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Monday 8th June 2020

Sunday 7th June 2020

Brent Reservoir: f Goldeneye, 48 Pochard, 2 Teal, Lapwing (Andrew Self)
Bushy Park: 2 Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 12 Chiffchaff, 18 Blackcap incl newly fledged, singing Meadow Pipit, 4 Skylark, 2 Reed Bunting, 8 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Spencer Neal)
Darlands Lake, Totteridge: 0650, Cuckoo from large oak near equestrian centre, 3 Pheasant, 3 Rook, 15+ Whitethroat, 6 Song Thrush, 2 Chaffinch, 4 Linnet (Marcus Hunt)
Fairlop Waters: 4 Little Grebe & 2 chicks, 4 Great Crested Grebe, Shoveler, 51 Mallard, 5 Mute Swan, 11 Tufted Duck, Common Buzzard, Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, Green Woodpecker, 12 Skylark, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Mistle Thrush (Steve Bacon)
Grovelands Park: 6 Egyptian Geese inc pair with four young, 7 Mandarin Duck [inc two broods], drake Common Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe on nest, 9 Stock Dove, 2 leucistic juvenile Moorhens, Red Kite over at 0840 pursued by Carrion Crow, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, singing male Goldcrest, 6 Nuthatch inc pr feeding two juvs, Grey Wagtail (Dominic Mitchell)
Holly Hill Farm "Enfield": m Skylark singing, m Pied Wagtail singing, Song Thrush singing, 5 Common Whitethroat 2ad 3juvs [FL], m Yellowhammer singing {Small Tortoiseshell} (Robert Callf)
Osterley Park: 50+ Stock Doves, Common Tern (Andy Roberts)
Richmond Park: 2 Great Crested Grebe, Common Tern, 2 Stock Dove, 30+ Swift, Green Woodpecker, 50+ Sand Martin, 2 Treecreeper, Reed Bunting (Tom Stewart)
Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Red Kite slowly NW 1302, 2 Common Tern (Garry James)
Teddington: Little Egret flying up Thames at 1330 (Mike Foster)
Ten Acre Wood area: 4 Pheasant, Grey Heron, 5+ Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 18+ Stock Dove inc flock of 14 flushed by Red Kite, 2 Cuckoo(female seen in flight, male briefly calling), c20 Swift, 8+ Skylark [1 singing bird flew across from aerodrome; newly fledged bird flew up in front of me], Swallow, 2 Rook low over, 2m Reed Bunting, 4 Linnet {18 Small Heath, 2 roosting Brown Argus, Small Tortoiseshell, Large Skipper, newly emerged Ruddy Darter, Scaeva pyrastri-a migrant hoverfly} (Neil Anderson)
Totteridge Valley: Cuckoo still calling near equestrian centre c0945-1010 [see Darlands Lake above], also 2 Common Buzzard, Lapwing, 12 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 5 Swift, 5 Mistle Thrush, Grey Wagtail singing from TV aerial, Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff, 7 Whitethroat (John Colmans)
Wanstead Flats: 100+ Swift, Swallow, 5 House Martin, 4 Skylark, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2 broods of Lesser Whitethroat, brood of Chiffchaff (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: Great Crested Grebe with 2-3 chicks (Bob Vaughan)
Warren Farm "Osterley": 6 Skylark, 4 Mistle Thrush, Whitethroat (David Jeffreys)

Saturday 6th June 2020

Alexandra Park: 3 Litle Egret, House Martin, adult Black-headed Gull (APOG Birders)
Beddington Farmlands: Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Little Ringed Plovers, 300 plus Swifts, 2 Swallows, 3 House Martin, Common Whitethroat, m Shoveler, Pochard, 2 Goldcrest juvs (Martin Parker)
Brent Reservoir: Dunlin, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Lapwing (Brent Birders)
Crossness: 2cy Mediterranean Gull, 400 Black-headed Gull, 50 Common Tern, Little Egret, 20 Swift (Richard Bonser)
Dagenham Chase LNR: 25 Gadwall, 2 Teal , 4 Common Tern, 4 Lapwing, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, 3 Great Crested Grebe, Kingfisher (Steve Bacon)
Greenford to Ealing Hospital "Brent corridor": Red Kite, Common Tern over, 2 Little Owl calling inc one showing well, 4 singing Stock Dove, juv Grey Wagtail (Neil Anderson)
Ravenor Park, Greenford: Red Kite (Neil Anderson)
Stoke Newington: Red Kite
Thamesmead: 2cy Caspian Gull, 2 2cy Yellow-legged Gull, 300 Herring Gull, 50 Lesser Black-backed Gull off Greenhaven Drive (Richard Bonser)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 1000+ Swift (Jon Agar)
Yeading Brook Meadows-Ten Acre and Gutteridge Woods: Cuckoo, Skylark, 5 Kites, Buzzard, Cetti’s Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, Greenfinch, Linnet, Swifts, Swallows, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Andrew Peel, Toni Menezes, Margaret Blackburn)

Friday 5th June 2020

Abney Park Cemetery: Common Buzzard over S 12.26 (Garry James)
Alexandra Park: Little Egret Wood Green Res (Bob Watts)
Brent Park: Swift, Collared Dove, Grey Wagtail, 2 Chiffchaff, Coal Tit (Samuel Levy)
Brookmill Park: Stock Dove, 2 Song Thrush, 3 singing Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest juvs (Conrad Ellam)
Bushy Park: Little Egret, Kestrel, 2 Barn Swallow, 3 Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 5 Swift, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 14 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 3 Reed Bunting, 11 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Green Woodpecker, 8 Chaffinch (Spencer Neal); Cetti's Warbler calling in woodland gardens (Mike Foster)
Charing Cross Hospital: Kestrel, 3 Peregrine Falcon (Nathalie Mahieu)
Finchley "Garden N3": 9 Starling 5ad 4juv record count and first on the deck for over a year (Samuel Levy)
Grovelands Park: 2 Great Crested Grebe pr incubating, 2 Cormorant, Grey Heron, 8 Mute Swan pr & 6 cygnets, 6 Egyptian Goose pr & 4 yng, 16 Mandarin Duck 8m 4f & 2 broods of 2 each, eclipse m Gadwall, m Common Pochard, 15 Tufted Duck 8m 7f, 10 Stock Dove 7ad 3juvs, Green Woodpecker (Robert Callf)
Lea Valley "Netherhall/Glen Faba": 6 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 7 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Egyptian Goose, 4 Tufted Duck, 3 Common Tern, Kingfisher, Buzzard, 20 Swift, 25 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 5 Sand Martin, 20m Whitethroat, 20m Blackcap, m Garden Warbler, 5m Cetti's Warbler, 12m Chiffchaff, m Willow Warbler, 5 m Sedge Warbler, Cuckoo, Grey Wagtail, 5 Greenfinch (Nigel May)
Lower Clapton "E5": Common Buzzard over low NW (Alastair Dent)
Oakwood Park, Southgate: Red Kite (Catherine Gilbert)
Richmond Park: 3 or 5 Red Kite, 2 Common Terns, male Red-crested Pochard, Willow Warbler (P Davies)
Rotherhithe: Common Buzzard, Swallow, 4 Swift over Rope Street (Richard Bonser)
Victoria Park: 6 Sand Martin, 4 House Martin (pool in East Park) (James Palmer)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 1 Swallow, 1 Hobby, 1000+ Swift, 1 juv Pied Wagtail (Rhys Evans)
Wanstead Flats: 7 Pochard inc 6m, 20+ Swift, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2m Skylark (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: m Reed Warbler, Great Crested Grebe (Sean Kerrigan)

Thursday 4th June 2020

Alexandra Park: 3 Little Egret, 2+ House Martin, Peregrine, c40 Swift (APOG Birders)
Brent Reservoir NR: Little Ringed Plover, also reported, Common Ringed Plover (Bob Husband)
Chelsea "Albert Bridge": 10 Swift (Michael Mac)
Churchill Gardens "Pimlico": c35 House Sparrow - no nests in the usual hedge but pr feeding chicks in nest in metal tubular pipe (Michael Mac)
Fulham Reach "Thames": 2 Oystercatcher, Sand Martins, Little Egret (Nathalie Mahieu)
Greenford UB6 "Garden": 2 Greenfinch pr on feeders - first in years (Martin Smith)
Hampstead Heath: Common Tern, Peregrine caught a Mistle Thrush at 0630, Kestrel (Matt Evans)
Horsenden Hill west: 8 Whitethroat singing and display flight, 2 Greenfinch, 3 or 4 Reed Warbler Canal Ponds (Martin Smith)
Horton Country Park: Little Owl (Bob Smith)
Purfleet: Sanderling, 2 Dunlin, 8 Ringed Plover, 48 Swift (Fraser Simpson)
Pymmes Park: Little Grebe, 5 Egyptian Goose pr & 3 yng, m Tufted Duck, Black-headed Gull, Swift, m Grey Wagtail, Goldcrest, 4 Nuthatch 2 ad 2 juvs (Robert Callf)
Rotherhithe: Grey Wagtail, 2 Egyptian Goose, 12 Black-headed Gull (Richard Bonser)
Ruislip Lido/Woods: 56 ad & 2 young Canada Geese, 2 Egyptian Geese pr, 4 Gadwall, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard 10 Black-headed Gull [2 pr on raft with brood of 3 young], 8 Common Tern on raft [also at least 1 chick], c100 Swift, 15+ House Martin, 4 Grey Wagtail inc family of three, 7 Pied Wagtail, 10+ Greenfinch (Neil Anderson)
St Paul's Cray: pair Great Spotted Woodpecker seen continuously returning to presumed nest site in Normanhurst Rd (Jack Headley)
Sunbury "Grand Junction Reservoir": dozens of Swift circling over the reservoir (sorry I couldn't count them, passing in car) (Paula Redmond)
Thames Barrier: 14 Common Tern (max. count this year) on rocks at low tide, 20+ Black-headed Gull (Ian Ellis)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Cuckoo singing east of Darlands but very mobile (Sue Widdowfield), 2 Mandarin Duck, Cuckoo still, 34 Swift, 2 Lapwing, Cormorant, Gery Heron, Sparrowhawk, 3 Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard, 15 Rook, Coal Tit, 9 Swallow, 12 House Martin, Willow Warbler, 17 Chiffchaff, 15 Blackcap, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 20 Common Whitethroat, 5 Goldcrest, 6 Nuthatch, 6 Starling, Mistle Thrush, 6 Linnet (Samuel Levy)
Twickenham: 2 Common Buzzard soaring high over Strawberry Hill golf course at 1100 (Mike Foster)
Upper College Farm "Bexley": 19 Swift in small groups all heading NW, 7 Swallow, 3 Kestrel, Common Buzzard, 12 Whitethroat, 6 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Chaffinch, 4 Skylark, Greenfinch, Pheasant (m), 3 Chiffchaff, 11 Herring Gull (Bernie Weight)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 250+ Swifts, c100 House Martin, 3prs Shelduck with young, 4prs Common Tern nesting, Kingfisher (Walthamstow Birders), juv Grey Wagtail nearby at Ferry Lane (Rhys Evans)
Wanstead Flats: 5m Skylark, 2m Meadow Pipit, 10+ Swift (Nick Croft)
Wanstead Park: 12+ House Martin, 40+ Swift, Reed Warbler, Little Egret, Red Kite, Peregrine Falcon (Wanstead Birders)

Wednesday 3rd June 2020

Alexandra Park: Red Kite, 3 Little Egret fishing Wood Green Res 0730 with 4th bird 1229, Peregrine with Starling prey (APOG Birders)
Bushy Park: Red Kite 0930, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, Nuthatch, 3 Swift (Spencer Neal)
East Dulwich: Red Kite over garden (Steven Robinson)
Mundania Rd East Dulwich: 1 Swift (went to check on Swifts coming to roost. Last 2 years 60-70, maybe more. This evening, a solitary bird. Paul Francis)
Enfield Town "Chase Green Grdns": 2 Nuthatch ad feeding juv (Robert Callf)
Forty Hall CP: m Kingfisher perched, Chiffchaff singing, m Goldcrest singing, 5 Nuthatch pr & 3juvs, juv Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
Guy Lodge Farm: f Kestrel, 9 Stock Dove 5ad 4juvs, Barn Swallow, ad Pied Wagtail, 2ad Mistle Thrsh pr, 8+ Rook 7ad & 1+ juv begging, m Greenfinch singing, Linnet (Robert Callf)
Hollies, Sidcup: 3 Red Kite 1040 one, then two more towards Eltham, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Goldcrest, Stock Dove, 8 Swift, Song Thrush (Eric Brown)
Isle of Dogs: Red Kite low NW over garden 0955 (Sean Huggins)
Mudchute Farm: Reed Warbler singing (Sean Huggins)
Pinner HA5: 6 Swift (Nigel Barratt)
Raynes Park "Garden SW20": Greenfinch (Paula Redmond)
Rainham Thames: 10 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, Sanderling on mud east of mouth River Darent, 30 Shelduck, Oystercatcher, Avocet Aveley Bay (Steve Bacon)
Sidcup DA14 Garden 14.15: Peregrine, Swift (Bernie Weight)
Sidcup DA15: 6 Red Kite 3W 1026 1SW 1115 2W 1412, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk with prey, 4 House Martin, Blackcap singing also another Red Kite W over Marechal Neil Parade 1540 (Ian Stewart)
Teddington: Common Tern by Stevens Ait, Kingfisher ditto (Mike Foster)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Cuckoo singing 0900 until at least 0930 in area between Darlands Lake and Finchley Nurseries garden centre (Tom Stewart); Cuckoo still between 1100 and 1300 but very mobile, also 4 Mandarin Duck, 40+ Swift, 2 Lapwing, 2 Black-headed Gull, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 5 Red Kite, Hobby, 6 Rook, 15 Swallow, 11 House Martin, Willow Warbler, 19 Chiffchaff, 17 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 14 Common Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, 6 Nuthatch, 4 Starling, 5 Mistle Thrush, Pied Wagtail, 5 Bullfinch, 6 Linnet inc pair with two recently fledged young (Samuel Levy & Bob Husband)
Twickenham: Red Kite flying quite low north-west over Stanley rd/Hampton rd at 1515 (Mike Foster)
Wanstead Flats: 4-6 Red Kite [judging by the numbers above–probably at the higher end!], 3 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Hobby, Peregrine Falcon, Kestrel, 47 Black-headed Gull through inc flock of 36 east, Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 3m Skylark, 2m Meadow Pipit, 3 Swallow, 2 House Martin north, 2 Sand Martin, 40+ Swift (Wanstead Birders)

Tuesday 2nd June 2020

Alexandra Park: Little Grebe Wood Green Res, House Martin, 35+ Swift, Peregrine (APOG Birders)
Barnes Cray: Cuckoo still singing, Blackcap, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 2+ Reed Warbler, Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting {Banded Demoiselle, Azure Damselfly, several Blue-tailed Damselfly, Hairy Dragonfly} (Ian Stewart)
Battersea Bridge: 200 Starling- 2 hour period trickle of birds going into long established roost (Michael Mac)
Berrylands garden: Kestrel, c.300 Ring-necked Parakeet NW, 56 Stock Dove NW, 8 Swift {pipistrelle sp. hunting low over garden at dusk, no Bat Detector but vocal Robin in adjacent garden} (Nick Tanner)
Bromley "Shortlands": 14 Red Kites [all singles apart from one group of 4] all moving north-west between 5pm and 7pm - presumably part of the movement through Kent earlier in the day (Martin Birch)
Bushy Park: Cetti's Warbler, Chaffinch, 4 Chiffchaff, Dunnock, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel, Reed Bunting, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Skylark, 4 Swallow, 17+ Swift, 2 Whitethroat (Ian R Watson)
Chelsea: Red Kite [high up looked very black apart from white patches] briefly mobbed by Peregrine, 3 Swifts (Michael Mac)
Dartford Marshes: 2+ Gadwall, 3 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, 2 Oystercatcher, 8 Ringed Plover, 12+ Lapwing, summer plumaged Sanderling, 2 Dunlin, 10+ Redshank, 2+ Common Tern 1 flying down Darent towards Thames with food, 2-3 Cuckoo, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 15+ Skylark, 3+ Meadow Pipit, 4+ Blackcap, 15+ Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 10+ Cetti’s Warbler, 15+ Reed Warbler, 6+ Chiffchaff, 5+ Reed Bunting {Blue-tailed Damselflies, Emperor, Black-tailed Skimmer} (Ian Stewart)
Finchley "Garden N3": 2 Red Kite, 5 Common Buzzard, 8 Swift, Collared Dove. (Samuel Levy)
Finchley Golf Club: Red Kite, Kestrel (Samuel Levy)

Greenford UB6 "Garden": 2 fledged juv Goldfinch begging food (Martin Smith)
Hampstead Heath: Parliament Hill, 3 Crossbills NW at 0930, 2 Red Kites over (Pete Mantle)
Limetrees Park golf course, Northolt: 5 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 4 Stock Dove 2pr, Reed Warbler, m Reed Bunting {2 Marbled White, 5 Large Skipper, 3 Brown Argus, Small Heath, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, 2 Cinnabar, 2 Mother Shipton, 12 Black-tailed Skimmer, 17 Four-spotted Chaser, 11 Emperor Dragonfly} (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Longfield: 4 Nuthatch [3juvs with ad], Red Kite over W, 4 Buzzard over (Roger Keith)
Mayflower Park: Peregrine heard, 30 + House Sparrows (Bob Smith)
Northolt & Greenford CP: 4 Red Kite, 2 Reed Bunting pr {Clouded Yellow at Marnham Field-my first in London for c4 years} (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Sewardstone Marsh: Red Kite, Cuckoo singing 0930-1030, 3 Swift, 13 Sand Martin, 2 Song Thrush, Garden Warbler, 2 Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 21 House sparrow, 14 Greenfinch (Gatekeepers, Small Tortoiseshell) (Harry Harrison)
Shoreham: 2 Red-legged Partridge, 3 Lesser Whitethroat (singing), 2 Yellowhammer (singing), Tawny Owl along Filston Lane (Richard Bonser)
Tottenham Marches: Peregrine Falcon on pylon 1300 (ADH)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Cuckoo singing continuously 0730 to at least 0845 but very mobile, Mandarin fem+2 ducklings, Willow Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 13 Whitethroat, Little Egret, 3 Swift, Rooks around nesting site (John Colmans) m Cuckoo still at 17:00 at Totteridge Green, Red Kite {Small Tortoiseshell, Holly Blue, Red Admiral} (Samuel Levy) Long Pond: 10 Swift, Collared Dove, Blackcap {Azure, Blue-tailed & Red-eyed Damselfly, 2 Emperor Dragonfly, Black-tailed Skimmer} (Samuel Levy) Belmont Farm: 3 Blackcap, 11 Rook, 50 Swift, Common Buzzard, 2 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff {Speckled Wood, 15+ Meadow Brown, Large Skipper} (Samuel Levy) Oakfields: Hobby, Common Buzzard (Samuel Levy)
Trent Park: m Cuckoo singing Triangular Wd (Helen Shore per RM Callf)
Wanstead Flats: 5 Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, Sparrowhawk, 30+ Swift, 6 House Martin, Sand Martin, 2 Lesser Whitethroat (Nick Croft)
Wanstead Park: Water Rail [first June record], 2 Little Egret, 2 Reed Warbler, 40+ Swift, 8 House Martin, Swallow, Sparrowhawk (Wanstead Birders)
West Putney SW15, Garden: 6 Red Kite all S, 7 Buzzard including pair displaying, m and f Kestrel. (R.Kaye)

Monday 1st June 2020

Barnes Cray: Cuckoo singing near Thames Road Wetland, Blackcap, 2+ Cetti’s Warbler, Reed Warbler, Reed Bunting {3 Banded Demoiselle, 20+ Blue-tailed Damselfly, Broad-bodied Chaser} (Ian Stewart)
Brent Reservoir: Little Egret (Andrew Self)
Brookmill Park: 2 Stock Dove, 2 Swift, 3 Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
Bushy Park: Red Kite at 1000 hampton hill newgate, 3 Common Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Barn Swallow, 4 Skylark - Can anyone coming to see or take photos of the Skylarks please do so from recognised paths as they are ground-nesting birds and you could well be stepping on their eggs or fatally scaring them off their eggs by leaving the paths in the Skylark Area. Thanks, SpN (Spencer Neal)
Dartford Marshes: Egyptian Goose, 3+ Gadwall, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 2 Oystercatcher, 9 Ringed Plover, 16 Lapwing, 5 Redshank, 2-3 Cuckoo, Barn Owl, Swift, 10+ Skylark, Swallow, 4+ Meadow Pipit inc juv, 4+ Blackcap inc juv, 15+ Whitethroat 5+ juv, Sedge Warbler, 15+ Cetti’s Warbler, 10+ Reed Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 4+ Reed Bunting {Azure Damselflies, 50+ Blue-tailed Damselfly, Emperor} (Ian Stewart)
Epping Forest: Cuckoo (H), Kestrel, c20 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler. Insane numbers of squirrels, the place is literally overrun... (ADH)
Ewell: BEE-EATER heard calling several times as it drifted eastwards over farmland between Priest Hill and Howell Hill at 1445 (Steve Gale)
Finchley: Garden N3 - Common Buzzard, Red Kite, 8 Swift, f House Sparrow {Meadow Brown, Green Viened White} (Samuel Levy)
Greenford "UB6": daily 2+ Red Kite, circling Kestrel [unsual over garden], 6+ Swift (Neil Anderson)
Greenwich, Vanbrugh Park area SE3: Osprey north at 1400 (Joe Beale).
Millfields Park; 2 Hobby over at 0900 (J-P Elmes)
Perivale Park: singing Lesser Whitethroat, Moorhen with at least one young on nest Coston's Brook.(Martin Smith); Red Kite mobbed by Crow Argylle Rd side of park, 13 Swift (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Purfleet: Sanderling, 8 Ringed Plover (Fraser Simpson)
Sidcup DA15: Tawny Owl hooting 2356 (Ian Stewart)
Stoneleigh KT17: Kestrel, Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Neil Batten)
Thames Barrier: m Tufted Duck [foy] flew downriver 1840; ad Yellow-legged Gull, 1cy Great Black-backed Gull, Swallow, 11 Common Tern (Ian Ellis)
Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: f Mandarin Duck + 5 ducklings, 3 Collared Dove, m Cuckoo (Hawfinch Hill), 10 Swift, Grey Heron, 3 Common Buzzard, 15 Rook, Swallow, 2 House Martin, Willow Warbler, 15 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Common Whitethroat, Greenfinch. {15+ Meadow Brown, 15+ Large Skipper, 15+ Speckled Wood, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Holly Blue, Comma, 4 Spot Chaser (Hawfinch Hill), 3m Emperor Dragonfly, 2 Broad-bodied Chaser, Azure & Blue-tailed damselfly, also a large Grass Snake} (Samuel Levy)
Uxbridge Golf course: Cuckoo (Dan Pinkham)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Osprey over at 1730 then N, 1 possibly 2 Spoonbill flew onto No1 at 1600, 30 Black-headed Gull, 27 Gadwall, 3m 1f Teal, 2pr Shelduck with broods of 5 and 9, 3 Pochard broods of 1, 3 and 6, Lesser Whitethroat, Swallow, Song Thrush singing (Rhys Evans, Daniel Whitelegg)
Wanstead Flats: Red Kite, Buzzard, Hobby, 6 Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, lots of fledged Whitethroat, 50+ Swift, 6 House Martin (Nick Croft)
Worcester Park: Hobby flew north (Bob Smith)

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