Bird News November 2024[]

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Saturday 30th November[]

Brent Cross: f Blackcap, 4 Little Egret, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, f Teal on River Brent opposite Bus Terminal (Allan Stewart)
Brent Reservoir: 9 Snipe, Water Rail, Little Egret, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff (Steve Blake)
Grovelands Park: Great Crested Grebe, 28 Cormorant roosting in trees on island, Grey Heron, 4 Egyptian Goose, 38 Mandarin Duck [27m 11f], f Shoveler, 4 Tufted Duck, 20 Moorhen, 8 Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, 6 Blackbird, 5+ Redwing, Chiffchaff foraging in trees & shrubs NE side of lake [my first 'winter' record for this site], 3 Goldcrest, Firecrest, 3 Long-tailed Tit, Nuthatch, Jay (Robert Callf)
Hampstead Heath: Dartford Warbler still showing well morning, Stonechat (G James)
Oxleas Wood: Red Kite, Firecrest, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Sam Reason)
Rainham Marshes: Dartford Warbler in enclosed bay (Andrew Self)
Richmond Park: Avocet, 7 Dartford Warbler, 6 Firecrest, 15 Stonechat (D Brasier)
Ruislip Lido/Woods: 173 Gadwall, 29 Wigeon, m Shoveler, 6 Pochard, 6 Little Grebe, 4-5 Little Egret, Red Kite, f Kestrel, Redwing, Treecreeper, 4 Lesser Redpoll (Neil Anderson, Dick Middleton & 7 other LNHS members)
Tooting Common: Ferruginous Duck still present 13.00 (Nick Esse)

Friday 29th November[]

Burgess Park: Goosander (Graeme Wright); m Goosander still at 14.00, Mediterranean Gull, Jackdaw (Michael Mac), Great Black-backed Gull (Fernley Symons)
Boxer's Lake, Enfield: 2 Mute Swan pr [colour-ringed - male 4EIT, female 4EVW], 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 6 m Shoveler [5 adults, 1 immature], 9 Tufted Duck [6m 3f], Common Gull, 5 Collared Dove, Grey Wagtail (Robert Callf)
Brookmill Park: Sparrowhawk, Pheasant, Common Gull, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: Little Grebe, Grey Heron, 6 Mute Swan [2 adults & 4 first-winter], Canada Goose w/ metal ring [5286204], 6 Shoveler, 7 Tufted Duck, Black-headed Gull w/ blue-coloured ring [almost certainly the regular Polish bird], 4 Common Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Blue Tit, Great Tit, m Chaffinch, 20 Greenfinch, 3 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Hilly Fields, Lewisham: Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Tom Moulton/Sue Gore)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 3 Red Kite, 18 Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, 2 Buzzard, Common Gull (Neil Batten)
Rye Meads RSPB: 2 Snipe [in view], Shoveler, Gadwall, Teal, Redpoll, 2 Goldcrest (Phil Rhodes)
RSPB Rainham Marshes: 129 Shoveler, 159 Gadwall, 323 Wigeon, 24 Pintail, 17 Pochard, 3 Water Rail, 66 Avocet, 9 Curlew, 232 Black-tailed Godwit, 15 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 120 Redshank, Turnstone [Stonebarges], 6 Dunlin, 72 Common Gull, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 6 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, Peregrine, 42 Skylark, Bearded Tit, 9 Chiffchaff, 1+ Dartford Warbler still, Firecrest, 5000+ Starling into roost at dusk, 2 Redwing, 20 Fieldfare, 7 Stonechat, 5 Water Pipit, 3 Rock Pipit (Samuel Levy/Ben Rumsby); Common Sandpiper, Grey Plover, Yellow-legged Gull (Nick Croft/Mark Thomas)
Sidcup Place: Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, Woodcock, 4+ Redwing, 4+ Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
Tooting Common: first winter Ferruginous Duck still present (Gregor Tims)

Thursday 28th November[]

Boxer's Lake, Enfield: 6 Little Egret roosting [1 flew in at 16.10, another 2 together at 16.11, 1 at 16.16, 1 at 16.21 & another 1 at 16.23], 2 Grey Heron, 2 Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 5 m Shoveler [2 adults, 3 imm], 12 Tufted Duck [7m 5f] (Robert Callf)
Brent Valley "Greenford to Hanwell viaduct": 14 Mandarin Duck, 8 Teal, Red Kite, Peregrine, m Kestrel, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker inc one drumming, Grey Wagtail, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson)
Crayford Marshes: 4 Egyptian Goose, 9+ Gadwall, 20+ Wigeon, 100+ Teal, 3 Pheasant, 2 Little Grebe, f Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, Kestrel, 3+ Water Rail, 3+ Avocet, 30+ Lapwing, Turnstone flew E down Thames, 2 Common Sandpiper, 30+ Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Curlew, 2 Snipe, 2 Barn Owl, 4 Meadow Pipit, 3 Fieldfare, 8 Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, 10+ Linnet, Siskin over (Ian Stewart)
Crossness: Jack Snipe [on foreshore off former golf centre], 2 Black Redstart [on seawall by sewage works] (John Archer)
Dartford Marshes: Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, 3 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 40 Avocet, 5 Lapwing, 120 Dunlin, 30 Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Kingfisher, Rock Pipit, 4 Stonechat, 20 Chaffinch, 6 Reed Bunting (Conrad Ellam)
Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, f Tufted Duck, Buzzard, m Kestrel, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 9 Meadow Pipit, 35 Redwing, Goldcrest, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chaffinch [3m f], 4 Goldfinch {m Muntjac Deer} (Robert Callf)
Hampstead Heath: Dartford Warbler, Stonechat, 3 Shoveler, 2 Little Grebe (Hampstead Heath Birders); 2 Redpoll, Firecrest (Gregor Tims)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Red Kite, 10 Redwing, Grey Wagtail, m Pied Wagtail (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Lesser Redpoll, Great Black-backed Gull (Jon Reeves)
Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2+ Nuthatch, 2 Goldcrest, 3+ Firecrest together in a single holly & difficult to count, 10+ Redwing (Ron Turner/William Atkinson)
Rainham Marshes RSPB: Dartford Warbler, Water Pipit, Raven, 2 Rock Pipit, 19 Pintail, Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, 5 Kestrel, 5 Stonechat, Water Rail, 41 Avocet, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 11 Curlew, 40+ Snipe, 30+ Redshank, 75+ Lapwing, 9 Fieldfare, 11 Redwing, 10 Pheasant, 5 Little Egret, 50+ Shelduck, 250+ Wigeon, 500+ Teal, 150+ Shoveler, 18 Pochard, 6 Egyptian Goose, 35+ Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, 9 Skylark, 7 Reed Bunting, 35+ Meadow Pipit, 100+ Linnet (Richard Beesly)
Trent Park: Little Egret, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 2 m Pochard, Buzzard, Kestrel, 10 Black-headed Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Blackbird, Song Thrush, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
Wanstead Flats: Barn Owl, Woodcock, 15 Redpoll (Nick Croft)
Whitewebbs Park: 19 Mandarin Duck, 2 Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Nuthatch (Phil Rhodes)

Wednesday 27th November[]

Boxer's Lake, Enfield: 2 Mute Swan pr, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, m Shoveler, 11 Tufted Duck [6m 5f], 25 Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Redwing, Goldcrest, 6 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Hampstead Heath: Dartford Warbler, Stonechat, 4 Redwing, c20 Siskin, 3 Shoveler, Gadwall (Hampstead Heath Birders)
London Wetland Centre: Little Grebe, 30+ Teal, 50+ Lapwing, 30+ Goldfinch, 220+ Black-headed Gull (WWT)
Oxleas Wood: Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch, Goldcrest, 15 Firecrest, 11 Redwing (Ron Turner)
Southgate "Dalrymple Close, N14": 9 Long-tailed Tit going to roost 16.09? (Robert Callf)
Wanstead Park: 76 Gadwall, 9 Shoveler, 2 Teal, f Red-crested Pochard, 36 Pochard, 10 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, 3 Little Egret, 4 Stock Dove, 11 Blackbird, Grey Wagtail, Kestrel, Buzzard, 2 Tawny Owl (Nick Croft)

Tuesday 26th November[]

Brookmill Park: Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, f Tufted Duck, m Kestrel, 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Skylark, 22 Meadow Pipit, 5 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, Nuthatch, Jay, f Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Kensington Gardens: f Wigeon at Round Pond, [Black Swan], 32 Common Gull, Peregrine, 2 Redwing, Grey Wagtail, 3 Lesser Redpoll (Samuel Levy et al)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Red Kite, 10 Redwing (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Siskin, Kestrel, 50+ Lapwing, 60+ Wigeon (WWT)
Osterley Park: 31 Greylag Goose, 12 Gadwall, 9 Shoveler, m Mandarin Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 11 Cormorant, m Kestrel, 30 Stock Dove, 2 Kingfisher {Red Admiral, Painted Lady} (Neil Anderson)
Rainham Marshes: Great White Egret, 3 Bearded Tit, 4 Marsh Harrier, 4 Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, 35 Avocet (Gregor Tims)
Tooting Bec Common: f Ferruginous Duck, 6 Shoveler, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Kingfisher, Grey Heron, 4 Mute Swan [2 ad 2 1cy], m Mandarin Duck, Common Gull, Cormorant, Nuthatch, Green Woodpecker (William Atkinson)
Trent Park: Cormorant, Little Egret, Grey Heron, 2 Tufted Duck, Red Kite, Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Blackbird, Song Thrush, 2+ Redwing, Mistle Thrush, 4 Long-tailed Tit, m Nuthatch, Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Marshes: Water Rail [Boardwalk Reedbed], Skylark, 2 Stonechat, Kingfisher, Kestrel, Meadow Pipit, Shoveler, 6 Teal, Little Egret, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Mistle Thrush (Richard Beesly)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Snipe, Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Little Egret, 5 Little Grebe, 7 Teal, 16 Shoveler, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Common Gull, 3 Pied Wagtail (Richard Beesly)
Warren Farm: m Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Little Owl, 8 Meadow Pipit, Mistle Thrush, Redwing, 2 Rook, 3 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson)

Monday 25th November[]

Crossness: 2 Black-necked Grebe on Thames 09.50 [extremely rare here] (Steve Carter per John Archer); 2 Black-necked Grebe still present until 13.30 at least, 20 Avocet, 50 Lapwing, 200 Dunlin, 50 Redshank, Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 15 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Snipe, Rock Pipit, 3 Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting (Conrad Ellam)
Ealing: Peregrine circling over Haven Green (Neil Anderson)
Hammersmith Bridge: Sparrowhawk soaring, mobbed by 4 Goldfinch before it went into deep stoop (Neil Anderson)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Little Egret, 7 Chiffchaff, Black Redstart, 45 Wigeon, 50 Lapwing, Yellow-legged Gull, 219 Black-headed Gull (WWT)
Oxleas Wood: Firecrest, 2 Raven pr over W (John & Janet Cadera)
Ponders End Park: 68 Common Gull, Grey Wagtail (Robert Callf)
RSPB Rainham Marshes: f Hen Harrier headed W high over Aveley Pools 12.38, Bittern in flight over reedbeds from Ken Barrett Hide 13.30, Short-eared Owl over Purfleet Scrape headed E 14.15, hybrid Gadwall x Mallard [Brewer’s Duck] on Shooting Butts scrape (Caroline Quinn)
Richmond Park: Yellow-legged Gull 1cy (D Brasier); 2 Rook flew NW, 2 Raven, 3 Dartford Warbler, 46 Redwing, Kingfisher (J Wilczur/P Pentek/D Brasier)
Shepherds Bush Green: Peregrine attempting to snatch Feral Pigeon from flock over station (Neil Anderson)
Tooting Bec: Ferruginous Duck, Nuthatch (Francis O'Sullivan)
Town Park, Enfield: Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan pr, 12 Shoveler, 15 Tufted Duck [8m 7f], Water Rail foraging at Carr's Basin [same place as last Monday] (Robert Callf)
Woodford Green: Siberian Chiffchaff 'tristis' imaged in grdn am, 6 Redwing through W, 2 Fieldfare over E by mid-day (Ken Murray)

Sunday 24th November[]

Bow Creek: 3 Redshank, Shelduck, Mute Swan (Tim Bray)
Brookmill Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
Cornmill Meadows: Woodcock, 9 Lapwing, Water Rail, 3 Little Egret, 42 Wigeon, 50+ Teal, 35+ Shoveler, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, 15+ Siskin, 2 Stonechat (Simon Papps)
East India Dock Basin: 2 Mute Swan, 53 Greylag Goose over, Grey Heron (Tim Bray)
Northolt & Greenford CP: 3 Red Kite, Kestrel, Snipe, 7 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson)
Town Park, Enfield: 2 Mute Swan pr, 4 Gadwall [3m f], 17 Shoveler, 14 Tufted Duck [6m 8f], 45 Black-headed Gull, 12 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Wandsworth Common: 2 Little Grebe, 2 Mandarin Duck pr, 2 Egyptian Goose w/ 2 about 3 wk old goslings, Mistle Thrush (Michael Mac)

Saturday 23rd November[]

Crossness: 15 Avocet, 400 Dunlin, 70 Black-tailed Godwit, 400 Redshank, 2 Snipe, 6 Wigeon, Marsh Harrier, Cetti’s Warbler, 15 Lapwing, Oystercatcher, 3 Grey Heron, 6 Mallard, 30 Gadwall, 70 Teal, 35 Shoveler, 2 Tufted Duck, 10 Shelduck (George Kalli LNHS)
Woodford Green: 4 Little Egret low & S over canopy at 09.50 (Ken Murray)

Friday 22nd November[]

Barking Riverside: 213 Dunlin, Rock Pipit, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Curlew, 5 Common Sandpiper, Peregrine, Lapwing, 29 Redshank, 23 Shelduck, 14 Teal, 3 Kestrel (Tim Bray)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: 2 Little Grebe (Greg Smith)
Hampstead Heath: Dartford Warbler, Stonechat (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Ladywell Fields: Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Mandarin Duck [3m f], Goldcrest (Tom Moulton/Sue Gore)
London Wetland Centre: Golden Plover, Bittern, 5 Redpoll, Siskin, 3 Fieldfare, 40 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 7 Chiffchaff, 40 Lapwing, 52 Wigeon (WWT)
Oxleas Wood: 4 Firecrest (Ron Turner)
Pymmes Park, Edmonton: Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan pr, 4 Greylag Goose, m Shoveler, 19 Tufted Duck, 2 Common Gull, f Blackbird, 24 Magpie pre-roost gathering at 16.11, 2 House Sparrow (Robert Callf)
Richmond Park: 2 Dartford Warbler (Tim Vine)
Stoneleigh, KT17: 9 Fieldfare in The Glade am (Neil Batten)
Town Park, Enfield: 2 Mute Swan pr inc male w/ metal ring [W48092], Egyptian Goose, 4 Gadwall [3m f], 11 Shoveler, 13 Tufted Duck [7m 6f], 16 Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, 3 Redwing, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Greenfinch (Robert Callf)

Thursday 21st November[]

Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: Little Grebe, Grey Heron, 6 Mute Swan [2 adults & 4 first-winter], 4 Egyptian Goose, 3 f Shoveler, 6 Tufted Duck, ad Black-headed Gull w/ metal ring from Lithuania [as previously reported], Grey Wagtail, Wren, Dunnock, m Blackbird, 15 Greenfinch pre-roost gathering, m Reed Bunting feeding on reed seeds at 'wetland area' (Robert Callf)
Epping Forest "Connaught Water & Chingford Plain": 2 Little Egret, 10 Mandarin Duck, 3 Wigeon, 5 Teal, Goosander, 2 Ringed Teal [escaped], Buzzard, Kestrel, 3 Common Gull, 12 Redwing, Coal Tit (Richard Beesly)
KGV Reservoir: Great Northern Diver, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Peregrine with prey on pylon, 4 Goldeneye, f/imm Smew circled & flew E, Common Sandpiper, 3 Goosander, Chiffchaff (A Middleton, SH)
London Wetland Centre: Jack Snipe, Siskin, Redpoll, Chiffchaff, Kestrel, 50+ Lapwing (WWT)
Rainham Marshes: Great Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Kestrel, 2 Marsh Harrier, 50+ Lapwing, 3 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Stonechat, Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 2 Reed Bunting (Conrad Ellam et al)

Wednesday 20th November[]

Brentford Ait: 27 Teal, Peregrine nearby, 13 Redwing NW (Neil Anderson)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, 2 f Tufted Duck, Buzzard, 4 Green Woodpecker, 3 Pied Wagtail, Song Thrush, 27 Redwing, 5 Dunnock, 8 Chaffinch (Robert Callf)
Epping Forest "Connaught Water": Water Rail, 7 Little Egret, Kingfisher (RSa)
Hampstead Heath: Dartford Warbler, Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 7 Chaffinch, c5 Siskin, Cetti’s Warbler, Firecrest, Gadwall, 3 Shoveler (Hampstead Heath Birders)
London Wetland Centre: 45 Lapwing, 40-50 Redwing, 7 Siskin, Little Grebe, 30+ Teal, 40+ Wigeon (WWT); f Pintail (Jon Reeves)
Motspur Park: 2 Firecrest (Charlie Alpera per Bob Smith)
Rayners Lane, HA2: Little Egret over (Tim Rymer)
Richmond Park: 2 Redwing, Little Owl, Little Egret, Kingfisher, Dartford Warbler (Nick Baker); Great White Egret flew SE, Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Dartford Warbler, Raven (J Wilczur)
River Thames at Saunders Ness: Green Sandpiper over E early afternoon, 4 Pied Wagtail, 7 Great Black-backed Gull, Cormorant, 10+ Goldfinch (Jake Birchly)
Stoneleigh, KT17: ad Lesser Black-backed Gull on rooftops in The Glade (Neil Batten)
Trent Park: 2 Cormorant, Little Egret, Kestrel, Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Robert Callf)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 6 Common Gull, Cormorant, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 4 Rook, 3 Coal Tit, 9 Goldcrest, 3 Firecrest, 3 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 52 Starling, 40 Redwing, 6 Fieldfare, Meadow Pipit, 2 Bullfinch, 5 Greenfinch, Lesser Redpoll (Samuel Levy)
Wanstead Park: f type Red-crested Pochard [2nd day], 66 Pochard, 5 Tufted Duck, 70+ Gadwall. 3 Shoveler, 12 Teal, 3 Little Egret, 7 Little Grebe, 3 Water Rail, 6 Stock Dove, 2 Buzzard, Fieldfare, 8 Blackbird, 3 Redwing, Song Thrush, 6 Greenfinch, 2 Chaffinch, Cetti's Warbler (Nick Croft/Wanstead Birders) [Dog otter seen again on Roding]
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Black-necked Grebe [Lockwood & East Warwick], Kingfisher, 2 Peregrine, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 18 Pochard, 24 Shoveler, 7 Teal, 5 Common Gull, Little Egret (Richard Beesly)
Waterworks NR: Wigeon, Peregrine, Kingfisher (G James)

Tuesday 19th November[]

Bushy Park: 4 Water Rail, 11 Mallard, 15 Gadwall, Fieldfare, 8 Redwing (John Strachan)
Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, Little Egret, 4 Pochard [2m 2f], 3 Tufted Duck [m 2f], Buzzard, m Kestrel, 2 Snipe, Green Woodpecker, 20 Meadow Pipit, Fieldfare, 3 Song Thrush, 50+ Redwing, Mistle Thrush, 7 Goldfinch {Muntjac Deer} (Robert Callf)
Hampstead Heath: Dartford Warbler & Brambling continuing (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Lambeth Town Hall "Brixton": Peregrine mobbed by 4 Carrion Crow also mobbing a Herring Gull (Michael Mac)
London Wetland Centre: 40+ Teal, Water Rail, 50 Lapwing, Siskin, Bittern (WWT)
The Priory Gardens: 2m Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, c20 Redwing (Jack Headley)
Trent Park: 2 Mandarin Duck pr, m Shoveler, f Tufted Duck, Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, Woodcock, Mistle Thrush, 4 Goldcrest, Firecrest, 3 Jay (Robert Callf)
Woodford Green: m Goshawk escorted by Ring-necked Parakeets low & N over forest canopy at 10.25, Sparrowhawk, Little Egret, 2 Chaffinch in garden (Ken Murray)

Monday 18th November[]

Barking Park: 33 Shoveler (James Palmer)
Broadwater Lake: 2 Pochard, m Shoveler, 2 Great Black-backed Gull (William Atkinson)
Hampstead Heath: Dartford Warbler still showing in south slope thistles (Callum Farrell-Morris); Brambling continuing w/ Chaffinch flock in Kenwood (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Lonsdale Rd Res [part of WeBS]: m Shelduck, 13 Shoveler, m Gadwall, 4 Teal, Cetti's Warbler (Neil Anderson)
London Wetland Centre: Stonechat, 15+ Goldfinch, 40+ Lapwing (WWT)
Ponders End Park: 73 Common Gull, 2 Pied Wagtail (Robert Callf)
Town Park, Enfield: 2 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan pr, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 2 m Mandarin Duck, 9 Gadwall [5m 4f], 16 Shoveler, 12 Tufted Duck [6m 6f], Water Rail foraging along edge of Carr's Basin [my first record for this site], 7 Moorhen, Common Gull, Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, f Blackbird, Firecrest, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Greenfinch (Robert Callf)

Sunday 17th November[]

EC2: 3-4 Black Redstart imaged (Ken Murray)
Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, Water Rail, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff (John Bushell/Conrad Ellam/Richard Green)
Hampstead Heath: Dartford Warbler still, Brambling w/ Chaffinches at Kenwood (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Horton CP: Water Rail (Bob Smith)
KGV Reservoir: pm Great Northern Diver SW corner S basin, 3 Black-necked Grebe (A Middleton)
London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit on Wader Scrape, Reed Bunting, Kingfisher, 2 Redpoll, 2 Stonechat, 2+ Goldfinch, 12-15 Water Rail (WWT); Caspian Gull, Bittern (D Brasier)
Oakwood Park: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 9 Redwing, Jay (Robert Callf)
Priest Hill: 55 Common Gull on sports pitches, Siskin S, 9 Redwing, Buzzard, m Kestrel (Neil Batten)
Richmond Park: Ringed Plover, Golden Plover N, Mediterranean Gull SW (D Brasier/R Kaye)
RSPB Rainham Marshes: 76 Shoveler, 209 Gadwall, 157 Wigeon, 26 Pintail, 11 Pochard, 3 Tufted Duck, 2 Water Rail, 15 Avocet, 8 Ringed plover, 12 Curlew, 125 Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Common Snipe, 21 Redshank, Spotted Redshank, 2 Dunlin, 20 Common Gull, Sparrowhawk, 5 Marsh Harrier, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, Peregrine, 9 Chiffchaff, Dartford Warbler, 3 Redwing, Fieldfare, 2 Lesser Redpoll (Samuel Levy & Ben Rumsby)
Shrewsbury Park, SE18: 2 Firecrest, f Bullfinch, Nuthatch, 13 Redwing, Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay (Tim Rymer)
Town Park, Enfield: Little Grebe, 9 Gadwall [5m 4f], 21 Shoveler (Robert Callf)
West Lake, Thamesmere: Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Little Grebe, 6 Shoveler, 5 Pochard, 4 Gadwall, Great Crested Grebe (Tim Rymer)

Saturday 16th November[]

Bow Creek: 5 Common Sandpiper, 5 Redshank, Sparrowhawk, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Heron (Tim Bray)
East India Dock Basin: Shelduck, 21 Teal, Grey Wagtail, 64 Greylag Goose [highest ever count here I believe] (Tim Bray)
Grovelands Park: 3 Egyptian Goose, 48 Mandarin Duck [34m 14f], f Tufted Duck, 5 ad Common Gull, 2 ad Herring Gull, Kingfisher [my first record here since 19th July 2017] (Robert Callf)
Hampstead Heath: Dartford Warbler continuing, Yellowhammer (Hampstead Heath Birders)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Stonechat, 42 Lapwing, 45 Wigeon, 10-15 Goldfinch & Greenfinch (WWT)
Rainham Marshes: Marsh Harrier, Redshank, Godwit, Curlew, Snipe, Reed Bunting, Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit, Lapwing, Pintail, Teal, Kingfisher, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Cormorant, Mute Swan, Cetti’s Warbler, Linnet (Ari Weiler-Ofek)
Shrewsbury Park, SE18: 2 Firecrest, Nuthatch, Kestrel, Goldcrest, Jay (Tim Rymer)
Staines Moor: 3 [possibly 4] Water Pipit, m Goosander, Green Sandpiper & leucistic Stonechat (Nigel Sluman)

Friday 15th November[]

Bow Creek: Common Sandpiper, 5 Redshank, 46 Teal, Grey Heron, {Common Seal swam upriver past A13 road bridge at 14.00} (Tim Bray)
Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: Little Grebe, ad Grey Heron, 6 Mute Swan [2 adults & 4 'first-winter'], 3 Egyptian Goose, 4 Shoveler [m 3f], 5 Tufted Duck [4m f], ad Black-headed Gull w/ dark blue coloured ring [T4EE] from Poland [returned for another winter], 2 ad Common Gull flew over, m Kingfisher perched 'wetland area', Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, 3 Redwing, m Blackcap in ivy near Conservatory, Nuthatch, Jay, m Chaffinch, 20 Greenfinch pre-roost gathering 15.35, 2 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
East India Dock Basin: 2 Grey Heron, 3 Teal, Cormorant (Tim Bray)
Epping Forest "Connaught Water": Water Rail, 11 Goosander [3m 8f], Kingfisher, 4 Little Egret, 4 Gadwall, {5 Ringed Teal} (RSa)
Hampstead Heath: Dartford Warbler still in vegetation on slope north of athletics track 1130 (Peter Charles); 2 Little Grebe Highgate No 1 pond (Allan Stewart)
Lea Valley Park "Netherhall/Glen Faba": Black-necked Grebe [half way up E side of Glen Faba pit], 2 f Goldeneye, 3 Chiffchaff, Kingfisher (Nigel May)
London Wetland Centre: 35+ Goldfinch, Shelduck, 2 Chiffchaff, 50+ Wigeon, 47 Lapwing (WWT)
Rainham Marshes: Dartford Warbler, Great White Egret, 2 Rock Pipit, 60+ Black-tailed Godwit, 14 Curlew, 13 Dunlin, 20+ Snipe, 40+ Avocet, 300+ Lapwing, 20+ Pintail, Mistle Thrush, 8 Fieldfare, 12 Redwing, Goldcrest, 5 Chiffchaff, 10+ Cetti's Warbler, 11 Stonechat, 3 Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Kestrel. (Nick Croft/Mark Thomas et al)
Shooters Hill, SE18: 3 Goldcrest, 18 Redwing (Tim Rymer)
Stoneleigh, KT17: adult Lesser Black-backed Gull perched on roofs in The Glade (Neil Batten)

Thursday 14th November[]

Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington: 2 Tawny Owl calling to each other, heard [not seen] from West Side at 22.15 - my first time ever here! (Richard Beesly)
Broadwater Lake: 3 Pochard, Great Black-backed Gull, Kingfisher, Little Egret (William Atkinson)
Brookmill Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
Danson Park: ad Mediterranean Gull yellow ring on left leg 2E50 (P Kite)
Hampstead Heath: Dartford Warbler still, 3 Stonechat (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Horton CP: Water Rail calling (Bob Smith)
King George V Reservoir: 3 Goldeneye, Goosander, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Red Kite, Peregrine having lunch at the top of a pylon, 10+ Meadow Pipit, Goldcrest (James Palmer)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 2 Red Kite (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper, 7 Redwing, Siskin, 2 Chiffchaff, 45 Lapwing, 50+ Wigeon (WWT)
Pymmes Park, Edmonton: 3 Little Grebe, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 3 Shoveler [2m f], 14 Tufted Duck [5m 9f], 2 Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Collared Dove, 2 Blackbird, Song Thrush, 5 Redwing, Cetti's Warbler singing, 2 Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, 13 Magpie, 4 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Richmond Park: Shelduck, 2 Teal pr, Buzzard, 14 Meadow Pipit, Firecrest, c50 Redwing (Neil Anderson)
Town Park, Enfield: Little Grebe, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 6 Gadwall [3m 3f], 19 Shoveler, 14 Tufted Duck [5m 9f], 20 Black-headed Gull, 6 Long-tailed Tit (Robert Callf)
Waterworks NR: Woodcock, Sparrowhawk, m Kestrel (G James)

Wednesday 13th November[]

Boxer's Lake, Enfield: 2 Little Egret roosting on island [1 flew in at 16.22 & another at 16.29], 2 Mute Swan pr [Ring codes - 4EIT, 4EVW], 3 Egyptian Goose, m Shoveler, 8 Tufted Duck [3m 5f] {Noctule} (Robert Callf)
Clapham Common: Little Owl calling [new territory?], 8 Egyptian Goose (Michael Mac)
Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, f/imm Teal, 2 Red Kite, m Kestrel, 3 Skylark, 14+ Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 10 Pied Wagtail, 3 Blackbird, Fieldfare, 22+ Redwing, 8 Chaffinch, Linnet {Seven-spot Ladybird} (Robert Callf)
Green Park: Buzzard (Ray Crouch)
Hoxton: Water Rail [found grounded with head wound taken into care and later released after fully healed] (P Redmond per LWP)
KGV Res "07.30 to 08.30": Black-necked Grebe, 150+ Fieldfare, 200+ Redwing, 100+ Starling all N or NW, 8 Meadow Pipit (A Middleton)
Hampstead Heath: Dartford Warbler continuing, Stonechat, Meadow Pipit (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 17 Redwing, 3 Red Kite, f Sparrowhawk (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: 42 Lapwing, 4 Meadow Pipit, 52 Wigeon, 30 Teal (WWT); Jack Snipe (Jon Reeves)
Mudchute Farm & Park: Red Kite (RSa)
Oakwood "Lakeside, EN2": 3 Egyptian Goose (Robert Callf)
Ponders End: Red Kite scouring the high street for jettisoned grub, of which there is no shortage (A Middleton)
Trent Park: Grey Heron, 4 Pochard [2m 2f], 5 Tufted Duck [m 4f], Mistle Thrush, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Jay (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Black-necked Grebe, f Red-crested Pochard, 2 Water Rail, Peregrine, Mistle Thrush (Andrew Self)

Tuesday 12th November[]

Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, 2 Red Kite, m Kestrel, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Pied Wagtail, 9 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Redwing, 4 m Chaffinch, 10 Goldfinch {Red Admiral} (Robert Callf)
Hampstead Heath: Dartford Warbler still, Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, Teal, Snipe, Reed Bunting, 2 Skylark, Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, 6 Fieldfare, 2 Firecrest, 2 Chiffchaff (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 4 Red Kite incl a bird being mobbed by 120+ Ring-necked Parakeet, Buzzard, 60+ Herring Gull, Redwing SE (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: 8 Siskin, 2+ Chiffchaff, 3 Meadow PIpit, 30+ Goldfinch, 40 Lapwing, 52 Wigeon (WWT)
Rainham Marshes: Merlin, Dartford Warbler, 3 f Goldeneye [on river], 3 Common Scoter [reported], 2 Rock Pipit, Water Pipit, Curlew, 50+ Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit, 10+ Snipe, 200+ Lapwing, Peregrine, 3 Kestrel, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 30+ Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Bearded Tit, 10+ Pintail, Wigeon, Water Rail, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 8 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat (Nick Croft/Mary Holden/Anita McCullough/Eve Wee & RSPB)
Shrewsbury Park, SE18: 2 Firecrest, 5 Redwing, Kestrel, 2 Stock Dove (Tim Rymer)
Swanscombe Marshes: 2 Kestrel, 20+ Lapwing, 50+ Redshank, 6 Snipe, Curlew, 5 Meadow Pipit, 6 Stonechat, 4 Redwing (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
Ten Acre Woods area: 12 Lapwing (Jim Fell)
Trent Park: 3 Pochard [m 2f], 2 f Tufted Duck, 27 Black-headed Gull, Kingfisher, Firecrest in Moat Wd, 2 Raven pr displaying over Williams Wd {4 Common Darter inc pr mating, 2 Southern Hawker} (Robert Callf)

Monday 11th November[]

Alexandra Park: 2 Firecrest, Nuthatch, 10 Redwing (Sam O'Donnell via eBird)
Beddington Farmlands: Pochard, 3 Water Rail, 3 Lapwing, Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 2 Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit (Jack Pettit via eBird)
Bushy Park: 2 Wigeon, 2 Water Rail, 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 21 Fieldfare SW (John Strachan)
Dagenham Chase: 18 Wigeon, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Skylark, Redwing, 14 Fieldfare, Siskin (Andrew Self)
Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, Skylark, 10 Meadow Pipit, 4 Pied Wagtail, m Stonechat, m Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch {2 Red Admiral} (Robert Callf)
Hampstead Heath: Dartford Warbler [first Heath record since 1994], 3 Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit, 5+ Firecrest, 2 Siskin. Vale of Health Pond: Wigeon, 2 Gadwall (Hampstead Heath Birders)
London Wetland Centre: Kestrel, Stonechat, 8 Meadow Pipit, 10 Chiffchaff, 20 Goldfinch, 45 Lapwing (WWT)
Mudchute Farm & Park: Firecrest {Red Admiral} (RSa)
Ruislip Lido/Poor's Field: 29 Wigeon, 108 Gadwall, 14 Shoveler, 2 Teal pr, 8 Pochard, 2 Buzzard, Red Kite, 7 Stock Dove, 3 Fieldfare over {Migrant Hawker} (Neil Anderson)
Shooters Hill, SE18: 15 Redwing SW (Tim Rymer)
Trent Park: Grey Heron, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, m Shoveler, 3 Pochard [m 2f], 3 Tufted Duck [m 2f], Sparrowhawk, Water Rail flew low across lower lake, 12.43 [FOY], 2 Kingfisher {2 Common Darter} (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Marshes: 2 Stonechat, Fieldfare, 2 Goldcrest, Kingfisher, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Pied Wagtail, 12 Teal, 2 Pochard, 2 Little Egret (Richard Beesly)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Black-necked Grebe [Lockwood Res], 12 Fieldfare, Peregrine, Grey Wagtail, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 14 Shoveler, 2 Teal, 10 Common Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull (Richard Beesly)
Wormwood Scrubs: 2 Chiffchaff, Moorhen [unusual here], Kestrel (Francis O'Sullivan)

Sunday 10th November[]

Brent Reservoir: No sign of yesterday's Scaup or Wigeon, Snipe, Water Rail squealing [East Marsh]; 2 Cetti's Warbler calling, 26 Shoveler, 26 Teal (Bob Husband et al NW London RSPB Group Birdwalk)
Barking Riverside: 23 Avocet, Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Raven, Ring Ouzel, 2 Stonechat (Andrew Self)
Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Ewell, Banstead Road: Red Kite flew low S 12.55 (Neil Batten)
Harefield GPs: Kingfisher, Little Egret, 2 Song Thrush, Peregrine with prey on top pylon (Nigel Barratt)
London Wetland Centre: Kestrel, Water Pipit, Dunnock, 4 Siskin, 7 Goldfinch, 250+ Black-headed Gull, 7 Yellow-legged Gull, Little Grebe (WWT)
Oakwood Park: 8 Redwing (Robert Callf)
Staines Res: Dark-bellied Brent Goose flew over & appeared to land on KGVI Res, 12 Black-necked Grebe all on S basin, 13 Wigeon, m Goldeneye, Dunlin (J Wilczur/S Woolfenden/R Kaye)
Ten Acre Wood area: 3 f Pheasant together, 5 Red Kite, Kestrel, 17+ Skylark feeding flock, Meadow Pipit, 12 Fieldfare circling, c30 Redwing, Reed Bunting, 7 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson)
Town Park, Enfield: 6 Gadwall [4m 2f], 18 Shoveler, 8 Tufted Duck, 54 Black-headed Gull, Long-tailed Tit (Robert Callf)
Yeading Brook meadows: Little Egret, 2 Snipe, 11 Common Gull, 4 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 9th November[]

Barking Riverside: 13 Avocet, Snipe, 2 Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 2 Rock Pipit, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, Raven (James Palmer)
Brent Reservoir: Scaup, m Wigeon, 3 Water Rail, 3+ Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Egyptian Goose, 10+ Little Grebe, 2 Greylag Goose, Fieldfare (Steve Blake)
Epping Forest "Connaught Water/Dannet's Hill": Hawfinch N, 6 Goosander [2m 4f] m Wigeon, Kingfisher, 2 Little Egret, Tawny Owl calling, Woodcock flushed, 2 Nuthatch (RSa)
Grovelands Park: Great Crested Grebe, 4 Cormorant, Grey Heron, 6 Egyptian Goose, 44 Mandarin Duck [33m 11f], 128 Mallard [88m 40f], 3 Tufted Duck [2m f], 9 Moorhen, 2 Common Gull, Grey Wagtail, Blackbird, 2 Redwing feeding in yew tree, 2 Goldcrest together, displaying, 8 Long-tailed Tit, Jay, Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
London Wetland Centre: Little Egret, 177+ Black-headed Gull, Little Grebe, 30 Wigeon (WWT)
Northolt & Greenford CP: Little Grebe, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, f Kestrel, 7 Meadow Pipit (Neil Anderson)
Pinner: 40+ Goldfinch flock (Nigel Barratt)
Richmond Park: 2 Short-eared Owl, Shelduck, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Firecrest (D Brasier/P Pentek)
Richmond Riverside: Grey Wagtail (John Tate)
Staines Reservoir: Lapland Bunting still showing at E end of causeway, down to 3 feet (Neville Smith et al)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Knot [1 South at 10.05 & 1 briefly on East Warwick island at 12.30], 4 Lapwing, 3 Black-necked Grebe, f Red-crested Pochard, Goldeneye, Wigeon, Shelduck, 2 Stonechat, Firecrest, Great White Egret, 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull, Barnacle Goose (Walthamstow birders)

Friday 8th November[]

Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: Little Grebe, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 2 m Mandarin Duck, 6 Tufted Duck, 54 Black-headed Gull inc one w/ white coloured ring [JO373] from Norway [returned for another winter], Common Gull, 2 Pied Wagtail, Greenfinch (Robert Callf)
Burgess Park: Sparrowhawk, 2 Lapwing circling lake, Chiffchaff, 4 Linnet (Fernley Symons)
Chessington "Winey Hill": Woodcock flushed in wood, Red Kite, Red-legged Partridge (Michael Mac)
Chessington/Surbiton border: 14 Pied Wagtail in roost at front of Southborough Boys School (Nigel Jackman)
Enfield area "private access": 3 Little Grebe, 2 f Tufted Duck, 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Meadow Pipit, 17 Fieldfare flew SE, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Redwing, 3 Greenfinch, 6 Linnet (Robert Callf)
Rainham Marshes: Little Stint, Grey Plover, Dartford Warbler (Andrew Self); Knot, 100+ Black-tailed Godwit, 60+ Avocet, 15 Snipe, 40+ Dunlin, 2 Curlew, 2 Rock Pipit, 3 Water Pipit, 17 Fieldfare, Peregrine Falcon, 2 Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher, Firecrest, 10 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2 Water Rail, Bearded Tit, 3 Stonechat, Redpoll (Nick Croft/Mark Thomas/RSPB)
South Lodge Farm, Enfield: 20 Fieldfare flew E, 2 ad Rook (Robert Callf)
Trent Park: 3 Cormorant, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 22 Mandarin Duck, 4 Pochard [2m 2f], 3 Tufted Duck [m 2f], Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
Warren Farm: 2 Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, 12 Pied Wagtail, 7 Redwing, 15 Rook, 4 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson)

Thursday 7th November[]

Enfield area "private access": 3 Little Grebe, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 2 Pochard pr, 3 f Tufted Duck, Red Kite, Buzzard, m Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, 7 Meadow Pipit, 23 Pied Wagtail, 8 Dunnock, Fieldfare, 3 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, 3 Chaffinch, Greenfinch, 12+ Goldfinch, 6 Linnet (Robert Callf)
KGV Res: am S basin, Black-necked Grebe, 15+ Little Grebe, 8 Meadow Pipit, 2 Peregrine w/ prey on pylon, 3 Chiffchaff (A Middleton)
Totteridge Valley: 3 Skylark, Grey Wagtail, Fieldfare, 9 Redwing, Mistle Thrush, c200 Starling, c40 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, Linnet (John Colmans)
Trent Park: Grey Heron, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, m Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck, Buzzard, 22 Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, 2 m Kingfisher together perched & calling, lower lake (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Black-necked Grebe, Chiffchaff (Phil Rhodes)

Wednesday 6th November[]

Brent Reservoir: f Wigeon, 3 Cetti’s Warbler (Steve Blake)
Broadwater Lake: incl Hawfinch flight call in mist after Dawn, Great White Egret, Water Rail (Dan Pinkham)
Greenwich Park: Mandarin Duck, 2 Little Grebe (Ray Crouch)
Lower Clapton: Coal Tit in my garden (J-P Elmes)
London Wetland Centre: 8 Snipe, Kestrel, 10 Chiffchaff, 4 Meadow Pipit (WWT)
Pymmes Brook, Edmonton: f Mallard w/ two ducklings [FL] (Robert Callf)
Pymmes Park, Edmonton: 3 Little Grebe inc juv, 2 Mute Swan pr, 8 Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, m Wigeon [my first record for this site], 9 Tufted Duck, 33+ Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Blackbird, Redwing (Robert Callf)
Rayners Lane, HA2: 29 Redwing over (Tim Rymer)
Staines Moor: Short-eared Owl, Kestrel, Buzzard, Snipe, 6 Shoveler, 10 Teal, 2 Little Egret, Water Rail, Pheasant 4 Stonechat, 10 Reed Bunting, 4 Cetti's Warbler (Nick Baker); also 2 Skylark, Grey Wagtail, Fieldfare, plus one Stonechat that was very pale yellow/buff, presumably the result of some form of leucism (James Palmer)
Staines Reservoir: Goldeneye, 6 Black-necked Grebe, Lapland Bunting (James Palmer)
Town Park, Enfield: Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan pr, 5 Gadwall [4 m f], 26 Shoveler, 11 Tufted Duck, 3 Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Firecrest (Robert Callf)

Tuesday 5th November[]

Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
Enfield area "private access": 3 Little Grebe, Cormorant flew over, 3 Tufted Duck, Green Woodpecker, 3 Pied Wagtail, m Stonechat, Redwing, 3 Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch, 5 Linnet (Robert Callf)
Epsom: evening roost of 60+ Pied Wagtail on roof of Mercedes Benz showroom, Kiln Lane 16.00 onwards (Neil Batten)
Ewell Village: 3 Firecrest incl one w/ metal leg ring in The Kingsway, Little Egret, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Redwing, 50+ Black-headed Gull (Neil Batten)
Hackney Marshes: m Pheasant in the middle of football pitches (Marcin Kempa)
Hampstead Heath: 6 Redwing (Haeun Sun)
London Wetland Centre: Kestrel, 45+ Lapwing, Water Rail, 2 Little Grebe (WWT)
Mudchute: Firecrest, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
Lapland Bunting (Andrew Self)

Staines Res: m Lapland Bunting showing exceptionally well at E end of causeway, 2 Black-necked Grebe (Neil Anderson et al)
Trent Park: Cormorant, Grey Heron, 3 Pochard [m 2 f], 60+ Black-headed Gull, 2 Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 2 Jay (Robert Callf)
Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: 9 Hawfinch SW, 16 Common Gull, 2 Skylark, 15 Starling, 104 Redwing, 31 Fieldfare, Meadow Pipit, 47 Chaffinch, 12 Greenfinch, Linnet, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 19 Siskin [Full count here] (Samuel Levy)
Walthamstow Marshes: Stonechat, 2 Peregrine, Meadow Pipit, 2 Teal, 4 Pochard, Little Egret, 19 Pied Wagtail, 2 Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, 20+ Linnet, 25+ Redwing, Mistle Thrush (Richard Beesly)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Black-necked Grebe [3 seen by others], Shelduck, 7 Chiffchaff, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Cetti’s Warbler, Teal, 6 Shoveler, 5 Common Gull, Grey Wagtail, 2 Little Egret (Richard Beesly)

Monday 4th November[]

Bushy Park: Bullfinch W, 2 Skylark W, 36 Redwing SE, 2 Dartford Warbler, 9 Stonechat, 6 Mistle Thrush, 26 Meadow Pipit (John Strachan)
Chislehurst “Kemnal Woods”: 14 Firecrest (Ian Stewart/Jack Headley)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 6 Red Kite, Sparrowhawk (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: Firecrest, 126 Redwing, 5 Fieldfare, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Skylark, Brambling, 38 Lapwing, lots of Siskin & Goldfinch (WWT)
Ponders End "St Matthew's Church": 2 Goldcrest, 58 Starling, 5 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
Ponders End Lake: 2 Great Egret, 7 Little Egret, Woodcock at first light (A Middleton)
Ponders End Park: 35 Common Gull inc first-winter & second winter (Robert Callf)
Staines Reservoirs: m Lapland Bunting foraging on the E end of the causeway, flew off W along causeway around 16.00 but may have dropped down further along (Stivi Musievski)
Town Park, Enfield: Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan pr, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 4 m Gadwall, 32 Shoveler [a new record count for the site?], 14 Tufted Duck, 33 Black-headed Gull, 16 Moorhen, Goldcrest, Firecrest, Long-tailed Tit, Nuthatch (Robert Callf)

Sunday 3rd November[]

Brent Reservoir: No sign of yesterday's female Scaup, 82 Tufted Duck [inc f with white face & white undertail coverts], 10 Pochard, 38 Teal, Shoveler, Gadwall, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 39 Common Gull, 2 Cetti's Warbler singing (Bob Husband)
Dagenham Chase: 193 Redwing, Firecrest (Andrew Self)
East India Dock Basin: Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Great Black-backed Gull, Peregrine, Cetti's Warbler, Pied Wagtail (Denise Murdock)
Epping Forest "Connaught Water": m Goosander, Kingfisher, Little Egret, 3 Redwing (RSa)
Greenwich Ecology Park: 2 Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff (John Bushell/Conrad Ellam/Richard Green)
Hampstead Heath: Woodcock flew N, Firecrest at Parliament Hill, 100 Redwing NW, 60 Fieldfare NW, 3 Mistle Thrush over, Skylark E, m Teal on Highgate 1, Red Kite, 3 Stonechat, 28 Chaffinch at Sphagnum Bog, 5 Common Gull, 15 Black-headed Gull over (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Harefield GPs: 2 Red Kite, Buzzard, Kingfisher, Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 12 Tufted Duck, 3 Great Crested Grebe, Lapwing, 20 Siskin, 8 Long tailed Tit (Nigel Barratt)
London Wetland Centre: Short-eared Owl, Bittern, Kestrel, Stonechat, 12 Chiffchaff, 20 Goldfinch (WWT)
Lippitts Hill [07.10 to 08.10 vis-mig]: 8 Hawfinch N [7 at 07.31, 1 at 07.50], 965 Redwing, 17 Fieldfare (A Middleton)
Nonsuch Park: Firecrest w/ Goldcrests near to London Road pond, 33 Redwing (Neil Batten)
Oakwood Park: Common Gull over, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing, 5 Goldcrest inc two together, displaying, 3 Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Jay (Robert Callf)
Ponders End Lake: 2 Great Egret on the island, went to roost high in bankside willows (A Middleton)
Richmond Park: 4 Hawfinch NW, Ring Ouzel S, Golden Plover S, 6 Lapwing SE, f Pintail, 910 Redwing, 350 Fieldfare, 6 Brambling, 18 Skylark, 2 Lesser Redpoll (D Brasier/R Kaye)
Sewardstone Marsh: 100+ Redwing N, 2 Stonechat, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Snipe (A Middleton)
Shooters Hill, SE18: 2 Mistle Thrush in garden (Tim Rymer)
Ten Acre Wood area: 3 Pheasant [2 m f], Red Kite, Lapwing SE, Skylark, 25 Pied Wagtail, 25 Redwing [20 S/SE], 2 Stonechat pr, f Blackcap, Raven, Reed Bunting, 3 Linnet (Neil Anderson)
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 49 Black-headed Gull, 39 Common Gull, 2 Cormorant, Sparrowhawk, 7 Skylark, 329 Starling, 17 Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush, 634 Redwing W, 10 Blackbird, 111 Fieldfare, 5 Meadow Pipit, 123 Chaffinch, 2 Brambling, 4 Hawfinch, 3 Linnet, 17 Siskin [More details can be found here], 2 Firecrest (Samuel Levy)
Town Park, Enfield: 2 Mute Swan pr, 3 m Gadwall, 31 Shoveler, 10 Tufted Duck, 27 Black-headed Gull, Jay (Robert Callf)
Yeading Brook meadows: Red Kite, 3 Snipe, 2 Meadow Pipit, 31 Redwing, 3 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 2nd November[]

Brent Reservoir: f Scaup, 4 Cetti’s Warbler, Kingfisher, Blackcap (Steve Blake)
Cheshunt circular: 2 Stonechat, 2 Red Kite, Kestrel (LNHS Walk)
Crossness: Knot, 2 Curlew, 70+ Dunlin, 40+ Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Yellow-legged Gull [ad, 2nd-winter], 6 Wigeon, Rock Pipit E, 3 Fieldfare SE (John Archer)
Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, 5 Tufted Duck, Red Kite, imm m Sparrowhawk perched up in bush, 6 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 11 Meadow Pipit, 24 Pied Wagtail, m Stonechat, 3 Blackbird, Song Thrush, Goldcrest, 6 Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 17 Goldfinch, 3 Linnet (Robert Callf)
Hampstead Heath: 77 Fieldfare NW, 60 Redwing [plus 10 grounded], Blackbird, 5 Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush SW, 150 Starling N, 200 Woodpigeon N, 12 Stock Dove N, 20 Goldfinch N, 10 Greenfinch, Linnet S, Skylark N, 2 ad Common Gull SW, 2 Collared Dove E (Hampstead Heath Birders)
Jubilee Park, Leyton: m Kestrel, Grey Wagtail (G James)
KGV Res: Scaup, 3 Goosander (A Middleton)
London Wetland Centre: Red-throated Diver flew in from the E then turned and flew SW over Barn Elms playing fields at 10.00, 2 Hawfinch [1 W, 1 N], 1w Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Skylark, 300 Starling W, 79 Redwing S/SW, 5 Fieldfare, Stonechat, Brambling, 3 Siskin (Oscar Dewhurst/Charles Dewhurst); Bittern, Snipe, 2 Meadow Pipit, Little Grebe, 30+ Wigon (WWT)
Rainham Marshes: Brent Goose, 48 Avocet, Golden Plover, Jack Snipe, Knot, 22 Fieldfare (Andrew Self); 3 Brent Goose, 113 Shoveler, 216 Gadwall, 66 Wigeon, 15 Pintail, 12 Pochard, 11 Tufted Duck, 46 Avocet, Golden Plover, 10 Curlew, 215 Black-tailed Godwit, Jack Snipe, 11 Snipe, Knot, 25 Dunlin, 2 Little Gull [ad & juv], Caspian Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Cattle Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 5 Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher, 2 Buzzard, 2 Peregrine, 2 Raven, Firecrest, 4 Goldcrest, 8 Redwing, 23 Fieldfare, Ring Ouzel, 2 Water Pipit, 3 Rock Pipit, 6 Lesser Redpoll, Siskin (Samuel Levy/Ben Rumsby/Henry Wyn-Jones/Milo Dawes et al)
Tooting Bec Common: f Ferruginous Duck of unknown origin still present until 10.00 at least, 3 Shoveler [f 2 m] (Neil Batten); still present at 13.00 unringed & wary (Nick Tanner)
Trent Park: 2 Cormorant, Grey Heron, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 2 m Shoveler, m Pochard, f Tufted Duck, Buzzard, Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
Walthamstow Wetlands: Golden Plover, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 29 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Blackcap, 60 Redwing, 9 Pochard, 2 Stonechat (Walthamstow Birders/Ringing Group)

Friday 1st November[]

Tooting Bec Common: f Ferruginous Duck (BirdGuides) - photo on Surrey Bird Club website (Neil Batten)
Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: Little Grebe, 6 Mute Swan [2 adults & 4 first-winter], 3 Egyptian Goose, 10 Tufted Duck, 48+ Black-headed Gull inc adult w/ metal ring from Lithuania [as previously reported], 2 Grey Wagtail together, Pied Wagtail, Redwing over, Cetti's Warbler in sub-song [wetland area], 6 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch (Robert Callf/Greg)
Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 39 Redwing SW in one flock am (Neil Batten)
London Wetland Centre: 7 Lesser Redpoll, 8 Siskin, 15 Chiffchaff, 35+ Redwing, 2 Kingfisher, 55 Goldfinch (WWT)
Richmond Park: 28 Hawfinch over in various directions all between 07.15/07.30 & 08.55 [groups 9+1+2+4+4+4+4], 15 Ring Ouzel in various directions most SW, Golden Plover N, 1280 Redwing, 1045 Starling, 205 Chaffinch, Snipe, Woodcock, 61 Fieldfare, 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 Blackbird, 10 Song Thrush, Skylark, Linnet, 6 Redpoll, 2 Siskin, 2 Peregrine (F Matthews/D Brasier/R Kaye/J Wilczur/S Woolfenden)
RSPB Rainham Marshes: 2 Hawfinch S, Whinchat, 141 Shoveler, 229 Gadwall, 88 Wigeon, 20 Pintail, 17 Pochard, 5 Tufted Duck, 3 Water Rail, 46 Avocet, Golden Plover, 13 Curlew, 213 Black-tailed Godwit, 27 Snipe, 4 Dunlin, 33 Common Gull, Caspian Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, Great White Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 5 Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, 5 Ring-necked Parakeet, Jay, 2 Raven, 4 Bearded Tit, 12 Chiffchaff, 74 Redwing, 9 Stonechat, 3 Grey Wagtail, 2 Water Pipit, 4 Rock Pipit, Brambling, 8 Greenfinch, Lesser Redpoll, 2 Siskin (Samuel Levy)
Warren Farm: Red Kite, f Kestrel, 3 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 18 Pied Wagtail, 11 Redwing, 16 Rook, Hawfinch circled low over (Neil Anderson)
Walthamstow Wetlands: 2+ Brambling [1+ W over Lockwood & 1 in mobile Chaffinch flock], 16 Barnacle Goose, Common Sandpiper, 3 Black-necked Grebe, Lapwing, Snipe, 8 Fieldfare W (Walthamstow birders)