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Monday 15th June 2020

• Bromley BR1 "garden": Sparrowhawk (Jon Mills)
• Bushy Park: Chaffinch, 3 Chiffchaff, Dunnock, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, Greenfinch, 12+ Herring Gull, Mistle Thrush, 4 Song Thrush, 7 Swift, 2 Whitethroat (Ian R Watson); 2 Common Buzzard, 5 Barn Swallow, Grey Wagtail carrying food, 5 Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting (Spencer Neal)
• Chalk Wood DA14: 1+ Hobby, Skylark, 1+ Treecreeper (Ian Stewart, Jack Headley)
• City of London EC4: Black Redstart still on tower of St Dunstan-in-the-West (Francis O'Sullivan)
• Epping Forest "Blackweir Pond": 4f Mandarin Duck with 2 broods of ducklings, 1 pr Moorhen with young, Grey Wagtail, Stock Dove (Daniel Whitelegg)
• Essex St WC2: Black Redstart (Francis O'Sullivan) Do you think this is one or two birds? (Jack Hill) I think it is a different bird from the one at St Dunstan's as it was singing all the time I was here and when I reached St D.'s there was a bird singing there. However, when I heard the bird at St Dunstan's on Friday I did see that fly in the direction of Essex St (Francis O'Sullivan)
• Grovelands Park: 2 Great Crested Grebe pr incubating, 2 Cormorant, Grey Heron, 8 Mute Swan pr w/ six cygnets, 7 Greylag Goose 5 ad & 2 yng, 5 Egyptian Goose m & 4 juvs, 7 Mandarin Duck 3m 2f & 2 yng, m Common Pochard, 13 Tufted Duck 10m 3f, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Dunnock, 2 Song Thrush inc singing m, 3 singing m Blackcap, Chiffchaff {m Small Skipper, 2 Meadow Brown, Small Heath, Burnet Companion} (Robert Callf)
• Gutteridge Wood: Grey Heron, heard; Chiffchaff, Long-tailed Tit (Barry Wilson)
• Hollies, Sidcup: 2 Peregrine, 9 Swift, 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Stock Dove, Speckled Wood, Holly Blue, Large White, Essex Skipper, Meadow Brown. (Eric Brown)
• Horsenden Hill: 1-2 Common Buzzard (first fairly high over Canal Pond, 2nd sighting over wood above Horsenden Lane), singing Lesser Whitethroat, 2 singing Reed Warbler, singing Reed Bunting {3 White-letter Hairstreak, 12 Marbled White, 2 Silver-Y} (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
• Ladywell Fields: 12 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 3 Swift (Tom Moulton/Conrad Ellam)
• Northolt: Kestrel flew over A40 towards C & L Country Club (Barry Wilson)
• Northolt & Greenford CP: 7-8 Red Kite [low circling group of 5 by Smiths Farm/Northala], Sparrowhawk, singing Reed Warbler, singing Reed Bunting {3 Marbled White, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, Cinnabar, 6 Emperor dragonfly, 9 Black-tailed Skimmer, newly emerged Ruddy Darter} (Neil Anderson)
• Raynes Park "Garden SW20": 6 Swift, Herring Gull, singing Blackcap, 3 Goldfinch pr with juvenile, Pied Wagtail, several House Sparrow and Starling families, Sparrowhawk, singing Goldcrest (Paula Redmond)
• Richmond Park: Hobby (Paula Redmond)
• Ruxley DA14 (Honeydale Farm): 4 Swallow, 5+ Pied Wagtail inc juv, 5 Linnet (Ian Stewart, Jack Headley)
• Sidcup DA15: Sparrowhawk with prey, Peregrine, c10 Swift, House Martin (Ian Stewart)
• Southwark Park: Tufted Duck, Coal Tit, Chaffinch, Grey Heron, {Painted Lady} (John & Janet Cadera)
• Ten Acre Wood: Red Kite, Wren, Grey Wagtail, heard; Chiffchaff, Long-tailed Tit, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Garden Warbler (Barry Wilson)
• Wilmington "Barnend Farm": Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Hobby, 10+ Swift, Swallow, 15+ Skylark, 3+ Yellow Wagtail, 3+ Blackcap, 6+ Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, 5+ Linnet, 13 Corn Bunting {2 Black-tailed Skimmer} (Ian Stewart, Jack Headley)

Sunday 14th June 2020

• Alexandra Park: Little Egret, 18 Black-headed Gull including flock of 16, 2 House Martin, Marbled White [FOY], {probable White-letter Hairstreak, Clouded Yellow through nearby garden} (APOG Birders)
• Alperton: Cormorant over Grand Union Canal (Barry Wilson)
• Auckland Hill-West Norwood: pr Swift repeated flyby on house (Michael Mac)
• Brent Reservoir: Little Ringed Plover, 2 Lapwing (Andrew Self); Green Sandpiper (Roy Beddard, Haydn Coe); 3 Little Ringed Plover, Sparrowhawk attempted to take one of 2 Pied Wagtails, Reed Bunting singing (Bob Husband)
• Bushy Park: Cetti's Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 2 Barn Swallow, Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch, Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark, Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting, 9 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 5 Green Woodpecker (Spencer Neal)
• Crossness: 60+ Shelduck incl prs & ducklings, 5 Teal, 6 Oystercatcher, 18 Lapwing, 200+ Black-headed Gull, 30+ Common Tern, Barn Owl, 2 Skylark, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3+ Sedge Warbler (Jack Headley)
• Epsom Downs: 1 Red Kite, 8 Swallow, 25 Herring Gull (Neil Batten)
• Hampstead Heath: Parliament Hill only, 2 Red Kites and 2 Common Buzzards SW at midday, {also Painted Lady and Comma seen} (Pete Mantle); 2 Kestrel, CommonTtern, Goldcrest {meadow brown, large skipper, small heath, black-tailed skimmer}; also late report of Crossbill E over the men's pond on June 3rd 8:30am. Should I report this below on the correct date instead? (Jamie Cedar)
• Horsenden Hill: Kestrel, Chiffchaff (Barry Wilson). Late evening Peregrine,6 Lesser Black backed Gull, 18 Herring Gull, 7/8 Swift, 3 Little Owl (1 adult,2 juv) (Martin Smith)
• Kingston Bridge: House Martin, 2 Barn Swallow (Spencer Neal)
• North Woolwich (Pier Road): 4 House Martin (3 active nests) (George Kalli)
• Old Isleworth: 3 Kingfisher incl 2 juv, 6 Little Egret, 34 Mute Swan (Peter Gray)
• Putney Heath:  Firecrest singing (Les Evans-Hill)
• Raynes Park: 6 Swift, singing Blackcap (Paula Redmond)
• Richmond Park: Pair of Whitethroat, pair of Reed Bunting all in same tree, north of Upper Pen Pond (Tim Vine)
• Ten Acre Wood area: 3 Pheasant (1 seen), 10 Red Kite (3 over site & 7 together in air looking east towards Northolt), Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel pr, Little Owl, 14+ Stock Dove, 10+ Swift, Grey Wagtail, 5+ Skylark, 11 Swallow, 4 Sand Martin, 3 Reed Bunting, 2 Linnet {Fox, 22 Small Heath, Marbled White, 3 Large Skipper, Small Tortoiseshell, Silver-Y, 12 newly emerged Common Darter, Four-spotted Chaser} (Neil Anderson); Garden Warbler, Cuckoo (Nigel Dodd)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 5 prs nesting Common Tern, Buzzard, Peregrine (Daniel Whitelegg, Lol Bodini)
• Warren Farm Meadow, Southall: 5 Skylark calling, two viewed, 3 Kestrel hunting, 1 Chiffchaff calling (observer?)
• Wilmington (Barnend Farm area TQ5271 TQ5371): 2 Red-legged Partridge, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 15+ Swift, 20+ Skylark, 2 Swallow, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Blackcap, 5+ Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, 8+ Linnet, 10 Corn Bunting singing (Ian Stewart)
• Woolwich Ferry: Common Tern, 4 Shelduck, 4 Oystercatcher, Mute Swan, Black-headed Gull (George Kalli)
• West Norwood Cemetery: 8 Swift, Peregrine, Sparrowhawk carrying prey, Greenfinch, Blackcap (Michael Mac, Keith Irving)
• Yeading Brook Meadows: Buzzard, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Sedge Warbler, pr Greenfinch with 3 juveniles, Little Egret, Grey Heron, c50 Starling flock (Nigel Dodd)

Saturday 13th June 2020

• Alexandra Park: 2 or 3 Little Egret, adult & 1s Black-headed Gull, House Martin, Peregrine (APOG Birders)
• Brent Reservoir: 3 Little Ringed Plover, Lapwing, Little Egret, 2 Swallow over (Andrew Self)
• Bushy Park: Cetti's Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Shelduck, 3 Reed Bunting, 4 Skylark, displaying Meadow Pipit, Kestrel, 4 Nuthatch, 14 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, 9 Great Spotted Woodpecker including newly fledged with parent, 6 Swift, Mute Swan brood of 4 at pantile bridge, 16 Mandarin Duck incl group of 8 females (Spencer Neal)
• Cray Valley BR5: 3 Gadwall, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2 ad Black-headed Gull N, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5+ House Martin, singing Cetti's Warbler, 2+ Common Whitethroat (Ian Stewart, Jack Headley)
• Colney Hatch Lane: Hobby S towards Alexandra Park 1308 (Dominic Mitchell per Bob Watts)
• Dartford Marshes: Barn Owl, 2 Cuckoo, 6 Avocet, Kingfisher, Little Egret, 9 Lapwing, 10 Common Tern (Phil Thompson)
• Home Park: Rook foraging in the anthills with other corvids (Charles Roscorla)
• Horsenden Hill: Common Buzzard {2 White-letter Hairstreak, 2 Marbled White, 4 Comma} (Neil Anderson)
• Ladbroke Grove to Scrubs Lane Grand Union Canal:f.Tufted Duck with brood of 5 (Francis O'Sullivan)
• Little Wormwood Scrubs:Lesser Whitethroat (Francis O'Sullivan)
• London Wetland Centre: 6 Shelduck, Shoveler, 5 Pochard, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 4 Common Tern, Oystercatcher (Oscar Dewhurst)
• Monken Hadley Common: Tawny Owl hooting, Green Woodpecker, 4 Robin ad & 3 juvs, 2 Mistle Thrush ad & juv, 7 Goldcrest inc two singing males & pr feeding 3 juvs, 5 Coal Tit inc three singing males & 2 juvs, Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper ad & 2 juvs, Jay {2 Large Skipper, Comma, Marbled White, 8 Speckled Wood} (Robert Callf)
• Orpington: 2+ Yellowhammer at Hazelwood Fm off Cockmannings Ln (Jack Headley)
• Perivale: Jay Perivale station car park, Blackcap Perivale Park (Barry Wilson)
• Richmond, Selwyn Avenue: 2 Red Kite flew S 11.45 (Franko J Maroevic)
• Sidcup DA15: {Hedgehog in garden early hours and again c2140} (Ian Stewart)
• Staines Moor: Short-eared Owl, 3 Rook (Thomas Gibson)
• Staines Reservoirs: 2 ad Mediterranean Gulls on small raft N basin till early evng, Black-necked Grebe on S basin. 8 Shelduck and 6 Ducklings, 2 Gadwall, Curlew flew E 17.35,1 Oystercatcher, 3 Red Kite over causeway, Kite species very high over Heathrow, mobbed by a Herring Gull for several minutes then drifted high W 17.45 (Franko J Maroevic, Dave Morris)
• Stoneleigh KT17: 11 Swift am, singing Coal Tit (Neil Batten)
• Southwark Park: 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Stock Dove, 3 Lesser Black Back Gull, 4 Blackcap (John & Janet Cadera)
• Swanscombe Marsh & river: m/f Marsh Harrier, 1f Kestrel, 2 Oystercatcher (river), 1 Med Gull (river), 20+ House Martin collecting mud river margins (Rob Tomalin)
• Tooting Common: Buzzard high over south c.9.15am; either the same bird or a second circling over Fontenoy Road 11.25 before being mobbed by a crow and drifting away north (Nick Moll)
• Tyttenhanger GP: summer plumaged Spotted Redshank on main pit at 1230, 2 Hobby, 4 Little Egret, 2 Common Tern (Simon West)
• Upper College Farm DA5: 2 Pheasant, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Hobby, c10 Swift, 2+ Skylark, 5+ Blackcap inc juvs, c15 Whitethroat inc 3+ juv, Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti’s Warbler, 5+ Chiffchaff, 4+ Linnet, 1+ Bullfinch {Banded Demoiselle, Emperor, Ruddy Darter} (Ian Stewart)
• Watermeadows Open Space: 4 Egyptian Goose, 10+ Tufted Duck, Coot & juvs, Grey Wagtail. Also, Kestrel behind CC Graveyard (Ian Stewart, Jack Headley)
• Wormwood Scrubs: Red Kite, Kestrel,7 Common Whitethroat (Francis O'Sullivan)

Friday 12th June 2020

• Alexandra Park: up to 5 Little Egret, adult and 1s Black-headed Gull, 2 Peregrine (APOG Birders)
• Bushy Park: 2 Chiffchaff, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Greenfinch, 2 Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, 2 Kingfisher, Nuthatch, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Shelduck, 5 Skylark, 90+ Starling, 12 Swift, 2 Whitethroat (Ian R Watson)
• City of London: Black Redstart singing possibly on tower of St Dunstan-in-the-West maybe same bird as yesterday (Francis O'Sullivan) (try looking in New Street Square as well. My work colleagues keep reporting Song in the square - Neil Batten)
• Cray Valley BR5: 5 Gadwall, Sparrowhawk, 10+ Swift, 8+ House Martin, singing Reed Warbler, 2+ singing Common Whitethroat (Jack Headley)
• Foots Cray: Kestrel, 3 Common Whitethroat, 30+ Goldfinch behind Tesco (Jack Headley)
• Forty Hall CP: Little Egret fishing along Turkey Brook [wearing metal ring - two digits read - 59] - believed to be a bird ringed at Netherhall per P Roper, 3m eclipse Mandarin Duck (Robert Callf)
• Hemans Estate Community Garden: pr House Sparrow feeding 2nd brood in nest (Michael Mac)
• Lewisham: Little Egret, Grey Wagtail in the Ravensbourne outside Tesco (Tom Moulton)
• Leyton Flats: 2+ Blackcap, 5+ Chiffchaff, Dunnock, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5+ Common Swift, Grey Wagtail, Common Whitethroat, Stock Dove, Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, Greenfinch, 2 Tufted Duck (Matt Williams)
• Marble Hill (Twickenham): 8 Barn Swallow (Peter Gray)
• Nonsuch Park: 6 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest , nesting Sparrowhawk (Neil Batten)
• Rainham Marshes: [Rainham West & River wall] 43 Shelduck, brood of Tufted Duck, 3 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, Oystercatcher, 5 Avocet, Ringed Plover, 4 Common Tern, 2 Cuckoo, 20 Cetti's Warbler, 85 Rook (Andrew Self)
• Southgate "Ivy Rd Rec Grnd": 40 Starling including juvs (Robert Callf)
• Swanscombe Marsh “08.45-12.00”: 2 Blackcap h, 2 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler h, 5 Cettis Warbler h, 3 Little Egret, 14 Mallard, 3 Pochard, 5 Tufted Duck, 2 Chiffchaff 1h, 3 Coot (1 Juv), 3 Water Rail h, 2 Reed Bunting m, 8 House Martin (at Least), 6 Sand Martin (at least), 5 Swift, 2 Skylark, 1 Shoveler m, 7 Gadwall, 3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Lapwing, 2 Shelduck, 8 Greylag Goose, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 10 Cormorant, 1 Kestrel, 3 Bearded Tit, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Pheasant {2 Common Spotted and several Pyramidal Orchids, 3 probable Black Tailed Skimmers and 1 Brown Hawker, 1 Red Admiral and Buff-Tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus Terrestris) nest with probable emerging Queen and several Red-Tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus Lapidarius)} (Roger Keith/Paul Larkin)
• Upper College Farm DA5: Pheasant, 1-2 Sparrowhawk, 12+ Swift, 6 Skylark, singing Cetti's Warbler, singing Lesser Whitethroat, 10+ Common Whitethroat, 2 Linnet (Jack Headley)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: Peregrine, 2m Reed Bunting, 2 prs Shelduck with clutches, Green Woodpecker (Daniel Whitelegg)
• Watermeadows Open Space: 2 Mute Swan, pr Canada Goose & 3 goslings, 2 Egyptian Goose, f Mallard & 8 ducklings, 9 Tufted Duck, 6+ Swift, 3 Grey Wagtail, 2 Song Thrush, 8 Blackcap, singing Chiffchaff, pr Goldcrest & juvs, Jay (Jack Headley)

Thursday 11th June 2020

• Alexandra Park: 2 Little Egret, 2 House Martin, 2 adult Black-headed Gull, Peregrine, m Common Whitethroat (APOG Birders)
• Bushy Park: 2 House Martin, Cetti's Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 4 Skylark, 3 Reed Bunting, Kestrel, Barn Swallow (Spencer Neal); 2 Chaffinch, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Greenfinch, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Shelduck, Skylark, 80+ Starling, 9 Swift, Treecreeper, Whitethroat (Ian R Watson)
• City of London: singing m Black Redstart seen on top of King's College library. Bird has been present for at least 3 weeks (Jack Hill) Is this the building on Chancery Lane? Can you see the bird from street level? (Robert Ulph), I saw it from outside the Roll's building on Fetter lane. The bird was on the tops near the 'King's flag". I heard possibly another singing from rooftops of buildings opposite High Ct at corner of Essex St, unseen.
• Connaught Water Epping: Hooded Merganser female, seems to have been a successful breeding season for the Mandarins (J-P Elmes)
• Enfield Town: Little Egret on the New River adjacent to Southbury Road (Phil Rhodes)
• Honor Oak Park SE23 "garden": Coal Tit on feeder, less regular visitor than in Jan-Mar (Paul Francis)
• Mayflower Park: Common Tern at 0745 (Bob Smith)
• Ravenor Park, Greenford: f Peregrine snatched Feral Pigeon that had just flown up but managed to escape - all less than 10 metres from me at 0700, Great Spotted Woodpecker, later after 1000 2 local Red Kite (Neil Anderson)
• Rotherhithe: 2cy Common Gull, 25 Black-headed Gull, Sand Martin (Richard Bonser)
• St Paul's Cray: 20+ Swift (Jack Headley)
• Trent Park: 2 yng Mandarin Duck lower lake, m Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, 3 Common Kestrel 2m f, 3 Swift, Green Woodpecker, 2 juv Treecreeper {Rose Chafer} (Robert Callf/Bob Husband/Pete Lowman/Helen Shore)
• Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: 6 Mandarin Duck, 3 Tufted Duck (Long Pond), 13 Stock Dove, 3 Lapwing, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Red Kite, Kestrel, 34 Rook, Raven (Folly Farm), 20+ Swallow, 6 House Martin, Willow Warbler, 17 Chiffchaff, 19 Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, 15 Common Whitethroat, 6 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 5 Mistle Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail (Samuel Levy)
• Upper College Farm DA5: Common Buzzard, Swift, 4+ Skylark, 2+ Blackcap, c10 Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti’s Warbler, 5+ Chiffchaff, 2+ Bullfinch {Green Hairstreak} (Ian Stewart)
• Wandsworth: 2 Grey Wagtail on top of wall of HM Prison (Nick Rutter)
• West Kilburn,Marban Rd W9:adult House Sparrows with fledgling (Francis O'Sullivan)
• Wimbledon Common: Skylark, Reed Bunting on the Plain, Common Tern at Rushmere (Adrian Podmore)

Wednesday 10th June 2020

• Alexandra Park: Little Egret, Common Whitethroat, 1s Black-headed Gull, pair of Peregrine successfully hunted Ring-necked Parakeet with bird knocked out of sky into Wood Green Res, which then unsuccessfully tried to swim to bank before female plucked prey from water amidst mobbing gulls (APOG Birders)
• Bow, Three Mills to Cody Wharf: 3 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 5 Black-headed Gull, 14 Sand Martin, 4 Reed Warbler, 6 Shelduck, 2 Tufted Duck, 3 Mute Swan and 9 young, 2 Egyptian Goose and 7 young, 2 Pied Wagtail (JW Davies)
• Brent Reservoir: 7 Common Tern, Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, Little Ringed Plover (heard only), Egyptian Goose (Roy Beddard, Mike Cawthorne, Bob Husband)
• Bushy Park: Reed Warbler, 5 Treecreeper incl newly fledged, Goldcrest, Shelduck, Meadow Pipit, 4 Skylark, 2 Reed Bunting, Nuthatch, 13 Chiffchaff, 13 Blackcap incl newly fledged (Spencer Neal) 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Greenfinch, 4 Green Woodpecker, Skylark, Swallow, 7 Swift (Ian R Watson)
• Crossness: 2cy Mediterranean Gull [different bird to previously], Little Egret, c.300 Black-headed Gull, Ringed Plover, 4 Sand Martin, 15 Swift (Richard Bonser, Jack Headley)
• Clissold Park N16: 4 Pochard broods, 5 Little Grebes (Ian Bradshaw)
• Foots Cray Meadows: 9 Egyptian Geese 7 juv, Kestrel flew to Upper College Farm, 10+ Swift, Swallow, House Martin, 4+ Blackcap, 4+ Whitethroat inc juv, 6+ Chiffchaff (Ian Stewart)
• Greenwich Park: 40 Swift (Ray Crouch)
• Grovelands Park: 10 Swift above Inverforth Gate 0930 (Marcus Hunt)
• Hackney Marshes: Little Owl in sycamore by the river this morning (Alastair Dent)
• Honor Oak Park SE23 "garden": juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker on the feeders, first juvenile seen in years (Paul Francis)
• Horniman Nature Trail, Forest Hill: 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Song Thrush all singing (Keith Chambers)
• Lamorbey "Sidcup" DA15: 10+ Swift (Mike Amos)
• Mayflower Park: Red Kite south (Bob Smith)
• Pepys Park, Deptford: 3 Linnet, 5 Starling (Richard Bonser)
• Ravenor Park, Greenford: 5 Red Kite [1 low over park & 4 together seen from the park to the north playing in the air], Green Woodpecker, 7 Swift {Painted Lady} (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
• Rotherhithe: 2 Sand Martin, 25 House Martin, 2 Swift, 8 Black-headed Gull (Richard Bonser)
• Sidcup DA15: House Martin c1730 (Ian Stewart)
• Stoneleigh KT17: 2 Blackcap, Goldcrest [all singing from gardens] (Neil Batten)
• Trent Park: Egyptian Goose, eclipse m Mandarin Duck, 2 Dunnock ad & juv, 10 Wren inc nest w/ four chicks, 4 Treecreeper ad feeding three juveniles (Robert Callf)
• Upper College Farm DA5: Pheasant, Kestrel, 10+ Swift, 2+ Skylark singing, Swallow distant to E, 2+ Blackcap, c10 Whitethroat inc juv, Lesser Whitethroat singing again after 3-week silence, Cetti’s Warbler, 2+ Chiffchaff, 2+ Linnet (Ian Stewart)

Tuesday 9th June 2020

• Alexandra Park: Little Egret, 2 Peregrine (APOG Birders)
• Aldenham Country Park: 170 Canada Geese, 13 Pochard, 13 Tufted Duck, Chiffchaff (Samuel Levy)
• Battersea Park Lake: pr Shoveler, 13 Gadwall, 6 Pochard, 2 brood Mandarin - 13 down to 6 and a 4, Great Crested Grebe on nest, Nuthatch no sign they bred after seen prospecting hole in April - if anyone has seen Nuthatches in this park please post here thanks (Michael Mac)
• Brookmill Park: Little Egret, singing Song Thrush, Blackcap pr with recently fledged yng, juv Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
• Finchley: "Garden N3": 12 Starling, 3 Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, Collared Dove (Samuel Levy)
• Finsbury Park: Nuthatch feeding fledged youngster (Ian Bradshaw)
• Greenford to Hanwell Zoo "Brent corridor": Grey Heron, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Little Owl calling inc one seen well, 5 Stock Dove, 10+ Swift (Neil Anderson)
• Hampstead Heath "Parliament Hill": Hobby over ponds at 0655, Kestrel, Common Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warbler pr (Reuben Braddock)
• Hilfield Park Reservoir: 5 Swift, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Gadwall, 5 Swift, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Coal Tit, Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 4 Common Whitethroat, 2 Nuthatch, {Common Blue & Azure Damselfly, Broad-bodied Chaser, Large Skipper, Meadow Brown, Small Tortoiseshell} (Samuel Levy)
• Kingston Town Centre: Grey Wagtail feeding fledgling on Hogsmill outside Guildhall 2 (P Davies)
• Perivale to Greenford ‘Grand Union Canal’: 10 Swift, 3 Red Kite, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting, Greenfinch, Song Thrush, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Andrew Peel, Toni Menezes, Graeme Hutchinson, Angie Craft)
• Pinner HA5: Red Kite, Coal Tit (Nigel Barratt)
• Plumstead Common SE18: Common Swift, only one, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk over (Patrick English)
• Russia Dock Woodland: Reed Warbler singing Downtown Pond, 3 Blackcap, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, 3 Swift (Richard Bonser)
• Thames Barrier: 2 Tufted Duck, Grey Wagtail, 9 Common Tern, 2 Oystercatcher (Ian Ellis)
• Trent Park: 5 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, Common Buzzard, Goldfinch, Red Kite, Stock Dove, 2 Song Thrush, Common Swift, Common Whitethroat, Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker pr [finder Helen Shore], {Chimney Sweeper, Marbled White, Ringlet, Small Heath} (Bob Husband/Pete Lowman/Helen Shore); 12 Mandarin Duck 7m f & 4 yng, 5 Tufted Duck 3m 2f, 2 Kestrel m f, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Goldcrest ad 3juvs, juv Coal Tit, 10+ Blue Tit 2ad 8juvs, 3 Nuthatch ad & 2juvs, 3 Treecreeper inc two juvs {29 Chimney Sweeper, 4 Small Skipper, Large Skipper, Small Copper, Small Tortoiseshell, Comma} (Robert Callf)
• Totteridge Valley: Cuckoo still {Purple Hairstreak} (Tony Clancy per Samuel Levy)
• Uxbridge: Red Kite with pigeon prey mobbed along the High street 0650 (Dan Pinkham)
• Worcester Park: Red Kite west (Charlie Alpera per Bob Smith)

Monday 8th June 2020

• Alexandra Park: Reed Warbler singing from dense cover to rear of Filter Beds [only 2nd of the year], 3 Little Egret, 2 Peregrine, House Martin, Common Buzzard W, adult Black-headed Gull (APOG Birders)
• Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Peregrine, Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
• Bushy Park: Mandarin Duck f w/ 8 yng canal plantation, Common Whitethroat (Spencer Neal); Cetti's Warbler, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Greenfinch, 3 Green Woodpecker, Reed Bunting, Shelduck, 3 Skylark, 100+ Starling [2 flocks], Swift, Treecreeper (Ian R Watson)
• What happened to my Crossness report !! Bernie Weight ??? I've had them disappear from here, could be a glitch. Best thing is if it's a long post save a copy so you can repost if it disappears (Michael Mac). There's no sign of any Crossness report in the page history for today, so it can't have uploaded successfully (Andrew Haynes).
• Dartford Marsh: m Marsh Harrier, 3 Dunlin, 10 Ringed Plover, 4 Mediterranean Gull, 35 Swift N, Little Egret, 4 Common Tern (Phil Thompson)
• Fairlop Waters: 2 Little Owl pr (M Bhakar)
• Greenford "UB6": 5 [& probable 6th bird nearby] Red Kite circling low with Kestrel & several Herring Gull [highest count of Red Kite together from garden], 6 Swift (Neil Anderson)
• Harringay: 3 Crossbill flew north over the New River Path by Harringay Warehouses at 0725 (Niall T Keogh)
• Northolt UB5: Red Kite over Lime Tree Park. (Barry Wilson)
• Northolt and Greenford Countryside Park: 3 Red Kite circling over Marnham Fields with Herring Gulls, Red Kite over Smith's Farm, Red Kite over Rectory Park. (Barry Wilson)
• Richmond Park: A few day old cygnet was seriously injured after being kicked by a jogger (a white male aged around 60, wearing black running shorts and a vest with a logo/crest on it and thought to be around 5'6", balding with grey hair) at around 5.30pm today and despite having been cared for by the experts at the Swan Sanctuary in Shepperton, is likely to die as a result of its injuries. If you have any information please call the Royal Parks police on 07920 586546 and quote ref 0705738/20 (RPBG) [UPDATE: the injured cygnet tragically died from his injuries on Wed pm (Paula Redmond)]
• Southfields, SW18: family of House Sparrows [2 ad plus several juvs being fed] a garden first although there are quite a few breeding in the area (Martin Honey)
• Stocker's Lake, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire: MARSH WARBLER singing at the north bank of the River Colne opposite the lake. Showed very well at 0830 this morning, and for the rest of the day flitted about the nearby trees and bushes. In the early evening it sang from the top of its main bush (Paul Frost and Kabir Kaul)
• Swanscombe Marsh ”0700-0945 cloud cool N wind”: 9 Reed Warbler, 8 Cetti's Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Little Egret, 7 Greylag Goose, 2 Mallard, 2 Shelduck, 2 Peregrine [atop of south cross Thames pylon], Kestrel, Cuckoo, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 21 Whitethroat, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Grey Heron inc one juv, Mediterranean Gull heard over, 3 Stock Dove, 3 Coot inc two juvs, Little Grebe, 12+ Sand Martin, 5+ House Martin, 3 Swift, Reed Bunting, Bearded Tit, 5 Canada Goose pr & juv & adult & juv, 6 Mute Swan pr & 4 cygnets, 2 Jackdaw, 5 Magpie pr & 3 juvs, Skylark, Cormorant flew over, {several Pyramidal Orchid although very small + 1 Common Spotted Orchid} (Roger Keith)
• Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: 2 Mandarin Duck, 2 Tufted Duck (Long Pond), 13 Stock Dove, Cuckoo still, 20+ Swift, 3 Lapwing (pair + 1 chick), Grey Heron, 2 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Little Owl, 17 Rook, 10 Swallow, 8 House Martin, Willow Warbler, 13 Chiffchaff, 16 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 20 Common Whitethroat, 6 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Starling, 16 Mistle Thrush, Pied Wagtail, Bullfinch, 3 Linnet, {Small Tortoiseshell, Meadow Brown} (Samuel Levy)
• Wanstead Flats: 5 Skylark, 2m Meadow Pipit, family of 5 Pied Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, Kestrel, 3 House Martin, Sand Martin, 30+ Swift, m Pochard, Kestrel (Nick Croft)
• Wanstead Park: 14 House Martin, 30+ Swift, 3 Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Buzzard, Kestrel, Water Rail still on Shoulder of Mutton, Little Egret, Kingfisher, m Gadwall (Nick Croft)
• Worcester Park, Waitrose: Cormorant S over 0500 (Neil Batten)

Sunday 7th June 2020

• Alexandra Park: Little Egret, Peregrine (APOG Birders)
• Andrew's Wood/Polhill Bank: Cuckoo, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Swift, Green Woodpecker (Jon Mills)
• Brent Reservoir: f Goldeneye, 48 Pochard, 2 Teal, Lapwing (Andrew Self)
• Bushy Park: 2 Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 12 Chiffchaff, 18 Blackcap incl newly fledged, singing Meadow Pipit, 4 Skylark, 2 Reed Bunting, 8 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Spencer Neal)
• Darlands Lake, Totteridge: 0650, Cuckoo from large oak near equestrian centre, 3 Pheasant, 3 Rook, 15+ Whitethroat, 6 Song Thrush, 2 Chaffinch, 4 Linnet (Marcus Hunt)
• Fairlop Waters: 4 Little Grebe & 2 chicks, 4 Great Crested Grebe, Shoveler, 51 Mallard, 5 Mute Swan, 11 Tufted Duck, Common Buzzard, Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, Green Woodpecker, 12 Skylark, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Mistle Thrush (Steve Bacon)
• Finchley: Garden N3 - Red Kite (Samuel Levy)
• Grovelands Park: 6 Egyptian Geese inc pair with four young, 7 Mandarin Duck [inc two broods], drake Common Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe on nest, 9 Stock Dove, 2 leucistic juvenile Moorhen, Red Kite over at 0840 pursued by Carrion Crow, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, singing male Goldcrest, 6 Nuthatch inc pr feeding two juvs, Grey Wagtail (Dominic Mitchell)
• Holly Hill Farm "Enfield": m Skylark singing, m Pied Wagtail singing, Song Thrush singing, 5 Common Whitethroat 2ad 3juvs [FL], m Yellowhammer singing {Small Tortoiseshell} (Robert Callf)
• Lewisham: Swallow W over Smead Way (John Archer)
• Osterley Park: 50+ Stock Doves, Common Tern (Andy Roberts)
• Richmond Park: 2 Great Crested Grebe, Common Tern, 2 Stock Dove, 30+ Swift, Green Woodpecker, 50+ Sand Martin, 2 Treecreeper, Reed Bunting (Tom Stewart)
• Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Red Kite slowly NW 1302, 2 Common Tern (Garry James)
• Teddington: Little Egret flying up Thames at 1330 (Mike Foster)
• Ten Acre Wood area: 4 Pheasant, Grey Heron, 5+ Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 18+ Stock Dove inc flock of 14 flushed by Red Kite, 2 Cuckoo [female seen in flight, male briefly calling], c20 Swift, 8+ Skylark [1 singing bird flew across from aerodrome; newly fledged bird flew up in front of me], Swallow, 2 Rook low over, 2m Reed Bunting, 4 Linnet {18 Small Heath, 2 roosting Brown Argus, Small Tortoiseshell, Large Skipper, newly emerged Ruddy Darter, Scaeva pyrastri-a migrant hoverfly} (Neil Anderson)
• Totteridge Valley: Cuckoo still calling near equestrian centre c0945-1010 [see Darlands Lake above], also 2 Common Buzzard, Lapwing, 12 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 5 Swift, 5 Mistle Thrush, Grey Wagtail singing from TV aerial, Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff, 7 Whitethroat (John Colmans)
• Walthamstow Wetlands [Webs Count]: 123 Tufted Duck, 290 Coot, 78 Mallard, 45 Great Crested Grebe, 101 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 487 Canada Geese, 16 Egyptian Goose, 13 Shelduck plus 2 broods of 9 and 7, 37 Mute Swan plus 2 broods of 7 and 1, 96 Greylag Geese, 58 Pochard plus 6 broods, 21 Gadwall, 62 Herring Gull, 10 Common Tern, 60 Black Headed Gull, 2 Canada x Greylag Goose hybrids, 150 Cormorant, 36 Moorhen, 24 Little Egret, 14 Grey Heron, 8 Little Grebe, 10 Linnet inc 1 fresh juv, 2 Sedge Warbler, Green Woodpecker, Stock Dove, 7 Jackdaw, 200+ Swift, 75+ House Martin (Daniel Whitelegg)
• Wanstead Flats: 100+ Swift, Swallow, 5 House Martin, 4 Skylark, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2 broods of Lesser Whitethroat, brood of Chiffchaff (Wanstead Birders), Hobby at dusk (WB)
• Wanstead Park: Great Crested Grebe with 2-3 chicks (Bob Vaughan)
• Warren Farm "Osterley": 6 Skylark, 4 Mistle Thrush, Whitethroat (David Jeffreys)

Saturday 6th June 2020

• Alexandra Park: 3 Litle Egret, House Martin, adult Black-headed Gull, 2+ Swallow, 3+ House Martin (APOG Birders)
• Beddington Farmlands: Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Little Ringed Plovers, 300 plus Swifts, 2 Swallows, 3 House Martin, Common Whitethroat, m Shoveler, Pochard, 2 Goldcrest juvs (Martin Parker)
• Brent Reservoir: Dunlin, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Lapwing (Brent Birders)
• Crossness: 2cy Mediterranean Gull, 400 Black-headed Gull, 50 Common Tern, Little Egret, 20 Swift (Richard Bonser)
• Dagenham Chase LNR: 25 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 4 Common Tern, 4 Lapwing, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, 3 Great Crested Grebe, Kingfisher (Steve Bacon)
• Greenford to Ealing Hospital "Brent corridor": Red Kite, Common Tern over, 2 Little Owl calling inc one showing well, 4 singing Stock Dove, juv Grey Wagtail (Neil Anderson)
• Little Wormwood Scrubs:Lesser Whitethroat,Blackcap,Common Whitethroat,Chiffchaff(Francis O'Sullivan)

• Ravenor Park, Greenford: Red Kite (Neil Anderson)
• Stoke Newington: Red Kite
• Thamesmead: 2cy Caspian Gull, 2 2cy Yellow-legged Gull, 300 Herring Gull, 50 Lesser Black-backed Gull off Greenhaven Drive (Richard Bonser)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 1000+ Swift (Jon Agar)
• Yeading Brook Meadows-Ten Acre and Gutteridge Woods: Cuckoo, Skylark, 5 Kites, Buzzard, Cetti’s Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, Greenfinch, Linnet, Swifts, Swallows, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Andrew Peel, Toni Menezes, Margaret Blackburn)

Friday 5th June 2020

• Abney Park Cemetery: Common Buzzard over S 12.26 (Garry James)
• Alexandra Park: Little Egret Wood Green Res (Bob Watts)
• Brent Park: Swift, Collared Dove, Grey Wagtail, 2 Chiffchaff, Coal Tit (Samuel Levy)
• Brookmill Park: Stock Dove, 2 Song Thrush, 3 singing Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest juvs (Conrad Ellam)
• Bushy Park: Little Egret, Kestrel, 2 Barn Swallow, 3 Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 5 Swift, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 14 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 3 Reed Bunting, 11 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Green Woodpecker, 8 Chaffinch (Spencer Neal); Cetti's Warbler calling in woodland gardens (Mike Foster)
• Charing Cross Hospital: Kestrel, 3 Peregrine Falcon (Nathalie Mahieu)
• Finchley "Garden N3": 9 Starling 5ad 4juv record count and first on the deck for over a year (Samuel Levy)
• Grovelands Park: 2 Great Crested Grebe pr incubating, 2 Cormorant, Grey Heron, 8 Mute Swan pr & 6 cygnets, 6 Egyptian Goose pr & 4 yng, 16 Mandarin Duck 8m 4f & 2 broods of 2 each, eclipse m Gadwall, m Common Pochard, 15 Tufted Duck 8m 7f, 10 Stock Dove 7ad 3juvs, Green Woodpecker (Robert Callf)
• Lea Valley "Netherhall/Glen Faba": 6 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 7 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Egyptian Goose, 4 Tufted Duck, 3 Common Tern, Kingfisher, Buzzard, 20 Swift, 25 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 5 Sand Martin, 20m Whitethroat, 20m Blackcap, m Garden Warbler, 5m Cetti's Warbler, 12m Chiffchaff, m Willow Warbler, 5 m Sedge Warbler, Cuckoo, Grey Wagtail, 5 Greenfinch (Nigel May)
• Lower Clapton "E5": Common Buzzard over low NW (Alastair Dent)
• Oakwood Park, Southgate: Red Kite (Catherine Gilbert)
• Richmond Park: 3 or 5 Red Kite, 2 Common Terns, male Red-crested Pochard, Willow Warbler (P Davies)
• Rotherhithe: Common Buzzard, Swallow, 4 Swift over Rope Street (Richard Bonser)
• Victoria Park: 6 Sand Martin, 4 House Martin (pool in East Park) (James Palmer)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 1 Swallow, 1 Hobby, 1000+ Swift, 1 juv Pied Wagtail (Rhys Evans)
• Wanstead Flats: 7 Pochard inc 6m, 20+ Swift, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2m Skylark (Wanstead Birders)
• Wanstead Park: m Reed Warbler, Great Crested Grebe (Sean Kerrigan)

Thursday 4th June 2020

• Alexandra Park: 3 Little Egret, 2+ House Martin, Peregrine, c40 Swift (APOG Birders)
• Brent Reservoir NR: Little Ringed Plover, also reported, Common Ringed Plover (Bob Husband)
• Chelsea "Albert Bridge": 10 Swift (Michael Mac)
• Churchill Gardens "Pimlico": c35 House Sparrow - no nests in the usual hedge but pr feeding chicks in nest in metal tubular pipe (Michael Mac)
• Fulham Reach "Thames": 2 Oystercatcher, Sand Martins, Little Egret (Nathalie Mahieu)
• Greenford UB6 "Garden": 2 Greenfinch pr on feeders - first in years (Martin Smith)
• Hampstead Heath: Common Tern, Peregrine caught a Mistle Thrush at 0630, Kestrel (Matt Evans)
• Horsenden Hill west: 8 Whitethroat singing and display flight, 2 Greenfinch, 3 or 4 Reed Warbler Canal Ponds (Martin Smith)
• Horton Country Park: Little Owl (Bob Smith)
• Purfleet: Sanderling, 2 Dunlin, 8 Ringed Plover, 48 Swift (Fraser Simpson)
• Pymmes Park: Little Grebe, 5 Egyptian Goose pr & 3 yng, m Tufted Duck, Black-headed Gull, Swift, m Grey Wagtail, Goldcrest, 4 Nuthatch 2 ad 2 juvs (Robert Callf)
• Rotherhithe: Grey Wagtail, 2 Egyptian Goose, 12 Black-headed Gull (Richard Bonser)
• Ruislip Lido/Woods: 56 ad & 2 young Canada Geese, 2 Egyptian Geese pr, 4 Gadwall, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard 10 Black-headed Gull [2 pr on raft with brood of 3 young], 8 Common Tern on raft [also at least 1 chick], c100 Swift, 15+ House Martin, 4 Grey Wagtail inc family of three, 7 Pied Wagtail, 10+ Greenfinch (Neil Anderson)
• St Paul's Cray: pair Great Spotted Woodpecker seen continuously returning to presumed nest site in Normanhurst Rd (Jack Headley)
• Sunbury "Grand Junction Reservoir": dozens of Swift circling over the reservoir (sorry I couldn't count them, passing in car) (Paula Redmond)
• Swanscombe Marsh “07.00-10.00 cool cloudy ENE wind”: 2 Little Egret, 3 Mallard, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Shelduck, 9 Reed Warbler 6h, 2 Cettis Warbler h, 2 Canada Goose, 7 Greylag Goose, 2 Mediterranean Gull (over), 23 Whitethroat, 5 Cormorant (over), 2 Blackcap h, 2 Little Grebe 1h, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Reed Bunting m, 1 Grey Heron (Juv), 1 Kestrel, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker h, 2 Shelduck (Roger Keith)
• Thames Barrier: 14 Common Tern (max count this year) on rocks at low tide, 20+ Black-headed Gull (Ian Ellis)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Cuckoo singing east of Darlands but very mobile (Sue Widdowfield), 2 Mandarin Duck, Cuckoo still, 34 Swift, 2 Lapwing, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk, 3 Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard, 15 Rook, Coal Tit, 9 Swallow, 12 House Martin, Willow Warbler, 17 Chiffchaff, 15 Blackcap, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 20 Common Whitethroat, 5 Goldcrest, 6 Nuthatch, 6 Starling, Mistle Thrush, 6 Linnet (Samuel Levy)
• Twickenham: 2 Common Buzzard soaring high over Strawberry Hill golf course at 1100 (Mike Foster)
• Upper College Farm "Bexley": 19 Swift in small groups all heading NW, 7 Swallow, 3 Kestrel, Common Buzzard, 12 Whitethroat, 6 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Chaffinch, 4 Skylark, Greenfinch, Pheasant (m), 3 Chiffchaff, 11 Herring Gull (Bernie Weight)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 250+ Swifts, c100 House Martin, 3prs Shelduck with young, 4prs Common Tern nesting, Kingfisher (Walthamstow Birders), juv Grey Wagtail nearby at Ferry Lane (Rhys Evans)
• Wanstead Flats: 5m Skylark, 2m Meadow Pipit, 10+ Swift (Nick Croft)
• Wanstead Park: 12+ House Martin, 40+ Swift, Reed Warbler, Little Egret, Red Kite, Peregrine Falcon (Wanstead Birders)

Wednesday 3rd June 2020

• Alexandra Park: Red Kite, 3 Little Egret fishing Wood Green Res 0730 with 4th bird 1229, Peregrine with Starling prey (APOG Birders)
• Bushy Park: Red Kite 0930, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, Nuthatch, 3 Swift (Spencer Neal)
• East Dulwich: Red Kite over garden (Steven Robinson)
• Mundania Rd East Dulwich: 1 Swift (went to check on Swifts coming to roost. Last 2 years 60-70, maybe more. This evening, a solitary bird.) Paul Francis)
• Enfield Town "Chase Green Grdns": 2 Nuthatch ad feeding juv (Robert Callf)
• Forty Hall CP: m Kingfisher perched, Chiffchaff singing, m Goldcrest singing, 5 Nuthatch pr & 3juvs, juv Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
• Guy Lodge Farm: f Kestrel, 9 Stock Dove 5ad 4juvs, Barn Swallow, ad Pied Wagtail, 2ad Mistle Thrsh pr, 8+ Rook 7ad & 1+ juv begging, m Greenfinch singing, Linnet (Robert Callf)
• Hollies, Sidcup: 3 Red Kite 1040 one, then two more towards Eltham, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Goldcrest, Stock Dove, 8 Swift, Song Thrush (Eric Brown)
• Isle of Dogs: Red Kite low NW over garden 0955 (Sean Huggins)
• Mudchute Farm: Reed Warbler singing (Sean Huggins)
• Pinner HA5: 6 Swift (Nigel Barratt)
• Raynes Park "Garden SW20": Greenfinch (Paula Redmond)
• Rainham Thames: 10 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, Sanderling on mud east of mouth River Darent, 30 Shelduck, Oystercatcher, Avocet Aveley Bay (Steve Bacon)
• Sidcup DA14 Garden 14.15: Peregrine, Swift (Bernie Weight)
• Sidcup DA15: 6 Red Kite 3W 1026 1SW 1115 2W 1412, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk with prey, 4 House Martin, Blackcap singing also another Red Kite W over Marechal Neil Parade 1540 (Ian Stewart)
• Teddington: Common Tern by Stevens Ait, Kingfisher ditto (Mike Foster)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Cuckoo singing 0900 until at least 0930 in area between Darlands Lake and Finchley Nurseries garden centre (Tom Stewart); Cuckoo still between 1100 and 1300 but very mobile, also 4 Mandarin Duck, 40+ Swift, 2 Lapwing, 2 Black-headed Gull, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 5 Red Kite, Hobby, 6 Rook, 15 Swallow, 11 House Martin, Willow Warbler, 19 Chiffchaff, 17 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 14 Common Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, 6 Nuthatch, 4 Starling, 5 Mistle Thrush, Pied Wagtail, 5 Bullfinch, 6 Linnet inc pair with two recently fledged young (Samuel Levy & Bob Husband)
• Twickenham: Red Kite flying quite low north-west over Stanley rd/Hampton rd at 1515 (Mike Foster)
• Wanstead Flats: 4-6 Red Kite [judging by the numbers above–probably at the higher end!], 3 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Hobby, Peregrine Falcon, Kestrel, 47 Black-headed Gull through inc flock of 36 east, Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 3m Skylark, 2m Meadow Pipit, 3 Swallow, 2 House Martin north, 2 Sand Martin, 40+ Swift (Wanstead Birders)

Tuesday 2nd June 2020

• Alexandra Park: Little Grebe Wood Green Res, House Martin, 35+ Swift, Peregrine (APOG Birders)
• Barnes Cray: Cuckoo still singing, Blackcap, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 2+ Reed Warbler, Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting {Banded Demoiselle, Azure Damselfly, several Blue-tailed Damselfly, Hairy Dragonfly} (Ian Stewart)
• Battersea Bridge: 200 Starling- 2 hour period trickle of birds going into long-established roost (Michael Mac)
• Berrylands garden: Kestrel, c.300 Ring-necked Parakeet NW, 56 Stock Dove NW, 8 Swift {pipistrelle sp. hunting low over garden at dusk, no Bat Detector but vocal Robin in adjacent garden} (Nick Tanner)
• Bromley "Shortlands": 14 Red Kites [all singles apart from one group of 4] all moving north-west between 5pm and 7pm - presumably part of the movement through Kent earlier in the day (Martin Birch)
• Bushy Park: Cetti's Warbler, Chaffinch, 4 Chiffchaff, Dunnock, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel, Reed Bunting, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Skylark, 4 Swallow, 17+ Swift, 2 Whitethroat (Ian R Watson)
• Chelsea: Red Kite [high up looked very black apart from white patches] briefly mobbed by Peregrine, 3 Swifts (Michael Mac)
• Dartford Marshes: 2+ Gadwall, 3 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, 2 Oystercatcher, 8 Ringed Plover, 12+ Lapwing, summer plumaged Sanderling, 2 Dunlin, 10+ Redshank, 2+ Common Tern 1 flying down Darent towards Thames with food, 2-3 Cuckoo, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 15+ Skylark, 3+ Meadow Pipit, 4+ Blackcap, 15+ Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 10+ Cetti’s Warbler, 15+ Reed Warbler, 6+ Chiffchaff, 5+ Reed Bunting {Blue-tailed Damselflies, Emperor, Black-tailed Skimmer} (Ian Stewart)
• Finchley "Garden N3": 2 Red Kite, 5 Common Buzzard, 8 Swift, Collared Dove. (Samuel Levy)
• Finchley Golf Club: Red Kite, Kestrel (Samuel Levy)

• Greenford UB6 "Garden": 2 fledged juv Goldfinch begging food (Martin Smith)
• Hampstead Heath: Parliament Hill, 3 Crossbills NW at 0930, 2 Red Kites over (Pete Mantle)
• Limetrees Park golf course, Northolt: 5 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 4 Stock Dove 2pr, Reed Warbler, m Reed Bunting {2 Marbled White, 5 Large Skipper, 3 Brown Argus, Small Heath, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, 2 Cinnabar, 2 Mother Shipton, 12 Black-tailed Skimmer, 17 Four-spotted Chaser, 11 Emperor Dragonfly} (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
• Longfield: 4 Nuthatch [3juvs with ad], Red Kite over W, 4 Buzzard over (Roger Keith)
• Mayflower Park: Peregrine heard, 30 + House Sparrows (Bob Smith)
• Mill Hill NW7: Red Kite low W over Mill Hill Broadway, M1 and Mill Hill Station (Andrew Haynes)
• Northolt & Greenford CP: 4 Red Kite, 2 Reed Bunting pr {Clouded Yellow at Marnham Field-my first in London for c4 years} (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
• Sewardstone Marsh: Red Kite, Cuckoo singing 0930-1030, 3 Swift, 13 Sand Martin, 2 Song Thrush, Garden Warbler, 2 Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 21 House sparrow, 14 Greenfinch (Gatekeepers, Small Tortoiseshell) (Harry Harrison)
• Shoreham: 2 Red-legged Partridge, 3 Lesser Whitethroat (singing), 2 Yellowhammer (singing), Tawny Owl along Filston Lane (Richard Bonser)
• Tottenham Marches: Peregrine Falcon on pylon 1300 (ADH)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Cuckoo singing continuously 0730 to at least 0845 but very mobile, Mandarin fem+2 ducklings, Willow Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 13 Whitethroat, Little Egret, 3 Swift, Rooks around nesting site (John Colmans) m Cuckoo still at 17:00 at Totteridge Green, Red Kite {Small Tortoiseshell, Holly Blue, Red Admiral} (Samuel Levy); Long Pond - 10 Swift, Collared Dove, Blackcap {Azure, Blue-tailed & Red-eyed Damselfly, 2 Emperor Dragonfly, Black-tailed Skimmer} (Samuel Levy); Belmont Farm - 3 Blackcap, 11 Rook, 50 Swift, Common Buzzard, 2 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff {Speckled Wood, 15+ Meadow Brown, Large Skipper} (Samuel Levy); Oakfields - Hobby, Common Buzzard (Samuel Levy)
• Trent Park: m Cuckoo singing Triangular Wd (Helen Shore per RM Callf)
• Wanstead Flats: 5 Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, Sparrowhawk, 30+ Swift, 6 House Martin, Sand Martin, 2 Lesser Whitethroat (Nick Croft)
• Wanstead Park: Water Rail [first June record], 2 Little Egret, 2 Reed Warbler, 40+ Swift, 8 House Martin, Swallow, Sparrowhawk (Wanstead Birders)
• West Putney SW15, Garden: 6 Red Kite all S, 7 Buzzard including pair displaying, m and f Kestrel. (R. Kaye)

Monday 1st June 2020

• Barnes Cray: Cuckoo singing near Thames Road Wetland, Blackcap, 2+ Cetti’s Warbler, Reed Warbler, Reed Bunting {3 Banded Demoiselle, 20+ Blue-tailed Damselfly, Broad-bodied Chaser} (Ian Stewart)
• Brent Reservoir: Little Egret (Andrew Self)
• Brookmill Park: 2 Stock Dove, 2 Swift, 3 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
• Bushy Park: Red Kite at 1000 hampton hill newgate, 3 Common Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Barn Swallow, 4 Skylark - Can anyone coming to see or take photos of the Skylarks please do so from recognised paths as they are ground-nesting birds and you could well be stepping on their eggs or fatally scaring them off their eggs by leaving the paths in the Skylark Area. Thanks, SpN (Spencer Neal)
• Dartford Marshes: Egyptian Goose, 3+ Gadwall, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 2 Oystercatcher, 9 Ringed Plover, 16 Lapwing, 5 Redshank, 2-3 Cuckoo, Barn Owl, Swift, 10+ Skylark, Swallow, 4+ Meadow Pipit inc juv, 4+ Blackcap inc juv, 15+ Whitethroat 5+ juv, Sedge Warbler, 15+ Cetti’s Warbler, 10+ Reed Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 4+ Reed Bunting {Azure Damselflies, 50+ Blue-tailed Damselfly, Emperor} (Ian Stewart)
• Epping Forest: Cuckoo (H), Kestrel, c20 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler - Insane numbers of squirrels, the place is literally overrun... (ADH)
• Ewell: BEE-EATER heard calling several times as it drifted eastwards over farmland between Priest Hill and Howell Hill at 1445 (Steve Gale)
• Finchley: Garden N3 - Common Buzzard, Red Kite, 8 Swift, f House Sparrow {Meadow Brown, Green-veined White} (Samuel Levy)
• Greenford "UB6": daily 2+ Red Kite, circling Kestrel [unsual over garden], 6+ Swift (Neil Anderson)
• Greenwich, Vanbrugh Park area SE3: Osprey north at 1400 (Joe Beale).
• Millfields Park; 2 Hobby over at 0900 (J-P Elmes)
• Perivale Park: singing Lesser Whitethroat, Moorhen with at least one young on nest Coston's Brook.(Martin Smith); Red Kite mobbed by Crow Argylle Rd side of park, 13 Swift (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
• Purfleet: Sanderling, 8 Ringed Plover (Fraser Simpson)
• Sidcup DA15: Tawny Owl hooting 2356 (Ian Stewart)
• Stoneleigh KT17: Kestrel, Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Neil Batten)
• Thames Barrier: m Tufted Duck [foy] flew downriver 1840; ad Yellow-legged Gull, 1cy Great Black-backed Gull, Swallow, 11 Common Tern (Ian Ellis)
• Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: f Mandarin Duck + 5 ducklings, 3 Collared Dove, m Cuckoo (Hawfinch Hill), 10 Swift, Grey Heron, 3 Common Buzzard, 15 Rook, Swallow, 2 House Martin, Willow Warbler, 15 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Common Whitethroat, Greenfinch, {15+ Meadow Brown, 15+ Large Skipper, 15+ Speckled Wood, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Holly Blue, Comma, 4 Spot Chaser (Hawfinch Hill), 3m Emperor Dragonfly, 2 Broad-bodied Chaser, Azure & Blue-tailed damselfly, also a large Grass Snake} (Samuel Levy)
• Uxbridge Golf course: Cuckoo (Dan Pinkham)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: Osprey over at 1730 then N, 1 possibly 2 Spoonbill flew onto No1 at 1600, 30 Black-headed Gull, 27 Gadwall, 3m 1f Teal, 2pr Shelduck with broods of 5 and 9, 3 Pochard broods of 1, 3 and 6, Lesser Whitethroat, Swallow, Song Thrush singing  (Rhys Evans, Daniel Whitelegg)
• Wanstead Flats: Red Kite, Buzzard, Hobby, 6 Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, lots of fledged Whitethroat, 50+ Swift, 6 House Martin (Nick Croft)
• Worcester Park: Hobby flew north (Bob Smith)

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