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Sunday 28th July 2019

• Alexandra Park: Commn Sandpiper S end of Wood Green Res, no Swifts, 7+ Greenfinch (APOG Birders)
• Brent Reservoir: Little Egret, Greenshank, Little Ringed Plover, Lapwing, 7 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper (Andrew Self)
• Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Stock Dove, Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
• Crossness LNR: Ad Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Common Sandpiper both at outfall otherwise quiet (Jack Headley)
• Enfield "EN2": 3 Bullfinch 2m f feeding 0650 at private site (Robert Callf)
• Finchley: Garden N3 - {1st Record of both Gatekeeper & Southern Hawker} (Samuel Levy)
• London Wetland Centre: Dunlin, 3 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Hobby, 3 Peregrine hunting, 6 House Martin, Common Tern, 27 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 3 Snipe, 2 well grown Pochard juveniles (WWT website)
• Primrose Hill: 7 Swift [4 drifted S 06:05-06:15 & 3 NNE 06:30], 8 House Martin over Regent's Park Rd colony but no nestlings seen (Twitter)
• Regent's Park: staging Garden Warbler fos wildlife gdn [area 20] (Twitter)
• Rainham Marshes RSPB: 1, possibly 2, Garganey, 6 Avocet, juvenile Little Ringed Plover, Whimbrel, Eurasian Curlew, 49 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, Dunlin, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpipers, 4 Yellow-legged Gulls, male Marsh Harrier, Barn Owl, 2 Bearded Tits, Cetti's Warbler (Dominic Mitchell).
• Ten Acre Wood area: 2m Pheasant, 2 Grey Heron, Red Kite in heavy moult, Common Buzzard, juv Kestrel, 2 Peregrine (ad female on a regular perch. Later second bird flying around, briefly buzzed perched bird then went into dive along long hedge c20m from me. Clearly a juv with brownish tones to upperparts. As it flew to edge of wood, adult joined it + it turned upside down with talons outstretched, before both birds flew side by side towards airfield), 6 Stock Dove, 5 Skylark, 4 Swallow, 2 Sand Martin, Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Reed Bunting, 11+ Linnet (Neil Anderson)
• The Brook BR5: 2 Little Grebe, Nuthatch, Grey Wagtail, c4 calling Chiffchaff, 3 Long-tailed Tit, f Tufted Duck w/ yg (Jack Headley)
• Upper College Farm DA5: pr Common Whitethroat with almost fully grown juvs, 1-2 Bullfinch h (Jack Headley)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: Tree Creeper by new hide (first since 2015), Sandwich Tern north late afternoon (Walthamstow Birders) Also 30+ Swift, 150-200 Sand Martin, 2 Peregrine, 150+ House Martin, Gadwall, Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, Little Grebe, 2 Common Tern {Banded Demoiselle, Holly Blue, Small + Large White, Painted Lady, Meadow Brown, Jersey Tiger, Red Admiral} (Samuel Levy et al)
• Yeading Brook meadows: Little Egret, c30 Goldfinch [2 Shaded Broad-bar] (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 27th July 2019

• Brent Reservoir: 2 Little Egret, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Lapwing, Greenshank, Redshank, 5 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Willow Warbler [first of autumn] (Andrew Self)
• Crayford Marshes: 4 Gadwall, 6 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Oystercatcher, 17 Lapwing, Turnstone, c9 Common Sandpiper, Redshank, 3 Greenshank, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, 1st W Common Gull, 20+ Yellow-legged Gull, 20+ Common Tern, 12+ Swift, 6+ singing Skylark, 9 Sand Martin, 4 House Martin, 6 Meadow Pipit, 2-3 Pied Wagtail, Grasshopper Warbler, 15+ Reed Warbler, juv Sedge Warbler, 3+ calling Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Bunting h, c10 Common Whitethroat, 2+ Blackcap h, singing Cetti's Warbler, 100+ Linnet, 250+ Goldfinch, 8 Greenfinch, Curlew Sandpiper in full summer plumage on forshore W of Darenth Barrier, 2 singing Corn Bunting (Jack Headley)
• Crossness: Turnstone at outfall, 6+ Little Egret, 7 Common Sandpiper, 5 Oystercatcher, 1 Redshank, 15+ Lapwing, 2 Yellow-legged Gull ad + 2nd sum, 70+ Common Tern, Hybrid Shelduck, 30 Shelduck ducklings in two groups (John Archer)
• Enfield "EN2": Whinchat ad f at private site - second of 'autumn' (Robert Callf)
• Finchley: Garden N3 - f Sparrowhawk (Samuel Levy)
• Finchley: 30+ Swift being mobbed by Hobby over Oakdene Park N3 (Samuel Levy)
• Greenwich Ecology Park: Hobby first for site, 2 Common Tern, Swift, 3 Sand Martin, 6+Reed Warbler, Linnet, Reed Bunting (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
• Queen Mary Reservoir: 1 Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Ringed Plover ad, 3 Oystercatcher. Permit access only. (Franko J Maroevic)
• Richmond Park: Great Egret, Marbled White (Steve Woolfenden)
• Staines Reservoir: 20+ Black Tern am (Dave Kenrick tweet) 18 still late am on S basin. 1 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Black-necked grebe on N basin. (Ken Purdey, Rob Innes , Franko J Maroevic)
• Streatham Hill Station: jersey tiger moth (A La Pietra)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 18 Common Sandpipers (David Bradshaw)

Friday 26th July 2019

• Alexandra Park: 2 Common Tern [adult & juvenile but note these have not bred on site but presumably either Walthamstow or Woodberry Wetlands], 40+ Swift, 20+ Black-headed Gull (APOG Birders); no Common Terns bred at either of those sites this year (Chris Farthing)
• Brent Reservoir: Red Kite W, 3 Little Egret, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Lapwing, 3 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper (Brent Birders)
• Golders Green: Peregrine just south N over Finchley Road (Bob Watts)
• Greenford "UB6": 2 Red Kites [prob pr] circling over neighbouring gardens, 20+ Swift circling around, [Gypsy Moth, Silver-Y in garden] (Neil Anderson)
• Richmond Park: Common Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Great Egret all Upper Pen Pond (Friday BG)
• St James's Park: Kingfisher (Frank Nugent)
• Trent Park: 4 Mandarin Duck, 3+ Sparrowhawk inc two juvs - m & f - conifer plantation top of Snakes Lane nr Oakwood ent, 10 Black-headed Gull, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, 3 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 10+ Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
• Wanstead Flats: Hobby with small prey item, 4 Kestrel incl 2 presumed fledglings, 20+ Swift, 7 House Martin, 3 Skylark, singing Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, first 2 returning Teal of autumn, Yellow-legged Gull still in gull roost, 100+ Black-headed Gull [at least 15 of this year's young], 650+ Starling foraging on flats (Nick Croft)
• Wanstead Park: 5 Little Egret (Bob Vaughan)

Thursday 25th July 2019

• Foots Cray: c50 Common Swift in a mass swirling high into the sky (Patrick English)
• Greenford "UB6": Hobby over gdn 05.50 then went into pusuit mode, 10 Swift (Neil Anderson)
• Hampstead Heath “Parliament Hill and Highgate Ponds at 19.45”: Kingfisher at Sanctuary Pond my first this year, 6 f Mandarin inc 2juv, f Tufted Duck & 3yg, f Kestrel, c80 Swift, Chiffchaff (Reuben Braddock) {2 Silver-washed Fritillary near Spaniards Inn} (Bob Watts)
• Honor Oak "Mundania Rd SE22": 30+ Swift 21.00 (Paul Francis)
• London Wetland Centre: {m Lesser Emperor still} (Jake Klavins, Penny Smallshire)
• Lower Clapton "E5": c30 Swift screaming overhead 0630 (Alastair Dent)
• Richmond Park: Great Egret still on Upper Pen Pond (Nigel Jackman)
• Swanscombe Marsh “08.00-10.00 outgoing tide, hot”: 6 Reed Warbler inc 2juv & 2h, 1 Kestrel juv, 2m Marsh Harrier, 1 Raven, 16 Whitethroat inc 2 groups of 5 juvs, 16 Greylag Goose, 12 Linnet inc some juvs, 1 Pied Wagtail, 5 Mallard inc 4yg, 13 Cormorant at Broadness point [BN], 2 Oystercatcher BN, 1 Common Gull ad BN, 1 Redshank BN, 1 Common Sandpiper BN, 16 Herring Gull BN, 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull BN, 9 Great Black-backed Gull BN, {lots of Gatekeepers, 1 Weasel} (Roger Keith)
• Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: 11 Swallow, 7 House Martin, 500+ Swift [ridiculous amounts of Swifts over Totteridge Lane flock was from the Long Pond to at least the top of Owl Field - possibly many more than number stated], Pied Wagtail, 20+ Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, juv Firecrest substation, 5 Goldcrest, 2 Black-headed Gull, 20 Stock Dove, 4 Common Buzzard, 9 Common Whitethroat, 4 Bullfinch, 2 Nuthatch, Mandarin & 3yg Darlands, Tawny Owl, Grey Heron, 4 Kestrel, Hobby, Mistle Thrush, {Purple Hairstreak, Speckled Wood, Large White, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Cinnabar Caterpillars, Small/Essex Skipper, Common Darter, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Azure Damselfly, Red-eyed Damselfly, Black-tailed Skimmer, Southern Hawker, Peacock, Brown Hawker, Emperor Dragonfly, Red Admiral} (Samuel Levy)
• Tufnell Park: {Jersey Tiger Moth in back gdn} (Reuben Braddock)
• Worcester Park: Hobby over observers gdn 1645 (Bob Smith)

Wednesday 24th July 2019

• Brent Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe (Brent Birders)
• Finchley "gdn N3": 10+ Swift (Samuel Levy)
• Greenford "UB6": c35 Swift several over gdn & c30 over allotments at top of road (Neil Anderson)
• Grovelands Park: Great Crested Grebe, 5 Mute Swan pr & 3yg, 4 Egyptian Goose pr & 2yg, f Mandarin Duck, eclipse m Northern Shoveler, f Common Pochard, 3 Stock Dove, Nuthatch (Robert Callf/Bob Husband)
• Honor Oak "Mundania Rd SE22": 50+ Swift 30+ 20.56 plus c20 further south (Paul Francis)
• Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens: 1 Tawny Owl calling in leaf yard, 4 Mandarin Duck, 8 Red-crested Pochard, c250 Greylag Goose, c50 Egyptian Goose, 100+ Herring Gull, 16 Pochard, Stock Dove, c90 Mute Swan (Charlie Farrell)
• Knightsbridge: c20 House Martin around roof of Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel (Charlie Farrell)
• London Wetland Centre: {m Lesser Emperor} (Jake Klavins)
• M1 Jn 2: Red Kite over (Samuel Levy)
• Pinner “HA5”: 40+ Ring-necked Parakeet over in two flocks on way to roost (Nigel Barratt)
• Plumstead Common "SE18 2SA": no sign of local four or five Common Swift pairs plus offspring, {but 10+ Pipistrelle Bats in Albatross St gdn actively feeding 09.30pm then dispersed within 15min (Patrick English)
• Richmond Park: 1 Great Egret still early pm Upper Pen Pond reed bed, 1 Little Egret (Steve Read per FJM); 123 Black-headed Gulls (Nigel Jackman)
• St James's Park: Kingfisher (Frank Nugent)
• Southall: c60 Swift 9 screaming nr the boxes am [playback in use] & c50 overhead, mobbing a Hobby at 21:00 (Phil Belman)
• Totteridge Fields/Dollis Valley: 12 Red Kite, 6 Common Buzzard, 5 Sparrowhawk, 6 Kestrel, 30 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 20 Herring Gull (Tony Clancy, Brian Dawton)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: f Mandarin & 3yg, Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 3 House Martin, Bullfinch (John Colmans); 4 Mandarin at Long Pond, {1 Purple Emperor still at Totteridge Green} (Tony Clancy per Samuel Levy)
• Trent Park: juv Sparrowhawk calling from conifer plantation nr Snakes Ln, {f Purple Emperor nectaring from sap run on oak trunk nr Oakwood entrance 1345} (Robert Callf/Bob Husband)
• Watford "Hartspring Ln/A41": Red Kite (Samuel Levy)

Tuesday 23rd July 2019

• Alexandra Park: 2 Common Tern, Little Egret, 75+ Black-headed Gull, 2 Peregrine, 20+ Swift, {3 Brown Argus, 2 Small Copper, Marbled White} (APOG Birders)
• Brent Reservoir: 4 Little Egret, 2 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper (Andrew Self); "09:00-11:00 East Marsh" 5 Little Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Lapwing, 4 Greylag Goose, 3+ Common Tern, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Reed Warbler, "North Marsh" 4 Green Sandpiper, Common Tern, 2 Little Grebe, 6 Teal (Steve Blake)
• Brixton "Branksome Rd": 4 Swift (Tony Stones)
• Brockley "Rise SE23": 11 Swift 15.50 (Paul Francis)
• Dalston: 9 Swift (Jon Agar)
• Edmonton "Church St": {f Silver-washed Fritillary found dead on pavement} (Robert Callf)
• Greenwich "Station": 40 Swift (Ray Crouch)
• Hackney Marshes: Tufted Duck & 4yg, Kestrel (JW Davies)
• Hendon "NW4": Red-legged Partridge reported briefly at private site nr hendon central circus (per Toby Mylett)
• Honor Oak "Mundania Rd SE22": 35+ Swift 21.00 (Paul Francis)
• Islington "Mildmay": 30 Swift (Jon Agar)
• Morden Cemetery: Nuthatch again (Bob Smith)
• North Finchley: c25 Swift in tight screaming pack over house am (John Colmans)
• Plumstead "High St": 20 Swift (George Kalli)
• Southall: 20 Swift mid am, 7 Swift screaming near the boxes PM [playback in use] (Phil Belman)
• Swiss Cottage: c30 Swift, Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker (John Cadera)

Monday 22nd July 2019

• Alexandra Park: 2 Common Tern ad juv, 20+ Swift, 13 Black-headed Gull (APOG Birders)
• Foots Cray: Hobby (Patrick English)
• Greenwich: 3 House Martin, Sparrowhawk (Ray Crouch)
• Hampton: Hobby over Hampton Pool 17.45 (Mike Foster)
• Pinner “HA5”: single Common Swift, Green Woodpecker (Nigel Barratt)
• Rainham "Landfill": 67+ Yellow-legged Gulls commuting betw tip and River Thames, 2ad Mediterranean Gulls (Josh Jones)
• Richmond Park: 3 Kestrel pr teaching juv to hunt, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, Little Owl all just north of Pen Ponds (Tim Vine)
• Staines Reservoirs: 2 Mediterranean Gull 2cy juv, 1 Redshank, 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Black-necked Grebe (Dave Morris per FJM)
• Stoneleigh "The Glade KT17": 1 Hobby hunting local Swifts 16:25 (Neil Batten)
• Town Park, Enfield: Cormorant, 2 Tufted Duck m f, 32 Black-headed Gull inc 1juv, 2juv Wren (Robert Callf)
• Trent Park: 8+ Mandarin Duck, Kingfisher (Robert Callf)
• Wormwood Scrubs: 2 Swift, 5 Whitethroat w/ yg (Charlie Farrell)

Sunday 21st July 2019

• Alexandra Park: Little Grebe Wood Green Res, Common Tern, 18 Swift, Peregrine (APOG Birders)
• Brent Reservoir: 2 Little Egret, 3 Lapwing, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, {Jersey Tiger} (Andrew Self); Oystercatcher (Roy Beddard)
• Canary Wharf "Westferry Circus": Black Redstart on scaffolding at mid-day (Ken Murray)
• Copped Hall "E5": Hobby harassing martins, {Jersey Tiger Moth} (J-P Elmes)
• Crayford: 2juv Yellow-legged Gulls Jolly Farmers (Richard Bonser)
• Crossness: 2 first-summer Yellow-legged Gulls, 5 Little Egrets at outfall (Richard Bonser)
• Erith Reach "Pier": ad Roseate Tern downriver 10:18, 4 Mediterranean Gulls 2ad 2 uv (Josh Jones); c45 Yellow-legged Gulls incl 30+ juv one German-ringed (Richard Bonser, Josh Jones)
• Greenford "UB6": 2 Red Kite together low over roof tops & gdn (Neil Anderson)
• Ladywell Fields: Kingfisher (Tom Moulton)
• Lamorbey Park: 9 Egyptian Goose, 2 Kingfisher, Nuthatch (Mike Amos)
• Rotherhithe: 4 Yellow-legged Gulls ad 3juv on beach by Doubletree Hotel at low tide (Richard Bonser)
• Rowley Farm: 3 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Hobby, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Tern, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, House Martin, Grey Heron (Nigel Barratt)
• Southall: 1 Swift [most have departed last few days] (Phil Belman)
• Ten Acre Wood area: m Pheasant, 3 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Peregrine, 7 Stock Dove, 11+ Swift, 7 Skylark, 6 Swallow, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Rook over, 9 Reed Bunting feeding in area of partially cut weeds w/ Skylark & 4 Linnet, 22+ Linnet (Neil Anderson)
• Totteridge Fields: 2 Common Buzzard (Tony Clancy per Samuel Levy)
• Totteridge Valley: Mandarin Duck & 3yg, Red Kite (Tony Clancy per Samuel Levy)
• Warren Farm, Norwood Green: Grey Heron, Common Buzzard, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, Skylark, Meadow Pipit (Phil Belman)
• Worcester Park: Hobby N over observer's gdn 1615 (Bob Smith)

Saturday 20th July 2019

• Alexandra Park: Red Kite approached from south seen first over Ridge Rd and lost heading WSW towards Queens Wd 1230, Little Egret, 2 Swift, 11 Black-headed Gull, Peregrine (APOG Birders)
• Beddington Farmlands: 2 Barn Owl, 1 Hobby at dusk from middle hide NOW OPEN TO PUBLIC [obs'r?]
• Brent Reservoir: 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, Redshank, 2 Lapwing (Andrew Self)
• Erith Reach "Pier": 11 Yellow-legged Gulls incl German-ringed juv, 2 Mediterranean Gulls ad juv (Josh Jones)
• Greenford "UB6": Red Kite over gdn (Neil Anderson)
• Mile End "Antill Rd E3": 5 House Martins over (Harry Harrison)
• Motspur Park: Peregrine on gas holders (Bob Smith)
• Pinner “HA5”: Red Kite, Green Woodpecker, Swift, Black-headed Gull (Nigel Barratt)
• Richmond Park: Green Sandpiper still Upper Pen Pond mid am (Phil Pentek per FJM)
• Staines Reservoirs: 2 Black-necked Grebe on n basin early am, 4 Common Sandpiper (Bob Warden per FJM)
• Thamesmead: Yellow-legged Gull 2cy on Thames at Princess Alice Way (Josh Jones)
• Trent Park: 12 Mandarin Duck lower lake (Robert Callf); also Common Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Grey Heron, Kestrel, 6 Mandarin, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, 6 Stock Dove (Pete Lowman)
• Totteridge Green: {2 Purple Emperors still} (Nigel Taylor per Samuel Levy)

Friday 19th July 2019

• Alexandra Park: 20+ Swift, 6 Black-headed Gull (APOG Birders)
• Greenford "UB6": Red Kite low over gdn (Neil Anderson)
• Greenwich Peninsula "O2": 2 Oystercatcher (Charlie Farrell)
• Hackney Marshes: 2 Peregrines, Kestrel (J-P Elmes)
• Pinner: Dive bombed and nearly shat on - missed by a yard - by Herring Gull while running past West Lodge School 05:30 - because it's probably got a nest on the roof (Richard Francis)
• Rainham Marshes: Spoonbill, 5 Avocets, 25 Black-tailed Godwits, Ruff, Snipe, Hobby, 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Bearded Tit, Green Woodpecker (Tom Jordan)
• Richmond Park: Common Snipe, 4 Common Tern, Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher, Little Egret, Red Kite, 400+ Starlings performing murmurations (Friday BG)
• Rotherhithe: juv Yellow-legged Gull on Greenland Dock evening (Richard Bonser)
• Staines Reservoirs: 2 Sanderling S basin causeway (Dom Pia per FJM)
• Worcester Park: juv Peregrine hunting over horse fields (Bob Smith)
• Holloway "N7": Peregrine on university tower (Samir Singh)

Thursday 18th July 2019

• Brookmill Park: Peregrine, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Swift, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Blackcap, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
• Bushy Park: 6 Common Tern over pond by c/p 16.30 (Mike Foster)
• Iver Heath: 3 Red Kite, Common Tern, Kingfisher, Grey Heron, 2 Song Thrush, (4 Muntjac 2ad 2juv) (Nigel Barratt)
• Staines Reservoirs: 1 Stint sp flushed by Sparrowhawk late pm, 1 Dunlin, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 7 Common Sandpiper (Dave Morrris per FJM)
• Trent Park: imm Grey Heron, 9 Mandarin Duck, 2 Kestrel f & juv, 10 Black-headed Gull, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 singing m Song Thrush, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 3 Goldfinch ad 2juv (Robert Callf)

Wednesday 17th July 2019

• Barnes "Waterside": [Jersey Tiger, Red Underwing] (Neil Anderson)
• Bayhurst Wood "OS": Barn Owl catching rat 06:42 (Richard Francis)
• Brent Reservoir: 3 Little Egret, 2 Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper (Andrew Self, Steve Leeke)
• Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Stock Dove, 10 Swift, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, 3 Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
• East Dulwich "SE22 south of Peckham Rye Park": c30 Swift coming to roost in houses 21.10 (Paul Francis)
• Grangewood Park - South Norwood: House Martin, Swift, Blackcap (Michael Mac)
• Greenwich Peninsula "O2": juv Yellow-legged Gull (Mike Paice)
• Hammersmith Bridge: pr Egyptian Geese & 9 small yg on river, Peregrine over (Neil Anderson)
• Ladywell Fields: Kingfisher, 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Grey Wagtail (Tom Moulton/Sue Gore/Judith Watling)
• London Wetland Centre: 2 Peregrine, 15 Teal, 2 Shoveler, Kingfisher, 2 Common Tern, Gadwall brood of 3, sixth fledged Lapwing of yr (WWT website)
• Morden Cemetery: Nuthatch - extremely rare species in area (Bob Smith)
• Spa Wood (The Lawn) South Norwood: 3 Sparrowhawk mobbed by parakeet (Michael Mac)
• Trent Park: 10 Mandarin Duck lower lake, 3 Green Woodpecker incl juv, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush incl juv, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff carrying food, 5 Goldcrest incl 3juv, {7 Peacock} (Robert Callf)
• Walthamstow Marshes: 3 Kestrel inc 1+ juv on east fence of Bomb Crater Field, 30+ Swift, 10+ Sand Martin both sp feeding low over Leyton Marsh/canal nearby, 3 Egyptian Geese inc 1 small yg on R Lea (Alastair Dent)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: Black-tailed Godwit at s end of East Warwick, 5 Swallows S, 4 Common Sandpipers on Lockwood (David Bradshaw)

Tuesday 16th July 2019

• Balham: Hobby circling high over Fontenoy Road 1.00pm appearing to feed on prey in its talons, while under surveillance of 12 local Swifts then drifted NE (Nick Moll)
• Barnes "Waterside": [Hummingbird Hawkmoth] (Neil Anderson)
• Brent Reservoir "North Marsh": 3 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, Little Grebe, "East Marsh" 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret, Lapwing, 2 Reed Warbler (Steve Blake)
• Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Stock Dove, 3 Swift, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
• Greenwich: 20 Swift, Little Egret (Ray Crouch)
• Hampstead Heath: {Silver-washed Fritillary South Meadow} (Meg Game/MBS); Reed Warbler still singing on Highgate No.1, Common Whitethroat too at Parliament Hill Fields, {where a Magpie was seen catching and killing a Short-tailed Vole}, Tufted Duck f & 5 yg on High No.1 (Pete Mantle)
• Harlesden "St Mary's Rd": flock of c12 Swift circling and swooping 11.45am (Neil Jackson)
• Rainham Marshes: Spoonbill on Aveley Pools, 42 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Avocet, Curlew, Yellow Wagtail, 8 Little Egret (Andrew Self); 1 Little Ringed Plover, Bearded Tit, Stonechat, 1 Oystercatcher, 4 Common Tern both latter sp on Thames (Alan Wilkinson)
• Silvermere Lake, Cobham: 1 ad Common Tern fishing successfully 20:25-20:40 when flew off (Neil Batten)
• Trent Park: 4 Mandarin Duck, 54 Black-headed Gull, ad Common Gull - my first of the 'autumn', Kingfisher, Swift, {Peacock, 2 Purple Hairstreak} (Robert Callf)
• University College London: Swift [first seen on campus or this central] Jon Agar)

Monday 15th July 2019

• Bankside: imm Grey Wagtail nr Tate Modern (Reuben Braddock)
• Brookmill Park: Little Egret, 6 Swift, Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
• Enfield Lock: Oystercatcher S over my house calling 17:40 (Martin Shepherd)
• Epping Forest: {Silver-washed Fritillary. Small Copper 4.30pm} (Ken Murray)
• Finchley "gdn N3": 20+ Swift, 4 Stock Dove, 6+ Coal Tit (Samuel Levy)
• Pinner “HA5”: Green Woodpecker, 11 Swift (Nigel Barratt)
• Trent Park: 6+ Mandarin Duck, f Kestrel, 52+ Black-headed Gull inc 1juv, 2 Common Tern, Kingfisher (Robert Callf)
• Town Park, Enfield: imm f Sparrowhawk Carr's Basin, Kingfisher, 3 Goldcrest ad 2juv (Robert Callf)
• Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: 10+ Coal Tit, 10 Blackcap, 6 Nuthatch, 4 Goldcrest, 18 Swallow, 14 House Martin, 56 Swift, 13 Chiffchaff, 34 Stock Dove, 16 Common Whitethroat, 4 Red Kite 2ad 2juv, 5 Bullfinch, Greenfinch, 10 Starling, 4 Mandarin Duck & 3yg [3 Long Pond & f w/ yg at Darlands], 2 Common Buzzard, juv Grey Heron, {Southern Hawkers, Emperor Darogonflies, Meadow Browns, Peacock, Ringlet, Box Tree Moth, Red Admiral, 50-60 Marbled Whites, Gatekeepers, Small/Essex Skippers, Large Skipper, Purple Hairstreaks, 18 Cinnabar Moth caterpillars, Large White, Red-eyed Damselfly, Azure/Common Blue Damselfly} (Samuel Levy)
• Totteridge "Station": Grey Wagtail, 20+ Swift (Samuel Levy)
• Wanstead Flats: Yellow-legged Gull, 70+ Black-headed Gull 8juv, 2 Common Gull, 4 Meadow Pipit 2 singing & 1juv, juv Grey Wagtail, 3 Skylark, Lesser Whitethroat, Peregrine Falcon, Kestrel, 3 House Martin, 8 Swift, 4 Mistle Thrush (Nick Croft)
• Wanstead Park: 2 Common Tern [see pic on WansteadBirding twitter], Kingfisher, 4 Reed Warbler, Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, Grey Wagtail, 6 House Martin, 15 Swift [fewer about today], Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 5 Stock Dove, Mistle Thrush (Nick Croft)

Sunday 14th July 2019

• Beddington SF: 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 juv Yellow-legged Gull, 1 juv Cuckoo (Steve Gale)
• Brent Reservoir: 3 Little Egret, Teal, 4 Common Tern, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper (Roy Beddard, Bob Husband et al NW Ldn RSPB BG regular birdwalk see RSPB website for details)
• Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher, 3 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
• Clissold Park: 3 Peregrines over Stoke Newington Church St (Ernie Thomason)
• Crossness: 5 Yellow-legged Gulls 2ad & 2 second-summer & 1 first-summer on pier by outfall (Richard Bonser)
• Erith Reach "Pier": two Mediterranean Gulls 1s juv, ad Common Gull, 5 Yellow-legged Gulls incl 1juv (Richard Bonser, Jamie Partridge)
• Greenwich "O2": 4 Yellow-legged Gulls nr-ad 3juv, ad Common Gull (Richard Bonser)
• Hampstead Heath: 6 Black-headed Gull [none last week], 24 Mallard & 2yg, 9 Moorhen, 28 Coot, 8 Mandarin Duck, 4 Coal Tit, Goldcrest, 16 Tufted Duck, 3 Blackcap, 57+ Swift, 2 Grey Heron, singing Reed Warbler Highgate Pond No1/ Dog Pond, Egyptian Goose, Mute Swan, 4 Greenfinch, Nuthatch, 2 Cormorant, Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Great Crested Grebe. (Samuel Levy et al)
• London Wetland Centre: eclipse Garganey, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Redshank, Kingfisher, 3 Common Tern, 10 Teal, 2 Shoveler, Peregrine, well-grown Lapwing juv, Pochard broods of 2 and 3, Gadwall brood of 1 (WWT website)
• Rainham Marshes RSPB "Aveley Flood": Cattle Egret, Spoonbill ad, 2 Greenshanks, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 3 Yellow Wagtails, small Redshank yg, 44 Black-tailed Godwits (Ian Bradshaw)
• Richmond Park: 4 Red-crested Pochard, 5 Common Tern, juv Grey Wagtail (J.Wilczur)
• Rotherhithe: Yellow-legged Gull 2s on mud by Doubletree Hotel early am (Richard Bonser)
• St James's Park: 3 Coal Tit (Toby Mylett)
• Southwark Park: Little Grebe & 2yg, 2 Egyptian Goose, Sparrowhawk (John Cadera)
• Studio Mews "NW4": 6 Swift 09:30-10:00 (Toby Mylett)
• Ten Acre Wood area: 2m Pheasant, 3 Red Kite, juv Kestrel, 12 Stock Dove, 13 Swift, 7+ Skylark, 3 Swallow, 2 Reed Bunting m singing, 14 Linnet (Neil Anderson)
• Thamesmead: 1st-summer Yellow-legged Gull off Princess Alice Way (Richard Bonser)
• Trent Park: 9 Mandarin Duck, 3+ Common Buzzard, f Kestrel, Common Tern, 6+ Black-headed Gull, 14 Barn Swallow, 2 singing m Song Thrush, 3 Chiffchaff, singing m Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 7 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)

Saturday 13th July 2019

• Brent Park: Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, Black-headed Gull [first of summer at site] (Toby Mylett)
• Brent Reservoir: 3 Little Egret, Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern (Leo Batten, Roy Beddard, Pete Lowman, Dave Watson); 3 Common Tern still pm, 15 House Martin, 2 Reed Warbler (Toby Mylett, Dominic Mitchell)
• Bushy Park: Blackcap f, Chiffchaff, 6 Common Tern, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Green Woodpecker, Kestrel f, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Meadow Pipit, Nuthatch, 3 Red-crested Pochard, Skylark, 2 Song Thrush, Swallow, 22 Swift, 4 Common Whitethroat (Ian R Watson)
• Dollis Brook - Holders Hill: Kingfisher, 3juv Grey Wagtail, 10+ Goldcrest, Mallard & 7 yg, {Southern Hawker} (Samuel Levy & Toby Levy)
• East Dulwich "SE22": 3 Peregrine over gdn (Steven Robinson)
• Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Egret, 2 Common Tern, Stock Dove, Sand Martin, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, 5+ Reed Warbler (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
• Hilfield Park Reservoir: Redshank through 13.30, Peregrine (Tony Blake)
• North Woolwich "Pier St": 6 House Martin (George Kalli)
• Parson Street "NW4": 7 Swift 09:45-12:00, Grey Wagtail (Toby Mylett)
• Plumstead "High St": 16 Swift, Sparrowhawk (George Kalli)
• Ruislip Lido/Woods: 6 Mute Swan & 2 broods of 2, 2 Little Egret, 3 Red Kite, 8 Common Tern 4ad 4juv, c15 House Martin, {incl 2 Purple Emperor, 3 White Admiral, 3 Silver-washed Fritillary, 12 Marbled White, 10 Purple Hairstreak & totally unexpected White-letter Hairstreak nectaring away from elm on Dittander at south end of Lido - 18 species butterfly, also 2 Brown Hawker, Southern Hawker} {Neil Anderson/Dick Middleton & 16 LNHS/RNHS members)
• St James's Park: Kingfisher (Frank Nugent)
• Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve: 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 27 Lapwing 24ad 3juv, 1-2 Reed Warbler h, 3 singing Coal Tit, 6 Egyptian Goose, 6+ Pied Wagtail incl juvs, singing Common Whitethroat, pr Kingfisher (Jack Headley)
• Trent Park: Kingfisher lower lake (Robert Callf)
• Twickenham: Sparrowhawk circling over King Street 16.05 (Mike Foster)
• Woolwich Ferry: 3 Common Tern (George Kalli)

Friday 12th July 2019

• Brookmill Park: Little Egret, 2 Stock Dove, 4 Swift, Kingfisher, Song Thrush, 3 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
• Crossness LNR: 400+ Black-headed Gull incl c15 1st-yr, 15+ Common Tern incl juv, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3-4 Oystercatcher, Barn Owl (Jack Headley)
• Dollis Brook - Holders Hill: Kingfisher, Grey Heron, {Speckled Wood, Comma, Small Tortoiseshell, Purple Hairstreak, Holly Blue} (Samuel Levy & Toby Levy)
• Finchley "gdn N3": 15+ Swift, 4 Stock Dove, {Speckled Wood, Large White, Meadow Brown [1st gdn record]}. (Samuel Levy)
• Fulham "Palace Meadow Allotments": 4 House Martin (Nathalie Mathieu)
• Iver Heath: Kingfisher, Grey Heron, 3 Red Kite, (3 Muntjac) (Nigel Barratt)
• Pinner ”HA5”: Flock of 20+ Ring-necked Parakeet landing in tall tree (Nigel Barratt)
• St James's Park: Kingfisher (Frank Nugent)
• Staines Reservoirs: 2 Mediterranean Gull juvs, N basin W bank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Black-necked Grebe early evng (Dave Morris per FJM)
• Trent Park: Common Sandpiper lower lake 1030-1045 (Robert Callf)

Thursday 11th July 2019

• Beddington SF: 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 8 Green Sandpiper, 1 juv Yellow-legged Gull (Steve Gale)
• King's Cross: Peregrine on building with & Other Stories shop, opp granary sq, being mobbed by Lesser Black-backed Gulls 7.15am (Peter Cotgreave)
• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 1 Common Buzzard, 14 Swift (Neil Batten)
• Muswell Hill: Lesser Redpoll calling repeatedly over gdn off Pembroke Rd N10 aft (Dominic Mitchell)
• Pinner "HA5”: 2 Red Kite circling low, 11 Swift, 4 Goldfinch (Nigel Barratt)
• Plumstead "SE18": 12 Common Swift low over Griffin Rd (Patrick English)
• Rainham Marshes: Sparrowhawk, 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Oystercatcher, 5 Avocet, 36 Black-tailed Godwit, Common Snipe, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 2 Common Tern, 3 Yellow Wagtail, Bullfinch (Tom Jordan); 107 Greylag Geese, 222 Canada Geese, 21 Common Shelduck, 11 Northern Shoveler, 3 Gadwall, 15 Eurasian Teal, 2 Common Pochard, 8 Tufted Duck, 6 Avocet incl 2juv, 2 Oystercatcher, 47 Northern Lapwing, Eurasian Curlew, 22 Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank on Aveley Pools over high tide, 2840 Herring Gulls on Thames on falling tide, 2 Common Terns, 22 Little Egrets, 4+ Marsh Harriers incl 2+ fresh juv, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Barn Owl, intermediate-type Carrion x Hooded Crow hybrid nr Target Pools 08:50, Bearded Tit, 6 Cetti's Warblers (Dominic Mitchell); Cuckoo, 1-2 Wigeon f one w/ damaged wing (Nick Croft)
• Southall: 30 Swift [pre-roost assembly over North Rd 21:00] (Phil Belman)
• Southfields "embankment of Underground line to Southfields Stn": family groups of 14 House Sparrow, 8 Goldfinch, {2 Marbled White butterflies} (Martin Honey)
• Stoneleigh "Station KT17": singing Blackcap, 6 Swift, Black-headed Gull NE (Neil Batten)
• Totteridge Green: {4+ m Purple Emperors} (Samuel Levy, Tony Clancy, Dianne Murphy, Bob Husband et al)
• Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: 47 Swift, 4 Common Buzzard, 10 Goldcrest, 12 Blackcap, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 15 Chiffchaff, 23 Stock Dove, 8 Common Whitethroat (Samuel Levy, Tony Clancy, Dianne Murphy, Bob Husband et al); Red Kite (Samuel Levy, Tony Clancy); 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Swallow, 15+ House Martin (Samuel Levy); {Emperor Dragonflies, Common Blue/ Azure Blue Damselflies, Meadow Brown, Large White, Small White, Large Skipper, Speckled Wood, Red Admiral, Gatekeeper, 30-40 Marbled White, Small/ Essex Skippers, Roesel's Bush Cricket, Purple Hairstreak, Ringlet, Common Darter, Blue-tailed Damselfly, 15+ Black-tailed Skimmer, Broad-bodied Chaser, Comma, Southern Hawker} (Samuel Levy, Tony Clancy, Dianne Murphy, Bob Husband et al)
• Woodford Green: Displaying Sparrowhawk over at 8am + 2 Jersey Tigers in the trap am.(Ken Murray)

Wednesday 10th July 2019

• Bayhurst Wood "west fields": Cuckoo, 2 Swift am. Both species a bit on the late side, {also an astounding number of Marbled Whites with 50 every 50 metres. If this was extrapolated over the whole site then many thousands must be on the wing here. I counted 32 within 10m of me at one point.} (John Edwards)
• Beckenham Place Park: Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 3-4 Treecreeper h, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Swift (Jack Headley)
• Broadwater: 2 Kingfisher Korda L & R Bourne, 20 Common Tern, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Oystercatcher, c80 Cormorant, c30 Gadwall, c30 Pochard, 100+ Tufted Duck, c30 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Tawny Owl - chicks calling loudly near the entrance at c10PM (Charlie Farrell)
• Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Swift, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
• Kensington Gardens: 2 Swallow W over Round Pond 09:45 (Bill Haines)
• London Wetland Centre: not much bird-wise - 1 Common Tern, 1juv Great Spotted Woodpecker on Explore fdrs, 2juv Pied Wagtail, nesting Cetti's Warbler, nesting Sedge Warbler, nesting Reed Warbler, Reed Bunting, {1 Six-spot Burnet Moth, Hummingbird Hawk Moth [seen by another] (Martin Honey et al]
• Rainham Marshes RSPB: 14 House Martin, 28 Swift, 8 Blackcap, 2 Common Sandpiper, 6 Grey Heron, 2 Pied Wagtail, Kingfisher, 33 Reed Warbler, 27+ Lapwing, 6 Common Tern, 17 Little Egret, 27 Shelduck, 6+ Redshank, 7 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 3 Kestrel, 9 Common Whitethroat, 5 Reed Bunting, 9 Shoveler, 16 Tufted Duck, Gadwall & 4yg, 21 Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Avocet, 4 Great Crested Grebe, Caspian Gull Aveley Pool, 4 Sand Martin, 6 Bearded Tit, Swallow, 3 Pochard 3 2juv f, Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzard, Whimbrel, 7 Oystercatcher, Curlew, 7 Yellow-legged Gull (4ad, 3juv), Rook, 6 Stock Dove, Sedge Warbler. {Also Large White, Common Darter, Small/Essex Skippers, Roesel's Bush Cricket, Meadow Brown, Peacock, Ringlet, Red Admiral, Large Skipper, Comma, Gatekeeper, Black-tailed Skimmer, Blue-tailed, Azure, Common Blue Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly, Cinnabar, Ruddy Darter, Small Heath, Common Blue} (Samuel Levy, Tom Bell, Sam Shippey et al)
• Stockwell: 2 Grey Wagtail juv w/ ad calling nearby estate on Southey Rd, 3 Swift over (Jack Hill)
• The Brook "BR5": Little Egret, Chiffchaff, singing Blackcap (Jack Headley)
• Totteridge Green: {4 Purple Emperor 3 clashing & 1 on territory further down road, 1 Grass Snake Laurel pond} (Tony Clancy, Brian Dawton)
• Trent Park: 3 Black headed Gull, 2 Chiffchaff, Common Tern, " leucistic" Grey Heron, 2 Kestrel, Little Egret, LBB Gull, 3 Mandarin, ( Marbled White Red Admiral, 4 G V White, Large White, Gatekeeper, Peacock, 6 Purple Hairstreak, Ringlet(s), Meadow Brown(s) . ( Pete Lowman).
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 4 Common Sandpipers on Lockwood, 1 Common Tern [no breeding this yr], 10 Black-headed Gull inc 2juv (Walthamstow Birders)
• Wanstead Flats: Peregrine Falcon, Hobby, m Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 3 singing Meadow Pipit, 4 Skylark, 20+ Swift, 3 House Martin (Nick Croft)
• Wanstead Park: Common Tern carrying fish west over Shoulder of Mutton, 2 Reed Warbler, Coal Tit, Kestrel, 30+ Swift, 9 House Martin (Nick Croft)
• Woodford Green: Circa dozen Swift over 8am, plus a Marbled White over the garden (a 1st ever in 62 years), my 3rd local sighting since the 7th July (Ken Murray)

Tuesday 9th July 2019

• Bankside: Mediterranean Gull ad downriver 13.40, Kestrel N over river 14.31 (Reuben Braddock)
• Brent Reservoir: 4 Green Sandpiper 2 E marsh 2 N marsh, Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, 4 Common Tern, 4 Egyptian Goose, c30 House Martin, 10+ Swift, Cetti’s Warbler h, 2+ Reed Warble, Lapwing (Steve Blake)
• Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher, 6 Swift, Song Thrush, 3 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
• Finchley "Central, Litchfield Grove": 25+ Swift late pm (Samuel Levy)
• Hackney Marshes: Teal (JW Davies)
• Longfield “The Gallops”: 2 Corn Bunting incl singing m, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 23 House Martin, 2 Linnet, {8 Painted Lady} (Roger Keith)
• Richmond Park: Lapwing over (Steve Read)
• Staines Reservoirs: 2 Whimbrel mid pm N basin (Dom Pia); Wh'brel NW 17.09, 1 Whimbrel arr'd from east 17.38, 2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Goldeneye on a basin, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (Dave Morris per FJM)
• Teddington: Little Egret flying along Thames towards Kingston 13.30 (Mike Foster)
• The Brook "BR5": 4 Swift, 5+ Song Thrush, 3 Long-tailed Tit, Grey Wagtail (Jack Headley)
• Tottenham Marshes: 1 Peregrine Falcon, 6 Mute Swan inc 4yg (Daniel Whitelegg)
• Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits: 3 Red Kite, 3+ Tree Sparrow, 5 Common Tern, 3 Oystercatcher, {100+ Marbled White [likely several hundred present on the site], Skipper sp, Gatekeeper, Peacock, Small White, Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Red Admiral} (Jo Edwards)

Monday 8th July 2019

• Battersea Park Lake: 2 Swift, 3 singing Blackcap, 9 Mandarin, 30 Gadwall, 1 Black-headed Gull, pr Egyptian Geese + 2 young still, drake Pochard - compared to other big 3 Central London Parks this has very few gulls in summer - probably due to size and shape of the lake (Michael Mac)
• Beddington SF: 2 Peregrine, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 8 Green Sandpiper (Steve Gale)
• Brookmill Park: Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
• Edgwarebury "Middx HA8": 3 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, m Sparrowhawk, calling Little Owl, 9 Common Swift, 6+ Barn Swallow [colony site], 6+ House Sparrow [colony site], calling Nuthatch, calling Blackcap, calling Common Whitethroat, m Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4+ Stock Dove (Fay Broom, Bob Husband)
• Erith Reach "Pier": juv Yellow-legged Gull, ad Common Gull (Josh Jones)
• Finchley "gdn N3": 10+ Swift, 2 Collared Dove, 4 Stock Dove, family parties now visiting feeders incl Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Coal Tit, Chaffinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Samuel Levy)
• Hyde Park: Swift round pond (Ian R Watson)
• Pinner “HA5”: 11 Swift, Red Kite drifting over low (Nigel Barratt)
• Rainham Marshes: Caspian Gull 2cy, 8 Yellow-legged Gulls inc 4juv betw Aveley Bay and Coldharbour Point (Josh Jones)
• Ruxley GPs "permit only": 4 Great Crested Grebe incl pr & 4juv, c20 Gadwall, 3+ Reed Warbler, singing Cetti's Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, 1-2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 House Martin, 2 Swift, 4+ Blackcap, 3+ Chiffchaff, 2 Kingfisher, Bullfinch h (Jack Headley)
• Trent Park: Little Egret, 3 Mandarin Duck, 2+ Stock Dove inc juv, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Barn Swallow, Treecreeper, {3 m Gatekeeper} (Robert Callf)
• Wanstead Flats: Yellow-legged Gull 3cy, 20+ Black-headed Gull incl 3juv, 4 singing Meadow Pipit 3 singing m & 1f, 2 Skylark, 8 House Martin, 2 Sand Martin, 20+ Swift, 2juv Grey Wagtail, Sparrowhawk (Nick Croft)
• Wanstead Park: 1 very approachable Common Tern foy, 6 Reed Warbler, pr Great Crested Grebe & 2yg, Kestrel (Nick Croft)
• Woodberry Wetlands: Common Tern, Nuthatch, Coal Tit, 2 Peregrine, Chiffchaff (Chris Farthing)
• Yeading Meadows: Hummingbird Hawk Moth (Jim Fell)

Sunday 7th July 2019

• Brent Reservoir: 1 Little Ringed Plover, c50 Swift, 15 House Martin (Michael E Robinson)
• Enfield: {Clearwing moth in garden unable to get down to spp level striking black and yellow} (Brian Dawton) Perhaps https://ukmoths.org.uk/thumbnails/sesiidae might help [Martin Honey] Thanks Martin good id info on site and from that narrowed down to 2 (although flying rapid and brief view) either prob sallow or poss yellow-legged.
• Erith Pier: juv Yellow-legged Gull, 1s Mediterranean Gull (Richard Bonser)
• Hackney Marshes: c20 House Martin over north end (Alastair Dent)
• Hampstead Heath: 36 Swift, 7 Egyptian Geese, 23 Coot, 17 Mandarin Duck, 14 Tufted Duck, 3 Stock Dove, 4+ Reed Warbler pr w/ 1 fledged yg at Model Boating pond & m singing at Highgate Pond 1/ Dog Pond), 2 Grey Heron, 5 singing Blackcap, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Nuthatch, 4 Goldcrest, 4 Greenfinch, Cormorant, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, {plenty of Meadow Brown, Small Skipper, Small Red-eyed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Comma, Large White, Red Admiral, 100s of Roesel's Bush Crickets} (Samuel Levy et al); 2 Common Buzzard SE, {Silver-washed Fritillary, Marbled White} (Frank Nugent)
• Isle of Dogs: ad Mediterranean Gull, Yellow-legged Gull 2s on Thames opp Morden Wharf (Sean Huggins)
• Iver Heath: 4 Red Kite, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, (Muntjac) (Nigel Barratt)
• London Wetland Centre: 2 Greenshank, 2 Redshank, 2 Common Tern, 40+ Swift, 9 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 3 Lapwing yg, Gadwall brood of 5, Pochard brood of 2, Peregrine (WWT website)
• Richmond Park: juv Kestrel dust-bathing and repeatedly pouncing on mouse-sized lump of wood (Phil Pentek)
• Roxeth RG: 2 Red Kite, Common Whitethroat (Michael E Robinson)
• Southall: Red Kite 11:20 (Phil Belman)
• Staines Reservoirs: 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Whimbrel, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Redshank, 5 Lapwing, 1 Black-necked Grebe, [1 Zebra Finch] early am (Dom Pia); 7 Dunlin over early am (Allan Goddard, Charles Westwood); 2 Common Sandpiper mid am, 1 Skylark (Franko J Maroevic)
• The Brook "BR5": c10 Swift, 4+ Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush all late-pm (Jack Headley)
• Totteridge Valley: m Firecrest still (Tony Clancy, Geoff Crabtree)
• Trent Park: 5 eclipse m Mandarin Duck, Kingfisher lower lake (Robert Callf)
• Wanstead Flats: dead Sparrowhawk minus head, Good numbers of Greenfinch incl juvs, House Sparrows, Common Whitethroats, Chiffchaffs, 2 Song Thrush, {Ringlet} (Harry Harrison)
• Woolwich Common: 40+ Starling 12:15 (John Reid)

Saturday 6th July 2019

• Brent Reservoir: 2 Lapwing, 5 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern (Simon Worsfold tweet, Roy Beddard)
• Bushy Park: 5 Common Terns flying over main lake catching insects (Manuel Lovell)
• Danson Park: 5 Great Crested Grebe incl 2 separate ad both with 1 juv, 6 Egyptian Goose incl goslings, 2-3 singing Blackcap, Little Grebe, 30+ Swift (Jack Headley)
• Greenford "UB6": Red Kite over gdn (Neil Anderson)
• Ladywell Fields: 2 Mandarin juvs, Kingfisher, Song Thrush juv, singing Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
• Lewisham: Great White Egret E very low up High Street. Bizarre. (Tom Smith)
• London Wetland Centre: 9 Teal, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Tern, Kestrel, Peregrine (WWT website) Nuthatch (Peter Gray)
• Margravine Cemetery/Charing Cross Hospital: Red Kite mobbed by Peregrine Falcon at 10:40am left low W (Nathalie Mahieu) clip
• St Albans: Siskin over gdn 1230 (Rupert Evershed tweet)
• Staines Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe still, Common Sandpiper, [Zebra Finch] early-am (Dave Carlsson tweet)
• The Brook "BR5": 2 Nuthatch, Coal Tit, 2 singing Blackcap, c5 Chiffchaff, juv Long-tailed Tit, 1-2 Grey Wagtail (Jack Headley)
• Trent Park: 4 eclipse m Mandarin Duck, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 singing m Song Thrush, singing Chiffchaff, 2 Nuthatch (Robert Callf)
• Walpole Park: 3 Tufted Duck 2m f & 7 small yg (Neil Anderson)

Friday 5th July 2019

• Beddington SF: 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Wood Sandpiper still, 8 Green Sandpiper (Steve Gale); m Wheatear [Ldn fos] (BFBG per Surrey BG)
• Bookham Common: Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, {16 butterfly species including 3 Purple Emperor [1 station CP], 3 White Admiral, 18 Silver-washed Fritillary 16+ Purple Hairstreak, also m Beautiful Demoiselle, Brown Hawker, 15+ Ruddy Darter} (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
• Dartford "area": incl Mediterranean Gull, Caspian Gull, Peregrine (Stuart Cossey tweet)
• Essendon "incl golf course": incl 8 Tufted Duck, 6 Common Buzzard, 2 Swift, Kestrel, 7 Swallow, 2 House Martin, Willow Warbler, Garden Warbler, 6 Common Whitethroat, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Spotted Flycatcher cricket grd, Bullfinch, 3 Linnet, Yellowhammer (via BirdTrack/Herts BC)
• Hammersmith: Red Kite, mobbed by m Peregrine then NW 1510 (Nathalie Mahieu tweet)
• Hyde Park: 3 Swift round pond - first seen for several days (Ian R Watson)
• London Wetland Centre: incl 7 Teal, Little Ringed Plover, Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper (WWT website)
• Lynsters Farm: c300 Jackdaw on barn roof evg (Paul Lewis via eBird)
• Maple Lodge NR: incl 3 Shoveler, 8 Teal, 2 Little Egret over, Common Tern, 5 Swift, Kestrel, c1000 Jackdaw arr'd roost evg, 11 Swallow (Paul Lewis via eBird)
• Pinner “HA5”: 3 Red Kite circling low (Nigel Barratt)
• Regent's Park: 23 Swift [most just-arr'd from N] hawking over lake 0750, Nuthatch fos by lake [areas 36 & 8] 0740, Sedge Warbler a2 reedbed still [flight-song incorporating Nuthatch call already] (Twitter)
• Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve: 5 juv Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, Little Grebe, 5 Reed Warbler, 6 Swift (Jack Headley)
• Swanscombe Marsh “08.30-13.00 LT”: 2 Cetti's Warbler h, 5 Reed Warbler h, 1 Bearded Tit more h, 1 Kestrel, 7 Common Whitethroat incl 2ad each w/ yg, 2 Sedge Warbler, 6 Cormorant river, 2 Oystercatcher river, 2 Marsh Harrier m&f, 3 Grey Heron 1 river & 2 juv’s in nest, 1 Mute Swan river, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Bunting 1 singing m, 8 House Martin 6 nests, 4 Sand Martin, 6 Shoveler, 2 Greylag Goose, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Gadwall, 2 Pochard m juv, 4 Little Egret 2 river, 1 Common Buzzard, Ring-necked Parakeet h, 3 Water Rail h [& prob yg calling], 3 Skylark, {multiple Meadow Browns, 2 Commas, 2 Marbled White, 1 Red Admiral, 3 Ringlets, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, multiple Skipper butterflies, 1 Grey Seal, 2 Emperor Dragonfly} (Roger Keith/Paul Larkin)

Thursday 4th July 2019

• Chiswick "W4": 1 Spotted Flycatcher (Cara Atkinson)
• Clissold Park: {Willow Emerald damselfly} (Chris Farthing)
• Cornmill Meadows: 3 Little Ringed Plover 2 ad & 1 full-grown juv, 6 Lapwing, 5 Little Egret, 4 House Martin, singing Grasshopper Warbler (Simon Papps)
• Crossness LNR: 300+ Black-headed Gull incl three 1cy, Barn Owl (Jack Headley)
• East Barnet "EN4": 12 Swift - largest count so far this season (Bob Husband)
• East Dulwich "SE22": 30 Swift high overhead (Tom Pollard)
• Enfield "EN2": {Red-belted Clearwing settled on concrete path 0805 at private site} (Robert Callf)
• Epsom Common "Stew Ponds": Common Tern 1135 (Frank Boxell via Surrey BN)
• Golders Green "NW11": Redpoll sp. S over gdn (James Levy)
• Greenford "UB6": {first garden record of Marbled White- doing well in local meadows} (Neil Anderson)
• Hampstead Heath: Reed Warbler still singing at Highgate no 1 pond 20.30 (Reuben Braddock)
• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 1 Common Buzzard, 11 Swift (Neil Batten)
• London Wetland Centre: incl 6 Shoveler, 5 Teal, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Tern, pr Kestrel over sheltered lagoon (WWT website)
• Lower Clapton "E5": 30+ Swifts, mobbing a Sparrowhawk high overhead evg (Alastair Dent)
• Oak Hill Woods NR "East Barnet EN4": juv Sparrowhawk calling, Little Owl mobbed by Blackbirds etc, 3 singing Chiffchaff, 2 singing Blackcap, 3 singing Song Thrush, 2 calling Nuthatch, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2+ juv Coal Tits, 2 juv Pied Wagtails in Park (Fay Broom, Bob Husband)
• Pinner “HA5”: 6 Swift, 2 Goldcrest, 20+ Ring-necked Parakeet (Nigel Barratt)
• Queen Mother Reservoir: 175 Cormorant, 4 Kestrel, Hobby 1000 (Peter Newbound via Berks BN)
• Staines Reservoirs: 7 Black-tailed Godwit 06.00 but not later on W bank N basin, escaped Zebra Finch type at W end of causeway for 2nd day (Bob Warden per FJM)
• Totteridge Green "TQ250936": {2 Purple Emperor clashing} (Tony Clancy)
• Totteridge Valley: {20+ Marbled White in owl_field} (Tony Clancy)
• Water End: 3 Lapwing, 4 Swift (Stephen Harris via eBird)
• Woodberry Wetlands: Nuthatch as prev'y, Meadow Pipit by woodland trail [w end] flew towards cafe 17.20 (Garry James tweets)

Wednesday 3rd July 2019

• Barnes "waterside": Tufted Duck with 1 small chick, {Hummingbird Hawkmoth, Painted Lady, Red Admiral} (Neil Anderson)
• Bushy Park: Chiffchaff, 3 Green Woodpecker, 3 Swallow (Ian R Watson)
• Crossness NR: 16 Reed Warbler, 4 Sedge Warbler, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Reed Bunting, 2 Skylark, 2 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 4 Little Grebe & 2yg, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Bearded Tit, 2 Pochard, 5 Tufted Duck, 4 Shoveler, 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 2 Barn Owl, 2 Pheasant, 6 Common Whitethroat, 10 Linnet, Greenfinch, Song Thrush, "Thames and foreshore [low tide]" 3 Reed Warbler, Grey Wagtail, 9 Teal, c300 Black-headed Gull, 35 Shelduck & 11yg, 21 Gadwall, 21 Lapwing, 3 Common Tern, 2 Cormorant, 4 Herring Gull [type] (Bernie Weight) BW - grateful for your posts but pls follow the standard format thx
• Forest Hill "Devonshire Rd SE23": 5 Swift over 15.10 most seen in the area for several years (Paul Francis)

• Greenwich "Thames, slipway to West of pier": presumed Caspian Gull 2nd summer - please confirm whether correct from photo (Mike Paice) Looks like a Herring Gull (JJ) no prominent gonys but doesn't look 'rangy' enough - legs rel'y short
• Hampstead Heath: Reed Warbler at Highgate No1 Pond (Allan Stewart)
• Holloway "Rd N7": 3 Peregrine (Allan Stewart)
• London Wetland Centre: 2 Common Tern, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 8 Teal, Gadwall brood of 5, Pochard brood of 2, Tufted Duck broods of 11 and 2, 2 newly hatched Lapwing chicks (WWT website)
• Rye Meads RSPB: Black-tailed Godwit fr draper hide 1135 (Laurence Sinden tweet)
• St Paul's Cray "BR5": Kestrel on aerial above house along Kelsey Rd (Jack Headley)
• Sevenoaks WR: incl 24 Lapwing 22ad 2juv & 7yg, 3 Bullfinch incl juv (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS); also incl 130 Jackdaw, 2 Swallow, Reed Bunting (per BirdTrack volunteer)
• Stave Hill: 2 Swifts, 4 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff sang briefly am, 1 Common Tern on its way to Surrey Water, Common Buzzard S aft, {1 Hummingbird Hawkmoth am} (John Cadera)
• Thames Path Erith to Woolwich Arsenal: 8 Yellow-legged Gull inc London's first juv of the year, Mediterranean Gull adult (Dante Shepherd)
• The Brook "BR5": 1 Swift hawking evng otherwise quiet (Jack Headley)
• Trent Park: 2 Grey Heron inc leucistic bird, 9 Mandarin Duck 5 eclipse m & 2f & 2yng, f Kestrel (Robert Callf); also 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Common Buzzard, Common Whitethroat, 6 Swallow (Pete Lowman)
• Whetstone "N20": Red Kite over Oakleigh Rd N 10.30am (David Roberts)

Tuesday 2nd July 2019

• Beddington Farmlands "no public access": 8 Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper [Ldn fos], 2 Mediterranean Gull (BirdGuides)
• Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Stock Dove, 4 Swift, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
• Enfield "Strayfield Rd EN2": 15+ Barn Swallow - two nests with 5 & 4 yng - employee states one brood already fledged (Robert Callf)
• Fryent CP: 4 Red Kite over (Martin Francis tweet)
• Hackney Marsh: 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher (Marcin Kempa)
• Hilfield Park Res: 5 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail (Chris Lamsdell)
• Ladywell Fields: Mandarin f, Little Egret, 2 Swift (Conrad Ellam)
• London Wetland Centre: 2 Teal, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Common Snipe, Redshank, Common Tern, 30 Swift (WWT website); also Black-tailed Godwit am (Cheech Albanese via eBird); also Little Egret, 2 Common Tern (Dave Panchaud via eBird)
• London Zoo: Common Buzzard over midday (Sam Jones via eBird)
• Longfield: 4 Corn Bunting 2pr, 9 Skylark inc some juv’s, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, {3 Painted Lady, 1 Small Tortoiseshell butterflies} (Roger Keith)
• Mile End "Antill Rd E3": 2 House Sparrow m f, {Large Skipper} gdn (Harry Harrison)
• Moor Park: 3 Oystercatcher [poss juvs] (Steve Carter via Herts BC)
• Rectory Farm: m Kestrel, 30+ Swift (Robert Callf)
• Richmond Park: 5 Red-crested Pochard 3m2f, 3 juv Cormorant, Red Kite, Common Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern, 80+ Swift, 3 juv Swallow (Jan Wilczur)
• Ruxley GPs "permit only": 9 Reed Warbler, 2-3 singing Cetti's Warbler, 2 singing Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 10+ Chiffchaff incl ad with 2 juvs, 3 Great Crested Grebe incl pr with juvs, 8+ Gadwall (Jack Headley)
• St James's Park: Little Egret W (Frank Nugent)
• Southall: 6+ Swift 2pr in residence [new colony - playback in use] (Phil Belman)
• Staines Moor: 2 Sedge Warbler (Richard Haydon via Surrey BN)
• Stanwell Moor: 2 Black-tailed Godwit (Chris Lamsdell)
• Trent Park: Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, Common Whitethroat, Kestrel, Little Egret, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Mandarin 2m 4f, Song Thrush, 4 Swallow, {Comma, 3 Large Skipper, c30 Meadow Brown, 8 Marbled White, c20 Ringlet, 2 Small Skipper, Broad-bodied Chaser, Black-tailed Skimmer} (Pete Lowman)
• West Norwood Cemetery: Nuthatch (Michael Mac)
• Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Red Kite circling then SW 1140 (Garry James tweet)

Monday 1st July 2019

• Brockwell Park: pr Egyptian Geese (yesterday they had 4 goslings taken away by Swan Sanctuary because they were in the Lido - I take it they bred on the roof which is why they were there and were removed but they couldn't catch the adults - I think this is the first time they have bred in the park? (Michael Mac)
• Brookmill Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
• Hertford Heath "TL350106": Spotted Flycatcher (Simon West via Herts BC)
• London Wetland Centre: 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Hobby, 3 Common Tern, 4 Teal (WWT website)
• Oakwood "Station": 4 Jay 2ad 2juvs begging (Robert Callf)
• Pinner “HA5”: Red Kite circling low, 7 Swift (Nigel Barratt)
• Rotherhithe: Yellow-legged Gull 2s on Thames foreshore by Hilton Hotel (Richard Bonser)
• St Paul's Cray "BR5": Hobby low over Normanhurst Rd c21:25 (Jack Headley)
• South Norwood CP: incl Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe displaying, Black-headed Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Kestrel family, 13 Swift, 7 Reed Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Reed Bunting (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
• Staines Moor: incl Common Buzzard, Common Tern, 2 Kestrel, 3 Skylark, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Meadow Pipit, 11 Linnet, Reed Bunting am (Dave Panchaud via eBird)
• Staines Reservoir: incl 2 Little Ringed Plover, 11 Common Tern pm (Dave Panchaud via eBird)
• The Brook "BR5": Hobby viewed from Normanhurst Rd flying over site, 4 Swift, Mistle Thrush (Jack Headley)
• Trent Park: Little Egret, 3 eclipse m Mandarin Duck, ad Common Tern lower lake (Robert Callf); also 7 Chiffchaff juvs & 1ad, Kestrel, 3 Song Thrush, 7 Mandarin 2m 3f incl f & 2yg (Pete Lowman)
• Tyttenhanger Farm: 3 Tree Sparrow (Steve Pearce via Herts BC)
• Tyttenhanger GPs "main gp": 3 Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 3+ Tree Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail (per TyttGP tweet); Yellow-legged Gull 2cy again evg (Rupert Evershed tweet); "fishing lake" 2 Oystercatcher, 3+ Common Tern (Steve Blake via Herts BC)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 5 Common Sandpipers, 6 Little Egrets, Pochard & 2yg High Maynard, {4+ Painted Lady} (Quentin Given, Daniel Whitelegg).

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