rail, 25+ Sand Martin, 10 juv Whitethroat in a fallen dead tree (J Wilczur/S Woolfenden)
• Staines Reservoir: 3 Black-necked Grebe on South Basin (BirdGuides)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: juv Black-crowned Night Heron reported at No.3 Reservoir (BirdGuides)
• Upper Cray Valley 100+ Swift (Jack Headley)

Friday 5th July 2024

• Oxleas Wood: Buzzard, Hobby, Chiffchaff, 5 Firecrest, 7 Swift, Red Kite, Blackcap, 3 Jackdaw, 4 Stock Dove (Ron Turner)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 3 Mandarin Duck, Collared Dove, 20 Swift, 2 Coot, Cormorant, Grey Heron, 3 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 4 Rook, 2 Coal Tit, 45 Barn Swallow, 25 House Martin, 15 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 6 Common Whitethroat, 4 Goldcrest, 4 Firecrest, Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper, 2 Bullfinch, 6 Greenfinch (Samuel Levy)

Thursday 4th July 2024

• Hyde Park: 2 Gadwall, 2 Reed Warbler, Sand Martin, 10 House Martin (Samuel Levy et al)
• Kensington Garden's: Hobby, 3 Gadwall, 2 Grey Wagtail (Samuel Levy et al)
• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 8 Swift, Red Kite, 2 Sparrowhawk interacting (Neil Batten)
• Oxleas Wood: 2 Buzzard, Hobby, 2 Jackdaw, 2 Firecrest, 2 Swift, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Blackcap (Ron Turner)
• Rainham Marshes: Whimbrel, 27 Little Egret, Hobby (Andrew Self)
• Richmond Park: Little Egret, m Peregrine, 3 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 6 Common Tern (J Wilczur/P Pentek)
• Tooting, Ramsdale Rd, SW17: Hobby low W 1530 (Steve Woolfenden)

Wednesday 3rd July 2024

• Brixton: Peregrine on Lambeth Town Hall at 1700, Swift (Tony Stones)
• Dagenham Chase: Green Sandpiper, 5 Little Egret (Andrew Self)
• Deptford Creek: Little Egret (Ray Crouch)
• Peckham Rye Park: Red Kite (Fernley Symons)
• Scadbury Park: Hobby NE/E, Firecrest (Jack Headley)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 5 Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, 9 Barnacle Goose, 4 Great Black-backed Gull [2 ad w/ 2 juv] (Walthamstow birders)

Tuesday 2nd July 2024

• Brent Reservoir [East Marsh]: 4 Common Tern chicks; 2 on raft nine, 2 on raft twelve, 250-300 Swift, 10+ House Martin (Steve Blake)
• Brookmill Park: 2 Peregrine, 2 Stock Dove, Song Thrush, 3 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
• Greenwich Park: Grey Wagtail (Ray Crouch)
• Hyde Park: 6 House Martin (Ray Crouch)
• Richmond Park: Kingfisher, Skylark (John Palmer)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: f Mandarin Duck & 2 ducklings, Skylark, 6 Barn Swallow, 16 House Martin, Firecrest, 2 Common Whitethroat, 5 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Greenfinch (John Colmans)
• Upper Cray Valley: 5 Swallow, c70 Swift (Jack Headley)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: Hobby, Red Kite (Samuel Levy et al)

Monday 1st July 2024

• Brookmill Park: Sparrowhawk, Song Thrush, Blackcap, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
• Fulham Palace grounds: Sparrowhawk, 2 Swift, 4 House Martin, 2 Blackcap (Neil Anderson)
• Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Sparrowhawk, 3 Goldcrest, Firecrest, Nuthatch, 3 Blackcap, Barn Swallow, 4 Stock Dove, 5 Jackdaw (Ron Turner)
• Petts Wood: Red Kite NW/W over Hawkwood Estate, 2 Peregrine, 2 Firecrest (Jack Headley)
• Richmond Park: 2 Blackcap, Little Owl, Tawny Owl, Common Buzzard, 3 Goldcrest (John Palmer)