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Friday 6th August 2021[]

Brent Reservoir: adult female Ruddy Shelduck [unringed and wary], 3 Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpiper, Snipe, 2 Lapwing, Little Egret (Brent Birders)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Bushy Park: Hobby over Brewhouse Fields (Mike Foster)
Greenford "UB6": 2 Red Kite, Swift (Neil Anderson)
Swanscombe Marsh: 11 Common Sandpiper, 3 Lapwing inc 2 juvs, Stonechat juv, 3 Oystercatchers, Stock Dove (Roger Keith)

Thursday 5th August 2021[]

Brent Reservoir: Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Lapwing, 2 Little Egret, 3 Common Tern, 4 Egyptian Goose, 6 Swift, c40 House Martin, Reed Warbler, Ruddy Shelduck (John Colmans); "East and North Marshes": Ruddy Shelduck back at 1440, 6 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Lapwing, 6+ Common Tern, 6 Egyptian Goose, 10 Great Crested Grebe, 10+ Swift, c50 House Martin, Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Little Egret, Common Buzzard, 2 Reed Warbler incl one singing in distance (Barry Wilson)
Brookmill Park: Stock Dove, Swift, Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
Erith Pier: 2 juv Mediterranean Gull, 10+ Yellow-legged Gull [ad, 2 2cy, 7+ juvs] (Richard Bonser)
Greenford "UB6" garden: 20 Swift screaming around garden early am (Neil Anderson)
Greenwich Park: 10 Swift (Ray Crouch)
Hyde Park "behind Knightsbridge": c10 House Martin perching on roofs, some nests well hidden in masonry of Kuwait Embassy, 10 Swift feeding over trees, 3 Hobby, 2 juv Sparrowhawk went up on thermals, m Kestrel [rough grass area] (Michael Mac)
London Wetland Centre: Marsh Harrier (Shailesh Patel)
Rainham Marshes: 5 Little Egret, 5 Marsh Harrier, 2 Hobby, 4 Avocet, 24 Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, 2 Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, juv Mediterranean Gull, 3 Yellow Wagtail (Andrew Self)
Rowley Farm, Iver Heath: 4 Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, 3 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 6 Mandarin Duck {3 Muntjac} (Nigel Barratt)
Ruislip Lido: Pochard, 14 Tufted Duck, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Cormorant, Red Kite, 2 Common Tern, Grey Wagtail, 20+ House Martin, 7 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 40+ House Sparrow [juvs being fed by parents at south end Lido] {Small Copper, 2 Peacock, 4 Black-tailed Skimmer, Emperor } (Neil Anderson) Common Redshank, 2 Kingfisher, Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Common Terns (Alex Liddle)
Thamesmead: 2 Yellow-legged Gull [both 3cy] Greenhaven Drive (Richard Bonser)
Tufnell Park N19: Hobby over SW (Francis Tusa)
Woolwich: juv Mediterranean Gull King Henry's Wharf (Richard Bonser)

Wednesday 4th August 2021[]

Brent Reservoir: 6 Little Egret, 2 Lapwing, 6 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, Willow Warbler [1st of autumn] (Andrew Self)
Brookmill Park: 2 Little Egret, Kingfisher, Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
Enfield area "private access": 5 Little Grebe pr w/ three chicks - 4 days old [FL], m Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Buzzard ad & juv, 6 juv Kestrel, Common Cuckoo, Swift, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 11 Barn Swallow perched on overhead wires, 2 juv Pied Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Common Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler [1st of autumn], 3 Greenfinch {2 Mother of Pearl, Red Admiral, Peacock, Purple Hairstreak} (Robert Callf)
Home Park: Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, Common Tern (Phil Davies)
London Wetland Centre: Little Egret main lake, just 2 Swift, Peregrine on Ch. X. Hospital {Red Admiral, [probably 2] Jersey Tiger}, f/juv Blackcap (Martin Honey, Bruce Page, W Newnham)
Oxleas Wood: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Blackcap, Goldcrest (Ron Turner)
Rayners Lane, HA2: 10 Swift over the house late evening (Tim Rymer)
Stoneleigh KT17: Common Buzzard in Ash tree in my garden am, 20 Swift S/SW {Peacock} (Neil Batten)
Trent Park: 3 Egyptian Goose pr w/ one juv, Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Whitethroat, 3 Blackcap, 22 Goldfinch [most or all juvs, flew into 'The Clump'] {13 Peacock, 2 Comma, 2 Red Admiral} (Robert Callf)

Tuesday 3rd August 2021[]

Barnehurst, Westfield Rd: 25-27 Swift over known nesting area south of Barnehurst railway station. One seen going into a residential roofspace. Rest sounded like they were going to sleep in the airspace above. (Chris Rose)
Brent Reservoir: 5 Little Egret, 3 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Common Tern, Grey Wagtail juvenile (Andrew Haynes)
Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
Enfield area "private access": 5 Little Grebe pr w/ three chicks - 3 days old [FL], 2 Common Buzzard ad & juv, 4 juv Kestrel, 2 Swift, 6 Barn Swallow, Common Whitethroat, m Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Spotted Flycatcher together [[1]] [[2]] {2 Painted Lady, Silver Y, Shaded Broad-bar} (Robert Callf)
Enfield Freezywater, 2 peregrines over poss 2 juveniles or juvenille harrasing adult ( Brian Dawton)
Home Park: Common Tern, pair of Great Crested Grebes with chicks (Norbert Jakab)
Mayflower Park: 100 Swift S at 1100 (Bob Smith)
Oxleas Wood: Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Nuthatch, Stock Dove, Willow Warbler, Chaffinch, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Coal Tit, Sparrowhawk (Ron Turner)
Peckham Rye Park: Sparrowhawk, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap [24 spp] (Fernley Symons)
Pinner, HA5: Red Kite, Coal Tit, 3 Swift (Nigel Barratt)
Raynes Park: 6 Swift in evening didn't seem to linger (Michael Mac)
Rye Meads: female Garganey, Red Kite, 6 Teal, 3 Shoveler, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Swift, House Martins (Andrew Peel, Toni Menezes, Sary Davies)
Stoneleigh KT17: at least two of the local breeding Swifts still present. In addition Ring-necked Parakeet has bred successfully [at least twice] either within Stoneleigh or on the London Road side of Nonsuch Park (Neil Batten)
Teddington: 2 Sparrowhawk in cemetery (Mike Foster)
Totteridge Valley "St Paul's footpath": 4 Common Buzzard inc juvenile begging, juv Cuckoo, 3 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk m & f (Haydn Coe/Bob Husband)

Monday 2nd August 2021[]

Brent Reservoir "North and East Marshes": 2-3 Little Egret, 3 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper, 6 Common Tern, 2 Reed Warbler, Pied Wagtail, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 10+ House Martin, 4 Egyptian Goose (Barry Wilson)
Beckenham: 2 Swift over nest site, only ones seen in 2 hours (Michael Mac)
Enfield area "private access": Spotted Flycatcher still present, Willow Warbler, 2 juv Common Whitethroat, 2 Buzzard, 4 Kestrel, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Red Kite (Eugene Dillon-Hooper); 4 Little Grebe pr w/ two chicks - 2 days old [FL], 4 f Tufted Duck, 25+ Swift, 3 Barn Swallow (Robert Callf)
Greenford B'dway: Hobby low over main car park 0730 (Kathryn Bull)
London Wetland Centre: 37 Gadwall, 15 Shoveler, 17 Teal, 29 Mandarin, Common Tern, Little Egret, House Sparrow, 20+ Swift (WWT website)
North Finchley: 3 Swift about 2045 (John Colmans)
Oxleas Wood: 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper, 2 Song Thrush, Hobby, Coal Tit, Stock Dove, (Ron Turner)
Pinner, HA5: Red Kite, 8 Swift (Nigel Barratt)
Southgate: adult Common Gull M&S car park [my first of the autumn] (Eugene Dillon-Hooper)
Southwark Park: 5 Little Egret over the lake at 0920 (John & Janet Cadera)
Trent Park: 3 Egyptian Goose pr w/ one juv, 15 Mandarin Duck, f Tufted Duck, Black-headed Gull {16 Peacock, 3 Red Admiral, Comma, 3 Green-veined White inc pr mating} (Robert Callf)
Wimbledon Common: Common Snipe (Jon Reeves)
Woodberry Wetlands: Common Sandpiper, 3 Shoveler (Chris Farthing)
Woodford Green: Sparrowhawk, Little Egret, Hobby and Red Kite over by 1100, followed by 2 Swallow low SW 1150, 6 Swift trawling E at 1205 {Peacock, Holly Blue, Speckled Wood, Purple Hairstreak} (Ken Murray)

Sunday 1st August 2021[]

Acre Lane "Brixton": 3 Swift still (Michael Mac)
Brent Reservoir: 2 Little Egret, 3 Lapwing, 4 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper (Andrew Self, Michael Robinson)
Elmcourt Road "Tulse Hill": Swift [only one seen] went into nest and came out nearly hour later (Michael Mac)
Enfield area "private access": juv/first-winter Spotted Flycatcher still present (Robert Callf/Tony Clancy/Brian Dawton/Eugene Dillon-Hooper/Bob Husband)
Ewell, Banstead Road: 31 Swift hawking insects over Everlast Fitness early pm (Neil Batten)
Greenford "UB6" garden: 1-2 Red Kite, Hobby, 12+ Swift, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Coal tit, c30 House Sparrow (Neil Anderson)
Northolt Airport: Kestrel hunting along fence line (Nigel Barratt)
Stoneleigh KT17: {Jersey Tiger} in my garden (Neil Batten)
Tottenham Marshes. On pylon NE corner by canal. 2 Perergrine, adult with food and begging juv [juv here most times have visited 1430] (AD Hudson)

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