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Wednesday 21st April 2021

Alexandra Park: 2 Wheatear, Common Sandpiper on Wood Green Reservoir, Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, 2 Greylag Goose, 6 Sand Martin, Swallow, 2 Gadwall (AP Birders)
Brent Reservoir: Nightingale singing on Neasden Rec towards dam, Whimbrel East Marsh, Common Tern (Brent Birders); Yellow Wagtail on dam 1530 (Des McKenzie)
Brockwell Park: Common Whitethroat - brambles nr BMX track, 2 Chiffchaff, Song Thrush (Michael Mac)
Burgess Park: m Wheatear (sports pitch, 3 there at 6pm GW), Sedge Warbler still, 2 Reed Warbler (including one singing in scrub behind Cobourg Road), 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Whitethroat [whereabouts where the Whitethroats, please - 1 was in bramble/sycamore sw of the astroturf patch - they breed here so it’s a good place to see them, the other was in the scrub behind Cobourg Rd, SR] [7 warbler species in park] (Steven Robinson)
Crossness: 2 Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, Common Snipe, c30 Sand Martin, 2 Common Whitethroat, 6 Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler (Jack Headley)
Dagenham Chase NR: Redshank, 2 Swift, House Martin, several Sand Martin & Swallow, Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, several Whitethroat, Pied Wagtail, 1 Lapwing, 2 Snipe, Little Egret, m Pochard, m Reed Bunting, Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Peregrine (Vince Halley-Frame); m Yellow Wagtail (Sam Porter)
Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, 2 Commmon Buzzard, f Kestrel, 5 Red0legged Partriddge, 72 Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, 4 Skylark, 8 Pied Wagtail, 3 Northern Wheatear 2m f, 12 Fieldfare, Song Thrush singing, Redwing, Common Whitethroat singing, 3 Goldfinch, 14+ Linnet {Speckled Wood} (Robert Callf)
Greenwich Ecology Park: it was closed, but from the outside perimeter I saw - Sedge Warbler, 2 Common Tern, Swallow, 7 Sand Martin (Steven Robinson)
Kingston: Common Buzzard harrassed by Carrion Crow above Hawker Centre (Mike Foster)
London Wetland Centre: several Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff in Wildside and southern route, numerous Cetti's warbler and Blackcap, two Reed Bunting in reedbed, c20 Reed Warbler all singing, 2 Redshank on wader scrape viewed briefly through window of locked hide (Martin Honey & Terry Wright). Missed Yellow Wagtail marsh, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit & Black-tailed Godwit main lake, 2 Oystercatcher scrape, 4 Snipe marsh & 4 Sedge Warbler -- mostly in areas that are currently closed to members and public (from WWT website)
Morden Cemetery: Red Kite SE (Bob Smith)
Swanscombe Marshes: Peregrine, Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, Raven, Cetti`s Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, Skylark, Linnet, Lapwing, Cuckoo, Mediterranean Gull (Paul Dixey/Frank Connor/Colm O`Flynn/Dave Clark)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 House Martin, Swallow, 2 Lapwing, 3 Common Buzzard, Little Owl, Skylark, 9 Common Whitethroat, 16 Chiffchaff, 37 Blackcap, 2 Mistle Thrush, 9 Rook, 2 Coot (John Colmans) 4 Tufted Duck (Foy- Long Pond), Drake Mandarin Duck, 42 Stock Dove, 2 Coot, 3 Lapwing, 2 Black-headed Gull, 3 Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard, Little Owl, Tawny Owl, Kestrel, 28 Rook, Coal Tit, 2 Skylark, 9 Barn Swallow, House Martin, 3 Willow Warbler, 24 Chiffchaff, 26 Blackcap, 8 Common Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 22 Starling, 5 Mistle Thrush, 4m Wheatear (3 Wheatear Corner, 1 on Burtonhole Farm building), 2 House Sparrow, 3 Pied Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit, 3 Bullfinch, Linnet, Lesser Redpoll, Siskin (Samuel Levy)
Tufnell Park N19: Ring Ouzel over W about1000 (Francis Tusa)
Walthamstow Wetlands: m Wigeon, 3 Yellow Wagtail. 8 Wheatear (Walthamstow Birders)
Wandsworth Common: Whinchat (Nick Rutter) where was it? On my list to get on Wandsworth common! (Mark H)
Westfield, W12: Black Redstart singing from roof of Newall Court flats, seen well again from Ariel Way and again from the east side of Westway (Oliver Flory)
Worcester Park: m Wheatear (Bill Reid, Bob Smith)

Tuesday 20th April 2021

Alexandra Park: 2 Peregrine, m Wheatear S side cricket scrub, Common Whitethroat SW perimeter, m White Wagtail S side WGR, 3 Grey Heron (AP Birders) Buzzard, 2 Grey Wagtail, Nuthatch (Andrew Peel/Shelagh Taylor)
Blackheath (Greenwich side): 2 male Wheatears early afternoon (Joe Beale)
Burgess Park: Sedge Warbler & Reed Warbler both singing at lake 0830, Cetti's Warbler in usual scrub (Jack Wylson). Still present at 1245 - Sedge Warbler in Willow and Buddleia by lake/school, Reed W in adjacent reed on the lake - 6 warbler species in park (Steven Robinson) 2m Wheatear on the school roof - 1800, Sedge Warbler singing and more active as light waned (Michael Mac per Jack Wylson)
Crayford Marshes/Foreshore: Yellow Wagtail, 7 Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Common Whitethroat, 14 Common Tern, 3 Snipe, m Marsh Harrier, Lapwing, 4 Cetti's Warbler (Nick Upton)
Crossness NR : f Black Redstart, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Wheatear, 2 Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Skylark, Willow Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 9+ Cetti`s Warbler, Song Thrush, Greenfinch, 2 Refed Bunting, 2 Sedge Warbler, 5 + Reed Warbler, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Shoveler (Bernie Weight/Rob Todd) 2 Ring Ouzel (Gus Wilson). Thames and foreshore, outgoing tide : 43 Shelduck, c50 Teal, c 70 Gadwall, 14 Comorant, Common Sandpiper, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Shoveler, 2 Tufted Duck, 6 Common Tern, Grey Heron, Reed Warbler (Bernie Weight/Rob Todd)
Dagenham Chase LNR: Osprey, m Yellow Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 2 WillowWarbler, 10+ Whitethroat, House Martin, f Pochard, 7 Teal, 4 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, several Buzzard sightings, 2 Sparrowhawk, m Kestrel, Lapwing, 2 Common Snipe 2 Little Egret, 3 noisy Common Tern because of Buzzard (Vince Halley-Frame/S Bacon)
East Dulwich: Common Buzzard being mobbed by 4 crows over my garden (Steven Robinson)
Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe, 2 Tufted Duck pr, Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Buzzard, f Kestrel, 4 Red-legged Partridge, 64 Stock Dove, 4 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 10 Pied Wagtail, 5 Northern Wheatear 3m 2f, 9+ Fieldfare, 4 Song Thrush, m Greenfinch singing, 4 Goldfinch, 7 Linnet (Robert Callf/Eugene Dillon-Hooper/Pete Lowman)
Fairlop Waters: Grasshopper Warbler, Ring Ouzel, Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Swallow, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Linnet. (Neil Twyford)
Hampstead Heath: 6 Willow Warbler across Pryor's Field & Parliament Hill Fields hedges (S Tusa) Yellow Wagtail N Parliament Hill at 0615 (Matt Evans) 2 Wheatear 11.30am (MBS)
Hogsmill NR: 5+ Common Buzzard through in two hours, another 2 very high raptors were probably this species, 2 Shoveler, 3 Stock Dove, 3CY male Herring Gull attempting to mate with a receptive adult female, didn't seem to have a clue (Nick Tanner)
Hyde Park/ Kensington Gardens: 3 m Mandarin Duck, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2+ Cetti's Warblers, Mistle Thrush, Reed Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Sebastien Mercier)
Lamorbey Park , Sidcup : 2 Wheatear m & f (Mike Amos)
Lee Valley, Fishers Green: Nightingale on Fishers Green Island, Hobby flying over (Julie Paice/Mike and Kay Oakland)
Mudchute Farm, Isle of Dogs: 2 Wheatear on paddock nearest to DLR (Sean Huggins)
Pinner,HA5: 11 Goldfinch, Coal Tit, 2 Pied Wagtail (Nigel Barratt)
Rainham Marshes: Black-winged Stilt on Purfleet scrape, Common Redstart (via Birdguides)
Richmond Park: 2 Wheatear, 2 Swallow, Stonechat (Dave Peers); Common Tern, 7 Wheatear (Nigel Jackman) Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper (Norbert Jakab and James Mackinnon)
Stoneleigh KT17: 3 Common Buzzard [1 high S, 1 circling then down into Nonsuch Park, 1 dark phase bird SW] (Neil Batten)
Thames Barrier: 7+ Common Tern, Greylag Goose, 3 Egyptian Goose (Ian Ellis)
Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: Sand Martin [FOY - briefly at long pond then N], 4 Wheatear 2m 2f, m Mandarin Duck, Red-legged Partridge, 2 Coot, 4 Lapwing, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Red Kite, 4 Common Buzzard, Little Owl, Kestrel, 28 Rook, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Skylark, 7 Swallow, House Martin, 3 Willow Warbler, 31 Chiffchaff, 32 Blackcap, 6 Common Whitethroat, 4 Goldcrest, 4 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 14 Starling, 5 Mistle Thrush, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 7 Meadow Pipit, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 4 Linnet, Lesser Redpoll (Samuel Levy). No sign of yesterday's Black Redstarts but m & f Yellow Wagtail at 11.00 and a Northern Wheatear at 15.00 (Bob Husband, Marian Rastelli)
Trent Park: 2 Grey Heron, Egyptian Goose, 4m Mandarin Duck, f Common Pochard, 2 Tufted Duck pr, 5 Black-headed Gull [2ad & 3 first-summer], 2imm Herring Gull, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush singing, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2m Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 3 Chaffinch m 2f (Robert Callf)
Upper College Farm Bexley : 4 Song Thrush, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Whitethroat, 5 Skylark, 2 Mistle Thrush, 5 Blackcap, Heron, Cormorant over, Cetti`s Warbler, 2 Linnet (Bernie Weight)
Wathamstow Marshes/ Paddocks: 2 Wheatear, 2 Lesser Whitethroat (J-P Elmes)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 7 Wheatear, Oystercatcher (Walthamstow Birders)
Wandsworth Common: Sedge Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler, Siskin, Little Grebe, Gadwall m with Mallard f pr w/ 2 hybrid ducklings [from original brood of 9] (Nick Rutter)
Worcester Park: 2 Wheatear (Bob Smith)

Monday 19th April 2021

Alexandra Park: 12+ Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, singing Black Redstart on Palace roof, Meadow Pipit, Tree Pipit [FOY], Yellow Wagtail, 2 Jackdaw, Little Egret, Red Kite (AP Birders)
Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Song Thrush, 3 Blackcap, Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
Burgess Park: Whitethroat, Cetti’s Warbler (Steven Robinson)
Crayford Marshes: Little Egret, Common Buzzard, 3 Oystercatcher, 3 Avocet, Green Sandpiper, 6 Bar-tailed Godwit, Common Snipe, 2 ad Mediterranean Gull, 2 Common Tern, c10 Common Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Corn Bunting (Jack Headley)
Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe, Little Egret, 5 Tufted Duck 3m 2f, Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, f Kestrel, 4 Red-legged Partridge, Skylark, 10 Pied Wagtail, 2m Northern Wheatear, 14 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, Redwing, m Greenfinch, 4 Linnet {3m Orange-tip, Green-veined White, Small White, 2 Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell} (Robert Callf/Pete Lowman)
Hampstead Heath: Wheatear [on Cohen’s Fields] (Matt Evans) 2 Wheatear on Parliament Hill at 0815, 3 Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 6 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Greylag Goose early on Highgate no1 (Hampstead Heath birders)
Hyde Park: 2-3 singing Reed Warbler [reeds opposite Princess Diana Fountain] (David Jeffreys)
Plumstead Common: Common Redstart [Workhouse Wood] 1300 (George Kalli)
Queen’s Wood: Willow Warbler (Matt Evans)
Regent's Park: Common Sandpiper, 2+ Cetti's Warbler, 1+ Reed Warbler, 4 Shoveler, 6 Pochard (Bill Haines)
Richmond Park: Blackcap singing from Pond Plantation, 20+ Sand Martin over Pen Pond, Red Kite & Buzzard soaring over Lawn Plantation/Pond Plantation (Martin Honey)
Round Pond, Kensington Gardens: Details received this morning that a Coot colour-ringed at this site in Feb 2017 was resighted and photographed at Pulkovskiy Park, St Petersburg, Russia on 09/04/21. This is a distance of over 2,000 km and only the 4th UK-ringed Coot to be recovered in Russia (Bill Haines)
St Mary Cray "area": Little Owl calling briefly about 2030 (Jack Headley)
Stoneleigh KT17: 2 singing Blackcap (Neil Batten)
Sutcliffe Park: 3 Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Grey Heron, Cormorant {Comma} (P Kite)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 f Black Redstart [Frith Manor] also m Wheatear, Red Kite, 4 Swallow (John Colmans/ Samuel Levy); 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, 18 Chiffchaff, 36 Blackcap, Skylark, Little Owl, 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Mistle Thrush, Greenfinch, Linnet, 5 Rook, 2 Coot (John Colmans); Black Reds still at 1610, Raven, m Mandarin, 22 Stock Dove, 2 Coot, 3 Lapwing, Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 3 Red Kite, 4 Common Buzzard, Little Owl, Kestrel, 28 Rook, Coal Tit, Skylark, 4 Swallow, House Martin, 3 Willow Warbler, 30 Chiffchaff, 31 Blackcap, 5 Common Whitethroat, Goldcrest, 6 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 5 Starling, 4 Mistle Thrush, 3m Wheatear (2 Wheatear Corner, 1 Frith Riding Stables), 2 House Sparrow, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Bullfinch, Greenfinch, 5 Linnet, 3 Lesser Redpoll, Siskin {62sp seen the most ever in a day} (Samuel Levy) -- That's fantastic.-- One of the Black Redstarts showed a white wing panel suggesting it was a male. Little Owl hunting nearby (Bob Husband).
St Albans: Raven (Geoff Crabtree)
Trent Park: 2 Grey Heron, m Mandarin Duck, 2 Tufted Duck pr, 4 Black-headed Gull, 7 Blackcap, Willow Warbler, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper inc singing male, 2 Chaffinch pr {m Brimstone, m Orange-tip, Peacock, 2 Comma, Speckled Wood} (Robert Callf/Pete Lowman)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Little Ringed Plover, 2 Wheatear, Goldeneye, Red Kite, 5 Buzzard, 6 Common Tern, Common Sandpiper (Walthamstow Birders)
Wanstead Flats: 2 Shoveler, 3 Gadwall, Pochard, 3 Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 2 Common Whitethroat, 3 Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: Little Egret, 2 Common Whitethroat (Wanstead Birders)
Worcester Park: 2 Wheatear (Chris Northwood per Bob Smith)

Sunday 18th April 2021

Alexandra Park: Lesser Redpoll, Black Redstart singing, 2 Peregrine, 2 Goldcrest, Sparrowhawk, 2 Gadwall, 9 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff (AP Birders)
Bexley Cricket Club: 2 Wheatear on “nursery ground” (Ian Stewart)
Burgess Park: m Yellow Wagtail on the fenced off grassland in the centre of the park 1620 -1640 at least (Jack Wylson & Emmaline Stotter) - Thanks, Jack, still there between 1700-1720, when it flew off towards the lake (Steven Robinson)
Brent Reservoir: Curlew over, Jack Snipe, 2 Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Sedge Warbler, Swallow, House Martin, 3 Linnet, Lesser Redpoll (Brent Birders); 32 Eurasian Teal North Marsh, 2 Common Buzzard, Reed Warbler singing {Peacock, Comma, m Orange-tip} (Bob Husband/Steve Leeke per RM Callf)
Battersea Park: Tawny Owl, the area of this bird has many dog walkers running around, children playing, last evening children with torches and 2 groups of youths drinking and playing music. If the bird was so sensitive - it wouldn't live in that location. (Michael Mac) Tawny Owls appear unusual in that they seem prepared to endure all sorts of noise and disturbance. Fireworks going off in my location (Pinner) didn't put them off. They were calling in between the explosions (Richard Francis) Same with Little Owls - Brockwell park has massive music events and doesn't affect the owls. (MM)
Crossness: Bar-tailed Godwit on foreshore off Crossness Engines (Gus Wilson & John Archer)
Deodar Road "Putney": 30 House Sparrow, 2 Starling building nest, 2 House Martin (Michael Mac)
Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe, Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, Red-legged Partridge, 11 Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, 3 Pied Wagtail, m Northern Wheatear, 16 Fieldfare, 4 Song Thrush, m Common Whitethroat singing, 4 Linnet, 5 f/imm Lesser Redpoll (Robert Callf); f Northern Wheatear (Stephen Witherford/Eugene Dillon-Hooper per RM Callf)
Finchley "Garden N3": Ring Ouzel sound recorded over garden at 0231, Buzzard N 1613, Sparrowhawk E 1621, 3 Mallard NE 1627(Samuel Levy)
Greenwich Ecology Park: Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 8 Sand Martin, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
Harefield , Moorhall rd gp: 4 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 4 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Treecreeper, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Greylag Goose, 6 Tufted Duck, Grey Heron, 2 Mistle Thrush, 5 Stock Dove , 3 Little Egret (Nigel Barratt)
Holyfield Lake: f Ring-necked Duck (Adam Wilson)
Lonsdale Road Res., SW13: adult Mute Swan - also apparently abandoned nest, m Egyptian Goose, 5 Gadwall 4m f, m Shoveler, 4 Teal - two pairs, 9 Pochard 6m 3f, 4+ Grey Heron inc 2+ nesting pairs, 6 Stock Dove - 2 pairs and 2 calling birds, 3 singing Cetti's Warbler, singing Reed Warbler, 3 singing Willow Warbler, 5+ singing Blackcap, Greenfinch (J Wilczur/S Woolfenden)
Newton Park West, Harrow: f Wheatear, m Reed Bunting, Green Woodpecker (Alex Massey)
Oakwood "Lakeside, EN2": 19 Mallard 3m f w/ 15 yng, 5 Moorhen ad & 4 yng, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, m Grey Wagtail, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, 2 Long-tailed Tit collecting lichen [B], Nuthatch, 3 Chaffinch 2m f, 2 Goldfinch pr (Robert Callf)
Rainham Marshes RSPB: 5 Fieldfare, 2 Spoonbill, Great White Egret, 2m Ruff, Common Tern, Wheatear (Ian Bradshaw) Hobby, 7 Bar-tailed godwit, 6 Mediterranean gulls (Andrew Gouldstone)
St Paul's Cray "area": 3 m Tufted Duck, 2 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, c3 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff (Jack Headley)
Sydenham Hill Wood: Buzzard, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Goldcrest, Chiffchaff {Smooth Newt, tadpoles} (Paul Collins)
Ten Acre Wood area: 2 Teal pr, 3 Pheasant, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 9 Stock Dove, 5 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6+ Skylark, 7 Swallow, m Wheatear, 17+ Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff, 3m Reed Bunting, 2 Linnet pr {2 Muntjac together} (Neil Anderson); Sparrowhawk, Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Rook (Nigel Dodd)
Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: 2 Coot, 3 Lapwing, Sparrowhawk, 2 Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Little Owl, 2 Kestrel, 28 Rook, 2 Coal Tit, Skylark, 4 Swallow, Willow Warbler, 29 Chiffchaff, 35 Blackcap, 7 Common Whitethroat, 4 Goldcrest, 7 Nuthatch, 11 Starling, 2 Mistle Thrush, Redwing, 2m Wheatear, 7 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Linnet, 3 Lesser Redpoll [Orange-tip, Speckled Wood, Peacock, Brimestone, Small Tortoiseshell] (Samuel Levy) Raven (Tom Stewart)
Trent Park: 3 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, Egyptian Goose, m Mandarin Duck, f Sparrowhawk, 3 Mistle Thrush inc pr, 2 Common Whitethroat pr, 4 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Nuthatch, m Chaffinch singing {m Brimstone, Comma} (Robert Callf); 2 Raven pr in cedar North Lawn (Pete Lowman per RM Callf)
Walthamstow Wetlands: singing Garden Warbler [FOY], Redwing, Yellow Wagtail, Goldeneye, 3 Common Tern, 2 Willow Warbler (Walthamstow Birders)
Wandsworth Common: Raven over S at 0845 (Nick Rutter)
Wanstead Flats: 2 Shoveler, 2 Pochard, Little Grebe, 2 Sparrowhawk, 5 Buzzard, Peregrine, Rook, 2 Skylark, 2 Swallow, Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Goldcrest, 2 Meadow Pipit, Linnet, Lesser Redpoll, Yellowhammer (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: Great Crested Grebe, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap (Wanstead Birders)
West Dulwich "garden": Red Kite overhead (Paul Collins)
Woolwich Common: singing Common Whitethroat (Tim Rymer)
Yeading Brook meadows: Grey Heron, 3 Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Common Whitethroat, 5 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson); Little Egret, Kingfisher (Nigel Dodd)

Saturday 17th April 2021

Alexandra Park: 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Pochard, Greylag Goose, Egyptian Goose pr w/6 goslings, Swallow, Peregrine (AP Birders)
Brent Reservoir: 2 Sedge Warbler, 28 Blackcap, 9 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler (Andrew Self)
Catford (River Pool linear walk towards Lower Sydenham): Moorhen (nesting), Mallard (at lweast two pairs with ducklings), 1 Little Egret. (Paul Moss, pers Dave de Silva)
Crossness: 2 Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, 5 Cetti's Warbler, Song Thrush, 4 Pied Wagtail, Skylark, 2 Peregrine, Kestrel, 2 Buzzard, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Little Ring Plover, 4 Common Tern, 4 Lapwing, 4 Oystercatcher, Blackcap, Wheatear, Common Whitethroat, Skylark, 3 Sand Martin 10 + linnet (Ron Turner)
Dagenham Chase NR: Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Common Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler, 4+ Cetti's Warbler, Coal Tit,Red Kite, Buzzard, Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, m Kestrel, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Lapwing, 2 Snipe, m Pochard, Kingfisher (Vince Halley-Frame)
Dartford Marshes: Little Egret, Common Buzzard, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, Paregrine, 2 Avocet, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, Yellow-legged Gull, Little Gull, 5 Common Tern, 4 Skylark 8 Blackcap, 7 Whitethroat, 3 Sedge Warbler, 16 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting (Conrad Ellam)
Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe pr, 2 Common Pochard pr, 5 Common Buzzard, m Kestrel, 3 Red-legged Partridge, Green Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, Barn Swallow N, 3 Pied Wagtail, m Northern Wheatear, 16 Fieldfare, 7 Song Thrush, 5 Dunnock, m Greenfinch, 2 Linnet pr {Speckled Wood, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock} (Robert Callf) m Yellow Wagtail (Pete Lowman per RM Callf)
Fairlop Waters: 2 singing Cetti's Warbler, 'cream crown' f/imm Marsh Harrier, Green Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, 3 singing Willow Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, {Orange-tip} (Alan Bell)
Finchley "Garden N3": Common Buzzard & Red Kite circling together at 1410 (Samuel Levy)
Greenford UB6 garden: Male Siskin on feeders pm. (Martin Smith)
Kingston Riverside: 2 ad Mediterranean Gull over river at 1900 (T Harrop)
Lamorbey Park, Sidcup: Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, c15 Tufted Duck, 2 Gadwall pr, Green Woodpecker, 4 Stock Dove, Pied Wagtail, 2 Blackcap singing, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Jay (Mike Amos)
Marylebone: Red Kite north 13:45 (Des McKenzie)
Mayflower Park: 3 Buzzard over, Reed Warbler (Bob Smith)
South Norwood Country Park: 1 Kestrel, 1 Whitethroat, pair of Little Grebes, 2 Redpoll (a pair, including singing male), 1 Grey Wagtail. (Paul Moss, pers David de Silva)
St Thomas's Hospital: Wren singing in the grounds of the hospital (Paul Francis - heard from Thames Path)
Staines Moor: Short-eared Owl hunting from 1730, Kingfisher, Common Whitethroat, 3 Sedge Warbler, c10 Blackcap, Willow Warbler, c5 Chiffchaff, 3 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard (Iain Darbyshire)
Staines Reservoirs: 2 Bar-tailed Godwits, 2 Whimbrel, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Arctic Tern, 3 Common Tern, Mediterranean Gull, 3 Black-necked Grebe, Scaup (Dave Morris et al per FJM)
Stockwell "community garden": Jay at feeder and gathering nest material - very infrequent here (Michael Mac)
Sydenham Hill Wood: Buzzard, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Stock Dove, Chaffinch, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 6 Nuthatch (Paul Collins)
Thames Barrier: Mediterranean Gull heard over at 1020, Little Egret, Oystercatcher, 26 Shelduck, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Grey Wagtail, 4 Greenfinch, Mistle Thrush (Ian Ellis)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 3 Wheatear, Willow Warbler, Red Kite, 2 Lapwing, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Skylark, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Rook (Robert Ulph)
Trent Park: 2 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron [leucistic adult & imm], m Mandarin Duck, 2 Tufted Duck pr, ad m Sparrowhawk perched Rough Lot 1058-1100, 2ad Black-headed Gull inc one w/ yellow darvic ring [too distant to read w/ bins only], Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2m Blackcap singing, 3 Chiffchaff, Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit singing, 2 Nuthatch, 2 m Chaffinch singing {m Brimstone, Peacock} (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Wetlands: m Garganey, Common Tern, Goldeneye, Buzzard, Willow Warbler (Walthamstow Birders)
Wanstead Flats: 4 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 4 Little Grebe, Common Gull, 2 Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, Rook, 3 Sand Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, 9 Blackcap, Song Thrush, Yellow Wagtail, Linnet (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: 9 Shoveler, 3 Teal, 2 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, Kingfisher, 11 Chiffchaff, 13 Blackcap, 2 Common Whitethroat, 6 Song Thrush, Lesser Redpoll (Wanstead Birders)

Friday 16th April 2021

Alexandra Park: 2 Greylag Goose, 2 Red-crested Pochard, Black Redstart (AP Birders)
Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Song Thrush, 3 Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
Crayford Marshes: 2 Egyptian Geese, 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Avocet, Green Sandpiper, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, Common Snipe, Swallow, 2 Wheatear, 4 Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler (Jack Headley)
Crossness: f Ring Ouzel, SW corner of Southern Marsh 1800-1900 (Terence Baker); 2 Red Kite (1E 12.30, 1N 1400), 2 Little Ringed Plover, 5N Swallow, 2 Curlew, 1 Peregrine, 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Pr Greylag Goose (bred), 1 Snipe. 4 Lapwing Grebe, 10+ Linnets, 2 Song Thrush, several Herons, Little Grebe, Redshank and Black-tailed Godwits also present (Paul Moss, pers Dave de Silva).

Dagenham Chase: m Ring Ouzel, 2 Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler, 15 Blackcap, 8 Chiffchaff, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Common Snipe, Kestrel, 8 Linnet (Steve Bacon)
Dartford Farms: Hobby, Yellowhammer, Yellow Wagtail, Corn Bunting, 10 Skylark, Swallow, Pheasant, Common Buzzard, 2 Egyptian Geese, Meadow Pipit, 10 Jackdaw (Michael Mac)
Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe, 9 Pied Wagtail, f Common Redstart along hedgerows 1600-1614 [second bird of the spring for this site], 2m Northern Wheatear, 14 Fieldfare, 4 Song Thrush, Redwing (Robert Callf)
Greenford to Ealing Hospital "Brent corridor": 2 Teal pr, 5 Mandarin Duck 4m f [collection area], Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine plucking pigeon, 2 Kestrel, 5 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, m Grey Wagtail, Swallow, singing Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 15+ Blackcap, Nuthatch, 3 Mistle Thrush, 6 Jay pr & four together, 5 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Hampstead Heath: m Common Redstart in hedge 2, Willow Warbler, 2 Shoveler on Highgate no1 (Reuben Braddock)
Home Park: 3 Willow Warbler, 3 or 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, 4 singing Skylark plus 11 together on one off the fairways, 6 Stock Dove, 4 singing Greenfinch, singing Chaffinch, singing Treecreeper, 5 or 6 Song Thrush (John Herbert)
Kensington Gardens: Sparrowhawk circling high above 0900 moving W, 3 singing male Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff inc one with nest materials, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Sebastien Mercier)
London Wetland Centre: Reed Warbler, Kingfisher, 4 Willow Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap & 3 Reed Bunting (Shailesh Patel)
Rainham Marshes: 2 Pintail, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 3 Mediterranean Gull, 5 Marsh Harrier, 3 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Wheatear, 2 Bearded Tit, Swallow (Andrew Self, John & Janet Cadera); 3 Egyptian Geese High E, 40 Shelduck, 76 Shoveler, 53 Gadwall, 11 Wigeon, 2 Pintail, 69 Teal, 16 Pochard, 26 Tufted Duck, 7 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Water Rail, 22 Avocet, 4 Oystercatcher, 10 Curlew, 3 Lapwing chicks [decreased to two], 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, Ruff, 14 Common Snipe, 3cy & ad Mediterranean Gull, 2 Common Gull, 2 Common Tern, 10 Little Egret, 2 Spoonbill, 6 Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, 9 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Peregrine, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Rook, 36 Skylark, 3 Bearded Tit, 24 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, 70 Sand Martin, 3 Willow Warbler, 13 Chiffchaff, 43 Cetti's Warbler, 12 Blackcap, 14 Common Whitethroat, m Wheatear, 15 Yellow Wagtail, Corn Bunting (Samuel Levy & Keir Chauhan et al)
Staines Moor: 2 Goosander, Wheatear, Grasshopper Warbler, Redwing (C Lamsdell); Linnet, Chiffchaff, Lapwing, Skylark, Short-eared Owl, Yellow Wagtail, Little Egret; Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler (heard) (Norbert Jakab & James MacKinnon)
Staines Reservoir: 4 [3 adults & 1st summer] Little Gull and Whimbrel (C Lamsdell); Bar-tailed Godwit, Red Kite (Norbert Jakab & James MacKinnon)
Sydenham Hill Wood: Red Kite, Peregrine, f Sparrowhawk hunting, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker. A respectable 24 species vocalising (Paul Collins)
Thames Road Wetland, Crayford: 2 Buzzard being mobbed by Crows, one heading for Crayford Marshes, other circling west. Later one Buzzard being chased by Crow heading for Crayford Marshes. 2 Cetti's Warbler.
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 3 Wheatear, 3 Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, m Peregrine, Buzzard, 4 Lapwing,18 Blackcap,19 Chiffchaff, Skylark, 3 Siskin, 2 Linnet, Bullfinch, 2 Mistle Thrush,4 Rook, 2 Coot (John Colmans)
Trent Park: 2m Northern Lapwing [one field NE of Water Garden, one field E of Icehouse Wd] (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 3 Little Gull, Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper (Walthamstow Birders)
Wanstead Flats: 2 Common Gull, 65 Herring Gull, Little Owl, Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 9 Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Linnet (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: Willow Warbler, Cetti’s Warbler (Wanstead Birders)
Warren Farm, Hanwell: Red Kite, 2 Kestrel pr, 2 Green Woodpecker pr, 10+ Skylark, 2 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)

Thursday 15th April 2021

Alexandra Park: 2 Pochard, 4 Red-crested Pochard [FOY], 9 Blackcap, 4 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Collared Dove, 3 Swallow, 12 Pied Wagtail (AP Birders)
Burgess Park: 6 Willow Warbler, Cetti's Warbler (Jack Wylson)
Bushy Park: m Common Redstart in hawthorns just W of Hawthorn Lodge 1300 (T Harrop)
Brockwell Park: Willow Warbler at upper pond, but no sign of male Redstart from yesterday 0930 (Matt Bradbury); 2 singing Willow Warbler, 2 singing Blackcap, singing Chiffchaff, perhaps 3 more Chiffchaff all by the upper pond 0830 (Stuart Hearne)
Cheshunt "Hall Marsh": m Garganey, 2cy Russian White-fronted Goose near Waltham Abbey (James Heal)
Clissold Park: Willow Warbler (James Palmer)
Crossness: f Ring Ouzel still on Southern Marsh, singing Whitethroat, 12+ Sand Martin (Richard Bonser) Marsh Harrier, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Wheatear, Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler (Conrad Ellam) White Stork NE at 1040 (Steve Carter per John Archer)
Enfield area "private access": m Egyptian Goose, m Mandarin Duck, 2 Common Pochard pr, Common Buzzard, 10 Red-legged Partridge, 53+ Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, 3 Skylark, 8 Pied Wagtail, 2m Northern Wheatear, 17 Fieldfare, 4 Song Thrush, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, 2 Long-tailed Tit pr, 4 Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
Frays Farm Meadows LWT: incl Grasshopper Warbler predawn and later around the Denham Lock Wood entrance by the river, small audio here if permitted (Dan Pinkham)[1]
Gillespie Park: Willow Warbler (James Palmer)
Hackney Downs: 2 Willow Warbler (James Palmer)
Hackney Marshes: 5 Little Egret, 3 Gadwall, 6 Teal on River Lea. 2 Sparrowhawk, Cetti's Warbler on east marsh (JW Davies)
Kew Gardens: 30 Lesser Redpoll Queen Charlott's Cottage, Willow Warbler (R Kaye)
London Wetland Centre: 5 Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher, 5 Willow Warbler (WWT website)
Mudchute Park & Farm: 2 Willow Warbler singing, 2 Chiffchaff singing, c8 Blackcap, Great Spotted Woodpecker (John Archer)
Northolt & Greenford CP: 2 Mute Swan pr, 2 Gadwall pr, Little Grebe, 3 Red Kite, Green Woodpecker, Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 4 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Mayflower Park: Reed Warbler (Charlie Alpero per Bob Smith)
Pinner, HA5: 2 Red Kite, 3 Goldfinch, Swallow (Nigel Barratt)
Rainham Marshes: Pintail, Spoonbill, 4 Oystercatcher, Curlew, Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 14 adult Mediterranean Gull, 8 Common Tern, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Bearded Tit, 2 Swallow, 59 Cetti’s Warbler, 19 Sedge Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 5 Common Whitethroat (Andrew Self) 25 Avocet, Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, 16 Swallow, 12 Skylark, 5 Meadow Pipit, 30 Linnet (Tom Stewart)
Rammey marsh short eared owl 19.00 (Brian Dawton
Richmond Park, Pen Ponds area: 4 Mute Swan - two nesting pairs, 20 Greylag Goose - incl nesting pr, 11 Egyptian Goose - pair with nine young, 4 Pochard m 3f, 4 Great Crested Grebe - two pairs, 8 Grey Heron - four nesting pairs, 2 Cormorant - nesting pair, 2 Red Kite, 8+ Buzzard - including four moving N, 12+ Black-headed Gull - at least six pairs, Linnet (J Wilczur)
Ridgmount Gardens WC1E: Blackcap singing (Fraser Simpson)
Staines Moor: Wheatear, m Redstart, Fieldfare, Redwing (C Lamsdell)
Trent Park: 5 Mandarin Duck 4m f, 7 Tufted Duck 4m 3f, m Northern Lapwing on field E of Icehouse Wd [unusual for this site], 1st-summer Black-headed Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush (Robert Callf)
Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: m Redstart (Tony Clancy) 2 Raven, 5 Wheatear, 5 Mandarin Duck, 43 Stock Dove, 2 Coot, 2 Black-headed Gull [rare here at this time of year], 21 Herring Gull, 9 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Red Kite, Tawny Owl, 28 Rook, Coal Tit, 3 Skylark, 2 Willow Warbler, 16 Chiffchaff, 18 Blackcap, 2 Common Whitethroat, Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 9 Pied Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, Greenfinch, 12 Linnet,
Upper College Farm Bexley : 2 Kestrel, 3 Jay, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Linnet, 4 Skylark, Whitethroat, Cetti`s Warbler heard once in 2 hours, 5+ Blackcap, 7+Chiffchaff, 3 Swallow, Song Thrush,
Walthamstow Wetlands: 9 singing Willow Warbler, Fieldfare, 4 Rook, Common Sandpiper (Walthamstow Birders)
Wanstead Flats: 3 Shoveler, 5 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 3 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, Sparrowhawk, 2 Little Owl, 3 Skylark, 6 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, Mistle Thrush, 4 Song Thrush, Chaffinch, Linnet (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: 4 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 6 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 9 Stock Dove, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, Black-headed Gull, Kingfisher, 2 Rook, 2 Willow Warbler, 17 Chiffchaff, 27 Blackcap, Nuthatch, 8 Song Thrush, Grey Wagtail (Wanstead Birders)
Wimbledon Park: 2 [possibly 3] singing male Blackcap, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Stock Dove two pr, Sand Martin low over lake (Martin Honey)

Woodford Green: 3 Blackcap, 2 Grey Wagtail, Song Thrush, Pied Wagtail, Mandarin Duck, Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, Sparrowhawk, Swallow & Sand Martin N, Coal Tit on feeders & 5 Redwing S over canopy (Ken Murray)

Wednesday 14th April 2021

Alexandra Park: 2 Peregrine pr, 6 Willow Warbler, Black Redstart, 20 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 2 Swallow (AP Birders)
Barnet Gate, Brent Lodge Farm: 2 Collared Dove, 2m Wheatear, 4 Skylark, Swallow, Chiffchaff, 3 Meadow Pipit, Greenfinch (Samuel Levy)
Brent Reservoir: 2 Wheatear on playing fields (Andrew Self)
Burgess Park: 4+ Willow Warbler, 4+ Blackcap, 3+ Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Bunting [heard only; roughly same place as before near bridge], Greenfinch, Sparrowhawk [short visit, vicinity of lake only, 29 spp](Fernley Symons)
Brockwell Park: Peregrine back on Holy Trinity spire 0815, Blackcap and Chiffchaff singing by the ponds (Stuart Hearne) m Common Redstart at the far side of the southern end of the main duck pond around 1100 also a Willow warbler (Jack Hill) Redstart still showing in willows top pond 1700, Willow Warbler singing (Michael Mac/Stuart Hearne)
Bushy Park: 5 Wheatear [3 around Hampton Wick Skylark area approx 0930, 2 South of Cobblers Walk/Teddington Cricket Club 1020 poss same birds] (Ian R Watson)
Cheshunt "Hall Marsh": m Garganey still giving great views from Teal Hide (Quentin Given) Grasshopper Warbler heard reeling and seen briefly in Hawthorn/Bramble clump by small carpark next to canal bridge leading to Hall Marsh, Willow Warbler here too (Eugene Dillon-Hooper)
Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe, 2 Common Pochard pr, Common Buzzard, 10 Red-legged Partridge, 27+ Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, m White Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 14+ Northern Wheatear [11 together at one site 1520, 8 at another site, allowing for some interchange between sites revised total given], 17 Fieldfare, 3 Song Thrush, Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Raven pr together on ground, m Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch, 2 Linnet (Robert Callf)
Finchley "Garden N3": Yellow Wagtail over 1425 (Samuel Levy)
Gillespie Park, Highbury, singing Willow Warbler (Ian Bradshaw)
Hadley Woods "Monken Hadley Common": Lesser Spotted Woodpecker [flew from wood towards golf course] (Richard Coombes)
Hall Marsh Scrape, Lee Valley: unringed White Stork feeding on pools at 1900, drake Garganey (Hugh & Ian Bradshaw)
Hampstead Heath: Common Redstart, Common Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 4 Willow Warbler (Jamie Cedar) “pm” Whinchat [found by Jamie] and Redstart showing in same tree, 6 Wheatear (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Hogsmill NR: Common Buzzard W at 1134, Peregrine Falcon N at 1320, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Shelduck, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Little Grebe, Stock Dove, singing Willow Warbler FOY, singing Reed Bunting (Nick Tanner)
Horton Country Park "Epsom Polo Club": f Black Redstart [amended from earlier recorded as Common Redstart] (Nigel Jackman)
Hounslow Heath: Whitethroat, 3 Buzzards and 2 Red Kites over (Andy Roberts)
Lamorbey Park , Sidcup : 3 Mute Swan briefly , 2 Gadwall pr, 6 Tufted Duck, Black headed Gull, 7 Egyptian Goose incl 1 yng, possible White Wagtail [flycatching from trees East end of lake] 2 Pied Wagtail, Chiffchaff in brief visit to lake (Mike Amos)
Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 4 Chiffchaff, Red Kite, Common Buzzard (Neil Batten)
Lee Valley Riding Stables: 6 Wheatear (Walthamstow Birders)
London Wetland Centre: good numbers of Sand Martin, Kingfisher on Sheltered Lagoon with fish for presentation to mate, lots of Blackcap [males and females] & Chiffchaff, some Willow Warblers, Buzzard high over entrance at lunchtime, Stock Doves on grazing marsh, 2 Mandarin Duck pr on Reservoir Lagoon, several Redshank heard on Grazing Marsh, Reed Bunting in reedbed (Martin Honey and Terry Wright) 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Mediterranean Gull, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 2 Shelduck, 15 Common Snipe, 5 Willow Warbler, 12 Blackcap, Swallow W, Kingfisher, Lesser Redpoll (WWT website)
North Finchley: Raven high over Woodhouse Allotments at 1330, flying S and calling (Geoff Crabtree)
Orpington "Gorse Road area": 2-3 Common Buzzard, c9 Skylark, c6 Wheatear plus another in horse paddocks adjacent to bridleway leading N towards Crockenhill, c35 Linnet, Yellowhammer (Jack Headley)
Otford: Great White Egret still just south of village, Red Kite, 2 Peregrine, 2 Swallow (Richard Bonser)
Pinner, HA5: Kestrel, Red Kite, Long-tailed Tit, 5 Goldfinch, Coal Tit, (Nigel Barratt)
Rainham Marshes: Fieldfare, Egyptian Goose, Spoonbill, Ruff (Eduardo López Salas)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 6 Wheatear [usual spot], Common Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler, 11 Blackcap, 16 Chiffchaff, Skylark, Bullfinch, Lapwing, Little Owl, 8 Rook,13 Herring Gull, 2 Coot (John Colmans) (Where is best for wheatear and bullfinch? - OF) (The wheatears are currently in the lower of the two fields on the right-hand side as you come down the footpath from Totteridge Long Pond to Folly Brook. Bullfinches range quite widely through the valley. JC Thanks! OF) PM - m Redstart [Wheatear Corner] (Samuel Levy & Tom Stewart), 13+ Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 55 Stock Dove, 2 Coot, 4 Lapwing, 48 Herring Gull, 10 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Grey Heron, 2 Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard, Little Owl, 28 Rook, 2 Skylark, 19 Chiffchaff, 16 Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 7 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, Greenfinch, 11 Linnet, Siskin 2 Raven (Totteridge Valley Birders)
Trent Park: 2 Egyptian Goose pr, m Mandarin Duck, 15 Tufted Duck 8m 7f lower lake, Commonn Buzzard, 10 Pied Wagtail, Song Thrush singing, 2m Blackcap singing, 3 Chiffchaff, Nuthatch (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Black Redstart [FOY] briefly on Lockwood, 4 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 4 singing Willow Warbler, Red-legged Partridge, Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Fieldfare, (Walthamstow Birders)
Wanstead Flats: 2 Yellow Wagtail [FOY], m Common Whitethroat [FOY], m Common Redstart, 2 Wheatear, 4 Shoveler, 4 Little Grebe, 3 Common Gull, Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 4 Skylark, 6 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 3 Willow Warbler, 11 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch, 2 Linnet (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: Willow Warbler, Nuthatch (Tim Harris)
Westfield Centre, W12: Black Redstart singing from roof of Newall Court flats, seen well again from Ariel Way (Oliver Flory)
Woodford Green: Hawfinch North over canopy and ride at 1555 (Ken Murray)

Tuesday 13th April 2021

Alexandra Park: Peregrine, 2 Greylag Goose, Gadwall, 3 Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 2 Black Redstart, Linnet, 11 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Grey Wagtail pr (AP Birders) Egyptian Goose pr w/ 6 goslings, Grey Wagtail, Peregrine (Eduardo López Salas)
Brockwell Park: Grey Wagtail on Sunday, lower of the two ponds (Jack Hill)
Burgess Park: Cetti's Warbler still singing in scrub by back gardens, Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch, Sparrowhawk, 35 House Sparrows (Michael Mac)
Crossness: f Ring Ouzel allowing approach down to 20 yds while feeding on grass path. Second bird, probable male, flew to trees as I approached and not seen again. Female observed from 0945 - 1015 and still in same place when I left. 4 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Blackcap (Eric Brown) Little Egret, 2 Common Buzzard, Peregrine, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, Common Tern, 15-20 Sand Martin, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Wheatear, f Ring Ouzel, Common Whitethroat, 3 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler (Jack Headley)
Dartford Marshes: Great Egret, Little Owl, 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Curlew, 2 Mediterranean Gull, Marsh Harrier, Snipe, 3 Avocet, Willow Warbler, Buzzard (Phil Thompson)
Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, 2 Common Pochard pr, f Kestrel, 52+ Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Skylark, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2m Northern Wheatear, 13 Fieldfare, 3 Song Thrush, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, m Common Whitethroat singing, 2 Long-tailed Tit pr [nest wrecked by predator], 2 Chaffinch m f, 3 Greenfinch, 6 Linnet {Peacock} (Robert Callf)
Greenford to Hanwell Viaduct "Brent corridor partial": Blackcap singing, 2 Grey Wagtail pr, 2 Jay, 4 Teal two pr, Wren singing (Barry Wilson)
Hall Marsh Scrape: drake Garganey still from Teal Hide this afternoon (David Bradshaw)
Hampstead Heath: 2 Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, 3 Kingfisher 1130 Sanctuary Pond. (MHill4MBS)
Hounslow Heath: 3 Willow Warbler (Andy Roberts)
Kensington Gardens: Tawny Owl (Norbert Jakab)
Lamorbey Park: 2 Willow Warbler one singing (Ian Stewart)
Mill Hill, St Paul’s church/school: 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2+ Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Song Thrush, 2 Wren. (Steve Blake)
London Wetland Centre: White Stork circling overhead at midday, Peregrine, 2 Oystercatchers over, Willow Warbler, lots of Cetti's Warblers out in the open (Simon Osborn)
Putney Heath North side of A3: Garden Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler (R Kaye) South side: 7 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, Kestrel, Buzzard displaying, Swallow N at 1140 (Martin Honey)
Queen Mary Reservoir: Wheatear m on S bank midday, Peregrine m on pylon on W side (Franko J Maroevic)
Rainham Marshes RSPB: White Stork circling over Thames [thank you HV], ad Spoonbill [Winter flood], 2 Dunlin, m Ruff, ad Mediterranean Gull, Raven, mixed flock of 10 Swallow & Sand Martins (Ian Bradshaw)
Stambourne Woodland Path and Sth Norwood Lake SE19: f Blackcap, pr Song Thrush, singing Wren all quite aggitated on path, m Blackcap, Song Thrush by lake (Paul Francis - first visit to this oasis)
Stave Hill: Stock Dove, Willow Warbler, 3 Blackcap, Chiffchaff (John & Janet Cadera) Swallow over (Richard Page-Jones)
Stoneleigh KT17: Grey Wagtail pair on rooftops above Stoneleigh Broadway a.m. Herring Gull pair still present around the Broadway (Neil Batten)
Thamesmead: Black Swan, 21 Pochard Southmere, f Ring Ouzel, Willow Warbler (Jack Headley)
Thamesmead: Thamesview Golf Centre: 4 Common Tern, Swallow, 2 Kestrel, Cormorant. (Eric Brown)
Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: m Wheatear [Upper Corn Field] (Totteridge Valley Birders) 3 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Coot, 3 Lapwing, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Red Kite, 10 Common Buzzard, Little Owl, Kestrel, 28 Rook, 3 Coal Tit, 2 Skylark, 5 Swallow, Willow Warbler, 30 Chiffchaff, 31 Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, 5 Mistle Thrush, 3 Nuthatch, 4 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 6 Linnet, 3 Lesser Redpoll, Siskin (Samuel Levy)
Tulse Hill: Blackcap singing in The Railway Tavern garden 1200 (Matt Bradbury)
Walthamstow: Peregrine Falcon circling over Blackhorse Road 1250 (Des Mckenzie)
Walthamstow: Common Buzzard circling high above Coppermill Fields 1325, 2 Swallow (Des McKenzie)
Walthamstow Marshes: m Common Redstart on south fence of Coppermill Filter Beds, 2 singing Willow Warblers, Swallow, 12 Sand Martin (Alastair Dent). Showing well on fence 1335-1340, also 2 Swallow over (Des McKenzie)
Walthamstow Marshes, Paddocks: Male Wheatear this am (J-P Elmes)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Kittiwake still on West Warwick [no general access], Little Ringed Plover, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, Common Tern north, 5 Goldeneye, 2 Buzzard, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Common Sandpipers, Red Kite, Red-legged Partridge (Walthamstow Birders)
Woodford Green: Ring Ouzel N at 0810, 2 Grey Wagtail, ChiffChaff, 2 Blackcap, flyover pair of Sparrowhawk also Buzzard, Cormorant, Mandarin and 2 Little Egret (Ken Murray)
Kingsfield Kingston Upon Thames - Common Kestrel 0800 and 2000 in tree above cricket clubhouse

Monday 12th April 2021

Alexandra Park: 3 Egyptian Goose one pr w/ 6 goslings, 3 Willow Warbler, 10 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, Greylag Goose, 2 Pochard, Common Buzzard, Peregrine, Black Redstart, 2 Yellow Wagtail (AP Birders)
Bedford Square, WC1: singing Blackcap, first one there in 15+ yrs (Simon Bradley)
Bermondsey: 1 Rook soaring and drifting north (John Cadera)
Burgess Park: 5 Willow Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff (Graeme Wright)
Brookmill Park: Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
Bushy Park: 2 Common Buzzard circling above cafe [plus falcon much higher maybe peregrine but can't be sure] (Mike Foster)
CoL Cemetery: singing Firecrest (Tim Harris)
Crossness South Marsh "horse fields": 2 f Ring Ouzel [one landed and fed in grass, 2nd bird flew into Southmere park at 1450] (Michael Mac). No sign of any Ring Ouzels in hour long search. 16 Shelduck, good number of Gadwall and Teal on Thames [no counts], 5 Shoveler, 11 Pochard, 3 trilling Little Grebe, Kestrel, pair of Peregrine Falcon, 2 Pheasant, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Lapwing, 3 Common Snipe, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, 10 Redshank, Skylark, 4 Meadow Pipit, 3 Grey Wagtail, 17 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 15 Cetti's Warbler [one watched collecting nesting material], 2 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, 3 Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, 3 Northern Wheatear, House Sparrow, 3 Reed Bunting (Des McKenzie) 2 Common Buzzard, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern (Jack Headley) Great Egret - saw briefly then it vanished into dense reeds, m Ring Ouzel flew across into incinerator scrub, 70 Shelduck, Willow Warbler, Peregrine (Michael Mac). Which reeds did the egret vanish into and at what time? The Largest area of reeds, not the fenced off area at 1625
Enfield area "private access": 3 Little Grebe, 2 Common Pochard pr, 2 Tufted Duck pr, Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel pr, 5 Red-legged Partridge, 8+ Stock Dove, 3 Green Woodpecker, 4 Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 8 Pied Wagtail, 6 Northern Wheatear 4m 2f, 4 Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush (Robert Callf)
Finchley "Garden N3": 2m Siskin (Samuel Levy)
Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: 2 singing Willow Warbler, 6 Sand Martin (Joe Beale)
Honeydale Farm DA14: male Common Redstart, Wheatear (Ian Stewart)
Jermyn Street, WC1: singing Black Redstart (Simon Bradley)
Ladywell Fields: Willow Warbler, 10 Blackcap, 2 Coal Tit, Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Mistle thrush, Stock Dove (Tom Moulton/Sue Gore)
Lamorbey Park, Sidcup : 2 Gadwall pr [FOY], Mute Swan, 5 Egyptian Goose incl one young, 16 Tufted Duck, 2 Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Goldcrest, Chiffchaff (Mike Amos)
Leytonstone: Red Kite, Swallow (James Heal)
London Wetland Centre: m Common Redstart, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Redshank, 2 Mediterranean Gull, Kingfisher, 4 Willow Warbler, 9 Blackcap, Little Egret (WWT website)
Priest Hill: 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, m Kestrel, Pheasant (Neil Batten)
Southfields "Garden SW18": m Blackcap singing in the back garden this morning (Martin Honey)
Staines Reservoir: m Scaup, 9 Shelduck, 9 Black-necked Grebe, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Lapwing, 5 White Wagtail (R Kaye)
Thamesmead: Black Swan, Willow Warbler, 5 Swallow & 50+ Sand Martin Southmere, 2 Common Tern on R Thames off Greenhaven Drive (Richard Bonser)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 Swallow, Willow Warbler, 22 Blackcap, 18 Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Linnet, 5 Rook, Mistle Thrush, Greenfinch, 2 Coot (John Colmans), Raven, 3 Wheatear, Common Whitethroat singing, 8 Mallard ducklings, 2 Red Kite, Red-legged Partridge (Tony Clancy) House Martin [FOY], 3 Swallow, 39 Stock Dove, 2 Coot, 2 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 28 Rook, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Willow Warbler, 23 Chiffchaff, 17 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 4 Treecreeper, 5 Mistle Thrush [pair with 3 fledged young], 5 Bullfinch, 2 Lesser Redpoll, Greenfinch (Samuel Levy) 14 Linnet, 3 Lapwing, Raven, 2m Wheatear, Skylark (Samuel Levy & Tom Stewart)
Trent Park: imm Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron inc leucistic bird, 3m Mandarin Duck, 3 Tufted Duck 2m f, Common Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2m Blackcap singing, 3 Chiffchaff, m Goldcrest singing, 2 Long-tailed Tit pr, Coal Tit singing, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 3 Jay, 13 Jackdaw, 2 m Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2cy Kittiwake still [no general access], 2 Common Tern, 2 Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Lapwing, m Common Redstart, Wheatear, 4 Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler, 2 Fieldfare (Walthamstow Birders)
Wanstead Flats: 3 Shoveler, 3 Gadwall, 4 Pochard, 3 Little Grebe, Stock Dove, 5 Common Gull, Red Kite, Sand Martin, Willow Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 11 Blackcap, m Wheatear, 3 Meadow Pipit, 3 Lesser Redpoll (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: 4 Shoveler, 5 Gadwall, 10 Teal, 7 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Black-headed Gull, 2 Little Egret, 7 Stock Dove, Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, Kingfisher, 6 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Cetti’s Warbler, 28 Blackcap, 3 Nuthatch (Wanstead Birders)
Yeading Brook Meadow & Ten Acre Wood: 2 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 6 Song Thrush, 2 Red Kites, 3 Buzzards, Kestrel, 3 Jay, Stock Dove, Moorhen (Andrew Peel/Toni Menezes/Shelagh Taylor)

Sunday 11th April 2021

Alexandra Park: Peregrine, Meadow Pipit, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Swallow, 3 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail (AP Birders)
Amwell GP: 2cy White-fronted Goose flew in with Canada & Greylag Geese at 1742 (Adam Wilson)
Blackbird Hill NW9: Red Kite S 1010 (Andrew Self)
Bow Creek: 2 Oystercatcher (John Archer)
Brent Reservoir: 58 Eurasian Teal in Northern Marsh, 20 Gadwall, 2 Swallows near dam, male Common Whitethroat, 14 Blackcap, 6 Common Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, Grey Wagtail at canoe club, Meadow Pipit & Linnet over old dump (Dominic Mitchell); plus 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper in East Marsh (Andrew Haynes)
Bushy Park: Treecreeper (Mike Foster)
CoL Cemetery: m Firecrest (Wanstead Birders)
Dulwich Park: 2 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Little Grebe (Dave Clark)
East India Dock Basin: 2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Shelduck, 8 Teal, Blackcap singing, Chiffchaff (John Archer)
Enfield area “Merryhills Brook”: m Mandarin over, Little Egret, Common Buzzard, Red Kite, m Kestrel, 6 Skylark, 12 Linnet (Reuben Braddock)
Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe, Little Egret, m Tufted Duck, 27 Stock Dove, m Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Skylark singing, 6 Pied Wagtail, m Northern Wheatear, 3 Fieldfare, Song Thrush, m Mistle Thrush singing, ad m Common Whitethroat singing in bramble [FOY], 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Long-tailed Tit pr, 30 Jackdaw, 2m Chaffinch, m Greenfinch, 3 Goldfinch, f/imm Lesser Redpoll (Robert Callf)
Golders Hill Park: 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel pr, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Stock Doves, Mistle Thrush, m Mandarin Duck (James Levy)
Hampstead Heath: Redwing at Viaduct; singing Mistle Thrush (James Levy)
Hilfield Park Reservoir: Willow Warbler, 2cy Kittiwake, f Goldeneye [view from Hogg Lane viewing platform] (Tony Blake)
Hollow Ponds: Black Swan (Richard, Rosie & Karen Bonser)
Keston Ponds: 2 Swallow; Common Buzzard; 2 Cormorant; 4 Mandarin Duck; Grey Wagtail (K Williams)
KGV Res: m Smew, m Scaup, 15 Goldeneye, Little Egret S, 2 Egyptian Geese, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 2 White Wagtail, 3 Grey Wagtail, 7 Meadow Pipit, Sedge Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 12 Linnet, 4 Greenfinch, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Reed Bunting. Plenty of Swallow, Sand Martin & a few House Martin at the N end (Sean Huggins)
Lamorbey Park, Sidcup : 2 Mute Swan [second bird showing interest in original bird], Cormorant, 3 Egyptian Goose, Grey Heron over, 10 Tufted Duck, Kestrel, Peregrine, 4 Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest singing, 2 Jackdaw pr (Mike Amos)
Leyton Flats/Eagle Pond: 4 Shoveler, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Stock Dove, Willow Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, Goldcrest, Nuthatch (James Heal)
London Wetland Centre: m Redstart, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Redshank, Common Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, 4 Willow Warbler (WWT website)
Old Malden: Little Egret on Hogsmill River (Bob Smith)
Petts Wood: 2 Common Buzzard, Willow Warbler, 5 Nuthatch, Treecreeper (Jack Headley)
Priest Hill: female Common Whitethroat in quiet subsong from brambles, Why not a first-summer male? R Callf, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2 Kestrel pr, 4 Common Buzzard incl one high E (Neil Batten)
Rainham Marshes RSPB / Aveley Bay: m Ring Ouzel mobile between foreshore and anthill meadow, 16 Avocet, Bearded Tit calling, 2 Marsh Harrier, Snipe, Curlew, pair Great Crested Grebe, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Pintail pr, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2/3 Ruff, Kestrel, Common Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon high over, Raven high s. towards river, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler (HarringayBirder) 26 Fieldfares [Rainham Marshes West] , Whimbrel, Yellow Wagtail, singing Common Whitethroat, Ringed Plover, Willow Warbler (Ian Bradshaw)
Staines Moor: Wheatear, Sedge Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Swallow, 4 Sand Martin, 4 Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 5+ Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap (Iain Darbyshire). f Common Redstart (C Lamsdell)
Stanmore Country Park: Willow Warbler [singing as Willow, but also giving Chiffchaff type song - a "mixed singer". TQ174979, in silver birches between posts 18 and 19] (Tony Blake)
Stanwell Moor: 4 Willow Warbler, 10+ Blackcap, 15+ Chiffchaff, 3 Cetti’s Warbler (Iain Darbyshire)
Stoneleigh KT17: 2 Herring Gulls pr appear to be making a nesting attempt on the flat roof of a house in Bradstock Road. They have been lingering in the area for around three weeks now (Neil Batten)
Ten Acre Wood area: 3 Pheasant heard, imm Grey Heron, 4+ Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 2 Common Snipe, c12 Stock Dove, 4 Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Wheatear pr, 11 Blackcap, 10 Chiffchaff, Rook, 4 Reed Bunting two pr, 4 Linnet (Neil Anderson)
Theobalds Park Farm: 2cy White-fronted Goose still present at 1909, so the Amwell bird is a different one (Adam Wilson)
Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: 12 Wheatear 9m 3f [Wheatear Corner], 2 Raven, 3 Willow Warbler, Red-legged Partridge, 2 Coot, 2 Lapwing, 4 Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 6 Common Buzzard, Little Owl, 28 Rook, 3 Coal Tit, 4 Skylark, 4 Swallow, 26 Chiffchaff, 33 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, 4 Nuthatch, 3 Mistle Thrush, 3 Redwing, 4 Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, 6 Bullfinch, 4 Greenfinch, 3 Linnet, 2 Lesser Redpoll (Samuel Levy)
Tooting Common: 2 Willow Warbler by lake, Buzzard (Erik Charleson)
Trent Park: c6 Lesser Redpoll (Reuben Braddock)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2cy Kittiwake still on West Warwick [no general access], 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Fieldfare, 3 singing Willow Warbler, 5 Goldeneye (Walthamstow Birders)
Wanstead Flats: 4 Shoveler, 3 Pochard, 5 Little Grebe, Stock Dove, 2 Common Gull, 4 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Little Owl, Peregrine, Kestrel, 3 Skylark, 4 Willow Warbler, 11 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, Song Thrush, 2 Meadow Pipit (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: 7 Willow Warbler, Cetti’s Warbler (Wanstead Birders)
Wimbledon Common: m Wheatear on the Plain (Jon Reeves)
Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Shelduck, 4 Teal, 5 Common Snipe, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting, 13 Egyptian Geese inc 9 juv. (Chris Farthing)
Woolwich Common: m Common Redstart, Meadow Pipit, 6 Linnet, 2 Greenfinch, 5 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Song Thrush (Tim Rymer)
Yeading Brook meadows: Pheasant heard, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, m Kestrel, 2 Stock Dove pr, Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail pr, 7 Blackcap (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 10th April 2021

Alexandra Park: Yellow-legged Gull 4 cy [FOY], 2 Swallow, Peregrine, Willow Warbler, 11 Blackcap, 8 Chiffchaff, Wheatear m, 2 White Wagtail, 10 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Gadwall 2m+ f, 2 Red-crested Pochard, Kestrel pr (AP Birders)
Bedfont Lakes Country Park [private nature reserve] : Hobby, Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 4 Willow Warbler, Blackcaps (Eleanor Page)
Brent Cross: Red Kite over Whitefield School 1530 (Robert Ulph)
Brent Reservoir: Caspian Gull 2cy, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 7 Willow Warbler, 11 Swallow, House Martin (Andrew Self)
Brookmill Park: Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
Cray Valley GC: 3 Common Buzzard, 3 Swallow, c30 Fieldfare S, Willow Warbler, Lesser Redpoll, 2 Bullfinch (Jack Headley)
Crossness: 2 Mediterranean Gull adults downriver, 3+ Common Tern, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Wheatear, 4 Black-tailed Godwit (John Archer)
Ealing "W13": Dunlin sound-recorded over last night (Bill Haines)
Enfield area "private access": Little Egret, Egyptian Goose over, f Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Buzzard, f Kestrel, 9 Red-legged Partridge, 24 Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, 6 Skylark, 7 Pied Wagtail, m Ring Ouzel briefly in blackthorn, 16 Fieldfare, 6 Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush inc pr, m Chaffinch, m Greenfinch (Robert Callf)
Ewell Village: Red Kite circling overhead 1325 (Neil Batten)
Grovelands Park: Red Kite (James Palmer)
Hampstead Heath: Wheatear cricket pitch pm, 4 Willow Warbler, 2 Meadow Pipit N, c35 Lesser Redpoll, 5 Siskin, Kingfisher (Hampstead Heath birders)
Harold Park Farm, Nazeing: c250 Fieldfare in top paddock at 1100 then flew S (Martin Shepherd)
Mayflower Park: Willow Warbler (Charlie Alpera per Bob Smith)
Mudchute Farm: 4 Willow Warblers, 4 Chiffchaffs, 2 Blackcap, Song Thrush (Sean Huggins)
Priest Hill: 3 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Kestrel (m&f) a.m. 2 Common Buzzard p.m. (Neil Batten)
Rainham Marshes: 2 Common Scoter, m Ring Ouzel, 2 Wheatear, Grey Plover, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Mediterranean Gull, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, Reed Warbler, 5 Sedge Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, Bearded Tit [heard only] (Sean Moore)
Ravenor Park, Greenford: Red Kite, singing Willow Warbler [2nd day present. My first here], singing Blackcap (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Richmond Park: Ring Ouzel m, 2 Wheatear pr (Jon Reeves)
Rotherhithe: 2 (both 2w) Yellow-legged Gull off Greenland Pier (Richard Bonser)
Southmere Lake: 2 Ring Ouzel in willows near the gate into Crossness Southern Marsh around 08:30 before flying east into tall trees along Yarnton Way (Gus Wilson)
Staines Moor: f Common Redstart (C Lamsdell)
Staines Reservoir: Common Tern (R Dunne)
Sydenham Hill Wood: 3 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush (Paul Collins)
Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: 5 Wheatear 3m 2f, Drake Mandarin Duck, 46 Stock Dove, Collared Dove, 2 Coot, 3 Lapwing, 2 Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, 2 Skylark, 28 Rook, 16 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, Goldcrest, Mistle Thrush, 4 Pied Wagtail, Bullfinch, 12 Linnet, 3 Greenfinch (Samuel Levy/ Tony Clancy)
Wanstead Flats: 5 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, Pochard, 6 Little Grebe, 2 Stock Dove, 5 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 2 Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, Rook, Coal Tit, 5 Skylark, Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, Willow Warbler, 13 Chiffchaff, 9 Blackcap, m Firecrest [heard singing from road outside CoL Cemetery and seen inside the Cemetery], Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, Ring Ouzel, 10 Meadow Pipit, 2 Linnet (Wanstead Birders)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2cy Kittiwake still on West Warwick (no general access), Common Redstart [FOY], 20+ Swallow, Common Tern, 2 Wheatear, 2 Common Whitethroat, Fieldfare, 2 Common Sandpiper, Red Kite, 5 Goldeneye (Walthamstow Birders)
Wanstead Park: 4 Shoveler, 7 Gadwall, 6 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Little Egret, Great Black-backed Gull, Coal Tit, 2 Willow Warbler, 21 Chiffchaff, Cetti’s Warbler, 15 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 3 Song Thrush, Grey Wagtail, Chaffinch, Lesser Redpoll (Wanstead Birders)
Woodberry Wetlands: male Common Redstart, broods of 7 & 12 Mallard, Snipe, Sparrowhawk, pair Peregrine over E, singing Willow Warbler (Garry James)
Wood Green: Red-legged Partridge opposite Police Station 1105 (Eduardo López Salas)
Worcester Park: male Wheatear (Charlie Alpera per Bob Smith)
Wraysbury: 1 Common Tern which flew off then 1 seen an hour later at Staines Res. (R Dunne)

Friday 9th April 2021

Alexandra Park: 2 Gadwall, Peregrine, Common Buzzard, 5 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Greenfinch, Mistle Thrush (AP Birders)
Brent Reservoir: Common Sandpiper, Willow Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 17 Blackcap, 18 Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, Sparrowhawk (John Colmans)
Brockwell Park: Water Rail heard [squealing pig noise] from the scrub side of top pond, Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff (Michael Mac)
Burgess Park: Willow Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Graeme Wright)
Bushy Park: 2 Northern Wheatear, 2 Swallows (John Strachan) Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, Kestrel, 4 Wheatear [1730 West side grass areas North from Woodland Gardens] (Ian R Watson)
Cockfosters/East Barnet "Belmont OS": Willow Warbler singing (Bob Husband per RM Callf)
City of London Cemetery: Firecrest singing (Wanstead Birders)
Crayford Marshes:Wheatear, 14 Skylark, 2 Swallows, 14 Cetti's Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 5 Blackcap, 2 Greenfinch,2 Reed Bunting, Corn Bunting, amongst 48 species seen (Ralph Todd).
Crossness: Red-legged Partridge, Little Egret, Common Buzzard, 2 Peregrine, 5 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, possible Sandwich Tern upriver 15.35, 2 Common Tern, c20 Sand Martin, Swallow W, 12 Meadow Pipit, Yellow Wagtail in West Paddock briefly 16.18, 8-9 Wheatear [4-5 on reserve & 4 on Southern Marsh], Common Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler singing, Reed Warbler singing, Willow Warbler (Jack Headley) 1-2 Common Redstart male (Gus Wilson, Robert Todd per John Archer) Green Sandpiper (John Archer)
Dagenham Chase: 2 Little Ringed Plover, Snipe, Lapwing, Shelduck, 15 Shoveler, 7 Gadwall, 5 Teal, 14 Mute Swan, 4 Pochard, 14 Tufted Duck, 6 Cetti's Warbler,6 Willow Warbler, 10 Blackcap, Yellow Wagtail (Steve Bacon)
Donkey Wood, Hounslow: Little Egret on River Crane {seen from bus} (Neil Anderson)
Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe, Little Egret, 3 Common Pochard 2m f, f Kestrel, 5 Red-legged Partridge, 7+ Stock Dove, Meadow Pipit, 2 White Wagtail, 7 Pied Wagtail, 11+ Northern Wheatear [min 8m 3f], 16 Fieldfare, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, 47 Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 2 Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Linnet (Robert Callf/Bob Husband/Pete Lowman)
Ham: Common Sandpiper downstream of lock (Mike Foster)
Hampstead Heath: Willow Warbler by Highgate No1 Pond, m Wheatear nr Stone of Free Speech [Parliament Hill fields] (S Tusa)
Holyfield Lake: f Ring-necked Duck (Adam Wilson)
Hounslow Heath: 0845 m Common Redstart, m Whinchat, 2 m Wheatear [all on Eastern side if Conservation Area] (Andy Roberts) 2 m Wheatear still present at 1630 (Andy Roberts)
Lamorbey Park, Sidcup : Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 10 Tufted Duck, Peregrine, Kestrel , Sparrowhawk, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Jay, Coal Tit, Goldcrest singing, 3 Chiffchaff singing, 3 Blackcap singing 1 seen, 2 Jackdaw pr (Mike Amos)
Little Britain Lake: Mandarin male, Herring Gull, Great Crested Grebe pr., 5 Grey Lag Geese, nesting Mute Swan, Red Kite, Buzzard, Terrapin, active Heronry. (Roger Dewey)
Little Britain area - Trout Lane: 1 Willow Warbler singing, Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps. (Roger Dewey)
London Wetland Centre: White Stork circling for at least 5 mins before flying towards either Hammersmith or Fulham (Shailesh Patel)
Kensington Gardens: 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap inc pr nesting (Sebastien Mercier)
Mayflower Park: Willow Warbler (Chris Northwood per Bob Smith)
Peckham Rye Park: little owl [still] (Fernley Symons)
Plumstead Common(Slade Pond): Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Jay (George Kalli)
Rainham Marshes: 15 Avocet, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Curlew, Whimbrel, 5 Dunlin, Ruff, 5 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Water Rail, 7 Wheatear, Reed Warbler, 7 Sedge Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat (Andrew Self, John & Janet Cadera) 66 Shelduck, 101 Shoveler, 29 Gadwall, 39 Wigeon, 4 Pintail, 91 Teal, 18 Pochard, 29 Tufted Duck, 8 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 62 Coot, 18 Avocet, 4 Oystercatcher, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Curlew, Ruff, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Dunlin, 13 Common Snipe, 2 ad Mediterranean Gull, 3 Common Gull, 6 Marsh Harrier, 2 Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 5 Common Buzzard, Peregrine, 43 Skylark, 5 Bearded Tit, Sedge Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, 43 Sand Martin, 18 Swallow, 8 Willow Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 47 Cetti's Warbler, 20 Blackcap, 6 Common Whitethroat, m Ring Ouzel, f Stonechat, 5 Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, 4 Greenfinch (Samuel Levy et al)
Richmond Park: 10 Northern Wheatear (Dave Peers) 4 Common Redstart 3m f, 5 Buzzard (RP Friday Bird Group)
Roehampton Playing Fields SW15: White Wagtail then flew S 0835 (R Kaye)
Scadbury Park: Common Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Chiffchaff (Jon Mills)
Staines Res:11 Shelduck, 9 Wigeon, 4 Goldeneye, 8 Black-necked Grebe, 20 Great Crested Grebe, 1st S Little Gull, 3 ad Mediterranean Gull, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Red Kite, m White Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Linnet (Neil Anderson)
Theobalds Park Farm: 2cy White-fronted Goose still here and on the adjacent New River (Adam Wilson)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2cy Kittiwake for third day on West Warwick (no general access), Short-eared Owl high east, Common Whitethroat, 3 Wheatear, 3 singing Willow Warbler, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper (Walthamstow Birders). 345 Black-headed Gull, 124 Cormorant, 103 Canada Goose, 136 Coot, 22 Egyptian Goose, 6 Gadwall 1m 5f, 28 Great Crested Grebe, 81 Greylag Goose, 23 Grey Heron, 110 Herring Gull, 81 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Greater Black-Backed Gull, 7 Little Egret, 5 Little Grebe, 64 Mallard, 25 Moorhen, 16 Mute Swan, 65 Pochard 36m 29f, 12 Shelduck, 3 Shoveler, 3 Teal, 5 Goldeneye 3f 2m, 302 Tufted Duck (London Wildlife Trust)
Wanstead Flats: m Redstart, 3 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, 6 Little Grebe, Little Owl, 2 Skylark, 3 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 2 Willow Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 3 Wheatear, 41 Meadow Pipit (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: Teal, 2 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 12 Chiffchaff, 13 Blackcap (Wanstead Birders)
West Norwood Cemetery: Common Whitethroat, 4 singing Willow Warbler [FOY], 2 Blackcap, 2 Peregrine, Goldcrest, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Stock Dove, Nuthatch (Paul Collins) Kestrel hovering, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, m Blackcap only warbler seen poss female Ring Ouzel flushed from among grave stones into evergreen tree and not seen again (Michael Mac) Hi Michael, curious what made you think ouzel rather than female blackbird or something else? I have fingers crossed for a redstart or spotted flycatcher; the woodier areas seem a good migrant trap (P Collins). Because it had grey/frosty speckled pattern on wings. Where did you see the warblers? (M Mac) Ok interesting to know, thanks! Willow Warblers in St-Mary-At-Hill path in the wooded area above the new burials, and Whitethroat in that area near the Doultons Path. (Paul)
Worcester Park: 4 Linnet (Chris Northwood per Bob Smith)

Thursday 8th April 2021

Alexandra Park: 4 Egyptian Goose one pr w/ 6 goslings, 2 Pochard, 2 Swallow, 6 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Black Redstart, 2 Peregrine, 2 Grey Wagtail (AP Birders); Great Crested Grebe (J Laddie)
Balham: Osprey over NW at 1445; Swallow over at 1530 (Nick Rutter);
Bushy Park: 3 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Shelduck, 3 Skylark, Swallow (Ian R Watson)
Crossness: Peregrine, Kestrel, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Redshank, 3 Little-ringed Plover, 3 Lapwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Swallow, Sand Martin, 3 Blackcap, Reed Warbler, 7 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting (Conrad Ellam) Gadwall, Northern Shoveler (Norbert Jakab)
Lamorbey Park , Sidcup: Cormorant, Little Egret, Mute Swan, 3 Egyptain Goose, 9 Tufted Duck, f Kestrel, Swallow [East end of lake 13.45] , Blackcap singing, Chiffchaff singing, 2 Jackdaw (Mike Amos)
Northolt & Greenford CP: 2 Mute Swan pr, 4 Gadwall two pr, 2 Shoveler pr, 2 Little Grebe pr, Grey Heron, Red Kite [& a pr just outside park], 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Mistle Thrush, m Reed Bunting, 6 Greenfinch {Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell} (Neil Anderson) Dunnock, 3 Red Kite [1 over A40 near Smiths Farm, 2 low over Northala] (Barry Wilson)
Enfield area "private access": 3 Common Pochard 2m f, 2 Tufted Duck pr, Red Kite, 3+ Common Buzzard, f Kestrel, 2 Red-legged Partridge pr, ad Common Gull flew W 1254, 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Skylark, 2 Barn Swallow, Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 2f Pied Wagtail, m Ring Ouzel [FOY] w/ flock of 16 Fieldfare, 2 Raven pr, 3 Linnet {Peacock} (Robert Callf/Eugene Dillon-Hooper/Bob Husband/Pete Lowman/Sue Widdowfield)
Finchley "Garden N3": m Siskin on feeder for first time in roughly 10 days (Samuel Levy)
Gillespie Park, Highbury: Willow Warbler still (Ian Bradshaw) Chiffchaff, 2 Mistle Thrush (Michael Mac)
Hampstead Heath "Sanctuary Pond": Kingfisher, Tawny Owlet left nest prematurely and in bush...watched over by adult in daylight with corvids hanging about (Michael Mac)
Hilfield Park Reservoir: 2cy Kittiwake [view only from Hogg Lane viewpoint. Present until 1830 at least] (Tony Blake)
Oakwood "Lakeside, EN2": 8 Moorhen pr w/ six chicks [FL] - early brood (Robert Callf)
Perivale Wood: Chiffchaff, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron over, Jackdaw, Nuthatch singing, 2 Red Kite circling together high over the wood, Treecreeper singing {Orange-tip} (Barry Wilson)
Pinner, HA5: Red Kite (Nigel Barratt)
St Paul's Cray: Red Kite drifting SW 17.33, 2 Swallow (Jack Headley)
Trent Park: imm Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, Common Buzzard, 4m Mandarin Duck, Grey Wagtail, 6m Blackcap singing, 4 Chiffchaff, Long-tailed Tit, 2 Coal Tit carrying nesting material [B], 3 Nuthatch, Treecreeper (Robert Callf), Siskin Williams Wd (Eugene Dillon-Hooper per RM Callf)
Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: Teal, Red-legged Partridge, Collared Dove, 2 Coot, 3 Lapwing, Grey Heron, 3 Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 6 Common Buzzard, 2 Little Owl, Kestrel, 28 Rook, Skylark, 24 Chiffchaff, 18 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Mistle Thrush, 3 Wheatear [2m f - Wheatear Corner], 2 Pied Wagtail, 14 Meadow Pipit, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 8 Linnet (Samuel Levy)
Upper College Farm Bexley : Kestrel, 7+ Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, Greenfinvch, 4 Skylark,( Bernie Weight)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 3 Kittiwake [adult & 2CY still and another adult briefly on Lockwood before going north], Red-legged Partridge, Yellow Wagtail, 2 singing Willow Warbler, Wheatear, House Martin, Water Rail, Snipe, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2 Fieldfare, 5 Goldeneye (Walthamstow Birders)
Wanstead Flats: 4 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, 5 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 25 Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, Rook, 4 Skylark, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 11 Meadow Pipit, 3 Linnet (Wanstead Birders)
Worcester Park: Common Buzzard, Peregrine (Bob Smith)

Wednesday 7th April 2021

Alexandra Park: Willow Warbler, 2 Gadwall pr, Peregrine, 2 Kestrel pr, 3 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 5 Swallow (AP Birders)
Bayhurst Wood: 2 Song Thrush, Redwing, Barn Owl mobbed continuously by Corvids leaving the wood at dawn but still successful in catching, Common Buzzard, 3 Skylark, 5 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Swallow, 4 Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting, Nuthatch (Dan Pinkham)
Crossness: Common Buzzard, 2 Peregrine, 4 Oystercatcher, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Lapwing, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Curlew, 2 Common Tern downriver 1339, 5 Sand Martin, 4 Meadow Pipit (Jack Headley)
Crystal Palace Park: Firecrest [behind museum] (Nigel G Harris)
Enfield area "private access": 2 Mandarin Duck pr, 3 Common Pochard 2m f, 2 Tufted Duck pr, f Kestrel, Red-legged Partridge, 121 Stock Dove feeding flock [record count for site], 2 Green Woodpecker, 7 Skylark, 42 Meadow Pipit, 2 White Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, Song Thrush, 51 Jackdaw, 2 Raven pr, 2 Goldfinch pr, 16 Linnet (Robert Callf/Eugene Dillon-Hooper)
Gillespie Park, Highbury: singing Willow Warbler (Ian Bradshaw)
Home Park: 2 Shelduck, Kestrel, c30 Sand Martin over the Long Water, 2 singing Skylark, singing Meadow Pipit (Nick Tanner)
Kensington Gardens: 2 Redwing, Common Sandpiper heard at Long Water 0810 (DesMcKenzie)
Leyton: Red Kite low over high road (JW Davies)
Sewardstone Marsh: m Pintail on relief channel jetty, Common Whitethroat (Martin Shepherd)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 4 Wheatear [upper corn field], 3 Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Little Owl, 14 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 3 Bullfinch, 4 Rook, 2 Coot(John Colmans)
Tufnell Park N19: 2 Common Buzzards N/NE over 0930 & 1120 (Francis Tusa)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Kittiwake, singing Reed Warbler (FOY), Red-legged Partridge, 10 Swallow, 2 Fieldfare (Walthamstow Birders)
West Dulwich Station: Firecrest singing in pine-tree by platform 2 (Paul Collins)

Tuesday 6th April 2021

Alexandra Park: Willow Warbler [FOY], 2 Siskin, 2 Egyptian Goose pr w/ 7 gosling, 2 Peregrine, 10 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk, 3 Gadwall 2m f, 5 Swallow (APOG Birders), 2 Nuthatch, 2 Kestrel (Eduardo López Salas)
Barnes Common: Willow Warbler, m Blackcap [both FOYs], Chiffchaff (Tim Vine)
Beddington Farm: 2 Little ringed Plover, 4 Yellow Wagtail [1900], Green Sandpiper [all seen after workers spooked all the gulls away in Wet Grassland], 4 Swallow, 4 Rook "Park" (Michael Mac)
Brookmill Park: Sparrowhawk, Stock Dove, Song Thrush, 3 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
Cray Valley GC: 5 Swallow along W side of vicinity (Jack Headley)
Crossness NR : 4 Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 2 Kestrel, 2 Blackcap, Skylark, 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Lapwing,12 Shoveler, 5 Pochard, 8 Tufted Duck, 3 Shelduck, 4 Teal, 8 Gadwall, 13 Cetti`s Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting, 3 Grey Heron. Thames and foreshore, outgoing tide, 3 Curlew, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 14 Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, Shoveler, c80 Gadwall, c100 Teal, 14 Shelduck, Common Sandpiper (Bernie Weight)
Dagenham Chase: Yellow Wagtail, Willow Warbler, 10 Blackcap, 15 Chiffchaff, 4 Swallow, 12 Sand Martin, 2 Buzzard, Kestrel, Red Kite, Lapwing, 14 Shoveler, 10 Teal, 8 Gadwall, 2 Snipe (Steve Bacon) also 3 Peregrine over Black Poplar Wood (Vince Halley-Frame)
Dartford Marshes: 2 Mediterranean Gulls, 3 Curlew, Grey Plover, Green Sandpiper, 5 Swallow, 2 House Martin (Phil Thompson)
Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe, 3 Common Pochard 2m f, imm Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, Red-legged Partridge, 42+ Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, f White Wagtail w/ 8 Pied Wagtail, 17 Fieldfare, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, Mistle Thrush singing, 2 Long-tailed Tit carrying feathers [B], 2 Raven pr, 2 Goldfinch (Robert Callf/Eugene Dillon-Hooper)
Hampstead Heath: 10 Lesser Redpoll still, 3 Swallow, 3 Willow Warbler, Meadow Pipit (Jamie Cedar) Tawny Owl [1200] (MH4BirdsMBS)
Gillespie Park, Highbury: Lesser Redpoll (Ian Bradshaw)
Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: 2 Shoveler pr, m Red-crested Pochard, Black-headed Gull, 17 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 73 Herring Gull, Cetti's Warbler, Blackcaps & Chiffchaffs [no counts] (Des McKenzie)
Lee Valley, Cornmill Meadows: Redshank, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Lapwing, 3 Snipe (Mike Oakland/Julie Paice)
Leytonstone: Little Egret, Swallow (James Heal)
Oakwood "Lakeside, EN2": 2 Grey Wagtail pr, 2 Chiffchaff, Nuthatch singing, m Chaffinch singing (Robert Callf)
Oxleas Wood: 7 Jackdaw, 4 Nuthatch, Kestrel, Common Buzzard, 4 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Stock Dove, 7 Goldfinch, Coal Tit (Ron Turner)
Seventy Acres Lake: 35+ Swallow, 15+ Sand Martin, 2+ House Martin, singing Willow Warbler (Simon Papps)
Staines Reservoir: 34 Kittiwake over, then SW mid pm, 3 Kittiwake still on S basin till 1540 when flew off SW, later returned till1640 at least, (Dom Pia per FJM) 6 Shelduck, 9 Goldeneye, 6 Black-necked Grebe, Red Kite worming on KGV1 bank, 6 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank, 12 Sand Martin, Swallow, 50 Pied Wagtail, 2 White Wagtail, 3 Yellow Wagtail (R Kaye)
Trent Park: 6 Mandarin Duck 4m 2f, 2 Green Woodpecker pr, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3m Blackcap singing, 5 Chiffchaff, Coal Tit singing, Nuthatch singing, 2 Treecreeper, Raven mobbed by Carrion Crows over Williams Wd, 19 Jackdaw North Lawn, 2m Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Marshes: rear paddocks: 2 Reed Bunting, 3 Greenfinch, 5 Linnet, Common Buzzard, 3 Sand Martin, Blackcap, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Mistle Thrush, Collared Dove (JW Davies)
Walthamstow Wetlands: White-fronted Goose, Red-legged Partridge, singing Willow Warbler, 5 Goldeneye, 2 Fieldfare, 5 Swallows through, Common Sandpiper, Common Snipe (Walthamstow Birders)
Wanstead Flats: Shoveler, 3 Gadwall, Pochard, 6 Little Grebe, Stock Dove, 4 Buzzard [one dark morph], 2 Little Owl, 3 Skylark, 2 Willow Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, Song Thrush, Meadow Pipit, Linnet (Wanstead Birders)
Westfield Centre W12: Black Redstart singing from roof and seen well at ground level (Oliver Flory). Singing intermittently from behind hoarding near underground line 1045-1049 (Des McKenzie) Which underground station, please Des: do you mean Wood Lane or another? (Andrew Peel) [I imagine Wood Lane, as that is closest to where I saw it this morning and there is a large area of hoarding SE side of the tracks - OF] Wood Lane (Des McKenzie)
Watermeads NR: Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, Gadwall, Little Grebe, Goldcrest (Dave Peers)
Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Swallow N 1000, 2 singing Cetti's Warbler, 3 Great Crested Grebe (Helen Bantock)
Woodford Green: Sparrowhawk preening on garden fence (Steve Howey)

Monday 5th April 2021

Alexandra Park: 2 Egyptian Goose pr w/ 7 goslings AP breeding record, 6 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, Peregrine, 4 Swallow, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail (APOG Birders)
Barnes Wetland Centre: 40 Sand Martin seen over site from Thames Path (Michael Mac)
Berrylands garden: 2 Little Egret NW at 1940 (Nick Tanner)
Brent Reservoir: Willow Warbler, Nuthatch, 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Greylag Goose, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Snipe , 2 Egyptian Goose (Shailesh Patel)
Brockley, Barriedale Allotments: singing Chiffchaff, Greenfinch [unusual here], Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Keith Chambers)
Cely Woods: f Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Skylark, Linnet, Kestrel, 2 Common Buzzard (Reuben Braddock)
Crossness: White Wagtail, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Curlew, 5 Swallow W (John Archer)
Dagenham Chase: 5 Swallow, 20 Sand Martin, Little Ringed Plover, Shelduck, 2 Fieldfare ( Steve Bacon)
Deodar Road "Putney": House Martin [FOY] (Michael Mac)
Ealing "W13": Common Sandpiper sound recorded over garden at 0157 (Bill Haines)
Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe, 2 Common Pochard pr, Red Kite, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 5 Pied Wagtail, 11 Fieldfare {Small Tortoiseshell} (Robert Callf/Bob Husband)
Greenford to Hanwell Viaduct "Brent corridor": 3m Mandarin Duck [all on Brent, none seen in collection], 3 Grey Heron, Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 5 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker incl mating pr, 7 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Mistle Thrush (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Hampstead Heath: 4 Swallow [feeding low over model boating pond and perching in trees], Linnet over, 2 Redwing still, Willow Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 4 Treecreeper, 6 Nuthatch, 3 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, 6 Mandarin Duck (Reuben Braddock)
KGV Res: m Smew, House Martin, 16 Swallow, 25 Sand Martin, Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 22 Goldeneye, Raven (Sean Huggins), m White Wagtail , 30+ Swallow, 2 Common Tern (Tony Clancy)
Lamorbey Park , Sidcup: Little Egret, Mute Swan,2 Egyptian Goose, 6 Tufted Duck , f Kestrel [on deck of school field then flew low across field personal FOY] ,3 Stock Dove , 2 Mistle Thrush, Jay, 2 Chiffchaff (Mike Amos)
Morden Cemetery: Common Buzzard (Charlie Alpero, Chris Northwood per Bob Smith)
Oxleas Wood: Stock Dove, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Blackcap, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Ron Turner)
Perivale Wood: Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Nuthatch singing (Barry Wilson)
Pratt's Bottom: 2 Common Buzzard (K Williams)
Ravenor Park, Greenford: 2 Red Kite, Green Woodpecker, Swallow low N (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Rotherhithe: 2nd-winter Yellow-legged Gull on Thames off Greenland Pier (Richard Bonser)
Staines Moor: Kingfisher [flying North across moor], 3 Red Kite, 4 Linnet, Green Woodpecker, 2 Blackcap (Josh P) also Sedge Warbler heard, NW corner, 2 Redshank, 3 Litte Egret, 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Stock Dove early morning (Tim Rymer)
Staines Reservoir: m Scaup, 6 Black-necked Grebe, 4 Goldeneye, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Red Kite, Swallow, Water Pipit (Andrew Self) 4 Yellow Wagtail, House Martin (R Dunne) also at least 5-6 Sand Martin and 2 Shelduck early morning (Tim Rymer)
Stanwell Moor: Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, 6+ Blackcap, 15+ Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, 2 Little Egret (Iain Darbyshire)
St Paul's Cray "area": 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Kingfisher, 8 Swallow, Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff (Jack Headley)
Thames at Cremorne Gardens "Chelsea": 2cy Yellow-legged Gull on river among Herring Gulls (Des McKenzie)
Thamesmead: Black Swan, House Martin, 2 Swallow & 30 Sand Martin on Southmere, 2nd-winter Yellow-legged Gull Greenhaven Drive (Richard Bonser)
Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: 2 Teal, Red-legged Partridge, 3 Coot, 2 Lapwing, 2 Common Buzzard, Tawny Owl, 28 Rook, Coal Tit, Skylark, Swallow [Long Pond], 23 Chiffchaff, 19 Blackcap, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 3 Mistle Thrush, 5 Redwing, 4 House Sparrow, 5 Pied Wagtail, 9 Meadow Pipit, Bullfinch, 4 Greenfinch, Linnet, Siskin (Samuel Levy)
Walthamstow Wetlands: House Martin [FOY], 2 Common Tern [FOY], 2 Wheatear, 5 Swallow, 150 Sand Martin, Red-legged Partridge, 5 Goldeneye, Whitethroat (FOY) (Walthamstow Birders)
Wanstead Flats: 2cy Caspian Gull, Yellowhammer (Tony Brown), 5 Shoveler, 7 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Common Gull, 2 Buzzard, 2 Little Owl, 5 Swallow, House Martin [FOY], Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 6 Redwing, Meadow Pipit, Linnet (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: 2 Swallow (Sean Tullah)
Woolwich: 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull King Henry's Wharf (Richard Bonser)
Worcester Park: Linnet (Bob Smith)

Sunday 4th April 2021

Alexandra Park: 2 Pochard, 2 Greylag Goose, 10 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, Linnet, Peregrine (APOG Birders)
Amwell H&MWT Reserve: Great White Egret, Heron, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Gadwall, GC Grebe, Kestrel, Sand Martin, Sedge Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, Treecreeper (Nigel May)
Barham Park (HA0): 2 Nuthatch, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 2 Stock Dove, Red Kite (Shailesh Patel)
Brent Reservoir: Water Rail, 2 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 2 ad Great Black-backed Gull pr, 11 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch (Andrew Self)
Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Stock Dove, 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
Burgess Park: m Common Redstart, Greenfinch (Tom Rogers) is it still near the Enclosed football pitch in the Brambles, Sycamores and ivy? (MM) Yes.
Crossness: Common Tern downriver at 11.55, possible Iceland Gull high W at 1125, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Water Rail, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, Marsh Harrier (John Archer) Little Egret, 2 Common Buzzard, Peregrine, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Curlew, 4 Sand Martin, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Grey Wagtail, 11 Blackcap, Reed Warbler singing at Southern Marsh, 14 Chiffchaff (Jack Headley)
Dagenham Chase: Sedge Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Siskin, 15 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 6 Linnet, fem Pochard, f Wigeon (Steve Bacon), also 6 White Storks, ( confirmed from Knepp reintroduction scheme ), 2 Skylark, Kestrel, Willow Warbler, Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, Common Snipe, 2 Bullfinch pr, Reed Bunting, 3 Rook, Sand Martin, 2 Swallow Little Grebe, Little Ringed Plover (Vince Halley-Frame & Sam Porter)
Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe pr, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 6 Mallard pr w/ four small yng, 2 Common Pochard pr, 3 Tufted Duck 2m f, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, f Kestrel, 6 Red-legged Partridge, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Skylark inc three singing males, Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush singing, f Chaffinch, Goldfinch {Small White, Small Tortoiseshell, 8 Peacock} (Robert Callf)
Fairlop Waters: Cetti's Warbler, 3 Snipe, 2 Redwing, Reed Bunting, Willow Warbler, Little Owl, Barnacle Goose, Chiffchaff, Blackcap (Neil Twyford)
Home Park: Yellow Wagtail [S end of Long Water on W side] (T Harrop)
Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: adult-type Great Black-backed Gull over, Cetti's Warbler, 16 Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler (Des McKenzie)
King George’s Fields: 2 Red Kite, 2 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel (L Porto)
Mill Hill Old Railway NR: 5 Blackcap singing, 2 Chiffchaff singing, Green Woodpecker (Andrew Haynes)
Northolt & Greenford CP: 2 Mute Swan pr, 2 Shoveler pr, 2 Cormorant, 4 Red Kite, 25 Herring Gull on thermal, 4 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 5 Greenfinch {2 Orange Underwing agg, 4 Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Peacock, Comma, 2m Brimstone, 8 Small White} (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Rowley Farm, Iver Heath: 5 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Greylag Goose, 6 Egyptian Goose + 3 young, 2 Mandarin Duck w/ 2 young, 3 Lapwing, 2 Brambling pr, Treecreeper, Grey Wagtail, Goldcrest , 2 Stock Dove (Nigel Barratt)
Petersham Meadows: Swallow (Hugh Bradshaw)
Priest Hill: 2 Redwing S 0850, 3 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2 Grey Heron (Neil Batten)
Putney Heath: 2 Sparrowhawk pr displaying, 1m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 singing Chiffchaff, 2 singing Blackcap {1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Light Orange Underwing} (Martin Honey)
Rainham Marshes RSPB: 7 Common Scoters - river Thames , 4 adult Mediterranean Gulls high over landfill, 2 Wheatears, male Ruff - Wennington Marsh, singing Sedge Warbler (Ian Bradshaw) 2 Egyptian Geese, 70 Shelduck, 170 Shoveler, 62 Gadwall, 65 Wigeon, 10 Pintail, 121 Teal, 17 Pochard, 35 Tufted Duck, 6 Common Scoter, 7 Little Grebe, 4 Great Crested Grebe, Water Rail, 79 Coot, 15 Avocet, 6 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 2 Ruff, 20 Common Snipe, 2 ad Mediterranean Gull, Common Gull, 5 Grey Heron, Great White Egret, 10 Little Egret, 6 Marsh Harrier, 6 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Peregrine, 4 Jackdaw, 4 Rook, Raven, 39 Skylark, 2 Bearded Tit, 11 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, Sand Martin, Willow Warbler, 14 Chiffchaff, 44 Cetti's Warbler, 17 Blackcap, 3 Common Whitethroat, m Common Redstart, Yellow Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, 12 Meadow Pipit, Greenfinch, m Corn Bunting (Samuel Levy et al)
Staines Moor: m Ring Ouzel at 1905 - hedge in North-west corner by the motorway, Short-eared Owl hunting from 1800 for 25mins, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite (Michael Mac)
Staines Res: 7 Shelduck, 10 Goldeneye, Red-legged Partridge causeway, 5 Red Kite, 6 Black-necked Grebe, ad winter Little Gull, 50 Sand Martin, Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear (R Kaye)
Ten Acre Wood area: 2 Teal pr, 5 Pheasant [inc one seen], 2 Little Egret, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Red Kite, Kestrel, 2 Little Owl pr, 4 Common Snipe, Lapwing over, 7 Stock Dove, 5 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Skylark, 5 Meadow Pipit, Swallow [FOY], 7 singing Blackcap, 10 Chiffchaff, Mistle Thrush, 2 Reed Bunting pr, 3 Linnet, 3 Greenfinch {Peacock} (Neil Anderson)
Thamesmead: Black Swan, 26 Pochard Southmere (Richard Bonser)
Totteridge: 3 Mute Swan on Long Pond (Allan Stewart)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Swallow [FOY I think], 24 Chiffchaff,13 Blackcap, Little Owl, Buzzard, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 3 Linnet, 12 Rook, 2 House Sparrow, Mistle Thrush,2 Coot (John Colmans) Barn Owl [Finchley Nursaries c2050], Mandarin Duck, 2 Teal, Lapwing, Coot, Red Kite, Little Owl, 28 Rook, Skylark, 2 Treecreeper, Redwing, 14 Linnet, 3 Pied Wagtail (Samuel Levy et al)
Trent Park: Stock Dove singing, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush singing, 5m Blackcap singing, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Nuthatch inc pr, Treecreeper, m Chaffinch {m Brimstone, 3 Peacock} (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 5 Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper, 2 Sedge Warbler. Swallow, Buzzard (Walthamstow Birders)
Wanstead Flats: Red-legged Partridge (Marco Johnson), 4 Shoveler, 3 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Sparrowhawk, 6 Buzzard, Kestrel, Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, Song Thrush, 4 Meadow Pipit (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: 4 Teal (Tim Harris)
Warren Farm area: Blackcap singing, 2+ Chiffchaff singing, Goldfinch, Mute Swan, 2 Skylark singing, Song Thrush, Wren singing (Barry Wilson)
Wood Green: Red-legged Partridge wandering around Park Avenue opposite Heartlands School the flushed 0755 (Markus Pericic per Bob Watts)
Yeading Brook meadows: Pheasant heard, 2 Red Kite, Kestrel, Green Sandpiper, Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 9 Blackcap, Greenfinch (Neil Anderson)
Betts Park, Croydon Rd, London SE20 7YZ I have spotted a Chough

Saturday 3rd April 2021

Alexandra Park: 2 Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, Greylag Goose, 3 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Swallow (APOG Birders)
Crossness: Sedge Warbler singing, Swallow, 12 Sand Martin, 7 Blackcap singing, Common Sandpiper, 2 Curlew, 3 Oystercatcher, 18 Redshank, 4 Buzzard, 3 Jackdaw (John Archer)
Dagenham Chase NR: House Martin, 2 Sand Martin, 5 Swallow, m Common Whitethroat, Meadow Pipit, Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, Lapwing, Red Kite, Buzzard, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, f Pochard, f Wigeon, Little Grebe, 2 Common Gull, 4 Linnet (Vince Halley-Frame)
Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe, m Egyptian Goose, 2 Mandarin Duck pr, f Common Pochard, 4+ Common Buzzard, f Kestrel, 4 Red-legged Partridge, 10 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 7 Skylark, 22+ Meadow Pipit, 6 Pied Wagtail, 16 Fieldfare, 3 Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush singing, m Blackcap singing, 22 Starling, 4 Linnet (Robert Callf)
Fulham Reach "Thames": 25+ Sand Martin, 5 Moorhen inc one incubating, 3 Teal (Nathalie Mahieu/John Boorman)
Harold Park Farm, Nazeing: c320 Meadow Pipit mid morning quite high and west across horse paddocks (Martin Shepherd)
Orsett Fen: Red-legged Partridge, 12 Mediterranean Gull, Little Egret, Common Buzzard, 12 Skylark, 12 Sand Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 16 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 7 Yellowhammer (Andrew Self)
St Paul's Cray "area": Kestrel, Kingfisher, 2 Swallow FOY, Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler singing, c4 Chiffchaff (Jack Headley)
Southgate Circus "ASDA": {Nut-tree Tussock - new for site?} (Robert Callf)
Staines Moor: Ring Ouzel, Swallow, Cetti’s Warbler, Red Kite (Phil Davies)
Staines Res: 2 Black-necked Grebe, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 4 Linnet (Tim Rymer)
Swanscombe Marsh: 38 Teal, 9 Chiffchaff, m Reed Bunting, 20 Shelduck, 2 Egyptian Goose, 5 Stock Dove, 27 Greylag Goose, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 67 Mallard, 4 Sholveler, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Gadwall, 7 Linnet, 2 Oystercatcher, 5 Turnstone, 7 Redshank, Raven, 4 Skylark, 2 Canada Goose, 3 Buzzard (Roger Keith)
Theobalds Park Farm: 2cy White-fronted Goose still (Adam Wilson)
Totteridge: 3 Mute Swan on Long Pond 1030 (Allan Stewart)
Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: 3 Mandarin Duck, 2 Coot, 2 Lapwing, Grey Heron, 2 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 28 Rook, Coal Tit, 2 Skylark, 29 Chiffchaff, 23 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, f Firecrest [oakfields], 3 Nuthatch, 2 Mistle Thrush, 7 Redwing, 5 Pied Wagtail, 21 Meadow Pipit, 3 Linnet, Greenfinch (Samuel Levy)
Trent Park: 2 imm Grey Heron, Egyptian Goose, 6 Mandarin Duck 5m f, m Tufted Duck, Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2m Mistle Thrush singing, 2m Blackcap singing, 3 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Nuthatch, Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Little Ringed Plover, Sedge Warbler, Red-legged Partridge, 5 Goldeneye (Walthamstow Birders)
Wandsworth 2 Common Shoveler, 2 Mistle Thrush, Willow Warbler (Neil Stocks)
Wanstead Flats: m Ring Ouzel [again], 2 Willow Warbler, 4 Shoveler, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Sparrowhawk, Little Owl, 3 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Song Thrush, Meadow Pipit, Linnet (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: 2 Teal, Grey Wagtail (Wanstead Birders)

Friday 2nd April 2021

Alexandra Park: 2 Peregrine, 7 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Gadwall 2 m f, 2 Greylag Goose, Swallow (APOG Birders)
Amwell GP: 136 Sand Martin roosted, 3 Swallow, Great White Egret, Sedge Warbler, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatcher (Adam Wilson)
Burgess Park: m Common Redstart still present in same area as yesterday, Cetti’s Warbler (Steven Robinson) [redstart still present at 1200 (JP), 1400, 1921 (Oliver Flory and Cat Campbell, w/ thanks to Graham for help locating it!)]
Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe pr, Little Egret, Red Kite, m Kestrel, 3 Red-legged Partridge, m Barn Swallow [FOY], 5 Skylark, 40+ Meadow Pipit, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1+ Fieldfare, 4 Mistle Thrush inc pr, f Blackcap, Treecreeper, 2 Raven pr, 30+ Starling (Robert Callf/Stephen Witherford)
Lamorbey Park , Sidcup: Mute Swan [my first here for a few years], 2-4 Egyptian Goose, 5 Tufted Duck, Sparrowhawk, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, 4 Chiffchaff singing, 3 Goldcrest, 4 Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Jackdaw (Mike Amos)
Lee Valley, Cornmill Meadows: Redshank, Little Ringed Plover, 7 Snipe, 5 Lapwing (Mike Oakland)
Lee Valley, Hall Marsh: Cattle Egret, 3 Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, 5 Snipe, Barn Swallow. The water level on the 4 lagoons has been lowered exposing a lot of mud. Pair of Kingfishers on nearby flood relief channel. (Mike Oakland)
Lower Morden: 3 Redpoll (Chris Northwood per Bob Smith)
Northolt & Greenford CP: 2 Mute Swan pr, 2 Egyptian Geese pr, Little Grebe, Cormorant over, c4 Red Kite inc two together, 3 Stock Dove over, Green Woodpecker, 3 Pied Wagtail, singing Chiffchaff, 3 Greenfinch {Smooth Newts, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock, 3 Small White} (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Poulter Park: Little Owl heard and then seen (Michael Mac)
Priest Hill: 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Common Buzzard W, Pied Wagtail (Neil Batten)
Rainham Marshes: Brent Goose, Garganey, 15 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Sedge Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 3 Marsh Harrier, Great Egret etc (Jamie and Dan Cedar)
Richmond Park: 3 Red Kite, f Wheatear (Friday Bird Group), Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 20 Sand Martin (Neil Stocks)
Sewardstone Marsh: 7 Gadwall 6 f, 2 Teal, Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, flyover Lapwing, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, c50 Sand Martin, 2 Tree Pipit, c10 Blackcap, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush, 6 Linnet, c12 Greenfinch (Harry Harrison). House Martin and 15 Swallow early morning (Martin Shepherd)
Staines Moor: 1 Sedge Warbler (heard), 12+ Chiffchaff, 3+ Blackcap, 1 Cetti's Warbler (heard). (Simon Cumming)
Staines reservoir: Little Gull, 4 Black necked Grebe, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Teal, 4 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, Red Kite, Buzzard, 12 Linnet, Meadow Pipit (Andrew Peel/Toni Menezes/Shelagh Taylor). 5 Goldeneye (3 female, 2 male) (Simon Cumming)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Lapwing, 2 Skylark, 5 Meadow Pipit,10 Redwing, 16 Chiffchaff, 9 Blackcap, 3 Rook, Bullfinch, Little Owl, 3 Mute Swan [Long Pond - rare here], drake Mandarin,2 Coot (John Colmans) Canada * Greylag [Long Pond - presumably the Greenhill Gardens Bird], 4 Teal, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Coot, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 28 Rook, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Skylark, 28 Chiffchaff, 21 Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 3 Starling, Mistle Thrush, Redwing, 4 Pied Wagtail, 27 Meadow Pipit, Greenfinch, 8 Linnet, 2 Siskin {Weasel} (Samuel Levy)
Trent Park: Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 9 Tufted Duck 6m 3f, Kestrel, 4 Stock Dove inc singing m, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3m Blackcap singing, 4 Chiffchaff singing, 3 Long-tailed Tit inc pr, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper pr nest building (Robert Callf), 2 Raven pr in cedar North Lawn (Pete Lowman per RM Callf)
Wandsworth Common 1 Willow Warbler singing (Neil Stocks)
Watermeadows Open Space: Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Sparrowhawk, 2 Grey Wagtail, m Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Jack Headley)
Walthamstow Marshes: Yellow Wagtail, Reed Bunting (J-P Elmes)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Sedge Warbler, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Swallow, 40 Sand Martin, 5 Goldeneye, 13 Shelduck, 3 Buzzard, Common Sandpiper (Walthamstow birders)
Wanstead Flats: m Ring Ouzel [FOY], 5 Shoveler, Gadwall, 3 Little Grebe, 5 Stock Dove, 2 Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, 2 Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, Little Owl, Kestrel, 3 Skylark, Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush, Meadow Pipit, Linnet (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: 2 Teal, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 9 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap (Nick Croft)
Wimbledon Common: Swallow, 3 Buzzard (Matt Evans)
Woodberry Wetlands: Sedge Warbler, 2 Shelduck (Chris Farthing)
Woolwich Common: Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 4 Blackcap 3m f, 10 Chiffchaff, 4 Linnet, 5 Greenfinch, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay (Tim Rymer)
Yeading Brook Meadows: Firecrest only briefly and then flew on, Willow Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, Snipe, 2 Teal, Little Egret, 2 Kestrel pr (Nigel Dodd)

Thursday 1st April 2021

Alexandra Park: 3 Meadow Pipit, 7 Redwing, 2 Swallow [FOY], 15 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, Egyptian Goose, Peregrine pr, Common Buzzard (APOG Birders) Swallow N 1740 (Mark Wardman)
Biggin Hill: Red Kite (K.Williams)
Burgess Park: m Common Redstart bramble area behind astro pitch, very mobile. 2 Blackcap singing, Chiffchaff singing, Greenfinch [Josh P] Thanks- Redstart flew up into Sycamores briefly at 1710, seen again same place at 1840 after I came back from supermarket, also fledged Robin as well (Michael Mac)
Camberwell Old Cemetery SE22: f Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 4+ Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush chasing a Magpie (Paul Francis)
Cray Valley GC: 3 Pheasant, Red Kite, 7-8 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 4 Green Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 2 Sand Martin, Fieldfare, c6 Blackcap, c16 Chiffchaff, 4 Linnet, Lesser Redpoll, 2 Bullfinch (Jack Headley)
Crystal Palace Park: 2 Willow Warbler by lower lakes (Nigel G Harris)
Dagenham Chase LNR: 66sp recorded. m Common Whitethroat, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 7 Linnet, pr Bullfinch, 3 Meadow Pipit, 3 Swallow, 7 Sand Martin, 2 Rook, 4 Buzzard, 1 Red Kite, 3 Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrel, 35 Shoveler, 8 Gadwall, 6 Teal, f Wigeon, f Pochard, 20 Tufted Duck, 4 Snipe, 2 Lapwing, Kingfisher, 5 Common Gull, 2 Little Egret (Vince Halley-Frame)
Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe, 6 Common Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 8+ Fieldfare, 3 Song Thrush inc two singing, Redwing, Mistle Thrush singing, 4 Long-tailed Tit two prs lining nests w/ feathers, 2 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Hampstead Heath: Red Kite over Pryor's field at 0950, and again over Kenwood at 1310 (Callum Farrell-Morris) Swallow [FOY] over, Kingfisher, Greenfinches, Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps all singing (Leo Reich)
King George V Reservoir: 2 Sandwich Tern N, Little Ringed Plover N Basin, Yellow Wagtail (per Neville Smith - thanks for correction) 12+ Swallow, 20+ Sand Martin, 2 Goldeneye at least, the usual m Scaup (Quentin Given)
Lamorbey Park: 5 Tufted Duck, 3 Egyptian Goose, 2 singing Chiffchaff , Coal Tit, Goldcrest in brief visit (Mike Amos)
Leyton "Dagenham Brook": Cetti's Warbler (James Blake)
London Wetland Centre: Sedge Warbler singing (WWT website)
Morden Cemetery: 4 Redwing (Chris Northwood per Bob Smith)
Richmond Park: Wheatear f (Lawn Field), Treecreeper, Great Spotted Woodpecker pair. Little Owl (Tim Vine)
River Pool Linear Park: 7-10 Chiffchaff, 7-10 Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Great spotted Woodpecker, Stock Dove, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail (Paul Moss per Fernley Symons)
Staines Moor: Chifchaff, Blackcap, Linnet, Meadow Pipit, Lapwing, Skylark, Red Kite, Little Egret (Norbert Jakab)
Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: 4 Teal, 2 Coot, Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk, 3 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Little Owl, 28 Rook, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Skylark, 29 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, Mistle Thrush, 7 Pied Wagtail, 14 Meadow Pipit, Bullfinch, 9 Linnet, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 7 Siskin (Samuel Levy)
Trent Park: 2 Cormorant, Grey Heron, 2 Mandarin Duck pr, 7 Tufted Duck 3m 4f, Red Kite, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4m Blackcap singing, 4 Chiffchaff singing, 4 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Raven pr flew W calling from cedar North Lawn nr mansion, 14 Jackdaw North Lawn, 2f Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Short-eared Owl through north, Oystercatcher, 2 Swallow, 5 Goldeneye still, 2 Buzzard (Walthamstow Birders), 2 Yellow Wagtail (Graham White), f Common Scoter through north (D Holden)
Wanstead Flats: 5 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, Pochard, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 2 Little Owl, Kestrel, 6 Swallow, 7 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 18 Meadow Pipit, Linnet (Wanstead Birders)
Watermeadows Open Space: Egyptian Goose, Great Crested Grebe, Common Buzzard, c6 Stock Dove, Kingfisher, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blackcap singing, 2 Chiffchaff (Jack Headley)
West Norwood Cemetery: Common Buzzard, Peregrine, Swallow, Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch (Michael Mac/Keith Irving)

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 *Morden Cemetery: Red Kite SE (Bob Smith)
 *Swanscombe Marshes: Peregrine, Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, Raven, Cetti`s Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, Skylark, Linnet, Lapwing, Cuckoo, Mediterranean Gull (Paul Dixey/Frank Connor/Colm O`Flynn/Dave Clark)
-*Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 House Martin, Swallow, 2 Lapwing, 3 Common Buzzard, Little Owl, Skylark, 9 Common Whitethroat, 16 Chiffchaff, 37 Blackcap, 2 Mistle Thrush, 9 Rook, 2 Coot (John Colmans)
+*Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 House Martin, Swallow, 2 Lapwing, 3 Common Buzzard, Little Owl, Skylark, 9 Common Whitethroat, 16 Chiffchaff, 37 Blackcap, 2 Mistle Thrush, 9 Rook, 2 Coot (John Colmans) 4 Tufted Duck (Foy- Long Pond), Drake Mandarin Duck, 42 Stock Dove, 2 Coot, 3 Lapwing, 2 Black-headed Gull, 3 Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard, Little Owl, Tawny Owl, Kestrel, 28 Rook, Coal Tit, 2 Skylark, 9 Barn Swallow, House Martin, 3 Willow Warbler, 24 Chiffchaff, 26 Blackcap, 8 Common Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 22 Starling, 5 Mistle Thrush, 4m Wheatear (3 Wheatear Corner, 1 on Burtonhole Farm building), 2 House Sparrow, 3 Pied Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit, 3 Bullfinch, Linnet, Lesser Redpoll, Siskin (Samuel Levy)
 *Tufnell Park N19: Ring Ouzel over W about1000 (Francis Tusa)
 *Walthamstow Wetlands: m Wigeon, 3 Yellow Wagtail. 8 Wheatear (Walthamstow Birders)