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Monday 16th December 2019

Hall Marsh: 2 Cattle Egret, Red Kite, Treecreeper, 5+ Siskin (Simon Papps)
London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 2 Goldeneye, 5 Pintail, Peregrine, 2 Stonechat, Water Pipit, 22 Common Snipe, Jack Snipe, 83 Wigeon, 90 Teal, 48 Pochard, 57 Gadwall, 62 Shoveler, 176 Tufted Duck, 26 Common Gull, 358 Coot (WWT website)
Morden Hall Park: incl Teal, 4 Grey Wagtail, 26 Meadow Pipit early-am (Steve Patmore via eBird)
Panshanger Park: Green Sandpiper (Murray Brown via Herts BC)
Purfleet "R Thames": incl Rock Pipit early-am (Fraser Simpson via eBird)
Wandle Park, Colliers Wood: 1 Little Egret (Keith Bates)

Sunday 15th December 2019

Black Park "Bucks": incl Red Kite, Raven, 3 Nuthatch (Steve Alley via eBird)
Bookham Common "Surrey": incl Marsh Tit again, 75 Redwing (Ruth Iredale via BirdTrack)
Brent Reservoir: 19 Common Snipe, Tawny Owl, 3 Cetti's Warbler (Andrew Self)
Bushy Park: incl 13 Meadow Pipit, Little Owl, Stonechat, Kestrel, Nuthatch, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpeckers, 2 Mistle Thrush (Spencer Neal)
Crossness NR: Penduline Tit as prev'y pm (BirdGuides)
Darlands Lake: incl 2 Tufted Duck N, Kingfisher folly brook, Bullfinch h folly brook again pm (Marcus Hunt via eBird)
Eagle Pond "Snaresbrook": 2 Caspian Gull ad 1w still 1500 (BirdGuides)
Fairlop Waters: 9 Golden Plover,62 Lapwing,20 Teal,8 Gadwall,13 G.C.Grebe,1 Little Egret,1 Kingfisher,1 C.Buzzard,1 Kestrel,4 Little Grebe (Steve Bacon)
Finchley "gdn N3": m Blackcap [6th winter in a row] (Samuel Levy)
Greenford "UB6": 2 Red Kite seen from garden [maybe overlap with N&G CP bird?] (Neil Anderson)
Hainault Country Park: 41 Shoveler ,3 Goosander (2 redheads 1 Drk) (Steve Bacon)
Hale End "Walthamstow": 1m Blackcap in garden (Daniel Whitelegg)
Hertford Castle Gardens TL324125: incl 3 Little Egret, Cormorant, 2 Red Kite, 2 Water Rail, Common Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, Kestrel, Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail, Reed Bunting am (Janhvi Vyas via eBird)
Holyfield Hall Farm "LVP": 26 Yellowhammer in the seed strip cereals-triticale wheat & barley, 12 Reed Bunting, 15 Song Thrush, 19 Skylark, c125 Chaffinch on the canal field fodder radish & fat hen, 28 Pied Wagtails (Andrew Middleton)
Home Park: Little Egret in ditch then paddock by Rick Pond at 10.30 (Mike Foster)
Island Barn Reservoir "no access": juv Great Northern Diver still am [view fr Molesey Heath TQ133672] (Dave Harris tweet)
Kentish Town: Blackcap [m] first of winter at Gaisford Street (Pete Mantle)
London Wetland Centre: Pintail, 2 Goldeneye, Bittern, 5 Water Rail, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Peregrine, 80 Redwing S/SW, 2 Stonechat, Water Pipit (WWT website)
Moorhall Lake "Harefield": 3 Cormorant, Grey Heron, Kingfisher, 12 Tufted Duck, Kestrel, Red Kite, Great Crested Grebe (Nigel Barratt)
North Finchley "Hutton Grove": 10+ Redwing, Collared Dove (Samuel Levy)
Northolt & Greenford CP: pr Egyptian Geese, Red Kite, Meadow Pipit, 9 Pied Wagtail, 2 Redwing, 10+ Chaffinch (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Osterley Park: 25 Shoveler, 11 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 16 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, 7 Cormorant, 2 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 6 Common Gull, Kestrel, 48 Jackdaw, Coal Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 13 Redwing, 8 Pied Wagtail pm (David Wright via eBird)
Panshanger Park; Shelduck W along broadwater (Tim Hill via Herts BC)
Purfleet "R Thames": incl 2 Pintail, 42 Teal early-am (Fraser Simpson via eBird)
Rainham RSPB: incl 22 Gadwall, 522 Wigeon, 1200 Lapwing, 3 Curlew, 900 Dunlin, 30 Rook, Firecrest, 250 House Sparrow (Jonathan Lethbridge via eBird); also incl 1000 Teal, 3 Marsh Harrier, 16 Golden Plover, Grey Plover, 2 Ruff, Barn Owl, 2 Water Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit (Martin Jordan via eBird); also incl 33 Avocet, 4 Black-tailed Godwit (via BirdTrack); 2 Short-eared Owl still 1550 (BirdGuides)
Rye Meads RSPB: incl 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Bullfinch (Janhvi Vyas via eBird)
St Albans: Waxwing photographed in Battlefield Rd/Lancaster Rd area [ca. TL157084] (per Axel Kirby via Herts BC)
Shortwood Common: incl Cetti's Warbler h again TQ048718, Goldcrest, 8 Meadow Pipit, 3 Linnet evg (Jeremy Soane via Surrey BN)
Sidcup: Common Buzzard over Halfway St & Willersley Avenue & Hollies 9.25am. White around tail. Flapped and stopped to hover regularly. (Eric Brown)
Staines Reservoir "WeBS": 151 Wigeon, 119 Pochard, 140 Tufted Duck, Long-tailed Duck still [reported], 20 Goldeneye, 6 Little Grebe, 9 Black-necked Grebe (Allan Goddard tweet)
Stocker's Farm: incl Wigeon, Little Egret, 7 Meadow Pipit early-am (Paul Lewis via eBird)
Thorpe Park: incl 77 Gadwall, 47 Wigeon, 223 Pochard, 6 Goldeneye 3m 3f, 4 Little Grebe (Kevin Duncan via Surrey BN)
Tyttenhanger GPs "main pit": f Goldeneye still, pair of Wigeon, Little Grebe (Jo Edwards)
Verulamium Park: Yellow-legged Gull nr-ad TL140070 (Alan Gardiner via Herts BC)
Waddon Ponds "WeBS count": incl 5 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe (John Birkett & Sue Henning via Croydon Birders)
Wanstead Flats: 2 Rock Pipit flushed from puddles next to Jubilee then flew east, 2 Stonechat, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, "WeBS" 66 Egyptian Goose, c272 Canada Goose [incl prob duplic'n], 66 Greylag Goose, 40 Mute Swan, 124 Mallard, 8 Gadwall, 20 Shoveler, 8 Tufted Duck, 3 Pochard, 23 Moorhen, 28 Coot, 130+ Black-headed Gull, 251+ Common Gull, 62 Herring Gull, 27 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, Grey Heron, 2 Little Grebe (Wanstead Birders)
Wimbledon Common: 4 Shoveler 2m 2f Kingsmere (Les Evans-Hill)
Winchmore Hill: 1 Blackcap [m], 3 Redwing (Paul Collins)
Woodford Green: Tawny Owl calling loudly at 7.30, White-Fronted Goose (looking lost) flying South and low over the forest/ride not totally unprecedented, had one during the Spring many moons ago.(Ken Murray)
Wraysbury GPs: incl 70 Tufted Duck, 5 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, Little Grebe, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Red Kite, 2 Nuthatch, Grey Wagtail (Thomas Gibson via eBird)

Saturday 14th December 2019

Banstead "Lyme Regis Rd [corrected from The Brindles], Surrey": still no sign y'day's Waxwings in Lyme Regis Rd [few obvious berries] 1130 (Steve Gale tweet)
Bookham Common: incl 2 Raven, 10 Redwing pm (Simon Nockold via eBird)
Brookmill Park: 15 Redwing, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
Chiswick Eyot "part of WeBS": ad Yellow-legged Gull, w/ Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 16 Herring Gull, 6 Common Gull, c100 Black-headed Gull (Neil Anderson)
Cornmill Meadows: 61 Wigeon, 42 Teal, 3 Little Egret, Red Kite, Kingfisher, 10+ Siskin (Simon Papps)
Crossness NR: 2 Barn Owl, 2 Peregrine, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, Pheasant, 3 Cetti's Warbler h, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Tufted Duck, 4 Pochard, Little Grebe, c50 Teal, 65 Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, {Water Vole} (Bernie Weight)
Denham CP: incl Little Egret, 3 Cormorant, 40 Common Gull, 10 Siskin (Lynette Gammage via BirdTrack)
Eagle Pond: 2 Caspian Gull ad 1w (BirdGuides)
Ferny Hill Farm "private access": 2 Reed Bunting f/imm & m (Robert Callf)
Finchley "gdn N3": Sparrowhawk, Jay, 2 Nuthatch, 4 Coal Tit (Samuel Levy)
Grand Junction Res: incl Shelduck, 3 Shoveler, 1+ Pochard, 2 Little Grebe (via BirdTrack)
Hall Marsh: 2 Cattle Egret 3.30pm [same birds were on adjacent Waltham Marsh at 2.30pm], 35 Lapwing, Common Chiffchaff (Simon Papps)
Hampstead Heath: Water Rail bathing at edge of viaduct pond, also Grey Wagtail, Treecreeper (Jamie Cedar) Also does anyone know any good spots for bullfinch on the heath or heath extension? Jamie
Hilfield Park Reservoir: Mediterranean Gull ad in roost (Tony Blake)
Island Barn Reservoir "no access": juv Great Northern Diver 0910 [sailing club closed but GND shd be visible fr Molesey Heath TQ133672] (Dave Harris tweet)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 27 Goldfinch in loose flock feeding in silver birch trees am (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 7 Water Rail h, 3 Common Snipe, 2 Peregrine, 15 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, Water Pipit (WWT website); 2 Water Pipit, 1m Pintail, Goldeneye, 5 Common Snipe, 3 Great Crested Grebe (Martin Honey et al)
Lonsdale Rd Res "part of WeBS": pr Shelduck, 13 Shoveler, pr Teal (Neil Anderson)
Middlesex Filter Beds: 2 Firecrest still moving through scrub along river at dusk (Alastair Dent)
Mile End: m Blackcap, Goldcrest in back gdn (Harry Harrison)
Pinner: 5 Redwing, Green Woodpecker (Nigel Barratt)
Ponders End Lake "WeBS count": 13 Lapwing, 79 Gadwall, 69 Teal, f Pochard, Kingfisher, 82 Black-headed Gull, 148 Coot (Daniel Whitelegg)
Purfleet "R Thames": incl Little Egret, 35 Avocet, Grey Plover, Curlew noon (Fraser Simpson via eBird)
Putney: Bewick's Swan 1w E 08.15 (Rupert Kaye)
Putney Bridge: Grey Wagtail perched by river (Neil Anderson)
Rainham Marshes: 2 Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, 2+ Peregrine, Merlin, 20 Avocet, ad Yellow-legged Gull, Water Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, 18 Rook (Andrew Self)
Sevenoaks WR: incl 130 Lapwing, Little Owl, Nuthatch (via BirdTrack)
Stanstead Abbotts Lakes - N lake: Redpoll fos, 2 Siskin (Jane Free via Twitter/Herts BC) Stanstead Innings - sandpiper_hide is still closed & underpass flooded but passable w/ boots.
Totteridge Valley: 1+ Firecrest (usual place), 2 Goldcrest, Mistle Thrush, Redwing, 2 Nuthatch, {Wood Mouse} (Samuel & Toby Levy)
Town Park, Enfield: 2 Little Grebe together Carr's Basin, Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Northern Shoveler, m Common Pochard, 16 Tufted Duck 8m 8f, 77+ Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, Herring Gull, f Great Spotted Woodpecker (Robert Callf)
Trent Park: Cormorant, f Northern Shoveler, m Common Pochard, 2f Tufted Duck, 2 Common Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 14 Goldfinch, 2f Bullfinch together 'Old Golf Course' (Robert Callf); also 6 Fieldfare (Pete Lowman)
Turnford Marsh GPs "Ashley Pit": 10 Goosander 5m 5rh, 20+ Redwing (Chris Ruis tweet)
Wimbledon Common: Woodcock ladies mile (Les Evans-Hill)
Woodberry Wetlands: c15 Pochard, Water Rail (Garry James tweet)

Friday 13th December 2019

Banstead "Lyme Regis Rd [not The Brindles], Surrey": 2 Waxwing in private garden c0925 (Chris Hills via Surrey BC); no sign Waxwings in brief visit to The Brindles cul-de-sac 1250 (Steve Gale tweets)
Bow Creek Ecology Park: incl 73 Teal, 3 Common Sandpiper, 15 Redshank, 2 Common Gull, Kingfisher, Kestrel (Stephen Harris via eBird)
Boxer's Lake: Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 3m Common Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck 2m 2f, 26 Black-headed Gull incl one w/ yellow darvic [not read], 2 Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull (Robert Callf)
Brookmans Park "Leach Fields and Gobions Wood": Kestrel f, 2 Red Kite, Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Goldfinch, Grey Heron, Black-headed Gull, 2 Cormorant, 6 Redwing, 3 Moorhen (Ray Jaeggi)
Cheshunt/Fishers Green area: Peregrine, Kingfisher, Brambling with Chaffinches and other finches alongside River Lee Navigation (James Palmer) JP - remaining records reposted under their site names for accurate mapping
Crossness: Kestrel, no sign of Penduline Tit but very windy so maybe just keeping low (Paul Francis)
Danson Park: 10 Tufted Ducks m 5f, 2m Gadwalls, 4 Pochard 3m f, 5m Shovelers, Little Egret, 1 Green Woodpeckers, 2 Song Thrushes (Harry Halstead)
Dawcombe "SWT NR, Surrey TQ215525 no access": incl Common Buzzard, m Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in deciduous copse c250m east of knowles field shaw, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Marsh Tit upper_grebe_glade, Raven, 3 Goldcrest, 7 Nuthatch dewriding plntn, 11 Redwing (Tony Sztypuljak via eBird)
Denham CP: incl 6 Tufted Duck, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Little Grebe, 3 Kingfisher still, 10 Goldcrest (Lynette Gammage via BirdTrack)
East India Dock Basin NR: incl 2 Shelduck, 53 Teal, Grey Heron, 11 Cormorant, 2 Common Gull, Grey Wagtail pm (Stephen Harris via eBird)
Ellenbrook Fields: pr Stonechat on rear fenceline of bt site evg (Rupert Evershed tweet)
Fishers Green Goosefield: Raven (James Palmer)
Fraser Down "SWT NR, Surrey TQ211526 no access": incl Raven flying fr Dawcombe SWT into Harebeating Brow Wd am, Marsh Tit woodland edge of northern field, Nuthatch, Bullfinch (Tony Sztypuljak via eBird)
Frogmore Lakes: incl 12 Little Egret (Alan Winn via BirdTrack)
Greenford: Red Kite low over gdn, 3 Redwing (Neil Anderson)
Hall Marsh: Cattle Egret still (James Palmer)
Hampstead Heath: Water Rail, Grey Wagtail, Sparrowhawk, loads of Redwing, 5 Nuthatch (Jamie Cedar) Please avoid subjective terms such as 'loads' - a rough estimate is better - R Callf
Hogsmill Open Space "fr train": 1 Little Egret feeding in river 08:40 (Neil Batten)
Honor Oak Park "private garden": f Great Spotted Woodpecker (Paul Francis)
London Wetland Centre: incl Pintail, Goldeneye, 5 Common Snipe, Peregrine, Water Pipit (WWT website); also Jack Snipe grazing marsh fr peacock-tower pm (Sam Jones via eBird)
Pinner: Red Kite, 4 Redwing, Long-tailed Tit, 5 Goldfinch, 7 Ring-necked Parakeet, 40+ Black-headed Gull (Nigel Barratt)
Turnford Marsh GPs "Ashley Pit": 6 Goosander (James Palmer)
Tyttenhanger GPs: incl 13 Gadwall, f Goldeneye main gp still, Goosander S, 2 Little Egret, Red Kite, Water Rail h, Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper fishing lake, c20 Tree Sparrow tytt fm still (Steven Brown et al via Herts BC/BirdTrack)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Firecrest still, 3 Goldcrest, Chiffchaff (Walthamstow Birders)
Woodford Green: Goldcrest on peanut feeder 3rd visit in 2 weeks, haven't experienced this before in 36 years, is this a recent phenomena?, Song Thrush, 2 Nuthatch, then a flyover Green Sandpiper at mid-day (only my 2nd ever), Mistle Thrush, 15 Redwing and 2 Little Egrets. (Ken Murray)
Woodoaks Farm, Maple Cross: Kestrel, c400 Chaffinch in Brassica field, c15 Linnet (Paul Lewis tweet)

Thursday 12th December 2019

Alexandra Park: 16 Common Gull, 2 Pochard, Peregrine (APOG Birders)
Belmont Open Space, Cockfosters / East Barnet: Chiffchaff feeding in Ivy behind my garden, 2 Nuthatch regularly coming to feeders (Bob Husband)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 15 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
Hale End: 4 Blackcaps 2m 2f gdn (Daniel Whitelegg)
Hampstead Heath: 2 Redpoll calling among goldfinch flock (Jamie Cedar)
KGVI Res "permit only": incl 2 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, 7 Goldeneye still, Goosander, Great Northern Diver, Grey Heron, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Skylark still, 48 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, 2 Bullfinch (Craig Brookes via BirdTrack)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Pintail, Goldeneye, Eurasian Bittern, Jack Snipe, Caspian Gull 2w main lake, Kingfisher am, Chiffchaff, 6 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, Water Pipit (WWT website)
Lynsters Farm: incl 19 Wigeon (Paul Lewis via eBird)
Pinner: Green Woodpecker (Nigel Barratt)
Purfleet "R Thames": incl Grey Plover, Yellow-legged Gull early-am (Fraser Simpson via eBird)
Rainham Marshes: 4 Caspian Gulls [3 1w & 1 ad], Little Stint, Corn Bunting (Dante Shepherd)

Wednesday 11th December 2019

Alexandra Park: 5 Common Pochard on Boating Lake, Kingfisher at Wood Green Reservoir (APOG Birders)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 2 Redwing, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
Bushy Park: incl 11 Gadwall, Teal, 3 Stonechat still (Spencer Neal via BirdTrack)
Crossness NR: returning m Penduline Tit [prev'y 18 Feb - 15 Mar] in reeds by dipping platform fr screen TQ491801 till 1305 at least (Tim Ballard tweet/BirdGuides); ringtail Hen Harrier [at Rainham RSPB 15min earlier] W upriver 12:01, Caspian Gull 2w, 5 Yellow-legged Gull, Mediterranean Gull 2w, Water Pipit (Dante Shepherd)
Danson Park: 10 Tufted Ducks 5m 5f, 2m Gadwalls, Little Egret, Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 2 Goldcrests (Harry Halstead)
Eagle Pond: Caspian Gull (Alan Wilkinson)
Greenwich "Woodlands Park Rd": f Blackcap gdn (Richard Green)
Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: Little Grebe, 2 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Reed Bunting (John Bushall, Richard Green)
Hampstead Heath: 4 Fieldfares E over Parliament Hill 0900 (Pete Mantle)
Hilfield Park Reservoir "permit only": incl Goldeneye, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Water Rail, Kestrel, Coal Tit, Nuthatch (Alan Gardiner via BirdTrack)
Hogsmill River, Ewell: incl Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher (Rosy Jones via BirdTrack)
Hythe Lake, Wraysbury: incl 2 Gadwall, 15 Tufted Duck, 5 Goldeneye, Goosander, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, Cormorant, Red Kite (via BirdTrack)
London Wetland Centre: 5 Pintail, Goldeneye, Peregrine, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Fieldfare, 30+ Redwing SW, 2 Mistle Thrush, Water Pipit (WWT website)
Lynsters Farm: Common Buzzard, Green Sandpiper, Common Gull (Maple Lodge Conserv'n Soc via eBird)
Maple Lodge NR "members only": incl 4 Little Grebe, Nuthatch, Reed Bunting (MLCS via eBird)
Mayflower Park: 6 Linnet, Peregrine (Danny Ramsay per Bob Smith)
North Met Pit: incl Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 5 Cormorant, Tawny Owl (Andy Holmes via BirdTrack)
Pinner: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Goldfinch, 5 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Redwing (Nigel Barratt)
Primrose Hill: 17 Woodpigeon N 0830, Great Tit singing briefly, 5 Fieldfare S 0815, c10 Redwing over, 2 Pied Wagtail over (Twitter)
Purfleet "R Thames": incl Little Grebe, Common Sandpiper, 8 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing early-am (Fraser Simpson via eBird)
Pymmes Park "1330-1530": 2 Little Grebe, Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan pr incl m w/ orange darvic 4BYF, 2 Egyptian Goose pr incl m w/ metal ring no 1459597, 9 Northern Shoveler 5m 4f, 27 Tufted Duck 18m 9f, Black-headed Gull w/ yellow darvic ring [not read], no sign of Med Gull, 9 Common Gull, 17 Herring Gull, Stock Dove, 24 Collared Dove in trees on island nr Victoria Rd entrance, 7+ Redwing, 3 Goldcrest, Nuthatch (Robert Callf)
Rainham RSPB: juv f Hen Harrier nr river & over aveley pools then upriver toward barking creekmouth late-am (Helen Macdonald [finder], Howard Vaughan, Andy Tweed via ELBF FB/BirdGuides); f Merlin (Helen Macdonald per ELBF FB); incl 4 Marsh Harrier, 30 Avocet, 3 Curlew, Barn Owl, 6 Bearded Tit, 30 Fieldfare, 13 Redwing, 4 Stonechat (RSPB via ELBF FB); incl 6 Pintail, 700 Lapwing, 350 Black-tailed Godwit, 600 Dunlin, 2 Common Snipe (Steve Smith per ELBF FB)
Richmond Park: Little Owl hawthorn valley border 13.30 (Peter Hart)
Sevenoaks WR: incl 130 Tufted Duck, 6 Common Snipe, 3 Chiffchaff, 15 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing (via BirdTrack)
Staines Moor: 1 Water Pipit w/ ring [not read] (Max Buckley)
Stave Hill: 1 Kingfisher, 4 Redwing, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Collared Dove (John & Janet Cadera)
Stocker's Lake: incl 30 Shoveler, 40 Pochard, 12 Goldeneye, 19 Lapwing, Great Black-backed Gull, Reed Bunting (via BirdTrack)
Sydenham Hill Wood LNR: Common Buzzard in trees been mobbed by local birds [Crows & Ring-necked Parakeets etc] 11am (Ernie Thomason)
Tottenham Cemetery: incl Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 10 Redwing (Jeff Humm via BirdTrack)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Kingfisher, Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 22 Redwing, 5 Teal, 103 Canada Goose (John Colmans)
Twickenham: m Tawny Owl calling on strawberry hill gc 05.00 (Mike Foster)
Watermeadows Open Space: 7+ Little Grebe, 3+ Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker h (Jack Headley)
West Norwood Cemetery: Peregrine, 2 Mistle Thrush (1st I've seen here since 2 years of regular visits) Nuthatch (Michael Mac)
Worcester Park: Little Egret (Bob Smith)

Tuesday 10th December 2019

Alexandra Park: 2 Goosander pr low S over Wood Green Res 0806 then circled and flew high N [first site record since January 1996], 20+ Redwing, 5 Pochard (Bob Watts)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 12 Redwing, Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
Bushy Park: incl Coal Tit, Bullfinch (via BirdTrack)
Chipstead Lake: incl Kestrel, 25 Fieldfare, 75 Redwing (via BirdTrack)
Cody Dock, Bow "Cody Wilds": incl 34 Teal, 3 Cormorant, Kingfisher, 2 Chiffchaff (via BirdTrack)
Cornmill Meadows: incl Cattle Egret w/ cattle on top field 1315, Little Egret, Cormorant (Andy Holmes via LVRP sightings blog/BirdTrack)
Crossness NR: Barn Owl, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 2 Peregrine, Little Egret, Grey Heron, 4 Cetti's Warbler, Pheasant, Kingfisher, 12 Canada Goose (Bernie Weight); "Thames Foreshore incoming tide" 95 Shoveler, Curlew, 45 Shelduck, 14 Redshank, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, c200 Dunlin, 85 Lapwing, 18 Wigeon, c80 Gadwall, c400 Teal, 15 Cormorant, 2 Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Pied Wagtail, c400 Black-headed Gull (Bernie Weight)
Hall Marsh Scrape: incl 15 Shoveler, 2 Cattle Egret still, 33 Lapwing, 20+ Goldfinch, 10+ Siskin in alders 1115 (Andy Holmes via LVRP sightings blog/BirdTrack)
Kelsey Park: incl 6 [Wood Duck], 23 Mandarin, 106 Mallard, 21 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Cormorant, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Coal Tit, Chiffchaff, 10 Goldcrest, 4 Nuthatch, 25 Redwing (Liz Anderson via BirdTrack)
London Wetland Centre: 3 Pintail, 2 Goldeneye, Bittern, 3 Common Snipe, 2 Peregrine, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechat, Water Pipit (WWT website)
Margravine Cemetery: c35 Redwing (David Jeffreys)
Middlesex Filter Beds: Firecrest in holm oak nr steps up to river still (Jean-Patrick Elmes)
Purfleet "R Thames": incl Grey Plover, Yellow-legged Gull (Fraser Simpson via eBird)
Pymmes Park: ad Mediterranean Gull back on ne cnr of playing field 2.15pm, 5 Shoveler 3m 2f, 2 Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Redwing (Davey Leach)
Rainham RSPB: 2 Marsh Harrier, 30 Avocet (RSPB via ELBF FB)

Monday 9th December 2019

Alexandra Park: Common Buzzard N (Markus Percic)
Bookham Common: incl Teal, 9 Redwing (Ruth Iredale via BirdTrack)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Cely Woods: incl Lesser Spotted Woodpecker still, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 43 Ring-necked Parakeet, Kestrel, 9 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper, 12 Redwing, Nuthatch, Bullfinch (Ruth Barnes via BirdTrack)
Chelsea "Harbour Yard": 2 Grey Wagtail (Des McKenzie)
Coursers Farm: 5+ Yellowhammer fdr (Alan Gardiner via Herts BC)
Creekmouth: Siberian Chiffchaff, 11 Chiffchaff, f-type Black Redstart (Dante Shepherd)
Enfield Lock "Prince of Wales Open Space wetlands TQ369981": Cetti's Warbler (Brian Dawton)
Ferny Hill Farm "private access": f/imm Reed Bunting (Robert Callf)
Finsbury Park: incl 3 Gadwall, Pochard, 33 Tufted Duck, Grey Heron am (Stephen Harris via eBird)
Hall Marsh: 2 Cattle Egret still (Simon Papps)
Highfield Farm: Little Owl (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
Island Barn Reservoir "permit only": Mediterranean Gull (Chris Turner per Surrey BC)
Kingston-upon-Thames "town centre": 2 Peregrine (Nigel Jackman)
London Wetland Centre: 5 Pintail, 52 Pochard, 2 Goldeneye, Bittern, 3 Common Snipe, Water Pipit (WWT website)
Margravine Cemetery: 21 Redwing (Nathalie Mahieu)
Mudchute Park & Farm: 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, plus usual Monk Parakeets (James Palmer)
Northaw Great Wood: incl 3 Common Buzzard, Common Gull, Coal Tit, Goldcrest, Nuthatch (via BirdTrack)
Purfleet "R Thames": incl f Pintail, 25 Avocet, imm Shag upriver then downriver w/ Cormorant, Common Sandpiper (Fraser Simpson via eBird)
Rainham RSPB: 1 Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 2 Ruff, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 11 Curlew, Barn Owl, Green Woodpecker, 10 Fieldfare (John & Janet Cadera)
Richmond Park: Red Kite (K Freer via A Self)
Seventy Acres Lake: f Smew still (Caroline Leonard/Graham Canny via LVRP sightings blog)
Stave Hill "Ecology Park": Firecrest still (James Palmer)
Tilehouse North Lake: incl 6 Gadwall, 20 Pochard, 38 Tufted Duck, 3 Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, Little Egret, 6 Cormorant, 2 Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull pm (Paul Lewis via eBird)
Trent Park: 2 Cormorant, Grey Heron, 2 Mandarin Duck pr, f Tufted Duck, Common Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, 6+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Coal Tit, Treecreeper, 4 Goldfinch, f Bullfinch (Robert Callf)
Troy Mill Lake: incl f Goldeneye, Great Crested Grebe, Cormorant, Common Buzzard, Common Gull (Paul Lewis via BirdTrack)
Verulamium Park: incl 21 Shoveler, Pochard, 15 Common Gull, 2 Grey Heron, Little Egret, Kingfisher, Coal Tit am (Andrew Steele via eBird)
Victoria Park: 14 Red-crested Pochard 12m 2f (James Palmer)
West Wickham: 3 ad Common Gull, 4 Pied Wagtail (Jack Headley)

Sunday 8th December 2019

Alexandra Park: 19 Common Gull, 2 Redwing, 5 Mute Swan 4ad juv (APOG Birders)
Balham "Fontenoy Rd": m Blackcap on fdrs in my front gdn (Nick Moll)
Beddington Farmlands: incl Shelduck, 5 Green Sandpiper, Barn Owl, 12 Redwing, 5 Grey Wagtail, 5 Water Pipit [restricted view fr f/p east of Mile Rd Hackbridge] (BFBG blog/BirdGuides)
Brent Park: 4 Grey Heron, 2 Treecreeper, Dunnock (Toby Mylett)
Brent Reservoir: Peregrine, 18 Common Snipe, Water Rail, 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull, Chiffchaff (Andrew Self); Sparrowhawk, 21 Common Snipe, Common Buzzard, Tawny Owl in ash tree (Roy Beddard, John Colmans, Bob Husband, NW Ldn RSPB Grp monthly birdwalk); Little Egret over n marsh (Francis O'Sullivan)
Broadfields Farm: incl Kestrel, 2 Fieldfare, 6+ Redwing (Andrew Cox via Essex BwS)
Bushy Park: incl 5 Meadow Pipit (Spencer Neal via BirdTrack)
Canons Farm: 2 Woodcock over infront george field evg (Ian Ward via CFBW blog)
Cely Woods: f Lesser Spotted Woodpecker still (Sam Porter tweet)
Corbets Tey: Cattle Egret in paddock nw of Aveley Rd/Gerpins Ln jn TQ557844 am (Sam Porter via Twitter/BirdGuides); no further sign Cattle Egret c1430, Little Egret (BirdGuides)
Darlands Lake: incl Grey Heron, 3 Common Buzzard, Tawny Owl h 1600, 9 Redwing, Bullfinch folly brook pm (Marcus Hunt via eBird)
Edmonton "Church St RG": 16 Common Gull incl one 1st-winter, 2 Pied Wagtail, 30+ Starling (Robert Callf)
Edmonton "Latymer School PF": 30+ Common Gull (Robert Callf)
Fetcham Mill Pond: incl 28 Tufted Duck (Ruth Ireland via BirdTrack)
Hampstead Heath: m Peregrine at Men's Pond, also 17 Shoveler on Highgate No1 (Pete Mantle)
Harrow "Lower Rd": 58 Pied Wagtail on cricket pitch (Michael E Robinson)
Hilfield Park Reservoir "permit only": 2 Raven S 10am, 1 Peregrine, 1 Lapwing, 1 Goldeneye ad f, 22 Pochard (Tony Blake)
Inns Lake: incl 19 Gadwall, Pochard, 10 Tufted Duck, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Heron pm (Paul Lewis via eBird)
Langley Vale Wood: incl 20 Skylark, Nuthatch, 5 Fieldfare (via BirdTrack)
London Wetland Centre: Pintail, Goldeneye, 2 Bittern, Jack Snipe, 4 Common Snipe, 2 Stonechat, 2 Water Pipit (WWT website); also incl 2 Jack Snipe (Simon Pettit via BirdTrack)
Osterley Park: Pochard, 23 Tufted Duck, 22 Shoveler, 12 Cormorant, c100 Black-headed Gull, 9 Redwing, 10 Pied Wagtail, 2 Red Kite, Common Buzzard both perched behind the House (Nigel Dodd/Osterley Birders)
Purfleet "R Thames": incl 33 Avocet, Grey Plover, Rock Pipit late-am (Fraser Simpson via eBird)
Rainham RSPB: incl 2 Ruff, 2 Water Pipit butts hide & target pools late-am (Paul Hawkins via Twitter/BirdGuides); also incl [Bar-headed Goose], 3 Marsh Harrier, 33 Avocet, 5 Curlew, Grey Plover, Barn Owl, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, Rock Pipit (Patrick Hart et al per ELBF FB)
Richmond Park: incl 3 Kestrel, 2 Redwing, 3+ Stonechat field east of upper pen pond (Arjun Dutta via eBird/Twitter)
Rye Meads NR: Siberian Chiffchaff in bushes along north side of toll road betw Rye House gatehouse & cottages am (Alan Harris via Herts BC); Siberian Chiffchaff again h toll road just south of cottages nr metal gate 1505 (BirdGuides)
Scadbury Park LNR: 2 Egyptian Goose moated manor, 15+ Redwing, 20+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Jack Headley)
Springwell Lake: incl 22 Shoveler, 11 Tufted Duck, 2f Goldeneye, Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Cormorant, 19 Rook over, 13 Redwing pm (Paul Lewis via eBird)
Staines Moor: incl 2 Shoveler, Goosander still, 3 Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2 Water Pipit still (Chris Jones via BirdTrack)
Staines Reservoir: incl Shelduck, Long-tailed Duck still, 7 Black-necked Grebe (Chris Jones via BirdTrack))
Ten Acre Wood area: 27 Teal in newish seasonal pool [record site count], 2 Grey Heron, 2 Common Buzzard feeding in paddock, Kestrel, 24 Stock Dove, 2 Skylark, Grey Wagtail, 4 Fieldfare, Reed Bunting, 22 Goldfinch, pr Bullfinch (Neil Anderson)
Town Park, Enfield: 2 Cormorant, Grey Heron, 2 Northern Shoveler pr, 3m Common Pochard, 7 Tufted Duck 5m 2f, 161 Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, 3 Herring Gull, Grey Wagtail, 2 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Wetlands: m Scaup still no5 res am (BirdGuides)
Waterlow Park: 6 Siskin (Jamie Cedar tweet)

Saturday 7th December 2019

Alexandra Park: 1cy Great Black-backed Gull [same individual as recently] washing briefly then S, Firecrest again Blandford Hall, 3m Pochard, 35 Common Gull, Kingfisher, 12 Redwing, 2 Peregrine, Siskin, Treecreeper, Chiffchaff (APOG Birders)
Ashtead Common: Cormorant W, f Sparrowhawk, 2 Coal Tit, Goldcrest, 6 Fieldfare, Stonechat, Grey Wagtail (Richard Nunns via Surrey BN); 6 prob Grey Partridge low over ploughed field north of Common 1530 (Richard Nunns per Surrey BC)
Bayhurst Wood "area": 3+ Little Owl horse paddock south of wood, 5+ Tawny Owl pr [New Years Green Lane south on road bend & 3+ Bayhurst Wd], last sighting local Barn Owl 6.45am 14th November (Dan Pinkham)
Beckton STW "private access": incl 27 Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 104 Redshank, 8 Chiffchaff, 9 Redwing, 7 Grey Wagtail, Rock Pipit am (Dave Morrison tweet)
Beddington Farmlands: Caspian Gull 1w (BirdGuides)
Brent Park: 34 Black-headed Gull over 09:00-11:00, 2 Grey Heron, Mistle Thrush, 4 Pied Wagtail, 3 Grey Wagtail, 12+ Goldfinch, 2m Chaffinch (Toby Mylett)
Bromley "Moorside Rd, Downham BR1": c10 House Sparrows. First I've seen in this area for years (Dave de Silva)
Crayford Marshes: incl 4 Gadwall, 2 Wigeon, 5 Teal, Little Egret, 3 Cormorant, 100 Lapwing, 60 Dunlin, 2 Redshank, Little Gull thames foreshore 1315, 2 Common Gull, 25 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Kestrel, Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit (Nigel Harris via BirdTrack/BirdGuides)
Crossness "Foreshore 14:00-15:00": 250 Eurasian Teal, 200 Gadwall, 130 Common Shoveler, 50 Shelduck, 20 Redshank, 20 Dunlin, 1 Curlew, 50 Cormorant, 10 Grey Heron, "Riverwall" 20 Long-tailed Tits, 1 Chiffchaff, "Cory Incinerator" 2 Peregrine together on ledge, 1 Kestrel, 1 Cetti's Warbler (Patrick English)
Dartford Marshes: 4 Common Sandpiper r darent [e bank] 1315 (Nigel Harris via BirdTrack/BirdGuides)
Dungeon Hill: incl 2 Stock Dove singing, 2 Collared Dove singing, 40+ Redwing, 7 Bullfinch, 25-30 Greenfinch incl flock of 20-25 ground-feeding (Ian Ward per DH Wildlife blog)
Eagle Pond: Caspian Gull ad still (BirdGuides)
Ealing "W13": Fieldfare feeding on berries in Briarbank Rd early pm - unusual on ground here (Bill Haines)
East Molesey "Riverside": incl 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Cormorant (Stephen Harris via eBird)
Erith Pier: Caspian Gull 1w 1300 (Rich Bonser via Twitter/BirdGuides)
Fairlop Waters: 14 Golden Plover, Lapwing, 4 Little Egret, Redwing, Fieldfare, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Teal, Gadwall, Shoveler, Bullfinch, Greenfinch (Alan Thomas/Neil Twyford)
Grand Union Canal "Yiewsley": 12 Black-headed Gull NW 15:00-15:10, 6+ Starling (Toby Mylett)
Hither Green Cemetery "Lewisham Crematorium gardens": 2200+ Ring-necked Parakeets into roost from SW (Dave de Silva)
Holyfield Lake: f Goosander 1100 (Maureen Lead via LVRP sightings blog)
Home Park: incl 3 Tufted Duck, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Cormorant, Great Black-backed Gull pm (Stephen Harris via eBird)
Hurst Park "Riverside": incl 26 Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe, Cormorant (Stephen Harris via eBird)
Kingsbury Green "NW9": 2 Common Gull (Toby Mylett)
Kingsbury Station: 18 Starling, 2 Goldfinch (Toby Mylett)
Little Harlington Playing Fields "UB3": 15 Starling (Toby Mylett)
London Wetland Centre: f Goldeneye, m Mandarin, 2 Water Rail, Common Snipe, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Water Pipit, 2 Stonechat, Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff (Andrew Self); 7 Common Snipe, 3 Jack Snipe, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Stonechat m f (Martin Honey); Caspian Gull imm on pool fr wildside hide c15:00 (Terence Baker); also incl 30 Shoveler, Bittern, 15 Common Snipe pm (Oscar Dewhurst via eBird)
Middlesex University Campus: Pied Wagtail (Toby Mylett)
Morden Hall Park: incl 22 Common Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 76 Redwing, 24 Meadow Pipit, Brambling am (Steve Patmore via eBird)
Platt's Eyot: incl 4 Tufted Duck, Cormorant (Stephen Harris via eBird)
Purfleet "R Thames": incl rh Goosander flew up r darent midday, ad m Marsh Harrier, 3 Avocet, Curlew, Yellow-legged Gull (Fraser Simpson via eBird)
Rainham RSPB: Firecrest (John Humble via Friends of RM RSPB FB); also incl 2 Little Egret, 4 Marsh Harrier, 20 Avocet, 2 Curlew, 2 Ruff, 200 Dunlin, Barn Owl, 6 Skylark, 4 Bearded Tit, 4 Stonechat, 4 Water Pipit, 4 Rock Pipit (RSPB via ELBF FB); 2 Caspian Gull 1w 2w on thames east of stone barges 1030 (Richard Bonser via Twitter/BirdGuides)
Richmond Park: 74 Shoveler, 20 Gadwall, 93 Pochard, 21 Tufted Duck incl melanistic m, 49 Common Gull (Neil Anderson)
Ruxley GPs "permit only": 60+ Gadwall, 7+ Pochard, 3 Shoveler, 25+ Long-tailed Tit, 6+ Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 10 Little Grebe, Water Rail h, Kingfisher, calling Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Grey Wagtail, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5+ Common Gull, Redwing (Jack Headley)
Rye Meads RSPB: 26 Yellowhammer ringed going into roost (Rye Meads RG)
Sevenoaks WR: incl Water Rail, Common Snipe, 20 Common Gull, 5 Fieldfare, 15 Redwing, 2 Bullfinch, 15 Siskin (via BirdTrack)
Seventy Acres Lake "fr Bittern Hide": incl 8 Tufted Duck, Smew still, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, Water Rail, Lapwing (Philip butson via BirdTrack)
Sipson GPs "UB7": 85 Black-headed Gull W 15:20-16:00, {Red Fox} (Toby Mylett)
South Harrow "Alexandra Park": Red Kite (Michael E Robinson)
South Lodge Farm: 66 Black-headed Gull, 15 Common Gull incl one first-winter, 9 Pied Wagtail (Robert Callf)
Southall "Havelock": 1 Red Kite circling along canal nr bridge to Three Bridges School (Alex Norori-McCormac)
Staines Moor: 1 Dartford Warbler, 5 Stonechat, 13 Skylark, 2 Little Egret, 2 Goosander f, 2 Water Pipit still, 4 Meadow Pipit, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Teal, 15 Fieldfare, 3 Red Kite, f Peregrine on pylon at south end of KGVI Res, 1 Kingfisher channel on town side of A30, also 3 Bullfinch [per BirdTrack] (Charlie Farrell)
Staines Reservoirs: 1 Long-tailed Duck f/imm still on S basin, 8 Black-necked Grebe 7 on N basin, 7 Little Grebe on N basin E end, 10 Goldeneye, 126 Wigeon, 13 Gadwall, 45 Pochard (Geoff Lapworth, Franko J Maroevic)
Thorndon CP: incl 2 Kestrel m f, 3 Fieldfare, 10+ Siskin, Yellowhammer h (Andrew Cox via Essex BwS blog)
Trent Park: Cormorant, Little Egret over lower lake, m Northern Shoveler, 3f Tufted Duck, Common Buzzard, m Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Fieldfare, 12+ Redwing, 3+ Goldcrest, 20 Long-tailed Tit, 6+ Coal Tit, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
Valentines Park Ilford: Nuthatch only my 2nd here (Barbara Miller)
Wallington "gdn": 10 Redwing, Chaffinch, 2 Song Thrush, Fieldfare, 7 Blackbird, f Blackcap (Arjun Dutta
Wanstead Flats: Caspian Gull 2nd-winter (Tony Brown)
Warren Farm Sports Centre, Hanwell "Warren Farm": incl Grey Heron, 3 Cormorant, Little Owl, Short-eared Owl still, Kestrel (Simon Pettit via BirdTrack)
Watermeadows Open Space: 5 Little Grebe, 2 Egyptian Goose, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, calling Goldcrest (Jack Headley)
Winchmore Hill: 1f Blackcap (Paul Collins)

Friday 6th December 2019

Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Redwing, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
Broomfield Park: Mute Swan ad m with orange darvic 4DQC, 4 Northern Shoveler 3m f, 5 Tufted Duck 3m 2f, Black-headed Gull incl darvic ringed - yellow 2BKT & white L-Y & red P.1, 2 Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 10 Herring Gull (Robert Callf)
Connaught Water: m Goosander (Jean-Patrick Elmes)
Fairlop Waters: 2 Little Egret (via BirdTrack)
KGV Res: m Merlin E over n basin [s end] 10.45am, m Scaup s basin, 4 Goosander 3m, 10 Goldeneye, 2 Grey Wagtails, Common Buzzard (Sean Huggins)
London Wetland Centre: 3 Pintail, Goldeneye, Bittern, 6 Common Snipe, 2 Stonechat, Water Pipit (WWT website); Jack Snipe (Simon Fogg)
Orpington "Boating Pond": Little Egret fishing along r cray behind boating pond early am (Jack Headley)
Pinner “Tesco c/p“: 2 Red Kite circling low (Nigel Barratt)
Purfleet "R Thames": incl Avocet, Grey Plover, Curlew, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, Yellow-legged Gull, Kestrel early-am (Fraser Simpson via eBird)
Rainham Marshes: 7 Caspian Gull [6 1w & 1 2w], 10+ Yellow-legged Gull (Dante Shepherd); Jack Snipe fr butts hide (Patrick Hart via Birding Ldn FB); also incl 3 Marsh Harrier, 30 Avocet, 3 Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, 13 Common Snipe, Barn Owl, Blackcap, 8 Fieldfare, Water Pipit, Rock Pipit (Patrick Hart per ELBF FB)
Roding Valley Lake: incl Gadwall, 12 Pochard, 2 Fieldfare (Jeff Gooding via BirdTrack)
Staines Reservoir: incl 190 Tufted Duck, no sign Red-necked Grebe 0800, 6 Black-necked Grebe (David Bevan tweet); still no sign Red-necked Grebe by 1000 (BirdGuides); incl Long-tailed Duck still (Matt Kirkland via BirdTrack)
Tooting Common: Red Kite S 1250 (Alan Wilkinson)
Walthamstow Wetlands "No4 Res": m Scaup still, 2f Goldeneye, 7 Pochard, Common Sandpiper, 2 Chiffchaff pm (Garry James tweet); "No5" 2m Goosander, f Goldeneye pm (Garry James tweet)
Wanstead Flats: 7 Redwing, Stonechat, 5 Meadow Pipit, 15 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 450+ Common Gull (Wanstead Birding)
Wanstead Park: 3 Little Egret, Pochard, 8+ Gadwall, 7 Teal, 10+ Shoveler, Common Buzzard, Water Rail, 2 Redwing (Wanstead Birding)
Welham Green: incl 3 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 10 Common Gull, 2 Kestrel, Fieldfare, 5 Redwing (via BirdTrack)
West Wickham: Red Kite low N mobbed by Jackdaws c12:00, 20+ Redwing, 4 Pied Wagtail observations made fr nr Hawes Down Rd (Jack Headley)

Thursday 5th December 2019

Alexandra Park: Common Crane NE over Boating Lake 10am (James Palmer per Bob Watts)
Brook Farm, Upminster: incl Little Egret, 2 Common Buzzard, Kingfisher, 3 Skylark, 57 House Sparrow, 2 Meadow Pipit (Ruth Barnes via BirdTrack)
Brookmans Park "Leach Fields": 9 Ring-necked Parakeet, Redwing, f Sparrowhawk, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, f Chaffinch, Jay, Mistle Thrush (Ray Jaeggi)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
Camberwell "Denmark Hill": Grey Wagtail, calling Redwing (Jack Headley)
Canons Farm: incl 52 Skylark, 12 Fieldfare, 42 Redwing, 13 Yellowhammer (Steve Chastell via CFBW blog)
Crofton Park "Station": Great Spotted Woodpecker over (Jack Headley)
Danson Park: 5 Tufted Ducks, Little Egret, Kingfisher (Harry Halstead)
Dellsome Bottom: pr Stonechat TL222058 (Steve Pearce via Herts BC)
Enfield "The Ridgeway": 3 Mistle Thrush in conifer (Robert Callf)
Enfield Town "Gentleman's Row": 5 Redwing (Robert Callf)
Fairlop Waters: 2 Golden Plover (via BirdTrack)
Greenwich Ecology Park: 3 Gadwall, 3 Song Thrush, Reed Bunting (John Bushell)
Hall Marsh Scrape: 2 Cattle Egret again (Andy Holmes via BirdTrack)
Home Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker h fr Kingston riverside 1425 (Geoff Barter tweet)
KGVI Res "permit only": incl 7 Goldeneye, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Red Kite, 15 Pied Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit, 37 Linnet (Craig Brookes via BirdTrack)
London Wetland Centre: incl 2 Goldeneye, 2 Bittern, 6 Water Rail, 6 Common Snipe, 13 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, Water Pipit (WWT website); 4 Jack Snipe (Simon Fogg)
London Zoo: Firecrest by giraffe pen 1330 (BirdGuides)
Panshanger Park: m Kestrel pm (Stuart Fox tweet)
Purfleet "R Thames": incl 1107 Dunlin early-am (Fraser Simpson via eBird)
Pymmes Park: 3 Little Grebe, 3 Greylag Goose, 7 Northern Shoveler 3m 4f, 11 Tufted Duck 8m 3f, 151+ Black-headed Gull, 6 Common Gull, 3 Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Pied Wagtail, Song Thrush, Redwing, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Chaffinch, 7 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Rainham Marshes: 7 Caspian Gulls [4 1w & 2 2w & ad], 15+ Yellow-legged Gulls (Dante Shepherd, Josh Jones); 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 ad Peregrine, 5 Kestrel, 44 Avocet, Barn Owl, 2 Water Pipit, Rock Pipit, 6 Stonechat, 2 Bearded Tit, 2 Raven, 8 Rook (Andrew Self)
Rye Meads RSPB: incl Bittern still, Green Sandpiper (via BirdTrack)
St Paul's Cray "gdn": 3 Mistle Thrush, Little Egret W (Jack Headley)
Sidcup "Longmeadow Rd": Little Egret (Conrad Ellam)
South Norwood CP: incl 7 Water Rail in wetlands/moat field (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
Staines Moor: 3 Water Pipit by r colne still (BirdGuides)
Staines Reservoir: no sign of Red-necked Grebe, 20+ Black-necked Grebe (Jim Fell); 2 Goldeneye m f, 2 Great Crested Grebe, c8 Little Grebe, Grey Heron (Paul Francis); 8 Black-necked Grebe, Water Pipit (BirdGuides); f-type Long-tailed Duck still, Red-necked Grebe still [time not published] (Craig Brookes via BirdTrack); no further sign Red-necked Grebe by dusk (BirdGuides)
Stocker's Farm: incl Kestrel, 5 Redwing am (Paul Lewis via eBird)
Stocker's Lake: incl 11 Goldeneye (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC); also incl Barnacle Goose, 47 Shoveler, 11 Wigeon, 32 Pochard (Paul Lewis via eBird)
Sundridge "Kent TQ485554": incl 4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Lapwing, 2 Common Gull, 2 Grey Wagtail (via BirdTrack)
Turnford Marsh GPs "Ashley Pit": 8 Goosander 6m 2rh still (Steve Hughes via Herts BC)
Watercress LNR: 1+ Fieldfare over, c1 Lesser Redpoll w/ tit flock nr central feeders, c2 Siskin h over (Ian Wood-Thompson & Gary Hinton)
Watermeadows Open Space: 4 Little Grebe, 6 Gadwall, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Goldcrest, 7 Redwing, Little Egret, singing Song Thrush, calling Great Spotted Woodpecker (Jack Headley)
Wintry Wood "Essex": incl 2 Coal Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 90 Redwing (Marion Bertuzzo via eBird)
Wraysbury GPs: incl 10 Shoveler, 20 Pochard, 4 Goldeneye, 8 Redwing pm (Thomas Gibson via eBird)

Wednesday 4th December 2019

Alexandra Park: 23 Redwing NE, Linnet S, Chiffchaff, Kingfisher, m Shoveler, m Pochard, 2 Peregrine, Treecreeper, 21 Common Gull (APOG Birders)
Beddington Farmlands: incl 2 Peregrine, 5 Stonechat, Water Pipit (BFBG blog)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Song Thrush, 2 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
Broxbourne Woods: 2 Treecreeper, 3 Siskin, Grey Wagtail (Jon Agar)
Canons Farm: incl 30+ Rook, 200+ Linnet (Ian Magness via CFBW blog)
Cassiobury Park: incl Little Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, Little Egret, Cormorant, 2 Red Kite, Little Owl, Coal Tit, 1+ Nuthatch, Treecreeper (via BirdTrack)
Chelsea Bridge "Wharf": Grey Wagtail, 2 Jay (Neil Anderson)
Cockfosters / East Barnet: Tawny Owl calling, m Blackcap (Bob Husband)
Codham Hall: incl Kestrel, 20 Fieldfare (Tony Kennelly via BirdTrack)
Dartford Marshes: Water Pipit by r darent mouth still am (BirdGuides)
Fairlop Waters: 21 Golden Plover in field east of fishing lake, Common Buzzard, main lake - 31 Lapwing, 2 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 10 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 6 Cormorant (Steve Bacon)
Greenwich Ecology Park: Jack Snipe again, Little Grebe, Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush (John Bushell)
Harmondsworth Moor: incl 8 Red Kite, Kingfisher, 3 Kestrel, 8 Fieldfare, 85 Redwing (Craig Brookes via BirdTrack)
Holmethorpe SPs: Curlew Sandpiper reported spynes mere (BirdGuides)
Leatherhead "R Mole northwest of rail bridge": 4m Goosander, Green Sandpiper (Mark Davis tweet); also Little Egret, Kingfisher (Mark Davis via BirdTrack)
London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Water Pipit, 2 Goldeneye, 85 Wigeon, 2 Stonechat, 2 Common Snipe, 30 Fieldfare SE, 70 Redwing SE&W, Kestrel, Chiffchaff (WWT website); 4 Jack Snipe on grazing marsh still, 2 Bittern 1 main lake n shore 1 grazing marsh w side betw electric fence & reedbed, 2 Water Pipit, 1f Sparrowhawk, 6 Common Snipe, 2 Peregrine m f on ch x hospital (Martin Honey)
Mardyke Valley, Stifford-Aveley: incl 2 Gadwall, Water Rail, 5 Common Snipe, 2 Kestrel, 5 Cetti’s Warbler, 6 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper, 4 Redwing, Grey Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
Middlesex Filter Beds: 2 Firecrest in holm oak by river (Alastair Dent)
Middlesex University Campus: 2 Mistle Thrush (Toby Mylett)
Painshill Park: incl 3 Gadwall, Little Grebe, 3 Little Egret 1230 (J Ford via Surrey BN)
Purfleet "R Thames": incl Water Pipit (Fraser Simpson blog)
Rainham RSPB: 41 Avocet, Caspian Gull 1cy wennington, Water Pipit stone barges (Paul Hawkins per ELBF FB/BirdGuides); incl 2 Marsh Harrier, Barn Owl (RSPB via ELBF FB)
River Pool Linear Park "by Broadmead TQ371723": Water Rail, Kingfisher (via BirdTrack)
Ruxley GPs "permit only": 65+ Gadwall, 10+ Pochard, 3 Shoveler, 30+ Long-tailed Tit, 6 Goldcrest, 4 Cetti's Warbler, calling Lesser Redpoll, Reed Bunting h briefly, Water Rail h, Kingfisher, 10 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Redwing (Jack Headley)
Rye Meads NR: 2 Green Sandpiper hmwt meadow, Stonechat fr lapwing_hide (Jenny Sherwen via Herts BC)
Sevenoaks WR: incl 20 Shoveler, 43 Teal, 72 Pochard, 20 Great Crested Grebe, 15 Common Gull, 4 Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, 2 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing (via BirdTrack)
Southall "TQ120800": Red Kite over 12.20, f Great Spotted Woodpecker (Phil Belman)
Springwell Lake: incl 7 Tufted Duck, f Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 6 Great Crested Grebe, Common Gull, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Redwing am (Paul Lewis via eBird)
Staines Reservoirs: 1 Red-necked Grebe still on N basin at E end mid am (Bob Warden per FJM); Long-tailed Duck s basin still, 9 Black-necked Grebe, Common Sandpiper pm (Dom Pia tweet); also incl 30 Gadwall, 7 Little Grebe am (Dave Panchaud via eBird); 10 Black-necked Grebe still, Water Pipit causeway still (BirdGuides)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 4 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 2 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 2 Rook, 2 Teal, 122 Canada Goose, 3 Greylag Goose (John Colmans)
Turnford Marsh GPs "Ashley Pit": 8 Goosander, {Red Admiral} (Simon Papps)
Walthamstow Wetlands: m Scaup still, Firecrest still, 4 Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 12 Common Snipe, 30 Fieldfare, 70 Teal, 3 Shelduck, 36 Gadwall, 2 Meadow Pipit, Kestrel, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Reed Bunting, 6 Chaffinch (Walthamstow Birders)
Watermeadows Open Space: 7 Little Grebe (Jack Headley)
Waterworks NR: 6 Gadwall, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Long-tailed Tits, 2 Goldcrest, Jay, Treecreeper 1300 (Tom Fisher)
Wildhill "incl Woodside, Hatfield": incl Kestrel, 2 Nuthatch (via BirdTrack)

Tuesday 3rd December 2019

Abney Park Cemetery: 2 Firecrest in centre of park nr chapel 09:00, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Redwing, 7 Fieldfare, 1 Grey Wagtail (Niall T. Keogh)
Alexandra Park: pr Gadwall, m Pochard, 13 Common Gull, 49 Redwing most NE, 100+ Woodpigeon NE, 2 Stock Dove, Meadow Pipit, Peregrine (APOG Birders)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Anita Gwynn)
Canons Farm: incl ad Red Kite E 1245, 2 Little Owl, 3 Rook, 42 Skylark, Treecreeper, 126 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing, 60 Linnet, 12 Yellowhammer (Kevin Guest via CFBW blog)
Cheshunt "Penton Drive Open Space TL360029": 2 Cattle Egret again 1230 (BirdGuides)
Cornmill Meadows: incl 2 Stonechat south-end ditch 1230 (Andy Holmes via LVRP sightings blog)
Crossness NR: 2 Peregrine, 2 Kestrel, Barn Owl, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Little Egret, Grey Heron, 2 Common Snipe, Kingfisher, 5 Fieldfare, 9 Reed Bunting, 4 Stonechat, 4 Meadow Pipit, 9 Long-tailed Tit, Green Woodpecker, 8 Cetti's Warbler, 11 Pochard, 2 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, 24 Canada Goose, 4 Pheasant, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Teal (Bernie Weight); "Thames and Foreshore low tide" 38 Shelduck, 40 Redshank, c110 Shoveler, c85 Gadwall, c400 Teal, 18 Wigeon, 2 Curlew, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 95 Dunlin, 227 Lapwing, Grey Heron, c900 Black-headed Gull, 10 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Bernie Weight)
Ellenbrook Fields: 2 Water Rail h, 25+ Fieldfare, Grey Wagtail, 8 Yellowhammer (Steve Pearce via Herts BC)
Forty Hall CP: 2 Cormorant, 2 Mute Swan pr, 20 Canada Goose incl ring nos 5281756 and 5281791, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 4 Mandarin Duck 3m f, m Northern Shoveler, Black-headed Gull incl white darvic E4UN from The Netherlands and PS15459 over MOSKVA from Russia, m Kingfisher, Mistle Thrush, Goldcrest (Robert Callf)
Grays Gorge: incl Tawny Owl, 10 Goldcrest, 7 Redwing (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
Guy Lodge Farm: 43 Common Gull incl two first-winter, 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Red-legged Partridge, 13 Stock Dove, Rook (Robert Callf)
Hampstead Heath: 8 Redpoll in Kenwood, also Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 20 Goldfinch, 20 Greenfinch on Parliament Hill, Kestrel mobbed by Greenfinches, c100 Redwing in Kenwood (Jamie Cedar)
Highfield Park: incl Common Buzzard, 420 Woodpigeon, Kestrel, Rook, 2 Nuthatch, 5 Fieldfare, Redwing, Bullfinch, Linnet, 2 Yellowhammer pm (Andrew Steele via eBird)
Ingrebourne Valley: incl Fieldfare, pr Bullfinch (Dave McGough per ELBF FB)
Kingston "KT2": Red Kite W 1530 (Phillip Pentek)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 3 Bittern still 2 lake [n&s shore] 1 reservoir lagoon [n shore], 4 Common Snipe, 2 Peregrine, 19 Fieldfare W, 45 Redwing S/W, 2 Stonechat, 2 Water Pipit (WWT website)
Mayesbrook Park: incl 6 Shoveler, 10 Pochard, 14 Tufted Duck, 2 Cormorant, 7 Common Gull pm (Gareth Parkes via eBird)
Nether Street "N12": 5 Starling (Toby Mylett)
Pinner: 6 Greenfinch, 2 Pied Wagtail, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 12 Goldfinch (Nigel Barratt)
Ponders End "gdn": m Blackcap (Andrew Middleton)
Priory Gardens: 2 Egyptian Goose, 3 Tufted Duck, 25+ Long-tailed Tit, 5 Goldcrest, 12+ Redwing, 1-2 Song Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Jack Headley)
Rainham Marshes: Cattle Egret fr serin_mound, Red Kite (Andy Tweed per ELBF FB); Cattle Egret flew off to roost at dusk (Tom Jordan via Friends of RM RSPB FB); incl 33 Pintail, 600+ Teal, 5 Marsh Harrier 2m 3f, 4 Water Rail, 30 Avocet, 400 Black-tailed Godwit, Barn Owl, Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff, 14 Pied Wagtail, 5 Water Pipit (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB) Earlier RBA report of 'Serin' is erroneous [SL] Thx for correction Samuel
Rye Meads RSPB: Bittern still fr gadwall_hide 1025 (Vicky Buckel via Herts BC/BirdGuides); also Shelduck, 6 Common Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
Staines Moor "area": m [American Kestrel] lost nearby (contact Fleur Wootton via Surrey Birds Facebook)
Staines Reservoirs: 1 Red-necked Grebe on N basin mid am (Ken Purdey per FJM); Red-necked Grebe n basin still stanwell end 1300, 6 Black-necked Grebe (Jim Sweetland/Allan Goddard tweets); Red-necked Grebe n basin still 1520 (Ed Sames tweet); also f-type Long-tailed Duck s basin still, 10 Black-necked Grebe [7 n basin 3 s basin via BirdTrack], Bullfinch over (Lee Evans tweet); "s basin" also incl 8 Pochard, 22 Tufted Duck, 50 Common Gull (Lee Evans via BirdTrack); "n basin" also incl 70 Pochard, 74 Tufted Duck, 16 Common Gull (Lee Evans via BirdTrack)
Stoneleigh Station "KT17": 8 Redwing, 25 Herring Gull am [winter-high to date - compare to three or so years ago when numbers were in the hundreds] (Neil Batten)
Swanscombe Marsh “14.30-16.00 Botany Marsh & Broadness“: 6 Reed Bunting f, 3 Stonechat, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, c45 Fieldfare, c30 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 12 Gadwall [river], 28 Teal r, c40 Redshank r, 4 Turnstone r, 5 Ringed Plover r, 1 Grey Plover r, 12 Greylag Goose, c30 Magpie, 2 Great Black-backed Gull inc CR WF5T on lighthouse (Roger Keith)
Tufnell Park: 40 Woodpigeons NE 0815 over St John's Grove (Pete Mantle)
Warren Gorge: incl 4 Pochard, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Bittern still, 6 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, Common Buzzard, 3 Water Rail, Woodcock, Tawny Owl, 4 Kingfisher, Coal Tit, Firecrest still, 14 Goldcrest, 19 Redwing (Ruth Barnes via BirdTrack/BirdGuides)
Waterworks NR: incl 2 Cormorant, 2 Water Rail bed 16, Kingfisher, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 13 Goldcrest, 2-3 Treecreeper on same tree 1 singing 0935, Bullfinch h (Graham Howie via eBird/Twitter)
Woodberry Wetlands: Kingfisher, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Water Rail, 8 Teal, 2 Peregrine (Chris Farthing)

Monday 2nd December 2019

Abney Park Cemetery: Firecrest just ne of south entrance at 51.5627875, -0.0772657 [TQ333866] at 12:30, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Redwing, 3 Coal Tit (Niall T. Keogh)
Alexandra Park: Firecrest Blandford Hall still showing well, Lapwing on east bank Wood Green Res, 48 Fieldfare mostly W/NW, 21 Redwing mostly NE, 80+ Woodpigeon mostly NE, 2m Pochard, 20+ Common Gull, Peregrine (APOG Birders)
Beech Farm GP: incl Woodcock, Green Woodpecker, 100 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing (Alan Gardiner via BirdTrack)
Belhus Woods CP: incl 42 Gadwall, 13 Wigeon, 24 Teal, 7 Pochard, 27 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Water Rail, 74 Lapwing, 3 Common Snipe, 3 Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, Firecrest, 19 Goldcrest, 118 Starling, 5 Fieldfare, 26 Redwing, Bullfinch am (Ruth Barnes via BirdTrack)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, singing Song Thrush (Conrad Ellam)
Coopers Green GPs "Main GP TL197089": Woodcock (Alan Gardiner via Herts BC)
Crossness: incl 30 Lapwing, Curlew, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 300+ Dunlin, 14 Redshank (Donna Zimmer tweet)
Ealing "gdn W13": m Blackcap w/ tit flock [1st of winter], c25 Redwing W (Bill Haines)
Enfield "private site EN2": Woodcock in flight from wood 1632 (Robert Callf)
Erith "Thames foreshore": incl 2 Rock Pipit (Mike Robinson tweet)
Finsbury Park "Lancaster Rd N4": Tawny Owl h 1130 (Gabriel Jamie via eBird)
Garden Wood: incl 2 Treecreeper, 100+ Redwing (TyttGP tweet)
Holyfield Hall Farm: 26 Skylark, 38 Meadow Pipit both on green stubbles, pr Stonechat, 19 Yellowhammer in seed crops (Andrew Middleton tweet)
Kingston "KT2": m Blackcap feeding on Russian vine berries (Phillip Pentek)
London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper, Pheasant, Water Pipit, Peregrine, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Pintail, 2 Shelduck, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Stonechat, 64 Lapwing (WWT website); m Tawny Owl h west bank 06:30, 2 Bittern still (Shailesh Patel); also incl 4 Pintail, Jack Snipe, 3 Water Pipit (Dave Panchaud via eBird)
Pinner: Grey Heron on football pitch of local park, 7 Redwing, Green Woodpecker, 8 Goldfinch, 4 Greenfinch (Nigel Barratt)
Primrose Hill "skywatch 0725-0925": Egyptian Goose S, 5 Cormorant SW, Stock Dove S, 200 Woodpigeon N, 6 Fieldfare S, 32 Redwing most N, 5 Chaffinch, 11 Linnet, 12 Goldfinch, 3 Siskin S (Twitter)
Purfleet "R Thames": incl ad Caspian Gull on mud east of R Darent mouth, Yellow-legged Gull (Fraser Simpson via eBird)
Rainham RSPB: incl 4 Curlew, Barn Owl, 41 Fieldfare, 12 Redwing, 3 Water Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
Richmond Park: Whooper Swan early am then NE (Steve Read); 20 Fieldfare NE/NW, 311 Redwing NE/N/NW (Rupert Kaye)
Ruxley GPs "permit only": 9 Little Grebe, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 60+ Gadwall, 11+ Pochard, 2 Shoveler, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 1-2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 3 Goldcrest, Kingfisher, 30+ Long-tailed Tit, Fieldfare, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Egyptian Goose (Jack Headley)
Stocker's Lake: incl 2 Little Grebe, 5 Grey Heron, 2 Kestrel (via BirdTrack)
Sutcliffe Park: incl Grey Heron, Little Egret, Cormorant, Grey Wagtail (Dominic Mann via BirdTrack)
Tyttenhanger GPs and Willows Farm: incl f Goldeneye main gp still, 2 Water Rail, 2 Common Snipe, 22 Skylark willows fm, 10+ Tree Sparrow tytt fm, c100 Linnet am (TyttGP tweet)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 1m Scaup still, Common Sandpiper, c40 Common Gull, Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, Kestrel, Common Snipe, 2 Stonechat, Peregrine (Walthamstow Birders)
Wandle Park, Colliers Wood: 1 Little Egret (Keith Bates)
White Water Centre "Lee Valley, Waltham Marsh/Abbey Showground immediately E of WWC TL374007": Cattle Egret w/ geese & gulls having flown in low W [presumably from Cornmill Meadows] 12.30pm (Simon Papps)
Woodberry Wetlands: Kingfisher, Common Snipe, Water Rail, 10 Teal, 2 Reed Bunting, Sparrowhawk (Chris Farthing); 3 Water Rail h squealing, Coal Tit, Chiffchaff (Niall T. Keogh)

Sunday 1st December 2019

Alexandra Park: 2 Shoveler, 2 Peregrine, 22 Common Gull (APOG Birders)
Beckton STW "private access": incl pr Common Buzzard, Curlew, 16 Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 5 Chiffchaff, 12 Grey Wagtail, Rock Pipit, 50 Linnet (Dave Morrison tweet)
Black Park: incl Shoveler, Cormorant, 4 Red Kite, Kestrel, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 3 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 10 Siskin (Barnaby Briggs via BirdTrack)
Bonnett's Wood: incl Water Rail (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
Brent Reservoir: 24 Common Snipe, Tawny Owl, Nuthatch, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Redpoll, Bullfinch (Andrew Self)
Brookmans Park "Leach Fields": 8 Ring-necked Parakeet, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 15 Goldfinch, Red Kite, {Fox} (Ray Jaeggi)
Canons Farm: Barn Owl (per CFBW blog)
Canons Park, Harrow: prob Firecrest [glimpsed], Goldcrest, m Blackcap, Nuthatch calling (Bob Husband, NW London RSPB Group regular monthly birdwalk); "Seven Acres Lake [private site]" 2 Little Egret, Grey Heron, 4 Cormorant, 2 Great Crested Grebe ad juv, 10 Shoveler 5pr, m Mallard, 6 Tufted Duck 3pr, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Common Gull, 35 Black-headed Gull, (2 Muntjac Deer} (Bob Husband, NW London RSPB Group regular birdwalk) BH - 'Acres' is the LNHS gazetteer spelling. An exact match is req'd for glitch-free data-extraction [at least until the next gazetteer update].
Colney Heath: 12+ Siskin, 2 Lesser Redpoll (Chris Ruis tweet)
Dungeon Hill: incl Common Buzzard, 5 Common Gull, Kestrel, 3 Nuthatch, 10 Fieldfare, 9 Redwing, Mistle Thrush singing, Stonechat wheatear_meadow, 4 Meadow Pipit, 3 Bullfinch, 17 Greenfinch (Ian Ward per DH Wildlife blog)
Eagle Pond: ad Caspian Gull still (Jonathan Wasse tweet)
Erith Pier: Yellow-legged Gull 2w (Richard Bonser tweet)
Gallions Reach "0900-1300": Pochard, Curlew, 11 Black-tailed Godwit, 50 Redshank, 2 Woodcock, 2 Common Snipe, Yellow-legged Gull, 12 Fieldfare (Gary James via Essex BwS blog)
Grays Cemetery: incl Firecrest still, 10 Goldcrest (Ruth Barnes via BirdTrack)
Grovelands Park: Hawfinch S calling over bourne entrance landed briefly in allotments opposite then off S again 2.32pm, 41 Mandarin 29m 12f, 3 Egyptian Geese, 44 Redwing 3 flocks, 5 Goldcrest, Treecreeper h, Nuthatch, pr Great Spotted Woodpecker (Davey Leach)
Hall Marsh Scrape: 2 Cattle Egret still am (BirdGuides)
Hilfield Park Reservoir "permit only": Peregrine, Rook [site scarcity], 2 Goldeneye, 38 Pochard, 32 Shoveler, 1 Teal (Tony Blake)
Island Barn Reservoir "permit only": 46 Barnacle Goose in field to south, f Scaup, 4 Black-necked Grebe (Dave Harris per Surrey BC)
Lamorbey Park: incl 6 Tufted Duck, Grey Heron, 4 Cormorant (via BirdTrack)
London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Goldeneye, Water Pipit, 3 Common Snipe, 2 Stonechat, 2 Peregrine, 2 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing (WWT website)
Margravine Cemetery: 56 Goldfinch, Sparrowhawk, 2 Peregrine courting (Nathalie Mahieu)
Middlesex University Campus: Common Gull S 08:50 [autumn/winter-first], 6 Black-headed Gull mostly W 08:30-10:30, 2 Jay 08:38, 5 Redwing, Green Woodpecker, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Goldfinch, 4 Nuthatch (Toby Mylett)
Mile End "Usk St E2": 15+ House Sparrows in communal garden - not seen here before (Harry Harrison)
Natural History Museum Wildlife Garden: Pied Wagtail, 3 Greenfinch (Toby Mylett)
New Southgate: Peregrine on old gasometer by North Circ am TQ290919 (Andrew Middleton)
Pinner: Red Kite, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Greenfinch (Nigel Barratt)
Primrose Hill "skywatch 0720-0920": 2 Grey Heron, 5 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch, 3 Linnet, Redpoll, 2 Siskin (Twitter)
Purfleet "R Thames": incl ad Caspian Gull on River pm, 2 Yellow-legged Gull (Fraser Simpson via eBird)
Rainham RSPB: Firecrest (Malcolm Rush, Pete Woods per ELBF FB); Barn Owl (David & Julie Dent per ELBF FB); also incl 449 Wigeon, 13 Tufted Duck (Gavin Stewart via BirdTrack); also incl 35 Pochard, 42 Avocet foreshore, f Blackcap (Paul Lewis via eBird)
Raphael Park "incl Lodge Farm Park": incl 4m Pochard, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail (Sam Porter tweet)
Raynes Park "Coombe Ln gdn": Sparrowhawk 1045, Common Buzzard mobbed by crow then W, Great Spotted Woodpecker f (Paula Redmond)
Roding Valley Lake "area": incl 10 Pochard, Little Egret, 16 Common Gull (Barry Jones via BirdTrack)
St Paul's Cray Hill CP: incl Kestrel, Stonechat (via BirdTrack)
Sevenoaks WR: incl 16 Shoveler, 20 Gadwall, 12 Wigeon, 3 Little Egret, 125 Lapwing (via BirdTrack)
Shortwood Common: incl Cetti's Warbler h reedbed, Chiffchaff (Jeremy Soane via Surrey BN)
Ten Acre Wood area: 5 Teal, 4 Pheasant, Little Egret, 3 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, perched f Peregrine, f Kestrel, Common Snipe, Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper, c15 Stock Dove, 2 Kingfisher, c12 Skylark, Grey Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 6+ Redwing, 34 Fieldfare (Neil Anderson)
Tyttenhanger GPs: 3rh Red-breasted Merganser S then toward Coursers Rd GPs 0930 but did not land (Rupert Evershed tweet)
Walthamstow Wetlands: m Scaup still (BirdGuides)
Walton Res (Knight & Bessborough) "permit only": 2f Goldeneye (Tony Quinn per Surrey BC)
Walton-on-Thames: ad Caspian Gull again flew downriver past Sunbury Ln calling c1245 (Dave Harris tweet)
Wanstead Flats: Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Goldcrest, c60 Egyptian Goose, 1 Teal, 12+ Shoveler (James Heal)
Willows Farm: 60+ Fieldfare (Chris Ruis tweet)
Woodberry Wetlands: 3 Goldeneye, Water Rail, 7 Teal, Peregrine (Chris Farthing & Tony Butler); 3 Goldeneye still outlet end 1500 (Garry James tweet)
Woolwich Common: Kestrel, Stonechat (George Siskos via BirdTrack)

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