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Thursday 18th April[]

Alexandra Park: 2 Peregrine Falcon, Sparrowhawk, Osprey over N, Black Redstart, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Linnet, Common Buzzard, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Gadwall (APOG Birders)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Blackcap, Willow Warbler (Conrad Ellam)
Crayford Marshes: 11 Egyptian Goose, 6 Shelduck, 8 Gadwall, 3 Shoveler, 2 Teal, 6 Pheasant, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 1-2 Red Kite, 3 Marsh Harrier, 4+ Buzzard, 4 Kestrel, Peregrine, 10+ Avocet, Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, 3+ Redshank, 2 Mediterranean Gull W, 6+ Common Tern, 4+ Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Yellow Wagtail N, Nightingale heard singing, 6 Northern Wheatear, Whinchat, 9 Blackcap, 27 Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler, 15+ Cetti’s Warbler, 6 Reed Warbler, 4 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, Rook, c30 Linnet, 4 Reed Bunting (Ian Stewart/Jack Headley)
Dartford Marshes: m Whinchat (BirdGudies)
Enfield: m Common Redstart at Vicarge Farm (BirdGuides)
Epping Forest "Warren Slope": Garden Warbler, 4 Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff (RSa)
Epsom Common: 3 Common Buzzard circling together over the Stew Pond 0835 (Neil Batten)
Hall Marsh Scrape: Cattle Egret still (John Emerson)
Hook Marsh: Reed Warbler (John Emerson)
Holyfield Farm: Lesser Whitethroat (John Emerson)
Kew Gardens: 2 Common Pochard pr, 2 m Mandarin Duck, Cetti's Warbler [my first site record. By Bank's Building pond] (Neil Anderson)
KGV Reservoir: f Pintail, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Common Sandpiper, 40+ Sand Martin, 3 House Martin, 4 Swallow, 4 Swift, 3 Wheatear (Wanstead Birders Away Team and Ian Lycett)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 2 Red Kite, 5 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Chiffchaff (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: Hobby, 2 House Martin, 3 Little Egret, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Little Grebe, 3 Willow Warbler (WWT); Blackcap, 4 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2 Great Crested Grebe. 2 Grey Heron, 2 Lapwing, 3 Common Pochard, 3 Reed Warbler, 4 Sand Martin (Josh King)
Oxleas Wood: 21 Jackdaw, 3 Firecrest, Peregrine, Common Buzzard, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Stock Dove, Sparrowhawk, 4 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, Song Thrush (Ron Turner)
Rainham Marshes: 2 Little Ringed Plover, Whimbrel, 2 House Martin, 9 Sand Martin, 2 Northern Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail {Harbour Porpoise} (Andrew Self); Grasshopper Warbler, 4 Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, 6 Common Whitethroat, 3 Bearded Tit, 4 Little Egret, Eurasian Curlew, 2 Northern Pintail pr, 2 Eurasian Oystercatcher, Common Tern, 10 Pied Avocet, Common Kestrel, 3 Western Marsh Harrier (Barry Wilson)
The Regent's Park: Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Great Crested Grebe (Tim Rymer)
Richmond Park: Cuckoo singing near Pen Ponds (Steven Robinson)
Totteridge Valley: m Whinchat still on far fenceline of lower corn field, 14 Northern Wheatear [Folly Farm], Red-legged partridge, Little Grebe, 2 Coot, Cormorant, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Red Kite, 7 Common Buzzard, Little Owl, 24 Rook, 2 Skylark, 6 Barn Swallow, 5 House Martin, Willow Warbler, 23 Chiffchaff, 31 Blackcap, Garden Warbler [FOY], 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Common Whitethroat, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, Mistle Thrush, 4 House Sparrow, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch, 4 Linnet (Samuel Levy)
Staines Moor: 2 Short-eared Owl (BirdGuides)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 3 Blackcap, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Chiffchaff, Common Tern, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Great Crested Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Grey Heron, Little Egret, Little Grebe, Common Pochard, Reed Warbler, Shelduck, Song Thrush (Tim Harwood)
Wanstead Flats: 2 m Whinchat, m Common Redstart singing, Garden Warbler (BirdGuides)
Woodberry Wetlands: 3 Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Gadwall, 3 Common Pochard (Richard Beesly)

Wednesday 17th April[]

Amersham: Blackcap, Collared Dove, Common Gull, Firecrest, Goldcrest, Red Kite (Harshith Parthiban)
Beddington Farmlands: Avocet on Phase 3 Wet Grassland (BirdGuides)
Brookmill Park: Kestrel, 3 Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
Conway Road Rec, Enfield: Willow Warbler, Greenfinch (Marcus Hunt)
Greenwich Ecology Park: 2 Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, Grey Heron, 2 Reed Warbler, 4 Sand Martin, 2 Starling (Josh King)
King George V Reservoir [Permit Only]: 2 Little Gull briefly on S Basin then flew N at 0745, Swift, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Barn Swallow, 10+ House Martin, 28+ Sand Martin [all NE Corner of N Basin], 3 Lesser Whitethroat singing, f Kestrel, Common Buzzard, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Linnet (Davey Leach)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 4 Common Buzzard circling together, 2 Red Kite (Neil Batten)
London Wetlands Centre: Northern Wheatear, Willow Warbler, Oystercatcher, 4 House Martin, Barn Swallow, 20+ Sand Martin, Red Kite, Sedge Warbler, 24 Blackcap, 36 Reed Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 14 Dunnock, 4 Song Thrush, 7 Blackbird, 15 Greenfinch, 21 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Reed Bunting (WWT); m Sparrowhawk wader scrape fence, m Kestrel hunting over site (Martin Honey)
Regent's Park: Blackcap, Chaffinch, Siskin (Ben Bartlett)
Richmond Park: m Common Pochard, 8 Mandarin Duck in woods [Isabella not visited], 3 Common Buzzard, 4 Barn Swallow, 8+ Sand Martin, Garden Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 5 Willow Warbler, 2 Stonechat pr, Raven heard (Neil Anderson); 15+ Red Kite most approaching from S and moving N, 5+ Buzzard, m Peregrine, Garden Warbler, 2 Raven with a brief display (J Wilczur/S Woolfenden)
St. James's Park: 2 Blackcap pr (Derek Kelly)
Walthamstow Marshes: Lesser Whitethroat [WaterWorks NR], Sand Martin, Willow Warbler, 7 Blackcap, 8 Chiffchaff, Green Woodpecker, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, Little Egret, Mistle Thrush, 4 Linnet (Richard Beesly)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Common Tern, Common Whitethroat, 3 Barnacle Goose, 2 Sedge Warbler, 4 Shelduck, Kingfisher, 3 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Cetti’s Warbler, 10 Common Pochard, 2 Eurasian Teal (Richard Beesly)
Wanstead Flats: 2 Whinchat, 2 m Common Redstart, Willow Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat, 5 Skylark, 2 Stock Dove, Kestrel (Nick Croft/Paul Wilcox)

Tuesday 16th April[]

Crossness: Little Egret, Buzzard, Kestrel, 5 Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 House Martin, 3 Sand Martin, 7 Wheatear, 6 Blackcap, 5 Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
Golders Hill Park: Buzzard 1800 (James Levy)
King George V Reservoir [Permit Only]: 4 Northern Wheatear, Red-legged Partridge, 2 Common Sandpiper, 11 Barn Swallow, 9 House Martin, 15 Sand Martin, 4 Red Kite, Kestrel, Buzzard, 2 Grey Wagtail, 8 Gadwall, 2 Greenfinch, Linnet (Richard Beesly)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 2 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: 20 Blackcap, 36 Reed Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Barn Swallow, Little Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 20 Sand Martin (WWT)
Rainham Marshes: Whimbrel, Grasshopper Warbler Rainham West, 2 Northern Wheatear (Andrew Self)
Richmond Park: Mediterranean Gull flew N (Hugh Bradshaw); 6 Northern Wheatear [2 m f Lawn Field, 3 m Pond Slade including one apparent “Greenland” type], Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Peregrine (Alex Westenberger)
Sevenoaks KWT: 2 Gadwall, Little Egret, 6 Grey Heron inc 5 juvs in 2 nests, 2 Red Kite, Buzzard, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Lapwing, 2 Greenshank, 12 Mediterranean Gull over in one flock, 2 Kingfisher, c50 Sand Martin, c30 Swallow, House Martin, 2 Grey Wagtail, c20 Blackcap, 2+ Cetti’s Warbler, Reed Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaff, Treecreeper, 2+ Rook (Ian Stewart)
Springwell Reed Bed: 2+ Cetti's Warbler, 2 Gadwall, 4 m Common Pochard, Reed Warbler singing, m Reed Bunting, m Cuckoo singing, f Grey Wagtail, Green Woodpecker, Willow Warbler singing, Sedge Warbler singing, Little Grebe, Common Buzzard over (William Atkinson)
Staines Moor: 4 Short-eared Owl (BirdGuides)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 7 Egyptian Goose [pr w/ 5 goslings], 3 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 3 Coot, 2 Skylark, Mistle Thrush, Common Whitethroat, 14 Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler, 20 Chiffchaff, 2 Rook, Linnet, Lesser Redpoll (John Colmans)
Walpole Park: Willow Warbler heard only briefly, 5 Stock Dove (Fred Matthews)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Arctic Tern on Lockwood Reservoir, Swift over, Short-eared Owl (BirdGuides); 2 Barnacle Goose, 5 Blackcap, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Great Crested Grebe, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 3 Little Egret, Pied Wagtail, Pochard, 2 Shelduck, Song Thrush (Tim Harwood); Northern Wheatear (Barry Wilson)
Wanstead Flats: 2 Whinchat, 5 Northern Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Barn Swallow, Little Owl, 4 Stock Dove, 4 Skylark (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: 20 House Martin N, Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler. 2 Tawny Owl. 2 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Little Grebe, 3 Common Pochard, 2 Gadwall, 2 Mistle Thrush (Nick Croft)

Monday 15th April[]

Alexandra Park: Common Whitethroat, Common Buzzard, House Martin, Willow Warbler (APOG Birders)
Broadwater Lake: Oystercatcher sitting on presumed nest, 2 Gadwall m, Common Sandpiper, Cormorant incl 13 occupied nests, 2 Common Tern, Great Black-backed Gull (William Atkinson)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Blackcap (Conrad Ellam)
Cornmill Gardens: Kingfisher (John Archer)
Dagenham Chase: Common Redstart still in paddocks (via WhatsApp)
Erith: 2+ Waxwing by yacht club (BirdGuides)
Harefield "overgrown landfill on old quarry": Common Whitethroat singing incl song flight, Sedge Warbler singing, 2 Barn Swallow W, 2 Stock Dove over, 2 Common Buzzard over, 2 Linnet (William Atkinson)
London Wetland Centre: 3 Reed Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher (WWT)
Pratt’s Bottom: Hooded Crow along Sevenoaks Road (BirdGuides)
Ruislip Lido/Woods: 6 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 7 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 2 Little Egret, Barn Swallow (Nigel Dodd)
Staines Moor: Osprey over, 3 Whinchat (BirdGuides)
Staines Reservoir: 2 Arctic Tern, Black-necked Grebe (BirdGuides)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Blackcap, 7 Great Crested Grebe, Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, 5 Pochard, 2 Shelduck (Chris Down)
Wormwood Scrubs: Ring Ouzel flew over E & probably landed but could not be relocated, Tree Pipit (51.5232816, -0.2421408), 2 Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat (F Matthews)

Sunday 14th April[]

Alexandra Park: Cetti's Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, 5 Willow Warbler (APOG Birders)
Beddington Farmlands: Whinchat (BirdGuides)
Crossness: Common Redstart (BirdGuides)
Dagenham Chase: Common Redstart in paddocks, 4 Lesser Whitethroat (Andrew Self)
Fisher’s Green to Waltham Abbey: Cattle Egret on Hall Marsh Scrape, Willow Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dan Townsend)
Greenwich Ecology Park: 6 Sand Martin, 3 Blackcap, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff (John Bushell/ Conrad Ellam/Richard Green)
Hampstead Heath “Kenwood”: Nightingale singing very occasionally in West Meadow,Yellow Wagtail N 0700, 4 Linnet W, Little Grebe back on High 1 (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Hilfield Park Reservoir: Common Sandpiper, Willow Warbler (Tony Blake)
Leyton Flats: Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, Jay, Song Thrush (Kel Enders)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Little Grebe, 17+ Sand Martin, 3 Willow Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, Barn Swallow, 2 Reed Warbler, Oystercatcher (WWT); Sparrowhawk, Lapwing, 2 Kestrel, Jay, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Chiffchaff, Cetti’s Warbler (Jon Robson)
Millwall Dock: 2 Great Crested Grebe (Lisa Wood)
Nonsuch Park: 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Kestrel pr, ad Lesser Black-backed Gull NE am (Neil Batten)
Priest Hill: m Northern Wheatear, 2 Common Whitethroat, Barn Swallow W, Common Buzzard late pm (Neil Batten)
Rainham Marshes: 1st-winter Caspian Gull, Short-eared Owl (BirdGuides); Grasshopper Warbler, Great Created Grebe, Little Grebe, Eurasian Wigeon, Common Pochard, Common Snipe, Reed Bunting, Little Ringed Plover, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler (Simon Stephens); Mediterranean Gull via Stone Barges (Simon Worsfold)
Richmond Park: 5 Northern Wheatear (Hugh Bradshaw)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: m Whinchat, 6 Egyptian Goose, 4 Mandarin Duck, Collared Dove, 3 Coot, Sparrowhawk, 4 Red Kite, 9 Common Buzzard, 3 Little Owl, Kestrel, Peregrine, 24 Rook, 3 Skylark, 5 Barn Swallow, 12 House Martin, Willow Warbler, 17 Chiffchaff, 27 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Common Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 8 Northern Wheatear, 2 Bullfinch, 12 Linnet, 2 Lesser Redpoll (Samuel Levy)
Walpole Park: Willow Warbler singing in the South of the park, 3 Stock Dove, 3 Blackcap, 6 Egyptian Goose goslings (F Matthews)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 4 Common Sandpiper. 3 Northern Wheatear, 2 Common Tern, 11 Barnacle Goose, Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Common Whitethroat (Walthamstow birders)
Wood Farm, Stanmore: 4 Common Whitethroat (Tony Blake)
Wormwood Scrubs: Whinchat (BirdGuides)

Saturday 13th April[]

Alexandra Park: Cetti's Warbler, Common Whitethroat (APOG Birders)
Beam Parklands: 2 Sand Martin, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Reed Warbler (Andrew Self)
Bow Creek: 4 Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Moorhen (Tim Bray)
Brent Reservoir: 2 Reed Warbler, 7 Cetti’s Warbler, 15 Blackcap, 14 Chiffchaff, Little Grebe (Steve Blake)
East India Dock Basin: 14 Shelduck, 23 Tufted Duck, m Blackcap singing, Cormorant, Canada Goose, 3 Egyptian Goose, 3 Moorhen (Tim Bray)
Epping Forest "Dannet's Hill/Chingford Plain": 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Common Buzzard, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 5 Blackcap, 4 Willow Warbler (RSa)
Epsom Common: m Garden Warbler singing at High Meadows (BirdGuides)
Finsbury, Bunhill Fields: Red-legged Partridge (Andrew Sheerin)
Hilfield Park Reservoir: Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, House Martin (Tony Blake)
Lee Valley, Fisher’s Green: Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Gadwall, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Created Grebe, Nightingale, Raven (Glenn Hicklin)
Little Woodcote: 2 Whinchat (BirdGuides)
London Wetland Centre: Northern Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 House Martin, 25+ Sand Martin, 4 Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, Kestrel (WWT); Hobby over grazing marsh (BirdGuides); 2 Northern Wheatear {Orange-tip} (Shailesh Patel)
Mayesbrook Park: 2 Sedge Warbler singing, Song Thrush (Geoff Harding)
Oxleas Wood: 2 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Chaffinch, 2 Chiffchaff, Firecrest, Blackcap, 3 Common Buzzard, 4 Stock Dove, 5 Jackdaw, Song Thrush (Ron Turner)
Priest Hill: 7 Common Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Common Buzzard, Pheasant (Neil Batten)
Rainham Marshes: Wood Warbler singing by Cordite Store before being relocated at the woodland classroom (BirdGuides); 4 Northern Wheatear, Grasshopper Warbler (Andrew Self); Sedge Warbler, 2 Common Reed Warbler, 3 Common Whitethroat, 7 Dunlin just upstream from Aveley Bay, 4 Common Tern over Thames, 2 Sand Martin over, 2 Kingfisher, Common Buzzard, Common Pheasant (Barry Wilson); 64 Northern Shoveler, 4 Eurasian Wigeon, 2 Northern Pintail, 18 Common Pochard, 37 Tufted Duck, 34 Avocet, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Snipe, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 21 Common Tern, 3 Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 7 Common Buzzard, Kingfisher, 2 Raven, 2 Bearded Tit, 45 Sedge Warbler, 9 Reed Warbler, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 15 Sand Martin, 5 Barn Swallow, House Martin, 4 Willow Warbler, 19 Chiffchaff, 56 Cetti's Warbler, 23 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 21 Common Whitethroat, 5 Northern Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, 5 Corn Bunting (Samuel Levy et al)
Richmond Park: Buzzard, Stonechat, 2 Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron, Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Hayley Jackson)
Staines Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe, Little Gull (BirdGuides); Linnet, Yellow Wagtail, Shelduck, Pied Wagtail, Gadwall (Safira Viegas)
Stoneleigh, KT17: Red Kite SW 1230 {Small Tortoiseshell, Small White, Holly Blue} (Neil Batten)
Swanscombe Marshes: 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Redshank, 4 Mediterranean Gull, Skylark, 2 Northern Wheatear, 5 Blackcap, 2 Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
Walthamstow Marsh: m Garden Warbler singing in scrub along railway at end of Lammas Meadow (BirdGuides)
Wanstead Flats: m Common Redstart (BirdGuides)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Barnacle Goose (Alex Dalzell)
Warren Farm: Common Buzzard, Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, Little Owl, 5 Stock Dove, 11+ Skylark, 2 Northern Wheatear reported, Willow Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, Rook, 6 Linnet, 2 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson); Barn Swallow (John Palmer)

Friday 12th April[]

Alexandra Park: 2 m Black Redstart, m Northern Wheatear (APOG Birders)
Beddington Farmlands: Woodchat Shrike, ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS: additional access for non-permit members granted, meet at gate at north end of North Lake to be let in at either: 1400, 1500 or 1630 (BirdGuides); Whinchat, Water Pipit in Enclosed Lagoon (BirdGuides)
Brentwood: Grey Partridge (Trevor Franklin)
Crossness: Whinchat in the old driving range (Conrad Ellam)
Greenford "UB6": Peregrine over (Neil Anderson)
Hyde Park: Northern Wheatear briefly on central part of Parade Ground, am (Dave Jordan)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Little Egret low S 0856, f Kestrel, 6 Stock Dove SE, 2 Common Buzzard pr {Brimstone} (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: Little Egret {Large Red Damselfly, numerous Brimstone & Orange-tip} (Martin Honey & B Page); 2 Common Snipe, 2 Little Grebe, Kestrel, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 House Martin, Swift, 3 Willow Warbler, 6 Reed Warbler, 11 Blackcap, 35+ Sand Martin {Hairy Dragonfly, Large White, Small White, Speckled Wood, Holly Blue, Red Admiral, Peacock} (WWT)
Oxleas Wood: 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Stock Dove, 5 Jackdaw, 2 Blackcap, Tawny Owl, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, 2 Firecrest, Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Coal Tit (Ron Turner)
Perivale UB6: Linnet, Greenfinch (Andrew Peel)
Rainham Marshes: Gadwall, Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, Lapwing, Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, Mute Swan, Common Pochard, Redshank, Shelduck, Shoveler (Ian Shearman); Grasshopper Warbler showed well 0945 to 1000, 2 Corn Bunting, male Pintail, Dunlin on Aveley Bay shore, Common Whitethroat, Peregrine, Yellow Wagtail over, Common Terns on river [Arctic Terns reported as well] (Fred Matthews)
Regent's Park: 4 Shoveler, 7 Mandarin Duck, Gadwall, Sparrowhawk, 2 Red Kite [E over Baker Street end], Kestrel, Reed Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 15 Blackcap, Yellow Wagtail N (Samuel Levy)
Richmond Park: m Ring Ouzel Holly Lodge paddocks, Barn Swallow, Willow Warbler (Hugh Bradshaw); Ring Ouzel again at 1335, 4 Northern Wheatear of 8 reported by others (Barry Wilson); 12 Common Redpoll (Paula Redmond)
Roxeth Recreation Ground: Willow Warbler (Michael Robinson)
Ruislip Lido/Woods: Little Egret, 8 Common Buzzard, 4 Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, f Kestrel, 4 Stock Dove, 5 House Martin, 14 Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff, Chaffinch singing {5 m Orange-tip, 7 m Brimstone, 8 Peacock, Holly Blue} (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Little Grebe, 2 Common Buzzard, Red Kite, 2 Coot, Skylark, 3 Barn Swallow, 3 Northern Wheatear, 15 Blackcap, 18 Chiffchaff, 6 Rook, 4 Greenfinch (John Colmans); m Common Redstart [Migrant Hedge], m Whinchat [on far fence line at lower corn field], 6 Northern Wheatear [3 Frith, 3 Wheatear Corner], 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Mandarin Duck, 3 Collared Dove, 2 Coot, Lapwing, Sparrowhawk, 3 Red Kite, 4 Common Buzzard, Little Owl, Kestrel, 24 Rook, Skylark, 4 Barn Swallow, 4 House Martin, Willow Warbler, 16 Chiffchaff, 29 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 2 House Sparrow, 4 Greenfinch, 16 Linnet, 2 Lesser Redpoll (Samuel Levy)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Barnacle Goose, 3 Blackcap, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 4 Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Great Crested Grebe, Green Woodpecker, Greenfinch, 2 Grey Heron, Kingfisher, 2 Little Egret, Common Pochard, Reed Warbler, Shelduck, Song Thrush (Tim Harwood)
Woodford Green: Common Buzzard & Sparrowhawk displaying at 1000, Red Kite W at 1103, Peregrine N at 1140, m Marsh Harrier W at 1145, Song Thrush, Blackcap & Chiffchaff singing, 4 Starling W, 2 Bunting sp N (Ken Murray)

Thursday 11th April[]

Alexandra Park: m Black Redstart, 2 House Martin (APOG Birders)
Abney Park Cemetery: Common Buzzard over N 1721 (G James)
Beam Parklands: Common Redstart (Andrew Self)
Bow Creek; Common Sandpiper, 2 Shelduck, 2 Moorhen (Tim Bray)
Brockwell Park: f Pied Flycatcher & 2 Willow Warbler around the willow tree on the island of the third pond at 1615 (Stuart Hearne)
Crossness: Common Tern upriver, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2 Common Whitethroat singing, Reed Warbler singing, 2 Northern Wheatear, c15 Sand Martin, {Grey Seal, Green Hairstreak} (John Archer)
Cudham "area": Barn Swallow, Little Owl along Mace Lane, 2 Willow Warbler singing, c6 Yellowhammer (Jack Headley)
Ealing Golf Course "carpark": Red-legged Partridge (Neil Jordan)
East India Dock Basin: 19 Shelduck, 20 Tufted Duck, 4 Common Gull, 2 Egyptian Goose, 3 Canada Goose, 2 Moorhen (Tim Bray); Reed Warbler singing infrequently, f Eurasian Teal (Paul Hyland)
Fishers' Green [Lee Valley]: Nightingale singing 1130 near Bittern Information Point, Cetti's Warbler singing, Blackcap, Kestrel, Willow Warbler singing (Christopher Wright)
Horsenden Hill: 2 Willow Warbler (Martin Smith)
KGV Reservoir: Black Redstart, Greater Scaup (BirdGuides)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 2 Common Buzzard, Pied Wagtail, f Kestrel (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: Reed Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Little Grebe, 35+ Sand Martin (WWT)
Oxleas Wood: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Common Redstart, Cuckoo, Red kite, Treecreeper, 2 Blackcap, 2 Firecrest, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Coal Tit, 5 Jackdaw, 5 Stock Dove, Song Thrush, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, Chaffinch (Ron Turner)
Staines Reservoir: 2 Black-necked Grebe, 3 Common Tern, 3 White Wagtail, Barn Swallow, c25 Shoveler, 2+ Eurasian Wigeon, 4 Goldeneye (William Atkinson)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Egyptian Goose, Mandarin Duck, Red-legged Partridge, Little Grebe, Lapwing, 2 Coot, 2 Sparrowhawk, 4 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 2 Little Owl, Kestrel, 24 Rook, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Skylark, 7 Barn Swallow, 2 House Martin, 8 Willow Warbler, 24 Chiffchaff, 26 Blackcap, 2 Common Whitethroat, Goldcrest, Firecrest, Nuthatch, Mistle Thrush, 2 House Sparrow, 11 Greenfinch, 20 Linnet, 15 Lesser Redpoll (Samuel Levy)
Wanstead Flats: m Common Redstart in large hawthorn (BirdGuides)
Westminster: Osprey over (BirdGuides)
Woodberry Wetlands: Red Kite SE 1721, 2 Sedge Warbler (G James)
Wormwood Scrubs: Common Redstart, Linnet, 2 Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 3 Stock Dove (Francis O'Sullivan)

Wednesday 10th April[]

Barnehurst, Grasmere Rd allotment site, DA7: Red Kite over low, heading S, mobbed by corvids (Chris Rose)
Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit (BirdGuides)
Fishers Green [Lea Valley]: Nightingale singing and viewed 150m N of Electricity Sub-station next to Track N to Fisherman Car Park - 0645, Kingfisher on River, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker pr drumming (Davey Leach); Nightingale singing at 1600 along path to weir from bridge to sub-station island, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Oystercatcher pr, mixed flock of 20 Barn Swallow, 10 House Martin & 2 Sand Martin (Ian Bradshaw)
Gillespie Park, N5: Willow Warbler singing (Ian Bradshaw)
Hampstead Heath: Common Whitethroat [FOY], 5 Willow Warbler, 3 Meadow Pipit, Swallow, 4 Sparrowhawk (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Headstone Manor Park: 2 Blackcap singing, 2 Chiffchaff singing, Nuthatch, Jay, Hobby W, Little Egret (William Atkinson)
Kensington Gardens: Common Redstart, Lesser Whitethroat (BirdGuides)
King George V Reservoir [permit only]: Little Gull, Common Redstart, Yellow Wagtail, Common Tern, Raven, Common Sandpiper, 19 Sand Martin, 2 House Martin, 5 Goldeneye, Northern Shoveler, 8 Gadwall, Blackcap, Reed Bunting, Kestrel, 4 Linnet (Richard Beesly)
London Wetland Centre: 3 Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, 30+ Sand Martin, Little Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher (WWT)
Marnham Fields [part of Northolt & Greenford CP]: Common Whitethroat [FOY] (Neil Anderson)
Newton Park West: Reed Bunting (Michael Robinson)
Pinner Park Farm: Grey Heron, Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Egyptian Goose, 4 Jay, Song Thrush, 3 Greenfinch, 4 Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, 2 Chiffchaff, Collared Dove, Stock Dove (Tim Rymer)
Rainham Marshes: 2 Whimbrel, 2 Arctic Tern, 5 Common Tern, Barn Swallow, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Northern Wheatear (Andrew Self); Lapwing, Linnet, Sedge Warbler (William Leng)
Richmond Park: 17 Willow Warbler [10 roughly between Ham Gate & Pembroke Lodge, 3 Isabella Plantation, 4 Hawthorn Valley area], 4 Common Whitethroat, 6 Barn Swallow (Billy Dykes); 2+ Peregrine, 5+ Red Kite, 15+ Common Buzzard, 3 Linnet over, Lesser Redpoll (J Wilczur/S Woolfenden); 3 Willow Warbler - Pen Pond Plantation bringing the day total to 20 (S Read)
Sewardstone Marsh: 6 Common Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler, 9 Blackcap, 11 Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 24 Sand Martin, 2 Red Kite, 5 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 5 Song Thrush, 4 Jay, 6 Greenfinch (Richard Beesly)
Seventy Acres Lake [Lea Valley]: 2 Reed Warbler singing, 2 Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Shelduck, 4 Common Pochard [2 prs], m Reed Bunting - 0700 onwards (Davey Leach)
St James’s Park: 2 Caspian Gull (BirdGuides)
Upper Cray Valley: Barn Swallow S (Jack Headley)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Blackcap, Cetti’s Warbler, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, Kingfisher, Little Egret, Common Pochard, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler (Ben Bartlett)
Woodford Green: 8 Common Buzzard over house at 1125, spiralling up & E has doubled my previous best count! 2 Mistle Thrush low & also E, 3 Sparrowhawk w/ display & interaction between them, followed by 2 Red Kite, Cormorant W & Grey Heron E (Ken Murray)

Tuesday 9th April[]

Bow Locks: Common Sandpiper (Tim Bray)
Finchley Golf Club: Willow Warbler (Samuel Levy)
London Wetland Centre: 2 House Martin, 2 Barn Swallow, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Oystercatcher, 25+ Sand Martin (WWT)
Staines Moor [0600 to 0800]: Green Sandpiper, Barn Swallow, 5 Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 8 Cetti’s, Peregrine, 2 Lapwing (Nigel Sluman)
Staines Reservoir: Little Gull (BirdGuides)
Staines Reservoirs [1715 to 1900]: Little Gull, Yellow Wagtail, Black-necked Grebe, 11 Common Tern, 4 Barn Swallow (Tim Rymer)
St James's Park: Blackcap calling (Derek Kelly)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Little Grebe [3rd record since 2009], 8 Egyptian Goose inc 5 goslings, 3 Mandarin Duck, 3 Coot, 2 Lapwing, Cormorant, Buzzard, 2 Little Owl, Tawny Owl, 24 Rook, Skylark, 3 Barn Swallow, House Martin, 5 Willow Warbler, 18 Chiffchaff, 28 Blackcap, Goldcrest, Firecrest, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Greenfinch, 12 Linnet (Samuel Levy)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 4 Shelduck, 20 Common Pochard, 2 Gadwall, 4 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Jay, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Blackcap, Song Thrush, 3 Chaffinch (Tim Bray)
Wormwood Scrubs: Whinchat (BirdGuides)

Monday 8th April[]

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit (BirdGuides)
Blackheath "Vicarage Avenue": Willow Warbler (Stephen Briley)
Broadwater Lake: 5 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 9 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 8 Little Egret, 7 Gadwall, Cormorant [7 occupied nests], 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Oystercatcher at presumed nest site on northernmost island (William Atkinson)
Brookmill Park: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
Dagenham Chase: Common Redstart in Hooks Hall Farm paddocks (James Palmer)
Hampstead Heath: 2 Willow Warbler, Barn Swallow W, 3 Lesser Redpoll (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Horsenden Hill: 2 Common Buzzard pr displaying (Martin Smith)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Red Kite, 11 Common Buzzard incl 5 circling together (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: Tufted x Pochard hybrid still on sheltered lagoon, Peregrine, Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel pr {5 Brimstone, m Orange-tip butterfly} (Martin Honey & B Page)
Mayflower Park: Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler (Charlie Alpera/Mark Bravery/Bob Smith)
Minet CP: Wheatear (Nigel Sluman)
Oxford St/Rathbone Place: Black Redstart (Francis O'Sullivan)
Rainham Marshes: 2 Whimbrel upriver, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2+ Mediterranean Gull, 4 Common Tern, Raven, 6 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler reeling in enclosed bay, Barn Swallow, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Northern Wheatear, Corn Bunting (Andrew Self)
Richmond Park: m Ring Ouzel NW edge of Conduit Wood, 3 Northern Wheatear; 2 Willow Warbler, m Common Whitethroat, Sand Martin (Hugh Bradshaw); a further 8 Northern Wheatear [making 11 in total] (Colin Williams/Nigel Jackman/Alex Westenberger); Barn Swallow, 2 Sand Martin at Upper Pen Pond, Peregrine E over (Alex Westenberger).
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Egyptian Goose, Sparrowhawk, Coot, 3 Lapwing, Skylark, Northern Wheatear, Barn Swallow, 20 Blackcap, 19 Chiffchaff, 2 Greenfinch, 12 Linnet, 8 Rook (John Colmans); Late pm 2 Lapwing, 2 Tufted Duck [Sheepwash], 2 Egyptian Goose, Red-legged Partridge (Samuel Levy)
Wanstead Flats: 2 Common Redstart, 5 Northern Wheatear, 6 Skylark, Barn Swallow, 3 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2 Stock Dove (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Mistle Thrush, 5 Common Pochard, 2 Gadwall, 2 Great Crested Grebe (Nick Croft/Mark Thomas)
Wood Farm, Stanmore: Willow Warbler (Tony Blake)
Worcester Park: 5 Northern Wheatear on horse fields (Mark Bravery/Bob Smith)
Windsor Open Space, Finchley: 3 Lesser Redpoll, Siskin (Samuel Levy)

Sunday 7th April[]

Greenford "UB6": Barn Swallow over (Neil Anderson)
Greenwich Ecology Park: 5 Sand Martin, Cetti's Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff (John Bushell/Conrad Ellam/Richard Green)
Gutteridge Wood: Red Kite, 7 Lesser Redpoll over [presumably the same flock see earlier at Yeading Brook Meadows], Little Egret, Nuthatch, 2 Willow Warbler, 11 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, Barn Swallow, 2 Greenfinch (Nigel Dodd)
Hilfield Park Reservoir: f Scaup, f Goldeneye (Tony Blake)
Priest Hill: 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull SE (ad & juv) (Neil Batten)
Richmond Park: 2 Peregrine pr soaring over Pen Ponds, Red Kite over Pen Ponds, Treecreeper carrying moss into crevice of tree, White Lodge (Matt Bradbury); m Northern Wheatear, Willow Warbler (Hugh Bradshaw); Barn Swallow, 3 Sand Martin, 3+ Red Kite (Alex Westenberger).
Ten Acre Wood area: 4 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 60+ Herring Gull on deck [record site count], 10 Stock Dove, 4 Skylark, very low House Martin, 6 Northern Wheatear [5 m f] [4 m loosely together], 9 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, m Reed Bunting, 2 Linnet pr (Neil Anderson); Cetti's Warbler (Nigel Dodd)
Upper Cray Valley: 2 Barn Swallow, 4 Sand Martin (Jack Headley)
Totteridge Valley: 2cy male Pied Flycatcher [John's Field, Photo here], 5 Willow Warbler, 2 Coot, Lapwing, Sparrowhawk, 5 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Little Owl, 2 Kestrel, 15+ Rook, 2 Skylark, 5 Barn Swallow, 2 House Martin, 21 Chiffchaff, 24 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, Firecrest, 5 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 40 Linnet, Lesser Redpoll (Samuel Levy/Simon Worsfold/Oliver Simms); Assuming we were in the right area, no sign late morning. Bullfinch calling nearby, Red Kite overhead, Rooks on nests & male Mandarin Duck at Darlands Lake (Bob Husband & Hayden Coe)
Woolwich Common: 3 Willow Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 14 Chiffchaff, Green Woodpecker, 4 Greenfinch, 2 Song Thrush, Lesser Black-backed Gull (Tim Rymer)
Yeading Brook Meadows: Kestrel, 2 Red Kite, 7 Lesser Redpoll over, 10 Chiffchaff, 13 Blackcap, 4 Greenfinch (Nigel Dodd)
wandsworth common. Cetti’s Warbler (Neil Stocks)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Sandwich Tern W, Common Tern, Willow Warbler, Northern Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, Barn Swallow, House Martin, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Barnacle Goose (Walthamstow birders)

Saturday 6th April[]

Beddington Farmlands: Common Tern (BirdGuides)
East India Dock Basin: 4 Shelduck, 4 Tufted Duck, Cormorant over (Tim Bray)
Enfield area "private access": 3 Barn Swallow [FOY], 2 Yellowhammer [FOY], Rook, 2 Little Grebe pr, 10+ Skylark, Red-legged Partridge (Eugene Dillon-Hooper)
Epping Forest "Chingford Plain": 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, Buzzard, 4 Chaffinch, 6 Chiffchaff, Kestrel, 6 Blackcap (RSa)
Epping Forest "Taylor's Ride/Fairmead Bottom": 2 Willow Warbler (RSa)
Epsom Common: m Grasshopper Warbler singing (BirdGuides)
Greenwich Ecology Park: 2 Little Grebe, Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Sand Martin, 3 Northern Wheatear, m Ring Ouzel, 5 Blackcap 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff (John Bushell/Conrad Ellam)
Hounslow Heath: 2+ Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 2 Barn Swallow, Cetti's Warbler (Neil Anderson)
KGV Reservoir: Sandwich Tern, Slavonian Grebe, Greater Scaup (BirdGuides)
London Wetland Centre: hybrid Common Pochard x Tufted Duck [Lesser Scaup plumage type] [not Lesser Scaup as reported previously and in BirdGuides] showing very well in lake on approach to Peacock Hide (Thomas Donegan & Blanca Huertas); 2 Common Snipe, Little Egret, 10+ Sand Martin (WWT); f Garganey (BirdGuides)
Rainham Marshes: Osprey NW 0837, 2 Ring Ouzel, f Common Scoter, 2 Egyptian Goose, 100 Northern Shoveler, 53 Gadwall, 12 Eurasian Wigeon, 4 Northern Pintail, 56 Eurasian Teal, 52 Common Pochard, 51 Tufted Duck, 3 Water Rail, 31 Avocet, 6 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, 6 Common Gull, Buzzard, 6 Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 2 Bearded Tit, 14 Sedge Warbler, 5 Sand Martin, 12 Barn Swallow, 4 House Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, 24 Chiffchaff, 59 Cetti's Warbler, 24 Blackcap, 2 Common Whitethroat, m Stonechat, 2 m Northern Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 7+ Corn Bunting (Samuel Levy et al); Turnstone photographed by visiting birder just west of Aveley Bay, Common Sandpiper (RSPB)
Richmond Park: 2 m Northern Wheatear, Fieldfare, Willow Warbler, 2 Barn Swallow (Hugh Bradshaw)
Shrewsbury Park, SE18: Sparrowhawk, 3 Blackcap, 5+ Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 5 Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jackdaw, Jay (Tim Rymer)
Staines Reservoir: 8 Little Gull, 5 Common Tern (BirdGuides)
Tooting Commons: Firecrest south of athletics track, 3 Willow Warbler north side of lake {Holly Blue} (Steve Woolfenden)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 Red Kite, 3 Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Coot, Skylark, Swallow, 16 Blackcap, 23 Chiffchaff, 7 Rook, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Linnet (John Colmans)
Trent Park: m Firecrest singing, m Lesser Redpoll singing, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, 2 Mandarin Duck (Eugene Dillon-Hooper)
Walthamstow Wetlands: m Ring Ouzel, Sandwich Tern (BirdGuides)
Wanstead Flats: Common Redstart, Tree Pipit (BirdGuides)
Wimbledon Park Lake: Common Sandpiper, Willow Warbler, 3 Common Pochard (Bill Haines)

Friday 5th April[]

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Water Pipit (BirdGuides)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Sam Reason)
Broadwater Lake: 2 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Barn Swallow, Egyptian Goose, 2 Oystercatcher w/ one possibly on nest on northernmost island but hard to tell from shore, 2 Common Tern (William Atkinson)
Crossness: 3 Oystercatcher, 4 Redshank, 2 Curlew, Barn Swallow, 2 House Martin, 9 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
Cudham "area": m Ring Ouzel in horse paddock at E end of Mace Lane, Barn Swallow W over Cudham Lane North, 2 Northern Wheatear, Marsh Tit, Yellowhammer (Jack Headley)
Dagenham Chase: Reed Warbler (BirdGuides)
Downe Bank: Marsh Tit along Cudham Road (Jack Headley)
High Elms CP: Red Kite E, 5 Meadow Pipit, 3 Barn Swallow W (Jack Headley)
Hampstead Heath: 'West Heath": Willow Warbler singing (Jo Edwards); Northern Wheatear still & Barn Swallow N (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Inner Temple Gardens, EC4: Song Thrush, Coal Tit (Hugh Bradshaw)
King George V Res [Permit Only]: Slavonian Grebe, 2 Greater Scaup, Sandwich Tern, 2 Northern Wheatear, 8 Sand Martin, 9 Goldeneye, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Eurasian Teal, 5 Gadwall, 21 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, 8 Pied Wagtail, 5 Linnet (Richard Beesly)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Barn Swallow & Sand Martin low W 1303, Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard pr (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: f Garganey, White Wagtail, Sedge Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Little Egret, 10+ Sand Martin (WWT); Kestrel, 2 Lapwing, Rock Pipit (Josh King)
Rainham Marshes: Hobby, 5 Sand Martin, Sedge Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler (Andrew Self); m Common Redstart, 2 Barn Swallow (Ian Bradshaw)
Richmond Park: 3 Barn Swallow, 2 Sand Martin, 3 Common Buzzard, 3 Red Kite, Firecrest (RPFBG)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Curlew, 2 Barn Swallow, Sedge Warbler, 4 Barnacle Goose [2 prs], 5 Willow Warbler, Common Sandpiper, 20 Sand Martin, Maccoa Duck (Walthamstow birders)

Thursday 4th April[]

Beam Parklands: Common Whitethroat (Andrew Self)
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Water Pipit still on Enclosed Lagoon (BirdGuides)
Bow Creek: 2 Oystercatcher, Eurasian Teal, 2 Cormorant (Tim Bray)
Broadwater Lake: 2 Common Buzzard, 6 Gadwall, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Common Tern, Cormorant incl perhaps 5 occupied nests seen from a distance (William Atkinson)
Brookmill Park: Common Buzzard W, 3 Blackcap [2 m f] (Conrad Ellam)
Buckhurst Hill: 8 Waxwing in Waitrose car park (BirdGuides)
Coulsdon: 21 Waxwing on Bramley Avenue (BirdGuides)
Crockenhill "area" [London Borough of Bromley]: Firecrest singing (Jack Headley)
East India Dock Basin: 8 Shelduck, 8 Tufted Duck, 5 Canada Goose, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Tim Bray)
Greenford "UB6": m Siskin sharing feeders with m Greenfinch & 5 Goldfinch (Neil Anderson)
Hampstead Heath: m Northern Wheatear N of running track this morning, 4 Redwing, Meadow Pipit, Redpoll (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Hornsey: Osprey flew NNW over garden in direction of Alexandra Park at about 1830 (Jonathan Cooke - posted by Dominic Mitchell)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 2 Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: Garganey (BirdGuides); 2 Little Egret, Little Grebe, 15+ Sand Martin, 3 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, Oystercatcher, Kestrel (WWT)
Orpington "Gorse Road/Skeet Hill Lane": Barn Swallow N, Northern Wheatear in horse paddock S of Skeet Hill Lane (Jack Headley)
River Brent, Hanwell: 2 Goosander pr (K Woolmore) - first seen on 22nd March and reported by several people since
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 8 Egyptian Goose [pr & 6 goslings], 2 Mandarin Duck, 4 Coot, 3 Lapwing, Cormorant, Little Egret, 3 Sparrowhawk, 4 Red Kite, 4 Common Buzzard, Little Owl, Kestrel, 15 Rook, 4 Coal Tit, Skylark, 2 Barn Swallow N, 18 Chiffchaff, 17 Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest, Firecrest, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 2 House Sparrow, 6 Meadow Pipit, Greenfinch, 21 Linnet, 8 Lesser Redpoll (Samuel Levy)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Barnacle Goose, 2 Blackcap, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Chaffinch, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Gadwall, Great Black-backed Gull, 7 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kingfisher, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Egret, 2 Mute Swan, 4 Common Pochard, Shelduck, 6 Starling, 13 Tufted Duck (Tim Harwood)
Wimbledon Common: 30 Siskin Queensmere (David Wood); Willow Warbler Kingsmere (Les Evans-Hill); 2 Firecrest Parkside (Jon Reeves)

Wednesday 3rd April[]

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit (BirdGuides)
Broadwater Lake: Cuckoo 0630 (Dan Pinkham)
Coulsdon: 20 Waxwing (BirdGuides)
Golders Green, NW11: Hobby W 1630 [FOY] (James Levy)
Home Park: Common Redstart, Common Buzzard, Cetti’s Warbler, 5 Blackcap (Barrie Laverick)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 2 Common Buzzard, adult Lesser Black-backed Gull NW (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: Little Egret, 2 Oystercatcher pr, 2 Little Ringed Plover through (seen by Martin Parker et al); 2 Great Black-backed Gull pr, c15 Sand Martin, Barn Swallow, 10+ Cetti's Warbler singing, Willow Warbler singing, 5 Chiffchaff (Neil Anderson); 5 Blackcap, 2 Sparrowhawk pr high over car park (Martin Honey); Cuckoo, Rock Pipit (BirdGuides)
Rainham Marshes: Water Pipit (BirdGuides)
Staines Reservoir: 2 Shelduck, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Common Tern, 1 Barn Swallow (Alex Press)
Totteridge Valley: 2 m Tufted Duck at Sheepwash pond late pm (Samuel Levy)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Iberian Chiffchaff in area behind Coppermill Stream again (Tim Harwood) (IC is of course a London rarity and yours appear to be the only reports; could you possibly clarify when and where the bird was and whether you saw or heard it or both (and if it was vocal, whether you managed to get a recording)? Many thanks - PG); On Tuesday I heard it singing a ‘Chiff-chiff-chiff-chiff-chiff-chiff-chiff-chaff-chaff-chaff-chip’ like call. The bird had a distinctive light yellow strip above the dark line through the eye. The shade of yellow was significantly brighter than that of a normal Chiffchaff or Willow Warbler. On Wednesday I had a good look around the same area for the bird and eventually saw it although I didn’t observe it signing or calling on Wednesday. On both days I observed it around 11:30am and it was in the area between the tower and the pedestrian bridge over the Coppermill stream. I hope this helps, Tim; (Not sure why this was deleted, but poo was also collected directly from the bird in question's bottom and submitted for DNA analysis). - I have no knowledge of this happening and cannot verify that this happened, Tim.
Woodford Green: 3 Redwing S 0900 (Ken Murray)

Tuesday 2nd April[]

Bankside: Red Kite upriver, Peregrine, 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff (Reuben Braddock)
Coulsdon "Bramley Avenue": Up to 20 Waxwing at various times during the morning (John Birkett/Jon Shaub/David Hayes)
Dagenham Chase: Willow Warbler, 25 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap (Andrew Self)
Danson Park: 40 Egyptian Goose inc 3 juv, m Gadwall, 23 Tufted Duck, 5+ Great Crested Grebe, Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron inc one on nest, Kingfisher, 4 Swallow, 4+ Pied Wagtail, 4 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, 3 Jay, 1+ Greenfinch (Ian Stewart)
Hampstead Heath: Brambling briefly w/ Chaffinch, 6 Redpoll feeding at Secret Garden, 2 Siskin, 2 Willow Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff & 5 Blackcap around East Heath alone (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Hornsey: 3 Waxwing (BirdGuides)
Kentish Town: Willow Warbler singing in Gaisford Street early am (Pete Mantle)
London Wetland Centre: Little Ringed Plover, Curlew, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Little Egret, 2 Oystercatcher, 11 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, Kestrel, 13 Sand Martin (WWT)
Mayflower Park: Cetti's Warbler, 2 Blackcap, Red Kite SE (Bob Smith)
Mill Hill, NW7: 2 Red Kite, displaying over Moat Mount Open Space (Steve Blake)
Perivale Park: Little Owl, 2 Red Kite, 4 Greenfinch, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Chiffchaff (Barry Wilson)
Rainham Marshes: Reed Warbler, Water Pipit, 6 Sedge Warbler, Corn Bunting, Willow Warbler, Common Snipe, Curlew, 2 Green Sandpiper, 12 Avocet, 2 Water Rail (Ben Watt)
Roding Valley Lake, Loughton: Up to 16 Waxwing seen at 1100 and 1600 (Jeff Gooding)
Staines Reservoir: 4 Shelduck, 2 Eurasian Wigeon pr, c70 Northern Shoveler, 4 Goldeneye [2 prs], 2 Black-necked Grebe [next to causeway S basin], 4 Buzzard together, Red Kite, Little Gull, 2 Linnet (Neil Anderson)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Blackcap, Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Chaffinch, 4 Chiffchaff, Cormorant, Gadwall, Great Black-backed Gull, Great Crested Grebe, 4 Greenfinch, IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Egret, Mute Swan, Common Pochard (Tim Harwood)

Monday 1st April[]

Beddington Farmlands: Osprey over, 2 Water Pipit (BirdGuides)
Brent Reservoir: Common Redstart on N bank (Iona Cunningham-Eurich per Bob Husband)
Crayford Marshes: 2 Shelduck, 4 Egyptian Goose, 5 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, 10 Wigeon, c20 Teal, 2 Pheasant, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 2+ Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 5 Avocet, Lapwing, 5 Common Sandpiper at roost on Darent barrier, 7+ Redshank, 6 Curlew, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, Wheatear on landfill, 2+ Blackcap, 26 Cetti’s Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 2+ Rook, c25 Linnet, 3 Reed Bunting (Ian Stewart)
Crossness: m White Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, 2 Curlew, 6 Wigeon, Little Egret, c30 Redshank (John Archer)
Dartford Marshes: Little Egret, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing, 20+ Redshank, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Curlew, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 15 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting (Conrad Ellam)
Herne Hill: Tree Pipit (BirdGuides)
Island Barn Reservoir: 1st winter Caspian Gull (BirdGuides)
KGV Reservoir: Slavonian Grebe, Smew (BirdGuides)
Lea Valley Ice Centre car park: Mistle Thrush nest w/ two large chicks (Marcin Kempa)
London Wetland Centre: m Ring Ouzel, f Marsh Harrier, f Garganey & White Wagtail (Ian Bradshaw); Little Egret, 10+ Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 2 Oystercatcher, 10 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, Sparrowhawk (WWT)
Oxleas Woods: Firecrest, Treecreeper, 4 Blackcap, Nuthatch, 10+ Chiffchaff, Green Woodpecker, Goldcrest, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Stock Dove, Jay (Tim Rymer)
Peckham Rye Park: Firecrest still (Fernley Symons)
Priest Hill: 6 Common Buzzard, 5 Chiffchaff, Grey Heron N, f Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 2 Pheasant {2 Brimstone} (Neil Batten)
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park: Sedge Warbler singing (BirdGuides)
Rainham Marshes: 2 Bearded Tit (Caroline Quinn); Ringed Plover, 5 Sedge Warbler, 66 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 21 Chiffchaff (Andrew Self); Short-eared Owl (BirdGuides)
Southmere Park: Willow Warbler singing, Lesser Redpoll over (John Archer)
Staines Moor; Garganey (BirdGuides)
Staines Reservoir: 5 Little Gull (BirdGuides)
Stoneleigh KT17: Common Buzzard N 1510 [earlier circling over Ewell bypass 1500], Grey Heron SW, singing m Siskin in The Glade, f Kestrel N (Neil Batten)
Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: 8 Egyptian Goose pr w/ 6 goslings, Collared Dove, 3 Coot, Lapwing, Cormorant, 2 Sparrowhawk, 9 Red Kite, 6 Common Buzzard, 2 Little Owl, 3 Kestrel, 15 Rook, 3 Coal Tit, 2 Skylark, 29 Chiffchaff, 15 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, 4 Firecrest, 7 Nuthatch, Redwing, 5 Meadow Pipit, Greenfinch, 33 Linnet, 10 Lesser Redpoll, Siskin (Samuel Levy)
Thames Barrier: Nightingale (BirdGuides)
Thamesmead: Caspian Gull (BirdGuides)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Bullfinch, Cetti's Warbler, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Common Gull, Great Crested Grebe, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Grebe, Mute Swan, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Common Whitethroat (William Leng)
West Putney, SW15: f/imm Marsh Harrier circled overhead for a few minutes then flew SW at 1415 (R Kaye/J Wilczur); 19 Common Buzzard mostly S, juv m Peregrine, 3 Sand Martin SW, Grey Wagtail, Rook N, 2 Siskin W, Linnet W (R Kaye)

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