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Thursday 5th September 2019

Alexandra Park: 2 Common Redstart (1w m & f) still cricket scrub, Wheatear, Meadow Pipit, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap (APOG Birders). 2 juv and 1 f Common Redstart in cricket scrub - calls suggest 1-2 more present. 2 Common Redstarts were busy in the bushes around the cricket building c1430-1515 (Francis Tusa) Common Redstart are not in juv plumage at this time of year, don't you mean first-winter? R Callf
Bankside: 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Kestrel (Reuben Braddock)
Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher f, Blackcap f (Conrad Ellam)
Crayford Marshes: Whinchat, 2 Greenshank, Curlew, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret, 4 Cetti's Warbler (Kev Jarvis)
Greville Place Local Nature Reserve:Pied Flycatcher still (Francis O'Sullivan)
Ingrebourne Hill: 3 Whinchat 18.30 (Andrew Gouldstone)
Lamorbey Park : Kingfisher (Mike Amos).
London Wetland Centre: Wryneck fr wildside hide early-pm till 16.30 at least, Pied Flycatcher still by field lab in wildside, Ringed Plover still, Garganey still, 3 Common Sandpiper, Peregrine, 5 Swift, 2 Wigeon, Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Snipe (WWT website/Twitter); Marsh Harrier juv - low over grazing marsh then soared and flew off high to the S - SW at 16.30 (J.Wilczur et al)
North Stifford "TQ601802": Wood Warbler w/ tit flock opp paddocks below village 0755 (BirdGuides)
Panshanger Park: Osprey still 1255 (BirdGuides)
Primrose Hill: 4 Swallow N/NW, 4 local House Martin still, Meadow Pipit NW 0900, c25 Greenfinch over (Twitter)
Pymmes Park: Little Grebe, 4 Egyptian Goose, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler {2 Small Copper, Common Blue, Red Admiral} (Robert Callf)
Regent's Park: Yellow Wagtail on deck [unusual here], feeding w/ 9 Pied Wagtail on playing fields nr area 35 at 10:00 (Twitter)
Richmond Park: Cuckoo, Lesser Whitethroat (P.Pentek); 17 Pochard, Little Grebe, Whinchat (S.Read); Common Buzzard, Red Kite, Little Owl, Willow Warbler (J.Owen)
St James's Park: Kingfisher (Frank Nugent)
Staines Moor: Black-tailed Godwit R Colne, Hobby, Reed Warbler, 2 Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail am (Jim Sweetland tweet)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Spotted Flycatcher, 6 Swallow, 2 Common Whitethroat, 3 Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff (two singing), 2 Common Buzzard, Bullfinch, pair Mandarin, Cormorant on Long Pond; also 6 Red Admiral and 2 Painted Lady (John Colmans)
Walthamstow Marshes: "rear paddocks" 3 Wheatear (JW Davies)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Spotted Flycatcher, 20 Swifts, 400 House Martins, 20 Sand Martins, 6 Swallow, 2 Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, 3 Willow Warblers, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat (Walthamstow Birders)
Wandsworth Common: Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 6 Mandarin Duck (Nick Rutter)
Wanstead Flats: 4 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear, 2-4 Spotted Flycatcher (though probably at the low end), 3 Willow Warbler, 20+ Chiffchaff, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 10+ Whitethroat, Hobby, 2 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 6 MistleThrush, 10 Meadow Pipit, 10+ House Martin, 4 Teal, Little Egret (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: Greenshank on Heronry most of the day (first on deck here since the lake was drained nearly 20 years ago), 3-4 Reed Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaff, 14 Gadwall, 3 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 11 Mistle Thrush, 3 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk (which nearly took out the Greenshank) (Wanstead Birders)
Welling: 2 Common Buzzard over Falconwood (Patrick English)

Wednesday 4th September 2019

Alexandra Park: 2 Common Redstart [f & 1w m] cricket scrub nr elms & container 0930 but became increasingly elusive, Spotted Flycatcher, Willow Warbler, 6+ Chiffchaff, 8+ Blackcap, Kingfisher, m Peregrine (APOG Birders)
Beddington Farmlands: 3 Whinchat (BirdGuides); Greenshank main lake, Wheatear (per Surrey BC)
Brent Reservoir: 4 Egyptian Goose, 5 Common Swift, 2 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 5 Common Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, Kestrel, 3 Reed Warbler, 3 Swallow, 40 House Martin (Magnus Andersson);17.00. Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Whinchat (Brent Birders)
Brookmill Park: 4 Stock Dove, Kingfisher, Song Thrush, 2 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
Crossness: Spotted Flycatcher, 87 Common Tern, 10 Chiffchaff, 2 Little Egret, Peregrine, 14 Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, Blackcap, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Redshank, 4 Lapwing (Kev Jarvis); "Crossness NR" also incl 20 Black-tailed Godwit, Barn Owl, Kestrel, 3 Peregrine (Donna Zimmer tweet) 2 Swift, Gadwall, Cormorant (Paul Francis)
Croxley Common Moor: Kingfisher (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
Foots Cray Meadows "pm": 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Kingfisher, Spotted Flycatcher, 9 Greenfinch, Green Woodpecker, 2 Tufted Duck & 5 young, 2 Egyptian Goose, Little Grebe (Bernie Weight)
Kempton Park NR "permit only": 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Common Snipe, 1 Hobby (Colin Trim per FJM)
London Wetland Centre: Pied Flycatcher still by field lab, Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Snipe, 8 Swift, 2 Wigeon, Peregrine (WWT website); Pied Flycatcher still showing at 15.00 low down in mixed shrubbery in Wildside by Ratty's Retreat (Martin Honey); also incl Wheatear midday (Nick Simon via eBird)
Panshanger Park: Osprey 2 unsuccessful dives in osprey _lake 1415-1430 (Andy Benstead via Herts BC); Osprey over lake again evg (BirdGuides)
Rainham RSPB: 10 Whinchat ouzel_field, Sparrowhawk, 17 Cetti's Warbler, 14 Grey Heron, 7 Kestrel, 9 Little Egret, 33 Lapwing, 9 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 2 Common Buzzard, 11 Swallow, Curlew, 65 Shoveler, 187 Teal, 3 Ruff, 2 Willow Warbler, 8 Gadwall, 38 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Tufted Duck, Pintail, 2 Little Grebe, Yellow Wagtail, 10 Avocet, Whimbrel, 2 Marsh Harrier imm m & f, 14 Stock Dove, Common Snipe, Sand Martin, Hobby, Stonechat, Peregrine, {Willow Emerald, Jersey Tiger, Painted Lady} (Samuel Levy et al)
Richmond Park: 2 Hobby, Common Buzzard, 40 Goldfinch, Grey Wagtail (Phil Pentek); Willow Warbler (Nigel Jackman); 1 Whinchat (Hugh Bradshaw)
South Lodge Farm "private access": Yellow Wagtail, 25 Pied Wagtail feeding amongst horses (Robert Callf)
Trent Park: 93 Canada Goose lower lake (Robert Callf); also 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 7 Goldfinch, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Whinchat (Pete Lowman)
Tyttenhanger GPs: Black-tailed Godwit reloc'd to fishing lake from main gp 1015 (TyttGP tweet); also Little Egret, Common Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2+ Hobby (Steven Pearce via Herts BC)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Hobby, 40 Swifts, 7 Willow Warblers, Garden Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear, 8 Swallows south, 4 Common Sandpipers (Walthamstow Birders)
Wanstead Flats: 3 Whinchat [though Barry said he had seen at least 8], Yellow Wagtail, 7 Mistle Thrush, Skylark, 5 Swallow, 10+ House Martin, 2 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 2 Teal, f Mandarin, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Common Gull –a truly awful day, {Red-veined Darter new for me} (Nick Croft/Barry Jones); juv Peregrine Falcon (Bob Vaughan)
Woodberry Wetlands: Garganey m eclipse still lagoons pm (Garry James tweet)

Tuesday 3rd September 2019

Alexandra Park: Tree Pipit, Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Willow Warbler, 8+ Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, Kingfisher, Peregrine, f Pochard (APOG Birders)
Bankside: 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 2 Greenfinch (Reuben Braddock)
Belhus Woods CP: incl 8 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 5 Pochard, 26 Tufted Duck, 6 Little Grebe, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Cormorant, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Water Rail, 91 Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Common Gull, Tawny Owl, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 9 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kingfisher, Kestrel, 131 Ring-necked Parakeet, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 57 Long-tailed Tit, 18 Willow Warbler, 24 Chiffchaff, 31 Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Common Whitethroat, 5 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 4 Treecreeper, 4 Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher nr conservation lake 0805, Common Redstart, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch, 11 Greenfinch, 9 Linnet, Reed Bunting (Ruth Barnes via BirdTrack/BirdGuides)
Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
Bursted Wood Barnehurst: Sparrowhawk flew over heading towards the Primary School 7:30 AM (Harry Halstead)
Colney Heath: incl Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, Stonechat (via BirdTrack)
Crossness NR: 9 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Kestrel, Peregrine, 3 Barn Owl, 2 Whinchat, Wheatear, 8 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 38 Teal, 4 Little Egret, c50 Linnet, 12 Swift, 2 Pied Wagtail, Green Woodpecker, 2 Grey Heron, Common Whitethroat, 2 Tufted Duck (Bernie Weight, Rob Todd); "Thames and foreshore" 9 Black-tailed Godwit, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Little Egret, 3 Common Sandpiper, 35 Redshank, 4 Grey Heron, c450 Teal, 20 Cormorant, 8 Gadwall, 56 Lapwing, 10 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 11 Herring Gull, c200 Black-headed Gull (Bernie Weight, Rob Todd)
Crouch End: Hobby flew low E over the clock tower at 7pm (Pete Mantle)
Ellenbrook Fields "area incl Beech Farm & Coopers Green": incl 4 Little Grebe, Common Buzzard, 19 House Martin, Willow Warbler, 3 Common Whitethroat, 3 Whinchat, Wheatear, Bullfinch, 15 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting (via BirdTrack)
Finchley "gdn": juv Peregrine, took aim at the flock of 30 Goldfinch feeding in the garden but failed miserably (Samuel Levy)
Hampstead Heath: Sparrowhawk, 150+ House Martin feeding over model boating pond mid afternoon, alongside 2 Swallow, 1 Swift (Samuel Levy); 5 Meadow Pipit over, 10 Chiffchaff, 1-2 Blackcap, 1 Common Whitethroat in the morning (Reuben Braddock)
Kingston: Peregrine on Kingston College (Nigel Jackman)
Leatherhead: Water Rail h below Leatherhead Bridge, Kingfisher on R Mole below Mansion House (Josephine Snell tweet)
London Wetland Centre: Garganey still, 2 Wigeon, 4 Common Snipe, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Tern, 20 Swift, 12 House Martin, 5 Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat (WWT website); also 2 Sand Martin, 2 Reed Warbler (Dave Panchaud via eBird)
Molesey GP: Green Sandpiper, Great Egret again [no sign y'day], Little Egret 0700 (Dave Harris tweet)
Morden Hall Park: 2 House Martin, 6 Chiffchaff, 2+ Reed Warbler still, 9 Blackcap, Yellow Wagtail W, Meadow Pipit fos S, 6 Greenfinch am (Arjun Dutts tweet)
Norbury Park, Leatherhead: 15+ Yellow Wagtail in fields nr Pk (Josephine Snell tweets)
Panshanger Park: Osprey over osprey_lake 1100 & still 1420 (BirdGuides); Osprey caught another trout 4pm (Simon Radcliffe tweet)
Queen Mary Res "permit only": incl 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 24 Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Common Whitethroat, 4 Greenfinch, 3 Linnet (Kevin Guest via BirdTrack)
Rainham RSPB: Spoonbill 1155 (BirdGuides); Spoonbill present on Aveley Flash still 13.45, 6 Whinchat (Andrew Gouldstone)
Regent's Park: no sign Spotted Flycatchers in area 28 trees (Toby Mylett tweet)
St James's Park: Kingfisher (Frank Nugent)
Sleapshyde: Whinchat Sleapshyde Fm on grass field by paddock (Steve Pearce via Herts BC)
South Norwood CP: incl Teal, Common Sandpiper, 21 Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, Nuthatch (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
Trent Park: 4 Sand Martin flew SW 'Old Golf Course' 1026 (Robert Callf); also Blackcap, Common Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff, c50 Canada Goose, 2 Nuthatch, Whinchat old golf course, 2 Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Willow Warbler (Pete Lowman)
Tyttenhanger GPs: incl 2 Little Egret, Black-tailed Godwit still main gp, Common Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, Common Gull, Hobby, 2 Sand Martin, 9 Tree Sparrow, Grey Wagtail am (Tytt Birders via Twitter/Herts BC)
Walpole Park, Ealing: 1 Red Kite low over park, 15 Mistle Thrush (Catherine Beazley)
Walthamstow Marshes: Whinchat 100m N of bomb crater, Hobby harrassing martin flock high above stables, Wheatear perched on hay bale on Leyton Marsh, 8 House Martin, 12 Linnet, 10 Pied Wagtail, 1 Kestrel (Alastair Dent)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Garganey on East Warwick on island or near hide most of day, 60 Swift early am with 15 over filter beds later, 7 Willow Warblers, Lesser Whitethroat, 9 Common Sandpipers (Walthamstow Birders)
Walton-on-Thames: ad Caspian Gull on Xcel floodlight, ad Yellow-legged Gull on Walton Bridge arch both as prev'y pm (Dave Harris tweet)
Wanstead Flats: 3 Whinchat, f Common Redstart, Wheatear, 2 Hobby, 2 Kestrel, 4 Meadow Pipit, Lesser Whitethroat, 10+ Chiffchaff, 7 Mistle Thrush, 50+ Greenfinch, 60+ Goldfinch, Teal, Common Gull (Nick Croft) Jay (Paul Francis)
Watford: 2 Tree Pipit low SW over Radlett Rd RG TQ115968 calling 0815 (Ian bennell via Herts BC)
Woodberry Wetlands: Spotted Flycatcher n bank by New R 1130 at least (Garry James tweet)

Monday 2nd September 2019

Alexandra Park: Meadow Pipit first of Autumn, 2 Willow Warbler, 5+ Chiffchaff, Kingfisher (APOG Birders)
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Grasshopper Warbler, Whinchat, Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail (BFBG, Steve Thomas et al per Surrey BC); also Barnacle Goose, 28 Gadwall, 40 Teal, 11 Tufted Duck, 25 Little Grebe, 14 Grey Heron, Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Buzzard, Lapwing, 3 Common Snipe, Tawny Owl, 4 Swift, Kingfisher, 2 Kestrel, Sand Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Willow Warbler, 15 Chiffchaff, Sedge Warbler, 5 Reed Warbler, 5 Blackcap, 4 Common Whitethroat, Nuthatch, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 5 Greenfinch, 40 Linnet (Glenn Jones via BirdTrack)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Crossness: Spotted Flycatcher, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 20 Lapwing, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Redshank, Blackcap (Kev Jarvis); 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 5 Teal, 6 Shoveler, 5 Tufted Duck, 1 Pochard, 1 juv Little Grebe, 1 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 2 Swift, 2 Whinchat, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Stock Dove, 30 Goldfinch, "Thames foreshore" 5 Cormorant, 1 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Redshank, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 600 Black-headed Gull, 40 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 30 Herring Gull, 4 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull (MIke Paice)
Garden Wood: Raven am (Tyttenhanger Birders)
Greville Place LNR "NW6": Pied Flycatcher still (Francis O'Sullivan)
Hampstead Heath: Yellow Wagtail N, Grey Wagtail W, also 20 Meadow Pipits over, Reed Warbler at the bowling green (Pete Mantle)
Ingrebourne Valley: Common Buzzard, 11 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 7+ Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Spotted Flycatcher (Dave Morrison tweet)
Langley Vale Wood, Surrey "TQ209567": incl Common Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, Swallow, 4 Nuthatch, Spotted Flycatcher, Linnet (via BirdTrack)
London Wetland Centre: Garganey still, 2 Wigeon, 6 Common Snipe, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 4 Swift, Hobby, 15 House Martin, 25+ Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, Pied Flycatcher still, Whinchat, Stonechat, 2 Wheatear (WWT website); also incl Kingfisher, 3 Sand Martin, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat (via BirdTrack); also incl 2 Common Tern (Dick Haydon via BirdTrack); also incl 2 Green Sandpiper (Dave Panchaud via eBird)
Panshanger Park: Osprey again fishing 1115, 5 Yellow Wagtail (Murray Brown via Herts BC); Osprey caught lge trout in osprey_lake c1240 [last yr's unringed prob-ad f - visits mainly after 11am] (Simon Radcliffe tweets)
Primrose Hill: Meadow Pipit fos SW 0735 (Twitter)
Rainham "Landfill": 1cy Caspian Gull [on R Thames east of Coldharbour Pt then flew to tip, 16 Yellow-legged Gull on adjacent R Thames 1045 (Josh Jones)
Regent's Park: Reed Warbler, 3 Nuthatch areas 28 & 30 & 39, 3 Spotted Flycatcher area-28 plantings [se cnr] still 08:55 (Twitter); Common Gull fos midday (Radovan Václav via eBird)
Richmond Park: Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher, 5 Wheatear, Whinchat, Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, Water Rail, Great Crested Grebe - second pair nesting, Cuckoo still, Meadow Pipit, Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Pied Wagtail juv (RPBG)
St James's Park: Kingfisher (Frank Nugent)
Sevenoaks WR: 2 Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank arr'd evg fr tyler hide (Mathew Bournat tweet)
South Lodge Farm "private access": 2 Northern Wheatear m & f/imm (Robert Callf)
South Norwood CP: Common Sandpiper, Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Nuthatch (John Hughes per Surrey BC)
Springwell Lake: incl 4 Tufted Duck, 6 Great Crested Grebe, Common Buzzard, Little Egret, Common Tern, 4 Swallow, 7 Chiffchaff, Treecreeper, Grey Wagtail (Paul Lewis via BirdTrack)
Stanwell Moor: Greenshank, 2 Cetti's Wabler (Chris Lamsdell)
Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: "fishing lake" 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, Hobby, Grey Wagtail, 6+ Chiffchaff, c20 Swallow, "Main Pit" 1 Whinchat north of pit, Spotted Flycatcher on causeway, 2+ Tree Sparrow, 2 Hobby, Little Egret, Kingfisher, 2 Little Grebe, Wigeon (Tyttenhanger Birders); "main pit" Black-tailed Godwit 1445 but elusive (Andrew Steele tweet); "main pit" Water Rail fos, also Green Sandpiper, 4 Meadow Pipit fos willows fm pm (Rupert Evershed tweet); 2 Raven in tree behind main viewpt mid-aft (Andrew Steele via Herts BC); Common Snipe, Common Gull, c5 Sand Martin (Steve Blake via Herts BC)
Walthamstow Marshes: 1 Whinchat Leyton Marsh [nw corner] (Alastair Dent); also 4 Little Egret, 10+ Swift, 2 Kingfisher, c5 House Martin (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
Wandsworth Common: Spotted Flycatcher, Garden Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Meadow Pipit over (Nick Rutter)
Wanstead Flats: 3 Redstart, 2 Wheatear, 4 Whinchat, Spotted Flycatcher, Tree Pipit, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Swallow, 2 Sand Martin, 10+ House Martin, 5 Willow Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler, f Mandarin Duck, 2 Kestrel, Skylark, 6 Mistle Thrush (Wanstead Birders et al); "SSSI" 2 Jay, f Blackcap, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Paul Francis)
Woodford Green: Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher and Tawny Owl, all through (and imaged) by 8.30am. (Ken Murray)
Woodoaks Farm: Whinchat in old orchard (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)

Sunday 1st September 2019

Alexandra Park: Pied Flycatcher usual spot, Wheatear, Reed Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 4+ Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, poss Leaser Whitethroat, Treecreeper, 2 Swift (APOG Birders)
Banstead Woods: incl Common Buzzard, Rook, Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 3 Bullfinch (Ian Ward per CFBW BG blog)
Beddington Farmlands: Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper (BFBG per Surrey BC)
Bishop's Wood CP: incl Common Buzzard, Coal Tit, 3 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff. Goldcrest, Nuthatch (Paul Lewis via BirdTrack)
Brent Reservoir: 2 Little Egret, Lapwing, 7 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 6 Swift, 2 Spotted Flycatcher (Andrew Self)
Bushy Park: incl Red Kite, Little Owl, 6 Whinchat north of pheasantry plant'n 1420 (via BirdTrack/BirdGuides)
Canons Farm: incl m Common Redstart reads rest cottages, 8 Common Buzzard, 120 Swift, 30 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 10 Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch (Paul Goodman per CFBW BG blog)
Cely Woods: incl 6 Willow Warbler, 13 Chiffchaff, 9 Blackcap, Grey Wagtail, Greenfinch (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
Clissold Park: 4 Pochard beckmere lake, Little Grebe & 1 new yg (Garry James tweet)
Coopers Green GPs "Sutton Farm GP": Little Egret, Green Sandpiper (Steve Pearce via Herts Bc)
Coulsdon "New Hill": incl Tawny Owl h, Bullfinch (David Hayes via Croydon Birders)
Crossness: Peregrine, 2 Kestrel, 50 Lapwing, 2 Dunlin, 30 Redshank, 4 Common Sandpiper, 15 Black-tailed Godwit, Yellow-legged Gull, Common Tern, Barn Owl, Wheatear, Blackcap, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, {Weasel} (Conrad Ellam)
Dagenham Chase: Spotted Flycatcher, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, Bullfinch h (Andrew Gouldstone)
Dagnam Park: Sparrowhawk, Swift, 10 Swallow, Grey Wagtail (Colin Jupp per ELBF FB)
Danson Park: Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, 33 Egyptian Geese, Mallard, f Teal, Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, Cormorant, Moorhen, Coot, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Ring-necked Parakeet, Magpie, Blue Tit, Starling, Pied Wagtail (Harry Halstead)
Fairlop Waters: Pied Flycatcher, Common Sandpiper, Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail (Neil Twyford)
Farthing Downs: incl Kestrel, 3 Coal Tit, 3 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Yellow Wagtail over, Yellowhammer (David Hayes via Croydon Birders)
Foots Cray Meadows: Little Grebe, 4 Common Buzzard, 3+ Hobby, Common Whitethroat, Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, 2 Spotted Flycatcher (Ian Stewart)
Frogmore Lakes: incl 3 Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, House Martin, 14 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 4 Common Whitethroat, 4 Bullfinch, 4 Linnet (Alan Winn via BirdTrack)
Gallions Reach "0745-1300": Common Buzzard, Oystercatcher, 9 Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Mediterranean Gull, 2Sandwich Tern, House Martin, 3 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher [Gary A James]
Greenford "UB6": m Sparrowhawk flew out of back garden with small bird, {Painted Lady, 2 Comma} (Neil Anderson)
Greville Place LNR "NW6": Pied Flycatcher seen twice in hour. Found by Francis O'Sullivan (Michael E Robinson)
Hampstead Heath: 2 Whinchats Parliament Hill, where 100 House Martins, 2 Sand Martins were feeding, 3 Gadwall back on Highgate No1 pond (Pete Mantle)
Hampton: Short-eared Owl hunting over St Clares Sainsbury TW12 1AW - pic on my instagram - Robswildlondon (Rob Flemming)
Hilfield Park Reservoir: 1 Wheatear (Tony Blake)
Home Park: Greenshank doing chi-chi-chi call c6X in 1min south of Long Water 09.45 (Mike Foster)
Hornchurch: Red Kite (Dave Morrison per ELBF FB)
Ingrebourne Valley: incl Whimbrel over, Tawny Owl h, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 2+ Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat (Shaun Harvey tweet w/ Paul Hawkins)
KGV Res "permit only": incl 15 Little Egret, 7 Common Sandpiper, Sand Martin, Whinchat, 9 Wheatear (Andrew Middleton tweet)
Kingston-upon-Thames "Bridge": ad Great Black-backed Gull perched on roof of building, 1 Egyptian Goose 16:30 (Neil Batten)
Lake Farm CP: 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 15 Willow Warblers, 10 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Blackcap (Dave Morris per FJM)
London Wetland Centre: Pied Flycatcher still by field lab in wildside (Shailesh Patel); Garganey still, Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 3 Common Snipe, Kingfisher, 2 Wigeon, Water Rail, 7+ Chiffchaff, 2 Swallow SW (WWT website); also incl Common Buzzard, 5 Common Snipe, 5 Sand Martin, 10 House Martin, 17 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 11 Blackcap (via BirdTrack); also incl 2 Common Tern (Rosalind Mackey via eBird)
Millfields "E5": 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush (Alastair Dent)
Molesey GP: no sign Great Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper, Greenshank 0815 (Dave Harris tweet); Great Egret midday (Shaun Ferguson tweet)
Morden Hall Park: ad m Kingfisher (MHP NG tweet)
Noak Hill "Wrights Bridge Rd": Whinchat (Colin Jupp per ELBF FB)
North Finchley: Sparrowhawk over High Rd c16.30hrs (John Colmans)
Pages Farm, Elstree: 1 Common Redstart again. View into field from kissing gate by sign to footpaths 8 & 37 in Hogg Ln TQ161963 - bird was in hedge that runs through field 11.45-11.55 often attended by a Robin, 1 Lesser Whitethroat (Tony Blake)
Panshanger Park: Osprey N w/ fish 1540, Hobby, Raven, Spotted Flycatcher nr Thieves Ln c/p am (Herts BN)
Plumstead Common "SE18 11:55": Honey Buzzard SW pestered by crow. My first (Patrick English)
Queen’s Wood "N10": Common Buzzard 10.00 (Matt Evans)
Queen Mother Reservoir: Common Sandpiper, 3 Wheatear 1240 (Marek Walford via Berks BN)
Rainham RSPB: Pintail, Spoonbill, Sparrowhawk, Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, 4 Avocet, Curlew, 52 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 2 Common Snipe, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 3 Redshank, Barn Owl, Kestrel, Hobby, Bearded Tit, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, 8 Whinchat, 4 Meadow Pipit (Patrick Hart per ELBF FB); 2 Kingfisher, 7 Meadow Pipit, Tree Pipit (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
Raynes Park: 3 Common Buzzard calling heading NNW [apologies to Alfred Hitchcock and Cary Grant] at 15.15 (Paula Redmond)
Richmond Park: Great Egret still, 2 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear, Kingfisher (Rebecca Dunne); Cuckoo juv still (Steve Woolfenden)
Romford: 2 Raven (Martin Jordan per ELBF FB)
Rowley Farm: 4 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, Kingfisher, Grey Heron, Goldcrest, Willow Warbler, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 5 House Martin, 3 Egyptian Goose (Nigel Barratt)
South Norwood CP: 2 Common Sandpiper (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
Staines Moor: Hobby, 4 Wheatear, Whinchat, 16 Yellow Wagtails (Chris Lamsdell)
Staines Reservoirs: 4 Black-necked Grebe 2 on N basin mid am, 3 Common Sandpiper, 4 Wheatear SW corner of S basin mid am (Bob Warden, Franko J Maroevic); 1 Dunlin, 1 Ringed Plover through in evng, 1 Wigeon (Dave Morris per FJM); also incl 2 Dunlin late aft/evg (Dave Panchaud via eBird)
Stocker's Lake: Kingfisher, Raven over, Willow Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Treecreeper, Yellow Wagtail over (Alex Liddle tweet)
Stoneleigh Broadway "KT17": 1 Cormorant w a.m. (Neil Batten)
Ten Acre Wood area: 3 Pheasant, vocal juv Common Buzzard sitting in oak, juv Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, Kestrel, 8 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Swallow, female-type Wheatear, 10 Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 9 Reed Bunting, 23 Linnet, {Brown Argus, 2 Small Heath, Red Admiral} (Neil Anderson)
Tooting Commons: Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff (Alan Wilkinson)
Totteridge Valley: Pied Flycatcher old gropper_field [burnt patch] nr folly brook 0940 (John Colmans per Simon Worsfold tweet/BirdGuides); f/juv Common Redstart, 2 Swift (Samuel Levy); Spotted Flycatcher migrant hedge, 10+ Blackcap, 4 Willow Warbler, Sparrowhawk, 30+ House Martin, 6 Common Buzzard, 2 Nuthatch, Bullfinch, 8 Chiffchaff, 15 Swallow, Kestrel, Rook (Totteridge Valley Birders & NW London RSPB Group); {Weasel} (Simon Worsfold)
Trent Park: Spotted Flycatcher 'Clump' 0945 (Robert Callf)
Tyttenhanger GPs: Little Egret, Common Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Whinchat still as prev'y 0840 (Rick Flesher tweet); "main gp" Green Sandpiper, c6 Tree Sparrow by fdr am (Steven Brown via Herts BC); also incl Peregrine willows fm, 3 Whinchat still, Stonechat warrens fm still pm (Rupert Evershed tweet); also incl 6 Gadwall, 18 Tufted Duck, 10 Common Gull, 6 Common Whitethroat (Steven Brown via BirdTrack)
Walthamstow Marshes: 1 Whinchat, 2 Reed Bunting, f Kestrel bomb crater field [nw corner], 6 Pied Wagtail, 2 Linnet rear paddocks (Alastair Dent)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 20 Swifts, 2 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Willow Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 5 Common Sandpipers, ad Common Tern being eaten by Peregrine, 2 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Shoveler, 5 Gadwall, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Little Egret (Walthamstow Birders)
Walton-on-Thames: ad Caspian Gull again on floodlight over Xcel football pitches 0940 (Dave Harris tweet)
Wanstead Flats: 6+ Willow Warbler, 20+ Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, f/imm Pied Flycatcher, 6 Common Redstart 1m 5f/imm, 3 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear, 11 Yellow Wagtail over, 2 Tree Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Skylark, 4 Mistle Thrush, 2 Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, 10+ House Martin, Teal, f Mandarin Duck, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 3 calling Little Owl (Wanstead Birders et al)
Wanstead Park: Spotted Flycatcher OSW, Wheatear flushed from golf course, Swift, 3 House Martin, 10+ Chiffchaff, 3 Common Whitethroat, 2 Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, 7 Mistle Thrush, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 28 Gadwall, 17 Shoveler, [Budgie] (Nick Croft)
Waterworks NR: incl 3 Teal, 5 Little Grebe, Grey Heron, Cormorant, Sparrowhawk, 2 Peregrine, 6 Sand Martin, 3 House Martin, 5 Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Blackcap, Grey Wagtail, 4 Greenfinch am (Graham Howie via eBird)
Weald CP "0930-1300": incl 4 Common Buzzard, Kingfisher, Kestrel, Swallow, 15 House Martin, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, Spotted Flycatcher n of lake (Andrew Stroud w/ Colin Jupp & Chelmsford RSPB Grp via Essex BwS)
Wimbledon Common: Spotted Flycatcher (Sarah Morrison)
Woodberry Wetlands: Garganey, Pied Flycatcher, 2 Teal, 20 Shoveler, Common Sandpiper, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Swift, Sand Martin, 60 House Martin, also Kingfisher reported by fisherman (Chris Farthing & Tony Butler)
Woodoaks Farm: m Wheatear (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
Woolwich Common: incl Kestrel, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Whitethroat, Whinchat, Linnet am (Tim Rymer tweet)
Yeading Brook meadows: Common Buzzard, probably 2 different Red Kite, Spotted Flycatcher (Neil Anderson)

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