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Saturday 15th June 2019

Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap, 2 juv Goldcrest, 2 juv Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
London Wetland Centre: incl 2 Shoveler, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Tern, Kestrel s route (WWT website)
South Norwood CP: 3 Shoveler, pr Kestrel & 5-6 yg, Willow Warbler, 6 Reed Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 36 Common Whitethroat (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
The Brook BR5: 3 Swift, Little Grebe, Chiffchaff, 3 Jay, singing Blackcap, Egyptian Goose (Jack Headley)
Thorndon CP "0800-1030": incl 2 Common Buzzard, f Kestrel, 2m Skylark, 5+ Swallow, m Goldcrest, 8+ Nuthatch, m Garden Warbler, pr Linnet, m Yellowhammer (Andrew Cox via Essex BwS)

Friday 14th June 2019

Alexandra Park: 2 Swallow, House Martin, 20+ Swift, Common Tern, adult Black-headed Gull (APOG Birders)
Anerley "Station SE20": 2 Swift over SW 09.00 (Paul Francis)
Claygate: Raven 0710 (P Bouvreuil via Surrey BN)
Foots Cray: 25+ Swift, 3 Pied Wagtail, Tufted Duck over, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Jack Headley)
Honor Oak Park "garden SE23": 3 Starling ad 2juv on feeders (Paul Francis)
London Wetland Centre: incl 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Tern, 50+ Swift (WWT website)
Morden Hall Park: Lesser Whitethroat [patch tick] sang twice c1230 following a shower, 7 Whitethroat 3pr & 1 singing m, 4 Reed Warblers, Blackcap family, Chiffchaff family, Peregrine, 2+ Reed Buntings, 3 Greenfinch, Treecreeper, Kingfisher, 12 Swifts (Arjun Dutta)
Ponders end red kite being mobbed by LBB gull 7pm (Brian Dawton)
Ruxley "Honeydale Farm": 3 Swallow, 3 Swift, 2 Skylark, 7+ Pied Wagtail, Kestrel, 2 Skylark, 3+ Linnet (Jack Headley)
Rye Meads RSPB: Little Egret, 3 Shelduck pr & 1 yng, m Wigeon, 3 m Eurasian Teal draper hide, 2 m Northern Shoveler, Red Kite flew over 1317, Water Rail calling warbler hide, 2 Swift, 2 House Martin, {Red Admiral} (Robert Callf)
Stanstead Innings "N Lake": Green Sandpiper, 3 Raven (Barry Reed via Herts BC); Oystercatcher, 3+ Kingfisher pr & 1+ fledgling (Jane Free via Herts BC)
The Brook "BR5": Little Grebe (Jack Headley)
Totteridge Valley: 2m Firecrest still at Oakfields with fledged young calling from the trees (Samuel Levy)
Tyttenhanger GPs "main gp": incl Green Sandpiper (Tyttenhanger Birders via Herts BC)

Thursday 13th June 2019

Alexandra Park: 6 Swallow, 2 House Martin, Common Tern, 2 Black-headed Gull (APOG Birders)
Battersea Reach: imm Shag flew upriver toward Fulham Reach 1420 (Des McKenzie tweet)
Brixton: 3 Swift Atlantic Road, Brixton Station area (Tony Stones)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Swift, Song Thrush, 3 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
Charing Cross Hospital: 6 Peregrine Falcon 4yg ringed & 3m 1f (Nathalie Mahieu)
Cornmill Meadows: Little Egret in nearby ditch, 11 Lapwing 10ad overhead & 1yg, pr Little Ringed Plover on scrape fr wake hide 1100 (Dawn Richardson via Lee Valley RP sightings blog)
Honor Oak Park "garden SE23": Ring-necked Parakeet eating roses in my garden first time I have seen them doing this although I know they eat dandelions (Paul Francis)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 130+ Swift SE am (Neil Batten)
Limehouse: 1 Peregrine (Dave de Silva)
London Wetland Centre: 30+ Swift, 3 House Martin, Common Tern, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 5 fledged Lapwing, Shoveler (WWT website)
Lower Morden: Little Egret on Pyle Brook (Bob Smith)
Ponders End Lake: incl pr Oystercatcher & 1yg (Dominic Mitchell tweet)
Rye Meads RSPB: pr Shelduck & 1yg, 2 Garganey still, Little Ringed Plover, Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Redshank am (Allan Meadows tweets)
South Norwood CP: Nuthatch (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
Town Park: Grey Heron, 4 Stock Dove 2prs, 50 Woodpigeon inc juvs, singing m Goldcrest, 22 Starling inc juvs being fed, 6 Magpie 4ad 2juvs, ad Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Marshes: Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting all singing nr boardwalk, 3 Stock Dove, 4 Sand Martin, 4 Linnet, 2 Swift (Alastair Dent)
Wanstead Flats: Hobby, Kestrel, 30+ Swift, 4 Meadow Pipit, 5 Skylark, 15 Gadwall, Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, Black-headed Gull (Nick Croft)
Wanstead Park: 4 singing Reed Warbler, 2 Little Egret, 10 House Martin, 20+ Swift, pr Great Crested Grebe (Nick Croft)
West Norwood Cemetery: 2 Swift, 1 House Sparrow, 1 Blackcap - otherwise dead as a Dodo (Michael Mac)

Wednesday 12th June 2019

Alexandra Park: Common Tern, pr Pochard, ad Black-headed Gull, Swallow, Treecreeper, Common Whitethroat, 10+ Swift (APOG Birders)
Brent Reservoir: Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, 6+ House Martin, 4 Common Tern, 22 Pochard, 3 Shoveler, 3 Reed Warbler, Cetti’s Warbler, Blackcap (Steve Blake)
Broomfield Park: 10 Tufted Duck 8m 2f, ad Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Swift, singing m Dunnock, 109 Starling playing field, singing m Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
Catford: Red Kite over Catford CC (Keith Chambers)
Dungeon Hill: m Willow Warbler, 15 Linnet am (Graham Hill via DH blog)
Golders Hill Park: Lesser Black-backed Gull nibbling at feral pigeon it had reportedly killed earlier on Lily Pond (James Levy)
Hyde Park: 2 House Martin, 12+ Swift low over Round Pond & area (Ian R Watson)
London Wetland Centre: 3 Mediterranean Gull SW, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Shoveler, 2 Shelduck, Teal, Red-crested Pochard, Grey Wagtail (WWT website)
Pimlico Gardens: Common Gull 2cy, Yellow-legged Gull 2cy (Nick Senior)
Rammey Marsh: Osprey S 1030 (BirdGuides)
Sevenoaks WR: Tufted Duck & 6+ yg fr willow hide (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
Seventy Acres Lake: m RING-NECKED DUCK still (BirdGuides)
Stave Hill: 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Tufted Duck, 5 Blackcap, 4 House Martin (John Cadera)

Tuesday 11th June 2019

Alexandra Park: Common Tern, ad Black-headed Gull, 30+ Swift, Peregrine, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Pochard, 2 Swallow, Treecreeper, {Small Tortoiseshell} (APOG Birders)
Ashtead Common: m Garden Warbler nr main ride 1 (Richard Nunns via Surrey BN)
Brentford Lock: 2 Common Tern (Michael E Robinson)
Brookmill Park: Little Egret, 2 Stock Dove, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thush, 3 Blackcap m & 2 juvs (Conrad Ellam)
Hampstead Heath: 120+ Swifts above radio mast midday (Dave Porritt with MBS)
London Wetland Centre: Shoveler, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 5 fledged Lapwing, Common Snipe, 50+ Swift (WWT website); {2 m Norfolk Hawker} (Penny Smallshire)
Longfield: 4 Corn Bunting 2 singing m, 2 Nuthatch ad feeding yg in gdn, 8 Skylark (Roger Keith)
Maple Lodge NR "members only": f Goldneye regularly at clubhouse (Phill Luckhurst via Herts BC)
Pinner “HA5”: Red Kite, Great Black-backed Gull (Nigel Barratt)
River Pool Linear Park "SE6": 4 Blackcap singing, 2 Chiffchaff singing, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Kingfisher, 4 Grey Wagtail, Little Egret, Grey Heron, 3 Greenfinch, 10+ House Sparrow, 14 Swift (John Reid)
Rye Meads RSPB: 2 Shelduck & 2yg, m Wigeon, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper (Clifford Smout via Herts BC); also 2 Garganey, 4 Teal, House Martins over draper pool (E Sapatsch); also 2 Wigeon, 2 Cuckoo (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
Seventy Acres Lake: m RING-NECKED DUCK, 17+ Pochard 14+ ad 3 yg, 2 Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, singing Cuckoo, singing Nightingale, 2 singing Cetti's Warbler (Simon Papps); RND betw islands v elusive (Brian Dawton)
Sleapshyde nr Colney Heath: m Linnet, m Yellowhammer (Steve Pearce via Herts BC)
Southfields "Girdwood Rd SW18": calling Nuthatch in back gardens a garden first (Martin Honey)
Stocker's Lake: Kittiwake mobbed by BHGs on small island for 10min then flew to middle of lake and lost to view (Anna Marett via Herts BC)
Stoneleigh "Station": Blackcap pair with four fledged young am (Neil Batten)
The Brook "BR5": Little Grebe, 2 singing Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Grey Heron, Swift (Jack Headley)
Trent Park: 4 Grey Heron imm & 3juvs lower lake, 10 Mandarin Duck 6m 4f, Common Buzzard, 2 Swift, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 singing m Song Thrush, 4 singing m Chiffchaff, 4+ Goldcrest ad & 3+ juvs nr Shaws Wd, 2 Jay (Robert Callf)
Wanstead Flats: Hobby chasing Swift then carrying and plucking small prey on the wing, Kestrel, Common Buzzard, 5 Black-headed Gull, 5 Gadwall, 3 singing Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 4 Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat & yg, 30+ Swift, 7 House Martin (Nick Croft)
Wanstead Park: 4 Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Kingfisher, 4 Bullfinch [breeding locally again], 6 House Martin, 20+ Swift, 8 Gadwall, 2 f Pochard, pr Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, {20 Cinnabar Moth, first Meadow Brown} (Nick Croft)
Woodberry Wetlands: Firecrest, Common Tern, Coal Tit, juv Black-headed Gull (Chris Farthing & Tony Butler)

Monday 10th June 2019

Brent Reservoir: Common Sandpiper, Egyptian Goose, c100 Swift, 4+ House Martin, 4 Common Tern, 2 Reed Warbler, Cetti’s Warbler, 17+ Pochard, drake Teal (Steve Blake)
Coopers Green GPs: "Stanborough GP" 10+ Sand Martin incl 7 new nest-holes TL211107, 3m Yellowhammer, "Sutton Farm GP" m Yellowhammer (Steve Pearce via Herts BC)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Snipe, Redshank, 4 fledged Lapwing, 30+ Swift (WWT website)
Panshanger Park: incl Green Sandpiper still (Maydencroft Birders via Herts BC)
Rainham RSPB: Cattle Egret purfleet scrape still (Alan Reynolds blog); incl 8 Swift (John Hurrell via eBird)
Rye Meads RSPB: 2 m Wigeon, f Gadwall & 7 yng, m Northern Shoveler draper hide, m Cuckoo singing, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker ad & juv, 12+ Swift, 2 Barn Swallow, 2+ House Martin, 4 Garden Warbler inc one fledgling, {Muntjac} (Robert Callf)

Sunday 9th June 2019

Alexandra Park: Common Tern, Treecreeper, Little Grebe, 3 Pochard, Peregrine (APOG Birders)
Beckton: ad Kittiwake (Dave Morrison tweet)
Gutteridge Wood: Barn Owl flying at midday, distant calling Cuckoo (Nigel Dodd)
Hampstead Heath: Swallow feeding at Men's Pond midday, with 50 Swifts (Pete Mantle)
Hilly Fields Lewisham: 6 Swift, 6 Blackcap 3m 1f 2juv (Tom Moulton)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Shoveler, 4 fledged Lapwing, Common Tern (WWT website)
Mayflower Park: Common Tern (Bob Smith)
Panshanger Park: incl Little Egret over, Green Sandpiper [Ldn fos] (Murray Brown via Herts BC)
Rainham RSPB: incl 2 Dunlin (Cheech Albanese & Saad Towheed via eBird)
Rye Meads RSPB: 2 Wigeon, Black-tailed Godwit [Ldn fos] fr draper hide 1010, Kestrel (Emily Leonard tweets)
St Paul's Cray "Pleasance Rd BR5": pr Blackbird & c4 juvs at nest, 2 Swift late-pm (Jack Headley)
Sevenoaks WR: Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, Raven, 2 Coal Tit, Bullfinch (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
Seventy Acres Lake: m RING-NECKED DUCK still 0645 (BirdGuides)
Staines Reservoir: 4 Shelduck, Teal, Black-necked Grebe, Dunlin early-am (Dave Carlsson tweet)
Stoneleigh "The Glade KT17": 143+ Swift n, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 6 Herring Gull, 1 singing Goldcrest (Neil Batten)
Swanscombe Marsh ”18.30-20.45”: 12 Common Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat h, 7 Chiffchaff 4h, 5 Cetti's Warbler 4h, 17 Reed Warbler 12h, 2 Song Thrush h, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier 2f [f caught prey], 1 Oystercatcher, 64 Starling, 6 Greylag Goose 6ad & yg, 2 Raven, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Stonechat pr feeding unseen yg, 4 Linnet, 1 Kestrel caught prey, 1 Shelduck, 2 Blackcap h, 1 Cuckoo h, 2 Skylark (Roger Keith)
Ten Acre Wood area: Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, Pheasant, 2 Rook, 10 Stock Dove, 30 Swift, Skylark, Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Linnet, Reed Bunting (Nigel Dodd)
The Brook "BR5": Egyptian Goose, 3 Swift, Grey Wagtail, 2 Song Thrush, Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap (Jack Headley)
Thorndon CP "0800-1000": incl 2 Kestrel, 2 Swallow, 6+ Nuthatch, m Treecreeper, m Lesser Whitethroat, pr Linnet, m Yellowhammer (Andrew Cox via Essex BwS)
Tooting Common: Reed Warbler singing, {White-letter Hairstreak} (Alan Wilkinson)
Tyttenhanger GPs: 2 m Common Pochard, Hobby, 8 Kestrel pr & 6juv reported [3juv seen], pr Oystercatcher, 3 singing Garden Warbler, 5 singing Blackcap, 3 Tree Sparrow, m Bullfinch, 2 Linnet (Steve Blake, Bob Husband, NW London RSPB Group birdwalk)
Wanstead Flats: 3 Common Buzzard, 30+ Swift, 3 House Martin, Cetti's Warbler, 4 singing Meadow Pipit 2 singing & 2 carrying food, 3 singing Skylark (Nick Croft)
Wanstead Park: 2 Common Buzzard, Kingfisher, Little Egret, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat 1 carrying food, 10+ Swift, House Martin, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe (Nick Croft/Marco Johnson)
Wormwood Scrubs: singing Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler (David Jeffreys)
Yeading Brook Meadows: feeding flock of 60 Starling mainly juvs, Cetti's Warbler still, pr Common Buzzard, 4 Greenfinch (Nigel Dodd)

Saturday 8th June 2019

Alexandra Park: Common Tern, 2 Swallow, House Martin, Peregrine (APOG Birders)
Battersea Park Lake: 3 f Mandarin with young 5 3 2 all different ages - highest breeding to date, 10 Gadwall, Egyptian Geese still 2 young, pr Mute Swan with 5 cygnets (Michael Mac)
Crewdson Road, SW9 in Inner London: 1 Swift in nest used last year, also used earlier this year by Starling, 5 House Sparrows (Michael Mac) suggests a shortage of suitable holes down here
Crossness: 1st-summer Mediterranean Gull, 2 Little Egret, 6 Lapwing (Richard Bonser)
Erith Reach: 2 Yellow-legged Gulls 2s 1s off Erith Pier (Richard Bonser)
Foots Cray: 10+ Swift late pm (Jack Headley)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Little Ringed Plover, Kestrel, Hobby, 25+ Swift (WWT website)
Pymmes Park "Pymmes Brook": f Mandarin with 3 chicks on nest (James Palmer)
Rainham RSPB: imm Spoonbill still (Rod Standing, Dick Jeffree, Simren Soor per ELBF FB); "0950-1330" 20+ Pochard incl many yg, 5 Little Grebe incl 3yg, Great Crested Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, 8 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 5 Avocet 1 purfleet scrape & pr w/ with 2yg butts scrape), Oystercatcher river, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 50+ Sand Martin, 6+ Cetti's Warbler, 3 Sedge Warbler, 4+ Blackcap, 5+ Common Whitethroat, Linnet (Ben Mapp via Essex BwS)
Regent's Park: Cetti's Warbler singing across from café aft (John & Janet Cadera)
Ruislip Lido: 60+ Swift, 20+ House Martin, Swallow, 8 Common Tern, 2 Greylag Goose, 4 Egyptian Goose, juv Grey Heron, 40+ Canada Goose & 5juv (Martin Smith)
Seventy Acres Lake: m RING-NECKED DUCK betw bridge & bittern_watchpt still 1535 (Nick Tanner tweet)
Staines Reservoirs: 1 Mediterranean Gull ad mid-pm, 300 Swift (Franko J Maroevic)
Stanstead Innings "N Lake": incl 2 Ringed Plover, Greenshank, 2 Common Tern (Jane Free via Herts BC/Twitter)
The Brook "BR5": Egyptian Goose, singing Chiffchaff, calling Great Spotted Woodpecker (Jack Headley)

Friday 7th June 2019

Alexandra Park: Common Tern, 2 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 2 Peregrine, 2 Pochard (APOG Birders)
Bounds Green: Little Egret NW over Herbert Rd 1500 (Pete Mantle)
Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
Grovelands Park: 3 Great Crested Grebe incl pr, 4 Cormorant, ad m Mute Swan w/ orange darvic ring 4EIT, 9 Egyptian Goose 2m f & 6 yg, 7 m Mandarin Duck, m Common Pochard, 3 Tufted Duck 2m f, 6+ Stock Dove, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, m Goldcrest singing, 2 Coal Tit ad feeding juv, 8+ Nuthatch incl 4+ juv, ad Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Little Ringed Plover, Redshank, Common Tern, 70+ Swift (WWT website)
Mardyke, Stifford-Aveley: 2 Common Buzzard, Kingfisher, 12 Swallow, 4 Cetti's Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 9 Reed Warbler, 23 Common Whitethroat, Treecreeper, Yellow Wagtail, Reed Bunting (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
Rainham RSPB: imm Spoonbill, 7 Little Egret, m Marsh Harrier (RSPB via ELBF FB); Kingfisher (Bernard Bradshaw, Tony O’Brien per ELBF FB); 20 Bearded Tit 10pr along circular trail w/ 1st broods now fledged (Howard Vaughan via RSPB blog)
Ruxley GPs "permit only": 50+ Swift, 3 House Martin, c15 Reed Warbler, 2 singing Cetti's Warbler, 2 Great Crested Grebe, m Reed Bunting, 24 Gadwall, pr Mute Swan & 1 yg, 5 Song Thrush, Kingfisher (Jack Headley)
Seventy Acres Lake: m RING-NECKED DUCK still, f Pochard & 8yg, Oystercatcher low E, 100+ Swift low in rain c1.30pm, 15+ Swallow (Simon Papps); RND still betw bridge & bittern_hide 15.50hrs (Edwin Sapatsch)
The Brook "BR5": 4 Grey Heron a site record count for me (Jack Headley)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Barnacle Goose, Little Ringed Plover, pr Shoveler on East Warwick (Walthamstow Birders)

Thursday 6th June 2019

Alexandra Park: Common Tern, 2 House Martin, 5 Black-headed Gull (APOG Birders)
Brentford Lock: Red-crested Pochard m, Pochard m (Michael E Robinson)
Dartford Marshes: Hobby, 6 Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher, Redshank, Cuckoo, 30 Swift, 10 House Martin, Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Common Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 3 Reed Bunting (Conrad Ellam)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Common Tern wildside, 2 Little Ringed Plover wader scrape, 1 Kestrel south route, 4 fledged Lapwing juveniles wader scrape & grazing marsh, Pochard brood of 4 wildside, 20+ Swift main lake & grazing marsh, 1 House Martin grazing marsh (WWT website); pair Reed Bunting feeding young in nest, hybrid Pochard x Tufted Duck main lake, {female Yellow-barred Longhorn moth Adela degeerella southern route} (Martin Honey)
Mayflower Park "The Hamptons, Worcester Park": Common Tern again, 4 Grey Wagtails (Bill Reid per Bob Smith)
Pinner ”HA5”: Red Kite, Mistle Thrush, juv Goldcrest, Ring-necked Parakeet (Nigel Barratt)
Priory Gardens: juv Great Spotted Woodpecker still at nest hole, pr Nuthatch & juv, pr Egyptian Goose & 6yg, pr Mute Swan &yg, also multiple prs Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Coot & juvs, Moorhen & juvs (Jack Headley)
Rainham RSPB: 8 Little Egret, 30 Sand Martin (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
Richmond Park: Common Sandpiper (Oscar Dewhurst)
Rye Meads RSPB: 2 m Wigeon, m Garganey, 35 Common Pochard 19m 7f & two broods of 6 & 3 yng draper hide, Hobby, 4 Little Ringed Plover draper hide, House Martin, f Bullfinch (Robert Callf)
Seventy Acres Lake: no sign of Ring-necked Duck 11.30-2.30, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker & chick acc to board in bittern_hide - sadly no location given as I would have loved to see (Paul Francis); m RING-NECKED DUCK still (Andy Tweed per ELBF FB)
The Brook "BR5": 2 singing Blackcap otherwise quiet (Jack Headley)
Totteridge Valley: 5 Lapwing, Little Egret, Common Buzzard, 4 Swallow, 2 Swift, usual numbers of Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat (John Colmans)
Twickenham: Sparrowhawk hunting over Strawberry Hill Golf Course and north of Stanley Road at 15.30 (Mike Foster)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 1 Little Ringed Plover, 7 Linnets inc 3 juvs, 2 Common Tern, 4 Shelduck 2pr w/ 7 & 11 yg, 1 Green Woodpecker, 25 Mute Swan (Daniel Whitelegg)
Wormwood Scrubs: Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, {Common Lizard} (Francis O'Sullivan)

Wednesday 5th June 2019

Alexandra Park: Common Tern, House Martin, 6 Pochard, Peregrine, {Large Skipper, Meadow Brown both foy} (APOG Birders)
Bankside “SE1”: Reed Warbler singing in Tate community garden at 13.00 - surprisingly late (Reuben Braddock)
Crossness NR: 2 Peregrine, Cuckoo, Barn Owl, 2 Skylark, Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron (3w), 13 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Kestrel, 3 Reed Bunting, 8 Lapwing, Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Common Whitethroat, 6 Gadwall, 2 Song Thrush, 10 Tufted Duck, 8 Pochard, 9 Swift W, Swallow, "Thames & Foreshore" 27 Shelduck & 11 yng, c70 Gadwall, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Mute Swan, 9 Lapwing, 14 Common Tern, 2 Reed Warbler, Greenfinch, Oystercatcher, Lesser Black-backed Gull, c70 Black-headed Gull, 6 Cormorant (Bernie Weight)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 4 Common Buzzard, 7 Common Swift, 1 adult Black-headed Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk (Neil Batten)
Lloyd Court Pinner: small flock of Starling on lawn 2 adults with rings & one juvenile. Any ideas who is ringing these birds? (Richard Francis)
London Wetland Centre: incl Pochard 5yg, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Redshank, 2 Common Tern (WWT website)
Oakwood "Station": {m Lime Hawk-moth} (Robert Callf)
Rainham RSPB: m Garganey still, ad Mediterranean Gull (Denis Tuck, Peter Collins per ELBF FB); Hobby (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
Seventy Acres Lake: RING-NECKED DUCK still 11am around islands betw bittern_hide & footbridge (Jim Fell); RND still 14:45, also Little Owl at the sailing club (James Palmer)
Sevenoaks WR: 2 Red Kite, 15+ ad Lapwing, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker h nr nina's pond, Coal Tit, 6 Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 2 Nuthatch ad & yg (per Susanna Clerici via Kent OS)
Staines Moor: m Cuckoo calling, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, 8 Blackcap, 5 Common Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 2 Redshank, 6 Lapwing, 4 Red Kite, 4 Kestrel, 30+ Swift, 10 House Martin, 8 Reed Bunting, 20 Linnet, 2+ Meadow Pipits, Skylark, Stonechat, Stock Dove, 4 Common Tern (Nick Baker)
Stoneleigh "The Glade KT17": 15 Common Swift circling low 19:30 (Neil Batten)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 1f Wigeon No1, 9 Shelduck plus 2 broods of 11 & 7 young, 3 Linnets inc 2 fresh juvs, 6 Gadwall, 3 Stock Dove, 84 Canada Goose No4 and No5 only, 13 Mute Swan & 5yg, Common Whitethroat (Daniel Whitelegg)
Wanstead Flats: 2 Hobby one looking rather rotund–presumably female, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 11 House Martin, Swallow, 30+ Swift, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, first fledged family of Common Whitethroat (Nick Croft)
Wanstead Park: 5 Reed Warbler 4m f incl 1f on Roding w/ 1m which could be the first nesting birds here, 5 Swift, 6 House Martin, Coal Tit, Great Crested Grebe on 3 eggs, 2 Little Grebe, 12 Gadwall [not good news with returning failed breeders], {8 Bee Orchid plants though only 3 with flowers the others appear scorched} (Nick Croft)

Tuesday 4th June 2019

Alexandra Park: 50+ Swift, Peregrine, pair Pochard (APOG Birders)
Basinghall Street EC2: 2 Peregrine (George Kalli)
Brookmill Park: 2 Little Egret, Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Swift, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
Cassiobury Park: f Mandarin & 8yg (per Herts BC)
Dagenham Chase: Mediterranean Gull 1s over slack briefly (Vincenzo Halley-Frame tweet)
Farlows Lake: 3 Red Kite (Toby Mylett)
Hampstead Heath: pr Common Whitethroat, m Kestrel, 8 Pied Wagtail on cricket pitch including young birds (Reuben Braddock)
Hornhill Road "WD3": Common Buzzard 12:10 (Toby Mylett)
Hyde Park: 3 House Martin, 16+ Swift (Round Pond) (Ian R Watson)
Lavender Hill Cemetery: m Kestrel, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, 4 Coal Tit ad 3juvs (Robert Callf)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": possible adult Yellow-legged Gull with missing left foot roosting on chimney of former food research building 12:50 (difficult views due to tree cover & light & distance) (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Tern, Hobby sheltered lagoon, 25+ Swift (WWT website)
Rainham RSPB: 2 Marsh Harrier, 200 Swift, Kingfisher brood, Hobby (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
Rye Meads RSPB: f Garganey fr draper hide, 2 Cuckoo (per Herts BC)
St Paul's Cray "BR5": Sparrowhawk low over Kelsey Rd, also Common Swift hawking evg (Jack Headley)
Seventy Acres Lake: m RING-NECKED DUCK still 0745 1330 1715 (BirdGuides)
Stoneleigh Station "KT17": 11 Common Swift am (Neil Batten)
Tyttenhanger GPs "main gp": Yellow-legged Gull 1s early-pm, 100+ Swift (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
Walthamstow Wetlands: pair Shelduck with 7 two-week-old chicks, 1 Common Sandpiper, 250+ Swifts, 1 Little Ringed Plover (Daniel Whitelegg); m Scaup still (Jamie Partridge)

Monday 3rd June 2019

Brent Park, Hendon: Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 6 Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler [patch first], 2 Treecreeper (Toby Mylett)
Brookmill Park: 3 Little Egret, Kingfisher, 3 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
Dyrham Park: Jay, Chiffchaff (Toby Mylett)
Grimsdyke Crescent Field "EN5": Ring-necked Pheasant, 3 Rook, 8 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat (Toby Mylett)
Hackney Wick: Common Buzzard and Carrion Crow at height having a 'joust' (Geoff Harding)
London Wetland Centre: Hobby, Kestrel, 2 Common Tern nesting, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 well grown Lapwing juvs now starting to fly, 2 Shelduck, 15 Swift, 2 Grey Wagtail (WWT website)
Maple Lodge NR "members only": Garganey m eclipse [2nd day] (BirdGuides)
Mayflower Park: Common Tern for 15min - patch tick (Bob Smith)
Oakwood "Bramley Parade": {Buff-tip} (Robert Callf)
Rainham RSPB: Cattle Egret still (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB); m Garganey, m Teal (David Smith per ELBF FB)
Richmond Park: 66 Sand Martin - 33 nest holes in use (P.Pentek, S.Read)
Seventy Acres Lake/Fishers Green: m RING-NECKED DUCK still showing well nr bridge fr east side of lake (Chris Baldwin)
South Ruislip: Red Kite circling low (Nigel Barratt)
Highams park lake : a female smew is there since at least saturday.. Very friendly, not shy she's coming very close
Walthamstow Reservoirs: f Wigeon No1 (James Palmer); m Scaup East Warwick (David Bradshaw)

Sunday 2nd June 2019

Alexandra Park: Commn Tern, 3 ad Black-headed Gull (APOG BIrders)
Beckton STW "private access": incl 8 Great Crested Grebe, pr Common Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Mediterranean Gull am (Dave Morrison tweet)
Brent Reservoir: 5 Common Tern, 4 House Martin, 9 Blackcap, Reed Warbler (Toby Mylett)
Brook Farm, Upminster: incl Great Egret W 1615, 2 Common Buzzard, 21 Swift, Kingfisher, 2 Kestrel, Hobby, 6 Swallow, Yellow Wagtail, 3 Yellowhammer (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
Bushy Park: Cetti's Warbler singing on banks of Longford River by gate to Duke's Head Passage at 09.30 (Mike Foster)
Cely Woods: incl Treecreeper, 2 Willow Warbler, Garden Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
Clapham: Reed Warbler singing, Eagle Pond, Clapham Common. 3 pr Swift Narbonne Avenue (Tony Stones)
Holloway “Morrisons car park, N7”: 2 Little Egret over SW at 16.23 (Reuben Braddock)
Home Park: 20 House Martin hunting over Rick Pond. Skylark singing just to west at 10.00 (Mike Foster)
Iver Heath: 4 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Swallow (Nigel Barratt)
Lamorbey Park: 4+ Swift, Swallow, c30 Stock Dove on school fields evg, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 singing Blackcap, Goldcrest, 3 Greenfinch (Mike Amos)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Mediterranean Gull W, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Little Egret, 30 Swift, Redshank, Hobby (WWT website)
Maple Lodge NR "members only": Garganey m eclipse (per BirdGuides)
Middlesex University Campus: Blackcap m (Toby Mylett)
Olympic Park: Sparrowhawk over, 5 House Martin, 5 Sand Martin, 3 singing Common Whitethroat, 2 singing Blackcap (Harry Harrison)
Queen Mother Reservoir "no public access": 4 Sanderling, Dunlin on n bank at 1600m marker 0850 (Peter Newbound via Berks BN)
Seventy Acres Lake/Fishers Green: m RING-NECKED DUCK seen distantly fr bittern_watchpoint 10:20-10:30 and photographed though often hidden from view behind islands (Dominic Mitchell); also in area Garden Warbler and Common Cuckoo. Contra BirdGuides report RND apparently not seen here previously but an unconfirmed report from Holyfield Lake on 11th May. Seen well subsequently from bridge over Seventy Acres Lake and still present at 17:00 (Nick Croft/James Heal); also 7+ singing Garden Warbler, Cuckoo, interesting Chiffchaff with elements of Iberian just north of overflow car park on east side of Seventy Acres Lake (Nick Croft)
Staines Reservoirs: 1 Black-necked Grebe on S basin, 1 Mediterranean Gull 1st sum then flew S 12.15 (Franko J Maroevic)
Swanscombe Marsh "0600-0930": incl 4 Shoveler, 8 Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck, 12 Grey Heron & 5juv in 2 nests, 2 Water Rail, 3 Mediterranean Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Cuckoo, 4 Bearded Tit incl juvs, 7 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Stonechat (Barry Wright via Kent OS)
The Brook "BR5": Chiffchaff, Little Grebe, 2-3 Egyptian Goose, 3+ singing Blackcap (Jack Headley)
Thorndon CP "0800-1000": incl Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel m & fledgling, Skylark, 7 House Martin, m Willow Warbler, m Yellowhammer (Andrew Cox via Essex BwS)
Woodside nr Hatfield: 3+ Linnet, Yellowhammer TL252064 (Steve Pearce via Herts BC)
Wanstead Flats: Lesser Whitethroat, 2 singing Meadow Pipit (Nick Croft)

Saturday 1st June 2019

Brent Reservoir: Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Common Tern, 3 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler (Toby Mylett)
Brixton: Grey Wagtail Brixton Water Lane, then 5 minutes or so later, it or a second bird over St. Saviour's Road (Tony Stones)
Copped Hall: 3 Red Kite, Kestrel, 9 Common Buzzard, 7 Yellowhammer 5 singing, 6 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting, 5 Skylark, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Mistle Thrush, 2 Red-legged Partridge, {Hare} (Chris Baldwin)
Cornmill Meadows: 1 large Lapwing chick, Hobby (Ian Bradshaw)
Hampstead Heath: Reed Warbler singing briefly by Sanctuary Pond at 12.15 (Reuben Braddock)
Lamorbey Park: Cormorant, 3 Egyptian Goose, pr Tufted Duck, 4 Stock Dove, 6 Swift, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush 1 singing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 5 singing Blackcap, singing Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Jay, 3 Jackdaw, Greenfinch (Mike Amos); also 2 Grey Heron, Wren, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, 2 Peregrine (Eric Brown)
London Wetland Centre: Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover, Lapwings and juveniles, White Wagtail, Hobby, Shelduck, Common Tern, Blackcap, Reed Warblers, Cetti's Warblers abundant, {Marsh Orchids abundant, first Bee Orchids in flower, and good day for butterflies (8 species), and dragon/damsel flies (6 species)] (Angus Innes, Martin Honey et al)
Morden Hall Park "42 species of bird": incl Spotted Flycatcher briefly then heard later on, singing Common Whitethroat, pr Reed Bunting, 2+ squealing Water Rails, 4 Reed Warblers, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Chiffchaff, plenty of Blackcap, plenty of Song Thrush, 2+ Swifts, 2 Stock Dove (Arjun Dutta and MHP Nature Group)
Pinner “HA5”: Red Kite, 7 Swift, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Nigel Barratt)
Priory Gardens: Great Spotted Woodpecker & juvs in nest hole, pr Egyptian Goose & 4yg, Grey Wagtail, calling Nuthatch (Jack Headley)
The Brook "BR5": 2 singing Blackcap, singing Chiffchaff, Little Grebe, Egyptian Goose (Jack Headley)
Queen Mother Reservoir: 17 Sanderling 1120 (per Peter Newbound via Berks BN)
Rainham Marshes: 2 Sanderling, 4 Avocet & 3 chicks, 3 Oystercatcher, Cattle Egret still, 2 Little Egret, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Marsh Harrier, Hobby, {Wall butterfly} (Andrew Self); Cuckoo, 4 Bearded Tit, Kingfisher, 10+ Common Tern, {Scarce Chaser} (Nick Croft, RSPB); 2 Little Ringed Plovers, Ringed Plover, 6 broods of Shovelers, 2 broods of Pochards (Ian Bradshaw)
Roydon: Grasshopper Warbler (heard reeling, west end of Hunsdon Mead), 4 Lapwing, Common Tern (Jon Agar)
Staines Reservoir: Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper causeway [n bank] late-aft (Dom Pia tweet)
Sturgess Park, Brent Cross: Blackcap, Garden Warbler [site FOY] (Toby Mylett)
Upper College Farm "DA5": Hobby, 12+ Common Whitethroat, Sparrowhawk, c6 Linnet, singing Cetti's Warbler, Skylark, 15+ Swift (Jack Headley)
Warren Gorge: incl 6 Tufted Duck, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 11 Grey Heron, 52 Little Egret 16ad 36juv, Common Buzzard, 21 Swift, 5 Kingfisher 2ad 3juv, 36 House Martin, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)

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