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Sunday 24th March 2019
Dartmouth Park (NW5): Red Kite over high up heading east at 1055, also Blackcap singing (Tim Blackburn)
Gallions Reach: Hoopoe [Ldn foy], 3 Common Buzzard (KJM)
Hampstead Heath: f Marsh Harrier NE over the bowling green 0915, 25 Redwings N, 1st winter Common Gull over, but no Black-headed Gulls (Pete Mantle)
Joseph Road allotments E3: {Brimstone} (Harry Harrison)
London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Little Egret, Jack Snipe, 13 Common Snipe, Goldeneye, 2 Redshank, Water Pipit, 4 Pintail, 2 Shelduck, 5 Sand Martin, Kestrel, Peregrine, 5 Common Buzzard 3 North 2 West (WWT website); also Red Kite NW, 3 Buzzard NW, Peregrine, 2 Sparrowhawk, Little Egret, 2 Meadow Pipit N (Oscar Dewhurst)
Holmethorpe SPs: Little Ringed Plover wc1 lagoon, Cetti's Warbler spynes mere 1520 (Gordon Hay via Surrey BN)
Island Barn Reservoir: Red-throated Diver [Ldn foy] circled high over 0700-0730 then SE (Dave Harris tweet); Curlew circled and then low NW, 1 Sand Martin, Wheatear (Chris Turner)
Lee Valley, Hooks Marsh: 3 Lesser Redpoll north-west corner, 7 Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Reed Bunting, Cetti's Warbler (Mark Wardman)
Lichfield Road TW9: Greenfinch (Toby Mylett)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, Goldeneye f, Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Jack Snipe, 3 Redshank, 2 Red Kite, Peregrine, 4 Sand Martin, 4 Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, 2 Meadow Pipit N, Water Pipit (Oscar Dewhurst); 2 Jack Snipe (grazing marsh and wader scrape), Iceland Gull imm again, 3 Sparrowhawk 2f m over heading N (Martin Honey); also Red Kite S, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 17 Common Snipe, Swallow, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Water Pipit still (WWT website); also Red Kite, 9 Sand Martin (Jonathan Nasir tweet)
Olympic Park: m Ring Ouzel [Ldn foy] on grassy area opp Here East 1020 (Marco Johnson/BirdGuides)
Ongar Park Wood "TL498025": incl Buzzard, Nuthatch, 15 Brambling under hornbeams nr c/p mid-aft, w/ 60 Chaffinch (Andrew Stroud via Essex BwS)
Otho Court TW8: 4 Green Woodpecker, Starling, Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
Paddington: Woodcock flew along Bathurst Street & Westbourne Street toward Sussex Gardens 06:31 (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
Pinner HA5: 2 Nuthatch singing and building - nice new local birds (Dan Pinkham)
Queen Mother Reservoir: m Common Scoter pier 0950 (Derek Barker per Marek Walford via Berks BN)
Rainham Marshes: 4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 15 Golden Plover, c60 Black-tailed Godwit, Barn Owl (by Serin_Mound at 4.45pm), Bearded Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap singing, Black Redstart (on roofs by Coldharbour Point), Wheatear (Tom Jordan); also incl 66 Shelduck, 158 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, 443 Wigeon, 12 Pintail 6pr, 137 Teal, 20+ Pochard, 35 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 5 Little Egret, f Sparrowhawk, 8 Marsh Harrier 3m 5f, 16 Common Buzzard, 2 Water Rail, Oystercatcher, 22 Golden Plover target pools, Curlew, 2 Ruff, 70 Black-tailed Godwit, 33 Common Snipe, 35 Redshank, 2 Common Gull, Kestrel, f Peregrine, 2 Bearded Tit, 20+ Cetti's Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, f Black Redstart on posts just past Ken Barrett hide toward woods in field in front of barn_owl box, pr Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Water Pipit 1 fr butts hide coming into summer plumage & 1 at stone barges, 2 Linnet butts hide, 10+ Reed Bunting (Andrew Allen, Tom Jordan, Ben Mapp et al via Essex BwS); Sedge Warbler [first heard y'day], 4 Sand Martin, 18 Redwing (Howard Vaughan et al via ELBF FB); 2 Wheatear (Tom Bell et al per ELBF FB); Fieldfare (Ian Plume per ELBF FB)
Regent's Park: Woodcock foy by leaf-yard wood [area 40] 0545, Cetti's Warbler singing from 'oxbow' reedbed at deadman's cnr [a34] 0625 but mobile, Blackcap subsinging briefly (Twitter)
Richmond Park: Cetti's Warbler singing, 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 3 Little Owl, 2 Tawny Owl, 2 Redwing (Paula Redmond)
Ruislip Lido/Poors Field: pr Egyptian Geese, pr Gadwall, pr Little Grebe, pr Grey Heron at nest, Little Egret, 4 Common Buzzard, Grey Wagtail, 6 singing Chiffchaff, 6 Nuthatch (Neil Anderson/K. Bull)
Rye Meads NR: COMMON CRANE N toward Amwell NR 1425, Mediterranean Gull c/r fr gadwall_hide (Jan Swan tweets)
Staines Reservoir: Scaup s basin still, 3 Black-necked Grebe still (BirdGuides). Also White Wagtail, Redshank (Michael Robinson)
Stanstead Innings: Bittern, Green Sandpiper am (Jane Free tweet)
Stocker's Lake: ad Mediterranean Gull (Tony Hulls via Herts BC)
Swanscombe Marsh “Black Duck Marsh 7.30-9.00”: 4 Garganey (3m 1f), 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Shelduck (4 river), 3 Cetti's Warbler h, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Gadwall, 4 Pochard (3m 1f), 8 Tufted Duck, 2 Oystercatcher (river), 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Canada Goose, 6 Greylag Goose, 1 Green Woodpecker h, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker h, 4 Water Rail h, 1 Redhead-type Aythya hybrid, 1 Song Thrush h, Bearded Tit (1 seen), 8 Grey Heron (at least 3 nests with young) (Roger Keith); 4 Garganey still, 3+ Bearded Tit, Wheatear, 15 singing Cetti's Warbler, 7 singing Chiffchaff, singing Blackcap, Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, Water Pipit, pair Stonechat, Raven (Andrew Self); 4 Garganey still 1700 at back of lake fr seawall just past end of Tiltman Rd, m Marsh Harrier over 1600 (Gary Howard tweet)
The Commons LNR: 2 Red Kite, 9 Buzzard, 2 Peregrine, Raven all overhead 1020, Marsh Tit, 3 Chiffchaff (Keith Smith via Herts BC)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 m Wheatear on Folly Farm, 4 Common Buzzard, Red Kite, 4 Teal, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Chiffchaff, Linnnet, 8 Meadow Pipit, 3 Lapwing (Simon Worsfold & Tony Clancy)
Trent Park: 9 Mandarin Duck 6m 3f, 4 Common Buzzard calling & displaying over Camlet Hill, 2 Green Woodpecker, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 9 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch, f Siskin, 2 male Lesser Redpoll (Robert Callf); also 2 Teal m f upper lake (Pete Lowman)
Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits: Pair of Red-crested Pochard on fishing lake, 2+ Chiffchaff singing, Blackcap singing, 5 Red Kite, 3 Sand Martin, Oystercatcher on main pit, 2 Reed Bunting atypical female with male near feeders (Jo Edwards) fem RB is similar to that shown here
Wanstead Flats: House Martin, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Wheatear, 3 Mistle Thrush, Woodcock, Little Owl, Red Kite, 5 Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, Peregrine Falcon, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, Linnet, 30+ Meadow Pipit, 7 Skylark, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Little Grebe, 6 Gadwall, leucistic Herring Gull (Wanstead Birders)
Bedfont Lakes CP: 2 Ruddy Shelduck n lake 1515 (Paul Bright-Thomas tweet)
Camberwell Old Cemetery SE22 "and then One Tree Hill, Honor Oak Park, SE23": Nuthatch in hole in tree at edge of cemetery, pair Mistle Thrush, Green Woodpecker - closest Yaffle ever seen to home heard-only in the woods on One Tree Hill (Paul Francis)
Cely Woods: incl Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Buzzard, f Lesser Spotted Woodpecker still, 10 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Treecreeper, 22 Fieldfare (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
Fairlop Waters: 8 Sand Martin, 2 Shelduck, 5 Chiffchaff, Common Snipe, Reed Bunting, Common Buzzard, Little Owl (Alan Thomas/Neil Twyford)
Greenwich Park: Sparrowhawk, Kestrel (Ray Crouch)
Hainault Forest: 2 Common Buzzard, 3m Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Grey Wagtail (Steve Bacon per ELBF FB)
Hyde Park: Coal Tit (Toby Mylett)
Kensington Gardens: 6 Common Gull, 2 Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
KGV Reservoir: 5 Sand Martin (Harry Lacey, Stuart Hamilton per ELBF FB); 6 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander (Dominic Mitchell per ELBF FB)
Lee Valley, Hall Marsh: Little Egret, Red Kite, 2 Goosander (on adjacent Horsemill Stream), Cetti's Warbler, no Cattle Egret today (Simon Papps)
Lee Valley, Holyfield Hall Farm: 3 Barnacle Goose (first I've seen here for a long time), 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Common Buzzard, singing Blackcap, 10+ Linnet (Simon Papps)
Lee Valley, Hooks Marsh "north-west edge where it borders Seventy Acres Lake and Police Pit": 30+ Brambling incl several males in breeding plumage, 15+ Chaffinch, 4 Lesser Redpoll [my first in the valley since New Year], 5+ Siskin, Reed Bunting, Cetti's Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Kingfisher, Red Kite (Simon Papps)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Redshank, m Blackcap singing, 2 Pintail, 2 Shelduck, 2 Water Pipit still, 6 Common Snipe, 4 singing Chiffchaff, 4+ singing Cetti's Warblers, drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jack Snipe, 1m Tufted x Pochard hybrid, 4 Mandarin 3m f flew into Wildside, Little Ringed Plover seen later in the day (Martin Honey); also 13 Common Snipe, 2 Sand Martin (WWT website)
Sydenham Woods SE26: 4+ Great Spotted Woodpeckers drumming (incl at least 1 female), 2 Wren (seen plus many others singing), Nuthatch, Song Thrush singing (heard only), 2 Mistle Thrush 1 gathering a beak-full of dry leaves and moss (Paul Francis)
The Brook BR5: 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Goldcrest, 11 Tufted Duck, Water Rail showing extremely well, Kingfisher, Little Grebe (Jack Headley)
The Mill Field NW7: 20+ Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
Totteridge Valley: Raven, fighting with 2 Red Kites, and then 2 Common Buzzard near Long Pond, Jackdaws then joined in, 2 singing Chiffchaff, 4 Lapwing, 50 Stock Dove (Tony Clancy)
Tyttenhanger GPs "main gp": incl 3 Water Rail h, 7+ Sand Martin, f Stonechat top grass field fence (Tytt Birders via Herts BC)
Wanstead Flats: m Wheatear, 4 singing Chiffchaff, 2 singing Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, 12 Meadow Pipit 1 singing, 4 Skylark, 2 Reed Bunting, 4 Little Grebe, 9 Gadwall, 10 Tufted Duck, leucistic Herring Gull, less than one hundred Common Gull left, very few Black-headed Gull left, 2 Little Owl (Nick Croft)
Worcester Park: m Blackcap (Bill and Janis Reid per Bob Smith)
Thursday 21st March 2019
Alexandra Park: 1w Black Redstart still base of antenna palace, Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, Peregrine, Jackdaw, displaying Sparrowhawk, Meadow Pipit NE, 3 Gadwall 2m f, Little Grebe Boating Lake, Peacock (APOG Birders)
Beech Farm GP: m White Wagtail (Rupert Evershed tweet)
Bexley Upper College Farm: Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, 6 Chiffchaff h, 6 Skylark, Pheasant, 4 Song Thrush singing, 3 Linnet, 3 Meadow Pipit, Grey Heron over (Bernie Weight) BW - many thx for sightings but NB don't press 'Return' while posting or you'll start a new post/bullet-pt
Black Park: Raven (G Ryder via Bucks BN)
Bowyer's Water: rh Smew still (Adam Wilson via Herts BD)
Brent Park, Hendon: 2 Little Egret, Blackcap, 3 Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
Gallions Reach: 2 Little Ringed Plover (Kevin McManus)
Grovelands Park: 1f Pochard, 1 Shoveler, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Egyptian Goose, no sign of Mandarin Ducks perhaps nesting (Paul Collins)
Hendon Way NW4: 2 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
Hooks Marsh: Treecreeper, Brambling (K Chaplin per Lee Valley Sightings blog)
Ingrebourne Valley: 9 m Chiffchaff (Shaun Harvey per ELBF FB)
King George V Res: f Wheatear, 3 Peregrine, 7 Common Buzzard, 6 Goosander, 4 Goldeneye, 1 Cetti's Warbler, singing Chiffchaff, 1 Redshank, 2 Egyptian Goose, 12 Pied Wagtail, 7 Linnet, 20 Gadwall, 12 Teal, 1 hybrid m possibly Tufted x Pochard (Tony Clancy, Geoff Crabtree); m Smew still s basin 1000, 6 Black-necked Grebe n basin 1105 ('birdernick1' tweet)
Lee Valley, Hall Marsh: Cattle Egret, Red Kite, Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler (Simon Papps)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Black-tailed Godwit briefly on grazing marsh then off N, Redshank, m Blackcap singing, 2 Pintail, 2 Shelduck, 2 Water Pipit still, 8 Common Snipe, 3 Chiffchaff, drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker (WWT website); 1 Jack Snipe still, 1m Tufted x Pochard hybrid, 1f Goldeneye, 1m Mandarin sheltered lagoon, 3 Sand Martin (Martin Honey); Wheatear am (BirdGuides)
Mardyke, Stifford-Aveley; incl 2 Shelduck, 24 Gadwall, 39 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, Little Egret, Common Buzzard, 22 Black-headed Gull, 4 Common Gull, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 15 Chiffchaff, Treecreeper, 7 Redwing, Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
Morden Cemetery: 2 Chiffchaff (Bob Smith)
Panshanger Park: incl Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, juv Peregrine, Raven, Redpoll (Murray Brown via Herts BC)
Petts Wood: 1+ Firecrest (Ian Stewart)
Queen Mother Reservoir: 1w Glaucous Gull on raft nr sailing-club c/p but left 0945 (Jerry O'Brien via Berks BN)
Rainham RSPB: 3 Wheatear m 2f (Stan Brown et al per ELBF FB); incl 6 Common Buzzard, 5 March Harrier, 2 Oystercatcher, 16 Curlew, Ruff, Jack Snipe, 21 Common Snipe, 9 Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Water Pipit, Scandinavian Rock Pipit (Howard Vaughan, Andy Reid, Tom Bell et al via ELBF FB)
Regent's Park: m Wheatear on open spaces nr triangular pen 0555 (Twitter)
Richmond Park: 2 m Wheatears north of Holly Lodge, 2 Stonechat, 1 Meadow Pipit (Hugh Bradshaw)
St James's Park: 3-4 singing Chiffchaff, Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
South Norwood CP: Short-eared Owl low over 06:45 (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
Tottenham Cemetery: Woodcock flushed from patch of knotweed east of memorial gdn 13:45 (Jeremy Richardson)
Walthamstow Marshes: 2 Sand Martin over the canal by Leyton Marsh, 3 singing Chiffchaff LM/paddocks/flood relief channel, 1 Little Egret FRC, 2 Kestrel LM [f] and Bomb Crater Field [m] (Alastair Dent); 4 Linnet, 2 Greenfinch, House Sparrow (Jon Agar); rear paddock - Jackdaw (JW Davies)
Walthamstow Reservoirs: Scaup still (Jon Agar); m Brambling, 4 Reed Bunting 2m 2f, Chiffchaff in bushes by pylon between Reservoirs 2 & 3 (Jan Dobbie)
Worcester Park: m Wheatear on horse fields (Bob Smith)
Wednesday 20th March 2019
Alexandra Park: 1w Black Redstart still base of palace antenna, 2 Chiffchaff, m Gadwall Wood Green Res, Meadow Pipit, 4 Mute Swan 2pr, 5 Pied Wagtail, m Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, pr Gadwall, Little Grebe both on Boating Lake (APOG Birders)
Amwell NR "Gt Hardmead L": Shelduck briefly then S, rh Smew still, Oystercatcher evg (William Bishop via Herts BC)
Bankside SE1: Little Egret flying downriver 17.00 (Reuben Braddock)
Barnet Playing Fields: Little Egret, 7 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Sand Martin, 65 Meadow Pipit mainly moving northwest, 1 Curlew, 1 Little Ringed Plover sound recorded at night (Peter Alfrey and BFBG) pics/recordings here
Bexley DA5 (Upper College Farm): Kestrel, 2 Skylark singing, 2+ Meadow Pipit, Chiffchaff singing, 5 Lesser Redpoll on border of Foots Cray Meadows, Bullfinch (Ian Stewart)
Brent Reservoir: Red Kite over N.Marsh 11.28 (Andrew Verrall); Little Egret behind dam (Andrew Self)
Brook Farm/Wyatt's Farm Open Space EN5: Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 4 Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 3 Song Thrush incl nest-building pr (Conrad Ellam)
Lamorbey, Sidcup: Egyptian Goose flew over my garden 08.20 (Mike Amos)
Lee Valley Riding Centre: f Wheatear in back paddocks (Chris Farthing)
London Wetland Centre: 1m Wheatear, m Blackcap, 2 Shelduck, 7 Common Snipe, 2 Redshank, 3 Sand Martin high over scrape, 6 Meadow Pipit, Water Pipit still, 5 Chiffchaff, Blackcap (WWT website); plus 1 Jack Snipe still, 1 Water Pipit, 1m Tufted x Pochard hybrid, 1 drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Sand Martin low over artificial nest bank (Martin Honey)
Mayflower Park: Chiffchaff (Bill and Janis Reid per Bob Smith)
Middlesex University Campus: 2 Mute Swan over, Cormorant over [both patch firsts], Common Gull, 3 Siskin (Toby Mylett)
Morden Cemetery: Chiffchaff (Bill and Janis Reid per Bob Smith)
Muswell Hill: 2 Little Egret low (Henry Wynn-Jones per Bob Watts)
Park Road NW4: 4 Mute Swan over [unusual for site], 10 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
South Norwood CP: 4 Common Snipe, Reed Bunting (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
South Norwood Lake: incl Swallow till 0915 at least, 3m Chiffchaff (John Watson via Croydon Birders)
Staines Moor: 3 Common Buzzards incl two v pale low-flying immatures, Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, Pheasant, 10 Lapwing, Little Egret, 6 Reed Bunting, 6+ Chiffchaff, 3 Cetti's Warblers, Linnet, Meadow Pipit, Skylark, 20+ Redwing, Goldeneye over (Nick Baker); 6 Water Pipit coming into summer plumage (Thomas Gibson)
Staines Reservoirs: 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Redshank, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Wheatear causeway bank of S basin, 4+ Sand Martins through, 1 Scaup m still SW corner S basin early am (Bob Warden per FJM); 2 Scaup m f, 6 Black-necked Grebe still s basin, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 60+ Pied Wagtail causeway evg (Tony Sweetland tweet)
Stanstead Innings: Bittern 0550, Raven over 0630 (Cath Patrick tweet)
Stave Hill: 2 Stock Dove, 2 Tufted Duck on Globe Pond, 1 Chiffchaff singing, Song Thrush, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker (John Cadera)
Stoneleigh Station KT17: Great Spotted Woodpecker pr, 1 Pied Wagtail, no sign of overwintering Blackcap since Friday (Neil Batten)
Wimbledon Common: Blackcap singing edge of Plain, Chiffchaff, 3 Redwing both Memorial Ride (Les Evans-Hill) LE-H - commas edited for CSV data format purposes
Tuesday 19th March 2019
Albert Road NW4: 3 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
Alexandra Park: 3 Gadwall Wood Green Res m & a pr that flew to Boating Lake, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 m hybrid Tufted x Pochard, Little Grebe Boating Lake, {Brimstone} (APOG Birders)
Amwell NR: rh Smew still fr gladwin hide 1630, 3 Red Kite 1700-1730 (Ray Facer via Herts BC); Yellow-legged Gull ad (William Bishop via Herts BC)
Danson Park: 21 Egyptian Geese - maybe a record count here (Chris Rose)
East India Dock NR: 2 Gadwall, Chiffchaff, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Cetti's Warbler, Redwing in copse (Paul Hyland)
Guy Lodge Farm: m Kestrel, Meadow Pipit, 2 Grey Wagtail pr on stable roof, 18 Fieldfare, Redwing, 31+ Starling, 30+ Jackdaw (Robert Callf)
Hall Marsh Scrape: Cattle Egret still (BirdGuides)
Hampstead Heath: 2 Common Buzzards drifted W over bowling green just after midday, 10 Meadow Pipits N, 2 alba Wagtails N (Pete Mantle)
Honor Oak Park SE23: pr Dunnock a garden first (Paul Francis)
Lamorbey, Sidcup: 2 Egyptian Goose over houses (Mike Amos)
London Wetland Centre: Redshank, 10 Common Snipe, 4 Pintail, 2 Shelduck, 2 Chiffchaff, Water Pipit (WWT website); Cetti's Warbler (Dave Clark)
Morden Hall Park "area": Water Rail on R Wandle 0645 (Shaun Ferguson tweet)
Pinner HA5: Green Woodpecker, 7 Goldfinch, Jackdaw [an increasingly common sight in the last couple of years] (Nigel Barratt)
Priest Hill NR: incl 7 Common Buzzard circling then 6SW, 4 Skylark 2 singing, f Stonechat, 29 Meadow Pipit, {Brimstone} (Isaiah Rowe tweet); "Also 10:00 to 11:00" 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 m Pheasant, 23 Common Gull on sports fields (Neil Batten)
Rainham RSPB: 3 Water Pipit, 2 Common Buzzard, 5 Marsh Harriers skydancing and displaying together, Bearded Tit h, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Chiffchaff singing, Barn Owl, 3 Skylark singing and parachuting, Cetti's Warbler 2 seen 18 h, 2 Ruff, 30 Common Snipe, {10 Common Lizards sunbathing on a single piece of wood near Target Pool} (Eric Brown, Jim Butler); 5 Ruff, 6m Chiffchaff (David Smith per ELBF FB); 2 Sparrowhawk, 6 Marsh Harrier, 8 Common Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Bearded Tit (Howard Vaughan, Andy Tweed et al via ELBF FB)
Regent's Park: f Stonechat in triangular pen [nr area 36] 0640 (Twitter)
Richmond Park: 2 m Wheatears Bog north of Holly Lodge (Hugh Bradshaw)
Stanborough Lakes: Swallow, Grey Wagtail (John Coleman via Herts BC)
Stocker's Lake: 7 Goldeneye still, 6 Little Egret, 5m Chiffchaff (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC); incl Water Rail, 2 Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler (Steve Carter via Herts BC)
Swanscombe Marsh “12.00-15.30 outgoing tide”: 5 Cetti's Warbler 4h, 1 Green Woodpecker h, 1 Raven, 1 Kestrel, 1 Marsh Harrier m, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Stonechat m, 1 Red-legged Partridge, 42 Gadwall river, 2 Shelduck river, 18 Teal river, 28 Redshank river, 6 Turnstone river, 1 Curlew river, 1 Oystercatcher river, {8 Brimstone} (Roger Keith)
The Brook BR5: 2 Egyptian Goose, Grey Wagtail (Jack Headley)
Tyttenhanger GPs: Yellow-legged Gull main gp still pm (Rupert Evershed tweet)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Little Ringed Plover, Wheatear, Scaup still on No 4, Common Buzzard, pr Sparrowhawk, pr Peregrine displaying, c10 Fieldfare along Coppermill Ln, 22 Little Egrets into roost (Terry Rawlins, David Bradshaw, Lol Bodini, Charlie Owens) As someone who has failed to get a permit, I would find it helpful to know whether sightings reported here are inside protected areas or not, if possible. Thanks, Paul Francis All of these birds were accessible without a permit, you might miss a few Goldeneye on West Warwick but that's about it. Getting there early helps. Thanks. PF
Wanstead Flats: 4 singing Blackcap, 4 singing Chiffchaff, no sign of Cetti's Warbler, 3 singing Skylark, 16 Meadow Pipit mostly N, 17 Greenfinch, 2 singing Song Thrush, 2 Little Owl, 3 Common Buzzard, 2-3 Sparrowhawk, 4 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, some movement of Black-headed Gull E (Nick Croft)
Willows Farm: m Wheatear behind fishing lake on pig-field fenceposts TL186045 at 10:50 then dung heap 16:30 (Pete Waldron via Herts BC)
Woodford Green: m Blackcap, Tawny Owl calling 11.57am, 3 Starling high E [irregular here], m Sparrowhawk, also 2 Peregrine m f first sighting this year for me, f Goshawk, 4 Common Buzzards all raptors high and drifting W 11.35-12.53pm (Ken Murray)
Worcester Park: m Wheatear on horse fields (Bob Smith)
Monday 18th March 2019
Alexandra Park: m Gadwall [WGR], singing Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, 4+ Greenfinch, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine Falcon, 5 Pochard 3m 2f on Boating lake, 1w Black Redstart eastern end of Palace (Bruce Carson)
Amwell NR: rh Smew Gt Hardmead L still (BirdGuides)
Banstead, Surrey: 8 Common Buzzard over gdn 1340 incl 6NW (Steve Gale tweet)
Hall Marsh Scrape: 1 Cattle Egret until flew low N towards Hooks Marsh at 5.45pm, 1 Little Egret, pr Little Grebe, 4 Teal, pr Shoveler (Davey Leach)
Kentish Town: Common Buzzard circling over KT train stn 1130 (Pete Mantle)
KGV Reservoir: m Wheatear still (Neville Smith tweet)
Lamorbey Park: no sign of m Mandarin 08.00-08-22, 4 Cormorant, 7 Tufted Duck, Green Woodpecker h, Nuthatch h (Mike Amos)
London Wetland Centre: Jack Snipe still, Common Sandpiper, 3 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, 7 Common Snipe, 4 singing Chiffchaff (WWT website); Sand Martin, 6+ Chiffchaff (James Hudson)
Merton: no sign y'day's Yellow-browed Warbler 1210-1630 (per Surrey BN)
Morden Hall Park: Chiffchaff singing, Little Egret flew in at 2pm in trees till 3pm over river, pr Greenfinch, pr Egyptian Geese & 7 young, pr Kestrel mating, male House Sparrow near Deen City Farm (Michael Mac)
Oak Hill Woods NR: Chiffchaff singing 1st of year for site (Clive Herbert)
Panshanger Park: incl 1+ Little Egret, 20+ Common Snipe, 10+ Linnet, 3 Yellowhammer (Murray Brown via Herts BC)
Pinner HA5: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit, Grey Heron scouting gardens for ponds (Nigel Barratt)
Rainham RSPB: 22 Golden Plover (Andy Tweed per ELBF FB); 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Oystercatcher, Mediterranean Gull, Chiffchaff (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
Raynes Park: Little Egret S over Coombe Ln 1330 (Paula Redmond)
Ruislip Lido: 3-4 singing Chiffchaff, 3 Egyptian Goose m 2f, ground-nesting Grey Heron, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Little Grebe pr & 1 calling, Common Buzzard, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, pr Black-headed Gulls displaying on tern_raft (Martin Smith)
Rye Meads RSPB: incl 6 Shelduck fr gadwall_hide, Redshank fr draper hide, 5m Chiffchaff (Allan Meadows via Herts BC); pr Bullfinch nr water_vole cnr 1110 (Emily Leonard tweet); also incl 2 Common Buzzard, Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher (Mike Dent per ELBF FB)
Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: 2 Green Sandpiper fishing lake & north pit (Steven Pearce via Herts BC); White Wagtail in field by willows fm lake, c100 Linnet willows fm (Steve Blake via Herts BC); Yellow-legged Gull 2w main gp pm (Rupert Evershed tweet)
Walthamstow FB: m Wheatear 0830 (Dan Barrett tweet)
Walthamstow Wetlands: m Wheatear, Stock Dove on Lockwood 1020 (Quentin Given); Peregrine, 8 Meadow Pipit W, Scaup still on No 4, 9 Goldeneye across Reservoirs (Walthamstow Birders)
Wanstead Flats: 30 Meadow Pipit mostly NW 2 singing birds on territory, 5 Pied Wagtail, 5 Skylark 3 singing, 18+ Greenfinch 4 display-flighting, 2 Reed Bunting, Cetti's Warbler again Alex scrub, Chiffchaff, singing Blackcap possibly our first returning bird, 3 Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, singing Stock Dove, 1c Great Black-backed Gull, 7 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 3 Little Grebe, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, m Kestrel, Little Owl (Nick Croft)
Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Red-crested Pochard, Water Rail, Common Snipe, 7 Teal, Reed Bunting, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap (Chris Farthing)
Sunday 17th March 2019
Alexandra Park: singing Blackcap FOY (Bruce Carson); Common Buzzard slowly W fighting wind and intense crow-mob 09.30 (Jonathan Cooke); 2 Chiffchaff, 8 Pied Wagtail, Kingfisher (Sam Jones)
Brent Reservoir: Jack Snipe from main hide still, 16 Common Snipe, 3 Greylag Geese, Little Egret, 2 Common Buzzard, Peregrine, Kestrel, 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull, 66 Common Gull, Reed Bunting, 2 Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler (Brent Birders)
Brookmill Park: Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
Cely Woods: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Steve Bacon per ELBF FB)
Clapham Junction (round back houses near Lidl): 15 House Sparrows (Michael Mac)
Coombe/Beverley Mead: Woodcock in flight (Les Evans-Hill)
Crossness NR: m Wheatear lagoon field 1020 at least (Chris White & Michael Edwards tweets)
Ingrebourne Valley: 3 Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Peregrine, 3 Chiffchaff am (Shaun Harvey tweet); also incl 6 Lapwing, Kestrel, 3 Skylark, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 25 Linnet, 6 Reed Bunting (Paul Hawkins, Dave McGough et al per ELBF FB)
KGV Reservoir: ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD low W toward Enfield/Trent Park 1110. 'Distinctly lighter plumage overall w/ dark carpals & tail band and white in mid-tail. Gliding on flattish wings.', m Wheatear 0850 (Neville Smith tweets)
Lamorbey Park: m Mandarin lower lake 2nd or 3rd site record (Ian Stewart)
London Wetland Centre: Swallow wader scrape 1030, 2 Jack Snipe still, 7 Sand Martin, 4 Common Snipe, 2 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, Water Pipit still, Redwing, 3 singing Chiffchaff (WWT website)
Maple Lodge NR: Water Rail, Oystercatcher, Common Snipe (Alex Liddle tweet)
Margravine Cemetery: Red Kite from E turned S at 09:52, Chiffchaff, Redwing, pr Nuthatch nest building (Nathalie Mahieu, Ruth Savery, John Boorman, Sarah Taylor, Will Hurt)
Merton: Yellow-browed Warbler by Windsor Ave at entrance to Deen City Farm in scrub by R Wandle till 0930 at least (BirdGuides)
Morden Hall Park: Grey Plover high NW calling 0640, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Brambling (Steven Patmore [AD - thx for correction] via Surrey BN); also incl 4 Teal, 3 Common Snipe, displaying Kestrel, 2m Chiffchaff (Arjun Dutta tweet)
Navestock Heath: Barn Owl hunting 5pm [personal patch tick] (Andrew Stroud via Essex BwS)
Pimlico (Inner London): 60 House Sparrows in same area, but all external nests in small pyracantha hedge have now gone reason? - 2 in/at nest box in a tree (Michael Mac)
Queen Mother Reservoir: 1w Glaucous Gull again north bank 400m west of c/p 0810, Wheatear 0820 (Peter Newbound via Berks BN)
Rainham RSPB: Red Kite W over landfill 0920 (Jonathan Wasse tweet); Spotted Redshank [Ldn foy] purfleet scrape 1245 (Patrick Hart et al per ELBF FB/BirdGuides); m Wheatear on path to landfill viewpoint 1330 (Ian Bradshaw/BirdGuides); also incl 52 Shelduck, 168 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, 446 Wigeon, 18 Pintail, 13 Pochard, 21 Tufted Duck, Sparrowhawk, 5 Marsh Harrier 3m 2f, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Avocet, 43 Lapwing, 13 Curlew, 2 Ruff, 48 Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 24 Redshank, adult Mediterranean Gull, Barn Owl, 2 Kingfisher, Peregrine, 3 Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail (Alan Shearman, Jonathan Wasse per ELBF FB)
Regent's Park: m Wheatear football pitches early-am (BirdGuides)
Richmond Park: Red Kite (J.Wilczur); Redwing in bush next to Kingston Gate c/p (P Davies)
The Brook BR5: 2 Little Grebe, 1+ Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff, Little Egret (Jack Headley)
Thorndon CP "North": incl 2 Common Buzzard, 100 Jackdaw, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Bullfinch am (Andrew Stroud via EBwS BN)
Tyttenhanger GPs: Redshank main gp 1310 (Rupert Evershed tweet); Sand Martin fishing lake (per Herts BC)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Sand Martin (Barry Jones per ELBF FB)
Wanstead Flats: Cetti's Warbler h in brambles east of Alex c8am (Marco Johnson); m Wheatear 0845 (Tony Brown per WB/James Heal tweets); 3 singing Chiffchaff, 10+ Meadow Pipit w, 4 Skylark, 10 Gadwall, Pochard, 2 Little Grebe, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk (Wanstead Birders)
Chislehurst: m Mandarin still, 2 Grey Wagtail (Jack Headley)
Galley Lane EN5: 6 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
Golders Hill Park: 16+ Redwing (James Levy)
Hall Marsh Scrape: Cattle Egret still (BirdGuides)
Hampstead Heath: 3 Meadow Pipit 2N 0630 & 1 briefly on the ground on Parliament Hill (Matt Evans)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 4 Pintail [pr seen mating], 1f Goldeneye sheltered lagoon, Bittern still reservoir lagoon [w corner], 2 Chiffchaff (WWT website); 7 Common Snipe and 1 Jack Snipe still wader scrape, 1m hybrid Tufted x Pochard, 1 Water Pipit, 1 Redshank (Martin Honey et al.); also ad Mediterranean Gull briefly am (Oscar Dewhurst)
Olympic Park: 10 Gadwall, 1 Cettis Warbler h (Roger Keith)
Penn Road Gardens Islington N7: pr Mistle Thrushes over calling 1430 very rare in Holloway (Shane Enright)
Golders Hill Park: pr Egyptian Goose w/ 5yg which reportedly emerged yesterday this being second year they have hatched young here (James Levy)
Haddon Grove, Sidcup: 2 Grey Wagtail (Eric Brown)
Lee Valley, Cornmill Meadows: Cattle Egret [my first at this site], 3 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 20+ Wigeon, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Redwing (Simon Papps)
Lee Valley, Hall Marsh: Cattle Egret, Little Egret, 3 Goosander [red-heads on adjacent Horsemill Stream], Kingfisher, singing Chiffchaff, 2 Redwing, 2 Siskin (Simon Papps)
Rainham RSPB: 5 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 7 Curlew, Ruff, 28 Common Snipe, 2m Chiffchaff, Water Pipit still, pr Greenfinch (Patrick Hart, Russell Sherriff, Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
Ravenor Park, Greenford: pr Stock Dove [1st record of more than 1] feeding with Woodpigeons, 13 Redwing, 5 Mistle Thrush, 2 pr Jackdaw [recent colonist here 1 collecting twigs], 9 Greenfinch [highest total for couple of years] (Neil Anderson/K. Bull)
Richmond Park: 8 Cormorant incl three birds at two nests which would be the first breeding record for the Park, 120+ Common Gull, 270+ Black-headed Gull (J.Wilczur); Sand Martin, Redpoll, Pied Wagtail, pr Grey Wagtail (P.Redmond); Peregrine (C.Williams)
St James's Park: Water Rail, Jackdaw [an uncommon visitor here but up to two birds have been in the Park this month], 4 Redwing briefly, Blackcap singing at Spencer House in nearby Green Park (Frank Nugent)
Sidcup: Peregrine (Patrick English)
Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve: no sign 1w Caspian Gull, but roost incl 300+ Black-headed Gull, 200+ Herring Gull, 3+ Lesser Black-backed Gull, also 500+ Jackdaw, 2+ Egyptian Goose, Little Grebe c18:00 (Jack Headley)
South Lodge Farm: 16 Pied Wagtail, 4 m Chaffinch, 12 Goldfinch, m Lesser Redpoll (Robert Callf)
Stoneleigh Station KT17: overwintering Blackcap still (Neil Batten)
Swanscombe Marsh "9.30-12.30 outgoing tide": 1 Raven, 2 Marsh Harrier, 18 Greylag Goose, 4 Canada Goose, 5 Water Rail h, 2 Mute Swan, 5 Cetti's Warbler h, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker h, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Grey Heron 1 pr on nest w/ yg, 5 Little Grebe, 9 Coot, 1 Pochard m, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet h, 3 Tufted Duck 3m 1f, ad Yellow-legged Gull river, 18 Gadwall river, 3 Teal river, 2 Oystercatcher, {1 Common Carder Bumble Bee} (Roger Keith)
The Brook BR5: 2 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, c2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1+ Kingfisher, Water Rail, Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, Song Thrush, 1+ Redwing, 7+ Tufted Duck (Jack Headley)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 Lapwing, 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Chiffchaff two in song, singing Reed Bunting, 8 Rook, c60 Starling, c170 Jackdaw, 10 Teal, 2 Coot (John Colmans)
Trent Park: 11 Mandarin Duck 7m 4f, 2 Common Pochard m f, 2 Tufted Duck m f, Common Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff singing m, 4 Goldcrest incl three singing m, 4 Coal Tit incl two singing m, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper incl one singing m, 14+ Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Halfpenny Bridge, Grand Union Canal: 1 Red-crested Pochard m (Charlie Farrell)
Hall Marsh Scrape: 2 Cattle Egret fr snipe_hide 1010 (Andy Holmes via Lee Valley sightings blog)
Hilfield Park Reservoir: 2 Black-necked Grebe still from Hogg Lane viewpoint, Great Black-backed Gull, 2+ Ring-necked Parakeet, Mistle Thrush, Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
The Brook BR5: 2 Little Grebe, c2 Lesser Black-backed Gull over, calling Chiffchaff, calling Goldcrest (Jack Headley)
The Mill Field NW7: 3 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
Town Park, Enfield: 6 Northern Shoveler 3m 3f Carr's Basin, 3 Tufted Duck m 2f, 25 Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Stock Dove, Grey Wagtail, 2 Mistle Thrush pr (Robert Callf)
Trent Park: 9 Mandarin Duck 6m 3f, 2 Eurasian Teal pr upper lake, 2 Common Pochard m f, 2 Tufted Duck m f, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff singing m nr Ride Wood, 2 Coal Tit Water Grdn on feeders, 5+ Nuthatch incl pr (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Wetlands: m Scaup still on No 4, 4 Goldeneye, 1 Red Kite W (Walthamstow Birders)
Westbourne Park, Grand Union Canal: Grey Wagtail (Francis O'Sullivan)
Woodford Green: 4+ singing Blackcap, Grey Wagtail over, Little Egret over, 2m Brambling, several sightings of 2+ f Sparrowhawk (Ken Murray)
Wednesday 13th March 2019
Alexandra Park: 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Linnet, m Gadwall, Little Grebe, 5 Pochard, 6 Greenfinch, Redwing (APOG Birders)
Amwell NR "Gt Hardmead L": Water Rail, Sand Martin fr viewpt (Jenny Sherwen tweet); m Goldeneye, Raven (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
Brent Park, Hendon: 2 Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler (Toby Mylett)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Conrad Ellam)
Ewell, Hogsmill Open Space: 1 Little Egret on ground next to river bank 08:45 (Neil Batten)
Feltham: Peregrine circling and gliding a hundred metres over Lidl 1530 (Mike Foster)
Greenford UB6: f Peregrine with struggling Feral Pigeon in its talons that wriggled free & dropped like a stone into allotments below 06.45 (Neil Anderson)
Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk m, Pied Wagtail patch year tick, Reed Bunting m (John Bushell)
Grovelands Park: Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe pr displaying, Cormorant, 2 Mute Swan pr, 2 Greylag Goose pr, m Egyptian Goose, 6 Mandarin Duck 4m 2f, m Northern Shoveler, f Common Pochard, 16 Tufted Duck 8m 8f, f Smew of doubtful origin, 23 Coot, 6 Common Gull 5 ad & 1 first-winter with white darvic ring, 12 Stock Dove incl displaying birds, m Pied Wagtail, m Nuthatch, Jay, 13 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Hampstead Heath: singing Chiffchaff at Hedge 2 am (Pete Mantle)
Hayes Hill Farm: 3 White-fronted Goose still w/ Greylags in field east of Fm 1300 (Andrew Jewels via Lee Valley sightings blog)
London Wetland Centre: Bittern still lagoon [w shore], Dunlin marsh [e side], 14 Fieldfare W, Water Pipit still marsh/main lake [fenceline] (WWT website)
Mayflower Park: Red Kite SW 1420 (Danny Ramsay per Bob Smith)
Rye Meads NR "HMWT reedbed": Bittern over to roost in front of viewpt 1750, Woodcock over at dusk, Peregrine over, 4+ Cetti's Warbler singing, Chiffchaff (Allan Meadows/Herts BN tweets)
Staines Reservoir: 8 Black-necked Grebe s basin w edge late-aft (Paul Watts tweet); Scaup still s basin sw cnr (BirdGuides)
Stoneleigh Station KT17: 1 Blackcap still (Neil Batten)
The Brook BR5: 2+ Little Grebe, Grey Wagtail (Jack Headley)
Tyttenhanger GPs: incl c100 Linnet field nr fishing lake (Steve Blake via Herts BC)
Walthamstow Wetlands: m Scaup still, 4 Goldeneye on No 5 (David Bradshaw, Paul Whiteman)
West Ham Station: ad Caspian Gull landed 1 metre from us on platform 8 and tucked into a scrap of chicken bone 08:35 (John & Janet Cadera)
Woodford Green: f Brambling (imaged) 8am, Redwing, Red Kite over 9.29am my 6th this year (normally 2-3 sightings per annum), Sparrowhawk over 9.59am, m Blackcap 10.23am (Ken Murray)
Sunday 10th March 2019
Alexandra Park: 1w Black Redstart still at east end of southern terrace, m Gadwall Wood Green Res, 20+ Redwing (APOG Birders); 2 Common Gull, Little Grebe, small flock of Greenfinch Boating Lake (Eduardo López Salas)
Amwell NR: 4 Goldeneye, Smew red-head Great Hardmead Lake south end by island still, Raven S early-am (William Bishop via Herts BC/Twitter)
Beddington Farmlands: 2 ad Mediterranean Gulls, 1 Jack Snipe, 8 Water Pipit (Peter Alfrey) pics here
Hall Marsh Scrape: 2 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard displaying, 2 Common Snipe, 1 Cetti's Warbler singing, 4 Little Grebe, {1 Red Fox failing to kill a Canada Goose that it caught, 4 Chinese Muntjac} (Charlie Farrell); Cattle Egret still 1.30pm (Simon Bradley)
Holland Park: Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
Holmethorpe SPs: no sign Black-throated Diver 1450 after 35-day stay (Gordon Hay via Surrey BN)
Holyfield Hall Farm: 3 White-fronted Goose still (Lol Cumming tweet)
Hyde Park: Stonechat at last. Thank you so much Dave Jordan for immaculate directions. Excellent views. My pleasure David. Glad you managed to locate it. [DJ] (David Jeffreys); 6 Common Gull, Common Buzzard, 2 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
Island Barn Reservoir: Kittiwake ad am (Dave Harris per Surrey BN); also Little Gull (Chris Turner tweet)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, 3 Jack Snipe, 8 Common Snipe, 2 Chiffchaff, Water Pipit, Fieldfare, 8 Redwing, Common Buzzard in Wildside then E pm (WWT website)
Pinner, Lloyd Court: Tawny Owls still sorting their differences. The noise! (Richard Francis) wonderful DP
Wormwood Scrubs: Common Gull, Chiffchaff, f Stonechat grassland, f Reed Bunting (Paul Thomas tweet)
Yeading Brook Meadows: Little Egret, Grey Heron, singing Chiffchaff, 4 Greenfinch, 30 Common Gull, 30 Fieldfare (Nigel Dodd)
Saturday 9th March 2019
Alexandra Park: Red Kite, Linnet, Chiffchaff, Peregrine, m Aythya hybrid, Little Grebe Boating Lake (APOG Birders); midday Black Redstart still at base of antenna and on Palace building (Andrew Peel)
Amwell GP: 1 Sand Martin, 1 Yellow-legged Gull 3cy (Adam Wilson); Smew rh Gt Hardmead L still (Barry Reed via Herts BC)
Beckton STW "no public access": 56 Gadwall, 400+ Teal, Common Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 37 Redshank, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Grey Wagtail (Dave Morrison tweet)
Bowyer's Water: Smew rh still (per Herts BN tweet)
Brent Reservoir: Peregrine, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 25 Common Snipe, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, Little Egret (Magnus Andersson, Roy Beddard)
Cheshunt: 3 Brambling, f Blackcap (Adam Wilson)
Copped Hall: f Pallid/Montagu's Harrier seen briefly very orange with ring tail (J-P Elmes)
Crossness NR: Penduline Tit called via the reserve and flew over to the left side of the shield into the reeds 09.40, also Peregrine, Curlew, c40 Dunlin (Simon Worsfold)
Eaton Park Road, N13: Red Kite blown N 11:20am (Katy McGilvray)
Finchley Lane NW4: Tawny Owl (Toby Mylett)
Hall Marsh Scrape: 2 Cattle Egret still, Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 3 Chiffchaff (Mark Gregory via Essex BwS)
Hogsmill Open Space: Little Egret, Cormorant, Little Grebe, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail (Isaiah Rowe tweet)
Holmethorpe SPs: juv Black-throated Diver still, Little Egret, 8 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 10 Bullfinch (Gordon Hay via Surrey BN)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, Goldeneye, Bittern, 4 Common Snipe, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Water Pipit (WWT website); also 2 Jack Snipe, Sand Martin (per Surrey BN)
Middlesex University Campus: Meadow Pipit (Toby Mylett)
Rainham RSPB: Glaucous Gull juv still landfill fr riverside path 1120 (Jonathan Wasse tweet); 43 Shelduck, 120 Shoveler, 18 Gadwall, 353 Wigeon, 24 Pintail, 293 Teal, 14 Pochard, 16 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 3 Marsh Harrier, Water Rail, 2 Oystercatcher, 223 Lapwing, 4 Curlew, 2 Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 24 Common Snipe, 43 Redshank, 2 Kestrel, 7 Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, Redwing (Alan Shearman et al per ELBF FB)
Ravenor Park, Greenford: Sparrowhawk, c30 Redwing (Neil Anderson)
Richmond Park: Red Kite (S.Woolfenden); 129 Common Gull, Pied Wagtail (N.Anderson)
St James's Park: dead Tawny Owl chick (Please delete if not appropriate for here) (Mark Fairless); Tawny Owl f & remaining chick still c1pm (Twitter); Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
Thamesmead: Yellow-legged Gull 3w off Princess Alice Way (Richard Bonser)
Tottenham Court Road: Peregrine Falcon , near Warren Street tube, flying south, 17:45
Walthamstow Wetlands: pr Goosander, m Scaup, 3 Sand Martins (Lol Bodini, Terry Rawlins)
Wimbledon: 3000+ Jackdaw SE, 230+ Crow SE (Hugh Nicholson tweet)
Alexandra Park: 1w Black Redstart still base of antenna palace building, f Stonechat perimeter cricket pitches (3rd for year), m Aythya hybrid, Little Grebe, 10 Pochard, 6 Common Gull Boating Lake, 10+ Redwing, Fieldfare, Chiffchaff, Jackdaw (APOG Birders)
Staines Moor: 3 Water Pipit still, f Stonechat, Peregrine, Kestrel, Common Buzzard, 3 Red Kite, singing Chiffchaff, 5+ singing Skylark, Redshank, pr Little Grebe - 48 species recorded (Alex Massey)
Staines Reservoir: m Scaup still s basin sw cnr, 9 Black-necked Grebe (most now in summer plumage), 12+ Goldeneye, 3 Shelduck (Alex Massey)
Stanstead Abbotts: Raven (Jane Free via Herts BC)
Stocker's Lake: incl 2 Little Egret, 2 Red Kite (Steve Carter via Herts BC)
Stoneleigh Station KT17: 1 Blackcap still (Neil Batten)
Sturgess Avenue NW4: 4 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
Swanscombe Marsh "09.30-13.30": 22 Greylag Goose, 2 Canada Goose, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Reed Bunting m, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Raven, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Common Buzzard, 4 Cetti's Warbler 3h, 10 Stonechat 2m, 2 Shelduck river, 5 Teal river, 14 Gadwall river, 61 Redshank river, 5 Turnstone, 1 Dunlin river (Roger Keith)
Upper College Farm, Sidcup: Song Thrush, Common Buzzard, Chiffchaff, Linnet (Eric Brown)
Walthamstow Reservoirs: Cattle Egret flew N over Banbury Res c7am, pr Goosander in relief channel, 2 singing Chiffchaff (Stuart Fisher); Common Buzzard N over Lockwood 10.30, pr Goldeneye High Maynard (Lol Bodini) Scaup on No 4, Oystercatcher on East Warwick (David Bradshaw, Jamie Partridge)
Alexandra Park: Chiffchaff, 8 Pochard, 20+ Redwing, Kingfisher (APOG Birders)
Arrandene Open Space NW7: 2 Common Gull, 6 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
Barnet Playing Fields, EN5: 38 Black-headed Gull, 7 Common Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 40 Jackdaw. No sign of Med Gull up to 10.30 (Bob Husband)
Brent Park, Hendon: Little Egret, Lesser Redpoll (Toby Mylett)
Brent Reservoir: 25 Common Snipe, Water Rail, Cetti’s Warbler (Steve Blake)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
E17, Lloyd Park: m Red-crested Pochard (Stuart Fisher)
Greenhill Gardens, Barnet, EN5: 14 Tufted Duck 7pr, 54 Black-headed Gull, pr Lesser Black-backed Gull, Stock Dove singing, Siskin singing. No sign of Med Gull up to 11.00. (Bob Husband)
Grovelands Park: the f Smew 'of questionable origin' showing well on lakeside, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Egyptian Goose, 14 Mandarin (Paul Collins)
Holmethorpe SPs: juv Black-throated Diver still (Gordon Hay via Surrey BN)
King George V Res: ad sum Black-necked Grebe (til 11.30 then flew across to Girling res), m Smew still, 7 Goldeneye on south basin (I Lycett)
Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 1 Common Buzzard ne (Neil Batten)
Lee Valley, Bowyer's Water: red-head Smew, 6 Pochard, 50+ Tufted Duck, Little Egret, 3 Chiffchaff (Simon Papps)
Lee Valley, Hall Marsh: 2 Cattle Egret midday, 12+ Teal, 4 Goosander (on adjacent Horsemill Stream), Common Snipe, 3 Red Kite, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush (Simon Papps) for CE pic see www.facebook.com/reednewholland/
London Wetland Centre: 5 Pintail, 11 Common Snipe, 7 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Water Pipit (WWT website); Jack Snipe still wader scrape 1515 (Martin Wright via Surrey BN)
Milespit Hill Pond NW7: Common Buzzard (Toby Mylett)
Stoneleigh Station KT17: 1 singing Blackcap (Neil Batten)
Sturgess Park, Brent Cross: Common Gull, Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
Totteridge Valley: 2 Common Gull, Common Buzzard, Rook (Toby Mylett)
Tufnell Park N19: 4 Chaffinch 'flock' in my garden (Francis Tusa) I've only ever seen singles round here, and even those are infrequent, so that's amazing! [Reuben Braddock]
Walthamstow Wetlands: m Scaup still on No 4, 5 Goldeneye (David Bradshaw)
Woodford Green: 2 Siskin m f, Little Egret over 9.24am, 2 Sparrowhawks in tandem going North 10.21, a flock of c15 Golden Plover high and going East 10.40am only the 4th sighting of this species locally in 36 years. (Ken Murray) KM - grateful for data but several edits were necessary so pls save us time by following the simple standard format thx Simply too quick over the roof for me to count! Ken, there's no call for the wind-up. As stated above an estimate would do - anyway pls check the site history & learn from all the corrections made to your post so there's no repetition - we'd rather be birding. Thx.wind up I don't understand? That was no wind up, It was a statement of fact! could have been 10, could have been 20. This communication is a bit one-sided, who am I addressing?
Alexandra Park: Peregrine pr hunting over playing fields and Wood Green Res, Chiffchaff, Meadow Pipit NE (FOY), 25 Common Gull, Little Grebe, 4 Pochard Boating Lake, 4+ Grey Wagtail (APOG Birders)
Boxer's Lake: 9+ Grey Heron incl three nests with birds sitting and two nests under construction & leucistic bird, ad Egyptian Goose & 8 goslings, 2 Mandarin Duck pr, 3 Common Pochard 2m f, 7 Tufted Duck 4m 3f, 41+ Black-headed Gull (Robert Callf)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Clissold Park; 4 Gadwall 2pr one on New River and one on large lake (Ernest Thomason)
Greenhill Gardens, Barnet, EN5: Mediterranean Gull ad with Polish red darvic ‘PTJ9' present 10.00, pr Grey Wagtail (Bob Husband)
Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, Kingfisher (John Bushell)
Hartham: 3 Kingfisher R Lee TL327130 [1] & TL329132 [pr] (Ian Edwards via Herts BC)
Holyfield lake, Lee Valley: sizable group of Siskins, c20 Cormorants already on nests (J-P Elmes)
Hyde Park: Stonechat in rough grassland just south of Albion Gate to 08:55 at least (Des McKenzie tweet)
Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 1 Mute Swan low w am (Neil Batten)
Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: singing Blackcap nr Gilberts Slade still, singing Treecreeper, 15 Shoveler, small passage of Common Gull throughout the last couple of days (Stuart Fisher)
London Wetland Centre: 5 Pintail, Goldeneye, Bittern, Jack Snipe, Redshank foy marsh, Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Chiffchaff, 32 Fieldfare, 27 Redwing, 2 Water Pipit (WWT website)
Mill Hill NW7: 2 Red Kite over A41/Mill Hill Circus (Steve Blake)
Panshanger Park: Green Sandpiper (Murray Brown via Herts BC)
Pinner HA5: Red KIte, 2 Coal Tit, 5 Goldfinch, 2 Jay (Nigel Barratt)
Rainham Marshes: juvenile Glaucous Gull 10.30am by Concrete Barges, Oystercatcher on Aveley Bay, 2 Marsh Harrier 1m 1f, 20+ Black-tailed Godwit on Target Pools (Eduardo López Salas); 500 Lapwing, 6 Curlew, 2 Ruff, 30 Common Snipe, 30 Redshank (RSPB per ELBF FB)
Raynes Park "garden": 3 Redwing & 1 Song Thrush 1205 harassed by resident Blackbird, Sparrowhawk 1211 (P. Redmond)
St James's Park: Jackdaw in a plane tree [an uncommon visitor here], Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
Sevenoaks WR: Black-tailed Godwit [6th day] (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
Stocker's Lake: 5 Goldeneye, 2 Oystercatcher over n end, Chiffchaff (Steve Carter via Herts BC)
Stoneleigh Station KT17: 2 singing Blackcaps am (Neil Batten)
Studio Mews NW4: Siskin (Toby Mylett)
The Brook BR5: Little Egret, 2+ Song Thrush, 1+ Grey Wagtail, Water Rail (Jack Headley)
Trent Park: 8 Mandarin Duck 6m 2f upper lake, 6 Eurasian Teal 5m f lower lake, f Common Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck 3m 3f, Kestrel, 18 Common Gull flew over, 2 Stock Dove, Coal Tit (Robert Callf)
Woodford Green: Sparrowhawk over 8.56am, Tawny Owl 11.07am, Song Thrush, c12 Redwing over, c12 Goldfinch, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Wren, 3 displaying Stock Dove (Ken Murray)
Tuesday 5th March 2019
Alexandra Park: 1w Black Redstart still at base of antenna east end of south terrace, 2 Chiffchaff, Little Grebe Boating Lake, 6+ Redwing, Black-headed Gull of Danish origin still (APOG Birders)
Cassiobury Park: incl Little Egret, Kingfisher (Lee Evans via Herts BC)
Coldfall Wood, Creighton Avenue, N10: m Sparrowhawk in flight over wood, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 2 Nuthatch trilling & calling, lots of mainly m Chaffinch some singing quietly (Tony Clancy & Bob Husband)
Coursers Road: Red Kite, 5 Fieldfare, 12 Tree Sparrow, 9 Yellowhammer (Lee Evans via Herts BC)
Crossness NR: PENDULINE TIT in bushes on footpath west of usual viewing screen 11.45-12.15 seen and heard [found by Peter Rees and Clare Cronin]; Barn Owl, 8 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Bearded Tit, 6+ Reed Bunting, 2 Kestrel, 28 Wigeon, 4 Gadwall, 8 Little Grebe, 8 Pochard, 3 Lapwing, Grey Heron, Grey Wagtail over, 7 Pied Wagtail, 2 Skylark, Song Thrush, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Tufted Duck, Thames Foreshore Curlew, 73 Shelduck, c50 Black-tailed Godwit, c55 Redshank, 8 Shoveler, c60 Gadwall, c60 Dunlin, 24 Cormorant, 10 Lapwing, 6 Wigeon, Common Gull, c400 Black-headed Gull, Cetti's Warbler (Bernie Weight)
Ewell, Hogsmill Open Space: 1 Little Egret perched in trees 08:45 (Neil Batten)
Forty Hall CP: Cormorant, 2 Mute Swan pr incl darvic-ringed m 4AHL, 2 Northern Shoveler m f, f Tufted Duck, 36 Black-headed Gull, ad Herring Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 5 Siskin feeding in alder along Turkey Brook (Robert Callf)
Hall Marsh Scrape: 2 Cattle Egret, 10+ Shoveler, 3 Goosander (on adjacent Horsemill Stream), Red Kite, 2 Siskin {Also Comma.} (Simon Papps); also Teal, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler h (per Lee Valley sightings blog); 2 Cattle Egret departed W/NW toward Bowyers Water/Cheshunt 1345 (A Holmes via LV blog)
Hampstead Heath: Water Rail showing well Stock Pond behind reeds 17:30 (Allan Stewart)
Hyde Park: Stonechat for 5th day at least directions as per yesterday's log (Dave Jordan)
Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 2 Common Buzzard low e, 2 Grey Heron low nw pm (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, Goldeneye, Common Buzzard SW 1450, 1 Bittern reservoir lagoon N shore, Black-tailed Godwit main lake 1430, 2 Jack Snipe, 12 Common Snipe marsh(5) scrape(4) main lake(3), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - drumming sheltered lagoon, Skylark W, 1 Sand Martin main lake, 3 Chiffchaff - south route and sheltered lagoon, 1 Water Pipit marsh (WWT website); 2 Shelduck main lake, pr Long-tailed Tit nest building (Martin Honey); 3-4 Greenfinch, Green Woodpecker near Tower Hide, Jack Snipe, m Pintail wader scrape, Great Crested Grebe main lake, Little Grebe, f Goldeneye reservoir lagoon, dipped on Sand Martin 1pm-3.30pm (Paul Francis); Skylark NW 10.00 (Simon Fogg)
Nicoll Place NW4: 2 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
Panshanger Park: 22+ Common Snipe, Raven (Murray Brown per Herts BC)
Pinner HA5: Red Kite, 5 Redwing, Pied Wagtail (Nigel Barratt)
Priest Hill NR: incl Kestrel, Stonechat (Isaiah Rowe tweet)
Walthamstow Wetlands: m Scaup back on No 4, 2 Goosander on Lockwood, 25 Fieldfare, 2 Peregrine (Walthamstow Birders)
Watford: 2 Kingfisher [R Colne Hatters Ln Croxley Bus Pk] (David Denham via Herts BC)
West Norwood Cemetery: Common Buzzard over west (Michael Mac)
Monday 4th March 2019
Alexandra Park: 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Pied Wagtail 2pr, 9 Common Gull, 2ad Mute Swan Wood Green Res (Bob Watts)
Brookmill Park: Sparrowhawk, 2 Stock Dove, Kingfisher, Song Thrush, Blackcap f (Conrad Ellam)
Crayford Marshes: 2 Bearded Tit, 5 Avocet, Corn Bunting, Common Buzzard, Common Sandpiper, Curlew, Oystercatcher, 26 Redshank, m Stonechat (Kev Jarvis)
Enfield Road, EN2: 2 Grey Wagtail pr in field opposite Jolly Farmers PH (Robert Callf)
Finsbury Park: 2 Egyptian Goose, 14 Pochard, 61 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Kingfisher (perched on north side of pond island), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 6 Mistle Thrush, 3 Redwing (Niall T. Keogh)
Greenhill Gardens, Barnet, EN5: Mediterranean Gull ad with Polish red darvic ‘PTJ9' present 09.50, 28 Black-headed Gull, 6 Tufted Duck 3pr. {8+ Common Frogs spawning} (Bob Husband)
Hampstead Heath: Leg of Mutton Pond 4 Shoveler 2m 2f, Grey Heron eating large frog/toad (James Levy)
Hayes Hill Farm: 3 Red Kite 0855 (K Chaplin via Lee Valley sightings blog)
Holmethorpe SPs: juv Black-throated Diver Mercers Lake TQ292515 still 13:20 (Gordon Hay via Surrey BN)
Hyde Park: Stonechat usual area (Dave Jordan) can Dave Jordan give an idea where in Meadow, had a good look this morning, no luck [David Jeffreys] David, bird is frequenting tall grasses, circa 200m west of the Freeman drinking fountain (check on a park map) and c75m south of North Carriage Drive.Good luck!
London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, Goldeneye, Jack Snipe still, 6 Common Snipe, 2 Sand Martin, Water Pipit still (WWT website)
Lower Clapton E5: Common Buzzard gliding low over Powercroft Rd towards Hackney Marshes 16:30 (Sue Barry)
Middlesex University Campus: 2 Canada Goose over, Grey Heron over (both unusual for site), 2 Jackdaw, Redwing, Siskin, Stonechat (Toby Mylett)
Morden Hall Park: Little Egret (not on marsh but front of house on lawn), Grey Wagtail, Kestrel - does anyone know what happened to Malcolm Riddler? He used to post from here in 2010 but not since and made comments about National Trust causing loss of breeding Kingfisher at this park? (Michael Mac)
Pinner HA5: Redwing, Green Woodpecker, 6 Goldfinch (Nigel Barratt)
Rainham RSPB: juv Glaucous Gull still (Russell Sherriff per ELBF FB); 5 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 32 Redshank (RSPB per ELBF FB)
Regent's Park: Coal Tit (Area 17) and Little Grebe (Area 13 and 17) (G J Francis); Water Rail in rail ditch (Charlie Farrell)
Ruislip Lido: pr Egyptian Goose, pr Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Grey Heron apparently nesting at ground level (Martin Smith)
St James's Park: Tawny Owl (Paul Francis); Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
Staines Reservoirs: m Scaup still s basin sw cnr am with Tufted Duck (Bill Haines)
Sturgess Avenue NW4: 3 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
The Commons LNR: Marsh Tit still (Keith Smith via Herts BC)
Trent Park: 8 Mandarin Duck 5m 3f, 5 Eurasian Teal 4m f lower lake, 2 Common Pochard m f, 4 Tufted Duck 2m 2f, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel m f, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, 2 Goldcrest, 7 Coal Tit incl six together in larches Williams Wood, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 4 Goldfinch, 16 Siskin feeding in alders along Leeging Beech Gutter near Water Grdn, f Lesser Redpoll in larches Williams Wood (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow: Peregrine over towards reservoirs during the heavy shower c2pm (Stuart Fisher)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Scaup, 2 Goosander, 4 Goldeneye on No 5, 30 Fieldfare, 2 Common Buzzards, Common Snipe (David Bradshaw, Lol Bodini); Grey Wagtail in tree by No 5 13:20 (Sue Barry)
Woodford Green: Tawny Owl calling (very early am), Kestrel over 8.07am (only 2nd this year), m Blackcap 8.24am, 2 Siskin m f 1pm, 3 Common Buzzards over 10.20am and again 4pm (Ken Murray)
Sunday 3rd March 2019
Alexandra Park: 200+ Black-headed Gull, 12 Common Gull, Chiffchaff, 25+ Redwing (APOG Birders)
London Wetland Centre: 1 Iceland Gull, Bittern still, 2 Shelduck, 2 Sand Martin, Chiffchaff, 2 Peregrine Falcon (Shailesh Patel); 3 Bittern, 1 Water Pipit, 30 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, 10 Common Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe still, drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker (Martin Honey et al.) This is probably the same Iceland Gull I saw on Friday see photo [Mike Paice]
Maple Cross: 6 Yellowhammer by Hornhill Rd west of housing estate in field hedge (Chris Bessant via Herts BC)
Oakwood Park: f Great Spotted Woodpecker, 9 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, Nuthatch singing, m Greenfinch, m Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
Rainham RSPB: Common Sandpiper (Shaun Harvey per ELBF FB); juv Glaucous Gull (Steve Bacon per ELBF FB)
Richmond Park: 4 Woodcock (P. Redmond); Red Kite (R Dunne)
St James's Park: 4 Coal Tit, 2 Siskin, 2 Treecreeper (Toby Mylett); 1 singing Chiffchaff, Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve: 1st w Caspian Gull am (John Tilbrook et al); Mediterranean Gull (Martin Coath et al); Black-tailed Godwit fr Tyler Hide, 2 Egyptian Goose, 22 Wigeon, Common Snipe, 3 Common Buzzard, 29 Lapwing (Jack Headley)
Staines Res: m Scaup s basin sw cnr, 4 Black-necked Grebe going into summer plumage (Jim Fell); also 42 Goldeneye on south basin, 3 Shelduck on north basin (John Edwards)
The Brook BR5: 2 Egyptian Goose, 1-2 Grey Wagtail, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1-2 calling Goldcrest (Jack Headley)
Victoria Park E3: Sparrowhawk pr displaying overhead during the Barmy Army Dawn Chorus led by the always excellent David Darrell-Lambert (Paul Francis)
Wimbledon: South Park Gardens SW19 6 Waxwings present from 16:20 to 16:45, when a Sparrowhawk scared them away causing them to head northeast, also c20 Redwing (Kabir Kaul, Arjun Dutta and Alex Liddle)
Friday 1st March 2019
Alexandra Park: Little Grebe, f Gadwall, f Tufted x Pochard hybrid Boating Lake, c20 Redwing, 14 Common Gull, 2 Chiffchaff, Treecreeper, pr Linnet filter beds (FOY) (APOG Birders)
Barnet Playing Fields, EN5: 32 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, no sign of Med Gull 13.00 (Bob Husband)
Beverley Brook "Junction of Coombe Lane and Kingston Bypass/Robin Hood Lane": Grey Heron (P. Redmond)
Bow Creek Ecology Park: 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Great Black-backed Gull (Charlie Farrell)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, 5 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
Canons Farm: incl 3 Sand Martin (Paul Goodman per CFBW BG); Short-eared Owl over Tart's Field pm (Peter Tatchley per Steve Gale tweet)
Church Road NW4: Common Gull, Little Owl, Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
Crossness NR: Penduline Tit still (Mark Bravery tweet); Penduline Tit on Island Field until about 14.15 then moved elsewhere, Chiffchaff and 1+ Cetti's Warbler also there (Cetti's a lifetime tick and heard in the protected area), with 2 Reed Bunting m f, Bearded Tit h, Marsh Harrier over main scrub, 2 Oystercatcher, Linnet and the usual Thames shore birds, Dunnock singing from a tree in the protected area (Paul Francis)
Greenwich Peninsula O2: Iceland Gull probably 3w m see photo (Mike Paice)
Holmethorpe SPs: juv Black-throated Diver Mercers L still (BirdGuides)
Hyde Park: Stonechat on Parade Ground fencing early-am (Dave Jordan)
Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: 2 singing Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch, singing Grey Wagtail, 2 Redwing in the Court one in almost full song, 22 Shoveler, 3 Great Crested Grebe (Stuart Fisher)
London Wetland Centre: 1 Water Pipit still, 20 Fieldfare, 8 Redwing, 1 Jack Snipe still, 4 Pintail (Shailesh Patel); also 2 Shelduck, 6 Pintail, Goldeneye, 2 Bittern still, 9 Common Snipe, 25 Fieldfare, 15 Redwing (WWT website)
Middlesex University Campus: Siskin, Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
Palmers Green: New River behind mosque 4 Red-crested Pochard 3m 1f (Noel Hall)
Pinner HA5: Red Kite circling (Nigel Barratt)
Rainham RSPB: juv Glaucous Gull (Andy Tweed per ELBF FB)
Richmond Park: 16 Greylag, 6 Teal, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 50+ Common Gull, 2+ Sand Martin, 2+ Swallow (Friday Bird Group); Common Snipe (P. Redmond)
Ruislip Lido/Woods: 5 Gadwall, 12 Shoveler, 3 Teal (LNR), 5 Pochard, Little Egret, Grey Heron on nest with partner adding twigs (first nesting attempt at this site), Common Buzzard, 5 Stock Dove, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker (4 drumming), 5 Nuthatch, 20+ Redwing, Lesser Redpoll feeding in birch with Goldfinch, flock 40+ Chaffinch feeding by path Poors Field (Neil Anderson/K. Bull); singing Chiffchaff (Dick Middleton)
Rye Meads RSPB: Black-tailed Godwit w/ Lapwings fr draper & gadwall_hides (RSPB tweet); 2 Sand Martin arr'd at dusk to roost in draper hide reedbed (Alan Harris via Herts BC)
Swanscombe Marsh "9.00-13.00 outgoing tide": 35 Greylag Goose, 12 Lapwing 7 river 5 Botany Marsh, 2 Green Woodpecker h, 5 Cetti's Warbler h, 2 Song Thrush h, 1 Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Water Rail h, 23 Teal river, 18 Gadwall river, 1 Curlew river, 2 Shelduck river, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Wigeon river, 8 Turnstone river, 1 Common Sandpiper river, 10 Reed Bunting, 4 Tufted Duck 1m 3f, 3 Pochard 1m 2f, 4 Canada Goose, 2+ Bearded Tit multiples h, 23 Dunlin river, 38 Redshank river, 28 Teal river, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Coot, 5 Common Gull river (Roger Keith)
Thames path Enderby Wharf: 6 Gadwall on river edge (Mike Paice)
The Brook BR5: 2+ Gadwall, c2 Song Thrush, Water Rail, Little Egret, Grey Wagtail (Jack Headley)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Chiffchaff singing briefly near Long Pond, 10 Fieldfare, c30 Redwing, Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 14 Rook, c100 Common Gull, 8 Teal, Coot (John Colmans)
Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: 8+ Tree Sparrow tytt fm, Oystercatcher, 2+ Kingfisher, 2 Chiffchaff singing, 2+ Siskin fishing lake (Tyttenhanger Birders via Herts BC); 2+ Little Egret, 4 Red Kite, 2+ Water Rail, 47+ Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Great Black-backed Gull, Yellowhammer main gp (Tytt Birders via HBC); Barn Owl 0640, Little Owl 0600, Grey Wagtail willows fm (Rupert Evershed via HBC)
Waltham Abbey: Raven over crooked mile midday (Brian Dawton)
Walthamstow Wetlands: m Scaup still on No 4, 2 Goosander, 4 Goldeneye and 50 Fieldfare on No 5, 2 Goosander around Lockwood (Dave Callahan, David Bradshaw)
Wimbledon: 6 Waxwing in South Park Gardens 16:30 before flying off then returning c17:00, also c20 Redwing (John Birkett and Simon Harris)
Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Water Rail pr, Common Snipe, 2 Teal, 3 Shoveler, Shelduck, 2 Little Egret (Chris Farthing)
Woodford Green: Tawny Owl, m Blackcap, 8 Goldfinch, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Long-Tailed Tit, with flyover Little Egret, Red Kite and c70+ Chaffinch going to roost (Ken Murray)
