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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)
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 (Ian Stewart)
Teddington: Common Tern by Stevens Ait, Kingfisher ditto (Mike Foster)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Cuckoo singing 9.00 until at least 9.30 in area between Darlands Lake and Finchley Nurseries garden centre (Tom Stewart)
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 (1 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, 20+ 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], 1 Red Kite over W, 4 Buzzard over (Roger Keith)
Mayflower Park: Peregrine heard, 30 + House Sparrows (Bob Smith)
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), 1 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 Woodpeckers, 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 Viened 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)
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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