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Tuesday 3rd December[]
- Amwell GP NR: f/imm Smew [Redhead from Gladwin Hide], Goosander, 2 Red-crested Pochard, Goldeneye, 4 Lesser Redpoll, 14 Siskin, Nuthatch, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 25+ Snipe, 75+ Lapwing, 25 Shoveler, 9 Teal, 4 Reed Bunting, Cetti’s Warbler, 18 Redwing, 5 Mistle Thrush, 2 Red Kite, Kestrel, 2 Pheasant, Little Egret (Richard Beesly)
- Barking Riverside. 10.30 to 13.30: Sparrowhawk f, Kestrel, Stonechat f, Linnet, 4 Gadwall, Avocet, Curlew, Redshank, Great Black Backed Gull, Lesser Black Backed Gull, Cetti h, GC Grebe, Long Tailed Tit, Teal, Shelduck, Dunlin (Nicholas Barnett)
- Bloomsbury "Mecklenburgh Sqaure, WC1N": Dunlin sound recorded in flight (Tom Stewart)
- Chelsfield: 2+ Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Redwing, Yellowhammer (Ian Stewart)
- Cheshunt: Great White Egret flew over A10 low at 13.30 (Richard Beesly)
- Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, f Tufted Duck, 2 Red Kite, f Sparrowhawk, Snipe, 4 Common Gull, 3 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Song Thrush, 30+ Redwing, 2 f Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
- London Wetland Centre: 9 Snipe, Water Pipit, Fieldfare, 26 Redwing, 3 Siskin, Chiffchaff, Kestrel, 40 Lapwing (WWT)
- Old Park Wood, Harefield: Firecrest (William Atkinson)
- Orpington BR6: Great White Egret flew south over Gorse Road & Skeet Hill 14:56, 3 Buzzard, f Kestrel, 7 Moorhen at Watts Farms, Skylark, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 25+ Pied Wagtail, Firecrest (Ian Stewart)
- Trent Park: Grey Heron, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 2 m Pochard, 5 Tufted Duck [2m 3f], Red Kite, Kestrel, Woodcock, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Firecrest at Moat Wd, 5 Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit (Robert Callf)
Monday 2nd December[]
- Bushy Park: Raven, 3 Dartford Warbler, 9 Stonechat [5m 4f], 28 Meadow Pipit, 15 Redwing (John Strachan)
- Enfield Town "Church Street, EN2": 13+ Greenfinch went to roost (Robert Callf)
- Hampstead Heath: Dartford Warbler, Stonechat, Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, 7 Shoveler (Hampstead Heath Birders)
- KGV Reservoir: Black-throated Diver S Basin (via WhatsApp); Great Northern Diver still [south basin]; m Scaup [north basin], m Black Redstart, Peregrine, Red Kite, Buzzard, Kestrel, Raven, 11 Goldeneye (Paul Gerard)
- London Wetland Centre: 7 Snipe, Water Pipit, 2 Redpoll, 20 Goldfinch, Little Grebe, 40 Lapwing (WWT)
- Ponders End Park: Red Kite, 86 Common Gull, 2 Pied Wagtail (Robert Callf)
- Pynesfield South Lake: m Ferruginous Duck (William Atkinson)
- Totteridge Valley: 2 Egyptian Goose, c185 Common Gull, Grey Wagtail, 3 Fieldfare, Redwing, Linnet (John Colmans)
- Town Park, Enfield: 2 Mute Swan pr, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 8 Gadwall [5m 3f], 8 Shoveler, 17 Tufted Duck [9m 8f], Green Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Long-tailed Tit (Robert Callf)
Sunday 1st December[]
- Enfield Town "Chase Green Grdns": 17 Redwing (Robert Callf)
- Hampstead Heath: Dartford Warbler, Stonechat, 7 Redwing, Wigeon, Gadwall, Pochard (Hampstead Heath Birders)
- Harefield GPs: 80+ mixed flock of Siskin and Goldfinch (Nigel Barratt)
- KGV Reservoir: Black-throated Diver S Basin 08.00 to 10.45 at least (Neville Smith et al); Still present at 13.45, Great Northern Diver until at least 13.15 when it got flushed by windsurfer and circled then flew N but may have landed, 3 Black-necked Grebe (Sam O'Donnell)
- London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Yellow-legged Gull, 6 Siskin, 7 Chiffchaff, 3 Redwing, 30 Goldfinch, Little Grebe, 50 Lapwing (WWT)
- Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 11 Redwing, 5 Goldcrest, 4 Firecrest, Treecreeper (Ron Turner)
- Pinner Park Farm: 3 Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, 36 Greylag Goose, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Greenfinch (Tim Rymer)
- Ten Acre Wood area: 5 Pheasant [2m 3f], Little Egret, 4 Red Kite, Buzzard, Snipe, 6 Skylark, f Reed Bunting (Neil Anderson)
- Town Park, Enfield: 2 Mute Swan pr, 7 Gadwall [4m 3f], 6+ Shoveler, 14 Tufted Duck [7m 7f], 37 Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, Dunnock (Robert Callf)
- Yeading Brook meadows: Little Egret, Red Kite, Kestrel, 3 Snipe (Neil Anderson)
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