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Tuesday 19th March[]

  • Bushy Park: m Northern Wheatear, 2 Shelduck (John Strachan)

Monday 18th March[]

  • Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam
  • Bush Hill Park, Enfield: 3 Meadow Pipit flew over, calling (Andrew Peel)
  • Eltham, The Tarn: m Mandarin Duck (Peter Charles)
  • Hackney Central: Peregrine low S over Town Hall ( Marcin Kempa)
  • Hampstead Heath: Woodcock, 8 Lesser Redpoll, 9 Redwing, 2 Red Kite, 2 Peregrine, 4 Linnet E, 10 Meadow Pipit N, 11 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap (Hampstead Heath Birders)
  • Islington, Camden Passage: 2 Redpoll, feeding in birch tree (Jon Agar)
  • London Fields: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming (Marcin Kempa)
  • London Wetland Centre: f Goldeneye reservoir lagoon, m Reed Bunting [& Bearded Tit heard by other birder] reedbed, 2 Oystercatcher main lake, juv m Sparrowhawk by Headley hide & ad f wader scrape fence, 6 Sand Martin [4 over wader scrape, 2 over reedbed] (Martin Honey & B Page)
  • Perivale, UB6: Siskin over calling 0830 (Andrew Peel)
  • Rayners Lane, HA2: m Blackcap singing, Ovesdon Avenue, at least 12th day (Tim Rymer)
  • St Anne’s Churchyard, Limehouse: adult Harris’s Hawk still flying around trees in churchyard, presumed escapee. Still present at 1430 (Tim Bray)
  • Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: f Northern Wheatear [Wheatear Corner - Equal site record earliest with 2018], 9 Egyptian Geese [pr & 7 goslings], Mandarin Duck, m Tufted Duck [Sheepwash], Collared Dove, Coot [Belmont Farm], Lapwing, 79 Common Gull, Cormorant, Grey Heron, 6 Sparrowhawk, 6 Red Kite, 9 Common Buzzard, 2 Little Owl, 3 Kestrel, 15 Rook, 3 Coal Tit, 3 Skylark, 23 Chiffchaff, 7 Goldcrest, Firecrest, Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 5 Redwing, Grey Wagtail, 79 Meadow Pipit NE/N, 36 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Greenfinch, 3 Linnet, 6 Lesser Redpoll, 5 Siskin (Samuel Levy)

Sunday 17th March[]

  • Beddington Farmlands: 4 Water Pipit (BirdGuides)
  • Brent Reservoir: 5 Common Snipe [of 9 reported by HC], Cetti's Warbler singing, Blackcap singing [Reservoir still largely drained. Path to Main Hide water-logged] (Bob Husband)
  • Epsom: c50 Waxwing (BirdGuides)
  • Ewell, Banstead Road: 2 Red Kite, f Kestrel, 3 f Pheasant at Everlast Gym site pm (Neil Batten)
  • Greenwich Ecology Park: 2 Sand Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff (John Bushell/Conrad Ellam/Richard Green
  • Hainault CP: 2 Common Buzzard, Red Kite, m Northern Wheatear (Tim Harris)
  • Hawley, DA2 “Shirehall Farm”: Red-legged Partridge, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, f Merlin, c15 Skylark, 5 Meadow Pipit, c25 Fieldfare, Chiffchaff singing, Rook, 4 Corn Bunting singing (Ian Stewart)
  • Hilfield Park Reservoir: Greater Scaup (BirdGuides)
  • Lippitts Hill: Hawfinch in flight E of The Owl Pub (A Middleton)
  • London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, Common Snipe, 2 Sand Martin (Shailesh Patel)
  • Oxleas Wood: 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Stock Dove, Treecreeper, Goldcrest, Song Thrush 4 Jackdaw (Ron Turner)
  • Pinner Park Farm: 3 Little Egret, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Chiffchaff, Green Woodpecker, Buzzard, 2 Stock Dove, 4 Mallard (Tim Rymer)
  • Rainham Marshes: 2 Water Pipit (BirdGuides)
  • St Anne's Churchyard, Limehouse: adult Harris's Hawk on N side of churchyard being mobbed by crows, presumed escapee (Tim Bray)
  • Staines Moor: 2 Short-eared Owl, Northern Wheatear, Garganey (BirdGuides)
  • Staines Reservoirs: Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver together on north basin 0900hrs (Tim Rymer); Slavonian Grebe, 2 Black-necked Grebe (BirdGuides) 2 Black-throated Divers & GND North Basin (Ian Bradshaw)
  • Ten Acre Wood area: 6 Eurasian Teal, Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, c10 Stock Dove, 4 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 23 Fieldfare, 21 Redwing, Rook, Reed Bunting, 2 Linnet pr (Neil Anderson)
  • Upper Cray Valley: 3 Cetti's Warbler singing, 4 Chiffchaff singing (Jack Headley)
  • Wanstead Flats: Northern Wheatear (BirdGuides)

Saturday 16th March[]

  • Alexandra Palace/Park: No sign of Waxwings around midday although reported near The Grove Information Centre about 0820, m Peregrine w/ misplaced or missing tail feather in flight near mast about 1200, 3 Northern Shoveler [2 m f], 5 Egyptian Goose pr w/ 3 goslings on boating lake (Tony Clancy & Bob Husband)
  • Beddington Farmlands: Grey Plover, 5 Water Pipit, Caspian Gull (BirdGuides)
  • Bushy Park: Willow Warbler, several Chiffchaff (P Davies)
  • Dagenham Chase: Pink-footed Goose on slack until 1545 when flew to Eastbrook playing field still present 1700, 6 Common Buzzard, 3 Red Kite, Water Rail, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Siskin (Vince-Hallyframe/Steve Bacon/Sam Porter)
  • Eastcote, Roxbourne Park: 2 Grey Wagtail inc m displaying on Venue 5 roof, Little Egret, 4 Fieldfare, Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, 2 Green Woodpecker, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest, 6 Greenfinch, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, 3 Moorhen (Tim Rymer)
  • Epping Forest "Chingford Plain": Jack Snipe flushed, Woodcock flushed, 2 Red Kite, 5 Chiffchaff, Kestrel (RSa)
  • Hampton Court: Willow Warbler (BirdGuides)
  • Hilfield Park Reservoir: 4 Goldeneye [2m 2f], c1,000 Black-headed Gull [roosting birds included one individual with white upperparts] (Tony Blake)
  • Island Barn Reservoir: juv White-tailed Eagle (BirdGuides)
  • KGV Reservoir: Greater Scaup, Smew (BirdGuides)
  • London Wetland Centre: 7 Common Snipe, 2 Oystercatcher, Shelduck, 2 Siskin, 90 Shoveler, 8 Chiffchaff (WWT)
  • Morden Hall Park: 2 White Stork high over N at 1105 (Nick Rutter)
  • Muswell Hill: 9 Waxwing at Rosebery Road (BirdGuides)
  • Oak Hill Park, East Barnet: Chiffchaff [FOY] (Clive Herbert)
  • Osterley Farmlands: Skylark singing, 4 Chiffchaff singing (Roger Dewey)
  • Putney Bridge: {bull Grey Seal} (R Kaye)
  • Putney Lower Common: 2 Mealy Redpoll flew E 1320 (R Kaye)
  • Rainham Marshes: Caspian Gull, 3 Common Scoter (BirdGuides)
  • Staines Reservoir: Black-throated Diver, Slavonian Grebe, 2 Water Pipit, Great Northern Diver (BirdGuides)
  • Stoneleigh, KT17: 4 Siskin in The Glade, Red Kite NW (Neil Batten)
  • Surbiton, KT5: Blackcap (P Davies)
  • Wanstead Flats: Northern Wheatear (BirdGuides)
  • Warren Farm: 5 Common Buzzard incl 3 on thermal, 2 Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, Peregrine carrying prey to N, 2 Little Owl, 17+ Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Linnet {Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock} (Neil Anderson)
  • Woodford Green: Tawny Owl calling at 0545, c50 Redwing low & N at 0600, f Sparrowhawk displaying at 1000, f Blackcap, Red Kite over & another W at 1213 (Ken Murray)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: m Northern Wheatear, Mandarin Duck, Woodcock, Eurasian Wigeon, Goldeneye, Siskin, 3 Common Buzzard, Barnacle Goose (Walthamstow birders)

Friday 15th March[]

  • Alexandra Park: 16 Waxwing alternating between The Grove and the junction of Roseberry Road and Cranbourne Road (Gareth Richards et al)
  • Beddington Farmlands: Little Ringed Plover, 6 Water Pipit (BirdGuides)
  • Blackheath: Chiffchaff singing/flying (Geoff Torry)
  • Bow Locks: 5 Canada Goose, Egyptian Goose, 2 Greenfinch, Kestrel, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Moorhen, 2 Tufted Duck (Gino Brignoli)
  • Crossness: 2 Kestrel, 3 Oystercatcher, 20+ Redshank, Curlew, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
  • Duke’s Meadows: Chiffchaff singing by Barnes Bridge (Ian Stewart/Jack Headley)
  • Hanwell: Northern Wheatear off Windmill Lane (BirdGuides) (Location is Warren Farm. Windmill Lane is in Norwood Green, not Hanwell)
  • Hackney [central]: Firecrest singing in private garden (Tom Stuart)
  • London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatcher, 8 Chiffchaff, Goldeneye, 56 Wigeon (WWT); Bittern, Common Buzzard flew over (Shailesh Patel). Raven W, Red Kite W (Oscar Dewhurst).
  • Northolt & Greenford CP: Red Kite, 4 Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler singing, Reed Bunting singing {20+ Common Toad} (Neil Anderson)
  • Rainham Marshes: Spoonbill, Caspian Gull, Water Pipit, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Egyptian Geese, 230 Shoveler, 41 Gadwall, 254 Wigeon, 25 Pintail, 165 Teal, 42 Pochard, 61 Tufted Duck, 9 Little Grebe, 12 Great Crested Grebe, 22 Avocet, 6 Oystercatcher, 2 Ringed Plover, 12 Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, 37 Common Gull, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, 24 Chiffchaff, 28 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Redwing, Stonechat, 4+ Corn Bunting (Samuel Levy/ Ben Rumsby)
  • Richmond Park: f Lesser Spotted Woodpecker seen & heard drumming in Oaks & Horse Chestnut just east of White Lodge on edge of Queen Mother Copse around 1300, 13 Egyptian Goose [pair & 11 goslings], Red Kite, Skylark singing (Ian Stewart/Jack Headley)
  • Staines Reservoir: Slavonian Grebe, 1+ Great Northern Diver [almost certainly 2], Water Pipit, 10+ Goldeneye, Peregrine (John Archer)
  • Stoneleigh KT17: 6 Siskin in The Glade incl several singing (Neil Batten)
  • Sutton: Northern Wheatear along Grange Road (BirdGuides)
  • Upper Cray Valley: Kingfisher, 4 Redwing, Cetti’s Warbler singing, 3 Chiffchaff singing (Jack Headley/Ian Stewart)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: Canada Goose, Cetti's Warbler, Chaffinch, Egyptian Goose, Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, Little Grebe, Mute Swan, Shelduck, Song Thrush, Starling, Tufted Duck (Kel Enders)

Thursday 14th March[]

  • Bankside: adult Mediterranean Gull downriver at 1417, 76 Common Gull downriver, Red Kite over (Reuben Braddock)
  • Beddington Farmlands: 5 Water Pipit, Caspian Gull (BirdGuides)
  • Brookmill Park: 4 Grey Heron on nest [2 adults & 2 young] (George Podger)
  • Burgess Park: Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 6 Stock Dove, Sparrowhawk (Dave Clark)
  • Epping Forest "Connaught Water & Chingford Plain": 20 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper, 2 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 2 Red Kite, Chiffchaff, 3 Jay (Richard Beesly)
  • Fulham "Peterborough Road": Chiffchaff (Nathalie Mahieu)
  • Hampton Court: c20 Waxwing still east of Palace (BirdGuides)
  • Hanwell: Dark-bellied Brent Goose on canal for 4th day, Chiffchaff singing (Neil Anderson)
  • KGV Reservoir: Cattle Egret still in paddock, 2 Sand Martin, Slavonian Grebe, Greater Scaup (BirdGuides)
  • Langley: 11 Waxwing (BirdGuides)
  • Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 7 Buzzard, m Kestrel, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, 30+ Herring Gull {Brimstone} (Neil Batten)
  • Lea Valley, Cheshunt: 2 Goosander, 2 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 2 Teal, Little Egret, 2 Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 5 Red Kite {Brimstone & Peacock} (Francis O'Sullivan et al)
  • London Wetland Centre: Black-tailed Godwit, Bearded Tit, Snipe, 7 Chiffchaff, 2 Oystercatcher, Goldeneye, 70 Shoveler, 2 Goosander (WWT)
  • Muswell Hill: 16 Waxwing (BirdGuides)
  • Rainham Marshes: Water Pipit, Spoonbill (BirdGuides)
  • Richmond Park: f Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - woods below White Lodge (Tim Vine)
  • Romford: Black Kite over fields next to Aldi (BirdGuides)
  • Richmond Park: 2 Chiffchaff singing on either side of Hawthorn Valley path [first I have heard this year] & Buzzard being mobbed, 3 Buzzard circling high around Manor Road allotments (John Tate); f Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming near White Lodge (Conrad Ellam)
  • Ruislip Lido: 5+ Chiffchaff singing, 80+ Redwing over [spring transition nicely summed up!] (John Walker)
  • Sewardstone Marsh: Cattle Egret [in paddock & overflow channel on side of King George V Reservoir], Sand Martin [over banks of KGV], 4 Goosander, Grey Wagtail, 2 Little Egret, 2 Common Buzzard, Red Kite, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Eurasian Teal, 20+ Common Gull (Richard Beesly)
  • Staines Reservoir: Slavonian Grebe, Great Northern Diver, Black-throated Diver (BirdGuides)
  • Walthamstow Marshes [Paddocks & Bomb Crater Field]: 7 Redwing, c30 Stock Dove, 4 Linnet, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Little Egret, 3 Pied Wagtail (Alastair Dent)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: Short-eared Owl high over Lockwood Reservoir at 0810 [site FOY] (HarringayBirder); Cetti’s Warbler, 8 Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Cormorant, Egyptian Goose, 2 Gadwall, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, Great Crested Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron, 2 Greylag Goose, Kingfisher, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Egret, Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Pied Wagtail, Pochard, 3 Shelduck, Song Thrush, Starling, 9 Tufted Duck (Tim Harwood)

Wednesday 13th March[]

  • Beddington Farmlands: Little Gull, 3 Water Pipit, Caspian Gull (BirdGuides)
  • Bow Locks: Song Thrush (Gino Brignoli)
  • Brookmill Park: Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
  • Ealing Central Sports Ground: Little Owl seen calling near Perivale station at 1830, then flew off (Andrew Peel)
  • Epsom: 25 Waxwing (BirdGuides)
  • KGV Reservoir: Cattle Egret (BirdGuides); Northern Wheatear, Scandinavian Rock Pipit, Redshank, m Smew, m Greater Scaup, Peregrine, Raven (Tony Clancy)
  • Kingston-upon-Thames: Caspian Gull (BirdGuides)
  • London Wetland Centre: Skylark, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, Stonechat, Goldeneye, 7 Chiffchaff, 2 Redwing, Water Pipit (WWT); Bittern (BirdGuides); 6 Common Snipe [4 grazing marsh, 2 wader scrape] (Martin Honey)
  • Richmond Park: f Lesser Spotted Woodpecker near White Lodge (Jon Reeves)
  • St Paul's Cray: Chiffchaff singing from Kelsey Road garden (Jack Headley)
  • Staines Reservoir: Black-throated Diver, Slavonian Grebe, Water Pipit, Wheatear (BirdGuides); Great Northern Diver [briefly w/ Black-throated Diver N Basin], 20 Goldeneye, 3 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 8 Linnet (Neil Anderson); 2 Shelduck, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 5 Fieldfare, 3 Meadow Pipit, 15+ Pied Wagtail (Tony Stones)
  • Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 5 Mandarin Duck, Collared Dove, 2 Lapwing, 82 Black-headed Gull E, 143 Common Gull E, 3 Cormorant, 4 Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard, 3 Little Owl, 3 Kestrel, 15 Rook, 4 Coal Tit, Skylark, 5 Chiffchaff, 8 Goldcrest, 5 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 300+ Starling, Mistle Thrush, 55 Redwing, 32 Fieldfare, Grey Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 35 Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Greenfinch, 2 Siskin, 2 Lesser Redpoll (Samuel Levy)

Tuesday 12th March[]

  • Bow Locks: Blackcap, Kestrel (Gino Brignoli)
  • Connaught Water, Epping Forest: 5 Mandarin Duck, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Teal, Tufted Duck, Pochard, Mallard, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose (George Kalli)
  • KGV Reservoir: Cattle Egret still in paddock E of pumping station (BirdGuides)
  • Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Cormorant N (Neil Batten)
  • London Wetland Centre: Common Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, Water Pipit, Goldeneye, 7 Chiffchaff, Kestrel (WWT)
  • Southgate Chase Allotments: 7 Redwing (Robert Callf)
  • Staines Reservoir: Slavonian Grebe, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, 4 Black-necked Grebe, 4 Water Pipit (BirdGuides)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: 3 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (BirdGuides)

Monday 11th March[]

  • Bow Creek: 3 Common Sandpiper, 8 Teal, 2 Shelduck (Tim Bray)
  • Brent Reservoir: Common Redshank, 2 Dunlin [near dam; first waders since reservoir emptied; found by Steve Leeke] (Ben Watt)
  • Broadwater GP: 7 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 2 Goldeneye (Bill Haines)
  • East India Dock Basin: 7 Cormorant incl 2 sinensis type, 19 Shelduck, 11 Teal, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Greenfinch, 2 Redshank over, 3 Oystercatcher over Thames, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, 2 Goldfinch (Tim Bray)
  • Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe pr, Cormorant, 9 Tufted Duck [6 m 3 f], Red Kite, Buzzard, m Kestrel, 7 Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, 5 Skylark, 28 Meadow Pipit, 2 Pied Wagtail, 100+ Fieldfare, Song Thrush, 140+ Redwing, m Mistle Thrush singing, 4 Long-tailed Tit, m Chaffinch, 18 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
  • Grand Union canal, Hanwell: Brent Goose just up from lock 95 (D Brasier)
  • Hampstead Heath: Peregrine SE, 200 Redwing [mostly at Kenwood], 15 Meadow Pipit N, 2 Linnet NW, 30 Chaffinch N, 2 Pied Wagtail N, 2 Chiffchaff inc one singing, f Stonechat, 2 Pochard (Hamsptead Heath birders)
  • Holyfield Farm: 200+ Fieldfare, 100+ Starling, Raven, 4 Linnet, 2 Skylark, 16 Barnacle Goose (John Emerson)
  • Langley: 12 Waxwing (BirdGuides)
  • London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Curlew, Meadow Pipit (WWT); 3 Common Snipe grazing marsh, 4 Pintail [2 prs] main lake, Black-tailed Godwit seen earlier (Martin Honey); Water Pipit, 5 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (BirdGuides)
  • Island Barn Reservoir: 2 Little Gull, Caspian Gull (BirdGuides)
  • Rainham Marshes: 88 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Spotted Redshank (BirdGuides)
  • Richmond Park: f Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in oaks behind White Lodge, 20 Redwing, Red Kite, 50+ Common Gull (Nick Baker)
  • Stoneleigh, KT17: 18 Siskin in The Glade (Neil Batten)
  • Staines Moor: 2 Short-eared Owl, Marsh Harrier, Goosander, Kingfisher, Stonechat, 3 Red Kite, Kestrel, 8 Redwing, 2 Skylark, Egyptian Goose, Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 50 Black-headed Gull (Richard Beesly)
  • Staines Reservoirs: Slavonian Grebe, 5 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, 3 Water Pipit, 4 Shelduck, 10 Goldeneye, 40+ Wigeon, 6 Shoveler, 2 Egyptian Goose, 30 Meadow Pipit, 20+ Pied Wagtail, 10 Linnet (Richard Beesly); Reed Bunting, 11 Fieldfare (Reuben Braddock)
  • Trent Park: 2 Cormorant, Egyptian Goose, 5 Mandarin Duck [3 m 2 f], 2 Tufted Duck pr, 29 Black-headed Gull, ad Common Gull, f Kingfisher perched upper lake [w/ orange extending around base of upper mandible!], 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, f Stonechat 'Old Golf Course', 2 Song Thrush, 25 Redwing, 2 m Mistle Thrush singing, 5 Long-tailed Tit, Nuthatch singing, 2 Treecreeper, m Lesser Redpoll Ride Wd (Robert Callf)
  • Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 12 Egyptian Goose [4 adults & 8 goslings], 2 Mandarin Duck, Collared Dove, Lapwing, Common Snipe [flushed from Owl Field], 113 Common Gull, Cormorant, Sparrowhawk, 3 Little Owl, Tawny Owl, 2 Kestrel, 15 Rook, Coal Tit, 3 Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff, 7 Goldcrest, Firecrest, 300 Starling, 2 Mistle Thrush, 175 Redwing, 32 Fieldfare, 5 Meadow Pipit, 75 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 4 Siskin (Samuel Levy)
  • Upminister: Northern Wheatear (BirdGuides)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: Cetti’s Warbler, 5 Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Cormorant, 2 Egyptian Goose, 6 Gadwall, Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Heron, Grey Wagtail, 2 Greylag Goose, Kingfisher, Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, Pied Wagtail, Common Pochard, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Shelduck, 23 Siskin, 4 Snipe, Song Thrush, Starling (Tim Harwood); Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Barnacle Goose, Redshank, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 5 Snipe, 34 Siskin, 3 Fieldfare (Walthamstow birders)
  • Warren Farm: 2 Gadwall low over, Red Kite, 5 Stock Dove, 12 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 4 Fieldfare, 16 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, 2 Rook, 3 Linnet, 3 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson); 8 Fieldfare, 2 Little Owl (D Brasier)
  • Worcester Park: Red Kite circling above Waitrose 1235 (Neil Batten)

Sunday 10th March[]

  • Brookmill Park: Redwing, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
  • Brent Res [currently 95% drained for repairs]: 15 Common Snipe, Eurasian Teal, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Fieldfare, Redwing, Green Woodpecker, Greenfinch (Andrew Peel/George Kalli/Francis O'Sullivan, London Birders walk)
  • Whitehall Plain, Epping Forest: 4 Brambling in adjacent wood by Ching Brook, 25 Redwing (A Middleton)
  • Erith: Little Gull (BirdGuides)
  • Hackney Central: Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, f Sparrowhawk hunting at St John (Marcin Kempa)
  • Hampton Court: 1+ Waxwing still E of the palace (BirdGuides)
  • Hilfield Park Reservoir: Greater Scaup (BirdGuides), 2 Goldeneye pr, 529 Black-headed Gull [including one bird w/ white upperparts] (Tony Blake)
  • London Wetland Centre: 2 Chiffchaff, Water Pipit (WWT); Bittern (BirdGuides)
  • Margravine Cemetery: 11+ Redwing, f Blackcap, 3 Peregrine Falcon (Nathalie Mahieu/Ruth Savery/Sarah Taylor)
  • Mayflower Park: m Blackcap & Chiffchaff both singing, Cormorant (Neil Batten)
  • Islands Barn Reservoir: 7 Little Gull, Sand Martin (BirdGuides)
  • KGV Res: m Smew, 16 Goldeneye, Goosander, 11 Meadow Pipit, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Little Grebe S Basin am (A Middleton); Slavonian Grebe (BirdGuides)
  • Rainham Marshes: Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Lapwing, Little Egret, Little Grebe, Pied Wagtail, Northern Pintail, Common Redshank, Northern Shoveler, Common Snipe, Eurasian Wigeon (Elliot Saxton)
  • Shrewsbury Park, SE18: Firecrest, Nuthatch, 22 Redwing, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Song Thrush, Chaffinch (Tim Rymer)
  • Staines Moor: 2 Short-eared Owl (BirdGuides)
  • Staines Reservoir: Slavonian Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, 2 Water Pipit, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver (BirdGuides)
  • Stoneleigh, KT17: 16 Siskin in The Glade am (Neil Batten)
  • Ten Acre Wood area: 2 Red Kite, 4 Stock Dove, 5 Skylark incl 2 singing, 25+ Meadow Pipit, 65 Fieldfare, 50+ Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush pr (Neil Anderson)
  • Whetstone: report of Waxwings at Oakleigh Park Tennis Club on Thursday (David Roberts)
  • Thames foreshore about 100 metres N of Fulham FC: 2 Oystercatcher pr still present (David Jeffreys)

Saturday 9th March[]

  • Blackheath: Kestrel (Geoff Torry)
  • Boxer's Lake, Enfield: 8 Egyptian Goose pr w/ six goslings [FL], m Northern Shoveler, 7 Tufted Duck [5 m 2 f], 33 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull [adult & second-winter] (Robert Callf)
  • Brent Reservoir: 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Blackcap, Stonechat, Egyptian Goose, c20 Redwing, 8+ Greenfinch, 66 Common Gull (S Blake)
  • Broxbourne Woods: 2 Brambling over, 8 Repoll, no Hawfinch at the old roost 1530 to 1630 (A Middleton)
  • Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe pr, 3 Tufted Duck [2 m f], Green Woodpecker, m Skylark singing, 4 Meadow Pipit, 25 Pied Wagtail, 120 Redwing feeding on pony field, 4 Linnet (Robert Callf)
  • Fulham FC: 2 Oystercatcher pr feeding on Thames fore-shore (Neil Anderson)
  • Hackney Marshes: Brimstone on the wing just outside Middlesex Filter Beds (Alastair Dent)
  • Hampton Court Palace: c30 Waxwing sheltering in trees w/ mistletoe [North of Long Water & W of North Canal] (SJ Elvin)
  • Island Barn Reservoir: 3 Little Gull (BirdGuides) Is it possible to gain access to this site, or is it for permit holders only? Permit holders only, but the reservoir can be viewed from the top of Molesey Heath with a 'scope (Stivi Musievski) How does one apply for a permit? (Anon). Members of the Surbiton and District BW society can join the Island Barn subgroup for access. www.surbitonbirds.org. Contact for membership officer on the website. (Chris Turner)
  • London Wetland Centre: 2 Goosander, 124 Northern Shoveler, 3 Common Snipe, Chiffchaff, Red Kite (WWT); Water Pipit, Bittern (BirdGuides); 2 Eurasian Oystercatcher, 5 Common Snipe, Peregrine Falcon, Fieldfare (Barry Wilson)
  • Peckham Rye Park: 2 Mandarin Duck pr (Tom Smith)
  • Rainham Marshes: 3 Avocet, Barn Owl, Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Curlew, 3 Gadwall, 4 Goosander, Great Crested Grebe, Grey Plover, Kestrel, 40 Lapwing, Little Egret, Little Grebe, Marsh Harrier, Meadow Pipit, Pheasant, Pied Wagtail, Pintail, 3 Common Pochard, Raven, 6 Common Redshank, Redwing, Reed Bunting, 10 Northern Shoveler, Common Snipe, Eurasian Teal, 80 Eurasian Wigeon (Lee Davies); 5 Goosander, 4 Common Buzzard over, 2 Barn Owl (Andrew Self)
  • Soho: Black Redstart singing on rooftop around corner of Newman St/Oxford St (Eugene Dillon-Hooper)
  • Staines Reservoirs: Slavonian Grebe, 2 Water Pipit, 4 Black-necked Grebe (BirdGuides); 2 Black-throated Diver, Egyptian Goose, Gadwall, Goldeneye, Great Crested Grebe, Linnet, Meadow Pipit, 4 Mute Swan, Pied Wagtail, 2 Shelduck (Safira Viegas); Great Northern Diver, Dunlin (Stivi Musievski)
  • Swanscombe Marshes: Common Buzzard, 2 Red Kite, 2 Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, Water Rail, 4 Avocet, Turnstone, Dunlin, 40+ Common Redshank, Rock Pipit, Water Pipit, 5 Meadow Pipit, Skylark, 2 Redwing, 2 Reed Bunting, Redpoll, 2 Rook (John Bushell/Conrad Ellam/Barry Wright)
  • Trent Park: 2 Cormorant, Egyptian Goose, 3 Tufted Duck [m 2 f], Common Buzzard, Common Gull, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Nuthatch [2 prs], 2 Treecreeper, f Chaffinch {Comma - FOY} (Robert Callf)

Friday 8th March[]

  • Beddington Farmlands: Avocet, 6 Water Pipit (BirdGuides)
  • Boxer's Lake, Enfield: m Northern Shoveler, 4 Tufted Duck [3 m f], 56 Black-headed Gull inc one w/ metal ring [unread], 2 ad Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
  • Brent Park: Goldcrest, Greenfinch, Jay, Kingfisher, 2 Redwing (Harley Giens)
  • Brixton Hill "Blenheim Gardens Estate": Peregrine (Tony Stones)
  • Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Stock Dove, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Conrad Ellam)
  • Camberwell New Cemetery: 2 Green Woodpecker (Tom Moulton/Geoff Torry)
  • Chislehurst "Beaverwood area": 4 Firecrest (Jack Headley)
  • Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe pr, Little Egret, 8 Tufted Duck [5 m 3 f], Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, m Skylark singing, 12 Pied Wagtail, 5 Fieldfare, Song Thrush, 18+ Redwing, m Mistle Thrush singing, Long-tailed Tit, Greenfinch (Robert Callf)
  • Hampton Court Palace: c30 Waxwing sheltering in trees w/ mistletoe [North of Long Water & W of North Canal] (Toni Piccolo)
  • Island Barn Reservoir: 2 Little Gull (BirdGuides)
  • Kensington Gardens: 3 Mandarin Duck, 6 Northern Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, 15 Common Pochard, 70+ Common Gull, Red Kite circling over Lancaster Gate then towards Marble Arch, Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, Treecreeper, 3 Greenfinch (Samuel Levy/Bill Haines)
  • Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 2 Red Kite, 4 Common Buzzard incl 3 together, Cormorant N, adult Lesser Black-backed Gull NE (Neil Batten)
  • London Wetland Centre: 3 Oystercatcher, 3 Common Snipe, Chiffchaff, Water Pipit (WWT); m Sparrowhawk, c30 Siskin {1+ Comma} (Martin Honey & B Page)
  • Richmond Park: Common Buzzard, Red Kite, 8 Common Gull, f Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 0940 (Tony Stones); Avocet [1st record for the site. On island in Upper Pen Pond 1255 & still present at 1724], 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (RPFBG); 12+ Common Buzzard, 6+ Red Kite, Peregrine (J Wilczur/S Woolfenden); Brambling (D Brasier)
  • Scadbury Park: Chiffchaff singing [FOY], 5 Bullfinch (Jack Headley)
  • Staines Reservoir: Slavonian Grebe, 4 Black-necked Grebe (BirdGuides)
  • Trent Park: 2 Cormorant, Grey Heron, m Mandarin Duck, 4 Tufted Duck [2 m 2 f], adult-summer Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, m Goldcrest singing, 2 Long-tailed Tit pr, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper pr, Jay, Lesser Redpoll feeding in birch {White-clouded Longhorn Beetle - 1st record for the site & nationally rare, but probably overlooked!} (Robert Callf)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: 4 Canada Goose, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, Common Gull, Cormorant, 2 Egyptian Goose, 9 Gadwall, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Grey Heron, 8 Greylag Goose, Kingfisher, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Mute Swan, Pied Wagtail, 8 Common Pochard, Shelduck, 3 Northern Shoveler, 11 Tufted Duck (Tim Harwood)
  • Whipps Cross, Hollow Pond: Raven, Pied Wagtail, Jay (Katy Thorpe)

Thursday 7th March[]

  • Bankside: Black Redstart on roofs high above the Tate community garden (Jon Reeves)
  • Blackheath, Whitefield's Mount, Lewisham: f Stonechat in gorse (Joe Beale)
  • Bow Locks: 2 Canada Goose, Cetti’s Warbler, Common Sandpiper, 4 Gadwall, Great Black-backed Gull, Greenfinch, Grey Heron, Kestrel, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Eurasian Teal, 3 Tufted Duck (Gino Brignoli)
  • Charing Cross Hospital: first egg for Peregrine Falcon (Nathalie Mahieu via cctv)
  • Chislehurst Ponds: m Mandarin Duck (Ian Stewart)
  • Cudham: Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard, Skylark, 10+ Fieldfare, Marsh Tit in hedgerow near Mace Farm approx 1 mile NE of village, Yellowhammer (Ian Stewart)
  • Dagenham Chase: Avocet (BirdGuides)
  • Edmonton "Cedars Crt, N9": Red Kite over, Sparrowhawk (Robert Callf)
  • Finchley Central: 2 m Blackcap [Lovers Walk & East End Road/A598] (Samuel Levy)
  • Finchley Road: m Blackcap singing near Llanvanor Road Bus Stop (Samuel Levy)
  • Golders Green Station: 3 Siskin, 2 Greenfinch (Samuel Levy)
  • Hampton Court: 46 Waxwing along the SE flank of the palace gardens [Flew over to Home Park at 1330] (Nigel Jackman)
  • Inner Temple Gardens, EC4: Fieldfare feeding in flower border (Hugh Bradshaw)
  • KGV Reservoir [Permit only]: m Greater Scaup S Basin, Sand Martin flew NW over causeway, 3 f Goosander & Kingfisher on overflow channel, 28+ Goldeneye inc 10 males, 2 Chiffchaff singing, 4 Little Grebe, Shelduck, Raven, Little Egret, 2 Grey Wagtail, 22 Linnet [0700 - 0815] (Davey Leach)
  • London Wetland Centre: 2 Northern Pintail, Bearded Tit, Green Sandpiper, Common Snipe, 2 Oystercatcher, Stonechat (WWT)
  • Pratts Bottom: Red Kite, 6+ Common Buzzard, Skylark singing, c50 Redwing, 4+ Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Siskin, 2 Bullfinch (Ian Stewart)
  • Pymmes Park, Edmonton: 2 Mute Swan pr, 5+ Greylag Goose, Canada Goose w/ metal ring 5281488, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Mandarin Duck pr, m Gadwall, 2 Common Pochard pr, 27 Tufted Duck [18 m 9 f], 11 Common Gull, f Blackbird, 9 Redwing, m Mistle Thrush singing, Chiffchaff, 2 Long-tailed Tit pr nest building [B], 25 Starling, Jay, 11 Goldfinch, 4 Siskin [2 m 2 f] feeding on hawthorn buds & alder cones (Robert Callf)
  • Rayners Lane, HA2: m Blackcap singing, Siskin over S (Tim Rymer)
  • Richmond Park: f Lesser Spotted Woodpecker high in Oak trees nr White Lodge 1400 (J Blunt)
  • Staines Reservoir: 3 Black-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Great Northern Diver, Black-throated Diver (BirdGuides); 2 Little Gull flew through mid afternoon (William Bishop & Phil Rhodes)
  • Stoneleigh KT17: 14 Siskin in The Glade am (Neil Batten)
  • Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 12 Egyptian Goose [4 adults & 8 goslings], 3 Tufted Duck [Darlands], 2 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Lapwing, 71 Common Gull, Skylark, c20 Fieldfare, c80 Redwing, c150 Starling, 8 Rook (John Colmans)

Wednesday 6th March[]

  • Abney Park Cemetery: m Blackcap singing (Michael Mac)
  • Bankside: Black Redstart continuing, 2 Peregrine, Grey Heron over (Reuben Braddock)
  • Bloomsbury: 2 Black Redstart on Berners Street (Oliver Flory)
  • Bow Creek: 2 Oystercatcher, 24 Eurasian Teal, 4 Shelduck (Tim Bray)
  • Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
  • Crayford Marshes: Common Scoter on Thames about 1500, 2 Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, Water Rail, Avocet, Grey Plover, Lapwing, c40 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, c30 Common Redshank, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, Skylark singing, 10+ Fieldfare, 10+ Redwing, 10+ Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, Rook, Reed Bunting (Ian Stewart)
  • Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe pr, 6 Tufted Duck [3 m 3 f], 50+ Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, f Great Spotted Woodpecker, Skylark singing, 11 Pied Wagtail, 104+ Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush inc singing male, 50+ Redwing, m Mistle Thrush singing, m Goldcrest singing, 4 Long-tailed Tit [2 prs], 7 Blue Tit, m Greenfinch, 27 Goldfinch, m Yellowhammer (Robert Callf)
  • Finchley "garden N3": Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 2 Siskin (Samuel Levy)
  • Island Barn Reservoir: Red-breasted Merganser (BirdGuides)
  • Kew Gardens: 24 Greylag Goose, 2 Common Pochard pr, m Mandarin Duck, Common Buzzard, 12 Stock Dove, 3 Goldcrest, c50 Redwing, 2 Siskin (Neil Anderson)
  • London Wetland Centre: Chiffchaff, 10 Redwing, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Water Rail, 131 Shoveler, 48 Teal (WWT); Bittern, Bearded Tit, Water Pipit (BirdGuides)
  • Margravine Cemetery: 15 Redwing, Chaffinch, 2 Peregrine Falcon (Nathalie Mahieu)
  • Middlesex Filter Beds: Goldcrest singing, c10 Redwing (Alastair Dent)
  • Millfields Park, Hackney: Woodcock (J-P Elmes)
  • Rainham Marshes: m Common Scoter, 4 Short-eared Owl, Merlin, 3 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, Red Kite, 4 Marsh Harrier, Water Pipit, 20 Meadow Pipit, 2 Goosander, 3 Water Rail, 14 Skylark, Raven, Kingfisher, 3 Reed Bunting, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Curlew (Nick Croft/Mike Messenger/Mark Thomas et al)
  • Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 12 Egyptian Goose [4 adults & 8 goslings], 2 Lapwing, 86 Common Gull, 3 Sparrowhawk, 4 Red Kite, 5 Common Buzzard, Little Owl, 15 Rook, 6 Skylark, Chiffchaff [site FOY], 8 Goldcrest, 3 Firecrest, 5 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 200+ Redwing, 12 Fieldfare, House Sparrow [site FOY], Grey Wagtail, 59 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch, 3 Linnet, Lesser Redpoll, 7 Siskin (Samuel Levy)
  • Trent Park: Egyptian Goose, m Mandarin Duck, 6 Tufted Duck [3 m 3 f], m Kestrel, 21 Black-headed Gull, adult-summer Common Gull, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Blackbird, Redwing, 2 m Mistle Thrush singing, Goldcrest, 5 Long-tailed Tit inc pr building nest [B], 11 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 3 Nuthatch, Treecreeper singing {Peacock nectaring on sallow} (Robert Callf)
  • Whitechapel: Pied Wagtail, Sparrowhawk (Gino Brignoli)
  • Woodford Green: Alexandrine Parakeet in grdn briefly on spiked apples [imaged], 2 Common Buzzard displaying, m Sparrowhawk through, m Blackcap singing, Red Kite over, Tawny Owl seen to appear to take a rodent [probably a young rat] from a hanging peanut feeder at 2105 above the patio adjacent to a halogen security light (Ken Murray)

Tuesday 5th March[]

  • Bankside: Black Redstart continuing, Woodcock flushed from Tate community garden, Common Buzzard, 2 Peregrine (Reuben Braddock)
  • Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit (BirdGuides)
  • Bow Locks: Common Buzzard, 2 Canada Goose, 2 Gadwall, 3 Greenfinch, Shelduck, 2 Eurasian Teal, 4 Tufted Duck (Gino Brignoli)
  • Boxer's Lake, Enfield: 2 Little Egret roosting, 5 occupied nests Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan pr, Egyptian Goose, 2 Mandarin Duck pr, m Northern Shoveler, 7 Tufted Duck [4 m 3 f] (Robert Callf)
  • Chigwell: 11 Waxwing (BirdGuides)
  • Debden: 7 Waxwing (BirdGuides)
  • Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe pr, 4 Tufted Duck [2 m 2 f], Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Skylark, 9 Meadow Pipit, Raven (Robert Callf)
  • Erith: Black Redstart on Thames foreshore (BirdGuides)
  • Finchley: Garden N3- Little Egret SW, f Blackcap, 2 Siskin (Samuel Levy)
  • Greenwich Park: 20 Redwing (Ray Crouch)
  • Hampton Court: 62 Waxwing feeding on mistletoe along the E flank of the palace gardens [Viewed from Home Park] (Nigel Jackman)
  • London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatcher, Chiffchaff, Kestrel (WWT); Water Pipit (BirdGuides)
  • Hampstead Heath: 3 Common Buzzard, Red Kite, 4 Kestrel, 12 Siskin, Blackcap, Treecreeper (MBS Walk); Peregrine, Mistle Thrush, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 7 Mandarin Duck, Firecrest (Francis O'Sullivan)
  • Loughton: 24 Waxwing still by Wickes (BirdGuides)
  • Staines Reservoir: Black-throated Diver, Slavonian Grebe, Great Northern Diver, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Water Pipit (BirdGuides)
  • Trent Park: Cormorant, 2 Mandarin Duck pr, 10 Tufted Duck [7 m 3 f], f Kestrel, 30 Black-headed Gull, 2 ad Common Gull, 2 ad Herring Gull, 6 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Blackbird [8 m 2 f], m Song Thrush singing, 18 Redwing, m Mistle Thrush singing, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Long-tailed Tit [2 prs], 2 Coal Tit inc singing male, 5 Blue Tit, 13 Great Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 4 Treecreeper, 2 Jay, 10+ Chaffinch, 10+ Siskin feeding in alder & on the ground (Robert Callf)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: 8 Canada Goose, Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, 2 Common Gull, Cormorant, 2 Egyptian Goose, 6 Gadwall, 16 Goldfinch, 4 Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, 6 Greylag Goose, Kingfisher, 7 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Egret, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 11 Pied Wagtail, Common Pochard, 2 Shelduck, Song Thrush, 6 Tufted Duck (Tim Harwood)
  • Warren Farm: Little Owl, m Kestrel, Chiffchaff, Greenfinch, Meadow Pipit, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Stock Dove, 4 Rook, 6 Linnet, 8 Skylark, 10 Pied Wagtail, 12 Redwing (Barry Wilson)

Monday 4th March[]

  • Bow Creek: 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Redshank, 4 Shelduck, 10 Teal, 2 Canada Goose (Tim Bray)
  • Bow Locks: 6 Canada Goose, 5 Cormorant, 2 Egyptian Goose, Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Greenfinch, Kestrel, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Pied Wagtail, 5 Eurasian Teal, 4 Tufted Duck (Gino Brignoli)
  • Brayside Farm, Enfield: 2 Eurasian Teal pr, 3 Common Gull, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Mistle Thrush pr (Robert Callf)
  • Brent Reservoir [East Marsh]: 5 Common Snipe, Water Rail, 2 Little Egret, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 20+ Redwing (Steve Blake)
  • Crayford Marshes: 2 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Peregrine 3 Oystercatcher, 8 Avocet, 3 Lapwing, 10 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 20+ Common Redshank, Curlew, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, Skylark, 30+ Fieldfare, 5+ Redwing, Chiffchaff (Ian Stewart)
  • Ferris Meadow Lake: 2 Northern Pintail pr (Lee Dingain)
  • Forty Hall CP, Enfield: 7 Egyptian Goose pr w/ 5 goslings [FL], 7 Tufted Duck [4 m 3 f], many Common Gull flew over late afternoon, m Song Thrush singing, Goldcrest (Robert Callf)
  • Guy Lodge Farm, Enfield: 8 Common Gull, 13 Pied Wagtail, 7 Linnet (Robert Callf)
  • Hampton Court: 78 Waxwing feeding on mistletoe along the E flank of the palace gardens at 1430 [Viewed from Home Park] (Nigel Jackman)
  • London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatcher, 10 Redwing, 4 Siskin, Goldeneye (WWT); Water Pipit (BirdGuides)
  • Loughton: 24 Waxwing still opposite Wickes (BirdGuides)
  • Rainham Marshes: Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Buzzard, Barn Owl, Water Pipit (Andrew Self)
  • Rectory Farm, Enfield: 2 Red Kite, f Kestrel, m Stonechat (Robert Callf)
  • Stoneleigh, KT17: 4 Siskin incl singing m, Sparrowhawk W (Neil Batten)
  • Staines Moor: 2 Short-eared Owl, Water Pipit (BirdGuides)
  • Staines Reservoir: 2 Black-throated Diver, Slavonian Grebe, 5 Black-necked Grebe, Water Pipit (BirdGuides); Great Northern Diver (Barry Wilson)
  • Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: 2 Egyptian Geese + 8 Goslings, 2 Lapwing, Woodcock, 18 Common Gull, Grey Heron, 5 Sparrowhawk, 3 Red Kite, 8 Common Buzzard, Little Owl, Kestrel, 15 Rook, Skylark, Firecrest, 9 Goldcrest, 4 Nuthatch, 45 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Grey Wagtail, Bullfinch, 6 Lesser Redpoll, 5 Siskin (Samuel Levy)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: 3 Canada Goose, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 4 Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Cormorant, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Gadwall, Great Crested Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Heron, 13 Greylag Goose, 2 Jay, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Pied Wagtail, Pochard, Red-crested Pochard, Reed Bunting, 4 Shelduck, 10 Siskin, 6 Tufted Duck (Tim Harwood)
  • Warren Farm: Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 11+ Skylark, 2 Stonechat pr, 7 Redwing, 8 Rook, 3 Linnet (Neil Anderson)
  • Whitewebbs Park: 6 Mandarin Duck [3 prs], 4 Tufted Duck [2 m 2 f], Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Redwing, Coal Tit, Treecreeper, 6 Chaffinch (Robert Callf)

Sunday 3rd March[]

  • Bankside: Common Buzzard SW (Stuart Harrington)
  • Cheshunt Lock: 2 Goosander (Rebecca Greaves)
  • Eastcote: Common Buzzard, Coal Tit, Collard Dove, Goldcrest, Mute Swan, 2 Red Kite, 2 Redwing, Sparrowhawk (Harshith Karthik Parthian)
  • Dollis Brook: Peregrine circling Fursby Avenue/ Chesterfield junct. (Samuel Levy)
  • Finchley: Garden N3 - 3 Red Kite circling @ 3pm (Samuel Levy)
  • Home Park: 72 Waxwing just E of Hampton Court Palace in Lime trees near Paddock Gate entrance to park, mid pm (Franko J Maroevic)
  • London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern, 2 Oystercatcher, 75 Wigeon, 12 Redwing, 36 Siskin, Water Pipit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechat, 11 Reed Bunting, Bearded Tit (WWT); Cetti’s Warbler, Kestrel, Lapwing, Grey Wagtail, Song Thrush (James Gibson); 2 Sparrowhawk, Goldcrest, 4 Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 3 Water Rail, 3 Greenfinch, f Common Goldeneye, also reports of Shelduck & Lesser Redpoll (Barry Wilson with LBC)
  • Loughton: 22 Waxwing opposite Wickes (BirdGuides)
  • Oakwood "Prince George Ave, N14": Sparrowhawk flew over mobbed by 12 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
  • Oakwood Park: imm m Sparrowhawk perched up & preening [0929 to 0936 at least], 2 Stock Dove pr, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, m Dunnock singing, m Song Thrush singing, m Mistle Thrush singing, m Nuthatch singing (Robert Callf)
  • Priest Hill: ad Mediterranean Gull on Nescot sports ground, 32 Common Gull, 2 Goldcrest, Redwing, Common Buzzard {2 Roe Deer} all am (Neil Batten)
  • Rainham Marshes: Lapwing, Redshank, Shelduck, Common Snipe, Whimbrel, Eurasian Wigeon (Mark Wells)
  • Staines Reservoir: Slavonian Grebe, 2 Black-necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver, Black-throated Diver, 2 Water Pipit (BirdGuides)
  • Ten Acre Wood area: 8 Eurasian Teal, 2 m Pheasant, 2+ Red Kite, Common Buzzard, m Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 5 Stock Dove, 3 Skylark, 22 Fieldfare, 19 Redwing, Rook, m Reed Bunting, 5 Linnet, 5 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson)
  • Totteridge Valley: Red Kite, Lapwing, 50 Common Gull, Skylark, c60 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush, 9 Rook, 10 Siskin, 3 Greenfinch (John Colmans) Late pm - 2 Egyptian Geese, 28 Common Gull, 2 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 9+ Little Owl, 3 Tawny Owl, 15 Rook, 5 Goldcrest, 180 Redwing, 9 Fieldfare, Greenfinch, 4 Bullfinch, 5 Lesser Redpoll, Siskin. (Samuel Levy)
  • Town Park, Enfield: 2 Little Grebe pr nest building, Carr's Basin [B], 2 Mute Swan pr, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, m Mandarin Duck, 14 Tufted Duck [9 m 5 f], Black-headed Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Long-tailed Tit pr nest building [cup formed] [B], Nuthatch singing (Robert Callf)
  • Yeading Brook meadows: Little Egret, Red Kite, 70 Common Gull (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 2nd March[]

  • Abney Park Cemetery: 2 Firecrest (Sam O'Donnell)
  • Enfield area "private access": Little Egret, Common Buzzard, f Kestrel, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull flew over, 2 Skylark inc singing male, 10+ Fieldfare, m Song Thrush singing (Robert Callf)
  • Erith: Black Redstart still on Thames foreshore (BirdGuides)
  • Hampton Court: Waxwing still E of Palace (BirdGuides)
  • London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Water Pipit (BirdGuides); 2 Oystercatcher, Goldeneye (WWT)
  • Perivale Park: 3 Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, 3 Stock Dove, 10 Pied Wagtail (Neil Anderson)
  • Rainham Marshes: Bittern, Common Buzzard, Kingfisher, Little Egret, Little Grebe, Marsh Harrier, Northern Pintail, Common Redshank, Reed Bunting, Short-eared Owl, Common Snipe (Oscar Hughes)
  • Regent's Park: Water Rail, Grey Wagtail (Ben Chapple)
  • Richmond Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Firecrest, 2 Skylark, 8 Stonechat, 6 Reed Bunting (Daniel Brasier)
  • Staines Moor: Grey Heron, Grey Wagtail, Mute Swan, Reed Bunting, 2 Short-eared Owl (Elliot Saxton)
  • Staines Reservoir: Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, 4 Black-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe (BirdGuides)
  • Stoneleigh KT17: 2 Siskin in The Glade still (Neil Batten)
  • Thamesmead: 2 Caspian Gull (BirdGuides)
  • Trent Park: Egyptian Goose, 3 Mandarin Duck [2 m f], 4 Tufted Duck [2 m 2 f], Red Kite, f Kestrel, 20+ Black-headed Gull, adult-summer Common Gull, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, m Blackbird singing, Coal Tit, Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
  • Warren Farm: Brambling, 2 Stonechat, Reed Bunting, 12 Skylark, 2 Little Owl, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Red Kite, 28 Redwing, 27 Pied Wagtail (Daniel Brasier)

Friday 1st March[]

  • Beddington Farmlands: 6 Water Pipit (BirdGuides)
  • Bow Locks: Stonechat (Gino Brignoli)
  • Brent Res: 22 Teal, 9 Great Crested Grebe, Sparrowhawk, 2 Cetti's Warbler, m Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest, 65 Redwing, Greenfinch (Samuel Levy)
  • Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: Little Grebe, Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan pr, Egyptian Goose, 2 Mandarin Duck pr, 4 Northern Shoveler [2 prs], 27 Tufted Duck [18 m 9 f], Black-headed Gull w/ metal rings - ST318618 from Finland, 3726.091 from the Netherlands, Latvia [unread], colour ringed JO136 from Norway, 3 Redwing, 2 Blue Tit, Great Tit singing, f House Sparrow, f Greenfinch (Robert Callf)
  • Hackney Marshes: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush (Kel Enders)
  • Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Peregrine NW, Red Kite, 8 Common Buzzard incl 4 circling together, Kestrel, Grey Wagtail, 30+ Herring Gull (Neil Batten)
  • London Wetland Centre: Kingfisher, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Shelduck, Goldeneye, 77 Wigeon (WWT)
  • Rainham Marshes: 1st-winter Caspian Gull, 2 adult-summer Mediterranean Gull (Andrew Self)
  • Staines Moor: Short-eared Owl (BirdGuides)
  • Staines Reservoir: Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Diver, 3 Black-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Water Pipit (BirdGuides)


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