May 2021

Transient rarities: Red-rumped Swallow, Nightjar & Golden Oriole[]

A typical dictionary definition of “transient” is “passing through a place with only a brief stay”, which is a good description of three rare birds recorded in the London area in May — all species notorious for showing themselves only fleetingly and moving on before twitchers can turn up to add them to their year-lists.

The first of these birds was a Red-rumped Swallow that made a brief visit to London Wetland Centre on the 8th. This sighting continues a near-annual trend in recent times, since in six of the past eight years the London area has had just a single record of this species — always in late April or early May and almost always disappearing before any twitchers arrive.

(If you’re interested, these six earlier birds were at Beddington in May 2013, Thamesmead in May 2014, Holmethorpe in May 2015, Island Barn Reservoir in April 2017, Rainham in April 2018 and Sewardstone in April 2020.)

The month’s second transient bird was a Nightjar seen and heard in Battersea Park on the evening of the 15th. Found at 20:50 (just after sunset), it was watched for just 70 minutes around the Sub-Tropical Garden, and was heard churring briefly until disturbed by a yapping mutt. It was the first Nightjar recorded in the LNHS Inner London recording zone since a sighting in June 2005 — also in Battersea — and only the 11th recorded in the while LNHS recording area since this wiki began in 2002.

(The most spectacular of these earlier Nightjars was a bird that spent 27 days in a residential district of Teddington in May/June 2006 and was sometimes seen sitting on the road or pavement or on parked cars. The other sightings were all brief apart from a three-day bird in September 2014 at Middlesex Filter Beds, where it roosted during the day on a branch of a large elder.)

May’s third fugacious rarity was a Golden Oriole that was heard, sound-recorded and then briefly seen and togged in flight at Totteridge Valley on 30th May. Golden Oriole is another species that occurs less than annually in the London area, with wiki records in only 10 previous years this century, usually in late May or early June.

(The most recent of these earlier Golden Oriole reports were in May 2020 in Epping Forest and May 2019 in Richmond Park — both the only wiki entries for the whole year. Earlier records include reports on 19th June 2016 from Pinner, Barnes and New Malden — perhaps the same bird making its way across the metropolis.)

Anatids[]

After a mad winter for records of European White-fronted Goose in the London area (see previous monthly reports), sightings continued into May with single birds seen at Holyfield Hall Farm (11th), Amwell NR (14th) and Brent Reservoir (19th).

Three Common Scoter were seen at Purfleet on the 8th, and a Garganey was at London Wetland Centre on the 29th.

Larids[]

Larid reports this month included two records of sub-adult white-wingers — an Iceland Gull seen from Crossness on the 2nd and a Glaucous Gull at RSPB Rainham Marshes on the 5th.

Other gull sightings included 11 Little Gull at Purfleet on the 8th, when a Sandwich Tern and three Arctic Tern were also seen. On the following day a Black Tern and two Arctic Tern were at Broadwater GP, and on the 20th a North London birder had a surprise when a Sandwich Tern flew over a residential road in Oakwood. A Little Tern was seen at RSPB Rainham Marshes on the 28th.

On 13th May, eight Kittiwake circled Staines Reservoir before flying off north. A week earlier, six were briefly at London Wetland Centre before heading off north-west.

Other non-passerines[]

A Black-necked Grebe was at Wanstead Flats for most of the month (from the 3rd to the 29th).

The only Great Egret reported this month was a bird seen flying past a second floor window in East Dulwich on the 28th.

May produced two records of Osprey — over Swanley on the 1st and Wanstead Flats on the 6th.

A Wood Sandpiper was at Hall Marsh Scrape on the 8th and 9th, joining a Greenshank that lingered there from the 7th to the 14th.

A Turtle Dove was reported at Mudchute Farm on the 21st.

Dubious warblers []

The month’s wiki postings include three reports of possible rare warblers. The most intriguing is a glimpse of a potential Great Reed Warbler at Crossness on the 9th — intriguing mainly because for 48 hours just a year ago Crossness hosted the first ever GRW recorded in the London area.

The other two possibles were both Marsh Warbler — one at South Norwood CP on the 24th and another at Dartford Marshes on the 26th. Although this species still breeds in small numbers in the UK, there have been few confirmed reports of it in the London area. One was trapped and ringed at Crossness LNR in June 2004, and two pairs spent the summer of [2013|August 2013] at Rainham Marshes. Of the other half dozen records already on this wiki, one is listed only as “probable”, one is described as “possible” and the third has a comment that “there seems to be some doubt about the record”.

Other passerines[]

Reports of singing Nightingale include four that spent time at sites within London’s built-up suburbs. The Brent Reservoir bird first heard on 21st April remained present for more than four weeks (and was possibly moved on by the police during a search for a body on 22nd May). A Nightingale was also heard in Gutteridge Wood (Hayes) on various dates from the 2nd to the 18th, with another at nearby Minet Country Park on the 14th and 19th. And a bird reported at Leytonstone on the 26th had apparently been singing for several night. (Other Nightingale were reported from more rural sites such as Fishers Green, Sewardstone Marsh, Dartford Marshes and West Thurrock.)

A Pied Flycatcher was seen on Plumstead Common on the 4th.
A Wood Warbler sang in Richmond Park for much of the day on the 12th.
A Woodlark was flushed at Wanstead Flats on the 28th.
Black Redstart were recorded at half a dozen sites during the month — most notably a pair that seem to have set up home in affluent Mayfair.

(Contributed by Andrew Haynes, who accepts full responsibility for any errors. Historical information is mainly based on this wiki's archived records and ‘The Birds of London' by Andrew Self.)

Monday 31st May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: drake Aythya hybrid, 15 Swift, House Martin, singing Common Whitethroat, 2 Common Buzzard, 6 Little Egret (AP Birders)
Brent Reservoir "excl North Marsh": 1-2 Common Tern hovering, 10+ Reed Warbler singing, 8+ Great Crested Grebe, c10 Egyptian Goose incl pr & 5 juv (Barry Wilson)
Cockfosters "grounds of West Lodge Park Hotel and Ferny Hill area": Red Kite [see below], Common Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon over, Grey Heron at hotel ponds, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 3 Pheasant, 4 Swift, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 active Great Spotted Woodpecker nests in Pedunculate Oaks, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat, 5 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler sung briefly, 3 Skylark, singing Treecreeper, 8 Jackdaw, 3 Raven mobbed by a Red Kite 1340-1345, singing Yellowhammer, {4 Mother Shipton, 18 Large White, 10 Small White, 5 Peacock, 2 Small Tortoiseshell} (Des McKenzie)
Enfield Town "St Andrew's Church": 4 Coal Tit inc at least two juvs [FL] (Robert Callf)
Frays Farm Meadows LWT: Barn Owl 0500, Cuckoo (Dan Pinkham)
Ham Lands, Richmond: 30+ Swifts mobbing/confusing a Hobby, which eventually dived away W toward Richmond Park (J&M Penberthy)
Holly Hill Farm, Enfield: m Yellowhammer & a separate fem at a hedge by main road, Skylark, 3 Lapwing mobbing Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Red-legged Partridge (Michael Mac)
Northolt & Greenford CP: 5 Egyptian Geese, 3+ Red Kite, Kestrel, 5 Swift, 3 Pied Wagtail, 7 Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, 2 Greenfinch, {Burnet Companion, Small China-mark, Brown Argus, 7 Holly Blue + 4 other butterfly spp, 18 Large Red Damselfly & small numbers Blue-tailed, Azure & Common Blue Damselflies} (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Perivale Park: 16+ Swift, 2 Grey Wagtail pr [near weir], 5 Blackcap, 3 Common Whitethroat, 2 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson)
Pinner, HA5: 12 Swift (Nigel Barratt)
Rainham Marshes: 2 Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, 2 Hobby, 2 Peregrine, Kestrel, 6 Ringed Plover, 3 Cuckoo, Ring-necked Parakeet, 4 Swift, Lesser Whitethroat (Andrew Self, John & Janet Cadera); 41 Shelduck, 22 Shoveler, 27 Gadwall, 3 Wigeon, 28 Pochard, 60 Tufted Duck, 6 Little Grebe, 11 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Cuckoo, 150 Swift (early am in fog then vanished into blue), Water Rail, 121 Coot, 16 Avocet, 3 Oystercatcher, 4 Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 29 Common Tern, 3 Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, 3 Hobby, Ring-necked Parakeet, 9 Rook, 12 Bearded Tit, 36 Sedge Warbler, 103 Reed Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 68 Cetti's Warbler, 11 Blackcap, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 69 Common Whitethroat, 2 Stonechat, Corn Bunting (Samuel Levy)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Lapwing, 6 Mandarin Duck f & 5ducklings, Little Egret, 6 House Martin, 12 Swallow, Swift, singing Skylark, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, 20 Common Whitethroat, 18 Chiffchaff, 18 Blackcap, Rook, Mistle Thrush (John Colmans)
Trent Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker flew from wood behind smallest pond over golf course to wood, Raven heard (Michael Mac); Can you be more specific about the locality of the Lesser Spotted? Your description is rather vague. Are you referring to the upper lake & Old Golf Course'? - R Callf; What I said, very small woodpecker, with no red undertail, flew from the wood above the small pond, over the old golf course toward Moat Wood/Obelisk! (Michael Mac); 26 Canada Goose 12ad 14yng, Egyptian Goose, 4 Mandarin Duck m 2f & one yng, 5 Tufted Duck 3m 2f, Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker m f & nest hole w/ yng calling, 3 singing m Song Thrush, m Mistle Thrush singing, juv Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
Walpole Park, Ealing [part of BBS survey]: 2 Canada Goose w/ 3 young [1st breeding here], 8 Tufted Duck 4 pr, Little Owl, 8 Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 15+ Swift, Nuthatch, singing Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, singing Blackcap (Neil Anderson)
Watermeadows Open Space: Swallow W, House Martin, Cetti's Warbler singing, 4 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest (Jack Headley)

Sunday 30th May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: 2 Peregrine Falcon pr, Common Whitethroat, Little Egret, Common Buzzard, Reed Warbler singing (AP Birders)
Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe, 2 Tufted Duck pr, Common Buzzard, 2 Hobby pr, 5 Red-legged Partridge, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3m Skylark singing, 3 Barn Swallow, 2 Pied Wagtail inc juv, 2 singing male Song Thrush, 2 singing male Common Whitethroat, 3ad Long-tailed Tit carrying food [FF], 2 Raven pr, c100 Starling, 3 Chaffinch 2m f, 2 Greenfinch pr, 5 Goldfinch two prs & juv [FL], 4 Linnet, {Painted Lady, m Green-veined White, numerous Common Blue Damselfly} (Robert Callf)
Enfield Town "St Andrew's Church": Jay (Robert Callf)
Greenford "UB6": 5+ Red Kite [5 circling together & playfully diving at each other, but possibly more birds over], 15 Swift over garden {3 Holly Blue, teneral Large Red Damselfly} (Neil Anderson)
Sidcup DA15 "York Avenue": Cormorant high N, 3 Buzzard 2 Common with poss Honey Buzzard N 1525, Peregrine, Hobby SW 1755, c10 Swift (Ian Stewart)
Staines Moor: 2 Hobby, 2 Shelduck (Iain Darbyshire)
Sutton-at-Hone: Red Kite SW 1249, 2 Sparrowhawk pr, 2 Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler singing, Spotted Flycatcher briefly (Jack Headley)
Ten Acre Wood area: 3 Pheasant, 3 Little Egret, 2 Cormorant over, 3 Red Kite, Kestrel, 4 Stock Dove, 9 Swift, c8 Skylark, Swallow, 14 Blackcap, 7 Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Rook, 2 Linnet, {Red Fox} (Neil Anderson); Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler, Long-tailed Tit, {Slow Worm} (Barry Wilson)
Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: Golden Oriole singing in Owl Field until 0820 then flew towards Long Pond and no sign since [photo's], also Grasshopper Warbler, 4 Mandarin Duck, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Lapwing, Black-headed Gull, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Hobby, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Skylark, 2 Swallow, House Martin, Willow Warbler, 18 Chiffchaff, 22 Blackcap, 24 Common Whitethroat, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Mistle Thrush, 2 Bullfinch, Greenfinch, Siskin [Frith Riding Stables] (Samuel Levy)
Trent Park: 4 Blackcap, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Stock Dove, 24 Canada Goose inc 13 adults w/ 11 young, 3 Egyptian Goose pr w/ one young, 5 Herring Gull, 2 Red Kite, 4m Mandarin Duck, Common Swift, 2 Song Thrush, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pete Lowman)
Warren Farm: Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron over, Skylark still singing just before sunset, 6 Swift (Barry Wilson)

Saturday 29th May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: 2 Greylag Goose, 2 Gadwall, 2 Common Whitethroat, 4 Swift, Little Egret, Reed Warbler singing anthill meadow, f Whinchat, Common Buzzard (AP Birders)
Battersea Park Lake: Cetti's Warbler, new broods Mandarin with 6, Egyptian Goose with 8, Mute Swan with 2 (Michael Mac)
Beech Hill Lake: 3 Mandarin Duck f w/ two yng, 4 Tufted Duck 2m 2f (Robert Callf)
Brent Reservoir: Yellow-legged Gull, Skylark, Lesser Whitethroat (Andrew Self). Oystercatcher flew in calling 11.55 departed 13.40 (Bob Husband, Roy Beddard, Mike Cawthorne).
Park Hill Park: 3 Swift over, screaming (Alice Stringer)
Fairlop Waters: Barn Owl, Cetti's Warbler, Cuckoo, Sedge Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Swift, Swallow, House Martin, Grey Wagtail (Alan Thomas/Neil Twyford); where exactly was the Barn Owl spotted and what time please? In the field to the east of 7 kings water around 08:45.
Limehouse BBS TQ3681: 35 species incl Sparrowhawk, 3 Sand Martin, 3 Grey Wagtail, 3 Mistle Thrush, 63 House Sparrow, the highest number for some years and present in all 10 transects (Harry Harrison)
London Wetland Centre: Garganey seen at Wader Scrape (Shailesh Patel)
Monken Hadley Common: 2 Stock Dove pr, 3+ Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, Chiffchaff, 2m Goldcrest singing, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Jay {Peacock, Painted Lady, Red Admiral, m Orange-tip, Small Copper, Holly Blue, Speckled Wood} (Robert Callf)
Northolt & Greenford CP "Northala": 2 Pied Wagtail adult feeding juv, 3+ Reed Warbler, 2 Mute Swan, 3 Egyptian Goose (Barry Wilson)
Rotherhithe: Little Egret upriver along R Thames at Durand’s Wharf 1605 (Richard & Karen Bonser)
Sidcup DA15 "York Avenue": Ringed Plover heard heading E 2237 first home record, 3 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk mobbing Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, c10 Swift (Ian Stewart)
Southbank by Globe Theatre: singing Black Redstart (S J Darbyshire)
South Ruislip: Red Kite circling low (Nigel Barratt)
Teddington: Little Egret heading downstream at 20.30 (Mike Foster)
Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: Cuckoo [Owl Field], Mandarin Duck, 44 Swift, 2 Lapwing, Red Kite, 11 Common Buzzard, 3 Hobby, 3 Rook, 3 Coal Tit, Skylark, 18 Swallow, 12 House Martin, Willow Warbler, 27 Chiffchaff, 32 Blackcap, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 26 Common Whitethroat, 5 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 150 Starling, 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 House Sparrow, 2 Greenfinch (Samuel Levy)
Trent Park: 5m Mandarin Duck pond nr Cockfosters ent, 2 Tufted Duck m f, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3+ Great Spotted Woodpecker 2ad & nest hole w/ yng calling [NY], Mistle Thrush singing, 3 Common Whitethroat 2m f, Garden Warbler singing {5 Small Copper, 2 Small Heath, 2 Mother Shipton} (Robert Callf)
Wanstead Park: Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler both around horse paddock (Mahindar Bhakar)
Wanstead Flats: 2 Hobby pr circling low over secluded Skylark area, Black-necked Grebe on Alex (Mahindar Bhakar)

Friday 28th May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: Common Whitethroat singing, 2 Common Pochard pr, Little Egret (AP Birders)
Barge Walk, Kingston: ad Mediterranean Gull at River Thames at [51.4078540, -0.3094609], Grey Wagtail carrying food (Stivi Musievski)
Bushy Park: 2 Buzzard [Mobbed by Jackdaws as usual], 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Skylark, Sparrowhawk, 10+ Swallow, 5 Swift, Whitethroat (Ian R Watson)
Crayford Marshes: Red Kite, Hobby, Rook, Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Linnet, 10 Swift. (Eric Brown and Jim Butler)
Crayford, Stanham Farm: Male Cuckoo, ranging to east bank of River Cray. Possibly same individual as last Friday. (Chris Rose)
Dartford Marshes: Reed Warbler adult & two juvs, Cetti's Warbler, Red-legged Partridge, 3 Cuckoo [all seen well on treetops or telegraph poles], 3 Skylark, {Banded Demoiselle, Holly Blue} (Eric Brown/Jim Butler)
East Dulwich: Great White Egret [seen from second floor window flying close to my house heading E] (Steven Robinson)
Greenford to Hanwell Zoo: Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Stock Dove, c40 Swift, 3 Common Whitethroat, 9 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff {2 Large Red Damselfly, fresh Painted Lady & 5 other butterfly spp} (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Greenford "Greenford Road near Tesco": 6+ Swift (Barry Wilson)
Isleworth "Thames near Church St": 3 Grey Heron, Great Crested Grebe, 6+ Mandarin Duck, c40 Mute Swan, c40 Egyptian Goose (Barry Wilson)
Kew Gardens: Reed Warbler singing [enthusiastically] & showing occasionally in reed bed on lake, Little Grebe (Malcolm Hibberd/Yvonne Rice-Oxley)
Mayfair: Black Redstart flitting about aerials at north end of New Bond Street, as viewed from third floor office window 1230; f catching flies and giving exceptional views down to just a few metres on Bonhams' roof [inaccessible and security protected part] 1310 (Matt Bradbury)
Old Malden: Little Egret on Hogsmill River (Bob Smith)
Oxleas Wood: 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Buzzard, Hobby, 4 Chiffchaff, Heron, 2 Sparrowhawk, 4 Swift, 8 Stock Dove, 7 Jackdaw, 7 Blackcap, Kestrel, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Song Thrush (Ron Turner)
Pinner,HA5: Red Kite, Common Buzzard being harassed by crow, Pied Wagtail, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Coal Tit, 6 Swift (Nigel Barratt)
River Pool Linear Park: Little Egret, Cormorant, Kingfisher, Pretty sure Reed Warbler - not seen only heard singing, can anyone confirm? [in small reedbed nr. playground] (Dave Burt) Hi Dave, that is right- my friend Paul Moss heard it there too (John Reid) Thanks John & Paul (DB)
RSPB Rainham Marshes: 4 Egyptian Geese, 67 Shelduck, 22 Shoveler, 31 Gadwall, 4 Wigeon, 34 Pochard, 54 Tufted Duck, 12 Great Crested Grebe, 50 Swift, 2 Cuckoo, Water Rail, 24 Avocet, 7 Oystercatcher, Dunlin, 2 Mediterranean Gull, Little Tern, 22 Common Tern, 4 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Hobby, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, 16 Jackdaw, 9 Rook, 9 Bearded Tit, 32 Sedge Warbler, 65 Reed Warbler, 2 Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, 9 Chiffchaff, 51 Cetti's Warbler, 9 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 49 Common Whitethroat, 5 Stonechat, 2 Corn Bunting (Samuel Levy, Keir Chauhan et al)
Southgate Circus "Crown Ln N14": 3 Swift, 2 Grey Wagtail, m Pied Wagtail (Robert Callf)
Trent Park: 27 Canada Goose 18ad & 9yng, 3 Egyptian Goose pr w/ yng, 2m Mandarin Duck, 3 Tufted Duck 2m f, m Green Woodpecker, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Song Thrush, 2 singing m Mistle Thrush, Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit singing, Nuthatch, 5 Chaffinch inc four singing males {Mother Shipton} (Robert Callf)
Wanstead Flats: Woodlark [latest spring record, flushed near Long Wood, called softly then flew NW - Nick Croft], 6 Little Grebe, Black-necked Grebe [still], 10 Swift, Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, Woodlark, Skylark, House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 7 Common Whitethroat (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: 4 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 3 Stock Dove, 47 Swift, Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Hobby, Reed Warbler, House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, Cetti’s Warbler, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Common Whitethroat, 3 Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush (Wanstead Birders)
Warren Farm, Hanwell: Common Buzzard, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2 Stock Dove pr, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Swift, 5 Skylark, Common Whitethroat, m Linnet {faded Painted Lady, 3 Small Heath, 2 Peacock} (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
West Thurrock: Nightingale still (Adam Wilson)
Wimbledon Common: Hobby (Jon Reeves)

Thursday 27th May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: 2 Pochard pr, Grey Wagtail pr, Peregrine (AP Birders)
Burgess Park: Cuckoo flew East, viewed from the hill 1828 (Jack Wylson)
Brockwell Park: f Whinchat at the wildflower meadow at 0900 (Stuart Hearne), still present at 1730 (Steven Robinson)
Coldblow field DA5: 6 House Martin (Ian Stewart)
Dartford Marshes: f Wheatear on building site by dual carriageway, 3 Cuckoo calling late afternoon, Kingfisher flying along road by ditch, 5 Collared Dove, Hobby, Buzzard, 3 Skylark singing, 5 Ringed Plover (Michael Mac)
Dartford 'Welcome Avenue": c10 Swift's flying low probable nest sites in older council houses (Michael Mac)
Plumstead Common: Hobby low over Albatross Street (Patrick English)
Harrow-on-the-Hill: Buzzard, Swallow, Chiffchaff (Shailesh Patel)
Home Park: 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Buzzard, Reed Warbler, 3 Cetti’s Warbler (Phil Davies) What part of Hampton Court Park (Home Park) were the Spotted Flycatchers in please? (S Musievski)
Hounslow Heath: singing Sedge Warbler (Andy Roberts)
Limehouse Station: cheeping House Sparrow (Andrew Self)
Lower Clapton "E5": Common Buzzard very low W, attended by c20 Carrion Crow (Alastair Dent)
Oakwood "Merrivale, N14": Reed Warbler sub-singing morning & afternoon (Eugene Dillon-Hooper/Bob Husband per RM Callf); Sparrowhawk circling overhead 1517, Greenfinch (Robert Callf)
Oakwood Park: 4 Tufted Duck 3m f, Great Spotted Woodpecker, m Common Whitethroat singing {4 Large Red Damselfly inc pr copulating, m Common Blue, Holly Blue, f Small Copper, 2 Small Heath, 4 Mother Shipton} (Robert Callf)
Oxleas Wood: Coal Tit, 7 Jackdaw, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Kestrel, 3 Song Thrush, Nuthatch, 8 Stock Dove, 5 Swift, 3 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 2 Goldfinch (Ron Turner)
Putney Heath: Hobby, Gravel Pit; 2 Wheatear m f, Ladies Mile E /Inner Park Ride S (Les Evans-Hill)
Rainham Marshes: 7 Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, 4 Common Buzzard, 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Hobby, 39 Common Tern, 2 Cuckoo, 4 Swallow, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Stonechat, Corn Bunting (Andrew Self)
Richmond Park: f Northern Wheatear at the Bog (Hugh Bradshaw); 3 Hobby, 5 Red Kite, 11+ Buzzard including one with a snake, 2 Common Tern pr appear to be nesting, 27 Black-headed Gull - 12 nesting pairs with a brood of three young (J Wilczur, P Pentek)
Rowley Farm, Iver Heath: 4 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, Grey Heron, 5 Swift, 4 Swallow, 4 Goldfinch 5 Tufted Duck (Nigel Barratt)
Shirehall Farm, Hawley DA2: Kestrel, 20+ Skylark singing, 8+ Swallow, Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 6 Linnet, 10 Corn Bunting 8 singing (Ian Stewart)
St Paul's Cray: Hobby E, 2 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 5-6 Common Whitethroat, Linnet (Jack Headley)
Tooting Common: Reed Warbler singing in a garden hedge, Grey Wagtail (Alan Wilkinson)
Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: 5 Mandarin Duck, 4 Tufted Duck, 24 Swift, Lapwing, Collared Dove, Cormorant, Sparrowhawk, 2 Red Kite, 6 Common Buzzard, Little Owl, Kestrel, 3 Hobby, 2 Rook, 15 Swallow, 10 House Martin, Willow Warbler, 21 Chiffchaff, 31 Blackcap, 30 Common Whitethroat, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, 250 Starling, Mistle Thrush, Bullfinch (Samuel Levy)White City,
Westfield Centre: Black Redstart still, singing and showing well on high buildings and ground level (Oliver Flory)
Wimbledon Common: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker pr, 2 Nuthatch pr, 2 Common Buzzard pr displaying over Windmill car park at 1300 {Painted Lady, Green Hairstreak} (Martin Honey)
Woodberry Wetlands: Common Buzzard over NE 1158 (Garry James)
Woodford Green: Tawny Owl calling with flyover 8 Swift, Swallow, Grey Wagtail, Common Tern, Hobby, Sparrowhawk and a NW-SE Yellow Wagtail, the latter an unusual occurrence on date! (Ken Murray)

Wednesday 26th May 2021[]

Leytonstone, near Hollow Ponds: Nightingale singing for several nights 2100 (Shankara Angadi)
Alexandra Park: 3 Pochard 2m f, 3 Sand Martin, 2 House Martin, 2 Swallow, 35+ Swift, drake Aythya hybrid w/18 Tufted Duck WGR (AP Birders)
Brentford: Little Egret, 4 Common Tern at Brentford Ait (Mike Foster)
Bushy Park: f Cuckoo at Duke’s Head Passage scrape area (Stivi Musievski)
Dartford Marshes: 2-3 Egyptian Goose, 6+ Shelduck, c10 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, 5+ Pheasant, 3 Little Grebe, Little Egret, m Marsh Harrier E, 2 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2 Hobby, m Peregrine, 2 Oystercatcher, 10 Ringed Plover, Lapwing, 3 Sanderling 2 summer plumage, 4 Dunlin, Redshank, 3 Common Tern, 3 Cuckoo, c500 Swift, 4+ Skylark, c200 House Martin, 3 Meadow Pipit, Garden Warbler, 16 Blackcap, 15+ Whitethroat, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Sedge Warbler, 12 Cetti’s Warbler, 14+ Reed Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, Jay, 3+ Reed Bunting, poss Marsh Warbler near Darent barrier {Hairy Dragonfly} (Ian Stewart)
Foots Cray: m Peregrine actively aerial displaying (Patrick English)
Hollies, Sidcup: 11 Swift, Peregrine, 2 Stock Dove, Jay (Eric Brown)
Hyde Park: c. 200 swift feeding over the Serpentine early evening — a tremendous sight! (Tony Stones)
Lee Valley, Seventy Acres Lake: m Red-crested Pochard, 2 Hobby hunting emerging insects on Lee Navigation (SE Herts RSPB)
London Wetland Centre: Turnstone main lake, 2 Oystercatcher pr w/ one chick main lake [unfortunately saw chick predated by Black-headed Gulls], Peregrine over Ch X Hospital, 2 Sparrowhawk m f, lots of Reed Warbler [including some with chicks as saw an adult carrying a faecal sac], Sedge Warblers, Cetti's Warblers, Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps, Reed Buntings, Redshank grazing marsh, 2 Black-headed Gull chicks on raft on reservoir lagoon (Martin Honey, B Page, T Wright)
Pinner, HA5: 5 Swift, 2 Goldfinch, Sparrowhawk narrowly missing feral pigeon in garden (Nigel Barratt)
Putney Heath: Hobby, Gravel Pit (Les Evans-Hill)
River Lea between Ferry Lane & Springfield Park: 3 Tern sp [probably Common] (Mischa Borris)
Richmond Park: 4 Common Tern, 4 Mandarin Duck, 13 Tufted Duck, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 50 Swift, 3 Little Owl, Kingfisher, 2 Kestrel, 5 Peregrine, Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard, 50 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 50 House Martin, Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 2 Stonechat, 3 Reed Bunting (Samuel Levy et al)
Sidcup DA14: Red Kite SW 1424 (Ian Stewart)
Sidcup DA15 "York Avenue": Oystercatcher heard 2237 (Ian Stewart)
Tottenham Marsh: Whitethroat (Mischa Borris)
Trent Park: Cormorant, 2 juv Grey Heron, 5 Mandarin Duck 4m f, 2 Tufted Duck m f, Common Tern, 16+ Stock Dove North Lawn, Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Song Thrush, 2 singing m Mistle Thrush, m Lesser Whitethroat singing, Common Whitethroat singing, 4 Long-tailed Tit {2 Small Copper, Small Heath, Red-and-black Froghopper - FOY} (Robert Callf/Pete Lowman)
Twickenham: Kingfisher at Eel Pie Island, 2 Common Tern by Marble Hill (Mike Foster)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 54 Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, Greenfinch, 2 Chiffchaff, juv Reed Bunting, juv Dunnock - ringing session (London Wildife Trust)
Wanstead Flats: Black-necked Grebe, 3 Skylark, Greenfinch (Tom Stewart)
Wimbledon Common: Garden Warbler (Jon Reeves)

Tuesday 25th May 2021[]

fAlexandra Park: drake Aythya hybrid w/ 11 Tufted Duck, 60+ Swift, 2 House Martin, 2 Swallow, Common Whitethroat singing, Gadwall pr, f Pochard (AP Birders)
Barnes Waterside: 2 Pochard pr, 4 Tufted Duck two pr (Neil Anderson)
Brixton: 6+ House Sparrow at least three prs along Porden Road - good to hear after all the rampant building locally (Tony Stones)
Crayford Marshes: 2 Marsh Harrier, 1-2 Peregrine, Hobby, 3 Avocet, 4 Common Tern, Cuckoo, c500 Swift (Jack Headley)
Dagenham Dock: 2 singing Cetti's Warbler [one along the Gores, one from private area nearby], Kestrel, Blackcap, Whitethroat [singing along the Gores], 6 Linnet 3 prs (Tony Stones)
Finchley "Garden N3": 2 Swift [foy] (Samuel Levy)
Fir & Pond Woods nr Potters Bar: m Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Buzzard, Hobby, m Reed Bunting singing {Alabonia geoffrella, Green Carpet, 2 Orange-tip, Green-veined White, Small White} (Robert Callf)
Hackney Marshes: Jackdaw heading low N and calling (Alastair Dent)
Horsenden Hill "West": Kestrel hovering, Reed Warbler singing, Greenfinch, Blackcap singing, Song Thrush singing (Barry Wilson)
Horton Country Park: Common Buzzard hovering over golf course, 2 Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, 7 singing Song Thrush, {3 separate Roe Deer} (Michael Mac)
Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 2 Common Buzzard distantly, 15 Swift (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: Turnstone still present at 1600, 2 Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Redshank, Common Tern (WWT website)
Molesey, Thames towpath: Cuckoo calling early evng, then flew W towards Thames Water buildings (Franko J Maroevic)
Oakmere Park, Potters Bar: 2 imm Cormorant, juv Grey Heron, 45 Canada Goose 22ad & 23 yng, 19 Coot 6ad & three broods of seven, four & two yng, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker pr feeding yng in nest hole [ON], Nuthatch, m Chaffinch singing, m Goldfinch singing (Robert Callf)
Tooting Common: 2 Common Pochard (Alan Wilkinson)

Monday 24th May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: drake Aythya hybrid, 7 Tufted Duck, 4 House Martin, 2 Swallow, 50+ Swift, Common Whitethroat, 2 Gadwall pr (AP Birders)
Burgess Park: 3 Reed Warbler at lake inc two together (Jack Hill)
Grovelands Park: 2 Great Crested Grebe pr displaying [D], Cormorant roosting in tree on island, 4 Mute Swan pr w/ two cygnets [FL], 17 Greylag Goose 7ad & 2 broods of 5 each, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 4 Mandarin Duck 3m f, 10 Tufted Duck 7m 3f, Swift, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 18 Stock Dove inc juv Pitch & Putt [FL], 15+ Barn Swallow feeding low over lake, 2 Grey Wagtail m f, m Song Thrush singing, 2 Mistle Thrush male singing & juv, 3m Blackcap singing, Chiffchaff singing, Spotted Flycatcher high up in oaks near Rangers' Hut 1809 & again briefly 1834 before shower, 2ad Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper ad feeding two fledglings [FL], 2 Jay, 15 Starling {19 Dock Bug inc many mating prs} (Robert Callf)
Gutteridge Wood: Cuckoo heard, Blackcap (Barry Wilson)
Hampstead Heath: 2 Common Whitethroat, 5 Reed Warbler, 3 Siskin over, 3 Kingfisher (Reuben Braddock)
Hilly Fields "Lewisham": 7 Nuthatch [inc five fledglings], 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Blackcap (Tom Moulton/Conrad Ellam/Sue Gore/Judith Watling)
Mayfair: f Grey Wagtail feeding on a loaf of bread with 6 Feral Pigeons (Davies Mews), Black Redstart singing somewhere in the distance 1730 (Matt Bradbury)
Northolt & Greenford CP "Smiths Farm from A40 only" Red Kite (Barry Wilson)
South Norwood Country Park: possible MARSH WARBLER singing at 0545, not seen since (Twitter, via John Hughes)
Southgate Circus " St Andrew's Church N14": 2 Pied Wagtail ad f feeding fledgling [FL] (Robert Callf)
Upper Cray Valley: f/imm Black Redstart near Bowling Club (Jack Headley)
Tottenham Marshes: Cuckoo singing intermittently in/around allotments at south end of marshes at [[1]] at least (HarringayBirder)
Woodford Green: Spotted Flycatcher at 0950 first Spring record in 38 years! (Ken Murray)

Sunday 23rd May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: 2 Greylag Goose SE, 2 Grey Wagtail, Common Whitethroat, 11 Tufted Duck, 2 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 50+ Swift WGR (AP Birders)
Brent Reservoir: 500 Swift, Sand Martin, Swallow, 20 House Martin (Andrew Self)
Brookmill Park: Little Egret (Conrad Ellam)
Gutteridge Wood: Cuckoo. No sign of Nightingale (Neil Anderson)
Hampton Water Treatment Works: 2cy Little Gull on the seventh reservoir from the West, viewable from Lower Sunbury Road (Stivi Musievski)
Hilfield Park Reservoir: Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, 300 Swift, 2 Sand Martin, 40 House Martin, Hobby, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Garden Warbler (Tony Blake)
Horton Country Park: 2 Willow Warbler pr taking food to nest [ON], Whitethroat, 4 Swallow, Hobby (Michael Mac)
Ladywell Fields: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Lamorbey Park: 2 Peregrine, Swift, 4+ Blackcap inc juv, Whitethroat still singing, 3+ Chiffchaff, Linnet low NW (Ian Stewart)
Perivale Park: Blackcap, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20+ Starling all juv on green (Barry Wilson)
Priest Hill: 12 Common Whitethroat, 3 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, Greylag Goose E, Coal Tit, Swallow (Neil Batten)
Pinner, HA5: Green Woodpecker, Swift, Goldfinch (Nigel Barratt)
Roding Valley Meadows: Little Egret, Buzzard, 2 Swift, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, 3 Song Thrush, singing Garden Warbler, 7 Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 6 Greenfinch incl two juv (Harry Harrison)
Ten Acre Wood area: 2 Pheasant heard, Red Kite, m Kestrel, Cuckoo, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Swift, c7 Skylark, 3 Swallow, Sedge Warbler, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 11 Common Whitethroat, 12 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, Rook, c150 Starling flock, 2m Reed Bunting, 2 Linnet pr (Neil Anderson)
Trent Park: 3 Egyptian Goose pr w/ one yng, 6 Tufted Duck 4m 2f, 2 Common Tern pr, m Lesser Whitethroat singing [w/ metal ring on right leg], 5+ Long-tailed Tit inc four juv (Robert Callf), also, 3 Blackcap, Common Buzzard, 2 Chaffinch, 11 Stock Dove, 17 Canada Goose 13 w/ 4 young, 2 Mandarin m f, 2 Raven North Lawn, Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush, Treecreeper, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pete Lowman)
Wanstead Flats: Shelduck, 4 Little Grebe, Black-necked Grebe [still], Stock Dove, 100+ Swift, 3 Black-headed Gull, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2 Hobby, Peregrine, Swallow, 7 House Martin, 5 Chiffchaff, 8 Whitethroat, Mistle Thrush, Reed Bunting (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: 5 Great Crested Grebe, Reed Warbler (Wanstead Birders)
Watermeadows Open Space: Great Crested Grebe, c20 Swift, 5 Blackcap, m Cetti's Warbler singing, Goldcrest singing (Jack Headley)
Yeading Brook meadows: 2 Red Kite, Kestrel, Grey Wagtail, 2 Swallow, 3 Common Whitethroat, 7 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting, 3 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 22nd May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: Common Whitethroat singing, 26 House Martin, 2 Swallow, 130 Swift, 2 Mute Swan w/8 cygnets (AP Birders)
Borough Market: Peregrine with prey mobbed by pigeon NW low over A3 (Martin Stevens)
Burgess Park: Spotted Flycatcher [in woodland near new meadow area/New Church Rd] (Steven Robinson)
Camberwell Old Cemetery: 2 Spotted Flycatcher (Steven Robinson), plus Hobby over SW at 15:45 (Martin Stevens & Dave Clark)
Crossness: 2 Sanderling (John Archer); Little Egret, 2 Peregrine, 4 Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover Island Field, 2 Sanderling in Barking Bay, Common Sandpiper Island Field, 2 Barn Owl (Jack Headley)
East India Dock Basin: Spotted Flycatcher, Little Ringed Plover, 5 Shelduck, 3+ Reed Warber singing, 2 Blackcap singing (John Archer)
Ewell, Banstead Road: Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat and Chiffchaff in the grounds of Everlast Fitness pm (Neil Batten)
Foots Cray Meadows: 2 Greylag Goose, 7 Egyptian Goose 5 juv, Pheasant, Kestrel, 4+ Swift, 3+ Swallow, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Cetti’s Warbler, 3+ Chiffchaff (Ian Stewart)
Forty Hall CP: 7 Egyptian Goose pr w/ five juv, m Mandarin Duck, 2 Tufted Duck pr, Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker inc fem feeding yng in nest-hole [NY] (Robert Callf)
Fryent CP: m Sedge Warbler singing (Andrew Self)
Greenwich, Vanbrugh Pits: Spotted Flycatcher, Whitethroat midday (Joe Beale). Still present early afternoon, also 2 Whitethroats (Conrad Ellam, Joe Beale)
Lamorbey Park, Sidcup : Whitethroat (Mike Amos)
London Wetland Centre: Red Kite, Oystercatcher, 2 Common Tern, Great Black-backed Gull, 100 Swift, Sparrowhawk (Shailesh Patel)
Northolt & Greenford CP: Grey Heron, 4 Red Kite incl two together, m Kestrel, 10+ Swift, 2 Swallow, Common Whitethroat, 5 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff {Small Copper} (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Richmond Park: f Wheatear, singing Willow Warbler, Red Kite, 3 House Martin (Hugh Bradshaw)
Sidcup DA15 "York Avenue": Little Egret N 0948, Heron sp NE 1702, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, 2 Peregrine, c20 Swift (Ian Stewart)
Totteridge Valley: Cuckoo singing Owl Field, Raven ,Willow Warbler, Lapwing, 4 Common Buzzard, 7 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 6 Tufted Duck long pond (Tony Clancy)
Upper College Farm DA5: m Pheasant, c10 Swift, Skylark singing, 3 House Martin, 2+ Blackcap, 8 Whitethroat, Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Linnet (Ian Stewart)
Vanborough Pits: Spotted Flycatcher, Whitethroat (Joe Beal, John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
Victoria Park: Little Grebe, Swift, Sand Martin [skimming East Fishing Lake], House Martin, 78+ Carrion Crow (Steve Dungey and Julie Dungey); Nuthatch also at nest site near East Lake towards cafe & Green Woodpecker (Adam Winstanley).
Wimbledon Common: Common Whitethroat, Inner Windmill Ride (Les Evans-Hill)

Friday 21st May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: Common Whitethroat, 6 House Martin, Sand Martin, Swallow, 52 Swift, male Aythya hybrid or backcross [probably Common Pochard x Tufted Duck], pair Common Pochard, 11 Tufted Duck (AP Birders)
Crayford Marshes: Little Egret, Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing, m Cuckoo (Jack Headley)
Crayford, Stanham Farm (and briefly on adjacent Thames Road Wetland): m Cuckoo for about 2 hours. Somewhat mobile, periods of persistent calling. Seen flying off eastwards. (Chris Rose)
Crayford, Thames Road Wetland: 3 Swift, Reed Warblers, Cetti's Warbler, Little Egret (over), Song Thrush (Chris Rose)
Mayfair: Black Redstart singing 0700 (Andrew Self)
Mudchute Farm: Turtle Dove at N end of fenced-off football pitch viewed from Stebondale Street, 4 Linnet (Sean Huggins, dove found by John Booth)
Putney Heath: Garden Warbler (Angela Evans-Hill)
Ravenor Park, Greenford: Swallow low N 0715, singing Goldcrest (Neil Anderson)
Southgate "Ivy Rd N14": m Goldcrest singing (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Turnstone [summer plumage], Oystercatcher, 2 Barnacle Geese, Hobby caught House Martin, 5 Swallow, Kingfisher (Walthamstow birders)
Wanstead Park: Stock Dove, Little Egret, Kestrel, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 8 Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat (Sean Kerrigan)
Warren Farm, Hanwell: Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 8 Swift, 6 singing Skylark, 2 Linnet pr (Neil Anderson)

Thursday 20th May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: Red Kite, 30+ Swift, 2 House Martin, 3 Swallow, 2 Peregrine (Markus Percic)
Blackfen: Hobby over Co-op car park towards Danson Park approx 0845 (Eric Brown)
Broadwater Lake: m Cetti's Warbler on the Colne (Dan Pinkham)
Burgess Park: 2 Swallow, House Martin, 10 Swift, 4 Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 2 Cettis Warbler, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk (Tom Rogers & Dave Clark)
Bushy Park: 2 Buzzard [mobbed by Crows over NPL], 2 Chiffchaff, House Martin, Kestrel, 2 Skylark, Swallow, 7 Swift (Ian R Watson)
Denham A40: m Cetti's Warbler on the Colne (Dan Pinkham)
Denham Quarry: m Cetti's Warbler pit 4 (Dan Pinkham)
Epsom, Hook Road Arena: Red Kite low NW 0840 (Neil Batten)
Frays Farm Meadows LWT: m Cetti's Warbler (Dan Pinkham)
Harefield Marina: m Cetti's Warbler (Dan Pinkham)
Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 2 Kestrel W together, 3 Swift (Neil Batten)
Oakwood "Prince George Ave N14": Sandwich Tern flew over (Eugene Dillon-Hooper per RM Callf)
Oxleas Wood: 2 Green Woodpecker, Blackcap, 2 Swift, Red Kite, Chiffchaff (Ron Turner)
Savay Lake, Harefield: m Cetti's Warbler (Dan Pinkham)
Staines Moor am: 4 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 2 Hobby pr, 3 Kestrel, Little Egret, 2 Common Tern, 6 Lapwing, Water Pipit, 8 Meadow Pipit, 4 Skylark, 2 Reed Warbler, 4 Sedge Warbler, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Garden Warbler, 10 Blackcap, 6 Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Linnet, 40+ Swift, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Grey Heron, Goldcrest (Nick Baker)
Wanstead Flats: 5 Little Grebe, 20+ Swift, 2 Chiffchaff, 7 Common Whitethroat (Nick Croft)
Wanstead Park: 6 Little Grebe, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 50+ Swift, 2 Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Kestrel, Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Common Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warbler, 3 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, 3 Song Thrush, Chaffinch (Nick Croft)
White City: Black Redstart singing from top of Westfield Centre still (Oliver Flory)
Woodberry Wetlands: Spotted Flycatcher, Peregrine, Common Tern, 50+ Swift, Swallow (Garry James)

Wednesday 19th May 2021[]

,Alexandra Park: 5 Grey Heron W, Canada Goose w/ 4 gosling, 24 Swift, 2 House Martin, 2 Swallow, Reed Warbler, 5 Common Pochard 3m 2f (AP Birders)
Brent Reservoir: White-fronted Goose in East Marsh, present to 1730 at least (Brent Birders)
Dartford Marshes: Nightingale seen singing near Pylon in the old fireworks factory area, 3 Cuckoo seen, 2 Hobby, Sedge Warbler, 6 Avocet (Michael Mac)
Ewell Village, London Road: Red Kite low NW 1825 (Neil Batten)
Grovelands Park: 2 Great Crested Grebe pr incubating [ON], 2 Mute Swan pr incubating [ON], 17 Greylag Goose 7ad & 10 yng [two broods of five], 37 Canada Goose 20ad & 17 yng [four broods of seven, five, three and two], 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 4 Mandarin Duck m 2f & one yng, 11 Tufted Duck 8m 3f, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8+ Barn Swallow feeding low over lake during shower, 4 Grey Wagtail 3ad & recently fledged juv [FL], 2 Mistle Thrush, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, m Greenfinch (Robert Callf)
Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 2 Common Buzzard, 6 Swift, Chiffchaff, Blackcap (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: Kestrel hunting near rain garden, Ringed Plover on reservoir lagoon, singing Reed, Sedge & Cetti's Warblers, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, several pairs Reed Bunting, {Red Admiral, Brimstone, Orange-tip, Painted Lady, Holly Blue, Green Hairstreak. Also three dragonflies but couldn't get a positive id} [almost certainly Hairy Dragonflies] (Martin Honey, B Page, T Wright)
Mayfair: Black Redstart singing (Matt Bradbury)
Minet Country Park: Nightingale, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Cormorant, Red Kite, Little Egret, Green Woodpecker, Wren (Barry Wilson)
Oxleas Wood: Song Thrush, Great 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Peregrine, 3 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Jackdaw, 7 Stock Dove, 2 Kestrel, Red Kite, 2 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 3 Buzzard, 17 Swift, 2 House Martin Hobby (Ron Turner)
Peckham Rye Park: Spotted Flycatcher [tall trees behind bowling green: to 1800 at least. Short, late visit: 25 spp] (Fernley Symons)
Perivale: Lesser Whitethroat heard singing from rail embankment, park side of tube station (Andrew Peel)
Putney Heath: Garden Warbler, Ladies Mile (Les Evans-Hill)
Rainham Marshes: 5 Bearded Tit m & 4juv, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Cettti's Warbler, Linnet, 3 Hobby, Reed Bunting, Common Whitethroat, Oystercatcher, 2 Collared Dove (Norbert Jakab)
River Pool Linear Park: Spotted Flycatcher near pumping station, 40 Stock Dove at the Catford end [an exceptional count] (Paul Moss per John Archer)
Sidcup DA15 "York Avenue": 1-2 Red Kite, 5+ Common Buzzard, Hobby W 1302, 2 Peregrine, c30 Swift, 9 House Martin NW (Ian Stewart)
Tooting Common: Reed Warbler, Grey Wagtail, Red Kite (Alan Wilkinson)
Wanstead Flats: 5 Little Grebe, Black-necked Grebe (still), 2 Stock Dove, 30 Swift, 2 Black-headed Gull, 2 Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Hobby, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 6 Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Common Whitethroat, Chaffinch (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: Red Kite, Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler (Wanstead Birders)
West Putney SW15: 2 Hobby, Peregrine with prey, 5 Buzzard (R Kaye/J Wilczur)

Tuesday 18th May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: Reed Warbler, 3 House Martin, Swallow, 30+ Swift, Common Whitethroat, 2 Greylag Goose, m Pochard, {Common Blue - FOY, Long-tailed Blue - first ever site record} (AP Birders)
Barnes Waterside: 2m Pochard, 2 singing Reed Warbler (Neil Anderson)
Battersea Park: 2 poss 3 Tawny Owls, no sign of Nightjar seen on Saturday, but not expected, still amazed that one was here - as it saved me a train journey to Chobham Common (Michael Mac) [still haven't managed to see the tawnys, Michael, are they still around the west end of the park? O Flory] Try around the Sub-tropical Garden area to the Bowling Green. (MM) Thank you!
Boxer's Lake: 13+ Grey Heron 3ad & 10+ yng [six occupied nests], 17 Canada Goose three pr w/ three broods of six, three & two yng, 15 Tufted Duck 11m 4f, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Barn Swallow (Robert Callf)
Burgess Park: Reed Warbler in reeds at far end of lake (Jack Hill)
Bushy Park: 2 Chiffchaff, Cormorant [dead - found West of Diana Fountain North of Longford River in grass], Red Kite, 3 Skylark, Swallow, 9 Swift (Ian R Watson)
Danson Park: c20 Tufted Duck, 2 Red Kite high S 1247, Kestrel, 6+ Swift, 2+ Blackcap, Reed Warbler, Chiffchaff {Common Blue damselfly} (Ian Stewart)
Foots Cray Meadows, river and lake area only : 2 Red Kit, 2 Swift, Sand Martin, 10+ Blackcap, 2 Mistle Thrush, 6 Song Thrush, 5 Chiffchaff, Cetti`s warbler, 12 Tufted Duck, 2 Egyptian Goose w/ 5 yng, 4 Canada Goose w/ one yng, Banded Demoiselle (Bernie Weight)
Gospel Oak area: Tawny Owl hooting 0245 (Hamish Birchall)
Sutton at Hone: 1-2 Garden Warbler singing (Jack Headley)
Hampstead Heath: Lesser Whitethroat still, 2 Common Whitethroat pr, 6 Reed Warbler [pr and 4 singing - highest count in recent years, possibly ever] (Reuben Braddock)
Lonsdale Rd Res: 2 Pochard pr, 2 Common Tern pr, 5 Swift, House Martin, 4+ singing Reed Warbler. Grey Wagtail on nearby Thames (Neil Anderson)
Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Red Kite, 2 Hobby, 3 Blackcap, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Coal Tit, Kestrel, 2 Chiffchaff, Little Egret, Nuthatch (Ron Turner)
Totteridge Valley: Hobby, Raven mobbing Buzzard, 4 Buzzard, Red Kite, female Wheatear [Greenland-type], 20 Swift 4 Tufted Duck [Long Pond], Lapwing, Little Owl, Lesser Whitethroat, 20 Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler (Tony Clancy)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 56 Reed Warbler, 11 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Dunnock, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Jay, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Blue Tit, Wren - ringing session totals (London Wildlife Trust)
Wanstead Flats: 4 Little Grebe, Black-necked Grebe [present two weeks now], 30+ Swift, 2 Red Kite, 3 Skylark, 3 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 11 Common Whitethroat (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: 4 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Stock Dove, 4 Swift, Buzzard, Hobby, Swallow, 7 Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Common Whitethroat (Wanstead Birders)
Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Red Kite NW 1104, Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting (Garry James)
Yeading Brook Meadows /Gutteridge /Ten Acre Woods: Nightingale, Cuckoo, 2 Buzzard, 2 Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, 2 Swift, Swallow, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Chiffchaff, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper (Andrew Peel/Toni Menezes et al)

Monday 17th May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: 2 Pochard pr, Greylag Goose, Egyptian Goose pr w/ 6 gosling, 20 m Mallard BL, 8 Swift, 2 Common Whitethroat singing, Grey Wagtail, Canada Goose pr w/ 4 gosling WGR, Reed Warbler singing Conservation Pond (AP Birders)
Brent Reservoir: Little Egret (Andrew Self)
Burgess Park: 2 Reed Warbler [both singing quietly in different spots in the main scrub area], 2 Linnet (Steven Robinson)
Bushy Park: Red Kite, 5 Skylark, 4 Swift (Ian R Watson)
Charing Cross Hospital: 3 Peregrine Falcon [residents, f chick ringed], Peregrine Falcon over about 1000 (Nathalie Mahieu)
Dagenham Chase: Oystercatcher on slack 1300, 5 Gadwall, 5 Common Tern, Lapwing (Steve Bacon/Vince Halley-Frame/Sam Porter)
Grovelands Park: 5 Swallow, 2 Swift (Marcus Hunt); 2 Great Crested Grebe incubating (ON), 2 Mute Swan pr incubating (ON), 14 Greylag Goose two pr w/ five yng each, 4 Egyptian Goose two pr, 7 Mandarin Duck 4m 2f w/ one yng, 5 Tufted Duck 3m 2f, 9+ Stock Dove 7ad 2juv (FL), 2 Swift, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2+ Great Spotted Woodpecker, 13+ Barn Swallow, 2 Grey Wagtail inc male carrying food [FF], Song Thrush singing, Mistle Thrush singing, 2m Blackcap singing, 3 Chiffchaff, 37 Starling, m Chaffinch singing (Robert Callf)
Gutteridge Wood: Nightingale singing, Blackcap singing, Wren singing, Goldcrest singing, Song Thrush singing, Siskin, {Peacock} (Barry Wilson)
Iver Heath: Raven (C Lamsdell)
Ladywell Fields: Kingfisher, Little Egret, 5 Blackcap, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam/Tom Moulton/Sue Gore)
Margravine Cemetery: Green Woodpecker (Nathalie Mahieu)
Pinner: 2 juv Starling sporting rings Lloyd Court [Any idea who's ringing these birds?} (Richard Francis) Phil Belman? Won't be mine in that area, will be someone very local, juvs will still be close to hatching site (Phil Belman) - (probably in Eastcote - colleague has 200+ so far this year in his garden)
Rainham Marshes: 2 Hobby, 2 Cuckoo, Grasshopper Warbler, 7 Common Tern, 4 Dunlin, Corn Bunting, Northern Wheatear, 3 Marsh Harrier, 100+ Swift, 8 House Martin (Nick Upton)
Southwark Park: 3 Swift (John & Janet Cadera)
Staines Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe (Phil Davies & Richard Fletcher)
Stoneleigh Station KT17: singing Chiffchaff, Blackcap (Neil Batten)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Grasshopper Warbler, Willow Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Lapwing, Little Egret, 4 Tufted Duck two pr [Long Pond], Mandarin Duck & nine ducklings, 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, Skylark, Swallow,16 Whitethroat, 20 Blackcap, 16 Chiffchaff, 8 Rook, Coot (John Colmans) (Is the gropper being heard in the same main area as the willow warbler and lesser whitethroat? Marcus Hunt) (The Willow Warbler has been singing near to the main path through Owl Field (the big scrubby hill up to Totteridge) for a number of weeks; the Gropper started out near the bottom but was closer to the WW when I heard it on Sunday. I didn't hear any Lesser Whitethroat this weekend but the opposite side of Owl Field was good for them a week or so ago. Tom Stewart) (Thank you, Tom. Marcus)
Trent Park: 5 Blackcap, 3 Tufted Duck 2m f, 20 Canada Goose 10ad w/ 10 yng in two broods, 2 Egyptian Goose w/ one yng, 2m Mandarin Duck, Raven calling NW over Rough Lot, 2 Common Tern, Garden Warbler, 6 Common Whitethroat (Pete Lowman)
Upper College Farm Bexley : Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 3 Skylark, 4 Swift, 4 Chiffchaff, 9+ Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti`s Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 3 Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Pheasant, 2 Egyptian Goose, 3 Greenfinch, (Bernie Weight)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail (Walthamstow birders)
Wanstead Flats: Black-necked Grebe [still], 50+ Swift, Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, Hobby, 2 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Common Whitethroat (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: Reed Warbler (Simon Raper); Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher (Aron White)
Watermeadows Open Space: 11 Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe, Common Buzzard, c25 Swift, Swallow, 4-5 Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler singing, Chiffchaff (Jack Headley)
Woodford Green: Song Thrush & Blackcap singing, 2 Little Egrets low and over, also 5 Starling, 4 Swift, Grey Wagtail, Green Woodpecker, 2 Hobby, Common Buzzard & a finale Cuckoo outback singing for circa 15 minutes almost incessantly at 1735 [most years don’t even hear one let alone see one] (Ken Murray)

Sunday 16th May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: Lesser Whitethroat calling, 2 Common Whitethroat singing & female Whitethroat CS, 2 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 15 Swift, 3 Black-headed Gull, 2 Greylag Goose, 2 Pochard mating pair WGR, Mute Swan w/ 8 cygnets NR, Common Buzzard N over BL (AP Birders)
Brent Reservoir: 2 Common Sandpiper, Nightingale (Andrew Self)
Crossness: f Common Redstart, Cuckoo singing, 2 Wheatear, Hobby, 6+ Lapwing inc pr w/ three chicks, Little Ringed Plover, 4 Lesser Whitethroat singing, 3cy Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Little Egret, Barn Owl (John Archer & Richard Bonser)
East Wickham Open Space: 2 Swift, 2 Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff (George Kalli)
Fairlop Waters: Wheatear, Grey Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, Swift, Swallow, House Martin, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap Skylark, Common Buzzard (Neil Twyford)
Golders Hill Park: 3 yng Coot, 2 singing Blackcap, 3 Jackdaw (Des McKenzie)
Gutteridge Wood: Pheasant, Red Kite, Cuckoo, Nightingale, Garden Warbler, 2 Mistle Thrush incl independent juv (Neil Anderson) ; Kestrel, Hobby pr, Buzzard pr, Reed Bunting (Nigel Dodd)
Regent's Park: 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Greenfinch, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Moorhen w/ 5 chicks, 2 Great Crested Grebe (Paul Collins)
Richmond Park: 2 Common Buzzard over Lawn Plantation (Mike Foster). Common Sandpiper (Phil Davies)
Rowley Farm, Iver Heath: 5 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Grey Heron, 8 Mandarin Duck pr w/ 6 yng, 5 Egyptian Goose pr w/ 3 young, 7 Tufted Duck, 2 Goldfinch 2 Common Tern (Nigel Barratt)
Stoke Newington West Reservoir: Hobby chasing swifts (Robert Ulph)
Ten Acre Wood area: 4 Pheasant heard, Grey Heron, Little Egret, 3 Red Kite, m Kestrel, 7 Stock Dove, 5 Swift, 4 Skylark, Grey Wagtail, Swallow, Garden Warbler, 15 Blackcap, 14 Common Whitethroat, singing Sedge Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Bunting, 4 Linnet, singing Chaffinch (Neil Anderson); Lesser Whitehroat (Nigel Dodd)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 4 Mandarin Duck, 7 Stock Dove, 6 Swift, Coot, 2 Lapwing, 3 Buzzard, Hobby, Skylark, Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Swallow, Willow Warbler, 17 Chiffchaff, 20 Blackcap, 22 Whitethroat, 10 Song Thrush, f Wheatear (Tom Stewart) 2nd Hobby Corn Field, Mandarin duck w/ 11 ducklings Darlands (Tony Clancy)
Trent Park: 3 Egyptian Goose w/ one yng, 7 Mandarin Duck 6ad & one yng, 2 Tufted Duck pr, Common Buzzard, 2 Common Tern courtship feeding, 12 Stock Dove North Lawn, m Garden Warbler singing, 6 Long-tailed Tit 3ad 3juv (Robert Callf)
Tulse Hill: 2 Greenfinch on garden feeder, first time for many years (Ray Trev)
Wanstead Flats: 2 Pochard, Black-necked Grebe [still], Little Owl, Kestrel, Skylark, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Common Whitethroat (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, 2 Common Tern (Wanstead Birders)

Saturday 15th May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: Peregrine with prey on mast, 3 Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 40 Swift, 5 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 2 Canada Geese w/ 3 gosling, Red Kite, Common Buzzard WGR, 2 Mute Swan w/7 cygnets New River (AP Birders)
Battersea Park: m Nightjar clearly seen at [[2]] flying round Sub-tropical Garden Area, heard churring [[3]] - stopped when a woman's dog started running around barking (Michael Mac)
Beckton Creekside: m Cuckoo singing and flying between Loop Path and conifers on near side of sewage works 1800-1900 at least (Matthew Cunningham)
Brent Reservoir: m Cuckoo singing on dump, Nightingale (Andrew Self)
Brookmill Park: Stock Dove, 2 Blackcap, juv Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
Bushy Park: 3 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 6+ Sand Martin, 2 Skylark, 5 Swallow, 7 Swift, 3 Whitethroat (Ian R Watson)
Crossness: 2 Wheatear, Peregrine, Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 3 Common Tern, 5 Cetti's Warbler (George Kalli) Whinchat, Little Ringed Plover, 6 Lapwing inc pr w/ three chicks (John Archer)
Dagenham Chase LNR: Cuckoo, Hobby, Yellow Wagtail & Baikal x Eurasian Teal (Vince Halley-Frame)
Fulham Reach "Rannoch Road": 2 House Martin, 2 Swift (Nathalie Mahieu)
Hackney Marshes: 3 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker nests with calling young (Marcin Kempa)
Hackney Wick: singing Black Redstart in the same location as last week( Marcin Kempa)
Horsenden Hill "West": Reed Warbler singing, 2 Song Thrush singing (Barry Wilson)
Lamorbey Park , Sidcup: Whitethroat (Mike Amos)
Pinner, Lloyd Court: 20 juv Starling on back lawn (Richard Francis)
Plumstead, Slade Ponds/Ravine: Whitethroat Chiffchaff, Blackcap (George Kalli)
St Paul's Cray: 8+ House Martin, Kingfisher (Jack Headley)
Teddington: 2 Common Tern over lock (Mike Foster)
Totteridge Valley: m Whinchat, f Wheatear Greenland-type, 20 Stock Dove (Tony Clancy) 2 Lapwing, Buzzard, 2 Swallow, 10 Linnet (Tom Stewart)
Victoria Park: 3 Great Crested Grebe pr w/ juv, 12 Swift, 10 Sand Martin over lake (Harry Harrison)
Wanstead Flats: Black-necked Grebe, Common Whitethroat, Skylarks (Mischa Borris - what a great site this is, would never have known about the grebe otherwise - stunning bird!) Also: Gadwall, Pochard, 3 Little Grebe, Stock Dove, c50 Swift, 2 Black-headed Gull, 2 Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 2 Skylark, Sedge Warbler, Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 10 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Common Whitethroat, Mistle Thrush, 3 Song Thrush, Chaffinch, Reed Bunting (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead park : 2 Nuthatch (J-P Elmes), also 2 Great Crested Grebe, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Cetti’s Warbler (Wanstead Birders)

Friday 14th May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: Drake Pochard TR, 2 Swallow, 30 Swift WGR, Common Buzzard, Little Egret (AP Birders)
Amwell GP: 2cy White-fronted Goose still (Adam Wilson)
Brayside Farm, Enfield: 8 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Herring Gull (Robert Callf)
Foots Cray: 4 Common Swift together over Ellenborough Estate (Patrick English); 30+ Swift, 2+ House Martin over industrial estate off Edgington Way (Ian Stewart)
Forty Hall CP "Archers Wood": 2 Treecreeper pr carrying food [FF] (Robert Callf)
Hall Marsh: Greenshank still present for 8th day (Adam Wilson)
Hampstead Heath: Siskin over, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warbler, Kingfisher, c70 Starling including good numbers of recently fledged birds (Reuben Braddock)
Ickenham Marshes: Barn Owl, Reed Bunting (Steve Dungey & Julie Dungey)
Lavender Hill Cemetery: 2 Goldcrest pr (Robert Callf)
Leytonstone: Peregrine (James Heal)
Minet Country Park "Hayes": Nightingale [heard past 3 days], Reed Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, c15 Whitethroat, 2 Garden Warbler, c12 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, Red Kite, 3 Little Egret, 2 Skylark, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker (Dave Bookless)
Orpington "area": Red Kite N, 2 Yellowhammer East Hall Road (Jack Headley)
Perivale Station: Lesser Whitethroat heard singing from station platform late morning (Andrew Peel)
Perivale Park: 2 Egyptian Geese pr, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard [raptors just to north of park-kites & Buzzard together with 2 Buzzards high above them], 3 Swift, 5 Blackcap, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Greenfinch {Diamond-back Moth} (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Rainham Marshes: 2 Sanderling, 2 Grey Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, 2 Hobby, Short-eared Owl, Cuckoo (Andrew Self, John & Janet Cadera); Turnstone, 7 Ringed Plover, 2 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear (Sean Huggins)
Ravenor Park, Greenford: Red Kite, m Kestrel, 5 Swift (Neil Anderson)
Richmond Park: 2 Common Buzzard, 4 Common Tern, 5 Great Crested Grebe, Little Egret, Pochard, Raven, 2 Red-crested Pochard, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Tawny Owl calling (Friday Bird Group)
Ruislip Lido: 2 Great Crested Grebe pr, 2 Black-headed Gull, 8 Herring Gull, c6 Swallow, c20 House Martin some collecting nest material, Red Kite, 2 Pied Wagtail (Barry Wilson)
Sidcup: f Peregrine (Patrick English)
Sidcup Place: 4+ Swift, Swallow, 5+ Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff (Ian Stewart)
Swanscombe Marshes: Wigeon: Cuckoo, Hobby, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Raven, 200 Swift, 6 House Martin, 10 Sand Martin, 500 Starling (Tom Stewart)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 4 Mandarin Duck, 5 Stock Dove, 3 Lapwing, Buzzard, Little Owl, Grasshopper Warbler, 10 Blackcap, 4 Nuthatch, 8 Song Thrush, m Whinchat (Tom Stewart)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Dunlin, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, c800 Swift, c100 Sand Martin, c30 House Martin, c10 Swallow (Walthamstow birders)
Wanstead Flats: f Pochard, Little Grebe, Black-necked Grebe [still], 15+ Swift, 3 Skylark, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Common Whitethroat (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: Reed Warbler (Simon Raper)
Waterworks NR: Garden Warbler, Little Owl, 2 Swallow (Bryan Waters)

Thursday 13th May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: Lesser Redpoll W over BL 0803, Little Egret low SE, 2 Common Whitethroat CS, 8 Swift, 3 Swallow, 4 Pochard WGR (AP Birders)
Bushy Park: 3 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, Cuckoo [singing approx [[4]], loudest south of Dukes Passage, then becoming more distant], Greenfinch, 2 Greylag Goose [chased off by Egyptian Goose], Kestrel, Little Egret, Reed Bunting, 2 Skylark, 2 Swift, Wheatear [East of the Skylark area at Hampton Wick], Whitethroat (Ian R Watson) Cuckoo calling in the Pheasantry/woodland walk, moved calling at different points 1640 to 1650, Tawny Owl mobbed in Willow Plantation, 2 Swallow, 2 Swift (Michael Mac)
Chiswick: Red Kite circling and slowly moving south over Strand-on-the-Green at 1700 (Malcolm Hibberd)
Grovelands Park: 2 Great Crested Grebe pr incubating [ON], 2 Mute Swan pr incubating [ON], 17 Greylag Goose 7ad & two broods of 5 yng each, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 9 Mandarin Duck 4m f & 4 yng [FL], 7 Tufted Duck 5m 2f, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 3+ Stock Dove, 8+ Barn Swallow, 2 Grey Wagtail pr carrying food [FF], 2m Pied Wagtail, 4 Mistle Thrush 3ad & juv [FL], 3m Blackcap singing, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Coal Tit, 3 Nuthatch, 22+ Starling 16ad 6juv, m Chaffinch singing, 4+ Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Lamorbey Park: Egyptian Goose, Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, Swift, 4+ Blackcap, Whitethroat, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Rook NW (Ian Stewart)
Leatherhead, Randalls Way: Cormorant E, Chiffchaff (Neil Batten)
Oxleas Wood: 2 Swift, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Chaffinch, Goldcrest, Mistle Thrush, Buzzard, 2 Hobby, 7 Jackdaw, 8 Blackcap, 5 Stock Dove, 5 Chiffchaff, Nuthatch (Ron Turner)*Ron, can you contact me, Mike Edwards, michael.richard.edwards@gmail.com, as to where you saw these birds, particularly the Hobbies? I go to Oxleas Woods fairly often but don't see this variety. Thanks
Pool River between Bellingham Play Park and Ravensbourne: Nightingale. Go to lamp column 046 and if he's not already singing he should soon start. (George Wright) Apparently this bird was a Song Thrush
Ruislip Lido/Poors Field: 4 Great Crested Grebe two pr, 2 Common Tern pr, 6 Swift, c10 Swallow, c20 House Martin, 3 Garden Warbler [2 singing], probably 2 different singing Willow Warbler, m Bullfinch (Neil Anderson)
Staines Reservoirs: 8 Kittiwake circled then north at 1235, 6 Oystercatcher, 3 Yellow Wagtail, Greenland Wheatear (R.Kaye)
Totteridge Valley: m Whinchat, 4+ Wheatear Greenland-type, 6 Pied Wagtail, 4 Tufted Duck [pr Darlands, pr Long Pond] (Tony Clancy)
Wanstead Flats: 2 Pochard, 3 Little Grebe, Black-necked Grebe [still], Stock Dove, 15 Swift, Sparrowhawk, Swallow, 7 Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Wheatear (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: Cetti’s Warbler, Reed Warbler (Wanstead Birders)

Wednesday 12th May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: Common Whitethroat CS, 30+ Swift WGR, Common Buzzard drifting N, Peregrine pair (AP Birders) 2 Greylag Goose, w/ one gosling, 2 Egyptian Goose w/ 6 gosling, Canada Goose w/ 4 goslings, 2 Grey Wagtail pr [Boating Lake] (Eduardo López Salas)
Beckton Creekside NR: Cuckoo (Tim Rymer)
Beech Hill Lake: Cormorant, 2 Mandarin Duck pr, 8 Tufted Duck 4m 4f, 5 Moorhen pr w/ three chicks, 15 Coot two prs w/ broods of six & five yng [FL] (Robert Callf)
Brent Reservoir: Little Ringed Plover briefly, 2 Swallow, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Garden Warbler (Andrew Self) Hobby drifted N over east marsh at 10:30, Nightingale (heard from north shore), pr Buzzard, 100+ Swift (Bill Haines)
Brockwell Park: Spotted Flycatcher, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff and Peregrine (Stuart Hearne)
Burgess Park: Spotted Flycatcher [in Sycamore behind Cobourg Rd Nature area but flew north], Kestrel, Reed Warbler [in Cetti’s scrub area] (Steven Robinson)
Bushy Park: Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting, 3 Skylark, Swallow, Swift, Wheatear (Ian R Watson)
Enfield "Enfield Rd EN2": 2 Coal Tit ad feeding recently fledged juv [FL] (Robert Callf)
Enfield area "private access": Hobby, 50+ Swift, 2 Common Whitethroat pr, 2 Long-tailed Tit pr (Robert Callf)
Foots Cray Meadows: Pair Mute Swan, 2 Greylag Goose, 4 Canada Goose, 7 Egyptian Goose 5 juv, 3 Gadwall, Kestrel, c30 Coot inc 20+ juv, 5 Swift, Skylark, 15+ Blackcap, 13+ Whitethroat, Cetti’s Warbler singing, Reed Warbler singing in hawthorn N side of lake, 10+ Chiffchaff, 2-3 Linnet (Ian Stewart)
Grovelands Park: 2 Grey Wagtail, Collared Dove (Marcus Hunt)
Gunpowder Park: Little Grebe, Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Swift, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Skylark, 3 Song Thrush, Blackcap, 8 Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 20 House Sparrow [a few nesting in gabion wall to visitor centre], 3 Greenfinch, 2 Chaffinch (Harry Harrison)
Hall Marsh: Greenshank (Adam Wilson)
Hampstead Heath: Sanctuary Pond, 0840 approx, Kingfisher perching for about a minute in shrubbery to left of reed bed as viewed from path (Hamish Birchall)
Hayes "Norman Leddy Memorial Park": 5 Swift, 2 singing Blackcap (Des McKenzie)
Hogsmill NR: 2 Shelduck, c50 Swift, 6+ Sand Martin, Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff (Nick Tanner)
Horsenden Hill: Lesser Whitethroat, 20+ Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Collared Dove pr, 2 Kestrel pr passing prey, Reed Bunting, 5 Reed Warbler (Martin Smith)
Ladywell Park, Ravensbourne river: Little Egret (Jed Molloy)
Leatherhead, Randalls Way: Common Buzzard N, 17 Common Swift, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap (Neil Batten)
Mayfair: f Black Redstart on private property at Bonhams [New Bond Street], as in not viewable to public; but with patience the birds can be seen by strolling around the area, checking chimneys, and have favoured the major construction work at Claridge's on Brook Street 1145. Tend to be most vocal mid-morning [10ish] and mid-afternoon [3ish], Goldfinch singing as well, 2 Swift overhead (Matt Bradbury)
Oxleas Wood: 2 Buzzard, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 2 Hobby pr, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, 5 Stock Dove, 4 Jackdaw, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, 20+ Goldfinch, 5 Blackcap,3 Chiffchaff, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Ron Turner)
Pinner, HA5: Red Kite, Coal Tit, Swift (Nigel Barratt)
Putney Heath: Garden Warbler, singing [Emperor Moth male on the wing, no lure] (Les Evans-Hill)
Richmond Park: Wood Warbler singing by old service gates into Pond Plantation early am (S Read); Wood Warbler still present at 1500; 5 Cormorant - nesting pair and three young; Little Egret; Red Kite; 7+ Buzzard, 3 Common Tern, 20 Black-headed Gull - ten nesting pairs (J Wilczur)
Sewardstone Marsh: Little Egret, Buzzard, Kestrel, c50 Swift, 4 Sand Martin, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Swallow, singing Nightingale, Song Thrush, 7 Blackcap, 10 Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 8 House Sparrow, 11 Greenfinch (Harry Harrison)
Sidcup DA15: Red Kite low N 1348, Peregrine, Blackcap (Ian Stewart)
St Paul's Cray: Hobby very low S past Kelsey Road gardens 1839 (Jack Headley)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 8 Tufted Duck four prs [Long Pond], 2 Lapwing, Buzzard, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Swift, 10 Swallow, 2 House Martin, Skylark, Linnet, 21 Common Whitethroat, 17 Blackcap, 17 Chiffchaff, 3 Rook, Coot, 3ad Mandarin Duck w/ two ducklings, Mistle Thrush {Muntjac} (John Colmans) Grasshopper Warbler reeling briefly at dusk (Tony Clancy)
Trent Park: 14 Mandarin Duck 5m & f w/ eight yng, Red Kite, 7 Moorhen 3ad 4 yng, 2 Common Tern pr, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush carrying food [FF], Garden Warbler {Comma, Small White, m Orange-tip} {2 Muntjac Deer} (Robert Callf/Pete Lowman)
Wanstead Flats: Shelduck [over], 2 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, 3 Little Grebe, Black-necked Grebe [still], 4 Stock Dove, 30+ Swift, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, 2 Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Hobby, Peregrine, 2 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 13 Common Whitethroat (Wanstead Birders)

Tuesday 11th May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: Little Egret E over pitches 0747, Common Whitethroat in CS, 18 Swift, 2 Swallow, House Martin, 2 Canada Goose w/6 gosling WGR, Peregrine pair SE hunting 1055, Painted Lady [Foy] (AP Birders)
Ackroyd Drive, E3: Blackcap singing at allotment. (Harry Harrison)
Barnes Waterside: Common Buzzard low over Holst Mansions mobbed by Herring Gull, 2 Swift, singing Blackcap (Neil Anderson)
Brent Reservoir: 3 Greylag Goose, 6 Egyptian Goose, Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, 7 Black-headed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, 9 Common Tern, 6 Stock Dove, Common Swift, Nightingale, Garden Warbler (Andrew Haynes)
Brockwell Park: 7 Mute Swan pr w/ 5 yng, 7 Canada Goose pr w/ 5 yng, Egyptian Goose, Grey Heron, singing Song Thrush (Tony Stones)
Burgess Park: 4 Linnet [Sports pitch] (Steven Robinson)
Bushy Park: 3 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, Greenfinch, 6 Swift, 2 Whitethroat (Ian R Watson)
Enfield area "private access": f Mandarin Duck, 2 Tufted Duck pr, Common Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, m Lesser Whitethroat singing, 6 Linnet {6 Painted Lady} (Robert Callf)
Foots Cray Meadows river & lake area only : 13+ Blackcap singing, 6 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Song Thrush, 4 Chiffchaff singing, 5 Jay, 14 Tufted Duck, 8 Egyptian Goose pr w/ 6 yng, Reed Warbler, Cetti`s Warbler, 2 Long-tailed Tit, Lesser Black-backed Gull, c60 Immature Herring Gull on sports field, 4 Common Whitethroat (Bernie Weight)
Grovelands Park: 2 Swift [FOY], Collared Dove (Marcus Hunt)
Hall Marsh: Greenshank (Adam Wilson)
Hampstead Heath: Hobby high over No 1 Pond 1500, Reed Warbler Sanctury Pond (Allan Stewart)
Holyfield Hall Farm: 2cy White-fronted Goose (Adam Wilson)
Hounslow Heath: 2 Ruddy Shelduck in Conservation Area 0800, disturbed by dogwalker and flew SW 0806, m Wheatear 1600 {Painted Lady} (Andy Roberts)
Lamorbey Park: 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Swift, 3+ Blackcap, Whitethroat, 3+ Chiffchaff (Ian Stewart)
Leatherhead, Randalls Way: 11 Common Swift, House Martin, Peregrine, Red Kite, Chiffchaff (Neil Batten)
Mayfair: 2 Black Redstart pr showing well on private rooftops, northern sector 1015 (Matt Bradbury)
Oxleas Wood: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Hobby pr, 4 Jackdaw, 4 Buzzard two pr, Goldcrest, Kestrel (Ron Turner)
Pinner,HA5: 5 Swift, Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Nigel Barratt)
Richmond Park: Common Sandpiper (N Jackman); Red Kite over Lawn Plantation (Mike Foster); 4 Wheatear (H Bostock/N Jackman/ P Pentek)
Ridgmount Gardens WC1E: Blackcap still holding territory (Fraser Simpson)
St Paul's Cathedral EC4: Blackcap singing (Fraser Simpson)
Sidcup: Willersley Avenue: 13 Swift over heading west 1610 [highest personal count at this location. Highest last year was nine] (Eric Brown)
Sidcup DA15: Peregrine, Coot heard over 0110, 3+ Swift, Blackcap (Ian Stewart)
Southall: Red Kite(s) over North Road 1325 and Dormers Wells 1620 (Phil Belman)
Stave Hill/Russia Dock Woodland: male Mandarin on Globe Pond, Sedge Warbler (John & Janet Cadera)
Tatem Park, N13: 2 very large grey birds seen flying high in SE direction at 1020; one seemed slightly larger than the other; wingspan over twice as wide as that of a Lesser Black-backed Gull seen simultaneously (James Palmer)
Teddington: Common Tern over lock cut one carrying a fish so not far from nest site (Mike Foster)
Trent Park: 3 Egyptian Goose pr w/ one yng, 2 Tufted Duck pr, 2 Common Tern pr, Garden Warbler singing {Small Copper, Small Heath, Small Tortoiseshell, 5 Peacock, Red Admiral, f Brimstone, 2m Orange-tip, 2 Green-veined White, Speckled Wood} (Robert Callf)
Upper College Farm, Bexley : 5 Chiffchaff singing, 10 Whitethroat, 3 Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Buzzard, 6 Swift, Egyptian Goose, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Skylark, 3 Greenfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, m Pheasant, 6 Blackcap singing, Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, 4 Linnet (Bernie Weight)
St James' Park: 2 Reed Warbler pr in reeds just beyond closed tables by cafe at Palace end (Jack Hill)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Yellow Wagtail, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Sandpiper (Walthamstow Birders)
Wanstead Flats: 2 Pochard, 4 Little Grebe, Black-necked Grebe [still], Stock Dove, 30+ Swift, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Skylark, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 14 Common Whitethroat, Mistle Thrush, Yellow Wagtail (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Little Egret, 2 Stock Dove, 30+ Swift, 2 Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, House Martin, 6 Chiffchaff, Cetti’s Warbler, 6 Common Whitethroat (Wanstead Birders)
Wimbledon Common: Garden Warbler (Jon Reeves) f Bullfinch (Norbert Jakab)

Monday 10th May 2021[]

Acton Tube Station: Blackcap in song (Tony Stones)
Alexandra Park: Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat, Jackdaw NNW, House Martin, 10+ Swift, 2 Swallow, Pochard female (AP Birders) 2 Greylag Goose, w/ one gosling, 2 Egyptian Goose w/ 6 gosling, Canada Goose w/ 4 gosling, 2 Grey Wagtail pair [Boating Lake] (Eduardo López Salas)
Burgess Park: Reed Warbler [in addition to birds around the lake, there was one in bramble in the main scrub area south of the AstroTurf pitches] (Steven Robinson). Linnet by BMX (Graeme Wright) London Bird Report 2019 says Linnet bred there that year (MM)
Bushy Park: Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Skylark, 3 Swallow, Swift, Wheatear, 2 Whitethroat (Ian R Watson)
Dagenham Chase NR: m Whinchat on old hay bale fields, known to us locals as the Travellers Field (Unknown observer via Birdguides per VH-F), m Whinchat present on travelers field 1130, 4 Gadwall, Lapwing on slack, 2 pairs of Reed Warbler Hooks Hall pond and another Bardag Lake, 3 Common Tern (Steve Bacon)
Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe, Hobby, 3 Red-legged Partridge, Swift, Green Woodpecker, f Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Barn Swallow, f Northern Wheatear [Greenland-type], ad Rook, 8 Linnet (Robert Callf/Tony Clancy/Bob Husband)
Fisher's Green: Hobby, Cuckoo (Charlie Farrell)
Hall Marsh Scrape: 2 Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover, Greenshank (James Palmer)
Mayfair: Black Redstart singing [heard only] at north end of New Bond Street, 1400 (Matt Bradbury)
Mitcham Common: 2 Garden Warbler singing by 7 Island Pond (Michael Mac)
Mudchute Farm, Isle of Dogs: 3 Common Whitethroat, Peregrine high SW (Sean Huggins)
Northolt & Greenford CP: Dunnock, 4 Pied Wagtail, Blackcap singing, 2 Mute Swan over, Kestrel hovering, m Reed Bunting singing, Reed Warbler singing, 2 Egyptian Goose pr (Barry Wilson)
Oxleas Wood: Sparrowhawk, Hobby, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, Buzzard,3 Jackdaw, 3 Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch (Ron Turner)
Pinner, HA5: 3 Swift, Green Woodpecker (Nigel Barratt)
Richmond Park: 1 Wheatear at the Bog (Hugh Bradshaw)
St Paul's Cray "area": 40-50 Swift, 3 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 2 Common Whitethroat singing (Jack Headley)
Trent Park: 4 Egyptian Goose pr w/ two yng, 11 Tufted Duck 8m 3f, 2 Common Tern pr, Garden Warbler singing, Goldcrest singing, Coal Tit singing, Raven (Robert Callf)
Wanstead Flats , Alexandra Lake: Black-necked Grebe (Steve Bacon); 2 Whinchat (James Palmer); and also... Gadwall, 2 Pochard, 5 Little Grebe, 32 Swift, 2 Skylark, 3 Swallow, House Martin, 5 Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Common Whitethroat, 5 Wheatear, Chaffinch (Wanstead Birders)
Wimbledon Common: Garden Warbler, 4 Grey Wagtail pr feeding 2 young (Jon Reeves) 3 Swallow, Common Whitethroat; Firecrest, Nuthatch, Chiffchaff, Blackcap heard (Norbert Jakab)
Woodberry Wetlands: Red Kite high west 1429 (Garry James)

Sunday 9th May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: 20+ Swift, 2 Peregrine, Canada Goose w/ 4 gosling (AP Birders)
Balham: 11 Swift over Fernlea Rd (Erik Charleson)
Battersea Park: 2 Tawny Owl, 3 Swift, 6m Mandarin Duck (Michael Mac)
Bedfont/Feltham border: 3 Red Kite, 6+ singing Skylark (Wendy Marks)
Blackheath: 5 Swift (Ray Crouch)
Broadwater GP: Black Tern, 20+ Common Tern, 2 Arctic Tern (C Lamsdell)
Burgess Park: f Wheatear, 3 Linnet [both BMX track], Lesser Whitethroat (Steven Robinson)
Bushy Park: 6 Chiffchaff, Greenfinch, Kestrel, 4 Skylark, Swallow, 4 Swift, 4 Whitethroat (Ian R Watson)
Catford-Lower Sydenham River Pool area: 1 Whitethroat singing, pr Mandarins, pr Grey Wagtails, Mallards bred, Moorhens pr predated. (Dave de Silva, (Paul Moss pers. comm))
Crossness: f Whinchat, 6 Wheatear, 2 Whimbrel, 2 Hobby, Barn Owl (John Archer & Richard Bonser) Skylark, Dunlin (Isha Crichlow/Patrick Davies) Hi Isha & Patrick - is this 1,000 Dunlin (which would be absolutely exceptional at this time of year) or a Dunlin at 10:00? Thanks, John Archer. Just 1 Dunlin riverside at 10am, must have auto-formatted into 1000, sorry!- Isha Crichlow - Thanks Isha, you're right it's the way times are formatted here, which i think is daft because it can lead to the sort of confusion that I raised, far better to format times with a colon to clearly differentiate from counts - JA. Brief glimpse of possible Great Reed Warbler, reeds/pond in south east corner, near Asda. No vocals heard, and won’t list it unless someone else confirms, (Rod Blessitt).
Enfield area "private access": 2 Hobby, 9+ Swift, 2 singing male Skylark, 2+ Barn Swallow, House Martin [FOY], f Northern Wheatear [Greenland-type], f Whinchat, 2 singing male Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Common Whitethroat, Linnet {m Orange-tip, Peacock} (Robert Callf/Bob Husband/Eugene Dillon-Hooper)
Fisher's Green: 2 Hobby, 2 m singing Nightingale (Ryan Richardson)
Gutteridge Wood: 2 Red Kite, Cuckoo, singing Nightingale, Lesser Whitethroat, Reed Warbler singing from scrub, f Lesser Redpoll perched near pool. Others reported Barn Owl, Hobby & Spotted Flycatcher (Neil Anderson)
Hackney Marshes: Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Swallow (Marcin Kempa)
Hackney Wick: singing Black Redstart (Marcin Kempa)
Hall Marsh Scrape: Wood Sandpiper & Greenshank still (David Bradshaw)
Hampstead Heath “West Heath”: Cuckoo [sang once early on but no sign later], Spotted Flycatcher; “Parliament Hill”: Hobby, Lesser Whitethroat [FOY], 5 Common Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler continuing, 4 Swallow, 10 Swift, 7 Black-headed Gull W (Hampstead Heath birders)
Hammersmith: first young House Sparrow (Charlie Fison)
Harefield Marina: Mute Swan pr and 9 cygnets (Nigel Barratt)
Harefield, Moorhall rd GPS: 2 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Hobby, Kestrel, 7 Swift, 2 Swallow, 2 Common Tern, 2 Blackcap, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Egyptian Goose, Green Woodpecker, 2 Tufted Duck (Nigel Barratt)
Heathrow: c20 Linnet, 4 Skylark, Red Kite (Wendy Marks)
Hounslow Heath: Spotted Flycatcher along River Crane near the tunnel, Lesser Whitethroat (Iain Darbyshire)
KGV Res: Sanderling, 6 Northern Wheatear [mostly if not all Greenland types], 6 Common Sandpiper (Sean Huggins)
Leyton "Jubilee Wood": Lesser Whitethroat singing (James Blake)
Queen Mary Reservoir: 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Gadwall, 2 Mandarin Duck, 2 Kestrel, 3 Wheatear, Cuckoo heard just W of pumphouse (Franko J Maroevic)
Richmond Park: 6 Wheatear [The Bog] at 0800(H Bradshaw); Wheatear [Lawn Field] (S Woolfenden); m Whinchat [Sawyers Hill], 4 Wheatear m 3f Greenland-types still afternoon [The Bog etc] (J Wilczur)
South Harefield: 8 Swift, Red Kite, Little Egret, {2 Vixens & 3 cubs} (Wendy Marks)
Southall: Red Kite 1755, 6 Swift (Phil Belman)
Southwark Park: Spotted Flycatcher (John & Janet Cadera)
Staines Moor: 2 Whinchat, 11 Wheatear, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Shelduck (Iain Darbyshire)
St Paul's Cray: 2 Swift N (Jack Headley)
Ten Acre Wood area: 3 Pheasant, Little Egret, Grey Heron, 2 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, c10 Stock Dove, Cuckoo briefly singing, 3 Swift, c8 Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 2 Swallow, 4 Greenland type Wheatear [3 together]. 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, 21 Common Whitethroat, 18 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Reed Bunting 3m f, 4 Linnet (Neil Anderson)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 7 Northern Wheatear [upper corn field - possibly more], Grasshopper Warbler [very briefly], 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Swift, 2 Lapwing, Red Kite, 4 Common Buzzard, Little Owl, Skylark, 15 Whitethroat, 3 House Martin, 17 Swallow, 5 Rook, Linnet,3 Mandarin Duck w/ duckling, 16 Blackcap, 9 Chiffchaff (John Colmans & Tony Clancy)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 5 Wheatear, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 singing Garden Warblers (Walthamstow Birders)
Wandsworth Common: [[5]] f Wheatear, Spotted Flycatcher, 5 Swallow (Nick Rutter); location of Spotted Flycatcher please, Nick? (Matt Bradbury) (At the Eastern end of the Boardwalk by the Lake Extension - Nick)
Wanstead Flats: Black-necked Grebe (still), 6 Skylark, 4 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 5+ Common Whitethroat, 3 Whinchat, 6 Wheatear 4 Skylark, Little Owl (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: 4 Great-Crested Grebe, Tawny Owl, Sparrowhawk, Little Egret, Reed Warbler (Wanstead Birders)
Woodmere Avenue football pitches, Croydon: Red Kite, Lesser Whitethroat (Steven Robinson)
Worcester Park: Whinchat on horse fields (Bob Smith)
Yeading Brook meadows: Little Egret, Red Kite, 2 Stock Dove pr, 3 Swift, 4 Common Whitethroat, 6 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 8th May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: f Northern Wheatear 0609, 5 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 15+ Swift (AP Birders)
Alperton "Grand Union Canal near Sainsburys": Common Pochard, Grey Heron, 2 Tufted Duck pr with the Pochard (Barry Wilson)
Amwell GP: adult Mediterranean Gull (Adam Wilson)
Beddington: Marbled Duck [presumed escape] still on boating lake, 2 Little Egret (Richard, Rosie & Karen Bonser)
Blackheath: 3 Swift (Ray Crouch)
Brent Reservoir: Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 150 Swallow, Nightingale (Andrew Self)
Bushy Park: 2 Chiffchaff, Swift, 2 Wheatear, Whitethroat (Ian R Watson)
Crossness: Whinchat m, 2 Wheatear, Barn Owl (John Archer), 7 Dunlin Barking Bay, Common Sandpiper (Richard Bonser)
Dagenham Chase NR: Ringed Plover for c15mins then chased off, 2+ Common Sandpiper, Common Snipe, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 2 Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, Reed Bunting, 4 Common Tern. Cuckoo, Hobby, Sparrowhawk, f Whinchat (Vince Halley-Frame)
Enfield area "private access": Common Buzzard, m Kestrel, Hobby, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 32 Stock Dove, 2 Barn Swallow N, m Northern Wheatear, singing m Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Common Whitethroat, 6 Linnet (Robert Callf/Tony Clancy/Bob Husband)
Erith Pier: 2cy Yellow-legged Gull, 10 Common Tern (Richard Bonser)
Hall Marsh: Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, 2 Snipe (Adam Wilson) both still present 14.10 from south hide (Quentin Given)
KGV Res: 3 Sanderling, 2 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Wheatear, White Wagtail (A Middleton)
Lamorbey Park: 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Peregrine, 4 House Martin N, 4+ Blackcap, Whitethroat singing on north side of lake, 4 Chiffchaff (Ian Stewart)
London Wetland Centre: RED-RUMPED SWALLOW over reservoir lagoon & wildside from 15:28 (BirdGuides/WWT website)
Mudchute Farm, Isle of Dogs: Wheatear in the paddocks briefly then flew S (Sean Huggins)
Northolt & Greenford CP: 2 Mute Swan pr, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk carrying Starling prey, Hobby, m Kestrel, 3 House Martin low W, 9 Swallow feeding low over Smith's Farm, 7 Blackcap, 4 Common Whitethroat, 3 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
Plumstead Common: 2 Common Swift over together, Cormorant (Patrick English)
Purfleet-on-Thames: Sanderling, Sandwich Tern, 3 Arctic Tern, 11 Little Gull, 3 Common Scoter, 52 Swift, 6 Ringed Plover, Whimbrel, Bar-tailed Godwit, 47 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 21 Great Black-backed Gull, 3rd-s Yellow-legged Gull (Fraser Simpson)
Sidcup DA15: Red Kite mobbed by Herring Gull late am, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, Swift, Blackcap (Ian Stewart)
Thamesmead: Black Swan, 50 Swallow, 150+ Sand Martin, 6+ House Martin, 2 Swift on Southmere (Richard Bonser)
Trent Park: Cormorant, 4 Egyptian Goose pr w/ two yng, 9 Tufted Duck 5m 4f, Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Tern pr [male caught & presented small fish to female], Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Garden Warbler pr (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Dunlin, Arctic Tern, Hobby, Yellow Wagtail (Walthamstow Birders)
Wanstead Flats: Black-necked Grebe [still], 2 Gadwall, 6 Little Grebe, 3cy Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Sparrowhawk, Hobby, 2 Skylark, 23 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 14 Whitethroat, Song Thrush, 4 Wheatear, Meadow Pipit, Yellow Wagtail (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: Gadwall, 5 Little Grebe, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 16 Swift, Little Egret, 2 Hobby, Reed Warbler, Sand Martin, 50 Swallow, 25 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 2 Song Thrush (Wanstead Birders)
WaterWorks NR: 2 Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher, 14 Reed Warbler, 5 Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Sand Martin, 2 Common Pochard, 3 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe (G Howie) [6]
Wimbledon Park Lake : Peregrine and Hobby hunting over the lake, a few hundred Swifts, many Barn Swallows and House Martins.(Kevin Allen)
Woodberry Wetlands: Common Sandpiper (Ian Bradshaw)
Woolwich Ferry: 2 Common Tern (George Kalli)
Worcester Park: f Wheatear on horse fields (Isaiah Rowe)

Friday 7th May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: 2 Gadwall, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Greylag Goose w/2 gosling, 2 Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, 3 Swallow, 2 Egyptian Goose w/6 gosling (AP Birders)
Barnes Common: Wood Warbler (William McDonnell)
Blackheath: Swallow (Ray Crouch)
Bow Creek Ecology Park: Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Common Sandpiper (Sean Huggins)
Burgess Park: Garden Warbler [feeding in Willow trees next to school/lake], Willow Warbler (Steven Robinson)
Bushy Park: Buzzard [mobbed by corvids], 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Kestrel, 2 Skylark, 5 Swallow, 7 Swift, Whitethroat (Ian R Watson)
Chessington South Golf Course/Training Center [disused]: 2 small ponds - Sedge Warbler, drake Teal, Little Grebe, 2 Canada Goose nests side by side, Garden Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 5 Greenfinch, 3 Linnet, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 2 Swallow. Park Farm: Hobby, Chiffchaff, 9 Pied Wagtail, Teal from golf course seen with 2 Mallard over (Michael Mac)
Crossness: [[7]] m Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Swift (Tim Rymer). 12:20-16:10: 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Common Tern, 4 Lapwing, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Kestrel, 1 Buzzard, 2 House Martin, 8 Swallow, 10+ Reed Warbler, 3+ Reed Bunting, several Cetti's Warbler. Also 2 Water vole (Dave de Silva, (Paul Moss and Sharon Welland, pers. comm.))
Dagenham Chase: Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Shelduck, Little Ringed Plover, Lapwing, 3 Gadwall, Rook, 4 Lesser Whitethroat (Steve Bacon/Sam Porter), also Sedge Warbler, 5+ Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, Common Snipe, Little Egret, 5 Common Tern, Pochard, Bullfinch, Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard (Vince Halley-Frame)
East India Dock Basin: 2 Reed Warbler (Sean Huggins)
Enfield area "private access": 2m Whinchat along hedgerows 1135-1145 & again in evening, m Lesser Whitethroat singing, 2 Raven pr (Robert Callf/Bob Husband)
Fisher's Green area: 3 Nightingale, Cuckoo, Garden Warbler, but no sign Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Gareth Richards)
Grovelands Park: 2 Swallow, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail (Marcus Hunt)
Hall Marsh Scrape: Greenshank (James Palmer) 2 Snipe, Hobby, a Peregrine flushed and briefly pursued the Greenshank (Adam Wilson)
Hanwell "Boles Meadow": 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Long-tailed Tit, Song Thrush singing (Barry Wilson)
Holyfield Lake: 4 Hobby late am hawking low over water from Grebe Hide (Gareth Richards)
Horton Country Park: Hobby (Bob Smith)
Ickenham marshes: Barn Owl at 2015, Grey Wagtail, Willow Warbler (Steve Dungey and Julie Dungey)
Lamorbey Park: Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, Canada Goose w/ 12 goslings, 8 Tufted Duck 6m 2f, Grey Heron, Cormorant, Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, 4 Blackcap 2m 2f, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, Peregrine, 2 Jackdaw among 33 species (Eric Brown), Song Thrush singing, 8 Stock Dove, Swallow, Pied Wagtail, Jay, 3 Chiffchaff (Mike Amos) 3 Swift, Tawny Owl hooting 1835, 3 House Martin, Whitethroat at E end of lake (Ian Stewart)
Rainham Marshes: 2 Red Kite, 2 Hobby, 6 Ringed Plover, Whimbrel, Common Gull, 2 Cuckoo, Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, Common Myna (Andrew Self, John & Janet Cadera) Short-eared Owl (Fraser Simpson)
Richmond Park: Red Kite, 5 Buzzard, ad m Peregrine, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk all raptors locals no movement, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler (R Kaye), Whinchat, Little Owl (Jon Reeves) 6 Wheatear, Garden Warbler, Common Sandpiper (RP Friday Bird Group)
Sidcup DA15: Red Kite SW 1619, 2 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, 2 Swallow, Blackcap (Ian Stewart)
Southall, Jubilee Park: Red Kite (s) over 1630 & 1655 (Phil Belman)
Sutcliffe Park: 6 Blackcap, Reed Warbler, Green Woodpecker, 2 Little Grebe pr (P Kite)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Cuckoo through N, Sand Martin W, 2 Swift, 3 House Martin, 11 Swallow, Little Egret, Little Owl, Lapwing, 4 Common Buzzard, m Sparrowhawk, Skylark, Willow Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 20 Whitethroat,18 Chiffchaff, 17 Blackcap, Grey Wagtail, Linnet, 6 Rook, 3 Coot, f Mandarin Duck w/ two ducklings (John Colmans) 5 Wheatear [upper ploughed field], Whinchat [hedge between upper and lower ploughed fields] (Peter Cotgreave)
Trent Park: 2 Cormorant, 4 Egyptian Goose w/ two yng, 6m Mandarin Duck, 4 Tufted Duck 2m 2f, Red Kite, 2 Common Tern lower lake, Green Woodpecker, 4 Wren inc pr, Dunnock singing, 4 Robin 2ad 2juvs, Garden Warbler singing, 3 Coal Tit inc singing m, 4 Great Tit inc one nest building, m Chaffinch singing {2 Green-veined White, m Orange-tip} (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Yellow Wagtail, Hobby, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Common Sandpiper (Walthamstow Birders)
Wanstead Flats: 5 Little Grebe, Black-necked Grebe [still], 7 Swift, 2 Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 2 Hobby, Peregrine, 4 Swallow, 12 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, 19 Common Whitethroat, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Stock Dove, Kingfisher, 3 Chiffchaff, Cetti’s Warbler, 6 Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Common Whitethroat, Mistle Thrush, 3 Song Thrush (Wanstead Birders)
Warlingham: Wheatear at Blanchman's Farm in horse field (John Birkett)
Wimbledon Common & Putney Heath: several Swallows just inches off the ground S of the windmill, 2 Swift, 2 Kestrel, 4 Common Buzzard, Peregrine (Martin Honey)
Woodberry Wetlands: 3 Grey Wagtail ad w/ two fledglings by West res, c60 Swift, 3+ Sand Martin, Reed Bunting (Garry James)

Thursday 6th May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: 2 Common Whitethroat, 5 Swallow, 10 Swift, 11 Tufted Duck, 14 Lesser Black-backed Gull WGR (AP Birders) 2 Greylag Goose w/ 2 gosling, 2 Egyptian Goose w/ 6 gosling, 2 Peregrine (Eduardo López Salas)
Brent Reservoir: Hobby, Nightingale, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler (Andrew Self)
Burgess Park: Sedge Warbler (Steven Robinson)
Bushy Park: 4 Chiffchaff, Little Egret, 2 Skylark, Wheatear (Ian R Watson)
Crossness NR : 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Peregrine Barn Owl, f Black Redstart, 2 Whinchat m f, Skylark, 4 Wheatear, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Lapwing, 3 Heron, Greenfinch, 14 Cetti`s Warbler, 4 Sedge Warbler, 16 Reed Warbler, 5 Reed Buntng, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 6 Whitethroat 4 Little Grebe, 18 Swift, 4 Swallow, Song Thrush, 9 Gadwalll, 5 Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck (Bernie Weight).Thames and foreshore,low tide : 3 Common Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, 65 Gadwall, 32 Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher, Cetti`s Wabler, Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warbler, Pied Wagtail, 8 Common Tern (Bernie Weight)
Crystal Palace Park: Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat [both on top terrace], 4 Swift over lower lake [FOY] (Nigel G Harris)
Dagenham Chase: Ring Ouzel M on crowfoot till 7.45am , 2 Shelduck, 1 Little Ringed Plover
Enfield area "private access": Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Hobby, 21+ Swift, Green Woodpecker, Skylark, 2 Pied Wagtail, m Whinchat along hedgerows 1616-1626 & 1750-1800 [FOY] - a 'stonking male', f Northern Wheatear, 3 Common Whitethroat singing, 35+ ad Starling, 6 Linnet (Robert Callf)
Grovelands Park: 3 Swallow (Marcus Hunt)
Gutteridge Wood: Nightingale singing from at least 0330 and occasionally joined by Lesser Whitethroat, small audio incl both here if permitted [8] (Dan Pinkham)
Ickenham marshes: Barn Owl at 2000 (Julie Dungey and Kathryn Dungey)
Leyton "Dagenham Brook": Sedge Warbler singing (James Blake)
London Wetland Centre: 6 Kittiwake briefly p.m then off NW, m Whinchat, Wheatear, 2 Ruff, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 12 Swallow, 20 Swift, 2 Common Tern (WWT website)
Mayfair: Black Redstart singing [heard only] from rooftops of Avery Row [connects Brook St with Grosvenor St] 1700 (Matt Bradbury)
Peckham: 5 Swift, Colegrove Road (Tony Stones)
Plumstead Common: 2 Peregrine 1145 (George Kalli)
Queen Mary Reservoir: 1 Wheatear 1st yr m, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Common Sandpiper (Franko J Maroevic)
Richmond "Lock and Weir": 4 Egyptian Goose two pr, 5 Mandarin Duck 4m f, Cormorant, Red Feral Pigeon (Barry Wilson)
Richmond Park: 2 Hobby and 2 Common Tern (Isaiah Rowe) 2 Cormorant pr w/ two juv in nest, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 2 Swift, Swallow, 20+ Sand Martin (Neil Anderson) (whereabouts did you see the hobbies? - Jack Waddington)
St James' Park: Grey Wagtail, Willow Warbler (Jack Hill)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Red Kite, Hobby, Lesser Whitethroat, m Whinchat, c15 Common Tern, c100 Swift, c50 Swallow, c50 Sand Martin (Bryan Waters) 7 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Wheatear, 9 Common Sandpipers, Little Ringed Plover (Walthamstow Birders)
Wanstead Flats: Black-necked Grebe still present 1130, 3+ Little Grebe [5 -N Croft] (Malcolm Hibberd), 5 Little Grebe, Osprey over NW [FOY], 34 Swift, 2 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Stock Dove, Skylark, Sedge Warbler, 2 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, 13 Common Whitethroat, Song Thrush, Wheatear, Linnet (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: 3 Tern sp, 4 Great-crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Little Egret, Kingfisher, 23 Swift, Stock Dove, Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Common Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, 4 Song Thrush, Grey Wagtail (Wanstead Birders)

Wednesday 5th May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: 2 Little Egret, 4 Swift, Sand Martin, 2 Swallow (AP Birders) 2 Greylag Goose w/ 2 gosling, 2 Egyptian Goose w/ 6 gosling (Eduardo López Salas)
Brixton: 1 Swift, Blenheim Gardens Estate (Tony Stones)
Burgess Park: 4 Common Sandpiper, Whitethroat, Cetti`s, 3 Reed Warbler [[9]] (Dave Clark). Spotted Flycatcher 0830 [Sycamores, S of Astro Turf, nr bridge] (Graeme Wright), Spotted Flycatcher 1815-1835 at least in double sycamore with brick in between trunks on the other side of bridge from this morning (Steven Robinson), - thanks I was about to leave, it just flew over into one of the limes! Swift's [up to 25], 2 Cetti's Warbler [in different places] Collared Dove singing then flew South East over factories 1825 (Michael Mac),
Crossness NR: 3+ Sedge Warbler, 20+ Reed Warbler, 15+ Cetti's Warbler, 2m Blackcap, 2m Reed Bunting, Linnet, Kestrel, 2 Grey Heron, 8+ Starling, Whitethroat, Whinchat, 5 Barn Swallow, Barn Owl at hide nest box entrance (Paul Francis - total numbers shown. Seen: 1 SW, 3 RW, 3 CW, 2 RB, 2 Bcap 1 all else except stated)
Dagenham Chase NR: 70sp recorded. m Ring Ouzel, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, 2 Hobby, Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, Buzzard, Sedge Warbler, 5 Reed Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 2m Reed Bunting, 2 Little Grebe, Little Egret, 2 Common Tern, Shelduck, 5 Gadwall, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, m Bullfinch (Vince Halley-Frame)
Enfield area "private access": 2 Northern Wheatear m f (Robert Callf)
Fisher’s Green: 2 singing Nightingale, Hobby, Kingfisher (Leo Reich); Cuckoo, 3 Willow Warbler (Fernley Symons) [52 spp]
Fulham: Common Buzzard mobbed by m Peregrine Falcon 1415 (Nathalie Mahieu)
Furzedown "Tooting": Red Kite west 1640 (Steve Woolfenden)
Gladstone Park: Swift (Andrew Peel)
Grovelands Park: Red Kite, Grey Wagtail, m Pochard (Marcus Hunt)
Holyfield Lake: 9 Hobby [feeding together low over the lake] (Steven Robinson)
London Wetland Centre: 11 Sedge Warbler sheltered lagoon, main lake, reedbed, wildside, 40+ Reed Warbler mainly reedbed, also main lake, reservoir lagoon, south route, wildside, sheltered lagoon, Common Whitethroat wildside, Willow Warbler wildside, 8 Blackcap wildside, south route, sheltered lagoon, 5 Chiffchaff wildside, sheltered lagoon, 3 Ruff marsh, Common Sandpiper main lake, Whimbrel flew up river, 2 Oystercatcher main lake, 4 Redshank wader scrape, marsh, Common Tern - over sheltered lagoon (WWT website). Sparrowhawk summer route, Buzzard high over N part of reserve {Large Red Damselfly wildside} (Martin Honey, T Wright & B Page)
Mayflower Park: 7 singing Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler (Mark Bravery & Bob Smith)
Queen Mary Reservoir: 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Oystercatcher, 3 Common Tern, m Whinchat (Franko J Maroevic)
Queen's Wood "Wood Vale, N10": Willow Warbler (Matt Evans)
Rainham Marshes: 2 Egyptian Geese, Whimbrel, 8 Sanderling, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3cy Glaucous Gull, 4 Common Tern, Common Buzzard, Yellow Wagtail (Andrew Self)
Richmond Park: Common Sandpiper, Cuckoo, 7 new Mute Swan cygnets, 2 Red Kite, 4 Wheatear, Whinchat (S Read/ P Pentek/ D Black/ N Jackman) (whereabouts did you spot the cuckoo? - jack waddington)
Southall: Red Kite over 1335 (Phil Belman)
Southwark Park: m Mandarin Duck [new patch bird], 6 Tufted Duck, Stock Dove, Common Sandpiper, Garden Warbler, 2 Jay, Mistle Thrush (John & Janet Cadera, Richard Page-Jones)
Staines Moor: Raven, 2 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear (C Lamsdell)
Staines Reservoir: Goldeneye, Black necked Grebe, 2 Hobby, Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover, Lapwing, Greenshank, 4 Whimbrel, Turnstone, 14 Dunlin, Arctic Tern, Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail (R Kaye)
Stoneleigh KT17: Common Swift low W over the Broadway(Neil Batten)
Tooting Common: Common Sandpiper (Alan Wilkinson)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Mandarin Duck, 6 Lapwing, 12 Herring Gull, 16 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Owl, 6 Wheatear, 5 Pied Wagtail, Linnet (Tom Stewart)
Trent Park: 3 Blackcap, 2m Tufted Duck, 12 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose w/ 2 yng, Red Kite, 6 m Mandarin, 2 Raven, Garden Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, 3 Green Woodpecker (Pete Lowman)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Whinchat, Hobby, 10 Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Yellow Wagtail (Walthamstow Birders)
Wandle Park, Croydon: Spotted Flycatcher (Croydon Birders)
Wanstead Flats: Black-necked Grebe still on Alex Pond (Conrad Ellam) Hobby over in Alex area at 1000 (Harry Harrison)
Wimbledon Common: Cuckoo heard coming from the direction of the Caeser's Camp on the golf course. (James Dee)
Woodberry Wetlands: 5 Swift at 0920 present for 10 minutes (Helen Bantock), several Cetti's Warblers and Reed Warblers, Greenfinch
Worcester Park: Red-legged Partridge (Chris Westwood per Bob Smith)

Tuesday 4th May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: 2 Pochard, 2 Greylag Goose w/ 5 gosling, 20+ Swallow, 12+ House Martin, 3 Swift (AP Birders)
Brent Reservoir: Hobby, 3 Dunlin, Nightingale, 2 Sedge Warbler (Andrew Self)
Foots Cray Meadows : Kingfisher, 6 Blackcap, 8 Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, 4 Chiffchaff, Heron, 10 Tufted Duck, 3 Gadwall, Whitethroat, Barn Swallow, 3 Sand Martin, House Martin, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cetti`s Warbler (Bernie Weight)
Catford "River Ravensbourne": Hobby (Paul Moss)
Dagenham Chase: Hobby, Common Sandpiper, Wheatear, Bullfinch, 5 Gadwall, 127 Herring Gull, 8 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Steve Bacon/Vince Halley Frame/Sam Porter)
Dartford Marsh: Grasshopper Warbler, 1+ Hobby still near barrier (Steve Nixon).
East End Green: f Common Redstart (Adam Wilson)
Fishers Green: 7 Hobby, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Arctic Tern, Cuckoo, 5 Nightingale (Tony Clancy/Brian Dawton)
Grovelands Park: 6 Swallow, House Martin, m Common Pochard (Marcus Hunt); 2 Great Crested Grebe pr incubating [ON], 2 Mute Swan pr incubaing [ON], 11 Greylag Goose 6ad 5yng [FL], 9+ Canada Goose 4ad 5yng [FL], 5 Egyptian Goose pr w/ three yng [FL], 3 Mandarin Duck 2m f, m Common Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck 4m 2f, Red Kite, m Kestrel, 2ad Black-headed Gull, 2ad Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Herring Gull ad & 4imm, 3 Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7+ Barn Swallow, 2 Grey Wagtail pr, Mistle Thrush carrying food [FF], 3m Wren singing, 2 Long-tailed Tit pr carrying food [FF], Nuthatch singing, 2 Treecreeper pr (Robert Callf)
Hampstead Heath: Spotted Flycatcher continuing at Sanctuary pond (per MBS)
Ickenham marshes: Cuckoo singing (Steve Dungey)
London Wetland Centre: 3 Ruff grazing marsh, 2 Oystercatcher main lake, 4 Redshank wader scrape and grazing marsh, Common Sandpiper main lake, Kingfisher wildside (WWT website)
Mayfair: m Black Redstart singing on Bonhams rooftop [viewed on private area of Bonhams at close range from 3rd floor office window; best places to view it as last year, South Molton Street, New Bond Street, Blenheim Street, Woodstock Street and Haunch of Venison Yard] 1010 (Matt Bradbury)
Northolt & Greenford CP: 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Pied Wagtail, Blackcap, Long-tailed tit, 2 Mute Swan pr, Greenfinch f (Barry Wilson)
Pinner: 3 newly fledged Starlings, Lloyd Court. One brood out of seven pairs feeding young in the vicinity (Richard Francis)
Plumstead Common "Slade Pond": f Pied Flycatcher 1300 (George Kalli)
Putney Heath: 3 Linnet, Ladies Mile (Les Evans-Hill)
Tooting Common: Hobby (Alan Wilkinson)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 Mandarin Duck, 9 Stock Dove, 3 Lapwing, 18 Herring Gull, 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Red Kite, Swallow, 6 Wheatear, 7 Pied Wagtail, 2 Linnet (Tom Stewart)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 7 Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 250 Swift, 80 Sand Martin, 40 Swallow, 20 House Martin (Walthamstow birders)
Wanstead Flats: Black-necked Grebe on Alex [identified from pictures by Mary Holden, for 2nd day], 4 Little Grebe, 7 Swift, 2 Sand Martin, Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 14 Common Whitethroat, 2 Wheatear, Chaffinch (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: Swift, Common Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret, 5 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, Cetti’s Warbler, 6 Common Whitethroat (Wanstead Birders)
Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Common Tern, Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, 2 Swallow (Chris Farthing)

Monday 3rd May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: Willow Warbler, 4 Common Whitethroat, Greylag Goose, 11 Swallow, Little Egret (AP Birders)
Battersea Park Lake: Swift, Peregrine Falcon, 6 Gadwall, 15 Pochard, 8 Mandarin Duck, 4 Great Crested Grebe pr & two juveniles (Michael Mac)
Brent Reservoir: Common Sandpiper, ad Great Black-backed Gull, m Yellow Wagtail in flight, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, Swift (Roy Beddard/Bob Husband/Mike Cawthorne/Frank O'Sullivan)
Burgess Park: Linnet, Reed Warbler [in scrub behind Cobourg Rd, but different spot to yesterday. This area must be good for migrating RWs, as I recorded another one there on the 21/04], 4 Swift {RedFox} (Steven Robinson)
Catford-Lower Sydenham River Pool area: Grey Heron, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Sedge Warbler [singing behind Sainsbury's], pr of Mandarin, lots of Stock Doves and Greenfinches (Dave de Silva (Paul Moss pers comms)
Dartford Marshes: Grasshopper Warbler, Corn Bunting, 2 Wheatear, 2 Cuckoo, Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 2 Avocet, 5 Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, Hobby, Peregrine, 9 Lesser Whitethroat (Phil Thompson); Bar-tailed Godwit (Jack Headley)
Enfield "Enfield Rd EN2": 2 Coal Tit pr feeding young in hole of lintel above door [ON] (Robert Callf)
Gutteridge Wood: Nightingale singing intermittently, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Garden Warbler, also Cuckoo reported by another observer (Nigel Dodd)
Hampstead Heath: Spotted Flycatcher [FOY] at Bird Sanctuary pond [apparently first seen on Friday 30 April], Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, Wheatear [seen by another observer] (Reuben Braddock)
Hollies, Sidcup: Kestrel, Swallow [both unusual here], Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, Nuthatch, 4 Stock Dove, 2 singing Blackcap, Swift 1720 (FOY here). (Eric Brown)
Holyfield Lake: m Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Nightingale 3m f (Adam Wilson)
Home Park, Long Water: Red Kite low over W end mobbed by 2 Carrion Crow at 1150, Common Tern, 20+ Swift, 60+ Sand Martin, c10 Swallow, c5 House Martin, 3 singing Skylark (Nick Tanner)
Horsenden Hill:2 Egyptian Geese pr on hill golf course (Martin Smith)
London Wetland Centre: 3 Ruff, f Whinchat, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Common Whitethroat, 42 Reed Warbler, 20 Sedge Warbler (WWT website)
Newton Park West: Swallow through W, f Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Tim Rymer)
Northolt & Greenford CP: 2 Red Kite, Green Woodpecker, Swift, Sand Martin [site tick], 9 Blackcap, 4 Common Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull) ; "Smith's Farm" Grey Heron, 2 Pied Wagtail (Barry Wilson)
Perivale Park: 2 Egyptian Geese pr, Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker, 16 Blackcap, 6 Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff (Neil Anderson)
Plumstead Common: Barn Swallow over NW at 11:45 and 2 Raven together S towards Woodlands Farm and Oxleas Wood at 1200, Red Kite over heading S 1600 (Patrick English)

Priest Hill "[- 0830|0700 - 0830]": 3 Wheatear m 2f, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 16 Common Whitethroat, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Swallow N, 3 Common Buzzard distantly circling (Neil Batten)
Rainham Marshes RSPB: 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Wheatear, 3 Ruff, 3 Whimbrel, Willow Warbler, Common Sandpiper (Hugh & Ian Bradshaw)
Roxeth Recreation Ground: Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Tim Rymer)
Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve: Common Tern, Grey Wagtail, Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, 2 Swift, 10+ Swallow, 15+ Sand Martin, 5+ House Martin (Jon Mills)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Grasshopper Warbler [very brief reeling], 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Lapwing, Red Kite, 2 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 13 Common Whitethroat, 11 Chiffchaff, 9 Blackcap, Linnet, 7 Rook, 2 Coot (John Colmans & Tony Clancy); 2 Raven, 11 Stock Dove, 3 Lapwing, 2 Kestrel, 2 Coal Tit, Willow Warbler, 3 Mistle Thrush, 11 Song Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail, Greenfinch (Tom Stewart)
Upper College Farm Bexley : 6 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush, 8 Whitethroat, 3 Skylark, Pheasant, (Bernie Weight)
Walthamstow Marshes: Whinchat, Wheatear, 5 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, Barn Swallow, 10+ Common Whitethroat, 20 Swift, Sparrowhawk (Mark Wardman)
Wanstead Flats: 3 Pochard, Little Grebe, Common Gull, 406 Herring Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Hobby, 2 Skylark, Sedge Warbler, Swallow, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Common Whitethroat, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: Common Sandpiper [FOY], 3 Swift, 2 Little Egret, Kingfisher, Kestrel, Swallow, 5 Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Common Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush (Wanstead Birders)
Woodford Green: Swallow low N 1025, Hobby low S over House at 1735 (Ken Murray)

Sunday 2nd May 2021[]

Ok Alexandra Park: Common Sandpiper, Egyptian Goose WGR, 2 Pochard NR, Greylag Goose N, 5 Swallow, 7 Swift [FOY], Peregrine Falcon, Common Buzzard viewed from raptor point (AP Birders)
Amwell GP: 2 Common Sandpiper, 2cy Caspian Gull, 2cy Yellow-legged Gull (Adam Wilson)
Blackwall Way, Poplar: Common Whitethroat singing behind Radisson Hotel [also one singing here last year] (Sean Huggins)
Bow Creek: Common Sandpiper (Sean Huggins)
Brent Reservoir "Neasden Recreation Ground side": Common Buzzard 1020, 2 Common Tern, 60+ Swift, singles of Swallow & House Martin, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail over, 1-2 Garden Warbler, Nightingale singing in vicinity of third large flowering Hawthorn east of information boards (Des McKenzie); sings louder in the evening and can be heard from the paths (MM); Reed Warbler, Blackcap; Nightingale heard (it was so close in the shrub, just couldn't see it) (Norbert Jakab); 6 Grey Heron, 6 Great Crested Grebe, Greylag Goose, Pied Wagtail (Barry Wilson); showed briefly at 1900, Hobby (Nigel Biggs)
Burgess Park: Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler - as well as several round the lake there was one in the Cetti’s scrub, 4 Swift (Steven Robinson). 6 Swift, Sand Martin [Only slightly later; that is weird habitat for Reed Warbler 34 spp] (Fernley Symons)
Crossness: 2cy Iceland Gull on far foreshore from outfall mid-morning, 2cy Caspian Gull off golf centre, Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Common Sandpiper (Richard Bonser/Gus Wilson)
Enfield area "private access": Hobby, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Skylark, 4 Barn Swallow N, 6 Pied Wagtail, 2 Fieldfare [latest record ever, beating previous record of a single on 1st May 1995], Song Thrush, 5 Common Whitethroat, 2 Raven pr, 5 Linnet (Robert Callf)
Gutteridge Wood: Common Buzzard, Cuckoo, singing Nightingale [probably returning bird as similar area to one of last year's birds] Regular dog walker here showed me photo of Tawny Owl taken on 15/4/21 (Neil Anderson)
Hogsmill NR: Hobby, Common Sandpiper, Shelduck, 3+ Swift, 10+ Sand Martin, 2 House Martin gathering mud, singing Common Whitethroat (Nick Tanner)
Kensington Gardens: Green Woodpecker (in the Palace garden) (Sebastien Mercier)
Limehouse BBS: 30 species incl. 2 Blackcap, 44 House Sparrow (numbers are increasing year on year), singing Whitethroat, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Grey Wagtail building nest in canal wall, but only 9 Blackbirds, when I first did survey in 1994 there were a barely believable 92! (Harry Harrison)
London Wetland Centre: ad Kittiwake main lake then off high E, m Whinchat, Little Ringed Plover, 5 Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Common Snipe, 2 Yellow Wagtail (WWT website)
Margravine Cemetery: 4 Swift, m Blackcap (Nathalie Mahieu)
Morden Hall Park: m Reed Warbler (Keith Bates)
Mudchute Farm, Isle of Dogs: f Whinchat in the paddocks (Sean Huggins)
Regent's Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Whitethroat, Greenfinch, 5 Reed Warblers, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Moorhen with 2 chicks, 6 Goldfinches, 2 Cetti's Warblers, Great Crested Grebes pr w 3 chicks being fed on the back (Sebastien Mercier)
Richmond Park: Garden Warbler, Hobby, 6 Lesser Redpoll, Lesser Whitethroat, Little Egret, Peregrine, Redwing, Wheatear amongst the 72 species recorded on the annual Spring Bird Count (Richmond Park Bird Group)
Rowley Farm, Iver Heath: 4 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 5 Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush, Nuthatch, Blackcap f, 2 Grey Wagtail, Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose and 3 young, 2 Tufted Duck, Grey Heron, 6 Rook, Swallow, Stock Dove, 2 Mandarin Duck m, 2 Lapwing [ Muntjac] (Nigel Barratt)
Swanscombe Marsh: 1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 5 Pied Wagtail, 5 Swallow, Shoveler, Gadwall, 43 Greylag Goose, 5 Canada Goose, Grey Heron, Lesser Black-Backed Gull, Herring Gull (Roger Keith)
Staines Moor: Hobby, Grasshopper Warbler [heard], 3-4 Lesser Whitethroat [heard], Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Goldcrest (Simon Cumming); 2 Whinchat m f, 5+ Wheatear (S Hill)
Stoneleigh KT17: poss. Osprey very high W 0955, Red Kite very high E 1217, Common Buzzard displaying over The Glade 1610, singing Chiffchaff (Neil Batten)
Ten Acre Wood area: 3 Pheasant heard, Grey Heron, 2 Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, 2 Hobby pr, m Kestrel, Cuckoo [2 seen by other birders], Little Owl mobbed by pr Song Thrush as close to their nest, 6 Stock Dove, 8+ Skylark, 2 Swallow, Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, m Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat, 22 Common Whitethroat, 12 Blackcap, 10 Chiffchaff, 2 Rook, 4 Reed Bunting 2pr, Bullfinch heard, 3 Linnet [pr collecting material for nest in brambles] (Neil Anderson); f Ring Ouzel seen in the early evening (Kabir Kaul)
Totteridge Valley: Grasshopper Warbler (Tony Clancy)
Trent Park: imm Corrmorant, imm Grey Heron, 4 Egyptian Goose pr w/ two yng, 5m Mandarin Duck, 2 Tufted Duck pr, m Kestrel, 2cy Black-headed Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Pied Wagtail pr, Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Garden Warbler inc two singing males (Robert Callf)
Wanstead Flats: 4 Stock Dove, 12 Swift, 3 Black-headed Gull, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Peregrine, 3 Skylark, 3 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 11 Common Whitethroat, Song Thrush, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, Linnet (Wanstead Birders) Garden Warbler - FOY (Adrian Pearson)
Waterworks NR: Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Pochard 7m 3f (James Blake)
Watford: Barn Owl flew SW over M1 a few miles SE of Watford, probably around Hilfield Park Reservoir area but can't be certain (21:00) (Finley Hutchinson)
Woodberry Wetlands: Cuckoo, Common Sandpiper, Common Snipe, 2 Common Tern, Reed Bunting, Common Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler, 12 Reed Warbler, 10 Swift (Chris Farthing & Tony Butler) [Hi, whereabouts did you see the cuckoo? - Jack Waddington]
Worcester Park: Peregrine, Red-legged Partridge [patch tick] (Chris Northwood/Bob Smith)
Woolwich Common: c20 Whitethroat, Meadow Pipit, 9 Linnet, Green Woodpecker, 3 Greenfinch, Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Stock Dove, Cormorant over, Mallard over (Tim Rymer)
Yeading Brook Meadows: Kestrel, 8+ Swift, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Common Whitethroat, 6 Blackcap [inc one singing with much mimicry], 4 Chiffchaff (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 1st May 2021[]

Alexandra Park: Whinchat [FOY], 2 Common Whitethroat, Peregrine, Gadwall, Grey Wagtail, 8 Swallow, Sand Martin (AP Birders)
Barking Bay: [viewed from Crossness lighthouse] Greenshank, 2 Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper (John Archer)
Beddington Park Lake: Escaped Marbled Duck [though it can fly strongly, its right wing does not look quite right, which surely belies human interference at some point] (R Kaye); same one that's been at Brockwell and Dulwich Parks? (Michael Mac)
Blackheath: Wheatear and Swallow Goffers Road (Richard Bonser)
Brent Reservoir: [74 species on Spring Birdcount] Hobby, 2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Yellow Wagtail, Nightingale, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat (Brent Birders); Is Nightingale on Neasden Recreation Ground side of reservoir? Yes, try 100 metres along from the dam — but don't disturb it.
Burgess Park: Common Sandpiper - excellent views as it fed round lake edge, Lesser Whitethroat in trees near polytunnels towards Wells Way (Steven Robinson); did Sandpiper fly away? (MM); - it was still there when I left, but that was around 0800 and was present for at least 20 minutes; Common Sandpiper still present on raft at 1400 (L Smith); Sandpiper still roosting on the raft 1900, 10 singing Blackbirds (Michael Mac)
Chiswick Eyot; 3 Common Sandpiper along the banks of the Thames (Nigel Dodd)
Crossness: Peregrine, 2 Common Sandpiper, c40 Common Tern, Barn Owl, 10 Swallow NE, f Wheatear, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Sedge Warbler (Jack Headley)
Enfield area "private access": Little Grebe, Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, 2+ Common Buzzard, 3 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Skylark, f Northern Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat singing [FOY], 2 Common Whitethroat singing, 2m Siskin [first May record for many years] (Robert Callf/Eugene Dillon-Hooper)
Finchley "Garden N3": Collared Dove, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Stock Dove. Also Swallow hawking insects over junction of Brent Way/ Fursby Avenue (Samuel Levy)
Fulham Palace Meadows Allotments: House Martin, Song Thrush (Nathalie Mahieu)
Gladstone Park: Peregrine Falcon, Lesser Whitethroat (Andrew Peel, dawn chorus birdwalk)
Hampstead Heath: 3 Yellow Wagtail over, 8 Swallow, 2 Swift, House Martin [FOY], Lesser Redpoll over, 2 Common Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler [for 7th day], 2 Kingfisher pr (Hampstead Heath birders)
Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: 4 Mandarin Duck 3m f, 2 Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, 2 Reed Warbler, 5 Blackcap, Swifts, Barn Swallow, House Martin, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail (Sebastien Mercier)
Lower Sydenham: 1+ Swift (Paul Moss)
Malden Rushett Farm: 5 Lapwing (Nigel Jackman)
Rainham RSPB: 52 Shelduck, m Pintail, m Wigeon, Marsh Harrier, 3 Ringed Plover, 2 Ruff, 5 Common Snipe, 19 Avocet, 80+ Swift, 15+ Swallow, 10+ Sand Martin 2 Bearded Tit, 8 Sedge Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, 15+ Cetti's Warbler (Neil Anderson); Whimbrel, 3 Common Sandpiper, 9+ Dunlin, 20+ Common Whitethroat (Simon Cumming); Jack Snipe showing well MDZ, Greenshank, Hobby, 2+ singing Lesser Whitethroats, 4+ Fieldfares still Rainham Marsh West (Ian Bradshaw)
Staines Moor: Whinchat, 7+ Wheatear, Grasshopper Warbler, Shelduck on Colne, Kingfisher, all 1630-1830 (Iain Darbyshire)
Swanley A20 turnoff M25: Osprey 0720 (George Kalli)
Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: f/imm Black Redstart [Wheatear Corner], 3 Wheatear, f Mandarin Duck with 5 ducklings, 20 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Coot, 2 Lapwing, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Red Kite, 8 Common Buzzard, 2 Little Owl, Kestrel, 28 Rook, Coal Tit, Skylark, m Grasshopper Warbler, 11 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 24 Chiffchaff, 27 Blackcap, 7 Lesser Whitethroat, 30 Common Whitethroat, 3 Goldcrest, 40 Starling, 4 Mistle Thrush, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Bullfinch, Greenfinch, Linnet, 2 Lesser Redpoll [first May record for sometime...] (Totteridge Valley Birders)
Trent Park: 7 Blackcap, Common Buzzard, Chiffchaff, Cormorant, 5 Stock Dove, 6 Tufted Duck 4m 2f, 8 Canada Goose, 4 Egyptian Goose pr w/ two young, Black-headed Gull, Grey Heron, Kestrel, 4 m Mandarin, Garden Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat (Pete Lowman)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Whinchat [FOY], Garden Warbler, 7+ Yellow Wagtails, Wheatear, 5 Common Sandpipers (Walthamstow Birders)
Wanstead Flats: 2 Stock Dove, 23 Swift, Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, Little Owl, Hobby, 2 Rook, 2 Skylark, 2 Sand Martin, 5 Swallow, 3 House Martin, Sedge Warbler [FOY], 6 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 11 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 16 Common Whitethroat, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, 6 Yellow Wagtail, Linnet (Wanstead Birders)
Wanstead Park: 2 Gadwall, Pochard, Stock Dove, Little Egret, 12 Chiffchaff, Cetti’s Warbler, 14 Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, 11 Common Whitethroat, 9 Song Thrush (Wanstead Birders)