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Friday 15th March 2019
Belmont Open Space, Cockfosters, EN4: Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming (Bob Husband)
Connaught water: Tawny Owl calling 10am just north of the lake (J-P Elmes)
Ewell, Hogsmill Open Space: 1 Little Egret again on the ground by river bank 08:42 (Neil Batten)
Haddon Grove, Sidcup: 2 Grey Wagtail. (Eric Brown)
Lee Valley, Cornmill Meadows: Cattle Egret (my first at this site), 3 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 20+ Wigeon, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Redwing (Simon Papps)
Lee Valley, Hall Marsh: Cattle Egret, Little Egret, 3 Goosander (red-heads, on adjacent Horsemill Stream), Kingfisher, singing Chiffchaff, 2 Redwing, 2 Siskin (Simon Papps)
Ravenor Park, Greenford: pr Stock Dove (1st record of more than 1) feeding with Wood Pigeons, 13 Redwing, 5 Mistle Thrush, 2 pr Jackdaw (recent colonist here, 1 collecting twigs), 9 Greenfinch (highest total for couple of years) (Neil Anderson/K. Bull)
Richmond Park: 8 Cormorant - including three birds at two nests which would be the first breeding record for the Park, 120+ Common Gull, 270+ Black-headed Gull (J.Wilczur); Sand Martin (P.Redmond); Peregrine (C.Williams)
Sidcup: Peregrine (Patrick English)
Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve: No 1st W Caspian Gull into gull roost but Gull roost incl 300+ Black-headed Gull, and 200+ Herring Gull with a few Lesser black-backed Gull also 500+ Jackdaw, 2+ Egyptian Goose & Little Grebe at c18:00pm (Jack Headley)
Stoneleigh Station KT17: Overwintering Blackcap still (Neil Batten)
The Brook BR5: 2 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, c2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1+ Kingfisher, Water Rail, Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, Song Thrush, 1+ Redwing, 7+ Tufted Duck (Jack Headley)
Trent Park: 11 Mandarin Duck 7m 4f, 2 Common Pochard m f, 2 Tufted Duck m f, Common Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff singing m, 4 Goldcrest incl three singing males, 4 Coal Tit incl two singing males, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper incl one singing m, 14+ Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Thursday 14th March 2019
Alexandra Park: Ist yr Black Redstart around S.face brickwork/parapets of palace still, 16.45yrs [Adrian Mole aged sixteen and three quarters?] (Jonathan Cooke).
Barnet Road EN5: Rook (Toby Mylett)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Common Lane WD7: 2 Stock Dove (Toby Mylett)
Elstree Aerodrome: 6 Ring-necked Parakeet, Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
Godstone SPs: 174 Common Gull in nearby sheep field 1030 (Gordon Hay via Surrey BN)
Halfpenny Bridge,Grand Union Canal: 1 Red-crested Pochard male (Charlie Farrell)
Hilfield Park Reservoir: 2 Black-necked Grebe still from Hogg Lane viewpoint, Great Black-backed Gull, 2+ Ring-necked Parakeet, Mistle Thrush, Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
Southfields, SW15 (Granville Road): female Blackcap at feeder - the first this winter (Martin Honey)
Stirling Way WD6: Stock Dove (Toby Mylett)
The Mill Field NW7: 3 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
Town Park, Enfield: 6 Northern Shoveler 3m 3f Carr's Basin, 3 Tufted Duck m 2f, 25 Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Stock Dove, Grey Wagtail, 2 Mistle Thrush pr (Robert Callf)
The Brook BR5: 2 Little Grebe, c2 Lesser black-backed Gull over, calling Chiffchaff & calling Goldcrest (Jack Headley)
Trent Park: 9 Mandarin Duck 6m 3f, 2 Eurasian Teal pr upper lake, 2 Common Pochard m f, 2 Tufted Duck m f, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff singing m nr Ride Wood, 2 Coal Tit Water Grdn on feeders, 5+ Nuthatch incl pr (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Wetlands: drake Scaup still on No 4, 4 Goldeneye, 1 Red Kite W (Walthamstow Birders)
Westbourne Park,Grand Union Canal: Grey Wagtail (Francis O'Sullivan)
Woodford Green: 4+ singing Blackcap, Grey Wagtail and Little Egret over, 2 male Brambling, several sightings of female Sparrowhawk (at least two different birds) (Ken Murray)
Wednesday 13th March 2019
Alexandra Park: 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Linnet, m Gadwall, Little Grebe, 5 Pochard, 6 Greenfinch, Redwing (APOG Birders)
Amwell NR "Gt Hardmead L": Water Rail, Sand Martin fr viewpt (Jenny Sherwen tweet); m Goldeneye, Raven (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
Brent Park, Hendon: 2 Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler (Toby Mylett)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Conrad Ellam)
Ewell, Hogsmill Open Space: 1 Little Egret on ground next to river bank 08:45 (Neil Batten)
Feltham: Peregrine circling and gliding a hundred metres over Lidl 1530 (Mike Foster)
Greenford UB6: f Peregrine with struggling Feral Pigeon in its talons that wriggled free & dropped like a stone into allotments below 06.45 (Neil Anderson)
Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk m, Pied Wagtail patch year tick, Reed Bunting m (John Bushell)
Grovelands Park: Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe pr displaying, Cormorant, 2 Mute Swan pr, 2 Greylag Goose pr, m Egyptian Goose, 6 Mandarin Duck 4m 2f, m Northern Shoveler, f Common Pochard, 16 Tufted Duck 8m 8f, f Smew of doubtful origin, 23 Coot, 6 Common Gull 5 ad & 1 first-winter with white darvic ring, 12 Stock Dove incl displaying birds, m Pied Wagtail, m Nuthatch, Jay, 13 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Hampstead Heath: singing Chiffchaff at Hedge 2 am (Pete Mantle)
Hayes Hill Farm: 3 White-fronted Goose still w/ Greylags in field east of Fm 1300 (Andrew Jewels via Lee Valley sightings blog)
Rye Meads NR "HMWT reedbed": Bittern over to roost in front of viewpt 1750, Woodcock over at dusk, Peregrine over, 4+ Cetti's Warbler singing, Chiffchaff (Allan Meadows/Herts BN tweets)
Woodford Green: Eighth Red Kite over this year at 8.09am, followed remarkably going West towards the Lea Valley(filmed...size and continuous fast wing beats) by a flyover Shag!! (Ken Murray)
Tuesday 12th March 2019
Alexandra Park: 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Meadow Pipit, m Gadwall Wood Green Res, 4+ Redwing, Kingfisher (APOG Birders)
Arrandene Open Space NW7: 7 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
Blackfriars Pier: 1 Grey Heron c1620 sitting on top of pier (Manuel Lovell)
Staines Reservoir: 8 Black-necked Grebe s basin w edge late-aft (Paul Watts tweet); Scaup still s basin sw cnr (BirdGuides)
Stoneleigh Station KT17: 1 Blackcap still (Neil Batten)
The Brook BR5: 2+ Little Grebe, Grey Wagtail (Jack Headley)
Tyttenhanger GPs: incl c100 Linnet field nr fishing lake (Steve Blake via Herts BC)
Walthamstow Wetlands: m Scaup and 4 Goldeneye on No 5 (David Bradshaw, Paul Whiteman)
West Ham Station: ad Caspian Gull landed 1 metre from us on platform 8 and tucked into a scrap of chicken bone 08:35 (John & Janet Cadera)
Woodford Green: f Brambling (imaged) 8am, Redwing, Red Kite over 9.29am my 6th this year (normally 2-3 sightings per annum), Sparrowhawk over 9.59am, m Blackcap 10.23am (Ken Murray)
Sunday 10th March 2019
Alexandra Park: 1w Black Redstart still at east end of southern terrace, m Gadwall Wood Green Res, 20+ Redwing (APOG Birders); 2 Common Gull, Little Grebe, small flock of Greenfinch Boating Lake (Eduardo López Salas)
Amwell NR: 4 Goldeneye, Smew red-head Great Hardmead Lake south end by island still, Raven S early-am (William Bishop via Herts BC/Twitter)
Beddington Farmlands: 2 ad Mediterranean Gulls, 1 Jack Snipe, 8 Water Pipit (Peter Alfrey) pics here
Hall Marsh Scrape: 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard displaying, 2 Common Snipe, 1 Cetti's Warbler singing, 4 Little Grebe, {1 Red Fox failing to kill a Canada Goose that it caught, 4 Chinese Muntjac} (Charlie Farrell); Cattle Egret still 1.30pm (Simon Bradley)
Holland Park: Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
Holmethorpe SPs: no sign Black-throated Diver 1450 after 35-day stay (Gordon Hay via Surrey BN)
Holyfield Hall Farm: 3 White-fronted Goose still (Lol Cumming tweet)
Hyde Park: Stonechat at last. Thank you so much Dave Jordan for immaculate directions. Excellent views. My pleasure David. Glad you managed to locate it. [DJ] (David Jeffreys); 6 Common Gull, Common Buzzard, 2 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
Island Barn Reservoir: Kittiwake ad am (Dave Harris per Surrey BN); also Little Gull (Chris Turner tweet)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, 3 Jack Snipe, 8 Common Snipe, 2 Chiffchaff, Water Pipit, Fieldfare, 8 Redwing, Buzzard in Wildside then E pm (WWT website)
Pinner, Lloyd Court: Tawny Owls still sorting their differences. The noise! (Richard Francis) wonderful DP
Walthamstow Wetlands: m Scaup, pr Goosander, 4 Shelduck (Allan Stewart)
Wormwood Scrubs: Common Gull, Chiffchaff, f Stonechat grassland, f Reed Bunting (Paul Thomas tweet)
Yeading Brook Meadows: Little Egret, Grey Heron, singing Chiffchaff, 4 Greenfinch, 30 Common Gull, 30 Fieldfare (Nigel Dodd)
Saturday 9th March 2019
Alexandra Park: Red Kite, Linnet, Chiffchaff, Peregrine, m Aythya hybrid, Little Grebe Boating Lake (APOG Birders); midday Black Redstart still at base of antenna and on Palace building (Andrew Peel)
Amwell GP: 1 Sand Martin, 1 Yellow-legged Gull 3cy (Adam Wilson); Smew rh Gt Hardmead L still (Barry Reed via Herts BC)
Beckton STW "no public access": 56 Gadwall, 400+ Teal, Common Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 37 Redshank, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Grey Wagtail (Dave Morrison tweet)
Bowyer's Water: Smew rh still (per Herts BN tweet)
Brent Reservoir: Peregrine, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 25 Common Snipe, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, Little Egret (Magnus Andersson, Roy Beddard)
Cheshunt: 3 Brambling, f Blackcap (Adam Wilson)
Copped Hall: f Pallid/Montagu's Harrier seen briefly very orange with ring tail (J-P Elmes)
Crossness NR: Penduline Tit called via the reserve and flew over to the left side of the shield into the reeds 09.40, also Peregrine, Curlew, c40 Dunlin (Simon Worsfold)
Eaton Park Road, N13: Red Kite blown N 11:20am (Katy McGilvray)
Finchley Lane NW4: Tawny Owl (Toby Mylett)
Hall Marsh Scrape: 2 Cattle Egret still, Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, Buzzard, 3 Chiffchaff (Mark Gregory via Essex BwS)
Hogsmill Open Space: Little Egret, Cormorant, Little Grebe, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail (Isaiah Rowe tweet)
Holmethorpe SPs: juv Black-throated Diver still, Little Egret, 8 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 10 Bullfinch (Gordon Hay via Surrey BN)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, Goldeneye, Bittern, 4 Common Snipe, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Water Pipit (WWT website); also 2 Jack Snipe, Sand Martin (per Surrey BN)
Middlesex University Campus: Meadow Pipit (Toby Mylett)
Rainham RSPB: Glaucous Gull juv still landfill fr riverside path 1120 (Jonathan Wasse tweet); 43 Shelduck, 120 Shoveler, 18 Gadwall, 353 Wigeon, 24 Pintail, 293 Teal, 14 Pochard, 16 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 3 Marsh Harrier, Water Rail, 2 Oystercatcher, 223 Lapwing, 4 Curlew, 2 Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 24 Common Snipe, 43 Redshank, 2 Kestrel, 7 Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, Redwing (Alan Shearman et al per ELBF FB)
Ravenor Park, Greenford: Sparrowhawk, c30 Redwing (Neil Anderson)
Richmond Park: Red Kite (S.Woolfenden); 129 Common Gull, Pied Wagtail (N.Anderson)
St James's Park: dead Tawny Owl chick (Please delete if not appropriate for here) (Mark Fairless); Tawny Owl f & remaining chick still c1pm (Twitter); Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
Thamesmead: Yellow-legged Gull 3w off Princess Alice Way (Richard Bonser)
Tottenham Court Road: Peregrine Falcon , near Warren Street tube, flying south, 17:45
Walthamstow Wetlands: pr Goosander, m Scaup, 3 Sand Martins (Lol Bodini, Terry Rawlins)
Wimbledon: 3000+ Jackdaw SE, 230+ Crow SE (Hugh Nicholson tweet)
Alexandra Park: 1w Black Redstart still base of antenna palace building, f Stonechat perimeter cricket pitches (3rd for year), m Aythya hybrid, Little Grebe, 10 Pochard, 6 Common Gull Boating Lake, 10+ Redwing, Fieldfare, Chiffchaff, Jackdaw (APOG Birders)
Staines Moor: 3 Water Pipit, f Stonechat, Peregrine, Kestrel, Buzzard, 3 Red Kite, singing Chiffchaff, 5+ singing Skylark, Redshank, pr Little Grebe - 48 species recorded (Alex Massey)
Staines Reservoir: m Scaup still s basin sw cnr, 9 Black-necked Grebe (most now in summer plumage), 12+ Goldeneye, 3 Shelduck (Alex Massey)
Stanstead Abbotts: Raven (Jane Free via Herts BC)
Stocker's Lake: incl 2 Little Egret, 2 Red Kite (Steve Carter via Herts BC)
Stoneleigh Station KT17: 1 Blackcap still (Neil Batten)
Upper College Farm, Sidcup: Song Thrush, Buzzard, Chiffchaff, Linnet (Eric Brown)
Walthamstow Reservoirs: Cattle Egret flew N over Banbury Res c7am, pr Goosander in relief channel, 2 singing Chiffchaff (Stuart Fisher); Common Buzzard N over Lockwood 10.30, pr Goldeneye High Maynard (Lol Bodini) Scaup on No 4, Oystercatcher on East Warwick (David Bradshaw, Jamie Partridge)
Alexandra Park: Chiffchaff, 8 Pochard, 20+ Redwing, Kingfisher (APOG Birders)
Arrandene Open Space NW7: 2 Common Gull, 6 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
Barnet Playing Fields, EN5: 38 Black-headed Gull, 7 Common Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 40 Jackdaw. No sign of Med Gull up to 10.30 (Bob Husband)
Brent Park, Hendon: Little Egret, Lesser Redpoll (Toby Mylett)
Brent Reservoir: 25 Common Snipe, Water Rail, Cetti’s Warbler (Steve Blake)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
E17, Lloyd Park: m Red-crested Pochard (Stuart Fisher)
Greenhill Gardens, Barnet, EN5: 14 Tufted Duck 7pr, 54 Black-headed Gull, pr Lesser Black-backed Gull, Stock Dove singing, Siskin singing. No sign of Med Gull up to 11.00. (Bob Husband)
Grovelands Park: the f Smew 'of questionable origin' showing well on lakeside, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Egyptian Goose, 14 Mandarin (Paul Collins)
Holmethorpe SPs: juv Black-throated Diver still (Gordon Hay via Surrey BN)
King George V Res: ad sum Black-necked Grebe (til 11.30 then flew across to Girling res), m Smew, 7 Goldeneye on south basin (I Lycett)
Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 1 Common Buzzard ne (Neil Batten)
Lee Valley, Bowyer's Water: red-head Smew, 6 Pochard, 50+ Tufted Duck, Little Egret, 3 Chiffchaff (Simon Papps)
Lee Valley, Hall Marsh: 2 Cattle Egret midday, 12+ Teal, 4 Goosander (on adjacent Horsemill Stream), Common Snipe, 3 Red Kite, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush (Simon Papps) for CE pic see www.facebook.com/reednewholland/
London Wetland Centre: 5 Pintail, 11 Common Snipe, 7 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Water Pipit (WWT website); Jack Snipe wader scrape 1515 (Martin Wright via Surrey BN)
Milespit Hill Pond NW7: Common Buzzard (Toby Mylett)
Stoneleigh Station KT17: 1 singing Blackcap (Neil Batten)
Sturgess Park, Brent Cross: Common Gull, Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
Totteridge Valley: 2 Common Gull, Common Buzzard, Rook (Toby Mylett)
Tufnell Park N19: 4 Chaffinch 'flock' in my garden (Francis Tusa) I've only ever seen singles round here, and even those are infrequent, so that's amazing! [Reuben Braddock]
Walthamstow Wetlands: m Scaup still on No 4, 5 Goldeneye (David Bradshaw)
Woodford Green: 2 Siskin m f, Little Egret over 9.24am, 2 Sparrowhawks in tandem going North 10.21, a flock of c15 Golden Plover high and going East 10.40am only the 4th sighting of this species locally in 36 years. (Ken Murray) KM - grateful for data but several edits were necessary so pls save us time by following the simple standard format thx Simply too quick over the roof for me to count! Ken, there's no call for the wind-up. As stated above an estimate would do - anyway pls check the site history & learn from all the corrections made to your post so there's no repetition - we'd rather be birding. Thx.wind up I don't understand? That was no wind up, It was a statement of fact! could have been 10, could have been 20. This communication is a bit one-sided, who am I addressing?
Alexandra Park: Peregrine pr hunting over playing fields and Wood Green Res, Chiffchaff, Meadow Pipit NE (FOY), 25 Common Gull, Little Grebe, 4 Pochard Boating Lake, 4+ Grey Wagtail (APOG Birders)
Boxer's Lake: 9+ Grey Heron incl three nests with birds sitting and two nests under construction & leucistic bird, ad Egyptian Goose & 8 goslings, 2 Mandarin Duck pr, 3 Common Pochard 2m f, 7 Tufted Duck 4m 3f, 41+ Black-headed Gull (Robert Callf)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Clissold Park; 4 Gadwall 2pr one on New River and one on large lake (Ernest Thomason)
Greenhill Gardens, Barnet, EN5: Mediterranean Gull ad with Polish red darvic ‘PTJ9' present 10.00, pr Grey Wagtail (Bob Husband)
Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, Kingfisher (John Bushell)
Hartham: 3 Kingfisher R Lee TL327130 [1] & TL329132 [pr] (Ian Edwards via Herts BC)
Holyfield lake, Lee Valley: sizable group of Siskins, c20 Cormorants already on nests (J-P Elmes)
Hyde Park: Stonechat in rough grassland just south of Albion Gate to 08:55 at least (Des McKenzie tweet)
Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 1 Mute Swan low w am (Neil Batten)
Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: singing Blackcap nr Gilberts Slade still, singing Treecreeper, 15 Shoveler, small passage of Common Gull throughout the last couple of days (Stuart Fisher)
London Wetland Centre: 5 Pintail, Goldeneye, Bittern, Jack Snipe, Redshank foy marsh, Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Chiffchaff, 32 Fieldfare, 27 Redwing, 2 Water Pipit (WWT website)
Mill Hill NW7: 2 Red Kite over A41/Mill Hill Circus (Steve Blake)
Panshanger Park: Green Sandpiper (Murray Brown via Herts BC)
Pinner HA5: Red KIte, 2 Coal Tit, 5 Goldfinch, 2 Jay (Nigel Barratt)
Rainham Marshes: juvenile Glaucous Gull 10.30am by Concrete Barges, Oystercatcher on Aveley Bay, 2 Marsh Harrier 1m 1f, 20+ Black-tailed Godwit on Target Pools (Eduardo López Salas); 500 Lapwing, 6 Curlew, 2 Ruff, 30 Common Snipe, 30 Redshank (RSPB per ELBF FB)
Raynes Park "garden": 3 Redwing & 1 Song Thrush 1205 harassed by resident Blackbird, Sparrowhawk 1211 (P. Redmond)
St James's Park: Jackdaw in a plane tree [an uncommon visitor here], Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
Sevenoaks WR: Black-tailed Godwit [6th day] (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
Stocker's Lake: 5 Goldeneye, 2 Oystercatcher over n end, Chiffchaff (Steve Carter via Herts BC)
Stoneleigh Station KT17: 2 singing Blackcaps am (Neil Batten)
Studio Mews NW4: Siskin (Toby Mylett)
The Brook BR5: Little Egret, 2+ Song Thrush, 1+ Grey Wagtail, Water Rail (Jack Headley)
Trent Park: 8 Mandarin Duck 6m 2f upper lake, 6 Eurasian Teal 5m f lower lake, f Common Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck 3m 3f, Kestrel, 18 Common Gull flew over, 2 Stock Dove, Coal Tit (Robert Callf)
Woodford Green: Sparrowhawk over 8.56am, Tawny Owl 11.07am, Song Thrush, c12 Redwing over, c12 Goldfinch, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Wren, 3 displaying Stock Dove (Ken Murray)
Tuesday 5th March 2019
Alexandra Park: 1w Black Redstart still at base of antenna east end of south terrace, 2 Chiffchaff, Little Grebe Boating Lake, 6+ Redwing, Black-headed Gull of Danish origin still (APOG Birders)
Cassiobury Park: incl Little Egret, Kingfisher (Lee Evans via Herts BC)
Coldfall Wood, Creighton Avenue, N10: m Sparrowhawk in flight over wood, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 2 Nuthatch trilling & calling, lots of mainly m Chaffinch some singing quietly (Tony Clancy & Bob Husband)
Coursers Road: Red Kite, 5 Fieldfare, 12 Tree Sparrow, 9 Yellowhammer (Lee Evans via Herts BC)
Crossness NR: PENDULINE TIT in bushes on footpath west of usual viewing screen 11.45-12.15 seen and heard (found by Peter Rees and Clare Cronin); Barn Owl, 8 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Bearded Tit, 6+ Reed Bunting, 2 Kestrel, 28 Wigeon, 4 Gadwall, 8 Little Grebe, 8 Pochard, 3 Lapwing, Heron, Grey Wagtail (over), 7 Pied Wagtail, 2 Skylark, Song Thrush, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Tufted Duck, Thames Foreshore Curlew, 73 Shelduck, c50 Black-tailed Godwit, c55 Redshank, 8 Shoveler, c60 Gadwall, c60 Dunlin, 24 Cormorant, 10 Lapwing, 6 Wigeon, Common Gull, c400 Black-headed Gull, Cetti's Warbler (Bernie Weight)
Ewell, Hogsmill Open Space: 1 Little Egret perched in trees 08:45 (Neil Batten)
Forty Hall CP: Cormorant, 2 Mute Swan pr incl darvic-ringed m 4AHL, 2 Northern Shoveler m f, f Tufted Duck, 36 Black-headed Gull, ad Herring Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 5 Siskin feeding in alder along Turkey Brook (Robert Callf)
Hall Marsh Scrape: 2 Cattle Egret, 10+ Shoveler, 3 Goosander (on adjacent Horsemill Stream), Red Kite, 2 Siskin {Also Comma.} (Simon Papps); also Teal, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler h (per Lee Valley sightings blog); 2 Cattle Egret departed W/NW toward Bowyers Water/Cheshunt 1345 (A Holmes via LV blog)
Hampstead Heath: Water Rail showing well Stock Pond behind reeds 17:30 (Allan Stewart)
Hyde Park: Stonechat for 5th day at least directions as per yesterday's log (Dave Jordan)
Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 2 Common Buzzard low e, 2 Grey Heron low nw pm (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, Goldeneye, Buzzard SW 1450, 1 Bittern reservoir lagoon N shore, Black-tailed Godwit main lake 1430, 2 Jack Snipe, 12 Common Snipe marsh(5) scrape(4) main lake(3), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - drumming sheltered lagoon, Skylark W, 1 Sand Martin main lake, 3 Chiffchaff - south route and sheltered lagoon, 1 Water Pipit marsh (WWT website); 2 Shelduck main lake, pr Long-tailed Tit nest building (Martin Honey); 3-4 Greenfinch, Green Woodpecker near Tower Hide, Jack Snipe, m Pintail wader scrape, Great Crested Grebe main lake, Little Grebe, f Goldeneye reservoir lagoon, dipped on Sand Martin 1pm-3.30pm (Paul Francis); Skylark NW 10.00 (Simon Fogg)
Nicoll Place NW4: 2 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
Panshanger Park: 22+ Common Snipe, Raven (Murray Brown per Herts BC)
Pinner HA5: Red Kite, 5 Redwing, Pied Wagtail (Nigel Barratt)
Priest Hill NR: incl Kestrel, Stonechat (Isaiah Rowe tweet)
Walthamstow Wetlands: m Scaup back on No 4, 2 Goosander on Lockwood, 25 Fieldfare, 2 Peregrine (Walthamstow Birders)
Watford: 2 Kingfisher [R Colne Hatters Ln Croxley Bus Pk] (David Denham via Herts BC)
West Norwood Cemetery: Common Buzzard over west (Michael Mac)
Monday 4th March 2019
Alexandra Park: 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Pied Wagtail 2pr, 9 Common Gull, 2ad Mute Swan Wood Green Res (Bob Watts)
Brookmill Park: Sparrowhawk, 2 Stock Dove, Kingfisher, Song Thrush, Blackcap f (Conrad Ellam)
Crayford Marshes: 2 Bearded Tit, 5 Avocet, Corn Bunting, Common Buzzard, Common Sandpiper, Curlew, Oystercatcher, 26 Redshank, m Stonechat (Kev Jarvis)
Enfield Road, EN2: 2 Grey Wagtail pr in field opposite Jolly Farmers PH (Robert Callf)
Finsbury Park: 2 Egyptian Goose, 14 Pochard, 61 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Kingfisher (perched on north side of pond island), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 6 Mistle Thrush, 3 Redwing (Niall T. Keogh)
Greenhill Gardens, Barnet, EN5: Mediterranean Gull ad with Polish red darvic ‘PTJ9' present 09.50, 28 Black-headed Gull, 6 Tufted Duck 3pr. {8+ Common Frogs spawning} (Bob Husband)
Hampstead Heath: Leg of Mutton Pond 4 Shoveler 2m 2f, Grey Heron eating large frog/toad (James Levy)
Hayes Hill Farm: 3 Red Kite 0855 (K Chaplin via Lee Valley sightings blog)
Holmethorpe SPs: juv Black-throated Diver Mercers Lake TQ292515 still 13:20 (Gordon Hay via Surrey BN)
Hyde Park: Stonechat usual area (Dave Jordan) can Dave Jordan give an idea where in Meadow, had a good look this morning, no luck [David Jeffreys] David, bird is frequenting tall grasses, circa 200m west of the Freeman drinking fountain (check on a park map) and c75m south of North Carriage Drive.Good luck!
London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, Goldeneye, Jack Snipe, 6 Common Snipe, 2 Sand Martin, Water Pipit (WWT website)
Lower Clapton E5: Buzzard gliding low over Powercroft Rd towards Hackney Marshes 16:30 (Sue Barry)
Middlesex University Campus: 2 Canada Goose over, Grey Heron over (both unusual for site), 2 Jackdaw, Redwing, Siskin, Stonechat (Toby Mylett)
Morden Hall Park: Little Egret (not on marsh but front of house on lawn), Grey Wagtail, Kestrel - does anyone know what happened to Malcolm Riddler? He used to post from here in 2010 but not since and made comments about National Trust causing loss of breeding Kingfisher at this park? (Michael Mac)
Pinner HA5: Redwing, Green Woodpecker, 6 Goldfinch (Nigel Barratt)
Rainham RSPB: juv Glaucous Gull still (Russell Sherriff per ELBF FB); 5 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 32 Redshank (RSPB per ELBF FB)
Regent's Park: Coal Tit (Area 17) and Little Grebe (Area 13 and 17) (G J Francis); Water Rail in rail ditch (Charlie Farrell)
Ruislip Lido: pr Egyptian Goose, pr Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Grey Heron apparently nesting at ground level (Martin Smith)
St James's Park: Tawny Owl (Paul Francis); Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
Staines Reservoirs: m Scaup still s basin sw cnr am with Tufted Duck (Bill Haines)
Sturgess Avenue NW4: 3 Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
The Commons LNR: Marsh Tit still (Keith Smith via Herts BC)
Trent Park: 8 Mandarin Duck 5m 3f, 5 Eurasian Teal 4m f lower lake, 2 Common Pochard m f, 4 Tufted Duck 2m 2f, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel m f, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, 2 Goldcrest, 7 Coal Tit incl six together in larches Williams Wood, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 4 Goldfinch, 16 Siskin feeding in alders along Leeging Beech Gutter near Water Grdn, f Lesser Redpoll in larches Williams Wood (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow: Peregrine over towards reservoirs during the heavy shower c2pm (Stuart Fisher)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Scaup, 2 Goosander, 4 Goldeneye on No 5, 30 Fieldfare, 2 Buzzards, Common Snipe (David Bradshaw, Lol Bodini); Grey Wagtail in tree by No 5 13:20 (Sue Barry)
Woodford Green: Tawny Owl calling (very early am), Kestrel over 8.07am (only 2nd this year), m Blackcap 8.24am, 2 Siskin m f 1pm, 3 Common Buzzards over 10.20am and again 4pm (Ken Murray)
Sunday 3rd March 2019
Alexandra Park: 200+ Black-headed Gull, 12 Common Gull, Chiffchaff, 25+ Redwing (APOG Birders)
London Wetland Centre: 1 Iceland Gull, Bittern, 2 Shelduck, 2 Sand Martin, Chiffchaff, 2 Peregrine Falcon (Shailesh Patel); 3 Bittern, 1 Water Pipit, 30 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, 10 Common Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker (Martin Honey et al.) This is probably the same Iceland Gull I saw on Friday see photo [Mike Paice]
Maple Cross: 6 Yellowhammer by Hornhill Rd west of housing estate in field hedge (Chris Bessant via Herts BC)
Oakwood Park: f Great Spotted Woodpecker, 9 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, Nuthatch singing, m Greenfinch, m Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
Rainham RSPB: Common Sandpiper (Shaun Harvey per ELBF FB); juv Glaucous Gull (Steve Bacon per ELBF FB)
Richmond Park: 4 Woodcock (P. Redmond); Red Kite (R Dunne)
St James's Park: 4 Coal Tit, 2 Siskin, 2 Treecreeper (Toby Mylett); 1 singing Chiffchaff, Water Rail (Frank Nugent)
Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve: 1st w Caspian Gull am (John Tilbrook et al); Mediterranean Gull (Martin Coath et al); Black-tailed Godwit fr Tyler Hide, 2 Egyptian Goose, 22 Wigeon, Common Snipe, 3 Common Buzzard, 29 Lapwing (Jack Headley)
Staines Res: m Scaup s basin sw cnr, 4 Black-necked Grebe going into summer plumage (Jim Fell); also 42 Goldeneye on south basin, 3 Shelduck on north basin (John Edwards)
The Brook BR5: 2 Egyptian Goose, 1-2 Grey Wagtail, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1-2 calling Goldcrest (Jack Headley)
Victoria Park E3: Sparrowhawk pr displaying overhead during the Barmy Army Dawn Chorus led by the always excellent David Darrell-Lambert (Paul Francis)
Wimbledon: South Park Gardens SW19 6 Waxwings present from 16:20 to 16:45, when a Sparrowhawk scared them away causing them to head northeast, also c20 Redwing (Kabir Kaul, Arjun Dutta and Alex Liddle)
Friday 1st March 2019
Alexandra Park: Little Grebe, f Gadwall, f Tufted x Pochard hybrid Boating Lake, c20 Redwing, 14 Common Gull, 2 Chiffchaff, Treecreeper, pr Linnet filter beds (FOY) (APOG Birders)
Barnet Playing Fields, EN5: 32 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, no sign of Med Gull 13.00 (Bob Husband)
Beverley Brook "Junction of Coombe Lane and Kingston Bypass/Robin Hood Lane": Grey Heron (P. Redmond)
Bow Creek Ecology Park: 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Great Black-backed Gull (Charlie Farrell)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, 5 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
Canons Farm: incl 3 Sand Martin (Paul Goodman per CFBW BG); Short-eared Owl over Tart's Field pm (Peter Tatchley per Steve Gale tweet)
Church Road NW4: Common Gull, Little Owl, Jackdaw (Toby Mylett)
Crossness NR: Penduline Tit still (Mark Bravery tweet); Penduline Tit on Island Field until about 14.15 then moved elsewhere, Chiffchaff and 1+ Cetti's Warbler also there (Cetti's a lifetime tick and heard in the protected area), with 2 Reed Bunting m f, Bearded Tit h, Marsh Harrier over main scrub, 2 Oystercatcher, Linnet and the usual Thames shore birds, Dunnock singing from a tree in the protected area (Paul Francis)
Greenwich Peninsula O2: Iceland Gull probably 3w m see photo (Mike Paice)
Holmethorpe SPs: juv Black-throated Diver Mercers L still (BirdGuides)
Hyde Park: Stonechat on Parade Ground fencing early-am (Dave Jordan)
Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: 2 singing Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch, singing Grey Wagtail, 2 Redwing in the Court one in almost full song, 22 Shoveler, 3 Great Crested Grebe (Stuart Fisher)
London Wetland Centre: 1 Water Pipit, 20 Fieldfare, 8 Redwing, 1 Jack Snipe, 4 Pintail (Shailesh Patel); also 2 Shelduck, 6 Pintail, Goldeneye, 2 Bittern, 9 Common Snipe, 25 Fieldfare, 15 Redwing (WWT website)
Middlesex University Campus: Siskin, Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
Palmers Green: New River behind mosque 4 Red-crested Pochard 3m 1f (Noel Hall)
Pinner HA5: Red Kite circling (Nigel Barratt)
Rainham RSPB: juv Glaucous Gull (Andy Tweed per ELBF FB)
Richmond Park: 16 Greylag, 6 Teal, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 50+ Common Gull, 2+ Sand Martin, 2+ Swallow (Friday Bird Group); Common Snipe (P. Redmond)
Ruislip Lido/Woods: 5 Gadwall, 12 Shoveler, 3 Teal (LNR), 5 Pochard, Little Egret, Grey Heron on nest with partner adding twigs (first nesting attempt at this site), Common Buzzard, 5 Stock Dove, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker (4 drumming), 5 Nuthatch, 20+ Redwing, Lesser Redpoll feeding in birch with Goldfinch, flock 40+ Chaffinch feeding by path Poors Field (Neil Anderson/K. Bull); singing Chiffchaff (Dick Middleton)
Rye Meads RSPB: Black-tailed Godwit w/ Lapwings fr draper & gadwall_hides (RSPB tweet); 2 Sand Martin arr'd at dusk to roost in draper hide reedbed (Alan Harris via Herts BC)
Thames path Enderby Wharf: 6 Gadwall on river edge (Mike Paice)
The Brook BR5: 2+ Gadwall, c2 Song Thrush, Water Rail, Little Egret, Grey Wagtail (Jack Headley)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Chiffchaff singing briefly near Long Pond, 10 Fieldfare, c30 Redwing, Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 14 Rook, c100 Common Gull, 8 Teal, Coot (John Colmans)
Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: 8+ Tree Sparrow tytt fm, Oystercatcher, 2+ Kingfisher, 2 Chiffchaff singing, 2+ Siskin fishing lake (Tyttenhanger Birders via Herts BC); 2+ Little Egret, 4 Red Kite, 2+ Water Rail, 47+ Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Great Black-backed Gull, Yellowhammer main gp (Tytt Birders via HBC); Barn Owl 0640, Little Owl 0600, Grey Wagtail willows fm (Rupert Evershed via HBC)
Waltham Abbey: Raven over crooked mile midday (Brian Dawton)
Walthamstow Wetlands: m Scaup still on No 4, 2 Goosander, 4 Goldeneye and 50 Fieldfare on No 5, 2 Goosander around Lockwood (Dave Callahan, David Bradshaw)
Wimbledon: 6 Waxwing in South Park Gardens 16:30 before flying off then returning c17:00, also c20 Redwing (John Birkett and Simon Harris)
Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Water Rail pr, Common Snipe, 2 Teal, 3 Shoveler, Shelduck, 2 Little Egret (Chris Farthing)
Woodford Green: Tawny Owl, m Blackcap, 8 Goldfinch, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Long-Tailed Tit, with flyover Little Egret, Red Kite and c70+ Chaffinch going to roost (Ken Murray)
