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Tuesday 10th September 2019

Bankside: m Common Redstart, Spotted Flycatcher at 14.15 both in birches at west end of Tate Modern, 2 Common Whitethroat, 1 Blackcap, 5 Great Black-backed Gull (Reuben Braddock)
Brockwell Park: 2 Spotted Flycatcher mainly dead tree by BMX track all morning, 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 6 Greenfinch, Goldfinch. 3 Flycatchers still around at 6pm in 2 locations. Female Peregrine on Trinity Church with several Magpies playing chicken - that is sitting about 3 feet from it and flying around it (Michael Mac). At least 1 Spotted Flycatcher still at 17.30, also Common Whitethroat (Tony Stones).
Crossness NR : 3 Barn Owl, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, Little Egret, Heron, 7 Cetti`s Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Gadwall, 6 Tufted Duck, Pochard, 3 Little Grebe, Pheasant. Thames and Foreshore : 41 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Heron, 2 Common Sandpiper, c 500 Teal, 9 Cormorant, Kingfisher, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Chiffchaff, 6 Herring Gull, Cetti`s Warbler, 26 Redshank, Great Crested Grebe, (Bernie Weight).
Enfield Lock: f Wheatear at 07:44 on canal bank outside my house (Martin Shepherd)
Hampstead Heath "Parliament Hill": Garden Warbler at hedge 3, Common Whitethroat hedge 2, Swallow N, c5 Meadow Pipit (Reuben Braddock)
Lake Farm CP, Hayes: 1 Wryneck feeding on ant hills in burnt area near school till 10.25 when flew S into trees. No further sign by 12.30. Park in Dawley Road car park and walk SE towards school. (Dave Morris per FJM)
Richmond Park: 4 Whinchat (F.J.Maroevic, S.Read); Little Egret (N.Jackman); Common Snipe, 40+ Goldfinch (SR)
Sopwell, Herts "Burydell Ln": Gadwall, Kestrel, 20 Linnet (via BirdTrack)
Trent Park: 121 Canada Goose lower lake, hybrid goose, Mandarin Duck, eclipse m Northern Shoveler, m Kestrel, 2 Chiffchaff (Robert Callf); also 6 Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, c25 Goldfinch, 3 Swallow. ( Pete Lowman).
Twickenham: Sparrowhawk circling above Shaftesbury Way at 15.30 (Mike Foster)
Upper College Farm DA5: male Redstart, Whinchat, Stonechat, Cetti’s Warbler 7pm (Ian Stewart)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 41+ Chiffchaff, 6 Willow Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Blackcap, 10 Cetti's Warbler, Meadow Pipit E, 2 Garganey still (n.o. 2), 3 Grey Wagtail, 50 House Martin, Reed Bunting, 18 Gadwall, 15 Shoveler, Kestrel, 7 Yellow Wagtail S, 2 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 19 Mistle Thrush, Wheatear, Swallow, 3 Sand Martin, Common Sandpiper, Common Gull, 3 Peregrine (2Juv, f). {Painted Lady, Red Admiral} (Samuel levy et al)
Wanstead Flats: 5 Whinchat, 1-2 Redstart, 3 Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, 4 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, Skylark, 2 Linnet (first returning birds of the autumn), 2 PeregrineFalcon, 3 Hobby, 2 Kestrel, 3 Buzzard, 3 Sparrowhawk, 7 House Martin, 2 Swallow (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: Greenshank still on Heronry, Water Rail (SoM there since Friday), f Mandarin, 48 Gadwall, 12 Shoveler, 26 Teal, Little Egret, 13 Mistle Thrush, Spotted Flycatcher, 6 House Martin, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Hobby, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 3 Goldcrest (Wanstead Birders) Jay, Grey Heron (Paul Francis)
West Harrow: fem/imm Pied Flycatcher - House/patch tick! (Alex Massey)
Wimbledon Common: Reed Bunting, Wheatear, Blackcap and 2 Chiffchaff on Putney Heath (Les Evans-Hill)
Woodberry Wetlands: Garganey for 22nd day, Peregrine, 4 Teal, 30 Shoveler, Coal Tit, Little Egret (Chris Farthing)

Monday 9th September 2019

Amwell NR "1600-1700": c2 Swift S, c46 Swallow S, 65+ House Martin S (Anders Gray via Herts BC)
Bankside: Spotted Flycatcher at east end of Tate Modern 09.30 [still present at 13.30], Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, 2 Greenfinch, Peregrine back on tower after not seen last week (Reuben Braddock)
Beddington Farmlands: incl f Pintail, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, Kingfisher, 2 Rook, Coal Tit, 2 Swallow, 7 House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Goldcrest, 2 Whinchat, Stonechat, Wheatear, 5 Meadow Pipit, 3 Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, 14 Greenfinch, 18 Linnet, 65 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting (Glenn Jones via BirdTrack)
Boxer's Lake: Cormorant, Grey Heron, Mute Swan, 5 Egyptian Goose, 4m Mandarin Duck, 2 eclipse m Northern Shoveler, 8 Tufted Duck 4m 3f juv (Robert Callf)
Brent Reservoir "North Marsh": Common Sandpiper, 2 Egyptian Goose, Spotted Flycatcher on dump (Steve Blake); "East Marsh" 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Lapwing, 2 Little Egret, c150 House Martin, 3 Swift, Sand Martins present, Sedge Warbler, Hobby (Steve Blake)
Brookmill Park: Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
Chafford Hundred "nocmig": calling Ortolan Bunting audio-recorded 0230 (David Darrell-Lambert per ELBF FB)
Cowley "Celandine Rte": Spotted Flycatcher (John Randall tweet)
Dagenham Chase: 5 Swift, 2 Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, Whinchat (Vincenzo Halley-Frame per ELBF FB)
Epsom Downs and Walton Downs: incl Red Kite, Kestrel, Skylark, Marsh Tit, Yellow Wagtail (Kevin Guest via BirdTrack)
Gobions Wood nr Brookmans Park: incl Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Collared Dove, Coal Tit, Marsh Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, 4 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 2 Greenfinch (via BirdTrack)
Lewisham: 5 House Martin feeding over Ravensbourne river next to Tescos (Conrad Ellam)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Wigeon, Common Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, Hobby, 20+ House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, Grey Wagtail (WWT website)
Queen Mother Reservoir "permit only": 2 Black-necked Grebe se cnr [found by Andy Tomczynski], Turnstone nr sailing clubhouse 0920 (Peter Newbound via Berks BN); also 2 Shelduck, 2 Dunlin, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail (Andy Tomczynski via BirdTrack)
Rainham RSPB: Guillemot drifting downriver 1430 (Andy Tweed, Howard Vaughan, Andrew Gouldstone et al via ELBF FB/BirdGuides); also incl Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, 37 Avocet, 10 Ringed Plover, 2 Curlew, 17 Black-tailed Godwit, Turnstone, Knot [Ldn fos - 1st record in Ldn RA since 16 May per ELBF FB etc] by Thames am, 2 Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 9 Common Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 6 Redshank, 18 Arctic Tern, 2 Swift, 100 Sand Martin, 200 Swallow, 60 House Martin, 2 Raven, 2 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Common Whitethroat, Greenfinch (Andy Tweed, David Smith, Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
Richmond Park: Green Sandpiper (Steve Read)
South Norwood CP: 4 Little Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
St Paul's Cray "BR5": 4 Swallow flying E pm (Jack Headley)
Staines Moor: 1 Whimbrel, 1 Black-tailed Godwit still, 1 Greenshank, 2 Sedge Warblers, 100 Hirundine sp, 3 Little Egret (Thomas Gibson); also 6 Little Egret [4 left N 2025], leucistic Dunnock (Dick Haydon via Surrey BN); also Common Snipe, Kingfisher, 3 Kestrel, 14 Blackcap (Dick Haydon via BirdTrack)
Stoneleigh Station "KT17": 1 Common Buzzard am (Neil Batten)
Trent Park: Grey Heron, 105 Canada Goose, hybrid goose [Greylag x Canada], 2f Mandarin Duck, 4 Blackcap, 3+ Chiffchaff, 2 Jay (Robert Callf)
Tyttenhanger GPs: Black-tailed Godwit fishing lake still, 2 Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher, 2 Hobby, 5+ Sand Martin, 30+ House Martin, 3 Meadow Pipit (Steve Pearce via Herts BC)
Upper College Farm DA5: 13 Meadow Pipit, 5 Swallow, Cetti's Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap (Jack Headley)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Garganey still nr No 2 island, flock of 9 Curlew SW 0857, 7+ Swift, 3 Swallow, 250 House Martin, 10 Sand Martin, Yellow Wagtail, Common Buzzard, 5 Willow Warbler, 8 Common Sandpipers, Wheatear, Meadow Pipit (Walthamstow Birders)
Walton-on-Thames: Caspian Gull lon Xcel LC floodlight again aft (Dave Harris tweet)
Wanstead Flats: 5 Whinchat, Wheatear, Common Redstart, 8 Mistle Thrush, 2 Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 2 Common Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Teal, Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, Sparrowhawk (Nick Croft)
Wanstead Park: Greenshank again on Heronry (Simon Raper)
Woodoaks Farm: Whinchat main track (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
Wormwood Scrubs: Stonechat, 50 Linnet (Francis O'Sullivan)

Sunday 8th September 2019

Alexandra Park: possible Owl species photographed flying past transmitter around 10:00 this morning, 2 Meadow Pipits over, 8 Common Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 7 Blackcap 1 of which caught and ringed during ringing demonstration, Common Whitethroat, Peregrine on transmitter, Common Buzzard low over entrance to Grove Car Park at 10:35 (APOG birders); Whinchat cricket perimeter, Spotted Flycatcher cricket scrub 17:00 (Stuart Harrington)
Beddington Farmlands: incl 34 Shoveler, f Pintail, Little Egret, 7 Cormorant, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Kestrel, 3 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, Tree Sparrow, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 25 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting (BFBG blog)
Belvedere, R Thames "foreshore": 1+ Ringed Plover (Mike Robinson tweet)
Brent Reservoir: Whinchat, Stonechat fos both on Dump, Spotted Flycatcher, Swift, 250 House Martin, 8 Meadow Pipit over on vis-mig, Little Egret, Lapwing, Common Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, 3 Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Linnet (Andrew Self); plus another Whinchat on Dump (Andrew Haynes); Green Sandpiper n marsh, Kingfisher, Kestrel, Little Owl (Francis O'Sullivan); Common Buzzard, 2 Little Egret, 3 Lapwing, 3 Common Sandpiper (NW Ldn RSPB walk)
Brockwell Park: 3 Spotted Flycatcher trees by sand pile near clock tower, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Jackdaw, Nuthatch, 20 House Sparrows (Michael Mac)
Brook Farm, Upminster: incl Sparrowhawk, 11 Common Buzzard S, 3 Kestrel, Hobby, 2 Jay, c1000 Jackdaw, 400 Rook, 4 Swallow, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Mistle Thrush, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 18 Greenfinch, 2 Yellowhammer (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
Chingford Plain: 1 m Common Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 1 Common Whitethroat in the scrub (Ian Lycett)
Coursers Farm: incl 3 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Red Kite, 5 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Sandpiper, Kestrel, Skylark, 2 Swallow, Wheatear, 6 Tree Sparrow, 5 Yellowhammer (via BirdTrack)
Crossness: 16 Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, 100+ Teal, 3 Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 singing Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, 3 Barn Owl (Jack Headley, Ron Turner et al); Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, 2 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 5 Sand Martin, Stonechat fos (Donna Zimmer tweet); Caspian Gull 2w [German-ringed X522] (Richard Bonser tweet); also incl Little Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper, 8 Redshank, 2 Reed Warbler (Harry Halstead via BirdTrack)
Dagenham Chase: incl Little Grebe, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Whinchat, Greenfinch (Vincent Halley-Frame, Sam Porter per ELBF FB)
Ellenbrook Fields "area incl Beech Farm & Coopers Green": incl 39 Teal, Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Common Buzzard, 2 Green Sandpiper, Skylark, 10 Swallow, 24 House Martin, Willow Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, Sedge Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Nuthatch, Whinchat, 9 Meadow Pipit, 6 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting (via BirdTrack)
Epsom Downs and Walton Downs: incl Skylark, Wheatear, 11 Meadow Pipit (Kevin Guest via BirdTrack)
Finchley "gdn N3" 9+ Long-tailed Tit [first for 5 months], 2 Goldcrest, f House Sparrow [5th rec] (Samuel Levy)
Frogmore Lakes: 40 Linnet (Alan Winn via BirdTrack)
Gallions Reach "030-1300": 4 Teal, 6 Little Egret, Osprey E 1015, Common Buzzard, 20 Common Tern, Peregrine, Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, Blackcap (Gary James via Essex BwS)
Greenway: Kestrel, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Greenfinch, {Painted Lady} (Harry Harrison)
Hackney Marsh: 2 Meadow Pipit over (Eugene Dillon-Hooper)
Hampstead Heath: 2 Common Whitethroats near bandstand, Tree Pipit heard, 2 Swallows over (Pete Mantle)
Hatfield: 12+ House Martin around colony at cock-of-the-north pub still w/ nestlings calling (Anders Gray via Herts BC)
Harmondsworth Moor: incl 2 Spotted Flycatcher (via BirdTrack)
Hilfield Park Reservoir "permit only": Black-necked Grebe, Common Sandpiper, Wheatear, Tree Pipit, 2 Linnet (Bob Cripps via BirdTrack)
Hogsmill STW "NR TQ195681 members only": adult Lesser Black-backed Gull with metal ring on left leg and yellow ring with black lettering on right leg HN41L, 4 Shoveler, Wigeon, 2 Little Grebe, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 9 Stock Dove, Kingfisher, 2 Sand Martin, House Martin, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff (Nick Tanner)
Holmethorpe SPs: incl Redpoll, Jack Snipe [Ldn fos - 1st since 30 Apr if verified], Common Snipe (via BirdTrack)
Horton CP: incl Common Buzzard, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Wood Warbler (AJ [Alex?] Hardie via BirdTrack)
Ingrebourne Valley: 1 m Common Redstart, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Lesser Whitethroat all in horse paddocks, plus 2 House Martin, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Buzzard (Andrew Gouldstone); 90 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper (Lee Brown per ELBF FB)
Kew Gardens: incl Treecreeper (Graham Upton via BirdTrack)
King George V Reservoir "permit only": Little Stint 1035 (Neville Smith tweet); Spotted Flycatcher (Neville Smith per ELBF FB)
Kingston: Sparrowhawk over Canbury Gdns c17.00 (Mike Foster)
Lake Farm CP: 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 20 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 4+ Common Whitethroat (Dave Morris per FJM)
Leyton: Common Buzzard soaring over Walnut Rd. Apologies if this is normal here - I was visiting a friend and was a bit surprised! (Andrew McCafferty)
London Wetland Centre: Wryneck grazing marsh nr wildside hide again 1325-1400 (BirdGuides/WWT); 2 Whinchat, Common Sandpiper (Tom Smith); also 2 Wigeon, Common Snipe, 3 Swift, Peregrine, 50+ House Martin, 2 Wheatear, 5 Chiffchaff (WWT website); also incl 20 Sand Martin, 65 House Martin, Sedge Warbler, Yellow Wagtail (via BirdTrack)
Longfield “The Gallops cTQ611690 17.30-18.45”: 58+ Linnet, 12 Meadow Pipit, 2 Corn Bunting, 6 Skylark, 38 Ring-necked Parakeet, 94 Herring Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Black-Backed Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull adult, 4 Cormorant over west very high, 18 Red-legged Partridge (Roger Keith)
Morden Hall Park: 2 Meadow Pipit N, 3 Yellow Wagtail inc 2 on old marsh briefly am, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, 4 Swift, Green Woodpecker, Common Buzzard NW, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap (Arjun Dutta)
Nonsuch Park: 1-2 Hobby still, 1 Common Buzzard circling, 3-4 Chiffchaff (Isaiah V.Rowe)
Pinner "HA5": Great Spotted Woodpecker (Nigel Barratt)
Primrose Hill "vismig 0655-0955": Collared Dove low WNW, 2 Swallow S, 50 House Martin S, Yellow Wagtail SW, Grey Wagtail SSE, 4 Pied Wagtail, 11 Meadow Pipit 3S & 8N, later 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Common Buzzard (Twitter)
Queen Mary Reservoir "permit only": 4 Yellow Wagtail S end, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Tern, 1 Wigeon (Franko J Maroevic)
Rainham Marshes RSPB: 2 Ruffs, 2-3 Yellow Wagtails, juv Spoonbill still aveley flood, 22 Avocets, 2 Curlews aveley bay (Ian Bradshaw); 3 Whinchat (Roger Kelly per ELBF FB)
Ravenor Park, Greenford: Red Kite over, c25 Goldfinch, {4 Red Admiral, Ivy Bees} (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Richmond Park: 5 Whinchat 1 at the Bog & 4 at Lawn Field (Hugh Bradshaw)
Rowley Farm: 2 Red Kite, Treecreeper, Kingfisher, Grey Heron, 2 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 8 Goldfinch, {4 Southern Hawker} (Nigel Barratt)
Rye Meads RSPB: 20+ Yellow Wagtail on meadow still 1315 (Allan Meadows tweet); also Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
South Norwood CP: incl Teal, 7 Shoveler, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 8 Cormorant, Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Sandpiper, 17 Collared Dove, Kestrel, 2 Common Whitethroat, Nuthatch, Grey Wagtail (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
Staines Moor: Black-tailed Godwit still 1100 but mobile, Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Common Whitethroat, Whinchat south of butts, Common Redstart northern bushes, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail reported nr northwest gate am (Lee Ridley tweet); also Dunlin high N along R Colne, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, 2 Yellow Wagtail, c15 Meadow Pipit am (Tony Sweetland tweet); Hobby, 6 Yellow Wagtail w/ cattle 1115 (Dick Haydon via Surrey BN)
Staines Reservoirs: 3 Black-necked Grebe still on N basin, 1 Hobby, 1 Ringed Plover heard only, 3 Yellow Wagtail on KG VI Res fence (Franko J Maroevic)
Ten Acre Wood area: 2m Pheasant, Kestrel, 8 Skylark, 28 Meadow Pipit, 7 Swallow, Whinchat, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat, 6 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Bunting, 7 Linnet (Neil Anderson)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Reed Warbler on path to long pond - 4th valley rec, 6 Goldcrest, 110+ Swallow folly farm, 36 Chiffchaff, 2 Coal Tit, Kestrel, 94+ Stock Dove, 80+ House Martin folly farm, 9 Common Buzzard, 2 Bullfinch, juv poss-m Peregrine, mobbing flock of 4 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Greenfinch, 11 Meadow Pipit into roost, 5 Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch, 5 Mandarin darlands, 2 Teal darlands - first returning birds, 2 Sparrowhawk, Hobby, 2 Willow Warbler, 6 Rook, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Yellow Wagtail into roost, 81 Starling in dead tree at buttonhole farm, Pied Wagtail, {2 Small Copper, plenty of Speckled Wood & Red Admiral, Muntjac near substation} (Samuel Levy)
Trent Park: 5 Blackcap, Spotted Flycatcher, c60 Canada Goose, 2 Mandarin, Sparrowhawk (Pete Lowman)
Tyttenhanger GPs: f-type Garganey main gp still, Little Egret, Black-tailed Godwit fishing lake still, Common Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Little Owl, 2+ Kingfisher, 15+ Sand Martin, 5+ Swallow, 10+ House Martin, 2+ Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 12+ Tree Sparrow tytt fm paddocks, 5+ Yellow Wagtail high over, 2+ Grey Wagtail, 10+ Meadow Pipit over (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC); also 3 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 8 Common Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Linnet (Tony Clancy via eBird)
Upper College Farm "DA"5: 13 Meadow Pipit, Cetti's Warbler, Sparrowhawk, 10+ Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap (Jack Headley)
Walthamstow Marshes: m Yellow Wagtail, 4 Reed Bunting (Eugene Dillon-Hooper)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Garganey showing on east side of northernmost island on Res No2 at 11.30am (Callum Farrell-Morris); 2 Jackdaw N, juv Little Stint briefly on East Warwick Res then flew off (Eugene Dillon-Hooper); Red Kite (per David Bradshaw); 12 Swifts, 5 Willow Warblers, 3 Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear, 5 Meadow Pipits, Common Sandpiper (Walthamstow Birders)
Wanstead Flats: 2 Whinchat, 3 Common Redstart, 2 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 30+ Meadow Pipit, 4 Swallow, Willow Warbler, 20+ Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Coal Tit, 3 Common Buzzard, 3 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, Little Owl, 3 Common Snipe, 3 Little Grebe, 50+ Lesser Black-backed Gull, 22 Herring Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, 122 Black-headed Gull (Wanstead Birders)
West Wickham "Circular Walk": Whinchat bridleway cTQ402647 (Eric Barlow tweet)
Wimbledon Common: 3 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 4 Chiffchaff and Reed Bunting, Putney Heath (Les Evans-Hill)
Woodoaks Farm: Whinchat on set aside along main farm track (Paul Lewis via Herts BC); also 4 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 4 Swallow, 17 Linnet aft (Paul Lewis via eBird)
Worcester Park "gdn": first vismig of season- 5 Common Snipe S [2nd grd rec], 6 Meadow Pipit high S, 2 Swallow W, 3 House Martin W, Greylag Goose heard, also the first Nuthatch seen from the garden apart from only heard previously (Isaiah V Rowe)

Saturday 7th September 2019

Banstead Woods: 2 Jay, Coal Tit, 3 Chiffchaff,3 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Bullfinch, 6 Linnet (David Campbell/Paul Goodman et al via CFBW blog)
Beddington Farmlands: 25 Shoveler, f Pintail, 4 Cormorant, 2 Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, 8 Green Sandpiper, Kestrel, Sand Martin, 5 House Martin, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Wheatear, 6 Tree Sparrow, Yellow Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 5 Grey Wagtail, 20 Linnet (BFBG blog)
Beddington Park: incl 10 Shoveler, 13 Gadwall, 20 Teal, 2 Tufted Duck, 5 Little Grebe, 16 Grey Heron, 3 Cormorant, Cetti's Warbler h south lake, Willow Warbler (Tony Sztypuljak via eBird)
Brook Farm, Upminster: 7 Common Buzzard (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
Canons Farm: incl Sparrowhawk, 5 Common Buzzard, Swift, 2 Kestrel, Hobby, 35 Swallow, House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, Yellow Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, 80 Linnet, 4 Yellowhammer (David Campbell/Paul Goodman et al via CFBW blog); also 4 Rook, 100 Swallow, Willow Warbler, 3 Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, 20 Meadow Pipit, Greenfinch (Ian Ward via CFBW blog)
Chafford Hundred "noc mig": Tree Pipit (David Darrell-Lambert per ELBF FB)
Crayford Marshes: Wheatear, 2 Greenshank, 5 Common Sandpiper, 8 Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit, 4 singing Cetti's Warbler, 10+ Meadow Pipit, 8 Swallow, House Martin, 12+ Yellow-legged Gull, 6 Little Egret, 4+ Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Bunting (Jack Headley et al); also Shelduck, Lapwing, 3 Greenshank, Common Gull, 2 Kestrel, Linnet (via BirdTrack)
Dagenham Chase: incl 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, Spotted Flycatcher, Cetti’s Warbler (Sam Porter per ELBF FB)
Erith Pier: 1st-winter Mediterranean Gull, 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull am (Richard and Rosie Bonser)
Fairlop Waters: Sedge Warbler, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Wheatear, 2 Whinchat, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Mistle Thrush, 5 Meadow Pipit, Common Buzzard, Lesser Whitethroat (Neil Twyford)
Hampstead Heath "Parliament Hill": Wheatear briefly 0715, also 2 Yellow Wagtails NW, Meadow Pipit N, c25 Chiffchaffs a few singing, 6 Blackcaps, 10 Goldcrests (Pete Mantle)
Holmethorpe SPs: incl Water Rail, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Common Gull, Redpoll (via BirdTrack)
Ingrebourne Valley: 1 m Common Redstart, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Lesser Whitethroat all in horse paddocks, 2 Whinchat 1 paddocks 1 Ingrebourne Hill, plus 110 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Common Buzzard (Andrew Gouldstone); 39 Blackcap ringed (Paul Hawkins tweet)
KGV Res "permit only": incl Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Kestrel, Sedge Warbler, Grey Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit (Stuart Smith via BirdTrack)
Lake Farm CP: 1 Tree Pipit SW 09.00, 6 Meadow Pipit W, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 15 Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, 10 Blackcap, 4+ Common Whitethroat early am (Dave Morris per FJM)
Leyton Flats: 2 Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, 2 Cormorant, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blackcap, 10+ Black-headed Gull (Matt Williams)
London Wetland Centre: no sign of Wryneck by 1100, 95 Gadwall, 2 Wigeon, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 7 Swift, 25+ House Martin, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Wheatear grazing marsh aft, 3 Yellow Wagtail NE (WWT tweet/website); Whinchat grazing marsh 1155 (BirdGuides); Wryneck still grazing marsh from wildside hide 1515 (WWT tweet); also incl 3 Whinchat (Mike Coleman via BirdTrack); also incl 10 Sand Martin, 6 Swallow, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Goldcrest, 2 Greenfinch (via BirdTrack)
North Mymms Park: incl 2 Red Kite, 4 Common Buzzard, 24 Stock Dove, 30 Swallow, 22 House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 16 Mistle Thrush, 6 Meadow Pipit, Bullfinch, 20 Linnet, Yellowhammer (via BirdTrack)
Panshanger Park: Osprey gained height over osprey_lake then high SW 1200 (Anders Gray tweet); also c2 Raven, 20+ House Martin (Anders Gray via Herts BC)
Queen Mary Reservoir "permit only": 4 Goosander [Ldn fos - 1st w/i Ldn RA since 11 Apr per BirdTrack] red heads, 1 Mediterranean Gull ad W, 1 Yellow-legged Gull 4cy, 1 Greenland Wheatear near hide, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail, 160 Swallow, 90 Sand Martin, 580 Cormorant (Franko J Maroevic)
Rainham Marshes: 2 Little Egret, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Sparrowhawk, ad Peregrine hunting over river, 10 Avocet, 3 Ruff, 1 Dunlin, 39 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Yellow-legged Gull, 59 Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Skylark, 8 Swallow, 7 Meadow Pipit, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Stonechat, 15 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat, 5 Blackcap, 12 Chiffchaff (Andrew Self); Curlew, 4 Whinchat, 3 Yellow Wagtail ('RB', Brian Churches, Vic Wakerling per ELBF FB); also incl Common Snipe, Kestrel (Jamie Davies via BirdTrack)
Richmond Park: 6 Gadwall, f Teal, Peregrine, family 5 Swallow, 3 Meadow Pipit (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull); 2 Whinchat (Mike Lewis)
Riddlesdown "The Dobbin": 2 Kestrel, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Derek Kelly)
Rotherhithe: 2 Yellow-legged Gulls ad 1w by Doubletree Hotel early a'noon (Richard and Rosie Bonser)
Rye Meads RSPB: 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 26 Yellow Wagtail [best RM count since 1990 per Alan Harris tweet] w/ cattle on HMWT meadow (Vicky Buckel via Herts BC)
Sevenoaks WR "1300-1530": incl Little Egret, 8 Cormorant, 10 Lapwing, 2 Kingfisher (Stephen Greenstreet via Kent OS)
South Lodge Farm "private access": f/imm Northern Wheatear, Common Whitethroat (Robert Callf)
South Norwood CP: incl 6 Shoveler, 2 Common Sandpiper, Common Whitethroat, Grey Wagtail (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
The Brook "BR5": m Gadwall, 5+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 calling Goldcrest, Little Egret, calling Chiffchaff (Jack Headley)
Tyttenhanger GPs: incl 2 Little Egret, Garganey f/juv main gp, Black-tailed Godwit fishing lake still, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, Swift, c20 House Martin, Grey Wagtail am (TyttGP tweet); also Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, Common Gull, 2 Kestrel, 11 Swallow, 30 House Martin, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, 10 Tree Sparrow, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Greenfinch, 10 Linnet, 4 Reed Bunting am (Andrew Steele via eBird); also incl Skylark (Brown via BirdTrack
Walthamstow Marshes: f Common Redstart, 7 Meadow Pipits N, 2 Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 6 Reed Bunting (Lol Bodini)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Garganey still No2 Res nr island, 11 Swifts, 100+ House Martins, Wheatear, Willow Warbler (James Palmer); also Spotted Flycatcher, Yellow Wagtail (David Bradshaw)
Walton-on-Thames: Caspian Gull again by Xcel pitches am & The Weir pub 1635 (BirdGuides)
Wanstead Flats: 2 Hobby, 7 Whinchat, 17 Mistle Thrush NW, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Common Redstart [1w m & f] sssi, 5 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail NW, 12+ Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Willow Warbler, 20+ Chiffchaff, and what looked good for a Wood Warbler in the SSSI, 2 Gadwall, 2 Kestrel, 3 Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Red Kite, 5 Swallow, 4 House Martin, wader passed SSSI almost certainly the Greenshank which joined the one on Heronry (Wanstead Birding/Tony Brown/Jonathan Lethbridge tweets)
Wanstead Park: 2 Greenshank 1 heronry still 0835 then joined by 2nd & both left N 1200, Kingfisher, 10 Teal (Wanstead Biders et al)
West End "and R Lee": incl Sparrowhawk, 2 Red Kite, 4 Common Buzzard, Kingfisher, 2 Coal Tit, Kestrel, 10 Swallow, 7 House Martin, 7 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Linnet, 3 Yellowhammer (via BirdTrack)

Friday 6th September 2019

Banstead Woods: incl Common Buzzard, 5 Swallow S (Duncan Jennings via CFBW BG blog)
Brookmill Park: 2 Little Egret, Kingfisher, 5 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
Canons Farm: incl Cormorant, Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 3 Willow Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 6 Common Whitethroat, Nuthatch, Wheatear reads bottom, Linnet, Yellowhammer (Paul Goodman via CFBW BG blog)
Chafford Hundred "noc mig": Barn Owl, 6 Tree Pipit (David Darrell-Lambert per ELBF FB)
Coursers Farm: c12 Swallow, Reed Warbler, 2 Tree Sparrow, 2 Yellowhammer all nr fdr (Peter Delaloye via Herts BC)
Crossness: Green Sandpiper calling in Southern Marsh (Jack Headley)
Dagenham Chase: Hobby, Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest, 5 Mistle Thrush (Sam Porter per ELBF FB)
Hangman's Wood, Essex: incl 3 Lesser Redpoll (Ruth Barnes via BirdTrack)
Fairlop Waters: Swift (Jane Hodgson per ELBF FB)
Hatfield Park: incl Spotted Flycatcher (via BirdTrack)
Home Park: Grasshopper Warbler flushed from rough grass north of the Long Water, Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, c45 House Martin, Swallow, 4 Skylark, c30 Pied Wagtail (Nick Tanner)
Hyde Park: Manx Shearwater a dead individual bird found at roughly 8.30am by the horse tacks south of the serpentine lake. It appeared to be in a healthy condition with no damage or bite marks other than a wounded snapped neck (Malachi Yarker); 1 Little Egret, c50 House Martin (Louis Freeland-Haynes)
Lamorbey Park: 2 Egyptian Goose, Kingfisher (Mike Amos)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Wigeon, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 15 Swift, Wryneck grazing marsh fr wildside hide still 1725 at least, 2 Swallow, 12 House Martin (WWT website & Twitter/BirdGuides); also incl Tawny Owl 2245, Kingfisher, Wheatear am (Dave Panchaud via eBird); also incl 20 Sand Martin, Reed Warbler (Kevin Guest via BirdTrack)
Lower Chingford "Flood Relief Channel": 7 Green Sandpiper (James Palmer)
Lynsters Farm: 15 Lapwing (Paul Lewis via eBird)
Maple Lodge NR "members only": incl 5 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, Green Sandpiper, 2 Kingfisher, 5 Jay, 2 Blackcap, Nuthatch, Grey Wagtail (Paul Lewis via eBird)
Molesey Heath: Green Sandpiper still (Jace Johnson per Surrey BC)
Norbury Park, Leatherhead: incl 20 Swallow, 30 House Martin, Wheatear (Mark Davis via BirdTrack)
Panshanger Park: Osprey circled osprey_lake then flew back towards riverside lake 0925 (Rose Newbold tweet); Osprey fishing 1145 & 1420 & 1600 - 3rd time lucky (Simon Radcliffe tweets); also 33 Little Grebe, 6 Great Crested Grebe, Little Egret, Red Kite, 2 Raven, 18 Sand Martin, 45 House Martin, Grey Wagtail (Lee Evans via Herts BC/BirdTrack); Hobby (Stuart Fox via Herts BC)
Rainham RSPB: Turnstone, 3 Ruff, 3 Common Snipe (Ken James per ELBF FB); 9 Little Egret, Common Buzzard, 7 Avocet, 42 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, Yellow-legged Gull, Barn Owl, Kestrel, 2 Swallow, 4 House Martin, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, 3 Whinchat, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit (Howard Vaughan, Patrick Hart via ELBF FB)
Richmond Park: 2 Common Redstart, 2 Yellow Wagtail over, 2 Raven over, Peregrine, Meadow Pipit (Phillip Pentek, Steve Reid, Steve Wolfenden); 2 Wheatear (Paula Redmond, Nigel Jackman); 5 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, 10 Great Crested Grebe - 7 adults with a brood of 3 young and a second nesting pair, Common Buzzard, Grey Wagtail, Sparrowhawk (Friday Bird Group)
St James's Park: Kingfisher, 4 Shoveler (Frank Nugent)
South Norwood CP: incl 2 Common Sandpiper, Kestrel (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
Swanscombe Marsh “08.30-11.30 outgoing tide WSW”: 1 Guillemot [Ldn fos] dropped onto river and drifted down on tide c0915, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, c50 House Martin, c25 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 13 Teal, 5 Little Grebe, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Stock Dove, 1 Gadwall, 1 Kestrel, 15 Shoveler, 1 Willow Warbler, c8 Phylloscopus sp. [Chiffchaff / Willow Warbler] h, 1 Linnet, c30 Mallard, 3 Little Egret, 1 Reed Bunting, 11 Long-tailed Tit (Paul Larkin / Roger Keith)
Trent Park: 92 Canada Goose, juv Common Buzzard, 4 Blackcap 2m 2f/imm, 6 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler (Robert Callf); also Spotted Flycatcher SE end of the clump (Pete Lowman)
Tyttenhanger GPs: m Wigeon, Little Egret, Black-tailed Godwit fishing lake still, Common Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, Swift, 15+ House Martin, 2+ Willow Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 8+ Tree Sparrow, 3 Grey Wagtail, 4+ Meadow Pipit (Tyttenhanger Birders via Herts BC/Twitter); also incl 3 Swift, 2 Kestrel, 28 House Martin, 2 Reed Bunting (Lee Evans via Herts BC); also incl 2 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Buzzard, 100 Swallow, Common Whitethroat, Bullfinch (Graham Knight via BirdTrack)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Garganey still No2 Res nr island, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 22 Swifts, 3 Swallows, 10 Sand Martins, 200 House Martins, 7 Willow Warblers (Walthamstow Birders)
Walton-on-Thames: ad Caspian Gull still by Xcel LC 1840 (BirdGuides)
Wanstead Flats: 2 Whinchat, Hobby, 2 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 4 Mistle Thrush, Little Owl (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: Greenshank still on Heronry, Willow Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, f Mandarin, 5 Shoveler, 3 Teal, 30+ Gadwall, Kingfisher, 2 Little Egret, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 3 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Grey Wagtail, 6 Mistle Thrush, Kestrel, Buzzard (Nick Croft)
Woodberry Wetlands: incl Garganey still (Chris Farthing via BirdTrack)

Thursday 5th September 2019

Alexandra Park: 2 Common Redstart 1w m & f still cricket scrub, Wheatear, Meadow Pipit, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap (APOG Birders); 3 Common Redstart two 1w and one f in cricket scrub - calls suggest 1-2 more present. Two were busy in the bushes around the cricket building c1430-1515 (Francis Tusa)
Bankside: 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Kestrel (Reuben Braddock)
Beddington Farmlands: incl 5 Green Sandpiper, Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Swift, Hobby, 5 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Willow Warbler, 15 Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, 5 Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, 3 Tree Sparrow, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, 8 Greenfinch, 50 Linnet (BFBG blog)
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)
Dagenham Chase: Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Redstart (Sam Porter per ELBF FB)
Greville Place Local Nature Reserve: Pied Flycatcher still (Francis O'Sullivan)
Eynsford : 15 Fieldfare very early ? (Andy Meaton)
Hyde Park: incl Common Gull (Bob Allen via eBird)
Ingrebourne Hill: 3 Whinchat 18.30 (Andrew Gouldstone)
Ingrebourne Valley: incl 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 6 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Bullfinch (Sam Porter per ELBF FB)
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 & flew off high S/SW 16.30, Wheatear (Jan Wilczur et al); also 5 Swift, Yellow Wagtail (per Surrey BC)
Mardyke, Stifford-Aveley: incl 3 Gadwall, 2juv Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Buzzard, 5 Hobby 2ad 3juv, Kestrel, 4 Cetti’s Warbler, 9 Willow Warbler, 11 Chiffchaff, Wood Warbler [see below], 9 Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Goldcrest, 3 Treecreeper, Yellow Wagtail, 3 Greenfinch (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
Newgate Street nr Cuffley: incl 4 Red Kite, 4 Common Buzzard, 20 Common Gull, Kestrel, 100 Jackdaw, 4 Rook, 4 Coal Tit, 7 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Whinchat, 8 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Linnet, Yellowhammer (via BirdTrack)
Norbury Park, Leatherhead: incl 2 Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher (Ruth Iredale via BirdTrack)
North Stifford "TQ601802": Wood Warbler w/ tit flock opp paddocks below village 0755 (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB/BirdGuides)
Orsett Fen: incl Sparrowhawk, 5 Common Buzzard, Peregrine, 10 Skylark, 4 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 4 Cetti’s Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 8 Willow Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 9 Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Linnet, 6 Yellowhammer (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
Panshanger Park: Osprey still 1255 (BirdGuides); also Little Egret, 8 Sand Martin, 12 House Martin, Yellow Wagtail (Lee Evans via Herts BC)
Pinner: reported 'Wryneck' in gdn re-ID'd from photos as Starling (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)
Queen Mother Reservoir "permit only": ad Yellow-legged Gull on raft by pier, 5 Wheatear 0900 (Peter Newbound via Berks BN)
Rainham RSPB: 2 Pintail, 10 Avocet, 75 Black-tailed Godwit, 140 Arctic Tern W 1415, juv Black Tern, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, Meadow Pipit (Howard Vaughan, Sharon Walsh, Caroline Drewitt, Colette Cook via ELBF FB); 2 Marsh Harrier, Curlew, 3 Ruff, 2 Common Snipe, Hobby, 6 Bearded Tit, 3 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler, 7 Whinchat (Pete Merchant per ELBF FB)
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 (Phillip Pentek); 17 Pochard, Little Grebe, 2 Whinchat still (Steve Read); Common Buzzard, Red Kite, Little Owl, Willow Warbler (James Owen); Wheatear (Paula Redmond)
St James's Park: Kingfisher (Frank Nugent)
Sevenoaks WR: incl Green Sandpiper (via BirdTrack)
South Norwood CP: incl Teal, Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
Staines Moor: Black-tailed Godwit R Colne, Hobby, Reed Warbler, 2 Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail am (Jim Sweetland tweet); Black-tailed Godwit R Colne still at bend below southernmost bridge c4pm (Adam Bolton tweet)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Spotted Flycatcher, 6 Swallow, 2 Common Whitethroat, 3 Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff 2 singing, 2 Common Buzzard, Bullfinch, pair Mandarin, Cormorant on Long Pond, {6 Red Admiral, 2 Painted Lady} (John Colmans)
Trent Park: 2 Blackcap, Common Buzzard, Chiffchaff, 6 Goldfinch, 53 Canada Goose, 2 Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Whinchat (Pete Lowman)
Tyttenhanger GPs: incl Little Egret, Black-tailed Godwit fishing lake still, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 10+ Tree Sparrow (Steve Pearce via Herts BC); also incl Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Kestrel, Reed Warbler, Grey Wagtail, 3 Reed Bunting (Andrew Steele via eBird)
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+ Common Whitethroat, Hobby, 2 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 6 Mistle Thrush, 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)
West Finchley: Swift over station 16:15 (Samuel Levy)
Wimbledon Common: Whinchat on the Plain (Adrian Podmore)
Woodberry Wetlands: Common Sandpiper pm (Garry James tweet)
Woodoaks Farm: incl Red Kite, 2 Skylark, 8 Swallow, 2 Common Whitethroat, 28 Linnet (Paul Lewis via eBird)

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: Greenshank main lake, 3 Whinchat, Wheatear (per BFBG blog/Surrey BC)
Brent Reservoir: 4 Egyptian Goose, 5 Common Swift, 2 Lapwing, 3 Common 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 (Francis O'Sullivan)
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)
Ingrebourne Valley: Spotted Flycatcher (Shaun Harvey per ELBF FB)
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); 2 Little Ringed Plover main lake fr peacock_tower (Murray Nurse via Surrey Birding FB); also incl Common Tern, 2 Kingfisher, Sand Martin, House Martin (Kevin Guest via BirdTrack)
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 over heading towards the primary school 7:30am (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)
Holmethorpe SPs: incl Common Snipe (via BirdTrack)
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, Marsh Harrier grazing marsh briefly pm, 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)
Stocker's Lake "area incl Bury Lake": incl 3 Little Egret, Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, Common Whitethroat (Roger Dewey via Birdtrack)
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: Grasshopper Warbler (Steve Thomas per BFBG blog); Barnacle Goose, 28 Gadwall, 40 Teal, 11 Tufted Duck, 25 Little Grebe, 14 Grey Heron, Little Egret, 6 Cormorant, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Buzzard, Lapwing, 3 Common Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 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, Whinchat, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 5 Greenfinch, 40 Linnet (Glenn Jones via BirdTrack); also incl Peregrine, 20 Chiffchaff )BFBG blog)
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: 21 Shoveler, 4 Cormorant, Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Kestrel, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, 5 Tree Sparrow, Grey Wagtail, 12 Linnet (BFBG blog)
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, 2 Sandwich Tern, House Martin, 3 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher (Gary James via Essex BwS)
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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