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Thursday 5th March 2020

Alexandra Park: Firecrest male still Conservation Area, 6 Shoveler (Bob Watts)
Blackfriars "Station": 2 Egyptian Goose perching on top of defunct red bridge pillar between Blackfriars Bridge and railway bridge (Philipp Wirtz)
Christchurch Green "Wanstead": Nuthatch (Harry Harrison)
Hall Marsh Scrape: incl Cattle Egret still fr teal_hide (Mike Sileo via eBird)
Kensington Gardens: 10 Gadwall (Des McKenzie) probable Knot flew once around Round Pond then lost to view during rain shower, Red Kite N, Grey Wagtail, Great Crested Grebe (Daniel Whitelegg, Bill Haines, Tony Stones)
London Wetland Centre: Bittern reservoir lagoon N shore, 5 Pintail, Water Pipit, 9 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Shelduck, 2 Common Snipe (WWT website)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail by River at N end of Pk": Yellow-browed Warbler still 1445 (J Lewis via Twitter/Ldn BN)
Rainham RSPB: incl 2 Curlew, Iceland Gull juv fr serin_hill, Caspian Gull 1w, Rock Pipit foreshore pm (Peter Carr via eBird)
Richmond "within 200 metres of Bridge": 36 Mute Swan [new high count both sides of river}, 4 Mandarin 2 pr (Neil Anderson)
Staines Reservoir: Long-tailed Duck still n basin (BirdGuides)
Woodford Green: Song Thrush singing also Male and Female Blackcap feeding on Ivy berries, Red Kite over (a tatty individual) at 10.35 am and male Sparrowhawk through at 4.55pm. (Ken Murray)

Wednesday 4th March 2020

Alexandra Park: Firecrest ca, 7 Shoveler, 6 Pochard, 10+ Redwing, 2 Peregrine (APOG Birders)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
Broomfield Park: imm Grey Heron, 7 Northern Shoveler 4m 3f, 15 Tufted Duck 9m 6f, Black-headed Gull inc red darvic ringed P.1 from The Netherlands, metal ringed HA24.238 from Lithuania & 6279574 from Denmark, ad Lesser Black-backed Gull (Robert Callf)
Creekmouth "west side": Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, Curlew, 15 Redshank, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 15 Chiffchaff, 4 Cetti’s Warbler, Goldcrest, 9 Reed Bunting (Sean Huggins)
Dagenham Chase: 2 White-fronted Goose still bardag lake 1220, 2 Common Buzzard, 12 Linnet (Vincenzo Halley-Frame tweet)
Enfield Town "Church St EN2": Little Egret flew E 1334 (Robert Callf); "River View EN2": m Blackcap singing (Robert Callf)
Greenwich Ecology Park: Jack Snipe reported by visitor, Redwing, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting f (John Bushell)
Hackney Marshes: 8 Redwing over, Goldcrest singing, 3 Stock Dove calling, 2 Greenfinch singing (Alastair Dent)
Hampstead Heath: Common Snipe flushed from boating pond am, Water Rail sanctuary pond (Adrian Brooker per Pete Mantle)
Honor Oak Park "gdn SE23": Great Spotted Woodpecker calling (Paul Francis - please note that Honor Oak Park is an area in the borough of Lewisham which has, for example, a train station and is not, per se, a park))
King George V Reservoir "permit only": c100 Coot, c80 Tufted Duck, 5 Mute Swan, 8 Pied Wagtail, 10+ Grey Wagtail, 10 Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 20 Goldeneye 3m 17f s basin, 4 Goosander m 3f n basin nw bank, 20+ Gadwall, 30+ Mallard, Common Buzzard circling then N, {some sheep} (Paul Francis)
Kingston-upon-Thames: Dabchick, Great Crested Grebe on thames ng canbury gardens (Phil Davies)
London Wetland Centre: Chiffchaff singing, 5 Reed Bunting incl 3 singing, 4 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, 8 Stonechat, 3 Water Pipit, 3 Common Snipe, Bittern res lagoon n shore (WWT website/Dave Panchaud via eBird)
Lynsters Farm "Herts": incl Oystercatcher (Paul Lewis via BirdTrack)
Margravine Cemetery: 16 Redwing, 2 House Sparrow, 2 Blackcap singing, Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker f, 4 Long-tailed Tit 2pr nest-building (Nathalie Mahieu)
Paddington: Peregrine Falcon flew up onto hilton metropole ledge 12:40 (Des McKenzie)
Peckham Rye Park: Stonechat (David Clark via BirdTrack)
Queen Mother Reservoir "permit only": incl 9 Shelduck, 45 Shoveler, Green Sandpiper, 20 Cormorant, 4 Little Egret, 12 Red Kite, 35 Linnet, 11 Reed Bunting pm (Conor MacKenzie via eBird)
Staines Moor: incl 6 Water Pipit still (Chris Jones via BirdTrack)
Staines Reservoir: Scaup ad-m on s basin still, 13 Black-necked Grebe 6pr all nr causeway (Kit Britten tweet)
Stave Hill/Russia Dock Woodland: Kingfisher, 3 Redwing, Chiffchaff singing (John Cadera)
Swanscombe Marsh “16.00-17.40 Botany Marsh/flooded meadow only“: 53 Teal, 8 Shoveler 7m, 7 Gadwall 4m, Pochard f, 10 Shelduck, 48 Mallard, 38 Greylag Goose, 42 Canada Goose, 2 Little Egret, 23 Herring Gull, 12 Common Gull, 60+ Black-headed Gull, Mediterranean Gull, 2 Grey Heron, Raven h, 2 Cetti's Warbler h, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Long-tailed Tit (Roger Keith)
Sydenham Hill Wood: 2 Kestrel (David Clark via BirdTrack)
Tottenham Marsh "Clendish": 2 Stonecnat (James Palmer)
Town Park "Enfield": Little Grebe, Cormorant, 2 Northern Shoveler m&f, m Common Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck 3m 3f, 65 Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, 2ad Herring Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, 2 Long-tailed Tit pr, 10 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Bearded Tit, Firecrest, Water Rail, Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 2 Wigeon, 2 Stonechat (Walthamstow Birders); Grey Wagtail, 3 Goldeneye m f j (Paul Francis)
Woodford Green: f Blackcap on gdn fatball feeder (Steve Howey)

Tuesday 3rd March 2020

Alexandra Park: Firecrest m ca still, 7 Shoveler, 5 Pochard, Peregrine (APOG Birders)
Beckton STW: incl pr Kestrel, Stonechat (Dave Morrison tweet)
Black Jack's Mill, Harefield: 3 Grey Wagtail chasing one another around old mill (John Edwards)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 5 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
Bushy Park: Sparrowhawk over npl 15.45 (Mike Foster)
Canon's Farm "incl Burgh Heath": 60+ Yellowhammer incl 30+ in stubble nr green barn (Geoff Barter via Twitter/CFBW BG)
Crossness NR: 2 Peregrine, 2 Kestrel, Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Song Thrush singing, 10 Stonechat 4m 6f, 10 Cetti's Warbler h, 4 Skylark 2 singing, 13 Pied Wagtail, 10 Linnet, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Pochard, 5 Tufted Duck, 6 Little Grebe, 3 Lapwing, 4 Shoveler, 5 Reed Bunting, 4 Goldfinch, 8 Gadwall, 4 Teal (Bernie Weight); "Thames and foreshore low tide" 132 Shelduck, 3 Curlew, c90 Gadwall, 6 Wigeon, c30 Dunlin, 17 Redshank, 36 Shoveler, c300 Teal, 3 Oystercatcher [gulls not counted] (Bernie Weight)
Cuffley: Barn Owl over rd 6.50am (Andrew Middleton)
Dagenham Chase: 2 White-fronted Goose on slack, 62 Gadwall, 43 Wigeon, 34 Shoveler, 10 Teal, 25 Tufted Duck, 2 Pochard, f Sparrowhawk, Rook (Steve Bacon)
Dulwich Park: Song Thrush singing, 10 Jackdaw, 2 Egyptian Geese (Tom Moulton)
Frays Valley NR: Blackcap m in full song, w/ Fieldfare 'chacking' in same bush so quite a juxtaposition of summer and winter. Doubtless the BC is an overwintering bird, Chiffchaff singing nearby also. Spring is here. (John Edwards)
Hackney Marshes: Little Owl still in same area now seems more active, f Sparrowhawk, small grp of Redwings (Jean-Patrick Elmes)
Hampstead Heath: Stonechat m on reedmace by model boating pond, Lesser Redpoll, 4 Siskin w/ Goldfinches by sanctuary pond, Meadow Pipit over, 100+ Redwing, Treecreeper, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel (Reuben Braddock); 2 Redpoll sp in alder at nw edge of sanctuary pond, 4 Pied Wagtail in field below tumulus, Green Woodpecker on ground in same meadow (Philipp Wirtz)
Harringay "N15": Red Kite low over st ann's rd & green lanes then drifted high SE towards hackney (HarringayBirder)
Holloway Rd Waitrose: 2 Greenfinch calling nr c/p (Francis Tusa)
KGV Reservoir "permit only": 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 30 Goldeneye, 12 Goosander, 18 Pied Wagtail, 6 Grey Wagtail, 20 Meadow Pipit (Tony Clancy)
Leatherhead "Randalls Rd": Blackcap singing (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: 4 Pintail, 2 Shelduck, 3 Redwing, Common Snipe, 2 Water Pipit, 2 Stonechat (WWT website); 4 Pintail 2m 2f, 2 Shelduck m f, 2 Water Pipit, 4f Stonechat, Peregrine m, Great Spotted Woodpecker m, 4 Common Snipe (Martin Honey); also incl Goldeneye still pm (Dave Panchaud via eBird)
Morden Hall Park: incl 810 Black-headed Gull NW, Mediterranean Gull ad NW, 5 Cormorant NW, 4 Grey Heron NE, 45 Woodpigeon NW early-am (Steve Patmore via eBird)
Park Wood GC "Park Wood, Tatsfield": 50 Redwing (Jon Agar)
Primrose Hill "vismig 0645-0845": Collared Dove SW, 16 Jackdaw NNE/NNW, 14 Goldfinch NW, also Fieldfare [foy finally], c10 Redwing, 3 Meadow Pipit S (Twitter)
Regent's Park: pr Mandarin, 4+ Shoveler, Gadwall fr longbridge towards island [area 8] (G J Francis); incl Stonechat pm (Zichen Zhou via eBird); also incl Cetti's Warbler still pm (Will Harcourt-Smith via eBird)
Seventy Acres Lake "Fishers Grn": Smew f still c500yd north of bittern_hide 1130 (Maureen Lead via LVRP sightings blog)
Silvertown "Royal Wharf": 5 Meadow Pipit, 40 Linnet feeding on green roofs (Dusty Gedge tweet)
Staines Reservoir: Scaup ad m still s basin sw cnr (Ian Finch via Staines Res & Moor FB)
Stoneleigh "Station KT17": Blackcap singing m again am (Neil Batten)
Swanscombe Marsh “13.30-16.15 outgoing tide Botany Marsh/flooded meadow": 2 Cetti's Warbler h, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 8 Canada Goose, 22 Greylag Goose, 28 Magpie, 14 Stonechat 8m, 48 Mallard, 4 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler m&f, 9 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 20+ Black-headed Gull, Grey Heron, 7 Jackdaw, Kestrel, 4 Reed Bunting, Green Woodpecker h (Roger Keith/Paul Larkin); "River" 9 Teal, Avocet, 12 Gadwall, 14+ Redshank, 3 Turnstone, 2 Cetti's Warbler h, pr Stonechat, [Decoy-Duck [Pintail]] (Roger Keith/Paul Larkin)
Tufnell Park "N19": 2 Blackcap on fat balls in gdn (Francis Tusa)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Bearded Tit, Firecrest, m Blackcap foy, Common Buzzard, Oystercatcher, m Goosander, 10 Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper, 3 Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting, 44 Grey Heron nests 2 nests w/ yg, 126 Cormorant nests 1 nest w/ yg, Water Rail, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Walthamstow Birders)
Willows Farm: incl 26 Fieldfare roosted (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
Woodoaks Farm: 92 Golden Plover field by old orchard pm (Paul Lewis via Twitter/Herts BC)
Worcester Park: Stonechat m on horse field west (Bob Smith)

Monday 2nd March 2020

Alexandra Park: Firecrest m still ca, 2 Egyptian Goose, 7 Shoveler 4m 4f, 12 Redwing, Chiffchaff, Peregrine, Red Kite W (APOG Birders)
Beckenham Place Park: incl Little Grebe, 2 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 2 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing am (Peter Carr via eBird)
Bushy Park: Kingfisher flew down porter's stream then to gdn, Stonechat, Treecreeper (Spencer Neal)
Canons Farm: Black Redstart m tarts field fenceposts TQ246578 at 1010 (Ian Ward via Twitter/BirdGuides); Red Kite, 4 Common Buzzard, 4 Raven E 1240, Black Redstart 2cy-m [ad-like 'paradoxus' morph per CFBW BG tweet] reloc'd reads rest bottom area TQ250575, w/ 3 Stonechat 1330, 500 Linnet still (Steve Gale via Twitter/BirdGuides)
Chingford Plain: incl Red Kite, Kestrel, Nuthatch, 4 Redwing, Meadow Pipit, 2 Bullfinch (Richard Cope via eBird)
Dagenham Chase: 2imm White-fronted Goose on eastbrook playing field still present 5pm (Vince Halley-Frame/Sam Porter/Steve Bacon)
Ellenbrook Fields: 10+ Skylark singing, 6 Stonechat together cattle field, 2 Siskin over, Yellowhammer, 3 Reed Bunting singing mid-am (Anders Gray tweet)
Fairlop Waters: 26 Golden Plover in field northeast of small fishing lake (Steve Bacon)
Farthing Downs: incl Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Little Owl, 2 Yellowhammer m f (David Hayes via Croydon Birders)
Ferny Hill Farm "private access": 8 Yellowhammer 3m 5f/imm, 10 Reed Bunting 5m 5f/imm (Robert Callf)
Firs Farm Wetlands, Park; Playing Fields "Firs Farm Wetlands, N21": Stonechat [first for site] in first large reedbed after main entrance 1505 (Katy McGilvray)
Hall Marsh Scrape: incl 2 Cattle Egret still (Andy Holmes via BirdTrack)
Hampstead Heath: Stonechat f (Jamie Cedar tweet)
Hogsmill Open Space: Little Egret on riverbank 08:40 (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: Iceland Gull ad opp wwf hide 17:00, Bittern, Goldeneye, 6 Pintail, 3+ Stonechat, 2 Shelduck, 2 Peregrine, 4 Redwing, Skylark S, 2 Grey Wagtail, Water Pipit (WWT website)
Lower Morden "Sutton Cemetery": 40 Redwing (Bob Smith)
Morden Hall Park: Water Rail h, 2 Little Egret (Keith Bates)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail by River at N end of Pk": incl Yellow-browed Warbler still, 2 Firecrest upstream of YBW still, 2+ Siberian Chiffchaff still incl 1+ w/ YBW & 1+ w/ crests (Bill Shimmer tweet); also incl 2 Siberian Chiffchaff w/ YBW still am (Paul & Elizabeth Hunter via eBird)
Raynes Park "gdn": Blackcap m (Paula Redmond)
Regent's Park: incl Water Rail in rail ditch [area 2] still, Nuthatch evg (Will Harcourt-Smith via eBird)
Ruislip Lido: Raven SE am (Jon Middleton tweet)
Rye Meads RSPB: Opening of rebuilt Kingfisher_Viewing_Hub will be 26 Mar at 13:00 (RSPB tweet)
St Albans "Beesonend Ln TL121108": 4 Stonechat, 8 Linnet, 3 Yellowhammer (Nick Harris)
Southwark Park: 5 Shoveler, 2 Little Grebe, 5+ Redwing, 1 Stock Dove (John & Janet Cadera)
Staines Reservoir: Long-tailed Duck m on n basin, 1+ Black-necked Grebe (BirdGuides)
Stocker's Farm: Oystercatcher on floods (Charlie Ramsay via Herts BC)
Stocker's Lake: incl 11 Goldeneye, 8 Little Egret, 2 Cetti's Warbler am (Paul Lewis via eBird); "NW bank" Oystercatcher, Cetti's Warbler, Water Rail, {Water Vole river 18:00} (Richard Francis)
Stoneleigh "Station KT17": Blackcap m singing am (Neil Batten)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 4 Lapwing [usual field], Little Owl, Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 10 Rook, 3 Teal, 6 Redwing, f Reed Bunting (John Colmans)
Trent Park: 7 Mandarin Duck 4m 3f, m Eurasian Teal lower lake, f Common Pochard, 2 Tufted Duck m&f, Common Buzzard, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Goldcrest, Firecrest calling SW edge Moat Wd, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, Raven flew S 'cronking' 1425 (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Marshes "bomb crater field & Lammas meadow": 10 Stonechat, Gadwall, 20 Fieldfare, 3 Little Egret, Kestrel (JW Davies); "north marsh" 3 Little Egret, 2 Egyptian Goose, Teal (JW Davies)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Bearded Tit m f showing well late am, 2 Jackdaw, 3 Goldeneye, m Goosander, 5 Teal, 2 Shelduck, Peregrine, 8 Linnet (Walthamstow Birders); also incl 6 Stonechat 4f 2m (Stephen Harris via eBird)
Woodberry Wetlands: Shelduck, Water Rail, 6 Teal, Peregrine (Chris Farthing)

Sunday 1st March 2020

Alexandra Park: Firecrest m conservation area [ca] still, 2 Redwing, 2 Peregrine, 4 Shoveler, Aytha hybrid m Tufted Duck x Pochard wgr (APOG Birders); Common Buzzard W (Stuart Harrington)
Ashtead Common: 2 Yellowhammer field n of Common 1630 (Richard Nunne via Surrey BN)
Belair Park "Dulwich Sports Ground": 45 Common Gull, 2 Mistle Thrush (Dave Clark)
Bow Creek: 2 Oystercatcher, Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff (Sean Huggins)
Canons Park "& Seven Acre Lake, Edgware, Middx HA8": Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 3 Nuthatch calling, only 1 Redwing (Bob Husband et al NW Ldn RSPB Grp birdwalk); "Seven Acre Lake [private access]" pr Gadwall, 2 Common Pochard, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Little Egret, 1-2 Grey Heron but neither on last year's nest, {Red Fox} (Bob Husband et al NW Ldn RSPB Grp birdwalk)
Coursers Farm: incl 23 Yellowhammer (via BirdTrack)
Dagenham, Fords: c15 'smallish' grey goose sp W 0625 (Dave Morrison tweet) Pink-footed_Geese are currently heading in numbers back toward Iceland/Greenland from N Sea wintering grounds
Dagenham Chase LNR: Shelduck, 62 Gadwall, 33 Wigeon, 30 Shoveler, 12 Teal, 12 Tufted Duck, 3 Pochard, 4 Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, 4 Egyptian Goose, 2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, Common Snipe, 30 Lapwing, 18 Herring Gull, 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 45 Common Gull, Kestrel m, Meadow Pipit, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 2 Pied Wagtail (Steve Bacon)
Dollis Valley Walk "Greenwalk": 8 Redwing in tall ash trees betw hendon weir & windsor os (Philipp Wirtz)
Dungeon Hill: 2 Stonechat (Ian Ward via DH Wildlife blog); 2 Lesser Redpoll (Graham Harris via DH Wildlife blog)
Finchley "N3": Sparrowhawk over, mobbed by Jackdaws (Philipp Wirtz)
Frogmore Lakes: incl Lapwing, 24 Linnet (Alan Winn via BirdTrack)
Fulham Old Cemetery "Fulham Cemetery": Green Woodpecker m, 6+ Redwing, Mistle Thrush, pr Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4+ Goldcrest (Nathalie Mahieu)
Holyfield Farm: 2 Stonechats, 30+ Linnets (Ian Bradshaw)
Holyfield Lake "incl Weir": 9 Goosanders 5m, Pintail m, Goldeneye m, 2 Oystercatchers (Ian Bradshaw)
Island Barn Reservoir "no access but restricted view fr top of Molesey Heath TQ133672": 2 Great Northern Diver still (Dave Harris tweet)

Kensal Town "Grand Union Canal": Red-crested Pochard m pursuing Mallard f [see pic] just as he did last year (Charlie Farrell)
Lamorbey Park "Sidcup": Little Egret, pr Egyptian Goose w/ 4yg, Canada/Greylag hybrid, pr Tufted Duck, Lesser Black-backed Gull, c13 Herring Gull, c7 Common Gull on school fields, Green Woodpecker h, 2 Goldcrest singing, Coal Tit (Mike Amos)
London Wetland Centre: Iceland Gull ad again main lake pm [1520 per BirdGuides], 4 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, f Goldeneye still, 5 Stonechat still, Grey Wagtail, Water Pipit (WWT website)
Longford "Wright Way cTQ051766": House Martin [Ldn foy] 1330 (Cheech Albanese via eBird)
Lynsters Farm: incl pr Shelduck, 13 Gadwall early-am (Paul Lewis via eBird)
Munden Estate nr Bricket Wood: Raven (Alan Gardiner via Herts BC)
North Met Pit: m Smew, pr Goldeneyes (Ian Bradshaw)
Pinner: 2 Redwing (Nigel Barratt)
Polhill: Red Kite (Jack Headley)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail by River at N end of Pk": incl Yellow-browed Warbler still, w/ 7 Chiffchaff am (Michael Healey via eBird); Kestrel over, Firecrest c250m downriver from YBW at TQ275676 am (David Barnett via eBird); also 2 Siberian Chiffchaff still 1400 (BirdGuides)
Putney Heath: 2 Stonechat m&f windmill ride (Les Evans-Hill)
Rainham RSPB: incl 2 Oystercatcher, Avocet, 4 Curlew, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, Dunlin, Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Marsh Harrier, Firecrest still, Water Pipit (Patrick Hart via Friends of RSPB RM FB)
Rotherhithe: Caspian Gull 1w on thames off greenland pier early pm, also Yellow-legged Gull 1w, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 30 Common Gull, 6 Great Black-backed Gull, 250 Herring Gull incl german-ringed 2w (Richard Bonser)
Sevenoaks WR: Mediterranean Gull ad evg roost (Mathew Bournat tweet)
Shirley: incl Common Buzzard low S mid-am, 2 Redpoll fdr (Sheila Mason per Gavin Hawgood via Croydon Birders)
Southgate "Ivy Rd N14": m Goldcrest singing (Robert Callf)
Staines Reservoir: 8 Shelduck, Scaup still s basin w bank, 23 Goldeneye, 8 Black-necked Grebe still together on n basin am (Jim Sweetland tweet)
Ten Acre Wood area: 2m Pheasant, 3 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Peregrine, Kestrel, Lapwing, 3 Common Snipe, 6 Stock Dove, 7+ Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 8 Stonechat [record count] 6 together, 10+ Fieldfare, 4 Reed Bunting 3m f, pr Linnet (Neil Anderson)
Thames Ditton: 2 Linnet over gdn (Billy Dykes)
The Holllies, Sidcup: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker m drumming f nearby, Nuthatch, 2 Coal Tit, Peregrine (Eric Brown)
Thorndon CP "n section 0815-0945": incl 4 Common Buzzard (Andrew Cox via Essex BwS)
Town Park "Enfield": 2 Northern Shoveler m&f, m Common Pochard, 7 Tufted Duck 4m 3f, 68 Black-headed Gull, 3ad Common Gull, 3 Stock Dove inc two fighting, Grey Wagtail 'over-flow' stream (Robert Callf)
Tyttenhanger Farm: Stonechat m behind lawsons ltd (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
Tyttenhanger GPs "main gp": Yellow-legged Gull 2w briefly, Stonechat f in fields n of gp (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
Walthamstow Marshes: 9 Stonechat bomb crater field (JW Davies); 2 Redwing, 4 Fieldfare, Little Egret (Jon Agar)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Bearded Tit still in no1 reedbed [m trapped & ringed early-am], m Black Redstart again lockwood s end, Firecrest, 4 Stonechat, 3 Peregrine, 4 Goldeneye, Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk, 4 Shelduck, Greenfinch, Goldcrest (Walthamstow Birders)
Wanstead Flats: Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 4 Meadow Pipit, 9 Stonechat, Mistle Thrush singing, 11 House Sparrow, 12 Greenfinch (Harry Harrison)
West Molesey: Caspian Gull ad circled then downriver toward molesey 1055 (Dave Harris tweet)
Westbourne Green "Westbourne Park, Grand Union Canal": Coot w/ plastic ring "HFH"(Francis O'Sullivan)

Med Gull amongst BH Gulls on the football pitches at Wormwood Scrubs.

Wormwood Scrubs: Mediterranean Gull still w/ B-h Gull flock, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Stonechat f, 2 Meadow Pipit, Jackdaw (Charlie Farrell); Reed Bunting mid-aft (Oliver Flory)
Yeading Brook meadows: 5 Red Kite [3 & 2 together. Probably some overlap with ten acre wood sightings] (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)

Saturday 29th February 2020

Alexandra Park: Firecrest m ca still, 5 Shoveler, 1-2 Chiffchaff 1 tunnel res [& 1 poss new river], 5 Pochard (APOG Birders)
Beckenham "Junction Station Tram Stop TQ374698": 5 Waxwing still stn entrance & c/p fruit trees 0740 (Martin Birch/BirdGuides); 8 Waxwing still in trees at beckenham jn stn 1035 but berries fast disappearing - no further sign by 1255 (Mark Leitch tweets); still no further sign of Waxwings by mid-aft (Jack Headley et al) Waxwing photos here
Bletchingley "Green Ln nr Redhill, Surrey": Willow Tit reported (John Ingham via BirdTrack)
Broadwater Farm, Weybridge "Broad Water": Shelduck TQ084654 pm (via eBird)
Bushy Park: incl 2 Little Egret (Stivi Musievski via eBird)
Canons Farm: incl 4 Stonechat infront george field (Andy Downing via CFBW blog)
Copped Hall: 200+ Golden Plover W in one flock, 2 Lapwing, 60+ Stock Dove, 2 Raven, 2 Rook, 2 Stonechat, 80+ Linnet (Andrew Middleton & Neville Smith)
Epsom "Station": Blackcap singing am (Neil Batten)
Finchley "N3": House Sparrow m calling in front gdn (Philipp Wirtz)
Greenwich Peninsula: 2 Shelduck E over O2 mid-am, 2 Yellow-legged Gull 2w 1w by anchor & hope pub (Richard Bonser)
Hampstead Heath “8.30-10.00”: Reed Bunting f feeding on reeds opp viewpt highgate no1 pond 8:30am, Bullfinch f bottom of hedge 2, Stonechat m on anti-flood bank betw boating pond & mens pond, 2 Treecreeper, Little Grebe, 4 Great Crested Grebe, Sparrowhawk f perched kenwood (Jamie Cedar); "later pm" Little Grebe mens pond [v elusive], Kestrel, Stonechat still, Lesser Redpoll bird sanctuary 3:30-4:30 (Jamie Cedar & Sam Becker)
Hilfield Park Reservoir "permit only": incl Black-necked Grebe, Red Kite, 2 Skylark, 20 Redwing, 3 House Sparrow (via BirdTrack)
London Wetland Centre: 52 Wigeon, 4 Pintail, Goldeneye, 2 Common Snipe, Yellow-legged Gull, Bittern, Kingfisher sheltered lagoon/south route, Peregrine, 6 Stonechat, Water Pipit (WWT website); Sparrowhawk m over c/p (Martin Honey); also incl 79 Shoveler (via BirdTrack)
Oakwood Park: Stock Dove, 14 Collared Dove, Green Woodpecker, 2 Redwing, Nuthatch, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Jay, 22 Magpie together on lawn (Robert Callf)
Poulter Park "River Wandle trail": Yellow-browed Warbler still but elusive in blowy conditions, 2 Siberian Chiffchaff still (Ian Bradshaw)
Priest Hill: 2 Skylark 1 singing (Isaiah Rowe tweet)
Purfleet "R Thames": incl 2 Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher, Avocet, 5 Curlew, Caspian Gull 1w, Yellow-legged Gull ad, Little Egret, Short-eared Owl, 4 Skylark, 23 Fieldfare (Fraser Simpson via eBird)
Putney Heath: 2 Stonechat m&f windmill ride (Les Evans-Hill)
Richmond Park: 20 Stonechat incl loose flock of 7, Little Egret, Red Kite (Hugh Bradshaw)
Scotsbridge Mill Watercress Beds nr Rickmansworth: Water Rail, Little Egret (Anna Marett via Herts BC)
Sevenoaks WR: incl Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Common Buzzard (via BirdTrack)
Stave Hill: Kingfisher, Peregrine over aft (John & Janet Cadera)
Thames Barrier: Yellow-legged Gull ad late-am (Richard Bonser)
Thamesmead: Caspian Gull 1w tripcock point mid-pm, also 14+ Yellow-legged Gull there & greenhaven dr (Richard Bonser)
Twickenham: 20 Magpie, 4 Carrion Crow in three trees by strawberry hill gc (Mike Foster)
Victoria Park: 2 Great Crested Grebe in courtship display, 2 Stock Dove, 5 Mistle Thrush, 2 Coal Tit, 10 House Sparrow first for a long time (Harry Harrison)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Goshawk reported (BirdGuides); also incl Firecrest still (Steve Newton via eBird)
Wimbledon: Redwings h over 2020 (Steve Patmore via eBird)
Woolwich: Yellow-legged Gull 1w woolwich arsenal early pm (Richard Bonser)
Wormwood Scrubs: incl 35 Common Gull, 2 Stonechat pm (Oliver Flory via eBird)

Friday 28th February 2020

Alexandra Park: 2 Firecrest ca, 4 Shoveler, Blackcap f (Bob Watts)
Beckenham "Junction Station Tram Stop [cTQ374698]": 8 Waxwing nearby still (BirdGuides - belated news)
Bradbourne Lakes: incl Little Egret, 2 Coal Tit, Nuthatch, 2 Grey Wagtail am (Trevor Manship via Kent OS)
Cornmill Meadows: incl 2 Cattle Egret again (Andy Holmes via BirdTrack)
Danson Park: 250+ Redwing (Chris Gibbard tweet)
Greenwich Park: 30 Redwing, 2 Goldcrest (Ray Crouch)
KGV Res "permit only": Scaup m still, 31 Goldeneye, [Hooded Merganser], Green Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit (Sean Huggins)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, Goldeneye, Bittern, 3 Stonechat, Water Pipit (WWT website)
Maple Cross: pr Yellowhammer field hedge west of housing estate TQ025923 (Chris Bessant via Herts BC)
Perivale Park: Greylag w/ 5 Canada Geese, pr Teal, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Stock Dove, pr Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, Reed Bunting, c30 Linnet, c25 Goldfinch, c20 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail by River at N end of Pk": Yellow-browed Warbler still, 2 Siberian Chiffchaff, 2 Firecrest, 7+ Chiffchaff, Blackcap m (Jake Klavins)
Rainham RSPB: incl 2 Oystercatcher, Avocet, 3 Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Marsh Harrier, Firecrest still, 4 Rock Pipit (Patrick Hart via Friends of RSPB RM FB); "river wall" also incl 2 Caspian Gull [both 1w] wennington, Water Pipit (Graham Howie via eBird); also incl 150 Great Black-backed Gull, Yellow-legged Gull ad, pr Marsh Harrier displaying, 2 Water Pipit (Dominic Mitchell via eBird)
Richmond Park: 7 Stonechat (Friday BG)
Rye Meads NR: Marsh Harrier f hmwt meadow, Barn Owl opp lapwing_hide (Vicky Buckel via Herts BC)
Sevenoaks WR: incl 70 Siskin am (John Reeves via eBird)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Black Redstart m again lockwood s end, 3 Goosander, 7 Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper, 30 Fieldfare (Walthamstow Birders)
Woodberry Wetlands: Common Buzzard W 07.55, 5 Teal, Reed Bunting singing (Chris Farthing)
Woodford Green: Blackcap f on fatball fdr in gdn for 2nd day (Steve Howey)
Wormwood Scrubs: See survey on Hammersmith's new Biodiversity 'Masterplan' here

Thursday 27th February 2020

Alexandra Park: 2 Wigeon pr wgr, also 6 Shoveler, Pochard m, Greylag, Blackcap f, 3 Redwing, Peregrine (APOG Birders); Red Kite W across se cnr 14.10 (Jonathan Cooke)
Batchworth Lake: incl 3 Pochard, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Cormorant, Common Gull, Treecreeper pm (Paul Lewis via eBird)
Beckenham "Junction Station": 8 Waxwing nearby (per Martin Birch blog)
Boston Manor Park: 5 Mandarin Duck, 16 Tufted Duck (Des McKenzie)
Canons Farm: 40 Skylark, 24 Fieldfare, 175 Chaffinch, 500 Linnet (Steve Gale tweet)
Connaught Water: 6 Goosander, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Coal Tit (Jean-Patrick Elmes)
Dellsome Bottom nr Hatfield: 3 Stonechat pr f (Steve Pearce via Herts BC)
Ealing Common: Waxwing [Ldn foy] 0640 (BirdGuides/per Alastair Rae)
Essendon "incl West End & R Lea": incl 2 Common Gull, 4 Red Kite, 8 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Rook, 5 Skylark, 45 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing, 2 Yellowhammer, 3 Reed Bunting (via BirdTrack)
Hampstead Heath: Common Buzzard mobbed by 100+ Jackdaws over south meadow 16.40, Lesser Redpoll still in alders by sanctuary pond w/ Goldfinches, c8 House Sparrow in brambles by tanza rd gdns (Reuben Braddock)
Hilfield Park Reservoir "permit only": incl 8 Black-necked Grebe (Tony Blake via BirdTrack)
Hilly Fields, Lewisham: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Redwing, Goldcrest, {vole sp ran across path} (Keith Chambers)
Holmethorpe SPs "Chilmead Ln": incl 2 Woodcock, 2 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Coal Tit, Skylark singing, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 25 Redwing am TQ301512 (Brian Hedley via eBird)
Island Barn Reservoir "no access but restricted view fr top of Molesey Heath TQ133672": Great Northern Diver still 1430 (BirdGuides)
London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 4 Pintail, 12 Redwing, 5 Stonechat 4f m, 2 Common Snipe, Water Pipit, 2 Shelduck, Goldeneye (WWT website)
Mudchute Farm: 4 Fieldfare, 7 Redwing, Song Thrush, 6 Chaffinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Sean Huggins)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail by River at N end of Pk": Yellow-browed Warbler still, Siberian Chiffchaff still 1030 (BirdGuides)
Pymmes Park: 2 Mute Swan inc male w/ orange darvic ring 4CZX, 2 Egyptian Goose inc male w/ metal ring number 1459597, 2 Mandarin Duck pr, 2m Common Pochard, 33 Tufted Duck 21m 12f, Black-headed Gull inc ad w/ yellow darvic ring TPMM from Poland, 5ad Common Gull, 3ad Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5+ Herring Gull, 3 Collared Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing, Goldcrest, 5 Long-tailed Tit inc pr nest-building [B], Nuthatch, Jay (Robert Callf)
Raynes Park "gdn": 2 Redwing, Song Thrush, Green Woodpecker (Paula Redmond)
Thorpe Park: incl 6 Lapwing pm (Josephine Snell via eBird)
Wanstead Flats: 5 Stonechat, 11 Fieldfare, 12 Meadow Pipit, Little Owl (Nick Croft)
Woodford Green: Blackcap f on fatball fdr in gdn (Steve Howey)

Wednesday 26th February 2020

Alexandra Park: 6 Shoveler 3m 3f, Skylark h, Blackcap f, 4+ Redwing, 2 Jackdaw (APOG Birders); Common Buzzard SW 10.00 (Jonathan Cooke)
Beddington Farmlands: incl 16 Jack Snipe, 117 Common Snipe, 2 Stonechat (BFBG blog); also incl 121 Common Snipe (via BirdTrack)
Bexley Park Woods "20 spp": 4 Stock Dove, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 52+ Ring-necked Parakeet, Coal Tit, Firecrest, Nuthatch, 11+ Redwing, Mistle Thrush (Ralph Todd)
Boxer's Lake: 6 Grey Heron inc three birds sitting on nests, ad m Mute Swan w/ orange darvic ring 4DQC, 40 Canada Goose, 2 Common Pochard m&f, 7 Tufted Duck 4m 3f, Grey Wagtail water-outlet (Robert Callf)
Bushy Park: Cetti's Warbler iron bridge area, 3 Reed Bunting, 3 Stonechat (Spencer Neal)
Cassiobury Park: early spring passage flock of 23 Pied Wagtail on pitches almost all smart spring-plumaged males active & flighty, pr Mandarin r gade (John Edwards)
Greenwich Park: 20 Redwing (Ray Crouch)
Hall Marsh Scrape: incl 35 Shoveler, 50 Lapwing 1340, Cattle Egret still (Andy Holmes via BirdTrack/LVRP sightings blog)
Hilfield Park Reservoir "permit only": 2 Pintail pr late-aft (Tony Blake)
Hilly Fields Lewisham: 5 Redwing, 2 Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Greenfinch, Mistle Thrush (Tom Moulton/Sue Gore/Judith Watling)
Hyde Park: 30 Redwing (Daniel Whitelegg)
Kingston: 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Peregrine Falcon (Nigel Jackman)
London Wetland Centre: 6 Stonechat 4f 2m still, 2 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, Goldeneye, Redwing, 6 Fieldfare, Common Snipe, Water Pipit (WWT website); 2 Water Pipit, 4 Pintail 2m 2f main lake, Song Thrush, hybrid Tufted Duck x Pochard (Martin Honey)
Longfield: 2 Nuthatch, Common Buzzard, Goldcrest, 17 Pied Wagtail sweetcorn stubble field, 3 Skylark (Roger Keith)
Margravine Cemetery: 2 Mistle Thrush pr, 3 Redwing (Nathalie Mahieu, Ruth Savery)
Mile End "Antill Rd E3": Coal Tit gdn fdr (Harry Harrison)
Mitcham Common: 7 Linnet, 7 Greenfinch, 4 Skylark (over) - North corner scrub, 3 singing Song Thrush, Kestrel, pr Mistle Thrush, Redwing, {7 Rabbits very active} (Michael Mac)
North Mymms Park: incl 8 Common Gull, 45 Stock Dove, 5 Red Kite, 4 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Nuthatch, 50 Fieldfare, 9 Redwing, Stonechat, Yellowhammer (via BirdTrack)
Oakwood Park: 2 Moorhen pr, 2 Coot pr, Stock Dove, 8 Collared Dove, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker m&f, 4 Long-tailed Tit, m Nuthatch singing, 6 Greenfinch (Robert Callf)
Pinner: Red Kite, 3 Redwing (Nigel Barratt)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail, north side of river by blue container (approx 51.3911, -0.1683) 10:30-11:30am"; Yellow-browed Warbler still, 3 Siberian Chiffchaff still, 5+ Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Grey Wagtail (Balham Birder)
Putney Heath: 4 Stonechat windmill ride (Les Evans-Hill)
Rainham RSPB: Mediterranean Gull ad, 2 Caspian Gull both 1w am (BirdGuides)
Richmond Park: 2 Common Buzzard, 7 Red Kite (RPBG)
South Nutfield: incl Woodcock, 3 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper, 25 Redwing, Grey Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch am TQ302507 (Brian Hedley via eBird)
Southgate "Chase Side/Old Farm Ave": Red Kite circling (Catherine Gilbert); "Nursery Rd" 2 Blackcap m&f on fatball fdr back gdn (Catherine Gilbert)
Staines Reservoir "very windy; no sign of BN Grebe": "south basin" c100 Wigeon, c40 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 6+ Pied Wagtail, 20+ Black-headed Gull, "north basin" Scaup still, c60 Tufted Duck, 2 Goldeneye m f, 2 Shoveler (Paul Francis)
Stave Hill: Kingfisher, 6 Redwing, Chaffinch (John Cadera)
Totteridge Valley: 2 Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, Kestrel, 2 Greenfinch (John Colmans)
Tufnell Park “Huddleston Rd“: Blackcap m on fatball fdr in back gdn (Reuben Braddock); "Brecknock Rd" 2m Blackcap feeding in ivy hedge in back gdn (Francis Tusa)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Firecrest still in lge ivy bush behind cottage/permit office showing well, dipped on Black Redstart, Kingfisher overflow channel by c/p (Francis Tusa); Peregrine, 15 Grey Heron, Little Egret (Daniel Whitelegg)
Wanstead Flats: 7 Stonechat 5m, 4 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Skylark, 3 Little Owl, Kestrel, Pochard, Reed Bunting, Little Grebe (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: Little Grebe, 2 Teal, 3 Shoveler, Gadwall, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush inc one singing, 12 Redwing, Goldcrest (Harry Harrison); "Roding" Water Rail, Little Egret, 2 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, Chiffchaff singing yr-1st, 7 Redwing, Peregrine Falcon, Kestrel, Common Buzzard (Wanstead Birders); "Park" 2 Teal, 2 Pochard, 2 Gadwall (Wanstead Birders)
Waterloo Bridge: Sparrowhawk behind national theatre, {Seal sp drifting downriver} (Hugh Bradshaw)
Woodford Green: First time! 2 Red Kites over together, up to 4 Song Thrush singing, 2 Goldcrest (scarce this winter), and 2 Redwing South, all am (Ken Murray)

Tuesday 25th February 2020

Alexandra Park: Firecrest m ca still, Meadow Pipit N, Jackdaw, 4 Redwing, 4 Shoveler 2m 2f (APOG Birders)
Bayfordbury: 24 Yellowhammer TL316104 (Ian Flack via Herts BC)
Black Park: incl 4 Redpoll, Siskin atop birches by lowland heath pm (Jon Edwards via eBird)
Canons Farm: incl 2f Stonechat poultry field e side (Ian Ward via CFBW blog)
Colney Heath: Stonechat f on CH nature reserve by warren fm (Rupert Evershed via Herts BC)
Crossness NR: Barn Owl, 2 Kestrel, Little Egret, 8 Cetti's Warbler h, 7 Stonechat 3m 4f, 2 Song Thrush, 9 Little Grebe, 5 Pochard, 9 Tufted Duck, 34 Gadwall, 11 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Heron, Chaffinch, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Reed Bunting, Water Rail h, 4 Canada Goose, 11 Greylag Goose, 7 Goldfinch, c200 Black-headed Gull on fields, {Water Vole} (Bernie Weight); "Thames & foreshore incoming tide" 62 Shelduck, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Oystercatcher, Cetti's Warbler h, 28 Gadwall, 20 Shoveler, 21 Redshank, 9 Wigeon, c250 Teal, 6 Cormorant, c70 Dunlin, 8 Lapwing, 3 Peregrines interacting high over river heading E (Bernie Weight); also incl 130 Gadwall, 365 Teal, 23 Lapwing, 158 Dunlin (via BirdTrack); "foreshore" also Grey Wagtail, Wren, Chiffchaff (Paul Francis); "Thamesmead Golf Range foreshore" incl Curlew (via BirdTrack)
Guy Lodge Farm: 110+ Common Gull 1650 (Robert Callf)
Hampstead Heath: Little Grebe, 10 Mandarin 8m 2f, 2 Gadwall all on wood pond, 2 Great Crested Grebe displaying model boating pond, 2 Shoveler highgate no1 pond, Treecreeper in trees at top of hedge 2, 100+ Redwing hedge 2 (Reuben Braddock); Grey Wagtail over model boating pond, 4 Pied Wagtail together in field below tumulus (Philipp Wirtz)
Heathrow "Greens": 4 Common Buzzard, 2 Stonechat, Chiffchaff (Chris Lamsdell via eBird)
Holmethorpe SPs: Jack Snipe in stubble field by m23 [TQ310520] am (BirdGuides)
Island Barn Res "no access": Great Northern Diver still fr molesey heath mound (John Edwards)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, Goldeneye f, Curlew marsh, Common Buzzard NE 1300, Chiffchaff, 8 Redwing, 5 Stonechat, 2 Water Pipit (WWT website); also 5 Fieldfare in field opp entrance am (Cheech Albanese via eBird); also incl 6 Stonechat still (Dave Panchaud via eBird); 4 Pintail, 4 Shelduck 12.45 (Sue Barry)
Margravine Cemetery: Nuthatch, Blackcap m, House Sparrow m (Nathalie Mahieu)
Norwood Grove: Little Owl in oak tree by s cnr (Peter Newmark)
Petts Wood "NT": 30+ Siskin in alder trees by flushers pond, 2 Stonechat, 2 Common Gull, 3m Pheasant, 3+ Nuthatch, 8 Green Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush, Kestrel (Jack Headley)
Pinner: 80+ Ring-necked Parakeet S in small grps to roost (Nigel Barratt)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail by River at N end of Pk": Yellow-browed Warbler still, Siberian Chiffchaff still (BirdGuides); also incl 25 Teal, Kestrel, 2 Siberian Chiffchaff still, 10 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch (Chris Farthing via BirdTrack)
Putney Heath: 2 Stonechat windmill ride (Les Evans-Hill)
Queen Mother Reservoir "permit only": incl 2 Goldeneye m f, 2 Little Grebe 0900 (Peter Newbound via Berks BN)
Rainham RSPB: Caspian Gull 1w, 4 Yellow-legged Gull among 2650 gulls of 7spp (Dominic Mitchell tweet)
Raynes Park "gdn": 4 Mute Swan E 0714, 5 Redwing, 6 House Sparrow (Paula Redmond)
South Norwood CP: Stonechat m wetlands s end am (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
Springwell Lake: incl Chiffchaff singing (Paul Lewis via eBird)
Staines Moor: Barn Owl, Woodcock, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff singing, 15 Teal, Shoveler, Red Kite, Greenfinch, Pheasants, {Muntjac} (Adam Bolton via Colne Valley Birding Twitter); Water Pipit n end by bridge (John Edwards); also 2 Raven over early-am (Ed Sames tweet); incl Lapwing, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff, 16 Stonechat, 4 Water Pipit am (Chris Lamsdell via eBird)
Staines Reservoir: Scaup s basin, Long-tailed Duck s basin still, 33 Goldeneye, 8 Black-necked Grebe 4 s basin & 4 n basin, Red Kite am (Jim Sweetland tweet)
The Commons LNR: 2 Marsh Tit fdr (Keith Smith via Herts BC)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Black Redstart m again lockwood s end, Firecrest still, Stonechat, 2 Wigeon, 6 Goldeneye (Walthamstow Birders)
West Ham Park: 2 Nuthatch (Adam Winstanley)

Monday 24th February 2020

Banstead Woods: Firecrest holly bushes nr post 8 still (Kevin Guest via eBird)
Battersea Park Lake: 201 (roost) Cormorant, Goldcrest, 4pr Mandarin, 4 Pochard, pr Grey-lag, 14 Shoveler, 5 Gadwall, Great-crested and Little Grebe, 1 Egyptian Goose (Michael Mac)
Brent Reservoir “east marsh”: 14 Common Snipe, 2 Egyptian Goose, 17 Pochard, 2 Song Thrush singing (Steve Blake)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 4 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
Broomfield Park: imm Grey Heron, 13 Northern Shoveler 8m 5f, 18 Tufted Duck 11m 7f, Black-headed Gull inc six ringed birds - red P.1 and white L-Y from The Netherlands, yellow 2BKT from Czech Republic, ST318618 from Finland, ET34532 from UK [Ringed St James's Park Nov 1999] and Latvian ringed bird, 6 Common Gull 3ad 2nd-winter & 2 first-winter, 2ad Herring Gull, 2 Stock Dove, singing m Greenfinch (Robert Callf)
Bushy Park: Red-crested Pochard m, Skylark (Phil Davies)
Dagenham Chase: incl 2 Shelduck, 75 Gadwall, 8 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret (Sam Porter per ELBF FB)
Fairlop Waters: 23 Golden Plover in ploughed field NE fishing lake CP, 3 Stock Dove (Steve Bacon); "Main Lake" 2 Gadwall, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, 10 Tufted Duck (Steve Bacon)
Felthamhill Carr: incl Kestrel, 30 Linnet (via BirdTrack)
Hatfield: 35+ Siskin hatfield bus pk by hatfield ave (Steve Pearce via Herts BC)
Home Park: 6 Greylag Geese flew in or over, Skylark (Phil Davies)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, 109 Cormorant, Chiffchaff, 6 Fieldfare, 11 Redwing, 6 Stonechat still, 2 Water Pipit still (WWT website); also Bittern still pm (Barnaby Briggs via eBird)
Morden Hall Park: 4 Little Egret (Julie Hillman per comm Keith Bates)
Northfields "Blondin Park": Common Buzzard perched allotments [n side] 0740 (Des McKenzie tweet)
Southfields "back gdn SW18": Blackcap m [winter-1st] subsong, up to 7 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Goldcrest m&f, numerous Blue Tits, numerous Great Tits mainly to fatball fdr, 2 Song Thrush (Martin Honey)
Thames Ditton: m Peregrine over gdn (Billy Dykes)
Walthamstow Marshes: 3 Fieldfare, 8 Redwing, Yellow-legged Gull rear paddocks, 4 Little Egret (Jon Agar)
Wanstead Flats "WeBS count": 520 Black-headed Gull, 750 Common Gull, 50 Herring Gull, 12 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 56 Coot, 22 Moorhen, Little Grebe, 68 Mallard, 4 Gadwall, 11 Shoveler, 3 Pochard, 14 Tufted Duck, 46 Egyptian Goose, 170 Canada Goose, 50 Greylag Goose, 48 Mute Swan, also 11 Meadow Pipit, 2-3 Skylark singing, 4 Stonechat incl 3m two of which are spring migrants, 11 Fieldfare, Redwing, 2 Reed Bunting, Linnet, 2 Little Owl (Wanstead Birders)
Water End: 2 Grey Partridge nettleden rd [far end opp paddocks], Raven (Jenny Baker via Herts BC)

Sunday 23rd February 2020

Alexandra Park: Firecrest m ca still, 4 Shoveler wgr, 5 Pochard, Little Grebe both bl, 57 Common Gulls pf/wgr, Redwing, Grey Wagtail (APOG Birders)
Amwell "and Easneye Wood [outside Ldn RA]": 2 Red-crested Pochard [Hollycross Lake - just outside recording area Y - see RA map weblinked above], 10+ Red Kite, 8+ Common Buzzard, Raven, 2 Skylark singing, 4 Redwing, Nuthatch, Marsh Tit (Simon Papps); Barn Owl hunting over konik field by rlwy south of entrance track 0855 (Chris Gibson tweet)
Banstead Woods: incl 2 Firecrest holly bushes nr post 8 (Ian Ward per CFBW blog)
Bromley "Brook Wood TQ411666": incl 20 Redwing, Stonechat, Meadow Pipit (Adrian Perry via BirdTrack)
Brookmill Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Redwing, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
Bushy Park: Little Egret in brewhouse fields, 2 Skylark (Spencer Neal)
Hall Marsh Scrape: Cattle Egret still (BirdGuides)
Hampstead Heath: incl pale Common Buzzard, Peregrine, Stonechat m kenwood [at west field in fenced-off area am] till 1545 at least (Jamie Cedar tweets)
Hilfield Park Reservoir "permit only": incl Goldeneye, 2 Black-necked Grebe, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Skylark, Treecreeper (Tony Blake via BirdTrack)
Holyfield Farm: Bullfinch m fr hide in c/p (Neville Smith)
Kensington Gardens: Bar-headed Goose [unringed and feeding w/ greylags] (Oliver Flory) [It's a 3/4 Bar-head x 1/4 Greylag hybrid, one of three that often visit from St James's Park where their mother used to be part of the collection -- Ralph Hancock.]
London Wetland Centre: 6 Stonechat, Water Pipit, 2 Pintail, 2 Shelduck, Peregrine, 257 Cormorant, Yellow-legged Gull, Goldeneye (WWT website); also Bittern still pm (James Harden tweet)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail by River at N end of Pk": Yellow-browed Warbler still, 2 Siberian Chiffchaff still (BirdGuides); also 2 Firecrest still pm (Bill Shimmers tweet)
Purley: Raven over 0900 (Nicola Hunt via Croydon Birders)
Rotherhithe: Yellow-legged Gull 1w off greenland pier (Richard Bonser)
Sewardstone Marsh: 16 Common Snipe, Stonechat, Chiffchaff (Neville Smith)
Southgate Chase Allotments: 5 Redwing (Robert Callf)
Southwark Park: 2 Little Grebe (John Cadera)
Thamesmead "Greenhaven Dr": Caspian x Herring Gull 2w [German-ringed X90A], Mediterranean Gull 1w, 10+ Yellow-legged Gull (Richard Bonser, Jamie Partridge, Dante Shepherd)
Walthamstow Marshes: 5 Stonechat 1 leyton marsh & 3 bomb crater field & 1 n of rlwy, 4 Stock Dove rear paddocks (Alastair Dent); incl pr Shelduck (Jo Wheeler tweet)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Firecrest still, 2 Goldeneye, 8 Shelduck (Walthamstow Birders)
Wanstead Flats: Mediterranean Gull ad (Tony Brown tweet)
Waterworks NR: incl pr Stonechat pitch n putt field (Graham Howie via eBird)

Saturday 22nd February 2020

Aldenham Park: Barnacle Goose, Kingfisher (Alan Winn via BirdTrack)
Alexandra Park: Stonechat m playing fields [pf] sw/nw edges, 4 Shoveler, 5 Redwing, Chiffchaff (APOG Birders)
Brickfield CP, Cranham: incl 24 Common Gull, Little Egret, Skylark singing, Goldcrest pm (Brame Thrandon via eBird)
Bromley "BR2": Linnet m/imm three visits to gdn fdr w/ Goldfinches [1st in 20yr living here] (Martin Draper)
Cowley: Greenfinch m eating sunflower hearts. Worth mentioning as first for well over a year. (Roger Dewey)
Croxley Green "Little Gillions, The Green TQ069961": incl Cormorant, Grey Heron, 5 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 10 Redwing, 3 Bullfinch pm (Andy Ryde via eBird)
Crystal Palace Park: incl 2 Shoveler, Treecreeper, Redwing am (Andrew Thomas via eBird)
Dagnam Park: incl 3 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 50 Jackdaw (Sam Porter per ELBF FB)
Hoblingwell Wood "RG [TQ462691]": 16 Common Gull, c78 Black-headed Gull incl yellow-ringed bird (Jack Headley)
Holyfield Hall Farm: 2 Brambling still w/ finch flock feeding on seed crop south of holyfield lake (Neville Smith tweet)
Island Barn Reservoir "no access but restricted view fr top of Molesey Heath TQ133672": 24 Barnacle Goose in fields south of Res still, 2 Great Northern Diver still (Dave Harris per Surrey BC)
London Wetland Centre: Goldeneye, 4 Pintail, Bittern, 111 Cormorant, 3 Redwing, 4 Stonechat, Iceland Gull ad again, Common Buzzard S (WWT website); 2 Red Kite, Water Pipit midday (Ian Murray via eBird); also incl 322 Cormorant, 120 Carrion Crow, 2 Reed Bunting (via BirdTrack)
Merstham STW: Mediterranean Gull ad on floods fr albury rd still pm (Gordon Hay per Surrey BC)
Mile End "Antill Rd E3": Blackcap m gdn (Harry Harrison)
Oakwood Park: 18 Collared Dove, Green Woodpecker, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 14 Redwing, 2 Long-tailed Tit pr, Nuthatch singing, 4 Greenfinch 2m 2f, 7 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Petts Wood "NT": incl Firecrest, 2 Stonechat, 4 Nuthatch, Common Buzzard, 2 Siskin calling, 2+ Treecreeper calling, c10 Common Gull (Jack Headley)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail by River at N end of Park": Yellow-browed Warbler still, Siberian Chiffchaff still (BirdGuides); both birds showing well till 4.30pm nr blue container trailer also Firecrest still in bushes on opp side of river from wandle trail c200yd upriver from Y-b W site & below pylon ride (Alan Pearson)
Raynes Park "gdn": 3 Redwing (Paula Redmond)
Staines Reservoir: incl Scaup, Long-tailed Duck 1w-m s basin sw cnr still, Black-necked Grebe late-aft (Stephen Younger via eBird)
Stocker's Lake: Goosander f at west end 1135 (Stephen Middleton tweet)
Swanscombe Marsh “14.00-15.30 Black Duck Marsh”: 4 Tufted Duck 2m 2f, Marsh Harrier, 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Stonechat, Common Gull, Chiffchaff foraging in low scrub, Pochard m, Shoveler m, Grey Heron, 2 Cetti's Warbler 1h, 2 Water Rail h, 2 Linnet, Mistle Thrush, Stock Dove, 8 Coot, 2 Gadwall m&f (Roger Keith)
Woodberry Wetlands: Stonechat, 6+ Teal, Peregrine, Chiffchaff (Chris Farthing)
Wormwood Scrubs: Mediterranean Gull still w/ flock of Black-headed Gulls & Common Gulls, 2 Meadow Pipit, Kestrel, 7+ Stonechat (Oliver Flory)

Friday 21st February 2020

Alexandra Park: Firecrest m ca still, 5 Shoveler 3m 2f, 60+ Common Gull, 3 Pochard, Peregrine (APOG Birders)
Beddington Farmlands: incl Tree Sparrow (BFBG blog)
Bow Creek Ecology Park: incl 4 Shelduck, 39 Teal, Cetti's Warbler am (Stephen Harris via eBird)
Dagenham Chase: incl Shelduck, 50 Lapwing, 2 Common Snipe, 4 Little Egret, Kingfisher, 2 Peregrine, Rook, 5 Redwing, 12 Meadow Pipit, 12 Greenfinch, 8 Linnet, 3 Reed Bunting (Sam Porter per ELBF FB)
East India Dock Basin NR: incl 7 Shelduck, 14 Gadwall, 78 Teal am (Stephen Harris via eBird)
Ferny Hill Farm "private access": 15 Mandarin Duck, Red-legged Partridge, 3 Yellowhammer 2f/imm & ad m, 8 Reed Bunting 6f/imm & 2m (Robert Callf)
Hall Marsh Scrape: Cattle Egret still 1350 (per LVRP sightings blog)
Holmethorpe SPs: incl 17 Shoveler, 20 Gadwall, 12 Teal, 51 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 22 Lapwing, 839 Black-headed Gull, Mediterranean Gull ad [white-ringed ‘359J’ seemingly of Belgian/Dutch origin] on spynes mere then at merstham stw on floodplain, 9 Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, 143 Herring Gull, 18 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 11 Cormorant, Grey Heron, 5 Stock Dove, Common Buzzard, Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 22 Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail, 13 Pied Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch, 14 Linnet, 2 Yellowhammer (Kevin Guest/Gordon Hay per Surrey BC/via BirdTrack & eBird)

Holyfield Farm: Tree Sparrow returning to fdrs all morning in gdn next to cafe (Neville Smith)
Island Barn Reservoir "no access but restricted view fr top of Molesey Heath TQ133672": 2 Great Northern Diver still (Dave Harris tweet)
London Wetland Centre: 5 Pintail 3m 2f, Goldeneye f, Bittern, Water Rail h, 72 Lapwing, Stonechat f grazing marsh/main lake fence (WWT website/Shailesh Patel tweet)
Merstham STW: Mediterranean Gull ad [the Holmethorpe SPs bird above] pm (Kevin Guest/Gordon Hay per Surrey BC)
Perivale Park: 5 Teal r brent, 56 Common Gull, 2 Grey Wagtail r brent, 3 Redwing, c60 Linnet, 4 Greenfinch, c40 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail by River at N end of Park": Yellow-browed Warbler still vocal, 1+ Siberian Chiffchaff still, Blackcap m, 2 Firecrest still, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Grey Wagtail, 5 Teal (Jake Klavins et al)
Rainham RSPB: incl 12 Pintail, Curlew, 22 Common Snipe, Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 3 Kestrel, Peregrine m, 4 Stonechat, Rock Pipit (Patrick Hart, Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
Richmond Park: Treecreeper [deceased] predated by m Kestrel, 3 Woodcock (Paula Redmond)
Rye Meads NR: incl 4 Stonechat 2pr hmwt meadow (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
Sevenoaks WR: Caspian Gull 3w fr tyler hide pm (Mathew Bournat tweet); Firecrest slingsby hide (per Mathew Bournat via Kent OS)
Staines Reservoir: incl Shelduck, 90 Wigeon, 6 Pochard, 80 Tufted Duck, Scaup ad-m still, Long-tailed Duck 1w [poss m] s basin still, 18 Goldeneye, 8 Black-necked Grebe still, 2 Red Kite, 3 Redwing, 20 Pied Wagtail, 15 Meadow Pipit, 2 Water Pipit again (Paul Rose via eBird); also incl Scaup 1w-m s basin nr w edge w/ Tufties (John Rowland via Surrey Birding FB incl superb photo)
Swanscombe Marsh “8.30-12.15 midday ht”: 2 Peregrine atop thames south power pylon, 2 Marsh Harrier, 4m Shoveler, 31 Greylag Goose, 10 Canada Goose, 3 Grey Heron around nests, 6 Shelduck, 6 Cetti's Warbler h, 2 Water Rail h, Avocet foreshore [fs], 6 Turnstone fs, 17 Redshank fs, 16 Lapwing fs, 3 Stonechat, 5 Reed Bunting, 7 Cormorant river [r], 18 Teal r, 42 Mallard 22r, 6 Tufted Duck, 10 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 21 Magpie, Black-headed Gull [CR 2HKK] (Roger Keith)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 20 Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush, 2 Kingfisher (Daniel Whitelegg)

Thursday 20th February 2020

Ashtead Common: incl 70 Fieldfare, 40 Pied Wagtail fields north of Common 1545 (Richard Nunne via Surrey BN)
Brixton "Blenheim Gardens Estate": Grey Wagtail (Tony Stones)
Brookmill Park: Blackcap sinnging, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
Camden "Oakley Sq": Blackcap singing am (Pete Mantle)
Cherry Tree Wood: 30+ Redwing, Nuthatch, Treecreeper (James Palmer)
Ellenbrook Fields: incl Barn Owl hunting 1600, 22 Fieldfare, 30+ Redwing, 4 Stonechat 2pr, 8 Yellowhammer, 4 Reed Bunting (Anders Gray via Twitter/Herts BC)
Enfield Town "River View EN2": Blackcap f feeding on block of fat 1645 - 1650 (Robert Callf)
Hall Marsh Scrape: incl 1+ Cattle Egret still (Andy Holmes via BirdTrack/BirdGuides); 2 Cattle Egret still, Little Egret, Wigeon, Shoveler, Gadwall, Teal, Little Grebe, Common Snipe, Lapwing (Bob Husband, Robin Morden)
Kensal Green Cemetery and St Mary’s Cemetery: 2 Mistle Thrush, c16 Fieldfare (Charlie Farrell)
Kentish Town: Blackcap m again gaisford st, also 3 Redwing back gdn (Pete Mantle)
Lewisham "Algernon Rd": Blackcap f on fdr (Conrad Ellam)
London Wetland Centre: 4 Pintail, Goldeneye, Bittern, 71 Cormorant, Water Pipit (WWT website)
Lordship Lane RG: Cetti's Warbler singing by nw corner of pond 10-11am (Jeremy Richardson)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail by River at N end of Pk": incl Yellow-browed Warbler still, 3 Siberian Chiffchaff still, 7 Blackcap incl 3m singing, 2+ Firecrest still (Arjun Dutta tweet)
Rainham RSPB: 3 Little Grebe, 2 Marsh Harrier, Peregrine f, pr Stonechat, 3 Water Pipit, 4 Rock Pipit (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB))
Rush Green nr Hertford: Barn Owl (Jane Free via Herts BC)
Rye Meads NR: Barn Owl quartering hmwt meadow c1700 (RSPB tweet); also incl 2 Shelduck, 2 Water Rail, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Bullfinch (Mike Bird via BirdTrack)
St Albans "Cottonmill open space TL151064": Little Egret (Bill Free via Herts BC)
Staines Moor: 4 Egyptian Goose, 2 Gadwall, 36 Mallard, Pochard f N, 6 Little Grebe, 21 Lapwing, 5 Common Snipe, 4 Little Egret, 3 Red Kite, 5 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 10 Skylark, 15 Stonechat 10m 5f, c40 Meadow Pipit, 9 Water Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting (Lee Dingain via Twitter/SR&M FB)
Stanstead Abbotts: Green Sandpiper on marsh ln floods (Jane Free via Herts BC)
Town Park "Enfield [1655 - 1745]": Little Grebe, Cormorant, 18+ Canada Goose, m Common Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck 3m 3f, Sparrowhawk, 8 Stock Dove went to roost, 4 Blackbird, m Song Thrush singing, 6 Redwing (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Bearded Tit pr no1 reedbed still & occasionally calling, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Water Rail, Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Sparrowhawk (Daniel Whitelegg)
Wandle Park, Colliers Wood: Little Egret (Keith Bates)
Watermeadows Open Space "BR5": 4 Gadwall, Little Grebe, Goldcrest (Jack Headley)
Welham Green: incl 2 Stonechat, Bullfinch (via BirdTrack)
Woodberry Wetlands: Yellow-legged Gull ad briefly am (Chris Farthing)
Wormwood Scrubs: Mediterranean Gull, Coal Tit, pr Stonechat, Goldcrest, Redwing, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker incl displaying pr (Charlie Farrell)

Wednesday 19th February 2020

Alexandra Park: 2 Shoveler, Peregrine (APOG Birders)
Brunel University: Blackcap subsong h nursery ln blackthorn/ivy hedge (Roger Dewey)
Bushy Park: 3 Stonechat, 2 Shelduck [Leg of Mutton Pond at dawn], Kestrel, Treecreeper, Nuthatch (Spencer Neal)
Cranford CP "fr M4 jn3": 2 Ruddy Shelduck [poss escapees] (T James)
Crouch End: Redwing in full song atop lime tree early pm (Trevor Wyatt)
East End Green "landfill": incl 100 Jackdaw, 2 Rook, 4 Skylark still, 8 Fieldfare, 2 Linnet, Reed Bunting pm (Barry Reed via eBird)
Felthamhill Carr: incl 20 Redwing, 12 Linnet (via BirdTrack)
Finchley "gdn N3": Redwing, Starling, Goldcrest (Samuel Levy)
Hacton "Meadows, Essex TQ544848 1210-1245": incl 34 Stock Dove flock, Barn Owl flying in light rain, 20 Fieldfare, 2 Meadow Pipit (Stephen Harris via eBird)
Hall Marsh Scrape: Cattle Egret still 1200 (Dennis Meadhurst via LVRP sightings blog)
Hampstead Heath: 2 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Siskin kenwood, Water Rail, Sparrowhawk, Grey Wagtail, Greenfinch, Mistle Thrush, Kestrel, c100 Redwing, 2 Nuthatch (Jamie Cedar); also incl Stonechat pm (Paul Rose via eBird)
Ladywell Fields: 6 Redwing, 2 Mandarin m f, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Tom Moulton/Sue Gore/Judith Watling)
Leatherhead "Station": Blackcap singing am (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 4 Pintail, Goldeneye, 3 Shelduck, Water Pipit, 5 Redwing incl 1 in subsong (WWT website); 2 Bittern 1 res lagoon 1 main lake se cnr, Reed Bunting f main lake, Song Thrush singing nr qe walk (Martin Honey)
Maple Lodge NR "members only": incl Goldeneye f fr shell hide, 50 Siskin, 3 Reed Bunting (MLCS via eBird)
Pinner: Sparrowhawk m, 11 Goldfinch, 5 Redwing, Coal Tit (Nigel Barratt)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail by River at N end of Pk 12.30-1pm": Yellow-browed Warbler showing well opp lge blue container still, 4+ Chiffchaff, 2 Siberian Chiffchaff still, Goldcrest, Grey Wagtail (Davey Leach)
Primrose Hill: Kestrel [local m] S, c30 Redwing, Meadow Pipit NNW 0825 (Twitter)
Rainham RSPB: 2 Short-eared Owl (Oliver & Michael Norris, Oliver Smart per ELBF FB); Firecrest (Oliver Smart per ELBF FB); incl Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Marsh Harrier, pr Stonechat, 4 Water Pipit, 4 Rock Pipit (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
Romford: 2 Grey Wagtail by r rom at roneo corner (Andrew Gouldstone)
Staines Moor: incl 4 Shelduck, 7 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, 7 Teal, 3 Tufted Duck, Goldeneye, Goosander, 15 Great Crested Grebe, 75 Lapwing, 35 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 8 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 2 Barn Owl, Grey Wagtail, 50 Meadow Pipit, 29 Linnet (Conor MacKenzie via eBird)
Stave Hill/Russia Dock Woodland: Kingfisher, Collared Dove, Grey Heron, 15+ Redwing, Song Thrush (John Cadera)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Little Owl, Sparrowhawk, 4 Teal, 3 Redwing, 2 Siskin, House Sparrow f along dollis brook [v unusual these days] (John Colmans)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Song Thrush, Water Rail, 14 Great Black-backed Gull, Grey Wagtail, 5 Goldcrest, 3 Chiffchaff, Jay (Daniel Whitelegg)
Watermeadows Open Space "BR5": 4 Little Grebe, 4 Song Thrush, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Egyptian Goose (Jack Headley)
Wealdstone "Byron Park": c10 Redwing many in warbling sub-song with brief bursts of full song, also Song Thrush, Robins, Dunnocks, Starlings, House Sparrows in area (Bob Graves)

Tuesday 18th February 2020

Alexandra Park: 5 Shoveler, Peregrine, Little Grebe (APOG Birders)
Bayhurst Wood: 3 Coal Tit, 4 Nuthatch, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Charlie Farrell)
Brent Reservoir: Yellow-legged Gull 1w, 20 Common Snipe, 7 Fieldfare, Redwing (Brent Birders)
Colney Heath "Tyttenhanger GPs": Mealy Redpoll [first seen y'day] 1w m in alders along r colne w/ Siskin/Goldfinch TL198059 (Steve Blake) Photo tweeted this evg by Rupert Evershed
Connaught Water: incl 4 Goosander, Common Buzzard (Richard Coper per ELBF FB)
Cremorne Gardens "and Thames": pr Mute Swan, 34 Gadwall, 3 Teal, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Goldcrest singing (Des McKenzie)
Crossness NR: 2 Peregrine, 2 Kestrel, 2 Little Egret, Barn Owl, 2 Bearded Tit, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 10 Cetti's Warbler h, 2 Fieldfare, 7 Stonechat 4m 3f, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Song Thrush singing, c100 Black-headed Gull, 6 Tufted Duck, 12 Pochard, 18 Gadwall, Common Buzzard, 2 Skylark, 6 Little Grebe, Pheasant m, 2 Linnet, 4 Goldfinch, Water Rail h, 4 Grey Heron, 4 Canada Goose, 4 Greylag Goose, 2 Shoveler (Bernie Weight); "Thames & foreshore w/ outgoing tide" 110 Shelduck, 146 Lapwing, 21 Redshank, 10 Dunlin, 10 Wigeon, 76 Gadwall, 36 Shoveler, 10 Cormorant, c400+ Teal, 8 Great Black-backed Gull, 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Cetti's Warbler, 600+ Black-headed Gull (Bernie Weight)
Dagenham Riverside: 14 Pochard, 26 Lapwing, 8 Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 21 Redshank, Kingfisher (Dave Morrison tweet)
"East" Twickenham "Richmond Bridge Estate": 2 Red Kite over 08.20 (Neil Anderson)
Finsbury Park: 2 Red-crested Pochard, Egyptian Goose, Little Grebe (Gareth Richards)
Forty Hall CP: Cormorant, 14 Mandarin Duck 8m 6f, 90 Black-headed Gull inc white darvic-ringed E4UN from The Netherlands, Common Buzzard, m Tawny Owl hooting 1735 GMT (Robert Callf)
Greenwich Peninsula "O2": Mediterranean Gull ad with partially-formed hood [different from bird of 6 Feb which had blacker hood], Rock Pipit w/ white outer tail feathers but not water_pipit (Mike Paice)
Hampstead Heath: 3 Lesser Redpoll w/ Goldfinches in alders by sanctuary pond, 2 Sparrowhawk (Reuben Braddock)
Harefield "Parish Church": 4 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 4 Redwing (Charlie Farrell)
Island Barn Reservoir "no access but restricted view fr top of Molesey Heath TQ133672": 2 Great Northern Diver still (Tony Quinn per Surrey BC)
Langley Park: incl 10 Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard, Raven pm (Barnaby Briggs via eBird)
London Wetland Centre: 3 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, Goldeneye, Bittern, Water Pipit (WWT website)
Mad Bess Wood: Treecreeper, 4 Nuthatch, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, {dead Badger} (Charlie Farrell)
Pinner: Mistle Thrush, Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Goldfinch, 50+ Ring-necked Parakeet over on way to roost (Nigel Barratt)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail by River at N end of Pk": Yellow-browed Warbler still, 10 Chiffchaff, Siberian Chiffchaff still, 2+ Firecrest sill, 5 Siskin over, Grey Wagtail, singing Blackcap (Nick Esse)
Putney Heath: 2 Reed Bunting windmill ride (Les Evans-Hill)
Rainham Marshes RSPB: Pintail, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, Black-tailed Godwit, Yellow-legged Gull target pools, Stock Dove, Barn Owl, Jackdaw, Rook, Meadow Pipit (Ernest Thomason/Croydon RSPB Grp); also incl Whimbrel reported [Ldn foy if confirmed], 1+ Curlew, 3 Marsh Harrier (John Birkett via BirdTrack); "concrete barges" Caspian Gull 2w gantry by barges, Merlin m over landfill (Steve Bacon); "Thames high tide 9.45 am" 2 Water Pipit aveley bay, 20 Redshank (Steve Bacon)
Richmond "Bridge": 28 Mute Swan [unusually high count here] (Neil Anderson)
Richmond Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (RPBG)
Ruislip Woods NNR and Ruislip Lido: Pochard, 10+ House Sparrow (Charlie Farrell)
St Paul's Cray: Common Buzzard drifting low W over saxville rd 12:05, Sparrowhawk (Jack Headley)
Sevenoaks WR: incl 2 Common Buzzard, Peregrine, 5+ Siskin, 9 Redwing, 20+ Pochard, 16 Shoveler (Jack Headley) waterproof boots needed to do full circuit
Tooting Commons: Mediterranean Gull ad wp [2nd site record] w/ gull flock nr tennis crts 1030 (Alan Wilkinson tweets)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Mediterranean Gull ad [the regular Pymmes Park bird 2H72], 9 Goldeneye (Chris Farthing); 2 Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest m, 4 Teal, Reed Bunting, Water Rail, 3 Cetti's Warbler (Daniel Whitelegg)
Water End "0600-0700": Water Rail, Little Grebe, Barn Owl, Tawny Owl, pr Stonechat (Matt Moreton tweet); "0930-1015" also Common Snipe, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Red Kite, Kingfisher, Kestrel, 3 Skylark, 6 Reed Bunting (Calum Mckellar via eBird)
Woodford Green: Red Kite over at 8.30 am and again at 9.30am (FOY) 4 days later than 2019 (Ken Murray)

Monday 17th February 2020

Alexandra Park: Stonechat f-type cricket pitches sw edge, Firecrest ca, Common Buzzard, 5 Shoveler (APOG Birders)
Banstead: Raven [gdn 1st] SE calling 1010 (Steve Gale tweet)
Beddington Farmlands: Mediterranean Gull ad, 20 Linnet, Peregrine (Rebecca Dunne)
Boston Manor Park: pr Egyptian Goose, 8 Mandarin Duck, pr Shoveler, 6 Tufted Duck (Des McKenzie)
Brookmill Park: Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Epping: pr Red Kite (Roger Emmens via Essex BwS)
Finsbury Park: 2-4 Nuthatch, 60 Redwing, 12 Pochard 7m 5f, 60 Tufted Duck, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Niall Keogh)
Fishers Green Island "Lee Valley CP": 100+ Chaffinch, 10+ Linnet betw holyfield & seventy acres lakes, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Song Thrush, 14 Pochard, 20 Shoveler, 20 Fieldfare, {live Muntjac, dead Red Fox} (Charlie Farrell)
Hollow Pond: 2 Pochard, 2 Gadwall, 10 Tufted Duck, 4 Egyptian Geese, 20 Ring-necked Parakeet, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Daniel Whitelegg)
Island Barn Reservoir "no access": 2 Great Northern Diver still am fr high spot on molesey heath (Dave Carlsson tweet)
Lee Valley Riding Centre: incl 20+ Linnet rear paddocks (Brenda Chanter via LVRP sightings blog)
London Wetland Centre: 4 Shelduck 2pr, Bittern, 3 Redwing, Goldeneye, 4 Pintail (WWT website)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail by River at N end of Pk": incl 2 Teal, 2 Little Grebe anglers pond, Yellow-browed Warbler still, 12 Chiffchaff, Siberian Chiffchaff still, Firecrest f [favouring area c200m upstream from YBW/Sibe per Shaun Ferguson tweet] still, 8 Goldcrest, 15 Redwing (Paul Rose via eBird); also 3+ Firecrest c300yd upstream of YBW (Paul Mattos via Surrey Birding FB)
Regent's Park: Little Owl showing at lunchtime (Adam Hartley)
Southwark Park: Jackdaw over lake am then N (John & Janet Cadera)
Staines Moor: incl 8 Little Egret [R Colne overflowing - access from south requires waterproof boots] (Shaun Ferguson via Staines Res & Moor FB); Woodcock, 4 Stonechat, 9 Water Pipit still evg [southern entry-point now almost impassable even with wellies] (Allan Goddard tweet)
Staines Reservoir: Long-tailed Duck s basin sw cnr still pm (Shaun Ferguson tweet); 3 Black-necked Grebe still s basin (BirdGuides)
Wandsworth Common: Mediterranean Gull ad behind pond off bolingbroke grove (Neil Stocks) 3rd site record - all this winter
Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Water Rail, Common Snipe, 2 Teal m f, 30 Gadwall 22m 8f, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff singing, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Niall Keogh)

Sunday 16th February 2020

Alexandra Park: Little Grebe, 4 Pochard, Aythya hybrid f [Tufted Duck x Pochard], Redwing bl, 5 Shoveler wgr (APOG Birders)
Beddington Farmlands: incl 10 Green Sandpiper, 5 Water Pipit am (Nick Gardner via eBird)
Crayford Marshes: 500+ Dunlin, 300+ Lapwing, 50+ Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 15+ Pied Wagtail, Peregrine, Marsh Harrier, 20+ Wigeon, 3 singing Skylark, 8 Meadow Pipit, 5 singing Cetti's Warbler, Reed Bunting m, Stonechat (Jack Headley)
Lewisham "Algernon Rd": Blackcap f gdn (Conrad Ellam)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 6 Pintail, 3 Bittern, 228 Cormorant, 10 Common Snipe, 6 Water Pipit [patch record] (WWT website)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail by River at N end of Pk": incl Yellow-browed Warbler still, 4 Chiffchaff, Siberian Chiffchaff still, 6 Goldcrest (Peter Carr via eBird); also incl 2 Siberian Chiffchaff (Frank Clark via BirdTrack)
Rainham RSPB: 1500 Lapwing, 3 Marsh Harrier (RSPB via ELBF FB)
Roding Valley Meadows LNR: incl Caspian Gull 1w then N (Barry Jones via BirdTrack/BirdGuides)
Seventy Acres Lake "Fishers Grn": Bittern fr bittern_hide still pm (Neville Smith tweet)
Staines Reservoir: Scaup, 12 Goldeneye, Black-necked Grebe, 75 Wigeon, 14 Great Crested Grebe (Thomas Gibson)
Stanstead Abbotts Lakes - N Lake: Goldeneye (Jane Free via Herts BC)
Woodford Green: Peregrine over and West normally just a couple of sightings per annum now, also 5 Redwing East then West plus several Chaffinch (Ken Murray)

Saturday 15th February 2020

Alexandra Park: Firecrest ca, Little Grebe, 6 Pochard 3m 3f boating lake [bl], 5 Shoveler 3m 2f wgr, 2 Peregrine (APOG Birders)
Brent Reservoir "East Marsh": 29 Common Snipe (Steve Blake)
Brockwell Park: Mistle Thrush ['storm cock'] singing pre-storm herne hill end, 15+ Redwing (Tony Stones)
Colney Heath: c20 Siskin still (Chris Ruis via Herts BC)
Dagenham Chase: incl 8 Fieldfare, Stonechat m (Vincenzo Halley-Frame tweet)
Eagle Pond: Caspian Gull ad still am (Tony Brown tweet)
Ealing "Haven Grn": 12 Redwing (Neil Anderson)
Fishers Green: incl Bittern 1400 (Marion Bertuzzo via eBird)
Hall Marsh Scrape: 2 Cattle Egret still (BirdGuides)
Holyfield Lake "Fishers Grn": 4 Goldeneye m 3f fr path to grebe_hide 1115 (Maureen Lead via LVRP sightings blog)
Island Barn Reservoir "no access": Great Northern Diver fr molesey heath 09:00 (Andrew Self); 2 Great Northern Diver, 24 Barnacle Goose S 0730 (Dave Harris tweet)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, 81 Teal, Bittern, Peregrine, Redwing, Water Pipit (WWT website); also 2 Water Pipit (David Bradshaw/Jane Lester via eBird)
Morden Hall Park: incl 5 Common Snipe, 332 Jackdaw W from roost, 18 Meadow Pipit left roost, Yellowhammer left roost w/ mipits early-am (Steve Patmore via eBird)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail by River at N end of Pk": Yellow-browed Warbler still, 2-3 Siberian Chiffchaff still, 2 Firecrest nearby still, Kingfisher, Little Egret, 4+ Teal, Sparrowhawk, 4+ Goldcrest (Oliver Flory)
Rainham RSPB: 2 Common Snipe, 2 Marsh Harrier (RSPB via ELBF FB)
Seventy Acres Lake "Fishers Grn": Bittern fr bittern_info_pt still in channel 3 at 1205 (Brenda Chanter via LVRP sightings blog)
Thamesmead "Barking Reach off Greenhaven Dr": 2 Caspian Gull, 20+ Yellow-legged Gull (Jamie Partridge tweet w/ Dante Shepherd)
Walpole Park: Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 62+ Redwing, w/ pr Mistle Thrush (Neil Anderson, Nigel Dodd & Walpole BG)
Watermeadows Open Space "BR5": 4 Gadwall, 3 Little Grebe, 4 Egyptian Goose, 8 Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Kingfisher (Jack Headley)
Weald CP: pr Goosander lower lake 1230 (Andrew Stroud via Essex BwS)
West Molesey: Caspian Gull ad still [flying along Thames am] (Dave Harris tweet)

Friday 14th February 2020

Alexandra Park: 1-2 Firecrest ca, 5 Shoveler, 4 Pochard (APOG Birders)
Barnes Common: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming & calling from woodland in ne part of Common (Colin Bodie)
Broxbourne GP: Cetti's Warbler (Paul Gymer via Herts BC)
Canons Farm: 140 Fieldfare, Brambling pm (Steve Gale tweet)
Catford "Riverview Walk": Water Rail viewable fr winsford rd to broadmead river bridge. You may have to wait a while. Look downriver on right-hand bank c40ft from bridge [c10ft from a regular bird bathing patch]. Been there for some weeks now (John Reid)
Cheshunt: c20 Golden Plover in field by a10/b198 rbt (David Jordan via Herts BC)
Chingford Plain: Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Grey Heron, 24 Black-headed Gull (Daniel Whitelegg)
Dungeon Hill: incl Raven [site 1st] 1515 (Graham Harris per Duncan Jennings via DH Wildlife FB)
Erith Reach "Belvedere/Erith (Thames' Foreshore)": incl 6 Oystercatcher (Mike Robinson) Note: someone has added Erith Reach: I think it should also mention, Halfway Reach viz the stretch of river covered runs from Erith, Riverside Gardens, up to the now derelict Belvedere Power Station Wharf/Jetty (I stand to be corrected) That's Erith Reach. Halfway Reach is the stretch immediately upriver, viewable fr power stn. [Streetmaps has them labelled.] Btw, LNHS in their wisdom have Erith Reach in their gazetteer but not Halfway.
Fairlop Waters: 17 Golden Plover (Steve Bacon per ELBF FB)
Grays: Great Northern Diver flew downriver 1150, Rook, 2 Oystercatcher, Curlew (Nick Croft)
Greenwich Park: 20 Redwing (Ray Crouch)
Grovelands Park: Great Crested Grebe, 4 Cormorant, 2 Mute Swan pr incl male w/ orange darvic 4EIT & female w/ metal ring number W40678, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 14 Mandarin Duck 10m 4f, 8 Northern Shoveler 4m 4f, f Common Pochard, 20 Tufted Duck 12m 8f, f Kestrel, 3 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, m Song Thrush singing, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper fighting 1636 (Robert Callf)
Hampstead Heath: 32 Redwing [3 in trees betw cohen's field & athlone house & 6 feeding on ground in meadow below tumulus w/ 4 Mistle_Thrush & 23 in trees along f/p towards hampstead from sanctuary pond], Kestrel m perched model boat pond sw cnr then SE, Sparrowhawk over sanctuary pond in aerial fight with Crow, Green Woodpecker in trees beside stock pond, Water Rail in reeds below 'bird bridge' (Philipp Wirtz)
Hampton "Buckingham Rd": Red Kite over 1420 (Stivi Musievski via eBird)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, Bittern, 300+ Black-headed Gull [site count], Water Pipit (WWT website)
Mickleham Down: {v early Large White butterfly on wing} (Keith Bates)
Middlesex Filter Beds: Firecrest still (JW Davies)
Pinner: Red Kite, 12 Goldfinch, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Nigel Barratt)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail by River at N end of Pk": Yellow-browed Warbler still, 2 Siberian Chiffchaff still, 2 Firecrest nearby still (Bill Shimmers tweet)
Primrose Hill: pr Collared Dove E 0845, Rook foy NW 0920 (Twitter)
Queen Mother Reservoir "permit only": Water Pipit se cnr 1100 (Peter Newbound via Berks BN)
Queen's Park, Kilburn: 44 Redwing, 6 Mistle Thrush, Green Woodpecker h yaffling (Callum Farrell-Morris)
Rainham Marshes RSPB: Caspian Gull ad wennington 1315, Firecrest m woodland/cordite store 1000, 2 Oystercatcher s side of river opp vc, 3 Water Pipit on riverbank/aveley bay, 70 Shelduck, 205 Shoveler, 78 Gadwall, 46 Pintail, 48 Pochard, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Water Rail, 197 Coot, 5 Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 63 Common Snipe, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Marsh Harrier 2m 3f, Kingfisher, 70 Jackdaw, 50 Rook, Chiffchaff, 17 Cetti’s Warbler, Redwing, 5 Stonechat, 3 Rock Pipit (Niall Keogh)
Raynes Park: Little Egret W over coombe ln gdns 0724 (Paula Redmond)
Richmond Park: pr Greylag, 15 Shoveler, Teal, 10 Heron at nests, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 11 Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting m (Neil Anderson)
Ruxley GPs "permit only": 20+ Gadwall, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Redwing, 3 Cetti's Warbler singing, 1-2 Kingfisher, Little Egret, Green Woodpecker in brief late-pm visit (Jack Headley)
Seventy Acres Lake "Fishers Grn": Bittern flew into reedbed on west side of lake 0700 (David Hutley via LVRP sightings blog)
Somerstown "Ossulston St": Chiffchaff singing by community centre [also y'day] (Paul White)
Staines Moor "am": 26 Lapwing over, 6 Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, Common Buzzard, Little Grebe, Water Pipit, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechat, 4 Reed Bunting, 20+ Skylark, 10+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Green Woodpecker (Nick Baker)
Staines Reservoir: Long-tailed Duck s basin sw cnr still, m Scaup s basin sw cnr, 5 Black-necked Grebe s basin am (Jim Sweetland/Josephine Snell via Twitter/per BirdGuides)
Stoneleigh "Station KT17": Blackcap singing again am (Neil Batten)
Tooting Common: Peregrine E 13:38 (Alan Wilkinson)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Little Owl, Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 30 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 2 Teal (John Colmans)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Bearded Tit again [no1 res in north-end reedbed per BirdGuides], Firecrest, 2 Wigeon (Walthamstow Birders)
Warren Pond: 2 Shoveler, 7 Teal, Cormorant, Grey Heron, 2 Canada Geese (Daniel Whitelegg)
Watermeads NR "1600-1730": incl 10+ Teal, Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 7 Little Egret to roost, Kingfisher thru, 6+ Goldcrest (Bill Shimmer tweet)
West Thurrock Marshes: 5 Avocet, 4 Curlew, 2 Oystercatcher, 40+ Dunlin, 30+ Redshank, 2 Marsh Harrier, Raven, 2 Yellow-legged Gull both 2cy, Rock Pipit, 3 Reed Bunting, Cetti's Warbler (Nick Croft)
Wick Woodland: Sparrowhawk m, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing, Coal Tit (Harry Harrison)
Woodoaks Farm: c150 Golden Plover circled repeatedly then left pm (Paul Lewis tweet)

Thursday 13th February 2020

Alexandra Park: 2m Firecrest one much brighter than other ca, 4 Shoveler 2m 2f, Redwing (Bob Watts) Firecrest can be difficult to sex as some females show orange in crown-stripe - RM Callf
Brentford "FC": Red Kite E, mobbed by 2 Peregrine. One Peregrine hit a wing of Kite causing it to drop vertically a short distance (Michael E Robinson)
Croydon "Chichester Rd": Brambling park hill (John Kirby per Croydon Birders); "Purley Way" Mediterranean Gull ad fbp (Dave Warren per Croydon Birders)
Dagenham Chase: incl Little Grebe, 2 Red Kite, 3 Kingfisher, Rook, Coal Tit, 14 Meadow Pipit (Sam Porter per ELBF FB)
Ealing "Green": 60-80 Redwing am (Des McKenzie)
Enfield Town "Church St EN2": 26+ Greenfinch pre-roost gathering 1655 - peak count this winter (Robert Callf); "River View": 2 Blackcap m & f feeding on sunflower hearts in usual garden 1535 (Robert Callf)
Erith: Caspian Gull 2cy on jetty west of erith pier 1430 (Jamie Partridge, Niall Keogh)
Fairlop Waters: 34 Gadwall, 5 Teal, 28 Mallard, 25 Tufted Duck, 2 Pochard, 45 Coot, 2 Egyptian Goose, 5 Mute Swan, 24 Lapwing, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron (Steve Bacon)
Ham Common "Green": Red Kite (Spencer Neal via BirdTrack)
Hartham: Barn Owl quartering field across r beane fr football pitches 0730 (James Russell via Herts BC)
Island Barn Reservoir "no access but restricted view fr top of Molesey Heath TQ133672": Great Northern Diver still (Tony Quinn per Surrey BC)
Kingston "Bridge": Kingfisher flying upstream under bridge (Rebecca Dunne)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, Bittern, Yellow-legged Gull ad marsh (WWT website)
Marylebone "High St W1": singing Coal Tit by garden of rest (Jan Dobbie)
Mitcham Common "1600-1730": Little Egret, Short-eared Owl still n end at dusk (Josephine Snell via eBird/per Surrey BC)
Moor Park: incl 2 Red Kite, c20 Fieldfare (Steve Carter via Herts BC)
Paddington: Peregrine Falcon on hilton metropole ledge am (Des McKenzie)
Palmers Green "Meadowcroft Rd N13": Red Kite low SE 1005 (Katy McGilvray)
Pinner Park Farm: incl 5 Little Egret, Red Kite, Little Owl, Kestrel, 20+ Redwing, 15+ Greenfinch am (Tim Rymer tweet)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail by River at N end of Pk": Yellow-browed Warbler still, 1+ Siberian Chiffchaff still 1345 (BirdGuides)
Rainham RSPB: Merlin f (Terry Rowe tweet); 2 Caspian Gull both 1w (Andy Tweed per ELBF FB); 2 Marsh Harrier, f Peregrine (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
Roding Valley Meadows LNR: 5 Little Egret, 42 Magpie, Chiffchaff, pr Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting (Barry Jones per ELBF FB)
Rayners Lane: Red Kite over (Tim Rymer tweet)
Stocker's Lake: 13 Goldeneye still, 2 Oystercatcher on isl fr tern_hide (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
Thamesmead: Caspian x Herring Gull hybrid 3cy w/ yellow ring X09A, 7 Yellow-legged Gull on river off greenhaven dr (Jamie Partridge, Niall Keogh)
Upminster "Fairplay Fm": incl Common Sandpiper, 2 Peregrine, 52 Rook, 14 Skylark, 22 House Sparrow, 11 Reed Bunting, 52 Yellowhammer (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Bearded Reedling calling from no1 reedbed still (Jamie Partridge, Niall Keogh); 2 Goosander m f no4, 3 Water Rail calling from no1 reedbed (Niall Keogh); 2 Wigeon, Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, 300 Tufted Duck, 282 Coot, 34 Pochard, 4 Shelduck, 9 Goldeneye 5m 4f, 369 Black-headed Gull, 24 Teal, 61 Gadwall, 63 Moorhen, 54 Mallard, 2 Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 2 Stonechat, 55 Linnet, 2 Grey Wagtail, Reed Bunting, Greenfinch singing (Daniel Whitelegg)
Wanstead "Christchurch Green TQ403884": 10 Redwing, Coal Tit (Harry Harrison)
Wanstead "High St 'Memorial Grn'": Tawny Owl calling 11:30pm (Daniel Whitelegg)
Wanstead Flats: 5 Skylark, 7 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, Mistle Thrush, 10 Song Thrush 7 singing, 2 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, Redpoll, 3 Reed Bunting, 40+ House Sparrow, Rook juv still, Kestrel, 4 Pochard, 18 Tufted Duck, 13 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, Little Grebe, 350+ Common Gull towards reservoirs to roost, 80+ Ring-necked Parakeet W towards roost (Wanstead Birding)

Wednesday 12th February 2020

Alexandra Park: Firecrest m ca still, 2 Shoveler, 13 Tufted Duck, 9 Redwing, 181 Carrion Crow, 33 Magpie (APOG Birders)
Arthur Jacob NR: incl 13 Shoveler, Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Red Kite pm (David Wright via eBird)
Barking Park: incl 11 Shoveler, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Mediterranean Gull ad, 2 Cormorant, Grey Heron, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
Beddington Farmlands: incl 6 Shelduck (Kevin Guest via BirdTrack)
Black Jack's Mill, Harefield: Chiffchaff (John Edwards)
Bookham Common: 18 Grey Heron overhead at once (Toby Coulson via Surrey Birding FB)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
Bushy Park: incl Shelduck (Spencer Neal via BirdTrack)
Canons Farm: incl Stonechat, 300 Chaffinch, 20 Yellowhammer (Linda Mount, Ian Magness et al via CFBW BG)
Dungeon Hill: incl 18 Meadow Pipit (Duncan Jennings via DH Wildlife FB)
East Molesey: Green Sandpiper by r ember ne of Island Barn Reservoir (R Shaw per Surrey BC)
Eastcote "Field End RG": incl Red Kite (Tim Rymer tweet)
Enfield "Freezywater EN3 [TQ361993]": Raven over cronking late-aft (Brian Dawton)
Epping "Epping High St": 114 Pied Wagtail roosting outside speakeasy 0900 (Roger Emmens via Essex BwS)
Ferny Hill Farm "private access": 12+ Mandarin Duck, m Chaffinch, 2f/imm Yellowhammer, 8+ Reed Bunting 7f/imm & m (Robert Callf)
Hackney Marshes "River Lea from Friends Br to Homerton Rd": 30 Teal, 29 Mallard, 17 Gadwall, 8 Tufted Duck, 6 Little Grebe, Little Egret, 26 Coot, 17 Moorhen, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Chaffinch, 10 Stock Dove, Treecreeper, Little Owl (Marcin Kempa)
Hainault Forest CP: Peregrine m, Sparrowhawk f, Common Buzzard, 2 Shoveler, 9 Tufted Duck (Steve Bacon)
Hampstead Heath: 5 Redwing [3 in trees nr kenwood house stables & 2 in hedgerow running from tumulus down to model boat pond] (Philipp Wirtz); Peregrine over (Jamie Cedar per Samuel Levy)
Holmethorpe SPs: prob Yellow-legged Gull in mercers west roost (Gordon Hay per Surrey BC)
Hornsey: Common Buzzard low over 1000 (Dean Williamson tweet)
Island Barn Reservoir "no access": 20+ Barnacle Goose again in field south of Res & east of esher stw early aft (Josephine Snell per Surrey BC)
Langley Vale Wood: incl Barn Owl, 80 Jackdaw, Marsh Tit, 6 Skylark, 3 Nuthatch, 20 Fieldfare, 14 Redwing, 80 Chaffinch (via BirdTrack)
Lloyd Park, Walthamstow: 256 Black-headed Gull, 73 Common Gull, 3 Greenfinch, 38 Starling, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail, 15 Woodpigeon, 8 Moorhen, 34 Mallard, 2 Canada Geese (Daniel Whitelegg)
London Wetland Centre: 3 Bittern, 4 Pintail, 3 Shelduck, Water Pipit, 8 Redwing, 8 Water Rail (WWT website)
Mitcham Common: Short-eared Owl mobbed by corvids at dusk low over scrub at north end (Michael Mac)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail by River at N end of Pk": Yellow-browed Warbler still, 2-3 Siberian Chiffchaff nr blue lorry trailer on opp side of river still, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Chiffchaff, also 2 Firecrest m & f nr fallen clump of ivy 150m further along trail, Blackcap f, 5 Long-tailed Tit, Grey Wagtail, 5 Redwing (Franko J Maroevic, Justin Quail, Michael Mac et al)
Queen Mother Reservoir "permit only": incl 4 Red Kite, 2 Kestrel (Peter Newbound via BirdTrack)
Rainham Marshes RSPB: Iceland Gull ad wennington still 1235, Caspian Gull 2cy wennington 1200-1300, 75 Shelduck, 105 Shoveler, 21 Pintail, 29 Pochard, 5 Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, 300 Dunlin, 36 Common Snipe, 3 Yellow-legged Gull ad & two 2cy, 100 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Marsh Harrier ad-f, 35 Jackdaw, 100 Rook, Stonechat, Water Pipit on river bank/aveley bay, Rock Pipit (Niall Keogh); also 42 Pochard, 10 Tufted Duck, pr Great Crested Grebe, 1500 Lapwing, 45 Common Snipe (Andy Tweed, Steve Smith per ELBF FB); also incl 10 Avocet, 7 Curlew, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 55 Common Snipe, 2 Bearded Tit am (Gareth Parkes via eBird)
Regent's Park: Blackcap f coming to fdrs (Adam Hartley) there are also 3+ BCs m 2f wintering in Q Mary's Gdns
Riddlesdown: incl 2 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 35 Jackdaw, 3 Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Nuthatch, Bullfinch (John Birkett via BirdTrack)
South Lodge Farm: 19 Fieldfare (Robert Callf)
Stocker's Lake: incl Oystercatcher early-pm (Stephen Younger via eBird)
Thorpe Park: incl Goldeneye, 97 Lapwing pm (Josephine Snell via eBird)
Trent Park: 3 Cormorant, m Eurasian Teal lower lake, f Common Pochard, f Tufted Duck, 6 Moorhen, 2 Dunnock, 7 Robin, 10+ Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, Redwing, Goldcrest, 3 Long-tailed Tit, m Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
Troy Mill Lake "Troy Cut [TQ040908]": 4 Chiffchaff along channel (John Edwards)
Verulamium Park: Yellow-legged Gull still (Alan Gardiner via Herts BC)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Bearded Tit still, Black Redstart still, Goosander, 6 Goldeneye, 2 Common Sandpiper (Walthamstow Birders)
Watermeadows Open Space "BR5": 4 Little Grebe, 3 Redwing, 30+ Long-tailed Tit, Kingfisher, Goldcrest (Jack Headley)
Woodford Green: Great White Egret low WSW over forest at 4.50pm. not imaged (Ken Murray).
Woodoaks Farm, Maple Cross: incl 10 Fieldfare, 12 Redwing, 10 Yellowhammer (via BirdTrack)

Tuesday 11th February 2020

Alexandra Park: Firecrest m ca still, Chiffchaff, 3 Shoveler (APOG Birders)
Bonnett's Wood: incl Woodcock, Cetti's Warbler, 4 Meadow Pipit (Ruth Barnes via BirdTrack)
Connaught Water: incl 5 Goosander 3m 2rh am (Andrew Allen via Essex BwS)
Dagenham Chase: incl Shelduck, 49 Shoveler, 48 Gadwall, 6 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret (Steve Bacon per ELBF FB)
Dagnam Park: Red Kite (Andy Hibbard per ELBF FB)
Danson Park: 150+ Redwing (Chris Gibbard tweet)
Felthamhill Carr: incl 2 Red Kite, Kestrel (via BirdTrack)
Ferny Hill Farm "private access": 2 Chaffinch, f Yellowhammer, 10 Reed Bunting 9f/imm & m (Robert Callf)
Greenwich Park: 250+ Redwing single flock west of observatory c1050 (Dusty Gedge tweets)
Hampstead Heath: 11 Redwing mobile kenwood pond (Philipp Wirtz)
Holyfield Lake "Fishers Grn": 2 Goldeneye m f below holyfield weir, Oystercatcher on spit above weir 1120 (David Moir via LVRP sightings blog); also Goosander fr path to grebe_hide 1530 (Caroline Leonard via LVRP blog)
Island Barn Reservoir "no access but restricted view fr top of Molesey Heath TQ133672": 2 Great Northern Diver still (Dave Harris per Surrey BC)
London Wetland Centre: 3 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, Bittern, 3 Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper main lake (WWT website); 233 Cormorant 1440 (WWT tweet); incl 2 Bittern (Dave Panchaud via eBird)
Newton Park West: incl Red Kite (Tim Rymer tweet)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail north of Pk": Yellow-browed Warbler still, 2 Siberian Chiffchaff still 1200 (BirdGuides); "1100-1230" also 2f Firecrest further upstream still (Mark Bravery tweet)
Pynesfield GPs: incl 5 Gadwall, 13 Pochard, 24 Tufted Duck, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Cormorant, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Kingfisher pm (Paul Lewis via eBird)
Rainham Marshes RSPB: Iceland Gull ad wennington 1505 (Andy Tweed via BirdGuides/ELBF FB); 3 Red Kite incl imm (Annie Jackson, Jim Campbell et al); 2 Marsh Harrier, Peregrine f, 3 Stonechat, 8 Water Pipit, 12 Rock Pipit (Howard Vaughan, Andy Tweed via ELBF FB)
Seventy Acres Lake: Smew f still north of bittern_hide (BirdGuides)
South Lodge Farm: 32 Black-headed Gull, 9 Pied Wagtail (Robert Callf)
Springfield Park: pr Wigeon still (Garry James tweet)
Staines Reservoir: Scaup n basin still, 20+ Goldeneye, Little Grebe, 5 Black-necked Grebe s basin, 2 Water Pipit am (Jim Sweetland tweet)
Thames Ditton: Red Kite drifting W 14:00 (Billy Dykes)
Trent Park: Cormorant, 4 Mandarin Duck 2m 2f, 2 Common Pochard pr, Tufted Duck f, 2 Common Buzzard pr displaying, 2 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
Valentines Park: Mediterranean Gull ad w/ yellow ring grassland ne side 1345, 65 Collared Dove ornamental fish pond isl, no sign of Turtle Dove there, 10 Stock Dove, Coal Tit, 25 Redwing, 4 Jackdaw, 3 Shoveler 2m f (Niall Keogh)
Waltham Cross "M25/A10 jn": c20 Golden Plover in usual field still early-am (Ron Cousins tweet)
Woodberry Wetlands: 4 Teal 3m 1f, 25 Gadwall 20m 5f, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Niall Keogh)

Monday 10th February 2020

Alexandra Park: 2 Firecrest ca, Chiffchaff, 3 Shoveler, Peregrine (APOG Birders)
Beckton STW "private access": Oystercatcher, 3 Curlew, 28 Redshank, pr Common Buzzard, 8 Grey Wagtail, Brambling, 22 Linnet (Dave Morrison tweet)
Broomfield Park: imm Grey Heron, 9 Northern Shoveler 5m 4f, 19 Tufted Duck 12m 7f, Black-headed Gull incl yellow darvic ringed 1st-winter 2C26 & adult 2BKT and red darvic ringed P.1, ad Common Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, Nuthatch singing, 4 House Sparrow 2m 2f, Jay, 50+ Starling (Robert Callf)
Chipstead Lake "1100-1130": incl 8 Little Egret (Ted Scott via Kent OS)
Epping: 450 Jackdaw on meadow by swaines grn 1400 (Roger Emmens via Essex BwS)
Finchley "N3": Collared Dove sitting on chimney pot. Not a rare bird as such but only the third time I've seen one in my neighbourhood [all three sightings within the last year]. Looks like they might be moving into the area. (Philipp Wirtz)
Finsbury Park: f Pochard x Tufted Duck hybrid, 75 Redwing, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Green Woodpecker (Niall Keogh)
Hogsmill STW: incl Jack Snipe (John Gale per Surrey BC)
London Wetland Centre: 54 Shoveler, 53 Wigeon [both site counts], 4 Pintail, Goldeneye res lagoon, Bittern flew from res lagoon to main lake 1625, 170 Cormorant main lake, 89 Lapwing, 3 Redwing (WWT website); incl Water Pipit still (Matthew Cunningham via eBird); also incl Yellow-legged Gull (Kevin Guest via BirdTrack)
Margravine Cemetery: 4 Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Nathalie Mahieu)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail north of Pk": Yellow-browed Warbler still, Siberian Chiffchaff still 1330 (BirdGuides); Yellow-browed Warbler, Siberian Chiffchaff both still showing well [YBW also vocal] 1550 (Matthew Cunningham); also up to 13 Chiffchaff ssp collybita, 3 Siberian Chiffchaff ssp tristis [2 w/ YBW & 1 at back of Watermeads NR], 2 Blackcap, 2 Firecrest still (Arjun Dutta tweet)
Rainham RSPB: Jack Snipe, Mediterranean Gull ad, 2 Marsh Harrier (Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
Seventy Acres Lake: Water Rail, Bittern opp bittern_hide 13.30hrs (Edwin Sapatsch); 2 Bittern still (BirdGuides)
Springfield Park: 2 Wigeon m f [here 5wks], 25 Fieldfare (Marcin Kempa)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 3 Goldeneye m 2f, 2 Wigeon m f, Common Snipe, Stonechat, 2 Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk (Lol Bodini, Niall Keogh); Firecrest still, Peregrine, Kingfisher, 6 Teal (Daniel Whitelegg)
Wandle Park, Colliers Wood: Little Egret (Julie Hillman per comm Keith Bates)

Sunday 9th February 2020

Alexandra Park: 2 Greylag Geese, 3 Northern Shoveler 2m f, Common Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail all wgr (Dominic Mitchell); 778 Black-headed Gull, 30+ Common Gull, 209 Carrion Crow pre-dusk (Sam Jones per Bob Watts)
Brent Reservoir: Chiffchaff behind dam (Andrew Self)
Creekmouth, Barking: Mediterranean Gull ad, Yellow-legged Gull 1w, Chiffchaff, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit (Calum Mckellar)
Lewisham "Algernon Rd": Blackcap m gdn (Conrad Ellam)
London Wetland Centre: Mediterranean Gull ad, Iceland Gull ad still [mid-aft per BirdGuides], Caspian Gull ad still, 3 Shelduck, Peregrine, 48 Cormorant, Water Pipit (WWT website/Twitter)
Watermeadows Open Space "BR5": 3 Little Grebe, 2 Redwing, Kingfisher, Kestrel (Jack Headley)
Woodberry Wetlands "site only partially open": 2 Shoveler, 5 Teal (Chris Farthing)
Woodford Green: A challenging day for all!, the odd Wood Pigeon, Corvids and Gulls aloft and even Common Buzzard close in to house at chimney height, managing (just!), to continue South before being swept East over the roof during a sudden strong gust. At the feeders 20+ Blue Tit, up to six Long-tailed Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Coal Tit and Great Tit present, which in turn attracted the attentions of a male Sparrowhawk several times to the swaying feeders, finishing off with a very loud Tawny Owl during a lull period at 17.10pm and he certainly did give a Hoot for the day's events! (Ken Murray)

Saturday 8th February 2020

Alexandra Park: 2 Firecrest ca, 3 Shoveler 2m f wood green reservoir [wgr] (APOG Birders)
Battersea Park Lake: 190 Cormorants in 2 roosts (all fly in from west), fledged Grey Heron (still has pink beak at base) 15 nests, pr Teal, 28 Shoveler, 3 Gadwall, 5 Pochard, 3 pr Mandarin, pr Egyptian Geese, 7 Common Gull (Michael Mac)
Biggin Hill: incl Coal Tit, 4 Firecrest 3 & 1 reported, 3 Goldcrest, Nuthatch am (Michael Healy via eBird)
Boxer's Lake: 2 Cormorant, 9 Grey Heron 6ad 3imm incl three occupied nests w/ two birds sitting and a leucistic ad, 2 Mute Swan ad w/ orange darvic 4DQC and 1st-winter, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 2m Common Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck 3m 3f, Black-headed Gull incl yellow darvic-ringed T8UC from Poland, 2ad Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming (Robert Callf)
Brookmill Park: 6 Redwing, Blackcap, Goldcrest, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
Broxbourne Woods "1430-1530": Hawfinch into roost 1500 (Laurence Drummond tweet)
Bushy Park: 6 Goldfinch, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Greenfinch, 4 Green Woodpecker, Little Egret, Mistle Thrush, Nuthatch, 6 Redwing (Ian Watson)
Creekmouth, Barking: Iceland Gull juv still am (Tony Brown tweet w/ Shaun Harvey); also incl 2 Oystercatcher pm (Alan Lewis via eBird); Siberian Chiffchaff still (BirdGuides)
Dollis Valley Walk "Greenwalk": 3 Firecrest in trees along mutton brook nr henly's corner (Philipp Wirtz)
Erith: Chiffchaff at end of crabtree manorway (Rich Bonser, Dante Shepherd)
Fairlop Waters: 25 Golden Plover, 66 Lapwing, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Common Snipe, 5 Skylark, Redwing, Fieldfare, Little Owl (Alan Thomas/Neil Twyford)
Ferny Hill Farm "private access": 2 Yellowhammer m f, 5 Reed Bunting (Pete Lowman)
Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: Little Grebe, Song Thrush (John Bushall)
Hall Marsh: incl 2 Cattle Egret still (Paul Gymer via Essex BwS)
Hampstead Heath "Model Boat Pond": pr Great Crested Grebes close together but not displaying (Philipp Wirtz)
Hilfield Park Reservoir "permit only": Mediterranean Gull ad in roost, 'white' Black-headed Gull [regular bird where grey is replaced with white] (Tony Blake)
Hogsmill STW: Great Egret in hogsmill r by new pond mid-aft (S O'Keeffe per Surrey BC)
Holyfield Hall Farm: incl 2 Peregrine, Raven, 150 Linnet canal field (Andrew Middleton tweet)
Island Barn Reservoir "no access but restricted view fr top of Molesey Heath TQ133672": 2 Great Northern Diver still then one left am, also leucistic Black-headed Gull (Dave Harris tweet)
London Wetland Centre: incl 3 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, Goldeneye, Bittern, 76 Cormorant, Yellow-legged Gull fr wwf hide still, Kestrel, 5 Redwing (WWT website); 2 Bittern, Iceland Gull ad [at 11:30 per BirdGuides], Sparrowhawk f (Martin Honey & Bruce Page); incl 77 Lapwing, 85 Cormorant, 9 Cetti's Warbler, Water Pipit (via BirdTrack)
Maple Lodge NR "members only": incl Brambling (MLCS via eBird)
Margravine Cemetery: 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker 2f m (Nathalie Mahieu)
Molesey Heath: incl Water Rail h, Grey Heron, Cetti's Warbler singing, Chiffchaff singing pm (Stivi Musievski via eBird)
Oakwood Park: m Blackcap (Robert Callf)
Perivale Park: 2 Kingfisher chasing along adj r brent, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker 3&2, 2 Green Woodpecker, Goldcrest, 70+ Linnet, 15+ Goldfinch, 40+ Chaffinch, Reed Bunting m (Neil Anderson)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail north of Pk": Yellow-browed Warbler still, 2 Siberian Chiffchaff still, Firecrest still early-am (BirdGuides); also 5 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 6 Goldcrest, Little Egret (Andrew Self); 3 Firecrest 3pm (Rhys Evans et al)
Queen Mother Reservoir "permit only": 3 Oystercatcher 0830 (Brian Crathorne via Berks BN)
Rainham RSPB: incl 42 Shelduck, 91 Shoveler, 14 Gadwall, 765 Wigeon, 16 Pintail, 461 Teal, 34 Pochard, 19 Tufted Duck, Water Rail, c1000 Lapwing, 4 Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, 52 Common Snipe, 15 Redshank, 4 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzard, Peregrine, Raven, 5 Skylark, 6 Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, 6 Stonechat, 1000 Starling, 11 Reed Bunting (Alan Shearman via ELBF FB)
Richmond Park: Red Kite (Hugh Bradshaw)
Riddlesdown: incl 3 Bullfinch (Derek Kelly via Croydon Birders)
Sevenoaks WR: incl 7 Reed Bunting (via BirdTrack)
Seventy Acres Lake "Fishers Grn": Bittern still opp bittern_watchpt 1115 (BirdGuides/Philip Butson via BirdTrack); also incl another Bittern at n end of lake (LVRP volunteers via sightings blog)
Staines Moor: incl 4 Water Pipit still (Chris Jones via BirdTrack)
Staines Reservoir "WeBS count": 11 Shelduck, 17 Shoveler, 62 Gadwall, 153 Wigeon, 23 Teal, 6 Pochard, 219 Tufted Duck, m Scaup n basin, Long-tailed Duck s basin sw cnr still, 52 Goldeneye, Little Grebe, 13 Black-necked Grebe s basin, 3 Water Pipit n basin (Allan Goddard tweet)
Stanstead Abbotts Lakes - N lake: Shelduck, Green Sandpiper, Siskin (Jane Free via Herts BC)
Stave Hill: Firecrest at turbine (Richard Page-Jones tweet)
Thamesmead: 3 Caspian Gull all 1w, 9+ Yellow-legged Gull, Mediterranean Gull 1w on thames off greenhaven dr (Rich Bonser, Dante Shepherd)
Totteridge: Red Kite over buckingham ave (local resident per Samuel Levy)
Totteridge Valley: Little Owl, Kestrel, Common Buzzard, 4 Siskin, Fieldfare, 55 Redwing, c180 Black-headed Gull (John Colmans)
Trent Park: Cormorant, 12 Mandarin 9m 3f, Pochard f, pr Tufted Duck (Pete Lowman)
Valentines Park: Turtle Dove isl w/ Collared Doves still (BirdGuides)
Watermeadows Open Space "BR5": singing Blackcap yr-1st, 3 Little Grebe, 3 Redwing (Jack Headley)
Whitewebbs Wood: incl 6 Shoveler, 4 Teal, 14 Mandarin, Common Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel, Coal Tit, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 6 Siskin (Andy Holmes via BirdTrack) I strongly suspect that some of these records relate to Wildwoods Lake - which is a private site - RM Callf
Woolwich: Yellow-legged Gull ad off king henry's wharf (Rich Bonser, Dante Shepherd)
Wormwood Scrubs: incl 2 Stonechat am (Oliver Flory via eBird)
Wraysbury GPs: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming by river TQ016734 at 12:35 then N (Roger Morton tweet)

Friday 7th February 2020

Alexandra Park: 2 Firecrest [m & duller bird poss f] ca, 7 Pochard, Redwing, 2 Peregrine (APOG Birders)
Bow Creek Ecology Park: Common Sandpiper, 3 Redshank, Cetti's Warbler (Tom Speller via BirdTrack)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
Buckland Sand Pits: incl 11 Egyptian Goose, 4 Gadwall, 9 Wigeon, 6 Tufted Duck, 6 Little Grebe, 3 Cormorant, Grey Heron, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Rook, 3 Coal Tit, 2 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 3 Redwing, Grey Wagtail, 30 Siskin, 2 Reed Bunting (David Campbell via BirdTrack)
Bunhill Fields Burial Ground "Bunhill Fields": Greenfinch (James Palmer)
Cowley: 4 Common Buzzard incl returning pr displaying am (Roger Morton tweet)
Erith Pier: Mediterranean Gull ad c/r, 200 Dunlin, 150 Redshank, 20 Shelduck (Alan Wilkinson)
Ferny Hill Farm "private access": 14 Mandarin Duck, 2 Common Buzzard, 16+ Stock Dove, 6f/imm Reed Bunting (Robert Callf)
Finsbury Square: 8 Pied Wagtail, 17 Starling (James Palmer)
Gillespie Park NR: incl Peregrine, Cetti's Warbler reported am (Gareth Morris-Hale via eBird)
Greenford "town centre": Red Kite circling low upsetting lge Feral Pigeon flock (Neil Anderson)
Greenwich Park: 20 Redwing (Ray Crouch)
Hampstead Heath "Parliament Hill": Stonechat m on double fencing, also 100 Redwing, 30 Goldfinch both roving around Hill area (Pete Mantle); 21 Greenfinch, 20 Goldfinch, 3 Gadwall, Mandarin Duck, Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Gull, 5 Mistle Thrush, Grey Wagtail, Great Crested Grebes beginning courtship but interrupted by helicopter (Jamie Cedar) Also i've decided I wrongly identified those 'yellow legged gulls' I reported last month. Sorry about that! Jamie The Stonechat was perched on and feeding around the temporary double wire fence running north and downhill from viewpt. I think this area will be reseeded soon PM
Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: 149 Mute Swan, 79 Egyptian Goose, 21 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, Red-crested Pochard m, 9 Pochard, 5 Great Crested Grebe, c800 Black-headed Gull, 77 Common Gull, 30 Herring Gull, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Fieldfare, c70 Redwing southern end of parade grd, 2 Mistle Thrush (Des McKenzie)
Kingston: Common Buzzard behind refuse & recycling centre at chapel mill rd (Nigel Jackman)
London Wetland Centre: 3 Shelduck, 6 Pintail, 3 Bittern, 4 Water Rail, 80 Lapwing, Yellow-legged Gull ad main lake fr wwf hide pm, Siskin (WWT website); also Water Pipit still (Twitter)
Lonsdale Rd Res "part of WeBS count": pr Shelduck, 6 Egyptian Geese 3pr incl 2pr in trees prospecting, 26 Teal, 21 Shoveler, 2 Stock Dove singing, 8+ Redwing (Neil Anderson)
Phipps Tram Stop: f Peregrine on Pylon, 10+ House Sparrows in bush (Michael Mac)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail": Yellow-browed Warbler still briefly at 3:40pm flew over from blue lorry side of river, 5 Meadow Pipits on rough field by house, male Kestrel (Michael Mac); 2 Siberian Chiffchaff still, 10 Chiffchaff, Peregrine over (Bob Smith); also incl 2 Firecrest, 2+ Goldcrest, 4 Redwing, Grey Wagtail (Bill Shimmers tweet); also incl Little Grebe, Cetti's Warbler singing (Mark Bravery tweet)
Richmond Park: 2 Common Buzzard, Little Grebe, 2 Egyptian Goose [pr have lost all 10 yg], Red Kite, Peregrine, Dartford Warbler (Friday BG)
Sidcup: Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, Nuthatch, Common Buzzard over fr footpath beside r shuttle nr bridge at jn of willersley ave/haddon grove (Eric Brown)
Staines Moor: 1-2 Woodcock, 3 Red Kite, Stonechat m in brief look (Lee Dingain tweet); also incl Little Egret, Kestrel, 21 Skylark, 40 Fieldfare (Dick Haydon via BirdTrack)
Staines Reservoirs: 13 Black-necked Grebe s basin e end early-pm, 30 Great Crested Grebe, 17 Shelduck, 105 Wigeon, 23 Gadwall, 18 Teal, 21 Goldeneye, Redshank, Water Pipit n basin e end (Franko J Maroevic); also m Scaup n basin nr causeway pm (Jim Sweetland tweet)

Stocker's Lake: vast flock of Jackdaws gathering for roost. Picture shows some of them (Richard Francis)
Swanscombe Marsh “9.30-12.15 mid-am HT”: 36 Gadwall river [r], 47 Teal r, 28 Mallard r, 23 Redshank r, 4 Turnstone r, 6 Cormorant r, 2 Rock Pipit [1 w/ littoralis characteristics], Shelduck downriver, 2 Common Gull r, 2 Black-headed Gull c/r 2HSD & 2HKK, 2 Great Black-backed Gull c/r WF5T, Kestrel, 2f Reed Bunting, 2 Fieldfare, Stonechat f, 27 Greylag Goose, 2 Canada Goose, 3 Cetti's Warbler h (Roger Keith/Paul Larkin)
The Barbican: Grey Heron (James Palmer)
Thorndon CP "n section 0900-1300": incl 5 Fieldfare, 100+ Redwing, prob Hawfinch over old pk n end, 10+ Bullfinch old pk area nr dog pond (Andrew Cox via Essex BwS)
Trent Park: 3 Cormorant, 6 Mandarin Duck 3m 3f, m Eurasian Teal lower lake, 3 Tufted Duck m 2f, 2 Common Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail water-outlet lower lake, 11 Long-tailed Tit incl one carrying nesting material, 4 Coal Tit incl singing m, 14 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper incl singing m, m Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
Tyttenhanger GPs "fishing lake": 15+ Common Snipe, Little Egret, 4 Bullfinch, 11+ Siskin (TyttGP tweet)
Woodoaks Farm: incl 3 Meadow Pipit, c100 Linnet am (Paul Lewis via eBird)
Yeading: Red Kite (Neil Anderson)

Thursday 6th February 2020

Amwell NR "Gt Hardmead L": incl Water Rail h nr viewpt, Oystercatcher w/ ring arr'd at dusk, Caspian Gull 1w still aft (Allan Meadows via Herts BC/Ron Cousins tweet); {Pipistrelle bat chased by Black-headed Gull pm} (Allan Meadows tweet)
Brentford: singing Chiffchaff by gu canal next to rlwy br (Michael E Robinson)
Brookmill Park: Stock Dove, Redwing, Song Thrush (Conrad Ellam); Kingfisher 1507 (Tom Moulton)
Cheshunt Lakes: 2 Cattle Egret, 6 Common Snipe, up to 20 Lapwing, 6-7 Goosander, 20+ Wigeon, 3 Water Rail, 6 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 10 Fieldfare (Nick Croft)
Creekmouth: Iceland Gull juv still on sewage works settling pools & by buildings on e side of creek early-aft (Sean Huggins and David Bradshaw)
Dellsome Bottom nr Hatfield: 5 Stonechat pr at TL219059 & pr at TL221060 & f at TL223058 (Steven Pearce via Herts BC)
Epsom Downs "incl Walton Downs": incl 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Little Owl, Kestrel, 2 Coal Tit, Marsh Tit, 3 Skylark, Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 9 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, Meadow Pipit (Kevin Guest via BirdTrack)
Ferny Hill Farm "private access": 13 Mandarin Duck, 8+ f/imm Reed Bunting (Robert Callf)
Fetcham Mill Pond: Water Rail, 2 Stonechat, Redpoll (Mark Davis via BirdTrack)
Golders Hill Park: resident pr Egyptian Geese & 7yg still as of Monday [no Larus gulls or Canada Geese seen], 45+ Redwing in deer pen, Mistle Thrush (James Levy)
Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, Redwing (John Bushell)
Greenwich Peninsula "O2 mudflats": Mediterranean Gull ad with nearly full black hood 1700 (Mike Paice)
Hall Marsh Scrape: incl 20 Wigeon, 7 Goosander, 3 Water Rail, 6 Common Snipe, 2 Cattle Egret still, 6 Cetti's Warbler, Goldcrest, 10 Fieldfare (Nick Croft per ELBF FB)
Hampstead Heath "Parliament Hill": House Sparrow in tree next to cafe uncommon here (Reuben Braddock); "woodland north of Viaduct Pond" 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker following each other around canopies of lge beech trees, "Bird Sanctuary Pond" Kestrel m NW then SE over pond (Philipp Wirtz)
Heathrow: 32 Common Snipe, 4 Jack Snipe (Adam Cheeseman)
Holmethorpe SPs: Green Sandpiper glebe lake aft (Gordon Hay per Surrey BC)
King George V Res "permit only": Hooded Merganser imm m south basin 12.30 [per f but dark bill & bright yellow eye] presumed escape but no rings seen when diving [but difficult to see clearly] (Ian Lycett)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Common Buzzard drifted E 13:00 (Neil Batten)
Little Britain Lake: incl 8 Gadwall, 30 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 15 Cormorant, 5+ Grey Heron, Little Egret, Red Kite, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Grey Wagtail pm (Barnaby Briggs via eBird)
London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 5 Water Rail, Common Buzzard circled then SE 1310, 10 Redwing, Meadow Pipit W, Water Pipit (WWT website)
Mardyke Valley, Stifford - Aveley: incl Shelduck, 11 Fieldfare, 3 Reed Bunting (Ruth Barnes via BirdTrack)
Morden Hall Park: incl 2 Skylark early-am (Steve Patmore via eBird)
Orsett "Dunning’s Ln": Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 115 Skylark, 47 House Sparrow, Grey Wagtail (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
Orsett Fen: incl 2 Kestrel, Merlin m, 2 Peregrine, 472 Starling (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail north of Pk": Cetti's Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler still, 10 Chiffchaff, 2 Siberian Chiffchaff [tristis ssp] still, Blackcap c10.00 (Steve Gale tweets); "11-12.30ish" Firecrest f still, 6+ Wren, {Fox lazing nr YBW} (Paul Francis)
Rainham Marshes: 2 Firecrest m&f cordite area, Chiffchaff, Peregrine, 2 Marsh Harriers (Sean Huggins and David Bradshaw)
Ravensbury Park: incl 12 Teal, 2 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Grey Heron, Kingfisher, 2 Coal Tit, Chiffchaff, 2 Nuthatch am (Steve Patmore via eBird)
St James's Park: Shelduck fully-winged m associating w/ collection birds [wary so thought to be a wild bird] (Bill Haines)
South Lodge Farm: ad m Sparrowhawk low over field 1237 (Robert Callf)
Springwell Lake: incl 6 Gadwall, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Bunting (Paul Lewis via eBird)
Stoneleigh "Station KT17": 2m Blackcap 1 singing, 1 Redwing am (Neil Batten)
Trent Park: 2 Cormorant, 19 Mandarin Duck 12m 7f upper lake, Common Pochard f, 3 Tufted Duck m 2f, f, 3 Common Buzzard, Kestrel f, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Song Thrush incl three singing m, 2 Firecrest - one foraging in laurel SW edge of Rough Lot 1345, another SW edge of Moat Wd 1446 (Robert Callf); 2m Tawny Owl calling ride wood/camlet hill (Gal James)
Walthamstow Wetlands: incl Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Bearded Tit m showing well on no1 reedbed w/ Reed Buntings c12.50 (Peter Cotgreave)
Wandsworth Common: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker [1st since Dec 2015] in trees by rlwy betw bellevue rd & lake 0915 (Peter White tweet)
Watermeads: incl 5 Gadwall, 8 Teal, Grey Heron, Kingfisher, Kestrel, Coal Tit, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail am (Steve Patmore via eBird)
William Girling Reservoir "viewed fr Mansfield Pk": 32 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 8 Meadow Pipit, 2 Black-necked Grebe (Ian Lycett)
Worcester Park: Little Egret, Peregrine on horsefields (Bob Smith)

Wednesday 5th February 2020

Alexandra Park: 1-2 Firecrest ca, Redwing, Peregrine (APOG Birders)
Belhus Woods CP: incl Shelduck, 51 Wigeon, Woodcock, Green Sandpiper, Skylark, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 128 Fieldfare, 26 Redwing, 13 Siskin, 2 Reed Bunting (Ruth Barnes via BirdTrack); also Long-eared Owl [Ldn foy] (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
Black Park: Raven N 1550 (John Edwards via Bucks BN)
Brixton "Blenheim Gdns Estate": Blackcap m, 8 Goldfinches (Tony Stones)
Coulsdon: incl Brambling (John Gowers via BirdTrack)
Coursers Farm: 3 Red Kite, 3 Stonechat 2f m along track by m25 embankment nr jn22 [TL197032], Grey Wagtail, 12 Yellowhammer fdr (Rupert Evershed via Twitter/Herts BC)
Cremorne Gardens: 15 Gadwall on thames (Des McKenzie)
Croxley Common Moor: incl Red Kite, Kestrel (Paul Lewis via eBird)
Enfield Town "Church St EN2": 21 Greenfinch pre-roost gathering 1615 (Robert Callf)
Foots Cray Meadows: Kingfisher, Little Egret, 10 Little Grebe, 2 Water Rail, 5 Tufted Duck, 4 Song Thrush singing, 3 Egyptian Goose, Grey Wagtail, Green Woodpecker, Gadwall m, Common Gull, 28 Black-headed Gull (Bernie Weight)
Islington Green: Mistle Thrush singing vigorously above roar of traffic (John Colmans)
Lloyd Park, Croydon: Red-legged Partridge by mapledale rd entrance (Peter Phillips via Croydon Birders)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 2 Bittern, Water Pipit (WWT website)
Loughton: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker briefly atop tallest elm tree on the West side of Loughton High Rd and Avenue gate, before flying W at 1305 (Ken Murray)
Maple Cross "West": incl Kestrel, 3 Skylark 2 singing, 3 Redwing, 13 House Sparrow, 6 Meadow Pipit, Yellowhammer (Paul Lewis via eBird)
Mayflower Park: Peregrine on pylon (Bob Smith)
Middlesex Filter Beds: 2 Firecrest (JW Davies)
Northaw Great Wood: 6+ Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 5 Goldcrest incl singing m, 4 Coal Tit incl two singing m, 7 Nuthatch, 5 Treecreeper, 7 Chaffinch, {Muntjac Deer f} No sign of any Marsh Tits (Robert Callf)
Olympic Park "waterglade meadows pond & adj R Lee inlet": incl Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler (Tony Kennelly tweet)
Painshill Park: incl 15 Tufted Duck, Goosander m, Red Kite (Josephine Snell tweet); also incl 2 Great Crested Grebe, Nuthatch (J Ford via Surrey BN)
Pinner: Red Kite, 2 Redwing, Green Woodpecker, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Coal Tit, 4 Goldfinch (Nigel Barratt)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail north of Pk": Yellow-browed Warbler as prev'y, also 2 Siberian Chiffchaff there (Josephine Snell tweets); also 10 Chiffchaff, Blackcap singing, Firecrest f just upriver, 8 Goldcrest (Peter Alfrey blog)
Primrose Hill: Skylark foy W 1340, Meadow Pipit NNW 1335 (Twitter)
Ruxley GPs "permit only": 30+ Gadwall, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Stock Dove, c15 Common Gull, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff calling, Great Spotted Woodpecker h, Green Woodpecker, 8 Redwing, 3-4 Song Thrush singing, 30+ Long-tailed Tit, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Egyptian Goose, Reed Bunting singing, Kingfisher m, Little Egret (Jack Headley)
St Paul's Cray "gdn": Sparrowhawk f taking Feral Pigeon from mature tree by normanhurst rd early pm (Jack Headley)
Stocker's Farm: incl 9 Wigeon, 6 Lapwing, c10 House Sparrow (Paul Lewis via eBird)
Town Park "Enfield": Cormorant, 3 Northern Shoveler 2m f, 10 Tufted Duck 5m 5f, Common Gull, 8 Stock Dove incl singing m, 6 Redwing, 2 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Twickenham: Tawny Owl m calling south of strawberry hill stn 22.30 (Mike Foster)
Upminster "Puddledock Farm Fishery": Sandwich Tern [Ldn foy] at Fishery then E 1410 (Alan Shearman via BirdGuides/ELBF FB)
Walthamstow Marshes: 4 Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush front paddocks, 2 Fieldfare, Kestrel rear paddocks, 2 Stonechat bomb crater field (JW Davies)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Bearded Tit m no1 res reedbed still showed twice, Black Redstart still but now v elusive, Firecrest still, 9 Goldeneye (Walthamstow Birders)

Tuesday 4th February 2020

Alexandra Park: 1-2 Firecrest incl m ca, Peregrine, 50+ Redwing (APOG Birders)
Amwell NR "Gt Hardmead Lake": Caspian Gull 1w, 2 Yellow-legged Gull both 2w evg roost (Ron Cousins tweet)
Broomfield Park: imm Grey Heron, 8 Northern Shoveler 6m 2f, 18 Tufted Duck 11m 7f, Black-headed Gull incl metal-ringed 3726.091 from Holland & yellow darvic-ringed ad 2BKT and yellow darvic-ringed first-winter 2C26, m Collared Dove singing, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, 5 House Sparrow 2m 3f, 19 Greenfinch feeding, 17 Goldfinch pre-roost (Robert Callf)
Creekmouth, Barking: Iceland Gull juv still r thames/roding fr creekside pk [TQ457817] 13:00 (Tony Kennelly tweet)
Croxley Common Moor: Little Egret (Steve Blake via Herts BC)
Dagenham Chase: incl 30 Shoveler, 40 Wigeon, 2 Kestrel, Grey Wagtail, [Bar-Headed Goose] (Sam Porter per ELBF FB)
Darlands Lake "area": 2 Red Kite, 5 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Raven over & toward dollis valley 11:35, Bullfinch f (Des McKenzie)
Ellenbrook Fields: incl 4+ Common Snipe, Stonechat f, Yellowhammer (Steve Pearce via Herts BC)
Fetcham Mill Pond: incl 26 Common Gull (Mark Davis via BirdTrack)
Hackney Marshes: Little Owl, Kingfisher (Jean-Patrick Elmes)
Hall Marsh Scrape: incl 2 Cattle Egret still (Andy Holmes via BirdTrack)
Holmethorpe SPs: Little Gull reported (via BirdTrack) 'unconfirmed' per BirdGuides
Kelsey Park: incl 30 Tufted Duck, 19 Grey Heron, Common Buzzard, 3 Redwing, 3 Siskin (Liz Anderson via BirdTrack)
London Wetland Centre: incl 3 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, Goldeneye, Bittern, 2 Common Snipe, Water Pipit (WWT website); Iceland Gull ad again main lake fr wwf hide midday then flew off (Josephine Snell tweet)
Orpington "Boating Pond": Little Egret again 15:50 (Jack Headley)
Pinner: Red Kite, 3 Redwing, 2 Green Woodpecker (Nigel Barratt)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail": Yellow-browed Warbler as y'day showing well (BirdGuides)
Pymmes Park: Shoveler, 2 Pochard, Common Buzzard, Mediterranean Gull ad wp darvic-ringed on playing fields to 13:00 at least, 9 Collared Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Des McKenzie)
Richmond Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker f (Paula Redmond)
South Norwood CP: incl 2 Water Rail, Little Grebe [1st since Sep], Common Snipe, Kestrel, Fieldfare, 5 Redwing (John Hughes via Croydon Birders)
Swanscombe Marsh “14.30-15.30 Black Duck Marsh”: 6 Pochard m, 3 Cetti's Warbler 2h, Stonechat f, 2 Marsh Harrier m&f, 2 Grey Heron at nests, Tufted Duck f, Shoveler m, 3 Little Grebe, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, 8 Coot (Roger Keith)
Totteridge Valley: Kingfisher, Kestrel, 25 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, c80 Canada Goose (John Colmans)
Valentines Park: Turtle Dove 13:55 in low tree with 20 Collared Dove (Michael Mac); Turtle Dove finally seen 1400, 30+ Redwing, 2 Nuthatch (Barbara Miller)
Victoria Park "East Park": 70+ Redwing, 10+ Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush (Jan Dobbie)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Firecrest still, Black Redstart m still (Walthamstow Birders)
Wanstead Flats: 3 Stonechat (Nick Croft)
Wanstead Park: Woodcock, 2 Firecrest calling north end going to roost (Nick Croft)
West Thurrock “Thames foreshore 15.00 HT viewed from Greenhithe, Kent”: 45 Avocet, 23 Shelduck, 2 Curlew, 43+ Redshank, Oystercatcher, Peregrine [top of thames north power crossing pylon] (Roger Keith)
Worcester Park: Little Egret, 10 Redwing horse fields (Bob Smith)

Monday 3rd February 2020

Alexandra Park: 2 Firecrest ca, 2m Shoveler, 15 Redwing, Chiffchaff (APOG Birders)
Battersea Park Lake: 173 Cormorants, 6 Pochard, 24 Shoveler, 4 Mandarin (Michael Mac)
Black Park: incl 10 Red Kite, 20 Siskin pm (Barnaby Briggs via eBird)
Brentford: Kingfisher by gu canal next to rlwy br (Michael E Robinson)
Brookmill Park: Stock Dove, Blackcap m (Conrad Ellam)
Chingford Plain: incl Skylark (Richard Cope via eBird)
Connaught Water: incl 4 Goosander 3m f (Richard Cope via eBird)
Frogmore Lakes: 25 Siskin (Alan Winn via BirdTrack)
Home Park: incl 70 Common Gull, 5 Grey Heron, Kestrel, 50 Ring-necked Parakeet, 110 Jackdaw, 14 Skylark, 120 Starling, Treecreeper, 8 Redwing, Stonechat, 18 Meadow Pipit (via BirdTrack)
Kensington "Stratford Rd 8.20am": Blackcap m (Ian Watson)
Kentish Town "Station": Grey Wagtail (Reuben Braddock)
Lewisham "Algernon Rd": Blackcap f gdn (Conrad Ellam)
London Wetland Centre: no sign Iceland Gull am (Chris White tweet); 2 Bittern, 2 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, Common Snipe, Peregrine ch x hosp w/ prey, 2 Water Pipit (Martin Honey); Goldeneye (Alan Wilkinson); also Green Sandpiper high over 1250, Skylark overflow c/p then NW (WWT website)
Middlesex Filter Beds: Firecrest still (JW Davies)
Orpington "Boating Pond": Little Egret fishing in adj r cray 15:50 (Jack Headley)
Palmers Green "River Ave N13": 110+ Black-headed Gulls slowly NE 15:27 [higher than normal count for area] (Katy McGilvray)
Poulter Park "Wandle Trail": Yellow-browed Warbler unit-b yard in tree behind blue-container lorry again 13:30 (Jason Simpson via Surrey BN)
Pymmes Park: 4 Common Pochard 3m f, 32 Tufted Duck 22m 10f, Black-headed Gull ad w/ yellow darvic ring TPMM from Poland, Mediterranean Gull ad w/ yellow darvic ring 2H72 1455 - 1615, 11 Collared Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 6 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, Nuthatch, 100+ Starling, Jackdaw (Robert Callf/Bob Husband)
Rainham Marshes: Caspian Gull 1w aveley bay, Red Kite low W over purfleet scrape, 2 Water Pipit (Sean Huggins)
Raynes Park: 2 Redwing gdn (Paula Redmond)
Seventy Acres Lake: incl Smew, Bittern (John Rivoire via BirdTrack)
Staines Moor "am": Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Little Egret, Little Grebe, 2 Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting, 8 Skylark, 8 Meadow Pipit, 36 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff (Nick Baker)
Stanstead Abbotts Lakes - N Lake: incl 2 Shelduck, 10 Pochard, 70 Tufted Duck, Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Gull, Red Kite, Little Owl, Kingfisher, 2 Rook, 4 Cetti's Warbler, Bullfinch, 7 Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting pm (Barry Reed via eBird)
Tyttenhanger GPs: Oystercatcher fishing lake 0915 (TyttGP tweet)
Valentines Park: Turtle Dove 1w in trees south of lake, 2 Jackdaw (Rhys Evans)
Walthamstow Marshes: 6 Little Egret nr rlwy line 12:30 (Sue Barry)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Bearded Tit still, Firecrest still, 2 Goosander, 9 Goldeneye, Shelduck, Common Sandpiper, Common Snipe (Walthamstow Birders)
Wandle Park, Colliers Wood: 2 Little Egret (Keith Bates)
Warren Barn Farm: incl Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 500 Jackdaw, 250 Rook (John Birkett via BirdTrack)
West Thurrock Marshes: 45 Avocet (per Howard Vaughan via ELBF FB)
Wraysbury GPs "walk to Colne Mere": incl 2 Gadwall, Pochard, 35 Tufted Duck, 9 Goldeneye, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 8 Cormorant, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper (Dick Haydon via BirdTrack)

Sunday 2nd February 2020

Alexandra Park: Firecrest ca, Shoveler m, Redwing flock, 53 Common Gull, 400+ Black-headed Gull (APOG Birders)
Ashtead Common: 2 Stonechat m f field n edge 1500 (Richard Nunns via Surrey BN)
Beddington Farmlands: incl 5 Shelduck, 9 Water Pipit (BFBG blog)
Broadwater Lake NR: 2 Black-necked Grebe fr causeway betw lakes, 2m Goosander, 4 Goldeneye, 10+ Wigeon, 20+ Pochard, 100+ Tufted Duck, Shoveler, Red Kite, Treecreeper, Goldcrest (Nigel Barratt)
Canons Park: 48 Redwing, Mistle Thrush singing, Song Thrush singing, 3 Nuthatch calling (Bob Husband, NW London RSPB Group regular birdwalk); "nearby Seven Acres Lake [private site]" 2m Goosander [may be viewable fr gate], Grey Heron, Cormorant, Great Crested Grebe, 6 Mallard 3pr, 8 Tufted Duck 4pr, 6 Common Gull, 115 Black-headed Gull (Bob Husband, NW London RSPB Group regular birdwalk)
Coursers Farm: incl Oystercatcher, Red Kite, Kestrel, 120 Jackdaw, 2 Skylark, 14 Yellowhammer (via BirdTrack)
Creekmouth, Barking "Beckton Creekside": incl 5 Shelduck, 39 Teal, Redshank, Iceland Gull juv creek mouth 0915, Kingfisher, Peregrine, 6 Cetti's Warbler h, 8+ Chiffchaff, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting am (Tim Rymer tweet/BirdGuides); "Beckton Creekside & STW" also incl 6 Shelduck, 75 Teal, 12 Redshank, 4 Reed Bunting (Graham Howie via eBird)
Cremorne Gardens "Thames": 2 Egyptian Goose, 9 Gadwall, 2ad Great Black-backed Gull (Des McKenzie)
Crossness: 2 Caspian Gull 1w 3w, 9+ Yellow-legged Gull, 81 Dunlin, c150 Lapwing, 2 Curlew, c30 Redshank, Rock Pipit, c100 Gadwall, c400 Teal, 2 Chiffchaff, {small bat presumed Pipistrelle at dusk} (Louis Freeland-Haynes)
Eagle Pond: Caspian Gull ad still (James Heal)
East End Green "landfill TL299108": incl 8 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 5 Common Snipe, 2 Common Gull, Cormorant, Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 5 Skylark, 2 Redwing, Meadow Pipit pm (Barry Reed via eBird)
Fetcham Mill Pond: incl Red Kite, 2 Stonechat (Ruth Ireland via BirdTrack)
Gatton Park: incl 6 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 15 Pochard, 15 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 16 Grey Heron, Nuthatch pm (Dave Panchaud via eBird)
Gillespie Park NR: incl Sparrowhawk, House Sparrow, Rock Pipit reported am (Gareth Morris-Hale via eBird)
Greville Place LNR: Firecrest, Redwing (Francis O'Sullivan)
Hackney Marshes: Little Owl, 2 Stock Dove (Alastair Dent)
Highfield Farm: Red Kite, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Redwing, 7 Yellowhammer am (Chris Ruis via Herts BC/eBird)
Hilfield Park Reservoir "permit only": Goldeneye, Treecreeper singing (Tony Blake)
Holmethorpe SPs: 2 Shelduck W, Raven (Gordon Hay per Surrey BC)
Holyfield Lake: incl 4 Gadwall, 20 Tufted Duck, 3 Goldeneye pm (Marion Bertuzzo via eBird)
KGV Res "permit only": Corn Bunting flushed along shoreline toward causeway 0905 (Neville Smith tweet)
London Wetland Centre: Iceland Gull ad still, Yellow-legged Gull ad, 2 Bittern still, Water Pipit, 12 Redwing, 2 Shelduck, 6 Pintail, 2 Peregrine (WWT website); Caspian Gull ad (Andrew Self)
Newgate Street nr Cuffley: incl 43 Lapwing, 42 Common Gull, Kestrel, 25 Skylark, 2 Nuthatch, 9 Meadow Pipit, 5 Linnet, 45 Yellowhammer, 2 Reed Bunting (via BirdTrack)
Northaw Great Wood: incl Red Kite, 8 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 5 Redwing (via BirdTrack)
Northolt & Greenford CP: Peregrine, Kestrel, Common Snipe, pr Pied Wagtail, 2 Goldcrest, c50 Chaffinch feeding in dead mixed/sunflower area (Neil Anderson)
St Paul's Cray "Sandy Ln": 2-3 Tawny Owl calling c19:30 (Jack Headley)
Seventy Acres Lake: Smew rh still, 260 Chaffinch, 80 Linnet both n of lake midday (Alan Harris via Essex BwS)
Staines Reservoir "south basin": incl Long-tailed Duck still sw cnr 1335, 5 Goldeneye, 2 Black-necked Grebe (via BirdTrack/Kit Britten tweet); 11 Black-necked Grebe early pm 10 s basin w side, 3 Little Grebe n basin w end, 17 Goldeneye, 4 Shelduck, Water Pipit causeway then n basin w side (Franko J Maroevic)
Thamesmead: Caspian Gull 2w princess alice way early-aft [seen later in woolwich], also 7 Yellow-legged Gull greenhaven dr/princess alice way (Rich Bonser, Dante Shepherd)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 74 Canada Geese roost, Mandarin Duck, 34 Mallard, 5 Teal, 33 Stock Dove, 5 Black-headed Gull, 116 Common Gull, Cormorant, Little Owl, Kestrel, 37 Rook, 6 Goldcrest, 180 Starling, 100 Redwing, 80 Fieldfare, 5 Bullfinch, Reed Bunting f owl_field, {4 Pipistrelle Bat sp cow field} (Samuel Levy & Simon Worsfold)
Upminster "Fairplay Fm": incl Water Rail, Green Sandpiper, 2 Barn Owl, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, pr Stonechat, 9 Reed Bunting, 46 Yellowhammer (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
Valentines Park: Turtle Dove 1w isl w/ Collared Doves still 1430 (Peter Hopkins tweet/BirdGuides)
Walthamstow Wetlands: up to 30 Fieldfares rear of no5 feeding on playing fields, Goosander m no4 (Quentin Given); Kestrel, Firecrest still (Toby Fountain via BirdTrack)
Woolwich: Caspian Gull 2w king henry's wharf 1.20pm [bird took 17min to get here as we had left it sitting on river off princess alice way at 1.03pm], Yellow-legged Gull 1w (Rich Bonser, Dante Shepherd)

Saturday 1st February 2020

Alexandra Park: Firecrest still conservation area [ca], Wigeon f still, Kestrel m, Redwing, Chiffchaff (APOG Birders)
Brookmans Park "incl Royal Veterinary College & Water End": incl 15 Skylark (via BirdTrack)
Creekmouth, Barking: "Beckton" Caspian Gull, Oystercatcher, 3 Curlew, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff (Andrew Self); "Creekmouth" Iceland Gull juv still showing well for 20min, also Oystercatcher, Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 4+ Chiffchaff, 4+ Reed Bunting (Des McKenzie, Nick Croft)
Enfield Town "Church St EN2": 16 Greenfinch went to roost 1610 - 1615 (Robert Callf)
Finsbury Park: Nuthatch, Coal Tit, c40 Redwing (Chris Farthing)
Greenford: Red Kite chased by Crow over gdn, also Kestrel [less than annual over gdn] (Neil Anderson)
Hammersmith: 2 Mistle Thrush feeding st paul's school pg (Samuel Levy)
Home Park: 10 Gadwall rick pond, Skylark singing nearby 9.45 (Mike Foster)
Island Barn Reservoir "no access": Great Northern Diver still [restricted view fr molesey heath TQ133672] (Dave Harris per Surrey BC)
Kew Gardens: incl 6 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Grey Heron, Little Egret, Kestrel, 3 Coal Tit, Nuthatch (via BirdTrack)
London Wetland Centre: Goldeneye, 3 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, Iceland Gull ad main lake again 1025 [later-am on res lagoon then off W], Peregrine, 6 Redwing, 2 Water Pipit (WWT website/Twitter/BirdGuides); Bittern still am (BirdGuides); Common Snipe wader scrape (Martin Honey); also 7 Mandarin Duck, 48 Shoveler, 47 Wigeon, 45 Teal, 6 Common Snipe, Yellow-legged Gull ad, 56 Cormorant, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Common Gull (Samuel Levy, Arjun Dutta, Kabir Kaul, James McCulloch, Megan McCleverty, Sian Mercer)
Perivale Park: Kestrel w/ prey in tree (M Schofield)
Pinner: Red Kite drifting over (Nigel Barratt)
Queen Mary Res "pump stn": incl 2 Gadwall, 18 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, 23 Great Crested Grebe, 72 Common Gull, 50 Cormorant, Grey Heron, 3 Red Kite, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, 500 Ring-necked Parakeet, 50 Jackdaw, 3 Coal Tit, Skylark, 6 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper, 11 Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail (via BirdTrack)
Rainham Marshes RSPB: Marsh Harrier over, 10+ Common Snipe, 2 Eurasian Curlew, 3 Kestrel, 3 Common Shelduck, 4-5 Northern Pintail, Water Pipit, Stonechat m, 200+ Lapwing, 200+ Wigeon (Oliver Flory); also incl 26 Shelduck, 48 Shoveler, 8 Gadwall, 800 Wigeon, 14 Pintail, 750 Teal, 8 Tufted Duck, Oystercatcher, 2 Golden Plover, 39 Common Snipe, 15 Redshank, 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzard, Barn Owl, 2 Kestrel, 12 Skylark, 8 Cetti’s Warbler, 4 Stonechat, 2 Water Pipit (Alan Shearman per ELBF FB)
Shrewsbury Park: incl 3 Nuthatch, 5 Bullfinch (Tim Rymer tweet)
Teddington: Red Kite over broom rd rg 11.45 (Mike Foster)
Totteridge Fields/Dollis Valley: 2 Raven, 2 Common Buzzard, 30 Common Gull, Kestrel, Cormorant (Tony Clancy)
Town Park "Enfield": Little Grebe Carr's Basin (Robert Callf)
Valentines Park: Turtle Dove 1w isl n side under cover w/ Collared Doves still 1400 (Harringay Birder tweet); Turtle Dove still 1545, Little Grebe isl pond (Oliver Flory via eBird)
Wanstead Flats: Yellow-legged Gull 1w, 3 Skylark, 5 Meadow Pipit, 8+ Redwing (James Heal)
Wanstead Park: 2 Siskin, Little Egret, Little Grebe, 8 Pochard, 4 Gadwall [notable as worryingly low number of dabbling ducks in Pk due to suspected contamination of lakes] (James Heal)
Watermeadows Open Space "BR5": 8+ Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush, 3 Gadwall, Little Grebe (Jack Headley)
William Girling Reservoir "restricted view fr Mansfield Pk": incl Pochard, Goosander m, 4 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, 800 Common Gull (Dominic Mitchell via eBird)
Woolwich: 2 Yellow-legged Gull 2w 1w king henry's wharf (Rich Bonser)

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