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Monday 26th July 2021

  • Burgess Park: Common Tern 0900 (Graeme Wright)
  • Alexandra Park: Oystercatcher Wood Green Res & roof of Thames Water facility late am/early pm (Greg Smith per Bob Watts)
  • Chelsea: adult-summer [moulting to winter] Mediterranean Gull photographed on Thames foreshore at Cremorne Gardens 1410 (Des McKenzie)
  • Chislehurst Common: eclipse m Wood Duck (Jack Headley)
  • Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe pr incubating [ON], 3 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 2 juv Kestrel, Hobby, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 17 Mistle Thrush flock, 4 Common Whitethroat, 7 Greenfinch {2 Comma, 2 Peacock, 3 Marbled White} (Robert Callf)
  • Hampstead Heath “Sphagnum Bog”: Garden Warbler (Jamie Cedar/Reuben Braddock)
  • Mayflower Park: Red Kite drifting W (Bob Smith)
  • Putney Heath north of A3: {White Admiral ab. obliterae by Frying Pan} (R Kaye)
  • Trent Park: 22 Mandarin Duck lower lake, m Tufted Duck, juv Common Buzzard Shaws Wd, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, 5 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Nuthatch {6 Comma, 7 Peacock} (Robert Callf)
  • Worcester Park: Hobby hunting Swifts over garden (Bob Smith)

Sunday 25th July 2021

  • Barham Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Swift (Barry Wilson)
  • Hampstead Heath: Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, 3+ Lesser Whitethroat [2 singing], 4 Whitethroat inc 2 juv, 2 Little Grebe ad & yng, 7 Greylag Goose briefly on Hampstead no1 pond [uncommon here] (Reuben Braddock); Common Sandpiper (Jamie Cedar per RB)
  • Ponders End Lake: 8 Little Egret, 3 Oystercatcher (James Palmer)
  • South Norwood Country Park: 2 Oystercatcher flew low around lake at 0540 (Croydon Birders)
  • Staines Moor: Green Sandpiper, 4 Little Egret, Red Kite, 8+ Sedge Warbler (Iain Darbyshire)
  • Ten Acre Wood area: 3-4 Red Kite, Sparrowhawk carrying tiny prey [didn't look like a bird], 16 Stock Dove, c35 Swift, 3 Skylark, 2 Common Whitethroat, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Rook, m Reed Bunting, 9 Linnet incl family of 7, 4 Greenfinch {Blood-vein, c20 Cinnabar larvae} (Neil Anderson)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: Cuckoo, Dunlin, 5 Common Sandpipers (Walthamstow birders)
  • Yeading Brook meadows: Pheasant heard, 3 Red Kite, 2 Common Gull [1st returning birds. Last seen in March], 10+ Swift (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 24th July 2021

  • Brent Reservoir: 2 Lapwing, Hobby, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper, 6 Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, 2 Sand Martin (Andrew Self/Steve Blake)
  • Casewick Road "West Norwood": Swift went into nest - 2 more nests at St Julian's Farm Road - took 30mins of patience to pinpoint these, male Sparrowhawk hunting along street - then again 90mins latter in another street nearby (Michael Mac)
  • East Barnet "Oak Hill Park" - Pitch and Putt : 2-3 Little Owl (Dave Jordan)
  • Nonsuch Park: Little Owl, Buzzard, Grey Wagtail, Sparrowhawk (Charlotte Harrison)
  • Queen Mary Reservoir: Black-tailed Godwit, 18 Common Tern late am. (Franko J Maroevic)
  • South Lodge Farm: 2 Red-legged Partridge, 10 Barn Swallow, 20 Pied Wagtail, 8 Linnet (Robert Callf)
  • Tufnell Park “N7”: Peregrine at 1505 scrapping with Herring Gulls and taking a halfhearted dive at a Swift (Reuben Braddock)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Sandwich Tern N over Lockwood res at 0815 (Lol Bodini)
  • West Norwood Cemetery: 3 Sparrowhawk inc two juvs, 3 Jay, Chiffchaff, 5 Swift, male Sparrowhawk seen hunting in local streets to feed these young (Michael Mac/Keith Irving)

Friday 23rd July 2021

  • Barbican EC2: Peregrine calling and flying around top of Cromwell Tower (Tom Stewart)
  • Bentley Priory NR "HA7": 3 Grey Wagtail, Red Kite, Chiffchaff, Nuthatch (Shailesh Patel)
  • Brent Reservoir: 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Lapwing, 3 Little Egret, 3 Common Tern, 2 Egyptian Goose, Swift, sev House Martin, Nuthatch, 58 Mute Swan {10 sp butterfly incl Painted Lady} (John Colmans); 7 Egyptian Goose, 3 Little Grebe incl juv, 10 Great Crested Grebe incl juv, c250 Black-headed Gull, 4 Common Tern, 8 Cormorant, 5 Grey Heron, m Common Pochard, Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, 6 House Martin (Barry Wilson)
  • Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe incubating [ON], Common Buzzard, 4 Kestrel ad & 3 juvs, Hobby, 5 Skylark inc one carrying food, 2 Barn Swallow, 5 Common Whitethroat, juv Chiffchaff, 15 Greenfinch inc at least ten juvs, 4 juv Goldfinch, ad Linnet {4 Red Admiral, 3 Comma, 2 Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Small Skipper} (Robert Callf)
  • Greenwich: 2 Sparrowhawk m & f (Ray Crouch)
  • Oxleas Wood: Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Green Woodpecker, 2 Hobby (Ron Turner)
  • Rainham Marshes: 10 Little Egret, 4 Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, 2 Avocet, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker [Rainham West], 2 Yellow Wagtail (Andrew Self, John & Janet Cadera)
  • South Lodge Farm: 12 Barn Swallow (Robert Callf/Eugene Dillon-Hooper)
  • Southgate "ASDA": {White Satin Moth - new for the site} (Robert Callf)
  • Tufnell Park “N7”: Hobby over mobbed by Swifts at 0930 (Reuben Braddock)
  • Tower of London: juv Peregrine flying over site, calling at 0730 [Possibly same as Barbican bird] (Dan Fletcher) I saw that bird at about 0715 before it flew off, so seems likely! (TS)
  • Warren Farm, Hanwell: 2 Common Buzzard pr, Red Kite, 3 Green Woodpecker, 3 Skylark seen [undoubtedly more hidden in meadow], Common Whitethroat, 7 Linnet incl juv being fed by f {2 Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Peacock, 2 Small Heath, m Emperor} (Neil Anderson)

Thursday 22nd July 2021

  • Clapham Common: 12 Mistle Thrush feeding in long grass/gravel where they hold fairground events (Michael Mac)
  • Clapham Old Town "Orlando Road": Swift count very low only 5, A resident came out and said many houses no longer have nests due to trend of roof repairs and House Sparrows were absent for 10 years and have recently come back (Michael Mac)
  • Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe pr incubating [ON], ad Common Buzzard, 4 Kestrel ad m & 3 juvs, 7 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch 3 ad 3 juv {Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Comma, Painted Lady, Peacock, 3 Ringlet, 3 Marbled White} (Robert Callf)
  • Gutteridge Wood: Greenfinch, Goldfinch, 3 Chiffchaff one carrying food (Barry Wilson)
  • Leatherhead, Randalls Way: Common Buzzard, 2 Swift, Black-headed Gull (Neil Batten)
  • Mayflower Park: Common Buzzard (Danny Ramsay per Bob Smith)
  • Southgate " ASDA": {Great Oak Beauty - new for site} (Robert Callf)
  • Ten Acre Wood: 3 Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Barry Wilson)
  • Trent Park: 3 Egyptian Goose pr w/ one juv, 12 Mandarin Duck, ad Black-headed Gull {m Silver-washed Fritillary nectaring on thistles edge of Moat Wd, 2 Peacock, Comma} (Robert Callf)
  • Wenlock Basin N1: 50+ Lesser Black-backed Gull around rooftop colony, Greenfinch (Tom Stewart)

Wednesday 21st July 2021

  • Burgess Park: Mistle Thrush (first in 54 visits!) [Graeme Wright]
  • Catford: Swift flew into a nest box, 15 and still feeding young at Vancouver Road area, 100 Starling, Sparrowhawk, 3 Collared Dove (Michael Mac)
  • Chelsfield Village: House Martin (Jack Headley)
  • Clissold Park N16: 3 new Tufted Duck broods of 4, 2 and 1 (Garry James)
  • Crossness: f Black Redstart on roof of stables (Steve Carter per John Archer)
  • Dagenham Chase NR: 2 Black-tailed Godwit on the Slack before 0800, then spooked by a Lapwing, and no further sign (Nath Kidley per VHF)
  • Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe, juv Kestrel, 5 Stock Dove, 5 Green Woodpecker 2 ad & 3 juv, juv Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush singing, 2 Common Whitethroat, f/imm Blackcap, Chiffchaff, juv Chaffinch, 7 Greenfinch ad m & 6 juvs, 6 Goldfinch inc juvs {2 Painted Lady, 6 Marbled White} (Robert Callf)
  • Jermyn Street, SW1: Sparrowhawk just above buildings, pursued by a Herring Gull, at 1830 (Malcolm Hibberd)
  • Putney Heath: {Silver-washed Fritillary North of A3 by Frying Pan, 3 Marbled White. 20 species} (R Kaye)
  • Stoneleigh Station KT17: Singing Blackcap (Neil Batten)
  • Thames Barrier: ad Mediterranean Gull, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Linnet (Ian Ellis)
  • Tottenham Court Road WC1: Peregrine by Centre Point at 2000 (Malcolm Hibberd)
  • Totteridge Valley: Kestrel, 4 Swift, 14 House Martin, 8 Swallow, 5 Common Whitethroat, 10 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 15 Black-headed Gull [first of autumn], 4 House Sparrow, 3 Mistle Thrush {12 sp butterfly inc Small Heath, Marbled White & Ringlet} (John Colmans)
  • Trent Park: c200 Black-headed & Herring Gulls circling high up, with Swifts as well, late afternoon. It must be flying ant season (Robert Ulph)
  • Wanstead Flats: Black-necked Grebe still present (James Palmer)

Tuesday 20th July 2021

  • M25 Northbound - Junction 1a: Little Egret (Karl Williams)
  • Brent Reservoir: 2 Little Egret, Lapwing, 3 Common Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern, 4 Great Crested Grebe, c300 Black-headed Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 6 Cormorant, Grey Wagtail, 3+ Reed Warbler singing (Barry Wilson)
  • Chafford Hundred "Daniel Close": 19 House Martin and 2 Swift hawking, Little Egret over SW (Tony Stones)
  • Hackney Marshes: 2 juv Sparrowhawk in Wick wood, Common Tern, Grey Heron, Cetti's Warbler, Jay at east marsh bridge (JW Davies)
  • Horton Country Park: 40 Stock Dove on cut meadow (Bob Smith)
  • Mayfair: No Black Redstarts for the past three weeks; they appear to have dispersed. No evidence of breeding this year, for me, unlike last year in the northern sector of Mayfair when a fledged juvenile was seen being fed. Others may have a different story (Matt Bradbury) There was a singing male in Jermyn Street on 2 July, late afternoon (Simon Bradley). Good to hear, Simon. Thanks (MB).
  • Mundania Road "Peckham": 2 active Swift nests, probably 1 or 2 more, but a resident asked me what I was doing and when I told her she looked puzzled, then told me someone threw an ashtray contents into her garden?(Michael Mac)
  • Ruislip Lido/Woods: 5 Great Crested Grebe incl pr w/ 2 small juv, Little Egret, Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Tern pr, c10 House Martin, Treecreeper w/ 2 Nuthatch [one carrying unripe Hazel fruit] {2 White Admiral, 2 Silver-washed Fritillary, 3 Purple Hairstreak, Migrant Hawker, 5 Brown Hawker, 6 Emperor Dragonfly, 11 Black-tailed Skimmer} (Neil Anderson)
  • Trent Park: 3 Grey Heron ad & 2 juvs, 10 Mandarin Duck, m Tufted Duck, juv Great Spotted Woodpecker {f Purple Emperor settling in sallow} (Robert Callf)
  • Wandle Meadow Nature Park "Colliers Wood": Peregrine {3 Marbled White, Migrant Hawker, Emperor Dragonfly, Brown Hawker, Southern Hawker} (Keith Bates)

Monday 19th July 2021

  • Greenford "UB6 garden": Hobby over low 0900, Red Kite, c30 Swift [some breeding in neighbouring houses], Blackcap calling (Neil Anderson)
  • Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe incubating [ON], 4 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 4 Kestrel ad f & 3 juvs, f Pheasant w/ four chicks [FL], 3 Swift, juv Yellow Wagtail [NFY], 3 juv Greenfinch, juv Goldfinch, 5 Linnet (Robert Callf)
  • Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 17 Swift, 2 Pied Wagtail (Neil Batten)
  • Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 3 Stock Dove, Nuthatch, 2 Swift, 2 Hobby, (Ron Turner)
  • Richmond Park: Raven flew over Pond Slade heading NNE 1240 (Franko J Maroevic)
  • Rotherhithe: 2 juv Yellow-legged Gull by Greenland Pier, 2 Egyptian Goose, 3 juv Herring Gull (Richard Bonser)
  • St Mary Cray: Little Owl (Jack Headley)
  • Thames Barrier: Sandwich Tern flew downriver at 1915 (Ian Ellis)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: Redshank, 2 Lapwing, 8 Common Sandpiper (Walthamstow birders)
  • Wanstead Flats: Black-necked Grebe, 4 Little Grebe, Common Gull, 120+ Black-headed Gull (mostly through), 10 Tufted Duck, f Pochard, 30+ Swift, 6 House Martin, 8 Chiffchaff, 16 Whitethroat, 4 m Blackcap, 10+ Greenfinch, Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrel, 3 Stock Dove, 3 Skylark [Purple Emperor in the SSSI, the first site record] (Nick Croft)
  • West Norwood Cemetery: Sparrowhawk carrying prey into Cemetery, 2019 Peregrines successfully fledged 4 juveniles on the church, but for last 2 years though they tried have failed to produce anything and apparently there is no human access to the area they nest, as the church have let it fall into disrepair and it was sealed off permanently many years ago, there is no way to install a nest tray. Which is necessary for the success of the majority of urban Peregrine's (Michael Mac)

Sunday 18th July 2021

  • Brent Reservoir: 3 Little Egret, 4 Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, 5 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper (Andrew Self)
  • Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher, Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
  • Dalston Junction: Peregrine Falcon tracking Swifts over Dalston 1130 (Sue Barry)
  • Denham: 8 Rook feeding on busy roundabout on the way to Iver Heath (Nigel Barratt)
  • Hampstead Heath: 2+ Siskin over S 0603, 4 Lesser Whitethroat 2 ad 2 juv, 2 Common Whitethroat, 7 Reed Warbler, Kingfisher, 2 Little Grebe ad & yng, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 22 Tufted Duck inc broods of 5 & 2 yng (Reuben Braddock)
  • Harbut Road "Clapham Junction": 2 Swift pr flying up and down repeatedly landing outside various holes on low houses, but not going in, went on for 10mins, House Sparrow nest (Michael Mac)
  • Ickenham Marsh: 2 juv Grey Heron, 4 Red Kite & 2 Buzzard in the same thermal, Pheasant (Nigel Dodd)
  • Lonsdale Road Reservoir: 4 prs Common Tern, one chick seen where had been two, I think one lost in storm, Little Egret, 3 Blackcap still singing (David Jeffreys)
  • Rowley farm, Iver Heath: 4 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Grey Heron, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail, Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, 2 Treecreeper, {Muntjac} (Nigel Barratt)
  • Queen’s Wood "N6/N10": 2 Siskin, low W 0830 (Matt Evans)
  • Ten Acre Wood area: Pheasant heard, Grey Heron, c5 Red Kite [pr perched], 3 vocal Common Buzzard low in thermal with 2 Red Kite, ad Hobby catching insects low in grassland, f Kestrel, c15 Stock Dove, 6 Green Woodpecker, c20 Swift, 4 Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, family 10 Swallow with min 6 juv, Sedge Warbler, singing Reed Warbler at Typha pool (FOY), Nuthatch calling, 4 House Sparrow [rare here], 2m Reed Bunting, 8+ Linnet, 3 Greenfinch {16 butterfly spp} (Neil Anderson)
  • Wanstead Flats: m Whinchat, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, Skylark, 60+ Black-headed Gull, 10+ Swift, 2 House Martin, Hobby, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Little Owl, 3 Little Grebe inc juv, Black-necked Grebe, 2 Tufted Duck, f Pochard, 3 Stock Dove (Nick Croft)
  • Wanstead Park: 2m Reed Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Whitethroat, 100+ Black-headed Gull, 50+ Swift, 3 House Martin, Hobby, Sparrowhawk, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Song Thrush (Nick Croft)
  • Westbourne Park, Trelick House: 2 Peregrine (Francis O'Sullivan)
  • Woodford Green: Tawny Owl calling noisily early hours {m Purple Emperor extremely well lit by the sun over at 1710} [my second sighting within the week at home, must be on the increase] (Ken Murray)
  • Yeading Brook Meadows: Grey Heron, Red Kite, 18 Swift, Reed Bunting, 6 Greenfinch (Nigel Dodd)

Saturday 17th July 2021

  • Brent Reservoir: 2 Lapwing, 3 Common Sandpiper, Little Egret with orange and black tibia rings, 5 Common Tern, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Cetti’s Warbler (Andrew Haynes)
  • Hilfield Park Reservoir: juv Little Ringed Plover, Shelduck (Tony Blake)
  • Perivale Park: Grey Heron, distant Red Kite, f Kestrel, Stock Dove, 40+ Swift, 3 Common Whitethroat {10 Odonata spp incl 12 Emperor, Four-spotted Chaser, 60+ Common Darter, 3 Red-eyed Damselfly, 14 butterfly spp incl 10 Marbled White, Brown Argus, 3 Small Copper} (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
  • Pinner, HA5: Common Buzzard harassed by crows , 3 Goldfinch ( Nigel Barratt)
  • Hampstead Heath: {White Admiral Priors Field 5th Heath record} (Keir Chauhan & Liz Andrew per Bob Watts)
  • Trent Park: juv Common Buzzard [some distance from nesting tree] [FL] (Robert Callf/Bob Husband)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: 94 Pochard, 83 Mallard, 69 Mute Swan, 373 Coot, 153 Herring Gull, 55 Great Crested Grebe, 23 Common Tern, 23 Egyptian Geese, 186 Black Headed Gull ( London Wildlife Trust) summer-plumaged Black-necked Grebe north end of Lockwood among Tufted Duck flock, Lapwing, 6 Common Sandpiper (Walthamstow birders)
  • Wandle Meadow Nature Park "Colliers Wood": singing Common Whitethroat {Migrant Hawker, 8 Ringlet, 5 Small/Essex Skipper} (Keith Bates); no records here for yesterday at 12.30 pm Saturday so I added the below header (KB)
  • Woodberry Wetlands: 3 Swallow through N, Common Tern, Teal, Shoveler, 2 Whitethroat, 4 Reed Bunting (Chris Farthing)
  • Worcester Park: Hobby high over garden (Bob Smith)

Friday 16th July 2021

  • {See above, KB} what does this mean?; Having not looked at this Wiki for a couple of days, when I was adding my Wandle Meadow Nature Park records above at 12.30 pm on Saturday 17th July 2121, I noticed that there was nothing at all on this Wiki since the Thursday 15th July 2021 header. So, in addition to my records, I added the Friday 16th July 2021 header and have since noticed that others have kindly added some Friday records. (KB)
  • Bookham Common: 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Swallow, m Bullfinch {2f Beautiful Demoiselle, 19 butterfly spp incl 15 Silver-washed Fritillary, Painted Lady, 4 White Admiral, c70 Ringlet, 5 Purple Hairstreak} (Neil Anderson)
  • Hogsmill NR: Red Kite over at 1300, 2 newly fledged Chiffchaff with adult {11 butterfly species including Painted Lady, Marbled White and Ringlet} (Nick Tanner)
  • Pinner, HA5: Sparrowhawk circling, 4 Swift (Nigel Barratt)
  • Putney Heath: (Purple Emperor Meadow on North side of A3 so present on both sides of A3 this year also 2 Marbled White, 2 Painted Lady) (R Kaye)
  • Swanscombe Marsh: 3 Blackcap 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Little Egret, 2 Moorhen with 3 young, 28 Greylag Goose plus young, c10 House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff one food carrying, 7 Whitethroat, 18 Mallard plus young, 2 Lapwing, 2 Reed Bunting m, 4 Reed Warbler h, Sedge Warbler, Skylark, 14 Swift, 4 Common Sandpiper, Whimbrel, Curlew, 9 Cormorant, Common Gull adult, 3 Oystercatcher inc juv, Grey Heron, Mediterranean Gull over, c20 Linnet, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Ringed Plover {Wall, Ringlet, Peacock, Gatekeeper and many Skippers} (Roger Keith)
  • Rotherhithe: ad sum Mediterranean Gull high over Greenland Pier 1640 (Richard Bonser)
  • Tottenham Cemetery: juv Green Woodpecker [finally], Sparrowhawk circling then headed SE. 1030 (AD Hudson)
  • Totteridge Valley: Cormorant [Long Pond], Lapwing [cow field], 2 Common Buzzard, Red Kite, 3 Swift, 15 House Martin, 3 Swallow, 9 Common Whitethroat, 13 Blackcap including juvs, 11 Chiffchaff,3 House Sparrow, Greenfinch (John Colmans)
  • Trent Park: 2 Common Buzzard ad passed prey to well-grown yng on nest {Forester - first for the site, m Silver-washed Fritillary} (Robert Callf)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Redshank, 4 Common Sandpiper (Walthamstow birders)

Thursday 15th July 2021

  • Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Stock Dove, 3 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
  • Devonshire Road SE23: 8 Swift this afternoon, twice the usual number (Paul Francis)
  • Gutteridge Wood: 3+ Red Kite, 8 Swift, Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff (Barry Wilson)
  • Mundania Road SE22: 30+ Swift low over the houses this evening (Paul Francis)
  • Pinner, HA5: Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 5 Goldfinch (Nigel Barratt)
  • Richmond Park: 2 Black-tailed Godwit on Upper Pen Pond bank this morning (Isaiah Rowe)
  • Southgate Circus "Crown Ln N14": 4 Swift, Pied Wagtail carrying food [FF], 5+ Goldfinch inc juv (Robert Callf)
  • Sudbury "HA0": Swallow flew over the garden (Shailesh Patel)
  • Staines Reservoir: Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper (Thomas Gibson)
  • Teddington: bedraggled juv Sparrowhawk on window ledge of cemetery chapel, chased there by several Magpie and still there an hour later (Mike Foster)
  • Ten Acre Wood: Little Egret over, Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff (Barry Wilson)
  • Trent Park: 3 Egyptian Goose pr w/ one juv, 9 Mandarin Duck 5 eclipse m f & 3 yng, f Tufted Duck, well-grown Common Buzzard in nest [NY], Kingfisher, 2 juv Robin, Treecreeper {m Banded Demoiselle - NFY, Purple Hairstreak - NFY} (Robert Callf), 3 Common Buzzard juvenile was calling/begging from tree canopy away from the nest and 2 other Buzzards were calling nearby and flying over the wood (Bob Husband/Sue Widdowfield)

Wednesday 14th July 2021

  • Brent Reservoir: 2 Lapwing, Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret incl one with orange red ring, 6 Common Tern, 70 Black-headed Gull, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler singing (Barry Wilson)
  • Clissold Park N16: new Tufted Duck broods pr w/ 7 yng, f w/ one yng (Garry James)
  • Crossness: 2 Yellow-legged Gull ad & nr-ad, 20 Lapwing (John Archer)
  • Enfield area "private access": Peregrine mobbed by Kestrel flew over to Brooke Wd 1619 (Robert Callf)
  • Greenwich Park: Peregrine, 20 Swift (Ray Crouch)
  • Myatt's Field Park: 3 Peregrine over - 2 juv chasing adult (Michael Mac)
  • South Lodge Farm: 10 Barn Swallow mostly juv perched on fencing (Robert Callf)
  • Trent Park Equestrian Centre: 2 Kestrel m f, 7 Barn Swallow 2 ad & 5 recently fledged young [FL] (Robert Callf)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: Red Kite N at 0905, Lapwing, 4 Common Sandpiper (Walthamstow birders)
  • Wanstead Flats: 109 Egyptian Goose, f Garganey flying east (Nick Croft), Gadwall, Pochard, 16 Tufted Duck, 9 Little Grebe, Black-necked Grebe [still], Stock Dove, 30+ Swift, 3 Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Little Owl, Skylark, 5 juvenile Swallow, 9 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Common Whitethroat (Wanstead Birders)
  • Woodberry Wetlands: Common Pochard brood pr w/ one yng (Garry James)
  • Woodford Green: {Purple Emperor quickly through garden at 1040} (Ken Murray)

Tuesday 13th July 2021

  • Brent Reservoir: 2 Lapwing, 2 Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Stock Dove, 2 House Martin all East Marsh plus Little Egret North Marsh (Andrew Haynes, Ben Watt, Alfie Watt)
  • Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
  • Bushy Park: Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Bunting, 25+ Swallow, 6 Swift (Ian R Watson)
  • Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe incubating [ON], 3 Common Buzzard, f Kestrel, 3 Swift, 4 Barn Swallow, 27 Mistle Thrush flock, 3 Goldfinch (Robert Callf/Bob Husband)
  • St Paul's Cray: 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, c15 Swift, Swallow N (Jack Headley)
  • Sudbury & Harrow Road Station (HA0): Red Kite (Shailesh Patel)
  • Trent Park: 3 Egyptian Goose pr w/ one juv, 3 Tufted Duck 2m f, yng Common Buzzard branching [FL], 3 Mistle Thrush, 3 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, Treecreeper (Robert Callf/Bob Husband/Pete Lowman)
  • Upper College Farm Bexley : 6+ Whitethroat, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Greenfinch, 5 Blackcap, Cetti`s Warbler, 9 Linnet, 4 Skylark, Sparrowhawk w/ prey, 8 Swallow NE, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Bernie Weight)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: juv Cuckoo still in trees at north end of High Maynard, 3 Common Sandpiper (Walthamstow birders)
  • Wanstead Flats: 8 Stock Dove, 10 Swift, 4 Black-headed Gull, Little Owl, 9 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Common Whitethroat (Wanstead Birders)

Monday 12th July 2021

  • Alexandra Park: Common Sandpiper on Wood Green Reservoir (AP Birders)
  • Plumstead Common: 6 Swift (George Kalli)
  • Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe incubating [ON], ad Common Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker ad & juv, 14 Pied Wagtail, 24 Mistle Thrush flock {Painted Lady, 4 Marbled White} (Robert Callf)
  • Erith Pier: ad Mediterranean Gull, ad Yellow-legged Gull (Jack Wylson)
  • Ferndale Road "Brixton": Swifts going into 6 nests (Michael Mac)
  • Putney Heath: {Purple Emperor} Les Evans-Hill
  • Staines Reservoir: juv Little Gull, Red Kite, 3 Common Tern, 4 Swift, 2 Sand Martin {Painted Lady} (Andrew Peel/Toni Menezes)
  • Trent Park: 3 Egyptian Goose pr w/ one juv, 10 Mandarin Duck inc three yng, 4 Tufted Duck 2m 2f, well-grown yng Common Buzzard in nest [NY], ad Black-headed Gull, Tawny Owl flew from Rough Lot into Moat Wd before thundery shower (Robert Callf)
  • Victoria Park: juv Nuthatch near east lake (JW Davies)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: juv Cuckoo, Skylark, 2 Common Sandpiper (Walthamstow birders)
  • Wanstead Flats: Black-necked Grebe [still], Stock Dove, 15 Swift, Oystercatcher [Mary Holden], 6 Black-headed Gull, Skylark, Sedge Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, 13 Common Whitethroat (Wanstead Birders)

Sunday 11th July 2021

  • Eltham Palace: Grey Wagtail (Jon Mills)
  • Greenwich Park: Buzzard (Ray Crouch)
  • Oxleas Wood: 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 2 Buzzard, Kestrel, 3 Jackdaw, 3 Swift, Blackcap(Ron Turner)
  • Putney Heath: Siskin flew S (R Kaye)
  • Ten Acre Wood area: 4 Pheasant heard, Little Egret, 5 Red Kite [3 perched in dead trees & pr out of wood], 2 Common Buzzard, Little Owl, Cuckoo, c25 Stock Dove, 7+ Skylark, 1-2 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 2 Sedge Warbler, 12 Common Whitethroat, 8 Rook, 2 Reed Bunting, 6 Linnet, family party 7 Greenfinch {4 Black-tailed Skimmer, Emperor, Cinnabar, 11 butterfly spp incl 2 Purple Hairstreak, 44 Marbled White, 15 Ringlet, 4 Small Heath, 2 Comma, Red Admiral} (Neil Anderson)
  • Trent Park: 3 Egyptian Goose pr w/ one juv, 19 Mandarin Duck inc two yng lower lake, well-grown yng Common Buzzard calling from nest [NY] (Robert Callf)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: Dunlin, Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper (Walthamstow birders)
  • Yeading Brook meadows: 3 Red Kite, Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Common Whitethroat {m Gatekeeper, 16 Marbled White, 3 Ringlet, Cinnabar} (Neil Anderson)
  • Wanstead Flats: 100+ Swift, 10 Black-headed Gull, Grey Heron, Little Owl, Hobby, 4 Skylark, 10 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, 11 Common Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 6 Greenfinch (Wanstead Birders)


Saturday 10th July 2021

  • Battersea Park: Tawny Owl roosting with very loud live Wimbledon doubles tennis on one side and 2 outdoor sound systems on the other, 2 Reed Warbler probably bred, Grey Heron nest w/ 2 juvs, on dead branch at water level 1st seen here, Chiffchaff - hard to hear it singing above the noise (Michael Mac)
  • Brookmill Park: 2 Little Egret, Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Blackcap, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
  • Crossness: Yellow Wagtail SE, Mediterranean Gull 2cy E, 6 Oystercatcher including one chick (John Archer)
  • Erith Pier: Caspian Gull 2cy [likely a bird present last winter] and 2 1cy Yellow-legged Gulls (Richard Bonser)
  • Grovelands Park: 2 Great Crested Grebe pr incubating [observed a change-over], Grey Heron, 4 Mute Swan pr w/ two cygnets, inc male w/ orange darvic ring 4EIT & f w/ metal ring no W40678, 9 Egyptian Goose pr w/ seven goslings [FL], inc f w/ metal ring no [[1]], 7 Mandarin Duck inc one small duckling, 2m Common Pochard, 13 Tufted Duck 7m 6f, 2 ad Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 m Blackcap singing, Chiffchaff singing, juv Jay (Robert Callf)
  • Hackney Wick, E9: 3 Black Redstart (Adam Winstanley)
  • Rainham RSPB: White Stork flew in from the direction of dump around 1115 & landed out of view on Wennington Marsh (Gareth Richards)
  • Rotherhithe: 2 Yellow-legged Gulls [3cy & 2cy] Greenland Pier (Richard Bonser)
  • Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Cormorant [on Laurel Pond!], 3 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 5 House Martin, 17 Swallow including juv being fed, 11 Swift, 13 Common Whitethroat, 12 Blackcap, 11 Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail (John Colmans)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: 5 Black-tailed Godwits, Common Sandpiper (Walthamstow birders)
  • Wanstead Flats: 2 Gadwall, 2 Tufted Duck, Black-headed Gull, Sedge Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap (Wanstead Birders)

Friday 9th July 2021

  • Deodar Road "Putney": 5 House Martin nests at least, Swift nest, 40 House Sparrow, Hobby came in as I was leaving, all House Martins/Swifts disappeared (Michael Mac)
  • Forty Hall CP: 4 ad Egyptian Goose, m Tufted Duck, 2 Black-headed Gull ad & 2cy, Kingfisher, 5 Swift, juv Green Woodpecker [FL] {Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Ringlet, Large Skipper} (Robert Callf)
  • Frays Farm Meadows LWT: Barn Owl 0730 (Dan Pinkham)
  • Hurlingham Club Park "Fulham": 3 Kestrel at least 2 juvs, 3 Swift, Little Egret (Michael Mac)
  • Monken Hadley Common: juv Common Buzzard calling/begging from tree canopy (Bob Husband)
  • North Finchley: 8 Swift {Hummingbird Hawk-moth} (John Colmans)
  • Pinner, HA5: Red Kite circling below 40+ Swift [most seen together for sometime] (Nigel Barratt)
  • Pinner, HA5: 12 + Swift drifting south. Migration movement I assume (Richard Francis)
  • Rainham Marshes: White Stork on Wennington, 7 Little Egret, 5 Marsh Harrier, Hobby, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Dunlin, Lesser Whitethroat singing (Andrew Self); 2 Common Sandpiper (Dave Clark)
  • Rowley Farm, Iver Heath: 5 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, 7 Swallow, Swift, Chiffchaff, Green Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush, Mandarin Duck & 3 yng (Nigel Barratt)
  • Wanstead Flats: Pochard, 2 Tufted Duck, Black-necked Grebe (still), 2 Stock Dove, 30 Swift, 8 Black-headed Gull, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Peregrine, 4 Skylark, 2 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, 11 Common Whitethroat (Wanstead Birders)

Thursday 8th July 2021

  • Brent Reservoir: Little Egret, 5 Common Sandpiper, Lapwing (Andrew Self)
  • Bury Farm, Edgwarebury: 2 Common Buzzard, Red Kite, 4 Common Kestrel 2 ad 2 juvs, 4 Little Owl 2 ad 2 juvs, 3 Skylark singing, 14+ Swift, several Swallow including juveniles - breeding at the Farm along with House Sparrows, Chiffchaff singing, Blackcap singing, Song Thrush singing {Meadow Brown, 3+ Marbled White} (Bob Husband, NW London RSPB Group)
  • Alexandra Park: juv Black-necked Grebe found early afternoon on Wood Green Res and still present at dusk (Markus Percic, Greg Smith per Bob Watts)
  • Clissold Park N16: new Common Pochard broods pr w/ 8 yng, f w/ one yng (Garry James)
  • Enfield "EN2": 3 Goldcrest ad feeding two juvs [FL] (Robert Callf)
  • Edmonton, Nightingale Road: Peregrine circling (A Middleton)
  • Gunnersbury Park "Pond area": 30+ Swift, Blackcap, 2 Egyptian Goose (Barry Wilson)
  • Stoneleigh KT17: f Sparrowhawk, 15 Swift, singing Blackcap (Neil Batten)
  • Sudbury Town tube station "HA0": Hobby flying over (Shailesh Patel)
  • Wanstead Flats: 5 Tufted Duck, 4 Stock Dove, Black-headed Gull, Sparrowhawk, Skylark, 7 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 10 Common Whitethroat (Wanstead Birders)

Wednesday 7th July 2021

  • Brent Reservoir: 3 Little Egret, 2 Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 3 Common Tern, 30 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Pochard, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, Reed Warbler singing, 10+ House Martin, 40+ Swift (Barry Wilson)
  • Brockwell Park: Reed Warbler singing at the main pond.This is the first time since 27 April 2021. Do some males stop singing if there are no other males about? The Whitethroat in Brockwell Park stopped singing very early on but stayed and successfully nested this year (Stuart Hearne) you sure this is the first time? (Michael Mac)
  • Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Tomos Brangwyn & Conrad Ellam)
  • Kingston: Peregrine Falcon, 2 Common Tern over Stephens Ait (Mike Foster)
  • London Wetland Centre: Sparrowhawk, Common Tern, 3 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Goldcrest m f, Black-tailed Godwit. Little Egret, lots of Swift, Sand Martins & Reed Warblers, 3 Reed Bunting (Martin Honey/Terry Wright/Bruce Page et al)
  • Plumstead Common: m Hobby over Albatross Street 1930 (Patrick English) How can you tell male Hobby in flight? Light plumage and smaller more compact light weight physique than a f. This was a light coloured morph and about 40m above the garden (Patrick English). Not possible to distinguish sex of adult Hobbies in flight (Dr Colin Key).
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: Hobby, Redshank, 6 Common Sandpiper (Walthamstow birders)
  • Wanstead Flats: 3 Tufted Duck, Stock Dove, 30+ Swift, 2 Skylark, House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Common Whitethroat (Nick Croft)

Tuesday 6th July 2021

  • Bethnal Green Nature Reserve: Reed Warbler singing [first site record, no reeds on site] (John Archer)
  • Brookmill Park: Stock Dove, 4 Swift, 2 Blackcap, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
  • Bushy Park: Chiffchaff, 3 Common Tern, Kestrel, 3 Reed Bunting, 8 Swallow, 40+Swift, Whitethroat (Ian R Watson)
  • Enfield area "private access": 26 Mistle Thrush flock 1630 - highest count locally for 7 yrs (Robert Callf)
  • Northolt and Greenford CP "Northolt Manor only": Red Kite, 6 Swift, Dunnock, Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Barry Wilson)
  • Peckham Rye Park: c20 Swift 2100 (Fernley Symons)
  • Wanstead Flats: Stock Dove, Swift, Peregrine, 3 Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Common Whitethroat (Wanstead Birders)
  • Woodford Green: Hobby [first since 25/06/21], 6 Swift, Little Egret, 2 Stock Dove & Grey Heron over, 2 Coal Tit on feeders (Ken Murray)

Monday 5th July 2021

  • Battersea Train Station: juv Peregrine circled around low (Michael Mac)
  • Beddington Farmlands: 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Little Egret, f Common Pochard w/ 4 yng (Nick Rutter)
  • Brent Reservoir: 1-3 Little Egret, 2 Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern, 30 Black-headed Gull, 6 Common Pochard, 2 Teal, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 8 Grey Heron, 3 Reed Warbler singing, 10+ House Martin, Pied Wagtail, Swift (Barry Wilson)
  • Bushy Park: 2 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Bunting, 15+Swallow, 4 Swift, 3 Whitethroat (Ian R Watson)
  • Crystal Palace "Camden Hill Road": 6 Swifts - 1 nest, it took me 30 mins of watching the Swifts before one flew into a nest I'd not seen before and a resident came out and asked me what I was doing (Michael Mac)
  • Home Park: Peregrine mobbing Red Kite over Kingston Bridge end of Home Park (Phil Davies)
  • Kensington Gardens, Long Water on post: Common Tern (David Jeffreys)
  • Oxleas Wood: 2 Hobby, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 5 Swift, Bullfinch, Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Stock Dove, 3 Goldfinch( Ron Turner)
  • Ponders End: 2 Peregrine inc a juv on last old tower block South Street/Alma Road, present through spring & summer, likely bred there (A Middleton)
  • Wanstead Flats: 4 Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe inc juv, Black-necked Grebe still, 2 Stock Dove, 20 Swift, Black-headed Gull, Sparrowhawk, Skylark, 4 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 7 Common Whitethroat, Pied Wagtail, 2 Greenfinch (Wanstead Birders)
  • Wanstead Park: 2 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Stock Dove, 17 Swift, Common Tern, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, 4 Reed Warbler (2 juv), 4 House Martin, 8 Chiffchaff, 6 Common Whitethroat (Nick Croft)

Sunday 4th July 2021

  • Brent Reservoir: 3 Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper (Andrew Self). 2 Common Sandpiper, Sand Martin (Haydn Coe, Bob Husband)
  • Chiswick: 2 Kittiwake flying west at 1400, near Chiswick Bridge (Malcolm Hibberd)
  • Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe, Little Egret, 2 Tufted Duck m f, 2 Red Kite, m Kestrel, 2 Hobby pr, 5 Red-legged Partridge, Green Woodpecker, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, m Skylark singing, Barn Swallow, 12 Mistle Thrush flock, Raven {4+ Red Admiral, Painted Lady, 2 Comma, 4 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Ringlet, 2 Marbled White} (Robert Callf)
  • Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Buzzard, Hobby, Peregrine, Blackcap, 4 Swift, 3 Nuthatch (Ron Turner)
  • Rowley Farm, Iver Heath: 3 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Kingfisher, Grey Heron, Mistle Thrush, Chiffchaff, 5 Swallow {Roe Deer} (Nigel Barratt)
  • Swanscombe Marsh: 2 Little Egret, Peregrine, 3 Lapwing, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, c18 Sand Martin, 30+ House Martin, 2-3 Bearded Tit, Raven (Jack Headley)
  • Ten Acre Wood area: Grey Heron, 2 Red Kite, Kestrel, c30 Stock Dove, 6 Swift, 5+ Skylark inc four singing, Sedge Warbler, Rook, m Reed Bunting, 3 Linnet (Neil Anderson)
  • Trent Park: 3 Egyptian Goose pr w/ one yng, 18 Mandarin Duck 8 eclipse m 3 f & two broods of 5 & 2 yng, 2 Tufted Duck m f, Barn Swallow {Red Admiral, 2 Comma, Ringlet} (Robert Callf)
  • Wanstead Flats: 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, Black-necked Grebe [still], 20+ Swift, 6 Black-headed Gull, Little Owl, 2 Skylark, Swallow, 5 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 8 Common Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail (Wanstead Birders)
  • Woodford Green: 2 Black-headed Gull, c8 Swift, Little Egret over and for it’s 2nd day [between 1500-1600] f Sparrowhawk displaying with a steep dive flourish to finish (Ken Murray)

Saturday 3rd July 2021

  • Brent Reservoir: Black Tern briefly early morning, 4 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Lapwing (Andrew Self)
  • Clapham Old Town "Lydon and Orlando Roads": 3 Swift nests & about 15+ adults around (Michael Mac)
  • Grovelands Park: 2 Great Crested Grebe pr incubating [ON], 3 Cormorant, 4 Mute Swan pr w/ two cygnets, 15 Greylag Goose inc yng, m Egyptian Goose, 3 Mandarin Duck 2m f, 2 m Common Pochard, 12 Tufted Duck 10m 2f, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Swift, Green Woodpecker ad & yng f calling from nest hole [NY], 2m Blackcap singing, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Long-tailed Tit, Nuthatch (Robert Callf}. With kind regards to the person who showed me the Green Woodpecker nest hole.
  • St Giles Hotel, Feltham: adult Peregrine perched & calling from window ledges around 17:50 (Stivi Musievski)
  • Surbiton: Peregrine ad & young (Phil Davies)
  • Wanstead Flats: 164 Egyptian Goose, Gadwall, 2 Pochard, 16 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, Black-necked Grebe [still], 6 Stock Dove, 50+ Swift, 10 Black-headed Gull, Buzzard, 2 Little Owl, 3 Skylark, 6 House Martin, Chiffchaff, 2 Lesser Whitethroat [and 2 more juvenile being fed], 6 Common Whitethroat, Mistle Thrush (Wanstead Birders)
  • Winns Common Plumstead: 7 Swift (George Kalli)

Friday 2nd July 2021

  • Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher, Stock Dove, 2 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
  • Bushy Park: Peregrine flew high over Waterhouse Gardens in the evening (Stivi Musievski) 2 Reed Bunting, Skylark, 5 Swallow (Ian R Watson)
  • Denham Quarry: Cuckoo 0500 HOAC pit (Dan Pinkham)
  • Eastcote Arms HA2: 3 + Swift (Dan Pinkham)
  • East Dulwich: 2 Swift, plus 2 chicks. This is the sixth year that a pair of swifts have nested in an internal nest box at my home. The chicks are around 4.5 weeks from fledging. The latest figure indicates that Swifts have declined by 62% in the UK over the last 25 years. Because of this they should be going on the Red list, as a species that needs urgent conservation action. Swift Awareness Week is taking place between the 03/07-11/07, and as part of this, I will be doing an online talk on Wed 07/07 from 18:30-19:30, which you are welcome to attend (Steven Robinson) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/swifts-in-the-city-tickets-155773866829
  • Enfield EN2: 2 Barn Swallow pr on overhead wire & two nests w/ at least three eggs in each in stables [NE] (Robert Callf)
  • Ruislip "Polish War Memorial": 2 Red Kite chasing each other, Common Buzzard (Neil Anderson)
  • Ruislip Lido/Poor's Field: 5 Egyptian Geese, 3 Gadwall, Grey Heron, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Common Buzzard, 2 Common Tern, Black-headed Gull, c10 Swift, 15+ House Martin, 2 Swallow, singing Garden Warbler, Common Whitethroat {Muntjac, Grass Snake, Southern Hawker, 3 Black-tailed Skimmer, Small Heath, 17 Ringlet, 5 Marbled White, 20+ Meadow Brown, 2 Comma, 4 Small Skipper, 2 Large Skipper, Silver-Y, Willow Beauty} (Neil Anderson)
  • Southgate Circus "Crown Ln N14": ad m Grey Wagtail & ad m Pied Wagtail both feeding young & removing faecal sacs from the same nest-site (FF) (Robert Callf)
  • Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 Mandarin Duck, Common Buzzard, Red Kite, Little Egret, c35 Swift, 5 Swallow, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, 11 Common Whitethroat, 17 Chiffchaff, 21 Blackcap, 3 Mistle Thrush (10 Marbled White, 5 Ringlet, Broad-bodied Chaser among insects)(John Colmans)
  • Wanstead Flats: 5 Tufted Duck, Stock Dove, 40+ Swift, Little Owl, Skylark, 6 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, 9 Common Whitethroat (Wanstead Birders)


Thursday 1st July 2021

  • Brent Reservoir "excl Neasden Rec.": 3 Lapwing, 2 Little Egret, 4 Common Pochard 2m pr, 4 Common Tern, Great Crested Grebe, Greylag Goose, 10 Black-headed Gull, 2 Reed Warbler singing, 3 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 12+ House Martin (Barry Wilson)
  • Bury Farm, Edgwarebury: Little Owl, 11 Swallow probably more as they breed at the farm, at least 4 Marbled White Butterfy (Bob Husband, Sue Widdowfield)
  • Bushy Park: 4 Nuthatch, 2 Reed Bunting, Whitethroat (Ian R Watson)
  • Chelsea Harbour: Grey Wagtail (Oliver Flory)
  • Greenwich, on the Thames near Greenwich Ecology Park. 10 plus Common Tern fishing in the Thames (Mike Edwards)
  • Harefield, Broadwater Lake: Hobby, 2 Grey Wagtail , Great Spotted Woodpecker, Greylag Goose, Swift, Swallow,Common Tern, Wood Warbler singing (Nigel Barratt) [just checking if you really meant Wood Warbler?!] ( I listened to it all morning while fishing for a few hours, I checked the song on my phone so am confident it was one although I couldn’t manage to confirm it with a sighting as it remained elusive amongst some overhanging willows. Unfortunately it was situated along a stretch that is restricted access for anglers only so you will have take my word for it I’m afraid (Nigel Barratt) Morning Nigel I can access, might have a check tomorrow so would help to know rough area. Were you S bottom car park or W along the Colne? all the best (DP) Hi , I was past the end of the sailing base fence under a canopy of trees before the bend . The bird was somewhere further on from me and stayed in the vicinity of the bend. Unfortunately by 9.30 the planes were circling low from the aerodrome and I could no longer hear it. Heard it clearest from 5.30 am till about 8.30 Am . Early visit best chance I would say. Nice if you could confirm as my wife doubts my bird call skills! (Nigel) Nigel cheers thanks see you later ok (DP)
  • Leatherhead, Randalls Way: Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Common Buzzard, 9 Swift (Neil Batten)
  • Southgate Circus "Crown Ln N14": 7 Swift, ad m Grey Wagtail carrying food [FF], 3 Pied Wagtail 2m f, 2 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
  • Wanstead Flats: 112 Egyptian Goose, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Stock Dove, 20 Swift, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Skylark, 4 Chiffchaff, 11 Common Whitethroat, Song Thrush (Wanstead Birders)



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