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Thursday 12th December

• Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: Little Grebe, Cormorant flew over, 6 Mute Swan [2 adults & 4 first-winter], 2 Canada Goose w/ metal rings nos [5286492 & 5286807], 2 Egyptian Goose pr, m Mandarin Duck, 5 Shoveler [2m 3f/imm], 12 Tufted Duck [8m 4f], ad m Sparrowhawk, 20 Moorhen, 108 Black-headed Gull inc three w/ rings - white coloured-ring [AB058] from Belarus, blue coloured-ring [T4EE] from Poland, metal ringed from Lithuania, 4 ad Common Gull, imm Herring Gull, m Kingfisher at 'wetland area', Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Wren, Dunnock, 5 Robin, 2 Blackbird [m f], Redwing, Goldcrest, 8 Long-tailed Tit going to roost, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Chaffinch pr, 5 Greenfinch (Robert Callf)
• London Wetland Centre: 2 Little Grebe, Little Egret, 60 Lapwing, 6 Redwing, 20 Goldfinch (WWT)
• Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 3 Goldcrest, 11 Redwing, 4 Firecrest (Ron Turner)
• Woodford Green: Goldcrest, m Sparrowhawk, several Chaffinch, 4 Redpoll over calling, Firecrest at about 11.00 (Ken Murray)

Wednesday 11th December

• Brookmill Park: 2 Song Thrush, Redwing, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
• Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, Skylark, Song Thrush, 60+ Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush, Goldcrest, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Raven (Robert Callf)
• Horton CP: Water Rail (Bob Smith)
• Kew Gardens: 9 Shoveler, Little Grebe, 3 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron [one w/ large Rudd], Kestrel, Woodcock flew out of woods, 10 Stock Dove, 2 Firecrest, c15 Redwing feeding on Diospyros fruits {Red Fox} (Neil Anderson)
• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": adult Great Black-backed Gull NW, Grey Heron W, Redwing, Grey Wagtail (Neil Batten)
• London Wetland Centre: 2 Stonechat, Redpoll, 2 Shelduck, 2 Kestrel, 50+ Lapwing, 60+ Wigeon (WWT)
• Malden Rushett: 20 Redwing N am (Neil Batten)
• Millwall Park: f Kestrel w/ Black-headed Gull mobbing it, 7 Ring-necked Parakeet (Brodie A.Y)
• Muswell Hill: 5 Redwing at bottom of M & S car park (Anne Oakes)
• Swanscombe station: 2 Firecrest, Sparrowhawk (Ian Stewart)
• Trent Park: m Teal, 2 Shoveler [imm m & f], 2 m Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck [2m 2f], f Kestrel, 33 Black-headed Gull, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Blackbird, Song Thrush, Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Goldcrest, 10 Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit, f Nuthatch, 3 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
• Woodford Green: 6 Fieldfare low & N at 11.55, 3 Chaffinch outback, 3 Cormorant over (Ken Murray)

Tuesday 10th December

• Brookmill Park: Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
• Bushy Park: Mediterranean Gull at Heron Pond (R Dunne)
• Dagenham Chase: m Red-crested Pochard on Bardag (Andrew Self)
• Dartford Marshes: c15 Gadwall, 30+ Wigeon, 50+ Teal, 10+ Dunlin, c30 Redshank, 1+ Redwing, 3+ Cetti’s Warbler, 1+ Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
• Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, Little Egret, Red Kite, 11 Common Gull, 2 Red-legged Partridge, Green Woodpecker, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, Meadow Pipit, 2 Fieldfare, 58 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Jay, Raven, f Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
• King George V Reservoir [permit only]: Great Northern Diver, Little Gull, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 4 Goldeneye, Teal, 3 Meadow Pipit, Peregrine, Red Kite, 2 Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Gadwall, Pochard, 4 Meadow Pipit, Little Grebe, Chaffinch flocks, Goldfinch flocks, 4 Egyptian Goose [over] (Nicholas Barnett)
• Littlebrook Lakes: 16 Shoveler, m Pochard, c30 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 4+ Common Gull, 150+ Herring Gull, 2 Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Cetti’s Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
• London Wetland Centre: 8 Siskin, 14 Redpoll, 2 Shelduck, 2 Little Grebe, 60 Lapwing, 60+ Wigeon (WWT)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Hawfinch, 2 Egyptian Goose, 5 Teal, 88 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, 78 Black-headed Gull, 106 Common Gull, Red Kite, 12 Rook, 4 Coal Tit, 5 Goldcrest, 4 Firecrest, 4 Nuthatch, 34 Redwing, Fieldfare, 3 Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch (Samuel Levy)
• Trent Park: Grey Heron, 5 Tufted Duck [2m 3f], f Kestrel, Woodcock, 25 Black-headed Gull, m Stock Dove singing, Green Woodpecker, 4 Long-tailed Tit, Raven (Robert Callf)
• Wandsworth Common: Ferruginous Duck [back from its sojourn on Tooting Commons] (Nick Rutter)
• Walthamstow Marshes: Fieldfare, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Meadow Pipit, Kestrel, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Teal, Shoveler, Pochard, Little Egret (Richard Beesly)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: Goldeneye, 7 Wigeon, Shelduck, Peregrine, 14 Shoveler, Teal, Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 9 Common Gull (Richard Beesly)

Monday 9th December

• Brent Cross: 5 Little Egret on River Brent opposite bus terminal (Allan Stewart)
• Broadwater Lake: 4 Wigeon, 6 Shoveler, m Goldeneye, 3 Pochard, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff (William Atkinson)
• Crossness LNR & Sewage Works: 1st-winter Little Gull loafing on foreshore by sewage outfall with Black-headed Gull flock at low tide (Caroline Quinn)
• Dartford “Brooklands Lakes”: 2 m Pochard, Little Grebe, 4 Great Crested Grebe, Little Egret, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 6 Redwing, Mistle Thrush singing, 1-2 Cetti’s Warbler, 4+ Chiffchaff, 1+ Firecrest; “Central Park”: Buzzard [different bird to Brooklands], f Kestrel, 3+ Redwing, Firecrest by council yard, Coal Tit, 2 Jay (Ian Stewart)
• Dartford Marshes: 10+ Gadwall, c25 Shoveler, c20 Teal, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, m Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, Water Rail, 2+ Redshank, Meadow Pipit, 5 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff (Ian Stewart)
• Denham Quarry Lake: c6 Shoveler, Buzzard, Peregrine (William Atkinson)
• Enfield Town "New River at Southbury Rd, EN1": Little Egret (Robert Callf)
• King George V Reservoir [permit only]: Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Little Gull, 3 Black-necked Grebe, Lapwing, 2 Wigeon, 12 Goldeneye, 2 Teal, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Raven, Peregrine, 2 Buzzard, Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, 8 Redwing, 2 Little Egret, Chiffchaff, 1000 Starling (Richard Beesly)
• London Wetland Centre: 7 Siskin, 6 Redpoll, 6-7 Chiffchaff, 20 Goldfinch, Water Pipit, Kestrel, 50 Lapwing, 2 Little Grebe (WWT)
• Northolt & Greenford CP: m Shoveler, 3-4 Red Kite, m Sparrowhawk, 20 Common Gull (Neil Anderson)
• Old Park Wood, Harefield: Firecrest (William Atkinson)
• Ponders End Park: 63 Common Gull, 43 Starling (Robert Callf)
• Town Park, Enfield: 2 Mute Swan pr, 5 Gadwall [3m 2f], 8 Shoveler [5m 3f], 13 Tufted Duck [5m 8f], Red Kite, 43 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 2 m Blackbird, 3 Long-tailed Tit, Nuthatch, 9 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)

Sunday 8th December

• Greenford "UB6": Red Kite circling low over garden, 1st-winter m Sparrowhawk flew out from patio pots on to fence (Neil Anderson)
• London Wetland Centre: Stonechat, 20 Goldfinch, Peregrine, Kestrel (WWT)
• RSPB Rainham Marshes: 1st-winter Little Gull, 17 Kittiwake upriver, 154 Shoveler, 185 Gadwall, 113 Wigeon, 33 Pintail, 157 Teal, 31 Pochard, 2 Tufted Duck, 54 Avocet, Curlew, 21 Black-tailed Godwit, 100 Dunlin, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Little Egret, 6 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Bearded Tit, 2 Fieldfare, 6 Water Pipit, 3 Rock Pipit (Samuel Levy et al)
• Town Park, Enfield: 2 Mute Swan pr, 2 Gadwall pr, 6 Shoveler [3m 3f], 8 Tufted Duck, Red Kite, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest (Robert Callf)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: Great Northern Diver on East Warwick until 11.45, Goldeneye, Dunlin, Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 16 Barnacle Goose, Shelduck (Walthamstow birders)
• Wanstead Flats: Barn Owl, Woodcock (Nick Croft/Sean Kerrigan)

Saturday 7th December

• Brent Res: 2 Egyptian Geese, 29 Shoveler, 16 Gadwall, 23 Teal, 64 Pochard, 171 Tufted Duck, 369 Coot, 4 Snipe, 4 Little Grebe, 9 Great Crested Grebe, Chiffchaff (Samuel Levy)
• Epping Forest "Connaught Water": 2 Little Egret, 4 Wigeon [2m 2f], 6 Goosander [3m 3f], f Kingfisher, Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper {5 Ringed Teal 3m 2f} (RSa)
• London Wetland Centre: Kestrel, Peregrine (WWT)

Friday 6th December

• Chislehurst “Kemnal Woods”: c30 Common Gull, Collared Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Pied Wagtail, c20 Redwing, Chiffchaff, 10+ Goldcrest, 3+ Firecrest, 4+ Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 2+ Jay, c20 Jackdaw, Greenfinch, Siskin (Ian Stewart)
• Hainault Road: Barn Owl flew low over road after dark (Michael Mac)
• Hampstead Heath: Dartford Warbler, Stonechat, Redpoll, 2 Firecrest, Treecreeper, 5 Redwing, Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, 3 Shoveler, Pochard (Hampstead Heath Birders)
• Lamorbey Park: 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Teal, m Tufted Duck, 100+ Black-headed Gull, Grey Wagtail, Redwing, 5+ Goldcrest, 1+ Firecrest, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Treecreeper showed well at The Dell (Ian Stewart)
• London Wetland Centre: f Pintail, c25 Siskin (Jon Reeves); 2 Water Pipit, 2 Stonechat, Redpoll, 4 Chiffchaff, Kestrel, 2 Little Grebe, 40 Lapwing, 45+ Wigeon (WWT)
• Pymmes Park, Edmonton: Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 3 Greylag Goose, 4 Egyptian Goose [2 prs], 5 Shoveler [3m 2f], 26 Tufted Duck [12m 14f], Red Kite, 12 Common Gull, Collared Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Blackbird [m 2f], Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, Goldcrest, 2 Long-tailed Tit, Nuthatch, 2 f Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
• Russia Dock Woodland/Greenland Dock: Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Egyptian Goose, Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Magpie, Blackbird, Dunnock, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Coot, Moorhen, Ring-necked Parakeet, Chaffinch, Carrion Crow, Wren, Woodpigeon (George Kalli)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Egyptian Goose, 2 Teal, 20 Black-headed Gull, 67 Common Gull, 3 Cormorant, 3 Sparrowhawk, 6 Rook, 3 Coal Tit, 13 Goldcrest, 6+ Firecrest, 4 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 36 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, Grey Wagtail, Bullfinch, Lesser Redpoll, 4 Greenfinch, Skylark, 7 Siskin (Samuel Levy)
• Town Park, Enfield: 2 Mute Swan pr, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 9 Gadwall [5m 4f], 9 Shoveler, 13 Tufted Duck [8m 5f], 53 Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, 6 Stock Dove, f Blackbird, 2 Goldcrest, Nuthatch (Robert Callf)
• Warren Farm: Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, Little Owl, 5 Meadow Pipit, 6 Redwing, Rook (Neil Anderson)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Shelduck, Gadwall, Teal, Shoveler, Goldeneye, Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Phil Rhodes)
• Yeading meadows: Raven (Jim Fell)

Thursday 5th December

• Brookmill Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
• Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: Little Grebe, 6 Mute Swan [2 adults & 4 first-winter], 2 Canada Goose w/ metal rings [5286204 & 5286355] 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 12 Shoveler [5m 7f], 14 Tufted Duck [10m 4f], 74 Black-headed Gull inc one w/ coloured ring [White w/ black code AB058 - from Belarus, I await ringing details & history], 2 Common Gull, Pied Wagtail, Jay, 40 Starling, 5 Greenfinch (Robert Callf)
• Clapham Common: Cetti's Warbler - showing but not singing, 35 Common Gull, f Great Spotted Woodpecker (Michael Mac)
• Crossness foreshore "10.30 to 15.00": 2 Fieldfare [over], Common Sandpiper, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Shelduck, Shoveler, Curlew, Redshank, Linnet, Pied Wagtail, Cetti Warbler, Teal, Gadwall, Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, f Chaffinch, Wigeon, 2 Avocet, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 50 Lapwing [over] (Nicholas Barnett); Grey Wagtail (Francis O'Sullivan)
• Crystal Palace Park: 2 Shoveler, c30 Tufted Duck, Cormorant, Redwing, Chiffchaff, 4+ Goldcrest, 3+ Firecrest, Nuthatch (Ian Stewart)
• Hounslow Heath: 4 Redpoll (Andy Roberts)
• KGV Reservoir: Black-throated Diver [still present on S basin], Great Northern Diver [still present on S basin] (Jeremy Hurley)
• London Wetland Centre: Little Grebe, 40+ Lapwing, 50+ Wigeon, 150+ Black-headed Gull, 6 Chiffchaff (WWT)
• Sidcup Place: Peregrine, c20 Common Gull, Pied Wagtail, 8+ Redwing, 8+ Goldcrest, 16+ Jackdaw, 1+ Greenfinch, 2+ Siskin (Ian Stewart et al)

Wednesday 4th December

• Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
• Clapham Common: Cetti's Warbler [at Mount Pond] (Alex Bayley)
• Dagenham Chase: Short-eared Owl flew W, 2 Green Sandpiper (Andrew Self)
• Green Street Green: 100+ Ring-necked Parakeet in roost tree by Royal Oak pub (Ian Stewart)
• Hampton Court: Skylark, c20 Meadow Pipit, Little Egret, 5+ Stonechat, c12 Redwing, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Kestrel, Green Woodpecker (Ken Murray)
• Hither Green Station: 4+ Chiffchaff in remaining trees of recently destroyed nature reserve (Ian Stewart)
• Ingrebourne Valley: Firecrest, 4 Chiffchaff, 15+ Cetti's Warbler, 40+ Redpoll, 50+ Linnet, 7 Reed Bunting, m Goosander, 30+ Redwing, 11 Fieldfare, 2 Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Kestrel, 3 Water Rail, 100+ Stock Dove (Nick Croft/Mark Thomas)
• KGV Res: Great Northern Diver, Black-throated Diver, 3 Black-necked Grebe, Scaup, Peregrine, 20 Meadow Pipit, Black Redstart (several observers)
• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 80+ Herring Gull, Grey Wagtail (Neil Batten)
• London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit, 6 Siskin, 2 Redpoll (WWT); f Pintail, 2 Bittern (Jon Reeves)
• Minet CP: Little Egret, 3 Red Kite, 2 Kestrel pr, 3 Redwing, 4 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson)
• Motspur Park: 2 Firecrest (Charlie Alpera per Bob Smith)
• Pratts Bottom: 10+ Pheasant, Red Kite, 4 Buzzard, 2+ Skylark, 5 Meadow Pipit, 10+ Fieldfare, 50+ Redwing, c20 Goldcrest, 7 Firecrest, Marsh Tit, 2+ Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 5 Raven, 12+ Linnet, Redpoll, 16+ Bullfinch inc 12+ at old Broke Hill GC (Ian Stewart)
• Sidcup: ad Mediterranean Gull on field at King George’s Park (Ian Stewart)
• Trent Park: 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 2 m Pochard, 3 Tufted Duck [2m f], Kestrel, Water Rail heard calling [pond near Icehouse Wd], Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, 6 Long-tailed Tit, Nuthatch (Robert Callf)
• Walthamstow Marshes: Peregrine, 5 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 2 Mistle Thrush, 11 Redwing, 8 Teal, 2 Shoveler, Little Egret (Richard Beesly)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: Goldeneye, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 5 Shoveler, 3 Teal, Little Egret, Cetti’s Warbler, 7 Common Gull (Richard Beesly)
• West Putney, SW15: 2 Firecrest in front garden (R Kaye/J Wilczur)

Tuesday 3rd December

• Amwell GP NR: f/imm Smew [Redhead from Gladwin Hide], Goosander, 2 Red-crested Pochard, Goldeneye, 4 Lesser Redpoll, 14 Siskin, Nuthatch, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 25+ Snipe, 75+ Lapwing, 25 Shoveler, 9 Teal, 4 Reed Bunting, Cetti’s Warbler, 18 Redwing, 5 Mistle Thrush, 2 Red Kite, Kestrel, 2 Pheasant, Little Egret (Richard Beesly)
• Barking Riverside "10.30 to 13.30": Sparrowhawk f, Kestrel, Stonechat f, Linnet, 4 Gadwall, Avocet, Curlew, Redshank, Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cetti's Warbler, Great Crested Grebe, Long-tailed Tit, Teal, Shelduck, Dunlin (Nicholas Barnett)
• Bloomsbury "Mecklenburgh Sqaure, WC1N": Dunlin sound recorded in flight (Tom Stewart)
• Chelsfield: 2+ Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Redwing, Yellowhammer (Ian Stewart)
• Cheshunt: Great White Egret flew over A10 low at 13.30 (Richard Beesly)
• Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, f Tufted Duck, 2 Red Kite, f Sparrowhawk, Snipe, 4 Common Gull, 3 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Song Thrush, 30+ Redwing, 2 f Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
• London Wetland Centre: 9 Snipe, Water Pipit, Fieldfare, 26 Redwing, 3 Siskin, Chiffchaff, Kestrel, 40 Lapwing (WWT)
• Old Park Wood, Harefield: Firecrest (William Atkinson)
• Orpington, BR6: Great White Egret flew S over Gorse Road & Skeet Hill 14.56, 3 Buzzard, f Kestrel, 7 Moorhen at Watts Farms, Skylark, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 25+ Pied Wagtail, Firecrest (Ian Stewart)
• Trent Park: Grey Heron, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 2 m Pochard, 5 Tufted Duck [2m 3f], Red Kite, Kestrel, Woodcock, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Firecrest at Moat Wd, 5 Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit (Robert Callf)
• Windsor OS, Finchley: Common Gull, 2 Firecrest, Chiffchaff, Little Egret, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Redwing, 3 Nuthatch (Samuel Levy)

Monday 2nd December

• Bushy Park: Raven, 3 Dartford Warbler, 9 Stonechat [5m 4f], 28 Meadow Pipit, 15 Redwing (John Strachan)
• Clapham Common: Cetti's Warbler [at Mount Pond] (Alex Bayley)
• Enfield Town "Church Street, EN2": 13+ Greenfinch went to roost (Robert Callf)
• Hampstead Heath: Dartford Warbler, Stonechat, Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, 7 Shoveler (Hampstead Heath Birders)
• KGV Reservoir: Black-throated Diver S Basin (via WhatsApp); Great Northern Diver still [south basin]; m Scaup [north basin], m Black Redstart, Peregrine, Red Kite, Buzzard, Kestrel, Raven, 11 Goldeneye (Paul Gerard)
• London Wetland Centre: 7 Snipe, Water Pipit, 2 Redpoll, 20 Goldfinch, Little Grebe, 40 Lapwing (WWT)
• Ponders End Park: Red Kite, 86 Common Gull, 2 Pied Wagtail (Robert Callf)
• Pynesfield South Lake: m Ferruginous Duck (William Atkinson)
• Totteridge Valley: 2 Egyptian Goose, c185 Common Gull, Grey Wagtail, 3 Fieldfare, Redwing, Linnet (John Colmans)
• Town Park, Enfield: 2 Mute Swan pr, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 8 Gadwall [5m 3f], 8 Shoveler, 17 Tufted Duck [9m 8f], Green Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Long-tailed Tit (Robert Callf)

Sunday 1st December

• Brent Res: 25 Shoveler, 30 Gadwall, 42 Teal, 52 Pochard, 155 Tufted Duck, 3 Collared Dove, Water Rail, 293 Coot, 11 Snipe, 31 Common Gull, 12 Little Grebe, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 43 Cormorant, Little Egret, Kingfisher, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Redwing (Samuel Levy)
• Enfield Town "Chase Green Grdns": 17 Redwing (Robert Callf)
• Hampstead Heath: Dartford Warbler, Stonechat, 7 Redwing, Wigeon, Gadwall, Pochard (Hampstead Heath Birders)
• Harefield GPs: 80+ mixed flock of Siskin and Goldfinch (Nigel Barratt)
• KGV Reservoir: Black-throated Diver S Basin 08.00 to 10.45 at least (Neville Smith et al); Still present at 13.45, Great Northern Diver until at least 13.15 when it got flushed by windsurfer and circled then flew N but may have landed, 3 Black-necked Grebe (Sam O'Donnell)
• London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Yellow-legged Gull, 6 Siskin, 7 Chiffchaff, 3 Redwing, 30 Goldfinch, Little Grebe, 50 Lapwing (WWT)
• Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 11 Redwing, 5 Goldcrest, 4 Firecrest, Treecreeper (Ron Turner)
• Pinner Park Farm: 3 Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, 36 Greylag Goose, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Greenfinch (Tim Rymer)
• Ten Acre Wood area: 5 Pheasant [2m 3f], Little Egret, 4 Red Kite, Buzzard, Snipe, 6 Skylark, f Reed Bunting (Neil Anderson)
• Town Park, Enfield: 2 Mute Swan pr, 7 Gadwall [4m 3f], 6+ Shoveler, 14 Tufted Duck [7m 7f], 37 Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, Dunnock (Robert Callf)
• Yeading Brook meadows: Little Egret, Red Kite, Kestrel, 3 Snipe (Neil Anderson)

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