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Wednesday 11th March 2020

• London Wetland Centre: 5 Stonechat, 4 Pintail, 15 Redwing, Water Pipit, 2 singing Chiffchaff (WWT website)
• Margravine Cemetery: Green Woodpecker (Nathalie Mahieu for Ruth Savery)
• Regent's Park "vismig 0605-0805": 6 Cormorant NE, 31 Redwing over, Pied Wagtail W, 3 Meadow Pipit NW (Twitter)

Tuesday 10th March 2020

• Alexandra Park: Firecrest male still Conservation Wood, 6 Shoveler, 30+ Redwing, Chiffchaff (APOG Birders); 2 Firecrest showing well S of Entry Road to Cricket Club, Blackcap singing, Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker pr, 2 Nuthatch pr, 3m Pochard, 6 Redwing and Chiffchaff by Boating Lake 0815 1000 (Davey Leach)
• Brent Reservoir: Yellow-legged Gull 2nd-winter (Andrew Self)
• Crossness NR: 2 Common Buzzard, Barn Owl, 2 Kestrel, 2 Little Egret, 2 Song Thrush singing, 2 Peregrine, 3 Chiffchaff singing, 2 Skylark singing, Stonechat f, 9 Pochard, 3 Grey Heron, 12 Little Grebe, 12 Pied Wagtail, 2 Cormorant, 4 Tufted Duck, 13 Gadwall, 14 Cetti's Warbler heard, 8 Canada Goose, 12 Greylag Goose, 5 Shelduck, Lapwing, 4 Goldfinch, Pheasant m, Reed Bunting, c200 Black-headed Gull (Bernie Weight); "Thames and Foreshore incoming Tide" 102 Shelduck, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 31 Redshank, Chiffchaff singing, c140 Gadwall, 6 Wigeon, 2 Shoveler, c300 Teal, 2 Curlew, 4 Oystercatcher, 2 Cormorant, c300 Black-headed Gull (Bernie Weight)
• Dagenham Chase LNR: 2 White-fronted Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, Shelduck, 24 Wigeon, 18 Shoveler, 32 Gadwall, 18 Teal, Little Grebe, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 12 Mute Swan, 2 Lapwing, Common Snipe, Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk, 2 Pied Wagtail (Steve Bacon, Vince Halley-Frame)
• Finsbury Park: 7 Red-crested Pochard all drakes (Chris Farthing)
• Grovelands Park: Great Crested Grebe, ad Grey Heron carrying frog or toad, 2 Mute Swan pr inc m w/ orange darvic 4EIT, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 8 Mandarin Duck 5m 3f, 2 Gadwall pr, 5 Northern Shoveler 3m 2f, m Common Pochard, 14 Tufted Duck 7m 7f, f Sparrowhawk, 54+ Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Herring Gull, f Green Woodpecker feeding on Pitch & Putt 1655 - 1725 [seen 'yaffling'], Grey Wagtail, Song Thrush, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, m Goldcrest singing, 17 Magpie pre-roost gathering on Pitch & Putt 1705, 2 Goldfinch pr (Robert Callf)
• Hampstead Heath: c10 Siskin, 2 Lesser Redpoll with Goldfinch both at Sanctuary Pond in alders, Kestrel, 2 Redwing (Oliver Flory)
• Hogsmill Open Space "Ewell": Little Egret still (Neil Batten)
• Middlesex Filter Beds: singing Chiffchaff - a migrant albeit probably a short-distance one as unusually there were none wintering here this year (Alastair Dent)
• Mill Hill "NW7": 43 Redwing feeding in grass paddock junction of Lawrence St/Uphill Rd (Steve Blake)
• New River "Palmers Green": 2 Mandarin pr e of Green Lanes Bridge 0745 (Davey Leach)
• Regent's Park "Area 31": m Blackcap (G J Francis)
• St Paul's Cray "gdn BR5": 102 Redwing heard migrating over during drizzle 20:20-21:55, singing Robin 21:50 (Jack Headley)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite [foy], pr Goosander, 6 Goldeneye, Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, 7 Linnet, 2 Little Egret, 2 Egyptian Goose goslings (Eugene Dillon-Hooper); f Stonechat (Daniel Whitelegg)
• Watermeadows Open Space "BR5": 4 Little Grebe, 2 Egyptian Goose (Jack Headley)

Monday 9th March 2020

• Alexandra Park: Firecrest m still cw, 6 Shoveler 4m 2f, 12 Redwing, Chiffchaff, Blackcap (APOG Birders)
• Balham: Common Buzzard W 0930, pursued by a Carrion Crow (Nick Rutter)
• Bonnett's Wood "Essex": incl 2 Grey Partridge, Kestrel, Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 135 Redwing (Ruth Barnes via BirdTrack)
• Boston Manor Park: 3 Mandarin Duck, 11 Tufted Duck, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Nuthatch (Des McKenzie)
• Boxer's Lake: 9 Grey Heron 7ad & 2 yng in nest [at least 5 occupied nests], 3 Mute Swan ad male w/ orange darvic ring 4DQC, ad female & 1st-winter, 13 Tufted Duck 8m 5f, m Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
• Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 2 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
• Cornmill Meadows: 2 Red Kite, 3 Siskin (James Palmer)
• Fairlop Waters: 17 Golden Plover, 27 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, 8 Teal, 32 Mallard, 9 Mute Swan, 4 Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, 22 Tufted Duck, Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting, Common Buzzard, 4 Chiffchaff singing (Steve Bacon)
• Ferny Hill Farm "private access": 3f Yellowhammer, 10 Reed Bunting 3m 7f (Robert Callf)
• Fishponds Open Space, Surbiton "Fishponds Park KT6": 2 Tawny Owls calling 0510 (Reg Norman)
• Hainault Country Park: Red Kite, Pochard, 5 Tufted Duck (Steve Bacon)
• Hampstead Heath: Skylark over, Chiffchaff singing by sanctuary pond, 2 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel m, 2 Mandarin (Reuben Braddock); also Peregrine, Common Buzzard both over parliament hill, 3 Redpolls at sanctuary (Pete Mantle)
• Hogsmill Open Space "Ewell": Little Egret 0825 (Neil Batten)
• Kensal Town "Trelick Tower": 2 Peregrine (Francis O'Sullivan)
• Ladywell Fields: Little Egret 0730 (David Capper)
• London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Red Kite W 1020, 4 Pintail, 4 Stonechat, 2 Shelduck, 5 Common Snipe, 6 Redwing, 4 Fieldfare, Water Pipit (WWT website/Shailesh Patel tweet)
• Mitcham Common: Swallow or martin sp. - only saw brief before disappearing behind trees and with naked eye/high up but definately hirundine (Michael Mac)
• Morden Hall Park: Canada Goose, 2 Little Egret, Grey Heron, Little Grebe, Moorhen, Coot, Woodpigeon, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Mistle Thrush, Robin, Goldfinch (Ernest Thomason)
• North Met Pit "Cheshunt": m Smew still, m Goldeneye (James Palmer)
• Poulter Park: Yellow-browed Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, incl 2 prob Siberian Chiffchaff (Alan Wilkinson)
• Primrose Hill "vismig 0620-0820": incl 37 Woodpigeon N, 2 Rook high NW 0715, 21 Redwing incl 4N & 10E, Song Thrush S, Pied Wagtail SW, 2 Meadow Pipit N/NW (Twitter)
• Rayners Lane: Red Kite low over 1300 (Tim Rymer tweet)
• Regent's Park "fr Primrose Hill": Marsh Harrier foy f-type drifting WSW over boating lake 0720 (Twitter)
• Rye Meads RSPB: Jack Snipe on island to left fr gadwall_hide still am (RSPB tweet)
• Sevenoaks WR: incl 3 Bullfinch 2f m (Ted Scott via Kent OS)
• South Norwood Country Park: 14 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, m Pheasant no sign of Stonechats but light fading/rain (Micheal Mac)
• Staines Reservoir: Long-tailed Duck n basin still, 32 Goldeneye, 11 Black-necked Grebe 10 n basin 1 s basin, 2 Red Kite together am (Jim Sweetland tweet)
• Stanmore CP "open field area": m Stonechat (Francis O'Sullivan)
• Tooting Bec Common: 2+ Egyptian Goose, Grey Heron, 4+ Stock Dove, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, f Green Woodpecker, 2+ Nuthatch (Nick Granger-Taylor)
• Trent Park: Grey Heron leucistic individual upper lake, Peregrine Falcon flew W 1226, Chiffchaff singing m nr Water Grdn, Goldcrest, 7 Coal Tit [2 Moat Wd, 4 Rough Lot, 1 Williams Wd], 4 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, (Robert Callf)
• Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm "willows fm lake": incl 2 Oystercatcher (Steve Blake via Herts BC); "main pit" 25 Golden Plover distantly, 25+ Meadow Pipit grassy field (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 1 Common Sandpiper N edge of reservoir 4, 8 Pochard, 1 m Teal, 3 Gadwall, 3 Little Grebe 2f 1m, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler (Philipp Wirtz) [probably too early for Reed Warbler? (dark brown on top lighter underneath, could it have been a Cetti's? PhW. Cetti's would be more likely.) Willow Warbler possible but also very early, would be first London record this year -thought it too early, too, but had a more yellow underside than Chiffchaff, Philipp Wirtz. Chiffchaff can be quite yellow too, not usually safe to just rely on colour.]; Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 8 Goldeneye, 2 Wigeon, Stonechat, m Blackcap, 12 Chiffchaff, 14 Teal, 2 Reed Bunting, 6 Little Egret, Jackdaw, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Redwing (Walthamstow Birders)

Sunday 8th March 2020

• Alexandra Park: Firecrest blandford hall, 3 Chiffchaff, 8 Shoveler [4m 4f], 5 Pochard (APOG Birders)
• Box Hill "Village": Lesser Spotted Woodpecker calling & seen flying a circuit headley heath approach rd (Paula Redmond)
• Burnt Oak: Chiffchaff (Deb Jackson)
• Bushy Park: Chiffchaff [River Longford Water Gardens], 2 Stonechat, Reed Bunting, Treecreeper, 2 Redwing, Kestrel (Spencer Neal)
• "LWT" Centre for Wildlife Gardening, East Dulwich: 2 Blackcap m f singing (Keith Chambers)
• Crayford "Jolly Farmers": Iceland Gull juv [the erith pier & rainham bird per Richard Bonser tweet], leucistic Herring Gull (Richard Bonser, Ralph Todd)
• Darlands Lake "Totteridge": 2 Teal pr lake, f Sparrowhawk over, Rooks active in pine trees (Tony Clancy, Dianne Murphy, Bob Husband)
• Dollis Valley "Greenwalk": 2 Kingfisher flying across river downstream of footbridge leading to dollis rd (Philipp Wirtz)
• Ferny Hill Farm "private access": 4 Mandarin Duck 2m 2f, 4 Fieldfare, 3 Song Thrush, Treecreeper, 13 Reed Bunting 4m 9f together in hedgerow [record count for Trent Park area] (Robert Callf)
• Hampstead Heath: 2 Stonechat m f 1300 (Jamie Cedar tweet)
• Hilfield Park Reservoir: Stonechat, 2 Chiffchaff, Redwing, 302 Black-headed Gull catching flies over res, 2f Goldeneye, 2 Lapwing over, Skylark singing, Reed Bunting (Tony Blake)
• London Wetland Centre: Iceland Gull ad still, Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Pintail, 2 Water Pipit, 2+ Stonechat, 5 Common Snipe, 2 Grey Wagtail, 50 Wigeon, Goldeneye, 8 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Shelduck, 105 Teal, 64 Shoveler, 169 Tufted Duck, 166 Mallard (WWT website)
• Mickleham: Common Buzzard, Greenfinch, Firecrest singing & seen nr st michael & all angels church (Paula Redmond)
• Mudchute Park: 3 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 10 Chaffinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Sean Huggins)
• Pinner: Red Kite, Coal Tit (Nigel Barratt)
• Ponders End Lake: 2 Oystercatcher, 261 Black-headed Gull, 50 Coot, 33 Tufted Duck, 3 Pochard, 20 Teal, 8 Greylag Goose, 26 Herring Gull, 13 Gadwall, Goldcrest (Daniel Whitelegg)
• Poulter Park: Yellow-browed Warbler, Firecrest, Siberian Chiffchaff, several Chiffchaffs calling & singing, Little Egret over, Goldcrest, pr Teal, 3 Grey Wagtail (Kevin Allen); also incl 10+ Common Chiffchaff, 2 Siberian Chiffchaff still, 2 Firecrest still am (Peter Carr via eBird)
• Rainham RSPB: incl 2 Oystercatcher, 19 Avocet, Caspian Gull 2cy, 3 Chiffchaff, Stonechat, 3 Rock Pipit (Martin Jordan via eBird)
• Raynes Park "gdn": Little Egret S 0624 (Paula Redmond)
• Rye Meads RSPB: Jack Snipe fr gadwall_hide 1100 (Allan Meadows tweet); incl 15 Pochard, 9 Cetti's Warbler (via BirdTrack)
• South Norwood CP: incl 3 Brent Goose low S 0815, 4 Stonechat still [field betw lake & harrington rd] (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
• Springwell Lake: incl 17 Pochard, 4 Goldeneye, 4 Chiffchaff, pr Reed Bunting am (Paul Lewis via eBird)
• Staines Reservoir: Long-tailed Duck n basin still, 10 Black-necked Grebe still (BirdGuides)
• Stanmore CP: m Stonechat (Francis O'Sullivan)
• Stocker's Farm: incl 2 Oystercatcher am (Paul Lewis via eBird)
• Stocker's Lake; incl 9 Little Egret, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff am (Paul Lewis via eBird); 3 Redpoll fr kingfisher_hide (Phill Luckhurst via Herts BC)
• Swanscombe Marsh “Botany flooded Meadow 15.00-17.00”: 16 Shelduck, 2 Teal, 4 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, 8 Stonechat together, 2 Peregrine atop cross Thames power pylon, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Reed Bunting, Jay, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Roger Keith)
• Ten Acre Wood area: m Pheasant, 5 Teal, 3-4 Red Kite [2 together], Common Buzzard, m Sparrowhawk, 5 Stock Dove, 9 Skylark, 13+ Meadow Pipit, 3 Reed Bunting 2m f (Neil Anderson)
• Thamesmead: Mediterranean Gull ad [ringed in Czech Republic], 3 Yellow-legged Gull, intermedius Lesser Black-backed Gull [ringed in southern Norway] off greenhaven dr (Richard Bonser, Josh Jones, Dante Shepherd); "Thames Path at Greenhaven Dr" also 8 Yellow-legged Gull, Cetti's Warbler singing at adj pond am (Josh Jones via eBird)
• Tooting Common: 2 Chiffchaff (Alan Wilkinson)
• Tottenham Marsh: 10 Stonechat on west marsh am (James Palmer)
• Trent Park: 14 Mandarin Duck 9m 5f upper lake, f Common Pochard lower lake, Woodcock flushed by Springer Spaniel SE edge of Rough Lot 1430, Chiffchaff singing male nr Water Grdn [foy], 5 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
• Wandsworth Common: Chiffchaff, 12 Redwing, 2 Kestrel m f (Nick Rutter)
• Water End "Herts": incl Stonechat, Yellowhammer pm (Calum Mckellar via eBird)
• Woodford Green: f Blackcap gdn fdr (Steve Howey)
• Woodredon Estate "Upshire": m Stonechat along bridleway (Nigel May)
• Wormwood Scrubs: incl 4 Stonechat pm (Oliver Flory via eBird); 1 Cormorant over (oo)

Saturday 7th March 2020

• Alexandra Park: Woodcock NW over wgr 1000, Firecrest conservation wood [cw], Chiffchaff, 7 Shoveler, pair Kestrel, m Blackcap, 6 Pochard, 3 Redwing (APOG Birders)
• Beech Hill Lake: 2 Cormorant, 4 Mandarin Duck 3m f (Robert Callf)
• Brent Reservoir “east marsh”: 18 Common Snipe, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 9 Redwing, 5 Greenfinch, 2 Egyptian Goose (Steve Blake)
• Brockley Cemetery: 6 Redwing, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, 2 Wren, Chaffinch, Goldfinch (Mike Edwards)
• Cockfosters Sports Ground: 36 Woodpigeon, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker together, 4 Coal Tit together inc two singing m, 12 Magpie, 6 House Sparrow (Robert Callf)
• Cornmill Meadows: 2 Cattle Egret, 2 Little Egret, 20 Teal, 20 Wigeon, 10 Shoveler, Buzzard (Jon Agar)
• Coronation Gardens, Leyton "TQ385865": 2 Reed Bunting 14:30 (GJ Francis)
• Crayford "Jolly Farmers": 3 Caspian Gull [yellow-ringed ad & Polish-ringed 2w & another 2w] (Josh Jones, Andrew Lawson, Dante Shepherd)
• East India Dock Basin NR: 68 Teal, 4 Shelduck, 6 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch, 8 Blue Tit (Ian Ellis)
• Erith Pier: Iceland Gull juv coming to bread (Richard Bonser, Josh Jones, Dante Shepherd)
• Ewell "Banstead Rd": 2 Stonechat, m Pheasant both in scrubby field by dw fitness pm (Neil Batten)
• Fairlop Waters: incl 18 Golden Plover in field ne of small fishing lake still, 5 Skylark am (Graham Howie via eBird))
• Fulham Palace Meadow Allotments: Stonechat m 1555 (Nathalie Mahieu tweet)
• Hampstead Heath: 47 Redwing in trees on meadow below tumulus, {bat sp circling over viaduct pond c1500} (Philipp Wirtz); f Stonechat, Lesser Redpoll, 15-20 Siskin (Jamie Cedar tweet); Chiffchaff singing (Alan Wilkinson via eBird)
• Island Barn Reservoir: Mallard, 20+ Cormorant, Mute Swan, Pied Wagtail, 100+ Black-headed Gull, 2 Great Northern Diver still, 10+ Gadwall, Common Buzzard S, c20 Barnacle Goose with Canadas on fields to south (Paul Francis, with help from Steve a permit holder) but club amenable if permission asked - and certainly easier than from molesey heath [PF]
• London Fields: 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush (Keith Chambers)
• London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Jack Snipe, 6 Chiffchaff incl 1 singing, Goldcrest, 6 Stonechat m 5f, Water Pipit, Peregrine, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 4 Common Snipe, 6 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, 4 Pintail, 2 Shelduck (Martin Honey et al); also Goldeneye still, Iceland Gull main lake fr wwf hide still, 2 Fieldfare (WWT website)
• Lords Cricket Ground: pr Mistle Thrush (John Colmans); Grey Wagtail singing nr lords view lunchtime (Des McKenzie)
• Munden Estate "Herts": Mediterranean Gull ad in field by horse centre 1120 (Andrew Steele tweet)
• Oxleas Wood: incl 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Coal Tit, 5 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 2 Redwing (Tim Rymer tweet)
• Paddington Green: Grey Wagtail singing at former breeding site am (Des McKenzie)
• Poulter Park "Wandle Trail by River at N end of Pk": 2 Siberian Chiffchaff still, Goldcrest, 4+ Chiffchaff singing, Blackcap singing, Peregrine on pylon, Common Buzzard, m Teal 14:00 (Paul Collins)
• Putney-Barnes Bridges "part of WeBS": 2 Greylag Goose, 14 Egyptian Goose, 2 Shelduck pr, 94 Mallard, 117 Teal, 20 Gadwall, 5 Tufted Duck, 2 Mandarin Duck pr, 38 Cormorant (Neil Anderson)
• Rainham Marshes: Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 5 Avocet, 2 Water Rail, 2 Rock Pipit, 51 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, {Weasel} (Andrew Self); Mediterranean Gull ad w/ white c/r wennington briefly mid-am (Jonathan Wasse tweet)
• Raynes Park "gdn": f Blackcap (Paula Redmond)
• Rickmansworth Aquadrome: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker calling from wooded area nr aquadrome cafe (Geoff Young via Herts BC)
• South Norwood CP: incl 4 Stonechat wetlands s end (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
• Staines Reservoir: 11 Black-necked Grebe, c20 Goldeneye, Shoveler, Teal, Wigeon, c20 Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Linnet, Red Kite (Andrew Peel, Angela Mackersie, Sary Davies, Toni Menezes)
• Swanscombe Marsh “Botany flooded Meadow 14.30-16.00”: 8 Stonechat incl 5m together on flood, Chiffchaff, 8 Shoveler, 5 Gadwall, 69 Teal, 42 Mallard, 9 Shelduck, 29 Greylag Goose, 9 Canada Goose, Grey Heron, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Stock Dove, 28 Magpie, 5 Reed Bunting, Peregrine atop cross-Thames power pylon, 2 Raven (Roger Keith)
• Ten Acre Wood area: 6 Skylark, 6 Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting, Linnet, Lapwing, 4 Stock Dove, 3 Pheasant, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Peregrine hunting low, flushed 12 Teal (Nigel Dodd)
• Thamesmead: 2 Caspian Gull 2w 1w, 10 Yellow-legged Gull (Josh Jones, Dante Shepherd)
• Thorndon CP "n section 0915-1015": incl Lesser Spotted Woodpecker m drumming & calling at top of childerditch wd (Andrew Cox via Essex BwS)
• Trent Park: 5 Stock Dove inc singing m, Green Woodpecker, 20+ Redwing, Treecreeper, 6+ Chaffinch 3m 3f (Robert Callf)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Bearded Tit still no1 reedbed, Firecrest, Common Buzzard, Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Goosander, 7 Goldeneye (Walthamstow Birders)
• Yeading Brook Meadows: Little Egret, 37 Common Gull, 4 Greenfinch, 2 Teal, 8 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare (Nigel Dodd)

Friday 6th March 2020

• Alexandra Park: 2 Firecrest ca & blandford hall seen simultaneously, 7 Shoveler, 7 Pochard, 2 Redwing, Little Grebe, Chiffchaff, f Blackcap, 2 Peregrine (APOG Birders)
• Beckenham Cemetery: Peregrine (over), Collared Dove (over), 3 Pheasant (m/2f) very tame near crematorium building, 2 Grey Heron circled over low then back to country park lake (Michael Mac)
• Bow Creek Ecology Park: incl c30 Teal, Common Sandpiper still, 5+ Redshank (Tom Speller tweet)
• Bushy Park: Peregrine Falcon bushy house woodland then S, Common Buzzard over canal plantation mobbed by Carrion Crows, Little Egret (Spencer Neal)
• Chingford Plain: incl 6 Common Buzzard (Richard Cope via eBird)
• Cornmill Meadows: 46 Teal, 56 Wigeon, 15 Shoveler, 4 Little Egret, 2 Cattle Egret again, 8 Common Buzzard, Red Kite, m Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2 Lapwing, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 2 Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler singing, 7+ Reed Bunting singing, 5+ Siskin (Simon Papps)
• Cremorne Gardens "and Thames": 6 Teal, Great Crested Grebe [patch first], 5 Blackbird, tail-less Long-tailed Tit prospecting nest-site, 2 singing Goldfinch, {Red Admiral} (Des McKenzie)
• Dungeon Hill: Red Kite, 4 Stonechat 2m 2f (Duncan Jennings via Surrey BN)
• Enfield EN2 "private site": Jack Snipe flushed twice 1244 & 1246, Common Snipe flushed flew off calling 1243 (Robert Callf)
• Ferny Hill Farm "private access": 6 Yellowhammer 5f/imm & m, 10 Reed Bunting 5m 5f/imm (Robert Callf)
• Greenford "UB6": 2 Red Kite circling over gdn (Neil Anderson)
• Grovelands Park: Common Buzzard overhead, 2m Blackcap singing, Goldcrest singing, 4 Stock Dove investigating nest-holes, 3 Nuthatch, Shoveler, 3 Mandarin (Paul Collins)
• Hogsmill Open Space "Ewell": Little Egret 08:45 (Neil Batten)
• Island Barn Reservoir "no access but restricted view fr top of Molesey Heath TQ133672": 2 Great Northern Diver still (Tony Quinn per Surrey BC)
• Kingswood "Surrey": incl 2 Common Buzzard, Coal Tit, Skylark, Firecrest, Goldcrest (Tony Kennelly via BirdTrack)
• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Common Buzzard (Neil Batten)
• London Wetlands Centre: Iceland Gull again [ad fr wwf hide till 1430 per BirdGuides] 14.15, 2 Water Pipit, 3 Stonechat, Goldeneye, 6 Pintail 3pr (Rebecca Dunne); also 5 Common Snipe, Redshank foy (WWT website)
• Mayflower Park: Goosander m patch first (Robin Lloyd per Bob Smith)
• Panshanger Park: Woodcock over A414 (Drew Lyness via Herts BC)
• Perivale Park: pr Teal, 2 Sparrowhawk, 8 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
• Poulter Park "Wandle Trail by River at N end of Pk": Yellow-browed Warbler still, 2 Siberian Chiffchaff still, 2 Firecrest [250yd upstream from YBW across river under pylon wires per Bill Shimmers tweet] still, 12+ Chiffchaff incl 3 singing, 2 Blackcap, Kingfisher (Jake Klavins)
• Primrose Hill: Woodcock foy thru low E past Hill 0605, Red Kite foy 1005, Common Buzzard foy 1010, Peregrine NW 1010 (Twitter)
• Putney Heath: 3 Greenfinch, Stonechat, 2 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk (Les Evans-Hill)
• Rainham RSPB: incl Oystercatcher, 7 Avocet, Jack Snipe, 17 Common Snipe, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Stonechat, Water Pipit (Patrick Hart via Friends of RSPB RM FB)
• Raynes Park "gdn": 8 Canada Geese S 0813 (Paula Redmond)
• Regent's Park: Common Buzzard SW 1145, {Hedgehog [area 28] 0545} (Twitter)
• Richmond Park: {1 lge bat sp over pen ponds at dusk} (Paula Redmond)
• South Lodge Farm: Little Egret on field 1615 at least (Robert Callf)
• Staines Moor: 2 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 10 Jackdaw, 6 Lapwing on ground and displaying, 20 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, Water Pipit, 24 Meadow Pipit, 12 Skylark, 4 Stonechat, 6 Reed Bunting, 4 Linnet, 3 Shoveler, 3 Gadwall, 6 Teal, 2 Cetti's Warbler singing, 6+ Chiffchaff most singing (Nick Baker); also incl 9 Lapwing, 10 Stonechat, 2 Water Pipit (Chris Lamsdell via Staines Res & Moor FB)
• Staines Reservoir: m Scaup, 11 Black-necked Grebe, Water Pipit, 3 Shelduck, 9+ Goldeneye (Jake Klavins); also Long-tailed Duck still, 20+ Goldeneye, 15 Black-necked Grebe incl 11 together pm (Thomas Gibson via eBird)
• Stanstead Abbotts Lakes - N Lake: incl Oystercatcher (Jane Free via Herts BC)
• Stoneleigh "Station KT17": 2m Blackcap both singing, Grey Heron SW (Neil Batten)
• Tooting Common: Mediterranean Gull 2s on cricket pitch late pm (Alan Wilkinson)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: m Stonechat owl_field, 2 Red Kite, m Kestrel, pr Mandarin, 3 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck 2pr [on laurel pond - most unusual], Rook, 3 Redwing (John Colmans)
• Trent Park: 13 Mandarin Duck, m Eurasian Teal upper lake, f Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Grey Wagtail, 2 Redwing Seedfield Spinney, Goldcrest, 2 Long-tailed Tit inc one nest building, 2 Nuthatch, 8 Chaffinch inc three singing m (Robert Callf)
• Upminster: Osprey [Ldn foy] NW 1450 (BirdGuides)
• "Upper" Clapton "E5": Tawny Owl calling for 5min (Marcin Kempa)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Bearded Tit still, 2 Firecrest, Rook foy, Oystercatcher, 10 Goldeneye, 4 Stonechat, 2 Wigeon, Common Sandpiper, 2 Meadow Pipit, Linnet, Chiffchaff, Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 38 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 40 Herring Gull, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Little Egret [1st returning to colony], 6 Grey Wagtail (Walthamstow Birders)
• Yeading Brook Meadows: Little Egret feeding w/ Common Gulls at dawn (Neil Anderson)

Thursday 5th March 2020

• Alexandra Park: Firecrest m ca still, 6 Shoveler (Bob Watts)
• Blackfriars "Station": 2 Egyptian Goose perching on top of defunct red bridge pillar betw blackfriars br & rlwy br (Philipp Wirtz)
• Cely Woods: incl Common Buzzard, Yellowhammer (Ruth Barnes via BirdTrack)
• Christchurch Green "Wanstead": Nuthatch (Harry Harrison)
• Hall Marsh Scrape: incl Cattle Egret still fr teal_hide (Mike Sileo via eBird)
• Hampstead Heath: c35 Siskin, 1-2 Lesser Redpoll, Stonechat m, Mandarin (Reuben Braddock)
• Harmondsworth Moor "Bucks": incl 5 Gadwall, 17 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, Skylark pm (Conor MacKenzie via eBird)
• Kensington Gardens: 10 Gadwall (Des McKenzie); prob Knot circled round pond once then lost to view during rain shower [at 1045 per BirdGuides], Red Kite N, Grey Wagtail, Great Crested Grebe (Daniel Whitelegg, Bill Haines, Tony Stones)
• London Wetland Centre: Bittern reservoir lagoon n shore, 5 Pintail, Water Pipit, 9 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Shelduck, 2 Common Snipe (WWT website)
• Poulter Park "Wandle Trail by River at N end of Pk": Yellow-browed Warbler still 1445 (J Lewis via Twitter/Ldn BN)
• Rainham RSPB: incl 2 Curlew, Iceland Gull juv fr serin_hill, Caspian Gull 1w, Rock Pipit foreshore pm (Peter Carr via eBird)
• Richmond "within 200 metres of Bridge": 36 Mute Swan [new high count both sides of river}, 4 Mandarin 2pr (Neil Anderson)
• Staines Reservoir: Long-tailed Duck still n basin (BirdGuides)
• Woodford Green: Song Thrush singing, 2 Blackcap m&f feeding on Ivy berries, Red Kite over [a tatty individual] at 1035, m Sparrowhawk through at 1655 (Ken Murray)

Wednesday 4th March 2020

• Alexandra Park: Firecrest ca, 7 Shoveler, 6 Pochard, 10+ Redwing, 2 Peregrine (APOG Birders)
• Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
• Broomfield Park: imm Grey Heron, 7 Northern Shoveler 4m 3f, 15 Tufted Duck 9m 6f, Black-headed Gull inc red darvic ringed P.1 from The Netherlands, metal ringed HA24.238 from Lithuania & 6279574 from Denmark, ad Lesser Black-backed Gull (Robert Callf)
• Creekmouth "west side": Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, Curlew, 15 Redshank, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 15 Chiffchaff, 4 Cetti’s Warbler, Goldcrest, 9 Reed Bunting (Sean Huggins)
• Dagenham Chase: 2 White-fronted Goose still bardag lake 1220, 2 Common Buzzard, 12 Linnet (Vincenzo Halley-Frame tweet)
• Enfield Town "Church St EN2": Little Egret flew E 1334 (Robert Callf); "River View EN2": m Blackcap singing (Robert Callf)
• Fishers Green: Stonechat f by farm walk (Dennis Meadhurst via LVRP sightings blog)
• Greenwich Ecology Park: Jack Snipe reported by visitor, Redwing, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting f (John Bushell)
• Hackney Marshes: 8 Redwing over, Goldcrest singing, 3 Stock Dove calling, 2 Greenfinch singing (Alastair Dent)
• Hampstead Heath: Common Snipe flushed from boating pond am, Water Rail sanctuary pond (Adrian Brooker per Pete Mantle)
• Hemans Estate Community Garden: House Sparrow starting to take nest material in to roof (Michael Mac)
• Honor Oak "Park gdn SE23": Great Spotted Woodpecker calling (Paul Francis - please note that Honor Oak Park is an area in the borough of Lewisham which has, for example, a train station and is not, per se, a park) PF - Understood. The double quotes merely separate the part of your site name that doesn't match the LNHS gazetteer entry - it won't map to a grid reference otherwise.
• King George V Reservoir "permit only": c100 Coot, c80 Tufted Duck, 5 Mute Swan, 8 Pied Wagtail, 10+ Grey Wagtail, 10 Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 20 Goldeneye 3m 17f s basin, 4 Goosander m 3f on n basin nw bank, 20+ Gadwall, 30+ Mallard, Common Buzzard circling then N, {some sheep} (Paul Francis)
• Kingston-upon-Thames: Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe on thames ng canbury gardens (Phil Davies)
• London Wetland Centre: Chiffchaff singing, 5 Reed Bunting incl 3 singing, 4 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, 8 Stonechat, 3 Water Pipit, 3 Common Snipe, Bittern res lagoon n shore (WWT website/Dave Panchaud via eBird)
• Lynsters Farm "Herts": incl Oystercatcher (Paul Lewis via BirdTrack)
• Margravine Cemetery: 16 Redwing, 2 House Sparrow, 2 Blackcap singing, Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker f, 4 Long-tailed Tit 2pr nest-building (Nathalie Mahieu)
• Paddington: Peregrine Falcon flew up onto hilton metropole ledge 12:40 (Des McKenzie)
• Peckham Rye Park: Stonechat (David Clark via BirdTrack)
• Queen Mother Reservoir "permit only": incl 9 Shelduck, 45 Shoveler, Green Sandpiper, 20 Cormorant, 4 Little Egret, 12 Red Kite, 35 Linnet, 11 Reed Bunting pm (Conor MacKenzie via eBird)
• Staines Moor: incl 6 Water Pipit still (Chris Jones via BirdTrack)
• Staines Reservoir: Scaup ad-m on s basin still, 13 Black-necked Grebe 6pr all nr causeway (Kit Britten tweet)
• Stave Hill/Russia Dock Woodland: Kingfisher, 3 Redwing, Chiffchaff singing (John Cadera)
• Swanscombe Marsh “16.00-17.40 Botany Marsh/flooded meadow only“: 53 Teal, 8 Shoveler 7m, 7 Gadwall 4m, Pochard f, 10 Shelduck, 48 Mallard, 38 Greylag Goose, 42 Canada Goose, 2 Little Egret, 23 Herring Gull, 12 Common Gull, 60+ Black-headed Gull, Mediterranean Gull, 2 Grey Heron, Raven h, 2 Cetti's Warbler h, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Long-tailed Tit (Roger Keith)
• Sydenham Hill Wood: 2 Kestrel (David Clark via BirdTrack)
• Tottenham Marsh "Clendish": 2 Stonechat (James Palmer)
• Town Park "Enfield": Little Grebe, Cormorant, 2 Northern Shoveler m&f, m Common Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck 3m 3f, 65 Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, 2ad Herring Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, 2 Long-tailed Tit pr, 10 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Bearded Tit still, Firecrest still, Water Rail, Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 2 Wigeon, 2 Stonechat (Walthamstow Birders); Grey Wagtail, 3 Goldeneye m f j (Paul Francis)
• Woodford Green: f Blackcap on gdn fatball feeder (Steve Howey)

Tuesday 3rd March 2020

• Alexandra Park: Firecrest m ca still, 7 Shoveler, 5 Pochard, Peregrine (APOG Birders)
• Beckton STW: incl pr Kestrel, Stonechat (Dave Morrison tweet)
• Black Jack's Mill, Harefield: 3 Grey Wagtail chasing one another around old mill (John Edwards)
• Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 5 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
• Bushy Park: Sparrowhawk over npl 15.45 (Mike Foster)
• Canon's Farm "incl Burgh Heath": 60+ Yellowhammer incl 30+ in stubble nr green barn (Geoff Barter via Twitter/CFBW BG)
• Crossness NR: 2 Peregrine, 2 Kestrel, Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Song Thrush singing, 10 Stonechat 4m 6f, 10 Cetti's Warbler h, 4 Skylark 2 singing, 13 Pied Wagtail, 10 Linnet, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Pochard, 5 Tufted Duck, 6 Little Grebe, 3 Lapwing, 4 Shoveler, 5 Reed Bunting, 4 Goldfinch, 8 Gadwall, 4 Teal (Bernie Weight); "Thames and foreshore low tide" 132 Shelduck, 3 Curlew, c90 Gadwall, 6 Wigeon, c30 Dunlin, 17 Redshank, 36 Shoveler, c300 Teal, 3 Oystercatcher [gulls not counted] (Bernie Weight)
• Cuffley: Barn Owl over rd 6.50am (Andrew Middleton)
• Dagenham Chase: 2 White-fronted Goose on slack, 62 Gadwall, 43 Wigeon, 34 Shoveler, 10 Teal, 25 Tufted Duck, 2 Pochard, f Sparrowhawk, Rook (Steve Bacon)
• Dulwich Park: Song Thrush singing, 10 Jackdaw, 2 Egyptian Geese (Tom Moulton)
• Frays Valley NR: Blackcap m in full song, w/ Fieldfare 'chacking' in same bush so quite a juxtaposition of summer and winter. Doubtless the BC is an overwintering bird, Chiffchaff singing nearby also. Spring is here. (John Edwards)
• Hackney Marshes: Little Owl still in same area now seems more active, f Sparrowhawk, small grp of Redwings (Jean-Patrick Elmes)
• Hampstead Heath: Stonechat m on reedmace by model boating pond, Lesser Redpoll, 4 Siskin w/ Goldfinches by sanctuary pond, Meadow Pipit over, 100+ Redwing, Treecreeper, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel (Reuben Braddock); 2 Redpoll sp in alder at nw edge of sanctuary pond, 4 Pied Wagtail in field below tumulus, Green Woodpecker on ground in same meadow (Philipp Wirtz)
• Harringay "N15": Red Kite low over st ann's rd & green lanes then drifted high SE towards hackney (HarringayBirder)
• Holloway Rd Waitrose: 2 Greenfinch calling nr c/p (Francis Tusa)
• KGV Reservoir "permit only": 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 30 Goldeneye, 12 Goosander, 18 Pied Wagtail, 6 Grey Wagtail, 20 Meadow Pipit (Tony Clancy)
• KGVI Res "permit only": incl 3 Shelduck, 21 Gadwall, 32 Tufted Duck, Goldeneye still, Dunlin, 6 Common Gull, 2 Common Buzzard (Craig Brookes via BirdTrack)
• Leatherhead "Randalls Rd": Blackcap singing (Neil Batten)
• London Wetland Centre: 4 Pintail, 2 Shelduck, 3 Redwing, Common Snipe, 2 Water Pipit, 2 Stonechat (WWT website); 4 Pintail 2m 2f, 2 Shelduck m f, 2 Water Pipit, 4f Stonechat, Peregrine m, Great Spotted Woodpecker m, 4 Common Snipe (Martin Honey); also incl Goldeneye still pm (Dave Panchaud via eBird)
• Morden Hall Park: incl 810 Black-headed Gull NW, Mediterranean Gull ad NW, 5 Cormorant NW, 4 Grey Heron NE, 45 Woodpigeon NW early-am (Steve Patmore via eBird)
• Park Wood GC "Park Wood, Tatsfield": 50 Redwing (Jon Agar)
• Primrose Hill "vismig 0645-0845": Collared Dove SW, 16 Jackdaw NNE/NNW, 14 Goldfinch NW, also Fieldfare [foy finally], c10 Redwing, 3 Meadow Pipit S (Twitter)
• Regent's Park: pr Mandarin, 4+ Shoveler, Gadwall fr longbridge towards island [area 8] (G J Francis); incl Stonechat pm (Zichen Zhou via eBird); also incl Cetti's Warbler still pm (Will Harcourt-Smith via eBird)
• Seventy Acres Lake "Fishers Grn": Smew f still c500yd north of bittern_hide 1130 (Maureen Lead via LVRP sightings blog)
• Silvertown "Royal Wharf": 5 Meadow Pipit, 40 Linnet feeding on green roofs (Dusty Gedge tweet)
• Staines Reservoir: Scaup ad m still s basin sw cnr (Ian Finch via Staines Res & Moor FB)
• Stoneleigh "Station KT17": Blackcap singing m again am (Neil Batten)
• Swanscombe Marsh “13.30-16.15 outgoing tide Botany Marsh/flooded meadow": 2 Cetti's Warbler h, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 8 Canada Goose, 22 Greylag Goose, 28 Magpie, 14 Stonechat 8m, 48 Mallard, 4 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler m&f, 9 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 20+ Black-headed Gull, Grey Heron, 7 Jackdaw, Kestrel, 4 Reed Bunting, Green Woodpecker h (Roger Keith/Paul Larkin); "River" 9 Teal, Avocet, 12 Gadwall, 14+ Redshank, 3 Turnstone, 2 Cetti's Warbler h, pr Stonechat, [Decoy-Duck [Pintail]] (Roger Keith/Paul Larkin)
• Tufnell Park "N19": 2 Blackcap on fat balls in gdn (Francis Tusa)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Bearded Tit, Firecrest, m Blackcap foy, Common Buzzard, Oystercatcher, m Goosander, 10 Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper, 3 Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting, 44 Grey Heron nests 2 nests w/ yg, 126 Cormorant nests 1 nest w/ yg, Water Rail, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Walthamstow Birders)
• Willows Farm: incl 26 Fieldfare roosted (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
• Woodoaks Farm: 92 Golden Plover field by old orchard pm (Paul Lewis via Twitter/Herts BC)
• Worcester Park: Stonechat m on horse field west (Bob Smith)

Monday 2nd March 2020

• Alexandra Park: Firecrest m still ca, 2 Egyptian Goose, 7 Shoveler 4m 4f, 12 Redwing, Chiffchaff, Peregrine, Red Kite W (APOG Birders)
• Beckenham Place Park: incl Little Grebe, 2 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 2 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing am (Peter Carr via eBird)
• Bushy Park: Kingfisher flew down porter's stream then to gdn, Stonechat, Treecreeper (Spencer Neal)
• Canons Farm: Black Redstart m tarts field fenceposts TQ246578 at 1010 (Ian Ward via Twitter/BirdGuides); Red Kite, 4 Common Buzzard, 4 Raven E 1240, Black Redstart 2cy-m [ad-like 'paradoxus' morph per CFBW BG tweet] reloc'd reads rest bottom area TQ250575, w/ 3 Stonechat 1330, 500 Linnet still (Steve Gale via Twitter/BirdGuides)
• Chingford Plain: incl Red Kite, Kestrel, Nuthatch, 4 Redwing, Meadow Pipit, 2 Bullfinch (Richard Cope via eBird)
• Dagenham Chase: 2imm White-fronted Goose on eastbrook pf still present 5pm (Vince Halley-Frame/Sam Porter/Steve Bacon)
• Ellenbrook Fields: 10+ Skylark singing, 6 Stonechat together cattle field, 2 Siskin over, Yellowhammer, 3 Reed Bunting singing mid-am (Anders Gray tweet)
• Fairlop Waters: 26 Golden Plover in field northeast of small fishing lake (Steve Bacon)
• Farthing Downs: incl Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Little Owl, 2 Yellowhammer m f (David Hayes via Croydon Birders)
• Ferny Hill Farm "private access": 8 Yellowhammer 3m 5f/imm, 10 Reed Bunting 5m 5f/imm (Robert Callf)
• Firs Farm Wetlands, Park; Playing Fields "Firs Farm Wetlands, N21": Stonechat [first for site] in first large reedbed after main entrance 1505 (Katy McGilvray)
• Hall Marsh Scrape: incl 2 Cattle Egret still (Andy Holmes via BirdTrack)
• Hampstead Heath: Stonechat f (Jamie Cedar tweet)
• Hogsmill Open Space: Little Egret on riverbank 08:40 (Neil Batten)
• London Wetland Centre: Iceland Gull ad opp wwf hide 17:00, Bittern, Goldeneye, 6 Pintail, 3+ Stonechat, 2 Shelduck, 2 Peregrine, 4 Redwing, Skylark S, 2 Grey Wagtail, Water Pipit (WWT website)
• Lower Morden "Sutton Cemetery": 40 Redwing (Bob Smith)
• Morden Hall Park: Water Rail h, 2 Little Egret (Keith Bates)
• Poulter Park "Wandle Trail by River at N end of Pk": incl Yellow-browed Warbler still, 2 Firecrest upstream of YBW still, 2+ Siberian Chiffchaff still incl 1+ w/ YBW & 1+ w/ crests (Bill Shimmer tweet); also incl 2 Siberian Chiffchaff w/ YBW still am (Paul & Elizabeth Hunter via eBird)
• Raynes Park "gdn": Blackcap m (Paula Redmond)
• Regent's Park: incl Water Rail in rail ditch [area 2] still, Nuthatch evg (Will Harcourt-Smith via eBird)
• Ruislip Lido: Raven SE am (Jon Middleton tweet)
• Rye Meads RSPB: Opening of rebuilt Kingfisher_Viewing_Hub will be 26 Mar at 13:00 (RSPB tweet)
• St Albans "Beesonend Ln TL121108": 4 Stonechat, 8 Linnet, 3 Yellowhammer (Nick Harris)
• Southwark Park: 5 Shoveler, 2 Little Grebe, 5+ Redwing, Stock Dove (John & Janet Cadera)
• Staines Reservoir: Long-tailed Duck m on n basin, 1+ Black-necked Grebe (BirdGuides)
• Stocker's Farm: Oystercatcher on floods (Charlie Ramsay via Herts BC)
• Stocker's Lake: incl 11 Goldeneye, 8 Little Egret, 2 Cetti's Warbler am (Paul Lewis via eBird); "NW bank" Oystercatcher, Cetti's Warbler, Water Rail, {Water Vole river 18:00} (Richard Francis)
• Stoneleigh "Station KT17": Blackcap m singing am (Neil Batten)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 4 Lapwing [usual field], Little Owl, Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 10 Rook, 3 Teal, 6 Redwing, f Reed Bunting (John Colmans)
• Trent Park: 7 Mandarin Duck 4m 3f, m Eurasian Teal lower lake, f Common Pochard, 2 Tufted Duck m&f, Common Buzzard, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Goldcrest, Firecrest calling SW edge Moat Wd, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, Raven flew S 'cronking' 1425 (Robert Callf)
• Walthamstow Marshes "bomb crater field & Lammas meadow": 10 Stonechat, Gadwall, 20 Fieldfare, 3 Little Egret, Kestrel (JW Davies); "north marsh" 3 Little Egret, 2 Egyptian Goose, Teal (JW Davies)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Bearded Tit m f showing well late am, 2 Jackdaw, 3 Goldeneye, m Goosander, 5 Teal, 2 Shelduck, Peregrine, 8 Linnet (Walthamstow Birders); also incl 6 Stonechat 4f 2m (Stephen Harris via eBird)
• Woodberry Wetlands: Shelduck, Water Rail, 6 Teal, Peregrine (Chris Farthing)

Sunday 1st March 2020

• Alexandra Park: Firecrest m conservation area [ca] still, 2 Redwing, 2 Peregrine, 4 Shoveler, Aytha hybrid m Tufted Duck x Pochard wood green res [wgr] (APOG Birders); Common Buzzard W (Stuart Harrington)
• Ashtead Common: 2 Yellowhammer field n of Common 1630 (Richard Nunne via Surrey BN)
• Belair Park "Dulwich Sports Ground": 45 Common Gull, 2 Mistle Thrush (Dave Clark)
• Bow Creek: 2 Oystercatcher, Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff (Sean Huggins)
• Canons Park "& Seven Acre Lake, Edgware, Middx HA8": Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 3 Nuthatch calling, only 1 Redwing (Bob Husband et al NW Ldn RSPB Grp birdwalk); "Seven Acre Lake [private access]" pr Gadwall, 2 Common Pochard, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Little Egret, 1-2 Grey Heron but neither on last year's nest, {Red Fox} (Bob Husband et al NW Ldn RSPB Grp birdwalk)
• Coursers Farm: incl 23 Yellowhammer (via BirdTrack)
• Dagenham, Fords: c15 'smallish' grey goose sp W 0625 (Dave Morrison tweet) Pink-footed_Geese are currently heading in numbers back toward Iceland/Greenland from N Sea wintering grounds
• Dagenham Chase LNR: Shelduck, 62 Gadwall, 33 Wigeon, 30 Shoveler, 12 Teal, 12 Tufted Duck, 3 Pochard, 4 Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, 4 Egyptian Goose, 2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, Common Snipe, 30 Lapwing, 18 Herring Gull, 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 45 Common Gull, Kestrel m, Meadow Pipit, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 2 Pied Wagtail (Steve Bacon)
• Dollis Valley Walk "Greenwalk": 8 Redwing in tall ash trees betw hendon weir & windsor os (Philipp Wirtz)
• Dungeon Hill: 2 Stonechat (Ian Ward via DH Wildlife blog); 2 Lesser Redpoll (Graham Harris via DH Wildlife blog)
• Finchley "N3": Sparrowhawk over, mobbed by Jackdaws (Philipp Wirtz)
• Frogmore Lakes: incl Lapwing, 24 Linnet (Alan Winn via BirdTrack)
• Fulham Old Cemetery "Fulham Cemetery": Green Woodpecker m, 6+ Redwing, Mistle Thrush, pr Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4+ Goldcrest (Nathalie Mahieu)
• Holyfield Farm: 2 Stonechats, 30+ Linnets (Ian Bradshaw)
• Holyfield Lake "incl Weir": 9 Goosanders 5m, Pintail m, Goldeneye m, 2 Oystercatchers (Ian Bradshaw)
• Island Barn Reservoir "no access but restricted view fr top of Molesey Heath TQ133672": 2 Great Northern Diver still (Dave Harris tweet)

• Kensal Town "Grand Union Canal": Red-crested Pochard m pursuing Mallard f [see pic] just as he did last year (Charlie Farrell)
• Lamorbey Park "Sidcup": Little Egret, pr Egyptian Goose w/ 4yg, Canada/Greylag hybrid, pr Tufted Duck, Lesser Black-backed Gull, c13 Herring Gull, c7 Common Gull on school fields, Green Woodpecker h, 2 Goldcrest singing, Coal Tit (Mike Amos)
• London Wetland Centre: Iceland Gull ad again main lake pm [1520 per BirdGuides], 4 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, f Goldeneye still, 5 Stonechat still, Grey Wagtail, Water Pipit (WWT website)
• Longford "Wright Way cTQ051766": House Martin [Ldn foy] 1330 (Cheech Albanese via eBird)
• Lynsters Farm: incl pr Shelduck, 13 Gadwall early-am (Paul Lewis via eBird)
• Munden Estate nr Bricket Wood: Raven (Alan Gardiner via Herts BC)
• North Met Pit: m Smew, pr Goldeneyes (Ian Bradshaw)
• Pinner: 2 Redwing (Nigel Barratt)
• Polhill: Red Kite (Jack Headley)
• Poulter Park "Wandle Trail by River at N end of Pk": incl Yellow-browed Warbler still, w/ 7 Chiffchaff am (Michael Healey via eBird); Kestrel over, Firecrest c250m downriver from YBW at TQ275676 am (David Barnett via eBird); also 2 Siberian Chiffchaff still 1400 (BirdGuides)
• Putney Heath: 2 Stonechat m&f windmill ride (Les Evans-Hill)
• Rainham RSPB: incl 2 Oystercatcher, Avocet, 4 Curlew, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, Dunlin, Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Marsh Harrier, Firecrest still, Water Pipit (Patrick Hart via Friends of RSPB RM FB)
• Rotherhithe: Caspian Gull 1w on thames off greenland pier early pm, also Yellow-legged Gull 1w, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 30 Common Gull, 6 Great Black-backed Gull, 250 Herring Gull incl german-ringed 2w (Richard Bonser)
• Sevenoaks WR: Mediterranean Gull ad evg roost (Mathew Bournat tweet)
• Shirley: incl Common Buzzard low S mid-am, 2 Redpoll fdr (Sheila Mason per Gavin Hawgood via Croydon Birders)
• Southgate "Ivy Rd N14": m Goldcrest singing (Robert Callf)
• Staines Reservoir: 8 Shelduck, Scaup still s basin w bank, 23 Goldeneye, 8 Black-necked Grebe still together on n basin am (Jim Sweetland tweet)
• Ten Acre Wood area: 2m Pheasant, 3 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Peregrine, Kestrel, Lapwing, 3 Common Snipe, 6 Stock Dove, 7+ Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 8 Stonechat [record count] 6 together, 10+ Fieldfare, 4 Reed Bunting 3m f, pr Linnet (Neil Anderson)
• Thames Ditton: 2 Linnet over gdn (Billy Dykes)
• The Holllies, Sidcup: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker m drumming f nearby, Nuthatch, 2 Coal Tit, Peregrine (Eric Brown)
• Thorndon CP "n section 0815-0945": incl 4 Common Buzzard (Andrew Cox via Essex BwS)
• Town Park "Enfield": 2 Northern Shoveler m&f, m Common Pochard, 7 Tufted Duck 4m 3f, 68 Black-headed Gull, 3ad Common Gull, 3 Stock Dove inc two fighting, Grey Wagtail 'over-flow' stream (Robert Callf)
• Tyttenhanger Farm: Stonechat m behind lawsons ltd (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
• Tyttenhanger GPs "main gp": Yellow-legged Gull 2w briefly, Stonechat f in fields n of gp (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
• Walthamstow Marshes: 9 Stonechat bomb crater field (JW Davies); 2 Redwing, 4 Fieldfare, Little Egret (Jon Agar)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Bearded Tit still in no1 reedbed [m trapped & ringed early-am], m Black Redstart again lockwood s end, Firecrest, 4 Stonechat, 3 Peregrine, 4 Goldeneye, Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk, 4 Shelduck, Greenfinch, Goldcrest (Walthamstow Birders)
• Wanstead Flats: Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 4 Meadow Pipit, 9 Stonechat, Mistle Thrush singing, 11 House Sparrow, 12 Greenfinch (Harry Harrison)
• West Molesey: Caspian Gull ad circled then downriver toward molesey 1055 (Dave Harris tweet)
• Westbourne Green "Westbourne Park, Grand Union Canal": Coot w/ plastic ring "HFH" (Francis O'Sullivan)

Med Gull amongst BH Gulls on the football pitches at Wormwood Scrubs.

• Wormwood Scrubs: Mediterranean Gull still w/ B-h Gull flock, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Stonechat f, 2 Meadow Pipit, Jackdaw (Charlie Farrell); Reed Bunting mid-aft (Oliver Flory)
• Yeading Brook meadows: 5 Red Kite [3 & 2 together. Probably some overlap with Ten Acre Wood sightings] (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)

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